"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
Ultimately, there's a chance something wonderful may happen if the old
line
international broadcasters go away. The international broadcast bands
will
be nearly empty, and they won't be refilled any faster than the other
currently underutilixed SW bands. Hobby broadcasters could start
broadcasting, and the governments might not even care if there's no
international broadcasting to be interfered with.

Frank Dresser


You may have something there Frank. Lets hope. I cant see the short-wave
medium going away. There's always someone going to use it.
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In article ,
"Brian Hill" wrote:

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
Ultimately, there's a chance something wonderful may happen if the old
line
international broadcasters go away. The international broadcast bands
will
be nearly empty, and they won't be refilled any faster than the other
currently underutilixed SW bands. Hobby broadcasters could start
broadcasting, and the governments might not even care if there's no
international broadcasting to be interfered with.

Frank Dresser


You may have something there Frank. Lets hope. I cant see the short-wave
medium going away. There's always someone going to use it.

Good point. It may end up like CB. Unlicensed and uncared for,
because (relatively speaking) no one is listening.

Dan

Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440,
Grundig Satellit 650, Satellit 700, YB400
Tecsun PL-230 (YB550PE), Kaito KA1102
Hallicraters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1937)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)

In article hW4cc.75611$w54.433850@attbi_s01,
"Brian Denley" wrote:

Frank Dresser wrote:

But there's good news. There's less interference, and US domestic SW
is dominated by entertaining -- um -- characters. Not only do these
characters want to be on SW, but they're willing to pay for it with
their own money.

As I see it, SW radio has never been better.

Frank Dresser

Except that the US domestic stations are almost all religious
fundamentalists. About as interesting as static. I long for the days of
the big guns of the cold war: Radio Moscow, BBC, Radio Sofia, etc.

Yeah. Radio Moscow on the old Cuba relay on 11840 calling us "running
dog capitalists" was fun. Now VOR has commercials!

Dan

Drake R8, Radio Shack DX-440,
Grundig Satellit 650, Satellit 700, YB400
Tecsun PL-230 (YB550PE), Kaito KA1102
Hallicraters S-120 (1962)
Zenith black dial 5 tube Tombstone (1937)
E. H. Scott 23 tube Imperial Allwave in Tasman cabinet (1936)

Dan wrote:

In article hW4cc.75611$w54.433850@attbi_s01,
"Brian Denley" wrote:

Frank Dresser wrote:

But there's good news. There's less interference, and US domestic SW
is dominated by entertaining -- um -- characters. Not only do these
characters want to be on SW, but they're willing to pay for it with
their own money.

As I see it, SW radio has never been better.

Frank Dresser

Except that the US domestic stations are almost all religious
fundamentalists. About as interesting as static. I long for the days of
the big guns of the cold war: Radio Moscow, BBC, Radio Sofia, etc.

Yeah. Radio Moscow on the old Cuba relay on 11840 calling us "running
dog capitalists" was fun. Now VOR has commercials!

Dan

Joe Adamov was singing a different tune in those days.


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Frank Dresser wrote:

It's not just the changes in the media (transmitters, satellites, the
internet), there's also less message (programs cut, languages dropped).
There's less news/propaganda money as money gets tighter.

But there's good news. There's less interference, and US domestic SW is
dominated by entertaining -- um -- characters. Not only do these characters
want to be on SW, but they're willing to pay for it with their own money.

As I see it, SW radio has never been better.

Frank Dresser

I find it hard to see Bro. Stair and his contemporaries as good news.


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"starman" wrote in message
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I find it hard to see Bro. Stair and his contemporaries as good news.


I'm sure Brother Stair and his ilk are responsible for whatever new interest
shortwave radio has developed in the last few years.

Beyond that, the Prophet is always wrong, and the news doesn't get any
better than that!!

Frank Dresser

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...
I was just thinking about this today. Has anybody noticed that shortwave
radio has really declined over the past five years or so? We've lost BBC
and Deutsche Welle transmissions to North America, we've lost several
smaller European broadcasters entirely, other stations have drastically
cut back. Are transmitting facilities really going on the blink so soon
after the end of the cold war? Or has everybody jumped on the BBC's
bandwagon and concluded that satellite and internet broadcasting has
replaced shortwave? Any thoughts?

Yes.

Our local Cable and PBS each carry BBC
and Deutsche Welle every evening. (digital cable
service carries BBCWorld 24/7) Shortwave is obsolete.
Unfortunatly.

Our local Cable and PBS each carry BBC
and Deutsche Welle every evening. (digital cable
service carries BBCWorld 24/7) Shortwave is obsolete.
Unfortunatly.

Not entirely obsolete. Having recently visited Cuba (legally as a working
journalist), I listen to Radio Havana almost every night. Got a chance to
meet three of the folks working there during my stay in Havana. Fascinating
country. Wonderful people. All they need is a little freedom and
opportunity.

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:27:56 GMT, "LewBob"
wrote:

Our local Cable and PBS each carry BBC
and Deutsche Welle every evening. (digital cable
service carries BBCWorld 24/7) Shortwave is obsolete.
Unfortunatly.

Not entirely obsolete. Having recently visited Cuba (legally as a working
journalist), I listen to Radio Havana almost every night. Got a chance to
meet three of the folks working there during my stay in Havana. Fascinating
country. Wonderful people. All they need is a little freedom and
opportunity.



Oh is that all. Just a "little freedom and opportunity".

"B Banton" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:27:56 GMT, "LewBob"
wrote:

Our local Cable and PBS each carry BBC
and Deutsche Welle every evening. (digital cable
service carries BBCWorld 24/7) Shortwave is obsolete.
Unfortunatly.

Not entirely obsolete. Having recently visited Cuba (legally as a working
journalist), I listen to Radio Havana almost every night. Got a chance to
meet three of the folks working there during my stay in Havana.
Fascinating
country. Wonderful people. All they need is a little freedom and
opportunity.

Oh is that all. Just a "little freedom and opportunity".

I could go into considerable -- off topic -- discussion about the Cuban
people, but I will try to be concise.

Considering that Cuba is (and always has been) a Third World country, the
people are remarkably well educated, spirited and welcoming. They are
ingenious at making do with what they have and keeping mechanical things
working. They live under a totalitarian regime that suppresses all
opposition -- as best it can -- and the socialist system provides free
freedoms and little opportunity for advancement, therefore no incentives to
improve productivity and no hope of improving their lifestyles.

Restricted though they are, they manage to subsist at a higher level that
the average citizens in almost any other Third World country.

If Castro would allow them a few freedoms, e.go. to travel, to own, buy and
sell cars and property, to change jobs, I believe the Cuban people would
amaze a lot of onlookers with their abilities and passions.

Yeah, just a little freedom and opportunity.