I recently met a lady who told me her father was an immigrant to
America. He was asked if he had a shortwave radio and he said no. A
neighbor was asked who said yes. The feds searched the house and found
a broken SW radio in the attic. His visa was declined because of this
"broken" shortwave radio in the attic. I think this was during WWI and
he was German, speaking five languages.

Point: The government feared shortwave radio then because it was an
effective means of communicating over long distances. They still "fear"
the capabilities of shortwave radio and the time just may come again
when you can be considered a spy or a terrorist because you have one.
This is all the more reason to get into shortwave radio listening now
before it does become illegal. It's also a good reason to have a very
good, very compact radio. Our media is controlled and probably will
become even more controlled. At least with SW radio you'll be able to
get something besides that with the U.S. spin on it - even though it may
have someone else's spin on it! :-)

GET YOUR FRIENDS INVOLVED IN SW RADIO!

gee Al, WW1/ SW Radio? some kind of a time warp?
did the Profit tell this story? i guess i'm in
big trouble- w/ 16 port. and 4 newer desktops.
desktops include an AR7030+ (UK-Jap). OH NO!
Drifter....

ps. with all the wire in the air and on the roof
QTH is a little hard to miss...

OH- by the way, YES. sw is important to me. as
i retire, it becomes, not just a hobby; but,
my "Window-On-The-World".

Shortwave radio wasn't the issue in WWII, the ability to communicate
with the bad guys was. There are far more effective ways of
communicating clandestinely with the bad guys of 2004 than with a
xceiver and a wire. Cell phones, email, chat rooms, etc.

Al Patrick wrote in message ...
I recently met a lady who told me her father was an immigrant to
America. He was asked if he had a shortwave radio and he said no. A
neighbor was asked who said yes. The feds searched the house and found
a broken SW radio in the attic. His visa was declined because of this
"broken" shortwave radio in the attic. I think this was during WWI and
he was German, speaking five languages.

Point: The government feared shortwave radio then because it was an
effective means of communicating over long distances. They still "fear"
the capabilities of shortwave radio and the time just may come again
when you can be considered a spy or a terrorist because you have one.
This is all the more reason to get into shortwave radio listening now
before it does become illegal. It's also a good reason to have a very
good, very compact radio. Our media is controlled and probably will
become even more controlled. At least with SW radio you'll be able to
get something besides that with the U.S. spin on it - even though it may
have someone else's spin on it! :-)

GET YOUR FRIENDS INVOLVED IN SW RADIO!

She didn't seem to be too sure whether it was a shortwave or a "two way"
that they were concerned about. Also, that was probably "citizenship"
that was postponed for about a year, after reapplying.

Steve Quayle, http://www.stevequayle.com , keeps telling us that in an
emergency the internet WILL go down so that means of communication may
not be available to us at that time. Too many variables and too much
dependency on other people and their equipment. If one owns his own
shortwave and/or ham radio he can scan the dials for any ONE person /
organization that may be broadcasting. If your neighbor's house in on
fire you don't worry about a no trespassing sign. Likewise, if the
government is under attack or has been taken over by a foreign power
will you worry about having a "license"? It's about like rearranging
the chairs on the deck of the Titanic! The more means of communication
we have the better off we are. The less dependent it is on others the
better off we are. Might be a good reason to add a solar panel -
eliminate the power grid, which also could go down.

John S. wrote:
Shortwave radio wasn't the issue in WWII, the ability to communicate
with the bad guys was. There are far more effective ways of
communicating clandestinely with the bad guys of 2004 than with a
xceiver and a wire. Cell phones, email, chat rooms, etc.

Al Patrick wrote in message ...

I recently met a lady who told me her father was an immigrant to
America. He was asked if he had a shortwave radio and he said no. A
neighbor was asked who said yes. The feds searched the house and found
a broken SW radio in the attic. His visa was declined because of this
"broken" shortwave radio in the attic. I think this was during WWI and
he was German, speaking five languages.