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!