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NASWA - North American Shortwave Association
Hello Folks,
I would like to ask, is anyone here a member of NASWA (North American Shortwave Association)? If so, could you please let us non-members know a little something about the association? Apart from the annual SWL Fest held in Pennsylvania, what other activities or efforts does NASWA sponsor or otherwise involve itself with? How is the monthly publication, the NASWA Journal, and what types of features are being presented in the Journal these days? Any ideas as to what membership trends are like within the organization (e.g., is membership robust and growing? or is NASWA steadily losing members due to the explosive growth of web-based "virtual" SWL clubs?)? I am asking these questions because some years back, I had sent off for and received a sample copy of the NASWA Journal. It was a nice, 56-page publication, filled with interesting and useful information for the shortwave broadcast listener. Having recently begun active shortwave listening once more, I visited the NASWA website a few days back to see what was new with NASWA and with the intention of possibly taking up membership in the group. The NASWA website was a bit of a disappointment, however. While, admittedly, there have been some changes and updates, overall the website seems not to have changed much since when I last visited in 2001. Since the NASWA website is likely the organization's most visible interface with the wider world of (non-member) SWL enthusiasts, they would do well to provide more periodic updates to the site, perhaps providing various SWL listening tips, schedule updates (the excellent SWL Guide on the NASWA site, sadly, has not been updated since January 2004, it seems), DX news, recent SWL logs, etc (the sort of stuff that keeps so many of us returning repeatedly to such sites as radiointel.com and hard-core-dx.com). Clearly, there are a lot of dedicated SWL enthusiasts within NASWA who have contributed much to the hobby of shortwave listening. So, if anyone here is a member of NASWA, could you please let us know a bit about the club, what it offers that the web-based SWL communities are not able to provide, and, simply put, why us non-members should want to join up? Thanks! jamulc |
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