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*** SHORTWAVE IS DEAD WHY BOTHER?????
diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw
anymore |
scott wrote: diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore Oh, I don't know. Because everything else sucks, I guess. Steve |
scott wrote: diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore Then why are you still here, 'tard? dxAce Michigan USA |
You are right, life's not worth living, If I was you I would shoot myself!
Do it quickly! "scott" wrote in message oups.com... diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore |
Really, what's on shortwave these days? I am in Boston and I own a
Sony ICF-5900W which I used to listen to the BBC back in the 1980s. Now I can get the BBC on the Internet or one of the local NPR FM stations. I have not used it in a long while and would like to dust it off and do something useful with it. |
"KNRX" wrote in message oups.com... Really, what's on shortwave these days? I am in Boston and I own a Sony ICF-5900W which I used to listen to the BBC back in the 1980s. Now I can get the BBC on the Internet or one of the local NPR FM stations. I have not used it in a long while and would like to dust it off and do something useful with it. Domestic shortwave radio offers a wealth of conspiracy theories and end time prophesies. Frank Dresser |
HA HA HAAA! You are a funny guy! I have had my surfeit of conspiracy
theories and eschatology. |
Various large, AM broadcasters like BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio
Vilnius, Radio Ukraine International, etc. You could also monitor marine communcitions, aeronautical communications, amateur radio operators, coast guard, military, MARS nets, and so on and so on. Take your pick! Steve |
This same statement could have been used about CB radio in 1980. By then,
the 70s CB craze was dead as disco, and sunspots made local CB use impossible. So most people left the CB world and went elsewhere. But CB didn't go anywhere. Vacationers and truckers still depend heavily on CB to find out about ever-changing road conditions, closings, safety concerns, and speed traps. Even in this age of GPS and cell phones, nothing serves the same function as good old channel 19. And yes, we also need to know Smokey shooting radar every People who drive cross is still there, and truckers and cross-country |
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:43:09 -0400, "lsmyer"
wrote: This same statement could have been used about CB radio in 1980. By then, the 70s CB craze was dead as disco, and sunspots made local CB use impossible. So most people left the CB world and went elsewhere. But CB didn't go anywhere. Vacationers and truckers still depend heavily on CB to find out about ever-changing road conditions, closings, safety concerns, and speed traps. Even in this age of GPS and cell phones, nothing serves the same function as good old channel 19. That paints a rosy view of the future... |
"David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:43:09 -0400, "lsmyer" wrote: This same statement could have been used about CB radio in 1980. By then, the 70s CB craze was dead as disco, and sunspots made local CB use impossible. So most people left the CB world and went elsewhere. But CB didn't go anywhere. Vacationers and truckers still depend heavily on CB to find out about ever-changing road conditions, closings, safety concerns, and speed traps. Even in this age of GPS and cell phones, nothing serves the same function as good old channel 19. That paints a rosy view of the future... David is awaiting the return of disco. :-) |
"David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:43:09 -0400, "lsmyer" wrote: This same statement could have been used about CB radio in 1980. By then, the 70s CB craze was dead as disco, and sunspots made local CB use impossible. So most people left the CB world and went elsewhere. But CB didn't go anywhere. Vacationers and truckers still depend heavily on CB to find out about ever-changing road conditions, closings, safety concerns, and speed traps. Even in this age of GPS and cell phones, nothing serves the same function as good old channel 19. That paints a rosy view of the future... Yep, shortwave is dying. Send all your radios to me. I'll take care of them for you.... --Mike L. |
MnMikew wrote: "David" wrote in message ... On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:43:09 -0400, "lsmyer" wrote: This same statement could have been used about CB radio in 1980. By then, the 70s CB craze was dead as disco, and sunspots made local CB use impossible. So most people left the CB world and went elsewhere. But CB didn't go anywhere. Vacationers and truckers still depend heavily on CB to find out about ever-changing road conditions, closings, safety concerns, and speed traps. Even in this age of GPS and cell phones, nothing serves the same function as good old channel 19. That paints a rosy view of the future... David is awaiting the return of disco. :-) Disco has a better chance of returning than his sanity does! dxAce Michigan USA |
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"RHF" wrote in message oups.com... "I" - Echo's of : Breaker Breaker "1" "9" er ~ RHF . . . . . Ah 10-4 there RHF, I'll be on the side, catch ya on the flip-flop for sure there good buddy. Might have to dig my ol CB rig out again. |
scott wrote:
diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore Check out the "It Seems Too Us" in the Aug 2005 QST, Motorola and Currents new non-interfering BPL technology |
On 2005-07-14 00:34:25 -0400, "scott" said:
diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore Just to **** you off... -- Chris: "Dad, what's a blowhole for?" Peter: "I'll tell you what it's NOT for and then you'll know why I can never go back to Sea World." |
Ok, where do I start? Is there a guide somewhere? I was not a DXer
nor would I describe myself as a shortwave enthusiast in the past. I just enjoyed listening to a few shortwave stations mainly for information I couldn't get locally at the time. I have a friend who enjoys plane-spotting. He goes to Logan Airport with a camera almost everyday and gets excited when he sees a new plane or one in new "colors" or strange markings. Is being a shortwave enthusiast a little like that or is it more useful and less neurotic? wrote: Various large, AM broadcasters like BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio Vilnius, Radio Ukraine International, etc. You could also monitor marine communcitions, aeronautical communications, amateur radio operators, coast guard, military, MARS nets, and so on and so on. Take your pick! Steve |
From: "KNRX" Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: 15 Jul 2005 05:30:51 -0700 Subject: *** SHORTWAVE IS DEAD WHY BOTHER????? Ok, where do I start? Is there a guide somewhere? Yes, www.google.com I'm not trying to be a smartass here. Do searches for military coms, hurricane nets (very busy at the moment), utilities listening, or whatever. You'll find some web sites with lots of info. You can quickly take the paths that interest you, better than following a random list of links that we might provide for you here. I was not a DXer nor would I describe myself as a shortwave enthusiast in the past. I just enjoyed listening to a few shortwave stations mainly for information I couldn't get locally at the time. I have a friend who enjoys plane-spotting. He goes to Logan Airport with a camera almost everyday and gets excited when he sees a new plane or one in new "colors" or strange markings. Is being a shortwave enthusiast a little like that or is it more useful and less neurotic? You don't have to be neurotic to be an SWLer, but being neurotic helps if you want to participate in this newsgroup! Happy listening. Greg wrote: Various large, AM broadcasters like BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio Vilnius, Radio Ukraine International, etc. You could also monitor marine communcitions, aeronautical communications, amateur radio operators, coast guard, military, MARS nets, and so on and so on. Take your pick! Steve |
dxAce wrote:
Disco has a better chance of returning than his sanity does! ....and you've been patiently waiting, haven't you, you Dancing Fool... Let's all sing along... ========================================= Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a womanly man, no time to talk. Music bad and women worse, I've been dumb enough since I was born. And now it's all right, it's OK. And you may look the other way. We can try to understand the illegal war's effect on man. Whether you're a sister or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Feel my brain a'breaking and everybody shaking, and I'm stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore. Well now, I get low and I get high, and if I can't get either, I really try. Got the stink of beerfart on my shoes. I'm a dancing womanly man and I can only booze. You know it's all right, it's OK. I'll live to see another gay. We can try to understand the illegal war's effect on man. Whether you're a sister or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Feel my brain a'breaking and everybody shaking, and I'm stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore. Aah. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, somebody help me, yeah. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah. I'm stayin' a bore. Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a womanly man, no time to talk. Music bad and women worse, I've been dumb enough since I was born. And now it's all right, it's OK. And you can look the other way. We can try to understand the illegal war's effect on man. Whether you're a sister or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Feel my brain a breaking and everybody shaking, and I'm stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore, stayin' a bore. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' a bore. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, somebody help me, yeah. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah. I'm stayin' a bore. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, somebody help me, yeah. Life going nowhere. Somebody help me, yeah. I'm stayin' a bore... ============================= With no apologies to the Bee Gees whatever. I stopped buying when they went disco. mike |
m II wrote: dxAce wrote: Disco has a better chance of returning than his sanity does! ...and you've been patiently waiting, haven't you, you Dancing Fool... Beats being a dumbass Canuck any day of the week. dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote:
Beats being a dumbass Canuck any day of the week. ....yawnnnn... I doubt they taught you the number of days in a week. If they did, you've certainly forgotten. Which days' names can you actually remember? Do you even remember if ALL weeks have the same number of days? mike |
m II wrote: dxAce wrote: Beats being a dumbass Canuck any day of the week. ...yawnnnn... I doubt they taught you the number of days in a week. If they did, you've certainly forgotten. Which days' names can you actually remember? Do you even remember if ALL weeks have the same number of days? Doesn't matter 'tard boy... no matter what, I'm still not a dumbass Canuck! dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote:
m II wrote: dxAce wrote: Beats being a dumbass Canuck any day of the week. ...yawnnnn... I doubt they taught you the number of days in a week. If they did, you've certainly forgotten. Which days' names can you actually remember? Do you even remember if ALL weeks have the same number of days? Doesn't matter 'tard boy... no matter what, I'm still not a dumbass Canuck! That's hilarious. You don't appear know the name of even ONE day of the week. Changing the topic won't get you off the hook, loon. Get whoever reads these newsgroup postings to you to go down to the variety store on Main Street and look at the calendar for you. I realize you can't leave the wheelchair until your insurance claim is settled. mike |
God isn't dead,neither is Shortwave Radio.
cuhulin |
m II wrote: dxAce wrote: m II wrote: dxAce wrote: Beats being a dumbass Canuck any day of the week. ...yawnnnn... I doubt they taught you the number of days in a week. If they did, you've certainly forgotten. Which days' names can you actually remember? Do you even remember if ALL weeks have the same number of days? Doesn't matter 'tard boy... no matter what, I'm still not a dumbass Canuck! That's hilarious. You don't appear know the name of even ONE day of the week. Changing the topic won't get you off the hook, loon. Get whoever reads these newsgroup postings to you to go down to the variety store on Main Street and look at the calendar for you. I realize you can't leave the wheelchair until your insurance claim is settled. Whatever, 'tard... I'm still not a dumbass Canuck! dxAce Michigan USA |
From: "KNRX" Organization: http://groups.google.com Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Date: 15 Jul 2005 05:30:51 -0700 Subject: *** SHORTWAVE IS DEAD WHY BOTHER????? Ok, where do I start? Is there a guide somewhere? Yes, www.google.com I'm not trying to be a smartass here. Do searches for military coms, hurricane nets (very busy at the moment), utilities listening, or whatever. You'll find some web sites with lots of info. You can quickly take the paths that interest you, better than following a random list of links that we might provide for you here. I was not a DXer nor would I describe myself as a shortwave enthusiast in the past. I just enjoyed listening to a few shortwave stations mainly for information I couldn't get locally at the time. I have a friend who enjoys plane-spotting. He goes to Logan Airport with a camera almost everyday and gets excited when he sees a new plane or one in new "colors" or strange markings. Is being a shortwave enthusiast a little like that or is it more useful and less neurotic? You don't have to be neurotic to be an SWLer, but being neurotic helps if you want to participate in this newsgroup! Happy listening. Greg See what I mean? Greg Disco Duck |
scott wrote: diminished international broadcasts...bpl coming....why bother with sw anymore Well for one thing, everyone who is important in the defense, state, and intelligence departmnet still uses it. INTERNET is too easy too trace, and is full of bugs. Second, if it is dead then I suggest you get a better receiver...it is crawling with signals. And third, in my line of work, the bad guys and everyone with a cause is using it......only a fool would use a system or a computer with tracability on it and throughout the servers it threads the communications to. SW is far from dead...probably the same people who missed out on the Cold War action are missing out on the hottest thing since then. |
When the s... hits the fan,good old Shortwave Radio and good old Ham's
rokin on the waves are the ONLY means of communication on the air,Period! Shortwave Radio isn't dead and Shortwave Radio will never die.There are always Shortwave Radio Cowboys and Shortwave Radio Cowgirls to keep Shortwave Radio alive.Folks,if y'all are ahead of the herd,please don't forget to look back once in a while to see if I am still here,, and if you are wearing Spurs,don't squat too low. cuhulin |
Sometimes,I forget what day of the week it is (like I should care?) and
I can never remember dates.Like that pretty married Irish woman wayyy over yonder across the big pond says,I am getting old and senile.Except she spells senile with a p. cuhulin |
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Get a standby (or two or three) Shortwave Radio,they don't need to be
the high priced spred) put them in a metal trash can with a tight fitting lid,put a few handy dandy walkie talkies in there too.The old tube type radios are the best (in my opinion) Shortwave/AM/FM/whatever,tube type radios.Just like Firearms,Buy one,Hide one. cuhulin |
David wrote: On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:44:57 -0500, wrote: When the s... hits the fan,good old Shortwave Radio and good old Ham's rokin on the waves are the ONLY means of communication on the air,Period! Shortwave Radio isn't dead and Shortwave Radio will never die.There are always Shortwave Radio Cowboys and Shortwave Radio Cowgirls to keep Shortwave Radio alive.Folks,if y'all are ahead of the herd,please don't forget to look back once in a while to see if I am still here,, and if you are wearing Spurs,don't squat too low. cuhulin I don't think your short wave will do you much good. Isn't the whole point of HAARP to destroy the ionosphere? No, it was designed to destroy what was left of your drug addled brain, 'tard boy. And from what I've been able to discern it has certainly done an admirable job. Continue to tote. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
My dingaling is deader than Shortwave Radio will ever be.
cuhulin |
Nothing is wrong with my addeled old brain.
cuhulin |
I say,NUKE HAARP.
cuhulin |
Sounds like Smokey and the Bandit explaining which CB bands to go
to.Who,when,what and where. cuhulin |
"MnMikew" wrote in message David is awaiting the return of disco. :-) He probably is posing in front of the mirror right now with his Angel Flight pant and his silk shirt. LOL!!! B.H. |
David wrote in
: On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:44:57 -0500, wrote: When the s... hits the fan,good old Shortwave Radio and good old Ham's rokin on the waves are the ONLY means of communication on the air,Period! Shortwave Radio isn't dead and Shortwave Radio will never die.There are always Shortwave Radio Cowboys and Shortwave Radio Cowgirls to keep Shortwave Radio alive.Folks,if y'all are ahead of the herd,please don't forget to look back once in a while to see if I am still here,, and if you are wearing Spurs,don't squat too low. cuhulin I don't think your short wave will do you much good. Isn't the whole point of HAARP to destroy the ionosphere? The ionosphere cannot be "destroyed" it is constantly being created / renewed by the effects of incoming solar particles. In fact, the ionosphere's D layer completely disappears on the night side of the earth, but returns full-strength in a matter of less than one hour after sunrise. Sometimes the entire global ionosphere IS completely "destroyed" (electrically neutralized) after the CME from a large solar flare impacts - but it always returns once the storm subsides. The ill-informed make a big deal about the multi-megawatt ERP of the HAARP antenna array. As it happens, the electron current in the ionosphere at any given moment from solar radiation amounts to hundreds of BILLIONS of watts. Compared to that, the effect of HAARP is like a mosquito biting an elephant. HAARP might indeed be able to create a small localized "hole" in the ionosphere directly above the transmitting array - in the same way you could create a temporary "hole" in the surface of a glass of water by putting an object in the glass - a hole which would fill and disappear the moment you remove the object... just as any HARRP-induced effect on the ionosphere would quickly disappear once the array is switched off. The crap that HAARP alarmists believe never fails to amaze me. It's a sad commentary on the poor state of science and math education in the public schools. J. Barrett |
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