"dxAce" wrote in message
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Brian Hill wrote:

"Mike Terry" wrote in message

Why should I feel better!!!



I don't know Mike?

He's just upset that there's nothing much posted here in the way of
shortwave
for him to lift and post elsewhere without attribution.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm



Not only that but anybody active in the hobby knows that this question has
been asked 1 million times and a simple Google search will yield any
information needed for the less informed. Heck Steve me and you have been
DXing a good part of our lives and the gloom and doomers have been telling
us that the hobby is dying ever since I can remember. I got plenty of
loggings. How bout you?
--
73 and good DX. B.H.
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/500.htm

Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Brian Hill wrote:

"Mike Terry" wrote in message

Why should I feel better!!!



I don't know Mike?

He's just upset that there's nothing much posted here in the way of
shortwave
for him to lift and post elsewhere without attribution.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm



Not only that but anybody active in the hobby knows that this question has
been asked 1 million times and a simple Google search will yield any
information needed for the less informed. Heck Steve me and you have been
DXing a good part of our lives and the gloom and doomers have been telling
us that the hobby is dying ever since I can remember. I got plenty of
loggings. How bout you?

Plenty, and there's still stations out there I've never heard before. Why just
in the past few weeks I got a new one, Radio Nova Visão up on 11734.9.

It'll be a long time before shortwave is dead.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave
dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?



I hate to say it, but here we go again.

It is not dead. Not even close. It is true that sw is changing. Due to
the internet and satellite, many of the major broadcasters have dropped
English service and or service to the "modern/western" world. In the main,
they have not dropped any of the "foreign" language programming directed to
the third world. Half the time I DX the tropical bands, I find a
transmitter that I cant find on any of the lists.

If your disappointed about the loss of the good old days of Radio Moscow and
the cold war, you've got plenty of domestic conspiracy crack pots to enjoy.
And there is still stuff out there like Voice Of Justice (Iran) and Voice
of Korea if you like the propaganda stuff.

The medium is simply too economical and practical ever to be diminished to
the point were there wasn't enough for a hobbyist to listen to.

Michael

wrote in message
oups.com...

The next time you decide to troll rec.radio.shortwave, I suggest you
get your facts straight.



You obviously haven't been on enough radio ng's to know Mike!

Shortwave always falls off somewhat in popularity at this point in the
solar cycle. DX is a bit tougher to come by. There is not much doing
above 15 MHz but the low bands are still packed in the evenings. Get
those longer wires up there for the low frequencies and you will hear
some DX.

For the amateur operators out there - put up those 40 meter dipoles.
Get up early on Sunday morning and you will hear at least one or two
Australian hams calling CQ. I worked two last Sunday. You will have to
get up around 0800UT but it will be worth it when those VK QSL cards
arrive at your door.

Jim

On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:46:46 +0100, "Mike Terry"
wrote:

Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

Adding to the mix is the increasing cost of oil, Oil generated
Electricity and hence Shortwave transmissions..

BUT,

WBCQ, 7.415 Monticello Maine

looks to be in the vanguard,
putting up Wind Turbines, which will probably let it become a Net
generator of Electricity.

And yes, there are many many unlisted stations popping up, Volmets,
Utilities, Aircraft bands
- Ships, satellites,
- all sorts of stuff ot there..

Life means change, which means ajustment / coping / picking up new ways
of doing things

& the upshot is..

It's still Fun..

The only thing dying is the brain cells of the off topic posters...



"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave
dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

No... use just gotta learn to use filters. Why is that so hard for most
people??

"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup? Is shortwave
dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

Mike Terry wrote:
Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup?

It's because there really isn't all that much new to be found on the
shortwave bands anymore. The information you find on BBC or China Radio
can also be found on the net , cable tv or on CNN. The program related
posts on this forum that generate the most excitement seem to be those
listing the latest station to abandon the shortwave spectrum. Otherwise
it's back to the fights about China politics, our verbally challenged
president, bodily noises and whether the Yaesu FRG7 or the Drake of the
same number was once the best radio of all time.


Is shortwave dying
like stamp collecting and other hobbies of the past?

I dunno, stamp collecting seems to be alive and quite well by
comparison. The USPS and its worldwide counterparts create something
new for collectors to collect almost every day. My wife has taken up
knitting again after a 30 year hiatus, and the forums she visits are
full of people actually talking about the hobby. Strange as it may
seem.

"John S." wrote:

Mike Terry wrote:
Why are there so few on topic postings on this newsgroup?

It's because there really isn't all that much new to be found on the
shortwave bands anymore. The information you find on BBC or China Radio
can also be found on the net , cable tv or on CNN. The program related
posts on this forum that generate the most excitement seem to be those
listing the latest station to abandon the shortwave spectrum. Otherwise
it's back to the fights about China politics, our verbally challenged
president, bodily noises and whether the Yaesu FRG7 or the Drake of the
same number was once the best radio of all time.

The Drake R7 is still a mighty receiver. I use mine all the time.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm