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.