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.

I must have an amazing setup, then. On most nights the shortwave bands
are literally bursting at the seams for me here in Brooklyn, NY.


The information you find on BBC or China Radio
can also be found on the net , cable tv or on CNN.

And, the information you find on the net, cable tv or CNN can also be
found in newspapers and magazines.

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.

I sort of enjoy the receiver debates. Of all the receivers I've owned,
my favorite is definitely the Drake R8B. I haven't been lucky enough to
use an R7, but hope to have the chance one day. If another R7 ever
turns up on ebay and I have some money burning a hole in my
pocket....well, maybe...just maybe.


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.

Not according to Mike Terry!