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.

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.

But question asked why nobody posts about what they heard on BBC, CR,
Havana or what their latest DX catch was (on topic posts). Not whether
there are stations on the bands. If someone caught Radio Flyspeck
domestic broadcast at 1733 or heard some exciting news on the 2300
broadcast of Megawatt International it sure isn't appearing on this
forum. The only conclusion I can draw is that not much new is
happening other than the gradual dwindling of international
broadcasters.



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.

And that's the point - there are many many reliable anbd more timely
sources for information.


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.

Sure talking about the receivers of old (and new) is fun - I enjoy it.
But there has to be more to the hobby than that. It is the equivalent
of people talking about their television set rather than what happened
on the 6:00 news and Jay Leno. What are people using shortwave
receivers for besides paper weights and room warmers.




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!