D Peter Maus wrote:
John S. wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

John S. wrote:

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:


In article , 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?

Yes, and Google has invested $100,000,000 to kill it. Boycott Google if
you want to keep listening to shortwave radio.



Huh??? Where did you get that notion. Please tell us what project to
kill shortwave google is investing $100,000 in. And what could
possibly be their motivation.



Google dumped $10Million into BPL, which, it is feared, in most areas,
may end HF listening.


But their motivation for investing in a technology like BPL was hardly
to kill shortwave as the OP stated. I think it is safe to say that
shortwave broadcasting is probably close to the bottom of the list of
competitive threats (and opportunities) that Google management is
compelled to deal with.

Not to say that shortwave broadcasting completely escapes the attention
of Google. It is one of a gazzillion entries in their ever expanding
search indices.



SW isn't even on the radar for Google's involvement in BPL.
Collateral damage at best. But damage nonetheless. The point of the
original poster, is that, taken as a whole, Google is dumping money into
a project that will kill HF listening in many areas. Whether targeted or
collaterally, is irrelevant.

But the OP's statement was that Google had targeted shortwave, which
was obviously wrong. And that was what I was responding to. It's fine
to change topics, but don't mix up responses.

It's clear that the concerns of SWLs and HAMs are not even being
considered in the decision to push BPL. That neither hobby can rouse
any public, regulatory or legislative interest in the impact of BPL on
amateur use of HF frequencies says a lot about the present state of
those hobbies. That commercial broadcast and utility users of the HF
spectrum apparently haven't registered any significant complaints says
they are (1) Possibly very small in number, (2) unconcerned, (3) ready
to pull out anyway or (4) all of the above.