In china,sometimes, the radio is the only way to know the outside.

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In china,sometimes, the radio is the only way to know the outside.

Same for some other countries with totalitarian regimes -- Cuba comes to
mind first. There's also the matter of simple geographic isolation,
such as places in Africa or Central Asia. Shortwave gets the message
through when other more technological means are simply not available, or
are limited.

Here's one example: I work for Wycliffe Associates (see
www.wycliffeassociates.org), an organization which mobilizes volunteers
to assist the people in Wycliffe Bible Translators in getting things
done, so that the translators can concentrate on translating and not
worry about building buildings and such. Many of our overseas locations
have some limited Internet capability, but VERY limited in bandwidth --
most dial-up users here in the States get faster throughput, in fact.
Due to that limitation, the Internet connection there is pretty much
dedicated to necessary uses only. Surfing the Web for news and such
falls pretty low on the priority list. Due to geographic isolation,
it's pretty hard to have the New York Times delivered ;-) so what else
is left but shortwave?

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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