I believe there will be shortwave for the next 10-15 years at least. The fact that it's in transition is making for very interesting listening. If the ship is sinking, I'm going down with it. It will be quite a ride.
In the face of change, I've rededicated myself to monitoring...both program listening and dxing, and have found it very rewarding. Even with the major changes afoot, the bands are active, and full of great things to listen to. I have a feeling that the future of the band will be full of twists and turns that we can't necessarily anticipate. Just my .02... On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Aaron Prosser wrote: > Dear All, > > I am somewhat new to SWL and am considering upgrading my reciever. > With all I hear going around, however, about the decline of SW and > interference from BPL, is it really worth it? Will there be any > shortwave to listen to in 5 years? > > Thanks, > Aaron Prosser > WA4098SWL > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support > open communications for DXers: > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom > > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > [email protected] > http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science > License > published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
