Well thank you to all that have responded..I think i'll hang around
<smile>...I did find the links on here to the 2 Bobs shows from the
60's and 70's on Swiss Radio and have been sharing them with other
guys that have similar interests.
Cheers
Mark
W2MFT
On Feb 10, 2010, at 1:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Mark -
I think Richard and others have said it very well. But I might add
that we are just as enthusiastic about shortwave as we ever were.
However, we are even more enthusiastic about the content of those
broadcasts. Unfortunately--again, as Richard said--even our
suburban and, yes, exurban locations are now generating noise and RF
QRM to the point where listening on shortwave often becomes
exceedingly frustrating. So we had a choice--settle for what we
could get via shortwave (i.e.: a diminishing return) or embrace
other platforms in addition to shortwave. Several of us have chosen
the more expansive and open approach because it gives us more of
what we seek.
I have more shortwave radios today than I had even a few years ago.
So my "devotion" (if one can call it that) to shortwave continues
unabated. I've just learned that I can worship at other altars as
well. :-))
Stick around. I think you'll grow to like us. <g>
John
---- Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote:
What is intriguing is to see how cellphone technologies have
leapfrogged others...there's been analysis of the number of people in
Kenya that use their cellphones as supplements to shortwave to listen
to the BBC. It's a surprisingly large number. However most
broadcasters agree that shortwave still is a must to reach Africa,
parts of Latin America, and parts of East and South Asia.
But these broadcasters' own surveys identify that folks in Europe,
North America, ANZ, and Japan listen to SW less than they used to.
Heck, among folks under 30, even local AM radio is rarely listened
to.
Don't get me wrong...there's still something special about
shortwave -
the unpredictability, the propagation from areas that don't have
Internet access, the fact that it can't be blocked (other than via
jamming).
It is fun to head off to a state park cabin for a couple days for
some
uninterrupted shortwave listening, but it's tough -- both with
propagation as well as electrical interference -- to listen much at
home.
I think what you'll find here is that most of us advocate the use of
multiple means of access, including shortwave, and that broadcasters
that eliminate shortwave to a particular region do, in fact, lose
part
of the audience that prefers shortwave to other technologies.
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Mark F. Tattenbaum, M.F.A.
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hey All,
Well I guess if that is the focus of the group it takes you right
out of
shortwave listening.
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