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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark F. Tattenbaum, M.F.A. Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:51 PM To: Shortwave programming discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Hello 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Swprograms mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, >> or visit the URL shown above. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, > or visit the URL shown above. > Mark F. Tattenbaum, M.F.A. [email protected] _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
