Understood Richard and thanks for addressing it as you did... I am on ODXA and do post there.
thanks! On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Richard Cuff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - > > Thanks, Mark, for the response. > > Sending this in response to Paul Walker's comment earlier. > > When this list was created, perhaps, what, 15 years ago (egad), its > focus was on programming content available via shortwave -- what was > interesting listening, new programs on air, programming reviews. Many > "classic" shortwave-related lists didn't care about content, so this > list served a unique purpose. > > Conversely, the list wasn't designed to be a loggings or QSL list, > because there were (and are) many good examples of those already very > popular. My own personal favorite is the ODXA list. > > NASWA's list is good as well, but one has to be a NASWA member to belong > there. > > There are likely other good lists -- such as Glenn Hauser's DXLD list > -- but I am not as familiar with these other. > > Over the years, as we all know, "rocking chair" - quality shortwave > listening, at least in most of North America, has significantly > declined -- North America was one of the targets many broadcasters > identified as not being worth the investment in transmitter time, in > part because we're online so much, and because broadcasters felt > (rightly or wrongly) we weren't a priority target for them. > > For that reason, posting traffic to this list has been very infrequent > for several years. For a while, we were using this list to post links > / reviews of content available via download / streaming / podcast, and > also used this list for discussing broadcaster strategies regarding > delivery platform choices -- i.e. shortwave vs. Internet vs. > smartphone app vs. local rebroadcast. > > I also maintain a list that focuses on Internet-delivered radio, and > again focuses on content and technology (since QSLs really aren't that > much of an issue for Internet-delivered radio). > > I've been happy to see Paul's enthusiasm and postings, just because > such enthusiasm hasn't been all that prevalent here recently! > However, I suggest, Paul, that you might get a more lively discussion > going over on the ODXA list or one of these others when it comes to > signal ID, QSLs, etc... > > Any other questions? Let me know via e-mail (suggest you don't reply > to the entire list). > > Thanks -- Richard Cuff / list owner > _______________________________________________ > 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. > >
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