Re: [Swprograms] Hello

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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 <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
> <mft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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