[DX] DX-tulevaisuus

Moro,

Ei ole ollut turhaa puhua DX-harrasteen nykynäköaloista ja omistaa siinä yhteydessä huomiota FM:n statukselle. Kansainvälisissä ryhmissä puhutaan juuri nyt paljon SW:n ja radioalan tilanteesta, kuten alla. Drake R8B -vastaanottimen valmistus lopetetaan samoin kuin Icom R-75:n ja meilläkin tärkeän Icom R-8500n, joka on Suomessa ykkös-all-round-rx (siis mukaanlukien hyvä FM). Samoin lakkaa Sony SW-77; kaikki tärkeimmät NRD:t ovat menneen talven lumia, eikä uusia malleja ole suunnitteilla tilalle. Kaikki viittaaa siihen ettei harraste enää ole vetovoimainen eikä kiinnosta radioiden valmistajiakaan.

Siksi sopii miettiä, miten DX pysyisi vetovoimaisena, kuten listalla onkin juuri eräältä kannalta tehty. Lukekaapa Bill Krausen juttu alta, se on vain yksi tyypillinen tässä keskustelussa. Kun Krause kertoo että hänen Icom R-8500:nsa saapui tänään, voin kertoa että oma FM-käyttöön tarkoitettu modifioitu Icom R-7000:ni on jo kuljetuksessa matkalla Suomeen. Toki on vielä järeää AM-kalustoakin, järeämpääkin kuin Krausella, kuten EKD-500.

73's HF

To: nrd-525-535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 2:08 AM

Subject: Re: [nrd-525-535] SWs Future

Jim,
        And I have also heard that the Icom R-75 may be discontinued. When two of the few major hobby radios are discontinued it is not a good sign. What really concerns me is that no replacements have been announced. The reality is technology and the Net are hitting the radio hobby that I grew up with hard. International broadcasters are abandoning traditional short-wave broadcast in favor of alternative technologies and not many young people are getting into the hobby and casual listeners are just not there. I suspect the market just isn't there. I suspect my considerable investment in some the best and near best radios of the last 50 years isn't going to turn out to be a particularly good investment. My heirs will probably not get rich on them but I have had a heck of a good time collecting and listening to them. My Icom R-8500 arrived today and it rests just undereneath the Icom R-75 which intern rests a top the NRD 535D.

                                                          Bill Krause



jim franey wrote:

Hello. I have a general question for the group. I have recently observed the demise of Sonys SW77 in the USA (still available in Europe) as well as just yesterday receiving an e mail that Drake is discontinuing there R8B receiver.

I am just wondering what you feel about the future of SW radio in the world?

Does it have a future? Jim

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