Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Terrestrial radio is not relevant to most younger people because they can get whatever content they are after via a mobile phone or a PC or a Blackberry. There are more than ample computer/phone games to keep people busy if they like competition.

But, as has already been noted by myself and others, hobbies which are in the collecting mode ( DX'ers collects stations heard and/or recordings and/or veries ) as well as those which utilize what younger folks view as obsolete and/or archaic technologies ( and there we are again ) are all in the same boat - no growth, mostly shrinkage.

I'm afraid this is nothing more than the natural order of human interests.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Wed, 4/6/11, richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx <richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx <richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 11:29 AM
> Patrick:
> 
> I have to agree we are probably the last generation
> of MW DXers.  I hope I'm wrong.  But how can the
> younger generation listen to radio or anything else
> with a cellphone glued to their ear?  
> 
> I had a young man ask me what I was reading on my
> Kindle.  I told him it was book about how David
> Sarnoff and RCA screwed Farnsworth and Armstrong over
> their radio inventions.  I doubt he understood much
> of anything I said.
> 
> But, I'm old enough to remember listening to
> children's programming after school on an AM radio. 
> Heck, I remember (barely) when REA brought
> electricity to our farm and dad no longer had to
> charge the radio batteries with a wind charger.  Back
> then, the telephone was on the wall and had to be
> cranked.      
> 
> Richard.
> 
> Richard Allen
> 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
> (near Perry OK USA)   
> 
> ------- Original Message -------
> From    : Patrick Martin[mailto:mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent    : 4/6/2011 1:08:21 AM
> To      : irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc      : irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30
> 
>  >>50 years from now, I wonder if radio stations
> will
> even be around. 
> Today's youth, as has already been mentioned on this
> list, are getting
> their music from iPods, and if none of them even know
> about AM radio
> these days, I can imagine there'll come a point in
> time where FM will
> become passe in their minds, too.  And a generation
> that grew up on
> radio will be long gone.<<
> 
> I hate to say it and I hope I am wrong, but we may be
> the last
> generation of MW DXers. Several DXer friends I know
> feel the same way. I
> am now 62 and have been at the dials since I was 13.
> But the future of
> AM radio in this country could be on its' way out.
> Now there will be a
> lot of stations on the air for years to come. I don't
> think WBZ, WABC,
> KGO, KFI, etc are going anywhere for a long time. But
> we are seeing a
> lot more streaming on the internet. I know the talk
> shows on KGO get a
> lot of callers that listen online and even more the e
> mail the station.
> Add Ipods to mix and the need for the power monster
> 50KW transmitters,
> the days may be numbered. Especially if electric
> rates continue to
> climb. That is one main reason KAIM 870 in Hawaii
> shut down was the high
> electric rates on Molakai to run 50 KW. With the
> downturn in the
> economy, even big TV stations are having trouble.
> Personally, I don't
> see the need for zillions of stations running the
> same talk shows. I
> many went off,Better  DXing would return too.  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick 
> 
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR 
> KGED QSL Manager
> 
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