Re: [Swprograms] Hello

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, he was just telling you the scope of this group has expanded beyond HF. 

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[mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark F.
Tattenbaum, M.F.A.
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:01 PM
To: Shortwave programming discussion
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Hello

Dear Richard,
Thanks for your comments. I will admit that I am a bit puzzled by your  
remarks...are you trying to say that my posting was not pertinent to  
the subject of the group?

Cheers
Mark

On Feb 9, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> Hello, Mark...I'm one of the co-perpetrators of this group as well.
>
> One of the things that has changed since I first started listening as
> a 10-year-old in the mid-1960s and even since I awakened from SWL
> dormancy in 1985 is that information from faraway places is much, much
> easier to come by now...thus some of the "thrill" of shortwave has
> vanished.  However, if you chat with a broadcaster, all they want is
> for people to hear them by whatever means is possible and affordable.
>
> The development and maturity of National Public Radio also comes into
> play, I would opine -- until NPR came into existence there was no
> domestic source for a global perspective on news and world events;
> shortwave-based international broadcasters were the only radio sources
> available to us.
>
> As many have mused, the end of the Cold War ideological struggle took
> the wind out of the collective sails for many broadcasters...as there
> was less of a reason for them to exist, in the eyes of the funding
> sources for them.
>
> Other broadcasters -- Radio Netherlands and Radio Australia come
> specifically to mind -- have focused their energies (creative as well
> as RF) on reaching areas where media diversity, availability, and
> freedom are not as plentiful as the bounty available here in the
> developed world.
>
> We have tried to keep this group focused more on the "messages" that
> shortwave broadcasters espouse(d) than strictly the technology of
> shortwave.
>
> There are many groups that exist for discussions regarding DXing,
> QSLing, propagation, and the like, and we really have tried not to
> duplicate the fine efforts of others who specialize in those areas.
>
> We have tended to focus on English language spoken-word programming,
> but there still is a ton of great music accessible via shortwave (and
> admittedly on other platforms) that's worth firing up the receiver
> for.
>
> What part of the world do you call home?
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Mark F. Tattenbaum, M.F.A.
> <mft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Yes there is more qrn but the new receivers seem to be handling it  
>> better.
>> Conditions are never as good as we remember them. It does seem that
>> propagation paths have changed from the past though. 15 meters was  
>> open this
>> am with some Europeans and 20 meters is spotty here usually opens  
>> as the sun
>> comes up but is gone before the afternoon.
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