> HG> This is really sad news, since Radio Australia has been an excellent   
   > HG> propagation beacon, for checking radio conditions to the Pacific area,   
   > HG> on the 9-, 12-, 15- and 18-MHz bands.   
      
   That is sad news.  I have not had a SW-capable radio in a while but, back in   
   the early 1980's, I used to listen to one quite often.  Listening to it was   
   much like my early experiences with BBSing just a few short years later... I   
   was amazed that I could listen to broadcasts from around the world.  As this   
   was still the cold war, I almost felt like a young spy eavesdropping on the   
   broadcasts of Radio Moscow World Service.  :)  Then, of course, there was the   
   BBC, the VOA, the time beacons, WRNO (that played rock-and-roll out of New   
   Orleans), and a bunch of broadcasts in languages that I could not understand   
   but, based on the tone of voice, I imagined were some dictator or   
   revolutionary attempting to incite their people to action!  :)   
      
   I wonder what the additional cost is of providing a short wave simulcast?   
      
   Mike   
      
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