BK>>  I have been trying to get back into SWLing. My receivers are not   
    BK>>  top of the line, but not bottom, and I have done well with worse   
    BK>>  in the past.   
      
    BK>>  As I scan through the bands I am finding few stations, other   
    BK>>  than apparently Spanish stations or Radio Cuba. Has Shortwave   
    BK>>  Broadcasting been that badly abandoned? Or am I just not finding   
    BK>>  them. I have tried most of the bands, several times a day. All   
    BK>>  of them once in a while.   
      
    JR> Sounds like you've just had bad luck listening sessions.   
      
    I suspect it's location. I suspect this apartment building is   
    filled with metal and electrical interference.   
      
    JR> I've only had the 40USD Sangean budget analog dial sw   
    JR> receivers and I still have some pretty good listening   
      
    I am using two digitally tuned receivers. I am not pleased. The   
    jumps as you tune are annoying.   
      
    JR> sessions. I can often pick up programs from WBCQ the   
    JR> planet, www.wbcq.com. And this helps enhance my hits   
      
    That is a US station. I can receive those quite well.   
      
    JR> http://www.earthsignals.com/swfreqs.html I still get some   
    JR> insteresting random hits, the Netherland, Japan, and Sweden   
    JR> have had some interesting programming in English.   
      
    I'll check out that website. Thanks.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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