Frank Dresser wrote:

"Colin" wrote in message
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Hmmm - just like IBOC is 'QRM' for FM reception?
IBOC sure is QRM for AM reception!


SW broadcasting is funded so that listeners can hear programs,
not for the benefit of amateur DXers.

So why have so many countries been defunding international
broadcasting?
Could it be they think international broadcasting is a waste of
money? Why
would clearer signals make it less of a waste? If the
programming is worth
hearing, the listener will put up with occasional distortion
and fading.
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Countries are finding that none of their
nationals are listening, Germans not listening
to DW, Brits not listening to BBCWS etc.
So the most important self-market is lost.
Only countries wise in diplomacy know that a
constant SW presence in the vernacular languages
(Pashto to Afghanistan, Spanish to the Aamericas, etc.)
will be useful in the future influence (rising incomes,
desire to buy quality imported goods, friendly to military
occupiers, etc. etc.)
Shortwave is a cheap fifth column for multiple externalities.


DRM lets the intended listeners actually hear those programs
clearly, and tune them in easily. It sounds like you don't like
it cause it sounds like noise on your (probably highly
expensive) set-up, and you like the tuning process to be as
difficult as possible.

International broadcating is boring, and bored listeners are
tuning out.
DRM won't fix that. The internet is a much better source for
news. End time preachers and conspiranoics are much more fun to
listen to.



Satellite radio does every thing DRM promises.

Frank Dresser

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