On 2010-03-19, Michael Black wrote:

Because like I said, "shortwave" defines not the spectrum, but the
listener. Someone who listens for hobby purposes, generally for the
sake of the reception rather than the content.

Unless you take into account my haircut, which has such a short wave
you can see your reflection in it, I guess I'm not a shortwave person.
I remember lusting after a Hallicrafters S-120 as a kid and finally
getting a used one when I was in the service stationed in N Africa. I
could get hundreds of stations in Europe, but couldn't understand a
word from a single one. Not my idea of entertainment.

I'm trying to get into ham cuz I want to talk to people, not see if I
can hear them. I hear way too many people every day on my phone! I
jes cancelled cable tv and talk radio is crap. You wanna carry on an
intelligent conversation, I'm there.

nb