"Mike Terry" wrote in message
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I am interested in the latest views on this topic.

What do you think - has shortwave got a future?

Views/links to articles would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

Operating an international shortwave station requires a huge budget.
Governments and religious organizations have had the budgets and the
missions historically to run them. There have been commercial broadcasters,
such as WRNO and WNYW, but they have either folded or taken to renting their
facilities to religious and political broadcasters. International shortwave,
once popular in the 1930's in the U. S., only has a few American
enthusiasts. International broadcasters know that, and have redirected their
programs to satellite and internet streaming. Shortwave is still popular in
the Third World, and there will be stations to satisfy that market.

The tropical shortwave station, usually operating in the 90 or 60 meter
band, is generally a domestic broadcast taking advantage of lower static
interference and a larger coverage area. Here too, in some countries, it is
giving way to FM on vhf frequencies.