> I still have a R-75 hooked up although I don't often use it anymore. I'm also a shortwave fan, and I also find it less interesting as time passes. But there'

> I still have a R-75 hooked up although I don't often use it anymore. I'm also a shortwave fan, and I also find it less interesting as time passes. But there's a concrete reason -- there are fewer interesting shortwave programs, mostly in response to the rise of the Internet, podcasting and satellite radio. Many shortwave bands, once teeming with interesting and useful content, have been taken over by niche broadcasters like religious groups, or ordinary broadcasts that have shifted to the shortwave bands from the AM broadcast band in tropical areas to avoid excessive noise. Overall, less interesting shortwave content. Apropos of nothing, for years I believed that one of my favorite AM radio stations for long-distance reception (KGO near San Francisco, 810 kHz) had its frequency to itself -- was a "clear-channel" broadcaster. I recently discovered that this hasn't been true for decades -- there are now 182 U.S. domestic AM stations on that one frequency. I was shocked.