-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to ALL <=-

 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.

Sounds like you've just had bad luck listening sessions. I've only had
the 40USD Sangean budget analog dial sw receivers and I still have some
pretty good listening sessions. I can often pick up programs from WBCQ
the planet, www.wbcq.com. And this helps enhance my hits 
 http://www.earthsignals.com/swfreqs.html
I still get some insteresting random hits, the Netherland, Japan, and Sweden
have had some interesting programming in English.

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