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Shortwave listening ain't what it used to be. The former cold-war era "flamethrower" broadcast sites with multiple huge towers and enormous sterba-curtain antenna arrays have pretty much been demolished.

Voice of America was a big thing on the shortwaves decades ago, but here's what became of the North Carolina transmitting site.

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Satellites and the internet haven't quite put shortwave broadcasting totally out of business, but the activity level isn't what it used to be. Lots of religious programming.

What you'll hear with a bigger antenna is not easy to predict. With a good antenna, stations that were weak before should be louder. But shortwave signal strength comes and goes with the time of day and the up and down of the 11-year sunspot cycle.

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<blockquote data-quote="nomadradio" data-source="post: 808644" data-attributes="member: 22">Shortwave listening ain&#039;t what it used to be. The former cold-war era &quot;flamethrower&quot; broadcast sites with multiple huge towers and enormous sterba-curtain antenna arrays have pretty much been demolished. Voice of America was a big thing on the shortwaves decades ago, but here&#039;s what became of the North Carolina transmitting site.[MEDIA=youtube]Zcsbny8PFZw:221[/MEDIA]Satellites and the internet haven&#039;t quite put shortwave broadcasting totally out of business, but the activity level isn&#039;t what it used to be. Lots of religious programming. What you&#039;ll hear with a bigger antenna is not easy to predict. With a good antenna, stations that were weak before should be louder. But shortwave signal strength comes and goes with the time of day and the up and down of the 11-year sunspot cycle. 73</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nomadradio, post: 808644, member: 22"] Shortwave listening ain't what it used to be. The former cold-war era "flamethrower" broadcast sites with multiple huge towers and enormous sterba-curtain antenna arrays have pretty much been demolished. Voice of America was a big thing on the shortwaves decades ago, but here's what became of the North Carolina transmitting site. [MEDIA=youtube]Zcsbny8PFZw:221[/MEDIA] Satellites and the internet haven't quite put shortwave broadcasting totally out of business, but the activity level isn't what it used to be. Lots of religious programming. What you'll hear with a bigger antenna is not easy to predict. With a good antenna, stations that were weak before should be louder. But shortwave signal strength comes and goes with the time of day and the up and down of the 11-year sunspot cycle. 73 [/QUOTE]

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