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Originally Posted by Sandy G
That's it. Time to haul the Boatanchors down to the kerb, so's the Garbage will pick 'em up...Buh-bye 1955 Collins R-390A...So long, '54 Collins R-389....Adios, Rohde Und Schwarz EK-07...Been nice knowin' you fellers...(grin)
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I wouldn't be in such a hurry to get rid of your Collins, etc. boat anchors just yet. As I understand it, shortwave in the US isn't going to disappear any time soon; just standard AM broadcasting. Just think of what an outcry there would be from ham radio operators in this country if SW were legislated out of existence, and the ham bands reallocated to other services (the latter has happened on a very small scale here with part of the 220-MHz band, and could eventually happen with six meters as well, but to the best of my knowledge, all nine high-frequency ham bands, and most VHF-UHF bands, are still allocated to the Amateur Radio Service and are still in use). With over 640,000 amateur radio licensees in the US alone, the FCC probably wouldn't hear the end of it (if they reassigned the amateur frequencies, especially HF) for quite some time.