You know, when I started installing satellite dishes 20 years ago (was it
REALLY that long ago?!? Wow!) I had the thought that you could include the
entire shortwave spectrum as a sub-band in a satellite channel. On the Ku
band, 30 MHz is only 0.2% of the frequency being used. It would not be
difficult at all to add something like this and just have an output from
the satellire receiver for a shortwave receiver, much like the FM output
many satellite receivers have.
I guess the problem is how much demand would there be for it and would the
equipment manufacturers think it's worth it. I myself would use it but
I've been listening to shortwave for 40 years.
Ku band antennas and equipment are cheap and I can't see a problem with a
good part of the world going to a system like this. But some things are
slow to change ...
73, Zack W9SZ
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
> How about moving it to the Internet?
>
> On 11/20/05, Bill Turner <dezrat1242@ispwest.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > International broadcasting should be moved to the VHF/UHF region and
> > be done by satellite. HF is a poor medium for such purposes.
> >
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