Hi Guys,
I take along my venerable 32 year old ICOM 751A transceiver with us whenever we venture forth to our cottage, for some pleasurable "...VE3XZ/3" QSO's there...& when the bands are so-so, I spin the dial of the transceiver in "General VFO" mode, for some SWL'ing throughout the HF spectrum.
Well, as I've told my wife repeatedly, if THIS was what the short waves sounded like back in 1969 --- when I first acquired my Hallicrafters S-77A receiver, & cut my eye teeth on it before being inspired to move onto Ham radio --- I just know that I would NEVER EVER have gotten my amateur ticket, in the first place...
Because there is absolutely NOTHING ON ANY of the frequencies, of any interest, whatsoever. Apart from the odd "...hell-fire-and-brimstone" pontificating "...Holy Roller," the frequencies are, for the most part, COMPLETELY SILENT. Our collective fears, & the wringing of our hands in angst over the possibiityof other services taking our HF frequencies away from us, are all for naught --- there's nothing on 99.9% of the HF spectrum NOW, as it is!
How depressingly sad, too. Back when I first began, I could hear the entire world beckoning out to me from my SWL radio's loud speaker --- now, all I can detect is the deafening SILENCE of a "...Twilight Zone."