does anyone here still atively listen to to terristrial short wave radio using a radio set?

[AllaN01Bear]

[underpants]

1. In my car but not a stand alone radio.

[PXR-5]

8. I haven't had a SW radio in my car since

about the mid 80s, It was in my Dodge, Ramcharger.

Mine was a National which included AM, FM, SW and LW.
Never heard anything on Long Wave, SW picked up the usual stuff like Radio Moscow, Radio Habana Cuba and HCJB.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I have a few receivers, but I almost never listen to them.

Various Radio Shack DX-whatevers.

It ain't what it used to be.

[NNadir]

3. Not to my knowledge, but it was exciting when I was a boy, with my cousin, to tune in "Radio Moscow" in English.

It was a lot of fun; we felt mischievous, not that we believed much of what was broadcast.

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. Yes, it's an essential part of my amateur radio hobby.

[wcmagumba]

5. Yes I do, more of the Side Band Hams chatting these days than commercial broadcasts....

Edit: I have an ATS Amp model touchscreen radio that works well for listening and a Malichite DSP SDR V5 touchscreen that is my favorite. The Malichite (clone of Malihit) Noise Reduction setting is phenomenal and the live (or near live) band scan lets you zero in on random conversations....

2nd Edit: I also have two of the inexpensive RTL-SDR Blog USB dongles that I intend to use with free Windows software as a police/EMS scanner for local trunked systems (some are now encrypted but many are not). I haven't got this set up yet...plans in my retired mind anyway...

[AllaN01Bear]

6. so many plans within plans , no?

[Elessar Zappa]

7. My old car, a 2009 Versa, only has radio.

So I hear it whenever I drive that car.

[PXR-5]

9. The Sun spots are causing havoc

right now.

I can barely get WWV

[AllaN01Bear]

10. i figured that with the sun spots , propagation would be very bad.