There's still a lot of Africa and some Asian countries e.g. parts of rural
India and rural Bangladesh who have no mains electricity, internet or money for
TVRO satellite equipment, where a battery powered HF receiver is about all they
can have. Probably the same applies to a fair amount of rural China, too, and
certainly to rural North Korea, where the censorship is heavy. But whether the
number of listeners and their influence is enough to justify super power HFBC
is another matter. Depends on just how much one figures the propaganda is worth.
Fifty years ago, practically every newly independent nation 'HAD' to have its
HFBC for the 'Voice of Swazibanana' or whatever, in the same way as they 'HAD'
to have an national airline flying internationally. Now it seems to be realised
that these, in general, can't be afforded.
73
Peter G3RZP
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