[BC] Future of radio and it's engineers?

[Dave Dunsmoor]

>   Dave Dunsmoor wrote:
> >     So my question is this: could there possibly be a greater future in
> >"listening" than in "talking" for those of us who really like technology?
> >What would it take to generate the interest in extra-terrertrial research
to
> >release the resources to build more of this type of facility? And no, I'm
> >not talking about SETI and the "Art Bell" crowd here.
>
>
> The big limiting factor here is the number of locations you could put
> one of these listening stations.  Certainly any populated area is
> gonna be too noisy electrically to be very useful, and that's not
> even taking into account land costs (and NIMBY hassles) anywhere near
> civilization.

This is all true, however my curiosity is focused on if broadcast "went
away",
would/could you migrate? Would it be interesting, challenging, even
possible?

Dave