Agreed totally. My method (and people can criticize it but it is the way I
enjoy creating my own logs) is to scan through the entire sw spectrum within
an hour. I don't try to identify every signal I can hear...I try to stick
with English language transmissions, or at least, interesting music. I then
use references such as Prime Time Shortwave, Passport and Monitoring times
to identify the stations. Generally it is fairly obvious if you can figure
out what the station is...if not I leave it as unidentified for now and move
on. Sometimes the ID's are stumbled upon by identifying parallel frequencies
with the same program.

Is this stealing someone else's work? I don't think so. It is using whatever
data I can to identify what I'm hearing, and I think this is totally correct
and appropriate for me. Otherwise, what else do you use all the available
data for? With this method I can do a band scan for each hour of the day and
compile my own logs, which I update twice each Summer and twice each Winter.
If someone states that you are stealing someone else's work unless you
listen to each signal until you hear an ID they are applying their personal
preferences in how to create logs onto everyone else and frankly I don't see
how anyone has the right to do that.

I realize I may get flamed for writing this and that's one of the reasons I
seldom post to this group these days but felt it was necessary to speak my
piece.

Jay



"lsmyer" wrote in message
...
I strongly agree with Mr. Bryant on this. DXing is a very individual
activity. Some people meticulously spend hours on a particular frequency.
I
had a friend who was that way. He was incredibly thorough but he never
ended
up with many stations.

That doesn't work for me. My attention span is too short to start with. If
I
can ID a station in two minutes, then that leaves me a lot more time
available in that window to pull in even more stations.

Plus, there's nothing wrong with using another person's database to make
an
ID easier. It's no different than using a digital display on a radio to
find
out where you are on the dial. Some purists would rather dx by ear only,
and
that's fine too.

Most importantly, though, DXing should be fun.