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September 7th 04, 10:46 AM

In article ,
(byrnefm) wrote:

I would like to see a copy of Shortwave Magazine though. Any comments on
that one?

I buy Shortwave Magazine each month (I live in Ireland, so the content
is pretty relevant). As you might guess, it is very UK-oriented (eg.
reception logs) but it does have good general articles, too. It has
regulars like what's happening on SW in the different continents, both
about radio and TV (under the columns 'Bandscan region' and
regularly features transmitters of interest in the UK and occasionally
Ireland. There are also other articles each month of interest to the
radio amateur reader. While it's called 'SWM', it does cover more
than the 0-30MHz spectrum, for example, it also has articles relating
to the air band.

I buy my copy from a newsagents (it sells for €5.80 = US$6.90 at the
moment, rate of sterling dependent), their subscription rates seem to
be pretty reasonable as far as magazines go, probably because it's not
bulky like a computing magazine. I don't know how much it retails for
in the US (and have never seen Monitoring Times for sale here) so I'm
unable to compare the two. Not sure if the magazine is as relevant in
the US (wrt some of its articles) but I'd certainly recommend buying a
copy to see for yourself - if you can find it on sale somewhere!

..Francis

Thanks for the info, I'll try to find a copy.
By the way, I'm in Canada not the US. Just across the pond
from you in Nova Scotia.

Norm