"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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Back Scatter wrote:
Shortwave stuff belongs on rec.radio.shortwave

Technically, the SWL question did belong over there.

It didn't seem so far away from topic as to justify not answering an
honest question from a newbie who might well not know the difference
between SWL DX and ham DX.

It was an honest mistake, and I'm pretty surprised (and dismayed) at the way
this dead horse is being beaten.

Digging deeper, though, I do think I see the cause of the problem since you
said "ham dx". ( I failed to notice the word ham in the thread title. Most
definitely my fault.) I didn't realize it was for hams...amateur dx sure
sounded appropriate for an MW DX question. The newsgroup name is a bit
misleading, IMO. I'm an amateur, and I'm trying to dx. g I'd have thought
that the name for a ham group would have been more specific, like
rec.radio.ham.dx. shrug If rec.radio.amateur.dx is just for -ham- comms,
then it would seem that there just isn't a group for MW DX questions, at
least carried by my news server. Saying that an MW post didn't belong in the
dx group but belonged over in the shortwave group threw me, especially since
I lurked here for awhile before posting, and saw numerous posts about dxing
in general. Go figure. Oh well...live and learn. So, mea culpa in spite of
IMO understandable mistakes. g

I'm sorry for the hassle, and I'll be sure to wipe the dust off of my shoes
as I leave.