Bouquet to Passport
 

Today out the blue I received in excellent condition a brand new free
complimentary copy of Passport to Worldband Radio 2007.
Seems like their Jane Evans got wind of the fact that my original copy got
dropped from the Boeing at 30,000 ft when it passed over Montagu - mwa
Afrika's idea of speeding up airmail deliveries. Sadly it was graunched
beyond belief and was difficult to read.

So a big bouquet to Jane and Passport for this friendly and unexpected
customer service, much appreciated here.

I cannot understand why the many queries that come into this newsgroup don't
buy themselves a copy of Passport, as for twenty bucks it is a bible of
useful information for radio hobbyists, especially newness. It's got
everything worth looking at from the fifty buck radio's and simple antenna's
right up to excellent reviews of the heavyweight $4k serious tabletops. An
outstanding buy and good value for what you get, written by highly
experienced professionals.

--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whip
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

Bouquet to Passport
 

In article ,
"John Plimmer" wrote:

Today out the blue I received in excellent condition a brand new free
complimentary copy of Passport to Worldband Radio 2007. Seems like
their Jane Evans got wind of the fact that my original copy got
dropped from the Boeing at 30,000 ft when it passed over Montagu -
mwa Afrika's idea of speeding up airmail deliveries. Sadly it was
graunched beyond belief and was difficult to read.

So a big bouquet to Jane and Passport for this friendly and
unexpected customer service, much appreciated here.

I cannot understand why the many queries that come into this
newsgroup don't buy themselves a copy of Passport, as for twenty
bucks it is a bible of useful information for radio hobbyists,
especially newness. It's got everything worth looking at from the
fifty buck radio's and simple antenna's right up to excellent reviews
of the heavyweight $4k serious tabletops. An outstanding buy and good
value for what you get, written by highly experienced professionals.

I have bought a Passport every year for years. I refer to it all the
time scanning the bands. All kinds of good information in it about SW
radio stations, schedules, mail addresses and contact information,
reviews and useful advertisements for equipment.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Bouquet to Passport
 

I guess I'll breakdown and get a copy again. I haven't bought one in
years, however, I used to get Monitoring Times and they had fairly
decent listings for SW schedules among other things. I really do need
to get a reference considering all the stations I run across that I
can't identify. I'd probably waste the money on ice cream anyway!!
Which vendor/outlet is the best to order from?

Frank
Tucson


Telamon wrote:
In article ,
"John Plimmer" wrote:

Today out the blue I received in excellent condition a brand new free
complimentary copy of Passport to Worldband Radio 2007. Seems like
their Jane Evans got wind of the fact that my original copy got
dropped from the Boeing at 30,000 ft when it passed over Montagu -
mwa Afrika's idea of speeding up airmail deliveries. Sadly it was
graunched beyond belief and was difficult to read.

So a big bouquet to Jane and Passport for this friendly and
unexpected customer service, much appreciated here.

I cannot understand why the many queries that come into this
newsgroup don't buy themselves a copy of Passport, as for twenty
bucks it is a bible of useful information for radio hobbyists,
especially newness. It's got everything worth looking at from the
fifty buck radio's and simple antenna's right up to excellent reviews
of the heavyweight $4k serious tabletops. An outstanding buy and good
value for what you get, written by highly experienced professionals.

I have bought a Passport every year for years. I refer to it all the
time scanning the bands. All kinds of good information in it about SW
radio stations, schedules, mail addresses and contact information,
reviews and useful advertisements for equipment.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Bouquet to Passport
 

Bouquet to Passport
 

It would be much better if the schedule section were available in an
electronic form on the internet which is updated regularly. As it currently
stands, in static print, it becomes outdated within months.

"John Plimmer" wrote in message
...
Today out the blue I received in excellent condition a brand new free
complimentary copy of Passport to Worldband Radio 2007.
Seems like their Jane Evans got wind of the fact that my original copy got
dropped from the Boeing at 30,000 ft when it passed over Montagu - mwa
Afrika's idea of speeding up airmail deliveries. Sadly it was graunched
beyond belief and was difficult to read.

So a big bouquet to Jane and Passport for this friendly and unexpected
customer service, much appreciated here.

I cannot understand why the many queries that come into this newsgroup
don't
buy themselves a copy of Passport, as for twenty bucks it is a bible of
useful information for radio hobbyists, especially newness. It's got
everything worth looking at from the fifty buck radio's and simple
antenna's
right up to excellent reviews of the heavyweight $4k serious tabletops. An
outstanding buy and good value for what you get, written by highly
experienced professionals.

--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whip
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

Bouquet to Passport
 

Astro wrote:
It would be much better if the schedule section were available in an
electronic form on the internet which is updated regularly. As it currently
stands, in static print, it becomes outdated within months.

WRTVH used to have a similar publication that addressed the "other"
half of the year, with a similar graphic format - but they discontinued
that about 3 years ago, and - oh well...

At least EiBi updates regulary - and it is a more than satisfactory
substitute, and free at that.

Bruce Jensen

Bouquet to Passport
 

In article .com,
wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
"John Plimmer" wrote:

Today out the blue I received in excellent condition a brand new
free complimentary copy of Passport to Worldband Radio 2007.
Seems like their Jane Evans got wind of the fact that my original
copy got dropped from the Boeing at 30,000 ft when it passed over
Montagu - mwa Afrika's idea of speeding up airmail deliveries.
Sadly it was graunched beyond belief and was difficult to read.

So a big bouquet to Jane and Passport for this friendly and
unexpected customer service, much appreciated here.

I cannot understand why the many queries that come into this
newsgroup don't buy themselves a copy of Passport, as for twenty
bucks it is a bible of useful information for radio hobbyists,
especially newness. It's got everything worth looking at from the
fifty buck radio's and simple antenna's right up to excellent
reviews of the heavyweight $4k serious tabletops. An outstanding
buy and good value for what you get, written by highly
experienced professionals.

I have bought a Passport every year for years. I refer to it all
the time scanning the bands. All kinds of good information in it
about SW radio stations, schedules, mail addresses and contact
information, reviews and useful advertisements for equipment.


I guess I'll breakdown and get a copy again. I haven't bought one in
years, however, I used to get Monitoring Times and they had fairly
decent listings for SW schedules among other things. I really do need
to get a reference considering all the stations I run across that I
can't identify. I'd probably waste the money on ice cream anyway!!
Which vendor/outlet is the best to order from?

I buy mine at the local Barnes & Noble. Not a good price though.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Bouquet to Passport
 

bpnjensen wrote:
Astro wrote:
It would be much better if the schedule section were available in an
electronic form on the internet which is updated regularly. As it currently
stands, in static print, it becomes outdated within months.

WRTVH used to have a similar publication that addressed the "other"
half of the year, with a similar graphic format - but they discontinued
that about 3 years ago, and - oh well...

At least EiBi updates regulary - and it is a more than satisfactory
substitute, and free at that.

Bruce Jensen

I bought the 2005 edition and saw a ton of Eton advertisements in it,,,
I very skeprtical when I see that type of thing...kind of turned me off
on their reviews ,how can they be impartial?

Bouquet to Passport
 

The problem is bigger than that. No one is making shortwave radios anymore.
I am sure Passport is struggling to find advertisors except for Eton and the
other Chinese stuff.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

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bpnjensen wrote:
Astro wrote:
It would be much better if the schedule section were available in an
electronic form on the internet which is updated regularly. As it
currently
stands, in static print, it becomes outdated within months.

WRTVH used to have a similar publication that addressed the "other"
half of the year, with a similar graphic format - but they discontinued
that about 3 years ago, and - oh well...

At least EiBi updates regulary - and it is a more than satisfactory
substitute, and free at that.

Bruce Jensen

I bought the 2005 edition and saw a ton of Eton advertisements in it,,,
I very skeprtical when I see that type of thing...kind of turned me off
on their reviews ,how can they be impartial?

Bouquet to Passport
 

"bpnjensen" wrote in message
oups.com...
Astro wrote:
It would be much better if the schedule section were available in an
electronic form on the internet which is updated regularly. As it
currently
stands, in static print, it becomes outdated within months.

WRTVH used to have a similar publication that addressed the "other"
half of the year, with a similar graphic format - but they discontinued
that about 3 years ago, and - oh well...

At least EiBi updates regulary - and it is a more than satisfactory
substitute, and free at that.

Bruce Jensen


I must say that I think the schedule format in Passport is superior
(easy/fast) than any other I have used.
I simply wish it was available online with regular updates that I can print
out when needed.