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October 2nd 07, 01:00 AM
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DX'ing using the internet - No need for long-distance AM
"Bob Campbell" wrote in message ... In article , Phil Kane wrote: On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:07:23 -0700, wrote: I don't care, because when I want to do distant listening, I am not stuck back in World War 2. I am in the 21st century and use the internet to listen as far away as London or Japan or Australia. It's the difference between seeing a picture of some distant landmark and going there and seeing it firsthand. The fun is in receiving it on HF/SW. Why? Because of the challenge/difficulty? Not everyone wants a challenge - some just want to listen to a program. The internet also adds crystal clarity with no fading 24 hours a day, not just when "conditions are right"! That isn't the point of DX-ing. If you never tried tuning in a distant radio station on an AM or short-wave radio, you're probably not going to understand what they're talking about. There was something exciting about receiving a radio station from another state, or another country, that is difficult to describe. Perhaps DX-ing is something from a bygone era. But whatever it is you're doing on the World Wide Web is not "DX-ing". It is simply the internet working properly. Listening to it on the internet is like shooting fish in a barrel. Yeah, nothing like making something *easy* so more people can do it! How dare they!?! They can and they should. But calling it "DX-ing" is a misnomer. DX-ing is the hobby of tweaking your analog receiver and antenna to receive distant radio stations, patiently waiting for the right conditions, and collecting enough program information to write a reception report, and then receiving a card or letter from the station confirming your report. Typing in a URL and hearing the audio feed of a station over the internet is called "surfing". |
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