This is what takes all the fun out of shortwave nowadays! Might as well
listen via the internet as through these relays.

Not really Art. IMO (no offense to Steve or the others) is when someone
excitedly posts they grabbed what they feel is a good catch.

Then someone (usually two to five replies) will jump on to let them know that
the place they heard was transmitted just a mile and a half up their street
from a relay...lol.

I say let them find out on their own, I know when I started, just hearing
anything that sounded remotely far away got me jacked, of course now I know
(more often than not....through endless books and notes etc. etc.) what I'm
hearing. That's why I don't even really post anymore on what I hear.

I know what I hear now and it's logged or if I get around to it, I qsl them.
I remember when I logged something pretty impressive on the BCB (I'd have to
look back in my notes) and I posted in here all excited and (not to be named)
AM DX Expert of all time jumped on me berating me and telling me that there was
NO WAY I could hear that because ......followed by the typical technical
jargon.....but I KNEW I did because I called the station....lol.

All it takes is to be listening at the right time and at the right
place......maybe even a certain antenna just at that moment would 'outpick it'
compared to something more expensive.

**The internet DOES NOT (IMO) even closely take away from 'real' radio. :-)