On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:15:05 -0400, "lsmyer"
wrote:

I started a new job this past week that has put me on the road from 6:30 to
8:00 am, and 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

Since I find the MW band infinitely more fascinating than I do FM, I spent a
lot of hours this week just tuning up and down the MW band. Sometimes I will
find a program to interest me for a while, and just when it gets
interesting, a carrier suddenly appears out of nowhere and within a couple
of seconds, a station I have never heard of signs on and starts its day of
broadcasting.

This past week alone, this occurred on several frequencies where I never
hear anything other than the usual: 890, 1110, and 1190, and 1520 to name a
few. Too bad that driving demands too much of my faculties for me to
properly log these stations. And too bad none of my home radios can hold a
candle to the one in my car.

Just wondering... If I get pulled over for this, will the cop charge me with
DWDx?

Actually, in the State of California, where I think you live if I
correctly remember a couple of your previous posts, you can be cited
for "Drving While Distracted". That would only occur if you are
causing a traffic problem such as an accident, erratic driving for
which you could instead be cited for "Careless Drivng" or even
"Reckless Driving". The difference between careless and reckless
driving is subject to the officer who would be citing you. And yes, I
do realize you were displaying a bit of humor - but being familiar
with traffic law I figured I'd chime in with my $0.02.

Frankly, tuning while driving is safer than what I've been seeing more
of lately and that's folks who rest the newspaper on the steering
wheel and read while driving!

I'm curious how long you'll be doing this commute before you want to
have a shortwave radio in the car? On long trips when I get away from
the city I use an Icom R2 with a 19" mag-mount whip (a spare 2 meter
ham antenna) and have several of the major SW broadcasters stored in
memory. It's not the worlds best setup but is adequate for the task
at hand and is a pleasant break the same syndicated talk show on half
the stations that can be received.

Have fun & drive/dx safely,
Howard