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Ace - you always win!
-- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx "dxAce" wrote in message ... John Plimmer wrote: dxAce - Of course you are right, but the small Tropical banders I look for rarely change frequencies or scheds, so I find the compact WRTH extremely useful for that sort of DX. Of course I'm right! But let me ask... first it was good for medium wave, then I make a point... and then you switch to Tropical Banders... how can I win? dxAce Michigan USA |
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Dear John,
I guess I'm from the "old school." Sure I use a laptop too - I even control my AOR AR7030 Plus with Jan Arkesteijn's fantastic RxWings program which can also incorporate ILG's database - and I like to get the latest updates from WRTH's site and, especially, from PrimeTimeShortwave. Much of which that's available on the web is very useful indeed and would have been undreamed of when I was first starting out as an SWL. But when I'm "down-and-dirty" DXing and I need to see what's on a frequency to which I'm tuned, out comes a BOOK which I can hold in my hand and leaf through VERY quickly. And that book is either PASSPORT or WRTH depending on the particular situation at the time. I find that the SW frequency listings (not the transmission times though) stay fairly current throughout the year and you're right: the tropical band and MW listings in WRTH are unparalleled. But I suppose that, for some, books are just "old-hat!" Best, Joe Well said Joe, although my WRTH gets more dog eared for serious DXing use. I can't agree with dxAce that the internet info makes these two compendium's redundant. I find using a laptop when DXing somewhat cumbersome and using printouts from the net is just plain awkward. Besides, I know of no single comprehensive source for MW DXing that comes anywhere near the usefulness and compactness of the WRTH. |
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