Re: Sv: [HCDX]: Special report: WRTH 1999

[mike maghakian <mikedawn@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't have a choice to buy or not,  I pre-ordered from Grove a few months
ago. The WRTH99 can't be that much worse than PTWBR, which I think is highly
overrated. Using the internet for current schedules is the only reliable way
to go.

Stig Hartvig Nielsen wrote:

> Bugs???  Do you mean faults or errors?  According to my dictionary a "bug"
> is Amercian English. So why are you using this word?
>
> Anyway .. have you ever seen a WRTH or PWBR without "bugs" ??  Come on -
> give the new editor a chance. He has had less than HALF the time available
> for editing the book that Andy had previously.
>
> The Nordic Shortwave Center has more or less declared the WRTH dead and
> gone for the past several months in a "in- depth" story. Now the book is
> out. And it's out on time !!!!   It has been many many years ago since the
> book was published before Christmas.
>
> Lets all buy the new book, and give the new editor all the support we can.
> The negative attitude of The Nordic Shortwave Center doesnt help a lot.
>
> Best 73's
> Stig Hartvig Nielsen
>
> ----------
> > Fra: Hermod Pedersen <hermod.pedersen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Til: hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Emne: [HCDX]: Special report: WRTH 1999
> > Dato: 6. december 1998 00:54
> >
> > Too many bugs in
> > the new WRTH 1999
> >
> > WRTH is a specialised product for discerning readers. As it stands it is
> in
> > no-man's land.
> > It is not the book for world-band freaks, nor for the serious DXer, says
> > Nordic Shortwave Center's reviewer Don Phillips..
> > Perhaps what we have is a "fair effort" for David Bobbett, the new
> editor.
> > But he too has bugs to be rid of before the new millennium, and next
> year's
> > edition.
> >
> > Read the full story on the Nordic DX web site at
> > <http://www.nordicdx.com/>
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