[HCDX]: ** NEW PUBLICATION FOR SHORTWAVE RADIO LISTENERS!

[Bob Padula <BPadula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A N N O U N C I N G ----->

*** A NEW AUSTRALIAN SERIAL PRINT PUBLICATION FOR SHORTWAVE LISTENERS ***
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"THE AUSTRALASIAN SHORTWAVE DIGEST"

I am pleased to announce the impending launch of a brand-new printed serial
publication, titled "THE AUSTRALASIAN SHORTWAVE DIGEST".

AUTHOR: Bob Padula, OAM

ISSN: 1442-5645; 

LANGUAGE: English; 

PUBLISHER AND DISTRIBUTOR: Padula Books (Melbourne, Australia)

FORMAT: 8 pages minimum guaranteed, A4, saddle stitched, professionally
printed, illustrated. It will not be available in soft-copy format. The
First Edition will contain a special propagation article about "WINTER
DAYTIME SHORTWAVE RECEPTION IN SOUTH EASTERN AUSTRALIA!" 

FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION: approximately every four weeks

FIRST EDITION: Available July 25, 1999

CONTENT AND AREA OF IMPACT: News about international and domestic shortwave
radio broadcasting, concentrating on (but not limited to) transmissions
from, or directed to Asia, the Far East, Siberia, the Western Pacific, the
Indian sub-continent, and Australia. The Digest will NOT cover medium-wave,
long-wave, VHF-FM, TV, "pirate", clandestine, harmonics, time signal,
amateur, satellite, or utility transmissions. Frequency coverage will be
2,300-26,100 kHz

SPECIFIC CONTENT: New schedules, new stations, revised schedules, reception
notes, spectrum studies, special articles, frequency surveys, propagation
notes and predictions, book and media reviews, international broadcast
engineering activities, frequency planning information, equipment reviews
and technological developments. Updating information will be included to
support our other popular publications: "Australasian Shortwave Guide", and
"Shortwave Guide to South East Asia"

INFORMATION SOURCES: Content will be drawn from various worldwide sources,
including the Electronic DX Press (a weekly soft-copy free electronic
newsletter from "Padula Books" distributed worldwide to over 200 readers),
frequency planners, broadcast engineering consultants, broadcasters,
monitoring hobbyists, the media, monitoring Clubs, the Internet, expert
authors, volunteer contributors, and professional monitoring organisations

MARKET: The publication will appeal to anyone with a general interest in
shortwave broadcasting. In particular, the information offered will be of
direct application and benefit to individuals or organisations wishing to
keep up to date about shortwave broadcasting from and directed towards the
Asia-Pacific region. It is expected that readership in Australia will be
large 

===--> The Digest will provide users with TOP-QUALITY, RELEVANT, ACCURATE,
HARD-COPY AND TIMELY INFORMATION at their fingertips, updated regularly.
There is no need to "rely" on very expensive obsolete annual
"authoritative" references, or to waste money in dialling up multitudes of
maddeningly slow, out-of-date Web sites, and printing out page after page
of irrelevant information! 

SUBSCRIPTION RATES FOR SIX ISSUES: Subscriptions for the set of six issues
will be accepted IMMEDIATELY, to commence with the first edition 

- A$15 (to Australian addresses); outside of Australia via economy airmail:
A$25 / US$15 / 20 International Reply Coupons

Payment by: cash (in any currency), cheque, international money order, GIRO
transfer, or bank draft. Cheques, orders, transfers and drafts MUST be in
Australian currency and payable at Australian banks. Travellers' Cheques
acceptable in any currency 

The project will be continually assessed in terms of demographic impact and
financial viability  

SAMPLE COPIES: A free sample copy of the FIRST EDITION, and a Subscription
Order Form, will be sent on receipt of return postage:

--> to Australian addresses: one 45 cent stamp
--> elsewhere (economy airmail): two International Reply Coupons, or (A$3 /
    US$2 or CASH equivalent in ANY currency)

PROMOTION: You are invited to forward this message to colleagues,
associates, and friend. All organisations receiving this message are
invited to promote the Digest, and complimentary copies will be sent to
those who do, on request. A copy of the first edition will be forwarded for
bona-fide review purposes (return postage not required). A hard-copy
version of this notice is being postal mailed to several hundred Australian
listeners and organisations

ADVERTISING: Will be accepted from organisations or individuals offering
products or services of interest to listeners to world radio, for insertion
in the complete set of six issues, renewable:

==> full A4 page: A$60/US$40
==> half A4 page: A$40/US$30

All advertisers will receive a complimentary set of all six issues.

CONTACT ADDRESS AND ORDERS:

Padula Books,
404 Mont Albert Road,
Surrey Hills,
Victoria 3127,
Australia.
Tel/FAX: +61 3 9898 2906
Digital Mobile: 0409 948 660
E-mail: ------>bpadula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
URL: --------->http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html

(Note: The "Digest" should not be confused with our twice-yearly
"Australasian Shortwave Guide" - the next issue of the Guide is planned for
publication in early December, for the B99 Transmission Period)

We look forward to your subscription, either for the full set of six issues
or a sample copy 

Thank you for taking the time to read this message!

Bob Padula

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support of radio-communications and international broadcasting.
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