Re: [HCDX] Computer logging

[Bob Combs <trainman@xxxxxxx>]

To log and request verification or not to log and do not request a verification.
This topic seems to have stirred up a good deal of comments from both the "pro"
side as well as the "con" side. I guess it is my turn to put in my 2 cents
worth.

I have been SWLing  (with a radio receiver) for a good number of years. I "SWL"
for the enjoyment of hearing a foriegn station, as well as chasing the
verification from the station.

In the case of the original poster, he has high noise in the neighborhood, so
can't really do much in the way of "radio receiver" listening. (If the FCC has
it's way in the US, we too may not be able to hear much on the airwaves, but I
digress).

One person mentioned if he doesn't hear it on his receiver then it doesn't
count. One might take this a step further in that in the current age a LOT of
stations are using
Satellite relayed signals to transmit from their respective realy transmitters.
Do these transmissions count as the country of origin, the country of relay, or
the country in which your radio resides? Most people would opt for number two
(although for some reason the Vatican does not fall under this rule, even
thought their transmitters are in Italy NOT the Vatican State).

I know one individual who is an avid AM DXer. Interesting thing is that he
DRIVES to the stations parking lot and listens to their signal, then either goes
into the station to obtain an "in-person" verification or sends it from his
home, forgetting to mention where he was when he heard the station! The point of
this is?

I guess that the overall bottom line is what pleases you. After all it is a
hobby and NOT a profession. Does it really matter how one gets a verification,
if all one wants to do is listen to radio and build up his own personal
collective goal? The days of awards for SWL's for various acheivements is past.
So what does it matter as long as the indiviual is
havening a good time doing it? It is hurting anyone else? We are all (unless
your name is Shirley MacLaine) on this planet for a short one time stay. May as
well do what you
want, as long as it is legal!

I personally will continue to listen to the crappy noisey signals and try to
pull out a "new" one every now and then. Why? Because it amuses me and isn't
that what a hobby is suppose to do?

With the advent of technology, radio will change, and so likely are our
listening habits.
Whatever the outcome, who cares as long as we enjoy doing it?

Bob Combs
New Mexico, USA


Thought for the day:
"Why do we say something is out  of whack?  What's a whack?"
..........George Carlin





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