Re: [HCDX] Computer logging

["Brian Hill" <jonnysocko@xxxxxxx>]

Very well said Bob. I agree but sitting out side the building of a TX sight
your listening too or via the internet is hardly HCDX . They are all hobbies
and I wish em the best but they are not DXers. In the case of the fella that
drives to every TX I would say hes a DX driver :)

73 Brian Hill

Brian's Radio Universe
http://home.jps.net/~jonnysocko/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Combs" <trainman@xxxxxxx>
To: "Hard-Core-DX" <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Computer logging


> 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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