Re: [HCDX] Tropical SW Bands Virtually Empty

[David Goren <dbgoren@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Aart and Guy. I'm still hearing interesting things from my 
Brooklyn, NY location. I do notice a difference though, and lament the 
trend.

Allow me to fantasize for a moment:

What if SWL's/DXer's acted in certain ways like hams, who marshall 
great amounts of resources to conduct DXpeditions on pieces of rock in 
the middle of various oceans, or go to tiny countries to operate. What 
if some folks in our listening community banded together, and selected 
certain inactive stations, and helped to  rejuvenate them for the good 
of the local community, and incidentally also for the good of DXing? 
Many DX'ers have the technical knowhow, to put some of these stations 
back on the air, and others may have the expertise to help raise funds 
to provide parts and other kinds of support. Such an activity may not 
ultimately fill the bands with stations, but would impact the local 
community, and maybe make us feel less helpless/hopeless in the face of 
change in our hobby.



On Nov 30, 2004, at 3:25 PM, Aart Rouw wrote:

> Thomas,
> I can not agree with you. Today there was also the report form the 
> Bavarian
> DX camp from Michael Schnitzer. This shows there are still interesitng
> catches to be made on the TB bands. Of course, this is somewhat "high
> performance DX", but I can assure you there is still a lot of 
> interesting
> stations out there, also for a more average listener. Sure, there is 
> less
> choice than 5-10 years ago. Especially the number of LA stations 
> (except
> Brasil and Peru) has decreased dramatically. PNG is still very much 
> active,
> even on 90m, though often on irregular schedules. Of course the future 
> does
> not look very bright for TB DX, but it is too early to declare this 
> dead.
>
> Regards,
> Aart Rouw
> Bühl, Germany
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Thomas Giella KN4LF <kn4lf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: a DXLD Yahoo eGroup <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; a HCDX e-List
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> Datum: Dienstag, 30. November 2004 06:32
> Betreff: [HCDX] Tropical SW Bands Virtually Empty
>
>
> I've been doing allot of listening on the tropical bands the last two 
> days
> both during the early morning and evening local time. What I've found 
> is
> that compared to as recently as 2003 and 2002, 120 meters is empty, 
> most of
> the African stations are now gone on 90 and 60 meters, same with Papua 
> New
> Guinea and other Pacific Ocean stations. Even most of the Central/South
> American Stations are gone. Heck even all the Mexican stations on 49 
> meters
> during the day are gone also.
>
> I remember how back in the 1990's and 1980's the tropical bands were 
> full of
> stations from all around the world, with every 3-5 kc full of 
> co-channel
> stations with plenty of hets. I realize that many are gone due to
> transmitter failure, economic reasons and migration to FM BUT it's 
> still a
> sad state of affairs.
>
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