Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30
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Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30



I guess I am just odd and different.. I grew up listening to an FM Oldies
station in New England but I've come to appreciate the oddness and
uniqueness of raido, usually foud on AM.

Paul Walker


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Rene Tetro <rtetro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why listen to what
> programmers want you to hear when you can get whatever you want through an
> Ipod, Iphone, satellite radio, or other medium?
>
> Rene'
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:00 PM
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>
> Terrestrial radio is not relevant to most younger people because they can
> get whatever content they are after via a mobile phone or a PC or a
> Blackberry. There are more than ample computer/phone games to keep people
> busy if they like competition.
>
> But, as has already been noted by myself and others, hobbies which are in
> the collecting mode ( DX'ers collects stations heard and/or recordings
> and/or veries ) as well as those which utilize what younger folks view as
> obsolete and/or archaic technologies ( and there we are again ) are all in
> the same boat - no growth, mostly shrinkage.
>
> I'm afraid this is nothing more than the natural order of human interests.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
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> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
>
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