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- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2019 17:49:32 +0000 (UTC)
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After I ran a recent tutorial session on Total Recorder, Roy Barstow has started getting audio clips to post on various sites. Mostly that has been on the local Cape Cod DXers list but some have gone to RealDX with a much larger expertise base, especially in Scandinavia.
I think Roy is getting better at figuring out his catches though he's still heading up the learning curve. His postings to the local list are unpolished but sometimes I feel that it's useful to post them to IRCA, NRC, and ABDX lists when there is so little else being reported from the East Coast. Indeed the Cape area and Boston area Yahoogroups often have more chat than the "big" lists. I used to see Allen Willie and Sylvain Naud checking in occasionally and I think Rick Shaftan should be getting something going on the Outer Banks soon but, for the moment, Atlantic coast reportage has been spotty (and that includes me as well). Other things get in the way of DXing for all of us.
Of course anyone can jump on Bill Whitacre's remote receiver in Maine and take a swing at DXing on this side of the continent. Logs reported from remote SDR's still provide useful tips even if you might not count them as your own DX catches.http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
On the IRCA list especially, I doubt that East Coast loggings will ever approach the diversity, quality, and quantity of what is reported on a nearly daily basis from western North America. But that has always been the case, even back to the paper-only era.
Bruce Conti, I, and other DXers have pointed Roy to MWLIST and some other online resources. Analysis of his unIDs are welcomed of course. I've suggested that audio postings consist of material that has potential ID material such as is typically found at top-of-hour or bottom-of-hour (rather than just generic talk or music at in-between times).
Right now Roy is the only DXer in New England doing beach field trips on a regular basis even into the winter. Thanks to that, he's picking off stuff that others nearby, but somewhat inland, are missing. This is especially true an hour or more before sunset. As a point of reference, it's been two years since I've DXed outside the house.
And Chuck, thanks for the correction on the 1566 Indian-format station being Holland, not UK.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Mark -
Do you know if Roy wants comments on unids?
Often they are unid because it can't be proven who it is.
But often I see comments implying that the author didn't know the possible stations.
It seems patronizing to constantly tell people what the possibilities are when its just a case of not knowing for sure who it is.
Chuck
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