Re: [IRCA] Fake DX Recordings

["J.D. Stephens" <jdstephens_99@xxxxxxxxx>]

I read the following e-mail and two thoughts immediately come to mind:

1)  Due to the extra effort usually involved in spotting forgeries/fakes 
    of any sort, if fake DX recordings can so easily be spotted, shouldn't 
    genuine audio files be easier to spot?

2)  Since he started off his e-mail by saying that this particular 
    DXer's report was found to be valid, then why delay sending this 
    DXer a QSL due to the problem with fraudelent reports sent by others?

I suspect the real reason is, as states elsewhere here in the forum, is 
that he's simply too busy to respond to QSL requests, which is truly understandable.

73,
    
J.D. Stephens

> 
> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:39:22 +0000
> From: Nick Hall-Patch
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> America
> <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] QSLs: A worrying comment
> 
> from Steve Whitt on the Medium Wave Circle list:
> 
> >I guess many of us find webstreams helpful in
> identifying DX signals we are
> >listen to, but sadly other people are finding the
> webstreams beneficial for
> >other less ethical purposes....
> >
> >
> >I spotted the following in Distance magazine.
> >
> >
> >" I have received your QSL requests, and find them valid. Probably 9 
> >out of 10 QSL requests these days are bogus, and I haven't figured 
> >out how to handle it yet. A large number of the audio clips I
> >get are our web stream audio, with static and noise dubbed over.
> >When I find an easy way of verifying the audio source,
> I will resume replying to QSLs, sorry you
> >are stuck in the middle.
> >Tracy Teagarden
> >Chief Engineer



      
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