I’ll add my two cents on this …. yes Shazam is very useful in IDing music. I often use it when preparing reports for Europirate stations. I would never know the names of those Dutch drinking polkas they play! QSLs are never a requirement that has be sent out by the station. It is courtesy of course and one always has “their fingers crossed” that a reply will be forthcoming. Despite what we might think, stations don’t always check reports for accuracy. I remember way back when, I thought I heard a station in Angola but what I was actually hearing was The Azores [at least I had the language correct!]. I had already sent my report to the Angolan station before I realized my error and they sent me back a really nice looking QSL card even though I did not hear them. I think the only stations that irk me are the ones that promise QSLs but never send them.
- Chris Lobdell On May 26, 2017, 10:44 AM -0400, 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com [badx] <b...@yahoogroups.com>, wrote: > > PRO TIP FOR WRITING RECEPTION REPORTS: If you listen to Shortwave stations > that play music, like Radio Kuwait 15540khz and Radio Oman 15140khz, download > Soundhound and Shazam on your smartphone or tablet device. > > Why? Stations like Oman and Kuwait play alot of pop/current music that I bet > a fair amount of us DX'er have no clue of regarding title or artist and these > two apps will identify those songs for you! > > All you have to do is play hold the phone up to the speaker during live > reception or play back of recorded audio and it will identify it. > > I suggest both apps, as it seems Shazam is a bit better with weaker/crappier > audio then Soundhound. > > Even if you don't record audio like I do, if you hold up your phone to the > radio speaker, it'll identify the song in a matter of seconds. > > This is really handy, especially for those who don't have the ability to > record, because including a playlist in your reception report is vital for > stations to check against their programming logs to verify your report. > __._,_.___ > Posted by: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> > Reply via web post > • > Reply to sender > • > Reply to group > • > Start a New Topic > • > Messages in this topic (1) > Have you tried the highest rated email app? > With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app > on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes > (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again with > 1000GB of free cloud storage. > Visit Your Group > > > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > . > > __,_._,___ _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
