Very well said Bob. I agree but sitting out side the building of a TX sight your listening too or via the internet is hardly HCDX . They are all hobbies and I wish em the best but they are not DXers. In the case of the fella that drives to every TX I would say hes a DX driver :)
73 Brian Hill Brian's Radio Universe http://home.jps.net/~jonnysocko/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Combs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [HCDX] Computer logging > To log and request verification or not to log and do not request a verification. > This topic seems to have stirred up a good deal of comments from both the "pro" > side as well as the "con" side. I guess it is my turn to put in my 2 cents > worth. > > I have been SWLing (with a radio receiver) for a good number of years. I "SWL" > for the enjoyment of hearing a foriegn station, as well as chasing the > verification from the station. > > In the case of the original poster, he has high noise in the neighborhood, so > can't really do much in the way of "radio receiver" listening. (If the FCC has > it's way in the US, we too may not be able to hear much on the airwaves, but I > digress). > > One person mentioned if he doesn't hear it on his receiver then it doesn't > count. One might take this a step further in that in the current age a LOT of > stations are using > Satellite relayed signals to transmit from their respective realy transmitters. > Do these transmissions count as the country of origin, the country of relay, or > the country in which your radio resides? Most people would opt for number two > (although for some reason the Vatican does not fall under this rule, even > thought their transmitters are in Italy NOT the Vatican State). > > I know one individual who is an avid AM DXer. Interesting thing is that he > DRIVES to the stations parking lot and listens to their signal, then either goes > into the station to obtain an "in-person" verification or sends it from his > home, forgetting to mention where he was when he heard the station! The point of > this is? > > I guess that the overall bottom line is what pleases you. After all it is a > hobby and NOT a profession. Does it really matter how one gets a verification, > if all one wants to do is listen to radio and build up his own personal > collective goal? The days of awards for SWL's for various acheivements is past. > So what does it matter as long as the indiviual is > havening a good time doing it? It is hurting anyone else? We are all (unless > your name is Shirley MacLaine) on this planet for a short one time stay. May as > well do what you > want, as long as it is legal! > > I personally will continue to listen to the crappy noisey signals and try to > pull out a "new" one every now and then. Why? Because it amuses me and isn't > that what a hobby is suppose to do? > > With the advent of technology, radio will change, and so likely are our > listening habits. > Whatever the outcome, who cares as long as we enjoy doing it? > > Bob Combs > New Mexico, USA > > > Thought for the day: > "Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?" > ..........George Carlin > > > > > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom > > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
