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Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Log February 19

Tony Ward

I had a good try for Simiutaq 720 (phasing WGN), but it was a short few months of effort before they pulled the Big Switch. I did manage the tiny SW outlet on the East Coast in the middle of the 80m Ham Band (?3815), that suffered the same rude fate! If Simiutaq returns I will put more wire out!

Tony Ward (VE3NO)

Loss of Net neutrality would sure change the game of tennis!

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On Feb 19, 2015, at 3:17 PM, Allen Willie vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Thanks Tony,

I haven't heard Greenland on the re-activated 650 kHz yet, I have a local in Gander , NL that doesn't help much in having a chance to hear it . When 720 is back on that should be the strongest Greenland station at this location like it used to be.

Good DX

Allen Willie

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:18 PM, "Tony Ward tonyward@... [ultralightdx]" <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Glad to see you are still active Allen! Hope the Winter is not too brutal Rumours are that some at least of the Greenland AM stations are returning to the air and I was wondering if you had heard any on. 650 AM has been mentioned as active, Cheers, and best DX!

Tony Ward (VE3NO)

Enhancing Universal Entropy since 1942!

On Feb 19, 2015, at 10:38 AM, vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hello To All,

Logged my first new Ultralight catch of 2015 as follows:

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran , Laghouat 1:15 UTC 2/19/15 w/ chants and Arabic (heard under Iran ) // 1422 and MWList audio feed

Ultralight Station # 1304 Trans-Atlantic Station # 524

Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot

Good DX

Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland

Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Log February 19

Paul Blundell

#24618

Well done Allen, it is always good to add a new station, I am surprised you have gone almost 2 months in to 2015 before getting a new one.

Paul

http://ultralightdxing.blogspot.com.au/

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:38 AM, vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hello To All,

Logged my first new Ultralight catch of 2015 as follows:

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran , Laghouat 1:15 UTC 2/19/15 w/ chants and Arabic (heard under Iran ) // 1422 and MWList audio feed

Ultralight Station # 1304 Trans-Atlantic Station # 524

Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot

Good DX

Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland

Re: More Ultralight Fun on 1560 Khz with WQEW Gone!!! 3 New Ones for the ULR LOG!!

Paul Blundell

#24617

Very well done Robert, it is always good to log new stations.

Paul

http://ultralightdxing.blogspot.com.au/

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On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Robert Ross va3sw@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hi Guys:

I've been making Hay while the Sun Shines (Well….It's not really shining…it's - 3 F currently!!) However, with WQEW New York off the air for a few days, I've been taking advantage of that and have added 3 More New ones to the ULR LOG. That makes 4 New Ones in the last 2 Days on 1560 Khz! Also heard a few RELOGS on 1560 Khz as well …….Details Below.

RADIO USED………………….SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight (BAREFOOT)

73………….ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA

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1560 WTNS Coshocton, OHIO Feb/18/15 1539 EST EE FAIR
ID given by Male DJ @ 1539 EST as "AM-1560 WTNS". Into C/W Music @
1539-1543 EST. More Music then Female DJ with Ads @ 1546 EST.
Son By Randy Travis "Forever and ever Amen". NBC TV Promos @ 1635 EST.
Several Local Ohio Ads @ 1635 as well.

NEW STN NEW ULR # 1086 1 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560 WCNW Fairfield, OHIO Feb/18/15 1748 EST EE FAIR
LOcal Dayton Ohio area Ads @ 1748 EST. One ad for "The Centerville
Car Wash" in Centerville, OHIO. Into Gospel Music.1748-1750 EST.
In and out of the mush……

NEW STN NEW ULR # 1087 5 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560 KKAA Aberdeen, SOUTH DAKOTA Feb/19/15 0257 EST EE FAIR
Instrumental Gospel Music @ 0257-0300 EST. Male spoke @ 0300 with
Promos and Announcements for Family Radio @ 0300 EST. Into Religious
Sermon Program called "Family Bible Study - with Harold Camping". I know
he's dead….but still on the air!!Religious Vocal Music @ 0327-0333 EST.
Back to Religious Talk @ 0333 EST.

Also in // to the Live Webfeed.

RELOG for OVERALL LOG but NEW ULR # 1088 10 Kw
ROSS, ON.
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1560 WYZD Dobson, NORTH CAROLINA Feb/18/15 1740 EST EE GOOD
Male DJ with Gospel Talk @ 1740-1743 EST. Gave a Promo for a Station that
sounded like "WGDIradio.com"?? Not sure what that was??
End of show @ 1743 EST. Gave Address for station as "BOX 797 Dobson, NC"
@ 1744.

RELOG 4.2 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560 WSBV South Boston, VIRGINIA Feb/18/15 1755 EST EE GOOD
Gospel Music @ 1755-1758 EST. Right into the Star Spangled Banner
with Vocals @ 1758-1759 EST. Sign Off Announcement AFTER the SSB as
"This concludes another Broadcast day for WSBV. Operating on 1560 Khz
under authority of the FCC in South Boston, Virgina". OFF AIR @ 1800 EST.

RELOG
ROSS, ON.
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1590 WCSL Cherryville, NC Feb/19/15 0155 EST EE GOOD
C/W Music "Johnny Cash - One Piece at a time" @ 0155-0158 EST.
Promo - "This is Alan Jackson and you're listening to Great Country Music"
@ 0158 EST. More C/W Music and ID as "WOHS - SHELBY" (Sister Station).
Several Mentions of SHELBY and GREENVILLE @ 0204 EST. More C/W Music.

RELOG
ROSS, ON.
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Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Log February 19

Allen Willie

#24616

Thanks Tony,

I haven't heard Greenland on the re-activated 650 kHz yet, I have a local in Gander , NL that doesn't help much in having a chance to hear it . When 720 is back on that should be the strongest Greenland station at this location like it used to be.

Good DX

Allen Willie

On Thursday, February 19, 2015 2:18 PM, "Tony Ward tonyward@... [ultralightdx]" wrote:

Glad to see you are still active Allen! Hope the Winter is not too brutal Rumours are that some at least of the Greenland AM stations are returning to the air and I was wondering if you had heard any on. 650 AM has been mentioned as active, Cheers, and best DX!

Tony Ward (VE3NO)

Enhancing Universal Entropy since 1942!

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On Feb 19, 2015, at 10:38 AM, vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hello To All,

Logged my first new Ultralight catch of 2015 as follows:

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran , Laghouat 1:15 UTC 2/19/15 w/ chants and Arabic (heard under Iran ) // 1422 and MWList audio feed

Ultralight Station # 1304 Trans-Atlantic Station # 524

Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot

Good DX

Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland

Re: Newfoundland Ultralight Log February 19

Tony Ward

#24615

Tony Ward (VE3NO)

Enhancing Universal Entropy since 1942!

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On Feb 19, 2015, at 10:38 AM, vo1_001_swl@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hello To All,

Logged my first new Ultralight catch of 2015 as follows:

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran , Laghouat 1:15 UTC 2/19/15 w/ chants and Arabic (heard under Iran ) // 1422 and MWList audio feed

Ultralight Station # 1304 Trans-Atlantic Station # 524

Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot

Good DX

Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland

Re: Sony ICR-S71 AM only radio

texnote

#24614

I have a similar request if anybody has a ICR-S71 for sale.

Thanks!

Paul

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From: "clarion1710@... [ultralightdx]"
To: ultralightdx@...
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 3:29 AM
Subject: [ultralightdx] Sony ICR-S71 AM only radio

Hi,
I realise the Sony ICR-S71 is not an ultralight however it has been mentioned in the ultralightdx group as a few members own this model. Anyway, I am looking to buy one and found it is discontinued. I am hoping Sony release a MK2 or an updated model but for now I would really like to buy an ICR-S71 to try some long distance reception testing.

I will welcome contact from members who have one and would consider selling it.

Kind regards, tjw.

Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-19

Gary DeBock

#24613

Hello All,

The coyotes must have been howling at Grayland this morning as lackluster propagation sent a collection of anemic Asians into an early demise. Some weak signals showed up on both the low and high band during a mediocre sunrise enhancement but the entire collection bailed out well before 1515.

The only Asians in audio at my 1430 start time were 594-JOAK (poor), 693-JOAB (poor to fair) and 1566-HLAZ (poor). This miserable group was soon joined by 603-HLSA (also poor), 1134 (apparently KBS, but too weak to be sure) and 1503-JOUK (poor) around 1445, at which time it seemed like the band might finally have some potential. Unfortunately that was the high point of the morning, as the entire anemic collection started to plunge into the noise. By 1505 there were only a few gasps left from 594-JOAK and 693-JOAB-- the last Asians to bite the dust on a lackluster morning. Best signals of the session were only fair (and of very short duration) from 594 around 1443 and 693 around 1435. If Bill was trying any live DX at Grayland this morning, he had a good excuse to cut it short and head for the Blue Bouy.

594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Japanese female speech at very brief fair level around 1443

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qvs39sb72h7aib4/594-JOAK-1443z021915CCSW.MP3

73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

7.5" loopstick C. Crane Skywave Ultralight +

15" FSL antenna

Newfoundland Ultralight Log February 19

Allen Willie

#24612

Hello To All,

Logged my first new Ultralight catch of 2015 as follows:

702 khz - ALGERIA - Radio Coran , Laghouat 1:15 UTC 2/19/15 w/ chants and Arabic (heard under Iran ) // 1422 and MWList audio feed

Ultralight Station # 1304 Trans-Atlantic Station # 524

Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W barefoot

Good DX

Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland

More Ultralight Fun on 1560 Khz with WQEW Gone!!! 3 New Ones for the ULR LOG!!

robert ross

#24611

Hi Guys:

I've been making Hay while the Sun Shines (Well….It's not really shining…it's - 3 F currently!!) However, with WQEW New York off the air for a few days, I've been taking advantage of that and have added 3 More New ones to the ULR LOG. That makes 4 New Ones in the last 2 Days on 1560 Khz! Also heard a few RELOGS on 1560 Khz as well …….Details Below.

RADIO USED………………….SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight (BAREFOOT)

73………….ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA

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1560  WTNS  Coshocton, OHIO  Feb/18/15  1539 EST   EE    FAIR
ID given by Male DJ @ 1539 EST as "AM-1560 WTNS". Into C/W Music @
1539-1543 EST. More Music then Female DJ with Ads @ 1546 EST.
Son By Randy Travis "Forever and ever Amen". NBC TV Promos @ 1635 EST.
Several Local Ohio Ads @ 1635 as well.

NEW STN         NEW ULR # 1086           1 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560  WCNW  Fairfield, OHIO   Feb/18/15     1748 EST   EE      FAIR
LOcal Dayton Ohio area Ads @ 1748 EST. One ad for "The Centerville
Car Wash" in Centerville, OHIO. Into Gospel Music.1748-1750 EST.
In and out of the mush……

NEW STN         NEW ULR # 1087              5 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560  KKAA  Aberdeen, SOUTH DAKOTA  Feb/19/15  0257 EST  EE   FAIR
Instrumental Gospel Music @ 0257-0300 EST. Male spoke @ 0300 with
Promos and Announcements for Family Radio @ 0300 EST. Into Religious
Sermon Program called "Family Bible Study - with Harold Camping". I know
he's dead….but still on the air!!Religious Vocal Music @ 0327-0333 EST.
Back to Religious Talk @ 0333 EST.

Also in // to the Live Webfeed.

RELOG for OVERALL LOG but NEW ULR # 1088     10 Kw
ROSS, ON.
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1560  WYZD  Dobson, NORTH CAROLINA  Feb/18/15  1740 EST  EE  GOOD
Male DJ with Gospel Talk @ 1740-1743 EST. Gave a Promo for a Station that
sounded like "WGDIradio.com"?? Not sure what that was??
End of show @ 1743 EST. Gave Address for station as "BOX 797 Dobson, NC"
@ 1744.

RELOG                       4.2 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1560  WSBV  South Boston, VIRGINIA  Feb/18/15  1755 EST    EE   GOOD
Gospel Music @ 1755-1758 EST. Right into the Star Spangled Banner
with Vocals @ 1758-1759 EST.  Sign Off Announcement AFTER the SSB as
"This concludes another Broadcast day for WSBV. Operating on 1560 Khz
under authority of the FCC in South Boston, Virgina". OFF AIR @ 1800 EST.

RELOG
ROSS, ON.
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1590  WCSL  Cherryville, NC  Feb/19/15   0155 EST    EE   GOOD
C/W Music "Johnny Cash - One Piece at a time" @ 0155-0158 EST.
Promo - "This is Alan Jackson and you're listening to Great Country Music"
@ 0158 EST. More C/W Music and ID as "WOHS - SHELBY" (Sister Station).
Several Mentions of SHELBY and GREENVILLE @ 0204 EST. More C/W Music.

RELOG
ROSS, ON.
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Sony ICR-S71 AM only radio

clarion1710

#24610

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

kevin asato <kc6pob@...>

#24609

Now you just have to be able to explain it to my wife. With her, everything has to have a practical use and tangible benefits. A lot of what I do has neither!
 73,
kevin
kc6pob




       Thanks Guy, and everyone
 else.
 I have also used the
 fishing analogy, and taken it a step further.  Sometimes
 when explaining the hobby, I get asked, "Why don't
 you just stream the stations from the
 Internet?"
 I tell
 the people that understand the fishing analogy that if they
 could go to a body of water with their computer, and have
 whatever kind of fish they chose simply appear on their line
 just by searching for it on the computer, it would initially
 be fascinating, but would get old quickly as there is no
 challenge.  Still a good reference to see what each kind of
 fish looks like though, which is how I look at streaming
 radio.
 The same sort
 of thing can be said of EchoLink or HamSphere in Amateur
 Radio.  I'm sure you Hams have gotten the comment
 "Why don't you just call them, or use
 Skype?"
 I have to
 say, the real raised eyebrows come when I combine field
 DXing with my other big outdoor hobby: Wild edible plant
 foraging.  Nothing like coming home with a full logbook, a
 bag of wild leeks, and bundle of cattail hearts!

 --
 Neil
 Goldstein  W2NDG
 http://www.neilgoldstein.com

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Neil Goldstein

#24608

Thanks Guy, and everyone else.

I have also used the fishing analogy, and taken it a step further. Sometimes when explaining the hobby, I get asked, "Why don't you just stream the stations from the Internet?"

I tell the people that understand the fishing analogy that if they could go to a body of water with their computer, and have whatever kind of fish they chose simply appear on their line just by searching for it on the computer, it would initially be fascinating, but would get old quickly as there is no challenge. Still a good reference to see what each kind of fish looks like though, which is how I look at streaming radio.

The same sort of thing can be said of EchoLink or HamSphere in Amateur Radio. I'm sure you Hams have gotten the comment "Why don't you just call them, or use Skype?"

I have to say, the real raised eyebrows come when I combine field DXing with my other big outdoor hobby: Wild edible plant foraging. Nothing like coming home with a full logbook, a bag of wild leeks, and bundle of cattail hearts!

Neil Goldstein W2NDG
http://www.neilgoldstein.com

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Michael <michael.setaazul@...>

#24607

I, too, like the fishing analogy. The one that got away is the station  I could not quite
identify...

Michael

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----- Original Message ----- 

My usual approach is to compare DXing to fishing.
. . .
Guy Atkins

DB4LTULDXProject

Paul Blundell

#24606

A few months ago I started working on a simple text based database program for logging the results as a part of my long term ultralight dxing project. This is a simple custom database I have designed for this purpose.

http://ultralightdxing.blogspot.com.au/p/programming.html

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Paul Blundell

#24605

Thanks Guy,

That is a really great attitude to have :)

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:42 AM, dx@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hi Paul,
My usual approach is to compare DXing to fishing. Why would someone go to the trouble to travel to a river, stream, or ocean, and tempt a fish to swallow a lure or bait, in the hope they could catch and reel it in? Why not just get your fish at a restaurant or grocery store? Well, everyone agrees it's for the fun and challenge of trying to catch the fish, and that's a comparison I make with DXing.
In fact, most fishermen (fisherwomen too :^) simply enjoy the trip to the outdoors, even if they come away empty handed. It's the same for me while on a DXpedition. Propagation conditions may be lousy, the antenna wire might get snarled (or stolen!), or any number of other gaffes... but I still enjoy the "quality radio time", even if all I hear are the "old friends" on the dial heard many times before. I guess I'm not as competitive as other DXers, because if I log nothing new, interesting, or unusual, I still find enjoyment in the magic of radio.
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:12 PM, tanger32au@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Recently I have had somebody ask some questions about our hobby (this is somebody I know who found my blog).

I have an intro page on my blog and this was helpful but the question they asked that I could not really answer is why I / we do it? To them it makes no sense to listen to distance radio stations but not care much about the content....

How do others explain this?

Paul

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Guy Atkins

#24604

Hi Paul,

My usual approach is to compare DXing to fishing. Why would someone go to the trouble to travel to a river, stream, or ocean, and tempt a fish to swallow a lure or bait, in the hope they could catch and reel it in? Why not just get your fish at a restaurant or grocery store? Well, everyone agrees it's for the fun and challenge of trying to catch the fish, and that's a comparison I make with DXing.

In fact, most fishermen (fisherwomen too :^) simply enjoy the trip to the outdoors, even if they come away empty handed. It's the same for me while on a DXpedition. Propagation conditions may be lousy, the antenna wire might get snarled (or stolen!), or any number of other gaffes... but I still enjoy the "quality radio time", even if all I hear are the "old friends" on the dial heard many times before. I guess I'm not as competitive as other DXers, because if I log nothing new, interesting, or unusual, I still find enjoyment in the magic of radio.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:12 PM, tanger32au@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Recently I have had somebody ask some questions about our hobby (this is somebody I know who found my blog).

I have an intro page on my blog and this was helpful but the question they asked that I could not really answer is why I / we do it? To them it makes no sense to listen to distance radio stations but not care much about the content....

How do others explain this?

Paul

Re: 2 NEW Stations for the ULTRALIGHT LOG last night!!

Paul Blundell

#24603

Well done Robert, it is always good to hear about others adding new stations to their logs :)

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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Robert Ross va3sw@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Hi Guys:

With WQEW 1560 New York off the air last, I was able to log a NEW Station on 1560 kHz for the ULR LOG! Also bagged another New one on 1590 Khz……Been a long time since I heard 2 New Ones on the ULR's in the same night!!

RADIO USED…………………….SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight BAREFOOT.

73…….ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA

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1560 WKDO Liberty, KENTUCKY Feb/17/15 1935 EST EE GOOD
Almost Oldies Music like "Eye of the Tiger", "3 Times a Lady" by Lionel Ritchie,
"It's so Easy" by Linda Ronstadt and "Teach your Children" by Steven Sills.
IDs as "We're playing the Good Stuff from THE VAULT on 1560 AM WKDO".
Also ID as "Unlocking the Hits every hour on THE VAULT 1560 WKDO".
ON Late??? Or Critical Hours Permission perhaps??

NEW STN OVERALL LOG and NEW ULR # 1084 Heard. 1 KW Days
ROSS, ON.
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1590 WKTP Jonesborough, TENNESSEE Feb/18/15 0247 EST EE GOOD
ID as "This is ESPN - TRI CITIES". @ 0247 EST. Also ESPN Promos. Sports Talk.
Lots os ESPN IDs.

RELOG but NEW CALLS for OVERALL LOG - EX WJSO
and NEW ULR # 1085 Heard 5 KW
ROSS, ON.
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1560 WBYS Canton, ILLINOIS Feb/17/15 2000 EST EE FAIR
Local Highschool Girl's Basketball Game @ 2000 EST.
Ads @ 2004 EST. Signal Building by 2018 EST. Local Pizza Ad @ 2018 EST.
Phone # 687-1127. Mentioned "Lakewood playing the # 1 Seed".
Also // to the Live Webfeed.
A Nice Catch no matter which power they were using!!

RELOG for both Overall and ULR Log 250/8 Watts
ROSS, ON.
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Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Paul Blundell

#24602

Another great way to look at it, I am not so much collecting stations at the moment but listening to the same stations at different times of the day / night and in different locations.

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Russ Edmunds wb2bjh@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Why do people collect stamps / coins / whatever ? Because it interests them. We collect stations heard.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@...>

AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:12 PM, tanger32au@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

Recently I have had somebody ask some questions about our hobby (this is somebody I know who found my blog).

I have an intro page on my blog and this was helpful but the question they asked that I could not really answer is why I / we do it? To them it makes no sense to listen to distance radio stations but not care much about the content....

How do others explain this?

Paul

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Paul Blundell

#24601

That is an excellent way to look at it Michael, pushing something to be "better" than what it was designed to be.

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:57 PM, 'Michael' michael.setaazul@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

To these excellent explanations I would add the challenge of stretching something
to perform beyond its intended use. Like souping up a car or bike or overclocking a
computer. The fascination and challenge lie in eclectic "mis-use"...

Even today's teenagers can relate to this :-)

Michael

Re: Explaining our hobby to non radio people

Paul Blundell

#24600

Thanks for the excellent reply Jay.

I have been involved in a few "non main stream" hobbies in the past, I am sure most people I know already think I am crazy....

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Jay Heyl yahoogroups@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 9:12 PM, tanger32au@... [ultralightdx] <ultralightdx@...> wrote:

I have an intro page on my blog and this was helpful but the question they asked that I could not really answer is why I / we do it? To them it makes no sense to listen to distance radio stations but not care much about the content....
I seriously doubt you can explain it so that anyone who doesn't already get it will really understand. About the best you can hope for is they'll go away thinking it's no crazier than many other hobbies. Why do people collect stamps? Or scrapbook? Or do needlepoint? For some reason it's just something they enjoy.

As for not much caring about content, I often think of it like catch-and-release fishing. You're not interested in consuming the fruits of your activity, just in the activity itself.

And if you think it's hard to explain listening for radio stations when you don't really care about the content, try explaining that you listen for non-directional navigation beacons that do nothing but repeat their ID in Morse code. I started listening for NDBs because it has the same thrill as catch-and-release MW DXing without having to wait for the top of the hour only to discover the station doesn't ID then. With NDBs, the content is nothing but the ID, repeated endlessly. I'm sure many in this group can understand the attraction of that, but try explaining it to someone who isn't into DXing.

-- Jay

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