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   Patty Winter to Angusmcwhorter.af21858@radiobanter.   
   Re: Returning to dxing (a few observatio   
   21 Nov 12 16:27:01   
   
   From: patty1@wintertime.com   
      
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   Angusmcwhorter   wrote:   
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   >I am back into dxing as I have gone into hibernation with this hobby   
   >since I was a fanatic in the 1980's and 1990's. Anyway, I got a new   
   >radio yesterday in the mail, a Grundig Satellit 750, set up my antenna   
   >including figuring out a ground and am back at it. A few observations   
   >that  I have quickly made is that sadly there are quite a few stations   
   >missing since I last signed on such as Radio Canada and Radio   
   >Netherlands.   
      
   Hello, Angus. Yes, a number of commercial shortwave stations have   
   gone off the air in recent years. But with solar activity improving,   
   perhaps you will have fun now with the ones that are left.   
      
   You can probably get more of a discussion going about this in the   
   newsgroup rec.radio.shortwave. In fact, someone was just discussing   
   the Satellit 700 there. This group (rec.radio.amateur.dx) is for   
   amateur radio, and of course the Satellit 750 can't transmit. Of   
   course some hams also do SW DXing of commercial stations, but you'll   
   likely have better luck in the other group.   
      
      
   Patty   
      
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