jhv@houxu.UUCP (James Van Ornum) (01/09/84)
I am restarting my shortwave listening activity after some 25 years. But I'm having difficulty finding current DX reports, it seems that Popular Electronics has changed its name and no longer covers the SWL front. I have heard of a SWL club (Shortwave Listeners of North America - or some similar name) but do not have an address for them. I would appreciate any pointers to SWL clubs with newsletters, to stations with a DX report segment, or lists of English language broadcasts with times, frequencies and station identification. I am not sure this belongs in net.ham-radio, but I've seen other references to scanners (public service bands, etc) here. Thanks in advance, and responses will be summarized for the net. Jim Van Ornum, AT&T BL houxu!jhv
sullivan@cmcl2.UUCP (01/11/84)
#R:houxu:-27300:cmcl2:8700004:000:1 cmcl2!sullivan Jan 10 19:12:00 1984 -- David Sullivan, WA1TNS UUCP: ...!floyd!cmcl2!sullivan (212) 460-7287 ARPA: SULLIVAN@NYU New York University
sullivan@cmcl2.UUCP (01/11/84)
#R:houxu:-27300:cmcl2:8700005:000:2250 cmcl2!sullivan Jan 10 23:04:00 1984 Since I imagine that a few people might be interested in a answer, I'm posting this to the net. The major (only?) magazine for SWLing is Popular Communications, which you should find in a good magazine shop. Their address is 76 North Broadway, Hicksville, New York, 11801. It's a pretty good, general interest magazine, but with some slant to clandestine and survivalist communications. Several `clubs' publish newletters on a regular basis. The American Shortwave Listeners Club (ASWLC) publishes a fairly packed newsletter, about 45 pages worth, covering all aspects of SWLing, and even FM DXing. Their address is 16182 Ballad Lane, Huntington Beach, California, 92649. Of a similar vein, the Society for the Promotion of the Engrossing Enjoyment of DX (SPEEDX) puts out roughly the same number of pages, but is concerned only with SWL, and not Broadcast Band (BCB) and FM too like the ASWLC. Their address is P.O. Box E, Lake Elsinore, California, 92330. For all BCB DXing, which is easy for anyone to get into, and surprisingly fun, the two major groups which cover BCB only are the National Radio CLub (NRC), and the International Radio Club of America (IRCA). They publish their newsletters, roughly 40 pages each, about 30 times a year, with issues coming weekly in the winter DX months. The NRC publishes `DX News', and their address is P.O. Box 24, Cambridge, Wisconsin, 53523. The IRCA publishes the `DX Monitor', and their address is P.O. Box 21074, Seattle, Washington, 98111. For those with a penchant for the out-of-the-way, their is a group which specializes in the frequencies from 150 - 500 KHz, and they are named appropriately the Longwave Club of America (LWCA). Their publication, `The Lowdown', is about 20 to 30 pages a month, and their address is 45 Wildflower Road, Levittown, Pennsylvania, 19057. All of the clubs also offer various publications and guides to all aspects of the hobby. They all run about $10 to $20 a year to subscribe to. And, before I forget, the World Radio and TV Handbook (WRTVH) is a bible, and even for the casual listener, it is a boon. Enough? I hope this helps! David Sullivan, WA1TNS UUCP: ...!floyd!cmcl2!sullivan (212) 460-7287 ARPA: SULLIVAN@NYU New York University -- David Sullivan, WA1TNS UUCP: ...!floyd!cmcl2!sullivan (212) 460-7287 ARPA: SULLIVAN@NYU New York University