Email verification recevied in 62 days from sending a short audio clip in the form of an MP3 file to the email address shown in the e-QSL below.  This is for reception on December 8th, 2009 (hasn’t been heard here since).  QSL signed by Lorraine Stavropoulos, DX Secretary Africa.  Thanks Lorraine!

The more I use Google Earth, the more uses I find for it relating to DXing.  Case in point- I’ve been looking at the vacant land behind our house with the anticipation of laying out a pair of BOGs (beverage on ground antennas) for DXing medium wave stations.  Google Earth’s satellite view allows me to visualize the antenna layout (to work around obstacles, etc.) and provides a tool to measure length and heading.  With this information, I can figure out exactly how long of an antenna I can layout and the beam direction.  Knowing the antenna’s heading, I can then...

I just started DXing again this year after being out of the hobby since about 1990.  I was active during my teenage years in the 1980s and was affiliated with such radio clubs as IRCA and the ACE.  At that time, I was primarily interested in shortwave pirate radio DXing, mediumwave DXing, and shortwave utility monitoring.  My equipment was modest and included various old tube “boat anchors” that usually gave poor results but kept the room warm on winter nights.  Antennas used were nothing more than a long wire strung through some tree branches outside.  At some point I got...