Re: [HCDX]: Unfair DX ???

["Don Moore" <MOORE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another positive reason for vacation DXing is that it allows you to 
sharpen your skills and increase your knowledge by focusing on a 
particular area. MW and SW DXing I did on trips to Venezuela and 
Ecuador the past few years have done precisely that for me. If you 
want to improve your ability to ID Latin American radio stations, try 
DXing from right in the middle of them on MW where everything on the 
dial is in Spanish. And, no, it's not all easy either. There are 
certainly some frequencies with easy local and semi-local catches, 
but many frequencies have several weak stations fighting it out, plus 
there are hets and splits and other things to take into account. 

Another interesting aspect of such vacation DXing on MW is that it 
essentially involves beginning from nothing. One knows what the band 
sounds like and what is and isn't DX at the home location. But when 
you are several thousand miles away, everything is different and the 
band has to be learned again. 

So, I think every DXer should get to do some vacation DXing from a 
distant location (especially on MW) to become a better DXer.

Don Moore   moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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