Re: [HCDX]: Glenn Hauser's SW/DX Report April 2

["Don Moore" <MOORE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re The South American Handbook: I've used various editions over the 
years in trips, including my 1997 trip to Ecuador and always found it 
to be a very good travel resource. Because it covers the entire 
region, however, it doesn't make much sense to carry the entire book 
on a trip to one or two countries. Many people just photocopy the 
pages they need at a library. Not all libraries get it every year, 
but with a little searching one can find the most recent edition 
someplace nearby. 

Guidebooks on individual countries are much more 
complete sources of information than the South American Handbook. I 
highly recommend the Lonely Planet series, myself. Their Ecuador 
Travel Surivial Kit had much more information than the SAH's 
Ecuadorian section (although there were some things SAH had that 
Lonely Planet did not). The Lonely Planet series also has many more 
city maps, making their books more useful for DXers looking up street 
names. 

That said, the strength of the SAH is that it does cover the 
entire region. It is the only good region-wide travel guide. If you 
can only buy one such book as a DX reference, it should be the SAH. 
And, if you are going to be traveling in several countries, the SAH 
makes sense. In 1985, I visited eight South American countries 
using the SAH. It wouldn't have been practical to lug along eight 
different single-country books.

Don Moore   moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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