The DX Club

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 14, 18 October 1929, Page 2

The DX Club

Its Definition "P S-I would like to know what " the DX Olub is," adds a corréspondent to a letter reporting the reception of certain stations. This is not easy to define. The club was suggested by a member of the listening frater-. nity who was greatly interested in overseas reception. The idea vas that a certain page of the "Radio Record" should be devoted to long-distance listeners, who could there exchange views and notes of reception. It. often happens that a station is brought in, and through static or fading the call sign is not obtained. Most listeners wish to "bag" as many of these distant stations as possible, hence, in order to identify them, there is a justification for a medium‘in which to exchange notes. This medium is supplied through the DX Club page in the "Radio Record." There are no rules for membership, and certainly no entrance fee. Anyone interested in long-distance reception may send in a report that he thinks may be of interest to others. Those wishing to have stations identified enter their query in the "Identification Wanted" column. Other listeners who can identify these stations reply through the "Stations Identified" column. An interesting competition is in progress. An endeavour is being made to find who has the largest log in verified stations in New Zealand. In ordér to verify a station, a few items are listened to, and noted. Likewise, the time, and this converted into Greenwich méan time (New Zealand time minus 11} hours, or reference may be made to the DX clock published in an early edition of the "Radio' Record"). This report is then made as complete as possible, and forwarded to the station in question. If the report is correct, a card is returned. This is a rather long task, and very few listen‘ers take the trouble of so verifying their stations, but it is the only fair means of deciding who has the greatest log. Mr. S. Hillis, of Taranaki, has so far reported the greatest number of stations, 68 verified. All correspondence for publication in the DX Club page should he addressed "DX Club, Box 1032, Wellington." Make reports and questions as brief as possible. Write in ink, and on one side of the paper only. If a nom-de-plume is desired, keep the same one on future occasions. All letters should be signed and the name or nom-de-plume printed in block capitals. Editorially we cannot take any responsibility for the authenticity of news published in this column. To help DX enthusiasts we are publishing in our booklet, "All About the All-Hlectric," a very full list of all stations that may be heard in New Zealand. In addition, there will be the main stations of the world which might be heard under favourable conditions,