Hello Jonathan!
Tuesday October 29 1996 12:29, Jonathan Defabritis wrote to Bob Chandler:
 BC>> ˙   So you never know what you'll pick up till you try it.
 BC>> Why not try ˙out a little AM Broadcast Band DXing this fall
 BC>> and winter...you'd be ˙surprised what you can pick up!
 JD> Because if I want to hear commercials I am only 2 miles from KFI
 JD> and I am often heard ON KFI. And no wonder if you can hear it...
 JD> it IS a clear channel station. It has no competition for that
 JD> frequency in North America. So where is the challange in that?
 JD> It's like shooting ducks in a barrel.
I have to side with Bob Chandler on this one. You may be 2 miles from KFI, 
but how distant is it for Bob and I? Anything that you cannot consistently 
catch requires skill, perseverance and possibly a portion of luck. Just as 
you rely on propagation for your "Ethopian" catches, so do AM-DXers for their 
transatlantic or transcontinental loggings. DX-ing has so many facets there 
is room for all of us.
 JD> Personally I'd much rather hear Radio Ethiopia discussing their
 JD> local news than hear a commercial for canadian bathroom tissue,
 JD> and that has nothing to do with my intense dislike of canadians.
Like you said, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it. Just curious,
what have 28 Million Canadians done to deserve your wrath?
Art
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