[kellymarie]

davew Hi mediumwave DXing is a fascinating hobby for sure it's very different now to how it was when I started back in the early 1980s Germany Belgium Netherlands Austria all gone from the medium wavebands which is sad but it does open up the band to more exotic stations. It's different for sure the equipment I use is an FT817 HF transceiver which has a general coverage receiver the aerial is a 60 foot wire and an 8 foot earth stake in the ground near an old soakaway. I'm lucky that I have a relatively low noise level here. Finally I was only 1 years old when the Russians invaded Czechoslovakia but I've heard recordings of the broadcasts and even though I don't speak Czech or Slovak the emotion in the announcer's voices is obvious.