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From: fk00133r@chyde.uwasa.fi (Jari Perkiomaki FKR)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: rec.swl --> rec.dx-radio ?
Message-ID: <776@chyde.uwasa.fi>
Date: 22 Sep 89 09:32:04 GMT
Reply-To: fk00133r@chyde.uwasa.fi (Jari Perkiomaki FKR)
Organization: U of Vaasa, Finland
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>>rec.swl, however, has no further
>>meaning to me other than it is something recreational.

>We could, perhaps, make it rec.radio.swl, or rec.radio.dx, but both ignore
>the scanner folks and the tv dxers. 

       I feel rec.radio.dx would be a great name for this newsgroup, and
       it definitely does *not* exclude the scanner people nor tv dxers.
       The "term" DX is usually explained to mean "distance X", and, at
       least in Finland, covers all the listening activities, including
       tv dx-ing. (What is a TV set anyway? A radio receiver with a motion
       picture :-)

       As it has been pointed out, SWL actually means Short Wave Listening,
       thus being a part of DX-ing, but not covering the whole range of
       possible listening activities. 

>rec.radio.swl might be a little clearer
>to the novice, but then we probably ought to rename rec.wobegon to
>rec.radio.wobegon (or better, rec.radio.npr.wobegon) and rec.ham-radio to
>rec.radio.amateurs. I, personally, don't feel like fighting those battles.

       Perhaps the term dx with radio may not be self-explanatory, but why 
       should it be if there is no other concise way of expressing the thing.
       However, I think it is a term which is given a certain meaning and which 
       is generally accepted by the hobbyists. 
       
       I do not feel that rec.dx (although fine with me) would reveal anything
       to non-radio enthusiasts, either. So if we want to avoid arguing about
       the names of other related newsgroups, perhaps we should name this
       group to  rec.dx-radio (following the analogy of rec.ham-radio)??

>Chuq Von Rospach <+> Editor,OtherRealms <+> Member SFWA/ASFA
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