Still Do AM Radio DXing?

[Dave Doherty]

One of my clients up on Alaska put a new AM on the air.  About a month ago, 
he got a QSL request from someplace in Scandanavia. So it's not a totally 
lost hobby.  If you Google "QSL Cards" you'll come up with a bunch of people 
who make them up,

-d


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From: "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@triad.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 10:35 AM
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Subject: Still Do AM Radio DXing?

>
> I remember as a kid in the 50's doing it almost every night with my 
> "Hi-Tech" GE transistor radio tucked under my pillow. I had a ton of QSL 
> cards from all over the Nation. Is this a lost hobby? I imagine with all 
> the changes in FCC allocation and power rules it's tough. I hadn't thought 
> of this question in years.
>
> Thanks.
> Ted
>