[DX-CHAT] Re: More Shepherd Trivia

2007-06-02 Thread af2c
Congratulations to all who knew the title and name used by Shepherd when he wrote the book. "I, Libertine" was written under the pen name of Frederick R. Ewing. Shepherd spoke about the book during many of his broadcasts. The book and author did not exist, due his broadcasts his fans were bes

Re: [DX-CHAT] virtual DX community

2007-06-02 Thread Zack Widup
I have also observed this with ham radio in the last 40 years. It was more pronounced back in the 60's when most of the people in my home town were only in touch with people in that town and some of the surrounding communities and with relatives at more distance. The radio amateurs, however