Being an old retired guy, I spend more time listening now days than I did during my working years (g) My all time favorites were Switzerland Calling, R. Australia and R. Netherlands although I did spread a lot of time on casual listening to pretty much everything available in English. Switzerland holds the top spot since I spent a lot of time working in Berne. I did collect QSLs back in the '60s but drifted away from that part of the hobby when I started to spend most of my time traveling. I now enjoy the challenge of digging out stations during these difficult times for good propagation. I'm also a ham and have some modern DSP type gear to help on the tougher ones although my R-75 still does most of the work. I don't care for listening via the Internet. I admit you get much better audio than listening directly to the desired station over the air but a little fade and a bit of noise now and then reminds me that I am really listening to a radio signal and not a TV-like box (g) Spent 30+ years in the computer field with most of it associated with data comm activities. Decided to retire all the 1's and 0's when I retired in '91 although I still spend too much time keeping up to date on the Internet. Think the various ways of enjoyed our mutual hobby is what makes it fun for all of us although I do miss many of the old programs and schedules no longer available today. Ed MacDonald KR0I K.C., MO
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