After nearly 20 years, I returned to my hobby of DXing last week, thanks to the simple radio receiver that I managed to buy from a small radio shop in town, after trying to buy one in speciality outlets in modern malls in Chennai and here in Gujarat.
I had two very good receivers, one analogue and one digital, with nearly 13 bands in the FM, AM and SW range. When the gadgets fell down on two occassions and had minor problems, I gave them to radio repairers in Chennai and Benglaluru (where I was working at that time). The guys returned them to me in the same condition after a month as they "could not get spare parts". Though my present receiver is far less expensive, very modest in looks and perhaps old fashioned as some people would perceive it, it serves my objective.
In the past week, I could listen to some of my most favourite stations including, Radio Nederlands (which is now known as Radio Nederland Worldwide), Deutsche Welle, BBC and Radio Canada International.
I had two very good receivers, one analogue and one digital, with nearly 13 bands in the FM, AM and SW range. When the gadgets fell down on two occassions and had minor problems, I gave them to radio repairers in Chennai and Benglaluru (where I was working at that time). The guys returned them to me in the same condition after a month as they "could not get spare parts". Though my present receiver is far less expensive, very modest in looks and perhaps old fashioned as some people would perceive it, it serves my objective.
In the past week, I could listen to some of my most favourite stations including, Radio Nederlands (which is now known as Radio Nederland Worldwide), Deutsche Welle, BBC and Radio Canada International.
As 2011 begins, I think that I may have some more free time to spare away from work and hence hope to be on the blog more frequently than in the past few months.
Best wishes to all my friends and others who read my blog.
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