SWL

摘要

Propagation really does seem to be in the doldrums as I write this. The amateur bands do not seem to have produced much in the way of startling DX of late - we can only look forward to the autumn when conditions should improve from the rather 'flat' conditions encountered at present. This autumn may see the last of the good conditions, so make the most of them. Having said that, in the last month, CY9DH made a welcome appearance on 24MHz as a new DXCC entity for me on that band, the first since the TN DXpedition in mid-May. The poor band conditions and summer holidays seem to have had an effect on SWL news this month. However, it is good to welcome back Martyn, RS184847, who used to hold the SWL callsign of RS96149. He now has a relatively decent computer and is keen to find a good logging program. The GOMDO logging software is in use here, but for contests we use E15DI's SDL. Alan Jubb's, G3PMR, SHACKLOG is a good program, too. All three have good websites (see www. below) so take a look and download the software. If there are other SWL logging programs out there, please let me know and I can feature details in a later column. Martyn has been an SWL for around 30 years and is keen on prefix hunting and contesting. He was a member of the International Listeners Association as RS88763.