THE AMANDX PAGES
AMANDX FOUNDED MAY 1986
This site is dedicated to a great Manitoba DX'er who left us all too soon on July 26, 2001.
Larry Shewchuk..who gave of himself and helped many of us in the hobby to grow and love DX'ing.
Gone but never forgotten ol' buddy.
This site has been set up by AMANDX (The Association of Manitoba DX'ers) to help DX'ers and SWL's enjoy the hobby of radio listening.
The information is also of use to Ham Radio Operators but please be advised the advice is NOT
meant for the transmission of signals but only for the reception of signals.
The idea behind the site is to supply simple easy to read information.
There are articles on Receivers, Antennas, Frequencies, Call signs and a host of other radio related topics.
There are pages of information available for both the new and experienced listener listed below.
Have a look at our special Canadian Pages below for information directed towards Canadian DX'ers.
If you would like to use an article or link to your web site just write to us at the address below.
The information and ideas expressed here are subject to change due to the constant changes that take place each year within the hobby. We try to be as accurate as possible but errors may appear. Any help with corrections or your personal comments are greatly appreciated via the e-mail at the bottom of this page.
A bit about myself:
February 12 1971 was the day I started to DX for real. I had listened a bit before but that is the first date in my Logbook. I logged KG6CF from Johnston Is in the Pacific on 28.6 MHz at 2215 GMT. And so I started over 45 years of being in the DX hobby.
I have kept a Logbook on paper since that date and actually have all of my loggings from the last 45 years in nine binders by year in my radio room. I have gone through all of that paper and created an electronic Logbook listing the stations and countries I have heard on the various bands. It is amazing to look back at what you did hear all those years ago. I have it online as a backup (I don't wish to re-create it again from scratch) so if you want to have a peek at it, see the link below.
My first radio was a Heathkit MR-1 COMANCHE with an outboard power supply and 10 KC readout on the rotating drum dial. I bought used from a local Ham operator. And yes I did keep that radio although I have bought and sold others over the years. It sits on top of a bookcase in the radio room in the basement at home. I have been through several radios and these days I DX with my Drake R8 and my trusty ICOM IC-R70 and an ICOM IC-R7000 for VHF and UHF. I now have a SR receiver, RSPduo by SDRplay and I am loving it.
Things have changed lots over all those years since I was 17 years old: I got married, raised 2 kids, had a 36 year career with Manitoba Hydro and now have 6 grandchildren. I have written for CIDX, ODXA, IRCA, NRC, PopComm and material from the AMANDX web site has been used by web sites and stations around the world.
The one thing that has not changed is my love of DX'ing. I started off DX'ing the Ham bands as I joined the ham radio club at my high school Garden City Collegiate Institute (VE4GY "Golden Youth") in Winnipeg MB. I never did get my license but I never stopped listening to the radio either. I later progressed from the Ham bands to all sorts of DX from DC to Daylight as they say.
I know many of you have been in the hobby longer than I have, but to you youngsters out there if you are in the hobby now you can have a lifetime of fun, enjoyment and friendship ahead of you. I intend to DX until the old ears cannot hear the static anymore.
Shawn Axelrod
