Hi Warren, Pete !
As "listener ship" just those people are counted, who wanted to get a
QSL-card from SAQ, it is not correlated to the number of listeners.
The Radiostation SAQ Grimeton had been featured several times in German
television. There is a 15 min sequel of the series "Heritage of the
World" about SAQ, that is broadcasted frequently on several stations.
German Radio Club DARC has been promoting the reception of SAQ to
VLF-enthusiasts among hams (and non-hams) every year. It is easy to
receive, when you are just some 100 miles away from the powerful ancient
transmitter. And Christmas is all about nostalgia, so SAQ fits perfectly.
73 de dg3lv Tobias
Am 07.01.2015 um 20:45 schrieb Warren Ziegler:
Pete,
snip <It shows an over whelming listener ship in Germany of 171.
Contrast this with the UK‘s 25. Germany has barely twice
our population. It must be a metric that says something
about the UK’s technical education system and those who
purport to be promoting Science and Radio in the UK.>
I think this is an over-generalization based on extremely limited
data, one could just as easily say that the Germans are more nostalgic
or enamored with 100+ year old technology.
73 Warren
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:21 PM, M0FMT <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
Just got the results from the Christmas SAQ listener report
from Lars.
It shows an over whelming listener ship in Germany of 171.
Contrast this with the UK‘s 25. Germany has barely twice
our population. It must be a metric that says something
about the UK’s technical education system and those who
purport to be promoting Science and Radio in the UK.
73 es GL Pete M0FMT IO91UX
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