Tobias, Markus,

   Please do not take offence, I am of German heritage so I include
myself in my remarks :-)

73 Warren


On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Tobias DG3LV <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
>>
>



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