The "CQ DX and get a QSL" mystery
This cache is a tribute to another great hobby I practiced many years ago. I am talking about DX'ing. DXing is the hobby of tuning in and identifying distant radio signals, or making two way radio contact with distant stations in amateur radio, citizens' band radio or other two way radio communications hobbies. Many DXers also attempt to receive written verifications of reception (referred to as "QSL") from the stations heard. The name of the hobby comes from DX, telegraphic shorthand for "distance". In short: DX'ing simply means listening to broadcasts from distant radio stations.
My equipment that I used :
- Receiver : TRIO 9R-59DS
- Antenna: 50m L-wire
- I listened to short wave bands (3 to 30 MHz)
- My DX-register code was OH6-496
- My QSL-card is the one you see above
Abbreviations:
CQ: A general call sent by a station to any other station that may receive it. Hams and other stations "call CQ" to indicate they will answer any station replies to their call.
DX: Any station that is hard to hear or contact on a particular frequency, or is rarely heard or contacted on a particular frequency. "DX" is the old telegraph abbreviation for "distant."
QSL: Radiotelegraph abbreviation for "I confirm," it refers to a card or letter confirming that a contact did take place between two stations or that a listener did indeed hear a certain station.
Useful DX'ing links:
http://www.dxing.com/swlintro.htm
http://www.dxing.info/introduction.dx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXing
Glossaries:
http://www.dxing.info/glossary.dx
http://www.ac6v.com/jargon.htm
The coordinates above is not the location of the cache. To find the cache you need first to find the radio, put it on, turn up the volume, listen to the broadcast and break the code. In the code there are the coordinates to the cache.