HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EDXP

The EDXP is a Society of world radio enthusiasts, and its success relies on members sharing and exchanging their hobby experiences and accomplishments by regular submissions to the Magazine, or by postings to of our Community Forums.

1. Please note that EDXP does not cover monitoring over the Internet of transmissions from Remote Receivers, such as "Java Radio", or of programs intercepted via RealAudio, or Audio on Demand. If you are interested in these hobbies, please join one or more of the special Internet groups which have been set up for this purpose.

2. EDXP does not cover satellite broadcasts, TV DX, amateur radio transmissions, or utility (non-broadcast service) transmissions

THE EDXP MAGAZINE (World Broadcasting Magazine)
Address: World Broadcasting Magazine

The WBM is E-mailed to all Sponsor and Corporate members, generally weekly, and includes

* news provided by our corporate members
* information researched by Admin from professional and other sources
* news about new products and publications
* special articles/stories submitted by members worldwide

COMMUNITY FORUMS
Address: Community Forums

Many Forums are offered, covering a wide field of radio monitoring. New Forums may be added, and other Forums may be discontinued, consistent with demand or interest.

Postings to the Forums may include:

* Reception notes (also known as "loggings"), given in ascending order of frequency showing brief details of the reception, the date and time, and language

* QSLs (verifications of reception) received, showing station/organisation name, frequency, country of transmitter, elapsed time for the reply, verification signer (if known), return postage sent (if any), brief description of the QSL

* Spectrum Surveys - such as a study of a particular group of frequencies over a specified time period - country, station, time, language

* Comments about broadcasting or programs

* New schedules

* Information from DX/SWL programs of international broadcasters

* Comments about publications and products

* Special programs or schedules

* Discussions about propagation in your area

* Personal information about yourself, where you live, your receiving equipment, how long you have been listening to distant radio, and your particular interests in the hobby

* Sound files and images may be posted

Note:

QSL ACHIEVEMENTS: The number of countries and stations verified (QSLs should be for frequencies not previously verified for any given station - duplicate frequencies do not count). Separate Achievement Statistics should be submitted for Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave, and VHF-FM

COVERAGE: Mediumwave and VHF-FM monitoring is confined to Australian reception locations only

PRESENTATION OF SUBMISSIONS

FOR THE MAGAZINE AND COMMUNITY FORUMS

We ask that your submissions conform to these guidelines:

* Do NOT show "kHz", "MHz", "UTC", "GMT", "UT", "hours", "hrs". These details are implied
* Do NOT show local time (all times, dates, and days are assumed to be UTC)
* Times should be shown as "2330" (not "23.30", "23:30"); "0115" (not "01.15", "01:15"; "0030" (not "2430", "00.30"; "00:30")
* Dates should be shown as "Feb-02" (not "2/3", "3/2", "2 February", "2 Feb", "Feb 2". Months are: Jan, Feb, Mar, Par, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAGAZINE

Please follow these guidelines:

* Plain text (no HTML)
* No manual line breaks
* Wrap lines at 72 characters
* Compose using fixed-width font, 10 chars/inch
* No tabs
* No indentations
* Messages containing attachments may be deleted without opening, unless the source is known to EDXP Admin
* Messages which have blank "From" fields will be deleted without opening

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY FORUMS

* File length should not exceed 32 KB ASCII
* Select from the list of options at the Forum Screen for format and presentation. Use colours and other features as required!
* Images may be included, but some hosts may block images stored there from displaying in the Forums. Details are given at the Forums if you wish to use the aimoo Inage Histing (paid) service. Images pasted directly into the Forum from your HDD may not display correctly, or at all
* Please read and familiarise yourself with the contents of the Help Menu, and the Community Help Forums

YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS
Please show your real name and location in each posting or submission, whether to the Magazine or to the Forums.

FLAMING
Members who post comments to the Forums which demean or denigrate any individual, or submit comments which may be regarded as offensive or immoral, will be banned from contributing.

Thank you!

Bob Padula
ADMIN-EDXP
(Updated: September 5, 2003)