THE EDXP MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS SURVEY

All members were invited to participate in a Survey, to indicate their main interests in distance radio monitoring. This was applicable any area of distance terrestrial radio monitoring, including longwave, mediumwave, shortwave and VHF. TV DX, satellite DX, amateur radio, and Internet radio were excluded.

Members were asked to answer one or more of specific questions which best described their particular interests.

The Survey ran from June 2003 until October 2003, at a time when there were 155 members enrolled in the EDXP.

Responses were received from 47 members (30%)

THE RESULTS
(Total 266 votes )

News, current affairs
45 votes 16.92 %

Listening to DX programs
41 votes 15.41 %

Collecting QSLs
33 votes 12.41 %

Entertainment
29 votes 10.90 %

Historical development of radio
23 votes 8.65 %

Spectrum monitoring (non--professional)
22 votes 8.27 %

Listening to Audience Feedback programs (eg Mailbag sessions)
21 votes 7.89 %

Building or modifying radios, antennas, devices for distance reception
18 votes 6.77 %

Language learning
10 votes 3.76 %

Propagation studies and research
7 votes 2.63 %

Distance learning and education
7 votes 2.63 %

Facility technical operations/installation/maintenance
3 votes 1.13 %

Broadcast engineering planning
2 votes .75 %

Program writing/production
2 votes .75 %

Spectrum monitoring (professional)
3 votes 1.13 %

Note that the responses were not mutually exclusive, with many multiple answers being submitted.

Bob Padula
December 2003