Introduction to Radio DXing

Introduction to Radio  DXing
DXing means listening to far-away — usually foreign — radio stations. Listening to your regular hometown station is not DXing, but listening to a similar station thousands of kilometers away, outside the normal coverage area, is DXing.

"D" is said to mean distance and "X" refers to the unknown. DXers — hobbyists who enjoy DXing — try to pick up radio stations, which normally would not be audible at such a distance. 
DXing was the way to learn about the world and connect with the outside world in real time before satellite television and the Internet. Even today, DXing offers an intriguing and challenging way to get in touch with remote corners of the world.
Most DXers  are interested in  shortwave stations like All India Radio External Service, BBC,VOA(Voice Of America),Radio Japan,Radio Korea, Radio Australia,Radio Canada International,Voice of Germany, Radio Nederland etc.Radio propagation on most shortwave frequencies is rather similar. 
Send a reception report...

For future reference, all interesting signals are recorded. By reviewing notes and recordings made at the time of listening, many DXers compile reception reports, which they send to the station by mail — or nowadays mostly by e-mail. A reception report includes all the details of what, where, when and how the station was heard by the distant listener. Written program details or a recording should be enclosed as proof of having heard the station. In the report, DXers request a confirmation in return — this can be in the form of a letter, an e-mail or a "QSL" card from the station verifying that the signal was indeed theirs.

In the past reception reports used to be valuable feedback for international broadcasters, but nowadays when monitoring reception quality is in many causes automated and more professional, many stations find themselves inundated with reception reports that are not much use, and reply just out of courtesy. Domestic broadcast stations can however be positively surprised that their small local station has been picked up in a distant country, even though far-away listeners are not part of their target audience.

... and hope for a reply

DXers collect these verifications — known as QSLs — as mementos of their discoveries on the dial, and also to demonstrate how many stations they have been able to pick up. Even though QSLs can't be considered as definite evidence of hearing a station — as some stations routinely confirm even insufficient reports and other stations hardly ever reply to any reports — collecting QSLs remains a major pursuit for many DXers. Competitions between DXers are usually based on the number of QSLs received. Increasingly, also recordings of station identifications are collected, counted and saved as evidence of hearing remote stations.

Here You can find my QSL / Verification card received from Radio Korea in the year 1994 towards my Reception Report .

Explore the Hobby of Radio Dxing...It is fun,fascinating and educative!!!

~ With my Radio Dxer friends Mika, Mitual Kansal,Ananda Mohan Bain, Vasantha Vivekananda,Shaik Jawahar,Sekar PS, Sidhdhartha Bhattachaarjee and many across the globe ~