You can listen to yourself talk and chew gum at the same time after visiting this week's featured Web site.

"You won't believe this one!

"Let's say I'm trying to have a QSO with a station in Nepal.

"I check my propagation forecasts. Check for my best MUF. Aim my beam in the right long/short path. Verify my power output, etc., etc., but I still can't make that contact!

"I assume that with all these guides and fastidious preparations, my signal is actually getting there. But the problem is that I am making an assumption, a very big assumption.

Listen to radio receivers all over the world at the DX Tuners Web site.

"What if I could actually hear my own signal in that foreign DX spot? No, Stan, I've not "gone 'round the bend". You can actually go to the DX Tuners Web site and select a receiver in that country and tune it to listen to your actual signal with your computer while you transmit from your shack!

"Wow! Now that's unbelievable!"

That is what Carl Zelich, AA4MI, wrote to me recently and I thought it sounded fantastic. So, I checked out the DX Tuners Web site as soon as I could and confirmed what Carl wrote.

According to the Web site, DX-Tuners provides access to a global network of remotely controlled shortwave and VHF/UHF receivers so that radio enthusiasts can experience radio as heard from different areas of the world at any time of the day or night. The list of receivers did not encompass the DXCC countries list and it weighed heavy with US and UK stations, but there were some more "exotic" countries on the list like Romania, the United Arab Emirates, and yes, Nepal.

In addition to the ability to access remote receivers, the Web site has a lot of information on how to use the system to its fullest potential.

Until next week, keep on surfin'

Editor's note: Stan had copper in hand, ready to hang some wires from the trees last weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans and the OM ended up with a snow shovel in hand. Maybe, the weather will be more cooperative this weekend. To discuss copper, wire, weather and/or Amateur Radio, write Stan by sending e-mail to wa1lou@arrl.net.

Previous: N6AA Elected Southwestern Division Director; Incumbent Vice Directors Win in West Gulf, Southeastern Divisions

Next: Diversity is the Key to Success in Utah