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 Steve Rich - Indianapolis Welcome to the new website of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association. WTFDA is a club of people who enjoy long-distance reception of analog and digital television, analog and HD FM radio, weatheradio, 30-50mhz utilities and 6 meter DX. Whatever your DX tastes, we've got you covered! Read more about the WTFDA here! 
as of 11/15/08 except for Hawaii... ***HAWAII TRANSITIONS ON JANUARY 15, 2009!*** Breaking news! (READ) DTV TESTING SCHEDULED FOR OCT 28, DEC 2 AND 3 For NYC, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Hartford. (READ )
NEW DX TUNERS FROM SONY - THE XDR-F1HD AND XDR-S3HD
Nowadays you won't find much on the market in the way of new audio equipment worthy for DXing. The last tuner we knew about was the Sangean HDT-1. But recently Sony introduced the XDR-F1HD tuner, a tuner the size of a car radio that offers AM/FM, RDS and HD radio in one small package. It also offers great sounding audio plus supurb adjacent channel selectivity, overload rejection and sensitivity. And best of all is the price. In some cases this radio sells for less than $100. And it's here just in time for DX season. (5/21) Also check out the XDR-S3HD, a table radio version of the F1HD tuner. If you have no amplifier to connect to the tuner, go this route instead. It's the same great radio! Here's a new review by WTFDA's Tim McVey (9/9/08). Click here.
DTV CONVERTER BOX REVIEWS! Check out our large selection of CECB Converter Box reviews! Find out what boxes are good for TV DXing and which ones aren't.
Steve Rich finds the first one at Walmart. This is the Magnavox TB100MW9 (Read ) . For even more info, check Steve's post on the WTFDA Forums . Read this review comparing the Magnavox to the Radio Shack Accurian box. (Read) Steve Rich checks out the Insignia NS-DXA1 Digital to Analog Converter Box. (Read). Robert Grant reviews the Philco TB100HH9 Digital to Analog Converter Box. (Read ) 2/26/08 Karl Zuk reviews the Zenith DTT990 digital to Analog Converter Box (Read ) 3/1/08 Rob Grant reviews the Sansonic FT-300A Digital to Analog Converter Box(Read ) 5/6/08 Wikipedia's comparison of converter boxes. (Read ) The Memorex MVCB1000 digital/analog box with analog pass-through. It's available at your Rite-Aid Pharmacy. (Read ) 6/30/08 Jim Thomas reviews the Channel Master CM-7000 digital/analog box. NEW! (Read ) 08/18/08
WTFDA DX STATISTICS WTFDA TV and FM Statistics have found their new home here at wtfda.org. This is the place you go to find out all-time DX records for TV and FM and the personal best loggings for WTFDA members. Fred Nordquist is keeper of the stats and you should notify Fred of any corrections or additions to his tables. WTFDA members please log in to view DX Stats in the main menu.
GET YOUR DTV CONVERTER BOX! Beginning January 1, 2008, coupons worth $40 toward certain set top boxes are being offered by the US government. To qualify you need to have a maximum of two analog televisions not connected to either cable or satellite. Read the rules here first, then call 1-888-DTV-2009 to apply. For the latest in transition news read here and here, and even here . Update! Coupons were beginning to show up in the mail at the very end of February. If you applied for one or two, keep checking your mail! Update #2! The government has used up all of its available funding for 1-888-DTV-2009 and all orders for coupons must be made online (9/08).
LOOKING FOR A PORTABLE RADIO FOR DXING?
New to the website! We have equipment reviews of three portable radios. Two are from Kaito and one is from Sangean. You can find the review under Technical Articles, equipment reviews, or go here .
WHAT's THE LOGIN BOX FOR? It's for logging in. The Login box is WTFDA MEMBERS to login to view parts of this site that are not visible to the general public. If you are not a WTFDA member and you like what you see on this site, consider becoming a WTFDA member so you can see everything we have to offer on this website. Find out how here . WTFDA members please email us for a userid and password to enter the site. |
