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Broadcast TV DXing

Motherboard reports on the hobbyists obsessed with picking up TV
signals from thousands of miles away

Ham radio may have been the starting point for the DXing phenomenon,
but there's a lot of other spectrum out there, and that spectrum—be it
shortwave, AM, FM, UHF, or VHF—each has its enthusiasts.

As far as television goes, DXing has come a long way from 1957, when
onetime silent film director and star George Palmer somehow managed to
pull a signal from a BBC channel from his Australian home.

Palmer, whose son grew up to be a politician, was able to grab a
signal at his home in Williamstown, Australia, located 10,496 miles
away from London, confirming the find by recording both video and
audio of the final result. Palmer’s work inspired numerous generations
of DXers, including fellow Australian Todd Emslie, who pulled off a
similar feat in 1981, though in that case he was only able to get the
audio.

These days, however, the nature of the television industry is a lot
different than it was just a few years ago—thanks to the recent
embrace of digital technology.

For DXers, television's last hurrah as an analog medium raised some
serious questions: How is this going to change the process of DXing?
Would pristine digital signals make it harder to find unusual
stations? And with so many TVs offering digital channel-scanning
functionality, would the heavy tweaking so often needed to bring a
channel to life eventually make TV DXing impossible?

Read the full story at
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-hobbyists-obsessed-with-picking-up-tv-signals-from-thousands-of-miles-away