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Old 11-15-2007, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wa2ise View Post
"DX" is ham radio lingo for "Long Distance" reception.
Literally, I think it's "Distant Xmission", xmit being short for transmit. I think it pre-dates ham radio. Maybe telegraph era. FWIW.
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