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When it receives a DXer's QSLs, the Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications sometimes receives various related documentation as well. Such was the case with legendary California DXer August Balbi, shown at right in a 1971 shack photo. |
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Below are links to some photos from his logbook for 1936. He kept his records in this book marked on the front, "World Short Wave Radio." The inside front and back covers are decorated with various cutouts, including two from the covers of Short Wave Craft magazine of the day. The pages reveal August to have been a meticulous record keeper. His daily log shows the stations that he heard, and that he returned to often to make notes of reception quality which could then be compared over time. He also kept a list of new stations heard. As August's penmanship suggests, computers were not even a twinkle in this DXer's eye. We will return to August Balbi's DX records in the future. |
