DX Haikus　　新春DX俳句
DX Poetry for the Ears to Ring in the New Year

By Jason R Gardner
（Japanese Translation by Takahito Akabayashi）

Dear Readers of Shortwave Monthly,

The following is a collection of Haiku writings of my memories of shortwave radio listening and DXing, AM (mediumwave) listening, and police scanner listening.  As the year closes, I thought that it would be a great time to write poetry of what the essence of DXing and shortwave in the US has been like.  The poetry pays tribute to the DX experience in general, WWV-Fort Collins, Co., WWCR, Family Radio, DXing, scanner listening, a humorous look at my inability sometimes to distinguish callsigns on AM radio, and AM DXing.  My thanks go to Takahito Akabayashi for translating these poems into the proper Haiku format and into the Japanese language.

Have a Happy New Year,

Introduction to the author     筆者紹介

  Jason started  the shortwave radio hobby in 1992. In 1995, he added VHF/UHF monitoring to his hobby.  In 1999, he entered also the world of amateur radio.  His logs have been published in "Popular Communications" magazine  in 1999 and 2004.  He has written freelance articles appearing in ”Monitoring Times" magazine in 2005 and 2007.  He holds an Associate degree in Psychology from East Central Community College (1998-2001) in Decatur, MS. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Mississippi State University Meridn Campus (2001-2004), and has been inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society.  Jason has also completed further work towards a graduate degree in the subject of history.  He has also been inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, a history honor society, and has been inducted into Phi Kappa Phi for being in the top fifteen percent of graduate students in grade point average.  Beyond the radio hobby, his hobbies include writing and researching about technology, and he also enjoys fishing for catfish!