That's absolute nonsense - there are thousands of Tropical Band stations
going strong,
and the WRTH is still the most authoritative source of information for
Mediumwave and Tropical Band that has ALL the info a serious DXer needs.
The blue pages are really for casual listeners to major broadcasters.
WRTH is kept uptodate by a comprehensive worldwide network of contributors
and there is no other publication to match it.
WRTH is published every year early December
see http://www.wrth.com/

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John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"David" wrote in message
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On 10 Jul 2005 08:39:46 -0700, wrote:

When should the 2006 editions of these two books appear?
I haven't bought a WRTH in many years, but think that it'd be good to
have one as a reference for tropical band stations. I always liked the
fact that they'd give information as to identification announcements
and interval signals (remember when they had the actual musical notes),
which can prove to be very useful when hunting DX. Do they still
provide such information? Is the information _reasonably_ accurate (I
think that most tropical band stations stay put, as opposed to major
broadcasters who change frequency and times often)?

According to Dave Eduardo, Tropical Band is rapidly being supplanted
by good old fashoned FM. The Blue Pages is enough for me.