Les/Robbie, Here, in the land of the WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (can you tell I'm happy and proud), if I mention my hobby to someone, they immediately shrug their shoulders and say "I can get that on the internet." I don't think most younger people have the interest to listen to anything that doesn't immediately fit their taste, doesn't have the audio quality they want (intestine-bashing bass), or requires them to use something other than their computer/iPod/Smart Phone to access it.
If you're older, you have more of a base in the pre-internet days. Things learned in younger days make more of an impact than things learned later (generally). I can remember information that young people can't figure out how to look up. I can do math in my head that they can't find a key for on their computer-based calculator. And the bottom line is they don't care. We are dinosaurs, but when there's an emergency, we may/can become gods...at least for the duration of the emergency. Proving that I'm a dinosaur, I rode a train up to San Francisco on Tuesday. The last time I rode a train was on the day that the Giants played a 23-inning game against the Mets.....in 1964. If I remember, the Giants won 8-6. And Monday night, I was so happy that I cried. The championship finally came to San Francisco. Mike Hawkins still out of work after 2 years will solve the world's ills in exchange for a place to stay On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com> wrote: > Robbie, > > Thank you for the great story. You didn’t say how old you were, but I know > that at age 48, I still get a thrill from hearing distant stations on the > AM band. I’m always amazed at how many people don’t even know it’s possible > to hear stations from far away. > > During Katrina, we had some evacuees staying with neighbors down the > street. As the storm moved on-shore, they were all eager for news about > their neighborhoods. I remember all of them being amazed when I explained > that they could simply tune into WWL on 870 using their car radios and hear > it clear as a bell. > > After a day or two, one of them walked down the street and wanted to know > why it could only receive the signal at night. I explained it as best I > could it layman’s terms. I then invited him into the shack, and turned my > AOR loop towards New Orleans, and tuned the Drake R8B to 870. There was WWL, > clear as a bell in early afternoon. He was amazed, and sat there listening > for almost three hours. > > I too think we’ve lost something along the way. Hulu is great for catching > that episode of “Hawaii 5-0” that you missed, but it will never compare to > receiving a TV station from Colorado in the middle of June. > > 73, > > Les Rayburn, N1LF > EM63nf > > > > Les Rayburn, Director > High Noon Film > 130 1st Avenue West > Alabaster, AL 35007-8536 > (205) 621-7500 > (205) 621-7505 FAX > (205) 253-4867 CELL > http://www.highnoonfilm.com > > From: Robbie j. > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:26 PM > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] no more am > > Hey All, Just wanted to say a word about Russ`s comments about the am band. > I`m just under 40(38) and can really relate to this. I was at a friends home > some years ago one night and was tuning the bands with his sterio.(a stock > portable) His then live-in honey(she`s now gone else-ware) was amazed at > what I was hearing here in Rock springs.(wlw,kfi, and a few others) My > friend was surprised as well! My dad introduced me to amdxing when I was a > teenager one night. > I think a lot of the problem is that most young people don`t have people in > the know(like him) to show them whats out there to hear on the "typical" > night.(Most don`t care anyway, unfortinatly) They wouldn`t have the patience > anymore either to deal with band conds. as well as taking the time to log > what they hear.(if I can`t have it now,(and in the clear) then I`m not > interested!) > I hope that I don`t have to endor the end of amdx. Then it would really be > time to "hang up the headphones" for good! I don`t know what I`d do if I > couldn`t chase dx on a clear, cold, wyoming winters eve! But me thinks that > now I`m in the minority. Most people don`t give a hoot much about the > exclamation of "I got L.A. from wyoming!" It just dosen`t have the hitting > power that it did I guess in my dads day.(or in is dads day for sure) > Too bad! People don`t know what their missing!(esp. the young) I will be > forever greatful to my dad for showing me the ways of the am band that > night(meny years ago now) on a 250 mile trip across part of wyoming! He > explaned to me what I was hearing(ksl and a few others) and WHY it was > there.(being that we were a fair distance from SLC, as well as the other > stations) I was about 16 at the time. > Good dx to all and may the may band be here for a LONG time to come! Robbie > in southwest wyoming(kd7cjo in dn51) > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
