Chris: Nice to see your name in print again. The folks at Kristie's Restaurant in Mount Stewart have been wondering why you don't come by any more. 73Niel Wolfish in Toronto
On Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:45 PM, Chris Black <n...@comcast.net> wrote: Hi Gary, Yes I remember the loopstick and it worked great. Would love to meet and see some of your stuff and pick your brain.As to cliffhanger DX, I'm up for anything😊 Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: d1028g...@comcast.net Date: 08/13/2015 3:15 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] new returning member Hi Chris, Welcome to the left coast-- and it's great to have you here! You may not recall, but I made up a 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-300WT model for you a few years back, and would be happy to provide something similar for you again, to get you back in "the game." <<< Thanks Nick and Neil, would love to confer with Guy. Hopefully he will chime in but don't want to hog the list. >>> Yes, hopefully you will confer with Guy, but be advised that if you spend serious time conversing with either of the Puyallup DXers, you may find yourself influenced to try one of the wackiest innovations of the past few years... "Cliffhanger DXing." 73, Gary DeBock (N7EKX) in Puyallup, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Black" <n...@comcast.net> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:37:38 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] new returning member Thanks Nick and Neil, would love to confer with Guy. Hopefully he will chime in but don't want to hog the list. My direct is callsign(n1cp) at Comcast. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> Date: 08/13/2015 9:10 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] new returning member Maybe you could talk to Guy Atkins about the Elad FDM-S2 SDR, Chris. Perseus and WinRadio are also represented in the Seattle area. What are your antenna restrictions at your location? Any shrubbery suitable for stealth loops or Flags? best wishes, Nick At 14:35 13-08-15, you wrote: >Hi Chuck, Good to hear the shirt is still hanging in there. Would >appreciate your input on equipment. Perhaps we could get together >sometime. I am very flexible. >Best de Chris > >-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hutton >Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:14 PM >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Subject: Re: [IRCA] new returning member > >Back in Black! Still have the DX shirts? >Chuck > >>From: n...@comcast.net >>To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >>Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:41:24 -0700 >>Subject: [IRCA] new returning member >> >>Having first dabbled in SW, I was first introduced to MW DXing in >>the mid 80's when I lived in Lynwood and wondered why I couldn't >>get the same loggings with my NRD-515 and a piece of wire out the >>window from my apartment as I saw reported by Mark Connelly! Boy >>did I have a lot to learn! >> >> >> >>Life and trying to keep from starving to death kept interfering >>with my Dxing but I managed to plug along, learning little by >>little from many in this group, attending conventions and >>get-to-gethers as well as Grayland outings when I was in the >>Seattle area visiting my daughter. Along the way, I got licensed >>but always kept MW Dxing on the front burner while living on Cape >>Cod for the last 17 years. >> >> >> >>Always eclectic, I dabbled in utilities, NDBs and some of the >>esoteric modes as a diversion but managed to log over 100 countries >>on MW from Cape Cod locations and Prince Edward Island. It's hard >>to ignore the thrill of hearing KFI and Japan from the east coast. >>Of course, having room for antennas like the flag, delta, super >>loop, K9AY, beverage, etc was a decided advantage and I was >>fortunate to count as fellow DXers and friends the likes of Mark >>Connelly, Bruce Conti and other legendary Dxers. >> >> >> >>But, as I approached the seventh inning stretch of this game, my >>wife's health prompted a move back to Washington to be closer to >>family. I now live in a planned community in Redmond where antennas >>are as verboten as a t-bone to a vegetarian. Having unloaded all >>radio equipment before the move, I was despairing of ever >>re-connecting with the hobby. But we Dxers are a resilient lot and >>so I throw myself on the mercy of the collected wisdom of the group >>for suggestions as to radios, SDRs, antennas, etc so that I might >>stay in the game from my modest digs in Trilogy at Redmond Ridge.. >> >> >> >>My best to all and its good to be back. >> >>73 de Chris Black >>_______________________________________________ >>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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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