Ken, Yes, I have been DXing nearly 54 years. I started in Seward AK in 1962. Then I got into QSLing in 1965. I have came down from AK in 1967 (18) and continued here. I moved to the Portland area for a few years (76-79), then moved back and continued here. I just turned 67 a few days back.
Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 15:02:33 -0600 > From: neilka...@gmail.com > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Introduction > > Welcome Ken! > > Yeah, Patrick may actually go back to before radio was invented :). 73 KAZ > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Walter Salmaniw <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ken, Patrick goes way, way, WAY back ;-) LOL!!! Walt > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Ken Waters <satwatch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Patrick, > > > > > > You know....your name and Seaside seem familiar to me. You've been there > > > quite awhile haven't you, as I think I remember seeing your reports way, > > > way back! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Patrick Martin <mwd...@webtv.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Welcome Ken. AZ has been getting more and more DXers through the > > years. I > > > > live in Oregon and except for myself, there are none than are active on > > > MW > > > > any longer. WA has a lot, especially in the Puget Sound. I live North > > of > > > > Seaside on the coast where I have logged many TPs and DUs through the > > > years. > > > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > Patrick Martin > > > > Seaside OR > > > > KGED QSL Manager > > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:03:02 -0700 > > > > > From: satwatch...@gmail.com > > > > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > Subject: [IRCA] Introduction > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > I just joined this group yesterday and wanted to introduce myself. I > > > was > > > > > pleased to see the IRCA is still alive and well. For several years > > > back > > > > in > > > > > the 80s I was a regular print subscriber and would send in reports > > from > > > > > Hawaii. > > > > > > > > > > My interest in MW DX'ing goes way, way back to my youth days back in > > > the > > > > > 60's including highlights such as hearing KPNW Eugene on its first > > day > > > of > > > > > broadcasting, listening to the VOA feed out of the Sacramento Valley > > (I > > > > > never did figure out how that could be heard in MW but I could listen > > > > from > > > > > the east bay), to the thrill of listening to CONUS stations from some > > > of > > > > my > > > > > Pacific locations such as Guam, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea. I > > > > used > > > > > to go the beach in Guam late at night and listen to KNX and other > > clear > > > > > channel stations surge in right before their sunrise some 6,000 miles > > > > > away. Luckily most of the Asian stations used the 9 kHz separation > > > which > > > > > allowed some of the American stations to slip in between. On one > > > > occasion > > > > > I remember sending a note to Art Bell that I was listening to his > > show > > > (I > > > > > think it may have been the old KCRL 780) from the beach at midnight > > and > > > > he > > > > > later announced that on his show (~ 1995). > > > > > > > > > > My equipment is mostly my old TRF-655 and 656 as well as a GE > > > Superradio, > > > > > an old Sony ICF-6700, and my ham equipment (primarily an Icom 720A). > > > > > > > > > > I look forward to following along with the discussions on this group. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Ken Waters/N4PBY > > > > > Mesa, AZ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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
