[IRCA] Japan to end AM broadcasting?

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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>From The Japan Times website:

Japanese commercial broadcasters on Wednesday proposed a revision to the 
broadcast law that would allow them to ditch AM radio broadcasting due to 
issues over cost amid a decline in listenership.

The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association asked the communications ministry 
to implement a system revision by 2028 in order to allow radio broadcasters to 
focus on FM broadcasting. Under the law, broadcasters are obliged to broadcast 
on both AM and FM.





The request, made at a meeting of a panel of experts at the ministry, reflects 
the heavy burden placed on broadcasters stemming from updates to facilities and 
other forms of investment at a time when radio stations’ advertising revenues 
are diminishing as the number of listeners falls.

“It’s extremely difficult for us to renew our facilities while continuing AM 
broadcasting,” said TBS Radio Inc. Chairman Kiyohiko Irie, who participated in 
the panel meeting as a representative of commercial broadcasters.

He asked for a measure to allow radio broadcasters to convert their AM 
broadcasting to FM or to maintain both types of broadcasting, according to 
their own business judgments.

Specifically, the broadcasters’ association proposed a test that would halt AM 
broadcasting in limited areas, possibly in 2023. If no problems arise during 
the trial, the association would seek the end of mandatory AM broadcasting.

Some members of the panel, which is tasked with discussing ways to strengthen 
commercial broadcasters’ operating foundations, agreed with the idea of ending 
AM broadcasting, while others were cautious, citing concerns that FM radio 
waves have difficulty reaching mountainous areas.

While AM radio waves reach farther than FM waves, they are more prone to being 
blocked by tall buildings and tend to have poor reception in urban areas.

In addition, AM radio base stations are often built in coastal areas and 
require investments to protect facilities in the event of tsunami.
As a result, 43 of the 47 radio stations making AM broadcasts also have 
simultaneous FM broadcasts for their AM radio programs.
Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY

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[IRCA] 1030 kHz in Northeast

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WWGB Indian Head MD on at full power killing WBZ locally just outside of NYC. 
Sunday morning February 24 from 0500 to 0600 probably beyond. This was while I 
was driving to work. Really killing WBZ on the frequency. Obviously very close 
to my location. Huge signal.

Karl Zuk driving to Stamford CT
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[IRCA] Hawaii Adventure part two

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My best advice: Get away from civilization. Going down to the beach is a great 
first step. Highly recommended is Hana on the far east tip of Maui. I managed 
to log KSL 1160 and 1380 ‘The Answer’ Sacramento along with many 50 kilowatters 
from the west coast of the USA there beyween midnight and dawn. All this with a 
Sony ICF-SW7600GR bare back. 

Another excellent spot is Kona on the south shore of Big Island. I have a ham 
friend who had a QTH 2200 feet above the ocean in Kona. He worked legendary 
QSOs there. 

If you don’t want disappointment... get away from the noise and clutter !!

This vacation also made me honor further the abilities of Gary, Pat Martin, 
Mark Connelly and all the other talented DXers I have come to know over decades 
of belonging to IRCA. The miracles they log take great effort and 
knowledge.Bravo. 

Hawaii is an amazing place, but you must learn where to go and how to manage 
it! Tiny Maui has five 5 kW broadcasters and one 15 kW broadcaster! Go to Hana! 
Go to Kona! 

73 de N2KZ  Karl Zuk
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[IRCA] Hawaii adventure

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I just completed my first-ever vacation to Hawaii.

I found both central Maui and the Honolulu area to be just stacked with 
powerful AM and FM stations. I am guessing that the transmitter power combined 
with very high transmitter locations are an effort to tackle the very 
challenging terrain of Hawai’i. Even so, many repeater-translators are used as 
hole fillers.

I also became very grateful for my home QTH. I live out in the country where I 
have the ability to keep my enviroment quiet and have reasonable antennas. My 
home sits over 500 feet ASL with not remarkable but reasonable ground 
conductivity. 

In Hawai’i, I was nearly at sea level sitting on lava rock with (what seemed 
like) a chorus of electronic noise makers that just buried everything. I heard 
very very little on shortwave. On long wave I heard POA 332 from Big Island, 
VYI 327 in Maui, HHI 373 on Oahu and powerhouse LLD 353 from Lanai. LLD could 
inside hotel rooms next to Interstate highways. 2000 watts goes a long way!



On Jan 4, 2018, at 1:22 AM, Gary DeBock  wrote:

<<< Scanning the dial - night one Kona - nothing at all like Gary’s Royal Kona 
next door. This is an environment with S9+ video buzz, dimmers, TVI, RFI top of 
the dial to the bottom - >>>

Colin,

Depending upon which ocean-facing motel room they place you in, you can either 
end up with a TP-DXing paradise or a RFI-saturated zoo. To be perfectly honest, 
last month I ended up with the latter. During the "hot season" in Hawaii (which 
is the cold season for us here), the less desirable rooms seem to be the ones 
we end up with. We pay more $$ and end up with more RFI.

Last month I survived by taking the modified CC Skywave, Frequent Flyer FSL, 
digital recorder and logbook down to the ocean side lounge area on the south 
border of the Royal Kona Resort property, facing your motel. All this gear can 
easily be carried without any hassle, and setting up a TP-DXing station at the 
beach level was easy (they even provided a couple of lounge chairs for the 
motel guests). In Kona you can chase some of the Pacific island stations (846 
and 1098) as soon as it gets dark, and about an hour after that the island 
stations on 540, 621, 1017 and 1440 start to come in. With luck you can track 
down 558. After about 0800 UTC you can pretty much expect to get plastered by 
overpowering Asian stations, though, leaving most of the Pacific island DU's in 
the noise. 621-Tuvalu rarely survived until its 1006 sign off without getting 
hammered by North Korea and China, while 1440-Kiribati had a running battle 
with JOWF until it signed off around the same time. 846 and 1098 usually 
survived the Asian onslaught fairly well.

During wild DXing trips like this, my advice would be to expect the unexpected!

Gary

> On January 3, 2018 at 11:22 PM "R. Colin Newell"  
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> 
> 
> Scanning the dial - night one Kona - nothing at all like Gary’s Royal Kona 
> next door. This is an environment with S9+ video buzz, dimmers, TVI, RFI top 
> of the dial to the bottom -
> 
> Many thanks to Gary for sponsoring me with the TSA friendly loop -
> Brought a PL380 and a Kaito KA1103...
> 
> As predicted, every year is a slightly different pastiche of noises.
> 
> By now there should be a handful of pacific stations audible and maybe some 
> Japanese stations. Not so. Just an orchestra of gadgets blaring away.
> 
> Tuning in at dawn will reveal if there’s any potential here. Currently just 
> the strongest domestics rising above the RFI onslaught.
> 
> Colin Newell - Kona - Hawaii.
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[IRCA] WBZ rollbacks

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WBZ 1030 Boston is showing signs of new ownership. 

WBZ AM has stopped streaming. It is gone from Radio.com and TuneIn and the CBS 
Boston page. 

WBZ AM has also dropped their HD Radio from 1030 AM and from WBZ FM HD-3 on 
98.5 MHz. 

If you want to hear them now, you have to revert to good old AM.

I wonder if this will be the fate of all CBS stations that will be farmed out 
to new management?

Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY  FN31eh
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[IRCA] Current models of ultralights

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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I noticed the classic Sony SRF-M37W is now discontinued.
What miniature radio is now considered the best available?
Has the world completely reverted to listening to 'radio' on their smartphones?
I would be very interested to hear your preferences and opinions.
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[IRCA] 1120 AM The Outlaw

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During sunrise skip on grayline this morning - 0615 EST to fade out at just 
before 0700 -I heard a station on 1120 AM with good signals calling themselves 
"The Outlaw" and "1120 AM."Classic country format - all national commercials - 
I think I heard them mention Real Country onceinferring that they might be a 
Westwood One affiliate.I was using a little Sony ultralight as a receiver in a 
very casual listening environment -sitting in bed using earbuds. I searched 
high and low on the Internet looking for who this might be.No soap radio. Not a 
word to be found. They were strong enough to have no problem fighting off 
adjacent channel bombshell WBBR 1130  with Bloomberg business. Does anyone 
recognize this?
Thanks for your help... Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY - 45 miles north of NYC.
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Re: [IRCA] 1440-Kiribati Sign Off Routine

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Hi Gary:
Thanks so much for sharing your loggings of Tuvalu and Kiribati.I would never 
hear exotic stations like this without your recordings.So fascinating - just 
amazing. These are valuable keepsakes.Continue to have a wonderful visit to 
Kona!
Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY  near NYC

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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

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Hi Pat:
A couple of things to keep in mind here.
AM radio antennas are usually either etched into windshields or poorly coupled 
into rooftop modules that also designed for satellite reception.
Since new vehicles are truly spaceships, they are equipped with an arsenal of 
CPU driven computing and logic.This creates a beehive of computer noise.Even if 
your car's AM radio is sensitive and selective,the onboard noise will mask what 
it can really hear.All the SDR magic in the world isn't worth much with a +20 
noise level.Even worse, when you are in 'aux' mode with the car nearly off,all 
the CPUs keep purring away.There is no relenting even if you are sitting in a 
parking lot or at a sea shore.
The new world answer is Internet radio now common in cars.Driving home, I can 
hear Radio New Zealand International in perfect stereowithout any worries about 
propagation. I can hear several varieties of ABC Australia, too.It compensates 
for my 9580 withdrawal every morning!I'm really good except when I pass a pole 
pig sending out signals like a spark gaptransmitter from 110 years ago. The 
more things change
Pat: I doubt a new Caravan has an AM trimmer.It is all incorporated into the 
design now.It is probably software controlled.I have memories of removing knobs 
on pushbutton car radios to trim the antenna matching.Those days are gone - but 
we are not gone yet!Also, forget the AM boosters. They only amplify noise.Best 
solution: Drive closer to the AM station (how sad.)Enjoy the cow pastures and 
beautiful seashores.
All the best, Karl  From: Patrick Martin 
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 Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:58 PM
 Subject: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question
   
I recently bought a 2014 Dodge Caravan as my old 1997 finally quit. Anyway, I 
like the vehicle, but I found the AM section of the radio nearly useless (FM 
and CD are fine). The noise level was terrible with computer noise. Yesterday 
in checking the antenna was not too tight. I tightened the antenna and the 
noise is gone. The signal strength could be better. I have not taken the radio 
out to check, but is there a peaking screw (cap) like there used to be? Anyone 
know? I see there are AM boosters for car radios, but I presume that may 
generate noise.

Any thoughts?  The old Caravan AM sections were pretty decent in sensitivity, 
but not many listen to AM now. Thanks.


Patrick


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[IRCA] Sony SRF-M37L

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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I discovered that Sony has actually marketed three versions of this 
ultra-light. The V version that included analog TV audio, the common W version 
that offers North American 162 MHz weather broadcasts and the L version 
providing long wave as the third band.

Has anyone tried the L version? Is it a reasonable long wave receiver similar 
to what we enjoy from it on medium wave? What is it like overall?

Thanks!  Karl Zuk
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[IRCA] WAXB 850 off the air

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WAXB 850 Ridgefield CT is currently off the air


Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah NY
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[IRCA] For the record

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WNLK 1350 Norwalk CT now gospel format 24/7.

WSTC 1400 Stamford CT now 'great American songbook' format - cabaret standards 
along with older pop standards. 

The WSTC / WNLK simulcast of random pop music has officially ended. 

They now sound like two independent LMA stations. 

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[IRCA] Mongolia DX test 1431

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Forwarding this message originally sent by Chris Kladeck of WTFDA   Karl 
Zuk   N2KZ

*** DX TEST ALERT / Please share with other groups ***

I want to spread the info about a MW DX test this week that I am helping with 
(especially those with Asian contacts, please re-post). The engineers need any 
help they can get, primarily recordings to see how the station is getting out. 
The guidelines for the test are below:

* Date/Time: May 25-28 1300-1700 UTC
* Frequency: 1431 (power will likely be between 100-500kw)
* Location: Mongolia with a target audience of South Korea
* Send recordings to c...@aol.com or upload to 
https://www.dropbox.com/request/gXQDEsPBCtGiuXn4UcIb
* Recording preferences: MP3 format, mono, no less than 32kbps, and no longer 
than 30 minutes
* File name should be the sender's initials (example: mine would be "CK") - day 
- time.mp3 (for May 24 at 1am: "ck-24-0100.mp3). If uploading to the Dropbox, 
please send an e-mail to the above address stating your listening location as 
well.
* If possible, do not set the receiver bandwidth to be narrow, but wide AM (at 
least 6kHz for example).

I hope we can get some help for these engineers who made the journey halfway 
around the world to set up this test. 


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Re: [IRCA] 1030 Wipe Out

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WWGB Indian Head MD

On Apr 10, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Karl Zuk via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:


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[IRCA] 1030 Wipe Out

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There is a huge Spanish music signal killing the otherwise very dominant WBZ 
Boston here tonight. It is the Washington DC station probably on day power and 
pattern. Wicked strong signal... just FYI. Quick English ID at TOH. 

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[IRCA] WSTC / WNLK Not Dead Yet

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Since mid-day Wednesday, January 27th, WSTC 1400 Stamford and WNLK 1350 Norwalk 
have been broadcasting a simulcast of random 50s, 60s and 70s music. The only 
announcement you will hear is a top-of-hour lady's voice legal ID over-riding 
the music. It sounds like a very random iTunes shuffle. You'll hear some very 
interesting segues like Wooly Bully into Jesus Christ Superstar. Wednesday 
afternoon I heard a bizarre Smurfs song air for about a minute. It must have 
been intolerable at the station, too. Someone abruptly advanced the playlist to 
Anne Murray's 'Snowbird.' Quite a few Elvis classics are played. This suggests 
they are keeping the fireplace warm to encourage potential new owners. It 
really is 'all music - all the time' at least for the moment. 
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[IRCA] WSTC / WNPR CT silent

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WSHU - Sacred Heart University's NPR network - has decided to silenceboth WNLK 
1350 Norwalk, CT and WSTC 1400 Stamford, CT effective today.WSHU claimed that 
the combined listenership was about 900 people - not enough to sustain 
continued operation of the stations. These stations aresupposed to be for sale.
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Re: [IRCA] Newfoundland Trans-Atlantic Medium Wave Radio Logs

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Hi Allen:
Thank you for posting your loggings.They are always very interesting to me - 
places to look and stations to try for.I have always wanted to go to 
Newfoundland especially Cappahayden.I even watch NTV online!
Can you explain the background behind your callsign VOPC1AA?Is this related to 
a shortwave listener group?How do you get one?
Thanks, Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY USA
  From: Allen Willie 
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 Subject: [IRCA] Newfoundland Trans-Atlantic Medium Wave Radio Logs
   
 TRANS - ATLANTIC MEDIUM WAVE RADIO LOGS FROM THIS EVENING  
   612 khz - MOROCCO - RTM Sebaa-Aioun  22:50 UTC w/ Arabic teletalk by man and 
woman 
   666 khz - PORTUGAL - Antena 1, various  1:40 UTC Portuguese vocals, talk 
   810 khz - MACEDONIA - Makedonsko Radio 1  00:55 UTC w/ piano music, woman in 
Macedonian talk 
   981 khz - ALGERIA - Chaine 2, Ouled Fayet  00:00 UTC w/ Arabic talk & music 
   999 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBC Al Quran al- Karim , Doba  22:00 UTC w/ Koranic 
chants 
  1008 khz - CANARY ISLANDS - esRadio Las Palmas  20:15 UTC  w/ sports play 
commentary in Spanish (very strong signal ) 
  1053 khz - LIBYA - Radio Libya, Tripoli  19:10 UTC  w/ two men in Arabic, 
mention Libya 
  1062 khz - ITALY - RAI Radio 1 , various  19:10 UTC  w/ man in Italian 
commentary 
  1170 khz - SLOVENIA - Radio Capodistria, Beli Kriz  18:50 UTC w/ man in 
Italian commentary, ID 
  1188 khz - HUNGARY - MR4 Nemzetiségi Adások  18:50 UTC  w/ woman in Slovak 
language // web audio
  1296 khz - SUDAN - SRTC Sudan Radio, Reiba  20:05 UTC  w/ Arabic talk , 
music, ment. Sudan 
  1341 khz - SPAIN - SER Radio Leon  19:40 UTC w/ sports play by play in 
Spanish // 1287 
  1377 khz - IRAN - IRIB Radio Iran  22:55 UTC  w/ Farsi talk, ment. Iran ( 
heard under France Info ) 
  1395 khz - ALBANIA - TransWorld Radio Europe relay, Fllake  19:25 UTC  w/ 
woman in Polish commentary 
  1413 khz - SPAIN - Radio Nacional de Espana, various  19:15 UTC w/ man in 
Spanish, ID (very strong signal) 
  1422 khz - GERMANY - Deutschlandfunk Radio, Heusweiler  20:15 UTC w/ 
classical music, German talk, ID 
  1431 khz - DJIBOUTI - Radio Sawa, Arta  19:15 UTC  w/ Arabic music & talk, ID
  1440 khz - LUXEMBOURG - China Radio relay , Marnach  22:55 UTC w/ commentary 
by woman in German 
  1458 khz - GIBRALTAR - Radio Gibraltar, Maida Vale  21:55 UTC w/ Ellie 
Goulding " Love Me Like You Do" and Radio Gibraltar ID 
  1512 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBC Al-Quran al-Karim  20:05 UTC w/ Koranic chants  
  1521 khz - SAUDI ARABIA - SBC Riyadh  19:!0 UTC  w/ two men in discussion in 
Arabic, ment. Arabie 
  1530 khz - SAO TOME - Voice of America relay, Pinheira  20:15 UTC w/ Music 
Africa program in English 
  1550 khz - ALGERIA/WESTERN SAHARA - Saharawi Arab Dem.Rep.Nat. Radio  19:40 
UTC  w/ Arabic song vocals, talk , ment. Saharawi
   Receiver: ICOM R-75 w/ Antenna # 1 500 foot/ 150 metre 10 gauge insulated 
random copper wire to North East @  65 Degrees Antenna # 2  600 foot/ 183 metre 
14 gauge insulated random copper wire to South East @ 135 Degrees
Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Carbonear, Newfoundland
47'44"15N  53'11"46W 
Grid Square GN37JR 
 
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[IRCA] WRCR Rockland County, NY

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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WRCR Spring Valleyheats up its new tower and transmitter in Ramapo, NY on 
Monday, July 13th. Instead of broadcasting on 1300 AM with 500 watts daytime 83 
watts nights, WRCRwill be heard on 1700 AM with 10,000 watts daytime 1,000 
watts nights with a HDRadio signal. 
Notable engineer Tom Ray, chief engineer of WOR for years andyears, was project 
manager for the move.NortheastTowers installed the single 198 foot tower. Just 
two feet under the limit!WRCR's signal should be hard tomiss! 


The implications of this newcomer are many.With its broad HD Radio signal, WRCR 
will probably wipe out reception of the pirate and TIS/HAR community on 1700 
and 1710 and crush the coverage of WPTX 1690 down in Maryland.It will probably 
throw snurdles on WTTM 1680 near Philadelphia, as well. 
Will the HD plague ever end?

What will be heard on 1300 with WRCR gone?

WRCR serves many ethnic groups along with the community at large.You can't say 
that about many stations these days. 
Karl Zuk     N2KZ

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[IRCA] NYC Area News

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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WRCR 1300 Spring Valley, NY to change to 1700 as of Monday, July 13th.Was 500w 
days - 83w nightsWill be 10 kW days 1 kW nights.
WAXB 850 Ridgefield, CT back on the air after a several day hiatus.This 
happened again a few days later.Isn't it a shame that you have to look after AM 
stations?I'll get out there when I get a chance click
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[IRCA] For the record - 850 WAXB Ridgefield, CT

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WAXB 850 Ridgefield, CT - 2.5 kW daytime - has been silent for a few days.
It was a classic rock oldies station. 
The low power FM translator for this station W297AN is still on the air on 
107.3 - 99 watts.
The FM covers nearby Danbury, CT primarily.
Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY  FN31eh---End Message---
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Re: [IRCA] THE CASE FOR A 2015 JOINT IRCA-NRC CONVENTION

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Hi Mark:

I speak from experience. 
I chaired the IRCA convention in 1990.
This was a last-minute hail-Mary convention when no one stepped up to the plate.
The venue was Knoxville, Tennessee.
I was a speaker at the very first Monitoring Times convention rooming with Al 
Weiner of WBCQ fame. 
I volunteered to put together an IRCA convention and tried to meld it with MT's 
sessions.
Two would be better than one, right?

I thought the convention was a lot of fun.
For one, we shared the hotel with a clown convention. Priceless pictures!

I learned that you have to know your audience.
Even today, the two clubs really do have different personalities.
I never took a vote or a survey, but I had my dissenters.
Even if you are doing this from the charity of your heart and good meaning,
some people wanted a fully developed product.

Al and I set up three or four station tours.
We were hundreds of miles away from the convention location and didn't
know the first thing about the market or the players in the business.

We put together a late night DX session in a remote park.
I remember a park ranger wondering what all of us were doing with thousands of 
feet of wire
in the dark. When I explained we were a nationwide group and we were listening 
to
the radio, the ranger said: In all my years of being up here, you are the 
first people who
really are listening to the radio (heh heh.) 

And I managed to endear Bob and Judy Grove to buy the idea.
We tried really hard to make this happen from afar.
I think we achieved about a B minus grade. Much better than an F or a zero...

I felt incredibly bad about one IRCAn and his friend who travelled all the way 
to Knoxville
and then felt abandoned when Al and I had to head back to NYC on Sunday 
afternoon
to make it back to work on Monday. I remember him saying that he just watched 
the hotel elevators
go up and down all afternoon. This was someone I really liked. Jeez.

I really feel for you and your heart. 
This is one of those things that really should make sense but doesn't.
I'll be very curious to see how your idea is accepted.
We are getting older. The numbers are thinning out.
The business is thinning out and becoming obsolete.
I work in this business. Computers rule. Rough times!

Let's keep trying to get someone to grab the ring for an all IRCA get-together.
Contact me directly if you would like to talk about it.
It would be a good conversation.

My best wishes always.  Karl Zuk  N2KZ  Katonah, NY




On Sat, 10/4/14, Mark Durenberger ma...@durenberger.com wrote:

 Subject: [IRCA] THE CASE FOR A 2015 JOINT IRCA-NRC CONVENTION
 To: DX @NRC a...@nrcdxas.org, DX-IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Received: Saturday, October 4, 2014, 9:13 AM
 
 Greetings.  If you're tired of
 this subject, hit 'delete.'  If you want to 
 help ensure the ongoing camaraderie within NRC and IRCA,
 read on.
 
 We note that, following the Minneapolis joint convention in
 2013, no one 
 stepped forward to host a 2014 NRC show.  At IRCA, John
 and Nancy Johnson 
 fulfilled an earlier commitment to host the 50th in
 Billings; even though 
 they had moved to Arizona.
 
 Now there are holes in two club calendars for 2015. 
 Some tentative interest 
 has been communicated to our club convention coordinators.
 
 It's apparent to folks who are tuned in to these matters
 that NRC and IRCA 
 can successfully work together without political
 anguish.  Every indicator 
 in recent years is that joint efforts and cross-support
 works for the 
 betterment of both clubs...while not impairing each club's
 individuality.
 
 If you accept that premise, then you would agree that a
 joint 2015 
 convention makes a lot of sense.  That's because, IN
 POOLING CLUB SUPPORT WE 
 MAKE HOSTING A CONVENTION THAT MUCH EASIER!
 
 So I would like to challenge readers of this note to put
 aside the idea that 
 it's just too much work to host a convention.  Active
 members of both 
 clubs have already pledged their support, input,
 contributions, physical 
 labor and organizational skills to a joint conclave of TWO
 CLUBS WHICH SHARE 
 A COMMON HOBBY.  My gosh...right now, if you announced
 an interest in 
 hosting a joint show, you'd quickly receive offers of
 support.  We're also 
 talking about a joint 'task force' that could be of deep
 support in such an 
 endeavor, handling scheduling, promotion/publicity,
 coordination and 
 execution.  All we really lack is a confirmed location
 and an agreeable 
 date.
 
 The many previous hosts of the separate NRC and IRCA
 conventions did a great 
 job, but lately, interest in hosting seems to be
 diminishing.  We learned 
 from our 2013 Minneapolis experience that doing a JOINT
 convention of the 
 clubs was easier than a single-club event, since we had so
 much talent and 
 support to draw from!
 
 SO, Mister or Ms. club-member:  Now's the time to step
 forward to indicate 
 an interest, so that you can judge for yourself 

Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Karl Zuk via IRCA]

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The only thing bigger than Pat Martin's log book is his heart.

He is the greatest guy you would ever want to meet.

Karl Zuk
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