Re: [IRCA] Paul S.
I do remember that Paul loved the station coffee mugs. ms Sent from my iPod > On Sep 24, 2017, at 7:29 AM, Rick Dau wrote: > > > Mark, it was probably one of the 80s conventions where you met him. I > believe he told me on several occasions that the Lincoln, NE convention > (1977) was the first one he attended, and I think he told me that he first > joined the NRC about 2 years prior to that. Unless someone else recalls > differently, he was at every NRC convention after 1977, and I first met him > at the one that he co-hosted with Todd Brandenburg and Skip & Buddy > Dabelstein in Topeka in 1989 (first convention I attended). Paul, as is > well-known, had a large collection of coffee cups/mugs with radio station > logos on them that he acquired through convention auctions. I hope those are > headed to a good home now, because I sure would hate to see those get thrown > away. > > 73, > Rick Dau > South Omaha, Nebraska > > > From: Am on behalf of Mark Connelly > > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:21 PM > To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Paul S. > > Paul was a great DXer and certainly a hard worker in all the > behind-the-scenes activity that kept DX bulletins going out on time with high > quality material in loggings, technical, broadcast information, and member > "musings" that added the valuable personal touches. Some in the hobby also > knew of his teaching profession and his love of writing young-adult > literature. He tried to maintain good grammatical standards in a world where > English usage seems to get sloppier each year. > > I joined NRC in 1972, about 12 years after I had started DXing. I joined > IRCA shortly after that. Paul's name was already well known in the hobby at > that point if I recall correctly. > > In about 2010, when I started connecting with DXers on Facebook, the ability > of communications to spread out to a whole range of other topics came about. > Prior to that, my mail and email with hobbyists was mostly about the hobby. > This was especially true when dealing with list forums and club publications > where straying off radio and onto chat about trains, cars, architecture, > gardening, woodworking, etc. would meet disapproval. > > As the Facebook age came about, Paul was one with whom I could correspond on > many subjects outside of, or maybe just peripherally-related to, DX. We > chatted photography, travel, and especially music. He and I discussed '60s > entertainers that were pretty well known "back in the day" but are nearly > forgotten now. Helen Shapiro in pop music and Richard & Mimi Farina in folk > come to mind. We both agreed that spring / summer '67 was a peak era, > perhaps THE peak era, of rock, folk, and soul music with pop, country, and > jazz looking very good too. Paul knew of, and appreciated, the British and > Celtic folk-rock groups that made a splash in the early to mid '70s, notably > Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span: groups that were all but ruling my > turntable (and radio, thanks to Cambridge's WCAS) at a time when most people > were talking about disco. > > I did meet Paul at one of the NRC conventions. Not sure if it was early '70s > Cambridge, MA, one of the '80s ones (NJ, CT), or Nashua, NH in '94. He > seemed easy going and not one to goad people into annoying rancorous > arguments about politics or religion. When I hooked up with him on Facebook, > this mellow + intelligent aspect of his personality continued to shine. > > He will be missed. Maybe he's having a cup of java (or glass of beer?) in > front of a celestial R-390A in the company of so many other great DXers who > went before. > > R.I.P. Paul. > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION > South Yarmouth, MA > > ___ > 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
Re: [IRCA] Paul S.
Mark, it was probably one of the 80s conventions where you met him. I believe he told me on several occasions that the Lincoln, NE convention (1977) was the first one he attended, and I think he told me that he first joined the NRC about 2 years prior to that. Unless someone else recalls differently, he was at every NRC convention after 1977, and I first met him at the one that he co-hosted with Todd Brandenburg and Skip & Buddy Dabelstein in Topeka in 1989 (first convention I attended). Paul, as is well-known, had a large collection of coffee cups/mugs with radio station logos on them that he acquired through convention auctions. I hope those are headed to a good home now, because I sure would hate to see those get thrown away. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska From: Am on behalf of Mark Connelly Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:21 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Paul S. Paul was a great DXer and certainly a hard worker in all the behind-the-scenes activity that kept DX bulletins going out on time with high quality material in loggings, technical, broadcast information, and member "musings" that added the valuable personal touches. Some in the hobby also knew of his teaching profession and his love of writing young-adult literature. He tried to maintain good grammatical standards in a world where English usage seems to get sloppier each year. I joined NRC in 1972, about 12 years after I had started DXing. I joined IRCA shortly after that. Paul's name was already well known in the hobby at that point if I recall correctly. In about 2010, when I started connecting with DXers on Facebook, the ability of communications to spread out to a whole range of other topics came about. Prior to that, my mail and email with hobbyists was mostly about the hobby. This was especially true when dealing with list forums and club publications where straying off radio and onto chat about trains, cars, architecture, gardening, woodworking, etc. would meet disapproval. As the Facebook age came about, Paul was one with whom I could correspond on many subjects outside of, or maybe just peripherally-related to, DX. We chatted photography, travel, and especially music. He and I discussed '60s entertainers that were pretty well known "back in the day" but are nearly forgotten now. Helen Shapiro in pop music and Richard & Mimi Farina in folk come to mind. We both agreed that spring / summer '67 was a peak era, perhaps THE peak era, of rock, folk, and soul music with pop, country, and jazz looking very good too. Paul knew of, and appreciated, the British and Celtic folk-rock groups that made a splash in the early to mid '70s, notably Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span: groups that were all but ruling my turntable (and radio, thanks to Cambridge's WCAS) at a time when most people were talking about disco. I did meet Paul at one of the NRC conventions. Not sure if it was early '70s Cambridge, MA, one of the '80s ones (NJ, CT), or Nashua, NH in '94. He seemed easy going and not one to goad people into annoying rancorous arguments about politics or religion. When I hooked up with him on Facebook, this mellow + intelligent aspect of his personality continued to shine. He will be missed. Maybe he's having a cup of java (or glass of beer?) in front of a celestial R-390A in the company of so many other great DXers who went before. R.I.P. Paul. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] Paul S.
--- Begin Message --- Paul was a great DXer and certainly a hard worker in all the behind-the-scenes activity that kept DX bulletins going out on time with high quality material in loggings, technical, broadcast information, and member "musings" that added the valuable personal touches. Some in the hobby also knew of his teaching profession and his love of writing young-adult literature. He tried to maintain good grammatical standards in a world where English usage seems to get sloppier each year. I joined NRC in 1972, about 12 years after I had started DXing. I joined IRCA shortly after that. Paul's name was already well known in the hobby at that point if I recall correctly. In about 2010, when I started connecting with DXers on Facebook, the ability of communications to spread out to a whole range of other topics came about. Prior to that, my mail and email with hobbyists was mostly about the hobby. This was especially true when dealing with list forums and club publications where straying off radio and onto chat about trains, cars, architecture, gardening, woodworking, etc. would meet disapproval. As the Facebook age came about, Paul was one with whom I could correspond on many subjects outside of, or maybe just peripherally-related to, DX. We chatted photography, travel, and especially music. He and I discussed '60s entertainers that were pretty well known "back in the day" but are nearly forgotten now. Helen Shapiro in pop music and Richard & Mimi Farina in folk come to mind. We both agreed that spring / summer '67 was a peak era, perhaps THE peak era, of rock, folk, and soul music with pop, country, and jazz looking very good too. Paul knew of, and appreciated, the British and Celtic folk-rock groups that made a splash in the early to mid '70s, notably Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span: groups that were all but ruling my turntable (and radio, thanks to Cambridge's WCAS) at a time when most people were talking about disco. I did meet Paul at one of the NRC conventions. Not sure if it was early '70s Cambridge, MA, one of the '80s ones (NJ, CT), or Nashua, NH in '94. He seemed easy going and not one to goad people into annoying rancorous arguments about politics or religion. When I hooked up with him on Facebook, this mellow + intelligent aspect of his personality continued to shine. He will be missed. Maybe he's having a cup of java (or glass of beer?) in front of a celestial R-390A in the company of so many other great DXers who went before. R.I.P. Paul. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA << From: James Renfrew To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] Paul S. I only met Paul a few times, and both were at the conventions in Rochester and Batavia, the only MW conventions I've ever attended in all of these years since 1967 or so. But if I do a name search in my e-mail history I have hundreds, even thousands, of e-mails from me to Paul, from Paul to me, and from and to all of us on the lists. As a column editor (IDXD) for many years we were in regular correspondence about content, format and deadlines. We are all grateful that he took on the Publisher role for a LONG time. My column dominated my life just before deadlines (initially all submissions to me were by the US Mail that I had to laboriously retype; later, e-mail made the job much easier!). So I can only imagine how difficult the task of pulling together the entire publication must have been! With such a large network, serving as Publisher of DX News is very similar to herding cats (on the better days) and keeping the cats from killing each other (on worse the days). I was always pleased that Paul kept his head, worked on the basis of key editorial and organizational principles, and seemed very even-handed in dealing with all of us. I remember at one of those conventions that Paul kept speaking of Dave Yocis as "my new best friend", because Dave had just agreed to take on the publishing. Paul had wanted to turn this responsibility over to someone else for some time, but his patience was finally rewarded with Dave (Thanks, Dave!). I also remember at that convention that Paul had loaded up a truck with a TON of ancient radio-related effluvia from Kermit's family on the way to the convention, and then he and I took turns auctioning it off by the box-load! I am very grateful for Paul's service to our group. For an organization whose members rarely see each other face-to-face, Paul did great work to hold us together. Jim Renfrew Clarendon NY >> --- End Message --- ___ 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 contri
[IRCA] Paul S.
I only met Paul a few times, and both were at the conventions in Rochester and Batavia, the only MW conventions I've ever attended in all of these years since 1967 or so. But if I do a name search in my e-mail history I have hundreds, even thousands, of e-mails from me to Paul, from Paul to me, and from and to all of us on the lists. As a column editor (IDXD) for many years we were in regular correspondence about content, format and deadlines. We are all grateful that he took on the Publisher role for a LONG time. My column dominated my life just before deadlines (initially all submissions to me were by the US Mail that I had to laboriously retype; later, e-mail made the job much easier!). So I can only imagine how difficult the task of pulling together the entire publication must have been! With such a large network, serving as Publisher of DX News is very similar to herding cats (on the better days) and keeping the cats from killing each other (on worse the days). I was always pleased that Paul kept his head, worked on the basis of key editorial and organizational principles, and seemed very even-handed in dealing with all of us. I remember at one of those conventions that Paul kept speaking of Dave Yocis as "my new best friend", because Dave had just agreed to take on the publishing. Paul had wanted to turn this responsibility over to someone else for some time, but his patience was finally rewarded with Dave (Thanks, Dave!). I also remember at that convention that Paul had loaded up a truck with a TON of ancient radio-related effluvia from Kermit's family on the way to the convention, and then he and I took turns auctioning it off by the box-load! I am very grateful for Paul's service to our group. For an organization whose members rarely see each other face-to-face, Paul did great work to hold us together. Jim Renfrew Clarendon NY ___ 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
