These walks down memory lane are priceless! They should be collected and put
into a book! George Santulli Lovettsville VA.
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From: Bob Coomler w6...@yahoo.com
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:38:05
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Oak Tree Tavern was the picnic spot in Wall Twnsp. Cincy may just have been a
meeting. It was my first road trip! G
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From: Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:38:54
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Thursday April 14, 2011
For those of the NNRC alumni, might find these links of interest.
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/club-history.html
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/nnrc-archives.html
Wow! Very interesting reading. I'm now 48. I got my start as many of
you did from my father. He was a DX'er but doubt that he knew of DX
clubs. He had several old Hallicrafters before his brother-in-law (my
Uncle, of course) got him a new Hallicrafters S-120A at the Army PX. My
uncle was a
Hello To All
Conditions last evening showed a slight increase in better propagation as the K
Index lingered at 2 . Another strong performance from many Europeans. No new
stations were added to the ULR log this night.
After almost two weeks at this new location, a few observations are apparent
I was in 6th or 7th grade in Cromwell, CT and the first ever DX Catch I
made from home was 1020 KDKA pittsburgh. Not a big feat for most, but for a
pre-teen who was just beginning to understand radio, this was a big deal!
The first DX Catch I got in a car was a few weeks later while riding in
the
Allen,
You have a great location for all those trans-Atlantic stations. It'll be
really interesting when you get wire antennas up as you indicated in your
previous message.
When do you first hear signals from the tas? I am going to assume that as
you live near the ocean that with the sea gain
I don't usually go in for the 'look back' stuff ... I must be 'getting old' as
this thread has 'sucked me in.'
I got 'hooked' on DXing one night in 1968 when my dad brought home the
Nems-Clarke field strength meter he used at the radio station he was CE for,
WILS in Lansing, MI.
Not only
IRCA,
I was always fascinated by the radios in our house when I was very little. We
got a new one when I was about 6 or 7, and instead of sitting up on the top of
the refrigerator it was on an end table in the living room, where I could reach
it. I turned it on and stumbled across the Indy
For those of the NNRC alumni, might find these links of interest.
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/club-history.html
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/nnrc-archives.html
http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/NNRC.html
Frame it!! Or give to the Newseum here, haha...
George
From: mwd...@webtv.net
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:45:23 -0700
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
For those of the NNRC alumni, might find these links of interest.
Bob Foxworth's mention of my DX reports from Germany in 1957-58 and Pete
Taylor's mention of his early days in the hobby remind me of the great value of
friendships built up by membership in DX clubs. At about the same time I was in
Germany, Pete was in the Coast Guard stationed out of
Fascinating thread and I have to add my 2¢ worth. My DXing started while at
summer camp in Minoqua, Wisconsin, in 1951. We lived in Des Moines at that
time, I was quite a baseball fan and our local minor league club was a farm
team of the Chicago Cubs. I had a Silvertone portable at camp and
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:Issued: 2011 Apr 14 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 April follow.
Solar flux 118 and mid-latitude A-index 14.
The
DX buddy Todd in Woodbury told me to relay this message 2 days ago. Maybe I
should check see if it's still on! He says their new format is thrash metal,
sometimes also called death metal. We were wondering if this is the only MW
station with this format?
They're relatively low-powered and
Thx..please let me know if this is still on and full time as they are one of 3
I need to complete MN. Semi-local WPJX 1500 had this format for a while as
Rebel Radio but now is Mexican as La Campeona. 73 KAZ Barrington IL
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From: George Sherman george...@yahoo.com
A lot of interesting stories to read. I 've been listening and Dxing on almost
the whole radio spectrum for most of my life and first contact was when I was
about 6 or 7 in the old country when there was no such thing as FM so my mother
had a radio tuned to one of only a hand full of stations
Funny thing, John. FIFTY years later, I get WXNT (ex WIRE) 1430 on 520
KHz TODAY on a MODERN receiver (Eton E-100). Oddly interesting!
73,
Dave in Indy
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:18:06 -0500
From: John Sampson jnsamp...@earthlink.net
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Not sure if this ever went out as it was not in my most recent Digest.
SO, you may get two.
:)
Dave
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From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:37 AM
To: 'irca@hard-core-dx.com'
Subject: RE: 30 years of skywave DXing
Wow! Very interesting
Just checked it, still on. With the Eton E1 8 Quantum loop amplifier turned
way down, a barely detectable S-3. Turned the amplifier up to max it's a mostly
readable S-9+20 (noise problem). They gave a dual city ID. Couldn't understand
the other one! Did get their slogan The G. I guess I am 55
Here is my am dxing history.
I first started dxing the am band back in 1965 at the age of 9. I had been
familiar with shortwave listening as I had an uncle who introduced me to
that side of the radio hobby previously. I remember at a very young age
checking out all the cool
Dave - That's hilarious! - John
On Apr 14, 2011, at 5:20 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:
Funny thing, John. FIFTY years later, I get WXNT (ex WIRE) 1430 on 520
KHz TODAY on a MODERN receiver (Eton E-100). Oddly interesting!
73,
Dave in Indy
I suspect that the other city was St. Cloud since Sauk Rapids and St. Cloud are
almost contiguous. The WXYG pattern on the FCC site shows a distorted figure 8
E-W (more E than W) during the day and a blob south (which I bet KWMT loves) at
night altho I suspect that their night time coverage is
Hi old friends and new,
I've been reading the IRCA-online messages for several months now, and
have been enjoying the posts about TP and LA DX especially.
Bob Coomler's post brought back some memories, and I want to correct one
name in it - it was Tom Colthurst, not Tom Seaver (I wish!).
Just an interesting fact, WXYG 540 is one of a very few stations in the
country that is/triplexed, it shares towers with 10KW WBHR 660 and 1700W
WMIN 1010
Paul Walker
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:41 PM, John Sampson jnsamp...@earthlink.netwrote:
I suspect that the other city was St. Cloud
Probably Sauk Rapids/St. Cloud or Sauk Rapids/Sartell
Regards,
Mark Durenberger
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From: George Sherman george...@yahoo.com
They gave a dual city ID. Couldn't understand the other one! Did get their
slogan The G. I guess I am 55 to 70 mi SE of
Interestingly (I think) I drove past their antenna farm just today...with
660 and 1010 co-located.
I think I saw 6 or 7 towers (1010 uses 3 day 4 night; 660 uses 2/3 and 540
probably uses 2/2).
Regards,
Mark Durenberger
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From: Mark
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2011 Apr 15 0010 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 April follow.
Solar flux 119 and mid-latitude A-index 5.
The
Allen, a longwire/beverage antenna or two will work well for you if you have
lots of room. Just aim it in the direction you want to hear from and you
should have very good results. At Cappahayden we have 1000 feet or more,
one aimed at Brazil and the other aimed at Europe. You might also
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