Re: Reports to KGA 1510 AM

[Bernt-Ivan Holmberg <bepp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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>From:     Karel Honzik                        Date: 3 March 1997 (Monday)
>     Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC, Europe
>     khonzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>** As the Sun sinks slowly in the west, it is time for another DX session **
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>DX REPORTS to KGA Spokane, WA  (1510 AM)   ////////////////////////////////
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>For several years KGA has been known as a notorious non-verifier.
>The former Chief Engineer Mr.Gott did not care about reports and how it
>showed up later, he picked up the return postage and threw the reports out.
>However, about 15 opened envelopes with reports (and without return postage)
>from the last time were saved and those correct ones among them will be
>verified.
>Mr.Gott:s frequent absence from the station caused many other problems,
>of course greater than unanswered DX reports. This was the primary reason
>Mr.JIM BINDER was brought to Spokane (ex CE of KBOZ Bozeman, Montana,
>1090 AM).
>
>Jim writes:
>"The station (=KBOZ) changed ownership last year, and I would not work
>for the new owner.  The old owner offered me a job at their Spokane
>facility as Chief Engineer of KGA (1510 kHz), KJRB (790 kHz), KAEP (FM),
>and KDRK (FM).  I took the job on a temporary basis, wishing to remain a
>Montana resident.  Part of my duties here includes DX Report
>Confirmations, which I am trying to expedite.  I am nearly caught up on
>a backlog of fifteen reports from the current cycle.
>Then I will begin to work on the KJRB DX Reports, also about a dozen.
>We have established a policy that DX Reports must be sent by post.
>DX Reports via e-mail are not acceptable.  My e-mail messages to those
>who have sent in reports are not Confirmations, per se, but a courtesy to
>the senders who have included their e-mail addresses, because of
>the recent delay in preparing and sending Confirmations.  Photos of the
>reporter and their equipment are always welcome.  You might want to
>mention the following information to fellow DX'ers:  It is not necessary
>to send an envelope or an address label.  I do welcome cash or U.S.
>stamps for return postage.  Our standard confirmation weighs about 0.8
>ounce.  The postage is $1.00 U.S.  An international reply coupon (IRC) is
>only good for one-half ounce, and it necessitates a trip to the local
>post office to convert it...."
>
>If you have any unanswered reports of KGA, do not delay, because Jim:s
>job as a staff-engineer at KGA (not a CE as offered earlier)
>is on a temporary basis only and it may end as early as mid-April.
>You can resubmit also your older reports.
>
>
>GOOD DX !!!
>
>          Karel Honzik
>          Czechoslovak DX Club (CSDXC)

Hello Everybody!

According to a old QSL from KBOZ Bozeman MT-1090 the Chief Engineers name is
James A. Bender, not Jim Binder...maybe the signature was difficult to read?
        Best wishes
                Bernt-Ivan Holmberg, Möklinta,SWEDEN