Re: [IRCA] If you're a Northern California DXer, you're inluck tonight!

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh Yeah!  Most of us have experienced this bombshell.  Downright Hurts!

don



Mike Hardester wrote:

>          Let us pause to return to those thrilling days of yesteryear when
> I lived in California (less than 100 miles from KCBS) and stations actually
> had SPs. As I recall this incident occurred around 3 or 4 in the AM on a
> winter Monday morning in the late 60's. KCBS was off with its USUAL SP. I
> was hearing a station on 740, but couldn't quite get it past threshold
> level. Headphones were pressed against my ears. Hmmm, maybe if I crank up
> the volume. Even to this day, I vividly recalled what happened next. One
> has not lived the life of a DXer until they have heard a station ID, such
> as -- "This is KCBS, San Francisco, testing," with 50,000 watts of
> ear-splitting power. Such are the trials and tribulations of a (then) young
> DXer, hi!
>
>          Mike
>
> At 03:00 PM 11/7/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Michael Hawkins wrote:
> >
> > > KFRC/610 is off the air (noted after 0030 PDT, and still off at
> > > 0245).  KCBS/740 off the air (first noted at 0235).  This is almost
> > > unheard of AND very welcome for DXing.
> > >
> > > --------Wouldn't you know, I didn't feel up to par so went to bed
> > > early last night.  Last time KFRC was off (when I was listening) was
> > > in Nov 76 and I heard China on 615 + Logan UT & Trail BC.  When KCBS
> > > was off I heard Houston TX & Montgomery AL but that was many years
> > > ago.....
> > >
> > > 73 don k.
> > >
>
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