Re: [IRCA] Excellent cx to the north

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The late CM Stanbury (in Crystal Beach ON) claimed to have heard Pyongyang on 655 in the late 70s, but the logs were extremely tentative at best (carrier with traces of audio etc).   Since he used a longwire, he wouldn't have been able to use a loop to confirm that it wasn't a Latin American (655 also had El Salvador and maybe one or two South Americans at the time). 

I can't recall if anyone in New England heard Pyongyang.  Given the rivalry/animosity between Mr Stanbury and Gordon Nelson, Stan's claim may have been inspired by something Gordon said or did.   The Pyongyang station's transmitter was quite potent in the early 70s and was not co-channel with the Europeans on 656, so it might have been possible (though very unlikely) at Boston sunset.

Bruce

Russ Edmunds wrote:

--- Bill Harms <wharms@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  

I understand that North Korea has supposedly been heard in  the New 
England in the 1970's.  that is not directly over the north pole, but

it is fairly close.  Japan was heard on the East coast in the 1930's 
according to the old DX mags.

    

*** While I was very active in international DX at the time, I don't
recall anyone hearing North Korea in ECNA. If it happened, it would
have likely been one of three DX'ers - Bill Bailey, Ray Moore or Gordon
Nelson. 


Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
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