From: "Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Neil Kazaross <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mailing list for
the International Radio Club of America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <am@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Columbia 650, or perhaps Colombia
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 23:34:34 -0500
I don't want this to result in an off topic thread, but you'd also be
amazed
at how many American couldn't even find Colombia on a map !!
However, we DXers for the most part are in the 99th percentile for
geography
knowledge. 73 KAZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <am@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Columbia 650, or perhaps Colombia
> Subject: [NRC-AM] Columbia 650
>
>
>> I've been receiving HJKH Bogotá, Columbia now for several hours, many
>> mentions of Columbia with Columbian music although no pos. ID. I've
> been
>> receiving them on my NE-SW antenna by itself, the other E-W is or was
> all
>> WSM Nashville,
>
>
> May I respectfully suggest that, when sending them
> a reception report, it will greatly help your chances
> of a reply if you spell the name of their country correctly.
>
> Columbia is a university in the northern part
> of New York City, and the source of the "C" in
> the original name of CBS.
>
> The nation in South America you heard is spelled
> Colombia, with two "o" and zero "u" letters.
>
> It is amazing how many Americans do not know
> this.
>
> - Bob 0028 edt
>
>
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