Re: [IRCA] A few loggings from Tofino, B.C.

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:11 PM 12/25/2006, you wrote: (commenting on the terrible reception conditions for a while now)

>> 
>> Merry Christmas to all!  
>
>Actually got enough WWV on 15Mhz to set the time on a watch
>I bought my Mom for Christmas...
>There were a few signals on 19m and 20m (SSB) and a few things
>on 25m.
>
>Geepers, the shortwaves look like a grey old
>dog limping along a dead-end road into
>oblivion.
>
>Very sad,
>--
>Colin Newell - in Victoria B.C. Canada
>Editor-Creator www.coffeecrew.com 


Colin, just imagine a young child receiving a SW portable and tuning across the bands hears virtually nothing.  Any chance of snagging a young enthusiast has just gone down the drain!  I still recall my first "real" receiver....a 12 band portable, which cost me the princely sum of $32 back in the late 60s.  You know what the first SW station I heard from Toronto?  It was the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation!  Well, I was immediately hooked, and used that same receiver for years to listen to Radio Australia's Mailbag every Saturday morning, and then Radio Tashkent's English program.   Sigh!!!!  Those were the days.  I feel sorry for the upcoming generation having to fight more and more with QRM, and fewer and fewer stations to monitor.........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC



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