Re: [IRCA] I DID IT!! I finally logged KBRW-680-Barrow AK!!!

[C B <bevdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pat,

Congrats! Your perseverance paid off.

73.

Craig Barnes

--- Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After several tries and several tentatives through
> the past 25 or so
> years, I finally got a def log on my most wanted
> Alaskan.
> 
> 680     AK, Barrow  KBRW, fairly decent at times
> with powerhouse KNBR in
> a very tight phase from 0615 to 0720 UTC 10/10.
> Often would fade up over
> KNBR with back to back ol rock, a bit of Bluegrass,
> and even some Roger
> Williams tossed in. No ID I could catch at 0700,
> just more non stop
> oldies, But at 0716, there was a pause of dead air
> followed by a female
> ID as "KBRW 680 Barrow and  ????? (numbers and
> letters)  88.1 Deadhorse
> (Some lp relay I guess). Then into a lengthy weather
> forecast, for the
> North Arctic coastal areas. Then 0724, back into non
> stop oldies. This
> was one of my toughest logs ever, with KNBR so darn
> strong up here. As I
> mentioned, I have logged KBRW several times in the
> past tentatively, but
> never enough for a report that could be verified.
> Yipee!!! Now to get
> that QSL....This made my day, heck it made my year,
> maybe even the
> decade!!!
> (PM-OR)
> 
> Drake R8
> WNW EWE
> SW EWE
> Quantum Phaser
> 
> Patrick Martin
> KAVT Reception Manager
> 
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