Re: [IRCA] max groundwave propagation distance

["Donald K. Kaskey" <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dennis for the nostalgia!

Buck Owens is one of my all time favorites singers and performers.  His son-in-law is doing pretty good for himself nowdays as well.

I used a 4' box loop for a few years in Sacto too.  I recall that Don Kenney, a fellow ERBAnite brought the makings up from L.A. one weekend and after we had gone out and gotten ERBAnized we
came back and put it together.  I strongly suspect that there were twists & turns in that loop that were not shown in the schematic but what the hay, it worked great afterwards.

The Milk Farm.  Part of their sign still exists on the north side of I-80.  We used to go to the Nut Tree all the time when the kids were small so we all could ride the choo-choo train :-)....

Don




vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> --
> Don,
>
> By the time I moved to Vacaville the onion fields were gone and the company
> that processed the onions moved to the Central valley. But I remember the onion smell
> while driving through Vacaville on the way to Lake Tahoe in the 70's to mid 80's.
> Also the Milk Farm restaurant in Dixon was a landmark along with the Nut Tree in
> Vacaville.
>
> Yes it was amazing how KAFY 550 Bakersfield got out.  KAFY could be heard
>  from my parents home in San Pablo during daylight hours with their 1 kw.
> Bakersfield reminds me of the Country Singer Buck Owens.  Buck can up with
> the idea to record  his songs in a way that they would sound better than other
> artist recordings when played over a AM radio with the standard small speakers.
>
> Using the NRC 4' Box loop I could pull in KFI 640 from Albany, CA during the
> day.  I would have to place the loop next to the front window and aimed it the
> Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus.  Poor reception most days.
> Radio back then was the Hammarlund HQ-180 purchased from Henry
> Radio in Los Angeles.
>
> Dennis,
> Salmon Creek, WA
>
> Dennis,
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