Re: [IRCA] A little nostalgia
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Re: [IRCA] A little nostalgia



Mike,

Why dont you contact Colin Newell? Im sure he can offer you some advice. I
can as well, its actually pretty simple.. feel free to ask!

Paul



On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Mike Brooker <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> I was cleaning out the basement awhile back and found a bunch of reel-
>> to-reel tapes and some logbooks from the early 70's.
>>
>> Rather than throw them all away, I digitized the tapes and using the
>> logbooks am editing stuff into sound bytes.
>>
>> The results [still in progress] can be found here:
>>
>> <http://realmonitor.com/dx.php>
>>
>>
> This brings back a lot of memories!  I logged many of these stations back
> in the Carter administration (1976-80) and Reagan's first term.  Back in
> those days I could send a report with no other program details except a
> word-for-word transcription of the s/off or s/on announcement and get a
> verie.
>
> I still have a bunch of cassettes of sunrise/sunset skip, equipment tests,
> CPC tests and even proof-of-performance tests from the late 70s and early
> 80s, but have no way to convert them into mp3's.  I know there's no shortage
> of digitization software out there, but I have no idea which program works
> best, if there are any available for free download, or how to connect the
> tape deck to the computer.
>
>
> 73
>
> Mike Brooker
> Toronto, ON
> (not expecting much in the way of DX catches in the Obama or McCain
> administration)
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-- 
Sincerely,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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http://www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting
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