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Re: [IRCA] Happy Birthday Mr. Kaskey
Paul,
Yes, 41 years ago. Back in the days of silent periods every Monday
morning. DX Tests by the dozens. Frequency checks running high power at
night for 10-15 minute periods with tones and code. You could pick off
station after station. Coast to coast AM stations heard nightly, and
even 1400 kHz was open as late as the early 70s on MM. I heard and QSL'd
WNUE Ft. Walton Beach FL on a DX test. Mansfield, Ohio WMAN on 1400 was
a regular most MMs, as they were the closest on the air. Amazing years.
970 was a mixed of ME/FL on MMs. A few stations stayed on MM, but they
were off Sunday morning like KEX and KCBS. In the late 60s for a time, I
had a radio with a slide rule dial that was not very accurate. So on MMs
tuning around the dial, it was hard to know what frequency you were
always on. You might hear 1230, 1240, but the next frequency to have
anything on would be 1290. If CX were not good, then no
carriers/stations heard on 1250, 1260, 1270, or 1280 here in the West.
Ah for digital readout in that era......AND to top it all off, 80-90% of
stations QSL'd on the first try. They had letterhead at the least and
many with good ol' QSL cards. It is a lot tougher in today's World.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager
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