Re: [IRCA] no more am

["Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robbie,

Thank you for the great story. You didn’t say how old you were, but I know that at age 48, I still get  a thrill from hearing distant stations on the AM band. I’m always amazed at how many people don’t even know it’s possible to hear stations from far away. 

During Katrina, we had some evacuees staying with neighbors down the street. As the storm moved on-shore, they were all eager for news about their neighborhoods. I remember all of them being amazed when I explained that they could simply tune into WWL on 870 using their car radios and hear it clear as a bell. 

After a day or two, one of them walked down the street and wanted to know why it could only receive the signal at night. I explained it as best I could it layman’s terms. I then invited him into the shack, and turned my AOR loop towards New Orleans, and tuned the Drake R8B to 870. There was WWL, clear as a bell in early afternoon. He was amazed, and sat there listening for almost three hours. 

I too think we’ve lost something along the way. Hulu is great for catching that episode of “Hawaii 5-0” that you missed, but it will never compare to receiving a TV station from Colorado in the middle of June. 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
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From: Robbie j. 
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:26 PM
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [IRCA] no more am

Hey All, Just wanted to say a word about Russ`s comments about the am band. I`m just under 40(38) and can really relate to this. I was at a friends home some years ago one night and was tuning the bands with his sterio.(a stock portable) His then live-in honey(she`s now gone else-ware) was amazed at what I was hearing here in Rock springs.(wlw,kfi, and a few others) My friend was surprised as well! My dad introduced me to amdxing when I was a teenager one night.
I think a lot of the problem is that most young people don`t have people in the know(like him) to show them whats out there to hear on the "typical" night.(Most don`t care anyway, unfortinatly) They wouldn`t have the patience anymore either to deal with band conds. as well as taking the time to log what they hear.(if I can`t have it now,(and in the clear) then I`m not interested!) 
I hope that I don`t have to endor the end of amdx. Then it would really be time to "hang up the headphones" for good! I don`t know what I`d do if I couldn`t chase dx on a clear, cold, wyoming winters eve! But me thinks that now I`m in the minority. Most people don`t give a hoot much about the exclamation of "I got L.A. from wyoming!" It just dosen`t have the hitting power that it did I guess in my dads day.(or in is dads day for sure) 
Too bad! People don`t know what their missing!(esp. the young) I will be forever greatful to my dad for showing me the ways of the am band that night(meny years ago now) on a 250 mile trip across part of wyoming! He  explaned to me what I was hearing(ksl and a few others) and WHY it was there.(being that we were a fair distance from SLC, as well as the other stations) I was about 16 at the time.   
Good dx to all and may the may band be here for a LONG time to come! Robbie in southwest wyoming(kd7cjo in dn51)     


      
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