Re: [IRCA] no more am

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

A couple of thoughts - I have two sons, in their early 30's, both of whom were in varying degrees exposed to AM DX, but it didn't take. Computers and internet were always more interesting to them, as were pm3 players, CD's etc.

FM is alo always a very viable alternative or supplement to AM DX'ing, and I heartily recommend it. 


Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot


--- On Wed, 11/3/10, Robbie j. <challenger82901@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Robbie j. <challenger82901@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] no more am
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 9:26 PM
> 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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