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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 30 years of skywave DXing
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 30 years of skywave DXing
- From: Stephen Ponder <stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:01:32 -0700 (PDT)
Rick,
Thanks for bringing back those great memories of the "glory days" of DX'ing the
AM band!
I had a similar experience with a clock radio picking up "exotic" DX. It was
mid-October in 1975 and I was in my first full semester of seminary in Fort
Worth, TX. Having moved there from Shreveport, LA, I wasn't yet familiar with
all of the radio stations in that part of Texas. I thought I had my Zenith
clock radio set so that when I woke up from my nap, I could listen to WFAA-570.
Well, when the alarm sounded and the radio came on, it wasn't WFAA. I listened
on and heard the "KFI 640" station ID. Talk about surprised! I was listening
to KFI Los Angeles on my little Zenith clock radio - and the signal was as clear
as a bell!!
I grabbed a sheet of paper and a pencil, wrote down some log details, and sent a
reception report. I received a KFI QSL card about a month later, signed by
Bernie Koval, the Chief Engineer. I still have the QSL card in my files.
That reception would probably never happen today ... sigh!
Thanks & 73,
Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI
Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn
E-Mail: stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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