Re: [IRCA] WDEV DX Test missed in Newfoundland - new catch later instead

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, congratulations, Allen!  And a touching tribute to the late, great
John Bryant.  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC.

On Saturday, August 17, 2013, Allen Willie wrote:

> Hello To All,
>
> The past five years have provided yours truly with a unique opportunity in
> an already much enjoyed hobby for the past forty five years. I speak of the
> first part of 2008, when in January of that year I had posted some medium
> wave loggings of what I had been hearing from here in Newfoundland on a
> newly aquired pocket sized Ultralight radio.
>
> Following that posting I was asked by John Bryant , Gary DeBock, Robert
> Ross and others if I would like to share any of my future loggings with
> their newly formed Ultralight DX group membership.
>
> My ocean side listening spot has allowed me to hear distant countries and
> locales that most people can only dream of hearing and to be able to do
> this using ultralight radios has only sweetened the experience and thrill
> of hearing faraway places by radio even more.
>
> As many of you know,  Newfoundland is a prime DX location for hearing
> distant stations from many foreign lands. For a medium wave DXer who began
> his hobby at the age of 13 on the prairies of Western Canada a move to
> Newfoundland in later years has become a dream come true.
>
> Because of that move and the people mentioned above from the Ultralight DX
> group who convinced me to join in the fun I would like to now present the
> log from earlier this morning of my 100 th country heard using an
> Ultralight radio.
>
> This DX catch is dedicated to our Ultralight DX comrades, the late John
> Bryant and Kirk Allen
>
> 920 khz - PARAGUAY - Radio Nacional Del Paraguay ZP1   Asuncion   6:30 UTC
>  8/17/13 w/ Spanish talk, lite snippet of intrumental flute music , ID's "
> La Radio Publica " , several mentions of Asuncion
> (signal came out on top for a few moments from a mix previously with CKNX
> Ontario and WHYY Rhode Island.)  // website feed online
>
> Ultralight Station #  1106      ULR  Latin Station # 234      Ultralight
> Country # 100
>
> Receiver: Sony SRF-M37W  barefoot
>
> By the way I missed /slept through the DX test from WDEV Vermont earlier
> this morning.
>
> Good DX
>
> Allen Willie
> Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland
> 47:43N  53:11W
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