Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630

["Martin Foltz" <martinfoltz@xxxxxxx>]

It's too bad when a station ignores their listeners. This one might go away
and their legacy for DXers will not be good. There will be little paperwork
(veries) for people to remember them by.

As long as KFI is running IBOC it will be impossible for me to hear anything
on 630.

Maybe I'll receive a response to my email. I'm working on 150 California
station veries and I need every one I can get.

Martin

> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 20:20:11 -0800
> From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
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> KIDD 630 has been a very rare visitor through the years with so much
> activity on 630 kHz. I first heard and QSL'd them back in Seward AK in
> 1966, Dave Allen PD signed the verie letter. The letterhead has a kid
> dressed as Captain Kidd. Then in 1982, I finally heard them from the
> Oregon Coast during a very heavy AU conditions knocking everything else
> on 630 early in the evening. Later on ZK1KC Cook Islands took over 630
> kHz. But for a time, KIDD was alone on the frequency with Adult
> Standard, if I remember correctly. I mentioned to a DXer that I was
> going to send a report and his reply was   "Good Luck", as they had a
> track record of rarely answering QSL requests through the years. But I
> got a reply on the first try. Not a verie letter, but Ray Kilman in the
> News Dept typed a reply on the back of the Astoria Bridge post card I
> included. He knew what a QSL was I guess, as he stated "This is to
> verify reception of KIDD Monterrey California on December 3, 1982. We
> appreciate your
>  report." He signed and typed his name.  I am sorry to see them leave
> the air, being such an old station and they had those call letters for
> decades, from at least when I first heard them in the mid 60s. By the
> way in 1966 their phone number was "FRontier 2-8154, to give you an
> idea how long ago that was.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager


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