Hi Chuck, Good to hear the shirt is still hanging in there. Would
appreciate your input on equipment. Perhaps we could get together
sometime. I am very flexible.
Best de Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hutton
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] new returning member
Back in Black! Still have the DX shirts?
Chuck
From: n1cp@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:41:24 -0700
Subject: [IRCA] new returning member
Having first dabbled in SW, I was first introduced to MW DXing in
the mid 80's when I lived in Lynwood and wondered why I couldn't
get the same loggings with my NRD-515 and a piece of wire out the
window from my apartment as I saw reported by Mark Connelly! Boy
did I have a lot to learn!
Life and trying to keep from starving to death kept interfering
with my Dxing but I managed to plug along, learning little by
little from many in this group, attending conventions and
get-to-gethers as well as Grayland outings when I was in the
Seattle area visiting my daughter. Along the way, I got licensed
but always kept MW Dxing on the front burner while living on Cape
Cod for the last 17 years.
Always eclectic, I dabbled in utilities, NDBs and some of the
esoteric modes as a diversion but managed to log over 100 countries
on MW from Cape Cod locations and Prince Edward Island. It's hard
to ignore the thrill of hearing KFI and Japan from the east coast.
Of course, having room for antennas like the flag, delta, super
loop, K9AY, beverage, etc was a decided advantage and I was
fortunate to count as fellow DXers and friends the likes of Mark
Connelly, Bruce Conti and other legendary Dxers.
But, as I approached the seventh inning stretch of this game, my
wife's health prompted a move back to Washington to be closer to
family. I now live in a planned community in Redmond where antennas
are as verboten as a t-bone to a vegetarian. Having unloaded all
radio equipment before the move, I was despairing of ever
re-connecting with the hobby. But we Dxers are a resilient lot and
so I throw myself on the mercy of the collected wisdom of the group
for suggestions as to radios, SDRs, antennas, etc so that I might
stay in the game from my modest digs in Trilogy at Redmond Ridge..
My best to all and its good to be back.
73 de Chris Black
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