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- Subject: new returning member
- From: Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:21:13 -0400
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Welcome back, Chris! The laptop works great - thanks again! Best of luck from The Debster and I.
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA
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From: Chris Black <n1cp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, Aug 12, 2015 10:51 pm
Subject: [IRCA] new returning member
Having first dabbled in SW, I was first introduced to MW DXing in the mid 80âs
when I lived in Lynwood and wondered why I couldnât 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. Itâs 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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