Re: [IRCA] Northeast Blackout Radio Reminiscences, 50 years later

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/9/15, Mark Connelly via IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I was in college in Syracuse NY - so we were hit early. I was in the
office of the student newspaper when we lost power. Nobody had a
portable radio. I was actively DX'ing then, but had only my HQ-100
which was back in my dormitory room on the 13th floor. So even if I'd
had a portable there, I probably wouldn't have wanted to walk up to
get it.

Instead, the few of us who were in the office went back to the
apartment of one of the upperclassmen, found some candle and
flashlights and hung out. He did have a portable, but everyone was too
interested in hearing the news - and I forget now what station we
found for that purpose, but it wasn't local - I'd guess it was either
WKBW -1520 or WHAM-1180 opn generator power.

I briefly aroused some minor interest when it was reported that the
outage might have originated in Canada, and I was able to find
CBE-1550 to check for that part of the news. It got quite cold, and
eventually we dispersed and I did have to walk up the 13 floors to get
some sleep.

Since then though I usually tried to have at least one portable with
good batteries available. Lesson learned.

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Russ Edmunds
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