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Re: [IRCA] DX'ing from a new location, AGAIN!
It'll be interesting to read what you hear from up there.
I also find it interesting that I met you that one time in South Carolina and now you're about as far from there you can get and still be in the United States. :-) I still have the same car. Maybe I'll drive up one day... ;-)
Bert
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> On Jan 16, 2016, at 6:26 PM, "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> It reminds me of Whittier AK in the 50s when we lived there. A small airport and train that went from Portage Junction to Whittier. I guess you can drive to Whittier now. But there wasn't much there either. My Dad worked for the Columbia Lumber Company in those days. We lived in a lot of smaller towns. Living in Anchorage in the Winter was a plus as it was a larger town with stores. The coldest I have been in was -38F in Anchorage in 1958, if I remember correctly. At my age now, I would not like it. I do remember living in Seward in the 1960s, much of the time in the Winter when I wasn't in school, I was either doing homework or DXing/QSLing. There wasn't a lot more to do. Of course shoveling of snow so my father could get out to go to work in the morning. I do not miss that. hi.
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
>> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:52:56 -0900
>> From: walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX'ing from a new location, AGAIN!
>>
>> It's all relative.... The weather and prices are what you make of it..
>> Either deal with it or you don't make it. It's gotten down to -17 below so
>> far.
>>
>> The station is in town .. We have a local "grocery store", a liquor store
>> with some food....a bar, a post office, a cafe and that's about it in terms
>> of shops.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>> On Saturday, January 16, 2016, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> I am sure prices in Alaska is expensive, especially in an small town like
>>> Galena. Even though I have never been there, I have looked at pictures of
>>> the town through the years. Even though we moved from AK in 1967, it has
>>> always been an interest of mine.I was going to ask you, how you find the
>>> weather, but you have lived in some cold areas already. So probably having
>>> snow on the ground it not a surprise to you. What kind of stores are there?
>>> Probably I would guess, not at of variety. Is KIYU right in town? Again, I
>>> do look forward in your reports.
>>> Take care.
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>> Patrick Martin
>>> Seaside OR
>>> KGED QSL Manager
>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:34:20 -0900
>>>> From: walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
>>>> To: mwdxer1@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
>>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX'ing from a new location, AGAIN!
>>>> CC: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>; am@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>;
>>> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>; swl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>;
>>> mwdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>
>>>>
>>>> Of course, when the AM gets back on and we get programming and
>>> transmission
>>>> stuff straightened out, I am sure a DX test can be worked out!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, KIYU was once part of a network with KDKO 870 McGrath and KZPA 900
>>>> Fort Yukon, The KSKO-AM license has been turned in and deleted, they are
>>> FM
>>>> only now.
>>>>
>>>> I wil leventually get settled and find some quiet place to do some
>>> DX'ing..
>>>> My studio window and my apartment window are only 500 feet from the Yukon
>>>> River.
>>>>
>>>> Living here isn't as much of a shock to my system as some might think, Im
>>>> used to rural remote locations.. I just have to get used to planning
>>> ahead
>>>> and ordering extra of a certain item online and plan on taking it longer
>>> to
>>>> get here.. plsu some stuff bought in town is super expensive.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer1@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow! What a switch!!! I lived in AK from 1955-67. I started to DX in
>>>>> Seward in 1962. It was a different world on what I have heard here. I
>>>>> have never been to Galena, but it is very remote. I have most of the
>>>>> Alaskans heard and QSL's, but KIYU 910 I have not heard. At one time
>>>>> KIYU was part of a network of three educational stations in AK with
>>>>> Fort Yukon and McGraph. Those two I have heard & QSL'd. When your AM
>>>>> gets back on, any chance of a DX Test? I would think it will take a
>>>>> bit to used to living in such a remote area as the only way out is by
>>>>> plane. I wish you good luck and look forward to your DX reports. We
>>>>> have not had an active DXer in AK for years. Infact I cannot remember
>>>>> the last time we had one.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/16/16, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>>>> I have mvoed, again. This time I am in Galena, Alaska. It's a
>>> village of
>>>>>> 500 people about 300 miles west of Fairbanks and 300 miles east of
>>> Nome.
>>>>>> I'm Program Director for Big River Public Broadcasting,
>>> Incorporated's
>>>>>> "Community Radio For Alaska" KIYU. The AM is off but will be back on
>>>>> soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We currently operate a network of about 8 low powered (100 watt
>>> class d)
>>>>> FM
>>>>>> signals. We run some NPR programming but also oldies music and local
>>> or
>>>>>> regional programming.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't had time to set up a long wire or other antenna yet but
>>> using
>>>>> my
>>>>>> Sangean ATS909X up here, there's a HIGH level of electrical noise on
>>> the
>>>>>> property.. we also have a few FM transmitters an a 10 watt low power
>>>>>> digital tv transmitter.. all 20 feet above my head.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I took my Sangean ATS909X to a piece of property across from the
>>> radio
>>>>>> station about 4pm one afternoon and using just the whip, I tuned
>>> SW.. and
>>>>>> also tuned AM (using just the ferrite bar type antenna in the radio).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I heard NOTHING on AM, not even the 25kw of KNOM 780 or 50kw or KICY
>>> 850
>>>>> or
>>>>>> the 50kw of KJNP 1170.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did hear "Esta Es Radio Habana Cuba" on one of their 11mhz
>>>>> frequencies. I
>>>>>> also heard China Radio International On the 11 or 13mhz bands and
>>>>> somewhere
>>>>>> in the 17mhz. I didn't hear WWV or WWVH.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul Walker
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