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Re: [IRCA] Introduction



Hi Patrick,

You know....your name and Seaside seem familiar to me.  You've been there
quite awhile haven't you, as I think I remember seeing your reports way,
way back!

Thanks,

Ken

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Welcome Ken. AZ has been getting more and more DXers through the years. I
> live in Oregon and except for myself, there are none than are active on MW
> any longer. WA has a lot, especially in the Puget Sound. I live North of
> Seaside on the coast where I have logged many TPs and DUs through the years.
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
> > Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:03:02 -0700
> > From: satwatcher2@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [IRCA] Introduction
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just joined this group yesterday and wanted to introduce myself.  I was
> > pleased to see the IRCA is still alive and well.  For several years back
> in
> > the 80s I was a regular print subscriber and would send in reports from
> > Hawaii.
> >
> > My interest in MW DX'ing goes way, way back to my youth days back in the
> > 60's including highlights such as hearing KPNW Eugene on its first day of
> > broadcasting, listening to the VOA feed out of the Sacramento Valley (I
> > never did figure out how that could be heard in MW but I could listen
> from
> > the east bay), to the thrill of listening to CONUS stations from some of
> my
> > Pacific locations such as Guam, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea.  I
> used
> > to go the beach in Guam late at night and listen to KNX and other clear
> > channel stations surge in right before their sunrise some 6,000 miles
> > away.  Luckily most of the Asian stations used the 9 kHz separation which
> > allowed some of the American stations to slip in between.  On one
> occasion
> > I remember sending a note to Art Bell that I was listening to his show (I
> > think it may have been the old KCRL 780) from the beach at midnight and
> he
> > later announced that on his show (~ 1995).
> >
> > My equipment is mostly my old TRF-655 and 656 as well as a GE Superradio,
> > an old Sony ICF-6700, and my ham equipment (primarily an Icom 720A).
> >
> > I look forward to following along with the discussions on this group.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ken Waters/N4PBY
> > Mesa, AZ
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