[IRCA] Re: Don Erickson Story

[Lynn Hollerman <lynn@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:54 PM 3/6/2005, Ray Bauernhuber wrote:
> I remember you Lynn living in
> Alabama and sending reports to me. My
> problem, always has been, is remembering dates, years etc.  I
> always
> thought you were a member much longer ~ had no idea you joined IRCA
> in
> '88.  Didn't you live in Huntsville?
>
> Oooh, PLEEZE find those old Monitors in your attic.

Yup, Huntsville, AL. I always thought it was odd when I'd see logs from
both JD Stephens and I, both in Huntsville, fill up EDXR - I often
wondered how long it was going to be before someone asked me "Is it
something in the water down there that makes you DX?"!

Found the box with those in it - I seem to remember getting a bunch of
DXMs from JD around the time I joined so I'd have some idea of what was
going on - the first  issue I have is dated 11/21/87 and is filled
with my notes, and I see my first log was in the 1/23/88 issue, so I'll
bet I joined early in the year. Tim Kreidel, you were the EDXR editor
when I first joined - I didn't realize it, sorry!  Karl Zuk was IRCA
president, followed by Phil Bytheway. Ray, you did EDXR from the 9/3/88
issue to the 9/19/92 issue, when Leonard Hyde took over for you. My
memory is very visual; I can see, in looking at these back issues, why I
remember your editor-ship: that graphic of the guy DXing - for some
reason, that's what pops into my mind whenever someone asks what DXing
is!

Interesting thing  - I was pulling out issues to look thru, going by
the address DXM had been sent to - I was wondering what IRCA was doing
when I changed addresses in Huntsville when I moved into our first house.
As it happens, that issue was IRCA's 25th anniversary issue - a HUGE
issue - with lots of pictures and loads of other stuff. Maybe I ought to
scan that one and put it on the web site (hopefully, no one will get
mad!)!

> I had a BIG collection of NASWA
> Frendx's and IRCA Monitors and somehow
> my wife convinced me to toss them out.  Caught me at a very weak
> moment
> and it won't happen again - Hi

Hey, these are there ONLY because I somehow got the box with them up to
the attic and now I don't think I could get it down without falling!
Today I could take SOME issues out, but I'm not sure just what else is in
that box!

Got a bunch of FRENDXs as well - that was all I used to get until I met
JD Stephens and he told me about IRCA!

And for anyone interested, there IS some info in these older issues about
who joined when - tho it's not always clear who joined, who rejoined,
etc. There also ARE a few issues where the current IRCA membership list
is printed. So if someone had to know about when they joined, it's
conceivably possible to figure it out - but it would take a while!

Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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