Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 12, Issue 59

[Alan Bosch <labosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Doug:

Sorry for the slow response.  Been up to my eyes in prepping for a local 
ARES training institute this weekend.

Well, I have been an IRCA member for just about 10 days now, and am 
getting anywhere from 10-20 notes a day.  I used the wrong word in 
"fluff," I'll admit.  What got to me was something I even complain to my 
own Vienna Wireless Society about -- message strings that all carry the 
same subject title but are only very incremental developments of the topic.

That is a perennial pet peeve with me, and I champion -- so far to 
little  avail -- some sort of sequential ID like #2, #5. etc.

I've been an SWL and occasional AM DXer for 50+years, and live in 
Arlington, VA.  My AM interest is mostly up and down the East Coast and 
out into the Midwest as far as I can reach with my Drake.  My personal 
project is to corral one station from each of the cities my family 
members live in -- everywhere from Bangor, ME to Bradenton, FL and  out 
thru Cincinnati (where I'm from) to Lawrence, KS and Denver, CO, and 
down to Austin, TX.

I appreciate your explanation of the dynamics of IRCA, am glad you enjoy 
it so much, and apologize if I offended anyone with my observation.

Alan Bosch


Doug Pifer wrote:

>Hi Alan,
>I've been on the list for a year or two and a member of IRCA for the most 
>part of 25 years. Alan, how long have you been an active member of IRCA?  As 
>you should know, the amount of input on this list goes up or down depending 
>on topics that are brought up. I find that I'm not too interested in the 
>material from the east coast, because most doesn't pertain to what I know or 
>can hear. (All emails don't have to be reviewed, just check the subject 
>title.) Occasionally the conversation goes off track, but not very often. I 
>don't regard any of it as fluff, especially when you have 10-20 DX'ers 
>talking about AM radio, DX catches, past or present . I've read all the 
>emails from the current thread from front to back and prefer it over a week 
>of silence... actually I'm completely enjoing it. Unlike some other types of 
>lists, AM radio topics can be wide range. Long histories, personalities, 
>programming changes.  This is what makes it different than a list only for 
>those who own a certain brand and model of radio. This time of year, full on 
>AM DX starts slowing down and this can be expected. I do want to say thanks 
>to those who "input" to this list for broadening my knowledge of AM radio as 
>well as alerting me to catching many stations that I hadn't previously 
>heard. It is invaluable and you have my tip of the hat. I also thank the 
>IRCA for not putting an expressive noose around my neck.
>73- Doug
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Alan Bosch" <labosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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>Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 12, Issue 59
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>>Hello:
>>
>>Let me thank you, Walt, for that reminder to the crew.  I have been a
>>member of the IRCA list for a week or so, and am thinking about bailing
>>out simply because of the mass of fluff that has appeared in that 
>>interval.
>>
>>There is just too much traffic to review.
>>
>>Alan Bosch
>>Arlington, VA
>>
>>Walter Salmaniw wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Folks, I'm starting to feel that the list is filling with a lot of idle
>>>chit-chat, gossip, and opinions relating to subjects irrelevant to AM
>>>radio.  I belong to a number of lists that are pretty strict about staying
>>>on topic (the Icom 756 ProIII list, as an example).  I'm spending a fair
>>>bit of time separating the wheat from the chaff, shall we
>>>say.  Thanks.......Walt
>>>      
>>>
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