Re: [IRCA] far flung DX

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> In this quiet time for DX, I'll go into a "when I was a boy" mode, but,
> back in the mid 70's, hearing BBC-UK's audio on 647 gradually fade down and
> being replaced by whichever Far East Russian was on the same channel was my
> moment here on the west coast.   This was at home using a box loop antenna
> and a transmogrified National HRO receiver

I remember that night well...

Moscow and AFN Germany on 872khz...
Wales on 881... BBC on 647

Sept and Oct 1976 - We will never forget.

I was using a DX150B (Hall-patched), a
350foot micro-mini beverage pointed due north
run through a matching device fashioned from a
3' frame loop mounted on press board coupled
to the DX150B through a ferrite loop strapped
to the back of the receiver.
Back then the VOA Okinawa on 1178khz would
hammer 1180 Kalispell Montana every morning through
sunrise at amazing levels. 

Colin Newell in Victoria

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