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Re: [IRCA] domestic dx



Ha...reading this in the coffee shop, l said " WOW! ", out loud.  It felt
like they all moved away from me on the bench...

Cool...thanks

Eric

On May 1, 2017 8:33 AM, "Theo" <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have 1YC/880 from Auckland, 1YZ/860 from the Paengaroa site, and 2YC/660
> outside Wellington verified while living on the top floor of an old house
> in East Vancouver in early '68.  4QD/Emerald on 1550 was also heard but for
> some reason I never bothered to send a report... rx was (and still is tho'
> haven't tried to turn it on in decades) an Aussie-made boombox-style with
> just the internal ferrite rod... physically about the same size as the
> Zenith Trans-Oceanic.
>
> Theo
>
> On 4/30/2017 10:17 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
>
>> Back in the '60s, the Asian and Australian DX was still on the 10 kHz
>> channels, but there were also still clear channels, so domestic
>> interference was not a big issue on a number of frequencies.
>>
>> I think the only one I heard then was China on 1040, but at least in
>> IRCA, DXers in California, and I think Seattle, heard others, using just
>> air core loop antennas, and big iron communication receivers.
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>
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