Re: [IRCA] 850 KICY Nome AK

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doug,

You are hearing KICY under much much more difficult circumstances than I had 40 years ago.  The band was so so much clearer then.  Besides 65 was a good year (as years go).  Keep on truckin'.
You'll increase your Alaska totals for sure.

don





Doug Pifer - KE6GMM wrote:

> Don,
> OK, that doe's it. I'm giving up... hi.  Better yet, I'm throwing away my
> Drake and looking for a Plata portable!!
>
> Look at what you've heard... that's amazing! North Pole too?!
>
> I wouldn't mind hearing KFAR or KFQD next. Gotta git rid of the closer
> stations on those freqs. first though. I've been on 850 the last week or so
> and today is the first day I've heard anything else besides KOA and
> KHHO-sports. KICY has been improving this evening though, or is it that KOA
> has been diminishing?hi.
> 73- Doug
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 850 KICY Nome AK
>
> > Aw Man!  KICY..I'd love to hear them again but my narsty buzz is brutal
> > beaming toward Alaska.  Back in 65 with a $20 Plata portable I heard
> > KICY with booming signal after KOA went off at 11pm PST.  Even dug out
> > Langley Prarie BC eventually.  I couldn't believe the strength of the
> > signal from KICY, and this was regular for years until KOA gave up their
> > silent period.  Also easily caught KINY-800 Juneau, KFQD-750 Anchorage,
> > KFAR-660-Fairbanks on that Plata between 10/31 & 12/31 1965.  The next
> > year on a HQ-140X I added KSRM-920-Soldatna, KFRB-900-Fairbanks &
> > KJNP-North Pole....
> >
> > Anyway Doug, great catch........
> >
> > don k.
>
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