[IRCA] SRF and 960 (was CFFX etc)

["Saul Chernos" <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks. I'm sitting on 960 on the SRF-59 and am getting Thunder Country on 
960. They really are pounding WFIR Roanoke VA.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Miller, KJ8O" <ab8yp@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "IRCA MW List" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Re: [IRCA] QSL??? DX test CFFX 960


> Saul,
>
> First of all a big "Thank You" is in order for your
> efforts. Even though this is new territory for you, I
> think you are doing very well.
>
> Second, when you ask about earlier loggings of CFFX
> 960 Kingston, I can quite happily say that I have
> heard them a few times from my home in Troy, Michigan.
> If you need more precise data, I can refer to my
> current logbook which I started in 1999.
>
> 73 my friend, and Happy New Year
>
> Joe
>
>
> --- Saul Chernos <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I should give some background as far as QSLs and
>> CFFX are concerned. The
>> station is doing us a favour. The station had
>> received an e-mail from
>> someone else, and the engineer was sitting on it,
>> when I contacted him, by
>> chance, by telephone. The engineer was extremely
>> friendly, and explained
>> that he had the request on file, but has been VERY
>> busy overseeing the
>> transition of 960 to 104.3. He was concerned about
>> the number of reports
>> he'd receive adding to an already very difficult
>> workload. I explained that
>> our BCB test committee could handle the responses,
>> if he wished, and also
>> supply test material. He took us up on this, and has
>> been very nice to deal
>> with. Soon afterwards, he expressed the desire to
>> see the reports and
>> respond. We talked a bit about the report's he'd had
>> from Europe, and my
>> guess is that he appreciated hearing from us DXers
>> because he cared about
>> his signal. Anyhow, we'll get him the cards, or
>> whatever it is that a BCB TC
>> volunteer is designing (I've seen a mock-up, very
>> nice) as we speak. The
>> only experience I've had with QSLing a DX test in
>> this cyber-age was last
>> year's MT DX test on 750. It came via e-mail, as an
>> attachment, and is
>> treasured in my DX files. I don't collect QSLs
>> anymore (used to) but I
>> landed this one simply as a matter of course after
>> seeking to confirm music
>> and other test content that I'd heard. The eQSL sure
>> looks real to me, and
>> has found it's way into my age-old QSL paper file.
>> Anyhow, I really want to
>> respect the CE's original wishes, and his clearly
>> stated concerns. I want to
>> make this as easy on him as possible, simply as a
>> matter of respect. We're
>> finalizing details on how the QSLing will be done,
>> but my plan is to ask
>> that reports be sent to BOTH of us, so that if he
>> wants out and/or gets
>> busy, I can take over, and so that I can
>> double-check for any reports that
>> might appear suspect. Folks, we're dealing in this
>> case with an engineer who
>> is doing us a favour at the very moment he will be
>> busy ... a scant few
>> hours after the test, he will be turning off 960 and
>> relying solely on his
>> FM to carry the station forward. Anyhow, I need to
>> work out some QSL
>> logistics with the test committee. This is new
>> territory for me. If there's
>> something any of you feel should be done, and it
>> isn't being done, then
>> don't just complain -- offer some kind of help - big
>> or small, your time,
>> technical advice/help, actual resources, whatever -
>> to help get it done.
>>
>> I'm not the list moderator, but I do ask that we
>> move the discussion to
>> something more useful. I'm curious -- who has
>> previously heard CFFX, and
>> where?
>>
>> Saul
>>
>>
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