Re: [IRCA] A little nostalgia
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Re: [IRCA] A little nostalgia





I was cleaning out the basement awhile back and found a bunch of reel- to-reel tapes and some logbooks from the early 70's.

Rather than throw them all away, I digitized the tapes and using the logbooks am editing stuff into sound bytes.

The results [still in progress] can be found here:

<http://realmonitor.com/dx.php>


This brings back a lot of memories! I logged many of these stations back in the Carter administration (1976-80) and Reagan's first term. Back in those days I could send a report with no other program details except a word-for-word transcription of the s/off or s/on announcement and get a verie.

I still have a bunch of cassettes of sunrise/sunset skip, equipment tests, CPC tests and even proof-of-performance tests from the late 70s and early 80s, but have no way to convert them into mp3's. I know there's no shortage of digitization software out there, but I have no idea which program works best, if there are any available for free download, or how to connect the tape deck to the computer.


73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON
(not expecting much in the way of DX catches in the Obama or McCain administration)
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