Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 30 years of skywave DXing

[Stephen Ponder <stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

Thanks for bringing back those great memories of the "glory days" of DX'ing the 
AM band!

I had a similar experience with a clock radio picking up "exotic" DX.  It was 
mid-October in 1975 and I was in my first full semester of seminary in Fort 
Worth, TX.  Having moved there from Shreveport, LA, I wasn't yet familiar with 
all of the radio stations in that part of Texas.  I thought I had my Zenith 
clock radio set so that when I woke up from my nap, I could listen to WFAA-570.

Well, when the alarm sounded and the radio came on, it wasn't WFAA.  I listened 
on and heard the "KFI 640" station ID.  Talk about surprised!  I was listening 
to KFI Los Angeles on my little Zenith clock radio - and the signal was as clear 
as a bell!!

I grabbed a sheet of paper and a pencil, wrote down some log details, and sent a 
reception report.  I received a KFI QSL card about a month later, signed by 
Bernie Koval, the Chief Engineer.  I still have the QSL card in my files.

That reception would probably never happen today ... sigh!

Thanks & 73,

 
Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI
Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn
E-Mail: stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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