Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing

[GEORGE SANTULLI <gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thursday April 14, 2011
 
For those of the NNRC alumni, might find these links of interest.
 
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/
 
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/club-history.html
 
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/nnrc-archives.html
 
http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/NNRC.html
 
http://newarknewsradioclub.blogspot.com/2009/06/radio-canada.html
 
http://www.oldqslcards.com/W2PNA.pdf
 
http://www.oldqslcards.com/Forestieri.pdf

George A. Santulli

 
> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:38:54 -0700
> From: wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
> 
> One NNRC picnic I went to was in Oakhurst, not far from where John Tweedie lived. I don't recall any in the other places. Your 1967 must have been a meeting, as the convention that year was In Eugene, OR.
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia 
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 4/13/11, GEORGE SANTULLI <gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: GEORGE SANTULLI <gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
> > To: "IRCA" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "NRC NRC" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 9:29 PM
> > 
> > I found Gary S. Collins in Pullman, WA! He is a physics
> > prof at Washington State University.
> > 
> > He remembered his 4' loop and the fact that he heard
> > Tonga-1020am in Cranford! 
> > 
> > I think I went to only one or two Ernie getogethers in
> > Brooklyn, but a number of the NNRC picnics down the Jersey
> > Shore. I can picture it, but cannot remember
> > where...Lincroft? Keansburg? Cheesequake Park? I remember
> > Bernie Duffy from Staten Island...I wonder if pics exist of
> > those times...
> > 
> > I went to some sort of NRC meeting or annual convention
> > outside Cincinnati Ohio in 1967. 
> > 
> > Best...
> > 
> > G
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:01:25 -0700
> > > From: wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> > > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > CC: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
> > > 
> > > I remember Gary also. I believe that I met both of you
> > either at an NNRC picnic or perhaps at one of Ernie's
> > GTG's.
> > > 
> > > BTW, I see John Arthur every year at the Winter
> > SWLfest.
> > > 
> > > Russ Edmunds
> > > 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia 
> > > Grid FN20id
> > > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15';
> > Grundig G8
> > > AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Wed, 4/13/11, gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > <gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > <gsantull@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
> > > > To: "Mailing List for the International Radio
> > Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "NRC DX" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 7:27 PM
> > > > Wow I remember the NNRC picnics! We
> > > > may have been there same time. I remember Matt
> > Zahner from
> > > > MD among other biggies! I would love to see some
> > old NNRC
> > > > Bulletins! Anyone remember Gary Collins? He live
> > in Cranford
> > > > NJ where I did. He was first one to show me a 4'
> > square box
> > > > loop on which he heard Tonga 1020khz on! I
> > remember his mom
> > > > not too fond of his hobby since it made him lose
> > sleep. G
> > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sender: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:11:31 
> > > > To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reply-To: Mailing list for the International
> > Radio Club of
> > > > America
> > > >     <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: IRCA List<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Subject: [IRCA] 30 years of skywave DXing
> > > > 
> > > > Or, in my case, it's quite a bit more.
> > > > 
> > > > I got started in the early 1950's at the age of 6
> > or 7,
> > > > when I was spending a few weeks with my
> > grandparents in
> > > > Northern NJ, and I was given a radio by a family
> > friend.
> > > > Somehow I got the idea to try to see how many of
> > the
> > > > stations listed in the Newark Evening News ( yes,
> > that
> > > > Newark News ) local station listings I could
> > hear. I never
> > > > caught on to the club, but I did get hooked on
> > DX'ing,
> > > > because in the course of tuning around I
> > discovered that
> > > > there were actually stations between the locals
> > which
> > > > weren't listed.
> > > > 
> > > > That was the beginning of a lifelong hobby. I
> > DX'ed most of
> > > > my upper grade school and high school years
> > either on my
> > > > father's Fisher tuner or later an old Airline
> > AM-FM table
> > > > set which I'd picked up. I erected 3 wires,
> > between a tree
> > > > and the house, with one going through the attic.
> > I set them
> > > > up so that I could switch between them, or even
> > use 2 or all
> > > > 3 together, and built an L/C network antenna
> > tuner for
> > > > them.
> > > > 
> > > > On a March morning in 1963, I stayed up and heard
> > KOA for
> > > > the first time, shortly afterward followed by KSL
> > for the
> > > > first time, and just about an hour after hearing
> > KOA, I
> > > > heard the holy grail of my DX world - KFI.
> > > > I started QSL'ing then, heard my first test from
> > then
> > > > WPEP-1570-MA, and subsequently learned about the
> > NRC from a
> > > > couple of long-time members who had contacted me
> > as a result
> > > > of some of my verification requests as they
> > visiting
> > > > stations. I then joined NRC in August of that
> > year, and soon
> > > > was contacted by local DX'er Ron Schiller, who
> > soon
> > > > introduced me to Pvt. John T. Arthur, Joe Fela,
> > and the late
> > > > John Tweedie. Then shortly afterward, Ron took me
> > to an NNRC
> > > > picnic, and the next year I ventured to Brooklyn
> > to one of
> > > > Ernie Cooper's get-togethers, in both cases
> > meeting many
> > > > more DX'ers.
> > > > 
> > > > I've DX'ed from Syracuse, NY (while in college),
> > Little
> > > > Silver, NJ ( where I lived when I started ), Glen
> > Rock, NJ (
> > > > my grandparents' home where it all began ),
> > Parsippany, NJ,
> > > > Kinnelon, NJ and now Blue Bell. I've enjoyed
> > reading the
> > > > various personal DX histories, and of course have
> > enjoyed
> > > > the hobby all along the way, including periods as
> > editor of
> > > > NRC's Verie Signers, DDXD, GY DX Achievements,
> > and Target
> > > > DX, as well as serving as Publishing Committee
> > Coordinator
> > > > and hosting two conventions. I also wrote a
> > number of
> > > > articles for both NRC & IRCA - most of these
> > activities
> > > > occurring during the 1970's and into the 1980's.
> > I picked up
> > > > my ham license in 1975, and have held it
> > continuously
> > > > since.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll now sit back and hope to enjoy more stories
> > from
> > > > others - perhaps these should all be copied and
> > reprinted in
> > > > the bulletins during the summer months when DX
> > is
> > > > slow......
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Russ Edmunds
> > > > 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
> > > > Grid FN20id
> > > > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B
> > @15'; Grundig
> > > > G8
> > > > AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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