Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

1982 was a long time before streaming. We had to hear the station the hard way in those days. hi.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:31:09 -0800
> From: walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630
> 
> Radio Cook Islands 630 even streams online too these days.. Ive been an
> online listener since about 2005!
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Theo <theod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Kia orana:
> >
> > "Later on ZK1KC Cook Islands took over 630 kHz."  Probably ZK1ZC but
> > still...  yeah... that has to be The Complaint to end all interference
> > complaints! <grin>
> >
> > Theo
> >
> > On 26/12/2014 8:20 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:
> >
> >> KIDD 630 has been a very rare visitor through the years with so much
> >> activity on 630 kHz. I first heard and QSL'd them back in Seward AK in
> >> 1966, Dave Allen PD signed the verie letter. The letterhead has a kid
> >> dressed as Captain Kidd. Then in 1982, I finally heard them from the Oregon
> >> Coast during a very heavy AU conditions knocking everything else on 630
> >> early in the evening. Later on ZK1KC Cook Islands took over 630 kHz. But
> >> for a time, KIDD was alone on the frequency with Adult Standard, if I
> >> remember correctly. I mentioned to a DXer that I was going to send a report
> >> and his reply was   "Good Luck", as they had a track record of rarely
> >> answering QSL requests through the years. But I got a reply on the first
> >> try. Not a verie letter, but Ray Kilman in the News Dept typed a reply on
> >> the back of the Astoria Bridge post card I included. He knew what a QSL was
> >> I guess, as he stated "This is to verify reception of KIDD Monterrey
> >> California on December 3, 1982. We appreciate you
> >>
> > r
> >
> >>   report." He signed and typed his name.  I am sorry to see them leave
> >> the air, being such an old station and they had those call letters for
> >> decades, from at least when I first heard them in the mid 60s. By the way
> >> in 1966 their phone number was "FRontier 2-8154, to give you an idea how
> >> long ago that was.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Patrick
> >>
> >> Patrick Martin
> >> Seaside OR
> >> KGED QSL Manager
> >>
> >>  From: martinfoltz@xxxxxxx
> >>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:01:35 -0800
> >>> Subject: [IRCA] KIDD-630
> >>>
> >>> I read in the latest IRCA newsletter that KIDD will go silent at the end
> >>> of
> >>> the year. They used to make it here before KFI turned on IBOC at night.
> >>> Back
> >>> in 2009 I sent them a reception report without a response (follow ups
> >>> too)
> >>> so I gave it a try again today with an email to the PD and Traffic Dir
> >>> Kevin
> >>> Kahl. He was there back in 2009. I also asked for an update on what's
> >>> going
> >>> on and I will forward that if he responds.
> >>>
> >>> Martin Foltz
> >>> Mission Viejo CA
> >>>
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