Re: [IRCA] Introduction

[Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome to the group Ken! --Mike

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> On Mar 8, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Ken Waters <satwatcher2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I just joined this group yesterday and wanted to introduce myself.  I was
> pleased to see the IRCA is still alive and well.  For several years back in
> the 80s I was a regular print subscriber and would send in reports from
> Hawaii.
> 
> My interest in MW DX'ing goes way, way back to my youth days back in the
> 60's including highlights such as hearing KPNW Eugene on its first day of
> broadcasting, listening to the VOA feed out of the Sacramento Valley (I
> never did figure out how that could be heard in MW but I could listen from
> the east bay), to the thrill of listening to CONUS stations from some of my
> Pacific locations such as Guam, Hawaii, Okinawa, Japan, and Korea.  I used
> to go the beach in Guam late at night and listen to KNX and other clear
> channel stations surge in right before their sunrise some 6,000 miles
> away.  Luckily most of the Asian stations used the 9 kHz separation which
> allowed some of the American stations to slip in between.  On one occasion
> I remember sending a note to Art Bell that I was listening to his show (I
> think it may have been the old KCRL 780) from the beach at midnight and he
> later announced that on his show (~ 1995).
> 
> My equipment is mostly my old TRF-655 and 656 as well as a GE Superradio,
> an old Sony ICF-6700, and my ham equipment (primarily an Icom 720A).
> 
> I look forward to following along with the discussions on this group.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ken Waters/N4PBY
> Mesa, AZ
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