At 16:40 09/03/2007, you wrote: >Thus endeth the marathon.
Many thanks, John, though I bet you're now going to get a pile of contributions saying "but, you didn't mention..." Mine would be to add to John Bryant's bio, that he was one of the driving forces behind "Proceedings", collections of peer-reviewed, mainly technical, articles related to MW and SW DXing, that appeared between 1988 and 1995. Much of that was Gordon Nelson class material, and, I suspect affected the way that many DXers approached the hobby in the years following. And each individual club (including IRCA) has many unsung heroes that have mainly contributed to the overall hobby via their club. Of course, where does history cut off? There are folks doing things today that I'm sure historians will regard as important, Bruce Portzer's Pacific Asian log, Herman Boel's European/African Medium Wave Guide for example. And mentioning Herman brings up the fact that over the years, there has been some pretty interesting hobby related stuff going on in Europe as well, and given that the DX hobby, through the internet, is now truly a worldwide activity, that history also is relevant to North Americans. Now, who among us is retired, historically inclined, and looking for something to fill those idle hours, hi. best wishes, Nick **************************************************************************** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada **************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
