Willis, Yes, the good ol' days. In many ways DXing was better, but in others they weren't. The dial was a lot cleaner early on with few 24/7 stations. However with the move to the splits in 1978 for DUs and TPs, it opened up so much DX from Asia and the Pacific that was not possible before. That is still true today. The X Band was a fantastic band the frequencies early on, in the 80s with 500 watt Aussies on the splits between 1611-1701 khz, including many 50 watt JJ lighthouse stations on 1670.5 khz . I logged and QSL'd too, but along came the X Band in the US and I heard a lot of stuff coast to coast. Gone are many of the 10 watt TIS stations heard coast to coast now. But it was also fun while it lasted.
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