Dennis, >From 1979 to about 1985, I went from less than a dozen DU veries, to over 200. I remember one day in 1979, that Summer, I lived in Seaside 1/2 block from the beach and I walked down to the post office and found 7 QSLs in the box. 4 were Australians and 3 were from New Zealand. I remember one was 2GB-873 with this beautiful card with the Gold Letters in the sky "2GB". Boy, those were sure the days. DU conditions were unbelievable with 4MK 1026 MacKay, Q S9+20 DB night after night and all night. In listening back to some of those reel to reel tapes, the signals were something else. Many channels had more than one DU on them, sometimes 3 or more too. Many of the Aussies from that era did move to FM, yes even before the Canadians started to. But in many cases there are other Auusies on those channels. Another fun one I heard over and over was 7HO 864 2 KW Hobart Tasmania and 7LA-1098-Launceston, also Tasmania. I also pulled in 7SH 1584 100w St. Helens, Tasmania. Got them all QSL'd too. It sure brings back a lot of memories. I sure hope those days do return. I'll take Aussies all over the dial once again.. I could easily get used to that. hi.
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