Paul, Yes, 41 years ago. Back in the days of silent periods every Monday morning. DX Tests by the dozens. Frequency checks running high power at night for 10-15 minute periods with tones and code. You could pick off station after station. Coast to coast AM stations heard nightly, and even 1400 kHz was open as late as the early 70s on MM. I heard and QSL'd WNUE Ft. Walton Beach FL on a DX test. Mansfield, Ohio WMAN on 1400 was a regular most MMs, as they were the closest on the air. Amazing years. 970 was a mixed of ME/FL on MMs. A few stations stayed on MM, but they were off Sunday morning like KEX and KCBS. In the late 60s for a time, I had a radio with a slide rule dial that was not very accurate. So on MMs tuning around the dial, it was hard to know what frequency you were always on. You might hear 1230, 1240, but the next frequency to have anything on would be 1290. If CX were not good, then no carriers/stations heard on 1250, 1260, 1270, or 1280 here in the West. Ah for digital readout in that era......AND to top it all off, 80-90% of stations QSL'd on the first try. They had letterhead at the least and many with good ol' QSL cards. It is a lot tougher in today's World.
73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager _______________________________________________ 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]
