I first had contact with John back in the late 80s. He wrote me regarding my DX here on the coast. Then in 1990 on one of his DXpeditions to Grayland State Park, before the DXpeditions were the Grayland Motel, Dave Williams and I went up on a Saturday afternoon to meet John and the group. We sat there on a rather wet and rainy afternoon taking about antennas, DX, and QSLs. I could tell John was quite a veteran of Tropical Band DX for many years. Dave and I were impressed from the start. We went up about once a year to visit. Then in the Fall of 92, after I got the Drake R8, I had heard an unidentified Sub continental Asian station on 864 khz, with an odd sounded language, no one seemed to know what it was. John suggested I send him a cassette of the station so he could play it for his students there at the Univ. in Oklahoma. One of his students understood the language, coming from the NE part of India. It turned out to be All India Radio Shillong with 100 KW. Thanks to John, as I would have never IDed it. He helped me on others along the way too. Dave and I love going to Grayland. It wont be the same anymore with John.
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