Hey All, Just wanted to say a word about Russ`s comments about the am band. I`m
just under 40(38) and can really relate to this. I was at a friends home some
years ago one night and was tuning the bands with his sterio.(a stock portable)
His then live-in honey(she`s now gone else-ware) was amazed at what I was
hearing here in Rock springs.(wlw,kfi, and a few others) My friend was
surprised as well! My dad introduced me to amdxing when I was a teenager one
night.
I think a lot of the problem is that most young people don`t have people in
the know(like him) to show them whats out there to hear on the "typical"
night.(Most don`t care anyway, unfortinatly) They wouldn`t have the patience
anymore either to deal with band conds. as well as taking the time to log what
they hear.(if I can`t have it now,(and in the clear) then I`m not interested!)
I hope that I don`t have to endor the end of amdx. Then it would really be
time to "hang up the headphones" for good! I don`t know what I`d do if I
couldn`t chase dx on a clear, cold, wyoming winters eve! But me thinks that now
I`m in the minority. Most people don`t give a hoot much about the exclamation
of "I got L.A. from wyoming!" It just dosen`t have the hitting power that it
did I guess in my dads day.(or in is dads day for sure)
Too bad! People don`t know what their missing!(esp. the young) I will be
forever greatful to my dad for showing me the ways of the am band that
night(meny years ago now) on a 250 mile trip across part of wyoming! He
explaned to me what I was hearing(ksl and a few others) and WHY it was
there.(being that we were a fair distance from SLC, as well as the other
stations) I was about 16 at the time.
Good dx to all and may the may band be here for a LONG time to come! Robbie in
southwest wyoming(kd7cjo in dn51)
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