March or April ... careless editor strikes again. John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon)
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:02:51 -0500 > Subject: [IRCA] Limited time stations (ex:RE: KKXA) > > > My favorite limited time station was KXL, among those Pete Taylor mentions, > though I didn't listen to it during WSB's off hours ... it was a listenable > station daytimes in Corvallis, 85 miles south of Portland. I remember, too, > KFVD, which later became KPOP. When I was a kid in Corvallis, late at night > after KDKA signed off, KFVD would begin broadcasting Spade Cooley's western > swing band, live, from the Pier at Santa Monica. "Devil's Dream" was one of > my favorite fiddle tunes. In the '60s, KPOP's opportunity to broadcast at > night occurred only on Monday mornings, for KDKA was AN-6 ... but oddly > enough, KPOP would not broadcast on the first Mondays in January, April, July > or October, leaving about a three-hour window for ZCO in Tonga to be heard. I > QSL'd ZCO, back when the Pacific and Asia were on 10 khz separation, from > Texas and I heard them in Massachusetts the same night Gordon Nelson got his > one-time shot at that station. > > KPPC-1240 did a DX test for the NRC in March of April 1956, and got QRM'd by > one of the three Chicago sharetimers plus XEBN in Cd. Delicias, which was on > the air that night only for a special festival. I QSL'd both KPPC and XEBN > from that DX session. > > John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, > DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon) > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > _______________________________________________ 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]
