Mark, it was probably one of the 80s conventions where you met him. I believe he told me on several occasions that the Lincoln, NE convention (1977) was the first one he attended, and I think he told me that he first joined the NRC about 2 years prior to that. Unless someone else recalls differently, he was at every NRC convention after 1977, and I first met him at the one that he co-hosted with Todd Brandenburg and Skip & Buddy Dabelstein in Topeka in 1989 (first convention I attended). Paul, as is well-known, had a large collection of coffee cups/mugs with radio station logos on them that he acquired through convention auctions. I hope those are headed to a good home now, because I sure would hate to see those get thrown away.
73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska ________________________________ From: Am <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Connelly <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:21 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Paul S. Paul was a great DXer and certainly a hard worker in all the behind-the-scenes activity that kept DX bulletins going out on time with high quality material in loggings, technical, broadcast information, and member "musings" that added the valuable personal touches. Some in the hobby also knew of his teaching profession and his love of writing young-adult literature. He tried to maintain good grammatical standards in a world where English usage seems to get sloppier each year. I joined NRC in 1972, about 12 years after I had started DXing. I joined IRCA shortly after that. Paul's name was already well known in the hobby at that point if I recall correctly. In about 2010, when I started connecting with DXers on Facebook, the ability of communications to spread out to a whole range of other topics came about. Prior to that, my mail and email with hobbyists was mostly about the hobby. This was especially true when dealing with list forums and club publications where straying off radio and onto chat about trains, cars, architecture, gardening, woodworking, etc. would meet disapproval. As the Facebook age came about, Paul was one with whom I could correspond on many subjects outside of, or maybe just peripherally-related to, DX. We chatted photography, travel, and especially music. He and I discussed '60s entertainers that were pretty well known "back in the day" but are nearly forgotten now. Helen Shapiro in pop music and Richard & Mimi Farina in folk come to mind. We both agreed that spring / summer '67 was a peak era, perhaps THE peak era, of rock, folk, and soul music with pop, country, and jazz looking very good too. Paul knew of, and appreciated, the British and Celtic folk-rock groups that made a splash in the early to mid '70s, notably Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span: groups that were all but ruling my turntable (and radio, thanks to Cambridge's WCAS) at a time when most people were talking about disco. I did meet Paul at one of the NRC conventions. Not sure if it was early '70s Cambridge, MA, one of the '80s ones (NJ, CT), or Nashua, NH in '94. He seemed easy going and not one to goad people into annoying rancorous arguments about politics or religion. When I hooked up with him on Facebook, this mellow + intelligent aspect of his personality continued to shine. He will be missed. Maybe he's having a cup of java (or glass of beer?) in front of a celestial R-390A in the company of so many other great DXers who went before. R.I.P. Paul. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA _______________________________________________ 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]
