I did MMs and the ‘CPC trail’ for a few years back in the early/mid-70’s from Lansing, MI with a Worcester loop in the BASEMENT on a Hallicrafters SX-96 with a digital frequency display I made.
Man, that was fun! I had no idea until I came back to the hobby in 2009 how much ‘fun’ it was! Oh and sunset was a riot! I used to sit on 1580 after our ‘local’ WRBJ in St. Johns, MI signed off and get a new station every 15 minutes many nights! One night I got all the way to Ceres, CA! Enough time travel. Back to figuring out when I can retire! ;-) Yay for ‘old guys’ and ‘old days!' — > On Jan 18, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Neil Kazaross <[email protected]> wrote: > > MM's were fun, but I was too young to get into the heyday! I do recall from > Narragansett RI in the late 70's in July when almost the entire country was > in a heat wave. I'd spent much of the MM DXing on my phased Bevs aimed SSW > but before going to bed, I switched over to the Sanserino Loop. WBAL 1090 > was off and their was no Ontario stn then. Hmm...NBC nx and a wx report for > high's in the 70's aimed WNW from me. This had to be Montana and a phone > call the next day confirmed that it was. > > 73 KAZ > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Russ Edmunds <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You don't always realize until much later how good conditions were in the >> past. >> >> >> In addition to AK, I also logged OR ( KYMN-1520 on a DX Test ) MT (3), ND >> ( 2) WA ( 1 ), NM ( 1 ), and ID ( KBOI on both 950 and 670 ), all from >> Syracuse, and all with fairly marginal equipment and antenna. I did have >> elevation though. >> >> >> But that was also back in the days of not a lot of NSP'ers and lots of MM >> SP's ( 1964-67 ). >> >> >> Russ Edmunds >> >> WB2BJH >> >> Blue Bell, PA >> >> Grid FN20id >> >> ________________________________ >> From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Ross < >> [email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:18:41 PM >> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] YAHOOOOOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!! >> >> >> On 2018-01-18, at 2:41 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote: >> >>> Robb KBOI via sunset skip thru WSCR would be a good shot. Best up coming >>> time would be early Feb. I wouldn't hold my breath for KGEM as the cx to >>> bring that in via SSS also probably have Alberta QRM. KGEM has been heard >>> here only a couple of times. 73 KAZ 55 km NW of Chicago >> >> >> Thanks for the tips Kaz……I'm gonna keep trying, right place and right time >> should bring it in……. >> >> 73…ROB VA3SW >> >> Robert S. Ross >> London, Ontario CANADA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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] >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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]
