John,
I have the same issue here. A really wonderful area to DX the Pacific has really been downgraded with a lot of noise. I think most is man made noise in houses. It used to be I could fight the power line noise as Pacific Power would come out and repair the issues, but with so many devices in homes, the noise is a lot worse than it used to be. I spend a lot of time either DXing FM or stream radio/tv from all over. Add in a wifi radio. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ________________________________ From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of John Sampson <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:01 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION Hi Mark - After about 68 years of DXing, my interest has decreased considerably. Several reasons, including noise level on the AM band, overall lousy programming Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Mark Durenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is an unofficial request for planning information, generated as a result > of the 2018 DX Convention in St. Charles MO. > > > > If you couldn't make St. Charles, your response to the following queries will > help future planning, so please respond; either via this reflector, or > privately to me if you wish. > > > > But DO reply! A poor response to this inquiry will be a signal in itself, so > please take 24 seconds to answer this. All you have to do is return this > e-mail, listing the relevant numbers below. E-mails sent off-reflector to me > will be tallied but kept private. > > > > THANKS! > > > > Mark Durenberger > > > > WHY I COULDN'T MAKE THE DX CONVENTION (Pick all appropriate numbers in your > response): > > > > 1) I made no plans to attend because: > > > > 1A I'm frankly tired of conventions. > > > > 1B Couldn't allocate the travel/lodging cost. > > > > 1C Didn't see anything on the program that would attract me. > > > > 1D Technical programs have nothing new of interest. > > > > 1E Tours offer nothing new of interest. > > > > 1F Didn't know about the convention. > > > > 1G Found out about it too late to make plans. > > > > 1H Heard it was an "IRCA" convention and I didn't make it because I'm not an > IRCA member. > > > > 1J I'm not a member of any DX club and didn't think I could just show up.. > > > > 1K It's a bad time of year for a convention. > > > > 1L I knew about it but didn’t know what was planned for this year.. > > > > 1M My further thoughts: > > > > > > 2) I was going to be there but: > > > > 2A Circumstances caused me to cancel my plans. > > > > 2B I forgot about it and didn’t see any reminders. > > > > 2C I was told by someone it wouldn’t be worth it. > > > > 2D My further thoughts: > > > > > > THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSES! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca IRCA Info Page - Kotalampi<http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca> montreal.kotalampi.com This group is for those interested in AM (Broadcast Band) DXing, sponsored by the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the IRCA Archives.(The current archive is only available to the list members.Using 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]
