Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles
Best GY from here is also WMMB-FL-1240 @ 884 miles. 2nd best is WDLB-WI-1450 @ 820. >From my former location in Northern NJ, KXRA-MN-1490 @ 1105 and WKEM-1490-FL >at 1077. That log closed out when I moved in 1983, so different conditions for >sure. Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id From: IRCA on behalf of Larry R Fravel Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 2:16:21 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles In reading my post about KCEY it says 1959 - should say 1969. Sorry Larry It's easier to fool people than convince them that they've been fooled. Mark Twain - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2016.0.8007 / Virus Database: 4769/14210 - Release Date: 03/30/17 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles
In reading my post about KCEY it says 1959 - should say 1969. Sorry Larry It's easier to fool people than convince them that they've been fooled. Mark Twain - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.8007 / Virus Database: 4769/14210 - Release Date: 03/30/17 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles
My longest distance GYer is probably WNUE 1400 Ft. Walton Bch, Fl, here from Oregon in 1971 for a DX Test. The second would be 1450 Granby Q Canada, but they were running more power. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager From: IRCA on behalf of Larry R Fravel Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:07 AM To: Hard-Core-DX; NRC; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles My best two catches on the AM band are KCEY 1390, Turlock CA in February 1959. At that time I lived in Chesapeake, VA and was using a Hallicrafters S-120 with a simple long wire about 30 feet long and maybe 10 feet in the air. The verification letter (which I still have) states that I was the farthest east they had ever heard from. Up until that time the furthest east was Idaho. They also sent a coverage map. My best all around MW DX catch was in March or 1961. I was a senior in high school at the time and lived in East Aurora, NY - about 15 miles south east of Buffalo. My "rig" was a standard 5 tube RCA table radio that I gotten for Christmas. I hooked a long wire to the loop on the back of it and ran fifty feet of wire out my second floor window through some trees. It was from Radio Swan, Swan Island, Caribbean Sea, about 100 miles north east of Honduras. It was owned by the Gibraltar Steamship Company which I later learned was a front for the CIA and was used to broadcast to Cuba. They were on 1160 AM and the letter says they were ran 50 KW. I do remember they were very weak and the programming was in Spanish.According to the letter they also ran SW operation on "6 mc" at 7.5 KW. I have several other QSL"s from the Caribbean area as well that I got in latter in the late sixties and seventies. Larry Fravel K8YYY Shinnston, WV : It's easier to fool people than convince them that they've been fooled. Mark Twain - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/AVG_wordmark.png/220px-AVG_wordmark.png]<http://www.avg.com/> AVG 2017 | FREE Antivirus & TuneUp for PC, Mac, Android<http://www.avg.com/> www.avg.com Download FREE antivirus and malware protection. Tune up your PC, Mac and Android devices for peak performance. Surf safely and privately, wherever you are. Version: 2016.0.8007 / Virus Database: 4769/14210 - Release Date: 03/30/17 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca IRCA Info Page - montreal.kotalampi.com<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 ... 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 International Radio Club of America<http://www.ircaonline.org/> www.ircaonline.org Web Site for the International Radio Club of America To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] My Longest Graveyard Catch: 2100 miles
My best two catches on the AM band are KCEY 1390, Turlock CA in February 1959. At that time I lived in Chesapeake, VA and was using a Hallicrafters S-120 with a simple long wire about 30 feet long and maybe 10 feet in the air. The verification letter (which I still have) states that I was the farthest east they had ever heard from. Up until that time the furthest east was Idaho. They also sent a coverage map. My best all around MW DX catch was in March or 1961. I was a senior in high school at the time and lived in East Aurora, NY - about 15 miles south east of Buffalo. My "rig" was a standard 5 tube RCA table radio that I gotten for Christmas. I hooked a long wire to the loop on the back of it and ran fifty feet of wire out my second floor window through some trees. It was from Radio Swan, Swan Island, Caribbean Sea, about 100 miles north east of Honduras. It was owned by the Gibraltar Steamship Company which I later learned was a front for the CIA and was used to broadcast to Cuba. They were on 1160 AM and the letter says they were ran 50 KW. I do remember they were very weak and the programming was in Spanish.According to the letter they also ran SW operation on "6 mc" at 7.5 KW. I have several other QSL"s from the Caribbean area as well that I got in latter in the late sixties and seventies. Larry Fravel K8YYY Shinnston, WV : It's easier to fool people than convince them that they've been fooled. Mark Twain - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.8007 / Virus Database: 4769/14210 - Release Date: 03/30/17 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
