[DX-CHAT] Great Story

2010-12-30 Thread Urb LeJeune
GM, In the late 1960s I was one country off the top of the honor roll, Heard Island. I lost interest in DX and faded away. One Heard Island DXpedition came and gone. Then in 1983 VK0CW was activated. I put up a 20 meter dipole and worked them. I could now say I worked them all. However,

Re: [DX-CHAT] Great Story

2010-12-30 Thread Dino Papas
Well, a little off-topic but never the less a Twilight Zone moment in my DX career - in January 1983 I watched a movie on my VCR called Bear Island (VHS for all us old guys) and when the movie ended I walked up into the shack, turned on the radio which just happened to be tuned to 14.220 MHz

Re: [DX-CHAT] Great Story

2010-12-30 Thread Marc Rinks
-CHAT@NJDXA.org Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:59 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Great Story GM, In the late 1960s I was one country off the top of the honor roll, Heard Island. I lost interest in DX and faded away. One Heard Island DXpedition came and gone. Then in 1983 VK0CW was activated. I put