[IRCA] Father of radio

2016-12-23 Thread Stephen Hanes
Richard N. Allen, why do you not consider radiotelegraphy to be radio? Actually Merriam-Webster online gives the etymology of ‘radio’ to be ‘radiotelegraphy.’ Steve Hanes -- K4VWS -- NW Tennessee AOR 7030+, R7(A), DSR-2, HQ-140X Sent from Windows Mail

Re: [IRCA] Kiribati

2016-12-04 Thread Stephen Hanes
Paul, The ARRL has divided Kiribati into three distinct countries (or ‘entities’) running west-to-east, for DXCC purposes. There is also a 4th entity consisting solely of Ocean Island. I would guess that their BC station is on the principal island of Tarawa, which is in the western part of

[IRCA] Palstar MW550P Comments/Evaluations

2015-10-30 Thread Stephen Hanes
I would like to thank all of you who took the time and effort to respond to my request for information about the Palstar MW550P MW preselector. Based on your comments, since I will be using vintage receivers (HQ-140X, NRD-515, and Drake R-7) for AM-BCB DXing, this unit should be a good fit.

[IRCA] Palstar MW550P

2015-10-29 Thread Stephen Hanes
Has anyone here used the Palstar MW550P 530-2000 kHz preselector/preamp/antenna-matcher for AM-BCB DXing? If so, what have been your experiences with it? Good or bad? Thanks in advance…. 73, Steve Hanes (K4VWS) TN Sent from Windows Mail ___

Re: [IRCA] Radio Kiribati

2015-10-06 Thread Stephen Hanes
Actually there is no such time zone as UTC+14. That would actually be UTC-10, to keep the correct date. 73, Steve, K4VWS Sent from Windows Mail ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca