Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-14 Thread R. Colin Newell
Ironically, I have discovered that my front yard (street facing) is significantly quieter than my back yard -- that said, my NW Flag literally butts up against the NE corner of the house so. (We have no above ground utilities on our street which is something of a blessing obviously!) Wellbrook

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-14 Thread Patrick Martin
, 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

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-13 Thread John Sampson
To continue . . . and perhaps some burnout. Also, I well remember the IRCA/NRC split and the associated rancor, much of which was (unnecessarily) directed at several NRC members, who I knew very well. Even though I’ve been an IRCA member since the split (only for the DX info), my loyalties hav

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-13 Thread John Sampson
Hit the send before I was finished; will complete later. Sorry! - John Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2018, at 9:16 AM, Mark Durenberger wrote: > > This is an unofficial request for planning information, generated as a result > of the 2018 DX Convention in St. Charles MO. > > > > If yo

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-13 Thread John Sampson
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 wrote: > > This is an unofficial request for planning informa

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-12 Thread Mark Durenberger
19 responses so far; thanks. Keep ‘em coming please! Cheers! Mark Durenberger From: Mark Durenberger [mailto:ma...@durenberger.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 9:16 AM To: DX-IRCA (irca@hard-core-dx.com); IRCA2 (mw...@groups.io); mwnedi...@mwcircle.org; nrc...@googlegroups.c

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-11 Thread Gary DeBock
Hi Mark, Thank you for the personal invitation before the convention, and I'm sorry that I couldn't attend in Phil's place to give the "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna demonstration. For me, it was a case of having gone to Oregon for 9 days in August, the Cook Islands for 5 days in April and H

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-11 Thread James Renfrew
I generally do not attend conventions. There are several reasons. My wife is not interested. I work weekends (I'm a pastor). I have attended a few over the years, only because they were close by in Rochester and Syracuse (WTFDA). I helped plan the Rochester convention and held events at my hom

Re: [IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-11 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 11, 2018, at 8:16 AM, Mark Durenberger 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

[IRCA] CONVENTION INTENTION

2018-09-11 Thread Mark Durenberger
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