Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[John Sampson]

My start was in Northern Wisconsin at a summer camp in 1951.  I lived in Des 
Moines at the time and had an old Silvertone “portable” at camp.  One of my 
tent mates was from the Chicago area, was a Cubs fan and wanted to see if we 
could hear the games at night on WIND, 560.  Of course, then, we could hear 
them at night like a local.  There were also a couple of others I heard during 
the day (WLIN, 560,Merrill; WLBL, 930, Auberndale and WOBT, 1240, Rhinelander). 
 When I returned to DM that summer, I wanted to see what I could hear on the 
BCB and off I went! 

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 2:28 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
> twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
> log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
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> 
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Fred Schroyer]

I'm the buddy down the street that Billy Brooks referred to! I started
around age 12 (1956) with a Zenith All-American Five table radio. Heard
some remarkable BCB DX, most notably HCJB-1310. Upgraded to a Hallicrafters
S-85 and 200' longwire, and all thru HS (1958-1962) enjoyed those wondrous
Monday AMs w/open channels, kilowatt Californians, f/cs, ETs, DX tests,
Dixie sign-ons at 4 a.m., and SSS westward from my home in PA to CO. Still
DX with car stereo as I commute, SRS and SSS. Casual DX with a CCrane
Skywave SSB and Grundig Satellite 750. Just bought an Icom 7300, MFJ-1886
amped loop, and Yaesu rotor to use when I retire some day (I'm 74) and have
time for DX!

-- 
Fred Schroyer
Waynesburg, PA 15370
(50 miles SW of Pittsburgh)
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Gary DeBock]

I was a casual BCB DXer from 1961 (age 8) to 1966 (age 13) with a pocket 
transistor, but really became hooked from 1967-69 as a teenager living in 
Iwakuni, Japan. There were lots of interesting stations that no longer exist 
(AFVN-Armed Forces Vietnam Network, KSBK (?) in Okinawa, and my local 1580-FEN 
(Far East Network, in Iwakuni). In 1971 I joined the Navy, and chased MW-DX on 
portables like the Sony TR-6400 around the world (Mayport, FL, Pearl Harbor, HI 
and Yokosuka, Japan).

>From 1982-2007 I was an amateur radio CW-QRP fanatic, working 144 countries 
>with the 2 watt Heathkit HW-8 and 50' tower. In 2007 it seemed to me that the 
>amateur radio QRP concept (i.e. that a skilled operator can work wonders with 
>basic equipment) could be successfully applied to the MW-DXing hobby-- which 
>turned out to be the concept that ultimately kicked off the Ultralight radio 
>boom.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Martin Foltz]

I started with MW DX and SWBC DX in about 1972. Then Utility DX in 1974 for a 
couple years. Even a little FM DX in the mid-70's. Not much SWBC DX since 
moving to CA in 1984. Now I split my time between MW DX and Utility DX and 
occasionally listen for 10 meter ham beacons.

Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA

> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 20:28:00 +
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> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
> twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
> log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
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> WB2BJH
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> Blue Bell, PA
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[R. Colin Newell]

1971: Sister brings home BF who is in Navy.
He goes on deployment leaving her his 5-Band portable radio while he’s away.

I switch it on hearing WWV for first time and a myriad of strange sounds, 
randomly fading signals and noises. 

Boom! I’m addicted. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
 Ham radio - VA7WWV 

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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Patrick Martin]

I started in 1962 , as I knew nothing about it, picking up my first radio off a 
garbage rack on my way home from school. I was 13. My mother would not let me 
plug it in until my father got home. We plugged it in and i turned it on, 
catching the Anchorage AK stations from Seward (KENI-550, KHAR-590, KFQD-730, 
and KBYR-1270), plus our local at the time, KIBH-1340 (250w). The radio was a 
Zenith that had a fold down cover, a smaller version of the Oceanic. It was 
sensitive as all Zenith's were. Heard WA/OR/CA stations after dark. Later on 
about 1965 I started to hear some SW and even FM. I guess I started with MW, 
rather than SW. My first QSL'd from Feb 65 were KFBK 1530 and KPAY 1060.


Patrick


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Edmunds 

Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 12:28 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[billy brooks]

I started dx'ing when I was 11yrs.old in  1963  using an old hallicrafters
s-38e. began with sw and recall getting my first qsl from HCJB "voice of the
andes". Did not find
Sw very interesting due to being overshadowed by my big bro. and his buddy
who still lives down the street and still dx's! they dx'd in the late '50's
when MW was quiet with
Relatively few stations. i logged about a 100 stations, notably kfi, and
ksl. Also a couple of 1kw stations in the west. By 1966 I discovered girls
and the radio, now a knight r-100a went silent.  Sold it for a 1968 sony
8-track recorder.  I did not return to the hobby until I built my house in
2006. Bought a drake r8a and started dx'ing once more. My Logs are ho-hum
mainly due to my lazy attitude. Still love the hobby especially in the
summer, dreaming of the upcoming dx season.  But something always gets
in the way! I have 1st class equip. but there is no substitute for time at
the dials!! My current shack is surrounded by glass and I can see WANB-1210
out my window.

Bill brooks   [ drake r8a wellbrook ala 1530 lnp ]
Waynesburg, pa usa


-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of James Niven
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 6:46 PM
To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America'
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Russ,

For me, I started out DXing SW when I was a teen living in Australia on June
29 1975, my first logging was Radio Nederland broadcasting to the Pacific
region with the "Happy Station", then followed by Radio Canada
International.
Later in 1975, I was sharing pretty much equal time between SW and Broadcast
Dxing.
Now a days, it's pretty much Broadcast DXing, more of a challenge 

-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds
Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:28 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
over the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

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Russ-
 
My story is just about identical to yours.  Started with MW at age 12, dabbled 
in SW in teens, then back to MW.
 

Marc DeLorenzo 
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
 

 
 
-Original Message-
From: Russ Edmunds 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Thu, Feb 8, 2018 3:28 pm
Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[James Niven]

Russ,

For me, I started out DXing SW when I was a teen living in Australia on June
29 1975, my first logging was Radio Nederland broadcasting to the Pacific
region with the "Happy Station", then followed by Radio Canada
International.
Later in 1975, I was sharing pretty much equal time between SW and Broadcast
Dxing.
Now a days, it's pretty much Broadcast DXing, more of a challenge 

-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds
Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:28 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
over the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[David Faulkner via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Hi All:
BCB, pretty much exclusively from about seventh grade on. I was interested in 
Ham radio but never had the money to invest. When my friend Chris, who was a 
ham operator, moved away one of the things that drew me and Bruce Heimburger 
together was an interest in BCB DX. Bruce did more SW than I did, but all I had 
was one of those old multi-band tube radios. But even after I bought Chris's 
old Lafayette allband rx I didn't pay much attention to SW.
What I want to know is how Jim Renfrew DXes FM where he lives. When I lived 
just down the road in Barre Center, I got good signals out of almost every FM 
from Buffalo north to Barre, Ontario, then across to Kingston and across Lake 
Ontario to Sodus, New York. That meant there was a signal on almost every 
channel, and I note that at least three new signals have been added since.
73David FaulknerAlbany, Ohio
 

On Thursday, February 8, 2018 4:15 PM, Keith McGinnis 
 wrote:
 

 SW here when I was about 12 years old.  Then a little MW but also a lot of 
police radio listening.  By my 20's I moved on to other things (women, beer, 
music, etc).  It wasn't until my early 40s that I really got back into the 
hobbyand it was SW again that started it off.


Keith

Hingham MA

> On February 8, 2018 at 3:28 PM Russ Edmunds wrote:
> 
> 
>    Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
>    How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
>over the years ?
> 
> 
>    I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and 
>early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too 
>easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to 
>BCB.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Keith McGinnis]

SW here when I was about 12 years old.  Then a little MW but also a lot of 
police radio listening.  By my 20's I moved on to other things (women, beer, 
music, etc).  It wasn't until my early 40s that I really got back into the 
hobbyand it was SW again that started it off.


Keith

Hingham MA

> On February 8, 2018 at 3:28 PM Russ Edmunds wrote:
> 
> 
> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and 
> early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too 
> easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared 
> to BCB.
> 
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> Russ Edmunds
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[James Renfrew]

Shortwave first around age 12 or 13,  but quickly followed by MW, much
later LW, FM and TV.  My first MW DX was WHLO 640 on a very whistle-y
Heathkit kit my dad and I built, a GR-100 or something like that.

These days MW and FM are the priority, though I occasional dabble in the
others, particularly if there's a tip circulating about something.

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On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:

> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
>
>
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
> over the years ?
>
>
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and
> early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too
> easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared
> to BCB.
>
>
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[Dennis Gibson]

BCB first then SW much later.

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
> twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
> log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB..
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Stephen Hawkins]

Russ,

I started with BCB as a kid.  Probably about 10 or 11.  Our next door 
neighbor was carrying a LARGE old wooden Philco radio from the 40's out 
to the curb to throw away.  It seems that where they had it stored in 
the attic of a house they were renting, someone had stolen all the tubes 
out it.  He gave it to me and I sat down with a tube substitution book 
and my Dad's box of tubes and was able get it running again.  I think I 
learned to solder replacing a couple of old caps that had dried out.  
Still have it.


Steve NG0G


On 2/8/18 2:28 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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