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So I'm a first time DXER

WPPCProductions said:
I've been dxing for 3 in a half decades and still going.And still stink at logging.
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Try harder, you are running out of time. :D

I've been Dx'ing since around 1958, and have never sent out a verification request or QSL card request. To top it off, in 1963, my aunt threw away my first MW logbook containing well over 800 loggings. Plus, I've managed to lose two logbooks on my own.

I may be lousy at the hobby, but I still love DX'ing.
 
Icangelp said:
WPPCProductions said:
I've been dxing for 3 in a half decades and still going.And still stink at logging.
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Try harder, you are running out of time. :D

I've been Dx'ing since around 1958, and have never sent out a verification request or QSL card request. To top it off, in 1963, my aunt threw away my first MW logbook containing well over 800 loggings. Plus, I've managed to lose two logbooks on my own.

I may be lousy at the hobby, but I still love DX'ing.
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Been DXing since 1961. I had quite a few QSL cards from the 60s but they're gone now.
However I still have a fairly good memory--I think. ;D
 
As much as I DX, I have not kept a log since maybe 1980 during my Alaska tour of duty. I know....shame, shame.

All I know is, I have recordings/photos to prove my catches.

cd
 
BobOnTheJob said:
LibertyNT said:
840 (I forget what goes here)
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That would be WHAS Louisville,KY about 80 miles south of me. It's strong here day and night.
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Once known in the mid-70s as the "Cuddly Giant". Hey, it was the 70s!

Here is a program covering the 54th anniversary of WHAS in 1976 called "The Birth of a Cuddly Giant".

http://www.lkyradio.com/audio/WHAS54thAnniversaryShow(1976-07-18).mp3
 
^^^ I miss the Joe Donovan show. Made a lotta cassettes....

cd
 
sox fan matt said:
With possible severe weather tonight, is it harder or easier to DX with severe weather around?
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If you mean thunderstorms, it won't be worth the while, if you are referring to AM. You'll hear crackling all over the dial. If you have an outdoor antenna connected, whether AM FM or TV, it's best to disconnect, to save your DXing equipment!

cd
 
When the last batch of severe weather rolled in I couldn't listen to any AM station up here in Mckinney.
Even KRLD and WBAP were so lightening Crash filled, they we're utterly useless.

and poor KGVL was just destroyed.
 
Completely unrelated but with all the severe weather tonight..my NOAA weather radio is going off and I'm getting a station off of that KWN33 1000 Watts 162.450 MHz out of Stephenville, Tx.. (80 miles southwest of Ft Worth)

Is this a good thing in terms of reception (severe weather was present at the time) And how good is a catch like this, is it pretty impressive or a so so catch?
 
It's alright.
The station probably doesn't normally come in.
During severe weather a lot of the WX stations come in.
I remember one storm where the Shereveport, LA NOAA took over a semi-local NOAA station
 
sox fan matt said:
Completely unrelated but with all the severe weather tonight..my NOAA weather radio is going off and I'm getting a station off of that KWN33 1000 Watts 162.450 MHz out of Stephenville, Tx.. (80 miles southwest of Ft Worth)

Is this a good thing in terms of reception (severe weather was present at the time) And how good is a catch like this, is it pretty impressive or a so so catch?
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My wife has a weather band radio in her car...a pretty good unit (The am radio isn't worth a damn, but that's another story). I don't get much of a chance to DX with it, but I have been known to fool around with it once in a while. My best catch was similar to yours. 1kw South Bend weather radio from South Bend on 162.500 at my office parking lot in Arlington Heights. Probably also about 80 miles. No severe weather when I caught it, but I discovered subsequently that it's usually absent.

I would think warm weather months in north Texas would bring on some interesting WB DX.
 
My NOAA bandscan if anyone's wondering

.400: not sure if it's weak .425 bleed or a VERY weak NOAA or Canadian WX
.425: WWG24 Port Angeles Marine WA
.450: nothing
.475: WXM62 Olympia, WA usually staticky
.500: nothing
.525: nothing
.550: KHB60 Seattle, WA, local

-crainbebo
 
On very rare occasions, you'll may FM and TV band openings so intense it will all but ruin local reception. This happened here in Indiana in November of 1986 (might have been NOV 85) and the cable TV systems that picked up an over the air signal from more than 20 miles out were airing a jumbled pile of DX to their subscribers. The TV stations mentioned it on their local news (not sure why...the affected people couldn't see them anyway). I worked for a 50,000 watt FM station at the time and at 25 miles, I could not tell if it was on the air or not--it was so clobbered that you couldn't even move the car back & forth and find a 'sweet spot' to hear the local. This went on for a few DAYS! If you ever are fortunate enough to see that happen, call into work and take a vacation day, get out the caffeine IV and lock the door to the DX room and put your seat belt on...it will be a ride like no other. And considering that I've only seen it once in my 40+ years at the dials, it will probably be a once in a lifetime event.
 
cyberdad said:
sox fan matt said:
Completely unrelated but with all the severe weather tonight..my NOAA weather radio is going off and I'm getting a station off of that KWN33 1000 Watts 162.450 MHz out of Stephenville, Tx.. (80 miles southwest of Ft Worth)

Is this a good thing in terms of reception (severe weather was present at the time) And how good is a catch like this, is it pretty impressive or a so so catch?
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My wife has a weather band radio in her car...a pretty good unit (The am radio isn't worth a damn, but that's another story). I don't get much of a chance to DX with it, but I have been known to fool around with it once in a while. My best catch was similar to yours. 1kw South Bend weather radio from South Bend on 162.500 at my office parking lot in Arlington Heights. Probably also about 80 miles. No severe weather when I caught it, but I discovered subsequently that it's usually absent.

I would think warm weather months in north Texas would bring on some interesting WB DX.
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We had some tropo back on Friday and I was picking up a WB signal from the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI area (Plainwell, MI) at my home north of Chicago. Normally, 5 of 7 NOAA WB channels are receivable for me including: Milwaukee, Lockport (IL), Racine (WI), Crystal Lake (IL), and Chicago. But, on this day, 162.475 had a weak signal from Plainwell. Go figure.

Once in a while, I can find a spot where it's possible to null out Crystal Lake (one of my strongest locals) to get 162.500 from La Porte, IN. So yes, you can certainly dx the weather band.

By the way, I get all this reception on a Sangean DT-400W "Walkman" sized radio! It's WB is a vast improvement over prior versions in older Sangeans and in Sony Walkmans which offer the band.
 
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