Laitanpa mukavan vastauksen laajempaan
tietoisuuteen. Kuulimme WKBK 1290:n tammikuussa Lapissa, ja paria aseman
kotisivuilla olevaa e-mail -osoitetta ehdin jo kokeilla turhaan. Sitten luin
viime viikonloppuna nettiarvostelua Sonyn XDR-F1HD radiosta ( http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/ira.htm )
ja tajusin, että kirjoittajanhan täytyy olla WKBK:n inssi. Toinen
osoitekokeiluni vei raporttini perille, ja vastaus tuli nyt sujuvasti kun
kohdehenkilö oli oikea. Tuo vastauksessa mainittu wire fence on oikeasti
poroaita!
73
JUS
Hi Jussi,
Well, thanks for the compliment about reading
my review in RadioWorld. I'll pass it along to the editors as I'm sure
they'll be amused to find they have readers who DX the magazine from as far away
as Finland.
I can't write back a simple yes or no to your request in
response to your long letter. That wouldn't be nice. :-)
What
is with you folks in Finland? Highly organized DX'ing clubs with cabins
far from civilization for the hobby! You could at least be doing some ice
fishing while surfing the LW radio band.
I see a wire fence behind
you. Is that one of your long wire curtain antennas?
The sound bite
is nice and clear. That's us! WKBK operates at 5,000 watts day and
night with a directional two tower array with main lobe pointing north. So
you probably are hearing us via a polar route. Our transmitter is a very
clean sounding PDM modulated rig. No iron in the audio path.
I live
in a forest in Vermont and have sufficient land to erect long wire antennas
though I have yet to do so. My job keeps me quite busy with seven radio
stations in our group in Keene NH and many more stations that I take care of in
my spare time. I also do lighting design for community theater when not at
work. And I have an amateur radio license, call sign W1IRA.
My
daughter Leah, age 22, will be graduating from college in six weeks. We
have two cats, a Maine coon who is adorable and loves corn on the cob and
an orange and white cat that came to us as a stray kitten in need of a
home. The orange cat is part Siamese and is both extremely friendly and
talky. He follows us on long walks and never strays away.
My wife,
Eileen, works in the natural foods industry. As a result our home is
brimming with samples of all sorts of foods from around the
world.
Regards,
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