[ADXA] SWLing was so fun Rick, after I started hearing hams on the air. Broadcast stations seldom QSLed.

Sat Sep 26 09:22:53 EDT 2020

Wow, Dennis, that SWL card of mine is Rare hi! All I remember about the
SX-111 was that it was
heavy and big! I didn't remember your original call - WA5IIS - 12 dots in a
row - no wonder you
got so good at CW! Took a talent to send that call! I was big into trying
to collect counties back
then - I'm pretty sure I got over 500 as an SWL and got the CQ Award but
time has dimmed
what happened to the award. Of course, I got into county hunting big time
as an amateur and still
enjoy giving out counties while on the road. The antenna with the SX-111
was just bell wire
strung out from the roof to a tree. I knew nothing of real antennas back
then. QTH was
in Arkadelphia at my frat house right across from the First Baptist Church.
Old house
probably built in the 20's by a family who owned one of the furniture
stores. Think my
rent was $ 40 a month. Fun times... thanks for the memories! 73 Rick

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 3:39 PM Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Rick, I’m sure I showed this to you before.   You were a serious
> “ham-band” SWL at the time with that SX-111.  I also started out as an
> SWL.  A newspaper man from my first hometown in Hunter, AR, loaned my dad a
> Hallicrafters receiver of some kind - don’t remember the model.  I was
> fascinated, so we ordered an S-108 from the Sears and Roebuck catalog.  I
> did a lot of SWL’ing and used that receiver as WN5IIS in Brinkley along
> with a Knight T-60 that I assembled.  The receiver didn’t do well on SSB
> but was usable on CW.  What sparked my interest in ham radio was listening
> to AM conversations on 80 meters.  I remember Pappy, K5AJY, from Little
> Rock.
>
> Good days!
>
> Dennis, W5RZ
>
> On Sep 24, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Richard Harris <rickai5p at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> SWL days.... and the Hallicrafters S-38 receiver line... my first
> receiver, other than the family
> console, was the S-38E. Fun times listening to the BBC, HCJB, VOA, etc.
> First broadcasting
> QSL was Radio Nederland in 1958. Thumbing thru the World Radio and
> Television Guide
> trying to find English programming hi. Used to listen to 160m AM guys from
> the Mid-West.
> One night I was listening and the guy in Nebraska (wish I remember who)
> talked about receiving a
> SWL report from me hi.... Maybe I have his QSL somewhere.... Strongly
> believe spending
> those days SWLing sure helped me work DX later (listen, listen,
> listen!)... certainly prior
> to the spoon-fed internet spotting today (but yes, I'll admit I use that
> too!).... Rick AI5P
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 4:04 PM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>    Yep Rick, I started SWLing in Memphis when living there starting in
>> 1952 and on through early 1957, using an S38A. That would put me at 68
>> years, including the SWL days. Gosh, time flies. Not sure if W5SJ was an
>> SWL initially or not. If not, then I have him beat! Yeah…
>>
>>    Hearing some guys talking one day when I was tuning for distant
>> broadcast stations is what got me interested. Ended up with about 50 of my
>> SWL cards being answered, and then later I called or wrote most of them and
>> we set up a schedule on the air for my “real” QSO with them. The QSO
>> confirmations were cherished for years. One was a *very well known* W3
>> *woman* ham who also ran many nets in PA. Forgot her call but from Bryn
>> Mawr, PA.
>>
>> Great hobby we have, even if SWLing was the starting point for some of
>> us, Rick.
>> San
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> *From: *Richard Harris <rickai5p at gmail.com>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, September 24, 2020 4:45 PM
>> *To: *adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [ADXA] Joel and Stan started this fiasco so we real old
>> timersmust finish it
>>
>>
>>
>> Hmmm... only 62 including SWL days... 51 licensed... a relative newcomer
>>
>> compared to the real OT'ers!  Still the greatest hobby! 73 Rick AI5P
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 3:10 PM HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>   You bring the white wine, I’ll bring the red. Oh, we need crackers of
>> some sort and cashew nuts and some dip and ….. etc.  Heck, just hope we are
>> here Bill in another year when this “50 Year” event happens… I’ll start
>> wearing a mask during my sleep too, just to make sure.
>>
>>   Oh, and I will have Melinda get in her Razorback Head Majorette outfit
>> and do some twirling for us and Kathy can sing for the group. But,
>> attendees will only be those with 50 years in ham radio as a licensee.
>> Perhaps 7-8 ADXA members will show up. Joel, see what you and Stan
>> started!  Maybe we can start a “60 Year Club” Bill??? 😊
>>
>> San
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> *From: *Bill Priakos <bill at priakos.com>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:12 PM
>> *To: *HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net>; w5zn at w5zn.org; Stan Ross
>> <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *RE: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..
>>
>>
>>
>> WOW and here I am at just past the 65 YEAR MARK, February 4th – Y I K E
>> S ! !
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, let’s party! 😊
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> W5SJ
>>
>> *Bill Priakos*
>>
>> *10 Free Ferry Heights*
>>
>> *Fort Smith, AR 72903*
>>
>> *479.461.8368*
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On
>> Behalf Of *HamOP
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:44 PM
>> *To:* w5zn at w5zn.org; Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..
>>
>>
>>
>> I had my 63th year in June. Can I come to the 50th Party when it
>> happens?? I’ll bring wine.
>>
>> San
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From: *w5zn at w5zn.org
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, September 23, 2020 5:06 PM
>> *To: *Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net>; adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
>> *Subject: *Re: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..
>>
>>
>>
>> Good deal Stan...congrats quite an accomplishment!
>>
>> Also congrats on 49 years. I knew you were about one year ahead of me.
>> I'll be at 48 years in a couple of weeks. So, we gonna have a "50th Party"
>> next year????   :-))
>>
>> I still remember our old Novice days and Arkansas Teenage Net days back
>> in the early 70's.
>>
>> ZN
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2020-09-23 15:36, Stan Ross wrote:
>>
>> Great comments, everyone.
>>
>>
>>
>> I, too, need P5 (and FR/G) to have "worked 'em all" but I'm not losing
>> sleep worrying if I'll work them before time to go SK.
>>
>>
>>
>> This Saturday, 9/26, will be my 49th ham radio "anniversary" and most of
>> my ham career did not involve amplifiers and elaborate antenna systems... a
>> Swan 500C (courtesy of my grandfather K5VRC before he became a SK) and a
>> simple ATB-34 Tri-bander that I saved up for got me well on the way of what
>> has turned out to be a lifelong love of DX'ing.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, as we patiently await Cycle 25's better band conditions, we can wait
>> for those elusive entities as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73 and good DX!
>>
>>
>>
>> Stan
>>
>> K5VR
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 23, 2020, at 12:15 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> Good post Joel
>>
>> I will try to be brief. I was on the DXAC for many years and Chairman in
>> late 70s and early 80s, and the talk began from those DXers who were
>> chasers for a *few years only* and lacked 3-4 countries and wanted the
>> uninhabited or countries not allowing amateur to be deleted. The DXAC was
>> strongly against this, especially when some "real old timers" who had been
>> around 2-3 times longer than those 'newcomers' still needed 1-2 of the same
>> 3-4 rare countries..
>>
>>
>>
>> I will NOT discuss the allowance of Burma a few years ago at this time
>> and the "way too fast allowing it" without proper proof of "him" being
>> there with permission, mainly because 100s on the DXCC needed *only*
>> Burma for *Top* of Honor Roll. In the late 1970s to early 80s there was
>> a time when 3 of the top 5 rarest countries suddenly appeared within 3-4
>> months and most DXers got them, including HZ/YI Neutral Zone, etc. Then
>> people shut up a while! You don't just delete 3Y, BS7 and No. Korea at this
>> time and cheapen the DXCC award program for the ego of a few, politically
>> motivated hams in our "HOBBY"... This ain't a business you know.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, good prelim comment Joel about your upcoming dissertation for us
>> to read slowly and understand and then support the right agenda that the
>> ARRL should adopt, without politics!  The initial Kosovo operation sorta
>> stands out too. Hmmm.
>>
>> San K5YY
>>
>>
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