[OKDXA] Are We West Coast?

[John Geiger]

However,  you never hear a DX station call for "Midwest Only" :(

73s John AA5JG


--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Steve Moles <twisterchase at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Moles <twisterchase at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [OKDXA] Are We West Coast?
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 5:55 AM
> Good Morning Everyone,
> 
> I do appreciate the responses. I have tried to resist the
> temptation to answer the call for West Coast stations. I
> just wish that more DX stations realized just how large the
> US really is and how the stations on either coast have a far
> greater advantage than we have here in the Central US. 
> 
> Have a good and thanks once again for the responses. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Steve
> 
> twisterchase at hotmail.com
> 
> http://www.n5tey.com
> 
> From: twisterchase at hotmail.com
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:01:36 +0000
> Subject: [OKDXA] Are We West Coast?
> 
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> Hello Folks,
> 
>  
> 
> I was listening to the input split side of 9L1X yesterday.
> The operator in 9L was asking for West Coast stations and
> he was receiving many
> calls from W5, which he gladly answered.  When a DX station
> asks for West Coast stations
> is our area of the US considered West Coast? Is West Coast
> a generic term for
> any where west of the Mississippi River? 
> 
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> 
> I have often wondered about this in the past and I thought
> it might be interesting to see what the group thinks. 
> 
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> Have a good day.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> twisterchase at hotmail.com
> 
> http://www.n5tey.com
> 
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