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99.5 KISS and others from that area later in
the day. I even told a friend that I was getting
99.5 KISS, and he turned his radio there and
he was even getting it that day up near
Chicago. He is in the local coverage area for
99.5 WUSN and could still get 99.5 from San
Antonio. I thought that was pretty rad!
Living in a small town with not much to do,
DXing is fun and exciting to me! Some of my
co-workers think I'm crazy at times with my
interest in this and RDS, but that's okay!!”
My only comment is that people, in
particular relatives, tend to think we DXers
are crazy anyway. It comes with the territory, I
guess but as you say, that’s okay. We’ll put
up with them.
And then we come to Les Prus(VA). I
wasn’t sure if I should count him as a new
member or as a re-joiner after 20 years. Oh,
what the heck, he’s a new member. Les
writes: “I feel like Rip Van Winkle, after an
absence of 20 years from the hobby...I
started TV-FM DXing back in late '69 in
Manhattan, KS after BCBing and SWLing for
years, when early one morning I chanced into
something completely different - E-skip
reception into New England, with WCBS-2,
WTIC-3, etc. I joined WTFDA, became an
active TV-FM DXer (central geographic
location, no locals -- Omaha, Kansas City,
and Wichita all about 100 miles distant --
even had a CM 7-ft parabolic UHF antenna),
and as a student living at home, I had time to
DX, and even edit TV-CCI in the VUD for a
little while.
But then I got a real job with the US
government in '77, moved to Warren, MI
outside Detroit, then to Alexandria, VA near
Washington DC in '79 (lost all my DX logs
and VUDs in that move, but still have DX
photos), but DXing out of apartments was
unfulfilling, and my hobby went to the back
burner, and eventually the deep freeze. It
thawed out in the last year after I got an
HDTV, put a temporary UHF antenna out in
my back yard, and then browsed the WTFDA
website and links to some excellent member
sites, and finally saw some tropo (analog and
digital) TV DX to Norfolk and Raleigh in
February. And E-skip season is about to
start... “
PLAYA SANTA LUCIA, CAMAGUEY, CUBA Courtesy of Jesus Perez
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MILWAUKEE GTG 2004
The 11th annual Madison-Milwaukee Gettogether
for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts will
be held on Saturday, August 21, 2004
beginning at 1 PM CDT. The event will take
place at Sheridan Park, Cudahy WI, on the
Lake Michigan shore at Layton Avenue in
south suburban Milwaukee. This year's host
is Tim Noonan. This all-band event is being
held in the Milwaukee area for the first time
following Tim and his family's move there last
year. For more information, e-mail Tim at
or phone 414 762-
2702.
The WTFDA TV STATION GUIDE
It’s the most comprehensive listing of North
American Television stations in print! Just $23
US will get you one. Mail
your check or money
order today. Make it
payable to Dave
Janowiak and mail it to
John Ebeling, 9209
Vincent Avenue S.,
Bloomington, MN 55431-
2157. Get your WTFDA
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before it goes out of
print!
**ONLY SIX LEFT!!**
Speaking of TV Station Guides, it has
been a while since the issue above was
published. Maybe, if all goes well, we might
have a new edition available for you by the
end of 2004. This, of course, will be the 2005
TV Station Guide. But for now, the 2004 DX
season, the edition above should be a great
help to anyone without a guide.
LAST BUT NOT…
Well, there’s a little space left so here’s
the set up on Guy Falsetti’s house in NY.
Membership is running at 275 members
as of the first of April. We’ve had 12 orders for
the VUDs on CD. The grass is green. The
days are warm. Life is good. CU next month!