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Morning Loggings: One Totally New State

John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...>
 

Except for the Cabin Fever Sprint last March, I've not done any Ultralighting from Oklahoma until this morning, when I decided to get started. I logged ten new stations, most rather easy/normal for this area. However, cx seemed particularly good to the North and I stumbled upon 550-KFYR, Bismark, ND. When I was DXing here as a kid (1953-1960), the one Western state that I could NOT get was North Dakota. They are rather easier now, but this is still my first one! Really pleased. Also snagged CFFR in Calgary on 660 at the end of dawn enhancement.

I also listened for a while to what is rapidly becoming a favorite station, KROF-960 in the null of our semi-local in Enid. KROF, "The Gator!" is in Abbeville, southwestern Louisiana and has been coming in both morning and evening. The format is mostly Classic Cajun with a few Classic 50s rock thrown in... They are REALLY authentic and stream on the web at www.thegator.com What fun!!!


John B.
Stillwater, OK, USA
Rcvrs: Hotrodded NRD-535, Slider e100's
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array
robert ross
 

At 12:42 PM 11/30/2008, John Bryant:

When I was DXing here as a kid
(1953-1960), the one Western state that I could NOT get was North
Dakota. They are rather easier now, but this is still my first
one! Really pleased.

John...Congrats on the New State ....North Dakota....after all those years,
The ULR finally hauls it in!! Gotta Love it!!



I also listened for a while to what is rapidly becoming a favorite
station, KROF-960 in the null of our semi-local in Enid. KROF, "The
Gator!" is in Abbeville, southwestern Louisiana and has been coming
in both morning and evening. The format is mostly Classic Cajun with
a few Classic 50s rock thrown in... They are REALLY authentic and
stream on the web at www.thegator.com What fun!!!

MANY THANKS for sending the Link to this stations' Live Webcast!! I am a
BIG FAN of CAJUN Music...as well as other Early Roots Music like
Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Blues, R&B and Doo Wop.....so Finding a Live Webcast
of Died in the Wool Cajun Music is a Goldmine!! I have made an Icon for
this website and put it on my Desktop...This will be playing in the
Background a lot here while I do computer work!! It's playing right now
with some great Cajun Fiddle Instrumentals!! This is GREAT John!!!
Hey...Maybe I can try to hear this one DIRECT!!! Hey...now they're into a
Cajun French Ballad...a Real Tearjerker.....I feel like I'm sitting in a
swamp...with a foot of snow on the ground!! HHAHHA...

73...ROB.


Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
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Guy Atkins
 

Hi Rob,
 
I also like Cajun a lot, and thanks to John have discovered KROF as a replacement for a Last.fm Internet stream that disappeared from my Grace Digital wi-fi radio. I figured out the actual audio stream URL for KROF, and through www.reciva.com have added it as one of the "My Streams" entries for my account. Now I can listen to Cajun again on the wi-fi radio! I find it more satisfying to listen to Webcasts, podcasts, streaming audio, etc. from a "receiver" rather than a computer.
 
KROF is playing some great Southern Gospel now, on this Sunday afternoon.
 
73,
 
Guy
 
 

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] Morning Loggings: One Totally New State


MANY THANKS for sending the Link to this stations' Live Webcast!! I am a
BIG FAN of CAJUN Music...as well as other Early Roots Music like
Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Blues, R&B and Doo Wop.....so Finding a Live Webcast
of Died in the Wool Cajun Music is a Goldmine!! I have made an Icon for
this website and put it on my Desktop...This will be playing in the
Background a lot here while I do computer work!! It's playing right now
with some great Cajun Fiddle Instrumentals!! This is GREAT John!!!
Hey...Maybe I can try to hear this one DIRECT!!! Hey...now they're into a
Cajun French Ballad...a Real Tearjerker.....I feel like I'm sitting in a
swamp...with a foot of snow on the ground!! HHAHHA...

.
Carl DeWhitt
 

---When i started dxing back in 1962 when i was a kid,i remember
logging WDAY 970 Fargo,North Dakota on a mid sized transistor
portable i borrowed from my parents.I have heard it several times
since and i have a verie from one logging of them i made from when i
was back in Oklahoma.I believe i once caught the station you just
logged.
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn
In ultralightdx@..., "John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@...>
wrote:

Except for the Cabin Fever Sprint last March, I've not done any
Ultralighting from Oklahoma until this morning, when I decided to
get
started. I logged ten new stations, most rather easy/normal for
this
area. However, cx seemed particularly good to the North and I
stumbled upon 550-KFYR, Bismark, ND. When I was DXing here as a
kid
(1953-1960), the one Western state that I could NOT get was North
Dakota. They are rather easier now, but this is still my first
one! Really pleased. Also snagged CFFR in Calgary on 660 at the
end
of dawn enhancement.

I also listened for a while to what is rapidly becoming a favorite
station, KROF-960 in the null of our semi-local in Enid. KROF, "The
Gator!" is in Abbeville, southwestern Louisiana and has been coming
in both morning and evening. The format is mostly Classic Cajun
with
a few Classic 50s rock thrown in... They are REALLY authentic and
stream on the web at www.thegator.com What fun!!!


John B.
Stillwater, OK, USA
Rcvrs: Hotrodded NRD-535, Slider e100's
Antennas: Wellbrook Phased Array
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