WKAJ 1120, branded as “The Outlaw” has been heard mixing and topping the channel lately here in Elkridge. One evening they were especially strong, so I decided to send them a report. Carlos A. Mercado Jr. at the station responded with the QSL letter below.
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WKAJ 1120
22 December 1969 – First time I stayed up all night to DX
I read in a Popular Electronics Magazine that even AM stations sent QSL cards so I decided to stay up all night on 21/22 December 1969 to see what I could receive and maybe if things work out, send off reception reports. I had heard WCCO a few times before, and WWL a couple of times. But there had to be other stations out further east there. Sure enough, I heard WHAS for the first time ever. The next day, I spent some time writing the reception reports, and sent them off. A few weeks later, these cards arrived in my mail box!
I think I will pull an all nighter on 21/22 December 2019 to celebrate 50 years since I did it the first time, and try for QSLs from these same three stations. They are all still around in 2014, they should still be around in five more years.