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V O L U E I E 3 5 , N U X L E i i 2 5 March 30, 1968 * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . . . - i!Z.?lj UAsTEdS PAGE: John A, Callarman, Publ isher , 2.0. Lox 99, kmbridge , Mass. 02138 (926-2677)

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:::inky, A p r i l 22d 0330-0Ll30 7 4 ~ WCAS Cnmbridl:e, Mass. 250 ~ i i ~ / t e s t ................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................. - W i 3 0 I s J I M D A N D V . . . I n t ended t c comnent l a s t week on Wayne Plrlrrkettlws musing r e "Jim Dandy" at WS.?CI i n Cleveland. Some t ime

l a s t sprint:, =C H. ~ c t a r e q u e s t f c r a s a w l e b u l l e t i n from somebody ( n o t NAMFiD "Jim Dandyn but an e q u d i y

l i k e l y name) at t h e Yeakel Avenue a d d r e s s ?n Cleveland. A few weeks l a t e r , Ncrm S h r c a t infcrmed ma h e had

s e n t h i s copy sf t h e b u l l e t i n t o a "James Dandy" at WSOO. Somebody, then, i s w r i t i n g t o N. iC 8dmbers (w.it.se

a lk l ces ses h e g e t s from sample cop ie s ) f c r more sa.mple copies . I f we assume t h e t h e send:; onc l e t t e r p e r week

50 a member, he has found t h e means of ge t t i n t : a s u b s c r i p t i u n t o t h e NAC b u l l e t i n f o r $2.04 a year . I t ' s a

funny t h i n g ... you g e t i n t c scme k i n d (if p o s i t i n of r e s p c n s i b i l i t y and y c u s e e a l l k i n d s i.f m ~ i v e , r i ~ i i c u l o u s

(and most t i n e s s u c c e s s f u l ) means of CHGTING. ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................

--A N U S I N G ... i n t h i s i s s u e from Larry Gotiwin ex , j l a in s t h e I 3 L A v o t e cn t h e Coo,~ernt i , . e CPC i s s u e ... and we must ?.:!?it we

; l iCn l t ~ i v e t h i s ccm,>lete thcu(;;ht i n our crmments l a s t week. There i s a d i s t i n c t i c n between cocperatiq..n a f t e r

t h e f a c t nn2 be fo re t h e f a c t . ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. T .i I S P A G E ... i s bein; ty?ed as t h e prc.duction crew c . l l e t e s eve ry th in6 e l s e .... and our , h i l a s p h e r kin{: rm c,lndi;!ate sp-ys

"I t h i n k k i n d n z s s and humil i t ; shcul i l be t h e ec3itc;riq.l phi losphy of t h e club." Sc; b i t ( S o r r y - be i t ) ................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. V!,LUil&_L.E F 0 3 - g I - g d I N F O . . .

c c n t i n z s t c . ap;>enr i n i ius lngs (anG no t i n I!JXL). (which i s n c t n o c e s s r , r i l y t r u e , hac:!~lsrt ~:sst, vniul..!,ie i n f o

rl-?s.) It i s saci t ' , see Fred TJzn V i ~ r h a e s l eav jna th . j r . l r~ t> ... b11t t h e c n , i l t j , ns that Fred c ~ ~ m i 8 J n . i r ~ c . 1 r tiorrl.

r t i i l e x i s t . ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................

Since s~mebcr ly even ct.;,ies our bl,ulk FnGes ... wo d e r e them t.. s ; ; n c ~ t h e f r c n t pare. - -- H n r r i e t

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# e- 4 SJ/ ~-gJGRmMJ9E! To mCer TOM UnLE' of' Toledo, rfi:o w i l l be oarrjBd, 011 4/13/68. xi2 ff3.l1ceet~ fk'st

rib.ne is Uarb3, md, we pope Tcu & Elwhik w i l l ';lave t c ~ x of yew:: of !lappi-i?eac. % T , I ~ A ~ , B J ~ J ~ ~ ~ ,EQ$IE,~ To 1,rES BGyD of NRC md. \rHQT-1330, who i c , recoveriny: f rcr.1 a broken arn t~l1i le stlco ge t t ing over a Ease of pileu:1ali&! We hcpe ycu ' r e all s t ra ightened O u t S O C l l ) WeS! ~o,zc_~_/Lw~~~~%?, P F ~ j ect ~ & c ~ ~ a - ~ ~ e ~ ? is fo r a l l mC. A f reque~lcy c r l i c t Of stat icno ~7/a Epecified, period, of t i n e w i l l be given pperlodlcell-? in DX NEVS* hy t o 1065 t h e o ta t ion(s ) l i s t ed . & keep a log on t h e frequency naled, f o r t 5 e t i a e period. ~'bated.* In for l~a t ion cn PNers, f /coy ETs, etc. w i l l prove !lelpfulo Your daytii:?erc.) regulara & sss /SBS catcl~er, rllould, be listed.. Send, appropriate i n f or.lation ' t o DXDD Mu2 e tile r e ~ t . Cccnellt~ CII t!?e p ro jec t call be se:lt t o Fic!~ - 5039 Scuth - L h c o b , ~ e b - 6 ~ 5 ~ ~ ~ Sauple: Frequency: 1300k. Stbt~fions: WOOD WRBC CIMAK. Tiue period.: 3/31°4/6-

-Cave Fiocher. This is a PROPGSAL fo r an &d.d.iticn to'DX NEWS by Dave. Write t o h in about it, if YOU a r e interestea. ill 3uc5 project - r o t t o DX NEWS, please. Then if enou~k chotr an 2-lterest, . pePhaps Dave w i l l s e t t h e cllallengen up, and , receive t h e replies, and. colxpile then, say on a nontllly bas is , f o r DX NIDJS. 13,%!2 /vp~.v,o_o_RBy~; Writes t o bid:'us f&y.ywelle Fred, has not DXed, fo r s eve ra l years he s t a t e s , ar?d, afnce t h i n t he Ease, and, s ince t he r e a r e vepj felr llanes in DX NEWS t~!iic!l a r e fmilisr' t o hin, he h8.a d.ecid,ed. t o drop out. Fred. has been tin NRCer f o r 30 y e a $ r ~ - H i s dr -?sS is 215 North 24 S t r ee t , Cmp H i l l , Pa. 17011. So long, Fred., and. we'll nice You - Etnd, t o %!lose of you wllo liketrick d.0 not blow Fred., he was our very first IDSD Ed.itor - in- fac t , t h e wizole cectj.cn .tras 1lj-s idea, s o eve11 t l~oug !~ Fred. Fay not be a !leaber ill fac t , he w i l l always Iiave a place i n NRC atmals. Good. luck, Fred,!' CCyJG,R,4TU;r,@JC$H~ - Tl?i.? t i u e t o MDD Ed.itor, R~. ,~ lda l l Kan6, ~rllo has J u s t won a rrajor news mgazine 's an- :lual Current Ever1ts Collteat at Met3.f ord. Hig!~ School! rDYA0" &.

.- Is P r b - l q C1W i n New York S t a t e - in fo f rcn Ralpllie Johains.

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Atlsnta,, Georgia, 5,000 U-2. Changes i n nigli t t ine pat tern . Birniucllan, Ale,be.~a, t o 50,COO -D-I , frcn 50,000 D-3, 540' anteaca. Bcston, Mfisoachucettc, 5,OCO D-1, . Move XR S.W. ParIr Fallc, Wir;consin, t o 1,000 D-1, frorl 1450 l r c / ~ ., P , C C O / ~ ~ O U-1. Mbntgcuexy, Alabaca, 5,COO D-1, f ron 15CO ~rc/a., TOO F1- k c Vegas, Nevada, t o 5 , ~ 0 0 / 1 , ~ 0 0 U-2, frcrt 1,000 U-2, no c h a ~ g e :11~llt Nadlsclz, Wisconsin, t o 5,OCO U-4, frcn ~ , C O O / ~ , O C O U-2, no c!lange day.

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Tliat t k l e i c c'dr~ing, lads! P.ugust 30-31, & Sept. 1-2. Be there t!lio year, and, have m e .of t h e g rea tes t t i uec of your l i f e ! It s11culd. be t h e biggest ever! Ccue, ell:

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EDITOR: EEWEST R. COOPER - 438 'EXST 21 STREEX - BROOKLX??, NEN Y3RK - 11226 - D E A ~ ~ R Y ~ T S D A ? - THIRTY UNE UNIT PER IWSLIG. PLEPSE CCUBIX SPACE.

~,e_n_~~&l/?g~e~f ~~~a,M~.c2,Q2,M~o,~e_g~o,r_>3~@I~ye_ _:J,S2go,~ I,,g,$~-~&e_s,,=_@~~cter,Pa.,D~Q45 I ' m certainly cne oT the pa r t i e s s u i l t y of not IvIusiilg ~ / ~ ? 8 e t regular i ty , so now 1 hope- t o r~aybe help a l ' i t t l e b i t . So 1'11 go back t o early Februizry & t r y t o ge t up' t o d.ate. WT 2/12- A happy norrzing, fo r I i j u s t happened. t o fii:d. ~ ~ 3 4 , R. Mend.ez, Bo- ; iv ia , c0117Mg in on 680k betweer? &:lo & 4:30m, w/scele nice, reportable d.etai ls I got a very i1ice ?/l back i n two treelrs f o r Countqr #I-05, SA is ccr.lplete nar, cave fo r French Guiana, & 1'r.l working on it. I forgot Falklald. Islaadg, hi! 2/13- KY good, i l i te~i t io i ls of get t ing t he LISAJ progrw, didn' t r laterial ize. A s L I ~ wife has t o get up @ 6: 1 5 ~ 1 t o teach, I thought it ~ ~ o u l d , be a nice gesture on ny par t nc-t t o h w e a11 a l m n going off @ 2:30ar1. And. I l i k e rv sleep too! Snore. I wculd. SW, tllougl?, t116.t 2/13. & 2/14 were mong the ::lost proncunced, IA nigllts of the'seasciz. 2/19- BXMO-1300 cane througll beautifully here, before & a f t e r har.~. 2/1!t- I iloticed. a t e r - ~ p o r e ~ ~ j reyurn of t h e CKLPI s p l a t t e r arcund. 1498k. I04 3/11- T5e CBC d a l ~ no.ted. off as &dGised.. NGIT, 11cpr d.oes one get r i d , of t h e Cubans? 111vs.de Cuba? I noticed. ERC ' e PP spea.ker u /XEQ,R around. 3 : 50an, so it !mst have been liis unID - per1lAps P~c8.9 ~T~Iicl? lihs 2:30 s / ~ n ? Le.l;ely, some of t he PP & SS TAs have been i~-ipro\irii~g, durinir t h e evening of 3/13 @? 7pn. Also, Tiraa-1088 was lzeard. @ 10pm. 3/1-70 I found the ,

S i~lultaneouo Li.stcning Contest great furl. Tlree leggings 011 Blccl; #l (7'75-'(111~) '''.:' ' 7 :30pu; four 9oggilngs 011 Blocl.; #2 (1025-1035) 10:30-11: 3Cpr.1, & three l og~ j lWs Block (875-885) 4:30-5:30a1..1. I s l ep t t~ l rcug~z lock $3 a s espected. ~otl l i l1g but Cubans. I ' u loolring forward, t o Blcck ;:!5, Tues.day. 'I received, three recellt verier, bes.idea R. Mendez:. KIFN KOFO & M O . 73s & great DX!

,B$~-&~~~u_'.~&,g- ST,./ = _T- & q ; ~ e _ _Tj [email protected], : ge_~;r Jg3: ex _ -,Qz~@, 11- Well, a s Herb Oscar says every PJ4, IQello again. I saw Ernie 's plea fo r sene Nus-

illgs i l2 t!le 3/16 issue, so llerere nine! 1 hope i t r e OK t h a t t1ler.e'~ 01113~ Et few Dn" i tene - th ings a r e r a the r s lo~r . Guess w e t l l h i t 'en f i r s t : 3/5- Lagging on CHIR-73'0 @ 10:26pu, folloi.rea. by t he loggfi~g of a Cacadian G n 1.390 8 10:35pn - ~Rn'anYcne supply- t h e I D &$locatlol~? (CHCO, Ajax, Clzt. -ERC) Then 3/6, a log clz 1fIRGM-1590 @ 6:05 Fn, @ last, VE?3C-l5LO f i z a l l y @ 6:oapn 011 3/16. 'Illen t he r e vere very unueuo-1 CX en' t h e of 3/6, w/stations l i k e \+,'GGH-1370 up c l & r as l a t e a s ean! There were a cou-* p l e Of ckllers too, but I forget 'en r igh t ~ O Y J . That takes care of DX, s o nclr t o 0th- e r thinza. I 'LC worlring again - at Ai r r~a t ic Systens i n Wayne, N. J. I 'n vrorking i l l

t he -s tcck rcon-a t $2.23 per !,our, & a 154 r a i s e by Cctober. 1)ve got all benefits, %.ca.tious, ~ r /~a .y ; etc. SO I tllink Icrr d.oiug pre t ty good.. And. - Saturc la~~s Fc S u n d ~ y s a r e free! ell, say, ERC - Iffll see if I call get you t h a t info on tlle S e l i n e ~ r o v e Pa. s t a t i o n on 12.40 s ince 1 kno~r a g i r l who goes t o tI1e college there. A l ~ o , I wciid.er if t h e E d . i t or Imotrs wllere Mau j e r S t r e e t in- Broolrlyli i s ? I d.o aov, but then I asked. a cop 011 Flb.tbus11 Avenue, l ~ e s a i d . t h e r e was no ouch s t r e e t , hi! IG 438 Fast 21 f a r frou there? \ ?e l l , I. zuess t h a t '2 about it for 1101.~ s o u n t i l l a t e r , 1'11 Eay 73s gcod. DX t o a l l ; ( ~ a u j e r S t r e e t is i n Greenpoigt, & I t n i n t h e Heart of Flatbush, B i l l , S O i t ' s a gcodly d i ~ t a f i e e of 8% l e a s t 7-8 n i l e s mwy -'I had. to look it up tcod':

,K?rKY _st ?TT.--,&'IS@ ,%\d.jo ,-. .Y_? gg5t G ~ B ~ , Q ~ L ~ ~ :_.y!5?0,5 - Hi again everybody. Sorry t o se4 t h e 3/16 Mus.ings s o o p r c e Q populated.. Not !~s.vin,y Mused, f o r a l r ~ o s t a nonth, I guess I have 110 rocu t o t a l k . Ct!:lc,~l, you guys', 1ricl.i you? se lves i n t he t ype~a - i t e r &: Kuse! DX here of la te f a i r t o good, w/bes,t c ~ t c h e s sent t o IIIXD. I secciid. t h e views of Glenn Hauser i n t he 3 / 2 DX NEWS. L,etls fac t it: While - hemd. t o t a l s &re only a s good. ae t he ind.ividua.1 DXer!s word., t he saEe is t rue for =I?-

lzy verien . ~ / a VERY FElJ 'exceptions, I d.011 't k11o.c~ of any NRCer trllose word. I would11 ' t take t o t h e l e t - t e r , so ~dzjr :lot i n s t i t u t e scl:le r e~ogn i t i c~ l l f o r t h e m e r s T ~ I & d.o not co l l ec t ve r ies? Since tlze nunber of pages is 'no longer l i~ i i t ed . , would, ccrlebody be 1,rilling t o ccrlpile 8: ed.it a s o r t of l r~ ta t ions -~ leard . Honor ~011" on the ord.er of TTorr? b Supre~acy Ratings, perhaps nc~tIz ly? G l e ~ ~ u ? Also glad. t o see t h e Suprel~lacy R~tt ingr - w i l l now i~zc1ud.e a Sta t e s l i s t i n g i n ed .d . i t i~n t o coiztinents. Le t t s go, d.cuestic DX- ers . You d.oiltt have t o be a foreign DXer t o par.ticip:xte i n t h e S.R.S. litlile tlze NRC llbs 9. very hsndscne " ~ c u n t r i e s Verified." s~,rard., tre d cn 't have a l r ~ t a t e a " or V.A.S. certif-icate! Shouldnrt Ire have cne? Many of our f'inect ue~lbero a r e d.oe:ec-tic DXers & l o t s of z t a t e s a r e nore d i f f i c u l t t o hear than [:any countries. Shouldn't the re a l so be all a w a r d , f o r d,crieetic DXers t o work fo r ? Ccr!neilts, awbody? Recent veriea: (p.4)

4 P,*, ~,EJGL- March 30, 1968 f~errv ~ t a r r ) v/l- TJSAJ WPlB 1,JMOX IJPTS m O hNJH WSPT, v / ~ - KHCW KFGO (t iny busfnes: -sizev card.) ~ E E ~ G KGLC. CHSC (cards just pril~ted,, they should be catching up on re- '

ports, very ilice cmd). 73s t o a l l & good. DX. And renecber l i k e they say in vest- ern P6nusylvenia: "Youse s:lould, ~ s e " . Kudos t o JAC for LA Verie ~ist! $m- who is C r . Dave?' hi. -

~%Y~.~%T-~>s~~:~o~~sJ?u,YI~:~~!~/~c,ox~ t.~5e/b,~e=~k,9~:J58,5,96,. KNMO TEST w a s a success aa far as B i l l (CEJ & I are concerned,! Nemb 60 report5 to d ~ t e - loolrs l i k e he klobbered. the Ec! To those build.hg tiy 2'~2'~15 tux11 box: Reed. GFNts Loop ar t ic le! And. 13~lre tile box 2' x 2' x 11 (eleven) t u n ~ r spaced 5": '

Pb.tlln a eeu illore E/IJ t!~ari N/S these p w t f etr days, although the blasted, cne-eyed, gcn" s t e r .rad,iati& ilesses up ny evenings @ SSS chasing! S t i l l no reply frm KECK, ex/ KLOL-1530 on a t e s t . If you !lavenTt t r ied, it - share a l i t t l e BCB ( l o c a l ~ DX) rr/ allother ITRC kllap! v i a tape. ~t 3 3/4" a second, t h e Scotch 290 na i l e r (184 f i r e t c h s ~ ) nake a nice one hour of s l~ar ing (two 'trafi~ro) BCB. Truax 1 We UP t o now.' The hw-~l-ling & BCB -chaaiing is anpther nost pleasant thing t o try! I'D thQ1king about get t ing a ilev RX - new USED RX t ~ m t is! I l~ave sent RK/DXDB a few iterla tllese Past weelcs. I caught 57 new ones t h i s past m! Total nearly 500-600 now & thereis K a n Y r.loz-e catches t o coc;e t h a t *are llot d.if f i cu l t ! By the lay, sharing d a ~ t i n ~ ~ * ~ tape i~ a l s o very illteres,ting .- especie.11~ if you can hear t!ze other GUY 's FooP at worl:! W/CBC off 540 sure scunds n ice again since I need, only n u l l KNOE for the Ce of CBK allows copy through it! Rere -are- a fev ca tc l~es of poecible illterest: F7CAL- 770 c!lhl?ges t o ICUCP?. A ll:30an. IGTO-540 ET/OC, one.r.~inute of rur, Pc cax'rier t o go off, chenge frequency, ccrle on, 30 off, etc. - verified. 'en! ~ N m - 5 ~ ~ lone SMs. KM~~-630:na~ radable early uorns. I caugIlt Specials of KBJM- 1400 fk Sus.pect MVDI~-~.OPO 11as ner U/IIRLD! ~1.o TJAICX'-~(O iri f a i r l y l ie11 but K ~ Q / UKC-G?FM. KTIiT-990 notr r e ~ d ~ b l e a f t e r CBC goes t o sleep!. ICEIS-600 last MM l a t e j IWU-1530 ET/LX .3/18 1:55, I B ~ - 1 5 4 0 ET[C/V m 3/18. 011 yea, I h e a r d ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 4 2 0 Johlson City, Tex. but have no . l i s t i n g cn t h i s one. CKIJX-1130 BC L&C before im1Wf c / 011' CC @ 3 :O5 PN 3/18. rile fun about r~oving every year or s o is t h a t YOU t o S t m " t a l l over! ' A s tllej say i n Marshall, KO. IQMO - g n d l y &use $@re p e n ! Because Ernie '2 fingers gett ing cool, h i . \Jelcor.le t o Jg.res A? Daley Jr. Oh yest You ever colisider a "s~lul tenecue l is tening" plus exchange of d e t a i l s ~.r/another URCer? Truax, Squibb & Fisi'i at it again.

.99k /Ez@k%~l,=,$z!,c%?& >sk~c&~gc, : / ~ ~ ~ / B ~ C % ~ L ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ E ~ T Q ~ ~ / : ~ Q % / 37eed.less t o say, Doll lCa~.key s "ldashingto~n t o Wa~hcut " get-together 2/22-25 a con- p l e t e success, &'r.qr special thanlto t o Doll fo r the s e a t t i u e I 'w sure we a l l had.. Sane 'DX of l a t e - I llave been ~~1 l~eLI t r a t i l l g on igrsveyard.ers wjscc~e success: 2/5- KIFN-860 3:32an !?EST ~ - S S / E F , cinch after XEMO s/off. * 82/12- A Holiday, s o up l a t e r

: than Usual oil I011 - KFXO-1230 3:02m1 briefly IT/ET, KPM-1340 3:47m ET i n the clear , Wll-590 4 : 4 5 ~ 1 alrnoot l i k e a loca l for abcut 20 r.linutee, 'KcOL-960 5au I ~ / N S P ~ ~ KP,BL off 'for t r~o . Ilours - - ouly q y thi rd , ever on 960, hi! MR-1490 5 :4Oar1 ill t h e clear. 3/3- XET~T-650 7:36&1 tr/fentmt i c signal, KDEPI-1340 8:14~-n for one I D & then rapid. fad,eout. 3/4- Imi-1340 HT 2 : 3 b m weak ~/KIST. 3/11- KTIN-1280 4:09an w/talk chow ,

u / ~ m o ~ / n /~T/ I (NK. 3/1%- KUDI -1450 3 :06an ET u BOL. Apparently 'r~ailnau Ilas f i n a l - 1~ notfced. I ?lave a nailbox -as sene w r i e s a r e t r i ck l ing %I - KRBC-1470 v/f, KOOL- '

$0 v/q, I(GV~-630 v / ~ , KAIR-1490 KPRK-1340 KPSA-1540 KGHC-1560 f/pp, KEl!i~-1340. TO- ta ls , nor? 709/453. .I hope very much t o nake it t o ~ADland.-o/Labor Day & renerlber as they Say i n Jackson, Va: IEIG - vest S~acrmento @ @eat - f o r the 1969 Convention!

>A?l~ns~9~Qht6tl~~.treet,=~en~.o,t,a_~_~, I& 1 ) ~ ~3-33mk , A l i t t l e DX received, here w/folloqing heard, since last Muoe. 3/3- W A K S - ~ ~ ~ O t e s t . VJYDJX-1550 For second, report. 3 /4- I ,JABJ-~~* L&C 1 :4~-2 s /off . 3 /5- ICNAB-1140 U / I ~ V A SSS. 3 /12- I(FIL-~C~O-L&C, ZSS. Otliera unn are I~IO-1290 s/off lar.1, E,OII @ 5. ~ I X H - 1130 s/off 2an. 3/10- KZPW-1.220 ~ / C & T T 1-1:4~. CKTMq30 s/off 2an. K O A - ~ ~ O &/off e 2. W3R-lh60 ET/LIX 2: 25-2:40. \~FJ-15&0 ' r /c -n 2:30-2;45. KADL-1270 TT 3 -3: 15. 3/l2- TdK@TX-l210 s/on 6, off 6:45pr.1. IIW~-1380 s/off 6: 55131, CHAB-OO~ s /off 2:05. T~'1550 2:10 on, no'voice. 3/13- TT/rx-1500 1:30-1:43, no voice.' TT-1760 2:28 011. TT-1550 1:10- FMHY-1440 sJ/off 2. TI'-1570, LE C/TT, 1-1: 15. 3/17. ,\,BRC-$O .S /off SM 1 :55 * TT-1110 2-2:19, posa ibu KEOR Okla. Veries f o r Parcll: KBZB-920 1 4 ~ ~ ~ - 1 4 9 0 M -1140 NAKS-11160 XY3JX-15 50 *CHSC-l220.CJLR-1060 - ~ ~ / r r record i n FF, hi; Does alwcne have v/s Yor YSF-840 \ic1~-1560 m ~ - 1 2 7 0 iQJLV-1060 KALO-1250 & ltmTA-15501 H E P I

~ ~ u c l l l~&r!2er so noise begins. Best DX t o a l l , ST. LOUIS 149. . , . .

7 / f / L ? X J E W S # / - . - / March 30, 1958 x ? ~ g ~ . ~ ~ y ; g ; ; g ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ J ~ d ~ ? ~ 4 ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~ y ~ ~ . ~ y ~ ; y ~ ~ = ~ 0 ~ % % s , G ? ~ x 9 ~ 2 ~ ~ % ~ ~ ~ % ~ ~ ~ ~

Si lxe t::ir i r tile firr"ci:e I !lave rrritte:l i:: t o Murii~gc, l e t z e i - t rcduce nycelf. I su a Catholic Pr ies t ; I teac:i i;: Vil la l lov~ Prep School, a bojcl board.ing nchool bet~reen Lor 'Pxgelea axd. S m t a Barbara. I got b t e r ec t ed . 13 DXig tile S'G1 ba11d.c &cut 3 year ago - I star ted, cil t!le BCB nbcut t5 ree nc11t-l-! ago. Ny RX i o a Hall:r:&rlu~?d. H9.- lV3A7 w / ~ 70' lcng~rire run:iing N/S, acd. a three-foot loop w!lic!l I f ina l ly got t o wcrlr over t he en t i r e ECB. Gord.011 Melco:lrc article:: cn t2e loop a r e very !..elpful - keep

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tl1e1.1 ccuing. Totalc t o date: 224/34 rtat iono, 31/21 s ta tes , Recell% loggingc : 3111%- KW-1600, Lake~rood., Colo. @ 2:55ar: EST; \Z IOE-~O~O New Orleixis TT/ET @ 3:45; K C N C - ~ ~ ~ Sail Ai~toi~io @ 4: 20. On 3/15, KGA-1510 Spokane @ 2ar;. 3 /14- XERFM-660 Mexico City , 2338-3:00 a,rl. o/off; then ;iy f i r c t LA s ta t ion , Rad.io Trancnid.ia1-8~0, Xatnl, Brazil , 3:00-4:00. T1<ic e ta t iox a l r o l?ac ~Irotred. up between 3:GO acd. ~ : C O 03 3/15 al?d.-3/18; ID= nice & c lear i n Portuguese. S-4 level , s l igti t &FI frcri CKLW. 3/16- KFJZ-1270 For t \?ort!~ @ 3:55. Recei~t veriec received, a r e KGU-760 KRKO-1360 IEXI-1520 1cfi~~-lb9O & CKLb?-800. Dave Fircher ' s KNLO i c a i?ew daytiuer i n Virta, Calif . C:? loco, 3 ~ t

1390. 73 i' (14elccr1e t o t5e NRC, Fatller, m d , we !lope YOU '11 be a regular i n t!l-e:e colul-;n~. - ERC) -

,?~v/%3~~~%~=.=.56,0,~~4%&,~~~~~reel?brae~~1r;?r_l1L% ,:3?20_4, 1r1el17 >ere I a';]' w/iq f i r s t Xur-icg. I 'EI a !lig!l cc5001 student, uce an old. P!?ilco c i rca 1930, & llave been PXing for nix nontllc. Tkic KM t.rac a strange cne, w/1 ic : -1 '~- - ' ' '~~

@ 7 :04$ EST, 101~~-154.0 @ 7:43 equal ~/!c(EL, WSC-GO @ 6 2'7, WKNX-IPlO @ ti: 70 vl'Nx9

14KY-930 - EIJ fk l a l l y vent off. ,I got IjIcy U/C,?CA @ 4-:4,yali, 1irvi~-3)1Q 'I'b:YL1 I I , ' I ; I ~ ' ~ @

3: 39, I C I C ~ A - ~ ~ O TFST @ 3:30, unPD-920 @ 3 :44 w/v, nt!ler u n ~ l ~ - ) ? ~ ~ '8 3 :537 u17Tr'-930 @ 4 : j B w/hiK~l-i.reqneilcg IT, un~n-620 @ 5: 17 ~ r / c / ~ r W, help,! UnIE-1350 8 5:7? w/c/W rlx; NADC? (YOU kuct lave a1 old, logbwlr, Pavid, - w ~ C i c :low LEU?, Akrm, i.2 lOC& c / ~ +

ERC) 3/11 war 12ucl1 be t te r , 1 lmelr tile of seize of t h e e t a t i ~ n s , !li. 5JPHf.T- 1560 ( ~ a d i o Soul IIX & Infor~:ikt.ion c th t ion) , T$3NB-7COO o/oi?, KRE-1190 w/c/v rm, otll-er ancorted. gcod.iec ; I !lave a120 beell givirlg 1220 540 1050 a break. Heard.: KTm-1050 c/o" yen, I ( U P K - ~ O ~ O c/on & NX 8, KLUC-1050 @ 9. XUCI:O ~>~a.~.silt t o c t n r t n ooveuel~t t o take XE'Yoff tlle air f o r good,, Dle! .On 1220, KLIP KKI?R ICFSC KGYM.KZFE & a Mexicar?. TTeriec. of l a t e as f o l l o ~ ~ s : 1,;~k'-810 CBE-1550 1,mx-1510 1~01.:-630 WCLR-850 cent :le v/c for t h e i r Sli rr/l00 wattc - I call 't d,ecid,e w!:et:ler t o cmd it back o r l.silot, hi! WaJO-1190 KRK(uel~)0-13~0. Fine.11~ KXRX i n San Jose decid.ed, t o ~/of'f b'X nc1~7 if allyclle i n t1.e L.A.. area knowc t5e GM of KBEQ.. . . H ~ r e f s one for scce nice Eastern or Mid.-West DXer. lr,!I:o c / a z @ 7: 1 6 8 ~ ell 12201 Heard. t a i l end. of SSB, then 1l11at ecul~ded. l i k e W R . KOFO? K G ~ ? KVLL? KZEE? KJAN? KOUR? KBBI? K Z I ~ ? ICLPW? IwSA? KBCL? Well, t h6 t ' r abcut a l l B B r cow, & I ' d , lilce t o receive cone r a i l & -trad.e s/cn t ines . Unt i l next week, 73s & beet of DX. (welccne t o tile NRC t o you also, David., and we alto !?ope You '11 be a regulbs Mucer! -ERC) C-.- _A_S~~>,T,Y~LO_T O , r _ _ - _ ~ ~ j ~ 7 _OF, , ~ ~ v j : ~ i o ~ ~ : . 5 ~ s - g . 3 ~ ~ c_c_i~_ 1~9=,1_9 )7: -.YYG-I~sw.?:. ~r_9~2~-92660_5 A waru he l lo goes for th t o a l l 1:y old, bud,d,iec i n tile nRC 8: a l s o t o the new 1-ze~bere i l l

t h e rmkn. A b i ~ he l lo enpecialPj t o ye o1d.e Ed,itor Err--ie Ccoper ~~110 has typed. ny l h ~ i n g 3 2.0 Ca11y tiriec before. A1r.o t o old, crcllie Cnve Royc who l e f t Icd. ian~pol ic , f c r green pasture:: ill N.Y. T1zic r:using fi11d.c CAT nany t l i l e r frcn 11ic l a c t reporting/

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poillt, & 811 Electrc11ics Tec111iiciall TI?ird . C1ar.r (E-4) i n t he U.S. Xavy. T!?e USS Han- ccck io i n Port here at S a ~ l Fral:cicco Bay Naval Shipyards u n t i l t h e 1-1id.dle of April 8.t l~l!.lick t ir ie t r i l l be c ru i r ing up & d.01~11 tile Cal. coastl ine. The Hacccck is a I:u,ye. at thc!r-a. ir~raft c a r r i e r & i r leaded. w/r:ultitid.eo of e lect rcnic equipuent 1JlliCh 1 re- pa i r 8: naintaiil. Equipcleut b ~ c k 11cr.e is a 160 f longwire r l j c n i ~ ? ~ N/S, a v e r ~ g i n g 10 ' 3.bove the ground.. T!lio feeds a pre-aiiplifier-preoelector i r i n g a c ~ r c c d e c i r c u i t (one of %lie l a s t piecec of vacuu~:-tube equipmnt I ever d,ecieiied.) wl?ic!l feeds n Its- tionb.1 NC-2CD RX ~71:'icl: !lac. qu i te good, oelioitivity & c,electivity, cne RF z t ~ g e & two IE' stages w/a c ryc ta l I F f i l t e r . Oiie of riy prinary pieces of equipcent, a T-16~0 Wolleilc~k Tepe Record.er, is d.efective & i s eked. t o be replaced. in l a t e 1970 W / R new (& P P O ~ R ~ ~ Y q ~ i t e expe~lcive) Aripex, R ~ j a l , Eagnecord,, or Sony. Ky t o t a l s a r e 45 s t a t e s , s i x provii~ces verif ied. ( a l l a r e d.efinit4 -veriec ; Rer~aini:-,g t o be veried. a r e . jCNfld., *ITS, *PM *BC V t . *Id.. *Haw. Ore *Nev. (*a heard.). U ~ t i l T succeed. i n ver ie- lag' t!le rer!ai:?d.er, I ?11 probably ?lot d,evot e tco nucll t i r ~ e t o the ir-,terizaticn~l scene. Totals. heard, co lcnger counted, aince a f t e r tlze 1,COO l-~arlr keeping record, becaue t oo d . i f f i cu l t . ' Verier- t o t a l abcut 170 (no f igures 011 11a1:d. here) I::cid.er.tally, r . ~ ~ a , t nade

o ygJqA;~~yy~ t : . l e Euec TIT r t I i i i~g c ee y cu ~ ~ f a ~ ? $ ~ i ~ I s oou. tllcugl $eef d%;ke8.k%, i?@a$? Muse nn a &E%r.! )

Mwck .30, 1966 b >&L JJS&cL P 3 g ~ 2 s ; ~ ~ 4 3 ~ ~ , ~ f l ~ 0 , ~ ~ ~ a ; V , ~ ~ s / ~ q e , ~ ~ ~ ~ b ~ ~ ~ ,;!:??$>~~&,53&.?:?:~~?~~?~

Jn t 1 . i ~ locatif i l I !lad, no proble~l w / ~ ~ ~ ~ l . c ta t io i :~ f~fiL1 Hartford. 1fp0~-1410

recu la r fror: SSS 011, especial ly daricg Aurora. FDEC-1360 i n 3.1 8~ out Fr/:20 regu1ari- t y . ~ 0 - t ~ a r e rr. \@OP i s NSP & off ( ?? -~Rc) \,DKC r /off l:.z20 W C C C - l S O lists

6.C. 5cC-v~. D. T:e f i r z t t s ~ o present no probler; t k e E. WPOP seem t o puck c1gm.1 t o Mirjsfest on occasions a l t hou~ l l G ~ N G is t ye r e t a cecn it UP. Providel;ce R1, off err WAX-7% jilc~r occac io~~a l ly u / \ p ~ ~ ~ ; WIm-; 290 1r/P1~-rr, 5 / ~ r w , & WJm-9Z0 %lr

'There tl:ree r.ee:-; t o be coui.-la~~t >.ere but jever ccl~sictai l t , IbJJAR ceeric beck for die- &.ke \fl-:ile r;JICE loo l ;~ be t t e r fo r r!lort Ilaulc: & ~012s istaizcy. &!ler~ l isted.: \'mIM-llsO llnr. D i r Su;:der pocr ib i l i ty . A 50klhr. D wml-990 is l i s t ed . but prob~blY bea~3ed.N Or

N & I d.011 't ioiori i f on t h e air; (T?+~JT ere , Paul, & ceeu t o bean ~ J / S E -mc) (seldci1 kemd here & irea2r o n Cape Cod. -ERC) bPRC-630 5k1,r. & mIB-1220 1 kw.D a r e SSS "lort

skip porcible. Bosto:: Marc. preseats eyjlens pocc i b i l i t i e c . WBZ-1030 c l e a r c!lannel' ~~~JIEX-1510 rul:c t a l k prograr: Px r:ixirlg iTf i !~~c . T , ~ D H - ~ ~ O 50ktr. i r c c c a c i o ~ a l ~ 5eard, here but be6r:ed appareatly N. WO-680 501~~7. rr AN heard, here 011 Aurora lr/~ood. "go Ilals . 'v/CCP-1150 ~ / L & c "JX sere1;s.d.e ". ITmI-590 I r /~y ]e r i ca~ Air l ines I.&C prograc, I--e~~.rd ranely >ere. c).t>erc li:,ted,: 1 ~ ~ ~ - 1 2 6 0 5k~T. , I ~ ~ L D - ~ O ~ O lirw. D (w~lic!l lade it he re c:we), T.!RYT-950 5112. D (a lso olle til:le here). You Bostal f e l l e m r e a l l y have 3 X t!?ic week broug!lt R few odds & el:ds, 3/10- WJBX-1600 off, 1: 50813. 3111- lJPnY- 12'~o 4:35bil ~/I!Tx. I@ /MAB of l a c t ~reelc i s CIROK n/fin( prograi-I. I i:ust be F c l ; t ' i l l ~ ""llile. (sure it 's 30t WCHB, p ~ u l ? ~ R C ) 3/111.- ~ J ~ ~ ' J C ~ O O f / C 3:35 U / C I I ~ ~ : L - ~12k it' re.gul6.r. CB.1 plpyi,i: Orl.enknl-::x 1 p: ~.y,,:~, 1980. ~~11jy-1550 HI f : ?li-*l I ; C'*1NT-2^80 2 a ~ fi1 EE. 560, UIIID f /c 2: 27-3 :30 & 02, nol-L-ct~p; 110 I D S . 3/1~5- V ~ ~ I ~ C - J - ? ~ ~ c / O f f

an- RIID 111 nl:o~r ~ ] + O Q , prr~y,b.b~ WICK. 3/li;- \.qs~r,-$180 1: r;w-;, good, l e v e l ' & rcu:ld,ed. 3s liCT\l TT/T%, NX, 1550, 1Gp!l, u /L-BE voice l u l l . 011 3 /14 a very ?reek f/c-155' 23 e . ~ a pocstblk KCHN but.110 ID & r : i ~~m took care of it. 3/16- Happy S t . pa t ' s Day* I doubt i f I can bake ?@1~3/18 due t o ek r l~ r appoil~ttr:e~ltc. No WAICX d u e

,xve . < , A / cb.x-1 ,,- GOY' ~,-.: . - 516 FJJckoqL.goj~.o~?- - - St , T!F!I~?, M!r.e@~1?5. -_ 63122, A b i t of DX t o Feport no I guest i t ' s t i ~ l e fo r a Muting. 2/24- T,J?YEI-~~~CO Telxl. @ 1: 22x1 w/a ~ove-I:I. 2/25- GMOI-I-111.50 Blio C/off @ 1:02x:. YM 314 - A f z i l u r e , except f o r TDF:F'-1370 Te~n . @ 9 :01 n/ct:;. 3/5- ~XT-990 FraJr o / ~ ~ ~ @ 8:02-8: 17~1:: fi!?ally d.efin- i t e l y lo,gged.. KM 3 /11- K N D K - ~ C ~ O ND TEST 12 wel l d.ecpite t h e B i g Three ( I C ~ ~ L D / ~ J ~ C / I+JKLC) I s l e p t tllrcug!~ t!:e TEST ee,r lfer t h i s cea.c.011 f r sn t!len. .3/14- Nev ~'MCL-1060 McLeai~cboro, 111. noted, cn RS w/a good, s i gna l fo r 2 5 ~ ~ . PM 3/18- Two t e c t e r c were cn

' 940 during t h e .nked, t i n e of K@C- Glle ctro;lg & t ke &tIler r e a l wealr, but no I D c heard. frcrl eit!:er oile. ar1~-1260 SD w a s ill we l l 01; t l ~ e i r TEST w/r?arc!lec f rcn 4-4.:15an, %!:ex P J N c c - ~ ~ ~ O Telni. appeared, b e g i n n i ~ g "*equel:cy r~eacurene~i t t e a t s " u n t i l they e i t he r faded. out o r l e f t t!ie a b aroulzd. 4: 22ai-1 ~ h e n KIYR was a&!: solid.. 3/19" -1410 Tex. c/off O 1:01a~? U/WD(G, WLC-1470 La. U / Q ~ D f o r r / c ac per BRC Lis t . Ver- i e r a r e in fror:l XPB/IO-1300 f o r TEST, IJGJGOH-1370 v/f f o r TEST, & SS v / l frcr.: XET-990 IT/

9kY::lpic penriant'. To ta l verif ied. at 246, 1 tl?ink. A big THPNKS t o HQ f o r t he g rea t LA Veriec Lict ar-!ong other t1:ingc r e c e ~ ~ t l y vrliick !?eve cade DX NEkS t!:e ber t i n the business! 73s & ST. LCUIS -II\T t69!

4 ? ~ C ~ J ~ Jl:-?&~~1:~~:,??~~~&~~:~~;~~&~~~~~~~~g~;~~~~ I purcl-.aced. a zletr Ccri:~u:lic~tionr RX 2/7. T!le cos t .wao aroul?d, t h e $24-0 bracket & f rcn recent DX a c t i v i t ~ c prod.ucec Peaultc a s good; as tile r-ore expe~zr ive ucdels . I cn-a.wled. cut of t > e sack t o catc!l T m O - M ~ . TEST 011 2/13, tape repor t cent, ve r ie back. Pleac-: m1t curprice- t o find. WOE-14~0 Kanr. V/RS @ 4: 30. KCIB TEST !leard., UiIIl, 4:37. 3 /la- IQ~RC' TEST lleard. @ 3: 41-3 :44. I hewd r c!:ieole m i n g u /KHCs @ 4~37 , pcc.sibl;y s t i l l

but unable t o !leer due t o !?eavy QFN. I D heard, here CII 920, 4:45, 3/18 as KLVC?? Ls.2 Vegan - c a l l cllall~e f o r KRAM? Very 3ois.y NM & i-:al:er. .;le wo~:d.er i f t h e gcod. seaso:?. 1 u s &out pact. Gle:?n Hrurer, I agree w / p u 100$ on your cpicicn i n Dialog 3/2. - I !lave logged, soce 2,200 c t a t i o r ? ~ t o da te & of t!leoe, I an darn pos i t i ve I !lave Ileard. every clle. 1 w i l l 120% c~z ln ider a. r t a t i o n ao being Ile~zd. u ! l t i l Illear a p o ~ i t i v e I D or other cubc.talztia1 proof. I ca;:not r ee acting good. ti;l:e copking a c ta t i cn 's fo;.uat ir:lile oil t1:e iiext frequexcy I ':-i b l c ~ ~ i ; l ~ ~ riy c!?cu~ce t o log srnet!ling nar. T!le illy - h e r d s I ?ON ver i fy a r e Specialc and1 olily d,o thi:: i n ord.er t o aclino~rledge tI?e nta- t i o z . ' ~ effor tc ill CO-operating w/the DXers. S q v , who is t he world, i c l r ~ ~ s ~ ? ( ~ h ~ ~ is Fisc!l-er of L i~~cok l , Neb., Jce - !:ic nicpjlane fo r llil-lcelf - ERC) Tm ImsINm SECmcu LOGIC3 EmGI BETTER THIS WEEK, BOYS! h z CCULD HAW IT T ~ S WAY EV- ERY ISSUE - IF IiE GET THE TJIUSII(GS ! \,~HJ?,T SAY?

blarck 30, 1gbU J/X# .> /EJ!#SM f 1,la;rc Delgcr?zo 3 5 Svlvan Drive - Hyenmic , 1 .craC?:ucettp - 09601

//., .,//// .A,//- - / / / /J / / / / , / / / / / , ,4/-//-/- /+?>//,A./ ,/.>>..--//TL//.

H i a l l . h1l.y r e c e ~ l t voriec a r e . ~ / ~ c TTCLI \ :GsM-~~o & !!~iti-.l5C0. As for DX: 2/23, 8::.

!list o r i ca l ds.te !:ere a2 1oggb;g #l, 000 Wan f illall-y ::lade. Tile o t a t ioz: \RRV-990, ram, Va. o:: top @ 5: 59pn 2 /off. The11 GI: SM 2/25: CIISC-1220 &t. ~tra.ppi;:g S-9 GI%- ~ b . 1 ~ V/CJOC,O l\ax; F I I R E - ~ ~ ~ o Iad ... f a i r ~ . r / c / ~ @! 4 ~ 3 5 , YVB-1040 s/on Ireakly @ 5a::.

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M4 3/4- XNE-683 S-5 O 12: 59 apparently s ig l~ ing cl:, o:lly -Tk z?oted a:, EIurcpcsn CX cG:'.- t lnue t o be &:aa.tly; UOICJ-1550 Minc. 2-, t ke c l e w l:25-2:02 n/o-~f tha~zkz t o early -T r / o f r of CZc'li:. U I C I C - ~ ~ C O Pa. HI & I D (3 2:59. 3/13, CHOIC-1670 Cxt. DX in \ ah ice clglzal 1:25-2 o/u T.FLI r/c-r:x. M4 3/18- GiTX\T-1550 NC r / c ID u/CBE @ 12:56, KQV- ,

1410 Pa. a l l alolle ~,r/z:r 1.: 15 ao TKDIG \Tar o i l e lk . WCCJ-1220 FIR.. ZT/!X/TJ/CC 1: 22- 1: 30 & or=, cud. O/HJI(JI. KOB-770 - L J T er:d,i:lg HI @ 1: 58 for c t a t e $12 &, iyv rior.t-wmlt;e?. c t r i t ior~ ever! Recepticn of KIYXC-1410 IQo. r/c-'IT @ 2:02 :lade fo r two 3es.r s t a t e s i n a period. of fcur ~ i i l u t e s . Weird., ci:;ce it took ue 12 :>ontlls t o log t h e t110. c t a t e s $r$or t o tliene! KldY0 rmc heard, w / f a i r %6&ee.k, cigllals U/I<QV ~ / I D E every t w o !.:f!?ll tee - Ulllin KNBR-680 * MCPIO-1OCO i n vrell t l l i r AN. I J F ; B A - ~ ~ ~ o PR "R. ~ e ~ ~ i l o " L&C @ 4~13 & \dlUA-lO7O well..on t c p @ 4:32 n/on closed, out a vezy cuccec.cfu1 YDT! 73 good

J?5~q,;3~3qydEJ~3~~.L~5~~917JX5~-~~c.~9vc~3 OlxLo. - .4$5?5, Hello agaill. a l l y nesjr Ilere th io week i s a few ver ies i n & a le-L-her frcn t>.e Idach- 5,:r:gtcil at torney for t h e 114Gk grant kl New Cartle, Pa. T5ir weel: t7.e c ' , ,I 1~lfw.v i ~ % l l

zlpply for ' c a l l ' l e t t e r c ~;JBZY. - ~ y lair, c a l l l e t t e r appIj~ce:t.ic;r?r r:urt be i:!e.-i 1 cJ, 7

811 a t a t i o ~ ~ $ zlanagers 511 a 50-nile radiuc before c a l l can be ~t~ppr.>ved.. G"c1el. c-ba- d G i o n m A.c have tl-e ris!~t t o oppose c a l l l e t t e r , y r ~ l i t s ii; they f e e l they r1ir;ll.t be i-lis- 1ead.ing ( i . e. s imilar t o already eotablicl~ed. callc- i n tlle area) . ,For e x ~ l - p l e t l">qICT w ~ u l d u ' t a.ppreciate a~lotlles s t a t i on ill t h e :~s.rl:et w/t!le c a l l \jIIOZ-) for i :~~- t~ l lcem ~ / 1 i l i froc: l*,NT CFTJ & UDEB. LDEB cay- they a r e ~ o ~ r cn ES 011 1:ilOh kith be;w~ 1/12 /68, s8,id t!le t e s t I Ileard. (1;10-1:35 3/13) wac an f / c . Joe Fela, p l ~ 3 c . e : ~ o - ~ e ; used.

& TT; - d.011 !t lalo~,r if f /c t r i l l a l~rayr be t l l is long. A ~ : i l l i c n -tlzanh:, t o a l l NRCerc sel:d.i~:z i n t k e l i o t o .of' t1:eir unverified, repcetc f o r t he ANARC Cr1'-nittee; got a of feu. A l l i n fo on t l l i r nevr branc:~ of t 5 e Cclrlittee being sent t o JAC. Recellt per; oollal v i s i t bu Fred. Turverey r~ho co~~d.ucted, t h e GRAJ TEST reveals good, pcccibi l i - tjr of a ~ o t l l e r TEST rrcut~d. Easter vacation on an b3.I inctead, of Tue2d.a~ a:: the l a s t

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was Thej goi; iilto Ca~lada 011 t!le l a s t TEST co eveqrbcdy give a l i c t e l l ti!len the f r e - quency r . r i l l k c nal?Jr t il-lee c learer . Date 8: illfo l a t e r - they send, a very a t5ract ive v/ l . P C r e s u l t s here so- fa r : Six TESTr fo r e ight requeetc or 75$* 7 3 ~ . 8e. ,Good. D%-

Wllere i s Dicl,: Cooper? PS- Wptch fo r a r ad i ca l for;:& c!la!lge a t l,,qiC. Their EeIr ingo a r e out, & , t o . be l.;iild., t!ley a r e t e r r i b l e . R u ~ o r i a an a l l - F I X o p e r a t i c l ~ ~ Lo- c a l NRCer ves Boyd,, juct recoverin2 frcrl 9. bad.137 broken a rn is noyr d.oln1 wi'b11 pneul:lcI1- ?-a7 f o r t u l l ~ t e l y a li,g!lt cere & t h e 1 ! ~ q r " i s feel ing yuck b e t t e r IIGTT. TCO rluc!: " ~ J i l d .

l i v i ~ l g , " Wea? , /$q?J<:,ygg~~/7,gQ~~- Q&.<.

DX ccarve fo r ne; but 1 guess 1'11 curvive. 2/18- C : G K V - ~ ~ ~ O Ckarlerton Wa. heard. @ n can, 2/l9- \?l!RI1-1~~~0 Hagers.t oxm, Fd.. keard, @ - 1: ~bai'l, J I E C ~ J - ~ ~ ~ O Dc~~agiac TEST heard. roughly t!lrcu@. k!cHB-1440 AN @ 1:20a2. 2/21- WCEF-1050 Pnrlresr.burg, Eva. Ileard. at *

7 : 29ar1. 2/25- IEHA-1580 C!iarles City 11a. Zleard. 63 6:45pn s /off . 3 /13- l~PTl~7-1570 -.P1- qua, 0. heard. O 6: k4pn w/ofr". ~ $ @ x Veries: HCE\,12-995, eloo per.na~?t. v / l ea f le t -ZG. v / ~ KFJZ YIBJN \IPIN-CM, calend.ar notebook. \l?PW c&id, rxy t ape repor t was t he f i r a t t!?ey have received,. .Totalc 470/102, 36/35, 5/2< 19/6. I ~rcu ld l i k e ccr!e SC traclerc t o mite ze, OK? RX- HA-7C0, antenna 75 LVJ, b2-' loop. Q'IH - 1Xlive cutoide of Ce - Zott , i n suburb. 73s t o you'all.

J ~ ~ L C ! - ~ . T ~ . - Y J @Ts7:J~EYd 3?&$~M:l~~y~~~3-j$~g~y$~yy:J$%36~ Greetings all, Trcuz 110-no land.. DX c t i l l d.ogging a l c ~ ~ g .i,r/bad. war$ rked, &'.frequent bad. CX on t!:e band.. Late ver ies would, be v / ~ - TNL ( c t ~ t e #24) WATE. v/l- \TACK.

, Cuban 02 635 ccr-.ling '1n !>ere @ 3:30pl:!, a l s o xoted. by J5:: N ~ 1 1 - aiiybody e l s e? A t lor[ last, a new RX !]me - antique (a1:lost) H a 1 1 SX-28. Se lec t iv i ty is r ea l l y beau t i fu l , Tota ls now 170/65, 25/24 states. , 5/5 province^, 6/5 cou~trie::. Fish: I ::uc!~o l i k e Your cil:lultaz~.eoue lo@@il?g i d s a cn- a regular basic. Jp!lmnn: Plaill paper .;lir;eo llote beats t? le !ieck cut of !?cne at a3.1. I t ' s not leat tit f o r d.ecoraticn, you Imovr, B i l l Rzczko: Ic :lost 1 : ; e d . i ~ ~ narlret areas AN f a c i l i t y ca:l pay Tor itreif paly t i r ~ e c over. Increased. AT( a c t i v i t y increarec c!~annelellge! 0!1 l,rell, j u s t becsuse I too lazy t o get i? touc!! ii/everybody, I Id , be t t e r not take up t h i s space. So, 'il~e ucunl 732, au reeevoir (cic!) & l e t ls ?USE!

e;rtrer:ely elow d u e :!y co l l ege trcrklcad at- U. of Nd. Hc?irver, t l l e re beell

cqne cksnger recelltt)3i in t>e f o r ~ a t s of s e v e r a l 01' s L i t 5 0 l ~ i i n t!?c ndarbgr WAC!'-

51~gtq2, CC Metropolitwl area, & I ~&cug>t 1 ivould k ' o m ycu of tkex. F i r . - t of

jjTJS'I-112G 112 Bet!leoda, Md. i c now a i rb2g "all. Soul & R&B" nx f0rLB-t every f r ~ : s u w i s d e till cu:?cet m c e p t cn Sunday; i~!.,e:? nos t ly r e l i g i o u ~ - t y P e Pro@'aus are prece~~ked.. WT.JSTln t o p DJ u/t:lic nekr f o p ~ ~ t i o Berry Ric!:ards, vA:o l?RC t!le unique t i t l e , Ii1l:e fattest tcy1,q.e ullder t h e sun, 'I Barry is w e l l kno~~m t o a l l r a d i o 1izteng ec i n t h i c a rea , & -in t:le p a s t arorl<ed, a t t!,e fo l l cwi rg c ta t ionc: , ~ ~ r ~ - 1 5 4 0 1 ~ - e ~ ~ ~ ~ , Ed.. ; Im4C-1150 Gaitl~ercburg-, Md,. ; C[ITH-l2QO B a l t i r o r e ; MMTD-1340 A t l a s t i c City ; brfgE-810 P.~x:ap 012s ; W P X I ( - ~ ~ ~ O hlnapolin ; ~ 1 1 \ ~ - ~ 6 0 0 Rockvil le Md. & WST

P r e Z ~ l ~ t l y i r , el:~o:lg o t h e r s ta t io l lc . Maybe w/thir : lleT,r type of YX b1aril-z out 1120, & l r / ~ ~ t - t ~ l k i n S ~ ~ i c r y a t t h e r:iI<e, ccrle of ycu w i l l a t long last be a b l e to

i n th in 250ir. d w t i e r . 111 a d , d , i t i ~ l , ~ 0 ~ - 1 4 5 0 i n 3~ llcv :lac EX 20 ninutec fil'

ter & 20 :linuten be fo re escll hcur. kid, f b a l l y , WEAM-1390 in ArlingLCl2, VS- 1s 6c- isg cKLw-t~pe ji!?c;les & :!logale ruck "kl>d, tLle bea t goes 011.. ." SO lratc!; f o r any Or al-l of t:le ~ lbove ch&ngec. I !;ave Jer ry Rmdtc co l l ege eddrecs. 1s RuSr Fd,- nu17~ds s t i l l a l i v e ? ~ ~ l l e r e is Joe Kureth tkese days? 111 regw:d, t o t!;e dues ]lJ ' 'e~

if -'re kot ta , t l l n l ue g o t t s . A f t e r al l , being a r:erlber bf tile NRC is,.? lie1 1 x : ' r I ' ' ' it J r 2 I'll i.eport age ln s e a , ;-lehopeo. 732.

2k134 M e ~ e r - 3 ) ~ gxTrj s P:! n c s - fiTc~r Rn?l~c.l_ 1 e_, N?y yorl.: - ll!@')\-,-- I tbac2 i n E t i l l :_lo l_e.vun f o r DX, hu t t?,.ilzec b-=p,re been 3 iil,l:ilrg up. Ti!(-)t.c .\E L ~ U ~ Y

b51gec !Xlp a bIJc t ' : l ~ u , + ~ . If 1 ~.c~JJ. , - - wily uce tllen f o r ctudyin,", !~.e.lf rly 3 ' t ~ ~ ' r ~ " ' . ' ' ~ G u l d . be over. Recellt DX: 3 / 4 - 3:1.\)19T:, wmrs-lsco i i / c a l t i n u c ~ ~ :x & (23s KcL ID, Ecod. c igr i~ , l . idS~&-lll.80 t y p i c a l rr f or;::at w/iflcEey Gal-;e, "~rize Po~,ie1' I ' 1: Yeard \~dsm. Pa.ti;n t o t>e w :luct be l o o ~ c ~ e good,. ~ l ~ f s p a s t lreelce~ld 1 81 Fcl :ml.aged. t o :leer KGLC 01ile. , KSL ~ t a !~ , & \:,/Dm ( K ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ci ty) & Wars C!:arlcctoil, N V ~ . ~ ~ / l u c l c

t h a t l r 7 i l l a d d t? ' :ree llerr c t e t e c to : :Y ve r i f i ed , l i s t , a l l f o r t V 0 lligllt '2 i ~ ~ r ~ ~ * "Y record oiilce 1/1 f o r a l l US & Cp:-.fi,fie.-je.,lr i c c t i l l 1 ~ 0 % verf f ied . (w /o l l l~ recent ollec (ttio ireelcc o r l e s s ) c t i l l cu t . >v luck v / ~ + ~ e ~ i c a n s i s l i i l i t e d t o mG & XEDM* Ver ier : CFCO v / ~ , \.,TIEIT v / l of r o r t a . - ~ r o t l l e r ~ a l l r ep recen t FM e f f o r t s but a l l represe l l t JM p o c s i h i l i h i e n , too: CHSC-FI~ cl-eckad, ;iy by i - l , i e t~ tke~ i t ' s a %.12d: Ca.lldy A l l Purpose WL), e t c . ~ h ~ r i ~ ~ ~ vace t ion t l l in co r~ ing weelr, I chculd g e t roue dece:lt DXiW in (coci:ig-in at 3a1:: from d a t e r kelp:! a l o t ) .

J<?EN.,,Y%~e4,: ,QQ47 ,P?r$4wr&o_qIr. ~ y i v e ~ - ?g$'l.ecge, M3~?191~d , : : zQ~C~-- H i everybody. S ince lack r e p o r t t k e c c have bee11 our ne\r ve r i ec : h:MCL K.;C'C;IC ls*'Davf CmX CJBq KLTR WKJR \dYN3 IJTIV WSPF C W j KblPC WKPA WIup l,]I(r.iLK I,JFL CJLR kmS LJSOK mIZ KOFO KEiBC \*$1"Pik XDEJ7 KFMO IAICE T!,flUC (u. of Md.. s,tati012) IfjSM WABJ KI!'JdIO & DISC t o b r i n g our M n q r l d - 0 1 v e r i e s yp t o 1,359/480 c t a t i o n s , 40/49 c t a t e c , 10/ lo pro- v i l l c e ~ , plus 13 f ore ia v e r i e c . T!le r t a t i o l l t o t a l is f o r U.S . & Cmada cnly m I l l i s al2.0 d.oec not ir7clud.e r cue 125 of 250 BCB/TV v e r i e c dentrcyed. by f i r e last Decei-;ber. n o t t c o !:~uc:l DX of l a t e bu t a f t e r logging 4(1~1-1550'c c/off c 3an on 3/9 we ::ad all a k ' : o ~ t d e f i l l i t e 403 a,lt!~cug!l t h e QmI was p r e t t y !leavy. Tlley peaked, around. 4:15an bd. Irere s t - i l l t o o ~~Jealc to p o s i t i v e l y ID. m ~ - 1 5 1 0 w a s ccl::icg i n a t t!:e car!e tk:!e f o r t h e i r t h i r d I l k b l e ~ e p p e e r a ~ i c e !?ere; 73. lad t o see you back agaf.5, ~e f f ' ! -WC)

Y G . , t . P ~ ~ : ? s ~ S ~ - G I ~ I ~ - : , ~ ? ? A & ~ H i . DX T,?Q? a r ea l ~ ~ a o ? ? o u t GI] .PM 3/18 t ~ / : l o t l : ~ l ~ nesq keard.. I d.id note GIIEG & WIIITG off bu t , 011 tile sad , s i d e , KQY-1410 rfao PN NM, l e t ' r :ope it 'r ju r t ccce! NM 3/11 brcugkt WCAZ-930 f / c 1:23-1:3Car; s /of f s . r / T I . & I D , r e a l l y took c a r e of K E G ; REII-15: 2: 3 0 ~ 2 : 43ai w/cel:;i-cl r.x & :lice s i ~ ~ l a l , KNX-1070 .2:45-j : 01al-: FINALLY reported., si!d, XEm-logO 3: 24-3: 32au rr/very s t r o n g S ~ ~ I I A ~ . v/1- \ Q D I C - ~ ~ ~ O l tTIIC-~30 (y~l?d .er fu l Y.iilgc. @.ppen i n gelaware) & WKYB-1000. v/f - WMO-13CO-TEST. ~ / C l j l : lJGCIH-1370-TEST, I '11 be f ~ ~ - 4 ALrA.ed. PI, acll00f i n two nol~t!?s, then probably t o worlr & I '!..I t r y i i i g a t lfJJ!4S, I!JIC, WEEZ, \NR, T~JBR-FM, o r 8.11y Zltl~er t!lizlgr, ever: g o r v e t t e 'c, !li! I d.011 't know abcut IvVCH collce t'.le co1?ditici1c i?ererlt t co good. a t t h e ctnticl:. - GFN: Tile cpur 011 6 6 ~ i c even t h e r e TT/\JCAU off! Tl?e Pause t!:at Cepreseec- Dep't: 3;1t?14~-1380 !-as coved. i l l t o new r tud io r ii; a p lace ca l led . Mcuilt Cuba, 0utcid.e of \ / J i l c i n @ ~ n , 011 t!?e lligllect poi~1-t i n Celawsre. T!!ey !lave j u r t s o t t e r ~ a LETT PD, too, Bob Holland.. You nig!?t try a M r . Foger Holii~ec i f you fvould. ~ ~ r a i ~ t 8 v / l , Ile s e n t tllerl when he \;an PD llot s o lciig ago & he 'c s t i l l i~i-t!~ IaTP1liS, A Rollinc. o- ta t ion who al2.o o~.~i l WXJR. to it f o r tl1-i~ t i~ : e ,72

Msrch j ~ , 1 y b ~ - r r r ~ ~ D X NEW,S> 9 ~ l e ! b . H$ucer - ?OSJ 11 N. I: ' Box 4fG35 - Albuauerau~. l T ~ i j r Mexico - 87106 /////a /.. ,-,A r T /-,/ /Z//-/-//> //// ~/,///./4/4~~/d4/4~/" / d d /# / / /d / /AJd/d/ - - /*

Finally, s ccupilati& of a l l the xon-lccal BCB 5arno~lics I !lave observed.. Catec a.re i n t he ~ o ~ i c a l ~ ~ / ; . i o ~ l t ! , / ~ e a r oyotel:!. 1106~=158~x7, Z C I d Her::loc i l l o , Soml. iil

Albuq 5 /3/67 @ 4'40-5: 50-n tuneout; very d.istorted. w/plzone-in request:: & fiel?-i;.i~l-io of " ~ a . ~ i . ~ a l Agricola. " Able t o // w/fundanental dvriug l a t e r cinutec . 5700:1114.0~5,

XORC Millera1 \Jells, T:; i?: Enid. OK 12/27/66 O l:20pci ra/l.ifeline; Texas S ta te Net @ 1: 55, ICLPR l o c a l on Tund.; report unanswered.. 56~0=14~0x4, KREO 1nd.io 7/4/67 @ 8: 3 7 3 ~ i n SS, heare ill Albuq,. CE Glen Kippel c q r . a l so heard. by FCC ::!o~:itors i n LLver~.lore PC FAA i n Sail F$Yancinco (uzing 5604) ; eoti~lated. power, 51i, t r ap inztalled, but heard. ogair: 3/9/68 c 12:38ar.1 i r i -EE TI/ "KREo Inforuaticn. " 4680~1560x3, \BCL Bolivar, izz St . Louie, 1/26/64 o 8:19-8:17; ID 8:14. 4200=1400x3, m~ ~ e l t a ' c o . , 3/23/67 i n -41- buq 8 8:50 ss/c/w; N u t u a l FA 3an, I D 9:29, Ileard, once since. 4140=13€?0x3, KFLJ I d d - enburg Co., 12/18/66 i u Albuq. 8 llar: W/SM chnrcll s e r k k c ~ , plus ol;ce siilce. 3160- 1580x2, XEGM Hernoelllo, i n Albuq 12/30/67 @ l2:25au w/~ew Year greet & Nogales ad.. 2S00=1450x2, XEEJ Magdalena, Soil., tenta t ive , 12/29/67 in Albuq @ 8: 25an vr/fast NST ' TC, covered. 8:37 by Mexican two-r~ray Ql3I; KTZY l oca l on fund.. 2860=1G30x2, ICSI A m - ora Co., i11 Albuq 1/28/67 *@ 8:40an sr/~el:ver-oriented, progray-1s ; 2e~0=1400x2, AFPR ~3.I~r.l0lld., 111 Enid. 12/31/63-1/i/64 Q 11: 5C~n-12:03 s/off. 2'j'30=910x3, 'KALL Sa l t Ln.lie City i n Albuq 1/29/67 8 8 2 7 ~ / A B C Reports & "cal l" I D @ 8:29. %€?0=1340x2, KTXL Sac kncelo, TX i n OICC 11/9/66 ~r/pcw'erful c ignal 8: 10-10 : 09pi:l. 2611 0=3-.?20x2, XERJ, La. EJ, ldazatlan, Sill. , 1/29/67 in Albuq tr/Mexicall r:x pra:!oc 8: 33a.1::. 2560=7 ?90~2, ;\'C1 '(' He:ld.ers.on, 10/29/66 @ o/off 7:57p, Battle Hynn Republic, & off 8:02 $R~~:T? ::!Brice phone s ta toon CRJ-2558 ~ancoQver; alco'audible on fund, but buried. i n Qi:b1* 211n0~1-240 X2, KAVE Carlcbad,, 134, 10/10/67 @ 7:30-7: 58~1.1 w/l6cal fol?u!-:hers, i n Albuq- Also KCCR Pierre , S D 18/25/66 @cl2:5Oar.l TT/M in mlid,. 23~O=llr;@x-2, CIM B~-a l ;Am, b'!ml. 10/23/60 w/cl ux 7:55-9:05p1:1 il l OKC. 2200=llC@x2, YNQ Ls. Voz d e l a Victoria, I,!~:?aC'ua, 12/24/ 66 i n &id;@ 11:35pn W/ICC & freqde??t TCs. . Again 3/20/67 Albuq @ 9 : 3 5 ~ ~ W/I& , $ TCk & po . 2020=1010x2, mDX Ellselleda BCN, 12/25/66 i:l Enid. @ 2:kO ~ r / ~ ! : r i ~ , t i : : a ~ ox. Again 3 /?9/67 i i Albuq- W/ID as "~~d ioce : l t r o DX" & ~ a r i e d a d e c " @? 12: 50-2: 15. Thic eliould. give you ail i d & of v!!at c m be d.ol:e by frequellt & careful tullillga 1 llope ;]ally w i l l t r y ~~in~~,!harnanics I l e t ne lrilcw trllat you ptck up! T!:a~llre. 73

J 2 g q ~ e , G ) ~ ~ q . ~ 7 ,P,?x__ 69_,-- .~g~u_~~4a,~~g~9~_5I, ,=.6,5~0_5~ Well, here I as.1 aga i :~ w l a mu sin^.- S o r q I have not sellt r?ore i:1 t h i s seacon .to t h i e co lor fu l cectioll. Not a great of DXing dclle !lere so f a r t k i c :.lonth. Last ti::!e I did. ally van on IQ4 3/11 but very l i t z l e =tt tl:at. T!ie QFPT tras 1!ig-11 r o ldd.irl:itt stay Up to0 long; 0111y- heard, KSSS-740 a-fter C;BL s/off @ 1: 10. Back Gn 37%: b7JP.S-1320 Pa, 1: - 6 KUDU-1590 Calif. 2612, van heard, U/I!JAKR nost of t!le t i ce . KF.f~-580 Calif . 2:30 w/9.5~1 frou KfBVl-HI. IWS-1190 Ariz.. !leard, tee. t ing @ 2:49. CX srere good. ill a l l d i r - ec t io~in tha t f~or11ii3g rfli!lic!l i c a l i t t l e unusual. February war- a good, ncnt!l 5ere 9/38 new ebatione add.ed, t o tile log & 25 veries. Also heard. K I L T - ~ ~ O back i n Feb. for t l ~ e f i r s t as. Walt B, Bid.; I guenn I was not tryilig hard, enough. DX fo r 2/@6,11~:- KCLS-600 Ariz. 1:05; WRrJF-1600 Fla. Pa11 s /off; IQ~I-1430 Calif. 4:30a::, R. Jauaica- 550 '1/011 @ 4:45; CHCGl39O Ont., 5x1. I wculd. lilre t o cee ms:e of the s t a t e a f t e r t k e c a l l l e t t e r s - & f requ~ncy, r:ore co 0114 t h e cnes llot heard. -too often. 1% sure rakes it a lcrt eas ier i n nore l a y o t l ~ a i ~ one. Beclr on t h e weel;end. of 3/9 I !md. 8, good. til.le over a t Bruce Reyiioldc ' place. T!?ankc again. Well, tIl.at 'c it f o r th in t i ne , I hope t o send. i l l anot!?er cne before the year i s over with, I i i , Az they ray iu McAlecter, Gkla., "KTMc. " u ~ e e p g103e PJucings scuicg" t o good. ole ERC!

,Qru_ce -.3?~n?lflg_= ,?$u_te -2 --.\2g?sel_lrbljrIT f~~~9s,cu_r~l:,$$Q~~/ I a11:lost forgot t o ?!!use tli!lis week - I hope the c a i k ~ a n canes thrcugil & - g e t s it there O i l t ine! (111 Monday 3/25 -ERC) Qui te a b i t t o report this-veelr: 3117- Cuban & HCWL'2 R. Crir t a l , were figZ~tin$ it 'out cn 870 arouiid. 4: 30an, *ICTAR-620 logged. x . r / H I , loopini; out IJS~TT/CI<CI< @ 5:33ai!, KLIC-1230 r<r/c/w @ 6: 52ar.1, NSPX-1230 @? 6: 59ari $/on, & GST-129 O 7:05sn. SSS brcug1:t 111 IJK~C-lC80 O 7 ~ n s/off . M4 3/18 had. WETC-5)i-0 ISTing w / r x & TT no'st o f tile corning, XNRC-340 T ~ S T pu-L' i n two pa r t i a l l y readable I D S & TT tl:rcup!r in tense \JINz/IGIc;s Q514. Also, I?YLD & KIOA were t e s t i ng a t t ines . Te~l ta t ive 011 KCAP- 1340 DX, ac TT heard tl!rough recs, KWYR L&C ii/l:iarcli 6 c/w i:m on 1260. Also, jus t ac I tuized, iz? , IfTIJCO-war :lust e~iding an El?, 4:nrOau. (No51 I call apply f o r an HAC aTm.rd, - 'Qeard. a l l ~ 5 a t t a n o o ~ a ' t h a t i c , h i ) . TIlen going ,back tip t o 1340, NGm r / c w c l i k e t k a t provcrbis.1 toll of bricks, b:45-4:55an. 3/20- 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 4 0 0 Greellville, Tcx, atop frcs.~ 7:42-8:01p;1, very inucual. 01: 3/22 i61JBC-1230 was noted F 7:39~2. 3/23- (p.10)

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(9ruce ReYnoldo) ~ . , 5 ~ - 1 2 6 0 E? 7: 1Pm tl~rcugll ;luc!l VII, 8-kCBL-1250 u /bESN @ 7 :43an* \li3yi_es piclied up a b i t : v / l (one-;ker) frcr: mQ, \IRTH-CI,T, F!RL&7-a4 jfmp \ f f ~ ~ ~ & I,qspnf T-P i4rST. fro!:^ \,ITIFF, & v/c f'rors. ISST. :;STt:: card, is a pictu2-e of t h e i r build.iil6, 0x6 of the nost ;loder~l & bmut i fu l tl:at I 've seen. T!:ey c.:.al:-; t o be t he c n u radio ?-t.a.tiot_l ill t he country w/a syster.1 fo r il~lli 'r,oring ra . tc l l i te \JX' info. n ley cent al~3fZ Q %ri:lt, frou t h e i r equ ipna t , received, frcri t!le ESSA-6 s a t e l l i t e . Totals: 1,260/5e4 nta.tea 4.5 /44, p r o v b ~ c e ~ ~ - 8 / 8 , & coumtriec 30/20. 73c & good. ming. '

- ! 94e~e_~re_a0,,; 3 ~ ~ ~ , ~ 1 , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 & ~ ~ ~ ~ ; .Z.)5~9;:j;~3$Gy&5>~H:d0,2,$%~ HI-. Greetingo- *cr.i t!!e t!lree-I4uci:lg-a-year D X ~ ! Cue t o school, I cnly get t h r e e vrchti011c a year, so hence, t!ree c h a c e c t o DX. Tliir, vacaticn l ~ t s 3/7 t o 3/28. ' &t first, I'll re-introduce r ~ s e l f . I t n 14 (15 cn 3/27), !:me been DXiW for four Y e a r ? , &- a neciber of t he NRC fo r t ke pact tvo. I !lave uned, abcut t e n d.iff erent r a d x b ~ , but ra in l - use Marc If0,-129-~, =I 5-120, E? Zenitri NIT-2601, & a Utica 92-01. TCka%c w e 756 heard, Trcr.1 4 1 rts;ter, & 37 coul~tr ies . 14oat-wauted, s t a t i o n 'llere in WmN5570 (believe it. or not!), bes t d,oueotic catch ic e i t he r KQXI-1550 o r KIVYO-1410, both !~ee.rd. l a s t I f i~i t er. I 've beer? an nct ive lluo ing-reader t h i s Idinter, d.esp%*e no DX, & I got a great i d e a ! Hotr 'bout a rlet,r, cr ig inal , cclztroversy? -#l*non~f .* 30 go:' I euem no ~ 1 2 % rrould. f igllt about it. Enuf. Here >EC DX: 3/7- WCPC-940 Mi" -6:3.3 pu- 3/0- Fi?l&lly lozged, tl;e "easiect bet fo r M&bne " ( a c c o r d i ~ ~ t o ccoe) in T~FsT- ( .~ @ 5:30 s/off , k i i l e $17. 6:03pn, heard unk CES NX cn 1170, CICOV? R. ReheT.de I D llesrd. B 6:20 01; 87LI., tlley got two or t9 ree c a l l s u?at clle, no? T ~ R I C ' : ~ 6':; J 1 c . : ~ ~ f ' "

~,r/excellent cigne.1 C-7: 2BP8po, 5Okv? ~JI 3//1- ~ ; i r ~ - l l ~ h o 8/off 1:04, 101!\~-1.?3~ lZ17, XBLIQ-1580 1:54, ?ii!n~-11~.80 rr*a ~ ~ ~ s l c ; l g c o ET a 2:lr4, pccnll37c ~i(n.T-Jc:"' l!en:''i n- 381 ID- & r e %!ley J!!? 3/12- R. rL-lerjcac-1157 lleard w/h, : e ~ - , T ~ . r l i ~ rv @? 1~:3~* CEioi'- .

1070 il? t fe l l o /FPT. ;~/~?~Bc 1.:20-2. US-rr ha hjng k~ cc 650 fr0l.i ?:~(--2:~9 '@ids- ed Oat U/CU~BII . W10 war t l l i ~ ? (\.JAPE? -mc) TJAPZ - ~r-11 r t NJ, i s it? ( ~ t -mc) 3/13- ~ J O T T - ~ ~ ~ O 5:48pr;, IllTIIv-ylO 5 : 59 s/aff. 3 /18- L.T.To~ de Cuba I D 011 640 @ 12:09, ullk 011 Canada an 910 @ 12: 11, CBO? c~m1111.10 1 8 ~ s/of #', mC.T-1,020 FT/ID 1: a, KCB- 770 for 2 t a t e ;:%% @ 2an, thal1lrc t o ~ m - c - I ljac rall.in;. R l~cep t~llen !ze ~udJ.enlV - s.tarted. b l ~ ~ ~ r i n z Ilia n h d , about sorletIline! ' ~uhbn-660 i n we11 '8 2:G7. 3/2l- ~nlr-1440 2 !off 6pr-1, Celltrolled Co1712. , p r o h ~ . b l ~ ~ nuc!:-1~8,11ted, \?BIS. I : ~ T I c o - ~ ~ ~ O !~eard. @ 6 :09* I !lave gone tllrcut;!l revel1 Blnclrc of C O I I - ~ ~ C ~ so f a r - \.rculdnft m:lt t o t i p ailyclle off

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on- the t0 t s . l p o i i l t ~ so -far, but tile CX m e t e r r i b l e ! Erpecial ly f o r , fl.4OX d.cE- illatillg 1120, \JGN eve11 w/t!le Cuban, 'eve11 IdFAA O/EIJED! T:l.ingn had, be&ter illprove - see you next June. 730, go Sox, & r:ay c / \ ~ ' r ~ peris!: frcr: t h e Earth - sorry ERC, but rr i s tbps! b e p Gene, & no are t!?e METS --ERC) ,?932J%5k%;: ,I533 e_7, , J & , R , ~ ~ ~ ! ~ ~ , = , R _ ~ ~ . 23s ,. - .Jgs9ttt ~~c,~r_le~?~.qsd.Ce$%~or_gJ%-. s_956,21A

En joyable cllat W/GPN l a s t weelr due t o Don Keni:ey ' s very acceptable g i f t i.11 t he fo r r~ of a box 1 . 0 0 ~ t~hicli he brcu$:t w/l?izl w!>ile Ile prao up t!lic ITFJ.~ on bus,ii:eos. Surely worlrs grecit Do11 &, again zany ths l~ks . 1 m y even get i i l l to the foreign DX f'leld, if t!li~ lreepc, up. Receit d.or:e~tics i l~clude: 3/4- KO~-1340 Ariz. f /c-TT 2: 30-2:45, KSW: -1380 Gal. a/off B 3 t b re tu rn @ Q TT/KG&S off a b i t early, KCKA-1550 ~ a / c{n 5:33 a- t op :r;gP deep r:~ycter) otat ion, WPCN-1460 Micl:. qu i te weak but t he r e @ 5:50 w/c/rr :=, 1d~qS-1560 0. W/ID a f t e r 6$2/011. Several s t a t i cnc o /on *then but WnqS tile only cne -P cculd. ualce cut. 3/7- IQFS-920 C a l . u/o ICLCC fror.1 8:57-9~i:1 before DA cI:an~;e. 3/11- ICALI-1430 C a l . s /off O 3:32 leaving frequellcy cpel: a" KJFII again off 11'3v1 - they ::;uct !~sve-ckanged, frcri Wed.. t o f o r t h e i r off -liigl;llt. CKFH heard. t!:ereafter r . r / r r .U/HXI;,' 10:RR-lboO Mont. x,f/ore I D , a~mounced, as. f/c-TT-@ 4:24 but no r:ore heard.! 3/18- KblRC- 9)\0 Ere. f a i r l y easy ox TEST 11/1oo~ N/S, KBW-1050 & 1CC;UD-990 both X'ing arcu:id. 4, IcC.~P-1340 Mol*. . I D - 8 4: 5kJ 011 DX, alr.loc,t !:listed, a s .I \me thinlri~lg 1 4 C O a l l t!le t i ne . IPOL -1383 Hawaii easy w/KRICO looped, cut f rcn 4 : 58-5 : 15 tillich l$taped. bat?/ x"~xx'xA~x~c~-- %E~X-%@ l a t e r Ifoubd. 1 !lad, tlle volune on t he recon'der till t h e way d.ctnl so :lothing b:. a blank tape! \%7~~-810 DTY good. @ 5:4-9 as war ' i ~ ~ ~ - 6 6 0 Q 6:05 taped, botll f o r repor t s ; TdK'f-930 @ 7 ~~ /wGA. Jcoped., IcrrJ was off' a ce i i~ ; KOAN-860 Ifanc-. easy @ 7:09, KSICY-660 Tex. rellgiouc, prograrl 7:30-7:45 O/XTRFPI & about 20 Crieiltaln on LOIT end. of band.. S even ~ 6 . t one verie, a v / l fro1.1 IEXT for ,:!-5_,815. Bad. buzz back since 3/18, ru in iug - al?y other chances even, i f I 1ls.d. the t ine ; t h i s d.ue t o severa l windy dgya recent ly . I forgot soce other- catcller. 3/16- I(BPJ7-1270 Wasl:. ET wi11D @ 5:05. &, s t i l l 011 @ 5: 47. & IQJDI-127O'Hav~aii- atop sol-~eorie. ICTlDI ecundo lilre a jazz s t a t i on 8: IDc. a s "candy RS- d.20- -'I IZCO-12x0 Hax.ra?i a l so heard, often l a t e l y w/lcop a l o 1 1 ~ w/l:lany ot1:er e a s i e r f-18.- ~rai iann. KUS-1330 Ca.1. & KMPG-1520 Cal, botli !lewd. 3 /17 ua.ins loop t o c l ea r l o c a l slop. 73.

~;.lr..rcn ju lW0 D X N E W S J.L ~ . - / ~ ~ / - / ~ , ~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ . ~ ~ ~ 5 7 . 2 , ~ 4 " , ~ > r _ 0 _ ~ _ 5 4 ~ % ~ 4 ~ 3 ~ ~ , ~ _ f g330, . ,~~~_.~X,:~542,52,

Fie f e l l a n , I !::: f i c a l l y back il? t!--e DX goove! F i r s t of a l l , 1 fir:slly ::ad.e Rrranxe- r:ler!ts w/local' \,BEN-930 f o r a Speci.al DX Tert. I ki~ov by the, t h e you read, t ? i s it l s r i l l be too h t e , but lk. Maser, Do@ said -tl?e TEST w i l l include , u s i c a l nelectiollr 7

'LT a ~ d , f r e q u e x y IDS. Next cn rrg l-ic.t, a l e t t e r f r c n CHSC-1220 i n St. Cat!?el.illes 1 a.lz.0 t r i e d t o arrange a ri:.lilar TEST but no d.eal! CHSC'o CE, w?.~!lo i r Rolalzd. Brund.le, wrote t!;e f o l l ~ w i l l g i n !..is l e $ t e r t o ne "I d.o ?-lot egyee wit! l ycur netl:odo of lori;ging r , " ~ a t i ~ l l r by r.lealr of s p e c i a l DX-Tectc. 1 c!-.ould tl;ink your nenbers wculd. find. it nore c!;alleilgillg t o log z ta t iona under n o r a l brcad.cactiiig prcceed.ure. I c o n f i ~ ; 8.11 requests ~ / ~ r o ~ e r c a l l k t t e r r : & loggi l~g infori-latiai. " Rolfllld. a l s o ilzcloeed, thekr netr v / ~ , whit!: is very llice! 1% e!;o~~c t h e i r ctud.icr ti!lich a r e t h e 1- lo~t 1-.:od.er?i I ' v e ever seen. Also t!:eir v / l c:langed. so I doubt i f you '11 ever g e t m e , u~ilecn ycu r e a l l y - t r y . Not t co :::uch ~ c t i o l z rccepticn-wic'e. "11 3 /11 ~ ~ T J R - ~ ~ C ? ~ @ 12: 21611 r /off, 3 /13- WTOD-1560 @ 5: 5Bpn ~ / K Q X R , ~m-ll~lr-o @ 6:22p1:: bcr-lbing i l l

l i k e & 10ca.l at t f n e r ! Verier a r e scarce! Ollly llepr cce i s KG1.U-910 fro.: Mial-1i7 Clc- 1s. T!lir i a a 24-hour jobber! T!le ::x is rlixed. c/w w / ~ o o ~ e l type prO,?l.al-!S* Jin S c o t t Of 1.iKEVJ is leavillg t h i s weeke:;d, & is !lead,& f o r Cinci! He's. \i'SnIre, r:@rLl-

i ~ g 111~~1. 1'11 c l o s e t l l ia Mure by rq r ing H I & welca.?e t o Fatl-ter J0!-:13 Pe.iza a l l other ileta r e rhe rc ! 732 & ~ ~ a t c ! : out f o r *\,!BEIT!

,?33~,5)5>,&1>r"j,~~>5 , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & o , ~ , I J ~ w ~ . Y ~ ~ ~ , , NJJ 3 /9 DX NE\!S ca;e 3/20 & wit!: it, Boctoll Post)-:ae.ter 'c card. t h a t ry ccr-1p3*irl~t i'8(l. beell received, prorqp at tent icr?. I 1:p.d. aclred. JAC f o r all e x t r a COPY, but d id3 't s e t & 1 1 ~ & S O 0 1 1 1 ~ ~ : l i d s ~ d , tile Wm( DX. SM 3/24 lmc again "~ravelerc-Idsl:i!?~-~l?o~J I'E" but noted, a l ~ l l g f / c - ~ T by KDDA-1560 epoili;lg rn f/c-r~x by a recond. lkvr. o t a t f c ~ , 3 :=Cal:~ s /@ff. 3/23, I ;Ioted, t h e 1560er cll/ofi^ ITing t o 4:20 o f f , but !le gave no ID* *n

1430 was WIRE 8: ~r/c/ra m (hurray) wllile they !:ad, a s n ~ ~ ~ ~ s t o r r l . 3/22 I!:ad. BW-9% 3s n/off 1: 16yito r e t u ~ : @ 6az CST, TIlen I :lot& a f / c - n by W L F T - ~ ~ Z @ 1:45-1: 55 c/@ff'; tll? ~ / S S B (top & b o t t c ~ l ) f /c b~r ~5x0-1550 iqac v/ telep]lo~~le d i a l (1:e cnid.) ~ / m 2:ol" 2:14 o/off & tllell allotller static,^^ TTed, t o 2:2r( off & e i y 156Oer ::sd, Erne Ylx 8~ q u i t @ 3 Anot1:er APSer, VIAVE-nO noted.. T~er-1440 h-:41-4:49, l c r t i n I.iCTIB-?IN ( ~ i l r ~ y , ycur RTN rtatio:: 'd. g ive you o ore earn ::ere) t o Ian z/off ~ r / ~ t e v e King & no SSB used.. 1 3 0 !lad \JFBR-Md.. @ 1:22 raying "\>?erre ! ? a v i n ~ a Test Sho~w (DX) & l i k e t o hear f r t u You. " 1590 had. \JCiTC Wioc. ( ~ x - I J ~ w ) f /c-'IT 2:21-2:39; 011 1430 I l~eard . INJR TJJ FS @ 3:38 (AN?) Yer, except SF4 & I@I -WC) & 1750 is " ~ a d i o Pullto ( o r pullcto) Milluto on 9401 I !lave noted. KIOA-940 d,ofngSa 2 , i lcnt t e c t f o r 1-1s h h r c a f t e r off 1 ICS c r tile Ilalf hour c ~ l l y , crl 3/17-1%-19-20. ~n 3/18 ~ E G - 9 9 0 did, rcrle rcretry T T ' / O C ~ ~ G for

couple hcurc & I r e n t a ' " t e ~ : ~ t a t i v ~ " repor t t o ~+~c-$o-TEsT frcr; 3: 18$-3 :36$ p o ~ ' : z r i b l e , u/KIOflrr TT & I.mZ. 1 ;zoted. 51 Rad.er EG: RfiC-1550 got t!?e MfGO c a l l llcl'r &

WPTF-680 got t11e riur!~ar.~ L i fe ~ g . Service a r new cmlerc. A ~ I un/rqt (??-ERc) v/q ( l igk-t b lue cn glossy w!lite) by .CHSC-1220 ( t h e y ' r e AT(-6, off cnly Ntfc), they riuct've j u s t go t 'eul. pr i i~ ted . . v / ~ \ 8 ? ~ ~ - 1 4 5 0 , log-type ARRL fern. v/ l , W K I D - ~ ~ ~ O , t h e Hcne of Gcod Guyc, Box 8, Urbs~la, Ill. ,61801. v / ~ by KGLC-910 derk b lue G I ~ g lors /~d2i te , say2 C/V 2% !:ours.. Nice v / l KVOL-1330 ''The Happy vo;iceU, NBC, Eox 3030, W f ~ y e t t e , 16. 70501. Ny 1949 v / l rms f o r 13401s, 2 5 0 ~ ~ . CE t e l l g :.:e ~ k t r cn 1330 L-an in- l0 /66, Dl-directicnel (&ig!:t, r-jprth or $on? -ERC) , c.l<ed. i s ~qeekly 5 : 25-12: 12, SEI 6~1::-11~n: (I presurle CST), f/c ( l i s ted . ) is w/le6'c Sui::r:iti. Mo - 8: 73.

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I 'n !?one aga i :~ f o r a weel1 fro:-] col lege, & I ' z l ]?opillg t o get ecne r e a l DXiilg d.cne, nc1.r t h a t CBC i s oPf. Dl: l a t e ly : 3 /24- 11IR1S-llc40 Rcane]ce, V8. @ 6: 01pr:: ~ ~ . / ~ o o d . Fix, o/u

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blpOP, 0 / ; ~ ~ ~ 3 . 3125- INOKJ-1550 N h T , J~clreoil, Micr. t o 2:O3nr1 r /o f f , t c p of dim- riel. KKHI-1550 Sal: FrancEaco @ 2: l7an a f t e r lorlg N X C R S ~ ~ d i i ~ ! l f o l l c ~ ~ e d . c l rlx. lJCKJ 12. 0111~ .#7 frorl Miaoiasippi !?ere, & KKHI i s C a l i f o m i a #/8. I a l s o i:oted. I@&IV DX, Sc unn ~dlfcl? e tar ted , c u t f ine , but faded. around. 3: 15. No go Cil Soutll Pakctn TESTr. I llote rcJL@F-950 I s ' 5, CCCv a r e a b i t z.tronger he re than IJINZ-940 'r 1 1 I ~.rirll botl? wculd. go off Y?e air. & open ecce f i n e cl~annela. C1i Sa t . JJ4 3$23 I heard. a r t a t i o n LIT-

i ~ g !ST on 950 sround. 4:30a1?, CI<ivB or C ~ R % Both needed. :?ere. Veriez: ~ V E C v / ~ & ~8.r:1pl-!let. CJR! v / l aayii?g :lire trarar t h e noct cor:plete repor t . I eat t:lfl:l abcut two ::linutec of ~ O C $ c o w , $11 ad.di t icu t o genera l progran d,ee.cription f o r 15 t o 20 .;lizutec. ~ /1 , \ < V , G G - ~ O ~ O . 73. :'JELL, LADS, IT ' S A LOT BETTER THIS FEEII - EUT IJE CAJT CO STILL MUCH BEmER - GiNAT SAY? ~('xY >TOT ~ I T E CUE YCUR MJSIEG RIGHT N C ~ J P J ~ D GET IT CGNE? GET THE NSIJG HABIT!

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Greetil?gr. 15 12 beel a while since I ?ve -se;lt mC a report, i l l f a c t about a year? I i . I f;:: l ivi ; ls in Co1ornd.o aga* (ex-~erlrele27) & find. cllall@ d e l i & t f u l 0 F ~ ~ ~ . ~ DX cta::dppi:lt, I r?isc tke pa & C U ~ , but tb,e LAc rear ctronger 8c rime ccmic- .L ~ e ~ l t . T'le uoct s u r ~ y i s f i g si,glal t : l in searoc f r ca t!le S LC ~ ~ 1 6 - 8 5 0 Montevid.eo, r~~?-:-icli l i t e r a l l y pou:ldc. in every /M @ /cn, 4ar: EST, W i t l : t h e lOCp properly tu?led, , %here i r n t t tLl<erferefice, eitller. I :loticed a recent Mu"ing bd. icat iug IRCA if ~~,:?,i~lf.t t ke id.ea"of a j o i ~ l t CPC, but tki.2 is not true. T!le IRCA Bcarr3 of Directors d.efea+,ed. a prcpocal t o cupport mh ANARC clearing i l ~ u ~ e f c r a l l CPC requests before t h y a r e -a i led , , but tr?e filtefit wac 110% t o counter basic cooperatica lr/ti:e L J C & r\n%?c CpCc. IRCA!r. CPC C!;airuan Eric Flod,en, i c ntroligly i n favcr of cucl? cooperatf-oll; a2 a r e otlier club le&d,ers. As t],is CpC Deacon llemc, ax end,, I think Ire Can 1 ~ 0 1 ~ l a r d . t 0 . a great one xkxt Fa l l wh:lore exte:;sive publici ty h a l l club bu l l e t i n s & fr"- q u ellt correspo-d.e::c e eil:cng the CPC c5airuel1. Hcpef u lly we can e l i u k x t e ruth dupli- a t i o n of e f fo r t & col lect ively a r rmge a greeter :lur.!ber of TESTc. 73, & Iceel? up the @xcellellt work-FBC, GFI\T, & JAC.

:?% ,%I>2,<d@q5 ,539.5 x3&2CJ3&3 , ~ ~ q ~ $ , = ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . s b ~ j ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ? ~ ~ & ~ ~ 1,.2JUS-1350 Cllics.go ;.lixt':lave changed, t]:eir c a l l l e t t e r s t o T$US, & it etacds fo r \J-

l ' b ~ i c .,-A. y:ey play eacy-liste12&hle i!x 24 l:curs a day. 1 found. G i j on 3/24/6600 q" J e?; : luct h v e bee2 01; fo r 2 cr:e tii'le nor[. 73 (\qlat hs6ppel2ed. t 0 i:,iiTs-.7 090, F f i l , c ' i c ( ; x i r l ~

?Jic!l., Tcn, if \,mS i c :IGI~,W~-S? -ERC) &I>%?f , S I , . F ~ e ~ ~ -. $39 Erjct 21 Styeijt. - B?oo&!~n,. Ngy, Ynrl:~ -- ?-1?26,

No Wries t!:io Ireel:, but we fil~.a.lly Irere ab le t o ge t few repc),.tS cut for a c!lanSe* 3/21- TWO SSS reportc oft ~ r / p ~ / c c , ac bov: I p r e repl.i;eri, em,-] ?er, 8c neit!:er alvwered* I.JCCQ.-1220, I-Ia!-:d.e:i, Col:~. .i::/out W/T.!GI~Y 60 tl!:eir 6prj s /off, and, \fii~P-7.530, Nortll > Pa- .U/V,?CIE ts tk i r 6:30 n/off. On 1550, h:otj,er oile ca l l i ng i t - e l f "m" b o c ~ ~ in 6-6:31p11 c/afr - P I ~ A , Vi:lton, ve., Hn:le of t l r KB ~ c ~ r b r g s . UIIE liere. 3/22- I !lappelled t o wake up & tried;^^ !lm:d, a t t1l.e dialn, & sure glad. 1 d.id., f o r I ran in to tin ET/TT/CC/LIX by W?DF-1550, Corjrdon, ~ n d , . , 2: 75-3:31an & on, for #3 Indiana 250 ~.r&tter on -tl:ic spot fo r Ke. T!lat eveni12g, TjGFH-1Lj5O !~eard, for tile f i r s t t i n e @ 6: 15 n /off, but 110% eil~ug-I for a report. SM 3/24- %$TO n e r c w/d i f fe rmt pitches noted 011 1560 1:31-1:45, :lo IDc f&t]lor:led, :?ere. I bad, t o "leave the rcon" & t~!?e!l I ca:l?e back @ 1:50, bo t !~ were golle - ~GT.T!C t!lcLt f o r t he brealrs? I noted, tx.10 ~ i @ a l c on '1550 tllougl?, & o ? ~ e wac urn WOICJ ~~!:icl:, c /off @ 1: 59 V/SSB, b they l e f t t > e ~t!.er a l e l l i c e u i n t!le c lea r & it turned, cut t o be tile four%? & . f i l i a l IildiEma 250 ?.ratter 0: 1550, ltTc"L, Crb.~rfordrville, ETtillg W/:.x, s o no~r I !lave a l l fcur t h a t z tn t e 'r en-

tf'riec 012 t h e i550 spot. CJRAL-1090 noted, carryfilg HT. 11g4 3/25- So;:!ebody on lCCOlc w/ :X @'2:14-2:19, but %::el? knoclred. cut by au ET fror? l o c a l widespreader KlI\?s. 1

fouild. out ~!:y 4 ?ve ;?ever bee11 able t o log previoucw tile IJXCL-1350 r/c-TT - it doe? :lot 80 or2 2:30-2:45, but i a 2:40-2:~5, I l G a r d . accid.el:tally ~ d ~ i l e f ishingy f o r . a re- p ~ r t , t!:ird. bes t t o TRLR/\JEZY. 1fijID;r-1050 cane back ozl arou:ld. 3a1-1 t h i s KkI; TTer-790 :.loted, a f t e r 3: 15, loud., \rho? ' Also o:;e GII nr{40 wl~o qu i t @ 3: 18. The 1240-er .crlgood. 1 : ~ arcu~id. cupper tii:e ~rao Iced t h i s Ireel: - it 'c IJCEM, Cai:!bride;e, Md.. , unu. Now, :lext question - 17!!~ ? c t!:e c/G s ta t iol l 011 -1400 befcre & a f t e r 7pl:1? Three of t!:e 1IM DX-Teete :.-ere or1 c11s0n~~els w/local JTJerc - \BEN-930 k i l l ed , by ' '~~11 Muric f o r D u l l ~ e ~ p l e " - ( : i i ) , ?.BP.JX took care of KFCB, & \qTi1CA, *alltic Radio, k i l led. IINPX. No s ign of. !!1\T!m-1550 c ES yet . T1:a.t 's -about it, so C U N 7.

39zs~/y$9g9? , 7 / y ~ ~ ~ g ~ ~ ~ q ~ s / & . g . ~ g 2 9 / J y ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ / I X-1 worlrillg tollig!:t, and. had a few ciiluter, break, so I thcugllt I 'd, p1:one i:1 :.;y IM 3/25 DX t o k e l p out t!:e .Mu~ingc Sectio:~. Final ly , LXAK-730 !:card. cx r / c - ~ ~ 12:30- 1 2 ~ 4 4 ?/off. T>e:: I.!BcB-1490 a l s o Ileard. on r/c-TT, 1:45-2un. I:JBEN-930 Lesrd. on i t c DX, but very >red: here, TT fror; 1:lk-1:22. Tflelz KENC-lbGO, Lac Vegac, logged. wi.tl1 a Very e t r o ~ g ci$--al,- 2: 57-38.1:: ?/off , '&'c/on of CXRB-1460 f o r DX, ;-lixed. an OC. KOEE -950,0elf~rein,la. !lewd, on TT/ET, 3 3 15-3 : 29, rent ic,ned. RS c /on i a 5a;l: CST. The IiTTPli- 570 DX wa?. heard. t ob, :-nixed. I~/?:JMcA/IKE?N, 4 : 29-4 : 40ai.1. CX Irere exc e1lcz-h here tll is PM, and. t!:eee x e v e r ~ l zietr - or1en logged,.

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l%altor : Gordon P. Nelson, 19 Irma i.ve., I.jatertown, Mass. 02172. Phone : 617-924-9007 * * > x * > x > % > : * > x * * * * * : * *

CONTRIB'JTORS: Deadline f o r mail r e p o r t s i s Tuesday AX, f o r phone r e p o r t s , Tuesday Fy- Please submit information i n s tandard IDXD f oyrm,t, i n EST, and wi th standard NRC abbrevia t ions - pre fe rab ly on standard-sized 8*" x 11" paper , one s i d e only. Please qual5-fy a l l assumed and t e n t a t i v e loggings a s such i n order t o reduce e r r o r s ; check through back i s s u e s of I E f D before asking he lp on un iden t i f i ed s t a t i o n s .

DX ccnd i t ions here i n t h e no r theas t have been as tonish ingly poor dur ing t h e p a s t week- It would indeed have been d i f f i c u l t t o p ick poorer condi t ions f o r t h e Simultaneous Lis ten ing Contest - very high no i se l e v e l s , weak TA.fs , and only f a i r L8A.'s. So fa r t h i : season, t h e r e have been absolu te ly no t r a c e s of South Africans - t h e n igh t ly check on 1286 prcduces only Prague. It 's beginning t o look a s i f t h i s might be t h e f i r s t s e a s o - i n t h e l a s t 5 y e a r s no t t o prcduce any South African recept ion - although t h e r e ' s s t i l l time. From t h e torments on t h e Contest Entry forms returned s o far , it would seem t h a t (hntest 3eek was was r a t h e r poor i n most l oca t ions . Cn 3/17 and 3/18, -- K a s k e ~ i n Ca l i fo rn ia noted some remarlcable recept ions from t h e Far East: "DX condi t ions both 3/17 and 3/18 were obviously q u i t e gocd f o r FE a s most of t h e o r i e n t a l s have not been heard here s ince e a r l y December; cx seemed very gocd from Japan - Japs a l l over the p l a c e with SHY, p rograming - it was a b a l l ! From F lo r ida , Rogers r e p o r t s , "FI.! of 3/22 was p r e t t y bad, it seems only D.R. s t n s were coming i n ; good nor the r ly cx ~ e ~ l l l ; - ' F..

me t o hear Bos tonls TAX on MEZ bu t even Cubans bare ly audible." Those hoping f o r a simple c o r r e l a t i o n betmeen geomagnetic i n d i c e s and unusual recept ion should note that, t he A.FR va lues f o r 3/17 and 3/18 were r a t h e r high (10 and 1 2 ) and t h a t t h e va lue f o r t h e previous day, 3/16 was 23 - t h e h ighes t s i n c e Februnr;y 11 th (when it reached 35 ) -

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*Cn Reciprocal Paths. The South ii .fricans have begun t o note a few 'of t h e high bznd ECZA. 50 h ~ - e m ; noth ing below 1010 s o f a r , and weak s i g n a l s a t best . The Zedders have a i s o noted a few ECNA. s t a t i o n s r e c e n t l y , inc luding: WKY a t 0230, ZnIl a t 0300, WLCY a t 0425, and VVOM a t 0310. Even -the usual WCNA. s t n s logged have a l s o been almost exc lus ive ly high-band. This i s very s i m i l i a r t o t h e gene ra l tend t o high-band TA. r ecep t ions noted here almost a l l season. f.s we've pointed out p rev ious ly , t h e amount of absorpt ion experienced by a PRJ s i g n a l (nondeviative only) goes a s t h e inve r se squarr: of t h e frequency; t h u s a s i g n a l a t t h e bottom of t h e band w i l l experience about 10 t imes more absorpt ion than one a t t h e top of t h e band, a l l t h i n g s e l s e being equal. S ince t h i s t ype of absorpt ion i s most important when t h e s o l a r a c t i v i t y i s a t i t s peak, a marked tendency f o r "high band openings" should be observed dur ing t h i s period. ( ~ d ) "Thailand. A.ccording t o an A? i t em spo t t ed by 8ob Fom~or th and John Da l l a r , t h e "Voice of Free AsiaH o u t l e t on 1580 c o s t $6 m i l l i o n f o r t h e US t o cons t ruc t ; it was so ld t o t h e Thai Government f o r 5$ (which Foxy no tes i s = 1 Eaht of Thai currency). No wonder

we've go t a balance of payments problem. ( ~ d ) *Dcninican Republic,. -- ~~IU;\iICIP~\.L ELECTIOBS w i l l be held on Hay 16 th according t o Cesar cb j i o ; he sugges ts xa tching t h e Eadio Televis ion Dominicans o u t l e t s on 620, 860, 131 0, 1370, 1400, and 1360 f o r AN ER; o t h e r s may jo in i n a l s o , he adds.

Simultaneous Lis ten ing Contest r , e s u l t s w i l l be given next week if it appears t h a t a l l of t h e e n t r i e s a r e i n . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e t a b u l a t i o n of what who hrd when, we p lan t o i s s u e a s e r i e s of maps i n d i c a t i n g t h e geographica l d i s t r i b u t i o n of r ecep t ions i n each block. SLC e n t r y form informat ion w i l l no t appear i n t h e !lonitor Reports s ec t ion ; p l ease submit r ecep t ions f o r PIR i n t h e r egu la r manner i f you wish something t o appear i n IDXD.

*Panamanian p o l i t i c a l c r i s e s p r e s e n t l y making t h e newspapers may wel l inf luence t h e p a t t e r n of broadcas t ing i n t h a t country - keep your e a r s open f o r unusual A.N a c t i v i t y . 'Wail - Service t o t h e "forbidden coun t~ ie s f l , e .g . , China, North Vietnam and North Korea has apparent ly been recognized by U.S. p o s t a l a u t h o r i t i e s . A.ccording t o our l o c a l Postmaster , r e g u l a r first c l a s s mai l addressed t o t h e s e count r ies w i l l now go d i r e c t l y through, according t o t h e l a t e s t p o s t a l r egu la t ions (10167). "Small packets" , e.g. , t a p e s , w i l l not be accepted, however, and t h e DX1er i s advised t o use t h e old expedients of sending such m a t e r i a l "Via Hong Kong", "Via Moscow", e t c . Mail s e rv ice t o Cuba was r e c e n t l y modified because t h e Cubans refused t o accep t p a r c e l p o s t - l e t t e r s and "small packets" w i l l s t i l l go through, however. I f a r e p o r t t o one of t hese coun t r i e s i s re turned "address unknownf7 a s has been t h e case i n t h e p a s t , contact your postmaster. ( ~ d )

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. is' t h e ' ~ o r l d ' Radib Handbook deadl ine draws nea r , we o f f e r t h e fol lowing .ry,,r . Mexican '

si;a:tion informa$-jon t o b e used d - t h t h e SRDS l i s t published i n L.L;. . errs a few mon5l.s %b. Correct ing t h e SiZDS l i s t h k t h t h i s new- information should b r ing Mexico up t o date; PLEASE CONVEY ANY FURTHEI',C~R?LECTIONS TO THE IDXD EDITOR INPIEDIA.TELY. We offer

s ; jecial thanks t o Ron Schatz , Glenn &user , and Wayne fieinen f o r responding t o our recent . a p p e a l f o r i n f o m a t i o n , f & t h e NRTVE l i s t i n prepara t ion*

. '540 , XEWA. . ' , . power i s 0.5 510 XEBJE' ~ o n t i r r e ~ , N.L. 5!0.25 add :

590 XEFD. Rio Bravo, Tamps. . - . l o c a t i o n 600 XWLN i40nterrey, N.L. . , . , 0.5d . add 630 ' ' XETS Tapachula, Chis. ., . . 110.5 :new pcwer

XETK MazatLan, Sin. . , new c a l l , ex-XERPS 730 -XEX . San huis Po tos i , S.L.P. 0.5d add - .

810 XERSV Cd. Obregon, Son.. 5 d . n e w :

820 XEKG F o r t i n d e la^ F lo re s , Ver. I d a d d . .

850 XEZR Zaragoza, Coah. -0.5/0.2 new power . - , , '

860 XENL Monterrey, N,L. . 5 power 900 XEWB Veracruz, Ver. add

. . . 920 XETAA. Torreon, Coah, . . 0.5/0.2 new:power . ' ,

950 XEFli. Chihuahua, Chih. .. 0,5d . new c a l 1 , ns XF:Rl"IT i I d new XERN Idiontemorelos , N . I,.

960 XD@I Ivlorelia, ~ l i c h . 1 power 1123 XEVNO Guadala.jara, Jal..':. Id new c a l l , ex XEVMC

. . . . . 1130 XEZL Ja l apa , Ver. . . he re ex-1550 1160 XEDJ U ~ u a p a n , Nich. , ' ..Id: ' .add . . 1240 XERZ Leon, G-to,' , 1/0.25 ,new power

. . , . . 1250 XEJX 1 / 0 1 new power . .

1270 XEGL Narojoa, Son. - . 1/0.5 day power 1280 X E Z S Coatzacoalcos, Ver. . 1 new f r c q , ex-1170 1300 XEHU Martinez d& l a Torrs , .Vor. new c a l l , ex-XEHV 1310 XEIZ Monterrey,' N.L. . . 1 new 1320 XENI Nueva I t a l i a , lfi'eh. . ' 1 new (CP)

' , 5 add , . XE2J Mazatlan, Sin. ' , . . XEUH Tuxtepec, Oax. o f f

13LkO XESL San Luis Po tos i , S.L.P. 1 add XEBK Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. 0.25 add XECN Coatzacoalcos, Ver. l / d e 2 5 add

1 XDV,. F r e s n i l l o , Vac. c a l l ;' ex-X'EML X M ; R Coatepec, Ver. 1 . he re ex-1160

1450 XEM. Glueretaro, Qro.. 1/0.25 power 1460 XEJT Tampico, Tamps. 1 power 1470 X E D S ' Colima, Col. 1 . power 1540 F ' V i l l a f l o r e s , Chis. 0.5d add . .

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Glenn Hauser wr5tos about Mexican broadcas t ing : . . : . . . .

Medco seems t o be a dross .between t h e United S t a t e s and La t in ~'imerica wi th regard t o c a l l s ign and s logan p rac t i ce s , . , The only o f f i c i a l desi.g.nat,j-on of .many Mexican s t a t i o n s i s t h e i r .sign; hence mos3 , refel-ences i n d i c a t e no slntYans f o r t h e s t a t i o n s , .or s u b s t i t u t e a c.orporate naine which may never be heard on t h e a i r * e . g ., D i f .. Comerc~:..a,l.est' , ( i n $ J E ~ H ) ' f o r XEW,', which 1 D l . s simply. a s "La R"* en e l 1500 de s u Radio. C i g a Vd.. siempre, . 'mi' ' e s tac ionl ' . " some s t a t i o n s have no s logan ID at. all, whi le other's have- tlunofficSaltl ones whi.ch a r e used every few minutes on t h e a i r .nevertheless, I susp.ect these' a r e more l i k e f a d s , which 3 l o t of U-S- stns use, changing f requent1yand.a-L w i l l . Judging from a r e l a t i v e l y sma l l sample of ?Iexican ~ t a t i . ~ n s heard,,> "Radio Variedarles" seems t,o bo v e q b ig t-,hose days-

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SI!:GLE~OM-E;LT~."~I~JI\.TOR FOREIGN C OMTiST STA.NDINGS As of %arch 15, 1968

2. Reynolds (ca l i f . 1: S: A.FNT-1560, ~ ~ 1 6 - 8 5 0 , HCEW~-995, YSC-1015, KIMC-850, H J B J - & ~ ~ , USSR-1475, Tahiti-1L~00, HJDA.-1260, JOPE-760, JOiTC-820, KORL-650, JCPC-1070, KFQD-750, HJKC-850, FEN-810, JGZE-1510, USSR-1550, KIKI-830, J O C G - ~ ~ ~ , JWC-2220,

3. Godwin ( ~ o l o , ) : S: HIPQ-890, ~VEC-890, HIDV-1200, H I A R - ~ ~ Q , ~g~ontserrat-885, HIOR-880, Tirana-1214. TJG-855, HCAJJ2-575, ~c~4 .2 -540 , JCQG-850, YSR-~~O,

l?o --- DnLorenzo (l.~ass. ): VOA.-1196, senegal-764, HRTIr-715, NDR-1586.. ............... &- ..... 5. Lesnedy (ca l i f . ): S: YNX-750, PJE-800, ~ ~ 1 ~ - 6 6 0 . E: KIKI-830, KIMO-850.. @

6, Conrad (Icy. ) : S: -- TJA.5-1435, Nice-1554. E: ~angenberg-1586.. ................. 51 ' .' 7 . Northam n re. ) : S: J0A.E-690, JOKR-950';'. ........................ : . ........=.a 26

8. Sul l ivan ass.): S: Tirana-1394. E: HCFSJ-995, PJS-800, ~ e n e ~ a l - 7 6 4 . . . . . * - ~ . 4.1 9. Seaver (ca l i f . ): S: YVRQ-910, HJKR-1220.. ...............................*.... 32

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DFA.D STATIONS (now i n e l i g i b l e ) : HCEW2-995, YNX-750, HJEW-812, PJE-800, senegal-764, JWG-850, JOKE-1600, Montserrat-885, A . F I \ J T - ~ ~ ~ ~ , Tahiti-14.00, 4QE-910, YTJ1IQ-910, P JC2-855, HCAW2-975, 4RK-E40, BEC-1214, ~ a n ~ e n b e r ~ - 1 5 8 6 , KIKI-830, I(Il'40- 850.

NGTE: Sta t i ons underlined have been awarded 10 BOMUS POINTS f o r remaining a s Sing1et.m: --- Yo? 3 months. More bonus points next month f o r some s t a t i ons which should eas i ly he eliminated, thus preventing t he bonus award. Notice t h a t the BECZ~-1560 l i s t i n g has boon changed t o ~ .~ i ' i~ -1560 . Unt i l now t h i s has been improperly l i s t e d a s BEC27 because of incor rec t l i s t i n g i n FBIS. It i s good t o see several p lace changes i n t h e l i s t t h i s month. Tna-t: proves t h a t t he s p i r i t of competition i s s t i l l a l i v e (even if it dtd knock me out of f i r s t place. EiP -- sob! sob! )

COYTEST IU.NA.GER: Don Reynolds, 19055 Hollyvale S t r ee t , Glendora, Calif. 91740.

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~ i r . c e Saturday, ~ i ~ i h p t i . 1 , t b~o ships w i - t h hi,> nlast r a d i a t o r s t h e Java ha rbour i n Amsterdam and they keep t h e i r s e c r e t s carefu l ly . Nobody kno~qs: ' to

%~tlorn they belong', nobodyd knows t h e i r r e g i s t r a t i o n zr~d i-~ubody i s allowed t o go onb05-r~- It is only sure t h a t t h e t r a n s m i t t e r s belonged to Eadio -capoline; beaming p r o g ~ ~ ~ s . Engl~nd. It i s a l s o confirmed t h a t t h i s .Radio Caroline group i tself doesn ' t own these sh ips , but they have chartered them,

Nobo6y knows anything more and Amsterdam harbour i s a f r e e one and a s long as harbor-rent i s pa id nobody asks! The name llCaroline" i s no t i n t h e n o y d s register* bu t nobcdy i s asking about t h a t f a c t .

After a stormy voyage through t h e Channel, Radio Caroline North a r r i v e d on Sat~lrday evening. Cnboard t h e r e were 5 DJ's and they were q u i e t about t h e reason- The sudden t r i p t o Holland. cams a s a complete su rp r i se , They had t o break t h e i r Programs q u i t e ~ e x p e c t e d .

The same s t o r y happened t o t h e o the r s E p " M i Amj_gotf, This s h i p i s ' r e g i s t e r e d irl Lloyd's under t h e Panamanian f lag. The quest ion i s now: w i l l they r e t u r n t o t h e a i r ?

the l i t t l e o f f i c e a t t h e Singel i n Amsterdam h i red by Radio C a r o l i n e since la'

y e a r i s a 30 y e a r o ld Irishman n o t w i l l i n g t o give any c l e a r answer. He i s not even mentioning h i s name. He only confirms t h a t t h e 2 sh ips a r e v i s i t i n g Amsterdam for urgent ma*ntenance worlis, nothing more. (Item i n t h e Cutch Press , v i a ARC)

*&r fine ,Dominican member, Cesar Gbjio w r i t e s about HIL-790: According t o Cooper! s v e r i f i c a t i o n l e t t e r from 5.V. he1 Tropico (IDXD 3 /2 ) , they

give t h e address a s Ca l l e A.breu No. 30. ' T1lj-s i s n o t a c t u a l l y t h e case, al though t h e address was used u n t i l A p r i l 25th. 1965.

L.V. d e l ~ r o j j i c o . i s one of t h e o l d e s t s t a t i o n s i n t h e c a p i t a l and s ince a long time 'ago they had been making use of t h e hollse they b u i l t a t ~ a l i & Abreu* I n 1963 t h i " s t a t i o n w a s t h e l e a d e r i n t h e oppositioui a g a i n s t Pres ident 'Juan Bosch. Through t h e i r microphones were a i r e d t h e , p r o t e s t s agains t t h e Pres ident l s l e f t i s t i n c l i n a t i o n . On

September 25, 1963, Bosch was.,overthrown. Later , , on A.pril 24th, 1965, t h e government i n Po>rer-was a l s o overthrown and t h e mobs took advantage of t h i s f a c t and a t tacked the s tud ios a s w e l l a s a l l o the r anti-communist o r g a n i z a t i o n s , -.Bscause of t h i s t h e owner had t o move t h e s tu .d ios . to t h e p lace whore t n e t r a n s m i t t e r s were loca ted on kilometer 5, Car re te ra Cuarte. The A.breu 30 s i te remained wi th in t h e r e b e l zone during the c i v i l war. Later t h e p l a c e was occupied by t h e Nortn American s o l d i e r s u n t i l Septembe,' of 1966. When they l e f t t h e country, - t h e p lace was handed o v e r t o t h e Dcminican po l i ce and t h e p lace has been a Pol ihe S t a t i o n e v e r s ince.

The owner of t h e s t a t i o n had t r i e d ' t o recover it b u t t o no a v a i l . Unt i l t h e p resen t da te , t h e s t a t i o n i s operat ing wi th s t u d i o s a t t h e t r ansmi t t e r s . The l e t t e T - head was p r in ted be fo re t h e c i v i l war. A.partado 335 i s t h e c o r r e c t address ( t h i s i s t h e p o s t o f f i ce box) and t h i s i s t h e one t o be used f o r r epor t s .

'*In connection with t h e por t ab le tower ucontroversy", J e r r y S t a r r comments,

"I worked f o r a tower e r e c t i n g company some yea r s back, and I would say -:hat guyed tower under 350' i s tpor t ab lo ' s i n c e a five-man crew can e r e c t o r d i s m a ~ t l e it i n one 8-hour worlc day. A. 250' f o o t pre-painted tower can be completely i n s t a l l e d from unloading t o completed i n s t a l l a t i o n i n 25s hours of hard work! Towers over 350' i n he ight c a l l f o r d i f f e l e n t cons t ruc t ion techniques which a r e more time c o n s ~ m i n g . ~ ~ (yes, J e r ry , b u t how long does it take t o i n s t a l l it on an a i rp lane? Hi. - ~ d )

).1 - ,.l,i-enni; &, !I;:; BROLI.DCf,STING IIU C_FiIJi\. (1Li:;D ;i.Iar. - June t 67) &ept f 66 t h e numerous low-powered " p i r a t e u t r a n s m i t t e G operated i n c e r t a i n l a r g e c i t i e s ( reported previou:;'] i n IDXD), t h e r e have been r e l a t , i ve ly few st ,a t ion o r irequ.9;: c 5 a x e s I n t5s ::ask 7,-

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I n keeping w i t h t h e gene ra l p o l i t i c a l c l imate , t h e p o l i t i c a l s t a t u s of t h e var ious s -k i t i ons has been i n a s t a t e of cojistant f lux. I n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e complex system of i n t e rconnec ted and in te rdependent wired and o f f - z i r r e l a y s i s p e t t o reach any sembl.a.nce of s t a b i l i t y , The P rov inc i a l JICT s t a t i o n s ( see IDXD, April. 1, 1967) a r e mas- o f t en heard cjfy'the l e s s e r s t -a t ions ; because of t h e r ecen t upsurge i n TP. condi t ions wet 11 o u t l i n e t h e p re sen t s i t u a t i o n f o r our !iiest Coast agd F a c i f i c 'members'. ' A.s of March 8 th , 19'68, t h e F ' r o y i n c i a l JKT s i t u a t i o n was a s follows. . ' '

. . 1- The fol lowing P JKT s t a t i o n s were s t i l l broadcas t ing considerable , am6unts of

local ly-produced programming i n s t e a d of r e l ay ing Feking : Canton, Changsha, Chengchow, Chengtu, Hangchow, Harbin, Hof e i , Huhehot , ICunmlng , Kweiyang , Lanchow, Nanchang , Kanling, Shanghai, S in ing , Taiyuan , Tsinan , irluhan. (Nanki n, t h e ICiangsu p-ovinc ia l s t a t i o n began broadcas t ing i t s first l o c a l l y or ig i natec m a t e r i a l on 3/5; i t had been broadcas t ing nothing b u t CJKT Peking r e l a y s s h c t 12/30/67

2. The fo l lo&ng TJKT s t a t i o n s devote almost bu t n o t a l l t ime t o CJKT F'eldng r e l a y s : Yinchuan, Nanning (al though. it d i d c a r r y l o c a l din1 e c t news items on iqarch 6 t h ) , and Changchun, (al though they were noted ~ 5 t h l o c a l nx on 3/3 and 3/4) .

3 . The fol lowing s t a t i o n s a r e r e l a y i n g only Peldng CJKT programing: Foochow, Lhasa, Sheriyang, S i an , Urumchi, and T i e n t s i n (although Tients in Municipal

. . JKT on 1070 has been o r i g i n a t i n g . some- of i t s own programs).

The f requencies of t h e P r o v i n c i a l and n.utonomous s t a t , i ons l i s t e d above a r e s t i l l e s s e n t i a l l y as t h e y were i n t h e NIlC l i s t ( & r c h - ~ . ~ r i l , 1967) and have been r ep r in t ed i n t h e 1968 k o r l d l!nJ Guide from our I D X D s e r i e s . ( ~ d ) ".'l - ma.ior reassignment LA Japanese s t a t i o n s became eff e e t i v e A p r i l I s t ; these a r e only f r o q changes however. $JEST c 0 i l . s ~ ~ ~ ~ NOTE.

NHK 1st Netr.= Old - - New Old - New J CGP Koriyama 620 820 JOT1 Tsuwano 1160 1100 JONIC Nagona 620 82 0 JGZT I m G a r i 1160 1320

. Fukushima 650 1320 JOSV Karatsu 1160 1440 JODG Haamat s u 650 1000 J G J K Kanazzwa 1170 1220

Kamai s h i 650 520 Ilure 1220 1030 Y aha t aIlama 650 1300 Komagane 1240 1300 Akita 738 1170 JCGQ Ei toyoshi 1240 82 0

JOFK Hiroshima 770 1070 Fakuyama 1340 1160 JOLQ Yonago 780 . . 96 0 JORG Ei rosaki 1440 82 0 JOIP E t a 790 82 0 JOJP Tsuruoka 1440 1320 J0A.T Sasebo 790 120 Miyazu 1440 1000 JOiU Naze 930 790 JOTK Matuse 1490 1240 JOKP Ilitami 1150 11 90 NHIC 2nd bJetwork -- Old New Old - - Mew

1370 -

JORC X r o s a k i 820 JGPX Nobeoka 1320 1480 JOUC Yamaguchi 1 070 1150 JOZZ Niihama 1320 1080 JOPC Kushro 1070 1150 Oozu 1320 1480 JOFS Hiroshima 1 070 700 JOAZ Nayoro 1320 J9A.C Nagasaki

1370 1080 1600 JOZI Yahatahama 1360 1080

JCQ3 N i iga t a 1190 1590 JOKD Ilitami 1370 700 JOQC JCorf oka 1220 1390 JORB Kouchi - . 1-370 1150 JOHC ' Kagcshima 1220 1390 J O J C Yarnagata 1470 1520 Jc3FD Fukushima 1320 1480 , . Ueda 1470 1600 JCTC ' Aomori 1320 1520 J O E 'Tsuruga . 1470 151 0 JOi\JB Ragano , 1'320 1370 J O J V Nanao 1970 J O C Z Takayama.

1370 1320 1370 JOLC T o t t o r i - 1470 1080

JOSZ I i d a . ' . 1320 1410 I shirni 1470 151 0 JGSD Saga 1370 1370 ,TOlC: 'l'oyama 1520 1080

March 30, 1968

2nd Network (continued ) ---- Old -

N i chinan 1540 Hagiwara 1540 Y okote 1540

New 1600 GOHV Naze

JOTB 1"itsue JOUB Akita

Cld 1600 1090 1590

New 1480 151 o 770

JOJP Tsuruoka 1600 1510

Commercial S t a t i o n s - Old - New Ole? - New

JGTO ABS l\.samai 800 1500 JOTL HBC Nayoro 1420 1m MRT- N i chinan 800 1500 JORF R. Kanto 1480 1420

R. Gifu, Takayama 1200 720 RNC- Kannon ji 1500 1110

J05A RSK-Easaoka 1420 1490 RI<S-f i a in i c h i 1530 1200 STV- Obihiro 1420 1490 YBC-Tsuruoka 1530 1110

J W R RSK- Okayama 1420 1490 ( ~ r c m NZDXRL)

%&est _li?_t_-of_ T k i - t a t i o n s i n Bangkok; i n f o from Thai ~ove rnmen t v i a ARC:

lkeg F u l l name Shor t name Power -- - 555 Armor School Radio Broadcasting S t n Chor, So r l . 1 O h 600 AAA Divis ion Radio Broadcasting S t n Pol. Por. Tor. O r . 1 O h 6-50 Inspector Generalr s Depar Lment Chor. So r l . 1 O h 662 Kasetsar t Universi ty R. Broadrast ing S t n Nor Kor 1 1 Ohw 705 Defence Energy Dept. R. Broadcasting S t n Wor. Por. T ? l c . ~ ' - ," Ol~w 830 National Eroadcast ing S t n of Thai 3 and R. Thai1 r r ~ l t i 1 OOkw 857 National Broadca st,i ng S t n of Thai 7 n t d rol- Chor Sor 1 O h

1043 Wor. Por, Thor 1 R. Eroad. S t n (Army) W O ~ . Por. Thor. 1 , 1 0/ 20kw 1100 T e r r i t o r i a l Defence R. Broad. S t n - 1 Okw 1150 Thai TV Broadcasting S t n , pgm 1 TTV Radio I 0h.r 1200 Royal Thai A i r Force 2nd Radio

Broadcasting S t a t i o n II 07 II 1 Okw 1277 Transpor ta t ion Dept. R. Broad. S t n Kor. Sor. Thor. Aor. 1 Okw 1320 Royal Thai B i r Force 2nd Radio

Broadcasting S t a t i o n Tho. O r 2 1 O h 1333 Amphorn Sathan R. Broad. S t n ( ~ o y a l ) Or-Sor 1 O k w 1470 T e r r i t o r i a l Defence R. Broad. S t n - 2 0 h ~ 1500 Thai TV R. Broad. S tn , pgm 2 Tho Tho Tho j O h g ?

1520 f12-0ft R. Broadcasting S t n "20" 2Okw

':NRC' e r A.ller, Nissen, c u r r e n t l y s e rv ing i n Vietnam, pens l f J u s t a few minutes ou t from f i g h t i n g t h e war (h i ! ). I thought you might be i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e l i s t of A.FVN (American For 2os Vietnam Metwork) s t a t i o n s h e r e i n Vietnam. These s t a t i o n s a r e a l l i n p a r a l l e l w i t h one ano the r and a l l I D as flA.FVN Saigon". A.FV1J i s NSP 7 days a week- A.lso, t h e r e a r e o t h e r American Forces s t a t i o n s t h a t p i c k up AFVN pl-ograms f l - o m t . i n l e t,( time. But, h e r e a r e t h e f i v e main high power A,FVN s t a t i o n s :

540 Saigon 50kw ( G r Q i n a t i n g s t a t i o n ) 560 P le iku 5Okw 770 Q L I ~ Nhon 1 O h 850 Da Nang 1 O h 900 Dong Ea Tinh 5 0 h

the way, Vietnam t ime i s 13 hours ahead of EST. Tde are i n the same t ime zone a s ivIanila, b u t a ha l f h o w ahead of Malaysia and Sinp2ro-+. T:?:.:, l1.l ?..en and t,o.l,:o care ! 'FMacau. A.ccording t o a l e t t e r d i r e c t frcm t h e s?.:: :..!.oli, Er~i:;: L.:. c o i?adior!if::::a~ d e . iY;acau broadcasts: on 1200 (0.25 kw) 900 ( 1 T >-:J), Sc'lod:: , - 1 -. j -cr 17,:S ! 4 S V H , b u t t h e 900 frequency was l e f t out. The 900 kc ,~:.:.:~7.=1_ wn:;, fo-,: :;:;;:i:sr cC Lyi?s:*~, l i s t e C i n t h e FBIS l i s t f o r "Trans-World IvIedia" of Mdcao. I n a 1et'i.r.i i n Swnmer 1966, t h e E.R.M. explained t h a t " the 900 kc channel had n o t y e t been explored". Apparently t h e seemingly commercial p r o j e c t never turned ou t , a s they have n o t s t a r t e d using t h e channel i n p a r a l l e l w i t h t h e i r old one f o r t h e i r o rd inary programming. ( ~ a r s Ryden) *Cuba. NGTE t h a t t h e o l d CMQ o u t l e t s a r e now using t h e new s logan of %die Liberation. *Swan I s l and . Cnce Amer2.cas goes o f f t h e a i r , t h i s country w i l l probably become e x t i n c t f o r BCB DXters. Get a r e p o r t o f f no-c~. i f you want t h i s country! ( ~ d )

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~lie o d i t o r c a J . 1 ~ your a t t e a t i o n t o t h e -possibi l i ty of l ogg ing Cameroon on 1106, and t .0 . .

the many , f i n e Far Eas t l o g g i n g s of Wood and Kask6y. . . . . . . . . . .

5.'30A @!:t.S ilica. Cr;l;_d s t a t i o n i n t h i s countr>:!r. on 530 o r j35; cn$' t tell exac t f r c g . .; r i g h t . n e x t t o j;$C. ' ' ,?/off 0000 Sunda~r n i g h t and 0100 o t h e r days. ( X i l l e r , Fla. ) Sheldon, no te IDXD i tem i n 2/25/67 i s s u e ; FBI3 a l s o lists a 250 w a t t ' Radio. .Rumb@ i n Cartago, no c a l l , l e t t o r s kno~m. Probably them, ( ' ~ d )

,:'"CLbO Ecuador_. HCF112, Guayaquil a l l a lone a t 05C5 3/17 and 0234. 3/18 w/ f l ? r ~ p i ' h n a H , 13's a$ *J >:< * * a f t e r each record. perhaps t h e e a s i e s t one from t h i s country now t h a t CBK ' i s

.. . . * no longe r AN. (Godwin., Colo.. , IRCA.) . , ,

$$1+0 Laos. A Vient iane home se'rvice broadcas t on 3/11 announced t h a t t h e ~ a t i o n a i Broadcast ing Se rv i ce of Laos i s cu r ren t ly using ~d 640 kcs; " i i s t e n e r s i n t h e

** ,.:,, Vient iane a r e a havo' up t o now usua l ly l i s t e n e d i n . on t h e 640 frequency,, , which 'is >> * . .

easy t o tune i n t o , I 1 t h e broadcast continued. ( ~ d ) 647 England. The BBC European ' serv ice i s being t r ansmi t t ed by ~ a v e n t r ~ on t h i s chanrlel

(ARC) Gocd n i g h t l y from s/on 2220 p a s t 2315. ( ~ d ) ' .

Botswana? C l a r i f i c a t i o n of l a s t weekt s item: I heard what was t e n t a t i v e l y -iden t- i f i o d as, a BEC S / C ~ a t 2258EST. , The Rhodesian s t y l e jamming hrd. ,br ' ief ly but d i s t i n c t l y a t 2302 cons i s t ed of low p i t ched h.2 mcdulat.ion which was n e j ~ t h e r square wave o r rlbuzz sawf1,; .the l a t t e r i s n o t r e a l l y a t k c h n i c a l term b u t i s used g e n e r a l l y by SWLs t o d e s c r i b e a c e r t a i n type of s e l f imposed' ;ia~mning elllpl~yed t o d iscourage unauthorized l i s t e n i n g on c e r t a i n u t i l i t y networks. I\. s t a t i o n was hrd aga in 3/10 on 647 wi th news a t 2301 - I t h i n k i n EE. A . t '2309 kfhat appeared t o - be t h e a o d e s i a n jamming was hrd bu t t h e sound, could not be made out a s d i s t i n c t l y as on 3/19. (Stanbury, Cnt. )

6 4 7 ~ . Cuba. R. Progreso noted he re 2/21 0nly.a-t 2250 w/beisbol; I D 2325, s/off around OC03 2/22. Mhich s t a t i o n ? ( ~ a u s e r , N.M. ) Don't know Glenn, t h i s i s t h o f i r s t time t h a t anyone has r epo r t ed a cuban. he re except f o r CI"I2-640 when it was d r i f t i n r -

650 Hawaii. KO& a t unusual . l e v e l a t 0350 on 3/18; some deep f a d e s 'bu t . R&ii m~ makes f o r gocd modulation. Ees t r ecep t ion of KORL t h i s season'. ( S t a r r , 0.)

654 South Vitenam. VTVN, Hue, b l a s t i n g i n , s t r o n g e s t s i g n a l ' on the Tonkin d i a l - ; . a l o n ~ l o g taken 0820-0902 318; A . s i a t i c m x , s h o r t announcement on t h e hour; occas iona l s h o r t announcements between mx, which was q u i t e var ied .and inc luded o r c h e s t r a l , LA i n SS, MCR US, B&R, and US mx; o r c h e s t r a l fanfare . 0900, I D by man i n Vietnamese mentioning Vietnam and a dozen l i g h t , qu ick s h o r t p i p s (probably not an IS. . (peterson, ~ i e t n a m , IBCA.)

655 North Korea. Fyongyang , 3/18 a t 0731: as as key, c a l i f ..) ~yongyang l i k e l y , orient@ language hrd 0820 311; northernmost p o i n t on t h e Albuq-Pyongyang pa th i s 55 M. ( ~ a u s e r , h1.X. ) Sounds very l i k e l y , Glenn. ( ~ d )

**665 Beunion. R e m i o n ' s h ighe r power t r a n s m i , t t e r i s aga in back .on t h e a i r . (ARC) 670 Japan. NHK 1st pgm a t 0841 3/18; s p o t t y b u t good fade-ups a t t imes. (Kaskey, Cal.) 700 Unid Grim%. F a i r s i g n a l w/yornan babbl ing away 0746 3/18, w / f a i r s i g n a l ; China

o r Korea? (Kaskey , Cal i f . ) . . . . . . . . .

710 Mexico. XEPQ, Muzquiz, Coah., R. Tjariedades s l i d 2010. ( ~ i s c h e r , Neb. ) 720 Cuba. CNGN, Cruces had spiced-up lfdocumehtai-y" c c i ~ p l e t e w/dramatic I& and gunshots

worked i n co~nmonts on gold c r i s i s and pound devaluat. ion 2252-2257 3/20. ( ~ a u s e r ) 725 Costa Rica. Spor t s coverage, r a p i d and e n t h u s i a s t i c , from 2259 tune i n , i nc lud ing

amazingly h igh p i tched and sus t a ined y e l l s a t 2317; I D sung f o r R. Columbia a t 2340:30 3/20. ( ~ a u s e r , N.>l. ) Thailand. KSIai, i iorat hrd 0725-0731 3/3 w/strong s i g n a l and s inging; female -- announcer and. wi ld A s i a t i c mx I ' v e hrd on o t h e r Thai Nat iona l s t n s a t some I D

.. t i m e s . ( ~ e t e r s o n , Vietnam, IRCA.) 735 Unid Or ien ta l . F a i r ' s i g n a l 0749 a t 3/18; woman t a l k i n g bu t n o t / / w/700. (Kaskey)

Best i n f o we have i s t h a t 735 i s Fyongyang pgm 1 // .725, e t c . See I D X D 2/27. (3) 738.Macau. Radio V i l a ' Verde i s s t i l l he re i n s t e a d of l i s t e d 835. ( ~ e t e r s o n , ~ i e t n a r n ) 740 Unid LA.. News and commentary ' ~ 4 5 0 u n t i l CBL s/on ruined t h e fun a t 0500 3/18; 3

no te chimes between i tems; Cuban f a r beneath; news s t i l l going 0505. I:[IA.C? ( .S tan 750 Japan. NHK-2 pgm noted 3/17 36 a t 0613; kn a t 0413 on 3/18 w/exce l len t s i g n a l

and wiped ou t a l l oppos i t ion ; hrd O/I(XL 0915. (Kaskey , C a l i f . ) 760 Guatemala. TGHB, ':Super Radio" a t 2035. ( ~ i s c h e r , Neb. ) 763 Vietnam. VOA. n o t he re a t 0709 o r 0730 3 /8 ; perhaps o f f ? (Peterson, ~ i e t n a m j

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765 I\fala-ysia. Kuala Trenggau, R. Malaysia slay Serv ice hrd 1120-112.7: hrd xr/6 pips, monotone and one p e r second a t 0730 3/13, (Peterson, V i e t n a ~ , ~ f i ~ h . )

770 Ja.pan. iW< 1st pgrn t h r u QVI a t 0839 3/18, not a s good as 7?0 b u t b e t t e r t h a n 670- (Kaskey , Cal i f . )

780 Japan. NHI', 1st pgm way over bBPP1 3/18 a t 0722; L e t t e r l a t e r . a as key, Cal i f* ) 785 Iilorth Korea. 3/18 a t 0755, poor s i g n a l heavy 790 slop. (Baskey 9 Calif ) 800 Netherlands An t i l l e s . PJB hrd w/ re l ig ious programming i n PP from s /on 0300 3/15;

very good s i g n a l s he re , s l i g h t QRM from CKLW looped out. ( ~ e j z a , Cal i f ) 809 Scotland. The BBC 4 t h progym t r a n s m i t t e r i s used f o r t h e European Se rv ice during

day l igh t hours as w e l l a s 647. (ABC) 827 Spain. Spaniard noted 2100 3/22; assume a . J 1 ; weak SA.H was a l s o from a ~ m o ~ e ~ ~ * ? 830 Eexico. XENSM, Culican, Sin. on 3/18 at 0759 w/exce l len t s i g n a l b u t under t h e

15 minutes l a t e r . (Kaskey , Cal i f . ) -. NHK pgm 2 good s i g n a l over WCCC 3/17 a t 0723; hrd 3/18 over XEKW a t 08J4 w i t h good s ignal . a as key , Cal i f . )

835 china. Nanchang, 3/18 a t 0711, improving t h e l a t e r it became; Mgh handed Ma0 Propa-ganda shouted a t l i s t e n e r s ; fo r tuna te ly I couldn ' t understand it. a as key)

81ro Japan- NHK 1st pgm 3/18 w/heavy QRM a t 0905; probably SS b u t maybe an@t,hcr o r i e n t a l - I was t o o t i r e d t o care . (Xaskey, Ca l i f . ) South Korea_. HLKY, Seoul , noted 3/17 TT/EE rrli i g i 011s 0'730, EE ID 0759. * Ha- )

e'b3 Thailand. 'I'ha.i Na.F,i.onal EC, Khan Kaen; s t rong sfgnnl t - , ~ ~ t . r;pl n g h f r - c ~ l n U1.i n a on w5 085:-03~4 318, 'tRklon Ka,erl" mnrlb,ic>riad at. 0855; no I S at. ('300 3.7 ' l ' ' ' l ' , q l : n ' ' l / ' 830. (Pe terson , Vietnam, ~RcA.)

350 Japan. NHK 1st pgm noted 3/17 a t 0550; good s i g n a l a l though only S2- (Kaskeyp Solmds l i k e you could use a FET Loop Booster, Don. ( ~ d ) U r u ~ u a ~ . C X 1 6 , R. Carve, Montevi.deo re1 ogged 3/4; amazing s i g n a l strength, arm- c h a i r Copy, cerb.aj.nly much b e t t e r t han e v e r hrd them on S?T. Organ mx O353; c400 s/on mentioned a f f i . l ~ i a t i o n W / I ~ A I R ~ ~ ; TC at 0400 : 20 re layed from same telephone s e r v i c e which PTP s t a t i o n uses f o r a marker, and whlch can be hrd d a i l y on 24025C Moman says !'La s e n a l i n d j ~ c a r a . . . I t . (Hauser , N .M. )

860 Fnid Or ien ta l . Hrd 3/17 a t 0715 w / ~ 3 s igna l ; 3 note I S on ri si ng s c a l e and one P ~ P hrd a t 0735; b e a t s me. (Kaskey, C a l i f . ) E c h a r d Wocd? J o r t h Korea. bongyang , Korean I D 0800 3/17. (biood, Hawaii)

870 Japan. NgIZ 2nd pgrn noted 3/17 a t 0535 and l a t e r a t 0720 over bWL; a l s o 1u-d 3/18 a t 0803. (Kaskey , Calif . )

874- 88 Cuba. LV d e Cuba, u sua l mixed music/propaganda 3/8 0600; first cuban here* Location (~uantanamo? ) , power? (Wood, Hawaii ) A.ccording t o S i l v e r a ' s r e p o r t in t h e 1/27 IDXD, i t ' s CMDD, Las Mercedes, from 870; power l i s t e d 1 kw- M e t l l use t h i s i d e n t i f i c a t i o n u n t i l something else comes along. Measured on t h i s f r e q duz-5~ c o n t e s t , b u t b r i l l count f o r Block 4 p e r SLC Rules. ( ~ d )

875A. Jammer? There i s a c o n s i s t e n t jamming sound hrd w/the Cuban; what i s i t ? (Roger: ~ l a . ) ~ e r h a p s i t ' s one of t h e Cuban jammers f o r lfiJWL-870? ( ~ d )

880 Japan. NHE; pgm 1 hrd w/man t a l k i n g 0806 3/18. (Kaslcey, Cal i f . ) 890 Japan. N H K ' P ~ ~ 1 3/17 a t 0728; poor t h r u QRM; 3/18 a t 0805, p i p s a t 0900. a as keg,

Qprus. BFES, 7.5 kw i s s t i l l a c t i v e here. (ARC) 908 Eas t Germany. The addres s of t h e quas i c l andes t ine Deutsche F r e i h e i t s e n d e r i s

Eos t sch l i e sz fach 275, A.1021, Vienna, Austr ia . ( N ~ N ) 920 New Zealand. 3YZ, Greymouth. Relay Nat iona l pgm 3/17 0600. (Wocd, Hawaii) 040 Venezuela. R. Funto F i jo he re w e l l above t h e no i se (which was cons iderable ) 0508;

~uc-t commercial and I D a t 0515; more news w/chimes. nnybcdy QSL t h i s one l a t e l y ? No r e p l y t o 119 r e p o r t and tape . ( S t a r r , 0. )

960 New Zealand. 3YC, Chris tchurch s / o f f 3/17 0614. (Wood, ~ a w a i i ) 998V Rhodesia. Radio Jacaranda i s on t h e a i r aga in w/daily t e s t s . (ARC) The fo l lowin

spot was a i r e d over Sa l i sbu ry r a d i o on 3/18: "Radio Jacaranda, t h e new ccmmercial r a d i o s t a t i o n , w i l l be opera t ing i n t h e Sa l i sbu ry a r e a from 1st April . R. Jacaranda w i l l be on t h e a i r from f i v e p.m. u n t i l 11 p.m. d a i l y Mondays t o Friday: and u n t i l midnight on Saturdays. So if you lvs go t something t o s e l l , a motor vehic le , a house, a r e f r i g e r a t o r , anyth ing , he re ' s your oppor tuni ty of adve r t i s in6 a t r e a l l y reasonable r a t e s . Contact Radio Jacaranda, te lephone S a l i s b u r y 29445." Later announcements gave a d v e r t i s i n g r a t e s . ( ~ d )

I D L D - liarch 30, 1968 page 9 .

g:['-G.10 g3inican Re-p.l,b-dt$. Z J E , El. Comercial. noted on t h i s new f r e q since 3/23; was 96 >k noted on usual 1020 on 3/22 s o . must have moved t h a t day. (Rogers, Fla. )

10g.9.94 Co1onibi.a.: HJDQ, Ehisora ..Claridad measured. here aj1. of 3/25; t h i s one d r i f t s a l o t . ( ~ 6 ) . .

1025 Cuba. ~,i~ybody'knox:who t h i s : one i s ? Only comes i n when !.JE2; i s a l s o being hrd. (Rogers, . Fla. ) NoChing.:previously reported, Walt; .which pgm i s it? (Ed )

1032.5 &carag.ua. YIdVGZ up t o here, hrd a t 2235 3/17 W/ID a s R. Relo j de Nicaragua e.:d TC; 2255 s /o f f announcement and c a r r i e r c u t 2256:35. ( ~ a u s e r , M.M.)

1040 ~ a w a i i / ~ b i ~ : ~ KWH and, Peking f igh t ing i t out a t 0520 on 3/17 a f t e r WHO had s / c f f .. (Kaskey, Cal i f . )

Brazil . Whatfs t h e s logan of PRG2 here'? Tupi o r Cultura? Have seen both r epor t ed recent ly ; both slogans used o r i s t h e r e another s t n i n there . Hrd 0340 on' 3/17 i n PP ,bu t no I D ' hrd. ( ~ t a r r , 0. ) Theyf r e ve ry d . f i n i t e l y s t i l l

. . using Tupi, J e r r y - 1 th ink t h e Cultura i tem was no t t h e s t a t i o n slogan; only one Braz i l i an . on t h e channel a s f a r a s I know. ( ~ d )

1070 Colombia. HJGG,respectable S7 l e v e l 0357 3/18; e labora te R. S a n t a Fe I D a t 0359, then D J pgm of l i g h t pop SS m x ; s e v e r a l pe r iods of deep fade b u t otherwise healthy. ( S t a r r , 0. )

1097 Spain. E F E ~ ~ , Madrid., as tonishingly s t rong and s t a b l e 1930-2145 tune-out 3/2$; apparent ly o f f a t 2200. (Ed)

1100 Col-ombia. HJA.T, R. Reloj , Barranquil la cons i s t en t ly dominated HJCN, R. Reloj, Bogota during AM of 3/25 a f t e r WKYC went off . ( ~ d )

$$I106 Cameroon. R. Douala i s now here w/10 kw ex-1448, according t o l e t t e r from * * s t a t i o n . (ARC) A good b e t on t h e East Coast a t sked s /on OOOO! ( ~ d ) 1150 J a p ~ n , JOW, Kitarni. Gave s p o c i f i c c a l l - l e t t e r I D before p ips 3/17 0700; beat in,

Vladivostok, o f t en b e s t NHK o u t l e t here. (Tllood, ~ a w a i i ) 1170 -- China. Mao t a l k 3/17 0715. (Wood, ~ a w a i i ) 1178 EOiuicyu Is lands . VOA., Okinawa tremendous s i g n a l 3/18 a t 0907, S8 on meter and

separable frcm XOFI-1180 e a s i l y ; VOA. was out of t h i s world. a as key, Ca l i f . ) 1180 Mexico. XEFR, PIexico, D.F.; R. Fe l ic idad I D a t 0400 3/17 using loop. a as key, C a

'linid SS. SS noted he re 2105-0100 3/17, mentioned Colombia a t 2110. a as key, Ca.. ) 1200 -- Nicaragua. YJYC hrd wlvar ie ty of mx 0143 3/18; TC a t 0159 and long l i s t of names

a s dedica t ion; I D a s R. Capital . ( ~ a u s e r , N.FI. ) Dominican Republic. HIDV hrd very c l e a r a l l FPI 3/22; l o c a l l i k e s i g n a l , neg l ig i t ' fade. (Rogers , Fla. )

1210 8avai i . I{ZOO, f i n e s i g n a l 3/17 a t 0400-0500, then WCA.U on top; hrd as ear ly a s 0230 on 3/18. (I~askey, Cal i f . ) J ~ p a n . JOOR, n i c e s i g n a l 0810 on 3/18 and a s high as S7 a t O 9 l O p laying 'US pop records. (Kaskey, Cal i f . ) ,

A.ustralia. 3YB, T;Jarrnarnbool, Vic. D J show 3/17 0600. (Wocd, ~ a w a i i ) 1212 -- Colombta. ,HJBE, Cucuta hrd w R. In t e rnac iona l I Q f s a t s /off 2356 3/12; t h i s one

i s r e a l l y d r i f t2ng . (Godwin, Colo., IRCA) gi1214 Xalta . Radio Malta i s back on t h e a i r again, apparently f o r gocd now, accordicg ** t o a DX'er on t h a t i s l and . (ARC)

1250 Now Zenland. IYD, a 2 kw powerhouse and beat ing Khabarovsk 3/17 0500 w/a very ccmmercial pgm. (Wood, Hawaii )

,k * A< * Hong Kon~. B r i t i s h Forces Broadcasting Service i s opera t ing a 2 kw s t n on t h i s g* frequency. (ARC ) $$1259 Balear ic I s l ands . R. Popular de Mallorca i s being hrd on this channel i n Europe. ,% ;$ (FJIYJPIJDXC )

12.70 ~ i w a i i . KIUDI, Honolulu hrd both 3/16, and 3/17 a f t e r CnJK s /of f a t 0410; Under K2AMts EC on 3j16 and, 1, thought they , were R&R b u t 3/17 they seemed t o be a jazz sitn;. I D 1 s a s "Candy R a d i ~ ~ ~ . . (Iaskey ,,: Cal i f . )

1285 North Korea. Wongyang , Korean mx 3/17' 0630. (Wocd, ~ a w a i i ) 1286 &echoslova:ki~.. I..t.'s only Prague, 2200-2300 s o f a r t h i s season; n o t even enough

of t h e .South African : t o cause. a SA.H. .Prague audib le most n ights . (Ed) **I300 .Co$ta ..Rina. TIJJH, R. i ~ l a j u e l a , here now; former' R. Progreso-550. (-4.2~)

1310 Chima. PJKT Korean Service, peking,. // 1020 3/17' 0700. (l,Vocd, Hawaii) **I313 i\.sian .RSF;S$. ~ n i d locat;i.ori, home' se?,vice 0700 3/17. (Wood, Hawaii ) '"1325 E r o c c o . ~ a f i n o t d o n t h i s channel 1900 i n Sweden. (A.RC)

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1370 Japan. ilHK 2nd program w/booming s i g n a l 3/18 a t 0527 g iv ing ZE lessons . (Kaskeyj 1380 Hawaii. P O I hrd 3/18 vj/u~(o looped out. $:ice si.cnal; c458-9515 w / P ~ R

m. (Kaskey, Cal i f . ) 1410 Mexico. XEIcB, Atema jac W/R. J a l i s c o I D 0444 2/26 and vocals . ( ~ a u s e r , Y.M. ) l'i.zn I'4ex5~0. Note s logan f o r XEEM, Matmoros, Tamps, .';s 2. Corazon, conf rmed br

Phone; no t hrd on t h i s f r e q b u t on spurious r a d i a t i o n a t 1680 2155-2206 3/18; spur m3ght a l s o show up on 1160. (Iiauser, N.M. )

. Spurious. VOA, h r e r e very s t rong a t times; i s spurious mixing pscduct from the i n t e r a c t i o n of WINZ-940 and VOn-1180; (1100 - 940) + 1180 = 1420. (Rogers. F lag )

*'*1430 M a . BFBS i s now opera t ing on t h i s f r e q w / l hfi. (ARC) I439 E b v a . BFBS, Tobruk (I kw) i s s t i l l ac t ive . (ARC) . BFBS. E l Adern (1 h) i s t h e only o the r a c t i v e BFBS s t n i n Libya. (ARC) '502 -m! . BFES hIicosia, 1 kw, i s t h e only a c t i v e one bes ides 890. ( n . 2 ~ ) 1550 &strali.a. ~ Q D , Emerald good l a g on 2/19 0420-0600 over CBE and US Qm u n t i l U@'ia on: much weaker t h r u HNL 3/18 over t h e following unid s tn . (Kaskey. Cal i f* )

Unid SS. SS noted a top f r e q 3/18 a t 0737; should have s tayed wi th i t bu t didnTt* (Kaskey, Cal i f . )

1562 Eeromunster missing on 316 and 317; hrd same programming on ~ 3 T ~ 0 0 5 5 - ~ 1 ~ ~ ; a l s o hrd s ince . Test ing on now? (Scl.iml.*(lllr, ~ ~ ~ t - )

'57' Asian RSFSR. YuzI~no-Sakhal ins (12 s.t,), R.l~ssi a n tnl ks ?/I./ U'/ jO* (I.:$ ,* ,, 1 J T : ~ I ,I.- 7 i ' * 3 x * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

V F - R I F 1 c_n.._rr -.. o N -. s . ~ - ._, 650 COLOMBIA.. HJiCH, Bogota, F x p l - c i t v/l on Todelar le t te l*head: v/s: Eernardo

Tobone Jr. Gerente; QTH: Apt. nereo &67; slogan seems t o be h i s o r a s y@n,nserrate' ( S t a r r )

656 SPANISH SA.ILI\RA.. Photo v / c , p o s i t i v e QSL; signed i1Tegibly by Di rec to r "Radio Sa.harau; rubber stamp i n d i c a t e s hjesoras ~ ~ 9 ~ 1 0 3 - Gobiel?lo ~ e n e r a l d e la rrovinci de Sahara- Country number 98. (Anderson, Va. )

69O Nm ZEATIIND. 3Yb, Chri stchilrch. Usual NZBC card f rorn D i s t r i c t Manager* (wocd ) CUBA,. mBC, R. Progresso, H1avann: s\lrpyj s i n g reply from Antonio ~ e m a n d e z ; v/q f o r 10167 repor t . on^)

770 A.USTRA.LIA.. 3L0, u s u a l ABC vlq; necessary as 0rig.i n a l r e p o r t had been mis- d e l i v e r e d t o 901 R. Aus t r a l i a . (Wood)

780 PA.RBAD0S. ' R. Earbados, v / f orm i n 6 weeks by air. on^) 830 Nm ZEA.LA.bJD. LYX, Wha.ngarei; v / l . from c.A.. Salmon, P. 0. BOX 845. Whangarei; mine

i s most d i s t a n t r e p o r t y e t . ( T ~ J O ~ ~ ) 920 NETHERLANDS AMTILLES. ~ ~ n . 6 , R. V i c t o r i a v/l and i n f o card from Robert C- Mi tche l l

CEO QTH: P.0, BOX 410, Oran j e s t ad , A.ruba. ( ~ o ~ e r s , Fla. ) 960 BFJWUDA.. ZFB1, Hamilton; v / l ; v / s E a r ~ J. Roche. (Long) 990 M B I C O . XET s e n t SS v / l prcmptly w / 8 c o l o r pennant; same V/S a s in LA. Verie l ist*

(Carlson ) 1050 ME)(ICO. XEG, long v / l i n SS and v / ~ ; v / s Tsofilo B c h a r a , Gerente; Apartado 118,

Iqonterrey, N.L. Seemed s u r p r i s e d w/qual i ty of t a p s I s e n t them and returned ti le tape. on^) XEG; s e n t r e p o r t t o F t . Worth; rece ived XERB pronlotion shee t ~ / X E G QSL typed i n ; no v/s. Mailed from Harold ScIlv~artz A.ssoci at,ed, 1227 Loyola A.ve 9

Chicago; prompt. ( l{i l roy) 1235 BERMUDA.. ZElvIl, v / ~ ; v / s i s Wes Sut ton; t a p e sen t . ( ~ o n g ) 1240 A.USTRn.LIA.. 3TR, S a l e , Vic.; 2 page v / l from E r i c W. Evans, I\%nager; first r e p o r t

from Hawaii. (17Jood ) 1310 JAPAN. Itice card wi th , f o r once,from Japan, f u l l d e - t a i l s ; JOLF. (Wocd) ILi-50 NEd ZEA,LA.ND. 3YbJ, I jestport . ~ / 1 from F, J. Jacobs. S tn Manager, ?.a. Box 378,

Greymouth, p l u s e x c e l l e n t and very d e t a i l e d new NZBC card; m y r e p o r t was featurec. on t h e s t a t i o n . (Wood, Hawaii)

1570 MEYICG. XERF v l q promptly; usua l QTH and i l l e g i b l e v/s. ( ~ o n g ) 1600 A.liSTRn.LJA.. 3NE, Wangaratta, Vic. ~ / 1 from D.C. De 1.a Rue, Managing Director .

2 A. N D 0 ivI N F; S S . . . Nice r e c e n t visit from Chris PIaslin and f i n e phone c h a t s with Don Kaskey, Randy Seaver, and bJalter Rogers... 1-Iad hoped t o g i v e a l i s t of IDXD con t r ibu to r s h e r e b u t spacing d i d n ' t wor!~ out ; nex t week,., N O ~ J s o l i c i t i n g o rde r s f o r t1-e second order of Japanese mecha.ni.cal Fi 7-ters, want one?. . .

Admiral Nelson

Some Tim on Loop Cons t ruc t ion - - - t o be !l.sed i n con j ~ y c t i c - r,~i-t;: !:2C :.ran -:.? :I:?

. . - . . . , . . . . . . . by J e r r y S t a r ?

So y o u ' r e .gonna.builc!.a loop? Once you g e t it working y o u ' l l l ove it E k e a member of ' t h e famf1x.. . ' n e e ' you've g o t it w c r k i n ~ ! The Good Admiral 's r t e ~ n t serie:: of 'articles .on :lob;p. problems. should b e r equ i r ed r ead ing b&f .ore t a k i n g on t h e p r o j e c t - :S@ae y e a r s a g o Xma+ a .stab a t l o o p b u i l d i n g and am n o w : ~ r 2 t i h g ' t h i s i n hopes t h a t f u t u r e . . . . l o o p - m a l i e r s ' $ i l l . p ~ t 'make t h e same boo-boos .that had m e ta l lk ing t d myself ,

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. F i s s t of ;rill, :make i - L ' :m6chanically s t rong . Don' t s e . ~ e b h a s o n i t e , : f o r , t h e c e n t e r brace. t\.fter carefully ' d r i l l i n g a l l t h e h o l e s I found ' t ' b t ; , . t h e . . . . . . k a s . n i t e , cur led up a t t h e edge. when the ' .b .ol ts w e G t i gh t ened . The p l a n e of t h e ' loop . . . . w i l l . :bs f a r b e t t e r if you use a gocd. ,heal thy chunk :of 3/bu plywocd a t l e a s t ' l 5 ' I f square* . .iJse..heavy b o l t s 2$-" l png w i t h sockwashers o n - b o t h s i d e s of t h e plywocd, and , l a r g e y i n g ~ ~ u ' t s f o r t i - g h t e n i n g :.up ,,;. Tighteneup ..the: n u t s u n t i l t h e washers b i te , i n t o t h e wocd ;. : r e t i g h t e n a a f t e r a few d a y s t o t a k e up t h e s l a c k r e s u l t i n g f rom Ifgiveff ' i n t h e wocd.. If . . evel.Yk.)li rl:

i s n l t good and $i,ght,. , y o u t l l have a drcopy l oop a f t e r a ,few' weeks.. . '.. . ~, ' . . . . . . , . . . ~ . .

For t h e cros'sarms, u se a t least 1" dowels o r square, stock; These are ~ i~ l f1e t~ l~ les

hard t o f i n d a t t h e l o c a l hardware emporium; 1 l e t a smi l ing , s a l e s m s . n s a l S m e 3/4" dowels which bend l i k e ,5 f i shSng rod when t h e l o o p i s t\r?und t i g h t l y . .The 1" v a r i e t y i s much more s tu rdy . ( s i n k e ' i t i s v e r y i m p o r t a n t th&t; t h e p l a n e . o f , t h e 1 . 0 0 ~ .be f l a t , make l i k e H0bi.n Hocd a n d - Ys2ghtfl down t h e crossar?n s t o c k $0 make s u r e 3:ou a r e n ' t being s o l d warped wood - A..N:) " . .

. . .- - . -- M o m t i t . i s always a problem. After be ing t h e v i c t i m of a - f a l l i n g l o o p on more. -- -

t h a n one occasiori , I pul -dhased 'a t r i pod - type Chris tmas t ree s t a n d w i t h a ?-ride base and it h a s n 1 h . ; t i p p e d . o v e r ye t . -The ad jus tment screws i n t h e s t a n d a l s o make it e a s i e r t o plumb t h e whole works. ( ~ n lalt '6rnati-re s o l u t i o n t o t h e mounting problem, which h a s proved q u i t e pra.cti .ca1, i s , , is t o run a l o n g sha f t th rbugh t h e l o o p p l a n e extending hot: above and below t h e loop. ' If t h e l eng- th of t h e s h a f t i ' i s t h e same as t h e d i s t a n c e f r ~ m t h e f l o o r t o t h e c e i l i n g , it i s easy t o p i v o t t h e r o t a t i o n s h a f t a t b o t h t h e f l o o r and c e i l i n g . Anyone who's evey'. 'seen a "pole lampf1 can t a k e it from there . - A..N. )

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The l a t e s t NRC l o o p p l d n s sugges t a method of r o t a t i n g - t h e l oop by connect ing t h e suppo r t i ng dowels w i t h a p i e c e of r c d o r "Readi-Threadf1, t h u s a l lowing t h e t o p sec t io r . t o r o t a t e on t h e bottom dowel. Fo rge t j.tP F i r s t of a l l , u n l e s s t h e h o l e s i n t h e dowel ends are d r i l l e d e x a c t l y (which i s tough i f you d o n ' t have a large-bedded l a t h e ' you w i l l end up w i t h a =ere c a s e of loop-lean. Even i f t h e h o l e s a r e e x a c t , constar. r o t a t i o n e v e n t u a l l y e n l a r g e s t h e h o l e , t h e top-heavy c o n s t r u c t i o n w i l l t end t o bend t h e rod , and t h e l o o p ultimately ends up on t h e f l o o r (and p o s s i b l y t h e t r a s h ) . Zere1. a much more s t u r d y method of p ivo t i ng . Eeg, barrow, o r s t e a l a two-foot s e c t i o n of condu i t o r an t enna mast w i t h a one i n c h i n s i d e d iamete r . The bottom end of t h e uDper l o o p suppo r t i ng dowel i s i n s e r t e d i n t o t h e condu i t a t least lo f1 . D r i l l two ho l e s comple te ly th rough t h e c o n d u i t and a n o t h e r a t r i g h t a n g l e s 6" lower. Tighten b o l t s th rough b o t h of t h e s e h o l e s s o t h e condu i t i s f i r m l y f i x e d t o t h e upper suppor t dowel. iJow you can s l i d e t h e whole l o o p frame over t h e lower suppo r t dowel which i s f i r m l y f i x e d t o t h e Chris tmas t r e e s tand. The end r e s u l t i s t h a t of a l a r g e s leeve-bear ing r o t a t i n g around t h e lower dowel. S ince t h e c o n d u i t f s i n s i d e d i ame te r and t h e dowe l ' s ou t s i de d i a m e t e r are t h e sane, a snug f i t w i l l r e s u l t - keeping t h e upper and lower -- - -- dowels i n good a l ignment and p e r m i t t i n g easy ro t a t i on . ' ~ o t a t i o n may be uneven if t h e mat ing ends of t h e dowels are rough; i f t h i s i s t h e c a s e , p l a c e a penny on t h e t o p of t h e upper dowel be fo r e s l i d i n g t h e upper p a r t i n . , Thi s w i l l a.ct as a bear ing . If t h e fit i s t o o t i g h t , a l i t t l e l i g h t sand ing of - t h e l ower dowel w i l l d o t h e t r i c k . Do not o i l t h e ~ rocd a s t h i s w i l l make i t swell and b ind up t h e f r e e r o t a t i o n of t h e loop. (Gnce t h e d i ame te r of t h e f r e e l y r o t a t i n g dowel ha s been f i x e d by sand ing , a l i b e r a l q u a n t i t y of powdered g r a p h i t e l u b r i c a n t wi ' l l guaran tee smooth r o t a t i o n w i thou t warping t h e wocd; a l s o , t o o much plumbing and t o o l i t t l e wocdwork can p o s s i b l y result i n t h e p r e senc e of s o much m e t a l t u b i n g n e a r t h e l oop t h a t t h e an tenna p a t t e r n w i l l b e d i s t o r t e d - go heavy on wood and p l a s t i c and l i g h t on m e t a l - A..N.)

IDXD -__ March 30, 1968 page loop 2

Now we're ready t o wind t h e loop. Use s t randed, i n s u l a t e d wfre; I wouldnl t recommend w i r e smal le r t han #16 gauge. Thinner wire s t r e t c h e s t o o e a s i l y and y o u ' l l be t i g h t e n i n g it every o t h e r week. Don't do as I d i d and y i e l d t o t h e tempta t ion t o so lder t o g e t h e r some l e n g t h s of sc rap wire t o save a l i t t l e money - buy t h e wire y o u f l : need a l l i n one piece.

Winding t h e loop r e q u i r e s t h e pa t i ence of Job and then some. It would seem n a t u r a l t o l a y t h e loop on t h e f l o o r t o wind it. Not good. When You p i c k UP t h e wound loop , t h e frame w i l l f l e x and y o u ' l l have t o r e t i g h t e n t h e windli ngs o r possib13- even rewind it a l l over again. E rec t t h e loop frame f i r s t , t hen wind it whi l e it i s i n i t s f i n a l pos i t ion . If you ' re n o t so t a l l , g rab a cha i r . This methcd i s more time consuming but w i l l r e s u l t i n a more t i g h t l y wound coi l . , . (I\. tuned loop i s n ' t One

t h a t makes l i k e a g u i t a r when r o t a t e d - t h e windings should n o t v i b r a t e when t h e loop is turned. Trick inven ted by t h e a n c i e n t Ind ians t o f i m - u p weaving looms: "weave" a s h o r t f l a t p i ece of wood i n t o t h e winding i n s e v e r a l p l a c e s - under t h e first t u r n * O v e r t h e second, under t h e t h i r d , e t c . Do t h i s a t t h r e e o r four p l a c e s on each side of t h e ~ n d i n g , and t h e loop w i l l be flfirmed up" g rea t ly . Tongue-depressors o r popc ic l e s t i c k s a r e p e r f e c t f o r this - n.,N.)

If you ' re handy w i t h c h a s s i s t o o l s , t h e tun ing network should be mountad j n a a l r n n i n i l m It&d" box bo l t ed t o t h e loop suppor t dowel d i rcct , ly &elow the l o o p

i'indi nfZs* Do n o t p l a c e t h e tun ing network (and especially n o t a FM booster! ) the loop tri nai rigs. Finding p o s t s o r teninal b] oclcs make f o r ea si el. connect5 oils;

y o u ' l l need about 6 of them: one fop each end of t h e mu1 t.i- t ~ u ~ - n t a n k c o i l , one each end of t h e s i n g l e o r do,lhle turn t,ake-off l i n k , and two f o r t h e feed-line the receiver* Bfidlng p o s t s a r e a I-ot e a s i e r t o use than having t o s o l d e r a l l the e x t e r n a l connect ions,

Use only sh i e lded , two-conductor cable for t h e feed- l ine t o t h e r e c e i v e r - 8641 i s f i n e and a v a i l a b l e a t any r a d i o p a r t s s to re . Keep t h e cab le as s h o r t a 5 ~ 0 s s i h l . e and connect t h e s h i e l d t o t h e r e c e i v e r ground te rmina l .

Now a few f i n e p o i n t s . The v a r i a b l e c a p a c i t o r c a U e d f o r i n t h e NRC ms usua l ly comes w i t h a l a r g e 3/8" diameter shaft . Trying t o f i n d a knob t o fit this s h a f t i s almost impossible , and you c a n ' t leave t h e s h a f t b a r e s i n c e hand-capacitance w i l l f o u l UP fxning every t ime you touch t h e shaf t . a d a p t e r s h a f t i s a v a i l a b l e accep t t h e a lmost u n i v e r s a l knob s i z e i s avail.able from N l i e d Radio f o r 3%; the p a r t number i s 47 B 1109. The l a r g e Davies knob ( N l i e d p a r t number 47 B 4.126) makes f o r easy tun ing; t h e c o s t i s only 56d. (1f you use a FET Loop Booster and f i n d t h a t t h e tun ing has become s o c r i t i c a l t h a t an ord inary knob w i l l n o t d o , t r y one of t h e very inexpens ive Japanese-made v e r n i e r knobs o f f e red by Radio Shack, Lafayet te , A l l i ed , e t c . ; it 11 b e a b i t ha rde r t o mount b u t will be much e a s i e r t o use f o r everyday opera t ion - A.. N. )

Gf course t h e r e a r e l o t s of o t h e r cons ide ra t ions i n loop const lvcLion b u t they have been covered q u i t e completely i n t h e previous ly publ i shed loop p l a n s and i n t h e tJelson a r t i c l e s . Read them w e l l before s t a r t i n g cons t ruc t ion of your loop, and visit a Dx'er w i t h a good loop be fo re you begin worlc on your own. If your l oop works l i k e it should , y o u ' l l p robably never use your o ld antenna aga in - y o u ' l l wonder how you ever DX1 ed without it!

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Edi tor ' s addenda: whi le a new set of NRC loop p l a n s ( inc luding both box arrd spi-t-al types, a long w i t h p l a n s f o r t h e FET Loop ~ o o s t e r ) w i l l hopefu l ly be out bg s m n e r s Jer ry ' s comments a r e i n v a l i ~ a b l e f o r those who ' l l b u i l d a new loop o r improve an old one before then. You ' l l s t i l l s t i c k wi th your impress ive longwire, you say? One of t h e NRC' s most t a l e n t e d , experienced, and r e spec ted "old t , i m e r s f ' recen-tly wrote

"An o ld DX buddy came over t h e o t h e r day and we p u t a loop toge ther . He had p u t i n more e f f o r r t t han I as he wished t o prove how e f f e c t i v e a loop can r e a l l y be compared t o a n i n v e r t e d 'L' antenna. I ' v e been heard t o s ay many times: 'how

, can t h a t smal l loop compare w i t h t h a t h igh goodlooking L antenna t h a t has g iven mo a l l t h e con t inen t s and a l l t h e p l e a s u r e t h a t goes wi th i t ? ' Well t h a t l oop ha: shown me t h i n g s t h a t I didrir t t ,hi nk possihl e - j u s t t h i n g s you dream of and wish were t rue."

-Admiral Nelson-

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11 rjLEE; iC m D I G T , Randal l Kane , Edito~ 617-336-0J 97 'srch 30, 1968 5QA Water St,, PTedford, Illass 02155

@or~t r ibu t ions need n o t be separated by category, bu t p lezse include 9 - c frequency, c a l l , s t a t e , d a t e and time EST of each item. TTeadlPne 4 C mursday mail before publ ica t ion* IX pr in ted w i l l be l imi ted t o s/ons, 8/offs, ETs, AN & F/C changes, schedules, new s t a t i o n s ; p lus any and a: Braveyard, p i r a t e and col lege s t a t i o n s , and o the r unusual DX. Please refel? t o the bRC Condition of Frequency and Frequency Check l i s t s , an$- t o recent DDXDs, before reporting.

.h - b f t e r hours: Nidnfght t o sunr i se DX)

560 WGAI-ITC 3/23 0429-0430, 1 minute of an ET. t ~ a u l Kilroy, IT(( 570WNAX-SD Typical s t r e n g t h on Test 3/25$ w/some XKEN W M , but bas-

i c a l l y s o l i d . They arenl ' t NSP, &! I donT' t t h i n k they' Y e

AN. (@fob Right . ('rk) 590 KUGlS-Oreg S/off Ojai , c a l l 620 WJQfl-V1t 3/11 o L ~ o - o x ~ ~ PRC ~1st. i~ a t 0112, good l e ~ e '

here a t f l r s t . 630 CKRC-&Tan Doesn' t seem t o hrd w e l l 0105 & asgt11

0511 3/259 b u t just mar & GliEa

@0s t e t t l e p , ~ l n n ) * 670 u n - 3 00-0312, us ing f/c TT. Pry weak, poss K B O I PrePar- antenna (mlroy, w ) Very inter7esting.. .sure

n o t a h e t ? ('r k ) 740 EBIG-Cal Runs t e s t s , 0800-0900 SM, n u l l t o San Francisco- ( ( ~ a v f d

KuJ-ka, meenbrae , Gal) 770 w?m Gomeone ET W/OC a t 0429 on 3/25 way o / fd~E /RoB (FT?)

( I - 1 ) ; s t r e n g t h indica ted WCAL or KUoJ:. ( r o n t e t t l e r ) 790 CBO-Gnt 3/18 s/off 0105 a f t e r wxo ( ~ l l r o y , DC) 910 WPPB-O~L~.~ 3/8 0230, e x c e l l e n t s i g n a l f o r loow, o r a r e they 2 5 0 ~

y e t ? ( ~ i l r o y , DC) 3 WWV-V't Box 218, 05001. F/C f l r s t Tues, 0000-0030. F/C pgil conc-

s inks of random picked records until a c t u a l ffme of f /c , 3- 1 kc TT= Records a r e played again whi le equfpment i s readjus ted , then off. ( ' ~ i l r o y , DC)

930 I P S ; D T - r n 3/19 0100 s/off o 3/25 DX 0105-0135. Moderath strer gth & hrd most of it but mx mixing ~/QRw; ( K i l r o ~ 9 m) Brd on DX Tes t ; 3/25- r e a l good a t f i r s t , l a t e r much ?:':I from I.IKY/unID. ( ~ o s t e t t l e r , m n n )

9-40 ~glLD-La Test 0314-0320 3/18 rank Wheeler, E r i e , pa ) un ID Someone W/TT a t 0426 3/25, looped in l i k e KIQA; do they

ET every MM? (*Kostett ler, inn) Looks l f k e it. ('rk) 960 XIEB-S-Neb G/off W/SSB h r 6 3/17 a t 0200. ( ( ~ o s t e t t l e r )

+%1040 unm 3/10 0440 w/kR. 92gs weak 82 f l u t t e r y , We "AB show". KHVE? Otherwise I draw a blank. ( ~ a r l Robinson, DC, v i a ~ i l r o y ) Fits b u t f o r the RR- I r e f e r ye t o DXD. ( r k )

1140 KGEN'-IBR~O off a t 0300 on 3/24. Cnly a t e n t a t i v e , hrd U / ~ A K . ( ~ e j z a , Cal )

I230 u n D PT 0232 3/25. (Ron Rays, V e r s a i l l e s , ~ y ) urn 0045-0103 s/off WCanadian , 3/4 & 11, no c a l l O r

hrd. ill Stone, Claremont, Grit) 1240 WROV-$a R3 and f a n t a s t i c s i g n a l a l l AM 3/25. (-jays, KY) 1250 KERF-Mfnn BpJrd on p/c 3/13, 0120-0130, announced a s regular. PEP) 1270 WEIc-111 3/6 ̂ 0135 W/TT. ( ~ o b i n s o n / ~ i l r o y , DC )

unID ElYWC-SD NOT h r d on 3/25 Tes t ; someone on W/TT a f t e r 0 4 0 ~ b u t wouldn't ID. ( ~ o s t e t t l e r , inn)

1700 WFBR-Yd S/off 0104 3/26. (Mheeler, Pa) 171 0 P O K X - . T ~ J ~ 1/8 01211-0130 w / ~ / c . ( ' ~ i l r o y , DC )

G R A F l r I T I IS A SIC I L I A N CURSE

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L,I 5 March 30,

(4) 1-320WJrAS-Pa A I T ~ ~ was s i l e n t 1~~4(3/25) alp 3hanzl~ f a l o , QT) 1350 PSOJ-Oreg 3/24 s/off 0L100 ('Pejzw, Gal)

b31340 UOOK-DC 3/20 hrd off 0140-0330, looks regulsll on WeCinesZaays. (pyzj (u* -> KPDES-Tex TT 0112-0130 3/25, good s ignal . L L ~ J S , 3)

VLDY4fi .s P/TT/C off :0159%(hrd: 3/25 4th/14M) ( ~ o h a n n s , m"i) TT 0130- 0145 3/25. ( ~ a y s , Ky)

UnIC 0133-0145 3/23, who? ( ~ a y s , ICY) 1350 WXCL-I11 In here , 3/25, 0246 tune-ln t o 0255 w / ~ / c , TT. ( ~ o s t ~ ~ l ' ~ 1380 'iLOS-N(= 3/20 0230 ET w / b ~ , very strollg. ( K ~ l r o y , E)

m B - S D Rough W ~ T V R QRM on 3/25 Test ; unn though. ( ~ o s t e t t l e r ) 1400 WFTL-Fla 3/19 0130 b r i e f l y . ( Kilroy)

KTNN-NP Ifrd 3/25 on c , 0133 tune-in ti1 0345,TT IDS . (m) WmC-Pa Hrd on r/c 3 f ram 0202 tune-in t o p a s t 0213,TT & IDsw

( ~ o s t e t t l e r , TT. 0203-0212 3/25. (Hays, KY) %TcOS-S~ RS w/good RR 3/25. ( ~ a y s , Ky) KILE-Tex S/off 0205 SSB ( ~ a v e Fischer, Lincoln, ~ e b )

14-20 WUT-Ga unl/ '~T/c hrd:0145-07.55 on 3/22 (Jollarlns, NY) 2Lt3OTdNJR-NJ h r d on RS at to459 3/21 (R they A ~ / o r ear<-Ly ?,)ty7p) ( H z r 7 -

phie) A N , I bel ieve- r i g h t , N X ? ( r l c ) ~ ~ i ~ i o yimki--nh C , RS S / O T ~ :0003 w/l l o r d t s ye (3/21) ( J01131lns , NY)

U-l ID St-eady TT - 0200--0300 - ~iever opened h i s Yap - Dm ID - deaf & dumb t h a t is. 3 /23 . ('st,one, m t )

50 VKIP-NP 3/18 0158 w/KR. (Kililroy, DC ) un ID 3/10 - steady TT - Korse Code I D only: - - .a-• and

e i t h e r 3 o r 4 d o t s - l o a t my damn Iqorse code l i s t . (Ston' 60 KYSN-c o lo Krd up t o 0200 S / O ~ P W/SSB, 3/25. ( ~ o s t e t t l e ~ , 1"lit-m)

m:NO-Nev &ck-to-back r e l i g i o u s pgrns, 0230 tllru ~ n l D CC; s/off 0301 3/25. ( J e r r y S t a r r , Youngstown, Ohio)

GmE-Que 3/25 DX 0307-0345, No problem except TVI, occ. f a d e s . ( ~ i l r o ~ , D C ) a j e r k y / ~ ~ ' r : long & t h r u spl/cKR~:who was fair/hrd 0300-0345. ( ~ o h a n n s , NY) Qy good ~ g / m A

( ~ a ~ s , Ky) NOT h r d f o r t e s t , 3/25; someone on w / ~ , however . ' ( ~ o s t e t t l e r , inn)

0 mO-Kans ET w/TT, snnctg 0406-0415, sounded l l k e f/c . (S ta r r ) ~JIN-NIL'~ 3/23 0203-0215 w/r/c, weak t o moderate. (Ki l roy ,

'0 Vm-Ky Bas r e l i g i o u s f reakout show known a s " ~ i l h o u e t t e s " 0030- 0100 every SM. (Only b e t f o r Ky c a p i t o l ) (Flays, PY)

' ~ A B J - M ~ C ~ 3/18 0130-0145 wfnx & wx, t e r r i f i c s t r eng th . ( ~ i l r o y ) W E K P a TT dur ing RS 0150-0158 3/25. ( ~ a y s , Ky) V d b ~ - ~ e n n Nx s t 0055. 3/24 t h r u \qFKY. ( ~ a y s , Ky) un ID WFXY-Ky, 3/19 0207-0220 ET, -~l..-mo_s_t c e r t a i n of ID. ( ~ l l r o ;

1500 unID 3 / 9 - TT s teady - covering 8 d i s t o r t i n g w.= - geve D a t 0120 - did n o t ge t (Stone, Cnt)

un 1D 0302-0340 - man s a i d - t h i s i s Whagee 1 00 kHz - no loea t i o n - whar d o I w r i t e t o ? (Stone, On% What d a t s ? ( r k )

1510 XGA-Tqash S 9 s i g n a l a t 0300 s /off . ( ~ a y s , Ky) 3/25? ( r k ) 1520 1VKBJf-NY O f f 0330 3/25. ( S t a r r , 0hio)

un ID Under WXRN - s teady TT - 0146-0230 - if he gave D , W K B T covered - had CC 0215 on - s t i l l on 0300 - 2/15. tone)

1530 mCK-Neb f/c 0230-0245 l a s t Thurs ( ~ i s c h e r , ~ e b ) 2-550 WITTN-Nass 3/8 0130-0145 TT w/ope-fa version -of " ~ h a p s o d y i n ~lue"

( ? ) . ID a t 0145. ( ~ i l r o y ) u*.. .defilement! (rk) WSAO-Miss ~ / D T / C w i t h top/&/bottorn:~~~:0201-0214 3/22 hrd (RNJJ) un ID on 3/23(no C B E / O ~ thexl)a T T ' ~ 05~10--054.~~:'Thi's ? making a

t e s t . (Jollarlrls, NY) ;O WTAT--Fie 3/'( ET 00'15 ( ~ i l r o y , X!)

hie J(

1560 RDDL 0320-0455 f i n a l l y T D " ~ a f t r TT/cG'~;~ 2nd ET/I\'M tst? nf.i 3-

ed:0313-031!-5/end & only a p iece /of /ca l l & hrd (312'1.) ' n 7 C.0 ~ ~ i a n n s , ITY)

]-590 W'JNQ-Ala S8 - WAKR & him even - f/c - 0233--0258 - 3/27, - ( ~ % o l l a ) 4. ' l (sQB~ p i r a t e Clevelanfi p l r a te hrd e a r l y s e v e r a l A M s here recent ly ;

h igh ly d i s t o r t e d c/w mx. ( H o s t e t t l e r , Minn) Nust bo rr-n- n ing 5Gw o r ~ o , ~ o . . . ( rk)

F - (Sunr i se s/ons & daytime DX)

540 KVIP-Ca l S/on 0900, o f t en runs s g r i c u l t u r a l pgm. (Kulka, Call wDX~-~enn on 0701 3/6 (F i sh , Neb)

'!' 630 WLN-Neb Nebraska JL?le-yan+ lJ, Lincoln. on 1600. 55 2 miles o r more S of Ynem. Called t ech , d i v . t o t e l l him- theyt re c a r r i e r - c u r r e n t a t 5 w (and r a d i a t i n g -rk) . S a i d mY reL'q'r was f i r s t and knew they were off f req (above 630) P a t e d by NWIJ Radio Club. Real ly bets 630 b n ( 7 7 - ~ of , llt~llt,a ( ~ i s h , Neb)

740 K B I G - C ~ ~ on 0900 ( ~ u l k a , Ca l ) 960 KJSK-Heb S/on 0827 >/8;no SSB. ( ~ l s h , ~ e b )

WECN-Nich ~ S / i . r l c l ~ s / o 1 ~ : ~ ~ ~ : 0 4 5 9 ( 3 / 2 6 hrd) ( e ~ o l , ~ ~ n ~ . NY) 1550 cm-Ont &-hp/~;: & can/Atm s/on :04.59 thin t i m e :3/25 5'23 + ~ * "89

6559 ( I d i d n ' t check:bunf s ) ( . ~ u l ~ a n n n , NY) 1560 WTNS-Ohio s/on :0559 ( 3 / 2 3 ) (R a 3-ph ie ) 1590 WTV8-Mlch RS/SSD a/on :0557*(3/23 ) ('.~o~lsnns, NY)

C - (Sunsot s /of fs & DX u n t i l midnight) T. F 640 'dNQD-Okla off 1930, l e f t in c l e a r a f t e r W O I s/off, 9/70 ( ~ l ~ h )

870 KIEV-Cal S / O P ~ 1930, runs phoney horse races . ( ~ u l k a , C G ~ ) PST?? 1140 unm SSE hrd way O / ~ R V A a t 2000 3/23; t ime fits XmAB. (~ostet,

tLer, Minn) XjTO WEIF-Wva 1357. s/of-f 3/21 (Wheeler Pa) ? - ~ : ~ O ~ ~ C A L - F ~ ~ p i p f l 7 a t 1830 3/16. (Lo11 Berman, MeadOl'r. IGO WHYP-Pa 1030 s/off 3/24 (Wheeler, pa) /NY ) 1550 WYNX-Ga 184-5 s/off hrd 3/23 (B~rman, NY) :L5'70 WPGIif-Pa 1815 s/off h rd 3/23 (Berman, NY) i.600 WHU-'dVa 1829 s/off h r d 3/24 (Berman, N ~ )

( s chedu les )

620 KcflFT-Tex 0500 (0600 Sun)- 0100 ( ~ i s h , N e b ) 640 ' ~ ~ J O I - I O W ~ 0700-1915 3/7 ( ~ i s h , ~ e b ) 970 WAVX-Ky Now AX-6 with MN off . " ~ o o d " mx, e t c . ( ~ a y s , ~ y ) AN'S :

3/22(afkisn your K O O X / S ~ ~ goodby 4:4/2) ( ~ a l ~ h i e ) 1-050 KTOT-Gal 0900-1915, s/on hrd almost eveily day. ( ~ u l k a ) T h a t EST?

FASO-Cal 0930-1600, r e l i g gm. 2 9 0 7fiI-IIO-Oh3 n 0500-0103, hrd 3 ?' 26 (Wfieeler, y Pa

Sor ry about those doubts on EST, h i , w e all have our pro: lems. P lease be s u r e , tho~,~ssSh, t h a t your r e p o r t s a r e I n ?3ST-

Itt s too bad w e cant t do a n o t h e t * ~ ~ r i l - ~ o o l ' s e d f t f o g of ~ e w s " l i k e the 1967 e d i t i o n , Las t year's was a ~ o o d one, though,

desp i t e the PO p-roblems , . . Another reques t f o r r e p o r t e r s : please don' t send a2?y

u ; ~ ~ ~ t . l ~ l y - ~ a t . l a b l e sunse t s/offs a f te r* the 20th of t h e month. A f t e r t h a t t i m e , theyt r e p r e t t y use le s s .

Re Jefferson ~ i r p l a n e ' s h i j ack ing : Lon Berman reworks f : :a

Cast ro now inf-.ends t o change his AN fromat t o psychedelic mx. m mag in,: MARC: on 1.PO9 & WRKO on 1210!" Well, W A X & WRTCO z r e hardly psyche, by-5 I " d l i k e t o see h i m copy . m X , TWE, o r WHRI! 73, randy

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V O L U M E 3 4 - N u m b e r 1 Gur 34t'h Attempt Apri l 1, 1967 .................................................................................................................

HEADQUARTERS PAGE: O a l R. Yam, P.O. Box 99, Winthrop, kss. 02152 ........................................................................,....... ~..........-......~....-~~-~~~--~~ ...................................................................................-...... ~ - - - - - - - - - - - . - - ' * - - - * - * - -

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The-e w i l l be a convention i n Boston. It w i l l be h e l d over t h e Labor Day Weekend. &ny I)XWers w i l l a t t end .

We.hope you w i l l be the re , too. Come sea rch f o r t h e mysterylocation! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

AalrSiNG 5 q P N ~ b o o o A sad noto i n frcm Frank 0. "Heftytt Blooper, Amusing Edi tor , submit t ing h i s r e s i g m t i o n . . . n o t from the ed i to r ohores ... but J u s t h i s f e e l i n g of r es igna t ion . Hefty w r i t e s : "1 must t e n d e r nly res ignat ion as e d i t o r , because

w s e c t i o n has o u t l i v e d i t s usefulness . .. it i s a r e l i c of t h e p a s t ... t h e new 6g postage r a t e h a s cu t down

lwrrwea ... s l o t of the Bad Guys a r e g iv ing up DXing ... and two many t y p i n g eros have cropped up. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

C O N T E S T N O T E S ... Contest #l COhTEST #2 CONTEST #3 1. Oal R. hm 40 1. Oal R. &nn 40 1 . 9 a l R . M m n 40 2. Lord Nelson 39 2. Lord Nelson 39 '2. Lord Nelson 39 3. Hefty Blooper 38 3. Hefty Blooper 38 3. Hefty Blooper 38 4. Arcane 37 4. Aroane 37 4. Arcane 37 5. Pete E.Peu 36 5. ~ e t e E. ~ e u 36 5. ~ e t e E. Psu 36 6. C u r t i s E. P r o g r ~ m 1 6. curtis E. program 1 6. c u r t i s E. Program 1

CONTEST IQNAGER: Ray Moral, S o i e n t i s t i c Ed i to r & Philosopher King, P.O. Box 99, Walpcle, kss. 02081 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

A N N O U N C I N G . . .

t h e f o r m t i o n of t h e Federat ion of American Radio Club Ekecutives. E l i g i b l e t o j o i n a r e a l l ed i to r s , publ ishers , end o f f i c e r s of a l l r a d i o clubs. Oal R. Mann, founder, has been named president , t h e n t a l k e d severa l o t h e r persons i n t o joining. Already on t h e r o s t e r a r e Lord Nelson, Hefty Blooper, and Aroane. The Federat ion of

American Radio Clubs i s a f f i l a a t e d with t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l R a a o Aa*coiation of Club Executives. Both a r e a p a r t

of tho Exeoutive Group o f Organizat ions ca r t e l .

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A N M O U N C I N G . . .

t h e Pop Edge mom rial c a l l l e t t e r s . Radio S t a t i o n s have c a l l l e t t e r s . H ~ m s have c a l l l e t t e r s . Beacons have

c a l l l e t t e r s . Workers have s o c i a l s e c u r i t y numbers ... but DXters have n s meens of iden t i f i ca t ion . . . t h e r e f o r e ,

t h e BAD Gws have decided t o s e t up c a l l l e t t e r s f c r DXrers, honoring our most ha l loed supporter. Ths c a l l s

w i l l begin wi th W, fo l low wi th Pop Ede;ers i n i t i a l s , add a number pe r ham c a l l zone, and fol low with two o r t h r e e

l e t t e r s . Thus Qal R. Nmn becomes WPEIORM. Apply t o BAD Guys , Eox 99, and send $25.00 f o r your Pop Edge PTemoriel C a l l l e t t e r .

THIS WLLETIN ORIGINAL MAILD 4/1/67, BUT HELlj UP I N E.,ILS SO LONG, THE POSTAGE UTES CHANGED ANE THEY WERE ALL RETUWED I

D I A T R I B E w i t h Y E P U B . . . A 3 a.m. te lephone c a l l frcm "The New FWDw diort~toe: "Maturity -- t h e copc i ty t o declare oneself n h t t ~ e wii thcut

r e a l l y t r y i n g end then jud~l ing others . DXers -- a r a r e breed, hur t ing themselves, condemning ccmrades f a u l t s ,

never commending h i s nonexis tant virtues.< Thoughts-- j u s t i f i e d c r i t i c i s m i s a s ign of hea l thy appearance - * *

Neglect t o publ ic ly compliment those who deserve it. Rose-cclored glasses b r ing 10@ oooperation. Remember,

who ree.ds IXD NEWS? Be proud t o show our f r i e n d s self-censorship, t-he kind W E A ~ r s have rc&in.

sorry,R.F., but you spoke a l i t t l e too f a s t f o r nle-Lto get it e l 1 , ' b u t c e r t a i n l y

t h a t which appears he re I s food f o r thought. Perhaps t h e comments by our S c i e n t i s t 1 0

~ d i G 5 a t - d Philopopk.errIini: r,o.n.L?nt o, , Ray Moral, a grcduate of Harm-rd Square,

can shed some l i g h t on t h e subject . Hewr i tes :

t t I s n l t it t rue , Oal, t h a t a l l good i s good and ell bad i s bad2 A l l black is black and a l l white i s white, and

all grey i s grey, by d e f i n i t i a ~ ~ Therefore, a DX'er's r e s u l t s p lus h i s po ten t ia l add up t o measure h i s a b i l i t i e s c

Thank you, Ray, f o r enl ightening us on t h a t m t t e r . Not everyone i s s o pleased, hcwever,

witness t h i s missive from Pete E. Peu, Box 99, Arlington, h s s . 02174: "Mail s e r v i c e i s t r u l y atrocious. t h i r d c l a s s b u l l e t i n s do not a r r i v e u n t i l Tuesdays. This 6 i sc r imina t ion

has got to Cmse. I understand a l l o t h e r Boston Area membes ge t t h i e r b u l l e t i n s Friday night O r S a t ~ 1 r d ~ * " Another complaint oomes from F e l l ~lSwoopy17 F u l l i v i t , P.O. Box 99, Westminster, Mass. 01473, b r ing ing up an embarrasing subject:

"The scheduled programs from t h e Courtesy Programs Committee con t inua l ly f a i l t o mate r ia l i ze . Despite a c l e a r

channel, WCRM i n Blr.llapd,, New York, f a i l e d t o show here, only 12C miles away. The CPC shotild i n s f a t s ta t io I l s

show up on schedule, and i f they don't, b r i n g s u i t f o r breach of promise."

Refer you t o l a s t week's b u l l e t i n , Swoopy, i n whichthe mnnger repor ted t h e ste-tion burned down the day before t h e program.

&rk Gene DeKanna, W. m i s p o r t , write:"bIow do you e;uys expect us t o read these 48 page b u l l e t i n s every week-

Cut, down t h e s i z e of t h e b u l l e t i n s , , or we 1 1 1 Join t h e skimpy club. We f e e l l e f t out when we can't r e a d it a l l * "

Why not s l j l i t it i n t o sect icns ,"fel lcws, 3nd syhop>ite t o eech other -- (1RM wa-mwood R. Marsh of West Boxford complains: h s t week's b u l l e t i n dropped from 48 t o 46 pages. You &W's b e t t e r

keel ndards up, o r you're gonna l o s e a l c t of members. Long l i v e Free Crostta." . . . a . . . a .....................................................................................................

The beginning Pres iden t of an I n t e r n a t 1 ona l ly - renmed DX c lub has ~ o i n t ed out t h a t t h e ~ n t e r n a t i on1

Radio Glub of Cr-l-l-forrfiIh hn.s f a r surpassed t h e BAD GUYS i n publishing a DX bulletin.. . Therefore:

S A D B U T T R U E D-E-P-T .... -- .-

Due t o the r a p i d d e t e r i o r a t i o n of t h e Ccurtesy Programs Committee, t h e

non-renewals of char te r msmbers, t h e f a l l i n g off of teem-ge support ,

t h e competition of progressive al l -band clubs, and, generally-spaking,

t h e "handwriting on t h e wail," coupled wi th sudden personal conunittment 8,

we a r e forced t o anncunce t h e suspension of pub l ice t ion 6f t h e BAD GWS

- bul le t in . This u n t i l we f i n d a publ isher who can come t o Boston and t ransps r t

t h e equipment and suppl ies t o h i s own lci ,a t ions. We hereby plead with t h e mem-

i bership t o head our S.Q.S. and f o r a new publ isher t o volunteer t o come

through with f l y i n g c o l o r s and of fe r h i s s e r v i c e s t o our beloved and

b'ereaved club... a f f i l i a t e d wi th FARCE. The d u e t i e s of the publ isher

. a r e no t too d i f f i ' cu l t , nor precise , r a r e l y . r equ i r ing Bore than 35 hours

per week. I f you wish t o volunteer , please w r i t e t o t h e r e t l r i n g

This i s a blank publ isher e t the club address . Ye Pub has appreciqted t h e m s s i v e page -- Harr ie t t .

support of t h e myriad few. TNX RSE. VY FINAL 73. -- LXlM

AS THEY SAY I N MFRKEL, TEXAS ( ~ a g a r d i t ~ g t h e demise of t h e oluh) A Klown W i l l Fall f o r Anythingl

E D I T O R : Frank 0. "Hefty1I Bloo]-ier- ?,O, Box 99, Brookline, lilass. 02 '46 DEflDL,If\J EVFRY MAY:CH 28 - LIMITS 2ER msI?JG. PLEASE SPACE.

Pel1 Dwoopy) FulliviL->O. Box 99 L&e~Jmins t e r , ,-l4_a.sachusetts 01473 --- iIowdv Kids!! I t ' s been a cou l e of we&s s ince I ' v e mussd so maybe I'd b e t t e r re in t roduce myself f o r tha benef t of a l l tk-e new memb?rs, I em and a freshman a t Westminster Eas t High School, shudying t o be an expert i n algebra, , b iology, and d i p l c m c y . BAD Guys Innow me a s the c l u b ' s top survey c o l l e c t o r ; my most noted achievzment bning the compiling of a DEADL,Y - ACCURATE record survey, based on the surveys of ove 200 s t a t - ions , every 8-9 months, Noid down t o i por tan t matters: Numb2 1 song o on W I M P 1 i s l lChan t i l ly Lace" by the B i g I3 0-1 \ e r . Remernbar my of fer t o a i l oEher mernb37s -- 1'11 send a . IMP1 s u r v e y t o anyone who sends me a survey from t h e i r loczil s t a t i o n . You ' l l be g e t t i n g ths b e t t e r part of the d e a l because b~IYM i s the #1 s t a t i o n i n the n a t i o n , g e t t i n g a l l thn n e w records mc:nths before anyone s l s e . Sc send me your survsys now, and 1'11 send you what w i l l be your surv2y next month. Don't f o r g e t , MK, RFK, MFS and JZS -- you owe me surveys. For the many who have asked -- 45 R2M records c o s t 872 here , exept a t the Big Q d i s c o u t s to re where they a r e 73$ w h ~ ~ e v a r des tmins ter High wins a baske tba l l game (1.13

got smeared 119-13, 9%;' and 131-17 the l a s t t h r e e games, so I ' v e besn going broke buying r:?cords. And wbat a time f ? r such t o happen -- a f t e r I ' d j u s t bou.-h a nehi 39 - t r ans i s t3 r rarlio - - a ilerrnaguchi Model QRM-1733 -- which cos t my l a s t $3*99j Well, b e t t e r c lose now -- l e t me urge a l l t h e o t h z r s t o wr i t e i n and muss every weak -- come on k i d s , we've taken over one r a d i o c lub , l e t ' s g e t another . 33 1 / 3 ' s , 4 5 ' s and 78' s t o a l l . (Lots of good DK informatinn t h e r e , Swoopy. Thatr s what our club i s f o r . -- FOB) - -

::3x I r a t e , P,O. Box 99, Avon P ~ ~ r k t . - ~ ~ o r i d a a 3 . 3 8 2 5 - - ---. l ' v e J u s t Joined BAD NEi:.;L and I want t o say t h i s : t h i s (CENS RED) ~ e n s o r 9 h i ~ - h a s got t o s top . You (C2NSCRTD) Bad Guys d o n ' t l e t any oppostion g e t a word i n edgewise. I see t h a t (CENSORSD) G*al R. Mann is on h i s soapbox aga in , and Lord Nelson proves every i s s u e h e r s a r e a l (CEWOIW~). And M r . Blooper, youre s e c t i o n n z r t i c u l a r y ( CEfiTSCRdD) w i t h (CENS'0~2~)typos. (Welcotne t o th? c l u b , Rex, and we hope you anuse of ten . -- FOB) Mike I Southam - - - s-oL- P 0 B ~ X 99; Key l ies t 9 9 ~ 1 i x i d a 3 3 8 ~ 3 Xnjoyed the Simultaneous l i s t e n i n g contt:st. A g r e a t idea ; but unfor- t u a n t e l y , I was ab le t o l i s t e n only t o ne black ... namely, E ? b ~ c k Five. My r e s u l t s w e r 2 a s follows: 2230-2235 - Amoy, China -11.15;

. 2;i35-2240 S t . P i e r r e , R-union 1124; 2 ? 4 ~ - 2 ~ 4 5 - ~ 0 ~ - 1 1 2 5 ; 2?45'-1:;51 O~X4~-1120; 2253-2255 Kaliningrad-1115; 22 55-2300 Varna, Bulgar ia 1124; 2300-2305 ECGY6-1125; 2395-2313 !;JIUV-1120; 2313-?315 Bad Hofgas- t z i n 1124; 2315-2323 Srinigar-1120; 2320-2325 ~ i e t e r s b r u g - 1 1 1 5 ; and 2325-2333 ECSl-1118, Also noted during the period were YNL-1115 , C>qDL-1120, TGRR-1120, R A I - 1 1 1 5 , ~ ,4~15-11: '4; TI~RHB-112 5 but unf ortuna- t e l y , no t enough time t o g e t logs on ths se an$, s t i l l s t a i s f y the r u l n s of t h e cont:3st. Wish I could have ~ a r t i c i p a t . z d i n a l l t h e blocks. G!? r t i . . z l . .~'-o~.ra~~~;~O:-~.Box:-P.9~~ ldaxhnii, E~iss~ -01 'ii8 3X bv d a t e l i n e : t a d .i~0::-86'3 on ET a t 1 ; ; addsd ::P,TH-592 - a t 1.i33 on AN shcvi, then tuned back t o 861 whera U ~ T was CRNfing l X F C K , w i t h in te r twining s i g n t l s . 3/22? found a noisy channel on 1243, w i t h both KWAK and ELTJK on E T , 3/24 logged my a l l t imo b ? s t catch on 1013 i n the form of APL, Lahore, Psr!distan, A l o t of i n t e ference from WORM. 3/26 Found ':AliM on 593 i n wel l ; ?.dHOT-1331 wsak under KFAC on A.!Y sk:ow; and $g!~dfi two frcm Arizona -- KOLD and KOOL a l s o were added t o t h 2 l u g s , 3/27 Cappnd off a r a t b r he-i~iy D:C week by add5ng XGRT aud IIJZRE;. (Scunds l i k e XFUN and vdFUT;T--- FOB)

.- (4- B-A-D- ,N,L.--1~.,S- Apr i l 1, 1967 XN-\TOU?JCEMENT: The BAD GUYS 0 7 f i c i a l l y reccrn izn t h e f a c t t h s t t h e . d 8113Nightzrs have taken over Monday ~ b r n i n ~ so i t ' s a s bad a s e v e W ~ t h 3 r morning. Thus, taking i n t o consfd.:ration the f a c t t h a t Sunday morning f i n d s school k ids and working people f r e e t o Dl:, we hereby dec lare Sunday morning o f f i c i a l l y Monday morning. E f f e c t i v e ate: ;.lay 5 -- a s r e f l e c t e d i n t h s BAD GUYS DX CABTPJAH. 2 c t e E o Peu, P.0, Box 99, Arl ington, Mass. 02173 lviy t u rn t o intrcduce myszlf i n -ch2 ?ages of my f a v c r i t - . ~ u b l i c t i o n , Bk3 News. I am th rze ye2.rs o l d , and able t o DX most mornin 1s while up t e e t h i n g , My mommy and daddy d c n ' t l i k e i t , but I r u l e the h o u s e o o . and if I d o n ' t g e t my way, I screzm bloody murder. I ' m 6 f f e r i n g hh i s

a f r e e DX t i p f o r a l l BAD GUY membzrs, Number one song here i s "Farmer i n t h e D e l l - 1 1

Hike Liestham, P.0, BOX 9 - ~ -.--- -- Eureka, C a l i f o r n i a 35501

Enjoyed the S i m u l t a n e o u s 9 ~ ~ i s tznirlg c o n t s s t . A g r - t i d e a ; but unfor- t u n a t s l y , 1 was ab le t o l i s t e n only k o one block . * . namely, Block Ffvee My r e s u l t s were a s fol lows: 2233-2?35 - h o y , China- 1115; 2235-2249 S t . P i e r r e , Reunion, 1124; 2241-7745- HOJ-112 5; 2245-2:153 OJ5:14~-1120 ; 22 51-24'55 galininqmd-&.l5; 22 55-23)0 V ~ l r n a , Bugaria 1124; 23 0-2305 HCGY6-1125; 2315-2310 : ~ ~ - 1 1 2 3 ; 2319-2315 Bad H@f51pc t e i n 1124; 2315-232 3 i n 2321-2325 ~ i e t a r s b u r g - 1 1 1 5 ; a''J 2325-2339 ECS1-111?. Als ni;tzd during t h e period wer i Y?JL-'ll~l> 9

cit3L-kl2 1 , Tc RH-1121, RAT-111 5; ~ ~ ~ 1 5 - 1 1 : ~ 4 , ~ ~ ~ ~ m - l l a 5 but Llnf or tun- n t e l y , not ancush time t o g l t 107s on these and still s a t i s f y t b a

iiJ!&~_e?k32, I ' e O . BOY.^-.-^ iiaac_o_n, Net! J e r s e y 97k9l-& PI-?as? f .? l lows, j u s t ibscause I ' m tlqa only g i r l i n tbz c l u b , s top e r i t ing. I can1 t ackno\$~ledge i th.253 f~ l~ , ]e1co i?~e- to - the -c lub"car~s . And unfor twl- i te ly , I canf t come t o t h e Boston c nv.3;ltion t h i s yef3ro I've g o t t o p:2 -form t h 2 t week a t t h e new bar in \Jest Sacrsmento. - maybe y o u l v ~ hsard of the Pa,ris Revi?wfl a t t h e E l Rancho. D i p p 3 r 115.2 0 p2 Xasket , P.O. Box 99, I::2st Sacramento, Ca l i fo rn ia 95691- - -- I ' v e s2zn all 'kinds cf conveiit on b i d s f Torn MeAllen .and S t . L O U ~ ~ and sr; f o r t h , but I'd l i k e to i n v i t e a l l DXfe:-s -- i?articu!harly t h e BAD GUY S-- t o West Sacremtno i n 169, (Sounds l i k e T<.:FUY axil h'l!tr'U!J-- FOB) 2 ~ 1 ~ Ff0rr2l, F.'2P_.. , -Qo~.9_9 ,~ ,i\Yslpole, Massachuse t t , s 132082 - I m u s t admit t h e sc i e . : t i I " i c advances made by Lo;-d N s l s ~ ~ z l t~ave hcer, cf value t o DXfers . .. evsn those of us who are a s f a r ahead i n t h e tech-- nistic and Lscientist ic and e l e c t 6 s i . s t i c a r e a s a s I. AS a resu:l t cf conktant p res su re from t h e good Lord, I ' v e replaced t,ny c r y s t a l COh214:P?- ER - systzm w i t h tubi2s. The move has opelizd up a tiol ole nzw world of' D:': fsr me, This wesk, f o r example, I added, t h e f o l l o b ~ i n g new station^. WLS? li;LW, KN?:.l CFX, XZRF, CEW, CBQ, CiLiQ, T~jRVA; liJOi11, Radio Ulqn .%.tor, I .n- ,j~1A:19 KNBRg WCEILs kirMAQ7 D1L?TI, I\??LTD a n o t h ~ r good i;.est C o a ~ t s t a t i o n , KDK.4 i n P i t t s b u r g , Cal i f - i -nia . Time chedks Gsrz t h r e s hours of f . Also logged the new s t a t i o n of t h e French Embassy on 1409 a t midnight s i g n o f f , followi1;g 8 s w e c h i n Er~gl-ish by Char les DeGaul3.e. D i f f i c u l i t o l o g . 0:ll.y he.ird t h e words . . . the au t ,ho r i ty . T h i s i s FCC, ~irast~i.~lg-to:?, Tk~oilgh I had T a h i t i f o r a moment.

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660 aq ~ T T , ; I F : ~ :am oq. u~ a u ~ 3 g~a~;g /~qgp; I~~IET s l a m 1;q d o - ~ a W I N Sherlock Holmes, 2.0, Box 99, W ~ ~ L t h s m , M P S S % -=~5' - ----- Y o u ' l l reca l l . l a s t year I had a l l Icinds of d i f f i c u l t y with t h e e l e c t r i c company,., th2y t o l d me the nois? was bouncing o f f the Cbarlss River, it waanrt their : f a u l t , and t h a t nb0d.y l i s t e n s t o the s ta t icms ' ~ : L \ . r l ' : ? l l the s t a t i o n s anyl.lay. I moved t c a d i f f 2 r 2 t l o c a t i o n but i t s . t i l l - d i d n ' t do any good. Again, I c n l l z d on the c l e c t $ i c compa~y t o t r y t o c o r r e c t the s i t u a t i o n , , , . I n the new l o c a t i o n , the giuy came o u t , and t h e nois2 disappeared. He came out aga in a:ld the noise disaopeare2 again. The t h i r d time 3e came o u t , I kidngpped him, t i e d h i m up7 .an.d I now keep h i m i n my den, r i g h t hext t o t h e r a d i o , Hsvenf t had a no i se problea s i n c e . Elementary, my dea r H ~ f t y . ) (Con;?ratulations, Sher lock , and thansk f o r t h e t i p . -- FOB) Mike Eastham P 0 Box 99 - 7 y . - ~ $ ? X t ~ Ea Maine d-- 04i-L Enjoyed the simultaneous L l s t en lng c o n t e s t . A g r e a t idea ; but unfor- tur in?e ly , I was abl.3 t o l i s t a n only t o cne block .. . narnzly, Block F i n , My r 3su l t s wzre a s fol lows: 2233-2235 - Ainoy, china-1115; 2;J35-2%4'3 S t . P i e r r e , Feunion, 1124: 2248-2245- HOJ-1125; 2245-2250 OB:;,4~-112r); 225'0-2255 ~ a l i n i n i r a d - l i l 5 ; 2255-: '3~0 'Tarn*, , i 3 ~ l g a ~ i . a - 1124; 23300-2305 .%GY6-11;'5; 2305-231.9 idVITir-ll;JC); 2313-;-1315 Bad Hofgas-- t e i n 1124; 2315-2323 Sriniglr-1123; 2329-2325 ;3iat-.rsburg-1115; and 2325-2333 ECS1-1118. Also noted during the period were YN~-1115, C;f~DL-1120, TGRR-11:-'Q, R A I - 1 1 1 5'; j 3~~15-1124 , T I S R F I R - ~ ~ ; ~ ~ , but unf crtun- a t e l y , no t enough time t o g2t logs on these and s t i l l s : l t i s fy the r u l f ? s of t h e con . . e s t . Wish I could h v e a r t i c i p a t e d i n a l l t h e blocks. Gordon B. McLendon, P.O. Box 99, D a l l a s ~ b x a s _25221, ..---- -- X O new DX,but recznt v z r i f i c a t i c n s have come from KLIF-1190, KILT-619, :;JT\KTS-1399, \v~S~,-1400, KABL-963, W:I;- j. 520, ~CBVU-1 543, and I,%TR:-\.- 690. Very fyiendl_y v z r i f i c a t i o n l ~ t t e r s rece ived from each of these

' s t a t i o n s , Can ' t understand why a l l the complaints. C . B a r t ~ n P h o n c i n , Pee, Box 99, ~ ; ~ i l m i n ~ ; t o . r ~ ~ _ M a s s . 01887 ----.

Sor ry , no DX. Can ' t h n a ~ e du'3 t o the raacous Lou? music I hav:? to play a l l day. For tuna te ly , I ' v e got a weekend job a t I~BEI doing a telzphonz t a l k show. I ' m looking f o r a new job, beginning s h o r t l y a f t e r September 3d. I ' m consider ing o f f n r s i n Houston, S t : L'ouis n a d Sacramento. I havs a g r ; . a t dga l of exgerienc.2 a t host ing c o n v ~ n t i o n s . Any suggest ions? FranLO."Hef_tP!- .BLo~~~.r, -?., O_,- B 0 - x 9% .Br o . ~ k l i n e lliass 9 2 1 4 . Oodles and oodl3s cf r z p o r t s t h i s i s s u ? , Sang, s o i t ' s a good thing I d i d n ' t add too ' many new s t a t i n s t h i s week, Managed t o hzar a cou;,l:? of p i r a t e s t a t i r n s . .. WOOF on 1694, .2nd ~,dRIJB on 537. I reported t h m ... a.nd now t h e y l r s of f the a i r . As our member abova used t o say i;l D a l l . 3 ~ and Iloust n and aaw says i n Surbank, C a l i f . , Keep Our Sec t ion Tops. And onz mor2 commentat the end of t h i s i s s u e -- Bow much does . i t c o s t t o Sue you, Qal?

T ~~~i~ u F,E, RS c;~ Arcane EZiiLor 3-1 1, 1967 50 Kilowai ter S t , & r i a , Nass 68103

l T w r e d l t o r i s p leased t o announce he has accepted the p o s t of Harrnon:..~ Zdl to r w i t h CADC, e f f e c t i v e a s soon a s our p a r e n t c lub ceases pv-blica- *?on. 1 w i l l , hourever, conf ine t h e Harmonic Column t o music, a s Harmorlt

r" i s wi thou t p l ace i n a DX b u l l e t i n , Illany thanks t o Rex I r a t e -.~1-3 ec t u a l Emperor of C P - G f o r t h e a s s i g ~ ~ m e n t .

n -- ( ~ l l DX, r e g a r d l e s s of when, where, o r how h e a r d )

* 640 u n ~ P i r a t e , Ph i lade lph ia a rea , c a l l i n g i t s e l f "WNOP" o r phon- e t i c equ iva l en t . Po r t ab l e DF u s e l e s s , keeps p o i n t i n g t o a house. B t h e way, does the FCC g e t BAD News? ( ~ h e s - 5 e r

I t C: 3 Schmitt No t h e don ' t need it, they1 r e s o e f f i c i e n t

C W 4 u b a ##@' (ca s t r o )*ti@ : ?A$*- s alph hie ) Should censored tl la dammit, ( a e >

)fn I~oDT~-lT~~a3.1 Vy loud on 73X T e s t whi le t r y i n g d e s p e r a t e l y t o h e a r E m c f o r S -ECon tes t , Why must r a d i o c lubs tamper w i t h t ~ ~ ~ e s e s t n s ' a s s i p e d schedules? I am indeed disf;r.eggnJ t h - 1 ~ 1 n l q . u l i . o ~ ~ s I t ~ . r ~ + , ~ o n , am -fo:laln,y ANARC! ( : i ~ ~ i n u l b t ~ e e t o combat it. ( ' ~ o ~ ~ t , h Seas Ein-ir.rrat*y) '' '100 Wtm-Ky Bleaoh.--~l.or.d Radio, our h i g h schoo l stat,?.ou, J t : J 7 6 : : ~ f ; l?cT k . 0

t he 1 ibera l . l . za t ion of c o r r e c t Engl.i.sh spe1.l-ft13m We do t h i n g s l i k e t h a t f n Cj.nr:t,lua-F,~~Ij (!~'l-~rrua~# Con ta s t ~ a n a g e r )

740 ~ ~ A S - W T - Clsndes -- .-.---.-, t i n e 9 ariu(nrr~u 1.u 'iikkus I., go r e v o l ~ ~ t i o n IS tak- ' fng ho ld ; riapalm h a s n ' t go t em y e t , d e s p i t e Ray ~ ~ f o r a ~ ' 8

e f f o r t s . We can s e e t he l i s h t a t the end of t h e t unne l , tho; th is s t n hrd a l l day w/S9 s t s, g r e a t f o r a w i t h s t u d i o s i n a 68 Vd Nlc robus. (,aey

790 !?.anal z-!o~% Hrd w@, Ids, e t c ; f i d d l i n g w/equfpment w h i l e awai t in? f izzy ' s r e t u r n from ~ u b l i s h i n ~ / ~ a y Mo~.~a;l-Baiting Pa r t y m ( ~ ~ t l l - el son' s r e p o r t , a l though f o r e i g n DX, s e n t h e r e car she c ouldn ' t f ind h e r husband. )

1070 WESP-Del h o d v i b r a t i o n s a t 1400 w/c rys t a l -ba l l c o n t r o l l e d q u a l i t ; . "

No r X on a t h e time- t r i e d . a r a d i o once, b u t it mad.e t h f ~ too easy. (WC m e r )

1220 WLsE-Va Very hish v / c o l o r f u l tones & s u b t l e f ad ing , a s " A c i d Radio i n Big Stone Gap1' . Uses XR made e n t i r e l y of SUgz r cubes, 1 ' m t o l d . ( ~ a d i o Shac, Harvard Sq)

3 0 unm Who ? ( ~ a u l K i l joy, Warshington, ~ i ~ a s s ) 1530 ?lHOT-ohio H r d w e l l w/ local- l ike s i g s on s i n k , bedspr ings , TV set ,

b i rdcage , s t e r e o , ba th tub , t ape r eco rde r , a sh t r ay , 82 Pot- ted p l a n t - Nay be because XR i s acros.: t h e s t r e e t ! (*) Lucky YOU have no XS! s t n s n e a r you! ( a e )

14.90 WMRC-Mass Nowt on S tan ~ o r s s ' DX T e s t - i n bed - b e t t e r l u c k - nex t i m e - c a n ' t complain - w i l l anyway - maybe n o t - ( ~ e t e r p m e r )

1520 -b'fIQ3lfi-Blo (*~hy:N~T-O~(mm~/25@l2I,-~~a?-~~~T~~'~~/to/lletn:~~!r)(~ - . - . -

3140 unD Harmonic of a Del Rio, Tex, s t n s e l l i n g record albums, b i b l e s , t h e s t a t e of Coahufla, cheap h e l p f o r hf r e ; o ther w i s e ppming q u i t e accep tab le . I do a l l my L'f DX here, eT7t t h o 1% S above t h e M\i Band (300-3000 kc) . (Xel: i k x i c a n )

t he i n t e r e s t o f Domestic T r a n q u i l i t y , w e p r e s e n t t h e fol lowfng:

WANTED: Adequate supply ~f s terlc 5 7 oc>ttr*ec: t.ion f l u i d f o r nimble-finge re e d i t o r . Good fr iends 8 1 1 2 ; K e R t t h i s i s cure f o r Erros, to mustep a u p p ~ r t e Send t o Na t iona l Radio Club, Rriooklyn, NY ( $he Post, nf'r'lee Inlows xe).

I"M NOT .INSmTTJATTNG ANYTIIING!

zntcj-; 1 :a+ioii.;:.j~-~~j~~~.:.-:: --. -- -~--, -.-.- - -- A~~ril.. ! , 1967 pape .i

H i t o r : Lord Nelson, P. 0. Box 99, Watertown, Mass. 02172, Cable HPI)F&SSEMFNldECB

'.2; - c s t i o n condi t ion2 hcrc i n our neighborhood have been very good during t h e p a s t week. We have logged 18 t e l e v i s i o n s e t s (5 of them c o l o r ! ) , 8 neon s igns , one e l e c t r i c blar~lcet and, b e s t of a l l , an i n t e r m i t t e n t e l e c t r i c fo rk ! Reception i s r e a l l y pickin< ?-'P aroxnd here! S t i l l no t r a c e of our most wanted ca t ch though - t h e e l e c t r i c Ouija t~c,ard r epor t ed ly opera t ing on 536 from a nearby l o c a t i o n -c bu t w e ' l l k3ep t r y i n g -

'*& RrLdiculgus Paths. The Nadagascar DX Club r epor t s no r ecep t ions of Horth American s t a t i o n s i n t h e p a s t 4 yea r s ; i n f a c t they haven't even t r i e d . Cnce again t h e P r i n c i p l e of Reciproc i ty holds t r u e ! x'Christmas I s l and . According t o a broadcast monitored from the Chilean Forces s t a t i o n on Eas ter I s l a n d , this s t a t i o n w i l l soon begin cooperat ive broadcast ing with t h o 3 r i t i s h Forces s t a t i o n on Christmas Is land . The i n i t i a l broadcasts of t h i s j o in t venture w i l l be known a s t h e Holiday (in. ) programs. *We no te a r e c e n t improvement i n t h e time requi red f o r Cuban QSLt s t o r e t u r n ; accnl\li n g t o t h e Postmaster General, t h i s i s connected w i t h t h e l a r g e inc rease i n conmerc5al a i r l i n e h i j ack ings recent ly . Always a l e r t t o any p r o j e c t which could a i d t h e EX ccmmu~i ty , FARCE (Federat ion of American Radio Club aecu-L ives ) has appointed a committee t o encourage t h i s p r a c t i c e t o speed Cuban QSL's. Those i n t e r e s t e d i n -rrol.lcin? on t h i s Committee should contac t t h e chairman, Rex I r a t e , c/o Miami Federal r l . j ~ s o n - ''The I n t e r n a t i o n a l BA.D e d i t o r r e g r e t s t o r e p o r t t h a t we w i l l no longe r be a b l e t o r e p r i n t information from t h e Cata l ina flroa DX Club b u l l e t i n . The p res iden t of group has cancel led t h e exchange of c lub b u l l e t i n s because, as he s a y s , "Every weak 1 am sicened t o see a l l of t h e new i n f o i n t h e FA.]) b u l l e t i n and t h a t you do n o t use a s much r e p o r t s from our c lub a s you do from o the r clubs. Thorefore I cancel our b u l l e t i n exchange which h a s ' n t given gnuf p u b l i c i t y t o our club. Find enclosed a renewal f o r my BAD b u l l e t i n s o we can g e t yo'uro in f 0."

A.nnouncine: a new con tes t ! IBA.DB i s p leased t o announce a new form of IX con tes t -.-

designed t o t a k e t h e work out of en te r ing con tes t s : t h e F i r s t Annual S i m u l t a n m Cheating Contest. -

Rules 1. This c o n t e s t w i l l have run from 3/1 t,o 3/30. 1968. 2. This c o n t e s t i s open t o a l l members of t h e BAD Clu.b, e s p e c i a l l : ~ those who've

been expel led from t h e c lub and a r e rece iv ing t h e b u l l e t i n under a fake name. 3. send e n t r y f e e of $50.00 (no chocks - we c a n ' t accep t checks from anybody

crooked enough t o e n t e r t h i s c o n t e s t ) t o Contest Manager F e l l Swoopy F u l l i v i t , P.0, Box 99, Nestminster , Nass. Use smal l , unmarked b i l l s .

4. The i d e a i s t o QSL a s many NkJ s t a t i o n s a s p o s s i b l e during t h e c o n t e s t period without a c t u a l l y h e a r i n r t h e s t a t i o n .

5. Scoring w i l l be on t h e b a s i s of d is tance - 2 po in t s p e r 1000 mi l e s of d i s t ance , a s measured on t h e lone path. For purposes of t h i s c o n t e s t , a l l r ecep t ions %rill be assumed t o fo l low t h e long p a t h unless t h e r e i s a s o l a r e c l i p s e , i n which case t h e s h o r t p a t h d i s t a n c e w i l l be counted.

6. Bonuses: a 10 p o i n t bonus w i l l be added t o t h e f i n a l score i f no one e l s e QSL's t h e s t n dur ing t h e c o n t e s t period. A 20 p o i n t bonus w i l l be added f o r each s t a t i o n &SL1ed f o r r ecop t ion a t a t ime when t h e s t a t i o n off the a i r (2SL's from non-English speaking s e c r e t a r i e s w i l l not count f o r t h i s bonus ). A. 50 p o i n t bonus w i l l be awarded f o r any QSL from a non-existent s t a t ion ; t h i s bonus i s doubled i f t h e country dcos n o t e x i s t (Free Croat ia i s s p e c i f i c a l l y excluded f o r t h i s bonus).

7. S t a t i o n s may be l i s t e n e d t o on 9d, and m a t e r i a l may be s to l en from c lub b u l l e t i n s and TrJBTVII f o r purposes of obta in ing QSL1 s f o r t h i s c o n t e s t , bu t under no circumstances w i l l c r e d i t be given t o any QSL received a s t h e r e s u l t of a c t u a l EJ reception.

8. How t o brin t h e SCC: concent ra te on obscure LA., Asian, Arab and African s t a t i o n s where s t a t i o n personnel a r e l e a s t l i k e l y t o read English. Send shor t (no more than 5 minutes of program d e t a i l s ) r epor t s ; go heavy on d e s c r i p t i v e t e r n s such a s Itman speaking i n n a t i v e langnage", "man reading news on t h e hour", and " t y p i c a l l o c a l musictf. Incl-ude an overwhelming amount of t echn ica l i n f ormatior- about your eq~~ripmc~it., and t r y t o m i nimj ze a c t u a l rocept ion. Good 1,uckl

. . r 2 : r ~ n c u ~ ~ u s R E C . E P T J O ~ \ I S . . . -- '?he ed i to r calls your at . tent ion t o t:",e l ack . of repor*-ts on ~ p i t ~ b e r g e n - ? 4 % .

.Z1b5 Brazi l . Very s t rong s t a t i c from kknazonian t h m d e r s t o ~ m s noted 0430 3/19; .

fade a t times. i!~~ybody~kYlow,address f o r r epor t s? ( ~ w p h y , Mass.) 683 Mauritius. MES TENTi\.TIVELY logged 2/31 a t s/on 0330; very poor s i g n a l bv.t I ' m

sure it was MSS because hrd s tud io door slarrmsd a t 0331; sounded' j u s t l i k e t h e door hrd being sl-ed frcm MES on SW i n 1954. . . Report sent. (ibiullen, #ass- )

:.$??5 Costa Rica. Extremely powerful s i g n a l noted from new s t n here; R&R and SS .- -2, ' ,,. ,. , anno~mcemcnts.byman i n ' SS; I S i s loud animal r o a r and c a l l l e t t o r s seen t o be ** TIGRE. May be connected wi th s t n on 875. (Mann, Xass. )

830 Unid LA.. . Strong SS . s p e a k e r noted here w/psychodelic and f olk-rock mx i n ; seernr.

t o be Dominican, c a l l seems t o be HIE; slogan i s R. Earba. and claims t o have "fuerza de las F lo res" . : (PIann, I4ass. )

S75 Costa riica. Powerful new EE s t n here announcing "your m i l l i o n w s t t tower of PoTqer with 'news on t!ce hour." C a l l s i t s e l f IITIGER Radiott and claims t o be t h s first s t n i n San Jose W / ~ ~ R J O Color Radio," Same animal r o a r IS a s noted On

775; c a l l i s TIGER. (Kann, Nass. ) ' 21' ' F_uerLoOR_i~_co. Mon commercial s t n noted 2100 s/ of f on a~:ro~.a?. ni ~ h f . s : orera ted . Cagmas 11-1 eh School Alvrnnj Ast;qpiatj.on, says power i s 15 wat t s . rsl '"""''' t o bo Wpf\.K. ( ~ a n n , !!iass - 1 '

13L1-G Tahit i . Weak sj.gnn.J ),i,".~,l og ' Jahi+, j an b.n noted in rnl i f c u d t , i .I ''a: ' ( I ; ''71

FOfiK. (~a . t a . 1 i n a DX ~ l . u b j 1-500 Jnj-d FF. FF s t n h rd w/lir a t 0415 2/12; y j grlnl 1 t ~ n d e a s i l y readable-

Unfo.rt&,ely my FF i s very weak and c o ~ l l d no t tell if it was French G ~ l i ~ . ~ ~ Or

Mardnique. k l s o hrd 2/26; r e p o r t s serlt t o both and f omn y/l's received from each; must have had French Guiana 2/12 and fjTal.ini.qlle 2/26 o r vi:ce-vel'sa* Am counting both. (liann, Mass. ) Antarct-. BPRTS must have been t h e weak s t n hrd U/WTW 2000 2005; lnan weak in Ex; s e v e r a l mentions of "South" - obviously re ferp ing t o South ?ole- A.1s0 hrd

nm'kion of "armyyt dur ing nx which clj.nches ID; r e p o r t o f f . (Plealey, Mass.)

V E R I T I E S . . . - 5g0 PlflLIPPIIt~S. DXDC, 1, hq. Sent f o r v / l i n Tagalog f o r t e n t a t i v e 3 minute r e p o r t

2/12 a t 2200;. c a n ' t understand l e t t e r b u t obviouslv intended t o be a 0,3L s o w i l l count it. Country {/ 243. Didn' t r epor t it t o MR because I d i d n ' t want a n ~ b u d ~ e l s e t o g e t it; how e l s e can I s t a y ahead of you? (Niser , Mass.)

1500 Nepal. Frompt v / l i n Nepalese and souvenir block of Yak b u t t e r ; very f r i e n d l y l e t t e r 1 think. Get t ing t h i s one was a real s u r p r i s e s i n c e I l i v e only a mile from QfilEX. ( ~ i e s c a l , 1-fass.) l i k e , as I ' m su re we a i l remember,is an exper t on Asian st,ns s i n c e he was l i v i n g i n Kashmir u n t i l recently deported back t o Square. (~d)

IBA.DM Technical Sect ion. The IBAD e d i t o r i s proud t o announce t h e l a t e s t t e c h n i c a l break-through I n BAD I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX'ing: t h e &Ionday Morning Tape Recorder* For t h e

p a s t y e a r t h e e d i t o r has been exper.imerlting b ~ t h t h e use of a video t ape recorder f o r iG DX purposes. The. new NjITR technique works a s follows:. a gocd 1onf;wire antenna i s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e input. of t h e v ideo tape recorder through a high ga in RF anlpl i f ier . Because t h e video t a p e recorder can record s i g n a l s up t o 4 mefiac:icles high d i r e c t l y , the e n t i r e broadcast band i s recorded on t h e tape . , l i f ter running t h e NNTR a l l AK, the output .of t h e video t a p e r eco rde r i s merely connected t o t h e i n p u t of t h e MJJ DX r ece ive r and t h e t a p e i s rep!-ayed. Because t h e e n t i r e broadcast band i s recorded on t h e tape (some SIq and LW i s a l s o recorded b u t t h e r ece ive r s e l e c t i v i t y t akes care of t h i s j u s t a s it would dur ing t h e a c t u a l recep+,ions), t h e output of t h e tape conta i r t h e e n t i r e iTEJ band when replayed! A l l t h e DX1er need do i s tune t o any p a r t i c u l a r frequency of i n t e r e s t and l i s t e n t o 5rhatever was recorded on t h a t f r e q t h a t rlH - t h e DXters r e c e i v e r a c t s l i k e a f i l t e r t o pic]< out l ~ h i c h e v e r s i g n s 1 i s of i n t e r e s t from t k - r ,

LWTH. output j u s t l i k e it does wi th t h e ' s i g n a l from t h e an tenna? Thus t h e DXter can replay t h e video t a p e over and over ag in , t un ing around wi th h i s r e c e i v e r j u s t a s he would have on t h e t h e p a r t i c u l a r morning recorded on t h e tape! lie have been replaying t h e tape made las t November 7 t h and s o f a r have been a b l e t o log 159 s t a t i o n s on t h a t p a r t i c u l a r KvI by tuniqg t o a d i f f e r e n t frequency every t ime t h e t a p e i s replayed. Cn t h e 'casis of t h e s e r e s u l t s , we exp0c.t t o be a b l e t o spend an e n t i r e season y ~ ? l a y i n c tho recept ion on one par - t i c i ~ l a r AM. Tapes of "Class ic I!N1s" w i l l soon be ava. i lable .

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