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Volurm- #15 - W b e r #14 Decmbe3 20. 1947 The Club welcozes Richard Northp, of Socorro, New Mexico,

Ear l A. Bake, East Clevelanl, Ohio, and Thorras J. Jones,.WSAJ, Grove City, Penna., and the r e n y a l s of Norm Kernoa.e., Gaorge Hotton, and Joseph Enz have been received. Thank you al l , and good RX to each an? to every one of you. . . _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The DX Calendar has appeared on t h i s page eaery week for && years. ' ~ h i s time, youi w i l l f ihd t h D X Calendar Qn Page 11, f o r we want to use. the f ront page t h i s time f o r Christmas Greetings, and one o r two other i t ans of interest . See Page 11.-for the DX Calendar, and Page 12 f o r m - m t e - u p s f o r the progracs f o r the c o n i n g ' w k . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

LEO !BEGL CHAI-W-OE BO&I1D_ QF-DL@CTORs- , . Your Chairman, on behalf if the Board and kmsel f , wish the ffignbers of the National Radio Club the very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Hpgw N:ew Year.

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LOSE~H-J~ ~ E ~ I Q R , THE CL~:S-PIJESIDE~~~ To the members of the N a t i o d l Radio Club - My sincerest greetings t o al l , f o r 8 very mery Chr i skas and a prosperous Happy N e w Year, plenty of health, and some good DX a d God bless you all, and thanks a mil l ion f o r the f ine help, co-operation, which in$ keeping our Natianal Radio Club at the tog, where i t r ightfpl ly belongs.

IXFzY-CQQPE& , ~ O ~ R - E D I ~ - - Aeain i t ' s the Christmas Saason. and I ' d l ike to take t h i s o ~ ~ o r t u n i t v of m e t i n e you . . . a h , and wishing tha t a l l w i l l have a happy, and a blessed, ~hr i s !zas$ l iday . 1t \ a a pleasure to. be associated with al l of you; a d here 's wishing you all a r ea l Merry Christmas, an'd a Happy, Prosperma New Year. A d watch for those Spanish-Gpeaking sta- t ions on the rmnfnings of both of these holiday mornings, Also on wit.h Midnight Maes a r e CHLP, 1490, and usually on u n t i l 4 or- so, -CHGB till about 2:30, a d a lso WLOI( has 'been heard, plus t& coast-to-coast hfutuall Network u n t i l about 2:W .. , . .

CQN~Iw_Tv_Ln_T~O~S- - And they go t o our good menbar, Grant Batson, and t o Mrs. Bstson, on the a r r iva l of a new l i t t l e DXer, whd was born at 2:lO a.m. on Deceu.ber 9, during KSJBfa frequency check, i n fact . He's an 84 pounder, and Grant says Stat ion BAWL w i i l take precedence when the new DXer gate home from the hospital .

- - CQEO-NCES- - It i s with profound sorrgw that we announce tha passing of Frank Whaeler9s mother. Our heart and our prayers go out t o hiu i n t h i s sad moment.

rlzooo -REP-LLEg !g0-~Rg1-IgT-TER_ Q N - ~ i F ~ I Q ~ . - - Dear Mr. Herz, " In answer t o your l e t t e r of Nov. 30, we a re changing our re turn form l e t t e r s to DXers to s t a t e def in i te verifichtion. *We a re not on the air as ya t , but expect to be shortly. Our broadcasting a c t i v i t i e s w i l l then s t a r t at 5 a.m. and continue u n t i l 1 a.n.. ti-@ following morning. Every th i rd Friday of aachmonth, we w i l l have a t e s t i ngpe r iod at 3:50 to 4:00 a.m., E.S.T. f o r frequency check. "Thank you f o r your interest ." S b ~ g r a l ~ , - ( ~ i ~ n ~ d ) ShrBnley A. Beck,. Chief Engineer, SO, boys, i f you a r e not completely s a t i s f i ed with the wording of tha WHO0 verie, WQ not tune thar. i n on regular schedule whan they s t a r t , of on January 16, 3 : W : W a.m. instead of s e n d i q a copy of an old report? I'rr. sure Nr. Beck would appreciate this.

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5 5 0 'TCO?J ~ ' t l a n t a , ~ a . ET a l l A M 12/12.KV&!I on t~p!(l!OQSS-P2ass) 6 1 0 'JrI9D 3Dfiami ,FLe. T T 12/9 3:40am.?JIi' on1 y 1 kw on Tues. (J3HAIJNS) 630 KPOA Honolu lu d o f f week d a y s 5amCST.L1:30Pm day b e f o r e there(HUNT)

S p e c i a l program 3 n i t e s a week.Try F r i . b e f o r e 4 ( 9 E S E ) 690 mLA Hono lu lu s / o f f week days !;id X a t i o n a l Anthem 5am(H'JNT) 7 3 0 'J'FAK, C h a r l e s t o n , S .C . fJc 4 t h Fri..3:40-.3 :513,Zee page 4(LCFTY)

n X I.lexico,i).F. h r d s / o f f t h r u CiUC a t l:i35(JYd~NiJS') . .

,800 ?RA2 B r a z i l -:Jot hrd-Duff y-;Jot h e r e e i t h e r .-STASZN- E60 wcaV Norf 31 k , Va . h r d t e s t i n g .iiL?Zi:-DiTFFYN~.3TE7C311ECTiD;J-':-STAS";:- 880 ' TILS San Jose,C..S .on t,il 4em Xt,MS ZVS.(L:FTY) A N 3 i~13?NI;iG. 9 2 0 ,'~~K~T..Cort~land,l~.~.f/c~ d a i l y 1 :15-1 ~ 2 5 . . Vo ice on1 y(L5FTY) . 9 4 0 T I O S )SSan .Jose,C .I?: wetch f o r t h i s -on :;L;A3 :\:~3:JIL;G.(L;FTY) . . .. . . .. ., . . . 1 YSY ' S a n ~ a l v a d ~ r ; Z l S a l v a a a r Xmas and 'New y e a r 2 'mornirlg(ir( 'mY),

. . , .. . , . . 1-L70 HjBB ? a s t o , L o . l . watch f o r t h i s X m ~ s . m o r f i i n % : . : ( z ~ ~ T ~ J " ~ . = .

1190 HJAN ,Bogota,Colo~~i.a:~Vatch f o r t h i s one also,Xmes mornin&;(LZFTY). 1L90 ' 'k;IF D a l l a s , T e x . Z n g i n e e r s a j s n o s t a m p s heeded f o r v'eri(:*'OK~TYl 1 2 3 0 CEcd .Habana; Cuba.. .Xmas morn.. Over YITti*l?,'CBO 'LAST YsAs(;~FTY') ' . .. 1240" KS2IJ- an D i e g o , C ~ l i f , i n back o f TXDC 12/12 3 :30;3;45(922~E*Va.) .

KVRC A r k a d e l j h i & , ~ r k . f / c e v e r y ilon. 1 :29-1 ~ ~ ~ ( J U H A N I J S ) '

1 2 9 0 TNAF P r o v i d e n c e ,R .I .ET 12.41 l( JOHAii;iS) TZST FOQ FZ'? DAYS(LI?TY) E330 .'MEVD . N Y i YiWd q n t i l . 3 a m e x c e p t ison h TURS. (LYFTY).

. 1380 K O g ~ o n o l u l u . . s / o f . f . weak days .X&f lSfY&xXlK~XB.&t i~ i ;XfX . a t , 4:30am(HUNT) 1.430 '.FLAK L a k e l a n d , F l a . t e s t i n g l ' a s t f e w d a y s 1-2/12 on(DUFFY)'- ' . '

1 4 5 0 "IAGbI ? r e s q u e i s l e , I + a i n e .s/on- i n c l e a r it?on.- 4:57 AST:(LEFTY) 1 4 9 0 ' ~ ~ G W . . ~ 2 e a d v i l l ~ e , P a . t e s t i n g 12/13 t o c o n t i n u e f o r f e w , day,s(.L2,F,V). , 1 4 9 0 '?JTC~.: B l o o m i n g t o n i I n d . f / c e v e r y F r ~ c l a y 1.:'3O-l:45em(':'OKATY) , , . . . 1520 HJDP.1 bl8deL Lhn, Colombia . a n a t h e r f a r X:*!AS morning.. . . (LEFTY) " . '

. . 1 4 9 0 WMG!? seems t b be your answer-HERB C ~ h ? ~ ~ ~ ~ L - k . t h e n s , ? a : ~ "'

Frank T . G r a v e l y a s k s f o r ;SA o f . F l a d i o Naciongl on 630 k c s . l a s t ' few -m,ofni.ngs. ;.ADVISZ+:-A!l s e e k i n g i n ' f o on L a t i n - A , i e r i c a n s t a t i o n s - t o ~ c o n t a ~ t

S/Sgt . A 1 Ma ley of 46 ~ u t n a m S t . ,Highland Fa l l s ,~ ; J .P . " THAKKS: TO*-BL.$~ R e e s e , B e r n i e -Dnf f y , Iiandy Hunt , i , t L ? ~ r ~ ( a f i y b ~ d y :ne:e.d t o knom l a s t nacne??) Clmer Woksty ,Herb Campbell. ,S .!l.Morse,Leo Hera , and Left-y Coopep. .&11 s e n d i n i t e m s f o r t h i s i s s u e . . Some I. u . s e d . ~ t h e r s : ~ e ~ t

-down t h e 0Lh.er way. i o r r y . f o r t h e c u t t i n g . . , . .

1210 WAD& Vfadesbo~%, Id .G. . w i l . 1 t e s t Dec 25th beginning -1 AN ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ( ~ i m k o n d s , L e f t y C 0 0 ' ~ e ~ a d v i s e s a l l t o be on t h e l o o k o u t f o r t h e many. s t a t i o n s i n t h e L a t l h American c o u n t r i e s , t h a t w i l l b e on i n t o t h e e a r l y A::'$ of Christrnras morning. .!Watch c l o s e and you may b e r ewarded by a few new- c o ~ n t r k e . ~ . . ' . . I u s u a l l y trim t h e t ree and when t h a t is a l l l i t e up..'?iell I s h i a e . & b i t m y s e l f . h i . L i t t l e ~ m i s s ; i i r i t s . . B u t t h i s y e a r w e ' l l b e ~

...m a 1 i % t e n i n g f -lr t h o s e new c o u n t r i e s . . . . ..,A HOP,. . . . . 121Q WADE 'v'ladesboro, N .Yo hrd SUN Mis 7:45-8:09 AM EST. Hrd 1 2 / 7 ( ~ i ~ m o n d : H a % e . t o h a v e t o b u i l t h i s o u t t h i s way fel . lows. .But I r e a l i z e how i t i B ~ t o ' g e - t ; ' ~ a t new$ l o r h e r e . . . 1 9 v e been l i s t e l n g a gc~,c~d b i t myse l f . - and \I myself r a r e l y . h a v e a n y h o t t i p s . . .Bes t t h i n g I can t e l l y o u is when

, iY3T c o a s t i s ho t - , i's' to, s k i p i t and t r y and s i t on t h e f r e q . . of t h e '"I3"

t h e Hawai ian s t a t i o n s . .Tha t i n c l u d e s me a n d w h o is t h e o t h e r f e l l o w : t h a t d o & ~ t hive'.-Ie:ir.aii????3r i s i t . j u s t me???? . , . . .

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1210 WADE Viadesborc,, N ,Y. Try f o r t&n SUN. ALls 7:1+5-8:09 '(Simmonds): NEW VERIZ . .WJT DS=S IT CO'~TNT???;VVIL",V>~C~. 'OF FFu'ILL#i210VA COLLZGS. They o p e r a t e o n 5 3 9 k 6 s . , ~ D k t I g ~ t doubts . P e a i a n d conn; I t u n e d f o r : CEK on

P H ~ U ; ~ I CjKI'i: ZT???SEASlJNS GRZCTIrJGS TO ALL..;Vm. 5 4 0 ' aria g d t "NVIL. . .' .- avxrvamm 1911-1 Lo UlunR 'Jrrlnchnrn N C ~ : r i l l TRST nF.C 25th beginning a t 1' fd.

N E W c " PnI!XX - - - -.x- Page 3 -'.?~X.>~~I?..@.-BTA~IQN-P~-.?~ r)% ?3?.G_Hb.M,-E1 DR, J.E.:IJfsA - - -~ -~ - -~ - -

Regarding the operat: ~1: u.f :iis Uaj.tj~:~e 01,:kf x';aL:: ~r.: Ybr 3X Trcgxa7is. T h i s i s mentioeed du.e - to . the.lettar:;.:.r.ci'a. c t a t i u ~ l WdkB. puhlisnbl ~sc;mt;y.. Seu, 3.lC FCG'Rul.o8 s c t e e :

,!Experimental period. Tho ',ssm. "ezperimenta1 psri.$dQeans t h i i . i i j . r m betwean. 12 miMight and loca l :sunrise. .This. period may be used f o r ezperimental'pwposea ili t8sBing &nd. rna i~ ta in ing apparatw .by , the -l icensee of aqf stan6ardbrbadcasting atat ion -on i t s -ae- e i ~ e d frequency 8nd with i t s authorized power, provided no .lnterfsrence.~is-caused'tci' o t b r etations maintaining.a regular operating seheiule within such period. No s t a t ion liceneeee f o r mdwtime" o r "specified b u r s t i of operation maJr broadcast &q r e & U i O? . . scheduled programduring th i s period." . . . , , . . . , .. . . .,

However, I also note the following. i n the J C C rul.es.. "ec. .3.72 - Operation. duringkx- perimenta1:period (Midnight to :Sunrise) - "Th licensee of eabh's t~brd-b.r6adc.aat i i lg a ta t ion sha l l :opereta -or.refrainfrom operei;ing i t s s t a t iondur ing tEe .e&erhenta l per- iod as &&&lt4#&Cil49diC%:OBB.Y:*B&IbriiaM4%f &48tIf#&P direc t e d b y the Coimr,ieBion irl order to faoil i tate.frequenog 'measurarent or f o r the d.etermination'of interference* ( S t ~ t i o n b . .involved. i n t h e .&fter-rridnight f reqben~y mjnitoring progrms are ' riotif i e d ~ o f t h e i r ' o p eraf ingand s i l en t sechadu1es.n) Sec; 3.73 - Specified Hours. - '"I-f the. iicezisbe 'of - a sts.tiun specifies:the hours of operation; . t he schedule ## so .speoified sha l l bo .Adheaed to except. a@ provfded in .wet ions 3.71 and 5/72," Sec.. . 3.87 (3) s t a t e s - (b) 7 , ~ sta- t ion operating d u r i q such hours receiving notice from the .Ccimr.ission thst '-dueinter)- ference is:cauaed s h a l l r e f r a i n from such ope-ation during a ~ c K hours.pending further

.. . . . , . . notice from theComiaaion.?: Ferhaps.the beat. and . sa fe s tbe t would be for the .atations to make i n f o h a 1 application under Sac, 1.332 651 "To .operate for t e s t purposeo. ( t o detemitie s i t e , etc.)" I f -t&s does not work, then:the best thing would be a formal appl icat ion under Sec. 3/32.('3) ... "That: th+ public . intezest i :convani;ence, and necessity w i l l be estvice by ' g r a i i t k g the

. . . . authorLzat%on requested;': The j.nfomaI appli~:ations wduliltmost l.ikely clear , ancl I f a e l tilat therewould b;s no' .

difficulty. on. the past of thaYCC i n granting aqy s t a t i o n t h e necessary authdrizatian . . for tha t e s t ing ' fo t the varlous- DX clubs. , .

0f.courss;. the .easiest .wayout for the s t s t i ons i s t o just operate on an experhdntal basis and not t o s ~ n s i d e r t h e time, on tha a i r as-.a regular o r scheduled progrim, In'all cases I think that t h i s wou1.d. be aadzeptable to the FCC. The'whole p o i n t i ~ one':of MY. terms. - T h e FCC.condder6 a ~~hedu!.ed progiran i n ad. i f farent l i gh t from a t e s t I f the s ta t ions would. call. the progrm. a "TEST" I f e e l .Sue that there would bC '&:'FCC difficultg-i I n , other lniorda, if t h e CPC w b n contacting a s ta t ion woud ask the s t a t ion for a special tec t txulsmiaeion rashes than fo r a special .EX prograr;r ;the s ta t ion would then s e t up f ;~. n t ask . Infac,: t h a t i a real ly whiit the @PC does, . i n e f fec t . ' ' I $ , a r - : rangas a t e s t with l i s t ene r s acatter8.3 throughout the country to sez i f the s ta t ion i e c,oming in, .and i f so, how wall. It i s n ' t a progr'atE dt a l l i n the ayes of - the FCC. Now! Here - i e .some thing that I w i l l l o if: you want rie to , a n d :i.f the membefs Would, + :reaiate, i t . . One of uy best. friencln i s one of ' the big sho'ts i n . t he Legal: Departmerit of the FCC, ( In fact h a i.s head o f one of. the FCC Legal Depar:tn;exits. ) If you &d 't&. &em- bers would want us to,: I w i l l write to hW. md.ask him to Obtain the opinion S . t l i e F8C on the B.CB stat ions .conductiw special "TESTS"for the NiiC and the NNRc' a& a s f i r .as , that. goes, f o r ALL clubs. Thie would p'erhipips take 3 b i t of tire, .and pmbab'ly woula not help a great deal t h i s current saaaon, but i t could help a l o t next yaar. 'So, '&fty,'. . .

, Je t me know.wbt you think about this. . . . .

Personally., I t h i n k that t h e s ta t ions already have the n e c e s s w ~i*utho~izat ion. ' to make t.he TESTS {not .progran;a) .j.nvolved. But; i f you and the meinbere want i t , I w i l l +q': to:

. . . . . , ~ ge.4 e i thzr an officjiol o r an unoff ic ia l FCC- opinion on thie. . . .

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Well, fol1ovv.s .- Doc Kirk wonld l i k e t6 knowwhat you think of his idea, and'ws-especi811y woulld.lLh. th6 oph ion of Len Kruse, who i scha in ran o l the Courtesy ~ko~r&sCor&i t t ee . Your'. Editor %ee7.s .t,hS.s i s . a very important subject, . and w i l l continue t o p r i n t ide%s;- wf different .memberd; i f they have awthing constructive t o o f f e r , l i ke Doc has, above. WQ not wri ta . t o .Dr , John W, Kirk, 4153 Main. d t rea t , Point Pleasant, West Virginia, with your opiniori? R e n e ~ b e r ~ you're a member of th3 National, Radio Club'.- g o ~ a ~ p r e c i a ' t e these 21 ppro.gr&s from t h e d:yLin,e stat ions, too. If wo can eei;' o f f i c i a l o r unoff ic ia l sanction, we can have a rrime~graphed l e t t e r . printed which wil!. ~ ; u ~ 5 t h a l l CPC requastb.

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Last week, we published Leo ~e;z' l e t t e r to stations sending "thank-pou" l e t t e r s which . , they undoubtedly ffieant f o r verifi.catione. The l a t t e r aquaints these ' s ta t ions with w h a t

we DXars mean by, ~ e r i f i c a t i o n s . Now, on th i s vexy subject, come6 t h i s l e t t e r froro Mu. C.. J. W l l n , ChBef Eingeer o f Radio S ta t ion WAX, Charleeton, S.C., which recently

. . . . , honored o u r clubs with a DX program., . . .

,WlAIJ = cH@@gTQN, CARO?J& ' . . ' . , . . . -. - " . . . .. .

n~e 'a r M r . Cooper i.. ~. . . ' i

"You wanted solre inionnation f o r b u e i ~ e s porposes; I want soroe infoxkatlon', tw. To . . begin with, I want t o thank you f o r sone wonderful advert iaing &f; y o y bul le t in; Mr.

I G.rrar.d. f o r arranging the abow; and all olub mmbers f o r a wonderful re'sporiie. I re- ceived . . , l e t t e r s from all over t b country, noat of thgm being;fi-an th$.north'shd north-

. ... weat,. We received over a hndred let . tere, the f a r thes t being ?r& California. O f the four. from California, I don' t know which would be the farthest . The only s ta t ion re-

. . Wrted. t o give interference-with us was CKAC which you experiehced yourse l f , : I belie-. for the l e t t e r s , themselves, all seec,ed to be inorder-. A l l l e t t e r e - e i h r rantion-

e d .the c,lub. o r was wri t ten o n l a t t e r fonrs wPth the c lub boding.- I t esan's to be q o m verificatipns tha t has given the trouble. I received several ' l e t t e r e thinking me f o r the l e t t e r regarding the progrart Nov. .?d, but would I :please iend ' them,i l e t t e r thaa

. . -def in i te% s t a t e s that. the report was correct. I m.tic;e in. yo* le t ' ter 'that you want nonething that definitaly means " ~ e r l i f y . ~ 1'11 giveyou an exahple. IQ verif icat ions e t q t qut with "The s ta t ion and I .take pleasure i n acknow1ed;ging your DXraport." Then , . . . .

. . . a : l & t t l e . b i t regarding-; t h e e t a t i q n , operation, sto. follow8with'another thank* for t b . . . ,regprt. The reception to the9e . l e t t s r s i s n ' t very grat i fying becaQse I get requset back

for . a l e t t e r .that s ta tes the report is correct in no uncertaih terms. 1 don't hold l e t t e r s a m i n s t the writer r& the club. On the other hard, I wouhd'simerely a p

preciate i$ i f you sent me a, smple. of a ve r i f i ca t ion that wouldbe sui table ' f o r the club, Apoet-card ty.pa;would be nice b~a~ause I cbuld have than printed up i n quant i t ies . . . You w i l l probably l i i k a t your ver i f icat ion and amndar w h A t you got! I t ' s because I re-

~. ceive& ceveral of these return l e t t e r s m d t h e n yours requeating.dCfinite ver i f icat ion , l e f t n;e wondering, just what i t .fakes to -ver%.fy 'a report ' I trust you-wil l straighten . . .me out. on how t o give a verification. ------------

" ~ f o r our freqlency checks, you were right.. We h v e a run every fourth F r i h of the month frmr 3:40 to 3:50 a.m., E.S.T. Thanks again for a l l the co-opration you gave ua ana i f you.can help out ,on t h i s DX ver i f icat ion cards, I w i l l be deeply p a t e f u l .

. . Write again sometimes, . foma l or infomal. I l ike your clubs arid w i l l do anything I can . ,

. . . to help put that . anon-rrmber' can ao. Sincerely," .(signed) C. J.Modlin, Chief Engineer. , . . . . . .--.----- _'i- -_ -- ------ ---- --- ----

. . . .*our .. . . $it.& anss6red Mr. Modlin promptly, and axplained what we consider a v e i i f ication, s t a t ing that most aem. t o p s s f e r l e t t e r s on the l e t t e r -he4 of the s t a t i o n ' t o pr inted

. . . ..cards, andquotedfrorn h i s recent ver i f icat ions - f r m W L , WKRT, and 4VW.R as b;eing good , . examples of a l e t t e r of -ver i f ica t ion . He aleo pointed but t.oMr. Modlinthat ury l e t t e r

he .censilers . to be o.ut;of. order, o r sarcast ic , o r dea,an&ing, be depcsite& r ight srcakk into the waste-basket, or.. b .:be &sw.e'ied negatively i n regards t o 'verification.

. ' Your Editor, also told. Mr.. Modlin about. Lea Herz,, off i e i a l , oimogriiphed l e t t e r explnin- ' ing verification. , . . . . .

Now, ybur Editor wishes 'to explain to a l l rna~bers about t h i s Aff i c l s l ' l e t t e r o'f Lao Herz, Remmbez, . this -Irlea wos, originated last season, by Vino'e -Stasen' and by one 'o'8her whose

. . qapappa..mp at the nopent, but ,due to the rather unsettleid, condition of 'kb Board, with i t s Chaimm sp. de?p$y inuol~vdd. i n work he could .not giva the a a t t e i h i a attention, nothing was done on the suggestion. last year. However, t h ~ s year sorr.ething is being done, and it.wes show to. you al.1 i n last week' 6 I7DX Naws," Now; s requeet, and I do

. ' h o p e you w i l l a l l confamto . thisvrequeat, for 0-themiee, 'Leo might a s well save hi6

tlme and. postage.. PLEASE IX).NOT YOURSELF WRITE TO A STATION W H E N YOU GET A T&WK-YOU l LETTER I N LIEUOF. A VERIFICATION. Inatead;. drop-Leo Herz a card, a t 720 Barry Avenue,

Cdicago 14, I l l , , and t e l i hm; yon received a " tbn!~~-ybP'~ Lyps l e t t e r f roa ; ' a s t a t ion , and tell L d what etation, andwho signed the l e t t e r , and; hj.s capacity at the' Station i n question.. Then Leo.i. act ing f c r you and f o r u e and ?or a l l o f =a i wj .11 send' th i s l e t t e r to t h a t station, apb l e t y o u Lmowhia r e su l t s i n DX NBws. Than - write back tb the 8 t a t i ~ r

,12113 149 - "D-X- -N-E-W-SE Paga * . . 5 . Th~a=a-&-Dat~ . -

The National Radio Club wishes a t t h i s t h e to congratulate the Newark News Radio Club on i t s 2atkbirt.Ma~r,,,which.was observad on Decmber 8, 1947. . F a , also w i s h to congrat- .... ulatb.. L t s r res ident , ~ r . ' Irving R. Po t t s , and a l l i ts of f icers an& q.bpbers fop a l l t h e wokk' th;l;: have .put. into. the i r club., and we wish then 'success fok tr+& years i o 'Coae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * . . . , DX ~ O ~ @ T ~ R ~ @ - ~ Q ~ C @ , , . . , .

, . . ., . ,.. - - ,. ~ r i z h t o 6e' atlrarded i n the 1947-1949 DX contest w i l l ba as faliowk: . . . . ' I , . . .

. . . . . . . . . Firgt Prize I- $3.'00.. . . . . . . . . . Third Prize - $2.00. F i f t h Frize - $~.oo;'::. . '

. . . . . . . . . . ' < .Secqnd ~ r i ' k e -$2.50.. _ . Fourth Priae- $1.50. , . . . . , . . . . . . . Most. . k c DX p r o g , r ~ s <er i f ieh -. Subscription to N.R.C. f o r one yea?.' . : ' ' .. , . . . . . . . Secbnd Gost ,$Rc nxe,s - .$.'so i n :c@ah.

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.If a ~ n q .~.fabe+s.,join .the. contest, . . their sntry f i e s w i l l Ed, . 'added. . %d: the . . . &&ond p i i zg , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... of .N.R.C. DX program ...... vis i f , . a&. . . ~ .

I t_would be d e ~ & . , ? p p r a i i ~ d by yo; Contest Manager if ,ihe . . . . '.c<nt es t& . . . . o would l i s t . . . . . . . . the i r s ta t ions fqr the coritast i n the following manner: . . S T A T J , ~ , ,, . LOCATION .:. . . . . . : DATE ~ A R D ' DATE vm IE R E C E I . ~ : . NRC OR .@G& I t l s pret ty tough-yhen . . . . . . a list, o f about 60 atat ions ;Ire se'nt' =.n w i t h just the c a l l t ~ s . I w i l l no t gae.c%n&' . . . . $hat they w i l l be l i s t a d i f t h i ab6-p i,a,.r+ot followed: Son*

.men;bere '&e , .ge&3ing , . . ~ , inl.lis.t,s w i t h s ta t ions previously l is ted.u . i re~. . i r i with the, l a t e r . ?nee. his .also coqhicatea things a lo t . Your Contest ivlSgager ?ill f'l@r0 th &is.-

; . . . ,.tanc&v .fo.r .icau:'a;sd -a@ 'under theie? 500-nrild liffiit, w i l l ' be dropped :so i f i n Uoubt about the distan&e;liet 'it"$rwway. &d'vje'll see if i t counts o r n o t ; . Thanki for your,co- . , . , .~ .

o p e r a t i ~ . ' ,: !?igned) :Thorr.as C Y b e r q , Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . BZG-PARDC.N, -Ben , . : . . . . . . . . . .

.your ~ d i t o r . w a a a&&d'lab~_~e+k,,td-mention i n I1DX News" tut G i n e thight r i&ei .vi .his

.copy of t h a bu l le t in by f i r s t c l a s s mail during thd Chris$uias. Hblidaye.by'sehdiw ' L i i l* i n oithe;.:&ash,'-14, or :34'sta71;.ps so that they might r 6 c 8 i v ~ ' t k e i r bul ie t ins 'by f i r s t c l a s s n a i l . ~ r i n g ' t h e ' h o i d ~ . ~ d a s o n , b u t I forgot it, andim erry.,, You;can 6 t i l l s e n d i n theae addit ional e t w p a f o r y b u r December 2'7 and j k u a r y 3 idsues -. aoplease forgive & for not cail i i ia. t h i5 to'you; atteirtion l a s t week. and fi your '4th &lass 'bul le t ids - .~ - &re .a r r iv ing l a t e , : i t : ii a u i to the tmen3que =ails of the 'Chrisbas 'Season. . . . . . . : . . . . . .

. , ~ . . VEHIE-SIGNER~~-L~S~.- ' 5 . . . . . . . . . - - _ _ - _ . . . . . . Don!t. fbrRet about' wait. B'ibhp' 6 . l i s t , which can be a oery ~ k r y ilcportant'f eature' i f a l l . . . . . . - e e p i t up t b ' b t e . L e t @;it& know the signers of your r b c e ~ : v e ~ i f i c a t i o ? $ , ' ~ d if you are haying troubla'iith'ar$:other s ta t icn, writg $a Walt, :using the ~ ~ u b l ~ ~ o s i -

,card ayst&, asking him f o r ' t h a t signer. If ha has i t ; ha1 11 s h o o t i t : r ig i r tou t t oyou . % a l t e r ' B i s ~ ~ - 1 7 ~ ' S i x t h S t ree t - Renssalaer. New York.' Send Y O * s i a e r e ' i h . todav. - .. -, ... . . . . . . . . . . .

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tI&e y ~ , & - n e t i i e d how ~ ~ o h 1Gger JIX News is 'gett ing t o bzY; : T b t t s because of the +ye .&ho.keep. se&ingin t&ir reports every week; Now i f only a l l o f you would &:the. sar8e,

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we woulh:,,hGe nagazine wliichwould be real ly t e r r i f i c . We r eca l l , , 'here a t the kdi tor ' s desk, r epo r t a r s of l a s t year from. whom' we have not heard t h i s ' season, from G&rgia;. Tex- . . . . . . . .

.. aa,. ,snd Oreion, to name a few,,, ael w e l l a s ?ram the a r a b c l b ~ i r tp.Brook4.n -and M f $ l o . Ewery. report remiired w i l l be publl~hed,. a s usual, ao i f ar(yi5i1a w~%ld.'like to l e t o thers .... . . . know- what s hearing, . or. wopldotwe t,b shara h i s t ips 'wi th ' the others ' in the' pine: hob

. . by., . then.: why. n6t s e d i n . . . . . . . . some' 'BtLff fok~"Mu~ings of the @kiber'aw and "DX Down the h a l l R . . ~ead- l ine . i s G s d a y , of .every w&;. at both locationb. S.6nd your. re ia , i t , out 'bday; then,

. . to EI~NEST RQ COOE3R -438,ELST 2.1 STREET - BROOKLYN 26, N.Y.; and to VINCENT c.:STASEN, ' h 4 i . PBISGIL@ . STRE'& -' PHILADELPHIA 44, PENW. kt s 'hav6 lOC$ .co-operation i n t h i s manner - . . . . then:, , . . eh boy, what a bulletin! Can we c o u i t ~ n hear'ing from ybu? .: . . .. , . . . ,. . , :. - A g T - F Q E X S E ' 9 $2 EOQZ-. ' '.

waive bei$ off about Art4.s enterprise f o r 'qui te so@$ time, now, but there' a r e s t i l l ma& who have: n i t s ~ ~ i e 4 u i the offer . Keep in' tou62i with pre'sent-d;pr rad io by having an up-ti-date log book by ybur side a t all tinqs. Jt is a pr-in%& log; i s very tun*, indeed.. Four issu&s,' every 3 nonths, f o r 8 whole ye+r, and for only $1.00. s'end that check or mone - prder, o r the cash, i f you w & t t o t a k e ' t k r t r t s k , t b M r .

. &h.r ~ o s t e r , .& .1213 North BosGt Avenue, Ikdlsnapolis 1. Indiana. ' ' ~. . .

.. -, . . ... . . CHR_IS@S INNPX_ - . .

. - J u s t a last,.r&ir..lar tc, be -nn th prawl f o r the ~atin-~n;brica~!&tatio,nd oh -Christmas and New Year's iuorniig. Plenty :of- t h m can be tuned in , . a n i e p m e awell,. v s r i e ~ ,maJr, ba added.

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. . g a ~ i n 2 of-the-~naegs,. . . , . . Qog ~ i ~ k - - - P ~ i ~ t - P ~ e ~ ~ . g ~ ~ . W ;a; For a b& 'time' m report, andnot much of one now. Ny fa ther has been c r i t i c a l l g ill in a hosp.j.ta1 at, Parkeraburg, W. Va., f o r the past @ weeks. He had .two major o p e r k t o p s on Oct. 31 ( jue t the day a f t e r he was 80 years old), and another magor operation on Nov. 29. I have been' averaging about 1000 milee per weak i n d r i ~ i p g to get up to eee b, $most daily; and t h i s coupled. kp with trying .,to- keep w off ice open ham just about taken up e v e 4 minute of my time. Did manage, to. gat to hew a few program on the c a r radio while .eiHing h e froe the hospital , bu t on po8.t of them no record made of what heard (driving a t 55 to 70 rrilaa per hour no t ime'to take notes!) and very veqy few s ta t ions repor$@ to. One thing more . a d I am through 2o.r- this time., I?w t o the e~t remely serious ccnddtion of agr fa ther , I greatly fear , that: I j u s t p la in w6n0t h v e .t.irne t o get out,my more o r l e s s customary Chrisbr,@s cards:geeetahgahg8 h the i t a b e r s t h i r year. . . So, I, very p c h want to take t h i s opportuuitp to i s & a l l - of the .&+era and $heir far i1ie .a .a very very MERRY CHBISTMAS and a HAPPY .NEW YE@..- (Letin -a l l . sw a .&er f p r @,c1~ Jathey, fellows, and mike i t a Merry C-aiatuas. for.,hir+, ,too. -Ed.)

. . .~ ... , S/m. -ALe~aqddr-F~ E l a k I= HighqgJd-FdLsA NY, ; Becent v.e;ies. iqga. &to-DX, W B B ~ D X , WICRT, WHUN-DX, WSH. LRL ~ L T - D X , I ~ D X BORA h~ Wm RXAL EST& &Sm. KSCV XTBX BWHN W H B R WgOW W L W W T S 'h'w WvW m?A, e t c , . Total now 1320, although Wheeler l i e t r ~s et 1185, hi . (send & $his t o t a l , . 81, please - Ed.) Repcrts to CB82,. CB118, Radio Trinidad (rag. sked.) Radio National, Madrid (reg. sked.) WGIV WCAV gREI WGm ,KHp WAVL WCOH WSFC KKAB KLPK WED. I(OGT WAOY W WKCT WGUY WCRK WMCK DOA, @ti. :, T1.11 .th9 boys ta be on ,the look-out fo.r swish-speaking atations on Christm8.s morning,. .&d - the re l l l be plenty of them 811 0,- >the.-dial.. Past eqer ierme hss shown that .Chliistaas reports even to the most W- to -ve r i fy . of Latins w i l l prac- t i ca l ly insure a p r q p t varie - must be the Hol.idey Spi . r i t .or,mpething, but the verien

. a r e du bounce back mre do bounce. back and pronto, ,by return mail., that is. Fould euggest l i s t e n i n g f o r tbe 25250-watt GJHQ Pasto, Colombia, w.ho will be on 1170 Kc/s. e l l Chriatmas morning, a s well a8 HJDM in YedBllin, w?lc w i l l bt or. 1520 u n t i l arcund 4:,0Q a.m. &btb of t,hesq verify by re turn mail.. Both Cuban natwDsks wiLL be on u n t i l ,at l ea s t 4:00 a, .,.w:hich fact , i s of l i t t l e or. M in te rea t , but you should also be on ,tbe ,look-out f o r the m l l e r iMpendent pr iv inc ia l atations . in Cuba, who w i l l also be on, , l i ke CMCB CMI(Z WHX CMGE CMRY CB[CW, a d rnw more. A l l . you Colombians w i l l be on,

- eome of thee all nigh< along with s host of V%nezwla+s, Costa Bicans,, e tc . For those who do not understand these all-night Spanish-language Bhrietmaa broadcasts, i t should be pointed out that the conehder Christmas 88 8 fes t ive occasion,. and rea l ly whoop i t up qp Chri sbnas morning!.

. . . Si,d gtge&---c&~lgs@p, -13.1inQig ' (Eas te.p Ill., State Collage) T ~ F I 1.8 f i r s t report Trorc Charleston. Since assuming my dut ies as a marrler of the Chemistry Dep&rt.r..ant of .!this college, J havehad t.0 l e t DXing s l ide a b i t , but dur- ing t,&,paet few wgeks, I hem been gale to find noire time.. The -aeri,al I am using i s

. . f.ar.sup,erior t o that I yae ueing i n Louisville, and I ,am,looking forward t+ pulling i n a few of :the d is tan t 0-0. For instance, KP0.4 i e an easy log here now, and I never could hear .tw i n Louiayille.. . I ended the tou iav i l le aiege with exactly 1300, veries - the 1300th bei,ng,WLAQ 0.n an-o ld raport. I have s i m e added 21 mora, a large pereentago of thar, b e i n g - l o c ~ l s tha t I needqd, such a s R;W WIBV KBOA W I X WIRY.WF@L & WCVS. Reporte a re out' to, .qeve.ral more and I have severs1 more locBle and ,~a i i - looa la to ? r i t e to when I get the t ima . These. include WHCW WKAN WLPO WKAI U'THI, atc. Early-morning DX include8 9STB KAMQ WTN5 iVE@ (9,481 ,E,C.K KEXT WBOS KTRE W X R L CKRC WE(OW WSID WOAY WRBa KOGT WVOK ~ L L CJ$S, -SVPM WIOG WPWJ (1,5?0) W.RM (550) WSFC (1?40), WLZZ (1300) K I W (1510)

, W M t F (1400) South :Boston,, Vq., a+ YHOO. The l a s t 5 were a!.l. teet ing on .12/7. C J V I ver ie in , a* they eay.thqr are using 250-watts a t night sn3. t,hougbt that it was rother uauaalre.oapti~n.. . Late. afternoon rrporte 'nava gone to g X X X WTRC W.

Ra~dgl~h-HgL = &,sgc@ia, Cuic. I . , . - A fsw veriee received - KIM0 which we a l l ahould have by now, on the i r 2nd progrm, I heard r a ~ o r t e of .Herx 8rd Carberry eroknc;vl.edged, they raad l e t t e r .of Kan Alb,recht,alao mine. KOLT & WAK on epocials. & KFEL KLRU. Did not see anything bn advance on KENO DX

8&icbsfJ?:eHalnmPmI$S~, rf~tiP~&i~~.~4~~er~0As~irt~%Vi% i%3rWiQi& $@8: Bt$ing them specials, so f a r only B veries from them. A taka-it-easy DXer en: I!

zen m s s r @blrquL?,-I&. S u d t t s e d to f ind rrryself i n second place i n th r BCB contest! To s t a r t the paet week, & n d ~ , Dee. 8 t h ,added 6 new onea t o the log. These were WIIUN-DX f.1400) having QIW

.with w*, South BQatozi, Va.; .another n m one on the a i r , so aopi6d b o at &he errme tbm. Sta t ion W G E M (1440) Quincy,.: Ill., brd with ET 3:49-4:W a.m., .V'GUY -heard with f /c 4 : l . s 4:3O a.m., i p the c lear (on 1450. Kc/s., sollowed by the lohhing of :WCoH. (1400) with'ET..

;4:35.4:50 .a.m., .and: the .oixth o & f o r this mrn ing w a s BICAV ( 850 ) Norfolk, Va. ,' wlhh ET ,.4:54-5300 a n , The:.mw ..mIIL (920) Baribault, Mnn. heaid w i t h d a y t h o ' E'l'. 1:00L2:00 p.m.

(tone signal c d : anaouricemetM. every half-hour. ''1 On 12/11' WNAF (.l290.) Pi.ovid&te, R; I. heard. wtthET 3 :5%4130 g;m. Then, a s .had been$ the caae :the t:.aiveral:weeke; Sundsp morning i s t h e best:morning of the week f o r DXing at t h i s lacatidh; Yee; s i ~ n k a b a t i a n a a d e d to:rqv log, . and s l Z heard with r e g u l a r rogrems. WN~R.(1430) .NerRark, :N: J. ' f som ?:I2 t p 7:50arm., followedbgJ logging WFLO (870 f Famtrille, Va., 7:17-7:30 a&:, then Wh'm (790). . Jobspn.Cityi . Tern.:, :with regular progrm -731-7:45 :a.m., "WBIZ ( 1 4 0 0 ) h i .Clairei

W i n . , , ,7:M)c7:24.a.n.. interferexice with WDUZ. Sta t ion WJPG (810) 'Green B~,*%'is;, Eeard . . f o r , f i r a t t b s .8:+%8:45 aimr.,.:QRNI from KCW, then WORD (1410)':Gziurd Rapida;%ich, .Mard

hehin&WIFG ,8:+&9:0Q.a,m. . The moat recent variee i n were KOJM -WHCC ,WGBA WHUN, the last . . . . . . . . . . . . . two onD.Xes. > , . . . . . : . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , - . - -JI Ba~r~n-Rpu&z@~ = xozk, .ge_nn=.-. . '

sir& las t . reMf t i f logged. WUT WHO0 WKOB WHIM WWBL WMh$ .WMNB KGAi .&%TO WCRO WSID XlOJR WOWD WCM KCTX VlIW WgLF WVET KTMS WFAK WTFS WKGN VP4RD NDVA WAF% WRBC'XOKX WSFC UWEZ' WKLA W H L F UMO WAVL KOGT WCAV WGIV WCOM W N A F WEFB. Variea reosived from WBOB WUL WARC WWOL WEBJ K?RJ WHIMYJALT'WKLP WHO0 I(ELP lAERY, WCRO PiILX WIKPF.WmD KRIG CKVL , W W WKGN WGAI .WAIf.VOCM WdC WWEZ W l 3 , K V R G K W K K U . This morning, Decr 14, WON, %TAF, :.and.'WEEB .were all on, ' t es t ing, . ~ . R esid National Radio club very k i d to than wi'tb . l e t s ' of , rapor ta r Several othar new ~ t a t i ~ n d mention t h e c l u b o l m which proves i t . . i a an active.club. KOW t e s t Deg. 8. Dec.. 7 DX from:KHAB apparently waaht on and WSBA t es t ing tha t same time. Thair t e s t s a r e S r r eguZ~r : . just- now. Heard a W O N hamonic. on 840 .Xc/.s,, o d e The Tr4nidad DXes were. good tq #hoot at, h a r e 4 audible most of the time an BCB the f i r s t morning, a n d . very. l l t t l e b e t t e r . tb rewnd. Less QRM on t h e SW atatio 'n tb second monn- , ..VOCM w e 8100 r?ther dif f i d f h e r e with considerable nbi80, hf enough.materia1 for :s fair. repart. KOW wag cJearSun. 6 a,m. W W B heard evenings,. as is:WVET ear ly :e,~ening.. , T b t ' , s about a1l:from hera, aqqth inga lsa would bs tob old ' to mention. T a b - yiaboncourse began -m, so there goes most of my apare .tine for ,.%year o r mwbe even two.

. . . . . W i l l clo.ae wishing a l l i n the club s .Merry Christmag. : . . . . . . : : . . . . . . . . . ., .

. . . . . . . . -J~e-B?lcbx = &qilt~n,.Ohia. . . . . . .

A 'f& .li,nes tq iat y o ~ ~ k n p w what i s happening i n this neck af .:'the .woods. I still get :up to DX, and I I&-a new Qne novr.atd. them - - . 22 new oma so f a r f n Decembar, a d 2 5 in . Nov.qber. - . RWCO . f inal ly ..qignBd my prepared. var i s card, and. i f U'AYH would verify .mg 'Card, I would- hap no atation6 st.anding ,0129 fron 1948. ' Stat ions heard fn.Novmi5er am:..RElM mSA KLIB WLPO \OPUBWKJG KR- SWlQ WKIC FROB KTXE WJSW WGWI! . K W WTHI WAVO WSID KREL:

W g L F WTRF =I QIGTL KOGT IhW, . Ip Becmber, r n . 1 NETW KNBC PPLBK :RWC I B A B .WAVL wLYN WGBQ WLIZ WKX VABZ WGIV W W WCOH W.VJP WCAV RLOE KVLH .WCON WNAP. : T#m tal. verif fed-i 1923 wi th $7;reports out, and 12 to Soqth Americans whg never hava rep l ied , a . t o t a l :of :1987; only 13 gore tp ,m*e i t ,mO heard. .@it* a few e t a t i o m i n c t h e i i l e t t e r s :of. verif ica- t ion ha& to ld me the reports from the National Radio Club a re moat s a t i f r i n g ; and t h e i r reports real ly help a l o t , fo r which we a r e a l l thankful. - Did not haar a equeak out of

WHA3; , Pr0bab.V t+y were M t on t h e air. No aign of XMT ei thar . KO= WABZ WHUN came i n very .?,el,. &. James Hopwell of WHUN said a f t e r he l e f t .the -.ai:r Mondw r i m i n g ha wag waiting pa,t.i,entlp f o r a l a t t e r . from Joe Backer and he .did not disappoint me;. From W H L F I received a. nioo letter. of r ~ r i t i c a f i o n , ,iuwl a l s o a persons1 l e t t e r fro- Willim F;islding, a s k i n g f o r 8 favor - h e wanted me to t ry to locate Tan, CahL11, Jir; ffnghes. The 3 werp together i n the. south Pacif ic . -I <located Tm CahL11, a% ha i s r e l a t e3 .a . l&t.tle, but I, covld + ~ t lbcate J b y Hughes ... As f o r Pa tRa i l l ey arL1. Dick Cooper, .I: have p u t them on the Black l i s t . - j ~ r + p s t@x- * g d & # ~ p a g r @ ~ gr-s~nct&igg. . Bath ow# urg :le ttera!. LEO HER2 AIR-WLS.A.~%D. AK9 %YE: .When sending i n s t a t i on to: be contactedwith. the l e t t a r on"verificatlon, , please note - i t i s bpo r t an t that the following infoatnation h k supplied - LOCATION - CALL. - SIGNER, and. his OFFZCIAL POSITION. with the stBtion. With/ve new sta t ions sometimes ,it t a s hours to f i nd . the l o c a t i ~ n , so. please coffiply. wi th t b a b

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F a g 8 ZD-x- -N-EEwRs!l 12/20/4? Mus&ngs-of &$~e-Mf?mb_ern- - -

203 B,rwx = Pi_iJ,lL@e_viLl=,-N& 1. DX slowed a b i t here. 12/7 W T T H easy here a l l af'ternoon, taking MK8s place a s day- time rignal on 1360 here, 12/8 WHUN f a i r despi te QBM, not new here, VCOH also on 1400, .for fiew:o,ne. IUWT S.on f / c 5101, eent follow-up, never answered rqr ,report of December

- 1946.. QEhd on 1450 from unknown regal% p r o g r d using AS?. . (This i 8 BAGM, Joe - don't .know ,hprn coare they use A 3 T but I've bar? t h w w e i t hare too.'-Ed.). -12/10 - WW80, 1213

. . f/c 86 .tipped i n DX Newe. I C A V , 860, ET at 4:30; BSFC 1240, f / c . to 5:03, W J P D on ET-'PI 5:00-5:15, both holding WED2 down-nicely. 12111-,V.??AF, :1290, E T - a t 3:45, eecord of eeries ruqnipg all week. W l F I g FB on f / c as l i s t e d i n DX News, Lsed good mueic, Bs

.. . . 'promia@d.. Another welcoffie addition through DX t ips . 12/12 WiJG, 1380, f a i r at 1 0 3 0 . p.m.,, s ta t ion break, MBSP program, f o r once CKPC didn' t block him here.: 12/13 :-.Nothing ; new, but 8Rnt m r*porf, tc WBAT, 1600, ' on his regular 6 ' 3 0 a.m. elon. . He. knbcb WFBC

. a d WBPX out here;- 12/14p WLB f ree o f . interference and R-7 be.beerr ?:I5 and 7:46 th i s .&I on 870. @DX d i t t o on 750 between 8:03 and 8:05' a&.: S$ork,,WKaP soon fle'orad

. hi^^, howgver, his is f i r s t tima KPDX has s t a m thmugh WKJP. Tor u;e, a f t e f tierrera1 timen , Sunday AMBa, but he sure..rode over WKOP while it las ted t h i h the. . Var iee , ariothir,

but no impmvaent, card from KR51, typed. card frar. KBOk a f t e r sending .I5 a&te 'Fir- p r t , with several adka, etc., on regular progrtm. These eent nice l e t t e r s - WBBZ-DX, WJEL.WGW WKTG VIWN. The givirg of KC/B . sure b e s save time i n ~bing.Lcat-ioq.:of . .. . . . . etat ionsl .(That i t does! -Ed.

-Ksqik Gegx = ~ Q w t i o r t ~ Zesg.- During $he past week, varies h v a arrived frorr. YSR KEEN KING ROLT WARK WHLF WlW WSO, all .letters: YSB eent a pice Spanish air-mail l e t t e r , and enclosed a picture p a t card of San Sa1va . r . -They. operate gn a frequancy of 990 Kc/s. ' KING encloeed a pmgxem, echedule. Repcrts: =ere rent to the following stations: 12/10-(WMH' on E T from 3:59 tc 4:23 a.m., d W C A V on ET from 4:34 to 5:00 a.5. 12/11 - W W on ET iron, 3:04 tb 6:Og a.m., and KSON logged through VIH)C from 4:00. t o 5:W . ~ . m . - , #3$d#t#M#L2/12 - K'$TS

. on f / c ,at.4:3.0.a.m. 12/13 - EMYI on ragular eked frbffi 3:40 to 4:06'&.r. with occasional j QM from WCON, k W N on regular sked f r o m 4 : l O to 4:31 a.m., and WMGV on ET from 5:03

to 5:37 a.m. 12/14.-.KXW on regular eked from 1:45 to a:OO:km. CFRA on l a t e recprd ehow from 2840 tc 3:05 a.rt,. WRRTon ragular sked frcur11:LB a.e. t o 12:15.p.n;., WBMD on regular e.kad from, 2:30 to: 3:30 p.m., and lRMW from 5:00 to 5:15 &.m., with excellent s ignsls , topping everything on 1090 Kc/s., and 12/15 -.YVKA on 630 Kc/s. with'Eloction Returns from 3:45 to 4:35 a.n., YV5RI an 590 Kc/s. from 3:51 t o 4:20 &.IS., through PVLK (both Y V 1 8 had IL-8 signals.) and WAUD on ET from 4:58 to 5:@3 a.m. WR'U was heard i n f i n s ahaps on i t a DX, -with o c c a e i o n a l ' ~ . A power l ine leak Th~ocbd w 4 a k s i g + l 8 here qn 12/15. $PA-2 w a s ~t haard on 12/10, Only an -bnide~itifie& tee te r wak heardoccia- ionally, on 800 Kc/s. Can w o n 0 help me identify the following two stational". #1 - Stat ion OR ET on 1490 Kc/s. between 3 : s and 4:124 a.m, on 12/10. I t eignsd off a t . 4:1& under QRM from WLOH and WGKV1 0 t c n e teat . 82 - Stat ion condudting 3 $ne t e s t on 1230 Kc/s. from 4:OC) to4 :15 8.a. on 12/12, with announcercents ah &minute intervals . Tbught I haard flG".for ."GeorgeUe ona of ' the c a l l l a t t e r r . Signal. strength approxi- mately the s m e a@ gSW3'wMLh was heard at 4:30 a.rr.. My baard i s M t quita as long ae my report i n tha . l a s t .bulletin& would indicate. I have been an N.R.C.' menbdr f o r . . & pears, not 51, hi . . . .

Zogez 4n&ernsn--_Gxo_ve-@tx, A- , , , .

his has been a slow-week f o r v e r i a s . )ihr only ones hav6 -beenKCMO KVXC l K R G WJMR XWO. XEMO eendr a v e r y at tqact ive orange l e t t e r with p t in t o f 'studio and tramamit'ter buildings and antenna on the l e t to r . I sent t h m a l a t t e r i n English to the i r '~exican.aBdresci Pna reoelve a reply i n Spantm from tae l r California addreee. You can't win: -Have aent out report8 to .KWd rmLg KGW KGDM KROD &I KFSD KNBC CJG .CFCH PIARL fAwJ (tough. c ~ t c h ! ) WNAP th ie week.. Latched o n t o KPOA ard XWlA f o r reports of an bur apiece ,on 12/10 w$ 12/12 when they cma i n wall in t h i s area. They were,niy f i r s t contacts k i t h Hewai'tahe in the Statso. On 12/11. b a r d Spanish-8paaking atatione on 775 and 1125 i n the.cl&r, and on 850,behind WJW and on 1070 behind CHOX about 8 pu. Does. anyone know who they a l l might be? TGW was 3-9 i n *he clear on 640 on 1217 at 11:00 pim. On ,l2/12 i n l a t e af- ternoon s ta t ions in upper par t of Canada w h l l h a r d her . I was a u r p r i ~ a d at CBK at 5130 and CJKL CFCE CKSO CBJ also gave good signals. A t school-&re we s r e wondaring what kird of coverage BSAJ had on the i r spebisl on 12/10. There i s plenty of interference

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(R. Anclerson, con'd. ) f r o ~ . the all-nighters on 1340. Jones, the engineer, sa id hm real- ly had the transrxitter a t top speed f o r the progi.a.1,. We here. dibn1.'c get &ore' than a whpstla :with BFO: on the: supposedly PRA-2 ;yld i ts special -t8s'i on.'BOO :Kdlt- . "on 12/10.

:I.t would havebeen a..goo,& catch. O f three of u s a t sohog1 hdre i n .t.ha club, ~ d e has ac, y a t p i c k ~ & : p p - a ~ . o f tha' apedial DXars from the forekgm. -Eac.'h:r;igLC brin=s, the &ae ,o.verc&st 6& &nii $-4. noise level , which isn ' t n.uch help. . 2hat1:8 Ab->u6. a;lf :for now

. . . . . . . . . . . 73s .'&.&11. - . *, > . ' .. . . . . . . . . . . , . ~. . . . . . . . . , : , .

. . .\ ., . . . . . . . . . . . . -Fg&-VJhe~lgr---Ezis,-Pgaa~. , . . ., . . , . . . . . . . We:l1,: h e r i i-'s a ' , i i t t l e ' i ~ p o r t on the a c t i v i t i e s of ciy. DXing. -:I: c ~ c e i v e 3 a nic'b ' v e r i e ~

, , . : f r.9m QWARL. ' I recalved a nlce phPhle t and beaut i ful postal card. pic:t&&i o-f l~ '~Nb' besides . t he i r verie..; 'WFa- s e c a ' nice., verie, and gave the i r frequency: check as:the: Gtk Friday

of the aonth.'3':40" to' 3:50 a.n.,; E.S.T., XLIF sent a nice. veria Bnd. refuimed g ' p o s t a g e , . . s ta t ing tha t ireturn postage was n o t necessa.ry f o r a verie; ! In ..their .ii&aie', PIJMS'said

. that - they beli%va €w, i .'was one o f the f i r s t tg get t h e i r eignal. ,:.- ';ilao' sent a I ' qice verie.: ~ O < ' W M M ' ~ spacial , they dedicated the sane:nv.ber to,:Dick t o o @ r . d me.

.Of the. iVRC:~specials -TOAT and WCBA &rr.a : in R-9. , I s lept i n on-..KORX:- ':HABZ c&e fn'R-9. - I forgut Atioit WSAJ.. Therd &am too much interfareice:for .ne t o ~ g e t , I [DU..]ViTc&e i n . . - . R-8.. o ther ' &ewst&tiona r{c{iv;dsince l a s t reporting are: WPW (3)' Ndii.30-,4155 a.m.,

WDVA Dee, 2 5144:a..m. ,: '&%WE Dec; 2, .5:47 a.m., WTTHi Dee.- 6, 3:50 :&;my, .iW.GIV Dac. '7, . . . 3.:14 a.ui., mid, KDh0;Dec. 7, 3:32 %..ti.. I. '3idn1 t get PRA-2.: :Z.still .have -rapof68 out t o

.$SM XERF WCW WKOB WL .DLD WGR 'KOGT WAOk. WGBA WABZ I[GO KIMQ-.WHAI %HUN-WhBE'J -&XL lWl"MF . . . . . . . . . . - m R WNg, ,, -, . . , . . . .

F ~ t ~ R g ~ ~ l ~ - - J ~ g ~ ~ o ~ ~ lJ;-Y, . : : . : . . - . . . . . . . . ' . - : N9.v vari:e's. &e ~FAI[' WAVL:'~TW WGBA EOKX. New onss h a a d .are WHlM WCAV. RfXF WCON.: 12/8. . . . W M on DX -for a new on;, niH00 at 3 :50, WCOP. a t 4:93, and RCRK on. f /c at 4204. : 12j9 - . .No DX. - : H. E.-Shith C.E. o? WAVL welcones reports and will . .aSw;yr.a veri.fy.:th&. 12110- : WSAJ- only 2 anno~ncar,&nts heard'through thb Qp, WCAV (.OW) f o r anew on& a't 3:39; Y G I V

s/off a t 4:10,: a l l h e ~ t e r n ~ s t a t i o n s strong. today! KCOH.at3:55, :no sign o f PRA-a as buzzing allAAM over dial:. 12/11 -KFIR a t 3:37, one c a l l f r m KFNTJon 1056 a t 3:46 aM9 off , VNBF (1290) a t 4:Od for . a n y o n e . 12/12, No DX:today. 12/130 Wh1A3, 1290, at 3:15, WORA a t 4:25 on f / c , V!CON (550) a t4 :09 for a new one, Q U O onDX, so~ebbdy'rvith Hawai- ian. music bothered KXLA, 3 $45-4:00 on 1119 (That 's KIPA, H i l o , Pat -'Ed,) ;- 12/14 -

, Snapped a 1 ~ : o f . f i n r r~l .s leep, $ no .DX. ' Us pr in tz rs here s t i l l .on :strikd. ' A-,Merry . .

, .Christmas. and .aHappy New-Yaar t o ' a l l . -WJOC m a ~ r be qn 8~ ,&q. now! . . ~ . . . . . . . . .

.... . . , . . . . . 'EaU2 &tihaw! = Buffalo,-N, 1.- . . . ~

No. go on WFC special , 'the snow I @ass, amid KbLK,. 1,230 Kc/a..was 'pickeb' on'a d*;ble- header .day (WITH-WCW) and was. NIL., $GPO - i s s i l e n t bn Monday 1:00-5:00 a.m.,a&.VI%TH

. . s i l e n t Tues. AM 2:OO-5:30 a,%. a' Thursday 7 ( I t was, their r agu la r f / c , Ralph -Ed. ) Received 3 KFUO it.m.6 and'-all ' ask for a donation, so di&nl t l i s t en . I .sac. Kern: Oe&y i s

. . 5m years with.' NHC ,- he rm.st b8' an old' pappy. by now??. , K e q ' pa-ge says:, l'When pop I

reaches Kannyl s 1366, .' h e l l l DX again.". A few 6tations:wera. heard. again, roost:^. tge ' sane as others heard, and a faw.:V/lettars by WARK WLZC X L T G (2) WSIV7DX- P!AVLCRTG WTRF ( i n Orange, Dave Thmas!) KVRC C J V I . $ ~ a tip%& cdrd i n envelope by WJPD, a l l . last weak. Thanks Leo Here and Joa Eni foi 'C5i isbam cdrds and wish all of you a Merry Gh?ts'tn;m . .

Ill1 not. send aqy cards; b u t to:m NRC-er w i l l ~ n a i l a Buffalo .calendar, as i . t t s & r a . . . . . . . , . - , . . . . . . . . useful. . ~ . ' . . ~ . . . . . . , :. . .-La_o-Hsrg f ~ a g ~ , - I L l ; . .

Only a short :report t h i s time. Enclosed l a t t e r s fro= KBKI 'andTJIH)O. . Qdlv .o'cirie " - - . ~ r a o i v e d th i s .wiak - KXOK idlett&head. ). ' ~ a p o r t s sent 'kt th i s ' week to:WiUN-DX. WC*, i Newnan, Ga.., ,1400, on teat . . W W 860 Norfolk, V s . ,. ET. 12/10 - 4;.11-4:45 aim'. w ~ K l360 Kc/s. ;De. Kalb, 111. DUG. 14, k g u l a r , skeb Follvw-ups :ssnt t~ WFUR P I M U S . W WHRV

... KSTA. veries stand now a t 22, with 19 raport.8 s t a l l : out.: B e s t DX t o . a l l . "

. . . . . . . . . . . . -C&aience &~-h-,---G>ggs~e~,_Mgsg.-. . . . . .

S t i l l t r y ing to. kaeb irv . h d - i n -even thoid m i n e to schaol; . Tried f o r a few bf' the - - ~ ~ e a b u t or& l u c k ~ w a e - w i t h W W &WGBA. . -~e ; ie&- i i f roo, WAVL KIM0 & H A WXAL WTR~?"R'SICI WHUN W J S W . Reports toWP'IW VIU'PB WSRS WVJP E.HlY WM?@, WSFC. KOGT WLIZ :"W WHLF WGIV KIOX WVLKWCAV WSA. BSKI, 1240, J.F.McKarnan, CE sws w j t l check freq. 2:& 4 Monday 1-2 a,m. BLYbT, t360 Kc/-s; took air bn Deq. 1 s/on d?il@ 7 , a.~: WHLF; '1400, ha8 conulud- e d tes t s , checks &aily 2:55-3. Verlas. not a't 1042; he. best .of Season's Greetings. t o .all. . . ~ . , .

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F i r s t off, 1 b e t hap@~ed t& rmt-mross WNAM d W D a k i n g , t h q did not announce any- thing regarding the i r P/d as to i t being a r e g u w d e or not. Q I U heard %2/5 from 4:49-5:00 a.m., E.S.T.iand WDIG heard De 4 4:4-4:5@ a.m., E.S.T. and he announced i t was a 15 minute f / c ~ t t t ~ 4 g ~ t d o msybe WIG i s on the 1st Wed.. 4:45-5:00 AM. Be l l , the w r i e s did coffie i n and received l e t t e r 8 from I(HON IMBJ ICEEN WAVL KSBW WKTG WCIEM WXGI WGBAtDX WSKI W U X WRrEZ to bring t o t a l &o 1267. Reports went out on 1217 to KIM0 XREL. 12/8- WRON WLOH W A L F U'I'COH a d 1219- NGIV WSAJ-DX, 12/13- KELP HULA W W W . Oh yes, l e t t e r i n from W A L F to make i t 1268. Sat. AM 12/13 was 3 honey - trhe Hswaiima were a l l ro l l ing in, MION BSaA KULA w b topped tlvirc a l l here. To t b s e of gou owning Sootts, you can appreciate bow W was received here. H a d the sens iwty control en- t i r e l y in the 'off' p s i t i o n . Fas eaay p r o m t o copy and t o top i t , got the i r $/off word for word. They sign off at 5:00 a.m., E.S.T. Did not have'time to try for the other Hawaiians, such an WVI KIPA, e tc . Botzw awe XMVI s /gff around 4:W a.m., EST. S t i l l waiting fo r a verie from KFOX on the i r DX, darn i t - they m e needed here, KWR was not , but they ver i f ied promptly. B a c k to KULA, have heard t b at the station4 o n ths Super-Pros, but could not copy anything account of t he l apove r 01 WW on 700 Kc/s. On the Scott, QILW doesn't even coma near 690 Kc/s., so that's alnother reaeon t h t I say the Spper-Pro i s a w q over-rated. W i l l s t i l l taks the 12-X q t M e an3 d e o save a l o t of dough. Thuthfully, I have never run across a receiver that can compare to the Scott 3s to se lec t iv i ty or usable sensi t ivi ty . I t ' a i n a class #df by i t s e l f . Bye now.

- S4as gozs_c~ =. Br-&-ordA!&+ss, Dec, 8 - conditions tough. TCOH WHLF WPAY tas t ing on 1400. MAVL ET a t 2:05. WWH ET 2:lO. WCOU f a i r on DX thraugh VWSFC and others, No sign of 'h'hUN o r WlfAI, they may have been $n, but conditions here-didn't l e t 'em through. Yeriee from KIM0 & &IF. 60. 9- WCIF f / c a t 1:50, the f i r s t I lve been able to real ly copy through the French Canadian Bi l lb i l l i ee . KIOX t e s t 2r15, S.off 2 3 0 . BXEL sl.1 night - monthly Engineerqs Delight. WHLF, 2:31 El'. WGIV 2:39 ET. Dec. 9 - WCAV (Norfolk) El'. W h U t e a t , 3:49; Veries froin KREI RGBA RCOU M N No aim of PRA-2 here. -

-Le_fl~_ceo~el = BrwL4mn-2&, -N, X. - Veriea i n from W H L F W(;EM WSRI, l e t t a r s , and cards from KTMO KREI HI3T (are you re-, A 1 Mlley, hi) to make t o t a l now 1,408. Reports thie weak - 12/10, WCAV t e s t ing and reported. PRA-2 was not heard - did catch a whiatle and a ca r r i e r , but that' a a l l . - WLOH was testing again on 1490. 12/13 - WGIV on t ea t , off at 2:30. This is tne f i r s t new 1600 s ta t ion I 've managed here, f o r tha set i s not working on the f i r s t SN band, and with senai t ivi ty control wide open and d i a l at very end, I could just catch thm. on a side-band. After the set warms up about 15 minutes, th i s s l ips off the end of the d ia l . Luck$ I got horn l a t e , and jus t turned the s e t on. W was also tes t ing on 1290, and heard a l i t t l e fron KFUO. KROP wae good at 3:30. WMGW, 1490, Maadvr3le, Pa., t e s t ing and real ly nicely messed up with the Bobsey Wins. WSFX, I believe, m s on behl -.-I t h i s R-9 t r i p for f / c 4:054:15. 12/14 - Mieaed WILL, but took WVLK f o r s report. Caught WCBD on regular schedule behind WOSU S d . q afternoon, 5:30-6:00 p.m. with semen. 12/15 - WRTA on top of WlW on tisir DX, and landed Y V U with talking a l l mrning - must have been election returns. I heard them once before, but no verie carre back. 1'11 try 'em agsin, t h i s tirce with A i r M a i l . I t l s a goverment station. Caught W I f I U on a frequency oheck 3:00-3:25 a.m. with a Very strong aighal. WLAK was tes t ing on 1430 Kc/s, and coming in quite wall. WHLF on 2:45-3:00 and also WXAL and then WABY. W H U N gat 35 reports and were highly pleased, according to Jim Hopwell, who appeared on the NR'W DX program with Joe Po3.latier. WSFC was tes t ing again, and cppght WGU'C) 1340, on a f / c 3;303:40. I woul3 like a t t h i s time to s w I 'd real ly l i ke to correspond with each and every one of you who scnds in repbrts, but it i e absalutely izaposaible. J. scarsew have t i m e to get my own repcrta cut on t h e mw, w h t wi th the bul le t in , and with other things I slmply don't have tine. As I s q , I real ly do wiah I could wri te to you a l l - please don't t h i n k a e rude, but there are a t i l l only 24 hours in a dar, h i . You've seen mention of PRA-B on DX on 12/?.0. I received a Cable from tbrr. on 1216, a 3 not i f ied as rcany as I could with post cards gf t b pro@=, and phpned the t i p to WHyN, and dropped a card to W a J , and a l e t t e r t.o ELI2 so I hope you a l l heard about the program bef ore-hand. My original l e t t o r w a s wri t ten i n August t o then and tha t7 s when and how they dedided to reply. Yes, i n this business one never knows what t o expect next.

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]I& , . a. Location Ws;ts Dedicated to A.M.-E.S.T. . Dec. 20 1450,..fiap~~tsn, Ohio 250 NNRC-NRC. r . , , 2 : 1 5 - 2 : 3 0

'20 , W R B C 620: Jwkson, Mississippi 1,030 NNRC-NRC : . . Z:00 - 4:OO . . - 20 ,KIOX 1270 Bqy Ci.ty ,' Texas 1,000 NRC-WXC . . ,3330 - 5:OO

21. . . KPRE 1340 -Liv~ngson,, Nuntaw 250 NZDXRIl r : : 3:30- 4:00 22 WHaT 1230, .Harrin~an,. Te.@essee 250 NldXC-HRC . . . . :.. 3: 00 - 4:-00 22 CECL 2400 . STQ., ,Nora .Scotis. 250 . . NNBC-NRC , .. 3:30-5:00 27 WBAA 920:' West Lafayette, Ind. 5,000 NXEC-NRC ,: . .. 2:15 - 2:30 28 "Radio Saint Pierre1'

. . . 570 S+iqt Pierre e t . fiquelon 250 . . NNRC-NBC 2:30- 4300 : 29 :. WATN ,1240, Eatertown, N w York 250 h!C-ALL . . . 2:03 - 7737 .' 2 9 ~ S H 950 .Boise, Idaho .. , , 5,000 NNRC.-NRC : : : . : . 3:OQ:i 5 :00

... 30 KNI i233 ~ h e l b y , . . ~ o n t a n a . . . . . , 2 5 0 . . IJxOXRA .: . : : 3:OO: - 3 : O O . < . 3.1 , WCH& : ,800. Cnqubersburg, . Penna. . . 1,000 . ' KRC-NNBC : : : i .4:00 - 5:.00

Jan. 2 e O P L ' , 1490 Butte , 'Montana : .. 250 ' . - N Z D X k : . - . . 3:OO - 4:30 . . . . . . . . ... 3 XBgI 1490 Butte, Mo-ntaw . : : 250 . . . NZDXRA : ' . , -3:W - 4:30

3 CKOK 1.550 Pentictom, B. C. 250 . . PEXC- NBC... . . .3:05 - 4:OO 4 BBOW 1490 Butte, Montana 250 NZDXRA 3:OO - 4:30

....~. p .&OW 680 bak, Washington 1,000 NBC-NNRC 4:OO , 5:OO . . 4 ~ ' . 1590 C,@ste.r,. Pennsylvania 1,000 . $'RC-NNRC : .. : . .3:30 - 4:00

, .- . 5 . :REOW. 1gSO BuPte, Montana. . . . . . 250 ,. NZDXRA 3:OO ;.4.:30 -: 5 :HHGM A473 . Port-au-Prince, Yaiti 1,000 . . :.PIRC,NNBC. . . : 3333 -.4:30 : . . . 5: HEM , 6165 .port--prince, Y a i t i . ; . ~ C - N N R G . i . . . 3:3.0,& 4:30

. ,, 6 . KIXL ,1040 Dallas, Texas . . 1,000 N11.DXFbl ; . ..3:00. w 4: 00 6 I D O W . 14?6 : butts,. Mont.e+a .. 250 ED^ . .. . - . . 3:W :- 4:30 7 1490 Butte, Montana. . , 250 . , N?J)XB& . : , 3:00 - 4.:30 8 KBOW 1430 Butta, Montkna 250 MDXRA 3:CO - 4:30 9: , KEW 1490 Butte, Montana- . . 2 5 0 NZDXM 3:oO -;4:30

10 .Urn 1590 , Houeton,, Texas 1,000 . ; N Z D X R A : . - 3.:03. - 4:00 .. . 10 @OW 1490, But~s,:Monfafi~ , . . . . 250. . N Z D W 3:QO - 4:30

. . . . . ' h i . NC@ 930 , .~~oomsburg, : Penh . . 500. . NBC-NNRC . ~ : o o - 3 : 3 0 . .. ,. 11 . EBOW , 1490 B u t t e , Montana . 250 . . . MZDXRll . . . . . 3:CV - 4:30

. .. :12 'how - 1490 Butts, Muopt* . : . 250 . N Z D X m . . 3'00.-4-:30 12 WRIB 1220, f r o ~ i + $ n c e ~ 8. I. . 1,000.' . NIQC-hTC . . 4:.00 - 5: 00 12 RRPL 1400 Mosoow.. Idaho . .... 2%. NmC-SEC. . ..4:00 -,.6:00 13 KRUL W40 Corvallis, Oregon 250 PmC-mC-NZDXRA 3:W - 5:OO 13 KBKI 1070 Alice, Texas . . . 1,000 N"nC-NNRC 4r30 - 5:30

- . . 1.4 KTEE 1420 =.kin; Texas 1,000, . .NZDXRA . : - . . 3:OD 7 3 3 0 . I4 WGPA 1100 aethlehsrc, Pennaylvania 250 h'aC-NNRC. . - 4:W - :5:QO

~. 15 , KSYC 1MO Yreka., California 2 5 0 . . . . NmXfZA. :.3:00 -. 4:OO :5 1120 Clebume,. Texas ~ . . . . 250 NZDXRB , : 3:90,14.:00 17 D Y E 890 Oklahm~a City, Okla. 1,000 , : NRC-N'R'RC. . . 3.:00 -. 4x00 17 PIRYU 1270 Newport Nsws, Virginia 1,000 NNRC-NRC 4:oO - 5:oO

.. 18 W X C . : 810 RocQ Mougt, N.. C. 1 , O O Q NRC-NNAC 4:O.O -, 4:30 20 $IF . 1240 Garden. City, K-a . 250. . . NZDXRA . ' :', .. 3::-00 c 7 777 21 WgBC ,810 -.North Pilkesboro, N. C. 1,000 NRC-NIiRC . . 4:,W ,.5:00 24 , OFP.CH : 1080 Pittsburgh, Penna. . 1,WO . NAC-NNBC , : . 3:0@ - .4::00 25 PJHOR 1 9 0 Piorland, lyuming 250 . NW)XRA 3:W -A230 25 WLAI). 80.0. Dagbury, Connecticut 250 . . . . NRC-NMRC. Y:.W - 4:30 28 HOX 940 Panaria Citp, Pvlarsa 1,0.00 . . NRC-NNRC ., . . , &:O3 - 4:OO 28 HOX 1310 Panama City , Panama . 9,000 NRC-NNRC 3:OO - 4:OO 29. WATN 1FO - r "a t e r toq , , N ~ ' N fork . 250 : NRC-ALL . . .2:0> - P777 :

Feb. 2 WFAU :U40 Augusta, Maine . . 250 .. NIiC-IWiC 4:00.-. 5::OO 4 ILAM 1470 Lewiston: Maine- 5,000 . mc-NNRC' ~. 3.: 00. - 4 :OO

- 9 . KRPL . 1400:. M ~ S C W , &dab 250 .:. hWC-NRC. -: . . 4:OO - 6:DO - - - 1s -T&- 2 4 9 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ~ a - ~ i t ~ ; - c ~ _ a & a ~ a l _ ~ - - - - - -~C,WS - - - - 4:03---5:00 *Note - If W C p is rat on t h i s date, look f o r then on J a ? , 25, #me. -t,k%e.. me recently l.$sted a na:v ssation foz 1.450 i n C h a r l e s t o ~ n ~ S.C, an l .ques t iomd '%his . I t def ini te ly ia CharJestoq. S.C. and WFAK say+ tk.raylll..take t h e air around t h e Few Year.

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D ~ C . 27 . . ' . - '@A& R'sf-Lg&YET~E, mT@& 2: 15 - 2 3 0 EST This i s another bollege-otvnad radio s ta t ion , st Par2.v.e University, and they w i l l dedi- cate t h i s regular frequancy check t o our clubs th i s week. WBAA w i l l af course not have a c lear channel west-ward, but they should do very well in the East and Middle West. WBM has been on tha a i r for B good mav years, and have always been a land-mark with the DX fans. Almost evary DXar haa heard and vdrif i ad thm, but we ask sou to l i s t e n tothem again 8s thay honor us with dedication, and to sand a report i n t o Mr. Jmes Miles. T h i s progran, was srranged by the NNRC.

rDec. '28 l tR@JOO~I~PP~E~RE_ll= SALNT_ EQRS-ET gIQUEM]-N- 2:33.-d:DD EST. Hem i s . a ra re caTch, fron the onw. BCB s t a t ion i n these northsrn ielanbs. They use 250 watte, on 670Kc/s., and w i l l have n clear channel f o r t h i s proFam. We hope they w i l l ba e x t e n s i v e l y ' h e ~ d t h i s time - the i r DX of a ysrer ago was on a ' v k y poor morning for DX.. "Radio Saiht Pier'ren w i l l ' be glad to hear f roa you, and sand your l e t t e r s to: Mr. Richard Bar t le t f , Mmager, "Radio Saint Pierre1,, Saint .Pierr6 e t Miq&lon. Mark yoyanvelope Halifax, N.S." for the i r 'mil i s picked up by'boat at Halifax. q i e f in s DX wae srrar&d for the twin DX clubs by th m C . . .: ' . :

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Dec, 23 N_Ap---W~T%_R~~'N1. g.-YL - . . . . 2:OO-7777 EST Always looked fowiiard t o by a w DXer who can get WATN tdrough, here ctirces our f r iend sad mepber, Harry' Righter, president of WATNwith anotherrfraquency cheok dedication, which i s mcre than a-dedic8tion. This i s also a request show, an8 i f you'd l ike -:to hear your m a mentioned, just d,mp a card to Xirry and ask f o r a r eques t . Plenty of kidding goes on o n t h e s e fPATN shws , so w b r io t real ly put i t d o h i n your book as a "must?" Of course; WEDC's new nuisance progrw renders them n i l f o r some of ua, but those who can, be sure' to l i s ten : i n and sumbit a report:.,

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%.Ed9 , BOISE_, -1QAHO- , . . , . 3:00-5:00 EST A big, two-hoG .show to come t o ua f r m Boise t h i s week, fellcbda, and l e t ' s a l l be on ha+ to hear i t ; n'e believe 950 will b e cl+& f o r the p r o ' g ~ ~ , f o r KFEL i s not on on Mondays t o caaee interference. So, with c lear sail ing, t h e i r 5;OWwatts should sail .a&ssthe mountains and valleys very plcely. Cur thanks go t o h. JapesJohntp, Chief .Engineer of KDSH;for agreeing:to provide the DXers with,tha eGoyrcent of hearing h is new s t a t ion. KDSH wanted to put t h i s progrw on &round the H,olidw s, so we imagine .they'll have a real ly swell opus f o r us. Arranged by NNRC. . .

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Send thwr. i n l i t t l e - b y l i t t l e , please, fellows; so that Junior Carberry can compile yow to t a l e without havlng to d o l t a l l on the l a s t night before deacl-line. The list w i l l appear again i n tha January 10 issue, but don1 t put off sanding a l l , your entr iea u n t i l the l a s t day, which w i l l be January 5. The adarass - Thxnaa Carberry - 2.2 Lou- vaine Drive. K e ~ o r e 17. New York. . ,

@ FODZER-LO_G . . . . . Yes, we're. st i l l reminding you .&out t h t s f ine log. Sand ado l l . a r tiday to Arthur Fcerster, 1213 North'Boaart A v a m , Indianapolis. 1, Indiana. ' Tfiis i s &st what you need f o r an up-to-date log - .pr inted . . naatly, w i t h Btations arranged. by frequencies, e+lphabetically by c a l l l e t t e r s ; The log w i l l be're-issued 3 tirnas, giving you 4 is-

. . . eues, with the l a t e s t additions each tim f r o a the. FCC ... Four i n ell, a& don't l e t tHe . . ,. offer s l i p away. I t ' s the unly way t b keep track of - the myi-iads of new stat ions which

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hlidland. Texas. (from 122 & Green B&, Wisconsin 1430 %.Norfolk. Virginia 1450 4

Pro viderice, RhoM Island Lakelead, F lor ida (fro= 1340) Gonzales, Tegas !&adville, ~enqsy lvan i s thdse ' l i s t e d l a s t waek. ) dharlestbn. .S-.C. -- -.- . -. -

REPGRTS GO IW ERNEST R; COOPER - 438 EAST 21 STREET - BROOKLYN 26, N.Y.. and "DX DOWN