CPC TESTS 1 / 2 8 KVEL - 9 2 0 Vernal, UT 0700-0800 ELT, 5 kw. Program info unavailable. Monday Reports to Margaret Hemmert, CE, KVEL, Box 3 0 7 , Vernal, UT 84078.

Arranged by Wayne Heinen, NRC. 1 / 2 8 KUEN-900 Wenatchee, WA 0 3 0 0 - 0 3 3 0 ELT, 1 kw, Dl. L i k e l y w i l l use Monday tones and music. Reports to Randall Beckstead, CE, P.O. Box 7 9 ,

Wenatchee, WA 9 8 8 0 1 . Arranged by N e i l Zank, NRC. As you can see, we s t i l l have only two t e s t s l i n e d up f o r the r e s t of the season. Folks, we need you help i f we are to have a CPC program! Contact your l o c a l s and any s t a t i o n which i s f r i e n d l y to DXers! Do i t now! I f you do manage to l i n e up a t e s t l e t us know r i g h t away. I f you want to c a l l us with the information, the number i s ( 5 0 2 ) 4 9 1 - 1 7 8 9 . That's Pat Hartlage's number.

Welcome to the following new members and you f o l k s down a t the L i b r a r y ! George B. Sherman, P.O. Box 2284, Minneapolis, MN 5 5 4 0 2 ( r e - j o i n s ) Mike Bates, l 6 l l l Black Oaks Lane, Wayzata, MN 5 5 3 9 1 ( r e - j o i n s ) Scott B l i x t , 4841 Hampshire Avenue, C r y s t a l , MN 55428 W i c k l i f f e Public L i b r a r y , 1 7 1 3 L i n c o l n Road, W i c k l i f f e , OH 4 4 0 9 2 Robert J . Hlivak, P.O. Box 1 1 5 5 , Rendondo Beach, CA 9 0 2 7 8 Mike Reid, 1 0 9 Arjay Crescent, Willowdale, Ontario M2L 1C6

Hello again from the gang i n L o u i s v i l l e . We again don't have much i n the way of " S t a t i c " but w i l l pass on a few items. We received a sample page of the Day Pattern Book which J e r r y Robertson, 6 0 6 5 Gardner Line, Croswell, MI 48422, i s working on. The sample page i s not complete and when we f i n i s h f i l l i n g i t i n , w e ' l l run i t f o r you. J e r r y needs help with a number of patterns and i f he's w i l l i n g , w e ' l l be glad to run a l i s t of patterns needed f o r t h i s p r o j e c t . Two address changes f o r other clubs: GWDXA, P.O. Box 1524, Euguene, OR 97440, and Club Ondes Courtes du Quebec, Case postale 2 6 7 , Gaspe, Quebec, G0C 1R0. Your crew i s Dick Truax, Gary Atkins and Pat Hartlage. Ted F l e i s c h a k e r i s off i n the wilds of Canada and threatens to return soon. 7 3 -

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© A M SWITCW JOHN D. BOWKER

14 CANOE BROOK DRIVE PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ 08550

Two or t h r e e months ago, when preparing a th a t the FCC must have been i n the summer the w i n t e r doldrums!

r a t h e r short column f o r AH SWITCH, I mentioned doldrums. W e l l , now I'm guessing they a r e i n

STATION CHANGES NOW IN EFFECT:

Changes i n C a l l Sign o f E x i s t i n g S t a t i o n s :

800 - WKEE - Huntington, WV i s now WHTN 1190 - KKJY - Albuquerque, NM i s now KXKS 1300 - WMOD - Cocoa Beach, FL i s now WRKT 1330 - KZAK - T y l e r , TX i s now KTYL

1470 - WDOL - Athens, GA i s now WCCD 1560 - WKOG - Gordon, GA i s now WIZY 1570 - WMLO - B e v e r l y , MA i s now WBVD 1580 - KWIP - Merced, CA i s now KMCE

( I can't help commenting t h a t using the c a l l s i g n WBVD probably r a i s e d some eyebrows at the Commission...but, r e c o g n i z i n g the s t a t i o n i s i n B e v e r l y , they could at l e a s t save fa c e w i t h the BV p a r t o f the c a l l ! Or doesn't BVD s t i l l have the same meaning i t did when I was a k i d ? ! )

STATIONS AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE F A C I L I T I E S :

1350 - WBSG - B l a c k s h e a r , GA w i l l remain daytimer, i n c r e a s i n g to 2500 w.(non-D) 1380 - WTNN - M i l l i n g t o n , TN w i l l remain daytimer, i n c r e a s i n g to 1000 w.(non-D) 1510 - WJIC - Salem, NJ w i l l remain daytimer, i n c r e a s i n g to 2500 w. ( D i r e c t i o n a l )

STATIONS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN F A C I L I T I E S :

960 1070 1250 1250 1340 1500 1590 1600

WAAK WKMB KHOT WBRM WUNA KXRX WARV WHVL

D a l l a s , NC wants to go f u l l t i m e w i t h 1000/500 w. (OA-nights). S t i r l i n g , NJ wants 2500 w. (DA) hut remaining daytimer. Madera, CA wants to go f u l l t i m e w i t h 500/500 w. ( D A - n i g h t s ) . Marion, NC wants to go f u l l t i m e w i t h 1000/500 w. (D A - n i g h t s ) . A q u a d i l l a , PR wants to i n c r e a s e day power to 1000 w. (non-D). San J o s e , CA wants to i n c r e a s e day power to 50,000 w. (DA-2). Warwick/E. Greenwich, RI wants to go f u l l t i m e w i t h 5000 w. (DA-2). H e n d e r s o n v i l l e , NC wants to remain daytimer, i n c r e a s i n g to 5000 w. (DA).

1340 - WMSA - Massena, NY wants to i n c r e a s e i t s night power to 1000 w.

STATIONS REQUESTING A CHANGE OF CALL SIGN:

590 - KGMB - Honolulu, HI wants KONK 910 - KORD - Pasco, WA wants KKRP 940 - KAHU - Waipahu, HI wants KDEO

1150 - K I I S - Los Angeles wants KVOI 1240 - KAKE - W i c h i t a , KS wants 1350 - KLYD - B a k e r s f i e l d wants

KAKZ KNTB

1410 1440 1480 1540 1540 - WTGF 1580 - WSBP

WONS WMVB KVAN KKAP

T a l l a h a s s e e , FL wants WKQE M i l l v i l l e , NJ wants WREY Vancouver, WA wants KARO Apto s / C a p i t o l a , CA wants KMFO Pic k e n s , SC wants WPKZ Chattahoochee, FL wants WENO

(Hmmm, WENO may be authorized I see. That gives us WKRP, WBVD and WENO...or doesn't WENO r i n g any f a m i l i a r b e l l s ? )

CALL SIGNS AWARDED TO NEW STATIONS NOT YET ON THE AIR:

1130 - KAAB - B a t e s v i l l e , Ark. 1190 - KKOJ - Jackson, MN

1540 - KKDI - Sheridan, Ark. 1550 - WKVL - C l a r k s v i l l e , TN

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED FOR NEW STATIONS: (Takes months to get s t a r t e d u s u a l l y )

710 - New - Bald Knob, Ark. - 250 w. daytimer ( D i r e c t i o n a l ) 1000 - New - P a r i s , TN - 500 w. daytimer ( D i r e c t i o n a l ) 1450 - New - Meeker, Colo. - 1000/250 w. (non-D)

APPLICATIONS FOR NEW STATIONS: (Takes many months to be reviewed by FCC)

710 - New - Smyrna, TN - 250 w. daytimer 1400 - New - Cave J u n c t i o n , OR - 1000/250 w. (non-D) 1500 - New - S a r d i s , Miss. - 500 w. daytimer

I see t h a t KCIA, Humble C i t y , NM wants to change i t s c i t y - o f - i d e n t i t y to Hobbs, NM. I ' l l keep you posted i f FCC says okay! Hope you keep a l l your New Year p r o j e c t i o n s ! ! See you next month! ^

INTERNATIONAL DECATUR, GA 3 0 0 3 0

n y r\\c _QT 6 3 3 - 1 1 9 8

L T l V C ^ t O I BEFORE 2 3 0 0 ELT

Times are GMT. For ELT subtract 5 hours. Deadlines are u s u a l l y Monday.

"Sos estamos re c i b i d o por pr e f e r e n c i a , no por casualidad"

Another deadline snuck up on my very quickly. Somehow I always end up doing the thing at the l a s t possible moment every time, so away we go.....

536 UNID I put up my Beverages with the hope of someday hearing F a l k ­land I s l a n d s and i t may yet come true. Was timing around 1 2 0 meters 12 / 1 9 and came across a f a i r s i g n a l from F a l k l a n d s - 2 3 7 0 so I de­cided to run down to 5 3 6 and take a look around. Nothing noted there so back up to 2 3 7 0 where FIBS was s t i l l doing O K-played U S rock nut and then caught f a i r 2 2 3 0 ID by female and back to mx. Sig was about 100% readable by now so back down to 5 3 6 where t h i s time ( 2 2 3 7 ) I found a weak c a r r i e r with the BFO. I t was mostly detectable f o r a while, but took a dive at 2 2 5 5 without producing any audio. Oh w e l l , something to dream aboutl (Hutton) Oops; c a r r i e r never strong enough for loop DF but i t was present only on the 1 5 0 Beverage.

567 IRELAND Tullamore probable w/strong O C 0214-0216; off at 0216 on 12/23. (Connelly!

580 CUBA CMKF Barpcoa f a i r w/SS / / 5 8 0 , 600 0632 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly) 5 « 5 SPAIN Madrid f a i r w/SS t a l k 0 7 1 7 12/22. (Connelly) 600 COLOMBIA HJHJ B a r r a n q u i l l a good o/other LA: R . L i b e r t a d ID at 0716

12 / 2 2 . (Connelly) 603 FRANCE Lyon poor w/FF t a l k 0 7 2 0 12/22. (Connelly) 612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun poor to f a i r w/heavy 610 slop; male AA chant

o/pronounced SAH 0205 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly) 630 NORWAY Vigra 12/6 0 6 5 5 male anncr, piano mx, 0659 : 3 1 pips, 0 6 5 9 : 5 5

s i l e n c e , 0 7 0 0:00 single pip, then male anncr. Very strong, way o/ CHKU, f a i r s i g on / / 6 7 5 , 7 0 2 poor, 1 3 1 4 no audio at a l l 1 1 (Vernon)

648 ENGLAND Orfordness 12 / 6 0 7 0 3 male anncr w/nx from B B C - W S , tough w/ KYAK splash. (Vernon)

64« USSR iman 1 0 5 6 - 1 2 0 1 1 0 / 2 8 , 1 1 / 4 . Majak ID at 1100 and 1200. (Maguire) 650 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIAT Santo Domingo i n l i k e a champ o/other SS

LA (WSM not a u d i b l e ) : f e s t i v e SS mx, " F e l i z Navidad de Radio Uni­v e r s a l " j i n g l e , then "Let I t Be" by the Beatles 0 6 4 4 1 2 / 2 3 . (Con)

6 5 7 NORTH AUREA Pyongyang 1 0 4 3 - 1 0 5 5 10/28. (Maguire) Program d e t a i l s ? C H 666 JAPAN JOBA Osaka NHK1 c l e a r 1 2 0 3 1 1 / 4 . (Maguire) 660 UNID stn with 4 note I S 0 9 5 5 - 1 0 0 0 1 2 / 7 . (Maguire) R . Lumiere signs

on with a l i t t l e IS on a piano and I think 1 0 0 0 i s t h e i r s / o n - C H 666 PORTUGAL Lisboa i n w/romantio female vocal o/SAH, some second audio

(probably the German), 0722 12/22. (Connelly) Wouldn't 0 7 2 2 be a b i t l a t e f o r Germany? Maybe I ought to check the SR charts before saying that, but no time n o w . . . . . C H

6 7 u ALAsAA A D L G Dillingham 12/16 1116 - 1 1 5 5 noted t e s t i n g w/TT and mx, might be worth a check bewteen SunM and MM 1 1 0 O - 1 1 3 O , sometimes puts on a TT and sounds l i k e a f u l l 5 kw here. (Vernon)

711 F R A N C E Hennes b r i e f l y atop W O R on car rx w/FF disco and t a l k ; W0R j u s t a low side het 2235 1 2 / 1 7 . (Connelly)

7 1 9 PORTUGAL Norte poor to f a i r w/Chriatmas vocal mx; slopped by C M G N 0210 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly)

7 2 0 USSR unknown FS 12/12 1226 male i n J J , 1229 : 2 0 FS I S , 1229 : 4 0 address given for recordings of R . Moscow, 1 2 3 0 male w/nx i n E E . This s e r v i c e probably / / 1 2 5 1 , 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 - 1 3 0 0 w / J J and E E pgms, neither frequency audible here to check. (Vernon) Seems l i k e 1 2 5 1 ought to be audible o c c a s i o n a l l y since you have good luck with other FE Russians....CH

7 3 0 MEXICO Mexico Ci t y XEX f a i r w/CKAC nu l l e d ; Corona Cerveza ad, SS t a l k 0 6 4 7 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly)

73« AUSTRALIA 2NR Grafton 12/16 1 2 0 4 nx, 1206 s i n g l e tone nnd sports, not a p a r t i c u l a r l y good s i g n a l here. (Vernon)

7 3 8 POLAND Poznan 12/7 0 5 1 8 continuous instrumental mx, l o c a l l i k e s i g / / f a i r 1 3 0 5 , 1 2 6 0 , 1 2 0 6 , //136a good between 0 5 1 7 - 0 5 2 0 . (Vernon)

7 4 0 COLUMBIA HJNS Valiedupar f a i r w/TODELAH net ID, chimes, 0 6 3 0 on 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly)

747t H O L L A N D strong het against W H E B noted on oar rx 2240 12/17. i t seemed too loud for Upper Volta, since 765 was only at average strength. B B C-909 was i n as a loud het at the time, so northern routes were open; therefore, the Dutchman i s suspected. (Connelly)

747 JAPAN J 0 1 B Sapporo most consistent and loudest N H A 1144-1202 10/25, I D by female 1200 11/2, 1030-1200 11/4 / / J O B B . (Maguire)

760 COLUMBIA HJAJ Bar r a n q u i l l a on channel, good w / L V de B a r r a n q u i l l a ID and accordion mx, atop C M C ! K. Heloj 0640 12/ 2 3 . (Connelly)

765 SENEGAL Dakar f a i r w/AA t a l k by man 2135 12/22. (Donnelly) 010 BAHAMAS Freeport very good w/gospel mx and preaching, followed by

three Radio Bahamas j i n g l e s , then "Santa Claus i s Doming to Town" 0600 12/ 2 4 . No other s t a t i o n s were noted on 510 at the time. (Connelly)

510 SCOTLAND Westerglen et a i , H. Scotland 12/6 0619 reports about the meat market, good o/CHQR/KGo. (Vernon)

020 CUBA good w/SS t a l k / / 6 7 0 , 690 0634 12/23. (Connelly) 025 JAPAN JOBB usaka 1144-1202 10/20,N B A ID 1200 11/2 and 11/4. (Maguire) 530 DOMINI CAN REPUBLIC HUB Santo Domingo loud/dominant w/SS v e r s i o n

of " J i n g l e B e l l s " , " H - i - j - B Mas Musioa" j i n g l e , then "We Are Family" by S i s t e r Sledge 0637 12/ 2 3 . (Connelly)

530 HAWAII KIKI Honolulu 0705-0530 11/26 w/WCCO off, 0730 ID. (Maguire) 537 JAPAN JOQK Niigata NHA1 1051 11/4. (Maguire) 555 SPAIN Murcia good w/male SS t a l k 0204 12/23. (Connelly) 560 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HiLH Santo Domingo potent w/R. C i a r i n ID, f e s t ­

ive LA mx 0653 12/23. Maybe t h i s i s back to f u l l power. (Connelly) 573 JAPAN JOGB Aumamoto 1310 11/4, only Japanese s t i l l needed.

(Maguire) Don't r e a l l y understand t h i s ; i f you heard i t why do you s t i l l need i t ? And does t h i s mean that you have heard every other s t a t i o n i n Japan?? C H

552 ENGLAND R. Wales, Washford 12/12 0909 s t i l l i n w/good s i g , t a l k about why Mistletoe i s a s s o c i a t e d w/Christmas. (Vernon)

940 CUBA Reloj o u t l e t o/others w/usual pgm 0654 12/ 2 3 . (Connelly) 963 INTERNATIONAL WATERS R. Carloine 12/7 0715+ r r pgm, mx i n

various European languages, but male anncr seemed to be DD. 0500 male w/nx, must go i n t o DD pgm a f t e r EE r e l i g i o u s pgms which begin at 0500 s/on. 12/5 1658 instrumental mx, 1700 EE pgm with r r and Steve Bishop. (Vernon)

972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA Aimje 1108 11/4 thru XEJ. (Maguire) 1017 TONGA A3Z Nuku'alofa 12/13 0950 fanfare then bongo drums and

annct "Radio Tonga News" by male, female followed w/nx i n native l i n g o . Very impressive annct for tape c o l l e c t i o n , s/off began w/ wx f o r e c a s t 1 0 0 2 , ended 1 0 0 5 . (Vernon)

1017 UNID AA-sounding chant, poor; audio chopped up by slop-Morocco p o s s i b l e , or maybe Turkey; GG stn not noted, 0220 12/23. (Con)

1020 VENEZUELA YVRS La Ascuncion o/u KDAA w/Margarita ID and an app­arent on-the-air wild party 0658 12/ 2 3 . (Connelly)

1025 COLOMBIA ?? "L Voz de .... V i c t o r " 0828-0831 11/26, s/off 0831? (Maguire) Only HJ here i s Ecos del Combeima, check SW // i f nec­essary to confirm. CH

1035 PORTUGAL Porto Alto f a i r w/female Broadway-style vocal 0656 12/ 2 2 . (Connelly)

1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun poor to f a i r w/flute j a z z 2133 12/ 2 2 . The sunset TA cx were mediocre compared to the good European Sri ox. (Connelly)

1053 ENGLAND S t a r t Point et a l f a i r to good w/Moody Blues //1089 0654 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

1070 VENEZUELA YVMA Maracaibo good w/clear Mundial Z u l i a ID, then slow SS b a l l a d ; hetted by pest Emissor A t l a n t i c o H J A G on 1071 on 12/ 2 3 . (Connelly)

1059 ENGLAND Crowborough/Orfordness f a i r through WBAL slop: Moody Blues mx //1053 0654 12/22. (Connelly)

1107 USSR Arkhanghelsk 12/5 2210 probable source of instrumental mx, x l n t s i g o/AFN w/US FB game. (Vernon) Why not Kaunas?? C H

1134 UNID loud het growl, probably from mixing of s e v e r a l Spanish l o c a l s 0649 12/ 2 2 . (Connelly)

1143 USSR Kaliningrad FS 12/5 2133 male and female w/jokes or s t o r i e s between mx ( a l l E E ) , l o c a l - l i k e s i g n a l , l i s t e d 500 kw, //135b l i s t e d w/1000 kw much weaker. Frequencies of 194, 201, 219, 262, and 321 meters MW given at 2155 and 2201. (Vernon) I don't think 1386 has ever used the 1000 kw; I ' d believe a couple hundred kw based on t h e i r s i g when on 1 3 8 5 - C H

1161 FRANCE Strasbourg good w/man and woman i n FF 0548 12/22. icon) 1179 R O M A N I A Eacau 12/5 2301-2302 noted w/choir mx, probable anthem

s/off, //1152. (Vernon) N i c e . . . . C H 1158 J A P A N J U K P Kitami NHA 1 1125 11/4. (Maguire)

1197 WEST GERMANY Munich VOA f a i r w/discussion of economy by man in EE, hetted by someone on 1196 0645 12/22. (Connelly) 12/16 1721 good s i g n a l , best TA at t h i s time w/talk about black slavery i n America. T h e y ' l l break from the Empire next, mark my words, h i . (Vernon) Not to worry, t h e y ' l l run when they see the f i r s t redcoat-CH

1200 VENEZUELA YVOZ Caracas good w/Radiotiempo ID, SS anncr wished a l l a Kerry Christmas and a Happy New Year 0704 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly)

1206 CHINA humming c l e a r 1130 11/ 4 . (Maguire) 1206 F I J I Sigotoka 1, 12/2 1058 GSTQ anthem, 1100 male w/Radio F i j i

One s/off annct mentioing 558/639/684/1206 and be;ieve 1467, a l s o F i j i 3 FM, " t i l l 5 : 5 5 tomorrow morning. So F i j i i s herel F a i r s i g , no QRM, not noted since though. (Vernon)

1206 FRANCE Bordeaux loud w/France Culture pgm //1377: man and woman i n an A s i a t i c lang, maybe Vietnamese, 0558 1 2 / 2 2 . "Convoy" by ! C.W. McCali, then FF d i s c u s s i o n of CB radio i n USA; l i k e a l o c a l 0643 12/22. (Connelly)

1215 CHINA ?? very weak 1135 11/4. (Maguire) 1215 UNID loud OC, not stable (wobbling frequency somewhat) 0700 on

12/22. (Connelly) 1233t CZECHOSLOVAKIA woman, pos s i b l y t a l k i n g i n a S l a v i c lang, at low

audio l e v e l 0640 12/22. (Connelly) 1242t FRANCE poor w/man and woman i n FF, slopped by n u l l e d l o c a l WOCB

0543 12/22. (Connelly) 1251t LIBYA T r i p o l i 12/4 1658 AA type instrumental mx, 1700 b e l l chimes,

then 1700:30 three p i p s . Kale i n AA followed w/probable nx. Xint s i g 1658, faded and l o s t by 1702. (Vernon)

1287 CZECHOSLOVAKIA/UNID Pargue present w/cl mx at low audio l e v e l ; SAH and traces of second audio (pop mx) noted 0541 1 2 / 2 2 . (Con)

1286 UNID the stn I have been hearing here i s apparently not a TA but instead a L a t i n . Was heard at 0912 1/1 on a night when there were only a few of the very strongest TA's detectable. (Hutton)

1304 U N I D net against 1305 0548 12/22. (Connelly) 1305 UNID t a l k by woman, poor w/1304 het 0548 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly) 1314 NORWAY Avitsoy 12/7 0526 instrumental mx, f a i r s i g //630. (BVJ 1341 N U H T H E H K IRELAND Lisnagarvey f a i r w/woman i n EE atop het

scream 0632 12/22. (Connelly) 1350 USSR various, 12/8 2102 USSR anthem noted, then s i l e n c e . 2103

male noted i n HR-sounding lingo and c l mx. Maybe 2 stns here, with one s/off at 2 1 0 2 . (Vernon)

1368 UNID maybe Poland-choral mx at 0 5 4 0 ; soft mx o/SAH at 0630 12/22. (Connelly)

1377 FRANCE L i l l e f a i r w/woman i n FF 2204 12/21 s l i g h t l y weaker than St. P i e r r e . Also good w/mx 0452 122/25 i n unid lang. (Eckman) Good w/man i n FF 0535 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

1386 USSR Kaliningrad FS 12/8 EE s e r v i c e 2132, male and female w/ jokes or s t o r i e s between mx, poor s i g / / 1 1 4 3 . (Vernon)

1395t ALBANIA/UNID-3tn with woman i n S l a v i c lang mixing w/a jamming type s i g n a l (low, raspy, wobbly het) 0537 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly) Have never seen reports of Albania or anyone e l s e being jammed on t h i s channel-CH * Lushnje f a i r w/woman i n EE 2131 1 2 / 2 1 . Also noted at tune-in 2040 1 2 / 2 4 . Good s i g at 2058 w/"lnternatio-nal e " then I S . FF pgm 2 1 0 0 - 2 1 3 0 . (Eckman)

1413 UNID BBC World Service 12/8 1715+ S c o t t i s h soccer f i n a l with Aberdeen versus Dundee United, l o c a l - l i k e s i g n a l , ended 0 -0 a f t e r extra time. 1721 other soccer mentions, then l e t t e r s from WS l i s t e n e r s concerning sports on the WS followed by reports from E n g l i s h D i v i s i o n One games, l o s t by 1734. I s there a new BBC xmtr here? Oman seems u n l i k e l y considering s i g n a l strength and distance involved. Checked the d i a l a f t e r 1734» only the big Euros i n . (Vernon) Sorry fellow, haven't seen any i n f o on a new xmtr on t h i s frequency-CH

1422 WEST GERMANY Saarbrucken good w/female pop group vocal 0534 12/22. (Connelly) Very strong w/Christmas mx 0608 1 2 / 2 5 . (Eckman)

1 )|l|fUHHHLLUXKMBuuKU Marnach logged here on t h i s domestic channel for the f i r s t time: 1 believe t h i s might be the f i r s t US logging of i t i n the US. Man i n GG u/domestics, o c c a s i o n a l l y up to equal l e v e l 0532 12/22. Armor s a i d " h i e r i s t Radio Luxembourg", then more GG t a l k often over-riding CFGO w/WFTQ off, then a Dr. Hook record was played 0702-G705 12/22. Good highband TA cx here on Cape God t h i s morning. (Connelly) Oongragulations1 CH

© 1 4 5 8 ALBANIA! LUshnje assumed the stn here w/man i n unid iang 2 1 4 0

12 / 2 4 . N° p o s i t i v e ID noted however. (Eckman) 1 4 5 8 ENGLAND R. Manchester 1 2 / 1 2 again topping freq w / l o c a l - l i k e

s i g and l o c a l road conditions. (Vernon) 1 2 / 7 0 / 0 0 male w/lD, pips, then male w/nx, noted for f i r s t time t h i s season. Acc­ording to Medium Wave Club stn l o s t one of i t s three towers i n September, which could account for i t s abscence, i f i t ' s back up. (Vernon!

1 4 5 8 ENGLAND one of the B r i t i s h l o c a l s b r i e f l y o/the slop w/EE t a l k then El t o n John 0 7 0 7 12 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

1 4 6 7 MONACO Monte Carlo good s i g w/IS 0 4 4 1 12/22 foiowed by GG pgm. Noted a l s o at 2 0 4 0 12 / 2 4 , x i n t i n EE w/religious pgm 2 1 3 3 . (Eckman) 12/8 2 1 4 7 male i n EE w/religious t a l k . (Vernon) Loud w/pop mx 0617 12/22. (Connelly)

1 4 7 6 AUSTRIA Wien fair-poor w/choir mx 0609 12 / 2 5 . Noted a l s o w/good s i g 0 4 0 1 12/ 2 2 w/woman presumably w/nx i n GG. (Eckman) ORP very good w/lush s t r i n g mx 0 5 2 7 1 2 / 2 2 . Potent w/Slavic t a l k , then GG t a l k 0616 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

1 4 7 6 SABAH Kota Kinabalu 1 0 2 7 - 1 0 4 5 1 1 / 1 2 . I S 1 0 2 7 - 1 0 3 0 s/on. (Maguire) 1 4 8 5 ENGLAND R. Merseyside, Liverpool 12/12 0618-0736, s i g n a l i n and

out, plenty of QRM, must s/on a f t e r Radio Two pgms around 0600, thought maybe 0630 l i k e London, Manchester 1 4 5 ° . Pgm was nx or nx-related, no mx. (Vernon)

1 4 8 5 ENGLAND R. Humberside, Hull 12/12 j u s t topping Merseyside 0 7 2 5 -0 7 2 7 w/nx feature, 0 7 2 7 mx. (Vernon)

1 4 8 5 SPAIN one of the l o c a l s c l e a r l y dominant and strong w/SS t a l k 0 7 0 9 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

1 4 9 4 FRANCE B a s t i a et a l f a i r to good w/man i n FF 0526 12 / 2 2 . (Connelly) 1 4 9 4 USSR Leningrad FS 1 2 / 8 2 2 3 0 very weal w/female anncr i n EE s e r ­

v i c e / / 1 1 4 3 . (Vernon) 1 4 9 4 UNID f a i r c a r r i e r noted 0 5 1 3 12/ 2 5 but no readable audio. Presume

that t h i s was B a s t i a (French Culture Net) as i t seems l i k e most reasonable p o s s i b i l i t y on t h i s channel. (Eckman)

1 5 0 3 t ENGLAND one of the l o c a l s probable here w / B r i t i s h EE t a l k , mx, poor i n slop 0 5 2 5 1 2 / 2 2 . (Oonnelly)

1 5 0 3 POLAND Stargard S z c z e c i n s k i good w/IS 0 4 5 9 1 2 / 2 2 . Strong slop from WT0P. Also good at 0 5 5 8 12/ 2 5 w/IS. (Eckman) FS 12/8 2 2 3 0 % poor s i g w/EE s e r v i c e , female w/intros to various topics by male anncrs. Audio q u a l i t y seemed quite muddy to me. (Maybe you have f i n a l l y got f o r s t b i t e of the ears....CH) One of the best freqs for.Europe here, audio q u a l i t y good at other times. (BV)

1 5 2 1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Kosice et a l 12/8 2129 instrumental mx, 2 1 3 0 pips, then I S . Xlnt s i g . (Vernon)

1 5 2 1 SAUDI ARABIA Duba f a i r w/male AA singing through WKBW slop 0 2 2 5 1 2 / 2 3 . (Connelly) Duba FIANLLY logged to my s a t i s f a c t i o n 2 0 4 0 -2 2 4 5 1 2 / 2 4 . Audio f i n a l l y i n at 2 2 4 4 w/man speaking i n t e r s p e r s e d by AA chants / / 1 5 O 6 0 for p o s i t i v e ID. Severe slop from WKBW pre­vents audio most of the time but massive het i s i n many evenings often at s u r p r i s i n g l y e a r l y times (as was the case t h i s evening), (Eckman)

1 5 2 1 USSR unid Program 2 1 2 / 8 , Mayak I S , j u s t barely detected w/Czech giant 2 1 2 9 . (Vernon)

1 5 3 0 VATICAN Vatican Radio 12/17 0 1 0 2 male w/EE r e l i g i o u s pgm, 0 1 1 3 I S , mx, 0 1 1 5 male i n FF w/FF pgm. Can't f i n d these l i s t e d i n WRTH, maybe j u s t on for Christmas period. (Vernon) They were off at t h i s time when on 1 5 2 9 so a Christmas pgm i s a good guess-CH

1 5 3 9 t AUSTRALIA 2JJ Sydney 12/16 0906 probably the stn c a r r y i n g BBC comedy/quiz "Just a Minute", was weak by the t h i s time w/Main-fl i n g e n GG QRM. IDXD # 8 mentions 2 J J as changing to FM, f r e q i s 1 5 3 9 . According to David L. Hlejohn.'CE of 2UW 1107, 2JJ has only a short v e r t i c a l mast and gives off a considerable amount of skywave, r e s u l t i n g i n a poor s i g i n some Sydney areas, prob­ably why i t could be a good NA DU catch! (Vernon) The IDXD note says 2 j j w i l l move to FM i n the near future-they are not intending to make an immediate switch-CH

1 5 3 9 t WEST, GERMANY Mainflingen probably the one severely h e t t i n g WPTR 0608 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly) Strong w/man i n GG 0603 1 2 / 2 5 about even strength w/WPTR (as seen on SB620)! (Eckman)

1 5 4 8 ENGLAND one or more of the E n g l i s h o u t l e t s here 0 4 0 3 1 2 / 2 4 " / very muddy audio despite good s i g n a l strength. No p o s i t i v e I D ' S noted. (Eckman)

1 5 5 5 MEXICO ???? SS, bad d i s t o r t i o n 0 4 3 0 - 0 5 0 5 1 2 / 2 8 . (Maguire) 1 5 5 7 FRANCE Nice good w/FF male vocal then man and woman t a l k i n g i n

FF 0606 12 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

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FRANCE Nice very strong w/FF t a l k , mx 0 5 5 5 1 2 / 2 5 . Troubled by 00 from Caymans-1555 and occasional 0C from WQXH. (Eckman) God knows why, Cayman now leaves t h e i r c a r r i e r on l a t e or AN, r e a l l y hurts chances for an ID from Gabon -1554, who have been running A N a few nights r e c e n t l y and on l a t e others-CH MALTA Cyclops DW r e l a y w/man i n GG 0 3 2 0 1 2 / 2 3 . P a i r s i g . Often d i f f i c u l t to t e l l whether t h i s i s Malta or France i n 0400-0600 period since Both tend to run foreign language pgms. (Eckman) 1 have never heard them running the same language at the 3ame time, so with a b i t of l i s t e n i n g one can t e l l what i s being heard; Malta i f GG t i l l 0 3 0 0 and AA afterward-CH) F a s t AA mx, ioud, 0 5 2 1 12 / 2 2 . (Connelly) SOUTH KOREA HLDA most frequent A s i a t i c here. (Maguire) TUNISIA Sfax very good w/AA chants / / 7 2 2 5 2248 1 2/22. Only TA i n w/decent s i g at that time. Also very strong w/man speaking 2 1 3 2 1 2 / 2 4 and 0 4 3 6 1 2 / 2 5 . Slop from CKLM 1 5 7 0 troublesome at times. (Eckman) To good peaks w/male AA moaning; f a s t , deep fades evident 1 3 4 0 12/17: best highband TA at the time. Good w/woman in AA, audio was hollow-sounding 0 6 0 4 12/22. (Connelly) THAILAND V0A TTYY 1 1 5 0 - 10/28. (Maguire) PUHTUUAL Canidelo f a i r to good w/light j a z z 0 7 1 3 1 2/22. |Con) SPAIN Spanish l o c a l here w/SS t a l k o/growl at 0 6 0 3 and OVk 1 2 / 2 2 . Spanish l o c a l ID's are not aa frequent nor as obvious as the iD's on L a t i n American SS s t n s . (Connelly) For those who have not had the pleasure of hearing Spanish l o c a l s , they indeed do not trump up t h e i r iD's l i k e LA's, and ID every so often, not a f t e r every record l i k e so many LA's-CH WEST GERMANY WDH Langenberg f a i r w/mx 0 0 2 7 1 2 / 2 5 . Noted // to Sudwestfunk's Rohrdorf SW xmtr on 7 2 6 5 at that time. From around 2300 thru 0 4 3 0 most West Germans run the AKD Night Pgm hence i t should be easy to get // pgms on SWF's SW xmtr's to get p o s i ­t i v e ID from 'WDH. This i s probably why many EC'ers used to note 1586 and 1602 running // pgms around t h i s time period i n past years. (Eckman! Beware however that sometimes they are // and sometimes they are not.... Also, 1 5 8 6 was only sometimes // to 1602, seemingly only wnen the mood struok-OH WEST GERMANY Langenberg loud w/uptempo Muzak-jazz 0 5 1 7 1 2 / 2 2 . S t i l l at pest l e v e l w/woman i n GG at 0 7 1 5 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly) SPAIN SS t a l k o/grumble 0600 1 2 / 2 2 . (Connelly)

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Well, I did the column a f t e r a 1 2 hour day proceeded by 4 hours sleep. Funny thing, 1 don't remember even typing some blocks of i t . A big blur of typos for LPC. Some s t u f f of mine can wait t i l l next time, assuming i recover by then. Got a few logs a f t e r returning home i n the wee hours of New Year's Day with L a t i n s everywhere and domestics gone. Adios....

Mark Connelly Richard Eckman Norm Maguire Brian Vernon

B i i i e r i c a , Ma. P h i l l y , Pa. Albuquerque, NM E l s a , Yukon T e r r .

phased wires SB620

R390A, TRF, SM2, 2 3 7 HQ180A, Sanserino loop SPR4, Sanserino loop D X 3 0 0 , FRG7000, 2 Bev's, 3 broken Beverages (a design originated by C. Hutton-CH)

Contributors to DDXA which follows.

That's a l l we have. Hope to see more material i n the coming i s s u e * . 73

THE BIG 8

TB-DC Tom B u l l , Washington, DC GB-FL Gordon Byrd J r . , Tampa, FL HH-MD Hank Holbrook, Chevy Chase, MD SNI-MA Steven M i l l e r , Boston, MA PR-MA Paul Remy, F a l l R iver, MA 5RS-NJ E l l i o t R. Straus, West Orange, NJ WPT-DC William P. Townshend, Washington, DC RA-MA Rocket Ray, Acushnet, MA

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RF - 2 2 0 0 DX - 3 0 0 , F e r r i t e Rod Ant. R - 3 9 0 A , Loop TRF SX-122, SMI

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I'd l i k e to welcome a l l new r e p o r t e r s . Paul Remy: Any r e c e i v e r or equipment reviews should be forwarded to H Q . This has to be the shor t e s t DDXD to date. Deadlines are Saturdays, use ELT & one side of paper.

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y QSL on page 13. WASHINGTON, DC AREA - TIS U t i l i t y s t a t i o n w/lOW. Has been on & off s i n c e November, but many days runs 24 h r s . Programming includes t r a n s c r i b e d messages with speed l i m i t s on the Potomac, how to care f o r your boat i n winter, s a f e t y - check f i r e e xtinguishers, e t c . Gives c a l l and address every 5 mins. or so, messages are repeated. (HH-MD) WASHINGTON - 12/24 0004 noted o f f & ETing w/TT/lD. (WPT-DG) WINSTON SALEM - EX-WPGD noted using new c a l l 12/2. (ERS-NJ)

MIDDAY TO MIDNIGHT

6 9 0 CBF PQ

7 3 0 CKAC PQ 810 WMTS TN

920 WKVA PA 1 1 3 0 WMGA GA

1170 WJMQ MA 1290 WICE RI 1 3 2 0 WMSR TN

1440 WSEL MS

1480 WBTS AL 1 5 5 0 WCHU TN 1 5 8 0 WANB PA 1600 WNEU WV

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7 9 0 CKSO ON 800 CJAD PQ 940 WCPC MS

980 WAAA NC 1230 WSAL IN 1370 WSPD OH 1480 WCIN OH 1 5 5 0 KKJO MO 1560 WGLB WI

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MONTREAL - 12/18 1 5 3 8 FF t a l k heard 7 0 mins before sundown i n DC, f a i r u/WNNT & WGMS spur. (WPT-DC) MONTREAL - 1 2 / 1 6 2 2 5 3 good w/mx, FF t a l k . (SM-MA) MURFREESBORO - 1 2 / 2 0 f a i r f> 1 ? 3 0 s / o f f w/invite to tune to FM 9 6 , some s l i g h t WSST S I O D . (GB-FL) LEWISTOWN - 1 2 / 1 5 2 2 0 1 w/Penn State-Syracuse BKB. (TB-DC) MOULTRIE - 1 2 / 2 0 1 8 0 5 w/GA N X & Wx o/KWKH, not bad fo r 25OW! (GB-FL) NORFOLK - 1 2 / l 8 1 5 0 5 f a i r w/nx & wx. (PR-MA) PROVIDENCE - 1 2 / 1 8 1 4 0 9 good w/Christmas songs. (PR-MA) MANCHESTER - 1 2 / 1 9 1 7 2 9 t e n t a t i v e b s / o f f w/5KW ments. but no p o s i t i v e ID due to heavy WKTQ QRM, but temp, charts where I work led to claim, f a i r s i g . (WPT-DC) PONTOTOC - 1 2 / 2 2 b 1 7 4 5 s / o f f , "tune i n a t 6 AM tomorrow for more of your f a v o r i t e music and news." FM plug noted, then gone before SSB, i f there was one. (GB-FL) BRIDGEPORT - 1 1 / 2 2 1 ? 3 0 s / o f f w/SSB noted u/WLPH. (GB-FL) SODDY-DAISY - 1 2 / 2 3 1 7 3 0 f a i r b s / o f f w/no SSB. (WPT-DC) WAYNESBURG - I 2 / 1 3 1 6 5 0 f a i r w/YL w/nx. (TB-DC) WHEELING - 1 2 / 2 1 1 7 0 0 f a i r b s / o f f w/heavy WINX QRM ending w/"l6-NEU" ID. (WPT-DC)

SUDBURY - 1 2 / 2 3 0 1 2 7 f a i r w/mx, some WEAN s p l a t t e r . (SM-MA) MONTREAL - 1 2 / 2 3 0 1 0 7 good w/CJAD Nx, wx for Montreal. (SM) HOUSTON - 12/19 0 1 0 6 w/local nx, l i v e s / o f f b 0 1 1 0 , mixing w/Cuban. (GB-FL) WINSTON SALEM - 1 2 / l ? 0 2 5 2 noted on ET w/lD. (TB-DC) LOGANSPORT - 1 2 / 2 3 0 2 5 3 poor w/lD i n jumble. (SM-MA) TOLEDO - 12/16 0 2 1 3 new, good w/C&W mx w/WFEA. (SM-MA) CINCINNATI - 1 2 / 1 7 0 0 2 3 on ET/TT/VID. (TB-DC) ST. JOSEPH - 12/16 0 2 3 7 YL w/wx, then Burger King promo. (TB) PORT WASHINGTON - 1 2 / 2 0 0 1 1 3 w/Danny Davis s t u f f , t e s t i n g experimental XR, b e a u t i f u l taping, hope they QSLI (TB-DC) Located on western shore of L. Michigan & are d i r e c t i o n a l due E a s t , Tom, has nice v / l . (RA) NEW YORK - 12/24 0 0 0 5 ID & ments. of NY Times S t a t i o n s , l o c a l wx mixing w/WPAD. (GB-FL) ORILLIA - 12/24 000? noted b s / o f f w/ment. of a i r p e r s o n a l i ­t i e s , j i n g l e s , " 0 Canada", good o/XERF. (GB-FL) INDIANAPOLIS - 12/17 0127 noted w/REL mx. (TB-DC)

Contributors l i s t e d on preceeding page....

© SURVEY OF HAMMARLUND RECEIVERS

D a l l a s Lankford (g) 1 9 7 9

When I re j o i n e d the NRC i n 1 9 7 7 a f t e r many years absence from BCB DXing one of my most pr e s s i n g needs was fo r a good communications r e c e i v e r . I had kept an eye on r e c e i v e r developments over the y e a r s , but none of the newer (unmodified) r e c e i v e r s seemed to have s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , e s p e c i a l l y a.m. s e l e c t i v i t y , i n d i c a t i v e of outstanding BCB performance. Moreover, a glance a t the IDXD column i n DX News revealed th a t o l d e r tube-type communications r e c e i v e r s , mainly C o l l i n s and Hammarlunds, were s t i l l very popular among BCB DXers. Since t h a t time I have acquired and used the HQ180A, the H Q I 5 0 and the HQ100A and have been very pleased with the performance of each of these f i n e old r e c e i v e r s .

What makes the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s so popular i n the BCB DXer community? The most important reason, I think, i s t h a t a l l of the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s have adequate to e x c e l l e n t a.m. s e l e c t i v i t y together with good dynamic range. Without both of these f e a t u r e s , a r e c e i v e r w i l l not be a good performer on the BCB. Member comments i n DX News i n d i c a t e that most newer r e c e i v e r s are d e f i c i e n t i n one or both areas. Granted, one can modify some of the newer r e c e i v e r s by i n s t a l l i n g mechanical f i l t e r s (as i n the FRG-7 and FRG - 7 0 0 0 ) or by making SSB s e l e c t i v i t y a v a i l a b l e f o r a.m. rece p t i o n (as i n the SPR-4), but I have been t o l d t h a t these modified r e c e i v e r s are s t i l l no b e t t e r than the HQ180A on the BCB with regard to a.m. s e l e c t i v i t y and dynamic range. The only new r e c e i v e r i n the under $2000 p r i c e range which w i l l outperform the HQ180A i s the Dymek DR33C (or one of i t s v a r i a t i o n s ) , and that i s p r i m a r i l y i n the v i c i n i t y of powerful l o c a l s . Another reason f o r the popularity of Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s i s t h e i r s t a b i l i t y , which i s a r e s u l t of t h e i r s o l i d mechanical co n s t r u c t i o n , temperature compensation i n the HF o s c i l l a t o r , and regulated B+ . Also, Hammarlund's edge d r i v e n tuning, even i n t h e i r inexpensive models, i s su p e r i o r to the s t r i n g driven d i a l s often found i n other inexpensive r e c e i v e r s .

I n the following table we have summarized the primary f e a t u r e s of i n t e r e s t to BCB DXers f o r Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s of the past t h i r t y years or so. These features include the r e c e i v e r type, approximate f i r s t year of production, the BCB tuning r a n g e ( s ) , the primary source of BCB s e l e c t i v i t y , and a d d i t i o n a l remarks of i n t e r e s t to BCB DXers. The s i n g l e conversion Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s a l l have 455 khz I P ' s and the multiple conversion r e c e i v e r s a l l have a 455 khz s t r i p a t some point i n the I F ' s .

RECEIVER YEAR BCB RANGE(S) BCB SELECTIVITY REMARKS

HQ-129X 1 9 4 6 0.54-1 . 3 2 , c r y s t a l f i l t e r 1 ( ? ) , 5 1 . 3 2 - 3 . 2 mhz

S P - 6 0 0 J X 1950 1 ? ?

HQ-140X 1 9 5 3 0.54 - 1 . 3 2 , c r y s t a l f i l t e r 1 ( 7 ) , 5 1 . 3 2 - 3 . 2 mhz

HQ-150 1956 O . 5 4 - I . 3 2 , c r y s t a l f i l t e r , 1 , 3 , 5 1 . 3 2 - 3 . 2 mhz Q m u l t i p l i e r

HQ-100 1956 O . 5 4 - I . 6 mhz Q m u l t i p l i e r 5

HQ-160 1958 0.54 - 1 . 3 2 , Q m u l t i p l i e r 1.2,4 , 5 , 7 1 . 3 2 - 3 . 2 mhz

HQ-145 1959 0.54-1.6 mhz c r t s t a l f i l t e r 2 , 5 , 7

HQ-180 1959 0 . 5 4 - 1 . 0 5 , 60 khz I F 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8 1 . 0 5 - 2 . 0 5 mhz

HQ-100A 1961 0 . 5 4 - 1 . 6 mhz Q m u l t i p l i e r 5

HQ-145A 1961 0.54-1 .6 mhz c r y s t a l f i l t e r 2 , 5 , 7

HQ-180A 1962 0 . 5 4 - 1 . 0 5 , 6 0 khz I F 1 , 2 , 4,5,6,8 1 . 0 5 - 2 . 0 5 mhz

HQ-200 1 9 6 9 0 . 5 4-1.6 mhz Q m u l t i p l i e r 4,5

1. bandspread i n a c t i v e on BCB 2. passive notch f i l t e r 3 . a c t i v e notch f i l t e r 4 . product detector f o r SSB/CW 5 . regulated B 6. dual conversion on BCB 7. dual conversion on HF SW bands 8. t r i p l e conversion on HF SW bands

I n Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s , s e l e c t i v i t y i s obtained i n one (or two, i n the case of the H Q 1 5 0 ) of three ways--by a f i v e p o s i t i o n 4 5 5 khz c r y s t a l f i l t e r , a 4 5 5 khz Q m u l t i p l i e r , or multiple tuned c i r c u i t s i n a 6 0 khz I F s t r i p . The c r y s t a l f i l t e r has 6 / 6 0 db bandwidths of about 4 . 4 / 1 1 , 3 . 6 / 1 0 . 6 , 2.8/10.2, 1 . 0 / 9 . 4 , and 0 . 5 / 9.2 while the Q m u l t i p l i e r i s continuously v a r i a b l e from about 2.9/26 to 0 . 3/18. The 6 0 khz I F s t r i p i n the HQ180 and HQ180A provides 6 db bandwidths of 6 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 , and 0 . 5 khz with a 60/6 db shape f a c t o r of about 2 j / l . We have been unable to find our notes on the SP600JX, but a QST ad gives 6 db bandwidths as 0 . 2 , 0 . 5 , 1 . 3 , 3 , 8, and 1 3 khz.

Popular opinion has i t t h a t steeper s k i r t e d s e l e c t i v i t y i s s u p e r i o r to shallow s k i r t e d s e l e c t i v i t y , and that must be true to some extent 1 otherwise there would be no need f o r highly s e l e c t i v e I P ' s . Thus one would expect the c r y s t a l f i l t e r and 6 0 khz I F to be about equal i n the s e l e c t i v i t y department, and the Q m u l t i p l i e r to be a d i s t a n t t h i r d . However, my ears r a t e the Q m u l t i p l i e r and c r y s t a l f i l t e r about equal and the HQ180A's 6 0 khz I F s l i g h t l y b e t t e r , though not enough to make much d i f f e r e n c e i n hearing most DX. This c o n t r a d i c t s popular opinion, but evidently the Hammarlund Co. thought highly enough of Q m u l t i p l i e r s e l e c t i v i t y to make i t the primary source of s e l e c t i v i t y fo r t h e i r 1958 delux model, the H Q 1 6 0 . And s e v e r a l top veteran DXers use the HQIOO(A) or H Q 2 0 0 .

To a f i r s t approximation, Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s can be placed i n two c a t e g o r i e s , economy and delux. I would c l a s s i f y the HQIOO(A), HQ145(A), and the HQ200 as economy models and the others as delux to a l e s s e r or greater extent. The d i s t i n c t i o n i s not c l e a r cut as can be seen by comparing f e a t u r e s . And which r e c e i v e r may appeal to an i n d i v i d u a l DXer i s often a matter of personal preference. I n my opinion the HQ200 i s perhaps the best economy model because the product detector makes tuning around with the BFO e a s i e r ( i n the HQIOO(A), HQl45(A), and H Q 1 5 0 the RF gain must be c o n t i n u a l l y adjusted while using the BFO to hunt f o r weak DX). I n the delux c l a s s , the HQ180A takes top honors, though some DXers r a t e the S P 6 0 0 J X as an equal on the BCB.

S e v e r a l r e c e i v e r s come i n an "A" model, whose primary d i f f e r e n c from the ordinary model i s that B+ i s r e c t i f i e d by s i l i c o n r e c t i f i e r s r a t h e r than a tube r e c t i f i e r . And many of the r e c e i v e r s had both a clock option and the option of one or more fix e d c r y s t a l tuned p o s i t i o n s i n a s o - c a l l e d "X" model. Thus we f i n d HQ100, HQ100C, HQ100A, HQ100AC, et c . There are also other d i f f e r e n c e s between the older and newer "A" models.

For example, the HQ100 used the Q m u l t i p l i e r i n o s c i l l a t i n g mode as the BFO, while the HQ100A provides a separate BFO. A c r y s t a l c o n t r o l l e d BFO was a v a i l a b l e as an option. The HQ100 s e r i e s a l s o had a 100 khz c r y s t a l c a l i b r a t o r as an option. The HQ180A a l s o had s e v e r a l improvements over the HQ180, such as a v e r n i e r f i n e tuning c o n t r o l of the l a s t conversion over a +3 khz range, f i x e d and v a r i a b l e tuned BFO, and 3 AVC p o s i t i o n s . Generally, the "A" model i s to be preferred because i t i s newer and has improvements over the o r i g i n a l model.

The s l o t (or notch) f i l t e r which i s a v a i l a b l e on some models I s a very u s e f u l feature on some occasions. Adjacent channel s p l a t t e r and TVI can sometimes be reduced s i g n i f i c a n t l y , and annoying hets (when l i s t e n i n g i n the wider s e l e c t i v i t y p o s i t i o n s ) can almost be completely eliminated. The Q m u l t i p l i e r notch on the HQ150 does not seem to be quite as e f f e c t i v e as the p a s s i v e notch, but i s s t i l l u s e f u l . The H Q 1 5 0 , HQ160, and HQ180(A) a l l have a b u i l t - i n 100 khz c r y s t a l c a l i b r a t o r which i s n i c e f o r l o c a t i n g SW s t a t i o n s or c a l i b r a t i n g the bandspread tuning f o r the ham bands. The HQ160 and HQ180(A) have product detectors f o r SSB and CW which i s a l s o u s e f u l when looking f o r weak DX with the BFO. The Haamarlunds without product detectors overload when tuning around with the BFO unless the RF gain i s constantly adjusted. Why t h i s should be I don't know (my H a l l i c r a f t e r s SX110 did not have t h i s problem), but the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r manuals point t h i s out ( I suppose so th a t users w i l l not conclude that t h e i r r e c e i v e r i s operating improperly).

I n a d d i t i o n to the features we have already mentioned, Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s were b u i l t to l a s t both mechanically and e l e c t r i c a l l y . I n the HQ180A, f o r example, I was amazed to find that almost a l l the c a p a c i t o r s were of the superior 3 i l v e r e d mica v a r i e t y . Indeed, i t i s s a i d that one of the reasons the Hammarlund Co. went out of business i s that no one ever wore one of t h e i r r e c e i v e r s out so that eventually the market was saturated.

Perhaps the best way to l o c a t e a Hammarlund r e c e i v e r i s through the p e r i o d i c wanted/for s a l e column which appears now and then i n DX News. I have not seen any complaints about r e c e i v e r s located i n t h i s way. Another option i s to place a wanted ad i n QST. but i n t h i s case I strongly advise prospective buyers to i n s p e c t the r e c e i v e r i n person before g i v i n g any money. P r i c e s are v a r i a b l e , but as a general guideline the following may be u s e f u l : HQIOO(A) $ 1 0 0 - 1 2 5 i H Q I 5 0 $ 1 5 0 - 1 7 5 ) H Q 1 6 0 $175l HQ180 $ 2 0 0 - 2 5 0 | HQ180A $ 3 0 0 - 3 5 0 ) HQ145(A) $ 1 5 0 ) H Q 2 0 0 $ 3 2 5 . The H Q 2 0 0 p r i c e I have quoted i s outrageously high, but i s t y p i c a l because few H Q 2 0 0's were manufactured and i t i s considered a c o l l e c t o r ' s item. I n terms of what you get, i t i s hardly worth more than about $ 1 2 5 - 1 5 0 .

There are s e v e r a l ways to improve the l e s s expensive models. Since a l l have a 4 5 5 khz I F a t come point i n the conversion, a l l can be f i t t e d with a 4 5 5 khz mechanical f i l t e r . Chuck Hutton has modified h i s H Q 1 2 9 X with two C o i l i n s 2 . 1 khz mechanical f i l t e r s and reports t h a t i t outperforms h i s R390A. Mechanical f i l t e r s are not cheap ( $ 2 5 to $ 1 5 0 or more), but i n s t a l l i n g one or two 2 . 1 khz f i l t e r s i n any of the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s i s probably the e a s i e s t way to get a s t a t e of the a r t r e c e i v e r f o r the BCB. Another way to improve the performance of Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s (except the HQ180(A)) i s to add a Hammarlund HC-10 converter. The HC-10 i s the HQ18o(A) I F / detector/audio and plugs i n t o the l a s t I F tubs socket (on any tube r e c e i v e r with a 4 5 0 - 5 0 0 khz I F ) . To my knowledge, none of the BCB DXers have used the HC-10, but at $ 5 0 - $ 7 0 on the used equipment market the HC-10 would seem to be a very u s e f u l a d d i t i o n to an inexpensive r e c e i v e r .

How do the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s compare to the other older tube type models? I n my opinion, very w e l l . The H a l l i c r a f t e r s SX100 and updated SX122 are c l o s e i n performance to the HQ180(A). But the l e s s expensive H a l l i c r a f t e r s r e c e i v e r s do not have comparable s e l e c t i v i t y to t h e i r Hammarlund counterparts. For example, the SX110 or i t s older equivalent have a two p o s i t i o n c r y s t a l f i l t e r which i s no match f o r the Hammarlund f i v e p o s i t i o n

c r y s t a l f i l t e r . Also, the top of the l i n e SX100 and SX122 do not have 4 5 5 khz I F ' s , so adding mechanical f i l t e r s to them i s out of the question. National r e c e i v e r s are so i n f r e q u e n t l y used by BCB DXers and we know so l i t t l e about them that we are unable to make any knowledgable comparisons with them. The only r e c e i v e r s that s i g n i f i c a n t l y outperform the Hammarlunds are the C o l l i n s . The most frequently used C o l l i n s are the R388 and R390A. Neither of these i s s i g n i f i c a n t l y b e t t e r than the HQ180(A) i n the s e l e c t i v i t y department. T h e i r advantages are p r i m a r i l y b e t t e r dynamic range, b e t t e r s h i e l d i n g (the Hammarlunds a l l e x h i b i t some pick up of strong l o c a l s with no antenna connected), and d i g i t a l tuning. However, they are much heavier than the HQ180(A) and more d i f f i c u l t to r e p a i r , as w e l l as being more expensive.

I n a short survey a r t i c l e i t i s impossible to cover a l l aspects of Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s w e l l . An e x c e l l e n t source of information about r e c e i v e r s i s The N.R.C. Receiver Reference Manual which contains, among other things, reviews of the SPR - 4 , R388, R390A, S X 1 2 2 A , and a capsule review of the Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s . The NRC r e p r i n t RR10, "HQ180 S e r i e s Receivers", i s an i n depth review of the HQ180 and HQ180A with user comments. Beyond t h i s , CQ and QST have reviewed most r e c e i v e r s a t one time or another, and advertizements i n C<} and QST are another good source of information. The following i s a l i s t of references I have come across: "The Hammarlund H Q 1 2 9 X . " fiST, June 1946, 24 - 2 5 & 108| "The H Q 1 5 0 Receiver." ^ST, Dec. 1 9 5 ^ 7 2 6 - 2 7 i "The H Q 1 0 0 . " QST. Jan. 1 9 5 7 , 3 4 - 3 6 , a l s o T ^ a . Jan. 1 9 5 8 , 46-47: "The Hammarlund HQ160." 3ST, Oct. 1 9 5 8 , ¥ 5 - 4 7 , a l s o , Ci}, Mar. 1 9 5 9 , 52-53; "The Hammarlund HQ145 Receiver." ^ST, June 1 9 5 9 , 4 4-46 1 "The Hammarlund HQ180 Receiver." (JST, June i 9 6 0 , 42-43, a l s o , C^, Apr. I 9 6 0 , 59; "Feedback: HQ180 Frequency-Conversion System." QST. J u l y I 9 6 0 , 45: "HQ100A." ^ST, Dec. 1 9 6 1 , 6 0 ; "HQ145X." QST. Dec. 1 9 6 1 , 6 0-61. Two other a r t i c l e s of p o t e n t i a l i n t e r e s t are: "Hum Reduction I n The H Q 1 2 9 X . " ^ST, Nov. 1950, 1 0 6 ; " H Q 1 2 9 X Receiver Improvements." a§T, Kay 1959, 38-40. For those contemplating modifications, NKC r e p r i n t R8 "Redoing Older Receivers" i s a good s t a r t i n g point.

I n conclusion, I would say to those seeking an outstanding r e c e i v e r f o r the BCB a t a moderate p r i c e they should look no f u r t h e r than the HQ180A. The other Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s are good to outstanding BCB r i g s , but none of the others have as many d e s i r a b l e features as the HQ180A. I n addition to being an e x c e l l e n t BCB r i g the HQ180A i s a very good general purpose Ham/SWL r i g . I f i t i s not as s e n s i t i v e above 10 mhz as you would l i k e , b u i l d or buy a preamp for the high bands -I f you want more tuning accuracy, buy and i n s t a l l a d i g i t a l d i s p l a y , say the KRS DD-2 from Radio West, 341? Purer Road, Escondido, CA 9 2 0 2 5 . I f you are not s a t i s f i e d with i t s s e l e c t i v i t y , add mechanical f i l t e r s . I f you want to t r y out exhalted c a r r i e r reception, b u i l d or modify a Q m u l t i p l i e r and connect i t . I f i t breaks and you can't f i x i t , contact Steve Bohac. According to member comments, he i s a genius at r e p a i r i n g and overhauling Hammarlunds.

This a r t i c l e was prepared from information i n many of the a r t i c l e s c i t e d above, personal experience, Hammarlund r e c e i v e r manuals (be sure to get one i f you buy a Hammarlund r e c e i v e r ) , and comments from s e v e r a l i n d i v i d u a l s . I would l i k e to thank those who have contributed to t h i s a r t i c l e with t h e i r knowledge, experience, and a s s i s t a n c e , i n c l u d i n g Steve Bohac, Russ Edmunds, Arthur Peterson, Bruce P o r t z e r , Randy Tomer, and e s p e c i a l l y Dick Truax. S p e c i a l thanks to Dan L e s t e r and Stan Stanbury f o r t h e i r comments on the r a r e HQ200.

Addenda To avoid any missunderstanding of the s e l e c t i v i t y i s s u e s , I should add that I do most of my s p l i t l i s t e n i n g i n the 2 khz bandwidth p o s i t i o n of the HQ180A. Most of the time the 3 khz bandwidth would s u f f i c e , but the 2 khz bandwidth i s u s u a l l y s l i g h t l y c l e a r e r and o c c a s i o n a l l y the l k h z p o s i t i o n i s needed. My notes i n d i c a t e that the 1 9 5 2 Radio Amateur's Handbook has an advertizement which summarizes the SP600JX's features. Recent s e l l i n g p r i c e s f o r the S P 6 0 0 J X are $ 1 7 5 - $ 2 2 5 .

Exact replacement parts f o r Hammarlund r e c e i v e r s are a v a i l a b l e from Hammarlund Mfg. Co., D i v i s i o n of Pax Mfg. Corp., 1 0 0 E a s t Montauk Highway, Lindenhurst, New York 1 1 7 5 7 , T e l : 5 1 6 - 8 8 8 - 5 5 6 1 However, t h e i r p r i c e s are about 5 times the p r i c e of equivalent q u a l i t y components which you can f i n d a t any good e l e c t r o n i c s supply house. I would suggest that you consider them only f o r parts that are not a v a i l a b l e elsewhere.

Note: This a r t i c l e i s s o l e l y the property of the author and i s used i n D X News with permission.

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Mr. Henry S . Holbrook 7211 Chestnut S t r e e t Chevy Chase , Maryland 20015

Dear Mr. Holbrook:

T h i s i s i n response to your correspondence o f November 2 9 , 1979, con­c e r n i n g the T r a v e l e r s I n f o r m a t i o n S e r v i c e r a d i o b r o a d c a s t .

I t c e r t a i n l y was g r a t i f y i n g to read your response to our i n a u g u r a l b r o a d c a s t . A t t h i s p o i n t , we a r e not su r e how f a r our s i g n a l c a r r i e s . Correspondence such a s yours c e r t a i n l y g i v e s us a b e t t e r i d e a .

Our f requency i s 530 KHZ, s t a t i o n c l a s s X T , em i s s i on 6A3, power 0 .010 KW. I hope t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n w i l l be of a s s i s t a n c e to y o u .

S i n c e r e l y ,

Thomas M. McGlynn 0 L i e u t e n a n t , Commander Harbor B r a n c h S p e c i a l Opera t i ons and T r a f f i c D i v i s i o n

RENEWALS Renewals i n the Number #1 MW DX Club around: Gary S i e g e l , Steven M i l l e r , Gary Houdek ( 2 y r s ) , Henry Stratmann, J r . , Steve Kennedy, L a r r y Wild ( 2 y r s ) Mike Stonebridge (3 y r s ) , B i l l Hale, Charles Taylor, Pete Nolan, Rich Segalas (3 y r s ) , R.B. Ammons, Hank Wilkinson, Walt Sharp, John Ridge, Greg Hardison, Doug McAbee, F r . Jack P e j z a ( 2 y r s ) , Sam Brainerd, Michael Good, John Zondlo, James Pesek, Dan P h i l l i p s , Sheldon Rubin, Ross Hansch, D a l l a s Lankford, Mike B i t t n e r , Charles Hrinko, Robert Coomler, Dave Schmidt ( 2 y r s ) Wayne Moseley ( 2 y r s ) , John Tudenham (3 y r s ) , Douglas White.

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CONTINUED FHCM LAST MEEK MICHAEL X L L I N S - 28 Van B u s k i r k Aver.ue - Stamford , C o m e c t i c u t - 069 02 * • • • * * * * * * * » * * • soma other s t a t i o n s I remsmbsr coming i n Inc luded WPTF N.C. u s u a l l y atop 530, WAPE on SSO w/Cuba n u l l e d , WBMF F l a . 4 KYW on 1060, WTIC 4 WVCG F l a . on 1080 depending wh i ch way the r a d i o was f a c i n g , 4 WBSC on 1550. The o the r EC c l a a r e can* i n too, hut were s u b j e c t to i n t e r f e r e n c e from L A * . S t a t i o n * from the Mldweet d i i not make i t . I d i d not hear Chicago c l e a r s 4 there wae no t r a c e o f KXEL on 1540, f o r example. WCKY came i n hut waa weak. VKSW was q u i t e good on 1520. But there was no CBE on 1550, no WiliS on 840 ( a t l e a s t whan 1 tuned i n ) 4 L a t i r * dominated on o t h e r f r equenc i e s I l l s 760 , 1033, 1120. White I was never t u r * o f our exac t l o c a t i o n w h i l e e n r o u t e , w* hugged the U . S . EC f o r a w h i l e going 8 , 4 the d i a l wae jammed w i t h s t a t i o n s a l l up 4 down t h t c o a s t . F o r example, WBZ, WTIC, WBAL, WNEW 4 WRVA were a l l LAC i n the l a y time when I checked , i t wae s t r ange hear ing them a l l there nex t to each o the r i n the day. The r e g i o n a l f r e quenc i e s were i n many cases Jmnmsd w i t h two o r three o r more s t a t i o n s . The l o c a l channels were very jammed, but the A t l a n t i c C i t y , N . J . s t a t i o n s dominated atop the n o l i * f o r a l a r g e p o r t i o n o f the t r i p . WICC wee very l oud atop 600 f o r a very l ong way, w i t h a lmost no t r a c e o f WCAO f o r some reason , even when WCBM was a top WHKO. The P h i l a d e l p h i a s t a t i o n s were a l s o v e r y loud o f f the coas t , i n c l u d i n g 560, 610, 990 , 1060 4 1210. As I say I never r e a l l y knew e x a c t l y where I was , e x ­cept somewhere o f f the c o a s t . An eng ineer from the NAB whom I met a t a conven t i on e xp l a in ed to me t h a t there i t a va ry s t r o n g s a l t wate r e f f e c t f o r s i g n a l s r i g h t o f f the c o a s t , k ind o f l i k e a " t h s l f " o f r ad i o s i g n a l s , but then the deep wa t e r s o f the ccean when you get f u r t h e r o f f the coas t k i l l the r a d i o s i g n a l s . T h i s i s wty the l a y s i g n a l s i n B e m u d , were as weak as they were , he s a i d . A t present I ' m N.Y. b roadcas t ed i t o r f o r AF , meaning I ' m i n charge o f the metro coverage en the newewire the s t a t i o n s i n the N.T.C . a r e a r e c e i v e . I t tespt me busy, to I haven ' t been Musing too much o f l a t e , out I s t i l l r e a l l y enjoy r ead ing DX NEWS each week, i n c l u d i n g a l l the Musings and Mothba l l Memorise by EEC 4 PETE KEMP and a l l . B e s t w ishes f o r everyone f o r ' 8 0 . 7 3 s .

THE IDES CF DECEMBER A TRADITION CARYSMPSDN - 601 5 th S t r e e t - Tyrone , P e n n s y l v a n i a - 16686 * * * * * * * * * * * T h i r t y e i ght y e a r s ego, e i gh t days a f t e r P e a r l Harbor Day, I got up e a r l y i n the morning to DX. No p a r t i c u l a r r eason f o r t h a t day, but I happened to DX on the morning o f December 15 th , 1 9 4 1 . Next y e a r , I d i d the seme, and i t became a t r a d i t i o n . Every Dec. 15 th , I would get up e a r l y and see what s t a t i o n s were on . I n 1941, I r e c a l l v i v i d l y near ing the brand-new i d ea o f c l e a r channe l s t a t i o n s s t a y i n g on a l 1 n i g h t to be a b l e to a l e r t c i t i z e n s to sudden developments, a s we were a t l l l i n shock a f t e r the Japanese a t t a c k . S t a ­t i o n s d i d n ' t know what to do w i t h the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f be ing on a l l n i g h t . Some s imply had an open c a r r i e r w h i l e o the r s programmed mus i c , and s e v e r a l used the mus i c box i d ea tha t had been used i n Europe f o r many decades. C I , Doe Ange les , came through v e r y c l e a r l y , as w e l l as ENX, KSL, 4 a l l o f the normal ly heard s t a t i o n s from the E a s t 4 Midwest . Bu t anyhow, the t r a i l t i c r . cont inued even dur ing the t ime I was i n the S e r v i c e , s i n c e I nad a c c e s s to a r e c e i v e r i n the Combat In f o rmat i on Cente r o f the b a t t l e s h i p I se rved c n . So , f o r the 38 th t ime , I DXed December 1 5 , 1979, 4 encountered a dead d i a l below 900 kHz, excep t f o r the normal l y heard s t a t i o n s . Canadians dominated the d i a l , beg inning w i t h C H I L , LAC on 900. I b e l i e v e I heardC3W, Winnipeg, on 9 9 0 . I t was weax hut c o n s i s t e n t 4 gave no l o c a l ID dur ­i n g the t ime I heard i t . Other Canadians heard were CFHB-1010, CHIM-1050, CHOE-1070, CKOC-1150, CJBK-1290 . Outs ide of new CBW ( I f t h a t ' s what I b e a r d ) , I had no new s t a t i o n s , and no th ing e x c i t i n g . L a s t Dec. 15th , I had KOA-850, l i k e a l o c a l for a h a l f hour . B e l i e v e i t or no t , t h i s i s the f i r s t t ime i n 38 y e a r s I ' v e heard KOA i r P e n n s y l v a n i a . Too many ANs i n the E a s t eve r s i n c e WJW moved from 1240 i n Akron to 850 i n C l e v e l a n d .

rr>T.TA»_hgB PAT O I F FOB WATNK WAT H I H H N U - 437 l a s t C e r a m i l l o S t r e e t - Colorado S p r i n g s , Colorado - S0SCT7 • • * * * » • * * * * • H e r e ' s on* f o r the Hooky Mountain s e c t i o n . DX h a * been f a i r w i t h no g r ea t new c a t c h e s . )tf f i r s t column o f the T e r i Own* w i l l be for thcoming toon. DX should p i c k up t h i s week a * I managed to bang up ny r i b s ( l e f t e l d * t h i s t ime ) w h i c h ought to bo good f o r a few weeks o f f . A f u r y o f f/ups went out a few weeks back w i t h some s u c c e s s . Newiss : v / l -I O I R - 1 3 9 0 , IMT I -1340 , I C I E - 7 9 0 , I T L C - 1 2 7 0 , KBOD-600, KAFE-810, KABT-1400, XMSD-1510, KCH3-660 . v / f - I IOA -940 , EABZ-960 . v/q - KTLK-1280, KSYC-980 . v/PP/c- I H K - 6 5 0 , WHI I -1570, XMUS-1380. T o t a l s 973/819. Thanks to recant phone v i s i t s from HOLLAND LINDBLADE 4 ERIC F ITHIAN (whose un ID Mystery Theater on 1060 i s CFCN). L i n t o l d m* I went to bed t en minute * before the KWSG TEST s igned on, good o l d Murphy s t r i k e s a g a i n . No B i g i o f IBGN-1060-THBT t h i s AM e i t h e r . I c a n ' t remember such a ho-hum season f o r CPC, come y ' a l l , get w i t h I t . I t r e a l l y i s n ' t t ha t h a r d . I 'm work ing on g e t t i n g a t l e a s t f i v e TESTs eked t h i s season, w h i c h i f s y present r ep l y percentage holds t r u e means 75 more r eques t s to be m a i l e d . W e l l , maybe w e ' l l t ee you a l l i n TAD. 7 3 . (Postmarked 12/22, r e c ' d 12/26 - dead l i im f o r MST was 12/24) L E T ' ? SEE MOPE OF TOU BEC0MIN5 A PART OF THE LIVING N . E . C . SEND IN A MUSING TODAY'.

•COMBINING HOBBIES* K^J PAUL MOUNT - 3 5 J West Columbus S t r e e t - N s i s o n v l l i s , Ohio - 45764 10/28/79 e * * * » » » » » * Normally I s t i f l e the DX p a r t o f my l i f e to f r i e n d s wb> a r e non-DXere but 10/18 I dec ided to sncw the s e n s i t i v i t y A s e l e c t i v i t y o f the TBF to my f r i e n d J u l i e , e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e I ' d decided her r e p o r t would be on how to choose an AN/TO p o r t a b l e 4 I waa demonstrat­i n g those f e a t u r e s on AM o f the r a d i o . I had p lanned to show a d i s t a n t weak s t a t i o n ( K S L ) nex t to a c l o s e r , t t r o n g s t a t i o n (WWA) but X3L turned out s t r onge r 4 they were p l a y i n g BFL w h i c h I w i l l never put down aguir. c o n s i d e r i n g the enisle mad* together when I t p l a y s . J u s t aek L a r r y L u j a c * . Now w e ' r e on to you , TED.' A l to demonstrated was n u l l i n g as CXOC 4 WIMA-1150 w a r s l i f f s r s n t i a t s d by r o t a t i o n o f the RX • 1:50am. 10/20 I worked t h s a f t e rnoon a t WLGN i n s t e a d o f tha s v s n i i « , and GEORGE GREENE stopped Oy tha t n i g h t not i n t e r r u p t i n g a t h i n g , h i , on h i s Dag back from O i r o l s v i l l s , so * • had a n i o s v i s i t f o r a fsw h o u r s . T h i s was dur ing ths week o f "What, me e a t ? " i n w h i c h I l o s t about t an pounds. 1 0 / 2 1 - DXing from ths p a r k i n g l o t of Hock ing T e c h n i c a l C o l l s g s on t h s S border o f N s l s o n v i l l s , I was s i t t i n g on the c a r f a r from any buss eouifces but had to e v e n t u a l l y move i n s i d e the c a r due to mos­q u i t o e s , a problem never exper i enced i n October be fore? ( I thought J e r e e y i t e e DOTED mos-qu i toee , P a u l ! -ERC) On 1510 a g a i n , unID w / T r i - V a l l e y a r e a WX 4 p o s s i b l e ment ion o f 101-FM 5 : 3 p m u/WDAC. WHPY-1590 C l a y t o n , N.C. s /of f ve ry good 6:45pm, mention 3 .3 m i l e s W o f C l a y t o n , 500w d i r e c t i o n 06-SR 4 5 ,000* S R - S 3 , s/on 9 5, th l e e l l o/WAER. NBC NX • 7 and l o c a l WX 7:054 on 1590 bat r» I D . WJW-350 among th r e e • 7 : 1 2 . 10/a2 - WAMS-1380 makee D e l . e a s i e r agM n, r o c k 1 :15 . Only 83° as I drove p a s t a d r i v e - i n t h e a t r e w/e ign " C l o s e d f o r Season , T r w e z i n ' the Reason" , today. End of f i r s t c on t e s t i n NRC, I l i d d e c en t l y w e l l , I t h i n k . However the re w i l l be a l o t o f compe t i t i on , as M I S H E P P I i s capable o f b ea r ing q u i t * a few s t a t e s , as evidenced i n l a s t y e a r ' s con tes t when he heard both ALASKA 4 HAWAII from h i e Houston M I S S I S S I P P I l o c a t i o n . Very i m p r e s s i v e , Mike, w i l l we t ee more o f t h a t t h i s y ea r ? 10/38- Dot of 88 t h l e AM. WRNL-910w/ " B e s t Mx S t a t i o n " ID , 1 :16 . WMAL-630 w/MoR, F DJ 1 : 3 5 - 1 : 3 4 , QRM had another s t a t i o n w/F DJ a l s o ; s l o g a n : AM-63. K F I - 6 4 0 w/one o f By f a v o r i t e D J t , J a c k s o n Armstrong, *x-WKBW-13Q-WIFE-KTNQ t h a t I remember back to ' 7 3 . More from t h i s 3M to com*. ( Y o u ' r e S t a t i o n Manager now?? -EHC)

HE HA3 A .NEK. M-23.QQ RX_ STEVEN MILLER - Bos ton , Massachuset ts V o l . 3 No. 5 * * • • • » * • « • * » • He l l o everyone, bow's DX? I t r u e t a l l had a wonder fu l bo l l dqy , and w i l l s t a r t o f f tne New Tea r w i t h l o t s a new DX heard 4 r epo r t ed . "Sad n o t e " : I t d i d n ' t enow bare i n the "Bay S t a t e " a l though DX ing was g r e a t ! I had to s t r u g g l e i n t h e " c o l d " to hear i t , h i ! I ' v e been DXing on my new HF-22Q3 4 I must say t h i s r e c e i v e r i s g r e a t ! As you w i l l note i n R a y ' s DDXD column t h i s i s so , w i t h hope fu l l y l o t s more i n l a t e r i s s u e s , i n c l u d i n g f o r e i g n DX too, h i , CHUCK! I hope you giye l i k e d ay d i s c i n g up the a i rwaves a r t i c l e a cou­p l e of i s s u e s back. I f so y o u ' l l love tne th r ee new ones I ' v e r e c e n t l y submi t t ed to HQ. One 's a f/up on the above-mentioned the o ther a r e J u s t as i n t e r e s t i n g . Here a r e the nmn o f the c l i p s : l ) FCC p l an t d e r e g u l a t i o n . 3) He l p - Rescue "Hadio Opry" - ease WSM." 3 A f i n a l l y the " f o l l o w - u p " c l i p : Haves a n l Have-note b a t t l e f o r a i r w a v e s . I know y o u ' l l f i n d a l l these to be worthy o f your r e a d i n g . They should be i n t h i s i s s u e , i f not p l e a s e wa t ch f o r ' em. D i d you know the U.S. has 4,548 AM rad i o s t a t i o n s and four- thouaand-and-somsth ing FM s t a t i o n s ? An you can b s t t h a t ty t.n* end o f 1980 tha t number f o r each b r o a d c a s t i n g band w i l l be a n even 5,000 or more. Another sad no t e : B o t h ny new e l e c t r i c t y p e w r i t e r a n sho t ­gun loop antenna w i l l have to w a i t u n t i l l a t e A p r i l o r mil-May ( e h u c c s ) . W e l l t h a t ' s a l l the news from t h i s neck o f t h s DXing woo l s , 7 3 ' s and may the New Tear b r i n g a l l new a n l i n ­t e r e s t i n g DX, an t i rse no. 6 . (Steve—One or two o f your c l i p s maj be used l a t e r . HQ)

JLOMK PROGRAM .4 JSRSONNEL DATA . PETE KEMP - 5 Greenwood Avenue - B e t h e l , Connec t i cu t WB1FZX • • • * • • * • • Gree t ings a l l . W e l l the FCC has voted to r e l u c t to 9 kHz s p a c i n g . I t d i d t o , however, w i t h o u t w a i t i n g f o r i t s own study to he completed. What a waste o f t a x p a y e r s 1

monqy! I t seams t h a t an expands i AM band i t i n t h s o f f i n g , a f t e r the WARC. Time, e t c . a r e s t i l l not s e t . CBS ' "Mystery T h e a t e r " l e be ing c u t back to weekday* only sad ths " S ea r s Radio Thea t e r " i f jumping nets from CBS to Mutua l , e f f e c t i v e F e b . 1 . I n New Y o r k WOR has •w i t ched from ABC I n f o r m a t i o n to ABC Enter ta inment n-.t, w i t h 7 INS t a k i n g on ABC I n f o , e f f e c t ­i v e J a n . 1 . Bob Keethan, C a p t a i n Kangaroo, w i l l beg in e rad io s e r i e s on CBS s t a r t i n g J e n . 3 1 . "The S u b j e c t i t Young People" segments w i l l be four minutes i n l e n g t h and r u n a t 9:25am E/C/PST 4 8 :25 MST. WCAU-M i s p l a y i n g - u s i o a l c h a i r s a g a i n h i r i n g , f i r i n g 4 r e h i r i n g a t a r a p i d pace . Q u i t s an image f o r an e s t a b l i s h e d s t a t i o n to p resen t? The ABC net he* won the r i g h t s to c a r r y the Kentucky Derby f o r the nex t th ree y e a r s . WJIC i n Sa lem, N . J . i s going to i n c r e a s e power to 2.5kw, WBSG i n B l a c k s b e a r , Ga . w i l l be l o l n z l i k e w i s e . Radio s t a t i o n s a l l a c r o s s the n a t i o n shou ld be c r e d i t e d w i t h t r y i n g to u p l i f t t h s s p i r i t s o f our hostages I n I r a n . I n i t i a l r e p o r t s from most pos t o f f i c e s i n d i c a t e an outpour ing o f good w i shes have been sen t to our f e l l o w Amer icans . A n i c e s i g n d u r i n g t h i s t r oub l ed t i m e t . Good DX to a l l .

_A F W VWRIES BUT SEVERAL NEW CATCKES_ NORMAN u. MAGUIRE - 6105 Da l Campo P l a c e N.S. - Albuquerque, New Mexico - 871 09 1 2/24/79 • » • * * « • * » • • • • * • • « Ve r i e e s i n c e l a s t r e p o r t a r e few 4 f a r between; KA1Z, then over a month l a t e r , K C J J 4 KMJJ. EMJJ v e r i e i s a PP/c f o r a r e p o r t over a y e a r o l d . G lad to have t h a t one i n j u e t the same. DX i n c l u d e s : KRLA-1110 3:20-3:57an. 13/3; KBGN-1050 7-7:15jro a/of f SSS 12/4; KLDR-1090 j : 3 0 j t t e, o f f 12/6, KANN-1190 6 :33-S :59pe s/o f f 12/5 , KLDB-1090 i - 6 : 3 1 j n i •/ o f f 12/7 ; K K 0 - 1 3 - . 0 f / c , C IDs , poor kqy ing 2 : 0 4 J - 2 : 1 6 a i i 12/10, KLAV-1230 2 : i 3 -2 : 2uam 12/10 R S . X C J J - 1 5 6 0 } : 0 3 - 3 : 38sm 4 4 : i O - 4 : j J a m 12/10; KEGG-TEST 3:29-3:4. iam 12/10, K3GN-TB3T-1060 4 :05-4 :35am 12/17; T T ? ? - l : 1 2 - l : 2 8 a m 12/18, no c l e a r I D . C*hat frequency on tn i e one, Norm?)

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_FOREST I S RACE IN .THE DXJRANKS! ' F " W F . nSBORN - 20B North J a c k s o n - H«ok#r, Oklahoma - 739 45 12/19/79 • • * * • » « « Ha l l o to a l l the NRCers from apparen t l y tha on ly BCB DXar i n t i » Oklahoma P a n h a n i l s . Long t ime, no Musa because l ong time no d i a l s p i n n i n g ; but I f i n a l l y got the H S - 1 5 J warmed up and hope fu l l y I ' l l keep i t t h a t W i^ . I gueee waat got me s t a r t e d wae hsai i . - ig home about 3:50am EST on 11/7/79 4 n e a r i n j an ID on 1490 o f "W??B, F a y e t t e v i l l e " on the car r a d i o . Khen I got noma, I g raooa i tne Domestic Log 4 found WFLB, F a y e t t e v i l l e , N. C. I i i i n 1 1 count i t i n my log f o r two reasons , 1 - T h i s x u l d nave oeen a s t a t i o n l i e t i r g on a L a r r y King of s i m i l a r type program g i v en on another s t a t i o n , 2-1 don ' t t h i n k I would nave be l i e ved i t even i f I c ou ld nave v e r i f i e d i t . But a t l e a s t the i n t e r e s t w a e a o u e e i by i t 4 my DXirg f e v e r s t a r t e d a j w a r i . Tne f i r e t r e a l e e s s i o n wae 12/13 i n the e a r l y morn­ing w i t h s e v e r a l unID TT, the moet i n t e r e s t i n g a t 2:02am w i t h a tone and very weak VID u / KOMA-1520 4 then 9 2 : 4 0 , a v a r y i n g tone on 590 but a g a i n , no I D . L a t e r t h a t day, I t r i e d a l i t t l e SS3 4 found unn WUNI-1-.13 from Mobi le , A l a . on top 9 5 : 5 j j m 4 then a t 5:52 KMUS-1380 from Muskogee w i t h good s i g n a l f o r domest ic #737 eve., though I c o u l i never hear them on t h e i r r/o . Then on 13/14 a t 5:2lpm w h i l e s i t t i n g on 1570, an ad I n K i l a r n s y and "Q Count ry " ID but so f a r I h a v e n ' t f i g u r e d out who ' t i s , tnan a t 5:38 K B R I , B r i n k l e y , A r k . */ F g i v i n g l o c a l f i r e NX a l s o on 1570 f o r another newie. At 6pm, KBEC-1390 from Waxahaohie, T ex . w i t h an e x c e l l e n t s i g n a l 4 SS ID 4 another a d d i t i o n to the l o g . On 12/17, I t r i e d f o r the KBGN TEST but WNOE was dominant f o r tha f i r s t hour o r so and then KKKQ, Tsm.e, A r i z , took o ve r , eo no l u c k on KBGN. A l so on 12/17 • 2:18am, KTBO-1340 from San Angelo, T e x . w i t h goo i but unn I D ; a t 3 : 2 5 KARZ-960 i n w i t h new c a l l ; a t 4am, CBS NX r n 1520 w/KOMA o f f the a i r ( I s t h i s WKBW w/CBS NX?) (No -ERC) At 4 : 0 7 , KOMA came on w i t h OC. At SSS on t h s 1 7 t h a t 5:11pm, KNKU, R o o s s v e l t , Utah on 1250 w i t h good s i g n a l s 4 9 5 :20, KORC, M i n e r a l W a l l s , T s x . on 1140 w i t h t h e i r booming 35o w a t t s . On 12/13, KBRX-1350 r/o 9 1:35am; K L B J -590 i n A u s t i n 9 3:53am. Then a t 4 : 17 , two TTt on 1230 a i d a t 4 : 3 2 one o f t.em went into c/w but I c o u l d n ' t p u l l i t ou t . I g u e e s t h a t ' s about i t f o r now except to s a y , welcome to Oklahoma, JOHN ZONDLOl 73 4 good DX to a l l .

J 3 0 SQUpi . TOUifi _M«J. MARK STHICKEST - "On toe r o a i , somewhere i n F l o r i d a . " 12/2o/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A f t e r m i l l i o n s o f d e l ^ e , move i a f i n a l l y on, e f f e c t i v e 1/4/80 - d e t a i l s ae they deve lop . Nq. DX i n tha l a s t two weeas , I am s t i l l l o ok ing f o r e l u s i v e #50G heard from Chicago . I ehou lu expec t to hear i t a t BOB KRA'/.H- ' • upcoming GTG. About a l l I can ment ion a t a l l i s t h a t WMAQ-572 4 WIND-550 were both o f f 12/16, a Sunday morn ing ! I on ly heard unn XLZ-563 a i d a n u n u s u a l l y s t r o n g WKTX on 570, w h i c h i s u s u a l l y J u s t no i s e w i t h "Newetalk 56 " on. WMAQ't SP , t h e i r eecon i i n eeven daye I 'm t o l l , wae more f r u i t f u l ae I heard CMKP-670 & CFTR-680, o/WPTF and a t l e a s t two unID r o cke r s (hoping forWCBM 4 KNBB). To ta l e now 494/33 -p lu t/5 , I ' v e l o s t count o f v a r i e s . Speak ing o f v a r i e s , d i d anyone r e ­c e i v e a QSL from the WYFA TEST o f 10/1/79 y e t ? Tnanks to a l l f o r the Chrietmae ca rde . Oh E r n i e - i n ny l a s t Mute I s a id "See you nex t decade . " I on ly s a i d t h a t so t h a t I would be a y e a r e a r l y r a t h e r than a y ea r l a t e w i t h my Muse, h i . L a s t l y , I ' m s t i l l very much i n need o f • t i c k e r s from any and a l l r ad i o & TV s t a t i o n s anywhere. I 'm e s p e c i a l l y l o ok ing f o r • t i c k e r s from Boston, A l b a n y , S c n a n e c t a d y , e t c . , P i t t s b u r g h , Mont. , N.D. , S . D . , M i s s . , D a l l a s / F t . Worth, anywhere i n New England a n l the M a r i t i m e ! , but any p l a c e w i l l do , even J u s t from t .at 2 5 0 - w a t t s r j u s t down ths s t r e e t . I ' l l have my new adarase i n time f o r Ground Hog Day.

WATCH FOR A WKEM-1430 PoP TEST STEVE KENNEDY - Box 331 - Inmokalee, F l o r i d a - 33934 » • • • • * • * • » « • » Howdy from the Ea r o f the E v e r g l a d e s . T i e s f o r a S U M f o r the SOLID SOUTH e d i t i o n . I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h i s i s s u e makes n i n e y e a r s I have been w i t h NRC ae my co jy of DX NEWS cage i n m i d - J a n u a r y 1 9 7 1 . I t ' s s t i l l the ease o l d s t o r y - l i t t l e o r no DX. However, v e r l e e l i n e s l a s t V i a e have come i n : WGTW-1580, WPLP-570, WTIX-69 3 . Moet DXing here i s a t a s t a n d s t i l l , not because o f l a c k o f i n t e r e s t ; but from a s e r i o u s power l i n e n o i s e . ERC aeked about another WKKM-1490-TEST. I "nave had to t a k " over eng inee r ing choree a ga in , but I have been t o l d t h a t u n l e s s i t i s f o r PoP t e s t s , WKEM v. i l l r u t he ao l e to r u n a r y mora spec ­i a l s . I got t h i s word from the owners on t h s c o a l i t i o n s t h a t I resume my eng ineer ing d u t ­i e s . However, when WEBI does a PoP you w i l l be the f i r s t to know. I am no longer going to specu l a t e on when I w i l l be g e t t i n g an F B G - 7 . However, i f a l l goes w e l l i n 1980, I e x ­pec t to somehow f i n a l l y buy one. Slnoe ay w i f e 4 I l i v e i n a t i n y o n * bedroom apartment , I may have to get r i d o f the o l d Heath HX-1 SW-4A, and Ameco preamp. Mich o f my DX equipment i t housed I n a e m a i l c a b i n e t w h i c h can be t o l l e d i n t o t h s l i v i n g room f o r use a f t e r hours w h i l e the w i f e s l e e p s . Much o f tha t ime i t i s k ep t i n tha bedroom f o r l i s t e n i n g to tne Grand Ole Opry on W3M-650, o r CBS Myete iy Thea t re on WDBO-580. Sometimes I w i l l s t a y up 4 l i s t e n to the L a r r y K i n g Show i f the guests a r e o f i n t e r e s t . Due to work as I mentioned e a r l i e r , moet o f my s e r i o u s DXing i s r e a l l y con f ined to SRS to 11am - most ly uay tui.e CX. J u s t before Thanksg i v ing a l a t t e r a r r i v e d from BON SCHATZ w . t h a l i s t of Cuban s t a t i o n s . Whi l e I am t y p i n g t h i i Muss, RFS , CHUCK HUT+ON, and GLENN H0U8ER a r e down i n Habana g e t t i n g in fo about Cuban BCB s t a t i o n s . Bon mentioned hs 4 GH may come over to v i s i t i f time p e r m i t s . I am l ook ing forward to meet ing tnsm both . Hsrs i t an i n t e r e s t i n g o b s e r v a t i o n . I no t i c ed a Mi l e from BON SCHATZ aoout l i y e a r s ago tha t most grounivave coverage of MW s t a t i o n s extends out to a maximum of 650 m i l e s (about I , DJO KM.) over s a l t w a t e r . Ae best I am ab l e to hear WWL-370 £ WTIX-693 l u r i n g d a y l i g h t hours . I n the t imes tha t the u t i l i t y compary goes on ths b l i n k , I have been aoie to hea r WS3-750 4 W3M-550 l u r i n g l a y M , thougn weakly w i t h the ab­sence of the power l i n e n a s n w n i c n p r e v a i l s n e r e . I ' l l BCing y ' a l l i n the S p r i n g , nave a gco i 1980. 333S333 ( s a v en - t y t h r e e s ) .

RECEIVED OVER THE TELEPHONE _ KARL JETER - 3590-C Clubhouse C i r c l e E a s t - Deca tur , Georg ia - 30332 12/30/79 . . . . . . . . . . Gree t ings from the S o l i d c ou th . I guees I ' l l have to phone t h i s i n to E r n i e ae I won ' t make the dead l ine through the m a i l . I had e i x daye o f f a t Chr i s tmas but w i t h the f a c i l y v i s i t s 4 GTGs 4 a l l t h a s a t i n g I managed some DX. B s s t c a t c h o f l a t e was o n m 12/24 when I nabosd WA3J-1490 Mich . 9 3:11am w/PSA f o r Michigan Hear t A e e o c i a t i o n . L a t e r seme AM, WB8G-1J50 was heard e x c e l l e n t w/e/on • 5 :58a.m. One a y e t e r y , e t 6am on 1060 I had a a / o n w / c a l l sounding l i k e W J T J , 4 very c l e a r out t h i s i t l i s t e d on 1530 f o r Huntingdon, Tenn. Anyone know? Back to 12/23, a s l ew ing o f KKAA-1560, unn, 9 5am a on, 4 i n t o CBS NX. WKKS-1570 w/e/on 9 6 4 needed f o r r e p o r t . Another m i l on the AM o f 12/23 was W9IH-1460 very poor 9 e/on 9 oam, mentioned 5 32w. B a c k t r a c k i n g a l i t t l e , unn KLTR-1530 12/24 n i c e 9 S:14pm -../Paul H a r v e y ' s " R e s t o f the S t o r y . " Th le PM 12/28, I I R T - 1 5 8 0 beard w/ l3 programming 9 6:38pm for a r e p o r t . On MM 12,17 I t r i e d f o r the KBGN TEST , n o t h i i * d e f i n ­i t e , but I heard some wean TT 9 2 :22 , 4 2 :41-2 :49am 4 no I D s , n a t c h . My 1360 mystery was back a g a i n on 13/17 d u r i n g KBGN'a attempt was e i t h e r WAND o r WANC * / B u f f a l o , N.Y. ID - i t ' s S u f f a l o - i n g me, h i . I have a c l e a r tape o f t h i s I f anyone i s i n t e r e s t e d . 73 to a l l i n 'BQ

CONDITIONS AND TIME ARE BLAH CHUCK HUTTON - Box 2087 - Deacmtur, Georg ia - 30030 . . . . . . . . . . . . J u s t a qu i ck note to ERC f o r the South i s s u e . The t a p * log show* o n * new one t h i s month, WLUX-1550 9 6pm s/o f f 12/5. Bo th KARL JETER 4 I heard tone ( a l b e i t w e a k l y ) l u r i n g the time p e r i o d f o r t h s KBGN-1360-TEST 12/17. We ' re c u r i o u s to know whether they were on . W i t h the t imes of the tone w r i t t e n down, t h e r e ' s a v e r l e chance i f the s t a t i o n was keeping t r a c k . C u r r e n t l y Idaho, N.D. , Mont. 4 A l a s k a a r e unheard h e r * end I ' v e been s t u c k there f o r a mighty long t ime . Hopes f o r ho l i day DX d i d n ' t pay o f f w i t h r a t h e r b l a h CX 4 l e s t time than I w i s h e d . What w i t h s t a r t i n g work a t 5:3<hm now, i t ' s l i k e l y to s t a y t h a t way. B e t t e r l u c k to the r e s t of y o u .

1290 IS_Na»^JPE_QPra_INJU3yiSVI IJE_ DICK TRUAX - 3003 Gleeson Lane - j * f fereontown, Kentucky - 43299 . . . . . . . . . . L e t ' s hea r I t from ths S o l i d s o u t h - even though I ' m on ly 15 m i l e s from the Nor th and I n d i a n a . Yes , a Mute i s i n order to s t a r t a new y e a r , and the r e e r e even e few newiet to t a l k aoout - but no th ing f a n t a s t i c . G o l i y back to 11/20: WSL I -930 Miee . w/ID 4 WX ' 5 : 5 0 p i . Tnen 11/34 K C I J - 9 3 0 L a . w/ID 4 goepel mx 9 6:05pm. 12/4- Cayman I e l a n d e -1205 s , o f f 9 11:32pm w/GSQ, I d o n ' t know why I never logged t h i s one b e f o r e . 12/8- 9 S J P -1130 Ky . e/of f 9 5:45pm thanks to a t i p from GARY ATKINS. You might t h i n k t h a t i t i t an ' easy c a t c h ' out Murray i t 250 m i l e s SW of L o u i s v i l l e and KWKH i s a p es t t h l e t ime of the day making a 250 . day t imer tough. WAME-1430 N.C. w / K C mx 4 ID/NX 9 8pm. 12/15- WWBC-1510 F l a . s/o f f o/pest WLAC 9 6:30pm u s i r g l o c a t i o n "Cocoa" , then WYZE-1480 Ga. s/o f f 9 5:33pm 4 o l d f r i e n d KJFW-1390 Mo. from F t . Leonard Wood daye 15 y e a r s ago s/o f f 9 5:44jm ment ion ing " T u n * to FM o u t l e t K Y F E . " 12/25- The b i g day ! S i t t i n g on 1290 s i n c e l o c a l WDG8 i s s i l e n t , I thought I h e a r ! W J E R - D a l . ID 9 4:43pm out I won ' t count i t - then 9 5:05pm, EUOA-Ark. n e e out o f tha soup w/AP NX 4 ID fo lo by ho l iday mx. T h i s i s a n e x c e l l e n t channe l t h a t has beer, over looked because a l o c a l formerly occupied t h i s spo t , 4 though e a s i l y n u l l e d on ly WKIO Ohio was u s u a l l y e v iden t w/WIRL s l i p p i n g i n now 4 then . So much f o r new - Bee t w i shes f o r the Nev. Year t c everyone. More ae i t h-ippene.

HE GOT A TRF K B . CHRIS TOAS_ LYNN GIL CIS - Box 105 - B l o a n f i e i d , Kentucky - 40038 502-252-5089 . . . . . . . . . . . gpi 1 tops you a l l got p l e n t y of DX goodies f o r Chrietmae 4 I hope t h i s makes the Southern i e h . I r e c e i v e d a TRF f o r Chrietmae 4 i t has worked v e r y w e l l . When I b u i l d my 4 3 " loop, I ' l l be a l l e s t . H e r e ' s EX be fore the T R F : 1 2 / 1 - KKAY-1590 I n e x c e l l e n t l y 9 5:5Sim s/o f f . # 1 2 - KSTP-1500 9 5:26pm very weak, ID o/WBBI. 12/17- WMAZ-940 I n o/CMi 9 5:50jm weak, CBM n u l l e d . 12/19- WBNS-1460 I n 9 5:45pm f a i r - p o o r w/very weak I D . On 12/23 a b i g mete on 1270 9 6:44-7 :01pm. I n s t r u m e n t a l Chr i s tmas mx hea rd . A a y s t e r y s t a t i o n -"WFRA" .IDe c l e a r l y heard 4 an " F M - 1 J 5 " I D . Mutua l NX 6 : 5 0 - 6 : 5 5 . T a l k 9 6 : 6 6 , o u t . Then WHBG on top w/unID ad , ID , NX. More WHBF ads c l e a r 9 7pm. A t 10:10jm WELO-580 I n weak w/ a d s , no rma l l y unreadab le because o f WVLK s l o p . Chrietmae Day w i t h the T R F : 1390-about, On ta r i o mentioned 9 10 :10 , then a " C H 0 - " I D . CHDO i s suspec ted , tape being r e v i ewed . Then a t 10 :40 , WABB-1480 s t r o n g s i g n a l w/ade, WABB-FM I D . L a s t newie , WTAE-1250 weak w/ID a t 11:55pm. 12/26- a : 2 0 a m , WCHS-583 i n w/ade 4 I D , the TRF w o r k i n g wonders on WVLK. Tonight (12/26) 9 5:47pm, WWWQ-1430 one of my oe t t c a t c h e s w/conteet promo, 3WQ I D , gone 9 5:48pm p a t t e r n change. T h a t ' s aoout i t , mere as i t happens.

""XEA-1330 I F ONi SX -WR 0 S_ CAN P H I L L i r S - 835 Danton Lane - S i sningham, Alabama - 35210 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 cope t h i s Musing makes i t i n t ime f o r t h s A l l - S o u t h e d i t i o n . Welcome to t i e Birmingham a r e a DXar GREG POOLE. L a t e e t DX: 11/23- 1:29am, WTWB-1570 E T . 5:02jm, WTNK -1393 on top o f f r a i u e n c y . A r e a l s u r p r i s e on 1383 s i g n i n g o f f a t 6 :15pm waa K J E T , Beau­mont, Tex . 11/24- F o l l o w i n g ANere were h e a r d : WALG-1590, KXEL-1543 , KSTP-1503, WTOP-1530, ELOU-1580, WOKJ-1550, WPNX-146C, WIRF-1430, WJRB-1433, WVJF-1420, WGBF-1280, R . M i l - 1 3 0 0 . 99 3 -.-.ae a w e i r i f requency w i t h WNDX, WHOO, XET, 4 KTET f i g h t i n g i t o u t . A lso K T M on. I n tne a f t e rnoon raw KKEA-1J33 ID 5 : 4 0 , ami WTKC-1303 9 6 : 2 ^ m . On 12/3 4 3at V.JBC-1230 peaked through f o r a r a r i t y . V a r i e s a r e i n from VfCBI, WWB, WLSC, and WDAL. I w i s h everyone a very uappy Ne-.v Y e a r . ? 3 .

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HI? SUfEEAt lO I S A SU?E?. RAUIO GEB'Y THOMAS - 2355 " * » t M i ch i gan Avsr.ua - A - l i - P e n s u c e l a , F l o r i d a - 32606 12/17/73 • • • » * » « » » « * « S i a l l . I thought I ' i t e n i i n a " m i s c e l l a n y Muss" f o r tno S o l i d South e d i ­t i o n o f I X i.'FWS. I r e a l l y l u r e the co lo red covers of DX NBAS. Kov. tha t IHCA's EX Monitor i t a l s o bookle t format i t nelpe t e l l t h a t a p a r t . Kudos should go to - E I L SAKE f o r hie i n ­i t i a l CPC e f f c r t e - j u s t the k i c k i n the pants I naeled tc send c f f seme l e t t e r s (no r e p l i e s y e t , though) . A f t e r hav ing a nawi i n r e v i e w i n g the GE Superau io , I f i n a l l y got around to cuy ing one of cy own and i t ' z bacome my f a v o r i t e ucmeet ic DX r i g . My F u p e r a i i o ' s I F etagee came a l i g n e d so t h a t a ba lance between f i d e l i t y a n l s e l e c t i v i t y wae a t t a i n e d , but i t i s im­p o s s i b l e to r e - a l i g n the I F ' a f o r improved s e l e c t i v i t y ( w i t h a r e s u l t i n g e i i g n t l o t s of f i -u a l i t y , thougn) . An cutuoaru f e r r i t e loop, improve ! frequency r ead-out , and s aw 1 tenable I F bandpass f i l t e r would r e a l l y make the Spueruuic a gam, however. CHARLIE BARF1ELD & I t?ank everyone f o r t h a k ind commente r e ga rd ing the k i t e antenna e p i e o i a . One o f the p r i n c i p a l purpose ! of tha p r o j e c t was to i n v e a t i g a t e a way o f f u l f i l l i n g f a m i l i a l o b l i g a t i o n s ( i . e . , f l y i n g a k i t e w i t h tha I c i l y on a Sunday a f t e rnoon ) w h i l e a t the same time g e t t i n g i n some BCB DX ( H I ) . S i n c e the apjsarance o f the a r t i c l e , we have s en t up 900 f e e t o f w i r e w i t h a two -k i t e t r a i n and a r e w a i t i n g proper o o n d i t i e n i to send a l o f t a 1900- footer w i t h f our k i t e e . T n a t ' s about i t for now, so 7 3 ' s from the Pensaco la s e c t o r o f the S o l i d c ou th .

THE HE'S A SET T I S QUTiST ON 533 MIKE HARDESTEF. - Box 49 (NDRC) - NAS - Miramar, C a l i f o r n i a - 92145 12/24/79 . . . » . . . . . , » , . . G r e e t i r g s ! I a c t u a l l y managed tc DX eome t h i s week w i t h the f o l l o w i n g no t ed : 12/33- UnID on 950 ( l o c a l XEGM o f f ) 3 5pm, w h i l e a t Radio West i n Eecondido, Cai . , w/ C&W mx, spot f o r Scadylawn o r Shadytree T r u c k S t o p ; PSA tha t t r a s h would no t be p i c k e d up I n Grand o r Grant County ae workers were obse rv ing tha h o l i d a y s ! MST TCe. KNFT I n S i l v e r C i t y , N.M. i t l o c a t e d i n Grant County, so p o s s i b l y they . 12/24- U n E c a r r i e r or. 894 l oop­ing 10° 9 6:50am, no audio noted . S e v e r a l o the r c a r r i e r s noted t h i s At were 313 .5 , 828, 864, 873 , 891 4 1566, but no aud io . I a l s o noted a c a r r i e r on 5 3 1 . 1 looping NE 9 5:50am, but gone a t 8 : 3 0 rsch .sck . KGNC 710 i n A m a r i l l o noted w/ p h o n e - t a l k show •% 5:5cam on 12/24 to CBS NX 4 ID on the hour . Seemingly OS* mx f o l l owed the NX, out f l u t t e r f a a i n g oegan a t 6 :10 , a b i t e a r l y f o r S I S f l u t t e r , no? New T I S on 533, on Higrway 30 , about one m i l e West o f the mountain road aacent l e a d i n g in to the San Bernadino N a t i o n a l F o r e s t . Two s i g n s a -v i s a to tune to 533 : man w/road WX CX f o r B i g Bear a r e a . Tape announces 24 hour t r a n s m i s ­s i o n i n F a l l 4 W i n t e r , so i t might be one to l ook f o r . I would l i k e to hear from anyone w i t h pe r sona l expe r i ence i n s t a r t i n g / c o m p l e t i n g a nome study course/program i n e l e c t r o n i c s such aa those o f f e r ed by C I E , I C S , NRI , e t c . Comnente pro/con a r e des i r ed before I under ­take such a s t u c y . A l t o , aryone n o t i c i n g a p e r s o n a l i z e d Texas l i c e n s e p l a t e w i t h "DX 4EVF." i t ' s me - or ny w i f e . Very 7 3 .

XSGM-950't EEEN OFF A FEW DAYS. DAN SHEEDY - Box 3 1 - E n c i n i t a e , C a l i f o r n i a - 92024 12/23/79 . . . . . . . . . . j n s p i t e of ho l i day f e s t i v i t i e s , seme DX has s l i d i n t o t h i s neck o f the woo l s : 12/7- KHVN-880 w i t h program o f dubious v a l u e c once rn ing the " e v i l s o f oops" - I t a t a n l l i s ­tened u n t i l i t wae p a i n f u l l y obv ious tha t the speakers were ou t to l unch , t s k t s k - t h i s a t 9:17pm. 12/8 had XEM0-3S0 o f f for equipment manitenance a t 8 :54jm so XEW/KTEB 4 a n u n l T XE i n Cd. J u a r e z were t r a d i n g o f f on the f r equency . 12/9 brought KFRN-1280 o f f 9 2:05am, l e a v i n g KWM3/KKAL/KIT y a k k i n g away. 12/14 n a i KQXI-1560 8 : l o a n , ECRA-1320 12:J5am ( ou t of o rde r , s o r r y ) , 4 IHS1-1290 12:10am. 12/19 saw XEGM-9 50 o f f f o r the f i r s t time i n y e a r s ( t h e y ' r e s t i l l o f f ae o f 12/23) - 4 1 made hay w i t h KIMN-95D a 1 8 : 4 0 a , KAHI-950 9:31am, KFWJ-980 9 : 4 0 a , X L I T - 1 2 8 0 10:04am. 12/20- T e n t a t i v e JOKR-354 9 9 :38ac * he ld up t i l l oaat 10am. 1 2 / 2 1 - XM5R-950 10am i n t o DSN NX, KSEL-950 behind 'em, 4 KBRE-943 9 10:10am. L a s t but hot l e a s t , unID XE-950 I n MST w / l i v e i i s c o 4 phone- in r eques t s a t lam on 13/22, probably Sonora , but they never ever s a i d n o t h i n ' , to l o t a a good DX t c a l l i n n a new y e a r . 73. Oops - 12123- EEYE-39 0 3:35am 4 KZOL-1570 9 10am.

HEARS ALL CANADIAN PROVINCES 4 T E R F . I T 0 R I 3 IN 2 i HOURS BRIAN VERNON - Gene ra l D e l i v e r y - S l e a , Yukon T e r r i t o r y 12/17/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . Raw s t a t i o n CEXX-1430 l e on the a i r , noted t e s t i n g t h i s morning, w i t h many t e s t i n g announcement*. CJCD-1240 i s n o t 24 hours NSP, they narrowed the e/of f to somewhere between 2 : 4 5 4 4am. Now i f on l y I c a n remember to tune them i n between those t i n e s ! What must b* a r e co rd waa ach i eved here Dec . 1 1 t h , when every Canad ian p r o v i n c e and t e r r i t o r y was hoard h * t w * * n 2 4 4 :20ma. T h * r * waa r e a l l y a v a r y good opening to tha Mar l t imes from 3 to J u s t a f t e r 4*m, than they v a n i s h * ! , l e a v i n g tha band r e l a t i v e l y norma l , w i t h the B . C . 4 A l t a . s t a t i o n * dominat ing . CHTN-1190 P . S . I , was noted 9 2:40am w/WX f o r e c a s t , CFLP-1000 P.Q. w/FF t e l e - n e t NX 9 3 : 4 8 a , C IH I -1350 (no s i g n o f CFRN) w/NX, then hockey ecoree 9 3 : 0 2 a ID, then i n t o what seemed to me ( a n l C I H I has been heard here be fore ) an o l d i e s o r ROL f o rma t . Next wae CFBC-930 w/MoH, 4 CJYQ (Q-93 ) -930 w/a Cd* type format r e a l l y m ix ing i t up , 3 :12-3 :30am, NX from Q-93 topped 930 9 3 : 3 0 a w i t h an amazingly c l e a r s i g n a l . I t r i e d f o r VOCM-590 (KHAR -590 caused no Qt*0 4 caught t h a 9 3 : 4 7 , w/end o f WX f o r e c a s t . They too seemed C d * ; Q-93 r epor t ed a temperature o f - 1 3 , VOCM had -15° - t n a t ' s qu i t e a d i f f e r e n c e i n one c i t y ! I looked through the Log 4 " o l u s h " CHTN-1190 was heard ae e a r l y ae 2 : 0 4 a e n i i n g t h e i r NX, a n i CJCE-1273 heard w / i i f f i c u l t y 9 2 : 2 6 a ; the "Mus ic Macnine" had a very Dad het from a f a d i n g DLF-136G. Ar. F F - r r was h a a r i » 2 : 2 7 a on 1153 w h i c h must have beer. CJRG. Things got back to normal a f t e r 4 a , w i t h r e g u l a r s CFW-1290 Man. w / r r , CJCA-933 A l t a . , p r o v in c e #3 on tha t f requency , CKCK--83 F a s k . 4 not such a gooi DX c a t c h , B . C . ' e b igges t s i g n a l i r t h i s nsck of the wooie, CKDA-1223. The Y . T . of course i s easy , so too i t the N'.W.T. I r . f a c t CBQR-1160 i t tna only N.W.T. LFRT frequency tna t h a s n ' t t een n e a r ! from to l a t e . I t ' s amazing cut soma-

( B r i a n Vernon, c o n ' l . ) - t ime t N .Y .C . s t a t i o n s , WINS-1010, WHN-1050, WNEW-1130 come i n here • ' a l l , of course the c l s a r e a l s o except f o r WNBC-5S0, when tna t happens WEGP-1340 cornea i n from Maine * tney team to have a ve ry good s i g n a l , out to date a f t e r th ree or f ou r r e p o r t s they have not v e r i f i e d - Ma l i * i s not E . Z . ! One l o g f l i p p e d out o f ay IDXD r e p o r t , T u n i s i a -1565 heard 1 2 : 5 6 - l : 1 3 a m w/very good e i g n a l , f o r a new c o u n t r y ; has a s i n g l e " p i p " on the hour, w/ fan fare be fore NT 9 l a - s o r r y , CHUCK HUTTON. T h a t ' s about a l l I can t h i h k o f ths moment ( t imes l i s t e d a re E S T ) . to everyone, Happy New Yea r , happy 4 new DX! 7 3 ' s .

_LETjS_WELC01vE ANOTHER NEW MEMBER WHO'S A HAK_ NICE AGOF - 4CB Bark D r i v e - J o l i e t , I l l i n o i e - 50435 " XA9CQW 12/15/79 . . . . . . . . . H e l l o ! L e t me say f i r s t tha t I a pro -d to be a new member o f the NRC and r u n to the ma i lbox every lag for DX NEWS. I aa 20 y e a r s o l d , m a r r i e d , and work ae an app l i ance s e r v i c eman . I ' v e been DXing now f o r n ins y e a r s , on * o f f , and w i l l c o n t i r u e f o r e v e r . New here a r e CKOC-1150 12/15 w/T-13 p r o g r a 4 PSA 9 3 :29 GMT, a l s o P J E - 8 0 C Bona i r e 12/15 a t 5 : 1 5 GMT w / r s l i g i o u e p r o g r a . Twenty two s t a t e s a r e v e r i f i e d h e r e . I 'm u s i n g v a r i o u s equipment, newest o f wh i ch a r e a McKay Dymek DE55 w/150 foo t l ongw i r e . I t t he r e a v e t e r a n DXer who would l i k e to take a r e l a t i v e newcomer under h i e wing? W r i t e me - I can use h e l p w i t h ab­b r e v i a t i o n s I n DX NEWS 4 c o n s t r u c t i n g a b e t t e r an t enna . So long u n t i l the nex t t ime .

MISERABLE LUCK K TH VERIES ERNIE C0°PER - 5 Antnoqy S t r e e t - Prov incatown, Maseadhusett* - 02657 617-487-9337 1/1/80 . . . . . . . . . . . . S e v e r a l r e p o r t ! a r e o u t ; no v a r i e s I n ; 146 Chr is tmas cards s e n t ; 111 r e c e i v e d , a b i t b e t t e r percentage here than w i t h v e r i e s ! SM 12/23- n n 1140 9 :2 :54am, somebody s a i l , " P l e a s e con tac t t h * D a l l a s P o l i c a S t a t i o n * 4 no th ing e lee f i l t e r e d through; WRVA wae o f f . ? ? On 1110, R. Carupano was ANing, logged a f t e r t h * 2 a e/of f o f my s t i l l - a - m y s t e r y Colombian. A r e p o r t was s en t to Carupano, oh you dreamer, E r n e s t ! Unn WROD-1340 once a g a i n tope w/F DJ 9 2 : 1 2 . MM 12/24- Unn CKSO-790 goo i 9 2 : 1 5 . WUCA-570 was o f f RS 4 T T i n g a l l AM. HJAfi-1000 I n Car tagena was s t r o n g th l e AM o/XEOY. I o e l l e v e the Dominican s/on 9 4 on 1550 was H I J C , R. Maiba, k i n d * weak, but s t r o n g e r next MM when I t u n e l ir^too l a t a to con f i rm the I D . I ' d I l k * to acknowledge phone c a l l s o f recent weske f rom: KARL FORTH - ROLLAND LltDBLADE -CRAIG HEA1Y - MARK CONNELLY - RAY ARRUDA - DAVE SCHMIDT - B I L L WURTZEL - NE IL KAZAROSS -B I L L COIEMAN - DAN BARTER - CHUCK HUTTON - KARL J E T E R - STAN MOBSS. I hope I d i d n ' t mi te anybody t h e r e . Chrietmae AM wae r e a l l y "Noel M a t i n " here - F F C ' e were a l l o ve r the d i a l , 4 a r e they d i f f i c u l t to I D ! I got a r e p o r t out to C IRB-1240 , i n cahoott w i t h CKKB-1460, on AN. Unn CKBM topped 1490 most o f the AM o/another FFC 4 WPOR. There was a very weak SS on 1560 i n the c l e a r , whose ID sounded l i k e " R . Records " 9 2 : 2 7 . 12/26, the F e a s t o f Stephen, but no snow l a y round about : I heard the same s e l e c t i o n a t t h a tame time on WBT-1110 4 WWVA-1170; "You Don ' t Have tc F i g n t to be a Man". A l o g 4 r epo r t on CJAN-1340, on top much o f the t ime, i n net w i t h s t a t i o n s or. 1420-1400-1380-1330. 12/27- Report t aken on Coeta R i c a n on 875 r u n ­n i n g AN today, 1 : 41 -2 :15 . 12/28- Unn WGLI topped 1290 today 9 1 2 : 5 3 a . A mystery FFC on 1490 w/hockey in/out w/WPOR/WBCB to e/of f 9 1:59 w/0 Canada - anybody know who t h i s one 1*? No o ther FFC wae noted anywhars on the d i a l w i t h hockey, to cou ld i t have been a de layed broadcas t , mayhap? There wae a s t r o n g OC on U 1 0 o/WBT; unn WCOU-1240 i s back on AN 4 on top 9 2 :29 , 4 an unID TTer on 1230 9 2 : 3 1 . 12/29- A l oud TTer on 1300 1-1 :24, no I D s . Unn WTVL-1490 was on l a t e today w/Ce l t i oe BKB on the WC, noted 9 1 :25 . AT S S S , two needede t o ­ge ther on 1350 f o r r e p o r t s : WNIS 4 CKAB, 4:l£-4:47pm, no o t h e r s i g n a l s l n t e r f e r i r g ! FM 12/30 Nothing unusua l no t ed . MM 12/31- 3Sere a l l over t h e d i a l today: 1580, 1560, 1550, 1530, 1520, 1500, 1430, 1385, 1370, 1280, 127C, 1220, 1210, 1200, 1190, 1183, 1160, 1130, 1125, 1100, 1090, 1073, 1355, 1340, 1030, 1025, 1020, 1005, 1000, 995, 99^ 925 , 890, 860, 930, 825, 820, 775 , 770 , 730 , 720 , 710 , 690, 570 , 675 , 650 , 640 , 630, 510, 600 , 580 , 540 ! I t r i e d to dope out the on* o n 1385 w i t h no l u c k . WQXR-1563 now e/on 9 5 :30 . 1 / 1 - WBVD-1573, ex-WMLO, on f i r e t day w i t h n»w c a l l s , l e now a f u n - f i l l » d type a l a WEKL-910, l o t s o f h n t o r . C U N 7 .

_M_0_T_H_B_A_L_L_ _M_E_M_0_R_ I _E_S_ CHAPTER Q X X i l - "THE GREAT NORTHEAST BLACK-OUT, 9 M3VBCBKR, 1965" -by MARK 03NNELLT.

R e c e n t l y WBCN-FM commemorated the 14 th a n n i v e r s a r y o f the famous power outage w h i c h brought a l a r g e p o r t i o n o f tha U . S . to a g r i n d i n g h a l t : l i t t e n s r e c a l l e d i n and r e ­counted t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e s . 1 wae a j u n i o r I n h i gh t c h o o l a t the t i m e ; home wae w i t h my p a r ­ents a n l b r o the r a t 35 High H a i t i . Road i n A r l i n g t o n , Mas t . The backyard a b u t t a l Menotomy Rocks P a r k , a wooded a r e a o f about 150 a c r e s . Of course , I found t h i s q u i t e a f e r t i l e a r e a f o r "an tenna f a zm ing " . I nad a 1965 v i n t a g e R e a l i s t i c TRF f o r M* 4 a H a l l i c r a f t a re " Sky Buddy" f o r SW. A couple o f o ther k i d s I n the neighbourhood 4 I used to get on CE Ch . 11 w, w a l k i e - t a l k i e s to d l e cues DX; we a l l r ead P o p * E l e c t r o n i c e , Radio-TV Expe r imen t e r 4 E l e c t r o n ­i c s I l l u s t r a t e d . D i s c u s s i o n s were o f t e n about c l a n d e s t i n e DX. On MY, I was p r i m a r i l y a domest ic DXer, not e e r j ^ u e l y g e t t i n g i n t o TA DX u n t i l 1966. I l i s t e n e d to ou t -o f - t own s t a ­t i o n s f o r programming/much as f o r DX. M u s i c a l l y , I wae in to f o l k - p r o t e s t , B r i t i s h rock , 4 Amer ican s o u l mxi the f i r s t two types were q u i t e a v a i l a b l e on Boston r a d i o , but the s o u l mx wae mora p l e n t i f u l on N .Y .C . a r e a e t a t i o n e . Mur ray - the -K on KINS m i x e i R4B w i t h T - 4 0 very w e l l , A r n i e G insbe r g on WMEX wae gooi e t r a i g h t T - 4 0 , 4 WBZ D J ' e D ick Summer, Bruce B r a d l e y , 4 J e f f e r s o n Kays worked a l o t o f p r o g r e s s i v a f o l k 4 B r i t i s h album cu t s i n t o t h e i r shows. WKYC-1130 C l e v e l a n i nad the U . K . T -20 countdown. ( con t inued next w e e k ) .

DEADLINE IN FROVINCETOtN OF M3?JDAY, JANUARY 8 1 , for Mutinge from M « L O S : S i n these t t a t e e : NEK YORK, NEK JERSEY, DELAWARE, MAP.YLAM), PENNSYLVANIA, and the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The January 28 dead l ine w i l l be f o r evaryoo iy «io f o rgo t to Mies f o r h i e a r e a ' s i s s u e - to we • h o u l i hear from about 533 of you , r i g h t ? I ' m game I f YOU are - tend thoee Musinge i n 4 p l e a s e d o n ' t f o r g e t to DOUBIE SPACE.