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- ... - - . . -..-.--. -,--- - > . - . PUBLISHED BY ' ' -THE NATIONAL RADIO CLUB HEADQUARTERS: 325 SHIRLEY AVENUE, BUFFALQ. 15. NEW YORK JOSEPH J. BECKER, SR,. PRESIDENT RAY B. EDGE. EDITOR .. . ISSUED WEEKLY---82.00 PER YEAR - c . . ., ' : To1 13 'N~O .ll , .. . . .. December 1 1945 We weicoge':the renewa3.s of Hedley Simmonds and Eric Bristow, Thanks to you both and,lots of good DX in store for you, ,a- .. . DX CALE~JDAR , . , DATE----CALL--LOCATIoIy--------------- KCS---CLUB-------- TIIdE 'ALL EST---- Ont . : . 960 N R C 5:OO - 6:00 AM o c a t i o n Unknovvn ,560 ALL DXers 4:15.. - 4:45 ADfl harlottetown P E I . 630 N R C 5:W ,- 6:00 AM piritus Cuba 1.410 NRC & URDXC 3r00 - 4:00 AM 29 '- . WATN Watertom N,Y, 1.240 N R c 2:00 - ?;?? AM 29 WAZL Hazelton Penn 1450 I4 R'c 5:Oo. - 6:OO Anil JAN 8. s., Colon Panama 640 N R C 4 to.5 or 5 to 6 12. .,g .-- Greenland APO '858 .PM NY 850 N R C ~:OO - 5:00 AM 20. : Tulare CaLif 1240 N R C 3:00. - 4200 AM FEB 2 : '~XLS' Greenland APO 858 PY NY , 850 N R C 9 . 4 - too AM C~S~KINGBTON..ONT Here is an unu~u~l~.~rogxam. blr. B.A.: Coy, the Chief En- gineer, asks our help on this DX test, of .theirs, He' w ill usecCKriVSf s LOO w auxilary trznsraitter for the fir,st half -.'hour and the regu1.a.r 1.000 watt 'statign after 5:30 AM:. H!e ,asks. that vie .send in comparitive reports. The directional antenna will ,be used~,on. th.e.3.000 v~atts job, So here is a good chance',to be of real help.to an .,enginee~. while 'at the same time you enjoy a swell. 'DX Pr-ogram f o r the N R C;.. Dedications kill be made to those wnose reports appear in thks bulletin.: Thanks a lot for your swell'coopcration M[E=L$ , . Coy and we wil.1'. give you repor,ts, 'Arranged by. Bill Stone. WOBU This st&tion~'l.ocati~n is.unknom but: reports ban be verified if you - wi1.l Listen for the,'correct QRA. 560. .kc .should be clear for this unusual . program to. be dedi,cated,' 'to a l l DXers. -Pe~sonal. dedications will probably not be made.. This is. NOT an- NRC Progr'arr,, so. it' will NOT count i n Contest. . . It is a program"fa1.l . . DXers only. .:, , . . . ' ' Arranged by Dr ' Jbhn Kirk, . . - CKLN:.. "My engineer tells' 'me that our' power:at the moment is almost ilil, so lnie wil.1. n o t he- able Its ',,carry the DX Program arranged9 signed Miss Joan Orr. This is tough b'oys but -I believe it was very swell of Miss .Orr to write, She also .offers another -,'date, so ,arranger~~nts will. be made, Bill Stone. . . . . e ANOTHER N R . c DX PROGRAL~ NOTICE. ' ANOTHER N - R C' DX PROGRAbl DEC 12: . CFNB ,-Fredericton N,B, ,, 550 kcs ' N R C 5:00 - 6:OO AM CFNB-FREDERIC~~~.? N:$ The. first half hour of the program wili be devoted to the National' Radio-CLub, . ., . 'the second half. hour,that is f r o x 5:30-6:00 AM is part of our' regul,ar.~oper.ating sckiedule end w? will,therefare,have to carry on with our regul-ar. programs in this til;,e,but we will make special. announcements to thc;qffect that.we are dedicating to the National Radio Club. Vie would bo intcrdsted in:receiving reports. from your-.members as to how the program is reccived and.,i,f possible let. us have as complete a re- port as possible on the 1gesul6s;which are achieved, Reports, should be sent ... to Mr, D Malcolm Ne'Xll, Manager 2nd thanks a I.ot for your cooperation Mr. Neil]., . $9,--hare. is'.a".chanceboys .for. that WIRDITO .HEAR ,STATION CFNB, and it is expected every n~mber ' possib3.e -will report. Arranged 'by Bill Stone. . . .. . . .

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Page 1: DX CALE~JDAR - RADIO and BROADCAST HISTORY library with ... · NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 FREQUENCY FROLICS December 1 1942 -----*--ww----- A special DX Program which should

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PUBLISHED BY

' ' -THE NATIONAL RADIO CLUB HEADQUARTERS: 325 SHIRLEY AVENUE, BUFFALQ. 15. NEW YORK

JOSEPH J. BECKER, SR,. PRESIDENT RAY B. EDGE. EDITOR

. . . ISSUED WEEKLY---82.00 PER YEAR

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' : T o 1 1 3 'N~O .ll , .. . . . .

December 1 1945 We weicoge' : the renewa3.s o f Hedley Simmonds and E r i c

Bristow, Thanks t o you both a n d , l o t s of good DX i n s t o r e f o r you, ,a-

. . . DX CALE~JDAR , . ,

DATE----CALL--LOCATIoIy--------------- KCS---CLUB-------- TIIdE 'ALL EST---- Ont . : . 960 N R C 5:OO - 6:00 AM

oca t ion Unknovvn ,560 ALL DXers 4:15.. - 4:45 ADfl har lot te town P E I . 630 N R C 5:W , - 6:00 AM

p i r i t u s Cuba 1.410 NRC & URDXC 3r00 - 4:00 AM 29 '- . WATN Water tom N,Y, 1.240 N R c 2:00 - ?;?? AM 29 WAZL Hazelton Penn 1450 I4 R ' c 5:Oo. - 6 : O O Anil

J A N 8 . s., Colon Panama 640 N R C 4 t o . 5 or 5 t o 6 1 2 . . , g .-- Greenland APO '858 .PM NY 850 N R C ~ : O O - 5:00 AM 20. : Tulare CaLif 1240 N R C 3:00. - 4200 AM

FEB 2 : '~XLS' Greenland APO 858 PY NY , 850 N R C 9 .

4 - too AM C ~ S ~ K I N G B T O N . . O N T Here i s an u n u ~ u ~ l ~ . ~ r o g x a m . blr. B.A.: Coy, the Chief En- gineer , asks our h e l p on t h i s DX tes t , of . t he i r s , H e ' w i l l usecCKriVSf s LOO w aux i l a ry t rznsra i t te r f o r t h e f i r , s t ha l f -.'hour and the regu1.a.r 1.000 watt ' s t a t ign a f t e r 5:30 AM:. H!e ,asks. t h a t vie .send i n comparitive repor ts . The d i r e c t i o n a l antenna w i l l ,be u s e d ~ , o n . th.e.3.000 v ~ a t t s job, So here i s a good chance' , to be of r e a l h e l p . t o an . ,enginee~. while ' a t the same t i m e you enjoy a swell. 'DX Pr-ogram f o r the N R C;.. Dedications k i l l be made t o those wnose repor t s appear i n thks b u l l e t i n . : Thanks a l o t f o r your swel l ' coopcra t ion M[E=L$ , . Coy and we w i l . 1 ' . g i v e you repor,ts , 'Arranged by. B i l l Stone. WOBU This s t & t i o n ~ ' l . o c a t i ~ n i s . u n k n o m but : r e p o r t s ban be v e r i f i e d i f you - wi1.l Lis ten f o r the , ' co r rec t QRA. 560. . kc .should be c l e a r f o r t h i s unusual

. program t o . be dedi,cated,' 'to a l l DXers. -Pe~sonal. dedica t ions w i l l probably no t be made.. This i s . NOT an- NRC Progr'arr,, so. it ' w i l l NOT count i n Contest.

. . It i s a program"fa1.l . . D X e r s only. . : , , . . . '

' Arranged by D r ' Jbhn Kirk, . .

- C K L N : . . "My engineer t e l l s ' 'me t h a t our' p o w e r : a t the moment i s almost ilil, so lnie wil.1. not he - a b l e Its ' , ,carry t h e DX Program arranged9 signed Miss Joan Orr.

This i s tough b'oys but -I bel ieve i t was very swell of Miss .Orr t o write, She a l s o . o f f e r s another -,'date, so , a r r a n g e r ~ ~ n t s w i l l . be made, B i l l Stone. . . . .

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ANOTHER N R . c DX PROGRAL~ N O T I C E . '

ANOTHER N - R C' DX PROGRAbl DEC 1 2 : . CFNB , -Fredericton N,B, ,, 550 kcs ' N R C 5:00 - 6:OO AM CFNB-FREDERIC~~~.? N:$ The. f i r s t h a l f hour of the program w i l i be devoted t o the National' Radio-CLub, . ., . ' the second h a l f . hour , tha t i s f r o x 5:30-6:00 AM i s p a r t of our' regul,ar.~oper.ating sckiedule end w? will,therefare,have t o c a r r y on with our regul-ar. programs i n t h i s til;,e,but w e w i l l make special. announcements t o t h c ; q f f e c t tha t .we a re dedica t ing t o the Nat ional Radio Club . Vie would bo i n t c r d s t e d i n : r e c e i v i n g repor t s . from your-.members a s t o how t h e program i s reccived and.,i,f poss ib le l e t . us have as complete a re- por t a s poss ib le on the 1gesul6s;which a r e achieved, Reports, should be s e n t

... t o Mr, D Malcolm N e ' X l l , Manager 2nd thanks a I.ot f o r your cooperation M r . Neil]., . $9,--hare. is ' .a" .chance boys . f o r . t h a t WIRDITO .HEAR ,STATION CFNB, and it i s expected every n~mber ' possib3.e - w i l l r e p o r t . Arranged 'by B i l l Stone.

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A s p e c i a l DX Program which should have appeared on t h e f r o n t page, bu t was misla id when t h a t page was made up. Anyway being a top the freq f r o l i c page it ~kmH-k%seen by every one and l e t every one repor t .

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D WAAT ~ e w a r k N . J . 970 kc NNEC & NZDXA 4:00 - 6200 ABa *

W This wiLI. be a specia l DX Program dedicated t o the Newark fl and the New Zealarlcl DX Assn, Manager Roland Trenchard wonts P t s , so address therii t o him, You r,iight hzve t h i s s ta t ion al - ready v e r i f i e d , b u t . l e t u s tune i n and r e p o r t a s r e p o r t s tlean r e s u l t s , -

5L0 CBK Watrous, Sask hrd 1:40 AM with rnsgs t o Far North ( ~ e f t y cooper) 550 CFNE Fredericton, N.B, v e r i e rec f ron r p t 11/21 hrd 5t30-5:45 AM

when VJGHls c a r r i e r Carrie on. VS D Malcolm Nei l1 ( dge) Denver ,Col.o i s easy behind VlrIND frora 2-3AM ( ( ~ e f t y B

"Sal t LLke City checks 1 s t MON 4:L5-4:30, vs C \Fiendell Bel1,c.e. --- * QRA 29 50. S t a t e S t , Zone I. ( ~ i c h o l s - ~ e f t y - ~ c l r t h o l o m e w )

5'75 *.., Beacon krd here s igning call flYF" i n CW ev 2 min ,ve r i f i ed ( l e f ty ) 648 ..., Limoges,France hrd 11/21 a t 5t45PMYpoor s i g . docsnt put tn the

s i g n a l Lyons d i d when on t h i s frequency urnh ham-~assachusetts) 630 FQN Radio S a i n t Pierre-Daily 7:30-8Ah~l EST and spe i a L p o g r a p every

,aTe Has c a l l l e t t e r g I s t o n e l Tius T;F8SiT~"Z1-diiT~k?g!! 6kstmg R?c in French ng, r cp poorT?gha

900 CKBI

920 KFPY 930 CJCA 960 CFAC 970 WAAT

1077 . , . , 1150 CHSJ

1240 WJNC WSSV KCOK

1270 CJCB

1300 WJDX 1340 WLAK

A Portuguese hrd here 11/20 a t 6:25-7~~1 S/off.Popular dance music 6:45-7 with clock s t r i k i n g hour and National Hnthem which sounds l i k e B r a s i l i a n Anthem (~urnharn) Strong c a r r i e r with code hrd he re 11/20 & 21 a t 5:45PM-7PM. sent l e t t e r s U G F G f l over & over, what say Van,hny he lp(~urnham) Prince klbert ,$ask hrd 2-2:30AM 11/25 with amgtuer hour , s ta ted it was regul-ar f e a t u r e every Saturday night tone) Bpokane,Wash s/off a t 3 AM i n cLear (Van Voorhees-Flushing N Y Edmonton, h l t a hrd n i t e l y L:OU-2305 s /o f f , Some ruse-Lefty Calgary, Alta sked i s 8: 15 (SUN 9 : 4 5 $ - 2 ~ ~ ) 3AM/ Johenns) Newark M J Remember DX on Dec 7 t h fro111 4-6 AM Report. S t Johns Nfld hrd n i t c l y , b e s t 5:30-6:30 PM,nice s l g . u urn ham) A F R S - E S ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Santo,Nevi Hebrides; QRA S/SGT Ednund Dinsmore, APO 708 $ P.M. San Francisco,Cal, 1 KWI ( ~ i c h o ~ s - ~ u s t a f s o n ) San dobas t ian , jpa in hrd 11/18-19-20 and hrd as ec r ly as 4:15 t o 6PM s/off wlth cl.ock s t r i k i n g , c a l l c l e a r l y hrC end announ- cers l a s t words a r e W i v i Franco-Vivi Espanatl (~usnham) Strong Portuguese here 1.1/18 f r o n 5:30 t o fade o u t 6:15 PIG, speaker with loud cheers and applause, urnh ham) Bordeaux,France hrd 11/21 a t 5245 PM with r~usic u urn ham) 8t Johns N,B not hrd a t 5AM here y e t ( l e f t y ) Hrd 5:15 one AIbl and a t 5 AN next morning. (Johanns) / ti urn ham) MontpiZier,France hrd 11/21, a t 5:45, Sane pro as Bordeaux, Unident i f ied TA here 11./20-21 around 5 :45PM, poor s i g . u urn ham) Adelz.ide,hust wi1.l not be on f o r DXes as were l i s t e d , accord- ing t o i n f o rec f r o n ADXHC., scy no proof 5KA can reach u 3 ( ~ s t s o : ' Jacksonvile , N C t e s t ed AMs,hrd 11/23/24/25 V~nVoorhees- ohznns, Petersbur Va t e s t e d 11/25 3-3:15. KCOK h r 6 i n back(Vanvoorh~es ~ u l a r e . ~ o ! ? ~ o w n e d by Herr~lan Anderson of Kingsburg Cal and She]"- don W (son) is mgr, MBS-Don Lee 1st day was O c t 19th (Johanns) San Antonio,Tex F/c 2nd TUE8 5-5:15; 3ked 7-2AM. E.E. Case i s nmtr engineer. (Johanns) Ouce,hlwcys t h e sallle Dew sir; We do not ca r ry DX t e s t prograns we discarded such t e s t s i n the e ~ . r l y 3uf s, Amen says I (s tone) Jackson,Miss i s i n c l e m 12:02-12:05 AM Week-da s,R-8 ( ~ e f t y ) Lakeland,Fla F/C 2nd FEI 2:50-3.Sked 6(6un 6:30 -12:05AM. W P Lee i s C.E. (Johanns)

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KCS CALL IXEXARKS 1350 CFGP Grande ~ r a i r i k , ~ l t a hrC on reg sked Sun 1-1:30Pbl @ruse) 1380 KGVO Yissoula,kiont has no r e g FJC. Checked on reg sked, info rec f r 0 ~ .

hlerriL1 F Chzpin, Tech Gup~cvisor . ( ~ 1 blaley) l 4 O O WRW Augustn.tie hrd 4 th EON F/C 5:30-5:45 A31 r ruse)

Fm17K VWheelelng,Vi Va hrd 4th MON F/C 5-5:30 BY (JSruse) KNAK S a l t Lake Lity i s on till 4:30 A& SUI$;F/C ev MON 2-3 AM ( ~ e f t y ) WCBM Bzltimore,Ud sized i s 6 ~ 3 0 AM t o UDT Vueekdays ( ~ e f t y ) WJAC Johstov;n, 1% sliecl i s 7-12: 05 AM ~eekc iays ( ~ e f ty) VJHO Opelika, bls checks 4th o r l s s t SAT 4:33-5 AN ( ~ e f t y ) CJSO Corel,Que 100 w h t t s ct prtsent,Sked 7: SUN 11) -9: 30 PB1 (Johanri W N E X Macon,Oa now on &ST, t e s t s only occas. Bked 6-12:30 AM (~ohanns)

1450 . % Ritimond 19,Va Broad Grece Arcade Bldg. Geo W ~ c G u i g a n c . e(I[ohnr- -tYindsor, N .B. $/on 5: 56 play%ng "Oh Caned&" hrd 11/26 but WFMJ

cauc on and ruined then. Began v,ith LOO v ~ t t s on 11/13 and sked s ~AE(SUN 9:30)-~PM and guess they w i l l DX f o r u s (stone) indsor,N,B, hrd s/on 5:55 A N 11/20-21,excellent s igna l s till ther c z r r i s r s cane on a t 6 AM (~u rnhaa )

V!&,SK L ~ f a y e t t e , Ind tes ted 11/19 3-3:3.0. Announced as F / c ( v ~ ~ Voorhec "'RPOR Portland, Tdie will s t a r t operotions in ezr ly 1946 (D Cooper

Hrd 11/21 a t 5:30 Pa. Ex sig. BBC news a t 5:45 PM ( ~ u r n h z n 1490 P E I X Colunbia, S.C. F/C weekly 2240-2:50. hpts t o Prs Betty

WKIX Good news f o r the boys. Hlta S i b b i t t forner engineer of V'XIX took e l l her reports with her to v e r i f as soon 3s she can. 1s

.rd=-* .48t.-.&n-aEsL~noradn, Fla st prusent (Nicholsf . - , . Clearfield, Pa a new station,AirpXane Be Marine Instrunents Xnc

w -- - "rtnl : omeTs, has 250 watts power, (Vnn Voorhees & D Cooper)

e' KVAL Broymsvilld, Texm the new c a l l for KEEW ( D Cooper) ! . ~ ~ ~ ' S u M s t ~ t v n J Pa new stntion, Central Brclg Co. (D Cooper) 1540 KXEL Waterloo,Ie Brd 11/27, 3hr Eng Delight t e s t tlll 4 ~ 4 8 k ~ ( ~ o h a n n s )

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C , - BALPH JOHANNG-BUFFALO N Y 12/28 snc?. i t s roir;Sing.since yes-terdsy and so the 9 inches of snow i s nezr ly gone md so I s ciy DX fever even with 42 r p t s ou t The slomr r ep l i e s dont add no irZestlr but sec o t h e r s done f a re any better, i t s a shane with a11 thqse nice new stanys o u t Lao. 11/25 Hrd 4:40-5:XO on 590 and no cell., test, possibly Cuba, 11/23 H r C WJNC a t 3AU first,then again 11/24 ' t i l l . 4:19 o f f s ~ y i n g retuyn n t 3. AM 11/25, they did till 3:05 but cone back on again l a t e r . 11/25 WBBV hrC t c s t 3:OP,also KTOC al.so WJNC.

1 11/26 took KARM on 1430 in c l ea r 2:40-3:03 8/off; MHKY on 1290 S/off 5:19 test, for follovr up, then CHSJ i n cl.ear on 1150 s/oh 5-6 when CKOC s/on (it has nice progran) T ~ E B i l l dtonc) O h yes WDkD tes ted cgain wi th River- head a t ZAM(~O ve r i e yet) W T U i n c lea r a t 6AU with news, nlso rubbcr stamp ve r i e ; 11/28 HeZd urabrella over antenna but no go for CKLN and a f t e r ice- cicle f e l l and near ly pu$ brains beck used 20 f t Ph i l ~ ~ i c h o l s spec ANT and

. , go t S t P i e r r e in ibliquelon'boosting NRC, believe i t or not. I wonder i f C W E ' s t i l l sends re6 pencil OK ver ie on repor t out? WLAP not c?nsnerel n ice DX ir:

reply l e t t e r of 10/21$ NNEX rep l ied f ~ i ~ d i ~ t e l y h l s o pro senk and appre- c i a t e a l l r p t s by C.E.; GlO,card ve r i e for 9/23 on 100 v r e t t zux t e s t f o r 3 W KoLisar,c.e. ; WLEE classy l e t t e r head(just Like WITH) by c .e . CJEna a card verLe by N Gagnon fo r lO/Z4 DX; CFAC progran- le t t e r -ca r for bl/l5 DX WXALT Long hsnd i n green pencil by Henry B Kesrney Jr c . e . ex WJKVM-\VRAK- PaFF-WGA-IVkLKH-WFBC-!YVAb! no wonder i t took hin so long. KCOK by Sheldon VJ Anderson,mgr; nfAC by E E Case, c . e , zl.so pro. Howard Davis i s owner; CJSO n i c e Z e t t e ? 2nd l i s t of 30 reporters ,nearly 21.L NRC(vihere a r e t he others?) F+iflFX by IVm P Lee, c.e. znd nice l e t t e ~ ~ a l s o WaVh f o r 20th anniversary r p t , W?'fXX by A C Kibler, c.e. Pop is burning, 3 get FCM on a S i lve r tone and hia w4- th a big 23 tube Sco t t anC all he gets is a lot of noise. Yep Yep Yep,

So the boys viant to know how come Nichols znd D Cooper aye not NRC Members?

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The folf.owing i s a l e t t e r received by your Edi tor from Mr. R A Reagh, C,h, of S t a t i o n CJOC. I very much r e g r e t t o inform you t h a t owing t o circum-

s tances beyond my con t ro l , CJOC was unable t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n your DX Broad- c a s t of Nov l 9 1945, I should l i k e t o po in t out however,$hat we s h a l l be only too glad t o be on your next s e r i e s , The club c e r t a i n l y i s we l l organ- ized and I am a f r a i d we dissappointed many DXers, However,we w i l l be on t a p next time with a bang up program f o r you. Wishing you and the Club,not t o f o r g e t B i l l Stone and Ernes t Cooper, t h e best of luck f o ~ the f u t u r e , Please accept my s i n c e r e s t apologies but I assure you w e could n o t he lp it.

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R ~ I L ~ D I N G GUSTAFSQIOCRD ILL TP DX has tapered off somewhat. ilot a s good as i t was i n October, T h e , l a s t p a r t of Oct found t h e following coming th ru very good here; 2CR-W-2C0-3YA-5CL-2BL-4QS-2YH+YAA4QG-S,QHt+2GZ-2KY-2CA* 3LK-2NZ-2NA-lZB-WVUR-3GL. Of these 1ZB'on 1.070 lccs has been drett jr good he re l a t e l y a t t imes almost as good as I Y A . l0/28 3GI was Ei-8 Q-5. An amaz- ing s i g n a l from t h i s Aussie. Much b e t t e r than most west coas ters . Received a v e r i e from IVMUR,!Vew Hebrides, He s t a t e s t h a t as f o r mine i s most d i s t a n t r e p o r t verkfied but I n o t i c e seve ra l e a s t coas t DXers have logged him la%- e l y a s t h a t record wont stand. (QRA i n Freq F r o l i c s ) TO THOIwlAS-What f r e q i s VU2ST loca ted on, n o t i c e you logged him, Can anyone t e l l me the s i l e n t time of WIND on 560 kcs .????? SGT JOHN H WILLARD 37345203 Rec 10/20 DX NEWS which included t h e list of Det & 4025 Sig Serv Gp AFNS and have t h e following cor rec t ions and G D 25 Team addi t ions . ADD WVTE-1420 kcs San Fernando AP0 '70 $ Postmaster La Union, P.L. ( ~ o r t h e r n ~ u z o n ) ADD WVTI San ,Fr.ancisco, Ca l i f . 1380 kcs Cebu City, Cebu,P,I. ADD XNEW- &?? i n Chu'nking, China. The l i s t shows WVTA on 1320 was l o c a t e d - a t Flnsch- a v e n ( ~ a s e F) 60 miles nor th of Lae. V.rVTA had the t r a n s c r i p t i o n l i b r a r y f o r all. the AFR s t a t i o n s i n New Guinea. X verif ied them with t h e gang a t WVTE, here i n San Fernando, a s they were t h e or iginal , s t a f f of WVTA a n d - t h e trans- mitter here was t h e o r i g i n a l WVTA xmtr, Also informed me t h a t A.F.R. i s no longer O p e r a t i n g any s t a t i o n s i n New Guinea. Their opera t ion was turned over t o t h e Information & Education sec t ions of t h e r e spec t ive bases..They sti1.l c a r r y on with the same prograns,but are operat ing on l e s s power. If t h e r e w s s a s t a t i o n a t Aitope i t was operated by t h e Austral.ian Armlenities Service a s t h a t became an Austral-ian base n o t long a f t e r t h e beach-head was es tab l i shed , I was the re i n January and about t h e ~ o n l y Yank i n s t a l a t i o n s l e f t was t h e Air Transport Command a t t h e a i r s t r i p . JODK-970 kcs Cen t ra l .Braadcasting Co,, Korea, s/on 0630; $/off 2230. English programs a t 0800 and -21.00 ( p h i l i p p i n e time) Radio Rsngoori 25 meter band Headquarters Radio MumbercOne area . l iorth e a s t Asia Command. They a r e asking f o r .reports, ' w i l l . r e p l y by v e r i e and acknowledgement over the a i r a t 2345 Phi l ippine time. Hrd from 2300-2400 s /of f on 12/1.3./45, Trying t o g e t more i n f o on XNE% 5s Chunking; KZCM-Manila; Rad io Saigon and XEOB somehhere i n China, ( O K ' J ~ C ~ and l e t s hope you too w i l l be coming back t o t h i s s i d e very soon-Pop) MICHAEL.LEPPANEN -JR-CHICAGO-ILL Seems t h a t t h e NRC has now one new member. My DXing was l i m i t e d t o occasional. s p u r t s of a c t i v i t y i n 1941 & 1942. A t that time I used a souped up RCA model 801 vintage of about 1929) which didl q u i t e weJ.1 f o r i t s e l f considering 1ocal. i . t~ and li'mi'ted' antennas. Veri- f ied.some ,250 bcb s t a t i o a s mos t ly t h e 250 watt peanut w h i s t l e s i n USA,not caring t o i n v e s t ' in ' psstage t o Canada-Cuba-8,A.-Lle$ e tx . When the war came i t in te r rup ted DX,. at any s a t e I arn a civlXian again and in tend t o g e t back i n t o t h e groove i n a 1-irnited s o r t of way. Not d e s i r i n g t o inve s t $200. p lus in a new rece ive r 1 am now accumulating hard t o g e t p a s t s f o r a new r ece ive r , which- takes care of the r ece ive r s i t u a t i o n , but 1-ooking over a . copy of DX !JEWS X f i n d many c a l l s t h a t a r e rcal1.y s t r a n g e r s t o me, Alsa miss a f r e q check l i s t , any he lp would be g r e a t l y apprec'iated, Have y e t t o f ind a Broadcast.ing Year Book but will g e t one and wi3.l undoubted1.y bo of gome ass i s t ance , (OK blichaef, as 1 s a i d - i f no g a r i n Chgo I. w i l l g e t it) .

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, y ~ ~ ~ y $ i ~ b ~O'R$~<B~&@OKD' nzlAs6, Elo ' l u c k . qn C K B ~ , here, $00 darn warm 50 degr ces qt , 2 : 30 .AM and down t o 34 ai:9AM. Reports ou t t o WISR,on DX and CFNB who r1,ow , s / o n - a t 5:30 AM.'CF&B ,$/on a t 5:55puer WfiDC; W J N C t e s t i n g 2322-2545 am f o r eqipptment' 'test.5 . and asking f o r r p t s , XERB-WMHC very good here 6:30 AM' and a t 6:45 a combination of CJI,S-V./EZill w r e ~ h them., Also hrd WLOK-WEED- WKWK on reg sked., t'ho w6s t e s t i n g on 11k_40, wlth hil.1. bil.3.y. bal.1.ad "Born to I,osetr, behind ImlD'C. from 2:09-2:19 s / o f f , Sa.id they v~ould be back a t ?AM on reg .s,ked. WISR f a ' i r her.c,with u couple announcements from KABC louder . A l l

.hrd ,3.1'/22. Verie f r o m UBC.on 680 kcs sa id they were using about 9000 W when I repor ted t h ~ i s , s i g , Also v e r i e from IVLAT t o make my 750 t h s t a t i o n . .

v e r i f i e d . hepor ts ou t t,o WLBJ-ViirASK-WOOD.-WGTC-CFAB* V&AT by H 5 Hanks, c;. e. a l s o dups f r o n K~CD-IW, ly map shows WMRF only about 55 miles f rom t h e n e w Cbearf ie ld , Pa.' on. 1490, p r e t t y cl.ose,al.so Johnstown Pa a new one on 1490' kc. CFAB on t h e a i r l l / l 5 according t o Brozdcasting, (15@ l e f t ) J0SEPH.DE ROSA-ST CHAPL;ES IvIO W J N C hrd on f / c on 3-1/23 R-7; WPAG logged thru WDZ who i s a Xocal here at 5x15 EM a t s /of f on 11/22; CFGP was a r e a l DX program--lauded NRC and reail DX b u l l e t i n - 4 - 5 s i g t h a t was Q-4 and no fade, My congrats t o B i l l Stone f o r t h i s and o ther Canadian DX. I f he g e t s a DX out of CJCS and CICSYS I w i L l be pleased, CJSO vms very weak,faded badly & was qrmed the,Ll+OO xs t ry . Attention ~ ~ i c h o l s - K ~ B & hrd on 11/11 banging in R-6 but d ~ w n t o Q-2,he seems t o $/on a t 5AM EST, WGRC logged 11/7 f o r dub- ious ca tch a s I never v e r i f i e d him i n Ky, WJPA a much sought f o r sig,hrd on el-ection n i t e 11/7 and v e r i f i e d with personal l e t t e r from 2 announcers. WAS hrd same AM th ru WJPA qrm and v e r i f i e d today with n i c e l e t t e r i n 1-ong hand from G.E,; WLEE hrd a t s/on a t 6AM with VJrVlFJ-WB(I0H qrm and considered a r e a l ca tch a t t h i s area f o r t h a t hour, Canal Zone AFRS hrd 11/6 and ver i - f$ed by personal l e t t e r from t h e Major. WHYN another much sought a f t e r sig grd on reg monthly f / c of 11/3 ,ver i f ied with QSL card; CJEM brd on NRC DX of L 0 / 2 4 very weak a t times,faded bad ly ,a l l N,B,-N,S, and QUE s i g n a l s of 250 wat ts a r e r a r e catches a t th i s QRA, KCOK hrd on r e g sked and many times on t e s t , v e r i f i e d with nice l e t t e r ; KALL hrd on s /o f f and no ve r i e ; WlDJF on a test 10 /2 l ,ve r i f i ed with f b letter; WJOL hrd 10/17 a t s/on which is no fea t considering our QRAS* (OK J o e and very n i c e t o g e t your r epor t ) ENS LLOYD E STARBEES 6 S AUGUST BgL1,lONT Rec about 5 bu1.l.ctins before I

o POSTMASTER NEW YOHK CITY, M.Y. l e f t t he s t a t e s and have spent Chc ].st week ou t a t sea,cotching up on some of t h e i n f o and t h e doings of the r e s t of the gang, Kinda brushed up on my French when I was i n t h i s l a s t time as w e a r e now cnroute t o Marse i l l e s (OK on the pos t cards) My bcb 1s- n t as sharp as my name ( ~ i 1Vheel.cr) My brother and I a r e both Chief R/O i n the Maritime Service and I g o t t h e g r e a t e s t thr i l l . of my whole career . I knew h i s c a l l and t h a t he was due back from the Mediterrean soon, so I opened up on 530 kcs,witb a c a l l t o h i s sh ip and when I ever hrd, him QSL.

, I almost fo rgo t t h a t we were gabfes t ing on t h t I n t D i s t r e s s f r eq , so every n igh t ws hold QS0 on H.F, a t a t h e present time wc arc about 2000 mi les opar t . Ycs.Radio suee -has made t h i s a small world. But I r e a l i z e t h i s DX doesnt count in t h a t BCE Contest znd me with a DXers paradisc,a r ad io shak on a Liberty? Have an RCA r ece ive r t h a t s t h e b e s t I t v e evcr seen o r heard and then t h e r e i s j u s t t h e opposi te , wc have a S ,o t t , tha t covers the bcb 81.- r ight ,bud i t s about a s sensitive as my f o o t , i t opcrz tes i n conjunction with a vibrator(ta1k about your GIrs being po l r l t happy-only.1 g o t i t fron T i l ing th6 p o i n t s on t h a t v i b r a u n i t ) fii Well j u s t wanted you f e l l o w s . t o know i s t i l l have as g r e a t an i n t e r e s t i n t h i s hobby of ours and hope t o be around f e r the next meeting up Bar t ford way, Would very much l i k e t o hear from any of the fe l lows who are flHAhISU (OK Lloyd and l o t d of good I.uck t o you and we wil.1. be 1,oolcing f o r you up Hartford way and how-POP) JE;S,SE "3BTTAVJN-HQLTON , K A N Havent tilae t o viri tc much but I ' m on my way horn€. durc hope t o s t a r t DXing again soon. The cXub su re i s tops and I. 'can say a!.]. t h c fcJ.lows a r e princes! sure hope t a see you all. sort~eday.(~well.-POP)

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Thomra s 2000 2 0 ~ 0 L i p p i n c o t t 941. 1.150 Johanns 510 510 Becker 1526 1550 ,Ualey 927 987 All.en - 412 1264 Botzum 1415 1518 Edge 901 901 Duggan . 407 634 Bartholornew 1385 1464 Maguire 900 3.350 Kernod1.e 400 470 Reill-ey 1325 1418 C l a r i u s 831 939 G a b r i e l 400 880 Simmonds 1268 1.372 Kruse 779 984 Brown 397 1125 Nichols 1247 1257 Uatson 777 975 S u l l i v a n 317 317

. . Page 1158 1158 14orss 726 800 Ol ive r 285 551 -Gar such 1139 1139 Wnl-b~idge. 667 792 BlanchaBd 273 273 D Cooper 1.079 1079 Susoreny 636 852 Spencer 163 163 E Cooper 1066 1066 Bruce 600 950 Sa1.ing 163 163 'S tee le 1042 lIl4 Vjhee1,er 584 10% Wynan 131 680 Horton 956 956 . Bris tow 5 4 350 Craig 124 562 Stone 954 954 Van Voorhees 527 527 S t a p l e s 112 492

Burnha~i 515 813 Well boys t h e r e i s your l i s t . Next l i s t of stanciings w i l l be publ i shed

i n t h e January 5 1944 i s s u e so have your l a t e s t s t and ings i n t o Frank Vlheel- er R Il 7 % - T J Schwartz, E r i e , Pa n o t l a t e r than December 29 3.945.

,PHIL NICHOLS-E HARTFORD COUN Only DX s i n c e l a s t r e p o r t , Sun Afdi 11/25 on coming home from work,found K S A I corliing t h r u weakly 6:12-6:42 AM and g o t o f f a f a i r r e p o r t , 0verwhel.ned wi th 6 v e r i e s al.1 i n one week as follows;- CHUM wi th DEFINITE VEHIE ( ~ i pop) on las t h a l f hour program 4:30-5PM on 11/17 t h r u ViNH,by r e t u r n m a i l ; WKIX swell. l e t t e r and v e r f e f o r l a s t f a l l r e p o r t from A l t a E S i b b i t t who i s now i n Xslamorada,Florida e v i d e n t l y re- couperat ing f r o n a bus acc iden t . Says she took a l l h e r o ld r e p o r t s wi th her a f t e r checking them and w i l l g e t o u t v e r i e s even tua l ly , so dont g i v e up hope boys, KUTA swe l l persona l l e t t e r f r o n c .e , G . Emde1.l Bell . who s a y s t h e i r r e g FfC is on 1st MON 4:15-4:30 MI EST and t h a t a e r i a l i s d i r e c t k o n a l t h e r ea son f o r poor s i g n a l i n eas t ; CJSO wi th t h e i r swe l l l e t t e r and program dope and p r i n t e d card v e r i e f r o n CSEbl t o make my t o t a l now 1247. The b e s t ver ie of a1.l w a s xec fro^ WVUR d i r e c t , ERA and signer i n Freq Frolics. IS a member of t h e Mosquito Network c o n s i s t i n g of 3 AFR s t a t i o n s , a l l us ing 1.KVb' WVUR on 1450 kc; Cuadacanal on 690; and Iyournea on 975 kcs. Ed Dinsmore the s i g n e r hai3.s frorn Boston and s a i d my r e p o r t was absol.ute1.y c o r r e c t ariuBhthei: bog, also t h e f u r t h e s t d i s t a n c e ever r epo r t ed t o them, prev ious ly Hi ld ing Gustafson of I11 he ld t h a t record. Sen t n o t on ly h i s pe r sona l f u l l page l e t t e r v e r i f y i n g r e c e p t i o n and t o l l i n g me about t h e s t a t i o n bu t a l s o t h e i r regul-ar pkbh&ed form s h e e t v e r i f y i n g , and a sl ieet from l o c a l AES newspaper wi th p i c t u r e of s t a t i o n s t a f f and a r t i c l e on t h e AES s t a t i o n s , o t h e r s i d e wi th an a r t i c l e of t h e n a t i v e l i f e t h e r e and a p i c t u r e of a n a t i v e family . Suggests my t ey ing f o r Numea and G~adacanal , . Had a very weak c a r r i e r on 690 t h i s AM 3-1/25 j u s t before d a y l i g h t bu t cou ldn t ampli fy i t enough. Hey Pop Why n o t t r y a c o r r e c t r e p o r t t o CHUM if you want a ver ie . iAt tent3-on MaZey) Hi. Onllyh ho ld o u t s now WLEE-WMAJ & KErLL, ( ~ a y b e so-Maybe so, b u t CHUN a t l e a s t answersd, why n o t t r y a good r e g o r t on WLEE, mine back i n 7 dzys and s igned by George W I\IcGuigan, CtE. a very s w e l l l e t t e r head-HA) BOB SPENCJ3R-BUFFALO N,Y.No sign of CFGP here. WIGR DX h r d complete, Dick does a s w e l l job a t t h c mike. WPTF blocked o u t t h e i r s / o f f . Rpts o u t t o YVlSR-WSB-CFRB. The l a t t e r h r d flThe Hermits Caven a t 1.0PM a S U N Program fea- t u r i n g werid s t o r i e s . Veries i n from VDYC an8 ldSON. 11/26 Cot up f o r Ber- muda then remembered it ~JVELS DEC 2, KGW on 620 coming i n low bu t i n c l e a r ti].], they s /off a t 4AM. Not rmch DX t h i s week, had n i c e thanksgiving tho. dope a l l of you boys u id a l s o . (OK Bob a swell one hero, & st i1. l f e l t good) TUES 1l./2'7 a t Noon hed a long d i s t a n t phone cal l . from our good p a l and mem- ber , Leo Hers who i s back i n V i r g i n i a frou, overseas , sounded swel l . (pop)

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AL BARTHOLOMEW-CORNING N Y KUTA w i 1 3 . not DX account of having a F/C. WKIX say they 'have F/C EV NQN k r & c ; l i x $ B 2~40-2250 but have no audib le sotnd jus t xrntr,.is on, nothing e l s e , WLAT ve r i f i ed my r p t from AU u s t by l e t te r by H L Hanks, c,e, Rec a r e p l y from Armed Forces Hndio Serv f ce in LOS h- gel& 'who a,re no t i n t e r e s t e d i n rece iv ing l i s t e n e r s r p t s from wi th in the s t a t e s . c ross t h a t source o f f f o r AFRS, Rec l e t t e r from Norbourne E Smith ac t ing ch of Cent ra l Pac Operations i n HonoluZu, I sent him r p t s on K S A I & IWUR i n New Hebrides, here i s h i s r e p l y . Thanks you very much f o r

- y ~ u r l e t t e r of Oct 24 and aceompaning recep t ion of KSAI and the s t a t i o n i n E s p i r i t u $cnto. =A1 i s a 5O KW broadcast xmtr ovmed & operated by t h e US G~vernment~brohdcas t ing programs on a beam t o Japan.and S.E. Asis i n the ZangOag~s of those count r ies . Your r ecep t ion i s hereby v e r i f i e d and 1 re- g r e t ' t o adviseVthat we a r c unable t o g ive yo3 zn a f f i rma t i ' h on t h e sta- t i o n a t E s p i r i t u Santb. Sinde t h i s organiza t ion has no connection with t h e AFRS, the' opera tors .of t h i s s t a t i o n , w e are forwarding your l e t t e r t o t h o Infornat ion "and Education Sect ion of the AFRS i n Honmlulu f o r t h e i r ac t ion . DX Has been CotEBn and only new xatch s i n c e CJSO was VUNC t e s t i n g FRI RM- CJSO easy here and swell. l e t t e r , w i t h v e r i e and l i s t of r epor te r s . CKOV not so easy here, g o t a few t i t l e s . Couldnt hear CKBI nor CJOC, One of worse AMS was on WISR who were 11-9 but s t a t i c w s s R-10 Re'ported anyway, n a t u r z l l y nothing onCFCP, lVot too many r p t s ou t b u t hope t o bear new ones. KALL & P m not answered, s e n t VJKVM a fo1.l.o~ u p , CLARENCE BURNBUJ-GLOUCESTER .MAQG The ?'As are beginning t o show up t h i s l a s t -. week, EAJ-8 on 1063 kc i s the h s t one hrd almost n i t e l y , Also hrd coming on t h e ~ i r around 2AM but s i g i s much weaker, On 722 kc* the Portuguese vfas d e f i n i t e l y hrd t o Snnounce a s CSX on 11/23.at 6~M(Van Voorhees had t h i s one r i g h t ) EAS-7 hrd l.l/24 on 1022 kc from 5~40-6:23 Phi s / o f f , Announces as "Radio Nacional de Espanon man & woman announcers. BBC on 1474 has an ex- . .. c e l l e n t sig herepeasy t o log , WJMC hrd 11/24 a t 3:19 AM t e s t i n g , a l s o on 25th a t 1:30 and s a i d dedica t ion t h e 26th. WxSf- a t 8PM. Vho s/off a t 3M on 1.400, a l s o 2 o ther s t i l l on reg programs, A t 3-3:06 news,then swing S h i f t . Is t h i s KNAK?? V,rSes . i n from CFNB-CJCS-WKtVF-CJSO (n ice l e t t e r ) and r e p o r t s o u t t o WDAD-WLE~-WJMC-VOC~I-PJ~C~ PTT-CSX-EAJ-8-EAJ-7, New s e t has s e l e c t i v i t y and gain,should bc able t o boost the o ld log now, FRANK WHEELER-ERIE PA k t much DXing a t t h i s end of the I.ine a s I didnt wfmt t o wake t h e baby, I only DX when she wakes m e up i n t h e wee hours of t h e mornings, 'so hzve missed a I.ot of DXing, J u s t rec a n i c e v e r i e from CJEM on Specia l DXo Have r e p o r t s out t o CKCH-KOTA f o r t h e i r 2nd DX. Was surpr ised t o f i n d myself i n 6 t h pl.ace i n the bcb contes t . Next t i m e I ex- pect t o be near the bottom, Tr3.ed f o r CJOC but no g ~ , a l s o Tor KOVO but the re W E ~ S too much s t a t i c . Uidnt g e t up f o r CKBI, Tr ied f o r CFGP bu t could- n t g e t them. Baby woke me a t 6:05 ao missed \VISR. They a r e a l o c a l here , GRANT BATSON-WEdTFIELD M Y Yep f agree v e r i e s are sl.ow, CHUU-V3IEX--VfHN was aJ.1. I go t 12st week. WHN cleans up one, of the pages. . O h yes VJMAJ a swell. one and CJSO v e r i e t h o t i s a honey, Reports o u t t o CKRZ t h ru bad s t a t i c CFGP was r e a l l y tough but f i n a l l y got them, WLSR w ~ s s w e l l and Rick sounded natural., but s t a t i ~ ~ p r e t t y bad, a l s o WCAL on 770 kc comple te ly covered WJZ 8~55-9110 Phi, 11/23 o t WJNC as per Licks t i p over WISR; '1.1/24 VlrTOP and WJRS 3.3.125 r e a l l y went t o town and g o t CJOC l:30-2:04 s/off; VJLEE at. s/on 6:29- 7:00 md d id a good Job covering \W?DC. lVorv f o r l n s t , KGU o n 760 2:10-3AN s o l i d tho fading a b i t a t times but Q-4 R 7-9, WJZ p r e t t y s t rong on 770, tr) t h i s one f o r s l o p over i f you th ink CFAC was bad. (CBR supposed t o be

-, on 3.153 but CSVI i s on 900 kcs novi)(&laybe .it wcs CJBR?) Also t r i e d fo r 5KA but guess i t was too e a r l y i n morning. XEJP on 1150 playing American pop- u i : i ~ records a t 3Abl Q4 b9 but l a t e r QRMed;&g heavy Spick on 1030 doing w e l l on vo:.um. Fred said hc got 2nd harrnonic of ViLki': or1 1.400 kc, s o do I much t o my d i squ i s t , causes some QRM and a&rnsx use less ~nonents of l i s t e n i n g , n ~ k e s you th ink t h e r e i s a new one. ( ~ e t t e r g e t some good s e t s boys)

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.S/ISGT AL MALEY-PIGELAND FAI&S N Y Sa t n i t e while l is ten$ng t;o CFRB ann- ouncer mentioned t h a t s t a t i o n s CFDC,Dawson City and CFWIJ,V!hite H o r s e were joining tho network for* the 1st time t h a t night . Whats the dope.(looks as i.f you have i t ~ l ) WISH OW on DX but plenty of QRM,hrd Dick play Spike Jo- nes f o r "Long Hair11 and am thinking of su& g him fo r defamation of charac- 4 ter . Requested Tschaikowski and g o t Spike ones,thats Like s u b s t i t u t i n g beer f o r champagne. 11/16 wiPG coming thru 1340 mess H 8-9 a t l:Q9, ( ~ o r d - eaux??); Limages on 648 coming i n with li 4-8 s i g s playing American record- ings, Hpt out t o WJNC messing up 1240 on eyuipt t e s t s at 2:30,terr ible sig but bad hum and occasional break i n program. KGIW over WNOE on 2:30-3 AM reg l a s t MON t e s t ; KNAK checking 3-3:30 with R 3-7 s ig ; WMLT on F/C a t 2:30 WINK a t 2240 under WJNC, S ta t ion s/off 570 kc at 4AM playing When Day i s Done on organ,is t h i s KNTR? TAs real1.y booming i n , pa r t i cu l a r ly l.474-977, a l tho 1.149 was covered up by R-8 XEJP; XEQR seems t o be running a l n i t e on 1030,looks l i k e my 1460 Cuban was CMCQ a f t e r sl.1, acc Bob Duggan,rpt out, They seem t o s/off around 2204 da i ly , Dont forget t o l i s t e n t o CMHB 1i /30 a t 3 and also 12/20 at 3 with an Xrnas program fo r a l l . This Cuban v e r i f i e s by a i rmai l and a 250 w a t t Cuban i s n t t o be sneezed a t , r p t s t o Alberto Ruiz Sanchez, You can wr i t e k p t s i n English as secre tary understands,although Sanchez doesnt, Tried the Form Spick l e t t e r on XEJP ~ . n d g o t a n i f t y letter- head s e r i e promptly,nust be OK. Other ver ies from CJEn;l-VJRHI-cards WdNC & WVUJ l e t t e r s , l a t t e r i n I.onghand(~reen pencil too??) Epts out t o WLEE-WDAD- Y&RN -RW\IF-KWR-KGML-VIIISR-WJNC-HJAN -TIPC-CW-CMCD-CIVIJK-ChTCH-CMCK-C JKL-mRB- XEHL-CMCK and Lmmoges 648, Veries now total. 963 out of 1002 hrd. WRHI card says new F/C sked every MON 2:55-3:05, TO LEFTY How about t rying f o r DX from KUJ-KELA?? Bet a l o t . o f boys could use then, I z l so re-enl-isted f o r a year and now fo r a 45 day furlough, plenty of DX next month & hal@??? LEN .KRU$E-DUBUQUE I A Rec a n i c e 1/2 doz drinking g l r s s e s from CHUbf, h e t o Last minute changes a t work was unable to . l , i s t en i n on CFGP and WISR which was cer ta in t o be a good show. Sorry Dick, Bu t you can be sure t h a t I w i l l bo up on 11/28 fo r super duper from CKLN and FQN, Hrd WJNC & t e s t i n g 23-24- 25th and i s a new one. Even missing CFGP I did bog it S U N AM 1-1:30 and the same date ll/25 I logged CJCA with reg sked 1:30-2:07 s /o f f . T h i s too i s hrd n i t e l y so a chance f o r a l l of you, S U N AM I hrd WkAM s/on a t 7:59 Md with reg sked, this being the f i r s t t i n e since 1940. 11/26 Hrd WRDO on F/C 5:30-5:45 and a l s o WKWK F/C 5-5:30 AN, Rec a grant l e t t e r from VIKIX- by AJ-ta, she no longer works there bu t now i n Florida. Among other ver ies were V\rlYIAJ by Hemy B Kearney Jr, c .e , a l s o WSPA by H , R Beckhol-t, c.e. my l e t t e r ver ies from WAAF by Cynthia A Coyle as w e l l a s CFAC on recent DX. FRED VAN VOORHEES-FLUdHING N., Y V r i e s 1r1 CMJK-INS-KWBR-WCAZ-WOMT-WMEX-CJSO- WCOS-WGON. Only card from WCOB. EMJK sent very a t t r a c t i v e l e t t e rhead with promise of a lfmuy bonitaN card l z t e r . Wcnts r p t s on h i s other sta-CHJH-

,CMJW-CMJQ-CNIJI,says w i l l ve r i fy a l l these, Well MALEY l a t e s t FCC f i s t shoes CMCQ on L46O so you rea1l.y hrd em. CMJR was my 1st Cuban since 38,my 3rd i n 10 years. 11/19 l1othine; new,KGBS s t i l l . a f ter a l r l i t e response; 1-1/22 No l u c k on CFGP,lousiest DX n i t e so f2r,WISR very poor but able t o ge t r p t , Did hear Dicks charming ~ o i c e j ll./23 KQlO on reg sked; 11/24 ROMO-reg sked and WJNC f o r one of i t s 1st t e s t s ; l l / 2 4 KHJ r e g sked and WSSV on equipt t e s t . Hope I g e t t h a t FQN DX, Kp t s out t o XERB-WNAB-CW-TGW-WHDH-IVDAD-CJEM- CKCH-WSOO-\VCGA-KOIU-KGFL-EOTA-IVFldD-WSLS-C JKL-CmI-FVTAX+CPYIK-WLEE-W JLD-WWD- WGBR-XEL-KGBS-WISR-KMO-KOiW. Wou1.d Like help on KERB and VNAB,What say f e l - lows I'IL in te res ted i n ge t t ing a job with n BCB stat ian,and would appre- c i a t e any leads any of you might have on openings, I can announce o r op- e r a t e and would l i k e a l i t t l e s e l l i ng too. HELP, CHUM sent m e glasses too, The signers of XEBB and MINAB and QHA of XlBB w i l . 1 be appreciated a s they a r e out too Long, ALFRED E BRUCE-PHELADEL,PHIA PA Qts o u t t o ViIBU and WHBC and CHSJ. A l l came i n 100%. Sti3.i waiting f o r veric from WKTiVP.

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DICK COOPB,-Ei;I'TTAN'NING PA New veries incl.ude l e t t e r s frdrs KCOKLCKFI-WLEE- WJ-CJSO-CHUNI-WLAT with cards from CJW-KGWt Also a nice dup from CFAC i n reply t o recent s p e c i a l and l e t t e r from WATN, Brd all. specials save CFPR until CJOJ-CKBf, My Father-in-Lzw died on the 16th and I was unable t o DX f o r about a week, Mrs Cooper thanks the Club f o r the Ccrd of Sympathy. dure RELS a b2d mrning f o r t he LISR prograc. A dead tu rn table dis.covered 10 minutes before we went on the a i r a l tered the pl.ans sorhe what bu t 5 think you wil3 GlLlragree t h a t 3ob Kaufr~en did a good job e t that. H e was a busy lad,buzzing around t k s t t r imscr ip t ion studio and t ry ing t o make person21 dedications,znd play apprapria.te nusic, We nisplaced the l i s t of Perm and Ohio DXers and Xfn sorry t h a t we didn t make nention bf such swell nembers as Herb CanpbeL1-Tewell-boward-botzu~ e tc , Next tine we'l l dedicste to Penna and 0hib f i r s t fel lows, Hope those of you Q&O were &n-

. able t o hear the program will drop VlISR a ca rd of thanks. I w i l l help gee 4 them on f a r another DX, Thanks t o Nichols-Hznkins-Su1livs.r~- ohanns and Bill Krause fo r phone cal lscaur ing t h ~ progrcn, Incidenta l ly Krause is a URDXC uenber and I hope t o neet up with him one of these deys, He l i v e s i n Sharpsburg Pa. CKOV was good an recent DX, I note t h e t r l o t of the fel.lows r epo r t d i f f i c u l t y on th t t one; WDAD has e Very pobr signal here i n Kittanning, WPA i s the 1450 s t a t i o n here , WJNC tes t ing f req and s t a r t - ed f o m a l operat ions 11/26 a t 7:58 PM,. ERIC BRXSTQIV-CHICAGO ILL Ver ies in fron WLAY by Lynan V Illc*oyan,c.e.;KROW in 8 days; V!LIFD i n a wkek;CKFIEcGFAC~ D R C i n Houston,Tex hrd here 21:15 Pl.4 with news, t r i e d f o r 60. Carolins but no soap, WISR good here f o r 1st h2lf hour but l a s t half no soap, Last but not least uy se t went haywire l a s t n i t e , Bathing but a loud h u ~ and tubes g o t ho t t o o quick t o Suit me. The meter s t icking and w i l l not g e t i n on next couple DXes but w i l l t r y ny gothers Sco t t 15 in f ron t roon w 3 hheve it plugged for a head set. Nust be another Canadian change as I heard CJGX i n Yorktown on 940 kcs. &PRO hrd for about 5 nin With news by using x to l , KXOK was very loud here.

.%FR network, QRA is Sgt E a r l bl~reland, pro dir AFRN-GHW-AFPAC-APO 5001 1 got 6 g lasses fron CHUM. CJSO gave f u l l prograu deWiL,30 r e p o r t s received Up f o r WISR,got &itMB them but coqjditions lousy, Up 11/26 XEJP on 1150 kc R-9 a t 3AM; XEL oh 1 2 6 ~ kc; XESN on 1470 kc; Tried 1460 c s t a t i o n h ~ r d l y audible, naybe KINY, too weak to do anything about 5:25 he Bpick on 1030 b-4 Who i s t h i s ? ( ~ t s XEQA i n Mexico City-pap) CBSJ h-9 n igh t l y a t 6 ~ ~ 4 \ b i l l be up f ~ r FQN, hrd theu once i n 1934, Expect several more AFR i n Pacific at l e a s t 15 nore, thcy soon wil.1 go o f f , KWBR, w ~ s H-8 11/26. JJN Llothing new t o repor t here i n DX catches since l z s t report except C3S0 which csne i n q u i t e well on DX and %DAD hrd testing 11/21 a t 2AM. New ver ies are %GBB-CHUU-VJLAT-FiZEE 211 l e t t e r s znd C J N z card, Also VVKWF-WHNC-Canal Zone-WJPA-V!KEY a l l lekters. Mothing un- usual being hrd due t o Sack of t ine for tuning l c t e l y , InEE continues t o cone in w i t h verifyable signels nearly every raorning, And &KEY hrs heard for a second t ine a t 7:30 kN on 11/3,8. Cznal Zone does not use c a l l l e t - t e r s on the ~ . i r , but they hcve an o f f i c i a l c e l l assigned t o t b e ~ ~ , its,rE;'VL, BOIj BQTZUk-REAPIMG P& Have beon PXing nost of my t i m e whflc. on duty i n the - f i r e s1erm roon a t a i r base and have f ~ . i r L e y goad resu1 . t~ with 8 tubc maj- es3.c & Zeni%h se t s . W:'.sh f o r a b e t t e r s e r i a l , New ver ies KOTA-VBAC-KCOK- WF-KNEX-WLAI1-~~SA-KUAIIIWHGBBW"~J-WLEE-CHU~l-CJSO, r p t s t o IVDAD-Q'KVDli-WAG- K4Lfl, No luck with AFR s ' ta t ions,ci ther too e a r l y o r too l a t e t o catch ern* No chance fo r KXLQ as I an off duty anl i n bed,also seeri~s when those Czn- a d i m P e r s were one the air. llssnt on phone du ty . S t i l l ver i fy ing a Lot of d u p l i c a t e s and note re tu rns rre auch b e t t e r a t present. Verified log now stands at. 3.423 s t a t i ons . (OK Bob cn6 good luck-gop)

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LEFTY ~ C ~ ~ 3 ~ P ~ ~ c ~ _ E . ~ 0 . K ~ , Y , ~ N . Y. hegor t s t o VY.LEE-~'~JNC-\V~~~-~~~O-LVJDX-WJHO. The ., v e r i e s i n fro~.n KNAK-WDILT-CJSO-1;:YiAJ t o br ing t o t a l t o 3.070. 1.1./%1 CK30 on top on 79i). a t ?PPjl. znc? CHSJ on 1.1.5~ a.t 9PM over everything e l s e . 11./22 Up a l l Alli. St i l .1 t r y i n g t o 1lea.r WHGB, Ard \~!C3ld s/.off a t MDT (hi-pop) an6 V!JAC a t 12:05. Czught WJNC t e s t i n g s s e a r l y as 1;06 and he stayed on till . 2;A7 S t a t i c was terrible,zll I g o t of CFGP was zn occasional peep of music, Could i d e n t i f y ' not.jning nothing so rro chance f o r v e r i e . KI3i-i wa.s 1-1 7-8, very n v i s iradeeZ,especiclly on h i s end of the 2iaX and. progralll super-ex- cel l -ent . $or Dick-Brooklyn i s s t i l l i n the Leagile. My thanks t o Diclr and M r . Ksufnan f o r .a r e ~ 1 l . y s v ~ e l l skiov~~ h o t h e r s t a t i o n cane on slzortly be- f o r e t h e en6 of prograrn; 11/21! Up all . AM a..g::.in, caught WJDX j u s t a f t e r MDT f o r about 2 nirrtltes; I ' v e beer1 a f t e r tht;.t beby for 13 years an t 1 final.]-y succeeded. CPCK v f s s i n c l e a r with Ehu'LBC i n bzck a t 1.: 1.0 and CBK with Far liorth messages st l:4C1; WJIVC was on e.gain t i l l c;..rourld 4AM, @OOU signzl-. A very neak ane hrd on 870 at 2:,$5, Too rmch s k t i c t o i d e n t i f y even i t s n r t i o n a l j t y . We~k c a r r i e r on 660 a t 4Ahf-KFAR maybe bu t tlo s i g - nal hrd. h3,so hrd c ~ r r i e r on 1C3.0 fron; KSP.1 p ~ s s i b l y . lfjo I.uc~z' their e i t he r , 'VlrJHO loggec e ~ ~ s i l y on 4:30-5 4tQ. SAT check f o r . r p t . bot 8 s u r p r i s e a t 5 t o hezr CKPC on 1380 on r; B ~ H A DX p r ~ g r ~ m ~ g o u c i . shav;,hrC well he re , Hrd WLEE s/on a t 6 o r s h o r t l y b6fo re , r a the r . Hope everyboiy hrd Leo Durocher s ing on Fred kl1.ent.s prclgrrn Sun n i t e . i\eit.her VMUB nor KIBU v~as nrd on Ilov 22 4 t h THUhD 3: 30-4 a s sked. Maybe I z s t TH'JRS? CJS0t.s l e t t e r liead v e r i f i e s flny b r i e f r epor t " .and I included 7 itens. WNlAJ ulssigned on st2.- t i o n 1-etterhend snZ w r i t t e n a l l - i n green pencil.-befiutiful. WMLT l e t t e r not a d e f i n i t e v e r i e i b u t I l n counting i t u n t i l I sen2 m o t h e r r e p o r t , I see P h i l Nichols 2nd Dick C o o p e y a r e n f t ~ ~ e ~ b e r s of t h e NE,C ~ c c o r d i n g t o L . i ~ t from CJSO. Dont ' f o r g e t to' tel.1 c.J.1 Stetians,e.very'body,thzt you ' re an . -.

; . . NRC rilelxber, i t hel.pci your c lub, you knovf,. :

SEJILEY S I & ~ V I O B D $ - ~ I I I I ~ ; ' ~ ~ ~ V -- ONT Fin& I hbve h i . ~ 1372 v e r i f i e d 1268, t'* da te . L a t e s t v e r i e s C380 on bX 1vit l .1. n ice 1.et tkr- lkst lconpkete log-his tory of S a r e l . now. c0ri-i.e: I \~ichols ' & D. Looper d i d n t ;:~kntio.h NEcC?? h3.so WLAT by H L Hmks ,c. e. in; long hanti; KUTA l e t t e r f o r reg F/C by C Viehdell Bel l , c.e, who says directiorizl. zntennz i ~ u t s ZOIV payer t o east; .CJEh a cs .rd.& .CHUM wi th r;ly p0stak.e returned b u t . n o postzgc on i t ond 1 hhoh t o pey dou- .ble by Aurele Boi.svert,c. e . '$WEX l e t t e r by3'A C Kiblkr, c-.gr:.; WljPR. by LEW-

..sence A Heibf-y, -c' .&. saying tiley do n o t h o l d F/C but t e s t c . f t e r 3. AM but no reg sked, wil.3. l e t NRC-HNRC-uJ~DX~' know'when gr::ntsd I.. D1j n i t e tiiae Sc they. begin t e s t s ; KhOB by Ed P- Tel .bot t , c . e m ; bVALB hr=~ ~ g c . i n 11/25 asked f o r . r p t s znci gunsz~nteed ' verics,bu.k aq: stil.1' w;;i t ing f o r v e r i k . frola 16/28 VIEX n o t answered; Hrci GFAC. on IIX t h r u . heavy strtic;CKBI hrd on DX e.lso s t a t i c ; WJNC on'3.24U t e s t i n g ev'ery Ald p a s t v:eek znG grand opcming a t . the HUSOl ' . Non 11/26; at.' 7: 31> PI!]. , Been t r y i n g f o r KCOK but V!JNC cowered them. Expeet PiJlJC vzon.tvbe on ;noti an6 w i l l . t r y KCOK a g ~ i n . ' CKBI on agc?.in 11/25 2~25-2:23 s / o f f . Had'sonc 'kind of . con tes t ; Wcis ' i t C J V I I hrd about 3:45 on 900 kcs. WSSV hrG 1 E / 2 5 . . ~ t >A& k l s o XELO 11./;25 3i28-3345. LJoes anyone knovs t h e i r Americ2.h CKA'?? VdCOB.lirc 11/23 F/C 3:45-3i 55. Anyone kriow who wes p1.ayi.n~: ftDo It Apz;i+lf 0ve.r. c,nd over ~ ; g c . i n on 1230 kcs on ll./23?? Froc; 2:58-3:08 o r l a t e r , ~ o , i d e n t i f i c c t i o n . Ha& no luck on CJQC or KOVO, too rauch st3 t i c . Wothing hrd .. o,f .CKOV:..but i tim-nic you ' . le-tters sent- ..to all, bTlSFi vies 'WE-cker than ny r?cegt ion fropl 8::15, A8i b:,ck i n .AX. A1;.,'i*~;.aiting f o r CKLN- WXZS end FQN c.na otfler sae l , l DXes. CFGP not iwd on e i t h e r Xi350 u r 1350. Ho'pe t h i s b 2 r r L g ~ of s t a t i c soon le ts . up. Loggad PiHNC. 890. k c s 7:28-7: 50 AM with CKILJL 01.1 . . with , ca~ r i , e r - , n0.t bat f o r 5 ~ 3 '~ , . i les , . 'Zistan!ce , _ ;' .

. . . . , I . : 'hlE&&ms S & V I ~ ~ FuBb On hsnd Novelnber :'24. -1.945 $ lU.15 Have received the following donations Joe Enz $1.00. E:ric Bristov; b2.00 and from Bob Botzum t . l .00 , s o tklc t o t a l on h0n6; D8::ceixber 1 1945 i s now $ 14,15. Thanks a l o t fellows,

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PAT RELLLEY-J,AIblESTO\lN i\l Y U / 2 1 No DX rilns(~up t o see denonstrction of a HalZicraf te r r e c e i v e r s ton igh t sn6 I csn wish Cant I? 11/22 KTSW nt 3:15 no t a peep o u t of CFCP on e i t h e r freq; 11./23 WJNC f o r a new one $0 take the a i r ; 11/26 They snid; 11/24. R J l C agcin; K\YBR a good H-6 f o r swell re- port;KCBB z f t e r KJlUC s/off,sonetody g iv ing KGER o tussel. on 1390; 1.1/25 Canal Zone good today,send 2nd. r epor t , uus t h ~ v e snapped c l a n s o f f and woke up a t 5 : 30; 1-1/26 WJTN a f t e r 3, bad harmonic of V!OH on 1420; IVGNC a t 4:lO; KJBS pops th ru here s5nce power raised. Ncw v e r i e s I'dLAJ-CKFI- CHUM-CJEh1 znC dup from CFAC, t l lznliing r;ie f o r r2y colnpl.ete r epor t . J O E LZPLJIIIJCO.PT-~~O~~~E;~;TCV~ N 3 Hrc.. a s t z t i o n on 1160 11/24. and it was a - very v;eak one. At I . e ~ s t i t W Z S W U C ~ weaker thzn the Mexicsn on 1.1.50. It faded conplctely a t t i nes Fnd ~ 2 s of tcn below t h e no i se l e v e l b i t I did g e t sorr~evrhat of e r e p o r t and ~wou;C l i k e t o f i n 6 out i f znyont. e l s e hrd i t , Sure i t WF s no t FL Cuban rs t h e one on 11-60 o f t e n over r i ~ l e s WSJD. C a r r i e r s on 66d-3~10 and poss ib le ZU45 anci LYA co~,~ing i n on 650 kcSP Received 2 v e r i e s today, Vl1vLA.T 7,nc: CJENi and XEkV 39sterday. XEVI r e a l l y Says v e r i f i c a t i o n on i t , 3 cheers , Have hrcl rL nlmber of specia ls t h i s scason and ZLi ~ i g h t y p l e ~ ~ s e d t o sdC these new st:ltions. WJSC on n i t h equip t t e s t this A N ~nc l KIC" behind therd. WOAD hrd f i r s t t i n e on 3,,!+50 anc! it was eGsy t o h e ~ r th ru V!'JJDC. 1,1/26 Hrd KSP.1 s/on 4AM ~ L s o weuk ones on 800-940-1110 who' COULC they nave bken. Hearing A;,lateurs on the 1 0 r.lb.ter ban&. n@EXR~LF,.",HUNTsFi-~~~,~JCt@901\J ---- AT!E CPPL\l1SVILLE ILL I wonder: i f jny one I n t h e c l ~ z L k~lows where 1 czn buy a received sucn cs Rn..SX-Z9:'If anyone h a s o n e - fpr s a l e please. con tac t by cr rC o r Let te r e t thk above QRA . .

axld let.!rn@ . , hmovy t h e . p r i c e , Anything f P o n aq. 6X 24 t o SX.: 29* Thai~lcs a l o t . C$NE ALLEW-VfiLLEJO CALIF DX has <bet?n q u i t e good, of l e . t c . YQSR ~ u t 3 . w Pa --. cnn:e i n h-7. on t h e i r 3peci~7.3-Dick Cooper'P.9 - v o i c cahe' t h ru very w e l l on my f i r s t recept ion of .WISR. VJPDQ on ,1270 hrd ~ t ' AM s/on;.WFiLC .Toccba Ga and WCRS Gr,yenwOod on 1450 'hrd with f/,c 11/23. Also hr6 %TAD-\VHR;ZA on ; 1&50 ' dhecking Sagie' AM. 'NXS~-V!PD~-V~RLC-PJCHS were 4 new.: ones ,for. me. He- ten$ air ri~sil vor ie from AFN BolBec;S.r+nck f o r recept ion on : 1204 k c s uses .L '.KO! povier and my, f f rst European ver le . Other veri.es , i n frois 'WGBS-RrKVv'F- CFPR-PP!KLA-WSAU ;. L a t t e r says, iny r ~ p o r t . f i r s t f ron C n l i f i n severa,l years. CF'PR bpecia l hrC about h-6 , q l s ~ hrd CFAC on.;theirr, recent d.peci?~., their s i g n a l was htt-9 on Signal n e t e r ( s ~ m e as KROW our l o c z l ) of my paterson Pr- LO' Havent seen myth'ing yet, i n t h e new rece ive r s , Z WF an& 3' 'IF stcges are a btUST f o r a. goclti DX s e t , ~ s p e c i a l l y here in C a l f f 'where vve are so far from the s t t - t ions . SX-28 only h2.s 1 RF anC 2 I F on.-%hi: .bcb.* My..*SX-28

: ~ l i a d t o o rmch d r i f t . 10 Meter phone bane good 72 s th t lons hrd 1st cay. HAROLD IVPGNEH-NO GIItAhD PA My ~cottvin shop so used a ~owbrd on FQN. ' Hrd -- . p a r t of one s e l e c t i o n and announcement, then s t a t i c zrid..pG.rt of another .selection,thc-n WEAF cane .on and goog by WEAF.. Fe l .10~ &t v~brls coi;tl,dnt h e m FQN b ~ i t kieapd KSAL-. BbC on. '101.3 sure put. .in ,'s wr;Z$dp a t , s/on 1-: 3'6,. o,t'hers .hrd on ..1050-1471~.'& .877.:,.Frencl?ie on LO,!& wss wetlk. Seth & Leo Weiner the fe210vc- viho'hrd .%$'A1 sperit a l x n i t e w i t h me Zl/Z,!+ ar?d AM o:f 21/25 Leo had h i s Hcil.licrafterbs ou t t o o , Vfzsnt too .good, a n i g h t bu t we hrd sane goocl Istuff jKFI a t 9 :30 TX; TGW-4 BBC-Frenbhie ,with footbal.1 gc me on ,1345 a t 3 ALI.- .KGU 1;30-7:30xn1*so a weak baby ori, -246d/ tnk these were WUR-KINY & KSA1 bu t the prize one, vins on 800 at-SAM and wzs i n pa re l l e l t h e one on 760 kc; Hrd. KGO. zmounc.e on 766 e m l i e r so roa.une i t was he* Ccn the one on 800 be NQlilI?? &lidway. No one else has reporteci anything the re , have they? W i l l be opt of town for Greenlsnd Grrrrr. New c e r i a l up and i t s 70 l e g r e e s Iia s t b.nd "1000 f e e t long. Sure i n rugged on T A s . BOP DUGGAN-klACON Oh. 5ec XEW v e r i e , czrd f o r r p t of 9/17/44 QRA XEW-Rpar- .--.-- tad0 2516, Ayuntamiento 54, Mexico, D.F. 5 note v e r i e s todcy , to ta l 412 T:erified with 637 hrd bcb. WUUS not hrd t h i s AN 11/16 CbW-CKFI-CFAC etc r e c e n t l y Logged on ~ X e s . Verie from KVGB i n s p i t e of anrlouncements.

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JOE BEC~ER-HAMILTON' O H I O 11/26 Hrci WJNC t e s t3 .n~ an2 pre t ty gvod, al.so hrd a stronk c a r r i c r on 1.240 which in te r fe red et t l n e s using aunbers of c u ~ l e s do~~rn t o 73,very s h r i l l a t t ims from 3:07-3:28, m y he lp on t h i s one????

hrd PIJBX-KIDVJ-WINK-IWE~T-WJNC-VJBAC-\VGNC cnd C; l i f o rn i? ns gzlore. Veri~:: received fro= KCOK-CklUM-CJSO-WBE-IC!IUJ, cZso hrC AFR on 790 2 t 5:30 AU On 11/25. Also s dpick on 1030 frora 3:40-4:03 encl tlentioneci hfohosso 2ns l ABC-- DE p l ~ y e Z good around 3:56 w i t h czll souncled l i k e XECM Any help on t h i s 0x1~ Hrd WISE anC t h e i r deGication t o ns. No repl ies fror,l KOTA-KTYW-KALL. Hrd one t e s t i ng behind WJSW-WJBK mFLy been WKIX but doubtful. Other ve r i e s i n a re f ron WELO-IULAT-WHOT-WfINC-CFOF,-CKFI aiwxxlr~ ~l so CKBI ve r i f i ed zS LOB when they were only 25 v ~ t t s . AXSO have lOIjP-1OB&-~OAK-lOAB-1OBI-VESEK and TE9CIJ vc r i f ied. DOC KIhK-PT FLEfi5ANT lu VA_ Hrd WISR thru very high noise l eve l , Got bebu- t i f u l ccrd ver ie f ron YVSRA yesterday, if m y of you l a d s here them, re- p o r t E S the ver ie i s sure vrorth getting. WISR hrd on car radio , ENS STEVE MANN-USd, GILBElrT I? To ELI+, do not sen& ne any rAore r e p o r t s on KSAI a s I have he~.deC back fo r the stzites, sene ~ i r e c t v t o k;RA t h a t appear- ed i n bu l l e t i n . hzi pa t ien t ly waiting t o bet back t o being a c i v i l i a n and a l so looking forwarcl t o t ha t Loose-Leaf Log book hks i n mind. That i s some- thing the DXer hzs neeaed f o r a l ong Long t i n e , (OK Steve end good luck) ~ ~ Q ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ B ~ ~ & ~ B ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ # Q ~ & B S X E ~ Z B ~ ~ X ~ ~ E ~ P W @ ~ ~ X I $ P ~ ~ X P ~ ~ X X X X X X X X X X X X X ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ JULES C KAUER b-Y PIER-CHICAGC) .IL& \Yell. here I am up north ~ g ~ i n ana wil.1. be here f o ~ bout 7 :sontns. hea l ly glcC to get beck here i n Chiccgo although i t w i l l be p re t ty cool here t h i s winter. 1 an locate^ about. ha l f uile out i n L ~ k e biichigcn. f au s t i l .1 a radio tcchni- ion porgran. No QX here, Building As ?XI. u e t z l . luice thing about being i n Chiczgo i s t h a t I can ge t hone once i n a vthj-le, Havent run i n t o any NRC menbers i n my t r c v e l s and a l l the Cleveland DXers ?,re i n Service, (OK J i m and you night meet one shere you &re as here. i s bob Breyn:*iers QRA; Robert Bseyrnaier RT 1 / C Ei! Dep 8 th no Ncvy P ie r . A swell fellow, look hiri up) FAY (SHO~T HAIH) ED,GE-BUFFALO N . Y . i f e l l f i n e l l y a f ~ w ver ics r o l l & i n t o make t o t a l now 903, Let te r s f ron CJOC on Eeg sked n'ext C2y a f t e r they were supposed t b come on fo r t h a t DX-CFNB on 11/21 t h e i r 5:30 , s/on t o 5:45 when VfGR's c a r r i e r came on-nnd f ron CKBI-CFAC-CJSO on DA'es. Looks -2s i f I w i l l have t o wri te CJEM again, no ver ie here ~s y e t . heports out t o WISR on DX mI3D-VrJPJC-KCOK-WSBV on t h e i r recent tes%, luothing doing on FQN, a l l I got was a l o t of noise , No go on KOVO e i t he r , too ~luch KGBS on c ln i t e . 41M MCNRN1AfrA-CLAIr;ELlONT N ,H ,110 soap on FQN , h ~ d very strong c a r r i e r and code s igna l s on t h e i r channel an6 .coulC not copy. KFO f los~ed back i n t o 670 too until they s/off a t 5AX. Is W A R on z l n i t e oukt ine?? Hrd solLeone with s i n i l c r c a l l a t 5:15 Ah1 or, near 665 kcs. 5:30 NEkF ccrilc on t o s p o i l i t ell,

ADD FOE NICriOLd Per ies continue t o r611 in ,3 being rec today 11/26; KFBB -- fo r a 6up;YLUJ a t l a s t and a l so ~ ~ : e l l l e t t e r h e a l from WLEE with l a rge si2- ver s t r i p a t t o g with l a rge red c ~ l l rrise2 la t i ters by Geo McGuigan, c.e. Total now L249;hHrd KICD ~nention i t v i ~ s snowing ' h ~ r d this AM uust be a 2nd Buffc1.o. (oh Yea. coine on down, w e got 7 inckies since l a s t nite-pop) Hrd C J A D t e s t i ng c a r r i e r , t o be bsing prograras on t e s t s soon. hlso watch on 9 0 kcs early AIlls f o r Guadacanel AFRS, Norm g o t his CKFI verie.

COWLETE LIST OF BBC STATIONS 014 AIR AS OF MOV 1. 3.945 by Reil3ey Light Prograia i j tatfons on 200 kcs and 2149 kcs, a l l o t h e r s Home service. West of England 1478 kc &licll&nd Regional

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l.Oblk kc 582 kc Welch begioncl 804 kc

North of Ireland 2053 kc London R e g i ~ n a l 877 kc North of 'England 3,053 .kc, '8 ,ot t ish hegional 767 'kc The above 2 share time,. . 5

N6rth of hngland 648 kc I