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

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We wel.zn~:le f':~uJ Diig-P. 0 , Box 316-~,Ionrovia,Calif as a new member and t h e renewals of B ~ i d Kopp-Harlie Smith Jr .-Caleb Cope & Edward Fe i ch tne r , may they a l l enjoy the coming DX season t o t h e utmost. ----

DX CALKNDk-R DATE----- CALL--LOCATION------------- ---- KCS---CLUB----- ALL TIgB EWT----- OCT 6 K I T Yakima Wash. 1-280 N R C 4:l.5 - 4:30 AM

8 IVCBI Columhus D&ss 3.34r3 N R C 2:40 - 2:50 AM 1 GVO Missoula rillon t 1290 N Fi C 3:CO - 4 : U O AM 1 KPA New Kensington Penn 1.153 N R C 4:OO - 5:OO AM f 8JB Jaines town N.D. 3 - 4 9 N R C: 2:OO - 3:OO RM 1 RBL C o luriibu s Sa 1.230 N R C 3:00 - 4 : O O AM 1 2 KGCU &landan N.D. 1.270 N R C 0 - 4:55 AM Jd8 WJBO Baton Rouge La 1.150 N R C 3:00 - 3:10 AM

NQV 82 WSUI Iowa C i t y Iowa 910 N R C 2:30 - 2 : 3 0 AM 5 KWAL Wallace Idaho 1450 N R C 4:30 - 5:15 AIU2

2 OW Potvell VPj o 1230 N R C 4 ; O O - 4:30 AM 2 RC Pendleton Ore 1.240 N R c 3 : O O - 4 : O O AM

3AN LC Brockvii1.e Ont 1450 I\J R C 4:00 - 5:00 AM 11 WDLJ Dalton Ga 1230 N R C 3:00 - 4:00 AM

KIT-Here we have a program f r o r ~ t h e Piest Coast which shou1.d be e a s i l y heard f o r a l l . K I T ha s 2 f r e q checks and t h i s i s t h e best one f o r u s i n t h e Eas t t o hear . So f e l l ows dlont f o r g e t t o tune f o r t h i s program and l e t K I T hea r from you. Mr. H B I t ~ r p h y , ch i e f engineer has promised us a f i n e program and l e t u s subillit our r e p o r t s t o him. Our thanks t o Mr Mur- phy f o r h i s kind coopernt ion wi th u s So l e t s a a l l . tune i n , B$ E Cooper. WCBI-Our l e t t e r t o Mr &Illaxell \ ~ r i J . ~ . i ~ r r ~ ~ a r r i v e d t h e r e l a s t :nonth too l a t e t o Learn of this time change i n t h e i r f r eq check. No wonder we d i d n t liear i t on t h e 1 5 t h . The reason f o r t h e change i s t h a t WCBI i s no longer on 1400 kcs but now on 1340 kcs which t e s t s f o r Van t lostrand on the Thi rd Wednesdays a t th is new time a l s o . And t h i s prograr,~ wil-I. t e s t your a b i l i - t i e s a s a DXer f o r i f you can c u t t h r u t h e i n t e r f e r e n c e the& you can con- s i d e r you r se l f a DXer, but a r n t we a l l . Le t s t r y t o i t 100% among our members and r e p o r t . Dont f o r g e t t o send a GIME f o r a1.l 6 programs t o cover t h e c o s t of r e t u r n cc7rdsa9 and h e l p Mr Wil.lia;ns expenses, SO now l e t s a l l g e t i n t h e r e a11d r e p o r t al.1 our spec ia l s . By J Becker. KGVO-Rec~13. pl-ecse t h e f i n e prograrfl KGVO gave u s I.asy season? We d i d well wi th r e p o r t s al-so and I.est do b e t t e r t h i s t i n e . KGVO shou1.d have a c l e a r channel so we can a11 hea r them,KDYL & KXYZ dropping o u t a t 3AU. b f r Fred Wanble, KGVOs c , e . i s very kind. t o u s DXers so l e t s show him plenty of r e p o r t s f o r h i s e f f o r t s . By B i l l Gabr i e l . WKPA-This narks the ].st DX program ever from WKPA. A v i s i t t o WKPA by Dick' Cooper seems t o have worked svlell. f o r Mr. C Russel.1 Cooper t h e man- ager consented t o t h i s special . progra!,? f o r t h e NHC. S ince t h i s i s WKPAIs 1 s t DX program l e t u s make su re we c res te a f avo rab le impress ion by f lood- ing them wi th r e p o r t s . They shou1.d be heard well a s they have very good equiptment. We have a new f r i e n d i n WKPA and I.et us'sizow therr: t h a t w e do a p p r e c i a t e i t . Address al.1 r e p o r t s t o Mr boy L Gallagher,Xmitter eng- ineer. So cornc on w i t h those r c n o r t s . Rxr ni ok Pnnr>nr

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FREQ CALL REMARKS / ( ~ a b r i e l - O h i o ) 630 CmC Winnipeg ,laan new c a l l Sor CJRC e f f e c t i v e 10/1 ( coope r -~enn) 910 KPOF' Den~er~Co1 .0 t e s t i n g 4 t h F r iday 4-4:30.8M. (D cooper- itt tanning) 980 CKRM Heg.ina,Sask, new cal.1. f o r CJRI.4 ( D Cooper &. ~ a b r i e l ) 1030 ??? Whi i s t h e klexican s t a t i o n on t h i s f r e y a f t e r LAM (D cooper) 1240 WIBU Poynet te ,Risc t e s t i n g 4 t h Thursday 3: 30-4AM

1340 WJPF H e r r i n , I I l t e s t i n g 3rd Monday un t i l - 3:kOAM (D D Cooper C O o p e r ~ 1340 VVEMP Milwa~kee,Viisc i s s i l - e a t Nrn Ab:s 1 - 7 A N (E ~ o o p e r - ~ r o o k l - y n ) 1400 WHUB Cookevill-e,Tenn t e s t i n ? Lkth Thursdays 3:40-4AM (D cooper) 14.00 WELL B a t t l e Creel:,lulch t e s t i n g 3rd Monday 2-2:3O.AM (D cooper) 1490 WARM Scrar,t,on, P e a l t e s t iy ig 3rd Elo~day 2: 30-2: LkOAIJ ((c ~ o o ~ e r ) 1450 W.!!OV Vince r i~ l e s~ Ind st,il.'l. tes-ts I-st Bc 3rd Man i-2:30AZtA (D cooper ) 1450 KFAM S t Cl.o~lti,rvij.nn t e s t i n g 3:d Man 3 : 30-,!+Alill. (L) ~ o o p ~ r ) ( 5 Cooper) 1590 VlALB Al.bany,Ca hsve r;t?\s,uest i n f o r chailge t o 1-559 kc . FCC accused

of net bsi..r,g d i s - i n t e r e s t e d lr, thls ,having one rnernber i n t e r - e s t e d i l l aqu?'_??ng some s t o c k i.nWALB, (N . Y. Herald ~ r i b u i l e )

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LEFTY COOPER-L?EilS53Z,'LN ? d , k-, 'a'lrel-lr. fel.lo.ii~s I hope you wi3.1. al.3. w r i t e t o t h e --_- ------------ -..-.--̂ sta?.icns which r!.:~.vc cto:isen5e2 to hopor us with d z d i c a t i o n s . Soine of the sl;a%ions I.asf y e a r go-L 2e.m r:;poi..tzlfor i n s t a n c e ViI-I,,RZ got; only I 4 fror;~ thi.5 cl-:lb, I no.i~e nc;i.;i?.;?g l'ke - that w i f . 1 happen t h i s year. Lets al l . do our. ].eve1 b e s t t o bee - > h ~ - t '-t wz:,?.~, Ifm g l a d t o see some more laembers i.n tliis ger---a1 J. !:A, - a::%, It I.osks a s though we nlay have a New Purlr Chapter1 cf t h e NHC wilert Sail', w2.r i s ori.es-before if i t 1 s p o s s i b l e . \NJEC) was well. h:?d kiere and they gave u s a svvell 'uuil-d up. KFA1vI was t e s t i n g frorn 3:30- 3:44 a9d easll-y i r C ever VdNOE. Fading was sharp on a l l s t a t i c n s tha t Rnl. 9/20 WGIS r ece ived 7rer.y nTcely bu t they didrl t mention u s . I d.ont knqw wil.at happened. (See T , i>k?s r e p o r t ) Watch new t i g e f o r P'CBL-2nd F r iday 2:!+0-2:50 AM-Next prugrarfi f o r u s OCT 8 t h . The S p t program was given on Sept 1 0 t h a t t h a t hour wkiich i s one reason why h e d i d n t heark them on t h e LSth,(Know a b e t t e r one?) The program was no t ded ica t ed t o u s then. To &PI. Up Paul llite-bTJ'hc ever gave an O w l c r e d i t f o r aEy Bra ins anyway? Now I know who you are,anyway-Hi, (say L e f t y d ~ n t yoil wish you knew who he i s ? --- BILL GABRIEL-LAK.EWOOD, '7 O H I O J u s t al.ine about t h e program from KGVO. I - know t h a t niost of you fel.l.otvs have KGVO v e r i f i e d from o t h e r .programs, so t h a t i n order t o have Fred Wamble g e t r c p o r t s I wish you all. would send

,l . . a r e p o r t , a t l e a s t show your a p p r e c i a t i o n t o Lileci f o r b e i ~ n g s o generous i t o your c lub . If you do n o t c a r e t o r e v e r i f y them p lease drop t h e n a card

t o l e t them know who they were heard i n your 1-ocat ion, THANKS.

ECB CONTEST Word frorn your BCB Contes t Manages F,cd Van Voorhecs t e l l s t h a t onl$ t h e fo1l.owing have s e n t i n t h e i r e n t r i e s . Ray B. Edge-Fred Van Voorhees- Richard Cooper-Norman illaguire and H a r l i e 3 n i t b Jr . REblEXIBER yqu have un- til. WOV 1st t o g e t ente red so why n o t do i t a.n once. Several have noted i n thtir l e t t e r s t o HQ t h a t they i n t e n d ~ d t o e n t e r so l e t s s t o p and rnail i t i n r i g h t now. P l ease mai l d i r e c t t o Fred a t 166-16 1 7 t h Ave White- s tone , N.Y . 25# must accompany -- your e n t r y n o t i c e .

NEW QRATs ~ / 4 Merton T Meade 35'137196-1.45th Armored h i g Co-APO 255-pine Camp,N,Y. Robert W Breymzier 32 /C-Co . flC1l RR-1.1-Naval Armory-Chicago, 7, X 1 1 . BZ31.015 SGT Stone W.H.-4th F i e l d Cress ing Stn-2nd Division-Canadian E,ward Feichtner-3501 Holmes St-Xrie,Penn; /Army Overseas.

SWers NOTICE Due t o J i r h VVrliedev~er!~ hours of work i t i s asked of you t o ma.il. your re- p o r t s t o him so t h a t he g e t s then on Monday i n s t e a d of Tuesday. Your b u l l e t i n i s now weekly so do your b e s t . Remember h e l ~ sou r Editor..

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DON MEYER-BOSTON N . Y . Sorry I couldnt have made the convention, one of those t h i n g s so near and y e t so f a r , L i t t l e DX here , tho weather good & I have been s e t t i n g t h e alarm and tu rn ing i t o f f , f o r g e t t i n g what I se t i8 f o r . ( T B B ~ S bad Don) Tr ied f o r VJCE3I and ' s l e p t t h r u NJBO and did re- p o r t t o IVGIL. Cheated on Lookout (AV!I'S) ye s t e rday morn and l i s t e n e d t o car r a d i o bu t nothing t h a t was unusual . Copied \VKPA t h i s AM 9/26 on t h e . barn s e t , c o n d i t i o n s sesmed very f i n e b'st had t o do chores o r might have done more. Thought 1 woilld 7vr.j.te t h i s l a s t n i g h t but t h e f e e t h u r t but went t o a local. shid-dig,

FR3D VAN VCORHEES-W~~~TSSTCIPJZ..-.~~~~,. Was up f o r t h e s p e c i a l from VJJBO i n Baton Rouge,but they were apn:;.sentiy on from %:I-0 t o 3:I.O i n s t e a d of f rom 3:10 t o ik:l.O as I had. copied from t h e bu1.leti.n. (NO Fred t h e r e was a :nis- t ake in. t h e bu l l . e t i n a s i t sa id from 3:I.O t o 3:10. It should have been from' 3: 00 t o 3r1.3 ,"llvl only 1.0 minutes -~ay) So I on1.y g o t t h e l a s t t h r e e minutes. kl,so heard t h e same morning were $QA&I on a regul-ar program, VJJPF f i l t e r i n g t h r u WEXL a l s o on t e s t , a n d \VTJS,Jackson t e s t i n g a t 3:17 wi th band nlusic. Only o the r t i m e I was up was f o r W G I L prograrr,!ar,d a l though I repor ted t h e e n t i r e 20 minutes,f fai1,ed t o hear t h e Nat lona l Radio Cl-uh mentioned once?. So f a r t h i s i s all . of my Dxing. iviore a f t e r Oct 1st. '

NORhV,N LIAGUIRE-A&BUG.UERQUE B . M U . This p a s t week has been f i n e , except --- f o r orLe $kxwg n i g h t on DXing, illy only r egpe t i s t h a t c o n t e s t d i d n t s t a r t 2 weeks e a r i l e r , Dont t h i n k IVCBI could have been on a s n e i t h e r Dick COO- per -Bi l l B a r r e t t nor myself was a b l e t o hear a sound from them. I n t h i s morningfs t e s t froiil RGIL,there was no mention rnade of t h e c lub . Wonder what goes wi th them? Heard some new s t a t i o n s and sorfie of' my b e s t ca t ches of Las t season t h i s p a s t week. KAST a.nd KLBM came down R-8. Couldnt re- s is t t o send giy f i r s t r e p o r t t o KLBN. Have never heard them s i n c e my room-mate back a t Lehign hrd them and snagged a v e r i e o u t of them t o ray d i s g u s t . However my KXA and KRE v e r i e s s o r t of o f s e t h i s v e r i e . However I have been a f t e r KLBM ever s i n c e and f i n a l l y caught them.' Vlould l i k e t o . ge t some more Oregon and Washington s t a t i o n s as they a re my \Vater loors . Of course Georgia i s ciy worst o f fender . The f e w Georgia s t a t i o n s t h a t I have been a b l e t o pick up ou t h e r e j u s t havcnt v e r i f i e d f o r me a t a l l . Speaking of WTOP,do eny of you know of any time t h a t KSTP i s o f f t h e a i r when WTOP i s on? I havunt been a b l e t o f i n d such z t i n e . FRANK JOI1NSOld-PITTSFIELU N . HAhlF. DX hcrc f o r the p a s t 2 weeks has been -

very good. Rzports t o \fiiMEX-iq~BRY-bVGPP-WMRC-WOLF-KFII. Ver ies i n are frorn WNAC- TOP swell card sigrled hy Car l Burkl-and', Gen Man,, and M Hunt c . e , WKTSAP pounds i n h e r e over everything e l s e a t bPM,ever~ over WOLF.. I v e r i - f i e d WOLF l a s t year bu t t h a t l i t t l e green wolf on t h e i r l e t t e r h e a d has me w r i t i n g again. I hope t h e CPCers have good-luck wi th K I N Y . I ' d s i t up i21.1. n i g h t t o hear then. (Who vtoul.dnt F r ~ n k ? ) ltiovc about a EX frofi CJCA? I heard them bzck i n 39 a d wrote but recuivcd no answer. I ( d s u r e l i k e t o v c r i f y then . Csn onyone t e l l me when TJSlLlb 'signs on 2nd o f f 2nd do thcy t e s t ? Any h e l p will. be apprecia. ted. JOHN WIAiPY .ffMEATLESGn KALIVIBACEI-V\~ILLIFiiv15VILLE 11. Y. With Buff a10 f s Ace D X e r X ~ ~ r u n y ) i n the: Arrny I cxpcct t o engcge in a whirlwind DX secson with ].it- t l e compet i t ion froi-~1 Pop-Hi, Heports went ou t t o R I P md WOC h rd a t 9PM on 7/21. ( ~ u s t a l i t t l - e d i g f o r your ~ d i t o r who c a t seem t o everi hear V!OC l e t c lone v e r i f y then1 al.t'rlough they ~ E V C : D couple r e p o r t s of mine) VdHP verrif ied by l o t t c r on Sept 23rd, 3 deys,quiclr uvor'k, Lnjoyed meeting J i m .\V~devwr 2nd Dick Cooper a g z i n , (Well. boys i t looks z s i f Wimpy hns ~hel.l;!~ngeh me t o 2, DX c o n t e s t t h i s s?22son, wel.1. l(:l;s go) RAY EDGE-BUFFALO N. Y. Only r : y o r t s c u t ; n r s t o 'h~lIRF frorc sUpt 5 t h amd t o WGIL 2nd IYJB(3 f o r s p ~ c i z 1 . s . ?lo ;gention fnron bGIL about clGb c?nd it J.ooks as if. we have to str:;j p?rt,pn j S, nl~J-. 5c~:.) in n i l r r r r , t3 . i ~4 1 n -+ - - . * - - -

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LLQY~ STAPLE$-DLIAPI F u ( ~ e w QRA-3023 Indiana s t - l i s m i , 33 ,F lc ) I do in- tend t o e n t e r , t h e BCB c o n t e s t , Havent w r i t t e n any. r e p o r t s 1atel.y and I ,am- out on ' t r i p s ' a. . l .o t , jusl; r e tu rned from Rio de J n n e i r o , B r a s i l l a s t week .and :have b e e n t o Ba1;boa C . % , ; Eerida,Mex znd s i x of t h e South American -.Kepublics. lvas formerly wi th PAA but 'zfi now wi th the . Arriiy A i r TranspoaC CoiLunand,fIying as r a d i o ope ra t c r arid navigator an6 c o n s e ~ u e n t l y have a comp1et.e. up t o ' d a t e I i i s t of a i l . L a t i n and S 1: s t a t i o n s which .I wi3 .1 t r y and liiake avai7.~ibl.e f o r both BCU u t ~ d 6\11 1 . i s t cne r s . .Szy. i t wouldnt be f a i r t o v e r i f y a l l t h e strti;xrs up 2nd dol~vn t h e l i n e s s 1 f l y by wou1.d i t ? ? H i - H i . Fac t was on my 1::st t r i p t o Hio I s e n t E: Q,SL t o H J C Z and YVlRF ask ing f o r v e r i e s .end, asked tl.12t they ho s e n t t o iliy &iiar;?i address and I a l s o gave then1 ny . l a t ana long vi,.hen I rece ived thern so I811 s e e what hapgens. 'Mihil-e i n , dr;tzh.l. vi.hat shou1.d I p ick ilp bu t rL stta.tiolz w i t h f l r~~er ican cal l . l e t t e r s WSMS ( ~ e r v . i c e ~ n e n ' s . b ta t io i i ) hc i s 012 1420 ~ C S nnd p k y s j azz music f o r t h e men there,rerizinded. .iiIC of I:!rNEI1:i i r ~ . NY. By t h e way how does WFTL,Ft ~auderd . . a le w i th i t s 10KW coriie i n behind WOE i n NY.. ( f t dont ) W i l l t r y t o have a r e q l . DX r e p o r t n e x t t h e and. z l s o ' t h j s e schedul.cs, which were i s sued Aug 30 th 1943 and t h e 1-z tes t c o r r e c t i o n s h r e g iven US a s soon a s they 2 r e made so with t h z t . I . h o p e t o keep t h e , c l u b posted or1 a l l Carrebhen and SA s t a t i o n s . I f m y of you' fel.1-o~is wznt any of t h e

' l a s t e s t chznges i n 1 .0ca t ion~cef . l o r pcwer why dro;, me n 1-ine . t o t h e ' QRA above 2nd incl.ude t h e 33p and I w i l l . be g lad t o send them $T you. ( boys i f you send t o Lloyd p l ecse dont f o r g e t t o inc1:ude r e t u r n postzge-RzLy ( ~ l o y d I j u s t s e n t FredcVan Voorhees your o t h e r GRA as he i s now working f o r PAA I thought w e woul-d hzve two members i n t h e s:imw o u t f i t b u t i t I-ooks a s i f I wzs too l a t e , OK c.nyway and thcnks f o r t h e swe l l dope) DICK COOPER-KITTAN1.V I N G PE~W Add.ed 2 new v e r i e s ,KASA z.nd IUTCN , F i r s t wzs prepared card end czne a f t e r many s t t e m p t s . 1-11.~0 d u p l i c a t e ver ' ies froi'i WHKC 2nd WSOC, l e t t e r s with ca rds frorr, KRGV-WJHL and WAOV, Received a l e t t e r v e r i e from WGIL progrhlii which was supposed t o . have beer1 ded ica t ed t o our c l u b . Here i s what they say. ''Due t o t h e added d u t i e s i t i s nec- ' e s sn ry f o r 2.11 of u s t o do 2nd t h e r.rilount of l e . t t e r s received,we ask t o be omit ted frorli your schedu1.e.. , It i s necessary tk12. t we beg o f f f o r t h e

,durz t ionf i I an s u r e we a1-1. a p p r e c i r t e l."JGILls p o s i t i o n . WJBO hrd w i t h c lub d e d i c a t i o n a s pcr sked b u t 1 0 n i n u t e s i s 2 s h o r t . t i m e . I sincere]-y hope you boys w i l l n o t l e t u s down on tile PKPA s h o ~ ~ r , . l e t s send them a f l o c k of r e p o r t s . BOBKOSTKA-BROOKFIEID I L L I t s been c long time sincc rny 12.st r e p o r t , s o h e r e i t i s . Veries s i n c e l z s t r e p o r t a r e F~ l e t t e r from WilJ h hey s2y

, they . h a v e rece ived r e p o r t s frocl 8 .us t r r l . ia end N e w Zeelznd) tznd ca rds fro^ KTSA-WGY 2nd CJRX .and 2 diplornz f r o r ~ LRS(l$'?s I g l ad t o g e t t h a t ) Here i s some Alaskan infor iaat ion, znd skeds .

. . KINY-Juneau on 1.460 kcs . VilFl,tkdoys Aleskaq T i r n t 7: ~ O A M R c v i l l e Hhy-

a On Sundays theriis cad Progr:;.~ Kesurne; 1:.30 PM Uni of Chgo Iioundtabh8:OO AM News 8:1.5Alll B r e a k f ~ ~ s t C.lub. 8: 30 Pill S ign o f f . 11;00 Pbl Nugget St10.p t i n e

1-1:30 PM b ign o f f . - . . . KTKN-~etchiknn on 930 kcs

\Veekdzys; 7: 30 Ah1 B r e ~ k f a s t i n Bedl.c!.m 8 : 00 News KGEI rebroz.dcast 10:30 PM R l i z s John Freedom-Tu;lkjor howes-W ;Cavzlcade of America

on Thur and S a t night-bet l i ight &ndwz.gon o f f 1% blDT Sundzys they 2 r e on a t 1 0 A M end o f f z t LOPM,

' I hope t h c prograhi l i s t i n g w i l l he1.p i n i den t i f jmg then. i 'or a coup p l e W l i s t see "Alaska L i f e , the t e r r i t o r i a l . m2g,azine. The address o f t h e p u b l i c a t i o n i s ~ I A l ~ s k a Li f e-7U8 "nerica.rl bldg-Sentt le, lV~Lshington,

TGVV hrs been Ehnaag~t coming i n R 4 t o 8 every n i g h t . R R T \ , , ~ A ~ R ~ R ~ n ~ g v ~ ) T ~ F ) R ~ ~ T . T . ~ T T ~ T C ninrnr T : I ~ V C T T v ~ 1 ~ 1 r n - r ~ mrrr.3 r mTat7r , r7 rnr n n a n

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T / 4 NERTON T IbEADE I Wish t o thank you very much f o r renewal, I 37137496 do n o t f i n d t h e t o DX anymore bu t I do 1.i .k~ 145th ARldlOEEL) SIGNAI, CO. t o read what t h e o t h e r fellov,is a r e doing. You APO 255 probilb1-y know w'nere Pine Camp i s located.-only PINE Cl;lAP N , Y . a fcvi rriiLes from Waterto~vri N . Y , (yes we know

where Pine Carip i s arid hope t h a t t h e change i n c l ima te i s n t too riiuch from t h a t of Ca.1.i.f. 'Ke al.so a r c pl,ezsed t o know t h a t you enjoy rcacli.ng mrh2.t t h e o t h e r s are doing, We fzel. t h a t our bu1.- l e t i n wiil.1. h e l p a 1.i.t;tl.e tows-d kecping a.J.1 of i l s t oge the r and c r e a t e a few p leas ing ~no~ i~en t s of r ea:l:i.ng -to yc:];~ al.l., -Ray) --.. - -- ..-- .-,. ..." Pvt J A C K €jU INTRELL I j u s t g,ot t h e 3ep t 18th bulletin today(20th) & HEADSUAR'l'E3G 6 t h QMTR have perzlsed i t f r m cover. t o cover and t h e r e C.AMP LEX, V A , :ire roany ind.ica, t ioi is t h a t t h i s wil.1. be a banner

season f o r DXing. I t 1-ooks a s i f Le f ty Cooper & h i s s ter l . ing men seeiil t o have rounded up soi;ie excel- lent s p e c i a l s So f a r 2nd probably before t h e season i s corilpletc wi.13. add q u i t e a felrv chhice ni0r:;el.s f o r DICers t o t r y f o r , Peg 2nd I were ' t ry ing t o ma.ke t h a t 500 rilakr before Oct l~t,v~jel.:i. we have :succeeded and tiie t o t a l v e r i e s l ~ o w shows 51.6, L a t e s t atld?:tiorls ::.i.r:c:e m s t r e p o ~ t i.nc1v.d.e tile foll .o~~ing-~~~FTL-?VJBO W,AiJu-WiEG(:, -~\/~~i:.-\~.l:~ll)-~~~~']--'$/T~~~- .WLAV-W~~C-~JJ~EU-W~0N-~j~WC,-llJAPI-vJT JS-WABY- ~~DBO-KTH,';-~\~~'\~B~R-CI(PC--~,,~R~L-WD~S--'~~:~CU - JQJ - JD-V~~~~~-KFYR- '~~~ I~TI~IJ-WTO?-VJISN-P~LOL- KECA-l,VEMI)-KEE~~~-WTAX-P!LAT?-T?i!FL~L-V~rI~ZO-'v'~CBS 2nd WTAG , Thing s were r sal1.y go- i ng sv~ell . bu t now Teg i s ready t o r e t u r n t o school and I dont have t h e f a c i l - i t i c s t h a t I wish . that I I-lad,i?iith t h e r c su l ' t t h a t i t 3.ooks 1.ike we shant be e n t e r i n g t h e cor , tes t f o r I.ac!t of' tirile t o D X , I do hope hovtever t o p ick up a f e n ca t ches on t h e weekends and dur ing r e g u a l r b roadcas t s , bu t Goubt i f t h e r e shal.1. be iliuch > l c t i v i t y t h i s setison. I n o t i c e Fred Van Voorhces i s ask ing q u i t e a few q u e s t i o n s i n t n ~ b u l l e t i n , WPID and WOCU have l e f t t h e a i r f o r t h e dura.t50.n due Lo i n s u f f f c i e n t bus ines s bu t hope t o r e t u r n a f t c r t h e war. Our Canp i s oii1.y 4 miles f r o n WPID and. I j u s t g o t t h e n ve r i f i ed a week be fo re they went oSf t h e a i r . WABI i s s t i l l ope ra t ing on 93.0 kcs b u t I can t g e t a v c r i e f r o n they3 f o r t h e l i f e of me. Some t i r w back I l~lcnti-one6 t h a t I cou1.d 1.icl.p c;ut Le f ty on CPC, a s I have every n i g h t f r e e and j u s t usuaf.ly go dovm t o t h e o f f i c e and v i r i t e l e t t e r s and 1-isteri t o the rat?io. I f e e l t h a t I a:; i n a p o s i t i o n to , hc1.p ou t on q u i t e a few s t a t i o n s t h a t I do n o t feel. could, b e approached o t h e r wise and would Like t o he lp , t h a t i s if Lef ty c a r e s t o have ne? You a l s o mlght ~ n e n t i o n t h a t I would Like t o have a 1-itt1.e correspondance from nem- b e r s , A t present; rriy on1.y NRC c o r r i e s a rc Bob Brawn and Len ICruse bu t they s u r e a r e two sv;ell, boys and I doixt rilean naybc. I n c i d e n t l y i f any n~eliibur i s c o l l z c t i n g 1-e t te rhcads from Army- posts 1711. b e g l a d t o g e t thern a Caiiip Lee l e t t e r h e a d i f they vri1.b j u s t d r o p nc a l i n e . Pv t LEONARD mUSE 17112908 Here i s t he r c p o r t a1.L t h e boys have been Co IIAl 2nd B I G TNG BU wa i t i ng for--especial.l.y J i m Wedewer-- - t o BARRACKS 1 see some Ifhot west c o a s t DXingfl For x m n ~ x ~ h CAMP KOHZER , CALIF n e a r l y 2 y e a r s I corresponded wi th a DX

f r i e n d l i v i n g cl-ose by Sacrer;xento and had SOfiic n i c c DX n i g h t s recunt1.y w i t h him. Here fc;l.Lo~fi{s i s tihe p r o f i t s of 2 evening s of DX . KAST-KYUM-KWKInI-KTBI-KECA-KIT-KoI~Io-CKI~~O and CKIVX . The 2nd evening I logged KALE-KELA-KEVR-KGHL-KTiiTR-KSLnii-KElJ 0-ICRKO -KTOH-Kl i~~R-KG~~~B and KEVE. Rexilember N R C I s laember Jili, Walker, Cass,W Va? He i s Cemporai1.y 1,ocated a t t h e Sacrcmento A i r Depot and I had t h e pl.easure of rnectilig him 1.a.stwoek end. H e i s a swel-1. f e l . 1 . 0 ~ ~ My o l d DX pal. a% Del . Paso Hgts C a l i f . J i m Wal.ker znc? I had a grand vfeck end of DXing a.nd w e a11 enjoy- ed i t , My l a t e s t v a r i e s a r e IC1,X w i th v c r i c stanlp-RGER-KYUU and KYA, Keep the s p e c i a l s coniing CPC riieiilbcrs.

REIVIElrlBER IIiITli: TO OUR TklEMBERS t5JHO li'F;IF: TN THR ARhi117.n RRRTTTPRs nn TT1 t\lnTilr

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FREQ CALL HEMARKS 5890 ..., Moscow,USSR still hrd 7~30-10:15PM with 7545-9055 and 13180

kcs in- home service om Jones-St ~etersburg la) 6090 ZNS2 Nassau,Bahanas coning in strong at 8:30 PM ~lanchard) (111) 6120 HIlG Trujillo City,D.Ii. now here frov 6140 kcs [Jones) 6195 GRN London,England together with GSL-61.1.0 kcs now operates to

North America from 8:i5PM (Jones) 6275 YN--? Managua,Nicaragua being heard evenings. (Jones) on ones) 6900 YNWW Managila,Nicaragua hrd but badly CJRMed by CW. Call is not YNOW 7140 CMZI Havana,Cuba being hrd here eves ( ~ d Prendergast-Albertson I ~ Y ) 7215 --- The Brltish'uediterranean Fleet hrd from 5:45PM also on 11720

kcs tvhich is QRide2 b y TRL3 till 5:30PU. I hrd then: identify very clearly in English at 6: 50Phf on the 8th. (Jones)

7280 --- Toulouse,France now sigr~s off at 5:15PbI. (Jorles) 7300 .... Moscow,USSR again bein& hr3 with good signals to 6:33P1~1. Eng-

lish hid at 5FId-Fsench h--6.3QPM (Zones) 8000 . . , Athens9Cre5ce 1fRadic Af,henai" hrd 3-6Ph1,all Greek, ones) QOGO COKG Santiags,Cubz llRadio General ELectriclf junlps here from 8955 -.J--

kcs ofken., (Jones) 3ES/k0 FG.4 Dabar,SenegaL hrd here with 8220 and 15345 kcs. o ones) 91Q5 812G Triljillo Clty,D Ii hrd liere VPB at 12:jOPM on S,pC, 22nd(~arris) 9140 HI2G Trujillo City, jamps here fron~ 9105 kcs. (Junea) 9250 COUQ Havana,Cuba hr6 here Sun Sept 26th at 3:25 PM v f b (~arris) 9578 . . . . ItRadio Republics Fascistall hrd here awhile .!,,-7PlbI with Ital-ian

talks and music and also carried MussoliniPs speech on Sept 18th. Now being heard on 9845 and 12130 kcs. GeFman Control-a- ed according to Tom. ones) /(~arshall ~lanchzrd- rook field)

9640 LRY Buenos Aires,Argentina,correct call. Hrd R-5 ct 3:15PM 9620 TIPG San Jose,C.R. again being heard after- a long absence. o ones & Roger Legge-Washington D.C.) 9690 LRAl Buenos Aires,Arg. hrd with good sigs to I.OP&l, it is zero beat

with GRX on 9690 kcs. o ones) 9765 .... Radio National Belge,Lcopoldville,belgizn Congo,testing for

past week on 9765 and 9620 kcs. Gigs excellent at 5:45-6:15 PM,Beamed to Europe.Reports were requested to be sent to Lon- don office, Said they also test 2-2:30AM and 12 noon to 1 2 ~ 3 0 PM. blusic and announcements in ~ngl-ish-~rench-~lcmish ,(Jones)

9&$5 XGOY Chungking,China hrd with pick ups for CBS at 8:05AM. Hrd with R 4-9 sigs on S,pt 17th.Too bad they dont have an Eastern North America trznsr:~ission. o ones)

9680 .... Vichy,France again being hrd 3:45-4:15PbI in French, They claim to be in No.Africa and used to be calJ.ed the International Broadcasting station VHIC, (9680-7245-6090 Ircs)

9750 WKLJ New York City hrd here Sept 26th 9:45pM(~il Harris-N Adam M) 9880 CRYBE Lourenco,Marques ,Newxfreq (Jones) 10330 ZFD Hamilton,Berruda kaxkx~gx~xE&g8fxihxBEMx ones) /(~arris) 11370 ,... Croatian Freedom Station hrd Sun 9/26 from 2:30-2:4OzPh1. 11590 VRR4 Stony Hil-1,Jainaica testing in bnglish at 1Phl (Jones)

hrd foning WNB-10670 kcs usually ?AM, (Jones) 11600 . . . , Rumanian Freedom Station hrd 1~45-1: 55PM 9/26 (~arris) 11650 XGOK Canton,China hrd to 9:35AM sign-off, (Jones) 11740 JRAK Parao,Palau 1sl.e~ now hrd 5:30-6:50Plh with J a p Home Service,

used to be 4:30-6: 50PM. o ones) 11785 ..,. Yugoslav Undercover hrd now 3-3:25PM fairly well. with takls

and Folk music. They sign-off with anthcm. o ones) 1.1970 .... Brazzavil-le,FEA now has progrm for United Nations Forces in

Europe 4: 30-5PM. News at 4:45PhT. (Jones) Heard very loud afternoons with American recordings and news

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' FREQ CALL REMKS 11970 , ., l Brazzavil.le,FEA hrd very s t rong corfipa.red . t o a yezr -ago. They

novf . have a new xrfi i t ter I b e l i e v e (1~1 1111-anchard-~rookf i e l d , 111) 'Yes they a r e now us l l lg (:t 50MV x i i i i t t e r - ~ d )

22455 HCJB ' Quit .0 ,Ecuador hrd vfb, 9:4581~l-9/125 (1;il. Harris-N ~ d a r n s , ~ a . s s ) 12968 WKRD New Ycrk Gity This i s t h e s t a t i o n F r e d - ~ d ) Hrd i n G~rrilan abL

an 118 a t 5: 22PM , (Fred. VF:.E Voorhees-ljecch. h u r s t , N . Y .) 14460 DZH Ber%in,G,ernany hrd 10--10:30AJiI with DJE-17760 kcs i n Spanish

and Portuguese. They : x e badly QKMed by K\filIDf s harmonic o ones) 15070 GWC ,Lond.on,Engl.end hrd 9/24 a t 12: 30PM, ( ~ a r r i s )

, ' 15120 HVJ Vat ican Ci ty hrd S a t li?-12:25PM.. Thurs 1-2-1.2:3OPM and Tues 11: 25-1.2,:25PM a11 in 1tal . ian. (Jones)

15155 SBT ~tockkiolrn,3v~reden hrd 9/23 a t ll.:05AM with news i n F,ngl.ish.At l.l.rl.OR?~!, 3 rd a ? s t a t i o n i n t h e beckground of 5BT. I cou1,d hear a man tal.king i n a ? 1.tinguz.ge.eft I,l:l4Al/i, I coul6 z l s o hear sorfieane whistl.ing.At ll:I.5ATvl9. I heard 2 rLen tal.kiiig i n ? I.anguage'.At 1 1 ~ 2 0 Ah!, I co;.ll.dnt henr 313T o r t h i s s t a t i o n . A3.L I cc;u:I.d hecr was a whist l i i?@ no i se and 2. hum. A t 1.1:23fiM I cou%?, 'hear S3T ,?gain with music. Also t h e ? s t a t i o n i n t h e background with c man t a l k i n g : ( ~ i l . Harris-N ~dc?.ms,plass)

SBT Stocknol.n,Swcden i s sti1.l. being hrd a t 8A1,T wi th Hone Serv ice / ones)

15200 DJB Berl.in,Gerrnz.ny no 1-onger hrd t c N A 7-9:45AM. ( ~ o n e i ) 15240 . . . . Vichy,3"rance s-.off' 2 t 1 1 A M 2nd back on aga in a t ll:1.5ANI. Bet-

t e r heard a t ll.:l-5Aldl. (HC-rr is) . 15290 WD3 Del.hi,Indig. hrd 8 ~ 1 . 5 AM wi th an R 8 s i g s on S,pt 20th. News i n ..

Engl i sh hrd a t 8 - 8 ~ 1 0 AM. (J'ones) 15305 HER6 Be~*ne,Switzerl.and v z r i e s t o 15295 kcs . Hrd a t . noon ' s a t , (Jones) 15345 FGlZ Dckzr ,Senegal n r d . Sun 9/26 v f b a t 2:45PNL, (1krri.s) 15625 RGF bIoscow,USGR hrd t e s t i n g ~ q i t h WOA3 AT&T on 14600 kcs on Sept

18 th ' from 9:15-10:4OAId,. Tested a l s o on 15720 RWKI frorii 10:40-ll-AM f o r prospec t ive Radio-Telephone Se rv ice . Power

of RGF and HVWU (saxe x m i t t e r ) i s 16KIV. On t h e s e f r e q s . They were very s t rong ,R9 p lus , they plan t o again,make con tac t on

, . 3 e p t 2 0 t h a t 9AIkl on RGF. I g o t t h e f r e q s f r o m Moscovi so they shou1.d 'be c o r r e c t . o ones)

,15830 . . . . Dakar ,Senegal. llrd a t 10:15AM cn1.l i n g Al-giers i n French,they a . 1 ~ 0 had French nus i c . nu ones)

'16025 AFHQ Algiers,A.lgeria. hrd 9/23 a t lO:29AM wsth t2l.k about Cors ica f o r BBC. ( ~ a r r i s )

17775 , . . . Radio Netional.Belge.,.Leopoldville,Belgi~.n Cjongo n l s o opera-Les 11--11: 25AM i n Flemish. (Jones)

17800 01x5 Lahti,Findl.and hrd opening a t 10:158N with a march. They a re . .

. . s l i g h t l y higQer then WLWO-17800 and a r e we2.k. Fadeout of sign- 'off near ZPM (with 01x4-15190 and.OIX3-1.1781j t hey -use t h e same LO no, te , i n d c n t i f i c a t i o n s i g n a l . X ones)

17840 . . . . At'nlone, I r e l z n d IlRadio Eirreanf l now operc?.tcs 1:40-2PM and 5:05 5:30PM on 9595 kcs . Engl i sh news a t 1.:1+5 .ncl 5:I.OPM. QRA is R a d i o Eirreanf l Chrysley Bldg . , New York C i t y , o ones)

18135 YDA . Batavie ,Jzva hrd 9/20 wi th H9 s i g s f r o n 10--10:5;2AliI and 11- 11 : 51A1~1. News i n hngliski . g t 1.0 and llAXl f.ol.lowed by tz.1.k~ -:and music. CW used i n i ~ d e i i ~ t i f i c a t i o n , T h i s i s t h e on1.y t i m e ' t h a t

9 : I have heard then. (Jones) 18300 VLN3 Sydney,Austral ia h rd i n c o n t a c t wi th KNY o t ~ i x o n , ~ a ; l i f . ~ u i t e

a few; t i n e s e t 6:3O and.9:30PBil wi th s t rong signa.1.s. KNY sends (See DCB programs t o VLN3 f o r rebroadcas t i n A u s t r c l i a . The 6 : 3 0 ~ M Page :

broadcas t i s t h e s t r ~ n g e s t . ( ~ z r o l d iiow;.::1kd-~~a~akoneta,0hio)

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