V01.6 No.27 I\JATSONi:L liLDIO CLUB DX NE\' 5 I\,lr7.y 16 1939 I3l?,'iD!,LJIZRTEIiS

For s i g n i!i.zi!.lbcr sh ip 317 L n s t 1 0 t h S t . , Issued Wc-;;kly $2rOQ ccy Ydzr- - - - - - - - Eris P c g n ~ - - - - - - &2,OQ per Y ~ k r - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

lyc v~(;:lccji:!e tlic ffol.l.owirl,q new nernbcr : -J;!ck Blri:nger-l:,u!.;cwoo6- Ohio - - - - - -

jL no tic^ t o 21.1. you nevi ncl:lbers: T l w o u g h tht? Co-opdr:.tion of RliD.F::C lie t:.re r1bI.e ti, f u r n i s h you t h i s :;donc"lrful 211-log IVi:.igi:.;inc for tht.: saisl l sui-;1 of $I.L+O :per yexr ,l,nd t o a l l you o t h w NHC nc,nbcrs l e t s set.! your orders fo r Radex.. Sen6 t . 1 1 o rders d i r c c t t o NdC ,Headc+Lu.;,:rt~rs. . I n thu April. 10 i s s u ~ I h::d n sn;.17_ w r i t c up for :I (1.c-tiv? BCB DXcr f o r YL new , ; .ddition "ihut the NRC will. f t.ut.ure t k L i s coij:iing ycas . biel3. I kl:-~d so ii1:-:ny r c p 1 . y ' ~ t o t h i s w r i t e up t h ; ~ t i t s b2.m vkry h::rc'i t o pick :I DXer f o r th . i s , posi t ion , zrltl t h e one chosen w2 s ~ t ~ v ~ r ~ ~ : C ~ i ~ n ~ - ~ c ; & c ~ o ~ ( : i - O ~ i ~ ~ _ , I w : x t t o th::.nk (1~1.1. the rrcst t ' i l r i t wrote i.11, ~i ic li!;ly 112~~; ' otlicr new dt3- p:irti,ll..:nt~ open I n t h e ncnr futurt;. ;.;nd wi!,:l. t u r n tiw;:! over to you..

----- CONVENTION NZWS----- J U L Y 1 s t nnc! 2nd n t Her shey P 2rm::. . .iIJr2B~b-B~t~ug-&3J &c)ss-SL ._L13g::di~g- Pfnn;. i s i n c;i:\rge of t h i s Eas tern gatnerinp, YO 1 I o b Line - i f you E!rC p lan ln in~ on :~'ttericling, do t h i s 2i.t once :;s thtircs :I gre::t do- 2.1 of worlr ~ ~ t t a c h t o t h i s gc2thering :,.nd Bob wil.1. h?ve t o know how r~i:;ny 'i;.;il!- be th:?rbe, SO PLEA3E DHOP BOB A CARD iiT ONCE.. .To 211. you r:iernbers i n 2nd ~rour ld ilew York Ci ty t i z t i t t:r; p k n n i n g t o d r ive Goiin i n your cr*r drop iiic? ;; l e t t e i . hc rc 2t H(1 a s sevcrr.1 of thi; nciiibers fro!;[ t h ~ t v i c i n i t y vvoultl I.iii-e t o ia;.~kc. ;-:rr?mgerfi:iunts t o r i d e down, zLnd art. jici,ll.ing t o help on tllc exiJensc, i : ~ t h i s - :it once.. . .Ycs your Frcs ident w i l l bo there so I-ots sec :~l.l. you E:,stc.rn boys 011 t h i s t r i p . . , .The Eric C o n v a t i o n w i l l be helci in Krie S~pti:riiber 2-3 ;.ncI 4th. .Heg i s . tp~ t ion Eli-aks 1iil.1. bi: ready foY the hrLe Convention by tho tiiiic t h e lic.:xt bul1etri.n gocs out , remen- bcr nll. DXcrs a r c i n v i t e d t o n.ttcncl, but bc su re -.rli? tel.1 then t o drop 2- l i n e t o Bob f o r t h e & s t e r n G;:thcring ttnd for tilt> E r i c Gzthcring send f o r Ilegis t r c t i i n Blmk.

PLEASE NOTE: -Brondc:.:st Band CPC w,-.nted f o r t n ~ next ye:?-r, plelrse send you nt-.me i n at cnci: i f you C ~ T C t o serve on 1;;iis s t a f f .bde wr-int 211. you o l d CPC ncn t o send your nnnet s i n z l s o i f you ccirc t o serve th . i s coning y c x r . . ( ( ~ l e z s e Note,to c l l t he CPC men th::lt servec? on t h e CFC s t a f f t h i s yc::~:r, send. i n your account o n t h e postage: f o r t h i s ye.1.r c.ni1 you wil-1 bc r2i1:~ibusse, t o t h e nevi CPC st;:iff lets h a v ~ $our. rl;:i;.lt 2t GnCC SO t h z t h i i ! n ~ y ge t our st:,.tionary ~ , I c . ~ c u p t h i s coii~ing i ~ o n t h , . . THE NEW ST;.LT'IONid3Y IS ALL RIZI",DY FOB DELIVl3RY 50 SEND YOUR ORDERS I N AT ONCI3,tllso Env::l.opes t o i,i::.tch, 100 sht.!cts St;.!tLen;;,ry. .50 cen t s p o ~ t p ; ~ i d Envul-opes .50 cen t s per 100 ,postp;7.id.we woulcl I.ike t o have ;-.i.l you n21~- bers use t h e NRC st::.tion:-!.ry and we h~1v~1: cu t the py.'ice dovn t o rock hot- ton 9 vri-: \,s;~u%:l! ;: .i>i~r~~i;L.te i t a g r c r t t d e z l if you n~~;ibers ~ t o u l d usc the NRC str,t.ion:2-rye , . ,To u l l you mclllbcz.s th:i.t h:-tvc, ordcrc!!, s t i c k c r s they l11ill be inailcd r:s s o o ~ i 7.s lrve rece ive our new l o t , they ;.!ro on order nohr.. . . Ti?.? s t i e k z r s sel-1. :.t 25 ct;nts per 1.00

bL PETiSONFiIj IVORD from HQ, so r ry t h a t I 21~7.ve fr:il.ed t o ~ n s v ~ e r you members l e t t e r s i7.ndl carCs, but t h e o l e f i s h i n g sea.son i s i n f u l l bl:..st now and i t s da~r:? h.~..rd f o r me to s t z y i n doors, so I ~ i i i c:lll-i.ng t h i s my vt:~cs.kion from ,-1.1. c3.ub tiork,exci?pt; work thtit ht1.s t o bit done, but I :;m th inking of you ;:.nd yoi~ri l e t t e r s , :~.nrl wi1.l g e t :2f t e r tlieii? ;:].I bef or :long. . .To 211 you r~ i~c :bc~s tk.t owzf s the club feel s ii;. s u r e a:rou:i.c't c p p r c c ~ a t c i f you cy.n send i"r,o1;f cis :;IF h;:d to spend

RCB-Page:2 N A T I O N A L H l + D I O CLUB DX NE3!S May 16 1939 COIU'TZST N E G S

Pat .R_ei-3.1_e~-Co~tgst J la~n-ge~-glQ NoiN~ir , .stL,- - - - Jglil~ s t o ~ n - I\I . Y . - - - - 3ingl.ztons a s of iViity, Llth n a i l , . -The S & E c0ntes.t ends wi th t h i s . Issue;t;l?_e xvinner v , ~ i l : L bc :~nnounceci in t h e June l.ssue..

Evzngc-CFBX CCFZiC C J C J CJL3 CMBX CMCH CMKS 1W133 IZGBX KGFL IrARI'~ KNO:iJ IrJILH l i ~ t 3 . . mOTJ VV'AT~ WBAX \JBB(: bdCLE \iCOP \iDA2F IiJELI IvFi'd NFL'LS \.IFEL IlllGfiL biGB13 Penna WGPC V!Tl8iJ WHBC WHBU W1B.A NIBi\l \\!ISN WJBC IliJJB WJZ CiKl;i3 S!JMFG FJNCX .............. WNYC WORK W3AN WSBT WTCN WTJS WTOC XEPN JOBK @U.

d . . e . . . ~ T ~ t 2 1 2.08 1/2 P ~ S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Botzun-CFCB CFCO CMC(; CivlHW CMKG CIVIKIi IaiSi~ ICERN KFOX KHUB I(Ui'vl;,'~ I'rVI KKG Pcrlna \JBBL ViiDiZE WDEL WEBQ ViFl'lA WICC \iI-IN I1IEIP WINS XEP XEDP XdFC 2G2 3Di3

*. 3SR 3WV LILY, Beromunster, Breslau, Jiunich,, lViilan, Nice Cot*. , c , . . . ......... e , O ; b b . O . O . . O . . O o o . . . i . O . . . ~ ~ t f t l 196 1./2 I - ) ~ s

Rei'Lley-CFPL CFQC CJOG CKPC CMCJ K S E N KGFJ ;;I'RiiK \iiiRlii;b l;v\d,',E XEl'ii-i X13i'iF' Y . - XELIU VV-1RF.. ...................... .Total. 124 1/2 p t s Feichtner-CKSO KCKN '\YAP0 YJ'JELlF \JRNL XEJ YVSRA., ......................... Prnnx . e . . . D e 0 ~ . . D . 4 ~ ~ D 0 . . . e . . . . . 0 0 D . . ~ Tota l 107 p t s Cooper -KFaG KG:ER K I D / Z V I ~ ~ C KPLC KSLLl 'iWCB1, ii'JiIZO WI\J.ilC WQA1J WRBL ~ ~ Y ' E ~ O K Penna VVSAL LL~S~ZJ:. ......................... .Total 98 p t s :Yunt-- KFXD' K G j X KGGF IVGNO KIEM KIUL KLO Ki\XvlJ KO03 KPQ ImNR KEiOY KSJT'!:a i . if KS;3 K P J N KTUC KUJ KVCV KWKH 1I;LV'LK VVLiLF' ViKY V'HIO J O d 1 J O B K l J O C K l

JOHK ZOIV JOLK JOTK JOXS. ......... .Total 9.7 p t s Stone-CFC? CJRI, CPJlCB CLX WRR ViSPR WSnI PRF4. . . . . o . ~ . . . . . . .: ............ Ort2.ni0,. .................................. .Tot :~ l 95 1/2 p t s J.iip~lhcott-iU\LE KGFF WABC WENIP WGH WhIEX FI;N TIXD 3CV Agen, Wiff e l Tower. ?,'Icj ne Genoa, Klogenfust,Praugue, ,....Total 80 p t s ?!!atson-WA'DC $BIG WBNO WHt'iZ WHJB WOC W P D . XEA\V... ........................

O O ~ O O o O O O ~ O ~ ~ O ~ ~ ~ O O ~ ~ ~ o ~ O ~ o e D ~ O O ~ o ~ T p t a l . 63 1 / 2 p t s Snyder,Xicl~-KT32 WASH VV'OOD...i..,.....,...Totsl 35 p t s Wngner, r3eilna-,... .........~............... Total 31 1./2 p t s Rebensdorf,, ILL-CJCS KGEZ KGFX ImL XEP. .. .Tota l 28 1/;2 p t s G~rddn,,Pen2a-,, 4..,.....0.~.00000~0~000e. 4 T o . L I6 p t s YI111, II.~-:TTR:!.-~. ............ .. ............. .To-i;.:j..l 8 I j 2 p t s ----------------.--------------------------------------------------------.-

E?.iatnators as of May 1 1 t h mail:- ... Hunt-E2.i : -E7~anse2. is td s VJ'IP/,.D J0i;Xl. EvnngcLis tn-Eli: -Rei l ley ' s VVCliD i-iuntts KGVD, L i p p l n c o t t f s KFUO,, Uatson IVivIER.

Botzum-.Eli: -Stonen s !iBTH KLCN, Feichtner Y s TSQ, fiej.i!.eyf s ViJIld CHliiL Cbl.\,, ~ i / a ~ g e ~ i s taI:; 1ffJE;n \{'J'I/bT WLvii i(SL, i:IX';:[ \

BCB-Page : 3 N A T I O N A L HF.DIO CLUB DX NEP'S Ivlay 16 1739 Hrondc:..st Bznd Ncws

F'CC News : -3y B e c k g r = H c i o Q~&Q>,,FCC Lcii-i; o r KDR.0 Sudal.ic iGissouri 1590 kc. ,1.00~~:li'F'Vi? Frederi.ck V c . ,1260 kc. ,250 Vv'. KOVO Provo Utah 12:LO kc . , l.00~ir :\,?SKi3 idcComb b l i s s 1.21>0 kc . ,100 vt . WBOX S t Peter.sbur.g Fl.2 1370kc. ,lOOw3\JF,KL ,Hock 13il.l ,S.C. i s deleted. XGVL Grcenvil-1-2 Texns Deleted. . .

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---[,LL EST-- . ., ISI'SA. -- 1s t iiionrl:-:y l - l : l 5 2 m . . . . . . . . .lfi::UI - lfiitzd befor 1s t 3:u.t 1:30-2:30 K T R I - 1st; Thurs 2-2:30am.. . . . . , . . .VlII,l;~ - 2nd cnd 4 t h Xm. 1:145-;/-:I)O KSiiL - 1s t Sat .2~30-3. . . .'viJAG - 2nd F r i . 1:30-2..KDlY!i - 1s t F r i 3-3:15 KVGB - 7 t l i of i-no.3-3:30. .\JIG30 - 4.th Uon Lk:45-5 . .kJCOU - 7 of iGo.l:30-1:45 KGF@! - 1 5 t h & 29 %-;2:30..\~dI?EN - 1 s t iJed 2:l.O-2:30 Ki51,O-1 & .3 \;icil 1.-1-:30 CHWK - 2nd Wed 3 ; 45-4: 1 5 . ~ < \ i S ~ - l u s t day of no3-5. .KFYR -212~; Thu 3.: 15-3 : 45

7 -in XPOF - 2nd F r i . 3-3: 1 5 . . .FdC!liiil-cvery Sat 1-2. . , .'. .bdLbi- I & 3 3:i.t 2-2 : 1 5 '::il\iiGI - every Sa-G 2 - 3 . . . . .VJ;JBLki-27 of 170.2: 1.5-2:30.CJC)li-,!+.th S i t 3-3:E5

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BCB-Pc?..ge: 4 . 'NATIONAL RLDIO CLUB DX NENS lfay 16 1939- Broadcnst Band. Nevis

EDITOH Edi tor : ' .Dick Coopcr Pe ter C l ~ ~ r i u s 956 0r:r ;'ivcxlue . . . L.P.O.Reports. 1-1 Iiizrianne 3 t . , Kitt&nj~!.;~gPgrl=~- - - - - _ I d _ _ - - Port-Ric&ng.(J- E.1.

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Il!'i~PQL~H-~~N~-&I-3~C~D~1"1".ACi'~L~F-Ver i e s s i.n c e l a s -t Ijul.1 e t i.n and number of - - - di:~ys each r e p o r t WZ.S ou t . KTUC ex KGAR 7,

WPAD 9, - KlV!LK 1.3, KIZJY, 217 knd K I N Y 5 5, KGDLi 1-02, JOCICI. 4.4, JO.GICl 45 2nd JOLlK2 -75 .both .c':lr.ds received i n se.me envcLope.SOBK1 69 ~ncl J O I K 60eHere i s quote fkom Chief Engineer of KIi\TY,nI .-sent .out; v e r i f icsi;ion cf t e r rece iv ing .,'your f i r s t l e t t e r , ,hoti~ever, one of -the boys :i:t Federal Build-

., . i ng w:rs . ;~p ,propr i~! : t in , htz~liifuls of n z i l sesrchilig f o r whatever he could f i n d . Consequently, r~i::ny people her i: i n Jmle::u hcve been f indinp, .out . t h a t t h e i r r m i l never reached i t s destinnt5.on,Th.ats 2 1 1 over now y i t h so.id v!ould -be mqil.. c l e r k safe ly . ensconceclt i n , :In a i r condi.tiomec! room i n thc 1 .0~21 Bzsti3.3.e,. S O I hzve 'hopes of t h i s l e t t c r re~.chi i lg your1 This 12ttc.r v e r i f i e c March and Apr i l f r e ~ u e n c y checks.IbP;y J O v e r i ~ : : iiow t o t ~ l . 98 from 35. d f f f e r c n t s t a t i o n s . I n a f e w d ~ ~ y s I r m going to t:r? out a Skyridcr' 23 5 . r i d . ~ ~ liieissiier Master (wired a t t h c f ac to ry ) t r y i n g to g ~ t a good s e t SO 1 c;n mkke i t in te~ : . c s t ing f o r t h e l z d s on the next S 8c E I hops,Mi.

DOB ~ o ~ z ~ ~ , ~ ~ H ~ ~ ~ Q I & G - P ~ ~ \ I & ~ ~ ~ Loolcs l i k e o l e m;:n s t c t i c is here t o s t ay . - I 1 lhc $?.st season vias t h e best I had f o r few

y r s . I, j.r;creascd my log of , v e r i f i c c t i o n from 960 t o 1045 , i d 6 ed t h e f:ol.- i.o\iing new T.il, veries-Milt.n, So t t ens , Nice Coted Azur,, Toulouse,ibIar- sc i l l . cs , (i3.i~~) PRG2, LRA', I ,S~~.(T-:: ;P) 3lkV, 3DB, 2G%, 3SR, 4AY,.IIzve re- p o r t s s t i l l out to,Grenoble, HJli!,BN, TIXD, LT-1, AAX, 2Ubd, 7HT, 2CH, 2K0 2'I'I\rl, 2bdG. n o t t o f o r g e t t h e Cubcns Sc Ibx who gt7.v~ mc LL p::~in i n t h e neck t h i s se&son,refusing t o rdply..Rec 1 d ;1 CB& v e r i e c,..;.rd,postr;la.rkcd. H:::lifax N,3, I've n o t i c e t h i s pr,st scason rnore st::tions a r e r e fus ing t o tinsvier repor ts ,At time of wr i t ing I have some 34 r e p o r t s out t o U.S.

.' s ta t ior , s , these ;Ire f o r dup1;icate v c r i e s , hzvc v e r i f i e d over 300 s t a t g o n s . . t he p2s t winter f o r duplEcates (A J q e Becker s t y l e )

RAE B.&D,G,GE,=B~FE1'~_ILO-N,YL Here i s a r e p o r t for. . t h i - n e x t bul l -e t in 2nd i t s - t h e r e s u l t s of the whole DX se:lson.Since Idarch

21 1939 have rece ived 'the fo1lol::ed v c r i e s , cards from VtilCPO K.kl~!IC KDYL ~!IIC~LD KIiJJJ KIYOC WJLS CKTB \JHE;N WB13Ei KOL CKOC 1VJ'J:DiIE \irFi~A WBNY VJXNH WJR WPaZ WPZ LANS iill!.!l?L ICOVC LEU CKCh I

NATI0Ni:L RADIO CLUB DX NEkS May 16 1939 Broadc~~st Band News

'~L~0QDDB~RQV\I~K~-11,r~o&1,wl-NLYf Well I finally rigged up. my new antenns . . the umbrella typc with sevcn wires Snd n

centrcl mast 20 ft high.1-L gives a pretty strong signt21,but seems rat- ' her noisy.WS11-try it out for a few weeks and if it does not work out ,well I will. put.'up a d ou'ble doublet,virhich. I h e m so much n.bout.fdot much in the DX line these days .Only for q new (\IVFBL) .Veries from NRUF WIBU W&AN WNEL VJPRP \YillISIS IfJJ!JBX CBfl, Hzve been receiving :ill sorts of booklets from the Scott radio concern.However I hnve my eye on a 17 tube Strom- berg-Carlson which I may be able get zt a bargain.1 do not know how go- od the Scott Radio is but I would cert~.inly stack our 10 tube S-C ag:?.inst any 12 or 14 tuber on 'the market.For tone quality ancl DL,xnd taking it tube for tube,tne S-C radio will out perform any other mzke Hi, (~lwood I know where you may purchase a 27 tube Scott,at a very. 2ttraastive pr- ice HMG.)

J K R N E - A O D O I C B DX is virtually nil, a$ present,cnd I - nm trying to build up my log of countries

on S\V.Only 6 BCB veries have cone in since my 1;st card but they are f: ir ones-CUHP LSll CX18 4Y.A 1YA end 3LO.The ZLfs 2nd the VK m::ke 19 cou- gtries verified on BCB,out of 21 heard, CX18, incidently, returned my reply card, but as usun1,I cant m2ke out the Guyls sign2ture.Ifm afr~lid I hzvent enuf ambition to hit 800 BCB veries befor next season,as I still have 1.3 toTo33lenty of rcpts arc still out but I've sokta given up hope...

nPLE&LI:N-S~E~N=D_ECQR;IH-I~V\I~.I have been thinking about attending the Worlds - fair in august or September and if I do I will

p l a on attending the Erie Convention,nothing definite yet,but I hope the p1r:ns work out,(~o do I OM, :is vre would sure welcome yo-u here.~d) NoDX here till fa.11,veri.e~ are 473 latest KNET WSilI WSGM CKOV KDON iVCOB WIOD KQV and RdIivIJ r rand island) Bnd reports to XEDB CFCT WTAL WJMS WJIM and 3 to WOC..Cedar Rapids & Ft Dodge h a v ~ applications for permit to buil-d new stations.. . J I B &i'&KlJR4R~MlJE~ &.Va.-VJBTH signs on at 6 E S T . V ~ ~ ~ weak signal here. -

Sign on with IrNattl Anthem. Hrd 5/8/39 KVRS H7 KVOX-R6, KFAC-R6, KDNT-~7; KFGQ-He ,KPAB-RE?, XEFL-R6, at 4: 30, KTEivI R8 5/9/39 KfiND R7,.Heard ZNS on small car radio back in the mo.untains 5/4 drownhng WGY R5-8..5/8/39 WFBR testing 5,000 watts from about 5 AM-on. Hewd the 1430 station this AIvI Q~/R~/xxx,c~~ it be 3ZB.Announcements arc English pLccent.New veri from LR5,a 13;iXlO' Diplom2,very beautiful .President wrote, W e compliment you sincerely upon your success in locating our station, LR5-Radio Excelsior,over such a great distance scperates Buenos Aires in the Argentine republic from Nest Virginia in the United States of North America?! They clso list LT8 "Radio Ro~c?.rio~~ on their letterhe2.d. I reported LR5 March 8th 11: 25 Pivl their time. Sig- ner.A.B.Dougczl.l,Proprietor & President... 5/11/39 Hrd KJlRBN on till 1: 45 +"il\J. Signed ~;:ithffOverthe Wavest! R6 . W B U testing. I.: 25 iiEdI R7 .WDAN R8 2:30, \vXnT R6 3i44, KECA test 3:20, KFYR test R6,untill 3:45 , K F J M R6 4:05, KLS R4 4:35, XEFL R6 4:57, WBTH sign.on 62.m..5/13/39 KGNC R6 1!11/1, KTUL RG 1:10, KGLO off 1 R7, KOY R6 l:l5, Spick on 1250 3~33. KLO R5 1:20,.KOI, R 5 1:30, KSEI R4 1:30, bVIfiiL test 1 ~ 3 3 , ICPMC R5 1:35 KFBK R6 liL+.O, WGNC R6 2-2:51 R9 3:30 FCC Check,XEFL R6 2:15,WIIlL freq check H7 2: 15, KOI-I R5 2: 30, KOME $4 31Ui1,' IOSdN. It,!+ 3AM, (who I,Rlvlecl them) KP~RRII R3 3:03,lWGL R7 3:35,KSf&I R6 3:5@, KKUB R/, 4:05, KuTL R5 ,!+:lo, KIUN R6 4:15,KOVC R7 4:4.0,.,5/12/2.9 \TLl'iK test at 2:lG AM .....

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NATIO NAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS : Rroabccst Band News

ED-F~ICH~N~R=E~I~ EE?JqA.No new s t a t i o n s heard,nevf v e r i e s CBA IVGNC.Surn- - mer s t a t i c s e t i n and spc i l ed d i s t n n t DX.1 was

up s f e w iZ.M,s s i n c e t h e l a s t b u l l e t i n but had-no success i n logging ;!.ny t h i n g new. 1lc:ard a Spick on 790 kc on the I.Oth: a t . 4:30 A?J EST but could no t g c t Xis ci2l1-s. A few weeks back heart; a faint s i g n a l on 840 kc and '730 too f t : int ' t~ log.14ay- receptioln so f a r h a s been b e t t e r than t h e sane period in',Apriil but t h e d i s t a n t s i g n a l s a r e no t breaking, still 20-rgply-fxom 214NmRHon .Ah2 AhgnIcghvLng 22.x BX-f or t h e NRC ,I in- - closed Twp DI?ZES, 7 ~ 0 t e from HQ s e v e r a l o'f t hz ERC rnembcrs have complc- ined t h a t - T I ~ N R ~ ~ ; h i s no t v e r i f i e d .that prbgra~fl.Hi\,!G.) H : x ~ ii very f i n & time down i n Buffalb 2. few' Sundays ago a t Ray Edges.1 want t o thank Ray and Mrs Edge f o r tiie;.V.@.~-ry f i n e d inner / I got q u i t e a k ick out of meeting the boys again , . , . . - . . . .

IIkERY F.HA~K~N~-Geym~n~oFvnPa.- . Have done no Dlting he re ?t t l l i s l o c t ~ t i o n - and so f o r m y f u t u r e ~ ~ i n g I do no t know,

XEFQ wzs on.DX 'April 15 from 2-3 EST, (wel l ~ $ ~ r ~ OhT 1-ets 6ope t h a t yoilr l o c a t i o n i S as .good-as your l a s t one, why dent oL1 c a l l on a few of the 5 NRC members i n an. 2r ound your new 1oca.tion. HMG.

. . . . BT~~T~r\J5Xr!&N,AKEMiOQDDOgIQ.Bay's he hopes the f i s h a re . b i t i n g wel1,OM t o - - .-

. t e l l you th.e t r u t h they a r e and I am spcnd- ing every dpLy at t h e s p o r t . ~ d ) Veries received l a t e l y a r e CJCA WIOD KGIR \Iv'LPO CMCY CMQ ?cWEL ?.n< H J l A B N . H J l A B N w 2 s signed by ' Ramon R.IvIedina .BF.v- e d t t tuned f o r 2. month but am g e t t i n g up .Yfiis coming morning.

##L~;##.##~/~~#/~~/~~;!-##~#;4#j;##;i~;; ! . ;{#~:!.+#/##/5; '~####~/~'###iy/;~: #+ry;u#-+;$i#$#4#####+##-$ # FOR SALE SCOTT 27 tubes, with n handsome cabine t t h a t c o s t 4$80.OX! #/ Also rz "mike" and e l e c t r i c v i c t r o u l wi th ,the S c o t t as both a r e # , I # e a s i l y zd:_.,ptcble f o r Lloine use i n broz!.clcasting aqjd record playing/ / . . # The se l - le r wants t o buy c? comlunicat.ions receiver,poss.ibly :a $ l a d , .

.J / . : # rnirluncl ( ~ ~ 1 2 0 ) . . W i l l s e l l f o r ,d$100,00 Cash F.O.B.. . I f y o u : . j r e ...,,. , . - # i n t e r e s t e d wrike t o HQ . # ###$~,###~~~j!~~/~~j~'##~~{J-~4#+/##~!#~~{/#{~+~###~~+4~!~~$~~~##~L~~~~+#,##{~#/#~f~)#~!#L#+~~~~.~~!~~~~~'{~ .'

LFO' ~ E ~ Z ~ C ~ I C J G O - I & L z sends t h e fo l lowing information rece ive2 -by him -1 from Gai l Beycr-of Chicago Il l . . .Quote-Herets some-

th ing t h a t shou1.d bo of . a i t z L l i n t e r e s t t o you a s assist:.:.nt ~ d i t o r of NRC and I am passing it on t o you i n t i r~ie I hope t o be published.fiere i t i s : I have rcceived a..QSL from FN1C.Heres t h e catch. tho! He sc2.ys . . someone must .be using h i s c c l l as he wns 'not on a t t h e time I he?.-ldi him,he has' never herircl a VE ( I hezrcl t h e Ubootl-eggerv' 1,vorking a VE) ; ' and h i s n'x~ie. i s flDavelf n o t \!Douglas" a s the p i r r t e statthon sctid.. .: FNlC hns ' promised hoivdver f-o put; on t . . s p e c i a l t e s t pr0gr.t.n a t my reiiuest 2nd hcre i s t h ~ dope on t h z t . QRA i s : FNIC, D,P?.tterson, Gond:ilpzrz Chandenagore,,Bcngal, French Inarha..D~cte of t h e progq~ms. : Junc 29,July 2nd 17.39 Timc 1400-1LJ0 & ,1800-1810 GMT (9 : 00-9 : 10 ! ~ v i & 3 : 00-3.: 1 0 PK EST.) both .days .His- frequency i s .l.4084 kcs .He ' w i l l use 100 wctts i n t o a Rotnry beam 2-ntc~nna,.He will. c::ll. CQ W' 2.nd ask f o r reports.He w i l l use a spi;.cial QUOTiiY'ION ~ ~ ~ h i c h must be mention i f v e r i f i c a t i o n i s t o be con- firmcd..Postzge i s of course r ~ q u i r c d . , . . . . . Q shor t n o t e froi?~ Headquarters, t.h& b u l l e t i n w i l . 1 l eave H(L 2.t 9 i 0.0 PI1 EST on th6 ,16th, 'not ::on t h e usual . llate , . . .A note f o r souc of t h e New members,'if.,you cn'c.ercd t h c NRC:,or, our Specia l o f f e r , zLnd t h i s Specis1 o f f e r has. . & x p i r ecl ,,?ll. you n e e d . t o . 'do , i s sunril i n t h e o the r $1,.'00 and gc t t h e r.crxLining 7 - months of the', bul.lctin$. flt;2G. . .

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s\"J-pqgc : 2 ' NA-TIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEVvS May 1 6 1939 ! SHORT WAVE NEWS

EDITOR Assnt SW EUITOR Larry Lundherg Leo ilerz 1020 Lovtry Ave . ,No. ALL TIUES 7'33 C a l i f o r n i a Terrace lt!iirineagolig @iig_e_sgta - - - - - - - - - - ChLcagg Ll&ino&s- - - E . s e X . - - - - - - - . . ATTZ?,JTIO$J $JEI'ABZliS ?Jext B u l l e t i n comes t o you June 12 so have your Short Wave Regorts i n t o your E d i t o r s hands not l a t e r thzn June 3rd.

--CLIFF TAVENER SAYS-- frivIany,many thanks f o r the warm welcome i n t o t h e NHC c i r c l e & I have a

' f a i n t f e e l i n g t h a t I am r e a l l y going t o l i k e t h e club I a12 deepl-y hon- ored. upon being appointed NOLPO $f 22 ,and stln.11. t r y t o be il:orthy of the honor'.?' (We a r e very g lad t o have you wi th us e l i f f nnd f o r t h e r e s t of you m e ~ b e r s , C l i f f has one VFB S!liiL czird & Photo t h a t r1l.Z you guys should hiive. 'd'L1y ' no t exchange wi th him noif.

--RULES OF TH:; sl$$ CONTZST CO$JTINUED-- ( 6 ) ~ r c ~ n d P r i z e wi!,l. be awarded t o t : ~ D'Xcin v e r i f y i n g t.ne rnost coun t r i e s

over t h e yea r ,

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'.k'.$VERIES J)&PARTivJ$JT>c.>F J .E, Gardaer-Radio Guadeloupe-JLG3, Fred Alfr ed-PZB J Z K JZJ J V T JYS ZHP ' V J ~ X J ~ X . TAP VUSR; R.&d.io Guadeloupe. iii/ie:i. Oliver TGWH HBO D J M L U l D 6 HVJ N Y l A A K ~ A F . . ~ e o ~ e r z ~ ~ l ' i 6 ~ ~ ON4TA G5BDT CCTPK. . C l i f f ~ a v e n ' e r PY2Fk CX2CO W5UM W5AEA Ild2TXY, ; Jbhn ' I ~ . D ~ R O ~ ~ - V P ~ C C ) i i ~ \ ~ i c k Woytan-CTlPK EX3CC PSH. .Bob Blan- chard-Vl4Xi3, .L ,Lundberg.-SP.25 'XETW HPlA CFVP, W5'V G8JQ VPYiJT3 L U l D A VP6YB J Z L J Z K and W80UT. ; iblel Oiiver received a v e r i o frori E~\TJ s o r t of b u t t i n g a cramp on t h e it- atement w e made sometime :go shyi.ng t h a t HVJ no Longer verifit2s.ude su re hope we !;(ere wrong a s 1;iels card i s .definet,l.y a ve~ ie .Ev id ,en t ly Radio Gu- adeloupe i s notv ve r i fy ing a,s sever71 niernbers iloti boa.st of ves ies from t h i s sta.tion.VJ6XBE i s now sending out t h e i r v e r i e cards, TAP & WB2 ver- i f i e d f o r Fred Alfred s o . your I%-i.tor i.s not giving up hope on rece iv ing h i s v e r i e s as ye t , On the BCB I s e n t i n a r e p o r t t o KflBC i n 1937 2nd ,just received. tbe v e r i e the o ther d - ~ y so f 'ellows never give up hope on those unve-:ifier;i reports.Imzgine a guy wait ing 2 years f o r ::. v e r i e .

--S?ECIAE EX rJE!Olh Y;ihDIO GUADZLOUPE-- J,E..Cardner i i i forns us t 3 a t Raaio ';ilo.c.e:Lo~ipe isi,~l. soon broc-~dc~.st :I Sp- e c i a l DX program f o r the MRC, 11'1, :::YL?. t h e C.level.~ind R.adj.0 ~ l - ~ b ,I;~!ATCH?FOR TS1IS DX PI3OC.HM~~1,

--E06 BLi!N\7Fil,P. b iil XS-- I: an getng t o ge t a s1~ecinl. ~I.!-JUI.: Y 9 . r 3i-y LIZ f r i e n d s of %'he NRC & put t h e i r pho-tot s i n i t a:l.o:ig w i t . h 11 d e c ; c r i ~ t i . c n 315 u:.~?h DX:?r:: l i s t e n i n g ;?ost, and a l s o tell llc?~, ma.r,y G S ? , ' s ec.c.11 l i , ? ~ ~ : ? ~ e i ~ r e d e ? k , .

--HI:% G ,jiiTl ,STAF-I y-7;&',fs-- . The Roy21 Hcngarian Pest SIP: b ~ o ~ ; d ~ ~ i s < i i ? ~ :;-ta.';li.ons a;.e no!;.! - tes t ing ;:!ith two 200 wat-L ti?nr,smi.tters usirlg the cal.1- Iiiii!,?2 .The pvriJose of t ,hese t e s t s a r e t o measure beams :~nd d i r e c t i c n n l c7.nterinas,liccprcls w l i l b? plape?, with ca1.l l e t t e r s announced i n Eng:Li.sh,Spanish end Hung:?.rian9Btjctrii(3ei? each t ransmission period a 13 minute pause i s given i n order t o switch act- ennals.The tiine & f r e y a r e 21.680 aegs from 9am-l:30pin, 11,850 megs from 1~30-4:30prfl, 9,620 from ,!+.:30-9:00pm and on 7,210 megs from 9pm-~vliclnit? EST. The d i r s t t e s t s v t r i l l cover t h e period from .April 24th-?d:iy 13th.Iie.- p o r t s should be addressed t o :tRadio Labor,Fudnpest.lX,,Gy~.li~ut 22?H~n- gary.f'Arnatuer s t a t i o n ' ~ ~ 1 K viil.1. operate on 7-14 and 28 megs & w i l l t r y & con tac t any nmatuer who v v i I rep2.y imediately wrhth remarks & coiiiments concerning t i e .i;rans~ilFssion radiated by HliAQ2. ( c a r 1 ~ o r e s t i e r i )

, , ;k'.$ J , E. Gardner aclys3t-,c

I arn 69 yea r s young and have been Dicing f o r 2 1 /2 years . I use a 18 tube hiidviest & 3 Hal-1-icrafter Super Sky Hider SX17 f o r my DXing.1 have e r a t - i n g of Vl'lC6 & V I C 66 with we l l over 300 veries.Reception l a t e l y hzs been bad. (Northern ~ i g h t s ) It has improved a 1 - i t t l e l a t e l y but I 2x1 t o l.c?zy too f i s h f o r t h e s t a t i o n s . (oh Hum! Gett ing spr3.ng fever ey ~ a c k . ~ d i t o r )

' --DID YOTJ KNO!:;' THAT-- Bob Bl.anchard,his f a t h e r & Car l F o r e s t i e r i dropped i n f o r a. v i s l t a t John DeRosaT s siiack.Fror~ ~ilic?t I hear they hnd q u i t e a r ag clien but a t the same time sipped on some n ico cold r e wine n.nd hnd home made czke & stemling coffee t o top oi'f t he evcr~ing.Lucky fell-ows ey w h a . John says t h 2 . t Bob i s some cake e a t e r & c&e so much he f e l l asl-eep while Car l di:ll- ed the BCB of Job-1 s I-Toward 450A rece ive r . A l l i n a.1.l t h e felj.o~:!s had a swe l l time & I wish thz-t lilore I'JHC mer?lbers co~xld gel; tog t l the .~ f o r a DX chat ct. .some tine a s i t su re i s re:;l f'un.

,--DX J?IlOGEAILIS-- TCW TGVUTA TGKB & TGWC w i l l broadcast s p e c i d 3.i: concer ts -5hroughout the sunmer on t h e f i r s t & 3rd Saturdays of each nonth from 3.-1:30am EST with :?~nnO~nCer~lents i n both Sphnish FL Zngg.?.ish. C o r ~ e c t r e y ~ o r t s ill. be - vcr i f i ed tvithout chc?.i'ge by a col-or ve r i f i cc ; t ion card.The concert of nug 5 t h gill be dedicated t a the ILA, (# 7 - l n ~ a s h i ~ ~ t ~ ~ )

CLNAIlY I SII.LlND3-ELlJl!3 Tenerif e 7.1,.90 kird i n parnl-lel. ~,~:it;li t r a n s m i t t e r s or, L0.370 megs ivith very poor sign;-~1.s (9-0nt) Iird a t 8~4 .5 om wi th R7/&4 signa.3.s : ~ i t h ,?Lnnouncments i n iirlglf sh & Spcnish (18-N. Y. )

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&.USSTION S & iLl\TsidI'JR3 DI;;IIARTJjLNT / Cl-iff Tuvener-Do USA Ilan; v e r i e s count i n the S\:'$ Con.l;est. (YOU Se t tiley

do C l i f f 0i\!i.) %h::t i s the C$A. of VX9:J (can anyone? help C l i f f out on t1li.s hues t i o n , ~ d i t o r ) . .Uerton Hi.;:tt-This TG\ldC & TG1;Jd business kiss lne a l l nixed up.Thier lc?.test progr::liis :].lists TGWC z s 46.2 m v,;hich f i g u r e s out jus t about 6.4.95 megs but l e - t ; t ~ r from the d i r e c t o r of t h e stc;tion,da- t e d iiii~rch 2Lkth gives TG\:!B ;.%s 6./+0 & TG\;JC a s 2320 kc, ,Also on the pro- grams TGWB i s I . i=;ted' : ~ s being 1 x 1 t h e 4.9 n c t c r b2nd.l-Ii. .lviel. Oliver unn- ounced a s t a t i o n being on t h z t f'req but (.jEii\l b l o t t e d out t h e c ~ l l .

--S1i'A1\JDIMGS 111 Tijb, SHORT \liiPLVP, CONT33T-- We wel.corne John ~ I . D ~ R O S ~ 2s 2 con tes tan t i n our SW con tes t 8: :Listen t o vrhzt John hc7.s t o sc?.y,"I see by the l2.tes.t b u l l e t i n t h a t my pal. C l i f f T ~ v e n e r , who honored ne by joining t h e NRC, has joined t h e 31V con tcs t . 'dell. i f t h a t bow-legged cactus-che;iring,two gun tot$rlg,and bcn;.:n?.-split etlting Texas Ranger ccin e n t e r tho contest ,~vho am I not t o take up h i s c h ~ l - l e n g e and show what n c'ity-sl.icker c r ~ n do so I here-by enter ny n:me ns a i.e~ir a d d i t i o n t o t h e c o n t e s t . ( ~ i - ~ ~ i , L o o k s 1- ikestheres c l i t t l e r i v a l r y a foo t c y tihat .Wonder rivhich one of these chzps wi1.1 e v ~ l . 1 ~ off wi th the pri.ze,By t h e wny John,Cliff says h e ' i s going t o give us z.11. s o w very s t i f f competit ion so watch out f o r t h i s Texas ~ a n g e r . H i . ) Ivicrnb e r V I C IES--RATII\JC OF OUR kilU1BEIii; Leo Herz , '> i 'l Larry Lundberg David Thoin~~s-VAC 38, Vic 113 , v c r i e s C l i f f Tnvener 1 5 Leo Herz 29 Ilarry Lund'berg 15 JOM DeRos:~ 24 John DeRosa 10 C l i f f Tr~vener 21 lv1el Oliver 9 Me1 Oliver 21 Cy r j V i L l 7 Cy W i l l 7 Nick \/Joytan 5 Nick 'iliioytan 6 Bob Blanchz.rd 2 Bob Blnnchard 2 E, 11. iannning 1 I3 . H. l~fanning 1

846. ,Fred Al-frcd 10,69,381, .Leo Herx 9,71,531.,J.E0Gardner-6,69,302.. hiel 0liver-5,54,16]-. .C , F o r e s t i e r i 3,44,202.,Eldon Addy-3,39,82..11. Lundberg-3,37,%25.,Cliff Tavener 2,26,56. .Bob Hoynes-1,13,21,. Cy Will-0,37,89..Bob Blancahrd-0, 22 ,39 . . Joh DeRos?. -0,25,55...

The c o n t e s t i s g e t t i n g hot,The boys a r e g e t t i n g r i g h t ::fter Oh1 Herz i n the V I C r s t i n g s & i n the v e r i e con tes t i t looks l i k e t h e st2.nding nc7.y change each bulJ.ctin.Keep"up t h e f i n e biiork gang & i t looks l i k e t h i s con tes t ren1,l.y i s going t o be ::l.n mnterest ing one.Sornc of t h e fell-oiss a r e neck & neclr.Vrho ~ r i l . . ! . be leading next i s s u e .

--ATTENTION i\;lEMULi:ES-- If you ever have z d e s i r e t o h2ve a swell rji9-SI'YL or W7-S\iL e c t f o r your l i s t e n i n g s tz ' t ion , send 1.00 t o E.Bail.ey,ViesC Nev~ton Pc. ,& m ~ k e s 2. l/4 s i z nlu.,inuni cnl.1. l e t t e r s moun.teci on a f o r e s t Green pa:ilel Ec they sure look svrell on t h e receiver.He can mike a l l d i s t r i c t c a l l s 2nd c2n ~ l s o m~:ke c z l l s f o r l i c e n s e p l a t e s ~ D D autos.Uoth types c2n he obta in f o r $1.50(This in.f o ~ 2 . s sent i n t o us by Bob ~ l a n c h c r d )

--EDITORS CHATTER-- Every mein'bcr repor ted EX cis being t e r r i b l e t h q l a s t v~eek.ke hope t h i s s . i tua t ion c l e a r s up soon.IHoiiever we seem t o have p lenty of news f o r t h s o ld bdil-et!n & t o t e l l you t h e t r u t h I do not now hori vre crln ge t i t a].]. i n . (BOW about i t ~ a r r y . H i . ) ( \ j ~ e l l Larry ide \;ill. try. t o mzLkc i t if p o s s i h l e , i - I ~ ~ ~ ~ . )

--NOLPO REPORTd OF TI{& 1;7,3TJK-- AFRICA

BE;LGIfiN CONGO-OQSZZ t h e G c : % t t i Expedition opcrht ing on :L4.318 mc & using a power of only 70 wntts i s beginning t o be hc:?.rd on the has t Coast of t h e USA.Try f o r t h i s s t ~ ~ t i o n from 3-6'30ptx EST & send 311 r e p o r t s t o t h e "The G?-t t i Expedition,Leopoldvil.l.e~B~1.~1;i~~.~~ Congo (# 6-N. Y.

( ~ o n t NOLPO rkports.) SOUTII :.FRICA-ZRL Klipheuvel 7.61.0 . hrd a t midrlite x i t h good. s i g n a l s & they now hz.ve nev c .nl l l e t t e r s of .ZRL (9-Ontcxrio).

. . . . . . SpSNISIi IVIOIIHOCCO-~A~LH Tetutn 13.795 h r d . $t ' 6pm with gooA s i g n r l s wi th c: ciusicnl progr:m ($9-Ont) iird from @:40,10: 00pm k i t h ~ 7 / 1 4 . s i g s (iicrz) EIPd R3/I$ i ' r o ~ . 8-8: .05pix with mu:;iciL progr2.m (17-N.Y.)

. , nsr A. \;ho .is t he st;:i-;ion h.rd on 1.5.1'90 megs a t '7: l5:?.m. thollght t o be XGOX.Thev h::~vc o r i e n t a l m~lsic with ::. l cdy :x-mouncer & s i g s ;:re \ilenk & wevy.(7-0nt)

. ., BURlh-Stations XYZ 6.070 negs using 1 1/2 k y & X Z ~ 1.488 megs us ing 50 ~vr:t.ts z r e 3,ocated. i..t Rangoon,Burm:: and, ;:re on t h e ail;! from 7-l1:30pm &. f rorn 6:.30-10am EST dci ly .0n S u n d ~ y s f ro& 9 : 30prn-:LI..: 3 0 ~ 1 ~ .EST. A l l r e - p o r t s ,should :bz s e n t t o U+he- Off'ic,er i n Chz:rge,Burma Independent i"i.e- l e s s Sub-Division,Strand~ .Road ,13 i~ngoon . ,Dt B y r n s i s the o f f i c e r i n chnrge. Sl-ogan & s t a t i o n I d e n t i f i c a t i o n i s given as fol.lows. "This i s t h e G~ve r~~~en"cxpe r imen t : . i l Brozdcns t s t& tion,Rz;ngoon Burnla: transl,li.$t- ing sirnaltaneaously on 6,007 ae.gs(49.94 .riicters) & 3.4.33 lnegs (86 meters) No sign21 ib$usecl between progr2.m & recept ion r e s o r t s will be v e r i f i e d i f c o r r e c t & r e t u r n postnge i s inc losed .Sta t ion . i,s st i l l , experimenting z.nd h,?s no s igi la ture tune, (21-Ohi.o)(~nx f o r t h e f i n e i n f o Mr. ~ ~ i r d n e r )

C H I N A ~ X C O Y 11.870 dhungkiiig hrt: z f t e r 7:00am wi th f r i r t o good s ignu l s with YIJ doing i ~ o s t of tor; t t ~ l k i n g (9-Ontario)

FEDERATED MALAP STATE$-ZIP 9.685 Singeporc hrcl r. t 7: 30cy wi th r f n i r , signzl. (9-0ntmio) . .

INDIl\-: tVUDZ ,960 Ee lh i hrcl froi,i 7:30-7:lk5::rn occz.sional.!.y & l n s t hrd on Apr i l 1-0th 4 Hcrz-111) WD4 & VUD2 hrd a t 9 p r ~ (9-0nt) JAVA-PLP 11.000 Bcndoeng hrd n t 7:30ag with a good signal bu t no s i g n of PLLN but YDC was hrd i t i t11 good s i g s (#9-0ntnrio)

JAP!IN-JZK 15.160 Togyo hril 'with f a i r t o good s i g n a l s f r o n 7-7:30::ril i n par::!llel ~ 5 t h . J Z J from 8-8:30zm. (9-0nt) Hrd H 7 / ~ 4 from 7-7:30~?rn ( ~ c r z ) J V P : 7.510 Togyo hrd c::lling Europe a t li:43p1i1 wit!? R7/Cj4 s ignn l s & J V T 6.75.0 Tokyo hrcl c a l l i n g Cal i foknia a t 7:30pm wi th ~ 6 / Q 4 s i g s (9-Ontsrio) Fred Alfrzd & Mr G ~ ~ r d n c r sends us the l a t e s t Slred frorr! J ~ ~ p m . T r z n s . #l f f o r Europe from 2:30-4:OOpm over JLG3 l lSr/O5 megs & J Z X 15.160 r,legs.Tr::.ns ,f' 2 f o r South bnericr: from 4:30-5:30pra over J Z L 17.785, JLT2 9.645 Ec JLG3 1-1.705 pegs.Trzns # 3 f o r Etlstern D i s t r i c t s of North Iirneric.:. from 8-8:30pm over J Z L 17.785 negs,Tilans jf 4 f o r the P a c i f i c Coast of North fAmerica,Cnnada & Hawaii from 12:30-1: 30ali.1 over JZK 15.1.60 megs: T r ~ n s #/ 5 f o r East.ern l \or th America from 7 - 7 . : 3 0 ~ over J Z J 11..800 k J Z K 15.160 negs.Trnns # 6 f o r China,Bouth 6er:s & Netherland Enst Ind ies f r o n 8-7;30 arn over J Z J & J Z K 2nd n lso JI,U3 15.1.35 megs.

P.I..KZ-IB 9.595 Mr~nila will. soon add 2 new f r e q (NO% ye t .deterriined);ind ,.wil.l. u s e t h e two f re(, siri~r.:ltzn~neously. 1 This ~ 2 s tcllien fro10 :i Verie. 16-Texkis) .Hrd a t 7am r e p e n t i n g cr.11. l e t t e r s twice & giving l.ocetion & frec; i n iiietcrs Sc- KC! s an6 the gc.ve t h e i r . poirer a.s 1000 wr-tts. 8 i g was R6. b5 . ihn announcer & Native music f ollor,ired i d e n t i f i c a t i o n (9-0ntl?.rio) .Hrd. w i t h R7/Q5 s i g s n t 8:15an wi th s t r i n g music & o r g m r e c i t z l s (18-NY)

TURKEY-TAP Ankara 9.LG65 Sc TAG 15.105 megs o;seratc with 20,000 ~iat.ts.TA6 i s on from 5:30-7: 00::rfl 2 TAP fror~i I.l:30r:n-5pr3. (coa t nexi: page)

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( ~ o n t from lz.st page) send a11 r e p o r t s t o IICorrespondence Dept Hcdio r'!,nkar~~,L,nlr:~r;l,Turkey,GSL cards tlr e being pr in ted & t he s trl.tion would rlpprecintc I R C t s being inc losed ~ r i t h your r e p o r t s (9-)nt) (21-0hi0)

EUROPE ENGLAND-GSF 1.5.1.L+0 Lorldon brondcas t s z zii i n Rrzbic d a i l y from 12; 15-1: 20pr3 EST wi th H7/&5 s i g s (9-0ntario

FRANCE-TPA4 1J-.71-5 P a r i s hrd ~ 9 / G 5 n t 9:15pm wi th nlusic & English Ann- ouncenents ($8-N.Y.) Leo Herz sends us thc l a t e s t Sked from Frcnce.

I-IOLLAND-PCJ 9.600 Hilversum hrd ::t 9:30 with u R9 s i g n a l playing J2v2 hlusic (9-0ntario)

HUNGARY-HAT4 9.125 Buda e s t hrd

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CHILE-CB960 ~ ~ { n . t i B . ~ o 9.605 hrd i:t ~ ~ : ~ O P L I w i t . h ' ~ 7 / $ 5 s i g ? with n:itive music & English rnnouncelilnts: (18-N. Y. ) . . CB1180-11.990 S;:.n'tiago h r3 wi th . ;.!. R8 signzl. :.: t : 3Opm rel;;.yi.ng CB-5'7. & us ing ti .1~: slog;:..n' "Rndio SoC- ied.?cl ~i~.c:ion:~.l ci,; Ag:ricul t ~ r t ? ~ " (3-0ntririo)

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COLU!VIBI~.-H;TI.ABP il~r..dio 'Cr i ' r t : : g s r i~ .u C:irt?.,-:i.nii 9.61C lird ~ 9 / 4 5 ::~:t l 0 p q pl.$:.y- i n g s e l e c t i o n s on ;:L e l e c t r i c O J : ~ ; : . ~ ( : L ~ - X ~ Y . )

. . , . . IIUTCH GUI;JJ;i-PZH 6. '790 Pr~r;rneri,bo. I,SLf s i.11 j u s t 7 ~v~celrs 6~ iios ::. new crlrd pi.cturing :: view of ' t j teir . . s t a t i o n :(:rid. i7.n'ter~x.s on th;; lcf t h::nd. s i d e . of c n r d viitir a 1;;rge Durch Flng oh t h e R i g h t hilnd ,side.Tllis st::tioil !.;relcomt.s rr.;,orta & if :.n I R C - i s ' inclosed ;..i.i. r'cpor-Ls wil '?. be v d r i f i e d 'i!liey % r e ,on th;. a i r from. B : 4.0-1-0: 40 :..n on sunclcys , 5 : 43-8: 40pn on Tues- d,.: c.ys , 6:413-s:&0p~i on the f i r s t ;:nd - t h i r d Thursci?y. of th;:, moilth tinil. fro:;? 6 : 40-8: 4.0 on P r i 3 c . y ~ ,'i;h.eir n.ntenn2; i s a Z e p p 'using 2. power of 25. v ~ ; ~ t t s . The . GHfc isilL,mds Rndiodienst Surinilne ,P:;r:!:L~t~ribo ,Postbus. 3. SO (9-0xt)

PARAGU; ~-25~1~~ . I L . 720 \ V i l l ~ r i c ? hrd f ron 6: 55-'7: 50pin ,ii ,th ~ i9 /$5 s i g s . Gives sl-ognn as Eadio 'Cul tura af tei- :~l:rrlosi; evcry sel.ec t i o n .i,;li!..:n ranouncer ec 6:SL' s w i t t i e 1- ight blue czri! vit ' l i ' G e i bJu~; 2r i i i t ing (9-0nt::.rio)

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URU,iGUI:iT-CX,8 9.61i0' Cblonia, hrd ~ 8 , - 7 / Q 6 :::t 6: 38pm . ? j i tb Snnouncer rehd- i n g news rzpor- ts k given s t ; ~ t i q r i i d o n t i f i , cz t ion i n Sps:lish.'No Znglish

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VENEZUELI'L-YV5RC Ccracas 10.060 movecl f rom 5.973 megs but now b r s not tl.s strollg 2 si,cgcl. e s hn t h e o l d f req ((1-%curio)

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GiliLDELOUPE-FG8AH 1lR;::dio Gundcloupe~i 7.,!+.,!+,0 hrd from 6-7:lOpm wi th Rb-8 sign::.:Ls (~e rz -~ . l . l . . i no i s )

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;Ii , R T I N I C , U E - R ~ ~ ~ O . IJyi;:? t in iqu-For t e Fr .ncc 9.705'. "The Voice of F r ~ n c e i n t h e \Yes t. ' Idd2.cs,continues t o p i t i n z, n ice s t rong ~ 8 / )5 signrLl. dr . i ly from 6-8: 30pn-1 wi th both French & Eng:l.ish :.inriouncenents 1.8-N. Y. ) Signs o f f a t 8:32pm (17-N.Y.)

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It4EXICO-XE\fii! 9,. 500 Mexico Ci ty hrd ~ 6 / d ) 4 r : t 2 : 20 rm . (7 -~zsh ing ton) , . XF-BH-11.826 Hernos i l lo hrd n8/C& sirgning of f a t l l p m iivith :I 4 note gong .ased bef o r ?C .;Lf ter i d c n t i f i c z t i o n i n Spuni-sh. (7-bd::sliington)

U,S.A. KEI 9.250 Bolinas,Cz.lif hrd a t l l : 1 5 p i n on a poin t t o point t ran- sixission t o Honolulu. (7-Wrtshing.l;on). .\!V2XE New York i s on the .:ir fror~i .7:30-1-0a.n on 17.830 megs ( ~ l s note net;! Freq) F r ~ m 193pn on 17.830 r,lcgs 6: 30-8 : 30pa on 15.270 megs, 9-11.; 3 0 rn on 1.1.830 megs & fforil ii~idn.ig!lt to l:~n on 6.170 negs (~undber~-l&i,nn P . .W3XL 17.780 Xew York N.Y. hrc? R9 Q5 f~or- i 11: 30-1.1: 4529 ( ~ e r z - 1 1 1 ) , .W6,YBE 15,330 Tre:;.sure 1sl::nd J C ; . : l i f hi'd- from 8-2: 30p1;i ~ j ~ i t h ~9/6;5 sign:;.ls (hcrz-1:l.l-)

--ULTE(L. HI C;K F F i ~ ( , - U ~ { , ~ J ~ ~ DXI)JG-- l:'JCJT\rv 41.100 hrd t e s t i n g on t h i s freq c.t 1.0:1021.; with ;I. 39/65 s i g ~nc! c.nnounced 2s t h ~ Brooklyn High dchoo:l. S't; .~tion :-:ns5. oper::.tcL by -the I3o::ril of Educc~tion of the Ci ty of N.Y. & I.ocrx.te2. z t 29ft Greent? plcce,Brook- Lyn X.Y. Test ing w i l l bc rcsu~1c.d a t 1 l : ~ ~ n . y ( 1 - 8 - - ~ ~ , ~ . ) . .W$l;KG 25.950 Lcc; hngeles C2lif lird r=.t 11.: 58;.:m wi th ~7/(.;4 signzls lil;i.ti? d - - ! n ~ t : : recording: 2nd. ~:dvertisel;ients (18-I( .Y.) . .I;J%XJI 20,30" hrcl sri.ti.1 F.5/ii5 s ig i l r~ l s 1.-i!- lay ing \'/OH (18-M .Y. ) . .W2XDA 41.820 Schenectady P! , Y, hi.6 ~ . j i t h ii7/';;5 zizs ::t 12 : 1.5pm wi th d:.:nc;. orclies tr2 inc, adver t l s ~ r f l e ~ ~ t s (18-~i , Y . ) . .!'I2:;h!,iN 42, s.1.0 hrd wi th R7/~f+ s 1 . g ~ ic: located. c i t i ; l>ine iJ,J.Hrd c2.t 1.:1,5pm (1.8-N.Y.)

--LilsT M I N U T 3 FELLSH-- A s p c c i z l DX progran i s being arranged f o r sonic S?-tu~:day bctwcen 4-5pn EST from flnltcrtx Rzdio S t a t i o n s t o bc dcdicc:tccl t o ti12 Clevc1::nd R?..dj-o Club, The IDt? & thc? Na.tiona1 R:lclio Club .ThS.s t i p corilc;s t o us fro^ &ire ~ c r d n e r of Cl-evel-ad 0hio.Complete detni1.s v t l i l . 1 be given I.::.tcr.

--HEBE;' s ti NEiii HOBBY FOR YOU-- Your Edi tor has tckon up a new hobby,th

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A l l time . EST . NETiiS mf the HM!I BANDS A l l t i m e EST Cyrus Wfll-Editor Kenilv~orth, I l l i n o i s

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The re;porters t h i s i s sue are : 1):Iel Oliver , Houston, Texas; Leo Herz, Chicago, I l l i n o i s ; Rcbert Blanchard, I3rookl~m, W. Y. ; Lar ry Lundberg, l l inneapol is , Minnesota; John DeRosa, Brooklyn, M. Y. ;. Tom Carberry, ~ u f f a l o , N . Y, and Yours t r u l y ,

--QSLs RECEIVED-- EIel Oliver of Houston r e p o r t s cards from WYlAA and KA5F both i n the

Canal Zone and LUlDA i n Argentina. Leo Herz of Chicago r e c e n t l y ~ e c e i v e d cards as follows: GTJ6J'~V, Wales, . . ._ . . - - - - - - - - -

10 meters, a VFB QSL i n quick time; G5ED, England, 50 wat t s , 20 meters, &SLtd i n double quick time; ON4PA9 Belgium,

1 4 megs. 50 wat t s ; CY'lPK, Portugal , 50 watts , 14.084 mgs. The Op of CTlPK c o l l e c t s stamps s o i f you want a CT QSL i t might be well t o enc lose a few stamps with your r epor t . Cyrus l i i l i l l of Ken i l tv~r th : a QSL from EKlAF (ex CJT~AF), Tangier, I n t e r - _ _ - - - - - - - - - - -

n a t i o n a l Zone, Afr ica, uses 500 watts on 14.100 megs., and sends a very f f n e QSL i n a very s h o r t time.

--SPECIAL-- The I D A has arranged the f ol lo~ving s p e c i a l transmissions: VP2SA, 7 ,108, 120 W, i n S t . Vincent w i l l t ransmi t a t 11 pm, F r i day, 14ay 26 and FTJlC, 14,084, 100 W 9 French I n d i a w i l l be on June 29 and Ju ly 2 from 9 t o 9:10 am and from 1 t o 1:10 pm EST. FhrlC i s r e p o r t on d a i l y from 7:30 t o 9 am. -- MEMBERS mPORT-- MEL OLIVEK of HOUSTON, TEXAS r e p o r t s the following heard r e c e n t l y on

70-mFtFr-~Fioiie7,Eni31.- -- ZX4F ( l f ) Cal l ing 2223 a t 10:17 pm, R 6 Q5, 4-16. (Who a r e these? ) TG5JG ( l f ) Guatemala, c a l l i n g C Q i n English, Spanish, French and

Portugese a t 7:36 pm, RS Q5, 4-24. VK5RN ( h f ) Aus t ra l i a , c a l l e d CQ a t 8:07 am, R4 Q3,

ZS5Q ( I f ) South Af r i ca c a l l e d C Q a t 8:22 am R4 Q4, 4 VK2AGJ ( I f ) Aus t ra l i a c a l l e d CQ Ameplca a t 7:18 am, R7 Q5, 4/28. VK2BZ ( I f ) A u s t r a l i a c a l l e d CQ DX a t 7:28 am R6 Q5, 4/28, ZX4FII ( l f ) working W2IXY a t 7:45 pm, e n t i r e l y covered by QR11 p a r t

o f time and a t times Q4 R 5 , 4/5. (Th i s ones on a s h i p ) VP3LF ( I f ) Georgetown, B r a Guiana c a l l e d C Q a t 9:04 pm R7 Q5, 4-5. YV5ACH ( I f ) Caracas, Venezuela, C Q a t 7:12 am R6 Q5, 4/6. HiC4DF ( I f ) Colombia C Q a t 7 : 2 6 am, R7 Q5, 4-6. KGLEJ Bawaii working 'jJ601 a t 12:05 am, R8 Q5, 4/8. PY5BL (If) B r a z i l wkz 3 79 a t 7: 4 2 ~ ; : R4 Q3, 4/12. LU4CZ ( I f ) CQ a t 9:18 pm, RG Q5, GElAO ( l f ) Chile C Q a t 8:30 pm, R5 Q5, 4/12.

EI.0RERT.L. BLANCHARD _ - - _ _ - - _ _ _ _ _ - cf BR001iLyI'J; N, Y e r e p o r t s the f o l l o ~ v i n ; ~ 20 meter 5x-heaardddur i n ~ A p r il . - 3 2 V G England on tile 5 t h a t 4:45 pm, irE5VO Canada on 1 6 t h a t 8:35 pm. D118NN Scotland on 5 th a t 5:05 Dm. 31-I2i3 Hai t f on 1 8 t h a t 11:55 pm. YV5AK Venezuela on 5 t h a t 5:00 pm. TG9JG Guatemala on 19 th a t 1 am. G5BJ England on 5 t h a t 5:06 pm. YV4AE Venezuela on 20th a t 6:55 pm. TJlAQ Venezuela on 5 t h at 5:08 pn. I-IU9DO S~vi t ze r l and 22nd a t 6:43 pm. VP3CO 3r. Guiana on 9 t h a t 'i:45 pm, YN3DG f;Sicaragua on 22nd a t 7:02 pm. V01Y Newfoundland on 1 4 t h a t 10:15pm IIH5P.A Hai t f on 22nd a t 1 1 : O U pm. G5ZI England on 1 6 t h a t 7:05 pm. SS5Q S ~ u t h Af r i ca 22nd a t 11:50 pm. G 5 J O England on 16 th a t 7:09 pm. i-iH2IG3 H a i t i on 23rd a t 7:20 pm, G2PU England on 1 6 t h a t 7 :11 pm. K4EMG Porto Kico on 23rd a t 7:31pm. G3CP England on 1 6 t h a t 7:20 pm. PA$EI-1 lietherlanda 26th a t 6:10 pm. SU1151N Xgypt on 1 6 t h a t 7:24 pm, ON4HB Belgium on 2Gth a t G:12 pm. D 3 A Q Venezuela on 1 6 t h a t 7:54 p. G5NL England on 28th a t 7:08 pm.

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St!-P:.xgc : 9 NATIO,,NiJiL ~i~~,1110 CLTJI3 Dl: NEMS M;;-y 16 1739 NGiu3 OF THE IiLllii BiLNDi3 ,

I S - r o l n ~ d ' somc more v s r g f i n ? repof ts .Be r e p o r t s - - t h e fbl.lo~,ving hrd on ;;iO m u t c - r , , , ;:nd ;:As0 10X

.,YTJI4;d, TTene~uel.:~ 11rcl 3/28 &5. R8 ~ > ~ i l i n g CQ ;lit 1;:: 15 ~1 i1 . .YBSL;N ci i i lirci 3/28 r-t;rnc:2t of tlr-ic .?L~

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.TOl;i CAX3ERRYs, J K . (,cont t') - VJGNXI ' Log Angeles 35 R8-9 12:27 ~ ~ I I I 3/18 C B l ~ i n g .CQ . ' VP6kB 3arbados. .

. . . , &5 R7-8 9:42 pm 3/19 Cal l ing con tes t

:T P 9Ei 3 e rrnuda Q5R8-9 9 : 4 7 p r n 3 / 1 9 C ~ l l i n g c o n t d s t C02JJ Havanhj .Cuba Q5 R7 9:49 prc 3/19 C a l l i n g . con tes t VP9L Bermuda . . Q5 R5-'? . 9:52 pa 3/19 Cal l ing con tes t VP6FO '3arbados Q5 R6-7 10:00 pm 3/19 Cal l ing c o n t e s t C02RG ,IJavanap Cuba 45 R8 10:04 prn 3/19 Cal l ing con tes t '?P4TK ' Trinidad : Q5 R5-7 10:22 pm 3/19 Cal l ing con tes t C02WL Havana, Cuba 64 R5-6 10:28 pm 3/10 Cal l ing con tes t VP7NU Nassju, Bahamas Q4 R4-5 , 10:31 ;om 3/1G C a l l i n c con tes t XE4LK S,Texico ' Q4 R3-4 10:38. pm3/10 Cnllin:2 con tes t C07VP Cuba 45 R8 10:46 prn 3/20 CaI . l in ,~ CQ C 07EV Cub a ' Q5 R7-8 10:52 prn 3/20 Ca l l ing con tes t

'YV4AE Venezuela 34 R5-6 7:11 3rn 3/21 C ~ l l - i n ~ C Q . - PTJ2AK B r a z i l Q4 RG-7 7:14 pm 3/21 - - XElTT, Wexic o Q 5 H7-8 9:48 pn 3/21 Cal lfng c o n t e s t HR5C Hondur,as 35 R6-7 - 10:20 pm 3/23 . - - -- TL2FG Costa Rfca Q5 R8 10:26 pm ~~5 Cal.ling c o n t e s t YNlOP Nicaragua Q5 R6-7 10:44 pm 3/23 C a l l f n ~ c o n t e s t C02LY IIavana, Cuba Q5 R8-9 11:32 pm 3/25 - - YV4AX Valencia, Venezuela Q5 R8-9 11:39 pni 5/25 -- TJP3CO ~ r f t i s h Guima Q5 R9 8:01 pm 3/27 Cal.lin2 con tes t VP9G Bermuda Q5 R8 8:14 prn 3/27 C Q N o . Dakota

HAROLD J. WYII!ER, 1428 Chester S t r e e t , Toledo, Ohlo v i l l QSL t o fo re ign - - - - - - c -

and t o anyone who ca res t o sv!ap pos tcard views and STnlL ca rds , LEO I B R Z of CBXCAGO, ILLINOIS r epor t s hearing the f ollov!ing VFB DX - o E .io-and-2n KeT'eFsT i0mCte-r stctt ions marked (4:- ) .

PY2JC 7r30 pm RR Q5. YV4AA 7:35 pm R7 Q5. HK4DD 9: 20 pm R8 Q5. VK3ZD 5:09 a m R7 Q4. VK2UC 6:15 am . R8 Q5. YV4AL- 6:16 ,XITI 88 Q5, ZS4H 9 : 2 8 a n R7Q4. ON4PA 9:31 am K7 Q5, ' F8KV 8 : 3 5 pm K8 Q5. G G M L 10:15 am R7 Q5. ZS5BZ 10:29 m R7 Q4, 11TmT.10:59 am R5 Q.1.

% X E l A 12:Ol.pm R8 Q5, VP6YE. 1 :04pm R8Q5.

+:-ZSQY 1: 07 prn 36 Q4. G2VD 5:Ol- pm R8 Q5. CT1A.Y 5:21pm R7Q4. YV5ABF 7: 04 mi R8 Q5, VPWO 7:OES am . R & .

. VP113A 7:37 m R7 Q 4 , VP9R 9:15 prn R7 Q5.

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C07CX VP3CO HH25 VP6F0 TTp7gS ~ ~ E ' J J K4P'ilT' PKGXX v P 1 T I ' I ' E IIH5PA C0530 VK$I

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,..! ,,., ,,,i,,,, CLuB F~EC~UENCY LHELK L~C;HLL)UYUU !TZE !L 'LPRIL! 15 1.337 .J", 8 . y i p e r i o d 15 minutes. . ' . . .

2nd ?.'CZ3 -. . . . - 27.d \.iiEn- 2nd TXJRi 2nd. F r i 2rld &IT . . ---- ---- ' ,

!FINE 2nd biOND;,.li 2nd TUES 2nd WEDS 2nd T2URS 2nd FRI . '.::?ti ---- - SAT ...---- 4 : 45 ~ ~ ~ ~ , j - ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ 137u-I(lj'()I< 13li)-KRI\,iD ljlc)-Ic\,'OS 1370-livELBf ~k~3- -Yi2C1~~T

~~J(J-: . ; :JHL 13 '73-\/3,;U -60 -j-j(':OC, 1 3 1 0 - v v m L 1 3 7Q-i:::,i2i; .

1533-IVJEK - i _I ::7g-1i;F-~ ~ L L C e 623-\;>(pI: 4: 59 ].42i)-!L?L'IC -42c)-KGFF 1 , , ? i ; ~ U - ~ ( ( ) T l ~ 1500-!;.,'Ol\