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T-ARXrrs_ "1 wish to W t h i s tia? to thank Tour radio club f o r t i e splendid rmsponse from al:. of your radio stations. Not one of them have m t anaweredme. I am glad to be a me-3 ber of your club as I have been w&nting to be,.a member of a DX club f o r several year.3

-Peter Leon JBcobson, hiirmeamlbs. Minn. "EX y

Reports to nepv radio s ta t ions from-~Fi~ me .me agfii help to the engineering staffs of said s t t p c i f i c an older s ta t ion fo r your help. Please, memoera, came to the aid of tne rrogren ulr- ector of Station KTEjU, Corpus C h r i s t i , Texas. Cpl. Jack Rhea sends us the followins paragraph fro= a personal meeting with Nr, George Wilcox, a t KWBU* s studios:

I5W. George Wilcox, Frograz Oirector of mu, Corpus C l r i s t i , Texas, informed ma that XNBU b p e e to i n s t a l l a 1,000 watt night-time trmmnitter, But+ before t b y ca: win the b a t t l e n i t h WBZ over coveraga area, t:%y w i / l ileed information concerning t?: reception of WBZ from b.vi-light through midnight on 1030 kilocycles. Be has asked that the meuberr of our club, and the NXRC, wri te him as soon a s p6ssible, giving M-- an idea of WBZqs reception chsracter ts t ics i n gour location. I promised him that t?:. DXere vould be more than wil l ing to help, so .ion* t l e t riie down - and don* t l e t ?,?I. Wilcox down. Heso expecting report6 soon. He is interested i n KWBUts receptior, as they s ign of f at 8:30 Rti EST, t he does tmt t o know baoo mBZ is heard i n gour location, especial& the mid-wesh 3. 4 western sections. How about it? Let's all help Mr. Wilcox a d KWBU out. ?Jaw %knks." -Cpl. Jack D. Rba.

CQI?-VEN-TLON_ @ffS-FBO& ~~~.JQE-(~QTY_)-B~-UNE-R~ A s Joe sa,ys, we Gpe to see ma?y of you come Sept. 1, 2, md 3rd, no iloubt Pop bas made known his plans long ago and you h o w that we are to ilsve t b Gang Saturday night a;nd Sunday and you a r e 211 zore than welcome but I do hope t h a t every one t v i l ? . understand i f I ask that there be no all-night session Saturday night, f o r I just m u s t have a few hours* r e s t so that I can kezp s i n g f o r Sunday, so I hop the fe3.- lows w i l l m t miaunderetand tvhen I ask them to ss i t up this year. As f o r the I%-: ervations, the prioe i s the same a s l a s t year ( r' 3.00), payable i n advance, which in.-

: cludes Saturday night lunch and t b picnic e a t s and drinks Sun- noon and evening. And f o r the ones who *.vatit a place to stay, there are many tausist cabins and Motels near by and of course the Buffalo hotels with d i rec t bus service from here. And I can make reservations fo r t'nose sha wish. BLL B'SRVATIOIIS I i B T BE IN ?JOT LATER !CHI> AUGUST 22, PLEASE. And to all the wives of DXerr, we hope you c s n come too, f o r t%:; more the merrier, they say. Here's hoping to see many maw of you come September.

So - remember t b r e a re o n 4 two mom issues of "DX NewsR before the Convention, so a* not make your reservation r igh t now? You are ell invited, and your wives se wal' so you ham 8 grandmeek-end i n store fo r yourselves if you'l l but come to our big Convention. The b s p i t a l i t y y o u ~ l l encounter w i l l wann you through and through, and the back-yard picnic w i l l be a feed and a gab-feet you'll never forget. And spndi?d 1, 2. OP 3 d q s with your f r iends in your cbosen hob'oy s n l l pep you up i n DX aa YOU have nemr been pepped up before. We hope to see ~g_u th is Labor Day week-end.

$rn- ISSUE_ QN-JDX L4- And the deadline in Broeklyn (address above) w i l l be Wednesdaq, July 11, and in Buf . f a l o (a l so above) Thursday, July 12. We a r e no t cer ta in about August's issue yet, f o r your Editor's vacation is not def in i ta ly set as yet. By the next issue WO W i l l .lave that information f o r you. Let's have a report from you f o r our July issue.

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"Ken Boord, Short-Wave E S ~ ~ O ~ , - R A D I Q & TZLEVISIOB mVS, would be happy to hear from any NRC members who a re interested i n the international short-wave broadcast bands. He welcomes DX reports on ISWRC s ta t ions from ANYONE, AlUTiRERE i n the world. And t:, anyone requesting i t , w i l l send an a i t r ac t ive ISIT DEPs T. monitor's ce r t i f i ca t e which i s ENTIRELY GPATSS. QRA is Ken Boord, 948 Stev~artstavn Road, Morgantown, West V i r - ginia, USA. Best personal regards and good luck to NRC!" -Ken Board.

Mgs&n@._o f .the- ?!emf!e.r_a- .Avenue , South B_mgbfI, -B, C.-

Not much dzinn i n DX here. with increased s t a t i c and noorer sienals. Amonn other - A - ., things veries have been very sloiv 51th the only one received in a month bezng a card from C J V I . 4/21, received a card from Pat Reilley. Tbnks for the dope on 4YC, Pat. 4/23, The trans-Facifics cane through i n sg i t e of the Warm w e a t b r dnd th high noise level. A t 3:30 A.N. EST I heard 2YC (660) v,ith a program of c l a s s i ca l music, mostly piano solos. Then at 4:00 A?$ I heard a ~ ! a y (didn ' t catch the name) from the B.B .C. London studios. S i m a i strength was about an S 4-5. A t 3:55 I heard a weak one on 570, probably ZYA, strength about an S-2. A t 3:45 1 heard a very weak Enzlish-speak- ing s t a t ion on 690 behind KULA. They were using bagpipes and were s t i l l using tksm whenthey faaed out around 4:OO. Coula have b6en 3YA but I don't think so. I woalcl- appreciate any possible help on th i s one. Als$%Srd that AM v. i t h weaker signals were 4YA (780); 1YA (760); and 1 Y 6 (080). KELK's f / c was also heard on D40 at 3:OO. 4/24 - Heard E-NG through KCBS a t 1W-0 AM. They we,= announcing #& the time as 11:30 PM CST. 5/14, f i r s t new s t z t i o n W f i * a x G o o n t h , KPHO on 910 a t 7:10 AM wi th a musical prograu i n Spanish. Thst 's abut a l l from here, 73s and a good s m e r to al l . Reports a r e out to KSUB KANS XFD (21d repobt) M C XERB EILA (aqyone heard from th i s one yet?) KBYE KCOK KXRX IWX KSRO KRLD IIELK XEMO WHO KRKD CJOC.

Ggng A_lLeg , V_allGp,-Cglif, On September 24. 1950, reported KFTV, Par i s , Texas on 1250 kc/s. S e ~ e r a l weeks l a t e r via the bul le t in I learned from Pat Reillsy and another eastern DXer that I h d w o n the $5.00 offered by KFW f o r best DX. Have never heard from the s t a t ion although follow-ups went out Nov. 9 and Dec. 29 1950, and Jan. 30, 1951. to manager and Chief ~ n ~ i n e e r ; Haw do I get my $5.00 from '&FTv?. Also, wno vwon t h e c i t r u s f r u i t given by WTSP, 1380, Feb. l a th , and $25 Savings Bond offered by PPRC? Went on 9-day camping t r i p to Death Valley ?larch 18 to 25 and say Scotty's Castle, Bad Vater, DuneArea, ~ a t u r a ' l Bridge, Stove Pipe Wells, e tc . TooE about 50 colored s l ides i n perfect weatZ e r , but wind borke center pole i n ten t one night. Also, went rock hunting 2 days wi th rock hounds looking f o r geodes and agate nodules. May go in to Oregon around Bend i n August to look f o r more agate. DXing has t e n a slump since before camping t r i p and can ' t get back into swing of i t . A new TV s e t keeps me up l a t e r than usual and the band sems noisy - my only excueses. Veries i n since March 15th are HJDK d%L K R q 1ZB KVET KOME KTOE ICSPO KD:IA C U H JOCB WCOR KVIM WHOP. Veries from.XOL@ and - CmH both say my r e p o r t the i r best ~ D X . Only new-&.ation-heiiid, -KSJV:;SSinger 04 9'00 heard 5: 15 PM April 30. XEFV, 1240 kc Is. , heard at 2:15 AM Apri on f /c-tone 2:33 to 2:45 SII Apil3Oth. Phoned John Bliierley hton operating a variety store, on the job long hours, so :his DXing &s a t a low ebb. 73s and a good vacation t o a l l NRCers.

Bgb-B~o- 1 2 1 South 9_ gtyeet---Ggshe~,-I;d~ It 's been a lon time since I got a r a p r t out. I have a l i b i s , overtime work, re-dec- orat ing at home & TV. Veries since my l a s t report, l e t t e r s : WEIR ViHWB NCLO BIL WIRL WCRW WCNX, cards: WED WSPA VIILS ICXRA. TV DX Pas netted veries from WLWD BSPD-TV IHIO-TV:KS2XBS. WFBd-TV WTIfJ-TV WiJ-TV WJIM-TV mBF3 NENR-TV WuVC WGN-TV WUV-TV. The d e r l i n e d were cards, a l l others, l e t t e r s . TV reports out to WNBQ OILmT WJBK-TV VBNC TV WKRC.-TV. So f a r 20 s ta t ions have been seen from 12 c i t i e s i n 6 s t a t e s with 15 ve:r.~ -.

i f ied . From.nov~ on they s t a r t get t ing hard to log unless the FCC l i f t s the freeze or- der. Best bets for future a re btations in Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus & Sincinnati. Might come east. f o ~ 2nd week o f vacation in July. parents have a week's vacation at same time a s my 1st week & current plans c a l l for trip to Col, @hat week. I might spend a l l my money 1st week & not have ariy l e f t f o r arq traveling on my own. Then ma2 be my car won't l ike 5000 miles i n 2 weeks. No BCBDX, not even a follow-up since kite i n Feb. WCNX-DX l a s t reported. Right now radio isnl.6 even hooked up because of redec. orating. %ve 1037 veries with 1132 reported. Only 13 delinquents f o r season. ICBOE BAVL VILFX KLIZ WROB T,%LO VJLS should get follovi-ups. Hope to see gang Labor Day. 73s

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P2tgr-@pn_.Jaco&sgnL 52~7-.~o~&h-~2r&1,a_n~ &.vg:lge,---jJ~n~e+~pl~sSL gigngsgt& H i feilocvs, Hme is a list of veries as requested. F i r s t of a l l I wish t o saly thanks for the splendid way you m o t e up my report. There is going to be .a new stat ion in. Bouth st; Paul, Kinn., WCOW, 1590 kc/s., 5,000 w.,, 3. I f TV does not inter'fere with i t

t o o much,. i t toes have authority to operate night on a directionai pattern. WCOW w i l l .begin on 'or before '1/1/51. I t w i l l have a l o t of western music, at l eas t that is my iulderstuding. I t has not s tar ted test ing yet. Now f o r the veries. WATZ, Alpena, Mich. 1450-250, N3S, l e t t e r f o r 3/19/51. WATZ has s6ve ra l a f f i l i t a t ~ d s ta t ions - WTCM WATT \MEN, s ta t ions of the Paul Bunyan Notwmk.l~~P!FR, Albany, NY, 1540-50000, No net , on a i r 24 hours a d a y . They said, llVle operate 24 haws a day, 6,&vI Monday through Sunday

' , ' -:midnig&t.,.: as an indepeodent sta,tion." I 'lave heard VPTX whenthey were only 10003 w. but have not had i t verified. Letter f o r 3/25/51. IKXlE, Akron, C)., 1150 kc/s., 1000 vi, no net. , l e t t e r fo r 3/21/51;-BVBG, Boona, Ior~a, 1590-1000 D, 500 Y. Nehork I believe

..LBS, l e ' t t e r f o r 4/5/51 at 7:15 m. KNBG s tands f o r "Keep Vatching Boone Gro~r." WCEM, . . . : ~ a l t i m o r e , Md., 680.. Received i t ;rii?n i t operated with 5000 w., now changed to 10000.

. ADS. In 'the o f f i c i a l l o g i t does not s b w it. k t t e r f o r 9/19/50. I did not get it ver - ' i f i e d u n t i l 4/6/51, that is date CE wrote i t . WVOid Brookline 46, >.lass., 1600-5000, no

net ' . Let ter fo r 3/22/51. Also s e ~ t very nice verie card. WVOM ,,The Voice of Kern England's only 24-hour station. iCTXC, Big Spririg, Tex,, 1400-100, LBS, A l a t e le t te- , but worth waiting f o r a s it w a s one o f the imst complete I have ever received from a small s tat ion, This fo r 3/10/51. Equipment. i s an old but re l iab le Gates 250-watt trails

- n i t t e r , operated on 100w. The limited and freq. control un i t s are or iginal 8qu.ipment wfth the type -2504 Gates t rmsmit te r that we have, the f reb~ency and'modulation qoni- tors a re Gates & %re o r were n w at the time of i n s W a t i o n , wMch was a year ago .

l a s t Aug. The console is a Gates Studioetta. S/gn 7:30 Aid, off 11:30 FTvl EST. To the en t i re s ta f f of ETXC I wish to sa+y many thanks & a l l is forgiven as we all make mis- takes. CFAC Calgary, Alta, 930-5000, carr ies some CBC.prograrns, but i s privately own- ed. Sent a f ine l e t t e r & very nic'e QSL card. I asked them f o r a special DX Shovi but they said "The N X contacts us every year & we supply them n i t h a DX program1 The l a s t one was i n Dec., ' 5 0 . q e i n g a new member I did not k n q th i s fact . The 1e.tter f o r 4! 18/51; VMT, Cedar RapiSs, Iowa 1600-5000 CBC, l e t t e r f o r 4/14/51, WMT i s I o ~ a ' s f i r s t frequency. A t night they operate directional of Ikiemphis. WBBhl C'nicago, 780-50000-CBS, l e t t e r f o r 5/13/51. KCOG Centerville, Iowa, 1400-250, no net . Letter fo r 3/29/51 at 2:12 !&I. KCOG i s f u l l time .but only uses 1& hours a day, 7AM-ll:3OPM. KSWI, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1560-500-D, l e t t e r fo r 4/14/51. I asked i f they %auld. l i k e a s p c i a l DF show & t h i s was answer, "Because our s t s f f i s at a minimum a t t h i s par t icular time toe must decline your request fo r a special DX ~ r o g a ~ . ' ~ l s o being a daytime only sta- t ion we would be forced t o receive special gemission from the FCC t o broadcast a re& v l a r program even.in tne t e s t hours from midnight to 4 &I." i.'aybe so but I f e e l that

nothing is impossible u n t i l groven differantly. Vhat do you think? KET Charlotte NC, 1110-50000-CBS, l e t t e r f o r 4/16/51. WBT has 3,500,000 l i s teners i n the Ca,rolinae,KCIG Eugene, Ore. 1450-250-ICES l e t t e r f o r 3/11/51. KORE has f / c 1s t Tues; KORE is oldest s ta t ion in Eugene & s t i l l the. leading frorr, l i s tener checks & from point of advertisirig CJCA Edmonton, Alta, 930-5000 l e t t e r f o r 5/19/51. A very f ine l e t t e r & verie ~ a r d . * ~ A s f o r specific de ta i l s , vie u s e - a DA f o r night pat tern & n0n-D. Daytime. We rave 2 towers 265' high." One of the most complete I ?ave ever received. VXIM Fitchburg, Mass, 128G- lOOo-MBS, l e t t e r f o r DX 3 /19/51. WHOP, Hopkinsville, Ky. 123 0-250-CBS. Several years ago recd a rp t from NZ. The l e t t e r for verie, 3/23/51., f /c-TT 4th Fri. 3 t30-4. non-DA WIIAV,' Haverhill, Elass. 1490-250-m net, l e t t e r 3/19/51. 3:35 AM. G3 said,"I was eopes- i a l l y pleased to receive your l e t t e r , since yours is the, only report we have ever re2 ceived from Iviinn." VIINZ Hollmvood, Fla. 940- watts of power d i f f e r when I recd i t i t w a s 500 with less than 200 i n t h i s direction. i n daytime i t aperated with 1000 watts. WINZ now was changed to 50000 watts & do not h o w i f t h i s is full-time. My report to CE was 1 s t r p t west of NYC. One of reasons f o r t h i s is the antenna, c?irectionalup the coast. Letter f o r 4/14/51. KPLC, Lake Charles, La. 1470-5000-NBC, l e t t e r 4/6/51 6:30 A l l s/on. TNKAS, Couisville 2 , Ey. 840-50000-CBS, l e t t e r 5/13/51. This l e t t e r from the Technical .Director,. very nice & he was glad ::hen I told him I heard many of their pro- grame both in the Alh & at night. F!ould very much.like to Wve a DX showbut i s not se t up at th i s ,time &.WX condx xi11 change ;er f a l l . He real ly appreciated my offer. QLLN. . . :--+.ll. Wir . , h-th ?RD-lOn(XTI & i t s 7 8 ~ f-eonnncv 5W.lP30-MBS. P3e 730 (contd P. 2,

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( ~ e t e Jacobson, contd.) did not have a m net, l e t t e r f o r 4:14/51 f ~ r new frep.uency. I could hear th& on 730 ev:xy day, same gc;es for 550. CE wAl i o glad to have-special n X show i n the fall. HJDK, h ide l l in , Cololnbia, 770-10000, l e t t e r & card & were they vionderful! Tha t i s my fur thest ver ie up to now, WTIifC "The I~Aiiwaukee Journalm, 620 kc/s 5000-NBC, l e t t e r f o r 4/25/51. INOX, Xoorhead, Idinn., 1340-250-IDS l e t t e r f o r monthly f / c 4:20 3/21/51. Their stmlios i n the Frederick Hartin Hotel, Moorhead, main stud- i o , & Bison Hotel, Fargo, W.D. I had a report from h l u t h from CE of KVOX ttour daytime mail from distances up to 100 miles i n ND & Xinn. with an occasional card o r l e t t e r from SD and ~anada . f Our nighttime sportscasts draw mail r e y l a r l y from towns up. to 45 miles d i s t an t & we r e d a l e t t e r l a s t week reporting f a i r reception of a few of our basketball broadcasts i n D u l ~ t h . ~ ~ KNaY nThe Voice of the Tlhite River Valley" Newport, k . , 1280-1000, l e t t e r f o r 3/20/51, 2:45 AII . F/c i s 1st Wed., 2 AM. 100W., D.,r~o net One of t h e i r s lo gang, "People l?ho Buy Listen to WCAV, Helena Bldg., Norfolk iC), Va., 850-1000, 3-tower DA-N & 2-tower DA-D. WSM, >?ashville, Tenn., 650-50000-NBC, own- ed & operated by the National Life & Accident Icsurance Co." l e t t e r f o r 5/6/51 2 &&. RIP, 610-5000-IBS, l e t t e r from Fro. D i r . "Philadelphia* s Pioneer Voice ." 5/12/51, KOOL Phoenix, Ariz. 960-5000-CBS, l e t t e r & rodeo s t icker f o r 3/11/51, 2'52. Sticker for 4/ 13-15. KOY, Phoenix, Ariz., 55Q-1300 Non-directional, l e t t e r and verie stamp f o r 4/15/ 51, Need KTAFi to have big 4 verified. C D I , P r ime Albert, Sask., 900-5000-CBC orme& & operated by Central Broadcasting Co., Ltd. l e t t e r f o r 4/15/51. RDZA, 1230-250-LBS, l e t t e r f o r 3/22/51 f o r t e s t . Broadcast hours 8:ZD:3Wd-12:4md. 73's & best DX to al l .

Hal-VJ_i_l&igns , 50-Qird-Axqug = Sepour,-Cgn~ecticu_t- - - The past month has proved to be my vrorst month since I s ta r ted DXing, only 5 nevi re- po r t s sent & 8 veries recd coqared % i t h 75 reports & 45 veries i n :.lay 49 and 20 re- por t s & 26 veries i n May '50. idissing 4 Xon. ANs every 7 weeks owing, to a d i f fe ren t ';.ark sked i s probably 1 of the r a i n reascns coupled v i t h the f a c t my log i s largr now & I have t o go f o r the more d i f f i c u l t s t a t ions t o gain a new one! Here are the ad- d i t ions since last rego rt 5122- WLAN (1390) TT-f /c 2:OO-2:15 i n the clear . 5124- VSGV (790) news & s/off 12:55-1:05 s/off vocal. "Perfect Day." Their 1 lav. signal eas i ly heard over the 5 la-?, signal of W W R - #Incredible but true, # h i . 5/27 - l?JlIN (1400) r e - corded music 5:Ol-5:09 then c anpletely fe.ding as dayl i at approached. Don1 t know if t h i s was reg sked o r ET. Tentatke report sent - posit ive ident i f ica t ion at 5:35. 613- VCI(B (780) Xed rrusic 8: TT, fine s i g a l f r m t h i s 1 kz. d a y t i ~ e r 2:&3:20. I went to a s o f t b a l l gme Sat. i n Waterbury - s ta t ion WBRY vs, WATR! IlJet the Ngr. & a s s t t CE of WATR & was promieed a verie. They seemed t c be surprised P: have been requesting one f o r 2 years. I have been sending out some 2nd 8: 3rd reports to some of my overdue sta- t ions & have cme up with several veries. 1% overall ver ie percentage i s now 80% a s a- gainst 7 6 last year at th i s time. V!QUA.(l230) l e t t e r f o r f / c 5/11, v/s Larry Lynch, CE. WCCC (1290) form l e t t e r vfith dat.e writ ten in a f t e r 18 months, v/s J o h . T. Ramei- ka, CE. WCO (1240) friendly l e t t e r from CE Donald R . Spaman. "Your former reports ner. ver cme to my a t ten t ion or I ivould have v-rified sooner. I a~. a>:;;a3.s glad to verify l i s t ene r reports no matter how near pr f a r t&y i-ay be. I believe many DX reports to various s ta t ions never reach the CX o r the Eng. deplt. Maw of the of f ice personnel must f i l e them i n the waste bas$et." WNHC (1340) l e t t e r of apolow & verif icat ion f o r 2-year-old report, v/s Vincent De Laurentis, CE . Through the local press I note WNRC has urchased the 910 kc/s. r i g of WHAY & :-iill operate a s is f o r the present. WLAD (8007 nice l e t t e r fnrom new CE l:?alter R. Hollis , ( B ~ s L c ) . ~ I I P ~ ~ reason you d id not hear f rom us before, the ex-CE w a s here, and he did not bother with DX reports. I am i n charge now & being a ham I am happy to verify ,211 ceomsbt DX reports.' So any of you who have VLAD as a holdout write t o the above CE. I am sure you w i l l get resul ts . He even returned my stamp. Vlith these 4 Conn. veries I now need only 2 to complete my own state . WLAN (1390) excellent l e t t e r from R.T.Sherman, CE. nFor the information of you DX rrembers our future monthly f / c v n l l be on 3rd Tuesday 1:OO-1:15 EST." SO I guess he wants reports. This. Pa. verie keeps Pa. & MI on top >::ith 55 & 56 respectively. RSGW (790) l e t t e r f o r 5/24 report, v /s John. T. Travers, CE . 517- 4VGN (1430) QSL card i n envelope v i a air m a i l f o r DX 2/19. I was just abou t to send a follow-up when t h i s ar- rived. I note t h e i r card gives frequency as 1470.. I ' m s t i l l hoping to get a verie f r o m YVQJ. How about PDI-DX? Anybody get a verie ye t? I noted i n a recent DX News $;hey would be sent out. Guess It11 wait f o r June "DX News" & see i f anybody reports a verie. If so, & I don't get mine by 711 1'11 send a follow-up. 519 - VCKB (780) QP33 (card encloPed i n envelope, v/s Joseph C. Kotlas. This gives me 725 ver ies (con'd p.5)

June 16j 1953. - i'D-X- - ?T-E.x.-S: Pa@ 5 Vilriams

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(Eal t&sr, conldj i c i t h too m& reports r.ot heard f ram, 189 to be exact. 2 of thesc are delated-& several lmve Changed frequencies. Just a f m ciords about the election, 10 Board bembars have been elected and Lei! &use h2s been elacted c'hai.rman of the Bd, I have sent a l l ba l lo t s & election r e su l t s to him & as soonas he 1,s able to pol l the Board f o r election of the other of f icers he %::ill make complete o f f i c i a l returns. Hay I t&e t h i s opportunity to again t'nank the members f o r t h e i r votes & to a l l of you who voted for sending i n your cards faiELy promptly. H a l Ragner infonm me thac 119 cards were .sent out. 31 members voted & to those 28 v b did rn t vote, remember t h i s i s club, so %ext y e a r o r I-/henever the occasion a r i s e s be sure you vo to. By so doing yo71 yourselves - ; r i l l f e e l be t te r & the club %ill be sSrongcr & bet ter , t f is 'benefi t t ing a l l of us. I believe i f each, one of us should s t r i v e to bring in one new member so tha t our membe~ship, l i ke "Szop the Xusicfi jackpot ,;fill 'grow & grov~ & giro-~.' The NF.2 has done a l o t .to help . Y L ~ i n my DXing sines I joined 18 months ago & 1 lulow I am going t(:l get l o t s more help & p l e a m e out of ny merrbership i n tbe fu4;.are. Nothing =ore addeB

.& i f I don: t s/off .Lefty ?,ill p~obably thro ;~ the ?book8 at me, so t ill July, 73s. &l.-Ja_cck,g.-ea ZQ-&.,-HQ %fin3.., j7_25! BilTG-im I % Anto~iio,-T~x%s-

Greet ins! One vesie, !RP&TI, f o r . report of 11/49. Doggone near forgot to double-spacr: hi!, id Rosenbam - got So&. l e t t e r - w i l l answer son*. Next, ~ i i l Prater . . Who wbn the l e t t e r ? Don' t r e c a l l i f I anm-fered your l a s t one or not. No e f f i c i en t methsd o f keeping up on correspondence. I f you onre me oi~e, get on the b a l l , hi! I f 1 owe ;rou one, parclons, & it w i l l be forthcoming, ili. Just gct off pass - been working ha?: so talked the depg t into 3 days thk seek, Went down to Borpus C d & s t i - mam i n the G u l f , e tc . and nanaged t o get around to a Y S m1BU KRIS WNO & ZSIX. Also.stopped at :BOP, P l e a s d o n , on the way back. KBOP, you reca l l , has the female CE. They're Gates throughout -and located &way between Poteat & Pleasanton, Texas. I n c i d e i t a l Q , the CE her husband, & 1 Spanish annoucar compose the en t i r e s ta f f at ~re8er . t . Ssmething, eh? A 1 1 Corpus C'hristi s ta t ions were very friendLy, especially KUJO, the littls 100-Watt- er. They t-w-lt reports badly, & promise imrr.adiate verifications. ~ / o s a re not sched- uled but are conducted with Austin, Tex. They vary from 2nd Xonday s & Tuesdays to Czc 3rd Ifondays & Tuesdays, & usually a r e from 4:15-4:45 CST & not over 10 minutes i n dur- ation. Nathing def ini te , but a l l that I could obtain. Herb Sar re t t i s Program Pi?- ector , & very friendly. Station has Raytheon & Collins. A l s o , note the notice e l so - where i n the. bul le t in about XWBU (Page 1) & please fellows, help Xi. Wilcox out. I' volunteered the assistance of the DXers, so don't l e t me dovn, huh? I w i l l apprecia:e it & s o w i l l ik. Plilcox & the, .ent i re XVBU s ta f f . ImIS is now pushing TV for Corpus Chris t i - i f the ban i s e w r l i f t ed . No.DX f r m this end - i u e t havcntt had t.b time. We have moved our department. twice l a t e l y , & have another move facing us. Hope to take leave the f i r s t 15 days in August - & expect to get i n at l e a s t 10 nights of d i a l bvisting. Also intend to take out a subscription to Broadcasting. By-the-by, off th? cuff ,. etc., the new KDKD in Clinton,' ?dol, should be t e s t ing before too long. I mde;.- stand tha t Lee Baker (former KICK CE) i s i n t b procens of s ta f f ing the s ta t ion, so l e t 8 s support Ijee a t h i s own s ta t ion , KDKD, l i ke we did a t KICK. And watch for fur- ther Btfi.EakpmenOn& of a new stat ion here i n San Antonio. That's 80 for t h i s time..

Bernie D_uf_fx = '?4-~-n&er Avenge, gtatenI&g& &4& N.Y.- Though I occasionally s t i l l spin the d i a l , I haven't much to 'show f o r it the past month - jus t the additions to my log tha t now m b e r 1960 heard, of WDLA & 1270, WFR1 1150 & f(EX 730, as w e l l as the new W K V M on 1070, and on 6/12, WHIN (1010) a t l:?.i.

. ET, WNBS (1340) f /c-TT 1:20 and KRUB (1.320) ET 2 :30-3: 00, and a non-talk record p l a p : on 1360 s w e time. These veries received: nice l e t t e r s from ItTVIN ti BTI(NI & attractive, cards from ViAa ,XEQ & KPEi!;', also a postal from BKJB saying that i t ~vasnf t they I heal-6 tes t ing without ident i ty 5/1C 2-3 on 710. Breaking 60v.n my yecent DXing, it was as fo:. lows: 5/15 XEQ, 940, loud & clear a t s/off 1:18, VFPh!ls 1150 ET equally well recd a t 1:25 & WDLA 1870, local-like a t 1:40. 5/17 - An unknown on 1220 with a monthly tes:

. of marcbs 2:00-2:16. 6/3 - VIFCI, 1420, on a l l night with closing v i t a l session of the Rhode Islarid Legislature & a loud unkno~in Spanish speaker on 1030 at 2-3. 615 - .XEX, 730, weak at 12:50 &<!I, and a weak one on 740 1:30-2:00, might have been KCBS. ,616.- TJKTh1's new 1070, 25,000-watt direct ional r ig , weak, at 2:48, as it tested with !BS-Riverhead, N.Y . 6/11 - I was delighted to stumble on long-saught elusive of our s t a t e , VHLD, 1270, tes t ing at 2:30, and sor,?e unknown voice-tezter only, on 1280 at 2:OQ-2:35. . . IT'S HOT I N THE SUMIXRSIfiIE, SO LET'S KEEP "DX hWS* HOT TOO PiITH YOUR DX R'EPOIiTS!

Page 6 !!.D-x- --N-E-?-S!! June 16, 1951 Pa@& Jaham~ = &4-E, w o n St. ~ 1 d u s . ~ n g s p ~ t ~ e ~ 1 e r r , ~ e ~ s - / (si&Gl = guffglg 3,-NJ, !&inks fellovrs f o r re-electing me t o NRC Board, s l so cvelcme t o Hal and Harold; to Fred, h i again. And so with & outst@ing array of experts, w e ' l l keep NRC on top a- gain. To Steve & Harold: T h a t forekgn s ta t ion list geta a fe l lm . aquainted. The ver ie s i t ua t ion i s at poorest, especially U.S. s ta t ions a d so for Gene Francis - Glad gsou condense your moo's,^ f o r I ##&# find nix i n i t , nor did I get 't'natt l e t t e r . Also, "QJhat the Call Let ters lifean" i s of l i t t le value as you leave kc/s. and location out, and those blank letterheads a r e j u s t that . Come t o Convention and we ' l l shoot it out. Received v / l e t t e r by WAVL (920), a f i l l - i n , \!JOE (1490) PG Box 156, K. E. Rice, CE f o r 10/20/50. WEOL (1230) 1125 Colore.do S t ree t , G. B. Wesst, CE, a v i l e t t e r and a green v/card. "Tests are a t in tervals of 3 wce!rs (6/13 next) at approximately 5:30 AN and i n addition, f /c, 1st Monday at approxin;atel~ ;2:05 AM EDT. Sked: 7:00 (Sunday to 12:05 MI. KFOX (1280) "The H a l Nichols Btation," 220 E, Anaheim St ree t , Long Eeach 2/ L.W .McDowell, Com'l Ngr. (rzd-white-blue v j l e t t e r ) says, I1Wef r e on PDT & w i l l 5e FM soon also." I note on 1480 Vp'FAR, Kesgals School of Broadcasting and TV, w i l l go on air about July 30. WPRS (1440) has Carl IBud' Sunkel as Pro, D i r . Not much l i s ten ing and so, 6/11: 1:OO-1:15 TT/c by \~lTDlV (1490); 1:30-1:45 TT/C by WATC. (900) - this i s regular; CKNW (1320) all-nighter w a s stronk; no P&'@T/C but W I L N TT/C; no WCVI, but Tii3MP/c; WRIN (1010) M/c through a S ~ a n i s h s ta t ion at 2:32 and VXvIFS (1260) Lookout Broadcasting Co., 305 Chamiherlin Bldg, 2:01)-3:05 s /of f . M/ET with WDOK TT QRf. 617, heard WKLJ (990) Sparta Wis., M/ET a t 2:OO etc . 511 - lDRAP (ex:1580) M/ET on 1320 kc. 5/28 - WPWA (1590) concluded a regular check to return at 5:58, s/off at 4:15. A lit-. t l e news item mentions Pakistan (1ndia) has decided to adopt (0ct. 1 ) a Standard Time i n Western Pakistan 44 hour ahead of GMl' and i n Easte n Pakistan, 6 hours ahead of GMT A t present bath use India time, 5& hours ahead of GM& VJPG (1440) was heard with car r ie r -ca l l s 3:86-4:30 on 5/18. If you want a Mexi zn T ~ u r i s t BookaBt, write: D i r - eccion General de Turiamo; Avenicla Juarez #89, Mexico, D .F. ( for f ree . ) And so keep 1 . "DX News', going %-ith info t h a t ' s wokt'n while, f o r rec i t ing c a l l l e t t e r s only does not make for much help. Kc/s., time, da te and signers do i t . Now tk heat is on and so see you at the beach.

Dgn-Kgskex = ga&vs, -Iowa Well, another month has g& by and not m c h has beenddone i n t h i s DX den. However I have mnaged to add a couple new s ta t ions that look good i n my log. Also received some good quali ty verifications. Only s ta t ions newly added were: 5/13 - WFEi'I (1150) i n Fort Valley, Ga, on ET from 3 :00-4:30, then on 5/19, KMUR (1230) FFmrray, Utah was heard when they were going a l l night d- to a celebration over the opening of the Tri- City Netvvork consisting o f s ta t ions KMUE KCSU & EVOG. Tlen on 5/23 I heard ~ ~ ~ ~ ( 1 4 5 0 : Pensacol.a, Fla. conducting a f /c per the l ist from 3:30-3:45. On 5/28 WDNE (1240) was heard with m $ t from 2:15-2:30. They are located i n Elkins, FJ. Va. ' On June 4 I added 3, XEFI (1440) Chihuahua, Rfexico, on ET a t 1:38, KANA (1830) Anacon- Mont.. on m ~ s i . - c&l f /c 3:45-4i02 and \ ~ ~ E (1360) l~ienomonie, Wis., a %GT s ta t ion 0% ET at 4:07. Bringe my heard log t o 1461. Ver ies i n l a t e ly are these: Cards from WHO0 (1490), b7IilVG (1(65~) KATE (1450), P!HW (1450), KPBK (1340), KWEiV (1490) KSEnI (1450), and l e t t e r s from WJPAY (1400)~ mQUA (DO), E C J (1450)~ WPRS (1440), K I Y I (12301, KILA (850), NEOL (9301, V/ RIRL (1290), KPRK (1340), KFJB (1230), QTBSR (SO) , WGET (1450), TiFBM (12601, WWNS ( $ $ P i 1490), mTY (580), KXOB (12801, KXOC (1150), KPAL (1240), mJTi (850), and riumber 1,000 was KCSJ (590); WTNB (1490), WKBB (1490), & CFRA (560). I've now received 1003 veries so from 4/9/50 to 6/10/51 I accumulated that number. Took a long time to pu l l t ha t last hundred i n but I f i n a l l y made i t . To Ken Mackey, my ETIP v/s i s John N. Heman, CE. What's keeping the veries from coming i n from VPEC KFLD V!FPM KOOK KJCF KPAT? Aqv- one wi th veries from any of these? I ' d appreciate signers i f so, I 've 84 veries f r o m Texas, 69 from California, 42 from Iowa, and 39 from Ohio f o r my biggest s ta tes . Have

t ' nwnzrous reports out t o KOW KFBC & @OW which a re the only s ta t ions I have y e t to ver ify from Vyoming. Last week here has been cloudy and rainy, thus not permittingmc?. i n the DX l ine . Hope next week i s better. To Joe Gene Roberts, d i d you get my repox3 en KCON1s April f /c? No answer has been received here ye t and perhaps you d idn ' t get

r' J t. Guess that ' s a l l f o r a ~ h i l e . PS - On Monday AM 66/1 1 added 4 new sta t ions to lodg - WSAU (1400) Wausau, Wis. f /c 1:05-1:10 TT. Said they were the Milyaukee Jourcal ntation. Then a t 12:46 I heard tf-8 announcerfient of WATC (900) Gaylod I\fich. when they !;/off f / c TT. Apparently tiris was a reguaar f / c & announed at s/on & s/off . A t 2:22 Leard WMFS (1260) Chattanooga, a new s ta t ion on ET. They s /off at 3:M. L a s t was :!KLJ (990) Sparta, Wis., another new one on ET. F i r s t heard them a t 2:37, sfoff 3:10.

June 16. 1951 - 'ID k N-E~~W-S!! - .- ~- - ~~. -~ - nius*gs. o f -.t:le.J_r1f!ni>ep9 -

-Zgx grey-Bgrgett---..R, #3.---Bgx-#pP4.2_ = wax,-Virgiyia- Well. here i t i s June 1951. which means maduation from Biah School for yours t r u L . Z woider what the future holds for me and a l l the other of 195i. I gus8-s i w i l l be a soldier f o r Uncle Sam prct ty soon, and I consider i t an honor to serve d e 1 the f l a g of the U.S.A. Not too much DX f o r rre since l a s t report. Too much QPJ?. I have logged a few good ones though, 5/14 - C M B . 5/15 - XICD KXEO I(TLN XEDF WBBR, tharks t o our good edi tor and Gene Francis, CMJQ,. 5/13 - GlBB VJDLA W K . Veries are coming i n so slorvly now that I almost f a i n t when I receive one, WAtKL, v/s George Creel, Transmitter Eng., XICD, v/s Eldon Xonago; OJVLK v/s Pau: Danfar, GE; ESYL v/s T. S. Markefka, Acting CE. I v:as in s ~ c h a W r y l a s t report that I forgot to put down the day f o r G'BOBts f /c . It's 4 th Mondq, 4:30-5:00 AN. Ed Bayer i s CE. In&- dentally, I vis i ted 17BOB the o t t e r day & was intmladuced to the en t i re s t a f f . The boys a r e real ly a nice bunch of fellows. Ed showed me the reception reports that he had received. Even thougn I l ive only about 15 miles from Idoun t Airy, N.C. I dont t have WPAQ verified. Bruce Fleming is CE and announcer. Nice fellow, but he ignores my reports. Anyone have one? I note a nevv s t a t ion i s going up at Xount Airy. A 250-watt job on 1240. C a l l i s WSYD. Transmitter on Fancy Gap Mountain, near here. 140unt Airy i a growing about the f a s t e s t of any c i t y i n th i s area. I p h n to be a ra- dio announcer some day. I real ly love radi8 and want to make i t aiy business, Oh ges . T'm s t a r t i ng an album of NRC CXers, so i f any of you boys have a sha&shot around, send it to me, please. I assure you that it w i l l be greatly appreciated. -

CharlLe-C&ex = 3 j g _wet -S&ry?et = Woyng, -Penga, Since my last k ~ o r t to ~~ksii i ,m;~~ which aprsared i n the 4/28 i s x e , very l i t t l e aCtiV- i t i e s hive been gone into by the Old corporal. In f ac t , since April 17th, I've only reported 6 stations(tw0 of them loaals 2 Cays ago) CI$LBZ KJCF WEED NGCB WGET & WRS. Have receive 9 veries since my l a s t report: 4VGlvl, 1430, v/st nrne not readable; VOCM, 590, on f lup via airmail, v/s TI. B. C!illiarns, CE; CKVM, 710$, on regular program i n back of WOR, v/s Raymond Bilocq, CE, VEPZQ. Sent a tvio-page verie i n which he said he w a s ba%lCled at receiving a correct re,-ort from my area inasmuch as they beam north only a f t e r sunset. He would appreciate reports from anyone who might have the luck to log him under same conditions. CIIBZ, 830, no signer; EVAK, 1240, on f /up from re- port of 2/28/50, v/s Frank Newberry, CE, the "Rice and Duck Center of the Plorld, " they say on a very a t t rac t ive letterhead; WED , 1390, on f / c and second report. L.B. Poole, Eng. Dept t. ; BHAV, 1490, Paul A. F a d , CE ; WHRV, 1600, f /up on regular progra~n of 7/25/50, James V?. Allen, CE, and WPX, 1440, Carl Sunkol, Program Diractor. I n mT last report I ~ e n t i o n e d (you a l l w i l l s t i l l excuse mentioning SmLing) receiving a lo: of paper f o r the scrap drive from LRA-1 i n Buenos Aires. I dropped tl-am another re- por t (with a 2nd IRC - running in to money!) acknowledging receipt of the stuff a@d asking f o r a verification. NOW, I receive a copy of the Argentine Constitution, printed in English! Don't Imovf vtbth'er or not they are making money on my IRCs! 4.1- so on SW received a QSL card from 4EH, a Haitian missionary s t a t ion that opened a- bout a year ago. They veried, by l e t t e r hx~edia te ly , and now a card. Another m- Fred Van Hoorbes has changed h i s vacation plans, and , i f a l l goes well the two of us a re gorma make Buffalo o r Bust! Bight now we have def in i te plans of going t o the NNRC Convention on June 24th, when I hope to m e t a l o t of you guys, and I ' m hoping I w i l l be able to meet the r e s t of you on Eabor Day.

Lgo-Hgrz = 120 &rg Avgqe---C&isa&o-l&, -1&lL This i s rn FINAL W ~ R T . After due consideration I have decided to r e t i r e from act- ive ~ ~ i n g . This past season was my l a s t season for some thme to come. Am packing up my veries, am getting r i d of my back bul le t ins for t b ~ l a s t s i x seasons. Am sorry to have to do t h i s but jus t haven't got the t h e any more t o devote to DXing. On June 2 was appointed Departtn~nt Inspect05 for the Daptt. of I l l i no i s , Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. As such sill have to v i s i t a l l posts i n the Department a t l e a s t once dur- ing the year, besides other v i s i t s ordered by the Deptt. Csm.ander, and we have 30 posts i n the S ta te of I l l ino is . There w i l l be other jobs t o do as a f t e r a l l the In- spector i s the trouble shooter f o r the Dep't. Comander. I do enjoy my nark i n vet- erans' organizations & i t was a choice I had to make. Am b i n g trained i n leadership f o r the mwganizatih & have made many friends who appreciate my ef for t s . I made mar@ friends i n DXing & hope they think of me sometimes. I f I ever have a chance to v i s i t with some of you DXers w i l l do so. So i t ' s good-bye f o r now & l o t s of luck to YOU ALL. ((Sorry to lose you, Leo, and we hope you ' l l som get the b@ and cane back. -Ed.)

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Bob ,= mtki_ gu.ga5~, -B, C.- - - - I io t mdch DX hera with a very hl&h noise level. 4/22, card received from Pat Reilley. Thanks f o r t b dope on 4EC, Pat. I posit ivsly ident i f ied 4YC on 4/15 but I didn ' t get enough for a verie. 4;/23, KELK 11240) f /c a t 3 AM. Mostly piano selbctions and they signed off a t 3:12 to return a t 9:30. A t 3:45 I heard a very weak English-speak- ing s t a t ion on 693 behind KUWL. Tney were usizig'bagpiges and viken t b y i a m t i f i e d at 4:00 I didnt t catch the c a l l or location, ~ a d e d a f t e r WLI. s fo f f . I would appreci- a t e any help on t h i s one. Pret ty sure i t i sn ' t 3YC. A t 3:30 I found 2YC with t h e i r usual s ignal ; QSA 4-5 and S 5-7. They had a program of o lass ica l zus ic and a t 4:00 a play from the BBC London studios ( I think; ) Ot'lars heard 'that AM - 4!@. (780), QSA 4 S 5 and an unknown on 720 n i t h a very weak signal. 4/24 - &R!IG heard fo r the f i r s t t h e with a good signal under XCBS a t 12:30, Gave time a s 11:30 EW CS?. 4/30 - Re- ceived a nice cad from C J V I (900). 513 - XEIvfO with a QSA 5 R 9 signal a t 12:OO. This ane.comers i n very l'egalarly t i i t h w r y l i t t l e QEfi from KTEB. 514 - Sent report to XPHO (910) heard f o r the f i r s t time at 7::lO .iVt with a program of Spanish music. 5/11 ::ice . l e t te r from CJOC (1220). 5/12 - Cara from KIWI (1150). P!.O.Trenton, CE, is .signer;. 5/19 - I n a very f i n e l e t t e r from KIM, v/s James E, Jaeger, Mgr., says they

. a re us ing-a Collins 20E trmsmit ter wit'n a non-directional ant-nna. Sksd i s from 11 Abt to 4 AM Mon., !Pues., We,, Thurs. and 11:00 to 5:00 Friday Pi Saturday. F/C w i l l be on the. day following the 2nd Nednesday of each month ,4:15-4:30 &!I EST. 512 0 - Sent a daylight report t o KTIL which cans i n qv.ite well a t 5 PK. .5/21 - Noticed XULA with a good signal at 3:30 and KPOA at 4:OOwith a f a i r signal. 5:00, XEG with tbe i r usu- a; 5-9 s i s a l so I sent them a good long report. Also sent ED! (1250) a daylight re- port. 5/22 - The South Amsrican log received today and I would l i k e t o thank Steve Mann and Hal Wagner f o r the i r e f f o r t s i n ~ a k i n g t h i s f i ne log possible. 11:OO P.M., Radio Pan-Amricana, XEQ, under IlI"RX a i t h a f a i r signal. XED heard a t 11:30 n i t h a baseball game. 5/23 - XlB viith a good s ig ra l under C J V I when thy sign66 off #k%t 1:OO. 4:30 Aha, K C I J (980) good s ignal with unidentified QFM. 5/24 - KOLQ heard a t 12 :00, good signal, QmTed by KXLY and KYEC. 6 / 3 - A picture card from XEG. I have about 25 reports s t i l l out with qui te a faw of them sen% a t t& start of the season. Well; t ha t ' s about i t f r a r here. 73s and good DX to everyone.

S&eve-!!Ig~ = 125 ~ a ~ d - S & r ~ e i 2 Eegt@r-yL L.-I~,-N, Y_. Virtually no ~ X i n n since last reoort. A ~ r i l through Septmber f inds me mostly out of doors in spare hours, and s t a t i c - i s too much generzlly. anyway. A nmber of i e r i e s haw straggled i n however: Voice of h e r i c a (1196), Wmich, Radio Guadeloupe, PRH2, PRL6,=9, PRA8, PRB7, TICS, KILA, 4VGIli, WVDI. Guadeloupe m a d e 58th country verified and a p r p e c t record f o r the 'season i n t h a t a l l new countries reported cane through vjith a verie. In al l , good returns were general, wi th Venezuela and Europe the only areas where many s ta t ions reported have thus f a r f a i l ed t o verify. 16 out o f 20 Braz- i l i a n s reported have verified, with PRIB PB8 p H 3 ?FA2 and PRG9 s t i l l out, but some of these have ver i f ied f o r others. So there i s s t i l l hope!' : P E E sent 'most beautiful verie of season - a 4-color diploriia. 4VGM sent page of Haitian newspaper with maw members' reports of DX special reprinted i n f u l l - i n French! Looking folward t o re- i:nTiing old aquaintances and making ndw ones a t Convention Labor Day week-end. Last time I attended mas i n 1946. Ernie and I hope to arr ive Buffalo by t r a in around mid- night Friday night, and stay through to i.:onday afternoon. I expect to bring along tentat ive schedules f o r a number of foreign s$eciale f o r the coming season, and am hopeful that even a greater number w i l l be arranged tkmi l a s t season.

Joe Bragngr---23 gow_ard-Aw,ug = ~i&l&urg_vi_lle 21, &I.- ' - - -

DX vacation on here now. Have added only one new s ta t ion since l a s t report, WICW, 990 kc/s., E2ing on 6/11 at 3 :00 a.m. Seldom wake up i n time to lkten &nd then seem to. get only all-nighters, especially V!JBKY s lifonday morning Wusic thatre easy to lis- t en to." ( I c d s w 'Music that's hard to take!) Two var ies have d r i f t ed in, a f o m l e t t e r from KILA and a card from 4Vad - t ha t ' s all. The new South American log sure i s a dandy. Never sav? a v t h i n g t o compare -with i t at any reasonable price. I'm sure i t w i l l help add many navv ones to$the log next season. Tbatt s a l l for now, and'idarty has something to say about the Convention, where we hope t o see everyone who. can pOs- s ibly lpake it. (See F i r s t page - ~ d , ) VONDEIIFUL, MEMBERS: FOR THE FIRST TIME, EYERMODY EIAS SENT 'IN HIS ~ O F . T DOUBLFI- SPACED! IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR YOUR EDITOR, AND 'THANKS TO ELCH ANE EVERY OIJE OF YOU! LETIS HAVE YOUR DX WiBLINGS FOR TIE NEXT ISSmE, JULY 14, 1951. THANKS AGAIN.

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JLrn-Cri&c&&t---l@Z & ~ o ~ d J y . e ~ .:. 5% Qig.g,-Cnl&f@a - (KO9 NEE ND?L?SS) I have c o t reported ainos Yi.i-c:?. 26.th, apparently, so had be t te r get at it. Really have not done much DXit~g; only occasionally, so not much to report along t h a t l ine. Ontstadlng catch i n my log, and so f a r unreported by o u e r s , was on May. 4, Friday, 6:34 AM on 1530 kc/s. I IteaT;1 KSGXon PT. Don1 t know whether or not tbey a re now on regular sc'hedule - havenit heard them since them, no: t r i e d f o r them. wbgmain news.covers our vacation, a d movirig t o S w Diego. F i r s t we rode the Califor-

. :nia Zephyr via the Western Pacific a-nd Rio Grar.do RRs to. Danvsr. !The view in the V i s - : ta Dome wae wonderfil from 0roville.on. S~low.oa both s i d e s o f Mafiatt Tunnel. ( ~ d -

io notes: PgAN not on t'ne air; KTLiq s t i l l on 990 kc/s.) From Denver we went t o La Junta, where w e were delayed f o r 10 hours by wasltouts on dccm the l ine, but .f inally

. got t o Albuquerque. Had a very nice. v i s i t with the Nonran ?&@ires, a d Pete NiicKanna. Norm has a yery nice family, and t 6 ba'y i s especially cute. Sorry we did m t meet

. : .Pete!s family; sure they must be ju s t as nice also. .-Norm: s receiving ar.3 trensmi t- : - . ting,ouklay shauld be- the,envy of a l l DXcre. Fror{. Albuquerque to E l Paso t o Yuma t o

.: $an ~ i e k o ' w e travele&v~ithout.m&jcr incident. Enjoyed sight-seeing &re, f0Wid.a -. house we hope t o occupy about July 1s t . . filis is an apartrsent house, ard a job i n the

- %ate r i a l Requirements section at Convair Blfg. Co. Then we went back to Sari' Francisco packedup and moved down h e ~ e . , ,Star ted !TO& ; l a s t ?,tonday; , p re t ty good job and place. A l l my DXine; so f a r has been, and w i l l be . u n t i l we g e t into the house, on our new Mot.

. . o r o l a portable battery-electric. 'Nothing exciting-expected. B-at Steve h!ann:s new log i s a great help in identifying these Mexicans. .73s to all, - -

- L g n - ~ ~ ~ e - - _ 8 & ~ - ~ ~ c ~ ~tregt---Dgbu_qge, l o ~ a - Kindly note the abzm X V / ADDRESS. Dorothv and I have jus t urchased a nem Small bQngaiow, and hope to be a l l se t t led , inc&ding the insiallatiozi of a new a e r i a l se:- up, before the new DX season begins. Fie 1 re located on mother 'one .of Dubuquel s many

' . : h i l l s , and l e t t s hope i t1 s a goo3 spot f o r gaod reception. Since qy l a s t report t o :.- : ;the bul le t in , I rez l ly enjoyed being i n another one of those DX gab-fests, .with three . .. . . . w e l l DXers,. nmely.Peggy Callaban, Eldon Ad*, and Don Xaskey. The gathering was

. .:.held at i.hrc?is, at Eldon's home where there 's a h a y s plenty of hospi ta l i ty . Believe me, this. Pellaw Don, even though ac t ive in t h i s hobby f o r only a year, he rea l ly caz

'.show same of the old-tirners how to pu l l i n those "top-notch1 c a t c b s . I g l l not brag f o r a while a f t e r seeing his DX Log and verifications. With moving and attempting t o get s e t t l e d i n our new location, (and being i~;itnout an aeri;2 f o r some time) DX ha8 been a t a s t a n d s t i l l a t th i s den. The l a s t half-dozen o r so catches i n fay DX log in- cludes the following. On 5/7, added WTKM (1540) Hartford, W i s , on w.n ET 2:40-3:00 AM; also on 517 added gXLQ (1450) Bozeman, Xontma,. on a f/c-3:15-3:30 a.n.. Tinen tl;e secolld El' f rm TIDLA (I2701 Vlalton, N.Y. , tvss heard on 5/14, 3 :13-3:50 a,m., i n the clear . Thti new WSEV (1430) Beaver Dam, Kis. i s a new f!localn and f i r s t heard here cn 5/14, f o r a new ariiIi.tion$. Station VJKO (1600) Springfield, itass., heard with i t a first half-hour o f r e g u l a r program, in the c lear , 4:30-5:00 a.m. on 5/15, and a good chance t o log them. On 5/18 s ta t ion KGN0 (1370) Dodge City, Kansas, was on with a flood broadcast, all 4 4 , and wit'nthe verifying of this one, I completely verBied a l l

'Kansaa s ta t ions , On: 615 the new I>JE (1360) E!Ienornonie, W i s . , was heard on an ET fzon. 3 ZOO-3 :30 AM, The newest all-nighter is KFAB (1110) Omaha, leb., off Sunday &Is. Post recent verif icatioqs were 1s t t e r s fmm: VTXM CJCH KILA KO& KREI WSFA WSYB WLBE KGLN WLIL & KSTR. Card frm KGNO, and XGGi made a flverified!' notation on rag report and returned same. Some -of these veries were received a f t e r f ollotv-ups weae sent.

Rgb&rg A_.-S2seC's.rr--5g F i f t h S tz , -Wgo&l~ , - l~ , -Y, No DXing lately-here. I sent out only 48 reports t h i s past eeason, ten o f which a re

- sti l10,utstanding. Bestver ieswereACAKTEIFIRYBWET0YTKC;IOLNWIHJDKTGX. Looking forward t o agood smer. I have been hiking 6n week-ends l a t e ly ard up to this week reading t rave l books. at \.vork, one abcut Kon-Tiki r a f t voyage across the Pac i f ic was very good. They even had a p o t crab aboard n w d Johannes! The l a s t e r a Hemisphere DX Log i s a superb, ' job and f i l l s a .long-standing nesd among DXers. I am back t o days at work, 7:30 to ;4:00. Any DXers doming up t h i s waq w i l l be welcome Qo stop in f o r a v i s i t - if the Blue Plymouth i s i n :he ybard 1% usually home. Nation- a l Geographic Magazin8:has a ndw map of the United Stotee cat t h i s month. Copies ar.e 506. D O ~ I T Gi'T TYJI CLUB DOWN DWING THE SO-CALLED OFF-SEASON. SEND I N YO^ DX DOING* SO TFAT W IJAY 14AINTAIIT OUR HIGH STANDARDS ALL YEAR rI(OUl;D. THANR YOU. PLEASE USE 2.S.t

1 0 - "D-X- -?JjEEW-S: June 16, 195: - ~ ~ ~ n g s _ o ; f - t & - ~ ~ 4 ~ m ~ e ~ s -

e n s Erggig = 9=34 Jud_@. Styeet.._--E&-~.gs&,-Ngv-Yark_ le o r no Dxing since the end of April except on our recent t r i p in to the hinter- s , where I paid a very quick v i s i t to ~ a r r y Foote a s we headed-north. Logged 7

new sta t ions , one of which I had been t rying t o get for ten years - VNm. However had t o get into the Manchester c i t y l i m i t s to do it. What a dirent ional antenna set- up they have! Other new ones were Y!XXL WKBR VW WOE? WHEE & WCCkt, Several weeks ago got a verie from \WU, which included a blank letterhead, completing the 48 s t a t @ Which reminds me, Ralph, in a casual coment to your report i n t h i s issue, if you wanna f igh t at the Convention, we ' l l have it out - armpits at 30 paces. Farthemore, the l e t t e r i n question was pos i t ive ly mailed tomorrow. Some report , hih? D i d n c t 6-

ven wri te up a l i s t of c a l l l e t t e r s (what was that? ~ohanns?) 73s to all. -

Pgt-&i&lgy---lA L r s ~ e . P M - - - J . ~ ~ . S & ~ ~ N.Y .- New veries are P 9 KUBC KILA 2XG. PRBS, Radio Record, 1000 kcTs., 50 kw., R. Quin- t ino Bocaiuva. &a0 Pallo. Brasil - the director1 s name is a scrawl a d cana t de- cipher i t . 5113 - Picked up.Vj3'~ht (There Friendly 3 o p l e blest) on 1150 at 2x35 on ET and asking f o r DX reports and w i l l verify. KUBC, PO Box 279, Montrose, Colorado, by Robert Sidwell, CE. KIM, Naniloa gotel , by h@na,ger James E. Jaeger, F/c w i l l be second Vlednesdays at 5: 15-5:30 EST o r 11: 15-ll:30 PM, HST. Guess t h i s should be sec- ond Thrsday f o r the mainland. 2XG, 1010, Gis'uorne, New Zealand, T.F.A. Shankland, and Station manager was surprised tha t I heard t h e i r 2 kw. s ta t ion from so f a r away. Score here thh past season was, 46 out-of-U.S. heard, 26 veries so f a r ; 20 not an- swered y e t , 108 U.S. heard, 77 veries, no answers from 31 ye t , This is a bad percen- tage of rn veries and the worst i n years by the ones heard by me, b u t som foreign ones haven't had time to answer ye t . God wil l ing, I hope to see a l l of you at the Convention t h i s year.

CWLNGES IN STATION DATA . N-E-C_

800 Wheatland, Wyoming 1,000 5-1 1410 Portland, Oregon 1,000 D-1 1150 Monterrey, Ituevo Leon 1,000 D-1 1430 Ottawa, I l l i n o i s 500 D-1 1240 Farmington, Nev; Mexico 250 U-1 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1,000 D-1 1320 Kingsport, Tennessee 1,000 D-1 1450 Mon%ivideo, Mimeso ta 100 U-1 1340 h p i d City, South D a t a 250 U-1 L Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 250 U-1 1400 Fort l@ers, Florida 250 U-1 1480 Hornell, i d e ~ York 1,000 D-1

W I L E K B I G Q l B A M K O S Y W A U G K E G W K A B R XqE J 0 W L F H K S W B E A LEi K W C B K O R K K D L M X E J M K S F V

K R Z W E A T Y K M O R

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c A-L-L-S- - - Williamsburg, Virginia Villiamsburg B d i o Cornpaw Avalon, California E l D i a Broadcasting Company Montgomery, Alabama Deep South Broadcasting Compaw 'Pexarkana, Arkansas Gateway Broadcasting Company Augusta, Georgia Garden City Broadcasting Company Englewood, Colorado The >hi'loE,la Agencg dberdeen, South Dakota Aberdeen Broadcasting Service Monterrey, Nuevo Leon L i t t l e Fal ls , New York Rock City Broadcasters Yma, Arizona Soutbve s t e n Broadoas t ing Company Alton, Missouri Robert Neathery Searcy, Arkansas W i t e County Broadcasting Compaq Las Vegas, Nevada Vegss Valley Broadcasting Company Detroi t Lakes, MLnnesota Detroi t Lakes Broadcasting Company lhonterrey, Nuevo Leon Burbank, California Broadcasters of Burbank

C& GHAJGES - - Walnut Ridge, Ark. gx-KOCP 1420 W P J B Providence, R . I . 8x-W'CI San Luis Obispo Ca1,exKMNS 1440 E Ql I K Pocatello, Iaaho ex-KEIO Oroville. Calif., ex-XDUT 1450 K P U Y Fuyallup, Wash., ex-KPDN

F~QvE_N~Y=PQV.'E_R~LQC&T~ON-BO~~-E_T~.c Z ~ a l i s h l . A!onta-na. t o 1.000 c--4. from 1340 kc /s .. 250 U-1 , K A n N ~ e n t o k , washington; 250 i~ (~-KT6,1250) from k20 'kc/s . , 250 D-1.

K 0 A l! Albuquerque, Necv Iliexico, from 1450 kc/s., remains 250 U-1. W J C &I Sebring, Florida, to 250 U-1, f r o m 100 U-1. X E A R Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, to 1,000-500 U - L f mm 1450 kc/s., 250 U-1 X E 0 B Torreon, Coah., 250 U-1 from 100 ~-~/~E~~TE-1410-FlTIM-Taylorville 11'.

age 11 ~- ~~ - ---- JCT~~~S.-&-A~~.I~I~O~S~~TQ K!??:.S-$G- - - - -

CA (pa@.' l) A t time of ureoeratian of log, d i f fexul t s o u r ~ & gave conflict ing . - information on local ciock. t b e i n 71se In Alaska. Be now h o w definite:^ t6at a l l of Alaska is NOT E.S.T. rcinus 5 hoilrs, a s shririn, but believe the following

' to be t, (Ves t Coast :members,, check t h i s ) . ,.Anchorage, Fairbanla and E r e E.S.T. minus 5 hours, so t h e i r l i s t i n g s a re OK. Ketchilran, $ Sitke eau a re E.S.T. mir~us 3 hours, so sign-off times shown f o r EEN

K I N Y , a urvr sllou1-i read 0300 EST. Adak and Kodiak areEST m i n u s 6 hours, but .:'sign-off tims:of. 0430 EST f o r t:lese AFRS s ta t ions a r e correct . Also, KFQD %ow ,has a CP f o r 600 kc/s., no power cleflge. . . . . . .

%RILE ' (page 8: Add: 820 kc/s,, CA82, r19?0 watts, "Radio del. ga l i t r e , in IQ

. . ;COST& RICA (pa@ 13) t~lail ing a d d ~ e s s , of TICS, 8.55 kc/s., i s Ape,rfado 727, . . GUADEIQUPE .(Page 18) "Fadio ~ u k d e l o u ~ e ~ ~ i s ncw actually operating on zssign

'qnency of 650. kilocycles. . . . . . .

~OWD&.;.:(l?age . . . ~ 20) fIHP1, 1400 Bc/s. , , . is now on the air. , . ' . , I . . i

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MEXICO (page 21) Once again, c o ~ f l i c t i n g information was received a s to loca l time i n use. It now appears t&'t some >a r t s of western Mexico a re E.S.T. minus 2 housls. Also note tlmt AI& border s ta t ions use the clock time in use i n t h e i r s i s t e r c i t i e s o,n t he U.S. side. Ac,:urate information on Neexican stations. was

. ~ . found to be more. d i f f i c u l t to obtaiil t b i on aw other country. We are ha2e- ful that . the lis$.ings are a t l ea s t 9@ &ccwate!

. .

PARAGUAY (page 30) A&: ,1330 kc/s., ZPd, 500 watts, V.a&io Guaira," i n ~ i l l a r i c d a , operated by Enrique Traversi Vazqviez .

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, PEFJ (page 30) OAXGC, 1370 kc/s., has increased i t s powef t o 5,000 watts,

VIRGIN ISLAJTOS (Page 35) . WSJB, 1090 kc/s. , has been deleted.. W I V I , 1230 kc/s., ex- -pects to be on t h e 'dr witlnin 60 days.

! -1nf ormation from Steve Nann. ~R_B-S~WC,E_L&S~ llrilliamsport, -Pa.

560 ~~W~ Yuma,. ~ r i z o n a , crorr - 1240. 1280 Clinton, Missouri 580 I@&&" Harrisburg, Pa. f r . 1460. . 1320 Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 860 ."88:@'% O a k H i l l , V. Va. now 5 kw. .; ~ntown, Pa. f r o 960 : W { . B : B Scottsbluff, Netr.fr. 970. - 1340 r i l l e , Cal., f r

a 3: c id ', 990 w5 . - ' :.$I;.:$? Richnond, Vbg in i a *ing, Fla. , now ri .6' Sparta, Wisconsin' 1360 T 1, N E asnomonie, Wiscons

>050 V 0 & W Sturgeon Bay, 1Jfispohsin : N i , Indiana f r 1230 K B E I Sunnyside, Vasll. f r . 1050 1430 ' Beave'r Dam, Vli scon

i-9 : ... . . New SZoyrna Beach, Florida l a 0 Pocatello, Idaho f... " 1260 '.@%%?@~ Chattanooga, Tennessee 1530 K S 0 X Harlingen, Texas

1280 S%:&P.:C Zake Wales. Florida 1590 Centreville. Kissi

A l l e r or07 [ Sebi . .- In

om 1600 s i n r. KEIO

Lgfdy-Cooge~, -43_8-Egst HltS4teet, -Bs~kLyg 25, N. Y . A t last I f ind rzom to sneak i n a reaor t of rnv own. h i . I t i s been 4 issues since I

with o: C back , -. ----

M the room. Recent DX has been: 4j1, BI'RC 713701 ST, 8: KWT (1230) f/c-TT. 5/10 - WPRS (1440) ET. 5/13 - Bl?Pi11 (1150) ET; FJDLA (E70)' ET. $27 - WLYC (1050) ET &nd

' s e v e r a l mornings thereaf ter , atop XEG, 6/11 - Wk@S (1260) ET/ld, with c a ~ r i e r QRfJ from WDOK. 6/12 - P P W (990) on one of i t s last ETs, and qai te cveak. KRTW (1320)

w a s h i t t i n g S:8 on Secod ET. WIPC (1280) had 131/ET! a f t e r VTCN f inished i ts-eleotio; . re turn broadcast. 6/13 - WSd (1220) cnight signing off at 2:21, and somebo&y on 7% tes'ting away pen ca r r i e r and TT, but M speech. Carrier again,

' probably KIP again. Veries since l a s t report a t end of I! e li'?FS d

VdLYC- WDQJ KXKR 1xu? TGU WZOB CMOX I&C Guadeloupe~.FIKBI ( G a l . .astlebw C.E. ) PRF3 (1180) v i l t h 3-page l e t t e r i n Portuguese from sponsor of t he i r show vmcn We-'have been hearing, a Brazil ian flAtlasf1 who 'praises h e show to bne skies an& foxr cojlners of the ezrth!) I m T HJDK KWEZXSWO. 'IotL1 i.6 now 2,073. Lots of new testcia t h i s past week - be t t e r o i l up your sets , yoa symmr hibernatodrs, & get ,ern!

on 1280 [arch a r .en D. C

and BVGI!I w'Jr:, . .

-- .-a ..- . . -- . - -- - -- --- -- ---- - - - June i6 1951 "DX NEiiiin DX DO"N TdE DIAL PAGE SEND ALL ITEYG I N E.S.T. TO RAY ECGJ-325 SETRIaEY AbT, -BUFFALO 15, N e Y * -----------------I------------------

590 KSTjB Cedar City, Utah F/'C M&V 3rd &!!IN 0215-0230 Karl Raymoad-Cal.) 620 WAGE Syracuse NY eas i ly hrd i n NYC area a t i t s 0500 s/on;have one

.---- -of nicest gloss ve r i e cards I 've seen (Duffy-NY) ?$?I HJCZ Bogbta, Colombia ( " ~ a Voz de ~ o l o m b ~ a n ) hrd i n c l ea r l a s t 5 L-,- - . S U N AMs from 0100-0300 and was S-7 (E ~ o o ~ e r - ~ r o o k l . ~ n )

770 KOB Albuquerque, N M ea s i ly logged all. AM TUEG when WJZ o f f ( ~ u f f y ) 780 W??? Who tes ted here 0200-0320 on 6/3 with ail Rr TT - 1 Kw ( ~ e f t y ) 730 WSGW Saginaw, Mich of ten on top around WT ( ~ e f t ~ ) / ( ~ a n d e r s o n BC) 850 KILn Hilo, Eawaii F/C or. c?ay following the 2nd WED 0415-0430 AM

WAO Raleigh, N C hrd 6/13 a l l ADO, sa id now 24 h r s ( ~ o h a n n s - ~ f l o ) 990 WKLJ Sparta, Wisc ETing cn 6/11. behind loud TTer (Lefty) Hrd on

6/7 ET/M 0200-0215 (Johams) log0 ???? Spanish dpeaking s t a t i o n nrd here SUN AMs t o 0300-who ( ~ e f t y j 1220 WAAX Warsaw, Ind F/C 2nd IYYD a t 0300, l a s t s only a few min. T h i s

acc t o ve r i e by L D Winegarber, CE (~dge-Bflo) 1230 KPRL Paso Robles, Cal F/C hi&\ 0330-0345 (ilaymond-California)

KXO \E l Centro, CaL F/C T&V 0300-0315 OL 4th MOlJ (~aymond) 1240" K E L ~ Elko, Nev hrd F/C 4/23 0300-0312 (Sanderson, B.C. Canada) 1260 W S Chattanooga, Tenn ET/M 0200-0300 on 6/1.1 (Johanns)-(Lefty) 1280 KNBY Newport, Ark F/C EV 1st WED 0200-,0215 (Duffy--NY)

WHVR Hanover, Penn s/on heard a t 0503 (Lendziosek-Bass) 1290 VJDEM Providence, FI I sjon heard a t 0500 (Lendziosek) 1320 KELO Siopx Fa l l s , S D loggable da i ly till 0200 ( ~ u f f y )

WKAP Allentown, Penn (ex 1580 kc) hrd ET/M 0300-0400 on 6/l(Johanns KRLW Walnut Ridge, Ark ETing 0300 and on. hrd 6/11 (Johnson-NY)

1340 KMNS S.L. Obispo, Cal F/C N&V 3rd MON 0230-0245 (Raymond) L'INX Washington, D C s/on h r d a t 0500 (~endziosek)

1360 I1ME Eenomonie, Wisc ETing AM of 6/7 (Johnson) 1400 KCHS T or C, N Llex F/C T&V on 4th &TON a s l i s t e d (Raymond)

KRPL Moscow, Idaho F/C T&V 4th MON 0300-0315 (~aymond) K K I N VisaLia, Cal F/C U&V 4th &ION 0315-0330 (Raymond)

l420 KTOE Mankato, Minn ETed t o 0300 On 6/10 (Johnson) 14.40 TIHIS Bluefield, Vl V a now on till 0230 or l a t e r SUM AMS (Lefty) 14-50 KSVP Artesia, N Mex F/C T&V 4 th ?LON 0315-0330 (Raymond) h470 KBMX Coalings, Cal F/C T&V hrd 0230-0245 (No (~aymond) 3.490 VlWlNS Statesboro, Ga t e s t s 1st WED 021580230

KPAS Banning, Cal F/C M&V 3rd NON 0210-0230 JUXT Tucson, Ariz F/C T&V 3rd EON 0230-0245

KBLF Red Bluff, Cal F/C T&iT IfCID Oaldwell,, Idaho F/C T&V

. WHOB Gardner, Mass s/on heard a t 0530 (Lendziosek

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WJBK Detroi t , Hich now i s 24 hrd da i ly INCLUDING MON A M s ( ~ e f t y )

The National Radio Club is looking f o r a few l a d s t o do CPC work, including one who will. take over a s our CPC Ckiairman.

Eldon Addy and h i s s t a f f who have done Such a swell job i n the pas t feel. as i f they would l i k e t o take a r e s t from it a l l . This i s something they cer ta in ly a re e n t i t l e d to . Sooo we neeed fellows f o r the coming DX season. This work w i l l only be CPCing f o r s t a t i ons i n the US and Canada I believe. Steve Eann has and w i l l continue t o work on t h e Latin Ameri- can countries w e believe. 50 you l ads who a r e in te res ted please drop a l i n e t o your Board Chairman, Pat Reil.ley 11 Irv ine P l y Jarnestown N Y as soon as possible.

And now how about a l l of us giving a big vote of Thanks t o Eldon Addy and h i s s t a f f f o r the swell DXes they have brought us i n the pas t few years. They have worked hard and may a l l of them enjoy the coming season with added DXing time. Signed Hal Wagner. Ho~rrpEbii~hFr7n~ssoii EaEd-hFrz ,-jiisx receivzd, ZlT voFiiig-rZsiililFs-aEd- also l a t e reports f r o m Ken P~Tackey and Murray,Lamont airmailed from N . Z . Afraid issue w i l l be a week l a t e again so w i l l hold over ti1 July 1 4 t h