VOLUME 40 FEBRUARY 21.1973 NUMBER 16

"Find enc losed a check f o r another y e a r of DX NEWS - ( the per iod ica l t h a t ' s revolutionized t h e hobby of MW DXing)" ( D r . John Macdonald, Dean, Universi ty

of Calgary)

N E W N R C M E M B E R S T H I S W E E K . . . *Robert S p e a r e l , J r . , 4311 N. A St . , Apt. 5, T a m p a , F la . 33609 *Bill Jennings, 1806 LaSal le Ave . , Minneapolis , Mn. 55403 *Boyd Davison. 341 1 NE N a s s a l o , Por t land , Ore . 97232

Welcome t o the Club, guys; contr ibute often!

W O R L D R A D I O H A N D B O O K A V A I L A B L E . . .

T h e new WRTVH i s now ava i lab le and i s a m u s t f o r a l l s e r i o u s DX'ers . T h e new edition is much the s a m e a s prev ious ones: a few m o r e pages , even cheapcr paper and, na tura l ly , a n i n c r e a s e d pr ice . Available irnrnediately f r o m Glen Muel le r . Bil lboard Publicat ions. 2160 P a t t e r s o n S t . , Cincinnati , 0. 45214. T h e p r i c e i s $6.95, postpaid. T h e r e ' s even a pinup shot of N R C ' e r Bob Bundy on page 398.. .

N O T E S F R O M H Q . . . *We******* According t o Ron Scha tz , t h e ID on the m y s t e r y P a r a g u y a n on 645 kHz i s "Radio San Juan" and he notes that t h e r e ' s a San J o s e down the road f r o m Coronel Oviedo (ZP19 ' s l i s t e d location). Our m a p shows San J o s e even c l o s e r t o Coronel Oviedo than Caaguazu; p resumably a s logan change. Who will ge t a QSL f i r s t ? *** Next week's DX NEWS wil l be a 40 pager aga in , including GPN's impor tan t a r t i c l e on diffract ion and hor izon blocking, a t l e a s t two a r t i c l e s on P a t t e r n s f r o m Wes Boyd, one on H a r m o n i c s f r o m Schatz, m o r e c o r r e c t i o n s t o the P a t t e r n Book, and maybe even a v i s i t f r o m Capt. Glotz.. . ***Member Matt E d w a r d s in forms u s tha t h e h a s two r e c e i v e r s f o r sa le : a n SP-600 f o r only $200 and a n HQ-145XA f o r $125; both in good working condition; if i n t e r e s t e d ca l l h i m a t 201 -627-1581. ***HELP HQ! We need one i s s u e of DX NEWS t o comple te o u r collect ion h e r e a t HQ. If anyone h a s a copy of Vol. 39, Number 20 tha t h e ' d l ike t o donate we'd g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e it. ***The l a s t couple of i s s u e s have contained some over ly d a r k pages; t h i s i s par t ia l ly a print ing p r o b l e m a n d par t ia l ly because ERC's t y p e w r i t e r ribbon i s too dark . We hope t o have the problem fixed next week; we' l l r e p r i n t the m a p of E u r o p e a n daytime recept ions f r o m Sweden then too.. . ***Where i s GREGG CALKIN? He ' s moved back t o Canada following a s t in t a t the Canadian E m b a s s y in Mexico City but we don't have h i s new a d d r e s s ; if anybody knows it p lease p a s s i t along t o HQ s o he can continue t o rece ive h i s DX NEWS. *<**Advance o r d e r s f o r the new NRC DOMESTIC LOG a r e coming in thick a n d f a s t ; be s u r e t o r e s e r v e your copy- a t t h e advance discount rate: $4.50 (p lus 7 5 t if you wish F i r s t C l a s s mai l ) .

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t e s t tones, and a w II*;. I t ' s a little ear&, but give it a good Reports go t o Mr. A l u i n V. kllar III, Bagineer, YACX, llD mat Unim Street, Nemrk, ~ e w YO* - 14513.

3/5/73! Info f r m mdd biW, IT(CA PDlD OVT H a O a l D A DXw Y U J ARB! Here's a wa te ry DD: for HRC frm a per- fec t ly l e g r l radio s t a t i on on 860 kilocycles, frm 2:00 t o 3:00 a.m. , EST. m e r e vill be tonea and Ib, so tune in and f ind cut w h o l r b a t - h m - w h e r e ~ . And, land reports t o t h e addreas you can then look up in t h e HRC bg. WVE SQMIIIP.

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1 9 m Cbristma AM), i t ' s a v/~-ss, and qf C o a t 8 Fdan ver ie #12. N w for t h i s ve&'s DP(. S4 2/4- I heard Joham Stxuuss la oa 690; and gut fooled a s it turned out t o be OCC, R. Ropeso . WA-1170 urs off , & I h i t t h e i r channel $ 4:30 t o f lnd a rcak SS there. It use a umkiQh one, & I thought I hmrd Colo&la men- tioned - arybody lmov who t h i s one i s ? It 's l o m b l e apparently around Sam a /m the f i r a t SII arrch month, WA'B s i l en t period. w W V A ' ~ c a r r i e r h i t the a i r a t 5:43m, null lng t h e dml. No luck (as u s m l ) u/s/ona @ 6 - W W =me on f3 5:5 8 t o k i l l any chance f a r adventure ar U30. I h i t m t o 1270 8 folmd t h e SSB there a s uan WI"ID, s/on $6 . l94 2/5- WBC-770, wOR-710, wHN-D~O, a l l on today, but WCBS-880 ras off - nice work, Foxworth! It seemed Auroral on t h e lev end of t he bond today. Ihe Wraguayan cu 645 -6 be t t e r than I've w e r heard it and it seam t o be AN, a s I t a d them f i r s t d 2:U%rn - no IDs a r w t , dmt. The vsak SS on 810 urs another R. Propeso out le t d 2:36. The UERC IR rmde it beaWtiPully t h i s week and were z i lch last veek! I had them in t h e clanr except for WDJ spla t ter , 3:25-3:5hm. (XI 870 63 4 03, I noted an SS, but UUL arrived on the scene a t 4:07, and t h a t m a t h e end of t h e IA. I heard St. Luch* s / m &? 4:10 I vl th an anthem, and then religion, U / V R ~ S , f o r those of you looking fo r t h i s one. n e s . 2/6- I got up t o t r y f o r r / c of WRPPU80 a la Joe Fela's new f / c list, t o find vaJX ANing it, NN. WQR-1530 urs o f f @ 1:57. A wmk foreign s i g m l on 1502 vent unID, they lad l o t s of announcements by men & wonan and c l a s s i m l mx. I

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CARL W. T A B ~ W - 3300 ~ o r t h 56 s t r e e t - Lincoln Nebraska - 68507 ?he f i r s t month of t he New Yarr proved t o be a good m e f o r

DX. StaAing off, 1973 brought two ncv countries - R. hradlae-IZ65 wrs heard for the f i r s t time on 1/5 @ 10:50pm w/religicus programing. My second IPlropmn Sn 14 yarrs of DXlng came in t h e f o m of UDR-1586 on 1/10 @ 12:pam. 1/12 bro-t these: lT from KXIT-1410 mlhar t , Tex. ¶he IZ !EST f r o m from-1470 on 1/15 urn hcsrd well B 3:25. WLKL-1490 Lexington, Tam. had a f/c- d 3:m. R/cs h c m w~B-1380, N. Augus- S.C. & VVNA-1590 mscombla, la. heard on 1/16. I a t e r t ha t day W B ~ O k b i l e V/NX 63 8am. KLES-1050 Killcen, Tex- a/off heard @ 6:45pm. WD-1010 Iade- pendance, Kan. s/off heard on 1/17 @ 6:30. The f/c-TT from wW-1280 Cumberhnd, W . h&rd ca 1/L8 along V/EP/TP from MPTB-13bp Fremnt, Neb. @ 1:15. The AN Xx Show from YBEIJ-930 hmrd d 1:D. Ch 1/22 VDODl3l.O Chattan- heard v/c/v @ 5:15. ~ / o f f s of KHBY-1280 Nerport* A r k . & KLCO-lZ80 Potsau, Okla. h a r d @ 6 t l 6 & 6t30. UX@m (-1~6~) Nw Orhm V/R @ ll:45. DX TFSTs f r ca XTCO..1090 and WEFC- 960 both haard well on 1/29. S/OW f r ca I(ZYM-1220 a p e Clmrdwa, Uo. 8 7 b KO=- - 1L40 ninera l ~elb, ex. B 7:02. WERE harrd on 1/30. 1/31- w~n- l270 kla, Miss. s / m @ 6:59 b a/off frm KBUC-u10 9m Antonio @ 7pm. kt& ver ies t o come uly have kan v / h : m, IWLD VMY, ICRAC, VrsJ, EL, VIW, KRU, m, KLM, UCFM, W, I(LEU, WRP. v/q frcm YW-15% KGVC. v/c- WSJC, ID(=. v/f- KliOE, W. v/r: K)(IT, KAW. V/PP/C- YYSI. Totals n w a n 115% h a r d and 1,366 vePi- fled. I had a m a t enjoyable cmvdrsation by ury of Ham Wdio with NRCer rave buhmd of St. fgu l recently. Ue decided t o mke it a bi-weekly sked. other hams interested In ta lk ing BCB IY( on the a i r , l e t me know. 73 f o r rsow & good m.

I A W ~ C E - ax 803 - &on city, Cohrado - 8 1 2 ~ I haven't Mused fo r a good vhiLe so I'll t r y to flll y ' a l l in a -

bout uhat's happan& here. I ' m not a b e l t o do much DX t h i s sarson due t o school, wrk, etc. I tave l istened & . n e v m s thou*, with one of t h e best mtches be* WA-1170, h ~ r d ar 12/11 @ 4:lhm fo r Sta te #+l. I a l so harrd mch-wmnted UOM1D ttat same An 3:30-4. %e WJDX-620 "Special" came in here, but progzaming urs only S-rr, and s i p 1 urs poor U/USVN/KTARJMCK 6r a host of others. 'Ihis on 1/14 @ 3:Ohm. 'Ihe new Denver 5 0 k w ~ ~ KAAT-l09, h i t the a i r shortly before 12/15> but I nwer realized they were an u n t i l l a t e December, thou* I checked t h e ID90 spot religiously arch dsyl Wat tipped me off n s a program sked I spotted In a Lknvu paper. As you h y have inferred, the* si-1 i s more t h a t weak here - I t ' s prac- t i c a l l y mn-exlstsnt. mey must be cxtrem~ly d i r e c t i o m l 8, but don't ask vhy. Ev- an M Y bombs them out @ SSS. A t l a s t there's no greet lnsa a s far a s l istening for aJoyment go- - KAAT b s one of t h e most boring of a l l MoR for te ts . I 've succombed t o a n n bug: Jingle/a*check collecting, so a l l you members with t h i s in teres t , get a hold of me. I can't of fer too nuch yet, but v l th your help tha t v i l l change. I can play and record tapes a t 75 ips r e e k or cassettea, and am es- pecially interested i n airchecks of PII Top 40 stations. I 've r a r l l y been enjoying Wsings h t e l y - especlallp those mslngs A i c h contain general broadmsting (not Just DX) i n f o w t i o n , l i ke those of W e Colllns. Keep it up, everybdy. DXtrss West v i l l reappear soon, so don't fret i f you've sent a report but haven't seen it. Best of !X t o a l l & 73.

J@lN T U - 5539 (Bk - Kansas Citv. Missouri - all? - - - . -- lhanks t o t he NRC a r t i c l e a few veeks &st I Just added an FET in f in i t e

- e h c e detector. Seems t o nake a big difference. LVen t h e weakest s p l i t s now have audio but sideband splash i s s t i l l a problem. My HC173. RX has i t s a m AVC detector so I didn't hsve a trouble w AVC I eceived nice v / l frm KMY-1 80 *ich said *%ank you very %ch fo r y o d m ~ i t o r x n g r e p o a . We enjoy hmring 2ap QIernbers of t h e NRC h o pi& us up...~ft.er looking a t t he prrttern they must be a t sm!

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b c a l Q'CW-790 goes 50kv U-3 soon, using s i x t w e r s , b a a i n g mostly I. C J p C o b n t u n a out t o be U@3, Bfalrmre. You mn' t t r u s t gwernarnt pub- l l d6 ions . 'Ihe CBC applied t o take over a l l of t h e p r l s t e ?F e t a t i o w in Western Olxna: a(9B-109 Winnipeg; CRJS-1170 Ssltatoon; CFTG/~~;~-710/1230, Gmvelbowg, and local C B F A ~ Bimuton. A 1 1 s ta t ions voted t o CX t h e i r takeover. A l l were mostly mn-profit. ?his vill be t h e beginning of a full corss-cormtry CBC PF net- work, incluiing CEJF-M Vancower and a l l t h w e PF IPms in ~ l b e r t a k k u t o b a . Requacy changes vere lasntioned (1550 & 1580) a6 a l l tnve poor c w a a g e a t n w s baing cm U.S. b h x i c a n claara. 1[ERF (urml ly v d ) b- nut& h l - l i k e AH SS f o r t h e last s i x A h . They haven't bean a super-pwar here for years. P-W they're b a i n g a new secret vaapm? Ukswise XXU has berm v d t f o r y a r n . Bow I raad they're ying m v . XBC m a a c e domlnsnt hare. CPCP CKSB b =sib' topple t h i s 'giant . I wondar vtnt they're r a l l y uring. R e p t i o n th i a W11 k Yintar has bean h r b e h u i n t I ' d c a l l a v w g e . h l y a rev good openings for !@.a and 1PI, and 8 couple of IUn. kmt of these vere s ta t ic - f l l led . I 've noticed a l e 0 over t h e p u t a i r y a r n t h e auperpowsre gettiDg v d e r hare. Stuff like: VCaS UABC KM YIlAS CBL CTBC, i n t h e E a r e becmillg rare. h y b e It 'r jut hare? Ibga m i d s tuff l i k e KgX KO60 & KPH[ a r e nov r a r e i n t h e E. sunspots o r W pollutionf P a c e t f f t b y b e they're getillg old & rorn-cut - l i k e u -EX)

Tm lmmcur - 3, rose S t n e t - w d t m , D t . r l o - W B - 2B9 ~ u a h s beem no #lsing froa ma h a few h a b-ure there har

been rrothlng t o Nuse about. I am nov vorking az a clerk i n t h e Chadian Qovexnlgnt but IP(.vire there i s no ncvs. Some l l r t en ing tn s bean done cm SSS, but nothlng nav h r been haard. (he ver ie m s recdpsd: YHCU-810 f o r a logglng Inst Jlme. Howmar t h i s crmwt colpare v i t h longout =it fo r a verie, vhich m a WID-1340, %king o m three ymrd (reported in '67, ver ie received In '70). ?he M i n t h e Tbronto area w s m u s u l l y mild i n Anran, v i th t s p a a t u r e n i n t h e 35-40" mge, and nmching 50 o n a cptpb of Qys. 73.

(BRIS WQS - )(07 U o o d ARUC ' I tb .~ , 1- YO* - lh89 Good ~ u r o r r l CX on 1/30 b r o w t In a m u b e r of good SSS low.

l/30- YRC-l2Zl I.C. €l 5:13pmr HWS-900 Cb. 8 5:30; YAYII-900 I1.C. 8 5130 alao, WORD -9lO S.C. e 5335, m-850 A h . wall on top 0 5:*, MlV-900 A k . 8 6 r/off, W A ~ -m ~ k . @ 6: 06pm cbri.g la l i ke a t on of bricks mo . u r t . h v e accidcnhl ly re- rind m cky pover/pttarr. m - 1 0 0 0 Mrs . 8 6:09pm do- qui ts well ag . ind K?L. 1/31- wRm-790 Pla. O 1:07am, VKEt-1590 Ib. f i n l l y after a amber of t r i e r 8 5:0$pl. Y9RF-1580 Ih. a l so after a n u b a r of t r l e s 4 5 3 4 5 ~ . lhia oa. r-

VTYY-W noted teat- v i th inatnmontal a a r m l:3Ckmr OM of w c h - .~

heard# m a logged i n VBVY-1550 8 a a r they vare tenting. CKBX-920 (2at. u y of locped sad - loca l UKRI 8 5154p. T e or 15 minutes a r r l l e r MCY had b w very dm- i n n t . YCIIP-LD~O w . v ~ . logged 5:5%a a/off . As i r obvious, p ~ s t of w sing i s st SSS. Them a r e s lat of atatloma to\%e logged In thore hours, and you don't lore aqy sleep either! I ' m foz tumte here 9n Ulat I have m l y tvo locab (870 & lk70), & a l l semi-logla t h a t r e m i n on a f t e r SSS a r e sore or l e s r l oopb le t o s a e extent (fl0/620/920/1290). (he i'requaucy ttnt o@t t o be prof i table fo r SSS but isn ' t for .c i s 1570. It seema t h a t rn m t t e r u in t CX a r e l ike, ( 9 0 R i s i n v i t h a decent s i p l , and usrally (XU l a there too. Bck i n Conn. on Auroml nights, MIY m a absent. !&is used t o be a good SSS cbannel. WW-1140 tes t ing OC days, not on 16 yet. 73.

RICHARD NOEL lLtIPl - Bllllngs, a h h a a - 74630 Mv SW-2 arr ived 1/29. & h a been in use ever aince. I am

p h @ e d with i t s perforanci . The f o i i i i n m i d d a y h a d on 1/26 on Pion- eer SX-300T RX & 2' altatimuth loop: KOB-do, Albuquerque, V/hC NX @ &on Vyfair

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540 NICARAGUA. Managua, R. ~ o r ~ o r a c i b n , YNTT IDed 1030 MM 2/5 l i s t e d s/on 1100. (Sheraman, Mhnr)

*580.l und . Strong h e t 0306 2 / 3 t o o c l o s e f o r audio. (Sherman, mr) 640 GUADELOLTPE, ORTF ~ r n o u v i l i e 2/10. 0022-0025. t a l l t i n g i n

f a s t FF good s i g o/u Cuban. (c lay ton , NJ). ' *640 USA. K F ~ . Los Anneles: don ' t remember exac t time-sometime

betveen j 120 and-1 220' 2/5, was bl*oadcasting i n SS (Pe j za, C A I PA3AGUA-V. ZP191. T h i s one noted aga in on 2/5, apparen t ly AN. Poor t o f a i r l y good s i g s from 0700 t o complete fade-out around 091 5. Like FFS I ' m n o t convinced t h a t t h i s i s Radio ~ a a g u a z f . I 've never heard a n I D t h a t sounds l i k e t h i s and I have a p r e t t y ood t a e from l a s t season, (Merriman, Va.)(Welcome back l )

@Noted OgjO, 2/8 - d e f i n i t e l y n o t e i t h e r "Encarnac~6n" o r "Caaguazu" - I D h r d a s "Radio San Joskn. San Jose shows on map being n e a r Coronel Oviedo. (Schatz Fla.)(Taped I D con- f i r n e d by e d i t o r on r e p l a y over l and- l ine Z$!lo/73.-ed) COLO!!BIA. HJJX, Emisoras Monserrate, Bogot good w/SS t k , mx . 1/29, 0857-0900. (Clayton, NJ) H A U I I . KORL, Honolulu v e r y weal: w/telephone c a l l - i n show a t 0635-0645. 2/5. Inaudib le a t 0645-0710 due t o QRM from WSM ri/W f o r FT a t 5 ::w. XORL f / l n agn 0712 s t i l l t e le - ta lk . Clear I D 0714: "14 p a s t t h e hour of 9 with KORL (pronounced a s - ' c o r a l 1 ) Radio . . . ." Fade-out 071 5, QFiM de HJJX also. (Allen,OK) EL SALVADOP,, YSS San Salvador 2/1 01404155, men i n SS, low l v l , much sp lash . (Tul l , Mo.) NC<T:I ::o?SA/TJSSR? S-1 c a r r i e r w h e t only s e v e r a l Hz on lor,. s ide , t h r o u ~ h WSlr s l a s h 1000 2/4. Decided much t o o weak f o r F LA a s Par?.guay(?)-6 t5 up t o 5 5 Pll?s by comparison & everything e l s e s t ronger . Not counted. (Shernm, !linn.)(Wers: d i d any of you h e a r N.Yorea t h i s s m e AM around same time?-ed)

,004 unD, E i t h e r Srjanish Sahara o r Murnanslc measured h e r e 2/9 a t 0722. ( ~ c h a t z Fla.) COLOIDBIA. HJJll A. Uno C a l i 1 /29 0847-0850, uptempo 1i0R. (Clayton COSTA RICA. T I ~ C . San 3 0 s ~ 2/3 0100-0115. MoR SS .a. rood s t rong s i g - b u t sf i lash fror! I%%Q bad; ID-6116. ( T u l l ' Tb. ) HAWAII. JZXA, Honolulu 1/11 1005-1030 roc:. zd f o r hol.Schoo1 3f B t c e s t i n g - no s i g n of XEYRA, C l X . X E T ~ noted S9 a t 1045; 1/23 0931 roc:.: noted under/cver ZX"IX, both f a i r . (Oldf i e l d U t a ) CUBA: C1.m Havnna 1/11 0930 55, no XETU - n o t easy here. (30) COLO?.IBIB. ~JBI:, Eqisoras Unidas, c l e a r I D 0102 2/5 ,5910 o/WGN 6: unID SS, wGN n o r s a l l y a l o c a l . HJAN new here. (sherman, Ifinn.) ( l i s t e d lot,-tion i s 3arrnnquil la . -ed) CUBA. CMGIJ Colo'n 2/1, 0200-021 5, !?an i n SS-no mx. WCrN n u l l . ( T u l l )

@CI.IDIT 1/11 0930 good, and !lo s i g n of T.JG?T. (Oldf ie ld , A l b e r t a ) (Seems t o be confusion over c a l l s . h i 1 L i s t e d c a l l CI.!GN ner W S ) AID. 2/1 0'13-0225, suspec t S ~ S , ' S S vy low l v l , long fa'des. (Tul l , I:o.)(I suspec t T m ; S',S i n DD, E, Hindi.-ed) GU:LTZ!LILA. "11, Ii. Cul tura l . Guatemala Citv: tuned i n i n middle o f ID, too l i& t o get reco-der going, 114j5'1.nq 2/5. F/by r e 1 pen of sor?c :rind. (Pcjza, C a l i f .)

Gjood tr/US lfon 0746-0C17, 1/29. Annc)uncer !rls YL; QR:i de >iJCU, R. l!eelodi8. (Allen. 0::la.l I ~ X I C O . X X , 1:6xic6 DF 2/1 036-0235. Uptempo xx, so:ne syots . C a l l l e t t e r ID. ( T U ~ , ?,to.)

unID. 2/1 0235-0250, low l v l , MoR SS n u , 400 Hz. h e t on t h i s s t n makes i t almost impossible t o ge t audio. (Tull , No.) (Probably R. ~ e l o d r a , Quito.-ed) ALASKA. KF'QD Anchorage 1/16 o/u YSB. Both f a i r w/nx 0902; 1/23 poor a/YSB. Rock 0930. (Oldfield Alta.) J N U I C A . JE Point Galina 1/29 0953-6954 w/son, ID.(Clayton,NJ) GUATEMALA. T ~ S , m t e m a l a City, no ID a s "Super Radion hrd but one announcement a t 1142, 2 / 5 "Atencio'n pueblo de h a t e - mala...". Uses a lengthy I S cons is t ing of &ee l drums and a r o ~ s t e r crow. W s t l y t a l k w/occasional marimba record.(Pe za) HAWAII. E U Honolulu 1/11 0945 f a i r o/u xaM8(rare).(Oldfieldj SENEGAL. Dakar more than S9, possibly i n FF 0630 216 sometimes over WJR & 5 kw. l o c a l KUOM-770 bad QRR, though.fSherman,~T?) (Yes, i n FF a f t e r 0630-IU 0 7 3 ~ - e d )

@Dakar in AA way over 6 0735-0740 1/29; t a l k i n g and AA mx.(Clay- @Dakar measured 764.012 on 2/9, 0609. (Schatz Fla.1 ton )

EL UVBWR. ~ 9 a , U s d u t a n 2/1 0255-0310; t he f a s t e s t ss I've ever hrd... spo r t scas t v/many spots. Usulutan mentioned many times* No idea what kind of game was being bcst. (Tull,Mo'.) JUAN. JOUB, Akita the only TP heard t h i s MM; f a i r a t 1126 2/5 exce l l en t a t !215* Er ief musical i n t e r lude a t 1220; then ID [network) i n JJ by n. (Pejza, Calif.) EL SALVADOR. YSIIL, San Salvador apparently the one under JOUB v i t h v b t sounded l i k e a "K-L" ID 121 5 14M 2/5 (Pejza, Calif . > COLOMBIA. HJKH Radio Te uendama, Bogota excel lent s ignal wlth MoR mx 0 154745, 1729. QRM from ~0f83 , Chitma, Panama. (Allen Qkla. I E C U ~ ? Nearly every item during news i s from Gnayaquil. Can't understand ID but don't think i t sounds l i k e 'll. La F'rensaw l i s t e d i n URTHg have R. Nacional EQ e j o l i s t e d i n NRC LA log a s deleted. Heard most n igh t s up t o 0 8 0 , Sf5 o r so, but too l i t t l e SS knowledge. HELP! (Sherman, Hinn.) (no i n f o here...GH?-ed)

@unID. 2/1 031 5-0335 low l v l on mx (top& SS). Better audio on male DJ; long deep fades, j u s t too weak. (Tul l 140.1 PUERTO RICO. MIVH San Juan noted with s/on 085b i n EE while looking f o r DSAs. On 2/5 (Merriman Va.) HAUATZ, XlKI Honolulu 1/11 0935 f a l r w/rock ofWCO. Relo 11 00 noted rock/JJ & some WCCO f l u t t e r . Maybe JOBBP (oldf ie ld7 I?F,LIZge Radio Belize exce l l en t s igna l with advertisements & personal announcements i n EX 03104327, 2/1. QRM de WCCO, UHAS solash. (Allen. 0:tla.) PANAHA; H O L ~ O , Pa&a weak u/WHAS QRM w/MoR mx 0525-0543 1/35. (Allen, Okla.)(l/35???-ed) ST. LuCIA. R. Caralbes, Cas t r i e s 2/1 0059-0103 i n FF w/talk and jazz way over EUS. (Clayton NJ ) Gmm & ELLICE ISLtJSDSo VSZ1. '!arawa 1/15 08454900. YL and m a n poly nx. (Oldfield, Alberta) COL~MBU, HXZ, Bogotg, Emis. IJuevo Mundo good w/MoR mx 0904- 0921 2/5. S O 8 was of f . (Allen, Okla.) ITEP&LBNDS AIITILLES. PJC2, C u r a ~ a o 2/1 0340-0400; two men, one i n EE, one i n fore ign speech, erhaps FF. (Papiaqentu-ed) Low l v l . MoR mx. some ~ o s t 0358. (Tull. 140.1

2 / 5 . Mixed w / a n o t h e r ' ~ ~ ; Xh.?O off. (Pejza, ca1iF.j HAWAII. raI Honcrlulu 1/11 0900 I D i n t o r e 1 o/WWL. 1/23 0508 r e 1 f a i r , WWL i n a b1ac:;out. (OLdfield, Alte.) unID. 2/3 0130-0205 SS .m, two s tns ; s ignal up and down, jus t can' t ID. (Tul l , I,lo.)(One z a s t be TISRHB Szn ~ose.-ed) I4OIlTSE3RAT. R. ? .bntserrnt , Plymouth (ZJB~ presumed t o be the one i n EE l,r /DF f a r t o E, GSTQ and off 0300 1/30. Fan ta s t i c (contld)..

885 (cot ~ t ' d ) 150/9 s ignal , new f o r country &I. QF3I from WLS splash, (Sherman I4in.n.)

@ZJB 2/2 &215-0235 - no spots, A l l EE mx ( fo lk rock) Good I D a t 0230 w/call ZJB (I think). Sig in and out of noise. Loops e a s t of YIJCX by qu i t e a b i t ; s/off 0300. (Tul l , Mo.) EL SALVADOR. YSQJ? San Salvador 2/3 0207-0220 slow SS mx. 1.kn DJ. woman i n SS f o r a minute a t 021 5. J U S ~ too ~ e a k ~ ( T u l . 1 ) LA. YVRO (sic-ed) R. ~ e r o ~ u e r t o ~ d e l a hora, Maiquetia, good s igna l w/MoR mx 09c2-0954 1/29. Announcer was a YL in SS. R G I ~ was off . ( h e n , Oila.)(Cau i s Y W ~ , i t ' s "R. Aeroouerto & l a hora", meaning ..,gives the timew vs. "...of t h e time."-x) CUBA. u n I D w h d i o Reloj National //760. weak s igna l w/KHJ QRM. Which s t a t i o n i s t h i s ? CMGX? WKY was off f o r IE. Hrd a t 1025-1030, 2/4 . (Allen, Okla.)(Not sure, Richard. RFS help?-ed) unID. SS here many n igh t s though d i f f i c u l t t o split.[ herm man) NICARAGUA? Maybe YNLU i s back strong c a r r i e r , severely under- n g u l a t e d , though. (Sherman, hnn. )(Yes, i t ' s back strongl-ed) MEXICO.=, R. Rancheri ta Ciudad Juarez NEW harmonic on 2mHz; 2 / 2 1251 TC, ss songs; 1258 TCS i n C S T ~ "en EI Pas?"; * l a popularfsma Radio Rancherita XEFV en e l Mil... y en musica ranchera l a merendera." 1313 housing pgm; IDS, ads t r ing inc l . ' farnacfa Selecciones, etc. (Hauser, Texas) un ID . H ~ C neer ly des t ruc t ing eardrums around 0230 2/3.(Sherrnan) unID. Weak SS 0915 2 / 4 doubt YSC o r YNVOZ; Help?(Sherman Minn) (Perhaps H O W , panama4 Nothing e l s e reported r e c e n t l p e d j - unID. Two s t n s 2/2 0345-0400 low l eve l ; l o t s of SS slow. Bad 150 HZ h e t ma.<es i t hard t o ID. (Tull Mo. ) ( ~ d / Y N V o ~ r e d ) , TONGA. A32 Nukulalof Tongatapu 1/16 09~6-0945 poor-fair PL , and poly songs; 1/23%910 f a i r ~ + / ~ o l y songs ... both times, no s ign of KDKA. (Oldfield, Alberta) DOT.II:iICfiT REPUBLIC. Program of US rock ( l a t e r , sS) heard 200/9 way over ORM; "Ti. Comercial" ID Santo Domingo 0100 1/31. Listed 1010, and t h e i r SW doesnlt use correc t frequency e i ther . Also th inc most Dominicans use day power a t night? (Sheman,m) (Cesarl-ed) unIDs. Take your pick... 2/ 0250-0305. Three s t n s here; lowest i n frequency the weakest - 2.0 0 Hz he t and no audio. Stn two had nan with news ( I th ink it was news) SS vocals and chimes, t ~ x , he t s on t h i s one. S t a t ion th ree had f a s t SS by man and almost chat-1i::e music. Levels u and dorm l i k e a y o - y o ( ~ ~ l - 1 ) unID. SS through WBZ slop 0910 &, nothing l i s t e d . (~herman,mi) A7GEI'PTIliA. R. d e l P la ta , Buenos Aires LSlO noted with very good s igna l s i n XEQEi n u l l on 2/5. Noted a t 0740 w/ gm of US pop nus ic c d l e d "Transnoche Morslw. Goad I D a t 0800 and voxantic LA music a f t e r th is . Tnx t o GX t in . (Merrban. Va.) - ~ ~ - - . . (Nice one BLanl-ed) CUBA. tXd, I s l a de l a Juventud, R. Caribe ?/I 00294032, continuous^ t a lk ing i n SS w/IDo (Clayton, NJ) unID. 1/30 0340-0350 vy 101.r I v l ; SS t a l k mx. (Tull , MO.) (Maybe GH1s Guatemalan. TGSL? Do you hr t h i s one on fund, Glenn?) PANk.lA. HOJ2 Ias ~ a b l ; . ~ 1/30 0325-0340, s l l ~ r SS m. m y spots, freouent nention of Pnna~a , Good ID on the ha l f hour w/calls. - --. Some QSB, l o t s of splasho ( ~ u l l , :foe) COLOIBIA. YIJFZ, LV d e l Centro, E l Espinal, c l ea r I D S!3+10, way over splash 022s 1/31. (Snerman, Ilinn.1

@noted 2/2 0420-04 M%W DJs. bbR SS r u : - l v l varied from grea t t o noise- nx a t 0 freouent nent of k g o t a . ( ~ u l l , 1lo.) con* R I ~ A . TX'C, JOSQ 2/3 0335-0345 EE, t a l k on end of lrar Tg/reel overtones. Good l v l , best ever. (Tul l , Iloo)

-- &CO. =S, Rosari to BC 0850-0915 1/22 T I M w/rr mx f air-good. (Richard T. i dd ie , St. Louis, Mo. ) (Welc~me~Richard I-ed

@noted w/OC 1207 2/5; usual ly on RS a t t h i s time, methmks. (Pejza, Calif.)(Methilllrs t h a t which thou dos t s a i t h i s r i g h t on; p r l thee keepest thou a grea t e a r tuned t o this one.-ed) unD. Looped t o LA, vy low l v l , j u s t impossible; 2/3 0347-0355. (Tull , Moo) VEIJEZUELA. YPMP, Ondas d e l Lago e r a c d b o 2/5, 0028-0031; ternp check TC, ID, shor t p o l i t i c a l commentary with brass f an fa re s a t beginning and end. (Clayton IiJ) COSTA RICA. TIGHP, San Jose' 2/3 0~55-0465. Great s ignal , bes t ever with uptempo music, One good R. Cap i t a l ID w/C.R. nention- ed. b u l l , Mo.) unID. 2/3 0410-0420 vy low l v l , shallow audio a t tirnes,mostly car r ier . (Tull , MO.~ (TGVR, Guatemala, GH report-ed) unID, 2/3 0421-0430 c a r r i e r only, some long fades, Good l v l a t t i ues , (Tull , Mo.) (As I suggested reviously, HR N...ed) unID. S9 s i g n a l here, poss ib ly has s$ff 04-00, 2/).PSherman) (Sorry, George-hrd here a lso , but never bothered t o I D ; w l l l check ID f o r vou-ed) 1 COLOHBIA. H J B ~ 0ndas de ~ i g n a g a Grande, CiAaga now within a few Hz of 11 60; l i s t e d 1160.5 in LA log. l U l l s chance f o r ~ a d i o l h d i a i f Kn doesn't, (Sherman, Minn,) (Tnx t imely info-ed) VE- I D sounding l i k e "R. Paramisow o r "R. Parisow etc. Maybe "R, Turismow l i s t e d 10 Swo YVSD on 1760. Can amone conf i rn t Also rent . Venezuela. Think d o f f 0465 2/3. 59 w/exc modulation but bothered by IETT-1170 (Sherman, Minn)(Will checi: on t h i s one also. George-ed) unlD. Venezuela? Appar&tly signed on a t 1000 on 2/4. Poor s igs , mMng w/YLEO. Cozpletely covered by HJME. (Merriman, Pa.) (Naybe YVQV, R. Acarigua?-ed) FWEZTO RICO, WLEO, R. Leo Ponce noted w/poor s i s a t 0930 2/4. Sane KVm t yp ica l sound. (Merriman, ' la.?(~nother "nice onew, blan 1 -eb ) COLO!.rBIA. HJME R. Peninsula Maicao i s s t i l l here and s t i l l using this slogan. Noted on w/WA off. Carr ier on a t ION, 1 some music, a c t u a l s/on announcement a t 0523.(1023Z?-ed) Good sig. "...die2 m i l v a t i o s de potencia, Radio Peninsula, Enisora ?? Coloybia en l a f rontera*. (Nerrinan, Va.) (missing w o r d * m t l ? ) unID. 2/3 0430-0450, Tsm s t a t i o n s 3 o r 400 Hz apart. Both SS.. Lower fi-equency MoR SS !x - gave I D a t 0445. Wo~an w/SID sounded l i k e "R. Colu:ibiaw Vy low l v l . (Tull , Iio,)(YSCB/T1CA-ed) SPAIN. Barcelona RITE 1/26 0520-0526, SS vocal :w, WHAl4 splash. (Clayton IJJ) (Ah1 A TA a t long l a s t , hi.-ed)

5 SIERRA ONE, Freetosm measured here 2/9 0618. (Schatz Fla,) CUBA. CHKD, Radio Reloj Bacional Hol in poor w/nx reaa b ;ul 2nd wman, TC every a i n u t c 0129-0833 3/k. (Allen u : J COLO:3IA. HJFF Pere i ra , l i s t e d LV k3iga, i:l-agined (?j ID a s Radio A~iga . S9 o/u WCAU 0530 1/22, chimes on hal f hour.(Sher~an) I T I C W G U A . unID, l i s t e d i n LA 1-og but th ink E l Salvador .lore l ike ly . Severely unde:r~ociulated. suspect t h i s i s szne s t n rp td by Page Taylor a s s/off around 0400 2/3, (Sherr~an, I-Linn.) -- COLC!DIA. 1t3. QuinceM S Y l 5 Tray o/QR1? 0100 1/25. Surp-ising, expected XEB o r even WGm i n SS, hi . r a the r t k n h r r a n q u i l l a

(Slcman, IXnn.)(Listed c r l l i s Hm-ed) 1 U p . I A . @aT1/Constultine .?sd ?f 9 0711, (Schetz, la) 10 : f g ~ n ~ i l ~ ~ ~jou~: chot t r; Zi 5ere 2/? 0710 (Schatz, F l a )

I,XTCO. s t q l l un]D ?/j 0$16. ad f o r o;.ange ju ice , etc. (II?uscr)

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1402.703 GCII&. Conakry msd 2/9 0626. (Schatz, Flab 1420 CHILE. CB142, R. National, Santiago 1/25 0~30-0915, 4 pos i t i ve

IDS heard; WIL s p l a t t e r , f i g h t between GWCTOE. Country #20 heard, only l i s t e d 1 kw. (Xichard T. Eddie 152 W. Xose Ave., St. Louis, ?,lo. 63119) (Yol: don't say noril Lst year 3 Chileans reported, 2 of then heard i n Brazil1 If you have a Cape of this, would jus t love t o near i t 1 I f i t was indeed they t h a t you hrd, t h i s voUd hzve t o r a t e a s t h e DX catch of t he centm'yl-ed)

1425 GREEIW;D. BFRS Tllule 1/23 f a i r 0925 jazz t o 0930 I D (not loca l ) . Probably i n every night a s a l s o noted by PRP; here and JAM i n Winnipeg - r a r e l y appears a s a he t , e i t h e r grunble sound o r Sg. C,antt l i s t e n every night so who knows? Reporting t h i s one each time t o t r y t o e s t ab l i sh a fade-in or fade-out time, i f they ever have a noraa l one, hi. Also hrd well i n Sweden. (Oldfield) m u l e i s s t i l l i n Polar Night John, so th ink f-in and f -ou t de~enden t on Eanonton SWSSP-~~I ITI~RAGuA. YTJAG Chinande a w i t h - c l ea r "Radio CosigC!Snaw ID 1475 S 10 over splash 0251 l$jl. (Shernan, Ifinn.)

1479 1.&CO. XEI'KR, Ibnter rey , IfL audible any evening here, a lso on harmbnic 29581dIz. 2/2 0416. mauser, Texas)

1 520 COLOMBIA. HJLQ R. Minuto? Barranquil la 1/22 0816-0830 MM w/slight WE^ f a i r slgs. m d i e , MO.)

*I525 PRC? Maybe ~ r u m c d . verv fadv c a r r i e r d t o n s of . - splash,-maybe t r ac6s of-audib but can' t hear on tape- 2355. Bemembered t o tape so forgot t o t r i t e down date , hi. CX s l i g h t l y au ro ra l a t time domestically, but t r a c e s of severa l

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unusual TAs heard and l i t t l e s ign of common TAs. (Sherman, Mm) ( I f poss ib le pse send dub of tape and I'll see what I can do t o help-eb)

1% UEUINE? 0000 sa2e date a s 1525. Also fady, woman(?) taX:ing t o 2359, a minute of .m on piano(?), severa l one-second pips of same p i t ch on hour, then man talking. Taped. Enough KXEL splash, hi. What a r e ny chances t h i s i s UhaineP(Sherman, MJ) (Chances a re excel lent , Georgef Your d e t a i l s f i t Vinnitza t o a "Tw; the re appears t o be some co r re l a t ion of receptions of 1525 and 1546: I have never h rd one without t h e other.-ed)

1560 DOIfIITICBN REPWLIC. Ti. Maiba HIJC Santiago noted wiapparent FT between 0700 and 0800 on 1/26. F a i r s i g s w/QRM from Cuban. Sone nus ic a d OC, several long, de ta i led lDs.(Merriman, Va.1

@noted 0744-0747 1/26 ~,r/live broarlcast from dance h a l l w/mx; "R. Maiba" ID. (Clayton, ??J)

1602 W. GE14AIIY. m n b e r g 1/31 0330-03hl a s a he t , no audio.(Tull,Mo.)

MUCH THAILYS TO THESE SUPPOZTCIS: ( )=nu~ber of reported i t e a s

Richzrd Noel Allen Bi l l ings , Okla, (9) Pioneer m 0 0 T SIC? Charles Clryton, &elphia, IT. J. (10)Grundig ~ a t e l l l t , Grundig TR700,

HE&O unarip 2' RjE loop, LWs FLichard T. Eddie, St. Louis, I?o. (3)Nnw R ~ I , 3' a l t a z loop Glenn Hauser, Von Or::y, Texas (3)HQ160, 560' LW NW/SE Alan Plerriman, Fpirfax, V2. (7)HQ180~, S12, IBC 35" loop J o h n Oldf i . ld , Edzonton Alberta (10) Father Jac:: Pejza, San b e g o , Calif . ( ~ I H Q ~ ~ o A , 2.8' Sanserino loop 3onald F. Schatz, I l iazi , P lor ida (7)~386/UIm - LSCA Geoyge B, S h e r ~ m , Cose-.lo~mt, :!inn. (23)HQ150 John T a l l , ILmsns City, 110. (23)1JC173, 3'loop, FET prenzp

s ' r J' ~ U I U G w/rel i ious stuff/ID/m head & more r e l i g . 1823-35 1/30 (WE) Good v$ l o c a l a c t i v i t i e s 1750-1800 1/30, no WOR, CJRN (WE) > Local & regional vx. bank spot 1810-14 1/30, only KEEL under

KSKY-TX WROM-GA WKRGAL WKKO-FL Hrd d o f f 2/2 1815 ho SSB d s t a t e m e n t 'lTomorrov i s t h e f i r s t

day ( TRS) of t h e i a s t days of ou; l i v e s , good s i g v/CJBC looped/

WAPI-AL VY s trong t o pa t t . ch 1830 v/ in te rv iev of Birmingham's Congressman. 2/4 (JMP~' (WE) K i l l i n g freq. v/ l o c a l m 1705-15 1/30, W-WCAR-WASP poor. Good momentarily v/vy l i t t l e URUN-WDEL. had b r i e f I D 1737

Greetings, again. The v i s r d cx of l a s t time have abated, and MM 2/5 was f a i ~ l y reasonable a s such t h i n g s go. Several changes in t h e f/c l i s t i n g s here per com- munications from ind iv idua l s t a t i o n s in answer t o reques t s f o r i n f o from PKH, PT, and myself.

CA( q~gI:Cd+t~n~ 1270 WZ&AL req. WKSJ 1590 CP -NC ( ~ l a y t b n ) req. WHPY

C Y A N OCS

** 880 KMI-WA Seeks waiver of f r e e z e f o r app l ica t ion t o change t o t h i s freq. v/ 50 ku., DA.

+ 1130 KWKH-LA SCH: 2L hrs , SP MM 0103-0545. S/off t o 0200. (PKH) + 1230 UXCF-VA ex-WCFV ( s t i l l off a i r ) + 1300 KCNW-OK SCH: 0600-0200 d a i l y (PKH) ** 1370 WKIK-MD S e e k s r a i v e r of f r e e z e t o a l l o v app l ica t ion f o r 5 ku DA-N + 1420 KPAT-AZ ax-KHFH + 1450 CHEF-PQ CP: 10000/5000 U4 (1/4) + 1540 WNRE-OH nev c a l l , C i r c l e v i l l e CP

r / c 's

WEESPA WBAGNC

2 / ~ - golden ofport&ty on t h i s channel (JMP) ( JW) Vy good v / c o a d a l f lood warnings 17L8 2/4, same cx a s above. Another one a t o p v out WDEL, t h i s w/ID 17L1 2/4 (JMP) Poor v/brief I D vkSPR e t al . , t h i s 1745 2/1, long t r i e d f o r here. (JMP) S/off 1700 1/29, minutes e a r l i e r I could've had ood tape, but t h i s vas j u s t end of s/off. O/WADO f o r a change f J W ) F a i r l y good 1749-57 2/1, one ID noted i n d o f f 1757 Copied alomst regu la r ly 91900 1/27-2&29 r i d i n g o/KITLF. Look a t PB and f i g u r e t h a t one out ! ! (PKH) Vy n i c e s/off 1835 1/27, s/off v a r i e s w/m u a n t i t y (PKH) Hrd v/ a/off, SSB veak 1757 2/5. Atop 2/9 vgsame Q, 1758 f o r tape. (RJE) Not DX, but t h i s one has t h e longest , most unsufferably in- terminable SSB tape ever, and j u s t vhen it seems t o end, they run through a fev f a n f a r e s t o i n f u r i a t e t h e DXer even more. I s non-profit, and voice-modulation sounds it, h i (RJE) Hrd v/ s/off annct b r i e f l y a t o p mess on channel 1830 2/9, fo l loved by 3 unID SSBs. Taped. (RjE) In/out a t o p channel w/ad f o r donut shop i n N.Alton, ID, 24-hr vx phone no. 1837-38, and again v/ s/off 1 8 U 2/9 f o r exc: R

t ape (RjE) Hrd v/ b i t s and pieces of s/off annct. "Missouri" and "500 . wat t sn a l l t h a t were c l e a r on tape replay, r a t s . 1857 2/5(RjE) Hrd l a s t b i t of s/off annct.. "...on behalf of t h e s t a f f and management of KNIM.. ." 1859 2/5. Tape extremely poor. (RjE) W/vy sedate MoR of an FM-ish s o r t a top channel 1835-48 when vanished, looping 3000. My only guess i s a format change on KDOM or e l s e WTTN w/ t echnica l t r o u b l e s and F h r o s s - o v e r t h r u a f a u l t y AM c a r r i e r switch again. This 2/5 (RjE)

M-T T_O &uN@ISE

Believed s/on 0630 2/4 t h r u hvy QRM v/SSB. wt pvr of 5000 v a t t s daytime, c a l l sounded l i k e W-AX. Lpop NE/SW, so vould tend t o r u l e out WNAX. (ML) Off e a r l y 1/30, hrd V/TT 00L5+, only WFAA-WEA-WNAX U/ (WB) Off aga in 0050- ??? 1/29 (WE) ** o"/of f a l l AM, s e l a st DDXD- Per PT t i p hrd V/ET, c&r mx 0115+ 2/5. Buried RjE 0125 by WCY ET-CC-mx, so no tape (RjE) Off 0130-0330 1/29, tl-o i f WFAA off or not. (PRH) Hrd 2/3 pvr/pst t chg 191L (RTE) *" My mistake, vrong sub- sect ion, should be above, sorry - RjE On ET w/much TT, etc . , ID 0028. Hrd 0016-30.t 1/29. Could t h i s be f / c ?? (WB) *** Doubtful. See f /c sect ion note, a l s o t h e fol lowing l o g -R:E On v/ ET w/ pulsed TT and reg. TT 00L6-48 2/5. ( r J e ) Doing very v e l l w/surprisingly l i t t l e WSBA-WRNL & w/WTTM-920 not y e t on so no slop 0730 2/4 ( J W ) Iird w/TC, SID a top channel 00L8 2/5, f i r s t time here (RjE) Hrd V/ID i n ET-TT-CC 0255 2/5. b y b e t h e one here e a r l i e r i n AM a l s o (RjE)

WDIX-SC WTYC-SC WHLD-NY

WHEE-VA W Q X - r a

WBEE-IL

WOKZ-IL CHANCES: 1 s t MM: KDXU-1L50, change time t o 0230-0245 (PKH) 2nd MM: KNDK-1080, d e l e t e , check deleted (PKH) 2nd TU: WAAC-1300, change t o 3rd FM, 0230-0245, EST year-round (PKH) 1 s t TU: KTCB-1470, change t o 1 s t TH, 0600-0615 (PKH) 2nd SA: KOLY-1300, change t o 3rd TU 0100-0115 (PKH) 3rd FM: WTBP-1550, d e l e t e check (PKH) Lth FM: mWB-1410, change t o 4 th WM 0100-0130 (PKH) Lth FM: KCHA-1580, change t o 2nd SA 0130-0200 (PKH, RjE) 2nd FM: WTOR- 610, d e l e t e check (RJE)

(nev) MM of veek v/ 15th i n it: WNYFi-680-NY, 0145-0200 V/TT (RjE) 4 t h MM: KPUR-1U0, d e l e t e no ta t ion f o r l a s t MM, i s 4 th MM. (PKH)

KESM-MO

KNIM-MO

unID

JANUARY: Lth MM: KPUR-1UO; w: KCKW-1480; LAST MM: Wm-1400; U M : WLSM-I~~O ( p ~ s s . time chg. 15 min. e a r l i e r ) ; m: WAAO-1530; b h TH: WHIY-1530, WAOC-1420;

WKBN-OH WOR -NY WSJC-MS

FEBRUARY: 1 st MM: KCHI,-790, KNOX-1310, KFSA-950, KBTA-1340; wSHN-1 550, WZJ-1U0, WGRY-1590, WSWV-1570; U M : WHBG-1360, 'WBZ-1360, WSLT- 1520, KTCS-1410, k'TT6920; 2nd: WOTR-1370;

WBAP-TX KRVN-NE "** a b r i e f note r e WSWN-900. Tho' l i s t e d perennia l ly a s an f /c , i t appears

t h a t t h i s i s a quasi-regular ET a s i n t h e cases of WKK-1560 and MEN- 1500. I t appears a t d i f f e r e i n g t imes on some MMs, u / l i t t l e or no r e l a t i o n t o a s e t sched. I vould recommend i t s d e l e t i o n from t h e f /c l i s t . -RjE

******** Sorry about lack of normal sec t ion heaZers t h i s time, but Holiday veekend got me s b i t botched up, so l e f t them a t work by mistake. W i l l send t h i n g t h i s vay since I wm'l be a b l e t o mail t h i s 'ti1 Tues. noon othewise-RjE

WMNI-OH won-WI

WMEL-FL WERC - AL

WLKW-RI

KDJW-TX

unID

CHOK-ON KFD I-KA

W - O H KGEM-ID

WJBC-LA unID

VTAX-IL WLEISPA

WLSISMS h'KST-PA CFG"I-ON h'DDD-'IN KOVE-WY

Well on t o p 0030-0105+ 1/29 (WE) Booming i n w/lengthy ID on TEST 0315 2/5, k i l l i n g a l l e l s e on channel ( R ~ E ) . .. . Very s t rong on 'EST. +20/9 here, a l l a lone and, from c a l l s , seemingly so everywhere, most of AM 2/5 (JMP). . .. Exc 0~00-0340 t /out 2/5 on 2nd NRC TEST., w/ Gleason i n s i s t i n g on a i r t h a t I'm located i n PA. Not Dave, h i (TRS) *** Willingboro, -RjE; .... Krd i9:$te* 0323t/ in4350 t /out W/TE% (RTE) ....TEST pgm copied loca l - l i k e a s usual 0318 t / i n t o 03LO t /out 1/29 (PKH) Poor w/ s/on w/ments. of E?4 o u t l e t 0700 2/&, long wanted &IBG super-pest ( JMP) Hrd ;.IM 1/29 0043-0102 s/off (RTE) *** How 'bout some pgm d e t a i l s , OM??? On t h a t lenghty a l o g there must be some-RjE 02-TT n u l l s NE, maybe WGTR, but no ID 0050-0118 2/2. (WB) ** Unless you're sure it r e a l l y "cut: from X t o TT, you might have a het from 1061 -RjE MM s/off 0017 & s/on 0500 per 1/29 annct. (WB) Hrd 2/3 18L5-1900 power/ptt, chg. (RTE) *** Again, my mistake on placement, s r f , and again, l e t s have some de- t a i l s - RjE Hrd MM 1/29 0301-0313 when completely l o s t t o XEFRS;on DX TEST (RTE) Copied most of time on TEST poorly. Fair-to-good 0310-15 1/29 Had t o n u l l s t rong XEPRS, pushes loop near ly f l a t . KRLD CC next door on 1080 near end d i d n ' t help. (PKH) Seems t o be MM SP 0100-0500 now (WE) Krd 1/15 01L3-0200 s/off w/ c&v mx (RTE) In q u i t e wel l w/ s/off 0158 2/5, s t a t e #46, long wanted. J u d a case of bl ind luck, hrd someone here a l l AM, turned out t o be a goodie. (JMP) * * Dern right. about t h e luck, h i - F'T & I were both on t h i s channel a t t h i s time. He hrd CKXL/CJTR, I had CJTR & jammers only. Rats. -RjE S/off hrd 0108 1/15 (RTE) FFC a top here 0050-0110+ 2/5, looped Northeastern P.Q., Gaspe area or St. Lawrence River mouth areas. Ihybe tape rep lays . . - w i l l t e l l , h i -RjE Same format a s nn f /c noted Lth krM 0215-0225+, a change??(wB) Fa i r w/ 5OOw. PSA 0610 I D 2/4. ' h l y o thers readable on freq. was WTMA. WTAE t e s t i n g a t time w/CZ (fa) 4th W M f o r f/c per list, but noted 0205-0211, one 021R+(WB) Hrd w/ new Ah show w/ r r , t ~ l k , e t c . 0205 2/5 fRjE) *iM SP: 0002-0600 per 1/29 a rac t . (WE) S/on copied n i c e 0500 1/29 w/"~ix ie" . P.lways 0600 bL (PKH) Test ing from b4 0415 t o ard 0445 1/28. 3 IDS copied, no t s trong, but still good. (PKH) Hrd w/ET-TT-CC-jazz mx o/u vHOT W/ID 0125 2/5 ( R ~ E ) Hrd 2/5 o/u WHOT w/h'FEC nulled w/ c&w, temp of 34O, looped 290°, j u s t above WHOT. I s t h i s WRIE ?? (RjE) (WE) Log l i s t e d s/off i s wrong. I s 0130 da i ly . Hrd 2/7 w/mr s/off Krd 0138 t / i n t 3 0142 t/out on ET 1/15. (RTE) *** DOING bIHAT

???? -RiE + 1 ~ 0 0 VPAY-OH SP: t+i i;re i s AN HI per v e r i e from 1/22 reception (WB)

Wmz-IN IIrd s / ~ f f $29 0205 (RTE) 1 Q 0 WTCR-KY On ET w/ c&w s tuf f 0020-0055+ 1/30 (WE) l u 0 WHHH-OH ET-TT 0020-0030+ 2/2 (WE) 1 ~ 5 0 CFJR-OIi F i n ~ l l y hrd here w/ area nx, vx 0200 but no ID. F ina l ly hrd

SID 0221. ( R ~ E ) + 1 ~ & KYSIG-CC !.C4 SP 02004800 hrd & annc 'd 1/29. That 500watts sure g e t s

out t h i s way! (PKH)

IS

7/60 WVOX-NY Think t h e one on CC-TT E? 0115 1/29. Think I hrd 'WOX - t e s t i n g " u/ t h e mess (WE)** As noted l a s t i h w e , I hrd a TT here uninterrupted from 01 15 th ru O W or so, looped 2Wo/from here, which n i i l l s WCE, s emi-local here. TT no t s t rong anuf f o r t h a t ei ther . , so I doubt WOX here.-RjE

unID Anyone ca tch t h e I D on t h e TTer here w/ c a l l & freq. given 0027 end c a l l s twice, loca t ion once a t OOLO a/off 2/5 ??? Lou modulation made r e a d a b i l i t y impossible a t a p . Looped W-NU here (TRS) * * Hmm -RjE

KSO -1A Hrd 2/3 w/ SID & TC 0115 surfacing o/others f o r a feu &S. while looking f o r WBRN f/c, ndt hrd. (TRS) ** That check =ems a b i t i r r e g u l a r . Hrd hera a c e l a s t season, VERY wssk.*jE

1500 l lX5l-W On l a t e f o r f lood emer ency 2/2 eve-2/3 AM (RjE) 1520 UTTO-OH Copied vy wk 0530-45 1729 RS i n KOMA :SP but t o o weak f o r

t a p e claim )PKH( 1530 WJDK-NJ Hrd w/ ET-TT w/ ID 0 0 Q 2/5 (RJE) 1510 WRGMVA I D i n E?-TT 0026 2/7. S t i l l TT' inp t o 0100. then w/mx t o ~.

past 01x1 ( R ~ E ) -

1550 WBVMNY Monsterous s igna l w/ET-CC-rr u/ID 0216 2/5, new hera (RjE) a KOKA-LA S/on 0530 1/29 endad CBE th ing below (mH)

CBE -ON Copied n ice 05060530 1/29, long time t o ge t w c h copy from here (PKH)

1560 WRIN-IN Good Q s/a 0700 2/4 o/WCU(R s/on and o thers u/SSB (ML) unID 0700 s/on 2/4 w/SSB, soon l o s t t o mess. (HL) ** Several a r e

possible. Likely no t WAFI,WCNW,WKSP a s a l l run PSAs and would've been on e1readv.-R1E - - -

WKOCCA On f o r EB/ET f o r heavy mow i n area w/ j azz i sh MoR & c& 0203 t / i n t o 0210 ID & t /ou t 2/10 (RjE)

1570 CKLMPQ Off approx 0100-0300, W/CC 0100-0200 2/5. Also w/intermittent CC a n d - m AM 2/10 ( R ~ E )

1580 WJVA-IN Mansterous W/ET-CC-~ w/ Don McLean album c u t s s t a r t i n g 0310 2/5 t o 0335 (RjE)

KDAY-CA F i n a l l y pulled t h i s on remot e t ape a f t e r WJVA d o f f 0335 w/ rr,TC,ID &promo 0337-8 2/5 (EjE) Surpriee, surprise. Hrd v/ psa anuct s f o r Long Beach 0221 s u r f a c i n a/KLOU f o r a feu moments 2/5 (TRS)

KTUF-AZ Up and o$channel u T-m 0405 o/unD SS 0400 s/on ( see ID^) h s t e r m 0407 wk, AM & FM Ds 2/1 (RjE)

WCLS-GA Atop &deny1 u/ET-m Om +tt o/RTUF, still audible f o r a b i t . S t i l l on 0510. Many SDs . (RjE)

KCHA-IA b d w/ new r/c 0130-0200, then W/ET beyond then w/ 800 Hz 'IT t o 0201 I D f o r AM, FM, then m. ( R ~ E ) This 2/10.

1610 UP??-IN P i r a t e hrd 2155-0102 s/off w/ only anncts 2217, 0006, 0102 2/3-4. 0006 annct sounded l i k e WORK, gave I N loca t ion and re- peated c a l l . Mx mostly c&u during f i r s t pa r t s , than s h i f t i n g t o 50 's MoR. Modulation poor and subject t o quick, d i s to r ted fading. ( S S )

1616 WENJ-NJ P i r a t e hrd again f i r s t time since hrd l a s t yr t h i s time i n Sat , Sun a f t n . pgmg. Same D J , "Bobby Dee'', same annc'd 1620 f r e q and same r e a l freq. F a i r modulation, but freq. again s tah le . Running jazz and pops 0001 t / i n *. Cone 0042 re- check 2/10. ( R ~ E )

THASSIT. REPORTERS THIS TIME AROUZD: Wes Boyd, (WB)-Youngstown, OH w/ HQ-1BO & 4' loop Richard T. Eddie ( R E ) - St. Louis, MO w/ RBM-1 & 3' loop Paul K. Hart (PKH) - Ft. Worth. TX w/ 3 - 2 8 r e b u i l t w/4' a l t a z loop and Fisher 90T

w/s! .~-l . ' ALSO: Mike Levintow (ML) Jim Poterba ( JMP) - Yardley, Pa. w/ HQ-200 & SW1. Rockville, ma). no equipt Sid R. S?,eele ( S S ) - Charleston, IL. w/ HQ-lm. l i s t e d . R. J. Umunds (RjE) - Wayne, N.J. ~ / H Q - I ~ O & NRC loop; Fisher 100T w/ SN-I.

16 I --j's, good s i g p l , v / h ~ g 1:37pm approximately 625 miles. WCCO-830 Minnerpol- i s , fgir s i g m l , konderful World of owbiz" @ 2:33pm, about 600 miles. Niefittime BY herrd 1/29: HJKH-770 Ebgota, good 3 H O a 3 QRI & 2:lpm. 'KN-730, G u t e m l a , good W/HJCU QIH, MoR 6 2:46AH. lQC+1090 Tioeg, N.D. weak W / N R C TFST 62 3:18em.

J NRC Spec ia l @ 3 : h m . WRO-910 h i q u e t ia, gocd w/Id

I

0, h m m , f a i r U/WHAS W/UOR @ 12:25am. urn-740, V/MOR @ 1 : a m . According t o '73 WKTH, WMM i s day-

time only. Equipment check? R. Belize-834 good W/WCCO & W S splash @ 10:lOprn. 2/4- mD.1210 Holguin, poor W/R. ReLoj Hacioml 63 3 : a r ~ . wm-1260, & s t point , i good v /F3 O/KYA & 4-k:l%m. UnID-930 V/R. Reloj Nacional 11-760 @ 5:2%m, W/WKY o f f - was t h i s S h t i o n @ E X , l 4 ~ t u u a s , Cuba? KHJ-930 b s An e les , poor u / ~ t e s t i n g @ 5:45am. 2/5- K0RL650, Bcnoluly weak w / t e l e - t a u u$HJJZ O 1:3@m. 1 h a d a c l e a r oral R d i o " I D B 2:14, S t a t e #38. g T I ( c - 8 ~ Bogota, good w / b ~ @ 4:04 v/Km of f . mCY-523, % u l t S t e . h r i e , f a i r O/UW/WOKY, v / r r @ 4:W]am.KWf~-1&~0, winner, good W/TVI k WID QPM W/NX/WX 6 7pm. WC-1260, Aspin, good @ s/off W/TVI & uNID @ 7r45pm. GCB-1270, Llberal , good v / ~ i N X 6 7:55pm. Totals: 393 s t a t i o n s , 38 s t a t e s , seven provinces, countries. Nev ver ies from WHAS & WGN for midday.

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3:34am, WA-1580 abruptly ending EC/U, 3:42 W3T-W giving TX & c a l l s I n between R se lec t ions , ,uy veak mixing v i t h a m t h e r rr a l s o looping W. CJMS n U l M , m MCV noted. 4 : S J WOK-1380 m y on t o p w/vinning s & l secur i ty nmber contest. I f WfFiX was on t h i s EM, Icouldn' t haar 'em. T h t ' s it. T3. bey weren't -ERC)

JIM R E I D J r . - 4 Clency S t r e e t - Surnsf~%, h s s a c h u s e t t s - 02777 I hope everyme had a veru p l m s a n t holiday smson. Since w l a s t

)fusing, I have obtained a n old surplus RX from a fr iend a t sch.:ol, vhich cover6 2 3 3 - m ~ i n four tandsvitch poaitiolxi. It i s much more s e n s i t i v e and s e l e c t i v e t h o ng. old Bendix RX, which I no longer use. r re 'ya sure t h a t vafin't a mshing mrcnine, Jim? -ERC) For a short period, 1 m s using my loop ~ 5 t h it, but r e c m t l y 1 had an accident with t h e loop. Ropefully, I wi.1 be a b l e t o build a more power- i u l an tenm system before I head tack t o school. Seventy-fwr nev s t a t i o n s 1 ged since l a s t Muse, and a feu new countries. 9/1- 8:27pm, CBJH-740 //-CBT-90 uzBL . w/m. 9/3- CJSC-1320 .S 1:53am, ID/FF talk. M 9/4- Colombian BJAE-W a f t e r WJA8 s / o f f d 12:17; 12:29, YBPZ-1230 c lear ID, promo f o r NX; &@-1580 conducting FCC t e s t @ 1:3@m. 11/14, ll:05pm, CEO-1440 o old 14" a top channel v / r r & S I B . My f i r s t catch with t h e new RX? Would ou believe mu cloeeat unhmrd? Yes, WUKW-1410 f i n r l l y Logged m 11/12 @ 2:43pm, w&tation promos, ID, ncn & Hutla1 N X e 3. This catch l a inpss ib le v i t h t h e Bendix rx, because of WAU-lh splash. WOKW hanrd w / loop ME. Now c loses t unhead i s W R C - ~ ~ W Milford, ~ E E . a t 33 miles NW. This dl1 be easy once I muster enough s t rength t o el iminate Wdii-1480. S t . P ie r re e t Hlquelon-1375 w/FF talk for f l r s t non-U s p l i t a l s o on 11/12 C. Bpm. This i s noted well every evening now. Ekciteuent i n q y f i r s t TA: W. ~ ~ r r m ~ - 1 5 & w/GG talk & N X B midnight 11/16. ERC's cer ta in ly r i g h t about t h e ease in t h i s one, heard w e l l w/50' Longvire i n besement - BBr-764 not heard y e t though. WR-11330 noted very strong here w/rr ; gmd skymve on 11/16 W/WJJD & UJR in fhir a t mon; WFIF-1500 @ 1: 15pm ID & c/w; 3pm, UEX-1230, much-mnted B 3 w/ olka mx, ID, N X , looping p e t WWI. 4:&, WCPR-1530 w/WX, q u i t e weak i n 4Rl. 4 : L , YIM-1410 w/rel igion prmos & gocd v/Z? vocals; 6 , R. Nederhnd Relay- W / N X & r e l i g i o n , pre~ullebly PJB.

( ~ i m has GOT t o be t h e only NHCer bothered by W4LE JQSEPH FEU - 150 Robart Place - South P la inf ie ld , New Jersey - 07080 SPIASH! )

(The virming NY Lottery number for 2/8 i s alm,st your Zip numb-, Joe - 070808! -mC) No new veries. Not much recent DX e i t h e r but here it i s : I/ 29- 3:3am WRC-1600 W s t l y WY U/UWRL V/AN te le thon ( for Cystic Fibrosis , I be l ieve) 3:37 VERC-%O W. b r i e f l y & f h i n t l y w/mention cf NRC - WDJ splash m s b r u t e l even thou& o n g o you could berely t e l l they were on a s W S W rras t o t a l l y w v e r i q t h m . WD.J Eeems t o have t h e s a m e kind of splash now tbt hi& had i n t h e m i d 60. here were times, then, th t you couldn't even hear WRL an 1100, but t h e i r splash'd ccv- e r 1 5 9 & sometimes even gc d m t o 1570-1580. 2/4- 6pm MOH-1370 f h i r l y week but bj. i t s e l f V/AM/FM ID, then UP1 NX. 6:OP "%p Ky. N X S t c r i e s " on 1410 but k i l l e d by VIRG - I 'd guess W; 6:03 wLCY-1380 t t e a e n d i u ~ again w/qttke f o m t , 6 l 3 WDEF- 1370 extremely wmk W/WX U/LA;CB, 6:14 =OH s /of f , h:l9 WACC-1423 b r i e f l y U / W C ~ ] . w/ ad for a cornpaw in Jasper, la. 6:30, KKF-~~BO U / I D mentionbg t h e i r 50th Ymr (Ernie probably remembers a l l of t h m , h i ) (T e f i r s t s i x or seven a r e a l i t t l e fogs, J w , h i -ERc) , then t o W, and &. W.4W nulled a w s t t a t a l l y . 2/5- UERD%O TEST tremendous but s t i l l s m e WnT splash a t times ('Ibis KM UWSW ms a t o p only 75% of t h e t ime)

JEFF KL%NEIT - 600 North McCLurg Court - X2902~ - Oliargo, I l l l m i s - 60611 I (lust joined HRC a month ago s o t h i s i s apl f i r s t k s i n g . 1 ' m 17 k

a f r e s h P l a t Northwestern University, a s f i m t i o n t h s t cu ts i n t o Iqy IlX- t ime a r m ' t mamge a n AN o r W! sef~sion. I have a n unusmk RX; i t ' s a f iveyaar -o ld xeonic portable, t h e R-1597. No a n t c a m s o r f i l t e r s , but so fir, enou& good f o r me t o ut o f f ge t t ing a r e a l l y top-notioh RX. Since I 've mved out here, e logged 1b S t a t i - , t h e a l l 4 i m e t o t a l s tands a t 629. Twenty-ninth f l o o r DX: 21- l h i s u r s Q' most pro t rac ted k most productive morning - l a m , URN-1050 mC,

a n old f r i m d I could hsrd haar i n N.J . m s q u i t e s trong here. (YOU must come from around S t i r l i 1'1 -W$ 1:15, atW-1150 m., 1:2g, KSL-1160 i n t h e c lear for Iqy f i r a t time a religious program. Moving up t h e d i a l , 1260 found YFB( in through a mess V ~ R B 1:55. 2:10, -1380 Ind. f o r another n d e . 2:12, KWK- 1380 k. surfaced vith I D &'St. L u i s a rea UX. 2:28 got me long-sought ~ F 1 6 4 0 w/a delayed t a p e of a Kings hockey @me a f t e r USC MB, ucplainipg t h e h t e hour. Beaidas t h e spor t sca te r ' s ID, t h e r e was a spot f o r a t i r e f im v i t h severa l b a r - t ions in h g e Co. KFI ms, f o r t h e most prt, w ~ k but clear , v/sose ~ S H sp la t - t e r b u t m s ign of u ~ m l l y - d c a l ~ ~ & & powerful Clip. 2~44, m ~ - 6 1 0 Jb. through VIP f r shor t period - no ID, but c o ~ l e r c i a b mentioning K.C. a rea . bout 2:58 I ha t rd a s t a r t of a RXmst U/WW 6 h t sounded l i k e only 3 C.L. (?? -WC) but I never got a p o s i t i v e ID. Could t h i e have been KID? I doubt it. 3:10, wIBI 980 Kan. a nevie t h a t m s very strong & ran everybody e l s e of f t h i s u s m l l y coapeti- tin cbannel - VCgS & CXF'R have a180 been loggcd here, besides m i - l o c a l W I L L . A t 3:30 I got a neu s t a t e with XBOV-630 Col. whichwma soon followed €4 3:35 by b ~ U ~ 4 2 0 F b . with eong '%e I2 my6 of Cbriatme. h r e recent catches: 12/23- W-540 MPR-580 (333-1430. 1/18- UGST-920 WBRC-%O A l a . f a r q~ 37th s t a t e . I uas home 1/29 I, reading about t h e E G O TILST, I stayed up only t o f i n d mth iag . I 've never got*- XEF'IS no I thought I 'd have a good chance. I lucked cut, howev- er, by a c c i d e n h l l y picking up t h e WI3-1070 T-. t e s t . Gravqrrard DX is tough v/ 1240 1 4 9 1492 locals h u e s e e d n g l y on a l l t h e time. I a u a i t t h e n w HRC D3led . I~ Log ss ~qy old Ul i te ' s i s outdsted k my n u WRTB is useless a s I can ' t t e l l one 88 from a ~ t h e r . I a l s o th ink I9: HBIS i s t h e grea tes t andI'm rardy t o renew f o r n a r t year a h @ ! (Welcome t o t h e NRC, Jeff! We hope y o u ' l l Muse often.' - m ~ )

WVE SXMIIIP - 8 Yaaley T y a c e - Apt. 9 - Hihington , Delamre - 19802 Hello d a e . F i r s t o f f , a feu v e r i e s t o report in t h e f o m of WCWC

!PEST, VPJD, m, WJJZ, I S F S q E T , VPM, WLW-TEST, m, a 1 1 v/l. v / ~ back from UFw Re-t l a blah, hesvy mine on 1/29 brought up a very &range over-20- wer S-9 HNL here. I l b e U e v e it vas A-om my nearness t o t h e P a m Central RR. I understand from J i m Poterba t h a t t h e KTGO TEST didn' t shov a m i n , k I didn' t catch it here v i t h t h e no ise locped. Other IU: includes W - 1 5 0 0 & ZITTO-1523 On 1 / ~ , M;W on a n ~l' 1:38-1:5Q,rn, WTTO on i6-rr w / ~ off 2:54-3:07, t h a t ' s &en KB h i t it apbln. 1/15- U P a 1 5 5 0 2:k-2:%3m on r /c , YBTX-1470 T E T In w e l l 3:28 -3:43, UFAA-570 w/- off 3:&-3:2am, k home from vork on 1/10 & a n i c e b i r t h i day present In t h e form of one of Q' lmg-wuted Btationa frola N.J., W J J Z - ~ ~ O Q 12:33-l2:49pm w/loarl WIIH-h50 looped. WJZ lms a yanrr-d &n s / m k is h a r d very wel l i n t h e s e p a r t s i n t h e Sulrmer on any SM. By t h e way, I 've g i v e up rad io and am now rouefiing it very wel l on t h e P e m Csmtxal. The hours a r e weird, t h e vork is hard but t h e money (evm i f t h e : a r e brake) is s t i l l good. I won't give up aXing though It 'a i n W' f o r good! uh not a few more repor t s from Wera i n t h e B i l l y a r m ? After a l l , Poterba, Sundstrom, en & myself seem t o be t h e only ones t h e s e days. ERG, your rr-1380 M till about 3:30 o r 4 i s WEE. If a n y m e i n t h e NYC ares has no t iced WBC's : a i m 1 cleaned up a b i t - they got a nev XR! The old GE w i l l pmbsbly go a s a n AXR IJHIIX t h e old 1Okv r i g g?tS turned b c k i n t o a freezer. WAX'S s i g n r l is s t i l l jus t a s atr but h e i r modulation is n o t i m b l y vceker, k YNBC i s even louder. Be s u r e tzi on &O for t h e UYSl'Em TEST from a RE4L LEGIT SmTICN In t h e m. m e CE didn't van' the published but agreed t o T m . kt's s e e how s k r p v e a re ! ~ d d W F A H t o t h e HSP l i s t along W/WEEL

18 ANGEL M. GARCIA - 137-05 h a n k l i n Avenue - Fluchina. N w York - 11255 ... - - --- --a,,

After numerou6, pleasant conversations with ERC I ' m f i m l l y wn- a- a Muse. KX i s an HQ-180-A W/SM-1 both S t ~ g g l i n g t o get t o t h e 50 countries verified mrk. The l a s t list ning session, MM 1/15, I hsd W-1538 in very nicely w/IS @ a m , Eierormnster-1562 in Germn, NX @ 2:01 and t h e RIB on 683 & 773 were in a t a comiorhble level. Ia Voz de Guipuzcca-1097 a l so h a r d @ 12:56am signing on w/w. This one was a b o a p e d i n FF on two previous Kt&. The recent info in IrXD & DXYY helped in IDlng t h i ~ unID. I think WC's Colombien recently reported on 61% i s a c t l a l l y " ~ i e o r a Gren Colombia" in Quito, Ecurdor, w/lhw; taped here with two def in i te Iis during e/off announcements on 1 1 / ~ 8 12:33am. Some of the bet ter veries received t h i s scasm include ATE-1313, BR-l.602, Morocco 818/827/1232 H-2-1090 and ~eneml-1438. Holdouts include ldsuritinla-1349 (s I&!), HCHJ1615 and muly others. ?he ver le s i t l a t i o n looks gloomier every year. I hsve v/s for 'LIBB EllU 'IGTO XEX XIZF/XESW/XEIB, & XEVIP i s anyone i s intereet2.d. A l l DXem in- terested i n foreign EX should get a copy of FJP's invaluable IRCA Foreign Log. ~ 1 ~ ~ 4 7 5 has agreed t o TlST on a EM t o be announced, time i s t e n a t i v e l y 2-Bm El', wlth i t s new lSkw XR Currently being h a r d CZI t h e i r 5kw XR it shduld be a good bet wlth higher p w e r on t h i s even-split channel. I h6pe everyone w i l l give t h i s one a t r y - Look for iurther info in the bulletins. Cood DX. ~ l l times, EST. (Welcome t o Wusinga, Angcl, and plarse don't be a stranger here! -mC)

S ! M MOBS - mute 3- b d f o z d , bkssachusctts - 011330 1/29 was a t o t a l loss. No chance for WF,RC; CEND/ZFB coverillg 960 & '

no sign of ITGO; XlPRS & M Colombian coverlng 1090. WLXC-1460 TT 1:lBm. m on 1070, no 111, 1:35. WFLI PJ/m l a t e r i n AM. KLUJ on 1580 still @ 2:l.O. 1590 h d an M O/W most of time, only I D heard m a "Big Nothing" show announcaPent @ 2:20; nmrly unintarnpted m. Fund-Wising show on 1600 AIi; phone number begsn 34-- as does WFRCt? IS10-lo30 Buems A i m i n a m i n with "Fkmram " 3:3(Bm, not a s good a s two n d r s ago. Unml fbncy c a l e n a r frca R Pdring r l t h N o e e r ' s four lasues of wing Revin also. Varie f rom KKDI. uTIC AM/m sold t o local group! ZFI?C TV t o bat Hfrsvesk Inc., so c a l l chrnge smewhere - bet ter get ZFI?C An veri- fled jus t in mse. (I h e r d a phone c a l l f r d m you acknowledged m WWC m, s~~~!ERc)

RICB - 152 Wes: h s e - St. b u i s , ltisaouri - 63119 Hi mn8. Blggsst new I s t h a t I h v e heird Country in C~142, R.

% c i O t n l ~ Santiago, Chile, on 1420 w/lkw of pwer on TZlurs. 1/25 - I sure hope thcy w' Other good catch i s HJLQ-1520 R. Minuto, IBrmnquilla, h a r d M.l 1/22 3:l6-3:30 gST. The time on CB142 m s 3:30-4:15 ST. m( T E S ~ frctn WIA-1560 m m s A*., m m w ' lWga~ N.D., YERC-960 Blrminefam, a l l mde it in. ILss anybody fatten veries f o r t h e 2IWB o r UMJM W TESIIQ? Recent QSZs have becn WROZ-14DO WHIY- 1530 mP-1 0 MIAE-1140 WSm-860 WBT-1U0 (-14, hi). R4( used i s a h v y Sur- pOs R E 4 w z tub= which tunes from W k t o lCO)L i n f- bndm. 1Ult- i s a three-point ~ l t i z l l u t h loop. %In DX has been on MH only w a few sessions a t

& ~ ~ r n i , during t h e week. TWl. now a t 1,083/634, d/47, 615, il countries 23/13. I hope W i s gait f o r everybody and you get lW$ ver ie return when you send t o stations. I would l l ke t o hear ficm other Missouri NRC m&ms i n remrds t o how EX i s sf t h e i r place. Well, not mch e l se t o say so I'll s/off by ssying good lZ & 73 in 1973! Paace! I hope t o Muse a t l m s t once a month - mybe twice!

RX H. M I W R - Jbx 508 - Evurtt, kiashinutm - 98201 Fourth week in ~anuary netted n& logginga only on I/*, a l l m;

rn-840 Cebya, Gto. qu i t e strong 7:55-8:lbm; no c a l l ha rd , but it seemed t o b e t h i s etation wlthout Wch doubt due t o wrioue armouncements. HOL& had been ex- cellent around 5am, almost sounded t o me l ike e / m a t t ha t tine! S t i l l n o t h a def in i te t o report on spy sssrch fo r St* Luck-840, but I ' m in there trying, now on 93s. XB;W-1380 C. victoria, %me, appsrently s/on 6 : h m ; vrak, and m r e ss Q* after 7am. Unverified KPOI m s atop around 6am for another report - l a s t r a s ten years or -re ago. 73. Note to Page Taylor and Stan Mors s : the mystery T A you've both heard on 1475 to s/off around 2215 (reported l a s t i ssue) is very likely to be -in the Azerbaijan S S R north of Iran. Brand new E B U shows Baku the only possibility and the new I\'RTVH gives s foff t ime a s 2200. Keep a f t e r them! G P N

I G m TRWER - 2, M t a l R a d - W&on, S w s a - WhM. Wmee a r e ST. After a grmt SUmPler fa Rep 1P(, ,ail AutUm & - - - - - - - - -

Winter a poor seasm for HA. Neu so fa; were -80 t2 12:30pm, vfq received, ~C?CI-I?J%I @ 1l:Olpm s/off on top for #9 on 1 3 9 , v / l received. ETo v a l e received

for W - U S nor URIC-180, two regukm here. I mad i: lbrsinga about W - L 2 5 0 I rerd i n Musinga about m-]2? not verifyixlg, back In 6L they a& me a v / l saying "Noraally we don't reply . Two other beddies were WmC-13LO k UAAB-1440. QI 660, I D i s "R. St. U c i a " beard abmt 8 p ~ i . Q 1/15 WWM-8l.O excepti-1 W/IA ballads & "KW hbulosa" ID. ZP19 m 640 p r d % 9pm m 9j5 for @ WmguaY m k but steady. YVJ~1380 " b & s de l l h r wry good & reguhr . Janurry a 6 poor for USA, only r egukrs . Be& sigaals: WMY-1530 UEX~-lh30 UKIP-fiLO Up h m a d . UMS-1010 i a a p r q a m t i m h w unto i tself! Others heard include U6Abl-7%' UFBR- l3W UKBR-12% zf~z-1120 ~LE~I-91.0 cx~H-933 WR-~@ bmm-l37O s l a y s do-nt. - GB-750 & ~ - 8 9 0 . Garlly I can get brief dayti.le reception of most U.K. locaU but m t Bhnchester-fkfl nor &ford -ha , ~ & t o n - 1 4 8 1 i s t h r e e miles U k I mn loop tbem a& but noisy cnrrler apoila 1480 for HA a8 sometimes it dwsn't swltch off. Mentioning daytime lX, S p i n i s me ies t d l a t a n c e 4 a e . -1502 S d l h b -5-1570 SBntandg. arsuad Ipm local time. bcidentsl&' t he cnlly Blea r i c s heard in y a m i s F A K L B - ~ B , F a h . It i s not zero-bert %&id; I don't t h h k arw Spnieh a t a t ims are. 'Ihe 1475 queried i n Whgs muld be d i f f i cu l t here, i f not iapmsible. Ihe rugoslav you recolve an 1412 would be h r i b o r before 1D:55pm EF. R. Prlst* a l s o 1412, e / m % 10:58p6 w/ID & sepemte program; t h e l a t t e r i s usrally atrcnger. 73 & good IE[. ERC, did you receive my tenk tranefer QK for Wttern Book? (I don't r eca l l it, Gmff - hcu long ago did you send i t ? -ERC)

CHKLS HANSQi - 312 B & m n - Columbla University, Hew Ymk, H.Y. - UX)27 I received veryes from W - 5 6 0 & WWVA-1170, vhich gives me 12

sta tes in less than four mmths of casurl I#-. Anyone usUt t o Jofn me i n picketing VCAU-1210 a b w t their ver ie poUcy, or lack of eame? I ras msu t l ly - act ive during the vacatim, and picked up several U s , includlng ~ 1 @ 3 0 on ~ / 3 0 @ 10:30pm w/good a i m l s , mr, HX, -equant I-; and on the lame ni&t (mst hsve besn some surt of ~ u r o ~ a l effect) HILR860 R. Cbr ln @ llpm w/fP.int but r e c o ~ i z - a b L IIB. OQ&O w e a l s o heard, 1/8, W/IS, I D & IIX @ l2:3&m. Since I m s US-

Lng a rather inatpenrrivc t rans is tor s e t , rather than !W u s m l tube RX, it s t a r t s t o thinlaing. Since I just got d 3 3 W (P.O. trouble) I she l l cclm~olt

about the group vhich i s t ry ing t o unite t h e two W IX Clabs. Tht question that i s i n my mlnd i s '* i s it necemry?" is a s t e r n oriented, t he other club Western oriented) and, altho- there is a cer ts in duplication of effort , there a r e certain f a t u r e a Which would ononly suffer frm consollcktlc~. I f it co- t o a

questim of 'mergear-die' because of wney, I am for it, but othervise, I a a W i l l - ing t o pay dues t o Wo great orgbnlmtiona ra ther than mvlng mmsy with m e medi- ocre me. Ihe SW IS hobby ms rent with secessim argummta ln 1971, l e t '8 not etsrt trouble i n MU DDLing, plblse. l h i s I8tber can be printed by anyone cmcerned, h i . 73s and beat I# t o a l l .

PETE ' W W R - 1039 Erica Rxd - M i l l % l L y , BUfornia - 9 4 9 1 I wra up in lJorth m y , N.H.u/29-1/2, out of Boston, & I have

never h a r d so mmy hets in l i f e , the most interesting of which m u r. h n r d i s e -1265, which all of you must hsve by nm. It should be oasible cut here i n nm- I~A/EIL a r m s M a . Me~nwhile & l M g tack t o RI ton I& batween 6+, CFEla80 was o/u WmO; I wonder h m much t h e former paid t o move t o 1 g 0 1 We had some stonns out here the niefit of 1/15-16; t h e mly oaalalty was KDIA, so I took a log m KEUZ 7:25-7:45pm 1/l6 when they dimppeared. KXCF-l3lO a l s o noted but lack of comercials and a Her fan h d precluded a report. KDU i s very troublesome; a l i ne through the i r tnree towers through my house, 3 think. Yep, ithe BRC l s d s t h e vay; the NZIMRL bas converted t h e i r publimtion t o offset , a la NEWS. 73.

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