tm - national radio club · crm1.0, bmaruo it vu a urrql lurg~o. do of ou taludoj -8 have told m...

,La t e word h a s been r ece ived t h a t Congress approved a b i l l r e q u i r i n g t h a t ' n o FCC AM d e c i s i o n would be f i n a l wi thout Na t iona l Radio Club approval .

Unfor tunate ly , P re s iden t C a r t e r ve toed t h e b i l l saying t h a t one N.R.C. i n t h e D i s t r i c t of Columbia i s enough. We f e e l it neces sa ry t o c l a r i f y o t h e r impor tant i s s u e s . The Domestic Log i s NOT f o r f i n d i n g household s e r v a n t s , and Terminator Mechanics i s NOT t h e sc i ence of f i g u r i n g when t h e guy working on your c a r w i l l pass-on. TM h a s something t o do wi th r a d i o , we t h i n k .

I f E l l a F i t z g e r a l d marr ied Darth Vadar, she ' d become---------Ella Vadar.

Rumor has it t h a t t h e AC w a l l c u r r e n t a t CKSW-570 i s 990 c y c l e s p e r second. Boy, t h a t ' s what I ' d c a l l "Swif t Current"! ! ! !

I f you eve r g e t gored by an e l ephan t and c a n ' t g e t t h e t u s k s ou t you have t o go t o Alabama. A f t e r all, t h e t u s k s a r e l o o s e r i n Alabama.

The Nat ional Radio Club i s proud t o announce t h e winner of a new award. Congra tu l a t ions t o Pau l Mount f o r h i s "Di rec t ions t o e Teaneck, New J e r s e y DX Get-Together". Well done, Paul . +- CPC Test Schedules:

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Fr iday . A p r i l 26 WHAS-840 L o u i s v i l l e . W i l l use 50.000 w a t t s and w i l l program ' Swahi l i music from pre-1927 e r a . Newscasts w i l l be i n

Greek with weather f o r e c a s t s i n Serbo-Croatian. Prepaid c a l l s w i l l n o t be accepted . Ver i e s t o : Who R.U . Kidding, Chief Custodian , WHAS, L o u i s v i l l e .

Tuesday, May 11 XERF-1570 (Somewhere i n Texas, we th ink!) Tes t w i l l i nc lude rock music and news. Sources say they w i l l a t tempt t o l o c a t e someone who speaks Spanish t o do IDS! Send r e p o r t s t o : Don Juan, C/O R a y ' s Bar & G r i l l e , 8 t h & Super io r , E a s t Peo r i a . I l l . (ZIP unknown, b u t t h e PO w i l l l o s e m o s t r e p o r t s anyway! )

Saturday, May 25 WLS-890 Chicago. W i l l u s e new format of c l a s s i c a l music and opera. Tes t w i l l r un f o r 17 minutes from 0002 t o 0019. We a r e t o l d t h i s i s because CE is a f r a i d of anything s t a r t i n g on t h e hour--you know how rock s t a t i o n s a r e ( t h a t ' s news a t 55!) Ver i e s from: Chicago I l l , Chief Engineer . WLS Radio.

THEY JOINED Welcome t o our newest members. P l e a s e Muse soon!

R . Ora B o r e a l i s , North Po le , Alaska 99705 P. V i l l a , c/o XERF, Ciudad Acuna, Mexico (ma i l t o Del Rio, Texas 78840) Dan Myers, P o r t a b l e , Ohio 43619 ( r e - j o i n s ) N . R. Say, P.O. Box 99, Cambridge, Mass. 02138 Mrs. J .T. Davis, Hurricane Creek Route, Deer, Arkansas 72628

Mrs. Davis a l s o asked f o r our program schedule and r e p o r t e d we were heard loud and c l e a r on h e r Norelco SW s e t i n t h e Ozark Na t iona l F o r e s t .

MURPHY'S LAW.. . . . .REVISITED Frank Dailey

Quite l o g i c a l l y , t h e o r i g i n a l i nven to r , d i scove re r , t h e o r e t i c i a n , i s g e n e r a l l y "awarded" o r "c red i t ed" with t h e event . Hence t h e "Ga t t l i ng" gun. "Morse" code and "Murphy's Law". However, Murphy was j u s t the f i r s t and hence t h e most famous. Submitted f o r your cons ide ra t ion a r e o the r c r i t i c a l obse rva t ions made by o t h e r a s t u t e i n d i v i d u a l s who, i n t h e course of t h e i r l i v e s , have f e r r e t e d ou t some of n a t u r e s f r u s t r a t i n g laws. However, endeavoring t o r e v e a l t h e more s u b t l e "pos tu la t ions" we should f i r s t r e - s t a t e t h e b a s i c premise f i r s t r evea led by t h a t g r e a t phi losopher Edse l Murphy:

MURPHY'S LAW: " I f something can go wrong, it w i l l and when it does , i t w i l l happen t o me".

STARR'S LAW: "Lurphy was an op t imis t " .

COOPER'S LAW OF SYSTEM DYNAMICS: "Once you open a can of worms, t h e only way t o re-can them i s t o use a b igger can".

BDMUNDS' OBSERVATION: "As soon a s you mention something.. ...... .... i f i t ' s good, it goes away .... i f i t ' s bad, i t happens." WSCO'S MOTION LAW: "The o t h e r l i n e always moves f a s t e r " .

KARL FORTH'S LAW OF SELECTIVE GRAVITY: "An ob jec t w i l l f a l l so as t o pro- duce t h e most damage".

KEKF"S COROLLARY: "The chance of bread f a l l i n g jelly-side-down is d i r e c t l y p ropor t iona l t o t h e c o s t of t h e c a r p e t . "

MBRRIMAN'S MESSAGBr "When i n doubt, mumble".

FOXWORTH'S FIRST LAW: " I n s i d e every l a r g e problem i s a mall problem s t r u g g l i n g t o g e t out . "

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ON PROJECT SCHEDULBS: "The first 90$ of t h e t a s k t a k e s 9O$ of t h e t ime and t h e l a s t -lo$ t a k e s t h e o t h e r 9046."

GHO.II a nud OF COWPONEFIT FAILURES: 'In any e l e c t r o n i c device t h a t h a s exper ienced component f a l l u r e . t h e f a u l t y component w i l l be e i t h e r t h e most expensive o r l e a s t access ib l e . "

DAILEY 'S DISTINCTION: a r e two t y p e s of people: t hose who d iv ide people i n t o two t y p e s and thoae t h a t d o n ' t . "

ALFRBDO BEDOYA'S BRAINSTORM: "If t h e f a c t s don ' t conform t o t h e theo ry , they must be ignored.

DX- JUMBLE By: /4 4 4 U n s c ~ r r ~ ~ i The W O Z ~ S ftnd use C h r r k A LCttCa ~o,%m~ Bur) :

ST=-ON stand8 for "Sequential T w or lcmo*--.. x - ~ ~ J B - Oceania and North AwriMn. Thin t . c h n i q ~

users in the above are- to w t o a t i d l y dotar- mine the position of -m, alloving .P dwtion of band conditions without 00 muoh am turnFng On Jour radio1 mr a limited time, order 1 for $1 3 . 9 or 2 for $291 B. -. the f i r e t on you. block!

WHO MAKXS A CLTJB A SUCCXSS?

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CitJ Library. I n d m a nook of DXus i n on* plaoo and harlng b lhi~a wvl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f i Y o 19?7 UHW (bmakian. PC r a d v d a plqno simd by Oovorr~r I m n of Bob dmluLy hi. .n A&M i n t h e R o b r a s h I m . S1mo ho i s tho Oil tar of Vusfnga o. I lrb .na sob &way8 .ppun Ln tho b ~ k of woh iasuo of IU MYIS. doas tha t make h l ~ h~ Lglnlt Ylatwar, bola 8 on-* A & l r i l - d t h only J m .

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YCIL. El8 efforts to save %se Bldlar. the s m b l of the l i t t l e man eteryuhero, cauwd buttom b u p . r a t i o k u a b club8 to aprlng up. Ills listenership was devoted b d w ~ s qulck to respond. A . C . Rielwn onco classed svords after s tat ing s t a t i s t i c a y i n a sur rqv that h i s %w hod s r e v mall auQenor 5 a t t h e s i t s slss vas m h e x l s t a n t . Nl t h i s despite the f a c t tha t h i s how had been booked up three p a r a ahead by advertisers. Sorldn dosed u;pn this opportuniv. 6 b.0.n r d e r r l n e to h i s l i s tonera as Lfmont Cranston, h e q a Q u and Toppsr. Be advised tha to wrlta to A.C.Sailsen to wrflain that they 30 indeed & s t i l i s t e n to ,$CPL i n the morning. After a b l i r ta rd of mail was r e a d r e d by the marketing research company. Sorldn dedded tha t the f indl thrust v o 9 d consist of l i s t e n e r s callin2 up ,:eilsen % jsnmdng the switchboard anl pmrldlng thm vlth over 600 dgn-cmying boisterous Jeoonstabrs to parade amund thdr buUdlng. A.C.2. f ina l ly t h r w i n the t o w e l . Dan jorkln e v e ~ t u a l l y moved on to KSED i n Sari - .

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Ok, guys , t h i s i s t h e r e a l thing--we do hope you enjoyed t h e annual A p r l l Foo l s e d i t i o n , foo l s ! On t o s e r i o u s b u s i n e s s , we a t headqua r t e r s s ad ly r eco rd t h e pas s ing of Mrs. E l i z a b e t h Cooper, mother of Musings E d i t o r E rn i e Cooper. E r n i e r e p o r t s t h a t she passed away March 16 of conges t ive c a r d i a c occ lus ion a t age 87. I n l i e u of f l ower s , t he f ami ly r e q u e s t s t h a t donat ions be made i n he r name t o t h e S t . Mary of t h e Harbor Church Flood Fund, 519 Commercial S t r e e t , Provincetown, Mass. 02657--the church and organ r ece lved seve re damage from t h i s w i n t e r ' s f l o o d s and t h e money w i l l be used f o r reconsuruct ion--please s t a t e t h a t t h e donat ion is i n memory of Mrs. Cooper. Also , E r n i e wishes t o inform t h e membership t h a t h i s mo the r ' s pas s ing r e s u l i n some Musings being he ld u n t i l t h e nex t i s s u e . From Headquar ters , we hove Ern ie is g e t t i n g a long we l l and we expres s o u r d e e p e s t sympathy t o

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him a t t h i s t ime. - CPC TESTS Mon., Apr i l 10 WFHG-980 B r i s t o l , Va. 0200-0400. D e t a i l s s t i l l n o t r ece ived

a s of t h i s da t e . Dave Schmidt, a r r ange r of t h e t e s t s ays t h a t CE Joe Durham w i l l v e r i e all r e p o r t s from t e s t and o t h e r r e p o r t s he r ece ived i n t h e p a s t very s h o r t l y , when new OSL ca rds a r e p r i n t e d . Joe d i d t e s t s f o r NRC from WPBX and UYYE a couple y e a r s back, s o h e ' s well-known t o most NRCers!

.... A l a t e word from J i m Hopkins CE f o r WAMS t e s t was s e n t i n i n c o r r e c t l y , it should have been Bruce S c h i l l e r , n o t Ron S c h i l l e r , who i s an NRCerl J i m a l s o n o t e s t h a t t h i s check wi th 5 Kw w i l l be every month f o r a moni tor ing se rv i ce !

THEY JOINED Welcome t o t h e s e new members--please Muse soon and in t roduce yourse lves . Also, d o n ' t f o r g e t t o r e p o r t t o t h e columns i n DX News when you DX! James F ranks , 624 Mary Ann Dr ive , Huron, Ohio 44839. Jef f Lockwood. 3131 E l Prado Blvd., Tampa, F l a . 33609.

LOOK INSIM. ............................................ Domestic DX Diges t 2 I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Diges t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .5 ...... Addi t iona l T i p s On TRF Modi f i ca t ion By Thomas & B a r f i e l d 8 ............................. Tape Interconnect--The Las t Way!. 9 ........ C a l l L e t t e r s S ign i f i cance By R . J . Edmunds... 10 - 1

THIS SEA .-- .,nx.m,. REMEMBER---THIS I S THE LAST WEEKLY DX NEWS OF SON, BUT TKE CLUB STILL NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE SPRING AND S U W n nun~ i iS . REPORT TO THE COLUMNS AND WRITE ABOUT VISITS TO STATIONS AND DX CONDITIONS AS YOU TRAVEL--AND TAKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP LIST ALONG AND STAY I N TOUCH WITH NRCers AS YOU GO!

6 J : 1 3 . : ~ ~ ) ; 4 ~ b ) ; - ? @ ) ~ ) ) * ~ ~ ; ~ ~ Pranclsm. I n adii t lon, i f my E m o r y serves me, he went on t o become a driving force behind the e m m u s l y popular Chicken Man ser la l uhich played jn many stat ions around the country. NXT W E W t FRaJK .H:&!n 4 L L R%NJ. %HE OF HIS EARLY SYP~TSIEICB R ) I ~ US.

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Deadlina i s ~ 8 U a l l ~ Saturday. One of our repor te rs suggested t h a t I mention how long i t takes l e t t e r s from d i f f e r e n t a reas of the country t o a r r i v e here. I f you l i r e jus t west of the ~ i s s i a r i p p i , great plains , Texas, Oklahoma, up t o Iowa & Hinnesota, mail no l a t e r than Tuesday PM t o have a good Chmoe of g e t t i n g her. f o r Saturday. ?urther west t o Oalifornia, Washingtom & Western Canada, n a i l on Monday t o be on tha s d a aid*. East of the Hlsaisr ippi , depending on how cloaa you a re t o na, it taker 2 t o 3 days, so by n a i l i n g on a Wad. o r Thurm. morning, your t i p s ehould make i t here i n Saturday's nai l . N a i l even e a r l i e r , i f there i m bad weather throughout a l a r g e port ion of the nation. Sonetlmea, pleaem of n a i l ge t l o s t . A good example^ E l l i o t S t r a w recen t ly sent ma none i t e m from NJ. The postnark ras on Thursday, but h ie l e t t a r d idn ' t land i n my box u n t i l Tuasday tha following weak: Borrsl ly it takes two day8 f o r nail t o g e t here from XJ.

I d idn ' t t u r n the r e o e l r e r on f o r about t e n days s t r a i g h t , but I ' m glad a faw of you did:

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wcnr - r a only hr-a by PBH, WSIKI WGIIC- WBZII UBKO - Hot haard a t v u i o t u chocks 3/13 by PRW I 1 1 XI I> 15 '5 1st Hon. KUBI-1530 (JK) 2nd -1. WAJP-1490 Hot heard 1st Tua. KDHO-1490 Bot heard. (RJB) 2nd sat. WXIV-1450 by (RJE)

KBIX-1490 Hot heard. (BJE)

UDOO-1310 (JK WXOV-1360 ( J K

t ohanga, per OE. WaQW-1230 Hot heard.

WSAN 2nd mu. m ~ k l 2 M not heard. Allentown Pa. 18105

A l l f /o Items haard by JK m a sinca the new Fraquenoy Oheck L i s t was publishad about 3 month8 ago.

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1420 U l I D Ra Soh8ldt'm 2/8 logging. Did WROG-GA b w out WBOQ-107.3? If 80, this would ba l i k e l y . l o appl icable "On o a l l type r r ' ~ i n my '76 Fl4 Atlas. new issue i s l u s t out tho. and has eever i l of thase f k y I D 8 l isted.-(BJE)

1450 YWOa TP 081iTTAHOOGA - Likely S ta r r ' s WID 2/8. TRH could sound l i k e OIU 6 only 2 mtatea have Sumner Oounty'r...Tl & KS. Tine & Hat ind ior ta t h i s on.. (RJE)

1550 WID Pool r ' r ID 2/5 i l g h t - b e - ~ ~ ~ ~ ; whose owner i s " ~ a d i o OentroN or naybe WOOZ'r new owner la.Oentral, don ' t know I f new c a l l o h u a e denoted ownership change a s well. (BJE)

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*sup.r 64" promo, Ouban 4BW. (PBW) 1070 WIBC I H IHDIUAPOLIS - 3/13 0230 f a i r r / ~ 4 0 & Religion. (DO) 1090 aggy ON KXTOF?,ETPR - 3/13 0200, poor a i t a r ~ B f i */off w m splash,

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i n t o T h O 0142-0146, WOW0 off . (PBn) 1230 WTSV HH OUEHONT - 3/8 0530 heard w/a/on m o t . rank *#I. (~n)

WWO lTY HDDSOE - s/on ~ [SSB a s l i s t e d 0545 3/8, o/u WAS SSB -- - - - .

i n log. (RJB) mAD -- 3/9 0310 I D a r *This i s 1240 OOPn...nrlthrr WTOP or YVOS

skadm oonforn, and I D qu i te o laar on tap.. ( B n ) ( R n ) WOVA HY GEWVA - m t i l l on 3/9 0315 W/HOB/SID, c m g a skad i n log.

1290 CPgW HB WI~IPBG - 3/7 0240, I D , good w / r r well a top nama. (DB) CJBK 01 LONDON - 3/13 0234 v /~ook , ID. (-1

1330 WPBO SO GKSENVILLB - 3/13 0004-0006, good W/BBO ax, l00.l n, thon ./off w/IssB. (PBn)

/ Storer Broadcasting Company ' 7441 Second Blvd., Detroit, Mich. 48202

5 1340 FTOY OK S U D SPRIHGS - 3/10 0347 w/ID/O&W, mentions o f

'Stereo 92*...in & o u t f o r sometime. Log eez 0100 e /off . (DB)

WIZL OH SPBIHGFIELI) - 3/6 0150 w ad & ID, i n t o mx, f a i r . (ERS) 1430 So BATESBLRG - 3/6 0108 .TAD, nothing e l s e aoted . (BnS)

WID -- CBS Ex 3/13 @ 0100 ( p a r a l l e l t o WCBS), PSA 0105, end nx. 0106 t h e n SSB, p o s s i b l t a l k a f t e r SSB i n s t e a d o f B4 0107, all U/CKFH. (A Could it be WEbTE, Paul? ( ~ j

1460 K S O IA DES HOIHES - 3/13 wx. 8 0021, "32 degrees a t KSO" taped, i a t o ObY, faded about 0029. QRM from s tn w/Ooaell 's Talk Show. new. (PEW) - - - - - - -

RBB PQ ST. GEORG&-- do '~ l3A~O - 3/14 good n o e t l y O/WAXO/WOKO v / t a l k / t e l e - t a l k / ~ o R mx a l l i n ?? 2328-0003, mention o f BB p l a j e r s . Faded 8 ID time but c l u e back 8 0002 w/ "101 Radio Canada, 1 e OKRB....*at which p o i n t t ape t ended. Inn t ru . EX, t h e n o f f f3 0003, new. (PBEI) ( R J E ) 4 ,!

1490 WWPX HI WIDLMD - heard w/ex promo f o r Midland High BICB 3/7 0120. UXIX WV CKbRLESTOH - 3/13 0232 i n good f o r ID. (DB)

1520 WGOR OH TOLEDO - 3/6 0230 s /o f f ~/HKBw OC. (ERS) 1580 KRZI TX WAC0 - 3/6 0308-0330 n i x l n g W/KLCU 8 0319 ID & nx

update. (ERS) H)AY CA SAETA HOMOA - 3/6 0400 e /o f f , no SSB noted , o f f f o r

" r e g u l a r l y scheduled t r a n s m i t t e r maintenance" weak. l lo t lng t h e i r p a t t e r n , this seems unusual t o make the t r i p , no? (ERS) They d o n ' t g e t up t h i s way t o o f t en . Hlce o.toh...I s t i l i need 'ern: (RA)

1600 WDltl PIl BHOOKLIBg - 3/13 talk-comedy 0154-0200 s /o f f of AH & nl, 3 s t a n z a s of SSB, WAYC QRH. (PRH)

YAY0 PA BEDFORD - 3/13 good o/u WUlTR W/ET/TT/ROC~, ID8 8 0156 & om. (m)

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POCOMOKE C I T Y . M A R Y L A N D 21851

Wolcone t o a l l new repor t e r e . The fo l lowing made t h i s i s s u e ' s column a reality..... . .

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Informat ion on Alaska s i g n on/sign off t i m e s has he re to fo re been unava i l ab l e as p a r t of t h e S u n r i s e / ~ u n s e t Maps informat ion shee t . M r . E rnes t J. Wesolow- s k i j u s t r e c e n t l y obta ined t h e informat ion from t h e Chief Engineer of KRQD- 750 kHz i n Anchorage.

Alaska s i g n on and s i g n o f f t imes a r e ( i n ALASKAN STANDARD TIME):

January 9:00 A.M. 3:15 P.M. ? February 7:45 4: 45 arch 6:15 6:oo Apr i l 4: 45 7:15 May 3: 1 5 8 :45 June 2:15 9 :45 J u l y 2: 45 9 :15 August 4: 00 8: 00 September 5: 30 6: 30 October 6 :45 4: 45 November 8 : 00 3: 30 December 9: 1 5 2: 45

CHUCK HUTTON

I NTER N AT ION AL DX :::iTi;:H::, R;::33 DIGEST

404-633-1198 (BEFORE 2300 ELT)

Times a r e GMT. For ELT s u b t r a c t 5 hours . Dead l ines a r e u s u a l l y Nonday.

ie again means Mark Comelly. . . . ALGERIA Ain Belda poor w / m and woman i n AA 0112 3/16. AA guitar mx //%8 good a t 0007 3/17. (~onnelly) NICARAGUA Managua YNOW atop W/SS talk, mostly about Nicaraguan af fa i rs 0413 3/5. ALGERIA Oran loud w/AA talk; possibly a radio brama, 0213 3/16. Like a local w/ AA style guitar or oud plucking 0006 3/77. Pestering CFNB 550 a t times.. ST. KITTS Basseterre Z I Z good W/BBC nx 0206 3/15. UNID Ireland possible w/fair OC, fades a t regular intervals 0011 3/17. CUBA Santa Clara CMHI in w/mess of others w/female SS vocal //600 and 640 0416 315. USSR (which One?) playing mx of the 40's and 50's w/male anncr i n RR from 12k0- 121r8 3,/12. ilkin ins on, also nest item) USSR Svobodnyy? hb3 w/slow salon type mx w/male anncts in RR 1&8-1252 3/12. CUBA San German CMlCV clear and loud //570 and 640 0416 3/5. UNID, could have been 603 I guess, garbled audio by YL 3/12 a t 1404, could not pick out the lingo. (Vernon) MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun f a i r w/AA mx 0227 3/16. Loud w/uptempo male AA vocal and violins 0013 3/17. CUBA Santa Clara CMHQ totally dominant o/WPFfO, SS jazz-mck //640 0522 3/5. CUBA La Habana CPIQ clear o/other U ' s 0416 3/5. YMEZUELB WQO 3/10 0427 w/several mentions of Puerto La CNZ and nice Ondas Portenas ID a t 0459. No ICFI i n the Cuban null for a change. (Wessolowaki) NOATH KOREA R. Pyongyang outlet (not on 657 kha as shown in l i s t on page 8 of 2-27 DXN) w/male anncts and march mx from 1253 to 1259 3/12. (Wilkinson) The l ist i s for the 78 frequency plan thzt takes effect in Novembe*.-CB PORl'UCAL/UNm Lieboa f a i r W/PP talk by man ~ / ~ o s s i b l e c l mx etn (porbably the German) 0014 3/17. WNID 0#5-0400 3/11, 2 weak carriers here. ( ~ ~ n k f o r d ) CUBA San Pedru de Cacocum atop HMAQ !#/jazz inlfuenced group SS vocal //880 a t OWIO 3/5. GUATJ!XAU TGRT 0230 2/21 w/"La Fabulosa" and R. Fabulosa 1D;s. Vy loud, way o/ WWQ. Another SS under them. (Kitt) JAPAN JOFB/JOM) ~ i m s w g i t a m i - d o n ' t know which one-vy loud from 1303-1 307 on 3/12. ilkin ins on) COIXlMBIA Cali HJCX o/other U t e , WLW nulled: R. Sutatenza I D a t 0517 3/5. WRl'UGAL Norte just o/noise v/man and woman in PP 2306 3/8. To good peaks w/PP phone i n talk show, Tunisia behind w/occasional M ma- 0009 3/11. Man in rapid f i r8 PP very good 0017 y17. -CUBA Porl- YVOE loud, peakFng SF;, W/SS talk mentioning Margarita then clear R. Vision Oriente ID atop Colon CKW (peaking SW) who had SS folk vocal mx, then talk; 0419 3/5. COLOEBIA HJCU 0629 2/23 R. Melodia ID, then pmceded to give ca l l le t te rs and time. S-9. (Kitt) MEXICO Mexico City XEX good w / " h Coruua" cerveea ad, then possible soccer game w/"Mexicana" team and player named Weston. Signal peaked up towards SW, fortun- ately the null for CKILC and another U, 04% y5 . SPAIN Barcelona poor W/SS talk 2343 3/8. Amazingly loud v/sogt guitar mx and SS vocal 0208 3/15. Loud w/punk rock records 0018 3/17. ~ W / C O S T A RICA SRS Paramaraibo W/US soul song and TILX San Jose W/SS vocal sharing the channel: by proper orientation of the TRF either stn could be heard alone, when heard together a low growl resulted. 0418 315. SOCIETY ISLANDS Papeete, Tahiti j/S 084& EE RR mx, then 2 W rr records before s ig faded, no anncr or positive ID. Noted again a t 0900 w/end of French anthem, very weak sig, no KCBS QRM! (Vernon) Lisboa potent w/massive carrier, allowing flawless copy of i t s piano mx a t low audio level 0020 3/17. CHINA unknown, 3/12 1526 CC mx almost 1- sure was //lo40 when checked, also checked a number of times to 1529 when s ig faded. (Vernon) C O m A IIJAJ Barranquilla 0601 2/23 way O/WJR v/"La Voe de Barranquilla" I D and song. (Kitt)

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8 ADDITIONAL TIPS ON MODIFYING THE REALISTIC

"TRF" FOR 1 0 KHz READ-OUT

Gerry Thomas (IRCA) & Char l i e B a r f i e l d (NRC, IRCA)

Since w r i t i n g t h e a r t i c l e on r e - c a l i b r a t i n g t h e TRF, t h e exper ience of modifying a d d i t i o n a l TRF's, ques t ions from members, and r e c e n t l y d iscovered procedural a l t e r n a t i v e s warrant a b r i e f follow-up of t h e procedure.

Pen--The o r i g i n a l a r t i c l e was w r i t t e n with utmost frequency r e s o l u t i o n i n - mind. That i s , we f e l t t h a t i f s p l i t frequency r e s o l u t i o n were d e s i r e d , read-out should be l i m i t e d by one ' s a b i l i t y t o e s t ima te phys ica l d i s t a n c e s , n o t by wide, ambiguous frequency marks. To t h i s end, we recommend t h a t a . l m m d r a f t i n g pen be used. Even l e s s c r i t i c a l r e s o l u t i o n ( i . e . domestic DXing) r equ i red a very narrow l i n e width l i k e t h a t obta inable with a d r a f t - i n g pen. Unfor tunata ly , t h e c o s t of t h i s type of pen (about $10) was some- what p r o h i b i t i v e . Since t h e o r i g i n a l a r t i c l e was w r i t t e n we've continued searching f o r a l e s s expensive a l t e r n a t i v e . Happily, F a i r r e c e n t l y began marketing an "-a f i n e " t i p p e d pen ($.69) whlch does produce acceptable r e s u l t s . If used wi th a minimum of p res su re on t h e p o i n t , t h i s pen w i l l pro- duce l i n e s wi th widths i n t h e .3mm-.5mm range, which i s adequate f o r TRF r e - c a l i b r a t i o n . The F l a i r ' s i n k , however, i s n o t permanent ( i . e . it runs when exposed t o mois ture) and t h e l i n e s a r e n o t a s c l e a n l y drawn as with t h e d r a f t i n g pen, but t h e s e drawbacks can be countered. F i r s t of a l l , t o p r o t e c t t h e new s c a l e from mois tu re , apply a t r a n s p a r e n t , dry t r a n s f e r t i n t i n g screen. I d e a l f o r t h i s purpose a r e those made by Zip-a-tone ($1.50/sheet a t a r t , hobby, and d r a f t i n g supply s t o r e s ) . These t i n t s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n dozens of c o l o r s and d e n s i t i e s but we've found t h a t "cool grey" (#2702) and "yellow green" (#2663) a r e among t h o s e most s u i t a b l e f o r d i a l s c a l e a p p l i c a t i o n s . Using a t l n t l n g sc reen a l s o a l lows t h e use of r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e (even a t most d rugs to res ) white s tock p o s t e r board s i n c e t h e t i n t i n g very e f f e c t i v e l y e l i m i n a t e s g l a r e . Choose a low p o r o s i t y , semi-gloss p o s t e r board ( n o t an a r t mat board) t o reduce t h e f e a t h e r i n g of l i n e s caused by t h e s lair's lower v i s c o s i t y i n k . Using t h e preceding procedure , r e s u l t s w i l l be favorably comparable t o those a t t a i n e d with t h e more expensive d r a f t i n g pen.

Removing t h e d i a l f a c e plate--On some TRF's t h e f ace p l a t e has been removed wi th simply a f i r m nudge. On o t h e r s it h a s been necessary t o add a measure of g run t ing , swearing, and a t e e t h - g r i t t i n g committment n o t t o be out-done by a p i ece of p l a s t i c and a g l o b of g lue . Following is t h e d e t a i l e d pro- cedure we've found t o be most e f f e c t i v e i n removing t h e f a c e p l a t e1

Lay t h e f r o n t of t h e TRF on a book o r t a b l e t o p such t h a t t h e tuning knob overhangs t h e surface and t h e f a c e p l a t e frame is f l u s h a g a i n s t t h e sur- f ace . With an unsharpened p e n c i l , t h e b lun t end of which has been wrapped wi th a handkerchief, a f i rm downward push t o t h e f a c e p l a t e wi th t h e e r a s e r end r u p t u r e (on ly ) t h e g lue . I f necessa ry , a f t e r f r e e i n g one end of t h e f a c e p l a t e , t a k e something akin t o a pops ic l e s t i c k and with it wedged under t h e f ace p l a t e , s l i d e it a long t h e edges , r e l e a s i n g t h e remainder of t h e g lue .

Re-cal ibra t ion-- (A) The " re f ined" r e - c a l i b r a t i o n procedure which involved us ing t h e s tock p o i n t e r a s a s t r a igh t - edge but was un te s t ed a t t h e time t h e o r i g i n a l a r t i c l e was w r i t t e n h a s now been t e s t e d and it works b e a u f i f u l l y (mainta in a cons tan t pen ang le f o r optimum accuracy!). (B) It should go without saying t h a t t h e TRF should warm up f o r 20-30 minutes before r e - c a l i b r a t i n g even though t h e pre- and post-warm-up c a l i b r a t i o n e r r o r i s u s u a l l y very smal l .

D i a l Pointer--The p a r a l l a x e r r o r t h a t occurs when us ing t h e ba l l - type p o i n t e r can be reduced t o an a b s o l u t e minimum simply by bending t h e b a l l t i p s l i g h t l y outward with wire c u t t e r s ( p l i e r s a r e t o o broad-nosed).

Face-Plate--To prevent a shadow from being c a s t on t h e d i a l s c a l e by t h e new black border framing t h e s c a l e "window", a l low a 1/8" gap above t h e t o p of t h e s c a l e . I n o the r words, s h i f t t h e 3/4" masking t a p e s l i g h t l y upward from t h e bottom s tock black border before pa in t ing .

Tweaking--By a l l means, tweak your TRF. While a l l of t h e TRF's we've seen have been i n t h e b a l l park alignment-wise, a l l could be improved by ca re fu l tweaking.

I n conclus ion, t h e r e - c a l i b r a t i o n procedure i s a c t u a l l y much s impler than i t may seem. (Note, however, t h a t some TRF's a r e e a s i e r t o r e - c a l i -

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bra te than o the r s due t o d i f f e r e n c e s i n s e l e c t i v i t y and s t a b i l i t y S O YOU might want t o put off removing the s tock d i a l s c a l e and p o i n t e r u n t i l t h e end j u s t i n case you want t o r e t u r n t o t h e s tock s i t u a t i o n ) . With a l i t t l e pa t i ence , you should be a b l e t o produce a nea t ( d o n ' t use t h e o r i g i n a l a r t i c l e ' s photos a s a s t anda rd . . . t h a t was our very f i r s t , crude a t t e m p t ) , accu ra t e sca l e . As always, ques t ions o r suggest ions f o r improvement a r e welcome.

IRCAn's to : Gerry Thomas N R C ~ ~ * S t o : Char l i e Bar f i e ld 2355 W . Michigan Ave. 917 Fremont $46 0 pensacola , F l o r i d a Pensacola, F l o r i d a 32506 32505

E d i t o r s Note: On t h r e e p a s t occas ions a r t i c l e s have run on t h e proper way t o connect a r ece ive r and t ape r eco rde r . I t i s apparent t o u s t h a t t h e " r i g h t way" v a r i e s depending with personal point-of-view and exper ience and t h a t , perhaps, t h e r e i s no un ive r sa l " r i g h t way". Rather than t o cont inue p r i n t i n g a r t i c l e s o f f e r i n g o t h e r a l t e r n a t e methods of t ap ing . t h e a r t i c l e below w i l l conclude t h e d i scuss ion i n a r t i c l e format. Members wishing t o make a d d i t i o n a l comments may, of course , inc lude those comments i n t h e i r Musings.

"TAPE INTERCONNECT -THE RIGHT WAY" REVISITED Thomas R . Sundstrom, Y U P

I t o t a l l y d isagree wi th t h e r e c e n t comments of ( ~ o h n D . ) Bowker and ( 1 Davis r e f i t t i n g a tape r eco rde r t o a r ece ive r . The methods suggestel time-consuming and cumbersome.

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Only one mounting hole f o r a s ing le -ho le mounting RCA phono jack need ua mounted on t h e r e a r apron of t h e r e c e i v e r chass i s .

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and t h e hot " s ide" of t h e volume c o n t r o l connected t o t h e de. r c u i t . The s h i e l d should n o t be connected between t h e end l u g of t h t con t ro l

t h a t i s grounded and t h e ground l u g suppl ied with t h e phono jack. Ro t h e cab le away from hea t sou rces and power supply components,

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Proper ly connected, t h e s e t t i n g of t h e volume con t ro l w i l l have no ef on t h e audio l e v e l f e d out t h e jack ( i f i t v a r i e s with t h e volume s e t t h e cen te r conductor may have been connected t o t h e volume c o n t r o l ' s wlper arm c o n t r o l l i n g t h e audio l e v e l t o t h e audio am l i f i e r ) . I n a very. very few cases c e r t a i n t ape r e c o r d e r s may load down ?decrease t h e volume o f ) a r e c e i v e r ' s audio , but t h i s does n o t a f f e c t r e c e i v e r performance. J u s t t u r n

t h e r e c e i v e r UD soma more i f you a r e l i s t e n i n g a t t h e same time you a r e t ap ing .

For more informat ion, s ee Elementarv E l e c t r o n i c s f o r ~ a r c h / A ~ r i l 1975 ("Tape Down Tough DX") o r t h e 1976 World Radio TV Handbook's How To L i s t en t n t h e World s e c t i o n ( "T ips on Tapes"): I included s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s - - ....

* and photographs f o r t h e wary r eade r .

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ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STATION CALL LETTERS R . J . Edmunds MUSINGS

ERNEST R . COOPER 5 ANTHONY STREET PROVINCE TO^^ , MASS. 02657

The op in ions expres sed i n t h i s column a r e t h o s e of t h e . i n d i v i d u a 1 members. and do n o t n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t t h o s e of t h e e d i t o r s , p u b l i s h e r s o r NRC.

P e r i o d i c a l l y , t h e ques t ion of the meanings of s t a t i o n c a l l l e t t e r s is raised i n t h e DX b u l l e t i n s . To t h i s a u t h o r ' s knowledge, t h e only publ ished m a t e r i a l

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d e a l i n g wi th t h i s s u b j e c t was p r i n t e d i n I R C A ' s DX Monitor s e v e r a l yea r s ago KAG JmZR - 2816 Frontier TrnFl U.E. - %VITA, G;DK.IA - 20241 by Glenn Hauser. Glenn drew upon a l i s t which he had s o l i c i t e d from members greet in:^ fmm the S L I D SO~WI I >Is been a xhile since I checked in. so I of both c lubs back i n t h e l a t e 6 0 ' s , a p o r t i o n of which was publ ished. I n wanted to be sure to i e t into th-. issue for SouL!ern :.;users. I have bzn i n c r d u y b u ~ t h i s country , probably 25 p e r cent o r more of t h e c a l l s have an e a s i l y - h%tn schoolmrk i n the l a s t feir weeks: the current tern ends i n miS%arch lath one cure tern discerned s i g n i f i c a n c e . xfter that. & a Mav oraduation. I h o ~ e to do ante travelin; th is S m e r besldes wrkin: on

The most obvious of t h s e a r e geographical . The most common of them appear i n a ma jo r i ty of domestic DX Con tes t s , and a r e t h e only two s t a t i o n s whose c a l l l e t t e r s s p e l l out t h e name of t h e i r c i t y of l i c e n s e , WARE-1250-MA and WACO-1460-TX. The v a s t ma jo r i ty of t h e s e c a l l s take some combination of t h e l e t t e r s of t h e c i t y of l i c e n c e and/or t h e s t a t e abbrev ia t ion . To i l l u s t r a t e , we f i n d below a l i s t i n g of those c a l l s which fo l low t h i s p a t t e r n , a long wi th 1 t h e i r l o c a t i o n s a s found on page 144 of t h e NRC Domestic Log f o r 1450 kHz.:

KBPS - B e l l e Powche , SD KYNT - Y e L o n , SD WDSG - B e r g b u r g . TN YLAF - & F o l l e t t e , TN KSNY - Snyder, TX WPTR - F r o n t Royal, VA

WMVA - M a r t i n s v i l l e , KCLX - Golf ax, WA WPAR - m k e r s b u r g . WV WCPR - Coma.

On t h e same page. we can f i n d o t h e r examples of geograph ica l ly - s ign i f i can t c a l l l e t t e r s of a l e s s obvious na tu re : WSNO i n Bar re , VT, which i s a snow- b e l t a r ea ; YFOG ( e x - m ) i n Suffolk , VA, which is a very foggy a r e a ; and KVOW, Rive r ton , WY, whose c a l l s i g n i f i e s t h e "Voice of morning". Another. example is i l l u s t r a t e d by WRNJ-1000, ~ a c k e t t s t k v n , ~ 5 , a s "Radio New Je r sey" . The 'Y" o r 'VO" o r "R" type of geographical c a l l s a r e a l s o n o t a t all un- common.

Fur therexamplesmight be WICY-1490, Malone. N Y , which i s i n t h e northernmost p a r t of t h a t s t a t e . where cold temperatures a r e a usua l occurence; WSMD-1560, LaP la t a , MD, on t h e Western Shore of Maryland (MD) and WVOJ-1320, J acksonv i l l e , FL, "The Voice of ~ a c k s o n v i l i e " . Another example i s t h e use of "-RV" such a s i n WIRY-1550, G i c E a l though t h e I R V i s t h e f i r s t t h r e e l e t t e r s of t h e c i t y of l i c e n c e , I r v i n e . KY, can a l s o s i g n i f y " I r v i n e ' s Radio Voice". S t i l l another example of another s o r t would be WNAV-1430, Annapolis, WID, t h e home of t h e U . S . mal Academy. Other s o r t s of s i g n i f i c a n t c a l l s r e q u i r e t h e use o f a B r o a d c a s t i n g Yearbook t o decipher inasmuch as they r e f l e c t t h e ownership of t h e s t a t i o n , such a s WHTG-1410, Eatontorn , N J , owned by M r s . Harry T. Gade o r WLDB-1490 (now WUSS) i n A t l a n t i c C i ty , N J , which was then owned by z e r z y and gorothy Brenner.

One type of geographical c a l l no t mentioned above is f e a t u r e d by WEJ-1560 i n t l l i j a y , GA. which i s phone t i c r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e c i t y of l i c e n c e i n t h e l e t t e r s 'LGJ".

Many y e a r s back, s t a t i o n s had s logans f o r t h e i r c a l l s , even when t h e c a l l s were ass igned more o r l e s s randomly by t h e FCC. This i s n o t t o say t h a t some d i d n ' t r e q u e s t l e t t e r s t o fit a s logan. One which f i t s t h i s d e s c r i p t i o n , a l though t h e o r i g i n i s n o t c e r t a i n i s WBL-1390 i n Syracuse, N Y , which. dur ing t h e 1 9 3 0 ' s , used t h e s logan " m e n F e e l i n g Blue , L i s t e n " . I n t h e 1 9 5 0 q s , s t a t i o n s o f t e n r a n c o n t e s t s t o g i v e t h e s t a t i o n a s iogan based on i t s c a l l l e t t e r s . mCA-570 i n New York was one such, where, s o l e l y on t h e b a s i s of outrageousness, t h e d i s c jockeys dec la red t h a t t h e winning e n t r y was "White Mice Carry Anthrax", which is a t r u e s ta tement , by t h e way, an th rax beiKg a disease-.

It can be seen. t h e n , t h a t t h e r e a r e a l a r g e number of p o s s i b i l i t i e s , which could account for s i g n i f i c a n c e s i n t h e c a l l l e t t e r s of u s t o 30 o r 35 p e r cent of t h e U.S. s t a t i o n s , based upon a few random samplings of pages of t h e Log as c a l c u l a t e d a g a i n s t t h e approximate number of U . S . AM s t a t i o n s . To t r y t o l is t them a l l would be a t ed ious , and somewhat o o i n t l e s s t a s k , save f o r s a t i s f y i n g ones c u r i o s i t y , which, one might suspec t , could account f o r why Glenn never completed such a p r o j e c t , though i f tbt sta tment i s i n e r r o r , i t w i l l no doubt be co r rec t ed . This b r i e f a r t i c l e i s meant simply t o touch upon t h e sub jec t f o r t hose who may be i n t e r e s t e d .

- - - - - . . - . . - --- - - ~. the Convention planrdng. Therefs a jood chance 1 nay spend-a week o r tis i n Barbados i n July. %me interestin: local radio nevs: kIIFJ-970 is prasenay of? the a i r a t t h i s time, but i s suppsed to come back on Eonday 3/13 as tAe nez nsAock-X.I.a h i s i s because it has been taken over by the b i z proiresdvq M rocker, ?ELS, better kmwn as -96 Ibckn (on 96.1 dz). I ' m not sure i f they ,All be the sane fomat as the FI3 (I hope they are pmiresdve. not T-40) but I ' m anxious to find out. one tit of i row: As ":jkinny' Bobby Harper i s the aorniK xan a t 9 6 ~ o c k , h i s show rSU.be dnulcast on X I N ; it was just a b u t f i r e O r years z o ; .henhenas themorrdn ,manthere a s u m l I ' m m t s u r e i f t hecd l l L- c h ~ ~ e , th~?. Can-iention plandng i s going slo:&y; we LUI have our f i r s t E l tJis Sat*. 3/11. On 3 1. I 17as on 1530. w/:IcI(Y nulled, 1 heard the new U J S i n H a w . Tex. s/off 6. 7:29pll- F d r siznal, :$/a f m e announcer & SSB. 312, iiFiL:-13?0 ?i .Y. showed up ~ d n , poor U / > J ~ D / L%. but I heard :Ti L a 1SF.U promo L 1 :40anl Tnat same 21. I3X-1490 r/c per U s t was ~ p t ed, 9 D % 2:03~n 2 Tl'. Amther good f / c was heard on 2/27. jDND1400 per l i s t 3s. W / ~ D @ 12:28am. February was a "verie* good month. hi, d t h 14 nedes.- nice v h l s recetred !,Pam-1310. XBS-590 PI KVI1-1050. m s t interesting verie from iiAPF-980. &ere the v/s asked

RYN D.4'JIS - 107 Oakdale Avenue - Warner Robins. G3XGI.3 - 31093 Greetings fmm the vet S u t h l Bi: nevs here i s my log3.n~ of ';PEC1370 N.B.

This nakes s ta te 138 for me. I have over 600 s ta t iow logzed mu, but mne ha.:e been reeo* ed on tape. 1.3 tape l ibrary m w begins x/';IF&. 4S.s dll be s ~ @ t as actively a¶ ever t h o ~ h . n m thanis to Ja&v IN!ps 1 plateaus are ,-a found there. & contrastin; l i f e styles abound: from tobacco fsmers i n the soathem part of tile state to n i s d l e makers i n the hi- industrialized Bal- timore area--". .as we have relatively mild :linters 4 xakes it a i o o i locabion for IF^ seo- on3 hobby of bicycling rhere I have covcr-d so3e 62.800 miles dnce J a y "70. However. we're beer. f i ~ ; , ~ ~ by 22+'' of snow so f a r i n 1978 (nost unumdl) DXers vishiq to add Maryland to their 10:s nirht a u e thei r ears b 1090 for 50hi ',B& U. t o s o d s h i n ~ the :,!ation8s Sa?ital niCht just tune i n 1500. .4ll-l:I ';TX)P. Alm on LvlDP you mlrht be treated to a Capitals Hockw ;a (the losinzest tea^ i n thc 1es;ue) & to .iasiiinston S a l e t s 3lC3. I f you can hear INA& -630 you can be treated to the Elaryland TEWS ASS 3KB 4 to thei r F9 team ;ihich has been i n five consacutive low1 Games. 'XAL also a i rs the Great :.;ashin t o n Redshins ganes. tops of the

Nn, r,ho continue to m l l even rdthout Swrge ,Ulenl W e l l . 1 was ioin; to include W latest DX fortunes jlnich includes TElSTs f m l ;.EX B i,P:'T but i t looks as thou& we are d n O out of space. So ?uch to ririte a b u t i n th is R3,UY GRUT AREA1 7 j .

).!ARK BXLn - 1414 Brad*:> Crescent - Norfolk, VIRGI>ZA - 23502 Fron Tidejcater Land cones s : m ~ b e r DUn: here s ince 12/31 /n has been

pre t ty ;ood. I '11 ;ive you sonc ideas: 12131- '.IFTJ-l4N ?lass. ex-i,R!CS. ;i3iZ-1450 Va. i n on EE.; 113. Othor catc::cs on tba t s a ~ e !?I: ;iiI'R>1030 3 1:35am (2,500+ miles), AA.,I.- -". 1 190 i n ; 2:45. By the way. a t 1:453;n t'nat nornin; came my o f l - i c i a 1,000th catch i n iIJP-1130, I ' m ge t t in - close to ERC. a ron ' t I? HJCd-1250 i n alonc 3 3:15m. 113- WCZ-1200 i n Q 7 ~ 1 % ~ atop IaAI 1 i 7 " ~ nenpn 13;. ~ ~ ~ 1 : - 9 6 0 jovn under but readable wlsone sor t of sports competition. 115- 'nlC;11-12&30 Ky. i n f a i r w/ET per l i s t ( f / c? ) 3 lam. ?hat same afternoon I went over to R a ~ o Shack P b x h t you-kmw-what, yes, t h c Tm- This i s a g rea t , great RY f o r the p r i c e ($29.95). Fu f i r s t catch on it xcis t h a t same &y i n 'mC1500 S,C. w/;m)p n u d . I was amazed a t i t s a b i l i t y to null another s ta t ion l i k e ',JIDP without ygt in te r fe rence fmm l o c a l WVEC-1490. S t i l l on 115. :PIV-1080 Fla. i n w/s/off 3 6pm. 1 / 6 !JaEO-1530 r / ~ per l i s t w 12:Olw. E e w c a l l chan:e logged on 117 i n t h e f o n of WJ.99-1430 Tenn. ex-;lab) a 3:20am. One minute l a t e r I moved up three frequencies b ~ e d V~Y&l460. &. $= per l i s t 119- ~~1;0-1440 J.Y. b 12:15m W/FT p e r l i s t . :aD~-1600 B.C. i n If 5:2%n w/s/off, !.m.&l5& N.c. ( ~ ~ - w u R L . &x-:JI;BX, ex-who- b u s - w h a t e l s e ) i n Z 5:28pm u/o 'i,CR,P. ZDK-1100 A n t i p a i n z 5:43 p u/m Sign of W@E, so i t must have been Auroral. Find. catch on 119 was :PtP-1580, Miss. i n 8 6:15p s/off. Sliss. 1 3 on 1580. I ' m t rying f o r t h a t quar te t just l i k e ZC's trJ inz f o r the 1560 Ohio quartet , hi. N1(Y-710. i n l i k e a ton of n a s h d potatoes o / ; l ) ~ W / ~ B . Capital* IDS. t h i s 1/10. 1114- IGT;:-1580 Fla. i n O 5 : U p v/s/off. then great catch i n ZBX-740 a t a . i n 8 2:15;1, u / t a l k show. 1 / 1 6 ;rlXIT-1490 .J.Ca. 1117- iiCRV-1580 1l .J . - in w/;JX c a n c a a t i o n s , must have been on l a t e . jPnF-13W Ga. v/ads. 7:1&pa, this on 1/19. 1 / 2 2 K@lC-740 Tex. i n B 2:47am. 'd46I-1110 Ill, i n on 1/23 8 5:35p. m ;IBT. 1124- 'rn10-1520 S.C. 1126- 7:1C&1570 Ala. w/s/off. 1/27-i~'C%1580Ind. o n l a t e d u e t o 7 ~ u / 1 ~ $ 8:26pn. 1/3l-;;ASP-l130Pa.. WUE-1130 S.C.. WDDT-900 Pliss. v/s/off. I s ta r ted off Febmaxy r / a bang i n IWSiG900 Veb. u/ s/off 5 6:45pn. 212. big snow h i t s Tidewater. 7" of the stuff forces carcel lat ions. etc. So that 212. I c a e b r r t e w/a long-soqbt catc? i n :WA. I'll be i n Dallas on business 3/12-14 & houe t o net UD with ml! . - - - r SCRILLER. And mw a s t h e l a s t &ords of HXIE fade &!m 3 under ?i &e choir 's voice b p s to a a s p e r I Md you f a r e i ~ d l un t i l we meet i n AZGJTA - look away. look away. J if idland. 73. D. HYDER - 3600 Khma~ Avenue - Apt. 412 - Orlando. bT.oRID3 - 32307 ,

STEPHS FRZNCIS - 1620 Lodge Street - Alcoa, TZ::IESS71: - 37701 KuQs to the FCC f o r t h e i r crac:t&:m on Code IDS - t h i s affront to t h e i r

r%\ilations has been ;oing on f a r too long. s p i l i n g the ot3erwise perfect record of corn~liance with experimental period rules observed by all other t e s t i ~ stat ions. thy. just ha in ; how CI Ds must h a ~ p e r the reception of 1-A clears f o r a l l those millions of l i s t e n e r s i n , k i t e ar- eas. I ' m only amazed t h a t a wcoldsdon staffed by such hiiLe3e;able people and ra&o-uise professionals a s Robert 6. Lee u d t e d for a s lon: a s t'eY did to i m s l e ~ e n t t h i s s u e m i n ~ r- form. 2115- ;:IAF-1230 ?la. s tror~d 3 6:Ojam w1S3 & s/on. SI 2119- IPPTX-1280 Va. f a i r 3 6 W/SSB & AM/^ sion. !Dl 22/0- Unn ;v'F'UT-1510 TST poor W/ CIDs (naughty. naughty 1 ) ; f r q u e n t dead a i r courtesy of black preacher on 'AAC even Sl1or:ed a c o u a e of gartial ~ D s . ~5 22/7- ~ J C - 6 7 5 wean.- tbro-h domestics 8 12:50 w/%. Somran I D S & poor-fair si~nal; I(Bu-iMo Kan. toppinn s 3:17 wistate RX during One-ninute break from J e p b . 2/28. :JGG1270 mas. good 6 :31p wilocal spot, I D . a NX. Eleven n e ~ d e s i n February. f i r s t & u b l b & d t month I ' v e manajed since Hw. 317- WJn-1400 Pa. a b ? Q 3am w/rr. w n t e s t p m m 3 L= XX. Unn W~KG1560-T35T not heard d t h e r week. Other TZTs t r i e d f o r , but no trace: I(E:&740. EWW-680. KBZY-1490, ~ m - 6 9 0 , KFO!i-1460 & XmC1 140. V!f from KlJUC-1590 on KZOK l e t te lhead f o r 11/76 report; note a t the tottom sa id they'd just redound my l e t t e r i n a drawer of the ar-CE. I f there a re any other jazz farm o u t there. I t r u s t you're a s delighted a s I d t h YIAM8s new AN show. 73.

JZIlWD R. ;XlTTON - 4106 2nd S t ree t - hesapedte, VIRGIMlt - 23324 I hope t h i s makes it f o r t h e M- deadLine f o r t h e ' a i d South*.

bt too muah DI f o r F e b r w & the f i r s t MN of Kamh, but some goodLes. M?I 2113- a d of w t e s t by k ~ & ~ 1 5 6 0 O. i n fair. 2:OTan. LUG1250 drk. f o r c& l e t t e r & G e son: with m i 1250 Ont. good signal. 2:16. CJRX-710 Ont. W ~ W X off. 11;: 2120- :PUT-1510 N.Y. TST. ofly CIDs heard, with nuch fmm l&AC d s p l a t t e r from W d . I ca l led the s ta t ion & gave C I D times & was told I wCl9 receive a ver le if I sent i n a wrl t ten re-wrt :dth info. I Yd. a d m t h i w yet. I l i s tened f o r IGXd T3ST bat mthing f m n them. I dld ge t I(MIX Tax. tho-.

3x10 W/C/W. Later t h a t M QD 4:3$ I 1oz;ed mR%1090 B.C. EIexico wlc/u 9 p m m f o r record dlbnn. MI-316 was the best IN f o r a - M e . F i r s t . a b u t 1 : 5 5 a , l o x . l o w -.ulted &OD-1580 La. Ibn l t ask &y' I haven't gotten this one before. 2:00, ny third Californian logged. Rim d80 d t h .-d I D . "This i s lQJ9R. S.F.". and WRgD-630 Kass. with call- in t a l k *ow about drugs. 3:35, -560 Tenn. w rrr on top occasloiondlly. hWI-1600 ALa. @ 3 ~ 5 5 . lhese brl- ay l o g btal to 531 and 22 s ta t ions oonfirmed. I ga just t rying to confirm all s t a t e s now; o d y 20 s t a t e r confirmed .dth 36 heard. I ' m keeping my f i w e r s crossed f o r Kim TxjT 3/20. f o r Y d l n g t o n State. 73s. good X to all. from SiC 12. ( s a d . man - amther D(C1 -=l) U U WILCIP.5 - Route 1 - Ibx 476 - J a c k s m e . &aMA - 36265

Since there a r e mmy new Xen I supposean intmduetion i s in order. I a 34 a d have been an N R k r s ince October of 1958. DurLne t h a t time I have logged over 1.700 sta- t b n s .ad have 574 vsrlfications. I hare heard 48 s t a t e s and have 46 verLfied 8 i t looks llka it's :oing to be d l m s t irapossihle to g e t t h e 50 verif ied. I have m t logged a great deal of DX this year. Only t-a verles a r e in . One f x u m vJJlR and t h e o ther fmm I(F9. I mts d t h i n t e r e s t the l a t e s t DX NSiS mention o f t h e f a c t tha t t h e FCC cbesn't l i k e code IDS. U s l l . too bad. ' h a t has emtiled me ta log s m e good s ta t ions recently. l h e :?JAR T E T w u l d m t have been poaslhle without t h e code. It s e m s everyuhere we tu rn there i s something d s e h a p p d n g wNch hur t s t h e opportunity t o l o p new s ta t ions on BCB. I xant ta thank a11 the - hama Iho hare checked i n t o t h e NRC Net t h i s y e a r . I n all. t en o r more have cbne s a t one t i r e o r amther. And i n sp i te of t h e f a c t t h a t interference has of ten been hor r ib le stiU there has been t h e t h r i l l of talking to o ther NRCers about good catches. etc. One o ther i t a a i s I recelved the ner WiMI. I am looklnd forward t o going t h m u a it. F i r s t one I have bought i n 14 years, h i . I s t i l l enjoy IIX N355 every week uhether I have lokged any n w stat ions o r m t . Musirgs continues to be m y favor i te par t and also the nostalgia i s s u e was b p s . I wish we could f i n d more history l i k e tha t . I wla evezyone the best o f m( & I look f o m d t o seeing you i n ATLANTA. 73. (He too, Dan - A?ZANTA & Nusings. h i -=C) D k n SQIE(Ii3T - 42 QIelvpne b a d - Castle H i l l s - New Castle. DEZAIJARE r. 1 m O

Hare's my report f o r the aSolid Southn i s s u e of 1:'usings. To m(x 2/11- Ymm- 1 5 9 9:4810:01p w / m w emergency s tuf f , w/a l o c a l i l i k e sisal here. I believe I missed t h a t i n qy l a s t report; I ' v e h e k t then i n t h e past 2 t h i s i s q y f i r s t r q o r t to t h m . 2120- Dual rsports taken on 1260. :HGC m t e d sri0C. ICZDE w/Contact tele-yaMter show. 1 : 13-1 :27a . t races of w 'C/v also there. 2121- Xith loca l ItILb1 o f f , a nar report was taken on ;m1&1460 3 :53- 1 4:0?pa w/schrnaltz mx. local- l ike siqnal. 1450 netted orily IiFF'GILDL. 3/40 WUEZ-1480 6:1% 6 : 3 ~ w/piam a. ABC SX, then s/off. Xith t h i s one. I sent a f lup f o r my 3/13/E rqort to

, W&U, t h e i r old ca l l s . ,&o never verif ied. Veries a re a t 932 with t h e following: >t.DG-1490. WZX-119~3, f C33-1113 z!day O. nlzh'. S.'s (than!cs. a n ! ) I received a l e t t e r fron :GC3-14?0 S d n g it Wasn't they u h i h I reported hearin; on 2/14, so I'll have to rehash tha t tape and f ind out who i t was. The l e t t e r sentioned tiley =/off a t midnight. I had a nice conversation recently vith Bruce Schil ler , now CE a t !.l~?4S, in rezards to t h e spurs, i t turned out to be caused by a homebrew audio f f l t e r the past CS had b u i l t , causing a 65 ldlz spur. h e f i l t e r has since been taken out of the audio l i n e . "iney a r e also now using a nasr Harris PM XR. Bruce also mentioned he b u s JIil ilOPKIKS, a n e i g h b r of h i s . Here'a something to think on a l e you're Dan: avaY on one of those dull m s : STXI noRsS Qesn' t use Elasses1 That's correct1 He drinks Dr. Pepper r l e h t froa the bttlsl Till next time, 73's.

YOU'VE HEASD IT SAID, "3 >ELL 5 S E AGdIN .* I T LOOKS AS mOEH INDEELI IT HAS DD!:3 33 1

HARRY HQHs , b, J~~ - Fort W , SOUTI C A ~ ~ N A - 29715 I had to send in a f o r the qecral wmxiea i s m e . a t h o e I honestly

have rnthiq to re,rt. Abut the orily X B m n e l a t e l y has been t u n i x f o r t h e t~ - 0 ~ - l ~ n pirates. I heard fzsm t h a i n about a mpnth and have no idea of *ether thw eo t busted decided to la9 low f o r a while. cbn't some of you marsa types wander around the 11214 Zip code area, near 77th Street . w/a TIP &en they're next on - *at you can findl I to upgrade to Advanced i n J a n u a r ~ and have enjoyed c h e c k i ~ in to the NX net and meeting Ross, Dan. Bit, Marc, Tom. amow others. I hare t a t a t i r e plans to try for the w r a cone J u l y . S?eaLlq to no one i n particrilar. I ' d l l k e to sea am. D r e caution on the part of those uho d l a h new logeings thanks % t h e ~ ~ U Q C Y check Ust. J u t because pou hear a tone &en a f j 0 i s sked &esnl t mean you heyd the s t a t i o n - G E I m S E On other subjects, huu mmY of you requested a c q of &eke% t21313. d d l w

~ t u t r o t U e you rear& f o r 15 U z d d e d ;ud ~ m d t h s ? It nap well a r e Lf a st- really aatches on - and :oodbye to rrut spliLchaImd DXl Tes, kaliE I rp. the one uho m t e the a r t i d l e f o r IELagltarg B e c b r b c s . I'll hare fbm artid0 in Ule 1978 C o d c a t i o n s Handbook, but m n e &aUw dth 9CB DI. St.rtl= dtb the JI. 18- X U hare a m r e o r l e s s regular thing i n t h e new nag lbdern R e r d e s deallge dtb T r t l o U IHlw topics. and 111 t r g to D v e r t h e BCB fmn time b b. B e d of DX to dl a d t h e b d m e Gang i s &llg a soper job1 73t (I'll drink b that , E-l -S)(LILot ~dgo BaL HUTCKI890N - 2412 n s b a d - Btilti.ore. Y%l&LXID - 2 1 m

m e r e has m t b e g much tias f o r RX here this seawn. Isre brr, tpldng ont inu lag education irpn the Uatw & A s b u q ~ D - Z for a h a -dl0 UC- m e l o u r a t e of verles on BCB has kindled an interest i n h m radb tha t h a s bem b-t ior 20 yean. Sme DI here, 211- 3XZO-1380 s/off l. 6:JOp. b s n 2/5. UaS-1380 5:55p. 216- CmJ-960 B 2am. b good o l d Wl'1bl90 o 2330-. 2 / 8 UA~U m t d In oam wq. ht I did m t record t h e t h e . 0 they stXU use the of Fir& rhqot ( m a t ' L m t r dogan per se, Bill - tha t ' s t h e na%e of the cfiurcfr -tion rtrieh ovns tha & IFOF -BC) WWd-1380 ;ood o 6:30pn 3 r&dCSG1390 i n 9 7. 3/11- hr#1440 6;- and -9L-590 O 7 ~ 3 0 . 49 UStR1350 B &a. 3. JPabo secmr to have 1-3 t h e E- u I'm m t h d t h r lateily. 'XXV-$O i s a r e z U a r s t m w daytlne dpal here over the waters of OI-& 3U & I l i s t e n to tha regul&y. I W e d for t r o m n t h s to separate ViU-1370 im d iiniUp gave up and ver i f ied WSal b o d luck1

JACK PA= - 909 J e f f e r s ~ n S t ree t - Hldlet. CAW= - 2 W 5 Although I f i r s t began l is tsrdn: to radio a b u t 1 9 1 I only learned about d

wried IIRC i n July. 1975. I u i l l s w n be 52 and have besl m e d t o lag d f a . 0;0. f o r o m 27 years. job i s Stockman wi* t h e S e a b v d Coast Lins Bailmad, *era I hare wrked f o r more than 33 years. &en 1 f i r s t began l is tenia; . there vere m 8 t a t b n s i n t h e l o c a l area ood very fev &oh wad be r e c e l v d d u r i w t h e Qytime. but c r l t i c a l how d at night reception was vsrg good. A t t h e present time t h e m is m prlnorg s.rrloe at ldght in the lnme3late area and rece&on is t a r r i U e , d t h interfersnce h u t 9L$ of t h e tire o n tb* rnc;Learw channas. A t t h e 1979 Y W t h e U.S. ; m p s e s t o request the adtiltion o f 115190. 530, and 1610-1800 iblz t o the 1PI BCB, rhich could be vex7 h e l p f a in reUering aoac of t h e &sting congesYon. 1s d g h t be expected. s n e bmadcastsrs a r e opposed to t M s .rpulsion but more competition i s o o a d ~ i n t h e fom of nes skatloru and iocreasas:. in po-m .3d& ing stations, &ether o r m t t h e band i s ex?&ed. ( I -.re W s i s your first mq. Jwk. so wdoome ta t h e crovd h we bope p ~ u ' l l appear frsq@muJ h m l -=)

- !! 0 T H B-A-I-L- -H-3-!l-O-X-I-E_S_ CfIApT6R L&. - FRANK :.EiE%W &-&z k H 3 OLILPHS raters and RUIO PiUGUS.

I was readlnz Pnt 's Eostalgia. Tne Comeation h e mentionad i n Zr%e years was W s t i n my backyard. a s I l i v e d only four hlocls fron uhere'the Convantion uas h a d ,

but 1 didn't go. m e s s I uas too bazhful (m u l f e rbesn't believe I n s bafiful) . I used to tn mrdon's once i n a while and h a p a l i t t l e d t h the m e t i n s . 1 a= -t to x ~ n a r l s *" - 7-- -

fm house uhere he had a 1.000' a n t k a . Ye *spent a l l ?~lgbt ~IYIUZ to g e t )ustrJia, but erne uil with EU. Hawaii. Another time I went d t h Xagner .ad other DIers to 8 ilP( mwtim -7- . - i n Cleveland. I thoet t h a t I was t h e o w o l d time IPer a d HRC mmbcr ldt ia m e (we have t w nev members) but I c d l e d Pelcbtner (an o l d t i a e r i n t h e 40's). He was glad to hear from me. He hasn' t DXd f o r y d r s . Max millng died sward years =, and of oJurse, ~ a l ;iagner b Carroll Seth ware U e d i n t h a t accident on t h d r way to t b e Ind iaugol - i s Convention. H a m Go+n died a few years back. Other area X c r s . Pat F~elllg and Orant B a t a n have both passed away. Three m r e years and I'll h a r m that i s f l Y m l a s t Pt c a b e r , and I'll have 50 years of BCB DXIw put i n . One of t h e o l d radio p m p r a s heard i n the 016 days was %an and Henry' fmm e i ther 5GN o r 123AQ. uho l a t e r becme "Ams In' Andy.* Ot\ers were the 3 i q w t Club Xskimes, t \ e SealY Xir -;lavers, Tompldns k r n e r s . Sundap Evenirg at ~ 8 t h Parker's, The Green Hornet, The 9la&u, Jack m s t m n g . Ua Perkins, Nbber McGee. and others. NST m E FIIANK ;BwLFX CD:ITIIILTliS WlTH 9)NE &UU.Y CAmS OF HIS.

your Eator can add a few o ld ra&o programs to those. l i k e Jones 8 Qllie Hpn. uho were pmbably the f i r s t radio comedy team. heard amund 1930. m e r e was t h e f ~ u s YE ( la te r ABC) Breakfast Club w i t h Lbn N C B e l l , six morrdqs a week o u t of Chica:o, a p m g r a which to run f o r a b u t 40 years o r morel I believe i t was the absolute l a s t of the n e t work entertainr,ent shows to close, havinz dDne so Only about four years azo. a t h e r of the wdl-jamun d g t i n e s e r i a l s was -The Romance of S d e n Trenta, f e a t u r l ~ J u l i e Stevens. rho to- d v is l i v i n z i n r e t i r e ~ e n t on Cape Cod, but who cbes a oncha-week t a l k show with another New York radio re t i ree , Ted Bdl, on loca l W%C-1170, Orleans, every l b u r s b y mornilp. h t a lk principally a b u t shows being performed on Cape Cod and i n Boston. both m a t e m and' pmfesdonal . Rou a b u t the once-a-::eek ni;httine se r ia l froa Sari Francisco. One KanlsJj)-