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^Volume 4-7, Number 10 F r i d a y , December 28, 1 9 7 ^

AS 1979 ENDS.... T h i s i s the l a s t DX News of the decade. I t has been a p e r i o d of change and of growth f o r NRC. As the 80's begin, we f e e l a need t o pause to look back and t o look ahead. Over the l a s t t e n y e a r s we've gained n e a r l y 3 0 0 members. The work has a l s o grown. The one f a c e t of NRC which makes i t s tand out i s the w i l l i n g n e s s of many v o l u n t e e r s to e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y g i v e of t h e i r time f o r the b e n e f i t of a l l . I n the l a s t decade v a r i o u s i n d i v i d u a l s have s e r v e d NRC and t h e i r e f f o r t s have enhanced the s t a b i l i t y of t h i s f i n e c l u b . I t was not a l l t h a t long ago t h a t the annual budget was under $ 2 0 0 0 and j u s t a v e r y few members could run NRC. Today the budget i s over $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 and, of n e c e s s i t y , the work must be shared by many v o l u n t e e r s . We i n L o u i s v i l l e would l i k e to use t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to p u b l i c l y thank those who do the work. Some of these members work q u i e t l y every day and w i t h o u t much r e c o g n i t i o n . A t i p of the hat to: Ray Arruda - DDXD E d i t o r Don E r i c k s o n - DDXA E d i t o r John D. Bowker - AM S w i t c h E d i t o r Joe F e l a - Frequency Check L i s t Wes Boyd - P a t t e r n Book B i l l Hale - GYA E d i t o r John C a l l a r m a n - NRC Log Wayne Heinen - V e r i Game E d i t o r Ken C h a t t e r t o n - B o o k l e t P u b l i c a t i o n s Chuck Hutton - IDXD E d i t o r , R e p r i n t s John Clements - Q&A E d i t o r K a r l J e t e r - R e p r i n t s Manager E r n i e Cooper - Musings E d i t o r John Kromka - Contest E d i t o r C a r l D a b e l s t e i n - NRC BOD Norm Maguire - IDXA E d i t o r , Awards Frank D a i l e y - P u b l i c a t i o n s O f f i c e r Ron Musco - Membership O f f i c e r Russ Edmunds - DXChange E d i t o r , Dan Myers - F l a s h A l e r t S e r v i c e

P u b l i c a t i o n s Updating N e i l Zank - CPC Chairman T h i s l i s t i s h a r d l y a l l i n c l u s i v e . F o r example s p e c i a l t h anks should be g i v e n t o J e r r y S t a r r , our p a s t CPC Chairman and t o Lou and Ann B u e h l e r , whose t i r e l e s s e f f o r t s made the S t . L o u i s Convention a g r e a t s u c c e s s . As f o r the f u t u r e , we here i n L o u i s v i l l e f e e l c o n f i d e n t t h a t the same s p i r i t of c a r i n g w i l l c o ntinue. P u b l i s h i n g d u t i e s w i l l someday be passed on to y e t another group. New e d i t o r s w i l l come fo r w a r d . NRC w i l l continue i n good hands. Our hobby w i l l continue t o change as technology and i n t e r n a t i o n a l agreements have t h e i r e f f e c t . I t w i l l be a c h a l l a n g e to us a l l — a n e x c i t i n g c h a l l e n g e . As we look forward to a new y e a r , a new decade and NRC's 5 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y i n September, 1 9 8 3 , we i n L o u i s v i l l e extend our b e s t w i s h e s to a l l .

Happy New Year STATIC FROM HQ i s found on page 14. CPC TESTS and THEY JOINED are on page 2 2 .

LOOK INSIDE Domestic DX D i g e s t 2 Book Review: The World i n My E a r s 9 I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX D i g e s t 10 I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Achievements 14 C o n t e s t s 1 5 FCC News Re l e a s e : 9 kHz Channel Spacing 16 DXing L a t i n America & the Caribbean 18 I F & RF Alignment of the Panasonic R F - 2 2 0 0 2 3 DXing 5 0 S t a t e s from Michigan 2 5 Musings of the Members 28

T H E W O R L D ' S O L D E S T A N D L A R G E S T A L L M E D I U M - W A V E D X C L U B

DOMESTIC DX DIGEST

RAY ARRUDA 1*7 BURT STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. 02743 (617) 9 9 8 - 3 9 5 8

A few reminders: Deadlines a r e S a t u r d a y s and use ELT. P l e a s e t r y to i n c l u d e time and date w i t h each item. T h i s i s something t h a t a l o t a*" us f o r g e t from time to time, myself i n c l u d e d . Use one s i d e of o a r e r o n l y . Once a g a i n we have a le n g t h y l i s t of Sunset l o g g i n g s .

DX TESTS KSRA - Heard sweep tones o n l y . (JDB-OH) VfVLC - Heard by AR-PQ, JDB-OH, RA-MA. Not heard by KO-IL. CJVB - Not heard by GL-MN, KO-IL, LVH-TN. KEGG - Heard by ERS-NJ, RA-MA one hour l a t e r than l i s t e d m DXN e 0400.

FREQUENCY CHECKS

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WCPM-1280 w/TT, phonetic I D s . KBIX-1490 w/TT. SID (LVH-TN) WYHI - 1 5 7 0 w/DT, VID 0 1 1 5 - 0 1 1 7 KCJB - 9 1 0 w/TT (JF-ON) KILE-1400 loud w/TT/lD 0124-0130 W0ND-1400 not heard (DY-MI) WJDY-1470 w/TT per l i s t (DY-MI) WCBG-1590 w/TT per l i s t (DY-MI) WCHE-1520 w/TT (JF-ON)

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WSMlIl540 heard 2 months i n a row 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 1 5 . must be r / c . (NZ-NE)

WASHINGTON - 11/28 1 9 5 5 T I S w/Harbor P o l i c e i n f o , noted on a i r 11 / 2 8 & 11/29 then o f f ever s i n c e , x l n t r e c e p t i o n time. (WPT-DC) CARLSBAD - 11/29 1857 f a i r w / s / o f f , t h i s makes t h e i r sked 0800-LSS, put t h i s i n your l o g s . ( R K - I L ) LAKE PLACID - 11 / 2 6 2330 on ET o/u CKCY probably g e t t i n g s e t t o go f u l l t i m e f o r Olympics. (DA-NY) HYDE PARK - l l / l 6 0 8 5 0 u s i n g new c a l l , EX-WHPN w/"3WI" I D s , t e l e - t a l k format. (GM-NY) . . . „ . „ CORPUS CHRISTI - 12/3 0 1 1 5-0118 w/TC/ID/C&W mx " r o u t i n e XR t e s t of main XR." (LVH-TN) B E L 0 I T - a new s t a t i o n on the a i r , f i r s t noted on af t e r n o o n of 11/24 & d a i l y s i n c e . Addr: E. Highway 24, B e i o i t . KS. (NZ-NE) BABYLON - i s now a l l O l d i e s w/"l4 Gold" I D s . (GM-NY) BEACH GROVE - CP i s on, 12/1 0020 good w/REL... t h e r e goes 1 5 9 O , w/WAKR E a s t & them South. ( R K - I L ) CHICAGO - w / r e p e t i t i o u s tape on w i n t e r d r i v i n g s a f e t y Time? Date? ( D Y - I L )

- T I S w/winter d r i v i n g p r e c a u t i o n s , l o c a t i o n unknown. (JDB-OH) See above. (RA)

- Beacon, l o c a t i o n unknown. (JDB-OH) No time & date on these l a s t t h r e e i t e m s . (RA-MA)

. l l / 6 0 0 2 8 fadey w / t a l k & r r mx, " P i r a t e Radio New England." (GM-NY)

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FT. DODGE - 11/14 1724 f a i r w/ads, WKRC s p l a t t e r , faded before s / o f f . (LG-KY) 11/24 1 7 3 6 good fe LSS w / l o c a l ads. ( D Y - I L ) CANONSBURG - 11 / 2 8 1644 good s / o f f w/SSB. (DA-NY) RICHLANDS - 11/27 1 7 1 5 x l " t * s / o f f w/SSB. (DA-NY) GRAND FALLS - 11/28 1 7 3 0 o/u CBEF, 6 t h domestic on 540 t h i s evel (DA-NY) HARRISONBURG - 11/28 1 7 0 0 good to power change, then CINCINNATI - 11/27 1 7 0 6 o/WGR before C i n c i n n a t i oS.

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FR0ST3URG - I I / 2 8 1650 x l n t w / l o c a l nx. (DA-NY) BECKLEY - 1 1 / 2 ? 1706 b r i e f l y o/mess w/SID, 1 s t time e SSS. (DA-NY) MIAMI - 11/16 2 3 5 0 good, 1 s t time t h i s F a l l . (DA-NY) CHICAGO - 11/ 1 9 2 3 3 5 good s i g n a l , almost a pest here. (DA) BEAUMONT - 1 1 / 1 3 1 9 0 1 weak w/IDs i n WJLS QRM. (LG-KY) COLUMBIA - 1 2/1 2 2 1 0 good i n WJLS QRM, s t r o n g « 2 2 1 3 - (LG) HOT SPRINGS - 11 / 2 1 found a n u l l on nearby WOW & 1 9 3 0 - 2 0 1 5 heard t h i s w/C&W mx, P a u l Harvey, A i Net Nx, s / o f f 6 2 0 1 5 . (NZ-NE) CEDAR RAPIDS - 11/24 2 3 5 0 f a i r / g o o d mixing w/WVLK/Cuban, gone «> 2 3 5 7 - (LG-KY) MILWAUKEE - 11/16 1702 w/nx, wx, ID & Stock Mikt. Nx. (LVH) ST. PETERSBURG - 11/16 1709 w/stock market nx, wx, then C&W mx. (LVH-TN) WICHITA FALLS - l l / l 9 2206 - 2 2 3 4 f a i r w/Mon. N i t e FB, l o c a l s p o t s . (MW-IL) JACKSON - 11 / 1 3 1 8 1 2 x l n t w/many s p o t s , I D s , a r e a ments, faded 1 8 3 0 . (LG-KY) ST. JOHN'S - 12/3 2012 good o/Guadeloupe w / l r i s h & FFC t r a d i t i o n a l i n s t r u m e n t a l mx. (MC-MA) PASADENA - 12/5 1 8 2 5-1830 t h i s 2 5 0 w a t t e r a s u r p r i s e i n WSM n u l l long e n u f f to hear s p o r t s , YL w/spot, some t a l k by male anncr, then " T h i s i s KIKK Pasadena." ( K O - I L ) NEW ORLEANS - 11 / 3 0 1821-1829 v e r y s t r o n g w/ads, ments of S a i n t s FB team, T40 mx, no CBF. (LG-KY) V I L L E MARIE - 1 2 / l 2244 atop WOR w/Supertramp r e c o r d , then man i n F F . (MC-MA) CHICOPEE - 12/8 1 1 5 5 v e r y good w / l r i s h program to 1400. (PR-MA) ALBUQUERQUE - l l / l 6 1 9 2 7 not new but not many times heard due to WA3C 4 o t h e r s , noted w/contest promo, wx, I D , TC then B a r r y Manilow. (LVH-TN) 12/5 only 2 n d time heard f a i r / g o o d o/WABC 1831-1840 w/spots, t r a f f i c r e p o r t s , music by Frank S i n a t r a . ( K O - I L ) MIAMI - 11/24 1717-1730 f i n a l l y bagged w/nx, f e a t u r e s , female anncr, gone 6 p a t t e r n s w i t c h , rough here due to same d i r e c t i o n "as WTAR. (DS-DE) MOBILE - l l / l 6 1 7 5 5 w/TC, I D , P a u l Harvey, l o c a l ad then s / o f f i n WHAS n u l l . (LVH-TN) NACOGDOCHES - 12/5 1815 noted w / l o o a l nx, s p o t s , Houston nx, Cowboys FB promo, more nx, s p o r t s , wx, weak s / o f f o/2 other s t n s . ( K O - I L ) SAN ANTONIO - 1 2 / 5 L4C 1815-1820 w/T40 way o/CJBC, b e a u t i f u l SW opening. ( K O - I L ) 11/22 1 7 5 5 presumed t h i s w/Dallas-Houston FB game, not CBS feed as WBBM spur on same frequency, no CJBC. ( D Y - I L ) DOUGLAS - 11/13 2114-2137 v e r y good o/CJBC, many spots/ID.(MW) HENDERSON - n / 2 5 1414-1433 good w/Cards-Bengal game, l o c a l s p o t s . (IkW-IL) BRUNSWICK - 12/2 1 4 3 8 loud w/Volvo spot, "someplace s p e c i a l , WKXA." (DR-CT) MIDDLETOWN - 11/16 2 3 5 9 t e n t a t i v e u/WGBI 4 ot h e r s w/ID 4 s / o f f 0000, l o g sez NSP, n i c e i f I had em fe 100WI(DA-NY WOODSTOCK - 12/3 1 9 1 0 f a i r w/WJAR, r r mx, CJ-92 I D s , wx, Woodstock ments. (DR-CT) BURLINGTON - H / 2 8 1715 way atop WTTM w/rr 4 q u i c k s / o f f , no SSB. (DS-DE) WHITESBURG - 1 7 1 5 11/28 r i g h t a f t e r WBBB w / c a l l , l o c a t i o n 4 o f f , weak. (DS-DE) ESPANOLA - 1 2 / l 1 7 2 5 s t r o n g w/C4W mx, ID m i x i n g w/CFBC, no s i g n of p e s t WBEN. (HJH-PA)

12/4 2120 CBC o u t l e t // CBM-940 w / t r a d i t i o n a l mx, i n c l u d i n g A l a n S t i v e l l Concert i n D u b l i n , u/^BEN. (MC-MA) JACKSON - 12/5 1755 w/wx, nx 6 55. good w/ads, t r a f f i c r e n o r t , YL doing nx. ( K O - I L ) GADSDEN - l l / 2 1 1720 - 1 7 2 5 s t r o n g i n WBEN n u l l w/WEOL w/C4W mx 4 " 3 i g Y" I D s . 11 / 2 5 1 6 5 5 - 1 7 1 6 s t r o n g w/spots, C4W mx " Y - 9 3 " ments. (MW-IL) MACON - 11/19 2 1 3 0-2144 f a i r w/Faloon FB ( R e g i o n a l N e t ) . (MW) NEW ORLEANS - 1 2 / 5 1 s t time w/lD fe 1748 a f t e r WCPC p a t t e r n change, then ads, nx fe : 5 0 . ( K O - I L )

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SOMMERVILLE - 1 1/21 1707 weak i n WWJ n u l l w/MKAZ w/super-market spot, s t a t e & l o c a l nx. (JF-ON) OELWEIN - 1 1 / 2 6 1 7 3 0 - 1 7 3 7 s t r o n g o/WWJ w/spot f o r Olney Drug, then l o c a l nx. ( J F - O N ) SHEBOYGAN - 11/26 1653-1700 f a i r i n p a r t i a l WWJ n u l l w/PSA, i n t o Outdoor Program w/Bob Hayes. (JF-ON) FORREST CITY - 11/30 1758 f a i r 6 s / o f f , no s i g n of WSPA w/many F o r r e s t C i t y ments. (LG-KY) POTOMAC-CABIN JOHN - 1 2 / l i n b r i e f l y 1642 w/anncr mention­i n g s / o f f would be fe 1645. (HJH-PA) RICHMOND - 12 / 1 o v e r t a k i n g WCTN 6 1644 w/C&W f o l k mx, "The B i g X" ID f o l l o w e d by wx. (HJH-PA) ATHENS - 1 1/21 1640-1646 i n WWJ n u l l w/contest o f f e r , then T40 mx. (JF-ON) HAMILTON - 1 1 / 1 7 1 7 2 7 w/wx, ID/TC, l o c a l promo, APR Nx. (LVH) VIDALIA - n / 2 1 1 6 5 6 caught weak ID i n mess. (JF-ON)

_ 1 2 / 1 1647 - 1 6 5 8 B l a c k Soul Disco type s t a t i o n v e r y s t r o n g u n t i l faded 6 I 6 5 8 , Anncr's name C. J . Worth-in g t o n , ment. of Mary H i l l , spot f o r Disco 17 on Hwy 17, long l i s t of "Good Nights" s t a r t e d fe 1 6 5 3 up to fade out.(HJH) FREDERICTON - 1 2 / 3 1 7 5 5-1800 good w/CBC ogm. "As I t Happens" WWDJ took over a f t e r 1800. (MC-MA) ISHPEMING - 12/ 6 noted § 1700 s / o f f w/2 o t h e r s on c a r r a d i o on way home from work, MI # 5 3 . ( K O - I L ) HICKORY - 1 1 / 2 5 1702 s t r o n g b r i e f l y o/mess w/wx. ( J F - O N )

- 12/ 5 1 7 5 7 w/Dave Rogers tune, almost equal to WCFL, p a t t e r n change 6 1800 before I D , p o s s i b l y KLRA or WMOX? (K O — I L ) CASPER - 1 1 / 2 2 1815 w/SID way o/WBZ. ( D Y - I L ) WINNIPEG - 11/25 2 3 5 9 " I c i Radio Canada" ID i n F F good f o r j u s t a moment per Mark S t r i c k e r t t i p . ( D Y - M I ) SCOTTSBORO - 1 1 / 3 0 1726 s t r o n g w/Shop-Rite S t o r e spot TC, I D , wx. (SEM-TN) NEW YORK - 11/27 2250 w/ad, then D o l l y P a r ton LP. (EM-FL) TORONTO - l l / 2 7 2256 weak i n XEG n u l l w/WHN w/Rod Ste w a r t song, 1 s t time noted. (EM-FL) OAKLAND - 1 2 / l 1700 popped up w/ID then s / o f f , may have been ru n n i n g C&W mx, female anncr, kept g i v i n g temp, re a d i n g s "on the mtn. top." (DS-DE) CONWAY - 12 / 1 1713 s / o f f i n c l e a r , C&W i n s t r u m e n t a l mx. (DS) 12/1 1713 s / o f f w/mx f a i r / p o o r u/*RN. (DR-CT) DECATUR - l l / 2 9 1647-1700 f a i r w/CHUM p a r t i a l l y n u l l e d w/WKAU/CFYN w/spots f o r s t o r e s i n S p r i n g f i e l d , T40 mx. (JF-ON) KAUKAUNA - 1 1 / 2 9 1640-1648 o/u CHUM w/MDZ/CFYN w/T40 mx & s e v e r a l spots f o r s t o r e s i n Appleton. (JF-ON) TALLAPOOSA - H / 2 6 1740-1745 f a i r i n KYW n u l l w/WNOE w/GOS mx to d e t a i l e d s / o f f w/SSB. (JF-ON) TALLAHASSEE - l l / 2 4 w/FB game. (EM-FL) (GM-NY) PITTSBURGH - l l / l 5 1649 u / l o c a l WTIC w/contest promo, ID. LOUISVILLE - 11/18 1722 s t r o n g i n WTIC n u l l w/T40 mx, I D s , EX-WKLO. (JF-ON) ( J F - O N ) LENOIR - 11/25 1652 f a i r i n WTIC n u l l , heard e v e r y day s i n c e . LANGDON - 1 1 / 3 0 1759i f a i r u/KKLD w / s / o f f . ( R K - I L )

n / 1 3 2 3 4 5 T40 format w/Casey Casern promo f o r A i r F o r c e , looping NW/SE i n KAAY n u l l & fade, WWWE s p l a t t e r , KBOZ or KING? (LVH-TN) WATERLOO - 1 1 / 2 6 1745 weak u/CKKW w/KAAY fe s / o f f w/ments. of Northwestern U. ( J F - O N ) OMAHA - 11/16 2 3 4 5 u/WBT w/ID. (DA-NY) ST. JOHN - 1 1 / 2 6 x l n t 6 2200, much s t r o n g e r than 50KW ND CBA - 1 0 7 0 t o n i g h t l (DA-NY) 12 / 3 2038 o/u WBT w / l r i s h f i d d l i n g , // 1 0 7 0 CBA. (MC-MA) D E T R O I T - 1 1 / 2 6 EX-WCAR w/ID. (DA-NY) 12/12 1610-1620 u/VNEW W / I D S , C&W mx, spots f o r Bank, Dodge Dealer & The B e l l System. (RA-MA) MINNEAPOLIS - 1 1 / 2 8 1 6 0 5-1611 poor, v e r y r a r e here w/nx, s p o r t s , wx, C&W mx. (MW-IL) FAYETTEVILLE - 1 1 / 2 6 1745 x l n t , no WRVA, TN & A L nx, wx. (DA) SIOUX FALLS - 1 1 / 2 6 1 7 5 7 t e n t a t i v e w/snow & c o l d wx r e p o r t s u r f a c i n g above p i l e b r i e f l y . (DA-NY) SYDNEY - 12 / 3 1 9 4 7 assumed here u/WKVA w / C e l t i c f i d d l i n g & bagpipes // 1070. (MC-MA)

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1 1 5 0 KSAL KS SALINA - 11/3 1848 i n the c l e a r w/great s i g n a l , not heard s i n c e . ( L G - K Y ) DAYTONA BEACH - 11/14 2 3 5 9 f a i r w / I D & CBS Nx. ( D A - N Y ) TUSCALOOSA - 11/ 1 7 1 7 4 3 w/Alabama U. F o o t b a l l s t a t i o n I D , then back to game. (LVH-TN) SALT LAKE CITY - l l / l O 2 3 4 0 f a i r , i n f r e q u e n t l y heard a l l F a l l . (DA-NY) 1 2/3 1 9 4 8 w/Pop mx r e c o r d , then "5>48, KSL time." (MC-MA) CHICAGO - 11/ 1 6 0 9 0 5-1240* not bad f o r daytime w/C&W, ABC Nx, I D s . (GM-NY) TULSA - 11/14 poor fe 1 7 3 5 w/VfWVA, ID b a r e l y a u d i b l e & j u s t before p a t t e r n s w i t c h . ( L G - K Y ) DALLAS - 11 / 2 2 1 7 5 1 good o/WOWO w/ads. ( D Y - I L ) CENTRALIA - I I / 2 6 1 7 1 8 good u/WCAU w/2 I D s . ( D A - N Y ) WHITEVILLE - l l / l 5 1 7 1 6 s / o f f atop w / 9 9 . 1 FM ments. (GM-NY) SHREVEPORT - l l / l ? 1 8 0 9 w / l o c a l ads, r a c i n g r e s u l t s . N a u t i l u s promo, then BFL mx. (LVH-TN) MIDLAND - 11/24 1 7 1 6 s t r o n g & almost alone ending s p o r t s & wx, i n t o r r . (HJH-PA) BURLINGTON - l l / 3 0 wx, a r e a ments, then Pop mx. (DR-CT) Time? WARE - 11/28 1 7 0 0 atop a f t e r WEEL s / o f f w / j x / l D then nx, doesn't show up o f t e n . (DS-DE) FT. PAYNE - 12/5 1650 f a i r w/WEDC s l o p w/ID . ( R K - I L ) DICKSON - 11/14 1745 good u/WWDC s / o f f w/no S S B . ( D A - N Y ) NEWARK - 1 2 / l 1630 noted r u n n i n g ND w/lKW, r r . U s u a l l y eeual w/WBUD here even tho only 10 mi. away. (DS-DE) NEWPORT - 11/14 1748 good, f r e q u e n t l y heard « S S S . ( D A - N Y ) FT. WORTH - 11/4 2018 good o/VVtL b r i e f l y , then gone. ( L G - K Y ) JACKSONVILLE - 11/22 1730 weak w / f u l l s / o f f . (EM-FL) COLONIAL HEIGHTS-PETERSBURG - 1 1 / 2 9 1640 f a i r / p o o r w / l o c a l ads, C&W mx, a r e a ments. (DR-CT) ALTOONA - 11 / 3 0 1 6 5 3 weak but c l e a r u/KDMS w/wx, I D . (SEM-TN) OAK RIDGE - 1 2 / 5 2108 wx, I D , then s / o f f , n i c e s i g n a l f o r 5 0 0 W . (LVH-TN) LEXINGTON - l l / 2 1720 f a i r s u r f a c i n g b r i e f l y d u r i n g s p o t s , then q u i c k f a d e . (MW-IL) WINFIELD - 11 / 2 6 1740 good o/WTKC w/spots, s / o f f . (LG-KY) MARION - 11/28 1 7 4 5 s t r o n g 6 s / o f f w/SSB. (SEM-TN) INDIANAPOLIS - 11/28 2000 good u/WDXI W/ID, nx. (SEM-TN) GREELEY - 11/29 1836J f a i r / g o o d w/spot. ( R K - I L )

- l l / l k 1800 s / o f f w/SSB, no I D s , (DA-NY) GETTYSBURG - 11/14 1800 good w/ID o/VlKAP & o t h e r s . (DA-NY) WALNUT RIDGE - l l / l 4 1801 good o/u mess w / s / o f f & no SSB, AR #3, best SSS t h i s season. (DA-NY) 11 / 2 5 1 7 4 9 good w/community & church anncmts. (MW-IL) RANDOLPH - 12/1 1612 good w/ID by DJ who a l s o h i n t e d of upcoming s / o f f . (DR-CT) CORBIN - 11/2 1 6 5 0 - 1 7 0 0 good w/spots, promos, PSA's. (MW-IL) WATERLOO - 11 / 2 6 1 7 5 6 - 1 7 5 8 s t r o n g w/KWWL S p o r t s . (JF-ON) SYLACAUGA - I 1 / 2 9 f a i r / g o o d 6 1 9 0 0 w/ID then spot g i v i n g names of sponsors of Alabama BKB on WFEB. (SEM-TN) PITTSFI E L D - l l / 3 0 2 3 0 5 f a i r / p o o r w/ID, l o c a l nx & wx. (DR-CT) ST. JOHNSBURY - 12/1 1 6 0 5 good w/end of CBS Nx, ID as "The a l l new sound of S t . Johnsbury, WSTJ." (DR-CT) I s t h i s EX-WTWN? (RA) PEORIA - 11/4 2 0 2 6 f a i r w/ads i n WSLR s l o p . (LG-KY) AKRON - l l / 2 2 1 7 4 5 i n b r i e f l y w/C&W mx, I D . (EM-FL) CORNING - 1 2 / 2 1 5 3 9 - 1 6 0 0 loud i n WINY n u l l W/AT-40 Show, break f o r ID, Net Nx. (DR-CT) OSHAWA - 12/2 1 6 0 5 loud w/wx, I D . (DR-CT) CINCINNATI - 11 / 2 8 1 7 2 1 noted w/Dodds J e w e l e r s s p o t , r a r e 6 t h i s hour anymore. (DS-DE)

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ROARING SPRINGS - l l / l l 1900 t e n t a t i v e w/t>artial ID on hr . but they should be o f f by 1900...??? (DA-NY) CHATTANOOGA - 1 1 / 2 3 1 7 0 0 - 1 7 1 5 s t r o n g , alone w/CBS Nx, wx, s p o r t s . (JF-ON) (DS-DE) FREDERICK - 11 / 2 7 1 6 5 1 "Z-104" ( t h a t ' s t h e i r FM) I D s , r r . DODGE CITY - I 2 / 5 2 0 5 2 w/ID, mx', sounds more l i k e Rock than MoR/C&W, format change here? (LVH-TN) NEW BERN - 11 / 2 9 s / o f f 6 1 7 0 0 . (HJH-PA) 3AT0N ROUGE - 11 / 3 0 1 ? 5 2 f a i r w / t a l k , I D s . (LG-KY) MUSKOGEE - 12/ 5 1 8 3 5 w / l o c a l spot, I D , then faded. (LVH-TN) LAWTON - 12 / 5 1934 thought I heard t h i s s e v e r a l times 1 8 3 5 - 1 9 3 4 , f i n a l l y n a i l e d o/KKUS w/ONN Net Nx, ID, Xmas s p o t s . (LVH-TN) LEAVENWORTH - l l / l 1 7 5 9 good 6 s / o f f , WKCT QRM. (LG-KY) LACROSSE - 1 2 / 5 1 8 0 0 ID noted way u/WING. (LVH-TN) (LVH) MOBILE - 1 2 / 5 1 8 0 5 w/promo f o r S p r i n g f i e l d M a l l , C&W mx, ID. WARRSNTON - 11/28 1 6 3 6 w/ID, spot f o r Chevy D e a l e r . (DA-NY) GLOUCESTER - 11 / 2 9 1 6 5 0 good 6 s / o f f w/ISSB. (DR-CT) TORONTO - 11 / 1 3 1 8 2 8 g r e a t o/WIRE w/Pop mx, I D s . (LG-KY) PANAMA CITY - 12/5 1 7 3 5 w/Ae Nx, 3WQ ID, wx then hock. (LVH-TN) ELIZABETHTOWN - 1 1 / 2 7 1 7 0 5 weak ending nx w/3 d i f f e r e n t spon­s o r s , then gone. (DS-DE) QUINCY - 12 / 5 1730 w/nx, ID, l o c a l ads. (LVH-TN) FARRELL - l l / 2 0 1713 oddly atop WSAN w/T40 mx. (DS-DE) POINTE CLAIRE - 12/3 1737 dominant o/heavy Monaco-1467 h e t , nx, CKO ID. (MC-MA) CHARLOTTE - 11 / 2 0 2 3 0 5 weak w/GOS mx. (EM-FL) (11M-FL) ARCADIA - 11/24 1700 good w / l o c a l programming i n WVCL n u l l . CAIRO - 11/28 2 3 4 5 v e r y good f o r a few mins. w/TC/lD "KRO Nx." (SEM-TN) PAWHUSKA - 11/3 1830 weak fe s / o f f , c a l l unreadable, d i d not sound l i k e KOKN as per l o g . (LG-KY)

- 11/25 u/VfKBW w/Christmas i n s t r u m e n t a l mx fe 1 7 2 5 , s / o f f e 1730, c a l l on tape sounds l i k e WQEV. (HJH-PA) CHARLOTTE - 11 / 2 5 1 7 1 5 w/C&W mx "CC -15" s / o f f , EX-WKPL. (HJH) LANCASTER - 10/31 1 7 5 9 g r e a t s i g n a l w/Pop mx, IDs to s / o f f . (LG-KY) 11/ 2 1715 good fe s / o f f . (MW-IL) NASHVILLE - 11/28 1715 s t r o n g w/KEL, t a l k show promo. (U4-PL) DUMAS - 11 / 2 8 1 7 5 9 s / o f f noted u/KQYX, 5 0 0 V ) , best SSS s t a t i o n . (EM-FL) JOPLIN - 11/28 1 7 4 5 a f t e r WWGM s / o f f , i n w/Pop mx then Ac Nx » i 5 5 . (EM-FL) COSHOCTON - 12/ 2 1650 f a d i n g up to s t r o n g l e v e l u/siQXR w/rr mx, f u l l I D. (HJH-PA) RIPLEY - 10 / 2 9 1 8 2 9 good 6 s / o f f , o l a y s "Joy To The World" s / o f f theme, noted a g a i n 11/ 2 8 * 1 7 4 5 s / o f f . (MW-IL) BRINKLEY - 11/17 format i s V a r i e t y , unn here. (LVH-TN) ROCKY MOUNT - 11/21 1 ? 1 5 weak u/CFOR & ot h e r s w / S S B / s / o f f , ( J D 3 i WEBSTER CITY - 11/19 1 7 5 8 good s / o f f w/FK 9 6 ments, good f o r 2 5 0 W . (JDB-OH) 11 / 2 2 1800 good I s / o f f w ments of 2 5 0 W . ( D Y - I L ) MARYVILLS - w/KS WX, ID 11 / 2 2 b 1 8 1 0 . ( D Y - I L ) OKEECHOBEE - 11/24 1 6 5 2 weak i n WT'rfB n u l l w/C&W mx, ads. (EM) PRYOR - 12 / 2 1814 wx, then s / o f f w/SSB. (LVH-TN) COLUMBUS - 12 / 2 1 6 5 8-1715 v e r y good w/ID "The sound of Columbus, WVKO" w / t a l k u n t i l s / o f f . (DR-CT) GEORGETOWN - 11 / 2 9 1717 good w/farm nx, c o n c e r t promo f o r S t a t l e r B r o s . (EM-FL) PASCAGOULA - 12/ 2 f a d i n g up to good l e v e l w/rr b 1 7 5 8 , 1800 s / o f f . (HJH-PA) SEGUIN - 12/ 2 1830 mixing w/KPIK b s / o f f . (LVH-TN) COLORADO SPRINGS - 12 / 2 1844 ending RcL pern, then s / o f f , noted a f t e r KWED s / o f f . (LVH-TN) BLACKWELL - l l / 3 1 8 2 3 good u n t i l s / o f f w / B l a c k w e l l ments. unexpected from here. (LG-KY) l l / 2 2 1 8 2 8 loud f o r 1KW & b e t t e r than KOMA-1520 same day. ( D Y - I L ) ALBUQUERQUE - 10/27 2 0 2 0 - 2 0 3 0 NM FB, abrupt s / o f f w/3 s e e s , to go, s t r o n g . .(MW-IL) 12/2 1855 A i S e t pgm, KZIA Nx, then s / o f f w/no SS3. (LVH-TN) 12/5 1 s t time u/CBJ w/nx, l o c a l ads, wx 1848-1855. s i n c e CBJ went to 50KW they dominate here. ( K O - I L )

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ALEXANDER CITY - 12/1 1 7 4 5 good « s / o f f w/FM 106.1 ments.(JDB) JACKSON - 12/1 1 7 5 5 Ac Nx, ID, C&W mx noted u/VfAKR. (JDB-OH) 11/24 1744 super s i g n a l w/c&W mx. (MW-IL) 11 / 2 0 1 7 5 9 good w/ID, ads. (LG-KY) TUSCUMBIA - 1 1 / 3 0 1 7 4 5 x l n t s i g n a l w/ads, then s / o f f . (LG) WHITE CASTLE - 1 2 / l 1 7 5 9 x l n t s i g n a l w/area ments. & plug f o r FM 1 0 5 . (LG-KY) WHEELING - 1 2/1 1 6 2 6 top dog w/T40, "16-NEU" I D s . (DS-DE) CEDAR RAPIDS - 11 / 2 5 1 7 3 0 end of Ae Nx, "16 KCRG" I D , Pop mx, spot f o r E t c e t e r a S t o r e s . (JDB-OH) PLANO - 12/1 1831 good w / s / o f f , a d d r i Box 3 0 6 . (JDB-OH) (LG)

GRAND FALLS - 1 2 / l 0 3 2 7 good w/NA, mx & s/on. ( R K - I L ) 12 / 3 0 4 3 0 s u r p r i s e , Prov. #5 w/usual C B C s/on, wx f o r Grand F a l l s , weak, taped. (LVH-TN) WATROUS - 12/ 2 0 1 5 5 w/ 0 1 d Radio pgms, CBC Nx, S p o r t s , s / o f f l i s t i n g a l l s t a t i o n s on CBC SA Net. (LVH-TN) CYPRESS GARDENS - 11 / 2 6 0020 - 0 1 1 5 * E T w/Disco mx, IDs mentioning 5 0 K W . ( J F - O N ) DALLAS - l l / 2 2 ID 0100 & i n t o nx, good W/WKYX/WMAM. ( D Y - I L ) BETHESDA - 11/4 0 3 5 9 x l n t w/ID, seldom heard. ( D A - N Y ) ASHEVILLE - 11/4 0300 ID noted o/u WMCA. (DA-NY) OMAHA - 11/11 0 1 5 5 w/Ac Nx. (DY-MI) LOUISVILLE - 11/ 1 5 0 6 4 3 w / l o c a l ad, wx, promo f o r r a c e r e s u l t s , " 6 2 Country" ID. (LVH-TN) LOS ANGELES - 12/2 0 1 0 0 good w/Linda Ronstadt song, ID "K F I Los Angeles" then song by The E a g l e s , i n CMQ n u l l . (MC-Mf PHOENIXVILLE - 12/2 0 2 1 9 f a i r o/u CBU, CMBC, t e n t a t i v e l y the one w/REL & ID # 0 2 1 9 t h a t sounded l i k e WYIS, t h i s would be second time I ' v e heard E T w/REL. Does anyone on the EC know i f they were on? ( R K - I L ) Wasn't l i s t e n i n g C the time, can anyone e l s e h e l p out? ( R A ) MARYSTOWN - l l / l 2 0 4 2 7 good u/CBL. (DA-NY) 1 2 / 2 0 4 2 9 good w/s/on, b e s t s i g n a l from NF ev e r . ( R K - I L ) NORTHFIELD - H / 1 5 0714 w/symphony mx & wx r p t s . f o r t r i - s t a t e a r e a , l o c a l wx, more mx. (LVH-TN) QUEBEC - 11 / 2 3 0 3 2 2 i n CKLW n u l l w/FF Pop mx. (GM-NY) NORFOLK - 1 2 / 1 0 atop w/Disco 0 1 3 3 - 0 1 3 9 i n WEAT QRM/WHDH OC, nx e 0 1 3 6 . (RA-MA) HALIFAX - 11/12 0 5 0 1 x l n t w/ID. (DA-NY) NEW ULM - 11 / 2 8 a l l AM ET/TT VID 0 3 4 9 good w/QRM from XEMO/KONO & CJBC OC. (MW-IL)

11 / 2 ? 0 1 3 9-0145 st e a d y 1 khz tone noted, o f f w/no I D , somebody w/f/c? (DS-DE) FT. WORTH - 11/11 0 1 2 0 - 0 1 3 0 T T A l D 6 0 1 3 0 , c a l l t o eng. says PoP, e x c i t e d about my c a l l , v e r i e immediately from c a l l , o/WWL. (MW-IL) WORTHINGTON - 11 / 1 5 0 ? 2 5 w/promos, s p o t s , TC/ID/MoR mx, l o c a l nx & wx. (LVH-TN) SHERBROOKE - I 2 / 3 0350 w/T40 mx, ID & i n t o the mud. (LVH-TN) PRINCE ALBERT - 1 2 / 3 0405, ID, wx, what sounded l i k e C&W mx, SA #2, n i c e s u r p r i s e . (LVH-TN) LOUISVILLE - 11 / 2 9 good e 0 9 0 4 w/spot, I D , GOS pgm. (SEM-TN) DENVER - perhaps the one w/MST TC 11 / 2 3 0316 w / p a r t i a l I D , KIMN-950 was i n w e l l . ( D Y - I L ) BATON ROUGE - 12 / 3 0400 w/T40 mx, I D s . (LVH-TN) ABERDEEN - 11/12 0 1 3 5 VID/ET/TT b u r s t , then o f f , good o/WKY- (MW-IL) CHARLOTTE - l l / l 5 0744 w / a l l nx format, ads, TC, I D . (LVH) DENVER - 11/23 0200 atop WWJ, x l n t w / ID, nx. ( D Y - I L ) GREENSBORO - 12/5 0601 good e s/on w/SSB. ( R K - I L ) ROANOKE - 1 1 / 2 2 0123 x l n t i n WSBT SP w/ID, r r . ( D Y - M I ) LOUISVILLE - 11/23 0406 o/u mess w/VWDJ o f f , NBC Nx, l o c a l nx, I D s , Pop mx. (GM-NY) PORTLAND - l l / 2 3 0411 i n mess w/WWDJ o f f , Pop mx, ID. (GM-NY)

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DAYTON - 12/3 0142 f a i r / g o o d w/C&W mx, ID, t a l k . (DR-CT) PROVIDENCE - 12/3 0240 f a i r w/ET/lD. ( R K - I L ) PHILADELPHIA - 12/3 0 3 5 8 good w/ET/OC/lD 6 0401. ( R K - I L ) CORNER BROOK - 12/3 0427 f a i r w/NA, mx, s/on, NF #4 & 3 r d s t r a i g h t mornihg of NF r e c e p t i o n , v e r y u n u s u a l . ( R K - I L ) NEW YORK - noted o f f KMs 12/3 & 12/10 l e a v i n g CFRB/KLRA. (RA) PHILADELPHIA - 11/26 0135 noted o f f l e a v i n g a loud WNOE. Maybe somebody can c o n t a c t WNOE & get them to s t a y on ni g h t p a t t e r n d u r i n g the KBGN T e s t of 12/17. (DS-DE) I can show f o r t h a t l I (RA) SARNIA - 12/2 0 0 5 0 o/u YVMA, u/CnA OC w/C&W mx, ID/TC. (MC-MA) HARTFORD - 12/3 noted o f f t h i s 1 s t MM of month. (DR-CT)(RA-MA) CALGARY - 11/11 0 0 5 0 ooor w/T40 i n QKN & WRVA SP. (DY-MI) BRANDON - 11/29 0409-0430 SID's & wx, T40 mx, f a i r i n p a r t i a l CKOC n u l l . (JF-ON) BURLINGTON - 12/1 0720 good w/wx. ( R K - I L ) MONROE - 12/6 0217 wx by sexy female anncr, ID, C&W mx. (LVH) READING - 12/1 0 9 5 2 long needed w/WBAX looped, C&W mx & "1240 Humm" ID, heard from Gouldsboro. (HJH-PA)

12/3 0 0 1 5 TT looping ENE/WSW, no ID, WCNC? (LVH-TN) Quite p o s s i b l y WCNC f / c , they get out w e l l r i g h t along the EC. (RA-MA) NEW IBERIA - 1 2 / 6 0248 w/Kock, wx & ID. (LVH-TN) BELMONT - 11/5 0 5 0 3 good w/NC wx, ID. (DA-NY) TALLAHASSEE - l l / l 7 0 0 5 4 good w/wx & ID. (DA-NY) (DA) HAMILTON - 11/5 0449 good w/ID, 1 s t time s i n c e CHAM i n 1 9 7 8 . SHEFFIELD - 12/2 0 7 0 0 good ® s/on. ( R K - I L ) BINGHAMTON - 1 2 / 3 0418 f a i r w/lD f i g h t i n g WIRL/WHIO. ( R K - I L ) TAMPA - 1 1 / 3 0 0600 f a i r w / s t a r t of s i g n on r i g h t a f t e r WMTN s/on. ( R K - I L ) GRIFFIN - 1 2 / 1 0 0 3 5 good w/ET/TT/lD 6 0 0 5 0 , was r e q u e s t i n g phone c a l l s , even c o l l e c t , from out of s t a t e . ( R K - I L ) JACKSONVILLE - 1 1 / 2 6 0 1 3 0 atop w/C&W mx. (DS-DE) (GM-NY) ELLIOT LAKE - l l / 2 3 0445 atop w/sports promo, ID, Pop mx. HOPEWELL - 11/28 0 1 1 3 way atop jumble w / o l d i e s / r r , new member to the 24 hour c l u b ? (DS-DE) FT. WAYNE - 1 1 / 1 5 0024 EX-WMEE almost as r e g u l a r as WOWO. (DA-NY) FAIRWAY - l l / 2 2 0124 - 0 1 5 0 fadey w/spots, promos. (MW-IL) ARLINGTON - 12/2 0 0 3 0 dominant w/ment of "Capt. Hodge & The WEAM Team" then "Long Run" by The E a g l e s . (MC-MA)

12/6 0302 TT looping SW/NE & o f f 0 3 1 5 - (LVH-TN) MOBILE - 1 1 / 1 7 0030-0046 female DJ, many s p o t s , promos, v e r i e sez u s i n g 500W ND as towers damaged by h u r r i c a n e . (MW-IL) MYRTLE BEACH - 1 2 / 2 0 0 1 7 - 0 0 3 6 a r e a l s u r p r i s e w/IDs, Fop mx, ad, & ment. of c i t y , Ae Nx tt 00J0, wx 0 0 3 5 , ID. (DR-CT) PHENIX CITY - 11/26 0 1 3 0 i n WPDQ n u l l w/C&W mx, ID. (EM-FL) COLUMBUS - 1 2 / 1 0 1 0 0 b r i e f l y noted w/ID, nx u/WPNX. (SEM-TN) BROADWAY - 1 1 / 3 0 0 0 0 0 good on ET/TT w/VIDs/ (WPT-DC) SIOUX CITY - 1 2 / 2 0 0 3 0 ID, ads, POL mx, no s i g n of CJV3 darn i t l (LVH-TN) I d i d n ' t t r y f o r the CJVB T e s t because of my f e a r of f l y i n g , h i : (RA-MA) GREENWICH - 1 1 / 1 0 0 0 3 0 on ET/TT/ID. (GM-NY) MARIETTA - l l / l l ID & CBS Nx 0 0 0 0 . (DY-MI) WILMINGTON - 11/26 0 1 3 5 w/Soul mx, ID, NoP I suppose, check l o g , 2nd b e s t GY c a t c h . (EM-FL) EAST ST. LOUIS - 12/6 0 1 3 5 w/SIl) & Rock mx, b l a c k anncr t a k i n g r e c o r d r e q u e s t s by phone, then back i n t o GY mess. (LVH) DETROIT - 12/3 0002 f a i r 6 s / o f f w/ments. of 50/5KW & to r e t u r n 6 0 5 3 0 . (DR-CT) ST. PAUL - 12/3 0 0 0 5 w/T40 mx, t a l k , sounding l i k e P o w e r l i n e Program a f t e r WCZY s / o f f . (DR-CT) DALTON - n / 2 6 0 0 5 0 noted on ET/OC/mx, I D s . (EM-FL) ALBANY - 12/3 noted o f f 0008 l e a v i n g KXEL. (DR-CT) Noted o f f a l l morning l e a v i n g KXEL & l a t e r an UNID TTer & ZNS-1, hope they & CKLM continue to observe MM SPs. (RA-MA) Presumed weak r r u/KXEL 11/22 0 1 3 3 . ( D Y - I L )

_ 1 1 / 2 8 0104 u/KXEL/WFTR w/TT & beeping tones, noted again 1 1 / 2 9 . help? (DS-DE)

© 1 5 5 0 KKHI CA SAN FRANCISCO - 11/23 0 1 3 7 v e r y good f o r a moment w/CBE

o f f , l o c a l spots & CL mx o/WOKJ. ( D Y - I L ) WMOO AL MOBILE - 11/26 0 1 5 0 - 0 2 1 0 + ET W/GOS mx, I D s . (JF-ON)

1 5 6 0 KKAA SD ABERDEEN - 1 2/3 0104 - 0 1 0 7 end of CBS Nx, loud ID. S t a t e # 3 6 . (DR-CT)

KC J J IA IOWA CITY - l l / l 3 0312-0340 weak but r e a d a b l e s i g n a l . 1 s t time heard d e s p i t e many t r i e s . (MW-IL) 1 2 / 1 0 0 2 5 9 - 0 3 1 9 weak w/nx, wx, C&W mx, Johnson County ments, PSA's w h i l e t r y i n g f o r KEGG T e s t , which came on 6 0400. (ERS-NJ) Noted by RA-MA v i a The Northeast Network approx. same ti m e s .

1 5 7 0 CKLM PQ MONTREAL - Noted o f f MM 11/26, s i g n a l n o t i c e a b l y weaker r e s t of week a l s o . (DS-DE) A l s o o f f MMs 1 2 / 3 & 1 2 / 1 0 , I can sure l i v e w i t h t h a t l (RA-MA)

1 5 9 0 WNTS IN INDIANAPOLIS - 1 2 / 3 0 2 3 0 w/ID & nx, then faded t o WAKR. (LVH) See you next y e a r I 7 3 - • •

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DA-NY Doug A l l e n , Schenectady, NY JDB-OH John D. B u e h l e r , Toledo, OH MC-MA Mark C o n n e l l y , B i l l e r i c a , MA JF-ON J e f f F a l c o n e r , C l i n t o n , ON, Canada LG-KY Lynn G i l l i s , B l o o m f i e l d , KY HJH-PA Harry Hayes, W i l k e s - B a r r e , PA LVH-TN L a r r y Van Horn, M i l l i n g t o n , TN RK-IL Robert Kramer, Chicago, I L GL-MN Gary Lovegren, S t . P a u l , MN SEM-TN Sidney E. M a r s h a l l , M i l l i n g t o n , TN EM-FL Ed Mitkus, Tampa, F L GM-NY Greg Monti, B a y v i l l e , NY KO-IL Ken Onyschuk, Park F o r e s t , PR-MA Pau l Remy, F a l l R i v e r , MA AR-PQ Andy Rugg, Nuns I s l a n d , PQ DR-CT Dave Rukakoski, B r o o k l y n , CT DS-DE Dave Schmidt, New C a s t l e , DE ERS-NJ E l l i o t R. S t r a u s , West Orange, NJ WPT-DC W i l l i a m P. Townshend, Washington, DC MW-IL Marty Wright, S p r i n g f i e l d , I L DY-MI Dave Y o c i s , E a s t L a n s i n g , MI DY-IL Dave Y o c i s , Glendale H e i g h t s , I L NZ-NE N e i l Zank, L i n c o l n , NE RA-MA Raymundo Arrundo, Cush Net, MA

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SPR-4, Loops, LW FRG-7, S a n s e r i n o Loop HQ-180A, Car Rx, SM2, Whip Mod. TRF, SM2 AM-FM Radio Z e n i t h T-O, SM2 DX-160, TRF, LW, SM2 HQ -129X, HQ-100C, LW, Loops TRF RF-2200, SM2 TRF, I C F - 5 9 0 0 TRF GE Superadio, Car Rx DX - 300 , F e r r i t e Antenna TRF TRF HQ-180A, TRF, Looped R - 3 9 0 A , Loop TRF Loyds P a t h f i n d e r 9N24, F e r r i t e TRF Rod TRF HQ-180A, I C F - 5 9 0 0 SX-122, T o i l e t S e a t

THE WORLD IN MY EARS by A r t h u r T . Cushen

Reviewed by Norm Maguire

"The World I n My E a r s " by top New Zealand DXer , A r t h u r C u s h e n , i s a must f o r e v e r y a r d e n t DXer ' s l i b r a r y . The e n t i r e t e x t , l a y o u t , i l l u s t r a t i o n s and p r i n t i n g of t h i s book a r e e x c e l l e n t . The book i s d i v i d e d i n t o two p a r t s .

P a r t I c o n s i s t s o f the s t o r y of the development of b roadcas t i ng and o f r e c e i v e r s and an autob iography o f A r t h u r -bo th h i s DXing and then the advent o f h i s b l i n d n e s s and the r o l l DXing has p layed to he lp suppor t h i s w i f e , R a l d a , and h i m s e l f .

P a r t I I i s devoted t o s p e c i f i e s o f the hobby i t s e l f . There a r e many t i p e t h a t w i l l be u s e f u l , even to the top DXer , aa w e l l a s t o the beg inner .

Al though A r t h u r i s b e s t known f o r h i s shortwave DXing a b i l i t i e s , he i s a l s o a top no tch medium-wave (BCB) DXer. The book con ta ins many t i p s f o r a l l o f us t h a t s p e c i a l i z e i n BCB DXing. One o ther c o m t n t , A r t h u r w r i t e s from the v i ewpo in t o f the New Zea land DXer and h i s examples and i l l u s t r a t i o n s a r s of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t to anyone DXing from the P a c i f i c Rim ( s u c h as West Coast U . S . D X e r s ) . I f e e l t h a t the i l l u s t r a t i o n s , i n themse l v e s , a r e w e l l worth the p r i c e of the book. Hats o f f t o whoever s e l e c t e d them.

A r t h u r wrote me t h a t cop ies o f "The World I n My E a r s " a r e now a v a i l a b l e from G i l f e r A s s o c i a t e s , I n c . , P.O. Box 2 5 9 , P a r k R idge , NJ O7656, The s o f t -cover e d i t i o n was to s e l l f o r $ 1 1 . 9 5 .

INTERNATIONAL KW& DECATUR, GA 3 0 0 3 0

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6 3 3 - u 9 8

\_J/\ L J I V 3 7 t r O I BEFORE 2 3 0 0 ELT Times are GMT. F o r ELT s u b t r a c t 5 hours. D e a d l i n e s a r e u s u a l l y Monday.

"Nos estamos r e c i b i d o s por p r e f e r e n c i a , no por c a s u a l i d a d "

51+1+v COSTA RICA T I S B J San Jose f l o a t i n g around here ( 5 1 * 3 . 3 11/28; 5 L + . 0 1 1 / 3 0 ) . Noted 01*55 w/segued b a l l a d - l i k e mx and " L i b e r t a d " spoken by male atop songs. (Thomas)

51*9 ALGERIA Oran f a i r w/man i n AA, b i t s of mx i n t e r s p e r s e d ; heard through moderate s l o p 0106 1 2 / 1 * . ( C o n n e l l y )

5 5 0 CUBA P i n a r d e l R i o R. Rebelde 11/11* 0 0 5 5 w/R. Rebelde I D , Habana Cuba mentioned by female anncr then KSD faded up. (Van Horn)

5 7 5 COSTA RICA TIRN San Jose w/male anncr g i v i n g ID and what appeared to be nx ( r u s t y e s panol) 1 2 / 1 a t 0 3 0 0 . (Van Horn)

5 9 0 CUBA CMW noted o f f the a i r 1 2 / 9 evening and a l l 1 2 / 1 0 day w h i l e down on the G u l f c o a s t of F l o r i d a . (Hutton)

612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun poor to f a i r w/AA mx 0 3 3 2 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 12/ 9 @ 2 2 2 0 ; AA chorus and t a l k ; 72 dB/noise; then 9 231*3 s i g was 6 8 dB/noise. ( B a i l e y ) I ' v e always assumed t h a t you mean t h a t the s i g n a l was, f o r i n s t a n c e , 6 8 dB over the r e c e i v e r n o i s e ( e s ­t a b l i s h e d by ze r o i n g the c a r r i e r l e v e l meter w i t h the antenna i n ­put grounded) r a t h e r than 6 8 dB over a l l n o i s e . R i g h t ? CH

621 CANARY ISLANDS T e n e r i f e ; 12/ 9 S 2 2 2 5 ; 53 male anncr, I b e r i a n mx //771* kHz ( 7 0 dB o/noise) and a l s o / / 6 3 9 ( 7 6 d B / n o i s e ) . Very few b i r d i e s on the C a n a r i e s t h i s time. ( B a i l e y ) Very poor, j u s t a b i t of g a r b l e d SS s l i p p i n g through o c c a s i o n a l l y 0 7 0 2 12/11* . (CH)

6 3 0 t NORWAY Smoela 11/26 1 7 3 2 , l i k e l y source of male w/ t a l k i n unid language, f a i r s i g . (Vernon)

61*0 GUADELUPE A r n o u v i l l e good w/male FF v o c a l ; CBN looped 0112 on 12/1*. ( C o n n e l l y )

6 5 0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo HIAT good w/Barry White r e c o r d , R. U n i v e r s a l I D , then SS v o c a l 0 3 1 5 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

6 5 5 EL SALVADOR YS3 R. Nacional de E l S a l v a d o r 0 3 1 0 1 2 / 2 x l n t w/male anncr and Spa n i s h pop mx. (S m i t h )

6 5 7 USSR Murmansk 11 / 2 6 1 7 2 1 heard two males w/story or n a r r a t i v e , heard again 1 7 3 3 w/piano mx. X l n t s i g . (Vernon)

6 6 3 . 1 * UNID a p p a r e n t l y Gene M a r t i n ' s mystery s i g n a l i s s t i l l h e r e . Noted 0621* 1 1 / 2 6 ( c a r r i e r o n l y ) on a n i g h t when N3A and OA cx were poor, but TA's were a l i t t l e b e t t e r than u s u a l , s u ggesting perhaps a deep SA QTH? (Thomas) I don't r e a l l y agree w i t h your l o g i c r e the r e l a t i o n s h i p of TA's and deep SA's. One n i g h t l a s t season I l i s ­tened to t h i s u n t i l l a t e i n the morning, i n d i c a t i n g a l o c a t i o n somewhere i n northwest 3A or CA per s u n r i s e times-CK

666 USSR V i l n i u s 1 1 / 2 5 1622 probable source of c l a s s i c a l mx. (Vernon) 6 7 0 CUBA CMKP San Pedro de Cacocum 11/11* 0 6 2 5 w/Frogresso pgm //

690, f i n a l l y got WMAQ n u l l e d enough f o r t h i s one. (Van Horn) 693 ENGLAND D r o i t w i c h Radio Two; 1 2 / 1 0 8 0 1 3 7 sedate dance mx, //

1 0 5 3 D r o i t w i c h Radio One. Both louder than 60 dB/noise. Sur­p r i s e d a t combined n e t s . ( B a i l e y )

7 0 0 COLOMBIA HJCX C a l i w/many mentions of C a l i , Colombia and s e v e r a l Radio Sutatenza ID's 11/11* 0 1 5 6 . (Van Horn)

7 1 1 F I J I Sava 2 1 1 / 1 9 1 0 3 9 female s i n g e r // 3 9 1 . (Vernon) 7 1 9 PORTUGAL Norte x l n t w/PP t a l k way o/weak 7 2 0 net 221*3 1 2 / 3 . (Con) 7 2 0 USSR unid F a r E a s t FS 1 1 / 2 5 1 2 1 8 male i n JJ-sour.ding t a l k , 1 2 3 0

EE. (Vernon) 7 2 5 COSTA RICA T I L X San Jose 1 2 / 2 0 3 0 0 f a i r w/two male anncts i n S S .

(Van Horn) 7 3 0 CUBA CMKJ Holguin 1 2 / 1 0 3 1 5 //61*0 w / L i b e r a c i c n pgm. KSXd s p l a t t e r .

(Van Horn) 7 3 0 UNID 1 2 / 2 0 3 1 2 - 0 3 2 5 good s i g n a l , boxing match, rtale ann-r w/conm-

e r c i a l s ( d i f f e r e n t male) between 3 minute rounds. XFJC/TON? Old not ID, no mention of c i t y - s i n g i n g beer commercial a t 03R5« (Smith) TON ( 3 . C u l t u r a l ) i s an u n l i k e l y c a n didate f V r a V.oxlng mateh or a beer commercial. They p l a y a l o t of c l mx and some r e l i g i o n . Mexico i s much more l i k e l y - t h e y have <tr. awful 1 <** of beer ads-GH

7 5 0 ALASKA KFQD Anchorage 11/ 1 9 1 1 0 5 seems to be r e g u l a r Monday morn­ing s / o f f time now. (Vernon)

7 5 0 VENEZUELA/UNID Caracas YVK3 loud w/disco, k i l l i n g WSB; second LA o/u WSB w/YVK3 n u l l e d 0 5 1 0 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

7 5 6 PORTUGAL L i s b o a v e r y good w/cl mx 0 5 1 7 1 2 / 2 and 221*0 1 2 / 3 . (Con) 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ B a r r a n q u i l l a o/u WJR, o/CMCI: back on channel (no

h e t ) , heard w/Jacksons r e c o r d , then LV de B a r r a n q u i l l a and RCN ID's 0 3 5 2 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) I t won't l a s t long

760.1* COLOMBIA HJAJ noted back o f f frequency 0311* 1 1 / 2 7 . I had mis-guessed t h i s as being a Cuban o r i g i n a l l y and attempted t o c o r r e c t my e r r o r (by phone) but column had a l r e a d y gone to p r e s s . No Cuban he r e . (Thomas) The wheels move f a s t here a t IDXD HQ-CH

7 6 5 SENEGAL Dakar f a i r to good w/chanting 2 2 3 0 1 1 / 3 0 . ( C o n n e l l y ) Almost good w/female i n FF 0 6 3 0 1 1 / 3 0 . (Thomas) Logged 1 2 / 2 t o 001*0, f a i r on peaks w i t h female anncr and AA mx i n c l u d i n g f l u t e s . R eception v e r i f i e d by D a l l a s L a nkford of Ruston, L o u i s i a n a who taped s / o f f around 0 1 0 0 w/anthem. Ant here was 2 0 0 ' w i r e because i t e l i m i n a t e d the growl from YSKLD heard a t same time. ( S m i t h )

7 7 0 UNID 11/11* 0 6 0 5 SS here w/audio t h a t sounds l i k e i n an echo cham­ber. S e v e r a l SS's under. WABC n u l l e d but no p o s i t i v e I D . (Van Horn)

771* SPAIN Caceres e t a l f a i r to good, but i n bad WABC s p l a s h ; man i n SS heard a t -118 12/1*. ( C o n n e l l y )

7 7 5 UNID het 1 1 / 1 7 0 0 2 0 no audio, but het here i s probably un-needed R. Uno. (Van Horn)

730 UNID 12 / 2 0330 c a l y p s o mx f a i r but mi x i n g w i t h another s t n w/ male SS t a l k , WBBM being smothered. Calypso from ZBV1 and male i n S p a n i s h CMJN?? (Smith) A good guess-CH

7 8 2 PORTUGAL Miramar-Porto f a i r i n Cuba 7 8 0 s l o p , 0 / 7 8 3 h e t ; 3low male v o c a l a t 0121* 1 2 / 1 * . ( C o n n e l l y )

7 8 3 EAST GERMANY Burg; 12/9 @ 2 2 3 0 ; piano sonata 1*0 dB/noise and 3 0 0 Hz h e t . ( B a i l e y )

7 8 7 v UNID some jumping c a r r i e r a c r o s s f r e q s ( 7 8 5 . 7 , 7 8 7 . 2 , 7 8 8 . 8 , e t c . ) w/no modulation 0 7 1 5 - 0 7 1 7 . Looped N/S so p o s s i b l y a domestic. (Thomas)

8 0 0 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES/MEXICO 1 2 / 2 evening-long b a t t l e between beer-d r i n k i n g X E R 0 K and pr e a c h e r s on PJB, r a t h e r humorous. (S m i t h )

810 COLOMBIA HJCY Bogota heard w / f e s t i v e SS mx, b o i s t e r o u s S u t a t e n z a ID's o/u another LA, CJVA, and WGY ( h i g h mess f a c t o r h e r e ) , 0 3 5 6 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

819 MOROCCO Rabat potent w/female AA chant o/feeble 8 2 0 h e t 2 2 3 3 on 12/3. ( C o n n e l l y )

8 2 8 t AUSTRALIA 1*NA Nambour 1 1 / 2 2 1 003*s wx f o r e c a s t , 1 0 0 5 nr mx, noted a commercial a t 1 0 0 8 , v e r y hard t o p i c k out w/KIKI 8 3 0 s p l a s h . (Vernon)

8 3 0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HUB Santo Domingo good w/HIJB (ahch-ee-hota-bay) j i n g l e , uptempo 3S mx 01+23 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

8 3 0 MEXICO XELA Mexico C i t y 1 2 / 1 0330 f i r s t time h r d s i n c e I l e f t San Antonio. W/Buena Musica ID, hrd Mexico mentioned i n WBAP s l o p . (Van Horn)

8 5 5 SPAIN K u r c i a f a i r w/man i n SS.'WHDH n u l l e d 0 1 2 7 1 2 / 1 * . ( C o n n e l l y ) 870 PUERTO RICO San Juan WHOA good, b e t t e r than WWL, w/"Long Time"

by Boston, then f u l l - d a t a EE s / o f f t e l l i n g l i s t e n e r s t h a t WHOA i s the only f u l l t i m e EE s t n i n Puerto R i c o , i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n from Moody Bl u e s r e c o r d s was used as background mx during the s / o f f , 0 3 5 8 - 0 1 * 0 1 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

8 9 0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC H I P J Santo Domingo good w/WLS n u l l e d ; romantic S3 female v o c a l , then DJ who spoke i n a v e r y low, subdued v o i c e gave C o n t i n e n t a l ID, t h i s was f o l l o w e d by a p l a i n t i v e SS b a l l a d 01*25 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

9 6 3 INTERNATIONAL WATERS R. C a r o l i n e 11 / 2 6 0 0 ? 1 * noted w/spot f o r R. ' C a r o l i n e T - s h i r t s ( £ 3 ) and s w e a t s h i r t s ( £ 6 ) , a l s o C a r o l i n e Radio show T - s h i r t s from " T - s h i r t o f f e r , BPM, Box 1 9 6 2 , London WC1". 1 1 / 2 6 0 6 5 1 r r mx, male anncr and s p o t s , hard to hear due t o QRN and T V I , t h i n k language a t t h i s time was DD, w i l l f o l l o w up on t h i s . (Vernon) T V I QRM i n the Frozen North?? Can we not escape?? CH

1 0 0 8 AUSTRALIA 1*1 P I p s w i c h 1 1 / 1 9 1 0 1 3 many spots i n c l u d i n g one f o r I p s w i c h Honda Center, SID, male anncr w/requests to g i v e away, r r f o l l o w e d . L o c a l - l i k e s i g n a l . (Vernon)

1 0 0 8 YUGOSLAVIA A l e k s i n a c ; 1 2 / 1 0 9 0 1 0 5 ; male anncr i n u n i d B a l k a n l a n g ; 5 0 dB/noise; 2 0 0 Hz h e t . Then, Lopik, H o l l a n d ; 1 2 1 0 @ 2 2 2 8 w/DD male and female a n n c r s , dance mx, 6 0 dB/noise. ( B a i l e y )

1 0 1 7 WEST GERMANY Wolfsheim; 1 2 / 1 0 @ 2 2 0 6 ; women's chorus w/rhythmic band; GO male anncr; piano mx; 1*8 dB/noise and 1*00 Hz h e t . ( B a i l e y )

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121 1026 AUSTRALIA 1+KK Mackay 11 / 2 2 Mackay net nx to 1 1 0 3 , many s p o t s ,

then wx watch 1101*3g, was 2l+°C. Agghh, h i . (Vernon) Bet the l a s t time when you were t h a t warm was the l a s t time you weren't i n the Yukon-CH

1061 PORTUGAL Norte f a i r w / c l mx through KYW slop 001+6 12/1*. ( C o n n e l l y ) 1070 VENEZUELA Maracaibo YVKA o/u CH0K u/CBA 0C; f a s t SS t a l k ,

Mundial Z u l i a mention 0 5 5 1 1 2 / 2 . Badly h e t t e d by HJAG 1071. ( C o n n e l l y )

1071 COLOMBIA HJAG B a r r a n q u i l l a loud w/LA mx, Emisor A t l a n t i c o ID 051*8 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) Has a l s o been f l o a t i n g around on the low s i d e of 1070-CH

1089 ENGLAND (a k a UKOGBANI-CH) Moorside Edge or Brookman's Park 1 2 / 1 0 @ 0 0 5 1 ; j a z z mx v e r y l i s t e n a b l e ; 60 dB/noise. ( B a i l e y )

1 0 9 8 MARSHALL I S L E S WSZO Majuro 11/ 1 9 1 0 5 8 n a t i v e t a l k , 1 1 0 0 ID "You are l i s t e n i n g to the sound of the i s l a n d s , W-S-Z-0 Majuro". (Vernon)

1 1 0 0 COLOMBIA HJAT B a r r a n q u i l l a booming i n w/R. R e l o j ID's 051*1* on 12/2. ( C o n n e l l y )

1 1 0 0 COLOMBIA HJCN Bogota 1 2 / 2 0 7 5 5 w/R. R e l o j ID then 33 mx, WWWE n u l l e d . (Van Horn)

1116 AUSTRALIA l+BC B r i s b a n e 11/ 2 1 1 0 3 1 male t a l k i n g to female v i a phone, then f a m i l i a r "You-me-l+EC" SID, r r f o l l o w e d . (Vernon)

1130 COLOMBIA HJAC B a r r a n q u i l l a loud w/Emissor Rio-Mar and B a r r a n -q u i l l a mentions, creaming WNKW a t times, 0 6 3 1 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 1 3 5 HAITI 1+VEC Cap H a i t i e n 1 1 / 1 6 2 3 1 1 w/canned r e l i g i o u s pgm, EE ID w / l o t s a s p l a t t e r . (Van Horn) Bet t h i s was supposed to be 1035-GN

113l*t AUSTRALIA 2AD Armidale 1 1 / 1 9 101*1* r e l i g i o u s pgm, l o s t by 1 0 5 0 , p r i e s t had DU a c c e n t . 11/21* 1 1 0 5 male w/wx, r r f o l l o w e d , l o t s of CKWX s p l a s h . (Vernon)

1 1 7 9 AUSTRALIA 3KZ Melbourne 1 1 / 1 9 r r mx, 101*3 male w/TC and 3KZ ID, poor s i g n a l . (Vernon)

1 l 8 8 t AUSTRALIA 2NZ I n v e r e l l 11/19 1029+ r e l i g i o u s pgm, p r i e s t seemed to have a DU a c c e n t , l o s t by 1031+. (Vernon)

1 1 9 7 AUSTRALIA 1+GG Southport 1 1 / 1 9 1102% Mackay net nx, 1 1 0 3 l o c a l wx f o r Sunshine c o a s t . (Vernon)

1 2 0 5 CAYMAN ISLANDS good w/wx f o r e c a s t by woman i n EE 0 0 5 0 1 2 / 1 * . ( C o n n e l l y )

1206 AUSTRALIA 2GF G r a f t o n 1 1 / 2 2 1 0 5 0 spot f o r e l e c t r i c a l f i t t i n g s i n G r a f t o n . (Vernon)

1 2 0 6 FRANCE Bordeaux poor w/female and i n s t r u m e n t a l mx 0658 1 1 / 3 0 . (Thomas) .

1206 UNID probably F r a n c e , c a r r i e r i n NCAU sl o p 0 5 3 3 W 2 . ( u o n n e l l y ) 1210 CUBA CMKD R e l o j N a cional w/usual R e l o j s t u f f , UCAU n u l l e d 1 2 / 3

r t ~ 0 8 1 0 . (Van Horn) R e l o j s t n heard u/WCAU 0 5 3 1 1 2 / 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 1 2 1 5 ENGLAND v e r y weak m u f f l e d male and mx ( n o t Eastern-sounding)

looped Europe 065!+ 1 1 / 3 0 . BBC? (Thomas) Must be-CH 1221* UNID 1 1 / 2 5 2236 modern j a z z type mx noted t i l l fade a t 221*7,

no~anncts. Good s i g w/CBDC 1 2 3 0 s p l a s h . (Vernon) 1 2 3 8.9 UNID weak c a r r i e r h e t t i n g 121*0 0 3 2 0 1 1 / 2 8 and looped Cuba-ish.

TTfiomas) R.26 o f f of 121*0. I'm s u r p r i s e d you d i d n ' t c a t c h an ID on t h i s - i t was weakly a u d i b l e d u r i n g the day near T a l l a h a s s e e on my TRF 1 2 / 1 0 and f a i r a t night-CH

1 2 5 1 UNID 1 1 / 2 5 2231* male s i n g i n g AA s t y l e w/mx b a c k i n g . X l n t s i g . (Vernon) L i b y a v e r y l i k e l y - C H , „.,„o „

1 2 5 5 UNID p o o r - f a i r w/mostly f e s t i v e LA mx 0316 1 1 / 2 8 . One mention o?~Ecuador and loop says g e n e r a l HC DF, so HCEM1 a good guess, but used a LV de something slogan i n s t e a d of Ondas Carchenoes as I D . (Thomas) I haven't heard an ID t h i s y e a r so I can't say f o r sure what they are u s i n g now. I n c i d e n t a l l y , 12/11* eve there were d e f i n i t e l y two s t n s on the channel w i t h a s l i g h t het be­tween the two. CH

1 2 9 6 AUSTRALIA l*BK B r i s b a n e 1 1 / 2 1 0 9 5 7 many spots between r r mx, one f o r Lemonade. (Vernon) ,, ,

1 3 0 5 POLAND Lodz e t a l 11 / 2 5 1 6 2 1 opera type mx noted / / 1 2 0 6 l a t e r . (Vernon) j , , , .

t * l k t NORWAY Stavanger 11 / 2 7 0 5 1 9 s o f t v o c a l mx. (Vernon) 1 3 3 2 t i S L l A i+BU Bunderberg 1 1 / 2 1 1 0 3 U noted w/Kason American T U 0

pgm. (Vernon) , 1 3 3 2 ITALY rioma 1 1 1 / 2 7 0 5 2 0 r r mx w/female anncr i n I I , 0 p 2 2 nE

7r~mx. (Vernon) 12/11* f a i r - p o o r w/.'.-L. ( h u t t o n ) 1 3 8 6 UNID 1 1 / 2 5 1620 male w/AA-soundin: . a l k , v e r y c l e a t s i g n a l ,

bSKd mx 1629%, another male a t 1630. USSR l f s t a d as ! I a t t h i s time. 1 1 / 2 6 1 7 2 3 two s t n s m i x i n g h e r e . (Vernon)

1 390 MEXICO XEOR Reynosa 1 2 / 6 0 8 1 5 w/R. C a l U t o ID, mentioned QTh Reynosa. I s t h i s a change i n sked? WSTH l i s t s c/o.. u f i p . Nice l e v e l here f o r 1 kw. ("Van i orn)

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1 3 9 5 ALBANIA Lushnje FS 11 / 2 5 2229 I S , but not i n sync w/11*58 I S , 2 2 3 0 same band mx as 11*58 but again not i n sync, t h i s f r e q though w/female i n t r o to FF pgm. (Vernon)

1 3 9 5 UNID 11/26 1 7 3 1 sounded l i k e a GY frequency. (Vernon) 11*01* GUINEA Conakry f a i r w/male monologue O63I+ 11/30. (Thomas) ( A t

t h a t time i t must have been Johnny Carson, h i , CH) 12/2 0332-01*05, suspect Conakry. C a r r i e r l e v e l f a i r , steady t o 6 dB f l u t t e r w/some deep f a d e s . Mixture of drums and some 3 t r i n g type mx w/two pe r i o d s of c h a n t i n g . Had w i f e l i s t e n w i t h o u t t e l l i n g her what to l i s t e n f o r or why; she s a i d same t h i n g . Audio l e v e l way below c a r r i e r l e v e l . Heard i n USB 2 KHz po­s i t i o n f o r b e s t r e c o v e r y . Faded by 01*11. ( S m i t h ) GUINEA Conakry poor w/AA-sounding s t r i n g mx i n WLLH sl o p 011*5 12/1*. ( C o n n e l l y )

11*13 JAPAN J 0 I F Pukuoka 11/21* 1 0 1 5 male and female w / t a l k i n J J , r a r e h e r e . (Vernon) Even r a r e r here-CH ALBANIA Lushnje FS 11 / 2 5 2226 I n t e r n a t i o n a l e , 2228% I S , 2 2 3 0 male o/band mx i n u n i d l i n g o . (Vernon)

11*58 ENGLAND R. London 11/26 0626 R. Two pgm, 0629 London s/on w/ S u z i e 3 a rnes, 0630 nx w/male, promo 061*1* f o r " E a r l y Christmas Show" 1 2 / 1 a t 3 PK to 12/2 9 AM f o r k i d s i n Caribbean d i s a s t e r . (Vernon)

11*76 AUSTRIA Wien-Eisamberg 11 / 2 5 1 6 2 6 o p e r a t i c type s i n g e r w i t h piano mx. (Vernon) F a i r 01*22 12/11* w/piano mx t h a t could have been e i t h e r c l a s s i c a l or i n s t r u m e n t a l . Bothered a b i t by a low h e t . (Hutton)

1 5 0 3 POLAND S t a r g a r d Szcze FS 11 / 2 5 2 2 5 3 noted w/end of EE pgm. (BV) 1 5 2 1 SAUDI ARABIA Duba a t r e c o r d l e v e l 0 3 3 0 12/11* w/AA c h a n t i n g

stopped on the h a l f hour f o r a few words by a male. Nice and c l e a r w i t h l i t t l e s l o p , and had he g i v e n an ID i t would have been a n i c e one f o r the tape f i l e s . (Hutton)

151*8 AUSTRALIA 1+QD Emerald 11/20 1011* nx, f l a s h from B r i s b a n e , 1 0 1 5 seemed to ID as Radio Two, 1+QG and r e g i o n a l s . C l a s s i c a l mx pgm f o l l o w e d . (Vernon)

1 5 5 5 CAYhAii ISLANDS good w/chime, then ID "You're l i s t e n i n g to Radio Cayman" 0 1 0 0 1 2 / 1 * . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 5 5 7 MALTA Cyclops 11/27 0521* male i n GG then mx, 0 5 2 5 female men­t i o n i n g Deutsche Welle, ID, a l s o male j o i n e d here w/many mentions of Hamburg. (Vernon) 12/11* was a g r e a t TA n i g h t - M a l t a was the equal of Cayman before 1 5 5 5 s / o f f , then they were a l l alone and i n the c l e a r . A f t e r 0 5 0 0 they were m i x i n g e v e n l y w i t h r r a n c e . (Hutton)

1 5 6 6 TUNISIA S f a x poor w/Eastern mx a u d i b l e 061*0 11/30. (Thomas) I'm c u r i o u s to know whether anyone out west was l i s t e n i n g f o r t h i s 12/11* and was a b l e to hear i t . 01*27 noted e a r - s p l i t t i n g 1 KHz T T to 01*28, dead a i r u n t i l 01*30 ( a l w a y s the c a s e ) , the anthem, a few words of AA, then Huna T u n i s i y a h by a man and q u i c k l y i n t o K o r a n i c c h a n t s . A l s o noted a few "Huna T u n i s i y a h " ID's spoken q u i c k l y between passages over the n e x t hour. At a t r u l y awesome l e v e l t o n i g h t . (Hutton)

1 5 7 7 . 3 CUBA a p p a r e n t l y the Cadena Agramonte d r i f t e r here 0 3 0 8 11/28 w/upbeat LA mx. N i l - f a i r . (Thomas) Sure is-CH

1 5 9 3 WEST GERMANY Langenberg b e s t of the season w / l i g h t pop mx 0637 1 1 / 3 0 . (Thomas) 11 / 2 5 1 2 0 2 male i n GG, noted a g a i n a t 1208+, female i n GG 1 2 1 0 . F a i r s i g , amazing c a t c h c o n s i d e r i n g the time 11 1 6 1 8 w / c l a s s i c a l mx, ( V e r n o n ) ( T h a t ' s what happens near the p o l e ; my f r i e n d Yngve Mattson who l i v e s on the A r c t i c Pole i n Sweden has some amazing tapes of Canadians/Alaskans r e c e i v e d a l l day long-CH) Langenberg noted w/Muzak to f a i r peaks, v e r y fadey, 0 5 2 7 1 2/2. ( C o n n e l l y )

B i l l B a i l e y - H o l d e n , Mass. 2 R390A's, 2 p a i r 1200' phased Bevs Mark O o n n e l l y - B i l l e r i c a , Mass. HQ180A, 3K2 EF N.itt-n-Decatur, Ga. R390A, 1900' phased Beverage B i l l S m i th-Eunice, L a . HQ180AX, SM2, 200' LW, loaded v e r t G e r r y Thonas-Pensacola, F l a . m o d i f i e d FRG7, box loop L a r r y Van H o r n - K i l l i n g t o n , Tenn. DX160, TRF, SM2, 5 0 ' LW B r i a n V e r n o n - E l s a , Yukon T e r r o r D X 3 0 0 , F R G 7 0 0 0 , many Beverages

Hope srrr.e of you had the r a d i o s on 12/11* to hear some TA's a t decent l e v e l s . The ionosphere has been s u s p i c i o u s l y q u i e t of l a t e w i t h TA's doing b e t t e r than the LA's. Some of you people "owe" me r e p o r t s so there i s no excuse now. REPORT!I!

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NORM MAGUIRE 6 1 0 5 DEL CAMPO N.E. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. 87109

DXer L o c a t i o n C o u n t r i e s T . V . F o r . Oceania B e s t

w. Powis V i r g i n i a 2 3 312 208 177 WXLE Canton I s . 1385 250w N. Maguire New Mexico 8 3 VAC 3019 560 171 WVUQ Solomons 630 l k w H. W i l k i n s o n C a l i f o r n i a 77 VAC 470 444 101 WXLE 1385 250w G. A l l e n C a l i f o r n i a 65 VAC 2895 544 93 2KO A u s t r a l i a 1410 500w S . D e l l i t A u s t r a l i a 37 VAC 362 218 80 WXLE 1385 250w H. Gus ta f son F l o r i d a 108 VAC 855 309 61 2BE 1480 lOOw R. Anderson V i r g i n i a 105 VAC 1448 514 48 5MU A u s t r a l i a 50Ow D. Reynolds C a l i f o r n i a 8 5 VAC 1368 493 44 9PA Papua 1250 2kw B. D a n g e r f i e l d P e n n s y l v a n i a 117 VAC 430 353 8 2BL 740 R. Leamy Ohio 48 317 116 3 R. Tarawa 844 R. S p e r r y Connec t i cu t 42 1669 249 r KH0N Hawa i i F . Wheeler P e n n s y l v a n i a 24 1707 189 2 1YA New Zealand 760 R. S c h i l l e r Texas 8 6 VAC 2166 381 1 K0RL Hawa i i R. Edd ie M i s s o u r i 15 1028 55 1 KORL 65O H. Robie Massachuse t ts 90 263 148 —

A. Rugg Quebec 60 1483 179 —

R. C a r r Texas 30 1000 119 —

R. K e n n e a l l y Ohio 30 805 127 —

P. Swear ingen Kansas 15 71 4 3 —

K. Ryoha l sky Connec t i cu t 12 262 48 —

P. Mount Ohio 6 225 25 —

Very few updates s i n c e l a s t column. Between s u r g e r y f o r detatohed r e t i n a s i n both eyes and a t y p e w r i t e r out f o r a month, your e d i t o r has been m i s s i n g from these pages f o r too l o n g . I am t h a n k f u l to s a y t h a t my v i s i o n was r e s t o r e d a lmos t comple te l y . R i c k C a r r made the 1,000 v e r i e mark. Hank W i l k i n s o n i n check ing over h i s f o r e i g n v a r i e s got h i m s e l f a new c o u n t r y , T r i e s t e . Date of v e r i e 1 1934. I t was a coun t r y back i n those d a y s . Tou a l s o may note above a t H i l d i n g Gus ta f s on has a 100 w a t t v e r i e from A u s t r a l i a r e c e i v e d when he l i v e d i n I l l i n o i s . Not a mean achievement . A l s o Ben D a n g e r f i e l d and F r a n k Wheeler w i t h v e r i e s from A u s t r a l i a and New Zealand f o r P e n n s y l v a n i a r e c e p t i o n . Next column w i l l f e a t u r e South American t o t a l s and b e s t v e r i e s . Hope more NRC members w i l l j o i n t h i s column and those t h a t a r e l i s t e d above w i l l update your t o t a l s . B e s t w ishes f o r good h e a l t h and good DXing i n 19801

7 3 .

STATIC FROM HQ No, the P u b l i c a t i o n s / R e p r i n t L i s t l a s t time was not an unannounced b r a i n t e a s e r type c o n t e s t and the young l a d y who put the pages i n "order" a t the p r i n t e r was not under the i n f l u e n c e of h o l i d a y cheer. They j u s t got i n a h u r r y a t the p r i n t e r and my i n s t r u c t i o n s were not too c l e a r . We f i g u r e you f o l k s are p r e t t y sharp and can f i g u r e out what i s what. One e r r o r , the NRC s t a t i o n a r y masters have been a v a i l a b l e f o r some time and can be ordered now. I f a few l i n e s of copy on some pages i n s i d e look a l i t t l e " o f f " p l e a s e be understanding. We d i d the cut and pa s t e procedure on more pages t h i s i s s u e than f o r any other i s s u e i n r e c e n t memory. Don't take t h a t as a complaint though, 'cause we a p p r e c i a t e the v a r i e t y of c o n t r i b u t i o n s r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d . S i m i l a r l y , we got many c l i p s on the 9 kHz announcement which could not be used but we do a p p r e c i a t e the t h o u g h t f u l n e s s of Bob Foxworth, E r n i e Cooper, Chuck Hutton, Soott T u t h i l l , and o t h e r s . A c a l l from B i l l Hardy t e l l s us S e a r s w i l l drop f u l l s ponsorship of t h e i r Mystery T h e a t e r s h o r t l y . A l s o on Feb. 4 i t w i l l move t o Mutual and become the Mutual Radio T h e a t e r . You can a l s o look f o r them to cut back t o a M-F schedule e f f e c t i v e Dec. 3 1 s t . T h i s i n f o from the Deo. 10 B r o a d c a s t i n g as was i n f o r m a t i o n of the WARC d e c i s i o n to extend the MW band to 1 7 0 5 a f t e r 1 9 8 5 -Thanks B i l l f o r the c a l l and i n f o r m a t i o n . Your t y p i s t f o r t h i s i s s u e i s P a t H a r t l a g e and the cut and p a s t e r s a r e Dick Truax and Gary A t k i n s . Next i s s u e i s Monday, January 7 t h . Happy New Year to a l l !

CONTESTS P.O. Box #86 Montville, New Jersey 07045

Name Location Ttot. Le RICK KENNEALLY Cincinnati, Chio 70 C Robert Kramer Chicago, 111. 64 C Todd Williams Hood River, Oregon 53 S B i l l Hardy Aberdeen, Wash. 49 S Paul Mount Nelsonville, Chio 47 C Rick A. Carr Austin, Texas 40 C Michael J e z i o r s k i Brookfield, 111. 40 c Ray Arnda Acushnet, Mass. 38 p Nancy Hardy Aberdeen, Wash. 37 s Chris Lucas Stamford, Conn. 37 N I a r r y Van Horn Millington, Tenn. 36 c Dave Yocis Glerdale Heights, 111. 33 C Sharon Waterman Southwick, Mass. 27 P Richard Waterman Southwick, Mass. 23 c Ray Barno Portage, Pa. 22 c Frank Wheeler E r i e , Pa. 22 c George Walton Fasten, Pa. 19 N Walt W. Sharp Cinnaminson, N.J. 18 C Scott Parker Muskegon, Mich. 16 C Morris Sorensen Leaf Rapids, Manitoba 12 w

Choice

Well that's how each of you fared against each other i n the 2nd contest. But, honors t h i s time go to none other than the man on top. Rick Kenneally. He edges out our l a s t Contest's winner Robert Kramer by a meager but important 6 stations Congratulations Rick, for your fine e f f o r t . You have the right to claim either an NRC Domestic log or $6.50 worth of any reprints.

CCNTEST 3: STATIONS WITH CALL-LETTERS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR LOCATIONS IN SOE OBVIOUS WAY COUNT CNLY.

Examples: WFIL Philadelphia, Pa. WIAU Laurel, Ms. KALV Alva, Okla. WEIR Weirton, W. Va. KSTP St. Paul, Minn. WLCN Logan, Chio

Include only stations with c a l l - l e t t e r s that can be recognized imwdiately as relating to their location. Winner i s determined by who can hear the most stations under the aforanentioned conditions. DATE: 0000 Dec. 30, 1979-2359 Jan. 7, 1980 DEADLINE FOR YOU TO SEND ME YOUR ENTRIES: Jan. 19, 1980

I f you do not receive your DX News i n time to begin the Contest an Dec. 30, sinply begin i t the day a f t e r you do receive your DX News and participate i n the contest for 9 days a f t e r that. For t h i s Contest j u s t l i s t your stations i n the following fashion-STATION LOCATION DATE TIME KFRB Fairbanks, Alaska 1/1 0000

The prize for the winner of t h i s Contest w i l l be $5.00 worth of reprints of the winner's choice.

With the passing of Contest 2, t h i s i s how the race for the Graid Prize shapes 1 among our top contenders:

1. Robert Kramer 17 2. Rick Kenneally 10 3. Rick A. Carr 7

© Renember, to win that free subscription to DX News your participation i n EVERY Contest i s of the utmost importance. Perseverance and e f f o r t i s the nama of the gane. Hope to see more of you i n the next Contest. Don't delay, the more you wait the harder you're making i t for yourself to win the Grand Prize. With that i n mind, I hope you enjoy Contest 3 and do w e l l . For members participating for the f i r s t t i n e , please enclose 309 with your f i r s t entry. This acts as your entry fee ard e n t i t l e s you to a C e r t i f i c a t e of Appreciation. By the way, for those who did not receive t h e i r C e r t i f i c a t e of Appreciation for t h e i r participation i n l a s t year's Contests, please be patient, they're on t h e i r vray. I am sincerely sorry for the delay.

Hope you got what you wanted for XMAS, and have a good New Year's. And above a l l , DCN'T FORtarr THE CCNTEST!

F C C N E W S R E L E A S E Iteport No. 15384 PCTlCti IN DOCKET CASE December 12, 1979 - BC

FCC VOTES TO RE0CM4END 9 kHz CHANNEL SPACING POR AM RADIO BAND

At the conclusion of a closed meeting today the Oonmission voted to reocnmend that the United States propose a reduction i n channel spacing frcm 10 kHz to 9 kHz i n the AM broadcast band.

I f approved by the State Department, t h i s proposal w i l l be made to the other nations of the Western Hemisphere at the Region 2 Administrative Radio Ctnferenoe i n Buenos Aires, Argentina, i n March 1980.

POC rules currently specify that AM broadcast stations operate on the 107 channels spaced at 10 kHz intervals frcm 540 kHz to 1600 kHz. Approximately 2,250 fulltime stations have been assigned to those channels. A reduction i n channel spacing to 9 kHz would increase the t o t a l nuiber of channels from 107 to 119 and permit the authorization of an additional 200 to 1,400 fulltime stations depending cn the action of the Conference and assignments by the Cfcmnission.

The potential benefits of t h i s increase include more fulltime l o c a l service, more diverse media ownership and more choice i n programs for U.S. l i s t e n e r s . I t also r a i s e s the potential for expansion of the present system of ncnocmnercial educational stations.

The decision to reccrmend 9 kHz channel spacing w i l l be incorporated i n a Qmmissicn Report cn Region 2 proposals to be issued t h i s month. A ccnplete report on the Notice of Inquiry on 9 kHz spacing (BC Docket No. 79-164, adopted June 21, 1979) w i l l be released after the March session of the Regicn 2 Adninistrative Radio Conference.

Acticn by the Catmissicn December 12, 1979. Oorrmissicners F e r r i s (Chairman), FOgarty, Brown and Jones, with Gcmmissicner Lee not participating, and Onmissioners Quello and Washburn concurring i n the r e s u l t and Cfcrrmissioner Quello issuing a statoaent i n which Canrnissioner Washburn joins.

CONCURRING STATEMENT OF FCC COMMISSIONER JAMES H. QUELLO

IN WHICH COMMISSIONER ABBOTT WASHBURN JOINS

I r a t h e r r e l u c t a n t l y c o n c u r I n our m a j o r i t y v o t e f o r r e d u c i n g t h e s p a c i n g 1n t h e AM b r o a d c a s t s e r v i c e b e c a u s e o f the I n c o n c l u s i v e showing made on our c u r r e n t r e c o r d . I have a nagging c o n c e r n t h a t we might be p r o p o s i n g a c o u r s e o f a c t i o n which c o u l d be c o u n t e r p r o d u c t i v e 1n terms o f o v e r a l l s e r v i c e to the p u b l i c .

F i r s t , t h e t e s t s and measurements c o n d u c t e d by NTIA and t h r e e o f our l i c e n s e e s d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t t h e o r e t i c a l p r o j e c t i o n s and p r a c t i c a l r e s u l t s q u i t e o f t e n d i f f e r . The f a c t I s t h a t none o f t h e t h r e e s t a t i o n s was a b l e to o p e r a t e w i t h i n r e q u i r e d p a r a m e t e r s a f t e r s h i f t i n g f r e q u e n c y . D e s p i t e s p e c u l a t i o n by t h e s t a f f t h a t . I n one c a s e , "...an e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d y to o p t i m i z e the p a r a m e t e r s would p r o b a b l y c o r r e c t t h i s p roblem...," I would p r e f e r g r e a t e r a s s u r a n c e t h a t we a r e p r o c e e d i n g w i t h a p p r o p r i a t e c a u t i o n .

S e c o n d , I don't b e l i e v e t h a t t h e p o t e n t i a l Impact upon AM s t e r e o has been f u l l y a s s e s s e d . The t a s k f o r c e g e n e r a l l y has r e c o g n i z e d t h a t I t might be n e c e s s a r y to r e s t r i c t t h e bandwidth o f e m i s s i o n s to 5 kHz "... or some o t h e r s u i t a b l e v a l u e . . . " to a v o i d u n a c c e p t a b l e a d j a c e n t c h a n n e l I n t e r f e r e n c e . W h i l e 1t 1s s t i l l p o s s i b l e to have s t e r e o under r e s t r i c t e d b a ndwidth c o n d i t i o n s , w i t h o u t a d e q u a t e a u d i o f i d e l i t y , I q u e s t i o n I t s p u b l i c a p p e a l . With r e g a r d to t h e argument t h a t AM 1s g e n e r a l l y " r e c e i v e r - l i m i t e d " I n a u d i o q u a l i t y a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e , I s u s p e c t t h a t any s u c h l i m i t a t i o n I s l a r g e l y t h e r e s u l t e f t h e many s m a l l and I n e x p e n s i v e " p o c k e t " r e c e i v e r s now I n u s e . AM s t e r e o , o f c o u r s e , would be e x p e c t e d to f i n d t h e b u l k o f I t s a p p e a l among t h e m o b i l e a u d i e n c e and a u t o m o b i l e r e c e i v e r s a r e g e n e r a l l y f a r s u p e r i o r I n q u a l i t y to many o f t h e " p o c k e t " v a r i e t y . I t must a l s o be remembered t h a t AM s t e r e o w i l l have t o compete, at l e a s t to some e x t e n t , w i t h FM s t e r e o which 1s g e n e r a l l y r e g a r d e d as b e i n g o f h i g h q u a l i t y .

I am a l s o v e r y c o n c e r n e d t h a t our p r o p o s a l w i l l r a i s e u n r e a l i s t i c e x p e c t a t i o n s among p o t e n t i a l b e n e f i c i a r i e s . I n p r e ­s e n t i n g t h r e e a l t e r n a t i v e p l a n s f o r i m p l e m e n t i n g a 9 kHz s p a c i n g p l a n , t h e t a s k f o r c e a c k n o w l e d g e s t h a t t h e i r e s t i m a t e s o f t h e number o f new s t a t i o n s to be g a i n e d a r e s u b j e c t to e r r o r . I n making I t s recommendations to t h e Commission, t h e t a s k f o r c e n o t e d ; "The a l t e r n a t i v e p l a n s assume t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s c a n a s s i g n f u l l t i m e s t a t i o n s on a l l t h e c h a n n e l s c r e a t e d by r e d u c e d s p a c i n g . T h i s a s s u m p t i o n may not be r e a l i s t i c . " The f a c t t h a t Canada, Mexico and Cuba a r e l i k e l y t o I n s i s t upon s h a r i n g some o f t h e s e new f r e q u e n c i e s , a t l e a s t I n b o r d e r a r e a s , a s s u r e s us t h a t we w i l l not be a b l e to u s e a l l o f t h e f r e q u e n c i e s , l e y o n d t h a t , s u c h m a t t e r s as d e m o g r a p h i c s and economics must be c o n ­s i d e r e d b e f o r e any v i a b l e a s s i g n m e n t s a r e made.

F i n a l l y , w h i l e r e d u c t i o n 1n s p a c i n g 1s b e i n g advanced as a boon to m i n o r i t y e n t r e p r e n e u r s , t h e comments — o r l a c k t h e r e o f — from m i n o r i t y I n d i v i d u a l s and o r g a n i z a t i o n s would seem to I n d i c a t e t h a t t h e y don't welcome t h i s p r o p o s a l w i t h g r e a t e n t h u s i a s m .

D e s p i t e my m i s g i v i n g s , however, I b e l i e v e a l l p o s s i b i l i t i e s s h o u l d be f u r t h e r c o n s t r u c t i v e l y c o n s i d e r e d . I t I s p o s s i b l e t h e s e I n s u f f i c i e n t l y a d d r e s s e d q u e s t i o n s may e v e n t u a l l y be answered f a v o r a b l y and t h a t the f a c t s may t h e n l e a d to t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t 9 kHz s p a c i n g w i l l p r oduce some o f t h e a n t i c i p a t e d b e n e f i t s . I s u p p o r t t h e Commission's d e s i r e to e x p l o r e t h e c o n c e p t o f 9 kHz s p a c i n g I n an I n t e r n a t i o n a l forum w h e r e i n the n a t i o n s o f R egion 2 w i l l have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f c o n t r i b u t i n g t h e i r v i e w s .

T h e r e f o r e , I c o n c u r .

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R

DICK GARY

PAT TED

DX'ING LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN

W r i t t e n by N e i l K a z a r o s s , Mark C o n n e l l y , & Marc DeLorenzo

T h i s a r t i c l e i s designed to a s s i s t both beginning and more exp e r i e n c e d DXers who are i n t e r e s t e d i n r e c e i v i n g many L a t i n American & Caribbean c o u n t r i e s on the MW BCB. While a l l of the t i p s here concern r e c e p t i o n from the n o r t h e a s t e r n U. S., many of the t i p s apply g e n e r a l l y throughout the U. S. & Canada. What can and cannot be heard w i l l depend upon the i n d i v i d u a l DXer's l o c a l s t a t i o n s , as w e l l as h i s or her a b i l i t y , p e r s e v e r a n c e , equipment, and l o c a t i o n . C o a s t a l l o c a t i o n s are a d e f i n i t e h e l p f o r a v a r i e t y o f reasons beyond the scope of t h i s a r t i c l e . A loop antenna or Beverage i s a l s o advantageous because these antennae can e s t a b l i s h d i r e c t i o n a l i t y to the south w h i l s t n u l l i n g to the e a s t and to the west.

Now i s the time to DX LA's s i n c e the sunspot count i s high and many n i g h t s w i l l be a u r o r a l w i t h poor r e c e p t i o n of n o r t h e r n TA's and weakened or t o t a l l y i n a u d i b l e h i g h - l a t i t u d e domestics. T h i s c l e a r s f r e q u e n c i e s f o r LA's. A knowledge of Spanish i s not n e c e s s a r y : one can soon l e a r n to p i c k an ID out of a jumble of o t h e r w i s e incomprehen­s i b l e audio. Many LA's do not have the frequency s t a b i l i t y of U. S. s t a t i o n s ; t h e r e f o r e , d i f f e r e n t " d r i f t e r s p l i t s " w i l l show up on d i f f e r e n t n i g h t s . The " g r o w l s " , or a u d i b l e low beat t o n e s , heard on LA s t a t i o n s r e s u l t from poor s t a n d a r d s of frequency-maintenance a c c u r a c y .

T h i s a r t i c l e l i s t s the c o u n t r i e s of i n t e r e s t i n approximate order from e a s i e s t (1) to most d i f f i c u l t ( 4 6 ) , based upon r e c e p t i o n s from the New Engiand-Long Island-New J e r s e y r e g i o n . DXers should be reminded t h a t the sun s e t s e a r l i e r a t the same l o n g i t u d e a t a QTH to the south of them d u r i n g the p e r i o d from the v e r n a l equinox (about 22 March) to the autumnal equinox (about 22 Sept.) T h e r e f o r e , DXing the Caribbean d u r i n g the s p r i n g & summer seasons w i l l g i v e a g r e a t e r amount of time around sunset d u r i n g which d e s i r e d DX s t a t i o n s w i l l be f r e e of domestic QRM. During the autumn and the w i n t e r , n o i s e l e v e l s w i l l be lower, but the DXer w i l l be much more dependent on an a u r o r a to c l e a r away the domestic QRM. The r e a d e r should a l s o be aware of the f a c t t h a t daytime domestics go o f f before t h e i r l o c a l s unset times d u r i n g the l a s t h a l v e s of the months of J a n u a r y through June and d u r i n g the f i r s t h a l v e s of J u l y through December. DXing d u r i n g these sunset p e r i o d s w i l l a f f o r d l e s s e n e d daytime-domestic QRM of d e s i r e d LA DX s t a t i o n s .

Times i n the f o l l o w i n g l i s t a r e GMT. I t i s assumed t h a t the DXer has a World Radio-TV Handbook w i t h which t o look up s t a t i o n slogans & c a l l l e t t e r s . Most of these were omitted from t h i s a r t i c l e f o r the sake of b r e v i t y . E x c e p t f o r the Mexicans, most SS LA's use slogan ID's much more f r e q u e n t l y than c a l l l e t t e r s . GOOD LUCK!

1. CUBA - Our neighbour to the south has many v e r y easy s t a t i o n s From which to choose: 590, 600, 630, 640, 690, 720, & 780 are a l l a c i n c h . Most Cuban s t a t i o n s p l a y d i s t i n c t i v e m a r t i a l music w i t h t h e i r h o u r l y ID. Radio R e l o j ("Radio C l o c k " ) s t a t i o n s ( e . g 760, 1180, 1560) have continuous news i n SS w i t h c l o c k t i c k s i n the background. Time checks S tones a r e heard once a minute. Many weaker s t a t i o n s run programmes p a r a l l e l to the s t r o n g e r s t a t i o n s ; t h i s makes Cuba easy to DX e x t e n s i v e l y .

2. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - T r a n s World Radio (PJB) on the i s l a n d of B o n a i r e w i t h 500 kw. i s p r e s e n t l y the most po w e r f u i s t a t i o n i n the Western Hemisphere. I t i s heard n i g h t l y over or under CKLW on 800; PJB programmes r e l i g i o n i n EE, SS, PP & Dutch.

3. ST. KlTTS - I n the e a r l y evening Radio P a r a d i s e - 1265,with r e l i g i o u s pgms. i n EE, can be r e c e i v e d o f t e n a t l e v e l s e q u a l l i n g or s u r p a s s i n g the s t r e n g t h s of the a d j a c e n t 1260 & 1270 domestics ZIZ on 555 i s a l s o an e a s i l y - h e a r d s p l i t .

4. VENEZUELA - Many easy t a r g e t s to be found here: b e s t b e t s i n c l u d e 670, 700, 720, 750, 830, 950, 1020, 1070, 1110, & 1200.

5. COLOMBIA - T r y the S u t a t e n z a o u t l e t s on 700, 810, & 960; these should dominate d u r i n g a u r o r a l c o n d i t i o n s CAU C X ' ) . L a Voz de B a r r a n q u i l l a - 760 & R. R e l o j - 1100 a r e e a s i l y heard. Colombian network ID's heard o f t e n a r e RCN ( e r r a y - s a y - e n n a y ) , CARACOL, R. S u t a t e n z a , & TODELAR. HJED-820 u s u a l l y o v e r - r i d e s WBAP i n the e a s t e r n s t a t e s . HJAZ, Emisora S i n u - 1160 i n Monteria has been dominating the channel l a t e a t n i g h t .

SURINAM - SRS on 725 i s easy enen on u n s o p h i s t i c a t e d r e c e i v e r s i n the e a r l y evening. 600 i 640 are f r e q u e n t l y heard a t Cape Cod and a t o t h e r c o a s t a l s i t e s d u r i n g the l o c a l - s u n s e t p e r i o d . 820: 914 4 1030 a r e r a r e r . Surinam s t a t i o n s programme Dutch, Hindu, and numerous oth e r languages; s i m i l a r l y , m u s i c a l c o n t e n t i s e x t r e m e l y v a r i a b l e . ANTIGUA The EE r e l i g i o u s b r o a d c a s t s & BBC news r e l a y s o f the Caribbean Radio Lighthouse on 1165 can be copied e a r l y i n the evening before WWVA-1170 becomes s t r o n g . ZDK-1100 can be heard m i x i n g w i t h the Colombians d u r i n g AU CX; even d u r i n g 'normal' ex. i t dominates q u i t e w e l l a t c o a s t a l s i t e s a t l o c a l s u n s e t between WHLI s / o f f & HJAT/WWWE fade-ups.

8. HAITI - 4VEC on 1035 i s easy w i t h WBZ looped or phased; t h i s i s heard e a r l y i n the evening. A l s o t r y 4VEF-840 & 4VRS-1170 a t l o c a l s u n s e t d u r i n g AU CX. 895 i s a s p l i t sometimes noted d u r i n g good L a t i n American c o n d i t i o n s .

9. CAYMAN ISLANDS - 1555 i s easy most n i g h t s ; 1205 a l s o makes i t through r a t h e r o f t e n . Both are heard b e s t when AU CX d i m i n i s h the a d j a c e n t - c h a n n e l domestic s p l a t t e r .

10. COSTA RICA - R. N a c i o n a l ( T I R N ) - 575 makes t h i s c o u n t r y easy. Other good b e t s are R. Sonora - 675, R. Uno - 775, R. T i t a n i a - 825, & R. Casino - 1176. 725 i s heard a f t e r SRS s / o f f , or w/SRS n u l l e d .

1 1 . PUERTO RICO — WHOA on 870 can be heard i n EE w i t h Top 40 before WWL fades i n f o r the n i g h t . WKAQ-580, R. R e l o j , g e t s out v e r y w e l l w i t h i t s SS a l l - n e w s format. WAPA-680 i s o f t e n heard w e l l o u t s i d e the immediate v i c i n i t y of domestic p e s t s such as WRKO & WCBM. WKVM-810 can be heard m i x i n g w i t h o t h e r LA's d u r i n g AU CX; the KVM (Kah-Vay-Em) ID's a r e e a s i l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d .

12. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - ZBVI on 780 can be heard a t s u n s e t , before Cuba/WBBM f a d e - i n s . T h i s i s b e s t a t c o a s t a l s i t e s , but i t w i l l make the t r i p i n l a n d . The format i s b a s i c a l l y s o u l / d i s c o / r e g g a e w i t h a c r a z y & h e a v i l y - a c c e n t e d male announcer who t a l k s over r e c o r d s and dumps i n sound e f f e c t s i n c l u d i n g w o l f howls & S t a r W a r s - s t y l e raygun n o i s e s .

13. GUADELOUPE - A r n o u v i l l e - 640 i s heard a t s u n s e t mixing w i t h Surinam b e f o r e Cuba & Venezuela fade i n . Programming i s a l l i n French.

14. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - R. U n i v e r s a l on 650 i s commonly heard. Other p o s s i b i l i t i e s a r e 830, 890, 1120, 1160, & 1180. R. C l a r i n - 860 was the b e s t bet b e f o r e H u r r i c a n e D a v i d . i t came back on the a i r , but a t a much lower power than b e f o r e .

15. MEXICO - XEWA on 540 "La Voz de l a America L a t i n a " i s sometimes the dominant s t a t i o n on 540 a f t e r CBT/CBEF s / o f f s . O t h e r s l i k e l y t o be heard a r e XEX-730, XEW-900, XEQ-940, XEG-1050, XERH-1500, XEVIP-1560, & XERF-1570. Mexicans a r e b e s t heard i n the e a r l y morning h o u r s .

16. B E L I Z E - 834 i s heard o f t e n between YVLT/WCCO-830 & WHAS-840 u n t i l s / o f f a t 6510 GMT.

17. ST. VINCENT - R. S t . V i n c e n t on 705 p u t s out a good s i g n a l but the modulation l e v e l i s weak. As w i t h a l l C a r i b b e a n s t a t i o n s , the b e s t time t o t r y i s a t s u n s e t d u r i n g a u r o r a l c o n d i t i o n s .

18. DOMINICA - D. B. C. on 595 i s a good bet i n EE or t r y f o r R. C a r i b b e a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l w/ FF on 1210 o r 1150. R. Jumbo - 545 i s l ong gone, u n f o r t u n a t e l y .

19. BARBADOS - R. Barbados on 900 r e q u i r e s an a u r o r a l d i s r u p t i o n t o weaken CKTS/CHML. The b e s t time f o r Barbados-900 i s a t s u n s e t b e f o r e YVMD & HJEY fade up.

20. NICARAGUA - R. Sandino on 750 can u s u a l l y be heard u/WSB w/YVKS looped l a t e r i n the e v e n i n g . A l s o t r y 540 & 620.

2 1 . PANAMA - R. P e n i n s u l a - 825 I D ' s o f t e n and i t can be heard f i g h t i n q f o r c o n t r o l o f the c h a n n e l w/R. T i t a n i a i n C o s t a R i c a . Other p o s s i b i l i t i e s i n c l u d e HOL80 on 840 & HOL55 on 860. The s p l i t s on 965 & 1045 may be r e c e i v e d on a communications r e c e i v e r d u r i n g reasonably-good L a t i n American c o n d i t i o n s .

22. EL SALVADOR - YSS R. N a c i o n a l on 655 i s not too d i f f i c u l t u n l e s s you DX from a s i t e too c l o s e t o WNBC or WSM. T r y YSCF-1155 which has an American-sounding Top 40 & d i s c o format w/SS announcers.

23. BAHAMAS - ZNS3 i s sometimes heard on Monday mornings w i t h WGY o f f on 810. ZNS1 on 1540 makes i t t o New England when AU CX k i l l WPTR's skywave; those l i v i n g south of Albany ( i n the WPTR n u l l ) can e a s i l y lo g t h i s one b e f o r e KXEL fade-up.

24. JAMAICA - J . B. C. o u t l e t s a r e found on 550, 560, 580, 620, 700, 720, 750, & 770. A l l s t a t i o n s a r e 5 kW. Radio 1 on 700 seems t o be the most e a s i l y h eard; i t ' s o f t e n a u d i b l e w i t h WLW n u l l e d . The J a m a i c a n s sometimes run a l l - n i g h t , d e s p i t e i n d i c a t i o n s t o the c o n t r a r y i n the World Radio-TV Handbook.

25. GUYANA - The b e s t bet i s R. Demerara on 760 a t s u n s e t d u r i n g AU CX. T h i s i s heard w e l l a t c o a s t a l s i t e s such as Delmarva, south J e r s e y , & Cape Cod. A c t i o n Radio on 560 can a l s o be heard i n s e v e r e AU CX i f you're l u c k y enough t o have no s e r i o u s WGAN or WFIL problem; the l a s t r e p o r t I ' v e seen on t h i s one was from Bob Foxworth on Long I s l a n d .

26. HONDURAS - R. Panamerica on 944 i s the b e s t bet. R. Aeropuerto on 1085 & R. D a n l i - 1365 can a l s o make i t d u r i n g the b e s t c o n d i t i o n s . Those w i t h o u t a s e l e c t i v e r e c e i v e r w i l l have d i f f i c u l t y logging t h i s c o u n t r y . W.R.TV.H. l i s t s a 25 kW. s t a t i o n on 1160, but nobody ever h e a r s i t .

27. GRENADA - R. Grenada on 535 can be heard a t sunset w i t h a poor to f a i r s i g n a l . Reception tends t o d e t e r i o r a t e l a t e r i n the n i g h t as s l o p & n o i s e l e v e l s i n c r e a s e . 535 s u f f e r s from the s e v e r e TV b i r d i e s , light-dimmer buzz, & p o w e r l i n e - l e a k a g e n o i s e problems which plague the lower end of the band.

28. MONTSERRAT - ZJB on 885 i n EE i s the e a s i e s t , but modulation l e v e l s are low and i t ' s d i f f i c u l t t o get an ID through the WCBS s l o p . R. A n t i l l e s - 740 can be heard o c c a s i o n a l l y w/FF programming, b e s t d u r i n g AU CX a t sunset b e f o r e the SS LA's fade i n . The 200 kW. s t a t i o n on 930 has a v e r y u n f a v o u r a b l e d i r e c t i o n a l p a t t e r n f o r U. S. r e c e p t i o n ; i t beams to the n o r t h e a s t . I t i s heard more o f t e n i n Europe than i n North America.

29. TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - There are two s t a t i o n s here: 610 & 730. Both r e q u i r e AU CX to be heard. A c o a s t a l r e c e i v i n g QTH i s a d v i s a b l e . These s t a t i o n s have r e p u t e d l y i n c r e a s e d power to 50 kW. but they don't seem any e a s i e r t o hear. Check f o r Caribbean-accented EE t a l k and C a r i b b e a n - s t y l e music.

30. ECUADOR - F r e q u e n c i a M i l on 995 & R. Melodia - 735 w i l l be a t l e a s t r e a dable most n i g h t s i f a communications r e c e i v e r i s used. 945 i s more d i f f i c u l t . T r o p i c a n a - 540 i s heard d u r i n g AU CX.

31. ST. LUCIA - R. Caribbean on 840 can o c c a s i o n a l l y make i t through the QRM a t l o c a l s u n s e t .

32. BRAZIL - R. Mundial on 860 can be heard w/R. C l a r i n & the Cuban R. R e l o j a f t e r CBH/CJBC s / o f f s . T h i s runs a l l n i g h t w i t h U. S. Top 40, d i s c o , & an o c c a s i o n a l PP f o l k - r o c k song. Most n i g h t s t h i s can be heard a t the c o a s t a t poor to f a i r q u a l i t y . O c c a s i o n a l l y , i t i s s t r o n g enough to p e n e t r a t e i n l a n d . Long deep fades a r e common. R. Globo - 1220 can a l s o be heard a t sunset d u r i n g AU CX. THe s t a t i o n s on 1100 & 1000 can a l s o be r e c e i v e d o c c a s i o n a l l y .

33. ANGUILLA - R. A n g u i l l a on 1505 programmes a v a r i e t y of music; i t i s heard b e s t a t the c o a s t e a r l y evenings before WTOP becomes too s t r o n g .

34. BERMUDA - ZFB on 960 i s o c c a s i o n a l l y heard w i t h Top 40/pop/soul/disco music d u r i n g s e m i - a u r o r a l c o n d i t i o n s o/u HJHN w i t h the mainland QRM n u l l e d . T h i s i s b e s t a t E a s t Coast s u n s e t . Those of you who l i k e

'graveyard' DX can t r y 1230 S, 1340 d u r i n g a moderate a u r o r a . But don't hold your b r e a t h w a i t i n g - h i . R e a l l y deep AU CX w i l l knock out Bermuda, though, as Bermuda i s not v e r y f a r to the south.

35. U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - WVWI on 1000 may be heard o c c a s i o n a l l y a t sunset d u r i n g AU CX. Check e a r l y because the channel i s q u i c k l y dominated by the Venezuelans & Colombians. WSTX i s another AU CX p o s s i b i l i t y i f you have no s t r o n g groundwave p e s t on 970.

36. GUATEMALA - TGW on 640, "La Voz de Guatemala", can be heard l a t e i n the evening under CMQ; s / o f f i s a t 0600. TGK-1240 has been heard d u r i n g deep AU CX. TGTL sometimes d r i f t s to 939, where s p l i t t a b l e from 940 on a good r e c e i v e r . TGJ used to be common on 880 before WCBS went A l l Night o p e r a t i o n .

37. PERU - Because of the horizon-blockage e f f e c t of the Andes mountains, Peru i s r e c e i v e d b e t t e r on the west c o a s t than i n the e a s t . R. N J c i o n a l on 854 on a Monday morning w i t h WIIDH o f f or running OC i s the b e s t chance to log Peru. R. Union - 880 & R. America - 1010 have been heard i n the west;,they used to be heard i n the e a s t when WCBS & WINS had Monday morning s i l e n t p e r i o d s . There are a l s o two 10 kW. Radio Nacional t r a n s m i t t e r s on 1120 i n the c i t i e s of Tumbes & I q u i t o s i n n o r t h e r n P e ru, away from the Andes. These might be p o s s i b l y r e c e i v e d along w i t h o t h e r co-channel LA's when KMOX i s knocked out by AU CX.

3 8 . ARGENTINA - LRA1 on 870 has been heard a t sunset and a l s o a t 0900 s/on. ID i s R. N a c i o n a l . L i s t e n f o r the LRA p i p s on the hour. They are 6_ p i p s w i t h the l a s t one prolonged. U s u a l l y these p i p s are heard through much QRM. You might hear R. E l Mundo - 107 0 or R. d e l P l a t a - 1030 on day power of 25 kW. when WBZ i s o c c a s i o n a l l y o f f on e a r l y Monday mornings. These s t a t i o n s w i l l fade by 0830 GMT d u r i n g our w i n t e r , so w a i t u n t i l s p r i n g to hear them on day t r a n s m i s s i o n s . 1070 R. E l Mundo runs a l l n i g h t . A l s o check 950.

39. FRENCH GUIANA - V i r t u a l l y the o n l y p o s s i b l e time to hear t h i s c o u n t ry i s a t sunset d u r i n g extreme AU CX before the more w e s t e r l y LA's fade up. The 0930 s/on w i l l l i k e l y be b u r i e d by YVMA, HJAG, & HJCG. FF t a l k or music w i l l be the t i p - o f f here. A r e c e n t shortwave QSL s a i d t h a t the power on 1070 i s now 20 kW., but based upon i t s s t r e n g t h compared w i t h t h a t of s t a t i o n s from Guyana & Surinam heard a t the same time, i t seems t h a t i f t h i s i s 20 kW. i t i s v e r y i n e f f i c i e n t ; more l i k e l y , i t s t i l l uses 4 kW'.

40. PARAGUAY - R. Caaguazu on 645 i s v e r y d i f f i c u l t , - but i t was heard by s e v e r a l DXers on Cape Cod l a s t season. R. P r e s i d e n t e S t r o s s n e r i s on 885 or 890 w i t h 25 kW. & a l i s t e d schedule of 0900 - 0415. I t might be heard i f a l l f a c t o r s were r i g h t . Other long-shots a r e ZP5 on 760, ZP70 on 780, & ZP28 on 860. A d d i t i o n a l l y , ZP10 i s l i s t e d as being on 1305.

41. TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS - 1550 i s 'very d i f f i c u l t to r e c e i v e due to i t s low power and a more w e s t e r l y l o c a t i o n ; even d u r i n g AU CX t h e r e w i l l be QRM from the southern U. S. r e g i o n a l s a t s u n s e t . The format i s EE d i s c o / s o u l / t o p 40.

4-2. MARTINIQUE - T h i s French colony had a 50 kW. t r a n s m i t t e r on 1310 which was r a r e l y heard i n the U. S. but made i t o c c a s i o n k l l y to Europe. T h i s was r e p o r t e d to have been destroyed d u r i n g H u r r i c a n e David but, h o p e f u l l y , i t w i l l r e t u r n .

4-3. BOLIVIA - There's l i t t l e hope of r e c e i v i n g B o l i v i a n s on the crowded broadcast band of today, u n l e s s some of i t s s t a t i o n s r a i s e power. R. I l l i m a n i - 1020 i s on 24 hours a day; i t might be heard on a Monday morning i f YVRS decided to go o f f . Other s/ons to look f o r ( i f you pray a l o t - h i ) i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h 'pest' s i l e n t p e r i o d s are CP57 on 1090, CP27 on 730, & CP34 on 680. CP34 was heard about 12 y e a r s ago.

44- URUGUAY - At p r e s e n t , i t ' s a v e r y tough c a t c h . R. Carve on 850 s/on a t 0830 might be heard on a Monday morning w i t h WHDH o f f . Another p o s s i b i l i t y i s R. O r i e n t a l on 770 w i t h s/on a t 0900 i f WABC goes o f f on a Monday morning. SODRE - 650 i s soon supposed to i n c r e a s e power to 200 kW. T h i s would make Uruguay c o n s i d e r a b l y e a s i e r to log a t sunset i n the s p r i n g , summer, and autumn.

4-5- CHILE - T h i s c o u ntry i s e x t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t f o r E a s t e r n e r s t o l o g because i t o f f e r s no a l l - n i g h t e r s on c l e a r f r e q u e n c i e s . As i t l i e s i n w e stern South America, i t s s t a t i o n s a r e QRM'ed by the time t h a t they fade i n d u r i n g the e a r l y evening. C h i l e ' s s/ons are too l a t e to be logged f r e e of QRM on a Monday morning i n the E a s t . Three 50 kW. s t a t i o n s o f f e r the b e s t chance: CB106 on'1060, CB114 on 1140, and CB138 on 1380. These might be p o s s i b l e w i t h phased Beverages on the c o a s t d u r i n g AU CX. CB118 - 1180 which had been heard on the west c o a s t i s no longer on the a i r . As i s the case w i t h P e r u , the Andes mountains r e s t r i c t some o t h e r w i s e - v i a b l e modes of propagation from C h i l e to e a s t e r n North America.

46- FALKLAND ISLANDS - For you dreamers - here i t i s : F. I . B. S. on 536 w i t h over a q u a r t e r of the d i s t a n c e around the world t o span w i t h i t s humble 5 kW. t r a n s m i t t e r . T h i s has never made i t to North America, but s e t up m i l e s of w i r e to a southward-facing beach and you j u s t might be the f i r s t to log i t . Remember to tape t h i s because no one w i l l b e l i e v e t h a t you heard i t .

The re a d e r i s a l s o a d v i s e d to c o n s u l t the IRCA F o r e i g n Logs f o r oth e r a r t i c l e s of c o n s i d e r a b l e use to the Pan-American DXer. The w r i t e r s f e e l t h a t two s i m i l a r companion a r t i c l e s - one by DXers i n the s o u t h e a s t & G u l f Coast s t a t e s ( e . g. Hutton, S c h a t z , B a s k i n d , Thomas) & one by western DXers ( P o r t z e r , M a r t i n , Tomer, Pe t e r s o n e t a l ) - would help g r e a t l y i n f i l l i n g i n the whole nationwide Pan-American DX p i c t u r e .

The b e s t way to keep informed, of c o u r s e , i s to read the i n t e r n a t i o n a l DX columns r e g u l a r l y . New s t a t i o n s take to the a i r f r e q u e n t l y ; f u r t h e r m o r e , e x i s t i n g s t a t i o n g change s l o g a n s , c a l l s , power, schedule, format, v e r i f i c a t i o n p o l i c i e s , and f r e q u e n c i e s o f t e n enough t h a t c o n s t a n t updating of the body of a v a i l a b l e knowledge i s e s s e n t i a l . A l l DXers should inform o t h e r s by h a b i t u a l l y r e p o r t i n g t h e i r LA DX c a t c h e s - r o u t i n e s t a t i o n s once a season (4 times a y e a r ) & less-common c a t c h e s whenever heard. Any v e r i f i c a t i o n d a t a should be r e p o r t e d . B e s t of l u c k i n your e f f o r t s )

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PANASONIC IF & RF ALIGNMENT @ by Steve Kennedy

The Panasonic RF-2200 i s a f a i r l y popular p o r t a b l the Na t i ona l Radio C lub . I have been an owner of t h i s i s an e x c e l l e n t s e t for DXing domest ics and some LA sp have no t i c ed the main f a u l t of t h i s se t i s the d i a l on a c cu ra t e c a l i b r a t i o n . T h i s problem can be cured w i t h s e t keeps i t s a l i gnment . F i r s t o f f , be sure you have i t as a p o r t a b l e . I p r e f e r to use a l k a l i n e b a t t e r i e s vo l tage over the l i f e of the b a t t e r i e s . Be c a r e f u l no and handle i t w i t h reasonab le c a r e . Avoid c a r r y i n g i t chased a po r tab l e case to s t o r e my s e t i n when not i n

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Open up the b a t t e r y compartment and remove the b a t t e r i e s . Next remove a l l s i x screws which hold the back on the s e t . C a r e f u l l y unplug the antenna and b a t t e r y l eads from the PC c h a s s i s board. Put the back pane l a s i d e and reconnect the s e t to an AC l i n e . Turn on the s e t and s e t the d i a l so tha t the h a i r l i n e c u r s e r I s d i r e c t l y above the heavy mark a t 600 KHz on the AM band. Check for a s t a t i o n a t 600 KHz and i f I t i s s l i g h t l y o f f from the d i a l mark­ing ve ry c a r e f u l l y t u r n L - l ( s ee diagram) u n t i l the s t a t i o n i s p r ope r l y cen te red a t 600 KHz. Do not use a l o c a l s t a t i o n for t h i s procedure and I t w i l l ove r l oad the s e t and make r e a l i g n ­ment d i f f i c u l t . I f you cannot f i n d a s t a t i o n of 600KHz use the 580 or 620 mark. The ob j e c t I s to make known s t a t i o n s appear on the d i a l where they a re supposed to be.

Now tune I n a s t a t i o n a t 1400 KHz, or 1380 or 1420 I f t ha t i s what a v a i l a b l e , and d e t e r ­mine how f a r i t I s o f f from i t s proper l o c a t i o n . Very s l o w l y tune C - 1 , which i s l o ca t ed nor thwest of L - l i n the bundle of w i r e s , and s e t the s t a t i o n a t i t s proper d i a l s e t t i n g . You should go back and check the d i a l a t the lower s e t t t i n g where you tuned L - l to see I f I t I s s t i l l a t i t s proper l o c a t i o n . C a r e f u l l y touch Up L - l and C-1 u n t i l both 600 KHz and 1400 KHz are c o r r e c t . When you are s a t i s f i e d tha t the d i a l I s p r ope r l y c a l i b r a t e d then proceed. I n most cases the above s teps w i l l on ly take from 5 to 10 m inu t e s . I f you w i s h to determine tha t a s t a t i o n i s p r ope r l y cen te red on i t s mark s w i t c h the bandspread to narrow and watch for maximum s i g n a l . I t i s p o s s i b l e to o b t a i n a more a c cu ra t e d i a l I n t h i s manner.

Al ignment of the antenna c i r c u i t I s q u i t e s imp l e . Tune I n a weak but steady s i g n a l near 1400 and tune C-2 ( see diagram) antenna cap fo r maximum s i g n a l . You should note tha t the d i a l of the RF-2200 w i l l d i s p l a y s t a t i o n s from 530 to 1500 w i t h r easonab l e a c c u r a c y . Above 1500 the markings a re not v e r y a c c u r a t e .

Next comes the BFO c i r c u i t and the I F c i r c u i t s . D i r e c t l y to the r i g h t o f L - l a re 4 I F c o l l s . Tune I n a ve ry weak s t a t i o n near the lower end of the AM d i a l and s w i t c h the s e t to narrow bandwidth. C a r e f u l l y tune the I F c o l l to the r i g h t of L - l and watch the s i g n a l meter on the s e t . Be sure the s i g n a l I s peaked fo r maximum s i g n a l s t r e n g t h . I f the s i g n a l I s s t rong enough to p i n the tun ing meter a t 10 lower the RF ga in fo r a m ldsca l e r e a d i n g . Now go to c o l l 2 ( s e e diagram) and repea t the above procedure . Each time the s i g n a l should I n c r e a s e when the c o l l i s tuned. Peak c o i l s 3 t h r u 5 i n the same manner. I f your s e t i s badly a l i g n e d you w i l l n o t i c e an I n c r e a s e i n s i g n a l s t r eng th each time you a d j u s t c o i l s 1 th ru 5. When you have peaked up these c o i l s you have c a r e f u l l y a l i g n e d the I F s e c t i o n of your Panasonic RF-2200 .

The BFO c o i l s i s located In the lower l e f t side of the main PC board (see diagram). Tune in a weak, no stronger than 5 on the tuning meter, station with the RF gain wide open. With the bandwidth in the narrow position carefully tune for maximum signal. Listen for the stations audio which should be quite bassy and most of the background noise absent. What you are doing i s tuning the signal to center I t s ca r r i e r in the middle of the IF passband. Now switch on the BFO and wait a minute. I f the BFO hetrodyne Is audible tune the BFO d i a l for a zerobeat. You must be vary careful not to disturb the d i a l setting. You signal w i l l sound l i k e SSB when the BFO i s set for zerobeat. When completed tune the d i a l back and forth and note I f the BFO hetrodyne I s egual In strength on either side of the signal. I f a l l i s well go ahead and re-connect the back and secure.

The alignment procedure described Involves only the available on the a i r signal and I s simple for most DXers to perform provided they have some basic knowledge of the Inner workings of a radio receiver. I cannot over emphasize the Importance of knowing what you are doing before you attempt to align your RF-2200 or any other receiver. I f you feel you cannot do the alignment procedure properly by a l l means take the set to someone who knows how to align multiband communications equipment. Most Radio-TV shops are i l l equipped to handle the work. In fact most technicians in the usual Radio-TV service shop have had no experience on servicing multiband radios. I f you know of a knowledgeable ham or fellow NRCer ask him to do the work, i t w i l l pay off.

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December 4, 1979

Dear E r n e s t :

I n o t i c e d your Musing i n the December 3rd e d i t i o n of the DX News about WNVR.

WNVR, 14-NVR, i s i n the process o f b u i l d i n g new s t u d i o s a t our p r e s e n t s i t e . Our C h i e f E n g i n e e r i s t i e d - u p w i t h t h a t i n s t a l l a t i o n . To i n s u r e t h a t a l l Club members get a q u i c k response to t h e i r r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t s , I would encourage a l l Club members to send t h e i r r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t s to me a t our c o r p o r a t e headquarters a d d r e s s :

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As one can e a s i l y see from the achievement columns i n DX News, t h e r e are v e r y few DXers who have managed to hear a l l 50 s t a t e s and a l l 10 p r o v i n c e s . T h i s a r t i c l e w i l l attempt to o u t l i n e the b e s t b e t s f o r the s t a t e s and p r o v i n c e s you need!

F i r s t , the 50 s t a t e s : Alabama: WM00-1550 Mobile and WAAY-1550 H u n s t v i l l e a r e both 50000 w a t t s daytime and get out w e l l on sunset or s u n r i s e . I f l o c a l s p r event you from t h e s e , WAPI-10?0 Birmingham and WEYY-1580 T a l l e d e g a have decent SSS/SRS s i g n a l s . A l s o WFRC-960 Birmingham gets out s u r p r i s i n g l y w e l l . ALaska: For e a s t e r n e r s , p o s s i b l y the toughest s t a t e t h e r e i s . KYAK-650 or KJNP-1170 Ancorage a r e p o s s i b l y the b e s t b e t s . A r i z o n a : For w e s t e r n e r s , t h i s poses l i t t l e problem. I n the midwest/east, KNIX -1580 on 10000 w a t t s or KUAT-1550 on 50000 w a t t s a r e the b e s t , but KNIX i s tough to v e r i e ! Arkansas: KAAY-1090 L i t t l e Rock has decent coverage, e s p e c i a l l y i n the midwest. E a s t e r n e r s can t r y f o r i t on MMs, u n l e s s you are j u s t too c l o s e to the AN Canadiens. I f l o c a l s pose a d i f f i c u l t y , KLRA-1010 L i t t l e Rock i s a l s o w i d e l y heard. C a l i f o r n i a : KFI-690 i s f a r and away the e a s i e s t u n l e s s l o c a l Cuban QRM i s too much. I n t h a t c a s e , KNX-1070, KFBK - 1 5 3 0 , or KDAY-1580 a r e a l s o p o s s i b l e on MMs. Colorado: KOA-850 i s probably the b e s t as i t dominates the channel i n most l o c a t i o n s west of the Appalachians. E a s t e r n e r s , evenon WHDH-850's SP, have t r o u b l e . KPIK - 1 5 8 0 w/5000 w a t t s i s w e l l heard on SSS. C o n n e c t i c u t : WTIC-1080 covers most of the e a s t u n t i l p a t t e r n change a t LSS i n D a l l a s . Could be a r e a l tough s t a t e i f l o c a l s i n t e r f e r e ; WPOP-1910 Newington or WDRC-1360 H a r t f o r d could make i t i n e x c e p t i o n a l cx. Delaware: Perhaps one of the most d i f f i c u l t s t a t e s as t h e r e a r e only f o u r f u l l t i m e r s i n the e n t i r e s t a t e . WDEL-1150 W i l ­mington i s perhaps the b e s t , a l s o WJWL-900 Georgetown on SSS/SRS. . D i s t r i c t of Columbia: WT0P-1500 Washington can be IDed AN w/ L a r r y K i n g . I f l o c a l s make t h i s one tough, WUST-1120 can be heard o c c a s i o n a l l y a t SSS. F l o r i d a : WRHC-1550 C o r a l Gables or WSRF-1580 F t . L a u d e r d a l e w/10000 w a t t s on SSS/SRS. Georgia: WSB-750 A t l a n t a i s the b e s t by f a r . Otherwise, t r y WINZ-990 Macon on SSS/SRS w/50000 w a t t s . H a w a i i : L i k e A l a s k a , i s supertough out e a s t . KORL-65O has not been r e p o r t e d i n l a n d f o r a w h i l e , but t h e i r towers were damaged by f i r e a couple of y e a r s ago and they haven't been a t f u l l s t r e n g t h . KGU-760 or KPOI-1090 on l o c a l SPs might make i t . Idaho: KBOI - 6 7 0 B o i s e on SSS f o r those west of Chicago. E a s t , could be tough. Recommend KBGN-1060 C a l d w e l l on SSS w/10000 w a t t s . I l l i n o i s : No problems as i t has a number of 50000 w a t t s t a t i o n s : WMAQ-670, WGN-720, WBBM-780, WLS-890, WCFL-1000, a l l Chiacago. I n d i a n a : WIBC-1070 I n d i a n a p o l i s or W0W0-1190 F o r t Wayne have the b e s t s i g n a l s . Iowa: WHO-1090 Des Moines and KXEL - 1 5 9 0 Waterloo, depending on

Kan s a s i Not the e a s i e s t s t a t e . K0AM-860 on SSS/SRS or KQNK-1530 FC on MM c l o s e s t to the 1 0 t h a r e e a s i e s t . A l s o don't laugh a t WIBW-580's s i g n a l , e i t h e r . _ Kentucky: WHAS-890 L o u i s v i l l e u n l e s s LA QRM i s too much. WKJJ-10«0 has a n i c e s i g n a l d e s p i t e i t s power and QRMed WTIC o f t e n when I was i n C o n n e c t i c u t . L o u i s i a n a WWL-870 or KWKH-1130 a r e t h e s b e s t s t a t i o n s . Maine: D i f f i c u l t even i n p a r t s of New England and ne x t to im­p o s s i b l e on the west c o a s t . WCSH-970, WJBQ-1990, WAB1-910, WGAN-560 a r e p o s s i b l e . Maryland: WBAL-1090 has a n i c e s i g n a l AN or, f o r those i n the west, t r y i t a t SRS, when i t i s ND. WCAO-600 can a l s o be heard a t r e s p e c t a b l e d i s t a n c e s . Massachusetts: WBZ-1030 Boston has a ooast-to-ooast s i g n a l and sounds l i k e more than 50000 w a t t s . I f l o c a l i n t e r f e r e n c e i s a problem, WITS - 1 5 1 0 , d e s p i t e c r i e s t h a t i t s i n l a n d s i g n a l i s so poor t h a t i t i s not heard i n p a r t s of Mass., i t does get out w e l l .

Michigan: WJR - 7 6 0 i s l o u d e s t , o t h e r w i s e t r y WCXI - 1 5 3 0 , WCZY-1500 D e t r o i t or WTHM-1530 on SSS/SRS. 5

Minnesota: WCCO-830 or KSTP - 1 5 0 0 Minneapolis r l f t ^ f f f f^CB^s/off? H ° U S t 0 n ° n S S S / S R S ° F R C > ° r P ° s s i b l y W°KJ-M i s s o u r i : KMOX-1120 i s heard everywhere, a l s o KFVS - 9 6 0 Cape G i r ­ardeau's r / c i s heard w e l l . Montana: I f and when KOFI-1180 g e t s 5 0 0 0 0 w a t t s , t h i s may get e a s i e r . U n t i l then, t r y KGHL -790 on 3rd MM r / c Nebraska: KRVN-880 u n l e s s you're too c l o s e to New Y o r k - a n d even l i you r e not, w i t h a loop. Otherwise, KFAB-1110 on SSS or SM'e w/VBT off..WOW-590 doesn't have a bad s i g n a l , e i t h e r Nj£ada= P r a c t i c a l l y i m p o s s i b l e i n the e a s t u n l e s s the 5 0 0 0 0 w a t t s decide to test..KDWN-720 or KCRL - 7 8 0 a r e the p o s s i b i l i t i e s . ggw Hampshire: WFEA-1370 Manchester , p o s s i b l y WGIR-610, or s t a r t w r i t i n g CPC l e t t e r s , h i . New J e r s e y : WYNJ-620 or WWDJ-970 or p o s s i b l y WPAT-930 a r e the b e s t b e t s . New^Mexico: KOB -770 i s heard i n New England on WABC-770 New York

New York: Has oodles of 5 0 0 0 0 - w a t t e r s , i n c l u d i n g WKBW-1520 B u f f a l o WNBCUSTO, WABC-770, WCBS-880, WQXR-1560, New York, or WPTR-1590 ' and WGY-810 Albany. Not to mention WHAM-1180 R o c h e s t e r . Any or a l l should be p o s s i b l e anywhere. North C a r o l i n a : WBT-1110 i s the only 5 0 0 0 0 - w a t t e r but DA doesn't f a v o r w e s t e r n e r s except on SSS/SRS. WPFT-680 R a l e i g h ' s DA i s a l s o u n f a v o r a b l e , as i s KNBR. Keep hanging i n t h e r e North Dakota: KFYR - 5 5 0 Bismarck i s heard w i t h r e a s o n a b l e f r e q ­uency throughout most of the c o u n t r y . KCJB - 9 1 0 Minot's RC a l s o i s heard w e l l . Ohio: 5 0 0 0 0 - w a t t e r s WWWE-1100 and WGAR-1220 C l e v e l a n d or WLW-7 0 0 and WCKY - I530 C i n c i n n a t i get out w e l l . Oklahoma: KRMG-7^0 T u l s a p o s s i b l y the e a s i e s t a f t e r CBL s / o f f u n l e s s you're too c l o s e to Houston, i n which case you should have many c h o i c e s . KLTR - 1 5 8 0 B l a c k w e l l gets out w e l l f o r 1000 w a t t s . Oregon: KPNW-1120 or KEX - 1 1 9 0 a r e p o s s i b l e on MM's P e n n s y l v a n i a : S e v e r a l b i g s t a t i o n s : WCAU-1210 or KDKA -1020 get out b e t t e r than most. Rhode I s l a n d : WPRO-630 or WJAR-920 a r e the b e s t , although tough i n the west. South C a r o l i n a : I n the e a s t , WTGR-1520 can be a l o c a l a t SSS. Midwesterners and those f a r t h e r west should go f o r WFBC-1330 or W I S - 5 6 0 . South Dakota: KKAA - I 5 6 0 Aberdeen's p a t t e r n makes them easy i n most a r e a s but v e r y tough i n o t h e r s . I f you c a n ' t get t h i s one, t r y KGFX - 1 0 6 0 w / 1 0 0 0 0 w a t t s on SSS/SRS. Tennessee: WSM-650 or WLAC-1510 N a s h v i l l e . Texas: E a s y beacuse of WBAP-820, KTRH-790, WOAI - 1 2 0 0 , and KRLD-

1080. Utah: K S L - 1 1 6 0 should s u f f e r l i t t l e i n t e r f e r e n c e throughout the country. Vermont: Another toughie. WHWB-1000 R u t l a n d or WVMT-620 Bur ­l i n g t o n can be heard, but these are the only ones I ever heard, even i n C o n n e c t i c u t . V i r g i n i a : WRVA-1190 Richmond u n l e s s you have l o c a l s , then t r y WFIR-96O Roanoke which has a n i c e i n l a n d s i g n a l . Washington: E a s y everywhere but the e a s t . KOMO-1000 or K I R 0 -710 a r e the b e s t . West V i r g i n i a : WWVA-1170 Wheeling g e t s out w e l l . I f not them, WXVA-1550 or WCAW-680 on SRS f o r you w e s t e r n e r s . Wisconsin: Probably WTMJ-620 Milwaukee, heard n e a r l y e v e r y ­where i f you w a i t long enough. WOKY-920 or WKMP-1250 r e q u i r e even more p a t i e n c e . Wyoming: KTW0-1030 w/WBZ o f f i s the b e s t .

And, now f o r the 10 p r o v i n c e s : A l b e r t a : Recen t r e p o r t s suggest t h a t CKXL-1190 C a l g a r y i s heard w e l l i n WRVA's SM SP. A l s o , t r y CBX-7^0. B r i t i s h Columbia: CBU -690 i s the e a s i e s t by the books, but DXing i s not done on paper. I understand CFUN-1910 can be heard i n l a n d . Manitoba: CBW-990 gets out n e a r l y everywhere. New Brunswick: CBA - 1 0 7 0 or perhaps CKCW-1220 i n r a r e WGAR SP. Newfoundland: Tough one, t r y CBT-590 or CBN-690. Nova S c o t i a : CBH -860 i s probably the b e s t i n most p l a c e s as they QRMed CJBC o f t e n i n C o n n e c t i c u t . CBI-1190 or CFDR-680 i s not r a r e , e i t h e r .

O n t a r i o : L o t s of easy s t a t i o n s : t r y CBL-7^0 or C J B C - 8 6 0 . P r i n c e Edward I s l a n d : There are only t h r e e s t a t i o n s i n the p r o v i n c e , and one i s a GYer. Of the other two, CHTN-1190 on W0W0-1190's SP i s e a s i e r , although I suppose CFCY -63O could be heard under a p p r o p r i a t e ex. Quebec: CBF - 6 9 0 or CBM-9^0 a r e e a s i e s t , but t h e r e a r e many more. Saskatchewan: CBK-590 i s the b e s t by f a r ,

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Dear P a t :

On b e h a l f of CJVB's P r e s i d e n t and General Manager, Jan van Bruchem, may I thank you and the NRC f o r the f i n e h e l p i n c e l e b r a t i n g the s t a t i o n ' s power i n c r e a s e to 5 0 kW.

Your members w i l l be i n t e r e s t e d to know t h a t our f a r t h e s t v e r i f i a b l e r e c e p t i o n came from C h r i s M a r t i n i n A u s t r a l i a . He was l i s t e n i n g a t Coolum Beach, j u s t n o r t h of the Queensland s t a t e c a p i t a l of B r i s b a n e .

Close on h i s h e e l s you might say was N e v a l l C l a r k s o n of Mount Hagen, i n Papua New Guinea f o l l o w e d by S i g v a r d Andersson, who was l i s t e n i n g i n Karesuando, i n the f a r n o r t h o f Sweden. S i n c e the n i g h t , I have r e c e i v e d a p o s t c a r d from Bryan C l a r k i n New Zealand, o u t l i n i n g r e c e p t i o n a t Te A r a r o a , near the E a s t Cape of the North I s l a n d . I n North America, t h e r e were c a l l s from Swan R i v e r , Manitoba, S h e r i d a n , Wyoming and s e v e r a l p o i n t s i n the P a c i f i c Northwest.

C h r i s of course wins a f r e e t r i p to Vancouver, and we a r e l o o k i n g forward to e n t e r t a i n i n g him!

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I T DOESN'T HAYS TO AS A MOHDAY MORNING WAYNE HEINEN - 427 E a s t C a r a m i l l o S t r e e t - Colorado S p r i n g , Colorado - 8CB07 . . . . . . • • • • . a L a t i , g , t rtght t 0 t o m a D x > > h a l l „ ? 10/29 - KB1S-1250 on AN w/KYAC a l l a n t . Never cou ld hoar than be fo re . 1 1 / 7 - CDM-730 t i l l l ! 0 4 a a/o f f . 11/8- IBOD-600 r»w AN, a r a t h e r t r y a t a v e r i e . KYXX-920 f i n a l l y took enough t ime to d i g t h a out o f tno mess w/ e/w l ! C B - l : 3 0 a m . 11/18- KGER-1390 w/HEL r i l l 3 a i a/o f f . 11/22- IMTI -1340 w / r r t i l l 2:CE am a/o f f . 1 1 / 2 3 - KIOA-940 fo r f o u r t h r e p o r t 3 :10-3 :3Chm, KLRA-1010 w/c/w f i n a l l y dug out 4 : 1 3 - 4 : 3 0 a m . L a t a r i n t h a day KSVC-993 a t S S S . M l 11/26- KSYN-1413 a / T - 4 0 f o r new c a l l 2 :10-2:2Qam, KARZ-960 ex-KOOL f o r naw o a l l 2 :53-3 :06am now FOPp, IDQQ-1150 w/e/w 2 : 3 7 - 2 : 4 5 e i - I U F F . T h a y ' r a a l o t l a t a o f a paa t now tha t naw AN o p e r a t i o n from IWBZ • t a r t a i . L a a t o f tha MM, K C I E - 7 9 0 on ET/OC • 3 : 2 7 . D i d anyone c a t o h a n XT on 1370 u s i n g tname from Booty over & ove r ? I got baok to t h a f requency a t 4am i n t h a n i c k o f time to hear "Cond­u c t i n g equipment t a a t a " and and o f t a a t ! 11/30 - EMSD-1510 n l c a l y o v e r r i d i n g KBKO w/XT/TT 2 : 5 5 4 o n . V a r i e s o f l a t a : v / 1 - KGKB-1390, I M T I - 1 3 4 J . v / f - I I O A - 9 4 0 . v/PP/c- I B K T - 6 9 0 , K I I K - 6 5 3 , WHI I - 1570 , 4 v/o- E B B - 1 2 S 0 , 4 v/q- CKO i -730 . CKDM anda a a t r a a k o f my longest outs tand ing f i g h t t h a t ended i n ay f a v o r . P i n t r e p o r t to them was f r o - O r cha rd P a r k , N.Y. dated 12/65. XIOA has long been a ho ldout , t h a s i g n e r waa ones s t a t i o n e d hare i n Colorado Spr inge 4 now welcomes r e p o r t s . I hope a l l tha v e r i f y i n g members w i l l drop ma a l i n e w i t h t h e i r v iews on V s r i Omsa column and problems 4 ques t i ons they might have. Remember, i f each member s e n t one r eques t f o r a CPC TEST w i t h a o n s - o u t - o f - 3 0 response be ing p o s i t i v e , t h a t ' s 25 T E 3 T s . I f each member sends two l e t t e r s w i t h the seme percentage o f l u c k , t h a t ' s 50 T E S T s , ad i n f i n i t u m . DO YOUR PAST POR T H E YEAR'S CPC CALENDAR! 73 4 beat DX.

PAUL N1ED3 SOME TECHNICAL HELP PAUL SWEAR INGEN - Box 600 - Mo r a n , Kansas - 66755 316-237-4584 12/1/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . As Volume 47 marks t h a beg inn ing o f my f i f t h y e a r as en NRC member, p a r -haps a r e - I n t r o i s i n o r d e r . I ' m 34 , a t e a c h e r o f J o u m & l i s m - X n g l i s o - S p a n i s h a t the l o c a l h i g h s c h o o l ( e n r o l l m e n t 130) t i n e a 1 9 7 5 , a id m a r r i e d for two y e a r s to P a t t y . Uy top hobby i s DXiog, but I a l t o dabble i n as H o o t i n g r a d i o s , maps, c o i n s , books, cameras, r e o o r l e , and a s s o r t e d J u n k , 4 I s e l l 4 t rade same a t f l a t s a r k a t a . Photography, vege tab le gardening, 4-H, 4 c u t t i n g woo l to s t a y warm a l s o seen, to oocupy my t ime . Tna c u r r a n t good news ha re i s t h a t I a c q u i r e d , by sneer chance , a m in t HQ-130 over T h a n k s g i v i n g v a c a t i o n f o r cons ider a b l y l a s s t h a n marke t v a l u e , from someone i n Kanaaa C i t y vho J u s t l o s t i n t e r e s t i n the hobty and waa t a i l i n g i t through a f r i e n d . The c l o c k on i t stopped a f t e r I go t i t borne, but who ca res? I hooked i t to my I * end promptly logged R . Co lumbia-725, Cos ta B i c a on 11/25 f o r #719 heard , 408 taped . I ' d l i k e to b u i l d a n NRC Loop now, 4 I f a a l t h a t I can handle tha loop c o n s t r u c t i o n , but my t s c h n l o a l knowledge to aetamble the tune r and the PET amp p lus the e l e c t r o n i c p a r t s f o r them a r e both n o n - e x i s t e n t he r e i n the w i l l s of E a s t e r n Eaneee . I f someone would be i n t e r e s t e d i n a c q u i r i n g the e l e c t r o n i c s and perhaps b u i l d i n g the tuner and the amp, f o r a r easonab l e p r i o e , w r i t e to mo, i n c l u d i n g y o u r pnone number, 4 I ' l l c a l l back the person who semes moat l i k e l y to be a b l e to h e l p t h i s n o n - t e c h n i c a l DXer o u t . Whi le I ' m on tna s u b j e c t , maybe someone could recenmend i n lA is inga a decent b a s i c t e x t I n e l e c t r o n i c s f o r those o f us who may know how to t i n k e r , change tubes , and s o l d e r , but l i t t l e e l s e o f

use i n b e i n g a b l e to unde r s tand t e c h n i c a l a r t i c l e s and c o n s t r u c t DX gear , both o f w c i c u r e ­q u i r e s u b s t i t u t i o n s and o r i g i n a l t h i n k i n g i n m o s t o a s e s . On anotner note , rsponse to my Index o f DX NBAS, V o l . 4 2 - 4 5 , has been underwhelming but i t ' s s t i l l a v a i l a b l e f o r 90# i n stamps to my a d d r e s s . I t ' s X s r o x e i , 20 pages , seme e i a e a s DX NWS. A l l p r o f i t s , ( h i h i ) w i l l go to HQ ( t h a t ' s L o u i s v i l l e , not my r a d i o ) whan I go i n tna b l a c k . I had a l o t o f f u n i n S t . L ou i s meet ing o the r DXers and would welcome d rop - i n s here any time I ' m home. J u s t c e l l ahead so I oan g i v e you d i r e c t i o n s f o r f i n d i n g my p l a c e ( i t ' s a m i l e Wast o f Bayard , h i ) . 7 3 .

J A H T > _ SKEEP .TONE TAPE POR AN UPCOMING TEST? XRIC F ITHIAN - Box 492 - Buena V i s t a , Colorado - 81211 eeeeeeeeeees j u s t a reminder : I s t i l l have n ine tapes , sweep t o n s , low to h i gh , a v a i l a b l e f o r CPC T f f i T s . Get your l o o a l g r aveya rde r heard 300 m i l e s we ay! Banuom n o t e s : KAAT-1090 i s now KLOR ( D e n v e r ) w i t h popular mus i c a l a KH0W. KBHR-1230 L e a d v i l l e i s back on the a i r , w i t h pop/wal lpaper music ( ? ? - K 2 C ) , Co lor Radio tname. Tney p l a n to change c a l l s to XLRR, aa rgh ! W e l l maybe F r a e e r can p i c k up "KBRR" . KSTR-520 Grand J u n c t i o n u t e l to be CaV , i s raw B7L mx. (Way out o f date I am) . KUAD-1170 Windsor , i s now B i g B a r d s , e t c . r a t h e r than C4W. A l l e g e d l y , KLZ-560 i s c l o b b e r i n g Nor thern Colorado oountry s t a t i o n s . Ah, w e l l .

T H E NEXT MUSINGS DEADLINE, MONDAY, JANUARY 7 , 1980, I S ESPECIALLY DEDICATED TO MSIBERS IN T H E STATUS OF OHIO - MINNESOTA - MICHIGAN - MISSOURI - INDIANA - WXST VIRGINIA. THEN, on MONDAY, JANUARY W t n , I T ' S OUR SALUTE TO ALL OVERSEAS MEMBER-. THE MONDAY AFTER THAT, 1/21, WE 'LL BE LOOKING PCS MUSINGS PROM MARYLAND, DELAWARE, D . C . , PENNSYLVASA, NF; J E S S F I , AND NEW T O N E , to e r a s uo our s s c t i o n u l s a l u t e s . Then, f o r the d e a d l i n e o f JANUARY 29, Wp AF.E ASK IN J ALL W HI FORGOT TO SEND IN A MUSING FOR HIS/HER SALUTE DATE TO D O SO THEN! T H E S E A ! T H E PROVINCETOWN DEADLINE DATES - THE DX NWS DATES ARE 14 DAYS LATER THAN THESE ABOVE.

SGQE GOOD SSS DX PLUS AN SVBkJ lG MYSTERY MIKE TUGGLK - 909 Moores M i l l Road - B e l A i r , Maryland - 21014 n KATZ-1600, S t . L o u i s , c o n t i n u e s to maks o c c a s i o n a l SSS appearances h e r s on tha c r y s t a l s e t . On 11/18 they prov ided good copy from 5:37 to 5:44pp, so I s e n t a r e p o r t . Ten days l a t e r , back came a t h i c k enve lope w/KATZ 4 WZEN (FM) lumper s t i c k e r s , l a t e s t T - 3 0 c h a r t s and o ther propaganda - but no l e t t e r , QSL, or other form o f v e r i f i c a t i o n . Would you count t h i s as a v e r i e , E r n i e ? (Not r e a l l y , Mike - I th ink I ' d f o l l o w I t up w i t h an e x p l a n a ­t o r y l a t t e r -PRC) K l s a w l e e , the DX c o n t i n u e s to border on the f a n t a s t i c - and t h i s season i s supposed to he the p i t s as f a r a s the eunapot c y c l e i s concerned, no? P i c k i n g up where I l e f t o f f i n DDXD: 1 1 / 2 1 - WXVA-1550 s/o f f w>9SB • 5pm ( f i r s t t ime i n t h r e e y e a r s ) 4 WBAM-740 5:15pm w/*B ig Bam* IDs ( f i r s t i n two y e a r s ) . 11/23 - Hew WNCT-1070 4:42pm w/MoR/EZL (garbage to me) 4 l o c a l a d s , se ldom-heard WEMB-1420 5:13pm w / l o c a l ade 4 many ment ions o f E r w i n ( f i r s t i n t h r e e y e a r s ) ) WGBF-1280 5:20 w/"The B e s t mx" IDs and many mentions o f Owens boro ( X y . ? ) , a l s o f i r s t i n th r e e y e a r s , 4 new WXLW-950 5 : 2 5 - 5 : 3 0 w/CBS SX 4 s/o f f . 12/2- brought new 4 most wanted C B J - 1 5 8 0 10-10:10pm w/P.Q. NX, CBC chimes, "Say Bay Zhee" , " R . Canada, Ch ioou-t i m i " ID 4 t a l k ) chansons • 1 0 : 3 3 . A c t u a l l y a r y s t a t i o n I d o n ' t have i f 'mos t w a n t e d " , hut I have been l ook ing f o r t h i s one f o r y e a r s . 12/3- Not DX, h u t WGOI-1690 • 5po w / r e a l l y w e i r d o s/o f f , something about " c r e a t u r e e o f t h e n i g h t " ( D X e r s ? ) - I t h i n k the i d e a wee to s o a r s you in t o t u r n i n g your rad io o f f u n t i l they e/on i n the morn ing ( i t d i d n ' t w o r k ) . Next wae new WARE on no rma l l y WTAE-dominated 1250 • 5:16 on 4 on w / l o c a l NX, i n c l u d i n g a l l the c b i t e , t h a t would bore you to t e a r s , o r d r i v e y o u up the w a l l i f y ou we re l i s t e n i n g f o r a n I D . F i n a l l y 9 5 :28 came the "Rad io 1 2 5 " 4 WARE IDs - I thought I waa g o ing to l o s e t h a . A t the r i s k of o v e r - r u n n i n g my 30 , I ' m wonder ing i f o thers have noted on 11/17 ( o r t h e r e - a -b o u t s ) I n c r e d i b l y s t r o n g s i g n a l s on 640 around 11pm from a s t a t i o n p l a y i n g N e s t I n d i a n type mx ( conga drums, e t o . ) i n a format r e m i n i s c e n t o f o l d R. Oara ibes I n t e r n a t i o n a l - 5 4 5 , or R . C l a r i n - 3 6 0 . IDs sounded l i k e " B . B a r i o a . " A l i o , 11/25 1 0:30-10:40pm c l mx noted he r e -may o r may not hare beer, the same s t a t i o n . Any ideas who t h i s / t h e s e may he? Thanks 4 7 3 ' s .

DXING. AND LOOKING FOB WLGN-1510 REPORTS PAUL MOUNT - 3&5 West Columbus S t r e e t - N e l e o n v U l e , Ohio - 45764 614-763-3280 10/13/79 . . . . . . . . . . Some DX, b e l i e v e i t o r n o t . W i t h c l a s s e s 8am-4:50pm s t r a i g h t on Mondays, I oan • ee w l y the work ing men don ' t DX MM'e. Because y o u ' r e dead at noon! D e s p i t e t h a t , Ml 1 0 / 1 : CJNR-730 f a i r to weak w/rock, K ing o f D i n i n g S p o t , D J Mark. No CXNR IDs h a r d . A f t e r 15 minutes of no QUI 12 :13-12 :28 I tuned ou t when i t began. Four s t a t i o n s on 1250, one a l t e r ­n a t i n g s o f t r o ck v o c a l s aad i n s t r u m e n t a l ! but no IDs 1 2 : 3 4 - 1 : 0 6 . A l s o hoa rd was a TTwr) WTMA-S.C. w / r s l i g i o u s t a l k 4 c a l l - i n #552-3301 ) I d i d n ' t . WTAE had a t a l k show w/addraar i n S . F . , ID aa "WTAE 4 96-KX. • WYFA-1S80 g s t t i n g pasty w / I T s , t h i s t h s l r DX H O T waa h e a r d w a l l p o s s i b l y running both tons and mx a t onoa. Around 2 :00 tha re waa SS QRM. XQHK-1630 I a n . r / c not h a r d . WXTT-1590 M l . g e t t i n g to he a peat MMs both h e r s and i n N . J . Then my f a v ­o r i t e c a t c h of the eeason - I f i n a l l y IDed the s o f t r o ck u/WPTR 4 2 : 1 9 . A t 2 :32 a "Radio Bahamas Zed -N -S -1 " J x heard , and l a t e r t a l k i n g s a i d "on R . Bahamas". T h a t i s count ry #10 f o r t h i s domest ic DXe r . Segued r o c k on 1600 2 : 3 6 - 2 : 4 6 a , c u t to dead s e v e r a l t imes , a I D . I c a l l e d i t a n i g h t to get my four h o u r s ' s l e e p . At l e a s t I * n ' t have the 25 minute w a l k to s choo l any more. 10/4- I had a n i c a t ime wa t ch ing A d a 12 on P i t t s b u r g h ' s 4 . MM 10/8 I was u p , but doing bomoork . Tna n igh t was n i c a too, saa 11/26 Musing. OSU games a l s o on WXOV-1330 4 FM. Only i n s m a l l marke t r a d i o c o u l d a game o f High Schoo l FB I n w h i c h the com­b ined c i t i e s ' p o p u l a t i o n i s 12,000 be c a r r i e d on two rad io s t a t i o n s as when l e g an p l ayed W e l l s t c n . Teaneck v s . C l i f t o n ( N . J . ) p o p u l a t i o n 120,000 on none. No c a l l s from DXers y e t a t WLGN. No r e p o r t s , e i t h e r . 7 3 . (How about a n i c e TEST from WLGN, Mr. M i t o r ? - I R C )

I gT IRES PROM THE U . S . NAVAL RESERVE B I L L T0W1CEEND - 4500 Connec t i cu t Avenue N.W. - #901 - Washington, D C . - 23008 12/4/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y , h > d 12 0f I n d i a n Summer from 11/17 through 11/28 / 202-966-8 046/ 4 f i n a l l y get below f r o s t po in t on 11/30. D u r i n g ths heat nave we had n i n e s t r a i g h t days o f 70o -p lus ( 11/18-26 ) w i t h 750 T - G i v i n g Day . ( X a t your hea r t s out i n the Go lden West , e spe c ­i a l l y WOECRAT Count r y , h i ) . Many people i n the D . C . - N . Y . C . - B o s t o n c o r r i d o r were C h r i s t m a s -shopping i n summer a t t i r e ( I wore s h o r t s 4 T - s h i r t a t the M a r y l a n d - V i r g i n i a PB game a t Mary -l and U . ) DXing w a s n ' t h indered d u r i n g the warm s p e l l w i t h n ine newles 4 e i g h t r e - l o g e , i n ­c l u d i n g WKZO-590 Kalamazoo Mich. 4 WABO-540 Canohabuxg, P a . , wh i ch h a v e n ' t been h a r d on my r i g s i n 2 - 3 0 y e a r s . I s van heard WSM-650 N a s h v i l l e a t h igh noon on tha 7CP 11/20 4 got a v/q ( u n s i g n e d ) n ine days l a t e r . I n o r m a l l y mm no t t ha t s u c h in to v e r i e s , but midday oatcbes o f s t a t i o n s 600 to 700 m i l e s away i s something s p e c i a l . Dur ing her v a c a t i o n to Europe s e v ­e r a l y a r e ago, my g i r l f r i e n d heaid our e a i - l o c a l y o k e l WCAU-1210 p h i l l y i n V ienna , Aus ­t r i a , 5 ,000 m i l e s away on he r hote l roomie r a d i o . She l i k e s to t w i s t the d i a l s 4 might maim a good DXer . I even thai ed her a copy o f DX Mon i to r a n i o n s o f DX NEWS. She 1 i k e s to be where t h s a c t i o n i s , as aha U s a Pa t ro lman CB-B type r x wh ich mon i to rs p o l i c e c a l l s 4 o ther goodies on VHP/UHP. On my r e t i r e m e n t from t h s Nava l Reesrve program a t Anarsws AFB l a s t wsskend , the gang g i v s me aa a g i f t a Panason i c T a p . racordar wh i ch w i l l n a l p out a l o t on IDs w i t h f a i r or poor s i g n a l s . I can r u n tne tape over a ga in s e v e r a l t imes to a s c e r t a i n IT o r s t a t i o n l o c a t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y the GY s t a t i o n s . I have completed 30 y e a r s ' s e r v i c e as a d r i l l i n g Naval R s e e r v i s t ( I may have to come out of rstireme.-.t i f t h i s <#)#4 i n I r a n h i t s tne f a n and the b i g guys f i g h t over t ha t "god" c a l l e d B l a c k Gold or Petro leum ( a m i x t u r e o f hy­d rocarbons , wh ich a r e carbon-hvdroeen compounds), wh ich powers the whee l s o f i n d u s t r y . I ever heard an A y a t o l l a h (maybe Khcmeni) on JOHN ROUSE'e SW r i g s dur ing h i e GTG as mentioned two Musings back. I t w i l l bs Marry Chr is tmas by the time t h i s Musing ge ts i n t o the DX NEWS, w i t h 1930 ' s s t a r t a week l a t e r (F rohe We ihnachten und G l u c k l i c h e e N s w J a h r ) , t h a t ' e German f o r Merry C c r i s t m a s a n i Hapjy New Y e a r . 1 0 2 - 3 3 and good DX de WPT.

( 3 0 ) LOTS OF SOOO CX WHILE HE 'S Oil LgAVE_ LARRY TAN HORN - 7370-A C o r s a i r - M i l l i n g t o n , Tennessee - 901-872-7116 12/1/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grea t inga from t n a DX C a p i t a l o f tha Mdd-eouth. L o t t a DX dona tha l a a t couple o f weekt due to some l e a v e t ime I have to use up and NRC/IBCA Contes t s eason be ing i n f u l l sw ing so I ' v e spent a l i t t l e t ime a t the d i a l s . 11/13 - 7 :55-8:03jxo , R. Rebe lde -550 mads a n appearance I n ISD n u l l w i t h the u s u a l programming. 8:56-9pm, EUCX-700 w/maiy R. S u t a t e n z a IDs 4 mentions of Co lombia f o r #550 and a n i c e e u r p r i e e . I m i l l e d WLW w h i c h was weaker than u s u a l . 1 1 : 4 5 - 1 1 : 5 5 , un lD -1090 l oop ing NW/SE i n KiAT m i l l 4 WWWE s p l a t t e r w/T-40 mx w/ A i r Fo r c e promo ty Casey Caesm, EBOZ o r XING? 11/14- 1 : 0 5 - 1 : 1 0 a , u n I D - 7 7 0 SS he r e w i t h audio t h a t sounded l i k e echo w i t h deep f ade s , NOR n u l l e d 4 s e v e r a l SSes under c a r r i e r . 1 : 2 5 - 1 : 2 7 , CMXP-670 needed h u t I c ou ld never ge t WMAQ a t a dacert m i l t i l l now, //-690 w. B . Progreseo programming. 11/15 - 6 : 4 3 - 6 : 4 7 a , WTVT-620 If. w/ l ooa l a d , WX, promo f o r r a c e r e a u l t e , " 62 C o u n t r y ' I D . 7 : 1 4 - 7 : 1 6 , WCAL-770 Minn , w/symphony mx, WX f o r the T r l - S t a t e a r e a , l o c a l WX, MoR. 7 : 2 5 - 7 : 3 0 , WHTO-880 0 . w/coamerc la l f o r a l a r m company, Sav ­ings 4 L o a n , 4 TC, MoR mx, WX, I D , l o c a l NX. 7 :44-7 :46am, WSOC-930 N.C. w / a l l - N X fo rmat , l o c a l a d , TC, *WBOC NXtime 7 : 4 6 " , t han more NX. 11/16 brought some u n u s u a l d a y t i m e CX 4 a new dayt ime c a t c h , f o r once ny QBN w a s n ' t w i t h me. 12»0-12:45jm, ERMT-540 l a . w / c a t t l e p r i o a s , commodity i n f o , farm promos, I D , t r u c k e r promo, f a rm a d s , e t c T n a s e v e r a l unns showed u p o n the eoena i n c l u d i n g NOI , WIN, NGN, I B A P , NHAB, WWL, XBTN, WLS , ACTA. A l l these s t a t i o n s were a t r eadab le l e v e l s and s t r o n g e r than u s u a l . 5 :02-5:07pm, WTMJ-620Wie . l o c a l NX, WX, I D , s t o c k NX. 6 : 0 9 - 5 : 1 1 , WSUN-620 F l a . w/etocke from l o c a l I J . H u t t o n o f f i c e , WX, then CWM. 5 : 5 5 - 6 : 0 1 j m , WMOB-840 A l a . "WMQB NX T ime" TC, P a u l Harvey , l o o a l a d , t h a n e/of f . WHAS n u l l e d . 11/17- 6 :27-S:30pm, WEHH-970 A l a . w/WX I D , l o o a l promo w/AP NX upda t e . 6 : 4 3 -5 : 4 5 , WJED-1150 A l a . »/Alabama U. F B S t a t i o n I D , t h a back to the game. 6 : 0 9 - 6 : 1 3 EBCL-1323 L a . w / l o c a l ads , I D , r a c i n g r e s u l t s , N a u t i l u s promo, E F L mx. N e l l , a s you oan s e e , I have been b u s y . 4 1 1 above a r e new f o r me excep t where noted . Up to 565/383 s t a t i o n s , 37/33 s t a t e s , 4/1 p r o v i n c e s , 20/14 c o u n t r i e s . A l l v e r i f i e d a r e t aped . I ' m hoping f o r 600/400 by the ami o f t h e y e a r . I w i l l ha on l s a v e t i l l the 1 3 t h o f December eo I w i l l DX a l o t t h r u t h e n . I d i d t ake l e a v e d u r i n g 10/31-11/14 4 went to S a n Anton io hu t no DX dona a s ws had a l o t o f v i s i t i n g to do. One note though, one long time f a m i l y f r i e n d Howard Edwarde o f KDN0 fame i s now on morn ing d r i v e t ime E E T X - 6 8 0 . W e l l , t h a t ' s i t f o r now. Ca tch y o u a l l w i t h mors l a t e r . T i l l then 73s 4 the bee t o f DX from L a r r y 4 Gay l a p l u s Loyd .

LTNN'S JOINING THE CPC LINN G I L L I S - Box 105 - B l o o m f i e l d , Een tucky - 40008 12/3/79 eeeewwewus He l l o from the home town o f the t o b a c c o - s p i t t i n g c h a p i e n e h i p o f A m e r i c a ! DX ha t been g r e a t l a t e l y w i t h ay l o g growing q u i c k l y . I now have 53 QSL'e 4 about 170 logged, about h a l f t aped . Thanks , SIDNEY MARSHALL, f o r your t i p on E F I . I logged i t t h i s morning w / t e l e - t a l k , phone mm b a r s , I D s . A couple o f ques t i ons - what i s the c a l l o f the Pavbueka, O k l a . 1500 o u t l e t ? My l og s ex EOEN hut ID • e/of f eez no. (EXVQ, ex-XDEN - E E C ) A l s o , where i s KXVI -1500 l o ca t ed? ID wee h e a r d c l e a r a t e/of f but l o c a t i o n was o b l i t e r a t e d by EATZ. T h i s was on 11/13. ( M c l i n n e y - P i a n o , T exas - E B C ) A l e t t e r 1MM b a n sen t to N E I L ZANK con­c e r n i n g tha CPC. I ' m work ing on a TEST from WKJJ-1080 f o r a l l you N .E . DXer t swamped by WTIC. TEST , i f worked out ay way , would be from 1 :30 -2 :00 o r 2 :30 MM w/lCkw day power and p a t t e r n . I hope to go w i t h ay f a i l y to F l o r i d a t h i s W r n t v ( l u c k y me, h i ) . My TRF and c a a e e t t e deck w i l l go a l ong and h o p e f u l l y , I ' l l come hack to X y . w i t h a l l ay " t a r g e t " s t a ­t i o n s 4 more h e a r d . I am e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d i n b u i l d i n g my f o r e i g n l o g , w h i c h oona ie t s o f m o s t l y Mexioans and Cubans now. One problem - where I ' l l s t a y i s about 1 5 - 2 0 m i l e t from WGTO'a XR! That should k i l l DX under 600 kHz u n t i l a f t e r S S 3 , h i . I f the IBCA conven t i on i s Indeed i n L o u i s v i l l e , I might J o i n IBCA 4 a t t e n d as I ' m o n l y 40 m i l e s sway . W e l l , I ' l l see you hope fu l l y i n the "Deep S o u t h " i s s u e . U n t i l t h en , good DX 4 7 3 ' a .

DX DOWN THE DAYTIME DIAL DATE SCHMIDT - 42 Chtlwynne Road - C u t i s B i l l s - New C a s t l e , Delaware - 19720 12/1/79 • M M S S S S M A f t e r a f a good d a y s , th ings have go t t en back to normal - s l o w , l i t t l e new heard , e t c . To w h a t ' s h e a r d / r e p o r t e d : 11/18- W8EV-930 6 : 0 1 - 6 : I B a m w/NX, way a t o p . L a t e r on, WPIC-790 4:57-5pm w/MoR, e/of f w/plug f o r T - 1 0 3 , iong-wanted. 11/24-WNWS-790 5 : 1 7 -5:30pm w/NX, mary f e a t u r e i t ems , o/WTAB 4 gone a t p a t t e r n change. V a r i e s v / 1 - WPIC-79G ( P a . # 1 4 2 ) , WSBE-1230. v/o- WMC-790. v/x - WKXL-1450-TEST. T o t a l : 1010: Hera i s a r u n ­down o f w h a t ' s what i n Nor thern D e l w a r e d a y s - w i s e : 540- WDMV/WUX. 650-WHLM/WBVA. 560-WFIL o/WFKE. 570-WMCA/Wa6. 580 - WHP. 590 - WARM. 600-WCAO/WICC. 610 - WIP. 6 2 0 - WVNV/ WHJB. 630-WMAL/WBJL. 660-WNBC. 680-WCBM. 690- WYIS/WNN7. 710- WOR. 730- WPIX/WNAX. 7 4 0 - W7CH. 750- WBMD. 770 - WABC. 780 -WABS . 79 0 - WTARo/WAEB. 8 0 0 - W T I R . 8 1 0 - WTHE o/PGY. 830-WNTC. 8 4 0 - WTPO. 8 50- W1XU o/WRAP. 3 50-WTEL/WAYE. 8 8 0 - WCBS. 900-WFLN/WJWL. 310-WSBA/WGBI. 9 2 0 - »TIM. 930 - WTHD/WPAT/WCNR. 940-WVLV. 9 5 0 - WPEN. 960- WHYL/WBOC. 97C-WAMD/WWDJ. 9 8 0 - WRC/WILK. 990-WZZD. 1000- WIOO/WRAR. 1010- WS ID /WINS. 1020- EDEA. 1030-WBZ. 1050- WGAY/WHN. 1060- KYW. 1070- WKOK/VKMS. 1080- WT1C/WQH0. 1090- WBAL. 1100-WHLI. 1110- WNAR o/WZAM. 1120-WUST. 1130- KNEW . 1150- WDEL. 1170- WHLW/WBEW . 1190- RAKE 0/»LIB. 1210- WCAU. 1220- WF AX. 1230- WCMC/WITH/WEEX. 1 3 1 0 - WSNJ o/WHUM/WGBB. 1250- W W 1260- WNRX, o/WFUD. 1270- WLBR o/WDVL/WTJZ. 1280- WADO/WHVR/WSFD. 1290- WJBR. 1300 - WF-> . 1310- WCAM o/WGH/WGSA. 1320- WKAP/WGKT/WICO. 1330- WASA o/*TSh. 1340- WHAT/WNID O / W R A ? .

1350- WZIX/WNIS. 1360- WWBZ/WEBE . 1370- WPAZ. 1380- WAMS 1390- WLAN/WEAM. 1400- WOND TWIN. 1410- TDOV. 1420- WCOJ /WKCW 1430- WNAV/TNJR. 1440- WGCB o/»MVB. 1450- WILM ( f U N TOL w/WILM o f f ) . 1460- WCVS/WQiD. 1470- WSAN /WJDY. 1480- WDAS/WSHP. 1490- WUSS/WBCB/WLPA 1500- WTOP. 1510- TJ1C o/WRAN/WAHT. 1520- WCHE o/WVOE/WIBG. 1530- WCTR/WMBT. 1540- WRCP. 1550- WSXR O/TVAB 1560- WQXh . 1570- WTOT ,'WBUX. 1580- WRDI/WPGC. 1590- WQIQ o/WETT/WCBG. 1500- WKEN WPDC. Th i s i t w a a t ' s u s u a l l y haard , w a ' r s l o c a t e d about 40 m i l at i n l a r x l from ths

A t l a n t i c a n l r i g h t a t tna s t a r t of tha Delaware Bay , thus the Nor fo lk s t u f f . 7 3 ' e .

MORE OH THE NINE KHZ PLAN (31) BOB FOXWORTH - GPO - Box A-866 - New Y o r k , He» York - 10001 12/5/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . i h a v e n ' t Muead i n a w h i l e , eo b e t t e r ge t w i t h i t . A f t e r what happened i n 1DXD i t ' l l be I n t e r e s t i n g to see how ny name ge t s s p e l l e d h e r e . I f t h a t d o e s n ' t make s e n s e , s k i p I t . T h e r e have been on ly a coup la of decent openings to Europe t h i s season, 4 no s i g n of any s i g n a l s from P a c i f i c on e e v e r a l pre-SRS checks made h e r e . Not even Tarswa-845 has been n o t e d . N e i t h e r has T a h i t i . I ' v e spent more t ime on t r o p i c a l band SW DXing, h a v i n g reached eomwha t o f a " p l a t e a u " on BCB. However tVen 5mHz r e c e p t i o n i s n o t a s good t h i s season a s i t waa j u s t two y e a r s ago , thanks to s o l a r a c t i v i t y . H a r e ' s a exper iment I ' d l i k e to see someone i n the f a r NE US o r Canadian Mar i t imes t r y . D u r i n g a f ternoons i n North Amer loa , a da rkness path e x i s t s ove r the Nor th Po l e i n t o 3E A l l s , 4 on good days I t i s pos­s i b l e to hea r I ndones i ans , Ma laya , V i e t - N a , e t c . on tha t r o p i c a l SW band, sometimes w/good s i g n a l s around 5pm E S T . Th i s i s d u r i n g the two months around the Winte r s o l s t i c e . A DXer w/a good q u i e t l o c a t i o n ought to put up a Beverage weve an t enna po in t ed d i r e n t l y N 4 t r y f o r tome o f these a r e a s i n tha BCB. The u l t i m a t e p o s s i b i l i t y f o r DX i n t h i s mode would be a p a t h f r tm N .S . d i r e c t l y ove r the North Po l e a c r o s s I n d o n e s i a 4 r e a ch ing to the P e r t h a r e a o f West­e r n A u s t r a l i a . Un fo r tuna te l y a t t h e W in t e r e o l e t i o e the s u n r i e e t l a P e r t h J u s t a s sunse t comes to the M a r i t i m e s 4 the N.T . a r e a i t s t i l l i n s u n l i g h t . The pa th has been proved o u t a couple o f y e a r s ago when amateur r a d i o TE1MX con tac t ed YE6HD on the 1800c amateur f r e q u e n c y , eo BCB r e c e p t i o n ought to he p o s s i b l e than , depending on the a /on times o f the " t i x e s " I n P e r t h . I n o t h e r news o f i n t e r e s t to D X e r s , r e g i o n a l con fe rences d e a l i n g w i t h AM hroadoaat -ing w i l l he h e l d i n A r g en t ina t h i s March ( 1 9 8 0 ) 4 i n November 1 9 8 1 , l o o k i n g toward s e t t i n g u p a comprehensive p l a n f o r AM r a d i o i n Region I I (The A m e r i c a ) . I t i s p o s s i b l e a u n i f i e d s p l i t to a 9 kHz p l a n w i l l he p u t f o r t h t h e n , f o r p o l i t i c a l r e a o n e ( 4 l i k e l y e l i m i n a t i n g s p l i t f r e q u e n c i e s , t o o ) . I f i l e d compla in ts w i t h the FCC on the 9 k H i docket d e t a i l i n g t e c h n i c a l reasons the implementat ion of t h i s p l a n would he d i f f i c u l t . I urged o the r DXert to suppor t ay c o n t e n t i o n the hetrodyne i n t e r f e r e n c e ques t i on between Reg ions I 4 H I , 4 I I waa o v e r s t a t ­ed, but no one came forward . So one nnet assume a l o t o f apathy e x i s t s a o n g DXers , o r e l s e none o f y o u u n d e r s t a n d s the r e a l t h r e a t to f o r e i g n DXing t h i s p r o p o s a l r e p r e s e n t s , q u i t e a -s i d e from the d i f f i c u l t i e s i t imposes on e x i s t i n g b roadoaa t e r s . So f rom me, a b i g " t h a x k you f e l l o w s . " I n t e r e s t i n g , some o f the h i - f i equipment manu fac tu r e r s who a r c coming out w i t h f a n c y s y n t h e s i z e d AM-FM tuners a r e c o v e r i n g t h e i r h a t s by d e s i g n i n g the AM tuner s e c t i o n s to tune i n one kHz l n c r a e n t e , making them u t a b l e f o r any s i g n a l - a v a r y good I d a ? 0 beg in w i t h . So don ' t buy a t u n e r ( e . g . H e a t b k i t , o r tome oar r a d i o s ) t h a t tuna i n 10 kHz t t a p s a they c o u l d be o b s o l e t e . The magazine " B r o a d c a s t i n g P r o g r a m i n g 4 P r o d u c t i o n * ( w h i c h c a r r i e d the WLW p i e c e ) a l s o d i d a m u l t i p a r t s e r i e s on tha 1930 ' s border s t a t i o n s , XER 4 XERA wh i ch l e v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g r e a d i n g . Perhaps NBC c a n t e cu r e p e r m i s s i o n to r e p r i n t i t w i t h i l l u s t r a t i o n s . 7 3 .

REPORTS 30ME GREAT TWILIGHT T l l g DX JERRI L . BOND - 143 B u r w e l l Road - Baches t o r , New Y o r k - 14817 12/5/79 t e e e e * * * * * * * * Gree t ings everyone . I ' v e n o t i c e d a Musings drought l a t e l y to I thought I ' d b e t t e r ge t o n the b a l l 4 send one i n . I h a v e n ' t got v e r y much to r e p o r t but I do a t l o u t have a few good i e s . F i r s t o f a l l , thanks to t h a S t . L o u i s gang f o r another f i n e c o n v e n t i o n . I t was about my n i n t h or t en th 4 I ' v e r a l l y en joyed t h a a l l . I t w u r e a l n i c e s e e i n g WAYNE HEINEN 4 STEVE McDtTIHE, two NHCers I h a d n ' t s e e n i n agee u w a l l a everyone e l s e i n ­c l u d i n g f e l l o w Roches t e r a r e a DXer DAN BAR T E X . A l l who m i s t e d S t . Lou i e t h i s y e a r r a l l y m i s s e l a good t h i s . A t f a r a s DX goes , h e r e ' e wha t i t l ooks l i k e eo f a r t h i s s eason : 9/15-I f i n a l l y h e a r d CHUC-1450 • 10:05am w / l o o a l 3WG-1460 n u l l e d - t h i s w u about my c l o s e s t u n ­hea rd . 9 / 2 1 - T h i s was a f a n t a s t i c A u r o r a l evening 4 new s t a t i o n s bared were YYET-1080 a t 11:06pm w/a R. B a r c e l o n a J i n g l e 4 E E r o c k , HJCN-1100 • 11:25pm w/a b e a u t i f u l s i g n a l 4 a n i c e R. R e l o j I D , 4 YVEO-640 w/mentions of Puer to L a Cruz 9 1 1 : 4 0 . Two mora nan ones were h a r d s h o r t l y a f t e r m i d n i g h t (9/28 ) 4 they were HJAG-1070 w/an E m l e o r a A t l a n t l c o ID 9 12:04am, a i d TVLT-830 B . E a n a a c i o n , 9 1 2 : 1 7 . I t J u s t eaamad l i k e the d i a l w u covered w i t h C o l o m b i a n 4 Venezuelans t h a t e v en ing . More DX: 11/4- CHVD-1230 w u no ted very l oud 9 4:04pm w/a J x f o l o by the l o n g "Downtown* by P e t u l a C l a r k . They a re no doubt the loud F F s t a t i o n tha t I ' v a haard numerous t imet on 1230 i n AMe but c o u l d m t ge t a n ID out o f . 11/18- WSWV-1570 w u noted 9 5 :18 jm w / r r 4 another new l a i n WNOO-1250 w u h e a r d 9 5 : 3 1 e/of f . On 11/23, I d e ­c ided to t r y a l i t t l e e a r l y SSS DX o n my Sankyo STR-100 p o r t a b l e w h i l e v i s i t i n g my p a r e n t s i n Watertown, N .T . R e s u l t s were f abu lous u between 3 : 5 5 4 4:35pm I logged CHNO-550, WFST-600, WLBZ-620 ( " T h e Z " ) , WREO-680, WHEB-750, CBZ-970 4 CBT-540 . k i t were a t e x c e l l e n t s t r e n g t h i n c l u d i n g WFST wh iah mentioned a t t h e i r 3 : 9 p m a/o f f t h a t they p i o n u r e d AM 4 FM b roadcas t i ng i n Nor thern Maine. Most o f these s t a t i o n s we re h a r d v e r y r a r e l y , I f a t a l l , back I n the 6 0 ' e w h i l e I DXed from Watertown. Many o f t h a I s t i l l s e v e n ' t heard I n Roches­t e r . I t w u r e a l l y an amazing a f terncor. . S i n c e then I ' v a logged WHAF-610 9 1:18am on 1 1 / 25 , CJAF -1240 9 2 : r3am ths same morn ing , 4 then on 12/2 two nowise were logged i n 1ARE-1250 9 4:02j » w i t h l o c a l NX, 4 WACE-730 9 4:15pm e/of f w/w> S S B . A f t e r w o r k i n g frcsn 9 -5 fo r 11 y e a r s I now w o r k from 8 : 3 0 - 5 : 3 0 w h i c h I s the r eason I h a v e n ' t had mucn chance f o r SSS DX t h i s season . Oh w a l l - I hope to have a l i t t l e more to r e p o r t next t ime . 73 .

B I L L ALSO FINDS CONDITIONS ARE GOOD B I L L REGAN - 110 Craddock S t r e e t - S y r a c u s e , New T o r k - 13207 12/5/79 . . . . . . . . . . J I t . dec ided to Mies t h i s week, m o s t l y because o f the e x c e l l e n t CX that the r e have been l a t e l y , 4 a l t o because o f the s p e c i a l No r theas t e rn week. Hsre i s some good DX I ' v e got ten l a t e l y ; KUOM-770 Minn, on 11/30 SRS w/ta lk on I r a n , WABC n u l l e d . KFGO-790 N.D. good B:42-5 :53pm w/maiy I D s , c/w mx, s p o t s . DX on ths morning o f 12/2 brought XSJB from 1:59 -2 :07 4 back from 2 : 2 6 - 2 : 3 6 w/c/w mx, mary I B s , 4 a WX r e p o r t . The TVLC TEST w u heard from 4 :02-4 : 23 w/TT 4 Morse code. No ID was haard because I w u so t i r e d , I i a d to go to s l a p . T h e i r s i g n a l w u poor u/WWVA. I c o u l d n ' t b e l i e v e t h a t they d i d n ' t go o f f ! 12/4- WDSM-710

(3x11 Regan, c o n ' i . ) good o/*0R w / l o c a l NX fo lo by CWM mx, r e c e i v e d on 10k * . V a r i e s I n l a t e ­l y from WJSA-1S00: 3-D card 4 " r e c a p t i o n s e r i f i a d " w r i t t e n on r e p o r t . WHBO-970: l e t t e r bo. WGH-1310 4 WDAY-970, v / 1 , WIMS-1420 4 WMC-790 v/q . WKXL-1460 v/f f o r r e c e p t i o n o f C P C ' T E T . Reports s t i l l o u t : WINZ WT8N WFST WMAZ XLCN WITN WAFE ( s econd f ^ p ) WG09 WKBQ QGBF WANB WSNO WHGI 4 XCIO. V e r i e t o t a l i s now a t 1 3 1 . 73s 4 good DX.

A BEVERAGE PARTY NEAR PORT ELGIN AENIM L ITTKK - 521c S u n r y d a l s P l a c e - Water loo , O n t a r i o

* * * * * Long time so DX. I ' v e taken a temporary r e p r i e v e from my h i b e r n a t i o n , 4 I a c t u a l l y DXod soma t h i s p a s t weekend. A c t u a l l y , ex-NBCer Mike Whelan ( I ' m w o r k i n g on him) 4 I have been p l a n n i n g t h i s weekend s i n c e S e p t a b o r . We a r ranged a 1600 ' Beverage f i v e m i l e s S o f P o r t E l g i n f o r the Dec. 1 weekend. The antenna was on a back fanes l i n e , h a l f a m i l s from tha n e a r e s t farmhouse, i n a v a r y qu ie t a r e a . I t w a s , by the way, o r i e n t e d E/W. We • pent Sa tu rday Dec . 1 p i t t i n g up the an tenna (no mean f e a t i n 16" o f snow, when e v e r y t h i n g fe c a r r i e d from the farmhouse, a h a l f m i l e away) and d i d some dayt ime DX. S t u f f I l k a 1 NEC, WIS , 4 such t r u c k waa a p l a c e o f cake 9 2 i n tha a f t e r n o o n . B u t we got a b i g s u r p r i s e on 6S0. CFTB i s on ly 110 m i l e s sway, but t h e r e waa o n l y a t e r r i f i c Jumble on 680 . A f t e r £ hour , I p i c k e d out WNYR out o f the meet . Bu t WNYB ( R o c h e s t e r , N.Y. I t h i n k ) i s i n b a s i c a l l y the e n s d i r e c t i o n . How d i d I get a 250 w a t t e r when there i s 2 5 , 0 0 0 wa t t e o f C I T E between t h e r e c e i ­ver 4 WNYR? The an tenna was meant f o r the CJVR TXST. We brought out c h a i n , b l a n k e t s a a i f i rewood f o r the e v e n i n g ' s v i g i l . Tha temperature was about -10° C, 4 the r e was a s teady 10 mph breese go ing , eo the f i r ewood turned ou t to be u s e f u l . I ' m J u s t g lad t h a f a r m e r ' s k i d had tha snowmobile go ing f o r t h e e v en ing ' s e f f o r t e . A f t e r a l l t h a t e f f o r t , we l i s t e n e d to WMBD'e B O b r o a d c a s t from Anchorage ( I ' l l bet I w a s n ' t the o n l y one who haard i t ! ) t i l l i t f i n i s h e d ( 1 : 3 0 o r so I t h i n k ) . The o n l y time I eve r even has a hope o f CJVB poking through was s h o r t l y a f t e r lam when therqwae a l u l l i n the R I B game 4 some news came through, t a l k i r g about Joe C l a r k (who? ) and P e t e r Lougheed and C a l g a r y . Obv i ous l y Canadian news. That was a l l . By 2 : 3 0 , I was f r o e e n f a i r l y w e l l , and we s t a r t e d p a c k i n g u p . The f a r m e r ' s k i d had n a t u r a l l y gone home to s l e e p so we schlepped a l l the e rud ( c h a i r s , r a d i o s , l o g s , e t c . ) back to tbe oar by hand . Aryway, two more weeks o f exams h a r s , t han h o p e f u l l y , I ' l l f i n d more t ime to DX. B u t t h a t 1600' o f w i r e s p o i l e d me. I ' l l have to put i t up aga in some t ime , one o f theoo dayo . Back i n t o h i b e r n a t i o n f o r thus guy. 73a, Merry Chr iohnae , 4 good DX.

HE HEARD THE WDCL_TEST _BU T NOT WVJC'J3. TIM EERFOOT - 189 Ceda r va l e Avenue - A p t . 505 - Toronto, " Ontar io " - M4C 4X1 I 2 / 2 / 7 9

I made one nor c a t c h s i n c e l a s t t i m e : 11/12 - W E X L - 1 4 5 0 - T B T , l : 1 9 - l : 2 S * n , com­p l e t e l y by a c c i d e n t a s 1 d i d not r e c e i v e the 11/5 DX NEWS i n t ime to know about i t . Recap­t i o n waa not good enough f o r a r e p o r t . 1 2 / 2 - I t r i e d f o r W V L C - 1 1 7 0 - T B T but Murphy 's Lav a p p l i e d here and WwVA waa on w h i c h waa no s u r p r i s e - i n f a c t the opposi te would have been a s u r p r i s e , h i . Beoept l on from tha s o u t h Shore o f the S t . Lawrence has bean e x c e l l e n t l a t e l y w i t h C J T P - 1 4 0 0 , CHEF-1450, 4 CEBM-149J pounding i n a lmos t a l o n e some mornings on S R S . How­ever , CFCF-600 and CFMB-141J have as y e t f a i l e d to eu r f a co a f t e r 17 y ea r s o f t r y i n g , l e a v i n g Montreal s t i l l i n comp l e t e . Here 600 tends to bs dominated e i t h e r by CFCH or the Cuban, w h i l e on 141 j the s t r o n g e s t i s WPOP w i t h WOTT, WDOE, WING 4 XQV a l l c a r p e t i n g . 73 .

EARL 'S LOGGED SEVERAL CALIIPRNIAN3 EARL FORTH - 2714 Nor th L e C l a i r e - Chicago, I l l i n o i s - 60639 . . . . . . . . . . S u n r i s e f a l l o f f eomewhat i n November, w i t h t h a mora t y p i c a l openings to Tenne­ssee 4 G e o r g i a r a t h a r than the good CX to the N I w h i c h c h a r a c t e r i s e d October. I t r i e d sunse t a few days i n l a t e November 4 logged a couple o f new s t a t i o n s , but o v e r a l l s u n s e t ( on tne days tha t I was a b l e to DX) was not as good aa y e a r s p a s t . Tha r e a l s u r p r i s e was tn9 great openings to the W d u r i n g tha l a s t two weeks of November. 11/18 fou i r i XMJJ-1140 Nav. b a b i n g I n w/Glen Campbel l a lbixo, PSAe, "Magic 1 1 " I D s . 9 3:41am, I auepeot they were runn ing some s o r t o f t e s t l i k e they used to do when they were XLUC. MM 11/19- XPOL-1540 C a l . hoard a t 2:49am w/b lack p u b l i c a f f a i r e p r o g r a w/telephone c a l l e r s , mentioned program on Channel 9 , the program ended w i t h a mx thame a t 2 :59 , a weak ID 4 t h a s i g n a l waa lot t . L a t e r , KFRB-930 C a l . was haard u/V0NE/N3IX/CXRM w/NX, 3X, I caught one " K E R B " , t h i s between 5 :55 4 6:10am, WCFL e/on • 5 :53 was not too much o f a problem. 11/23 - Good Western CX f i r s t n o t i c e d by ROB ERAMER l e d to the logg ings o f CK3I-90D Saek . 9 2am w/NX, s/o f f 2 : 0 5 */0 Canada 4 much-wanted KT33-860 C a l . w/IG 4 Mutual NX 9 5am. Taxs morning ( 1 2 / 2 ) 1 t r i a d for the WVLC-117J-TE3T from 4 to 4:30«m, heard a few weak tones , 4 gave up to look f o r tha nav. ( f i r s t Surxiay ) WRLV-1140-F.y. f / c , w h i c h was heard from 4 :30 to 4 : 4 2 a . Back to 1170 9 5, weak CID heard e 5 :02 , teen mora T T m 5 : 07 , t e n t a t i v e r e p o r t s e n t . Thanus to EEC f o r a r r a n g i n g t n i e one ! 73 4 •Season 's G r s o t i n g s " to a l l .

ALASKA LO0GE0 IN CHICAGO' ROBERT KRAMER - 3405 Wast P i e r c e - Chicago, I l l i n o i s - 60651 * Tns DX cont inues to be s e n s a t i o n a l . I hope a l l of you wsra i n on tha big opening o f 11/23 ( t n a morning a f t e r Tnanxxg i v xng ) . I t was tha beat CX Watt t ha t I have aver seen. Wnan I f i r e t began tha DX aass lo r . I tnought tha CX ware t e r r i b l e , because tna banc • earned i a a i , p o s s i o l y even A u r o r a l . Tns f i r s t s ig r . t ha t something unusua l w u i n w u r e l i g ­ion, one 00. My guess w u R Barbados , but i t IOed as C K B I , P r i n c e A l b e r t , See * . Next, si* :x - / W R i , l a d « , KFOD Ancnorage 3 3:01am for S t a t e * 5 0 . Tney warn:, to p lay mus ic from. a l . over I n . pop spec t rum: e,w, r r , d i s c o , 4 s o u l . Next 9 3 :35 K N I T - 1 3 X 0 Newport, Ore . F i n a l l y K t L : - i 2 0 =pokane. KXLY was i n good d u r i n g C B " NX, but o f c o u r s e was bare ly aud ib l e a t 4 : 0 6 • : f : . I mads tapes 0 f KNPC, IXB1 4 KFQD, out XXLY w u n ' t good enouga to kaap . Otner unua-. - X : 1 1 / 1 7 - K T L 0 - 1 2 7 J Twin F a l l s , ldw. popped i n w/ID, tnan gone 3 7 : 0 1 » o l la t r y i n g to

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(Robe r t Kr«soer, c o n ' d . ) ID two s/one. 11/18- KMJJ-1140 North L u Vaga l b l u t l n g I n . 11/19-4 good opening to CA w/now logg ings o f OAX-1100 , E K I S - 9 9 0 4 XIWB-930, a l o n g vd th the b u t . i g n a l ever from I F 0 L . KFQD was logged a g a i n on U / 2 7 , t h i s time w/FRANK MERRILL v i s i t i n g . T h i s i s one M i cbvu t s rne r s shou ld l ook f o r . 73 . (KFQD, or F r a n k , Bob? - h i - EBC)

TAXES KRAMER'S CUE - TBIE3 3BS DX - L IXS3 I T ! STEPHEN J . McINTIRE - 2825 S e a r l e S t r e e t - Dos Moines , Iowa - 50317 12/7/79

DX has been q u i t e p r oduc t i v e the p u t couple weeks , eo w i t h o u t f u r t n e r ado : H / 2 8 - KANW-1370 A r k . e/o f f 6:01iro. 11/30- A ve ry good end of month SSS e l i s i o n , w i t h f o u r newies . F i r e t , 1 noted two s t a t i o n s on 840 4 s u r e enough the o tne r one w u 1MOB A l a . who f i n a l l y I D e l • 5 S S . Then i t w u to 900 f o r two new T e x a s , H E R 6 :23 4 K C » 6 :2? com­p l e t i n g t h a t s t a t e on t h a t f r e q u e n c y . F i n a l l y , ano ther fromBaeorbaok L a n d , IAMD-9 10 6 : 3 3 . 1 2 / 1 - 8S3 a g a i n . WITN-1000 M i e s . 9 6 :53 , then KMAD-1550 O k l a . 6 : 2 0 . T h a t n i g h t w u good f o r e p l i t e w / B e l i s e 4 TIW-775 i n w e l l , 4 a newie , T I L X - 7 2 5 w/good "Co-LOOM-bia" ID 9 9:23jxa. A l s o , an apparent weak s i g n a l on 735 , most l i k e l y Ecuador 4 a new coun t r y h i t no ID 4 no l o g . Tha t s o r t o f th ing con t inued the n e x t AM whor, I got u p to t r y f o r the WVL0 TEST (no l u c k ; I 'M now 0 - f o r - 5 on TESTs t h i s s e a s o n . ) I found KJAB o f f 4 had a n E E XZL s t a t i o n i n w e l l , needed CH0T no doubt, but no ID 4 EFAB w u back before tbe 5 :00 ID t ime . A l s o , l i k e many t imes r e ­c e n t l y , I had one of t h s Co lombian R e l o j ' • on 1100 , but they d i d n ' t t e l l me w h i c h one, h i . F i n a l l y a f t e r 6 I had a n E E a p p a r e n t l y on 1035 w/a r e l i g i o u s program w/a Grand E a p i d a a d ­d r e s s , probably needed H a i t i , but a g a i n no ID . I l a y " a p p a r e n t l y * on t h u s weak s p l i t s as i t i s p o s s i b l e , g i ven the s e l e c t i v i t y o f the RF - 2 2 0 0 , t ha t t h i s i s audio f rom a n a d j a c e n t even f r equency . 12/3- A f t e r BOB KRAMER'S a r t i c l e s , a n S I B s e s s i o n , and p r o a c t i v e , a t t h a t . Needed lew an ENE I -1140 9 7 : 3 5 4 CFNS-860 w/Saek. ID 9 8 :0 » . I s / 5 - XHBH-900 L a . a t 6:05pm. 12/6- SRS a g a i n 4 WBAM-740 A l a . 9 7 : 4 4 . My t r i p to ISO to p i c k up ay p r i s e s ( t h a T - e h i r t , a r a i n gauge 4 a 4 5 r e c o r d ) began w/a view o f tns swimming poo l o u t s i d e the s t u d i o / XR s i t e that WALT 3 REV I L L S 4 I n o t i c e d i n 1966 on our v i s i t t h e r e . I n s i d e much has change!

w/nice m o d e l i n g 4 tbe FM t h a t i t now loca ted t h e r e . I w u greeted by a J e n n i f e r Marlowe (NENP-type r e c e p t i o n i s t ) ( t a k B no te , BON MUSCO, h i ) who proved most h e l p f u l , u n l i k e her TV c o u n t e r p a r t . Through tha g l a s s , I a l s o saw g i g g l i n g NX o u t e r Shawns L y n n , who h u had a t l e a s t f our baby g i r l s named a f t e r her i n the p u t y u r . (And you wonder w l y I S O i s #1 i n the r a t i n g s ? ) A t i p f o r fane of s t r a n g e p r o g r a m i n g : L i s t e n to EAAY-1090 J u s t be fore the Sugar Bow l . You are l i k e l y to hear hog g runts , t h a A r k a n s u f i g h t song, song pa rad i se g u r s d to the FB game 4 who knows what e l s e . I f the Hogs beat Rama, i t s h o u l d get even w i l d ­e r on New Y e a r ' s N ight ! I must be over 30 by now, so 7 3 .

F I R S T MUSE BY A NEW MPIBEB. WHOM WE HEAHBY WELCOME TERRY A . KLASEE - 9720 V i c k i e P l a c e - S t . L o u i e , M i s s o u r i - 63136 a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p o l y o a u s t l o a t e , Consoo i a t l v e Aoco ladae , o r i n o ther wo rds , GHEKTIWGSl 4s I pen t h i s m i s s i v e I n v e not y e t r e c e i v e d my f i r e t r o g i l a r i s s u e o f DX NIWS. Hence, I a insane i n t h a t I a r e p o r t i n g to a p u b l i c a t i o n t h a t I a not r e c e i v i n g y e t ! W e l l , t h a t ' s more than I can t a y about a few o f you good r e a d e r s , ( a F B I ? -EBC) I i n t e n d to ge t the most out of my membership f e e s , and sha r e a l o t o f d a t a w i t h you d u r i n g t h e n e x t y e a r . DX­i n g h a r e i n S t . L ou i s i s r a t h e r good. I u se a DX-160 w i t h 125 ' o f copper w i r e cu t s i d • i n an " I n v e r t e d L " . Toe same t h i n g s I u s e for SW, 4 w i t h equal s u c c e s s ! On 11/24 I heard E F A L - 9 0 0 i n F u l t o n , Mo. This s m a l l day t imer came i n l oud , s t r ong , 4 long (sounds l i k a one o f my o l d g i r l f r i e n l e ) , and the v / l s t a t e d they were a s u s d w i t h toy r e p o r t e s p e c i a l l y the c l a r i t y a id l a c k o f s t a t i c . Tne s t a t i o n i s on ly 9 0 m i l e s a s e y ! NRC people a r e g r e a t ! R ICH EDDIE here I n S t . Louie got two to three c a l l s per day from some e r a s e d DXer who i t an MW novioe c a l l i n g f o r addressee to many s t a t i o n s ( 6 0 i n one week ) . S o r r y B l o h new t h a t I have my own NRC Log you can throw away your E x c e d e r i n ! H i ! 1 a l s o hea rd WJJD-1160 I n C h i ­cago. RICH EDDIE n a t u r a l l y p r o v i d e d me w i t h the a d d r e s s , but the l e t t e r came back " a d d r e s s ­ee unknown*. How oan they be unknown when I 4 many o f you hear t h a f r e q u e n t l y ! W e l l , they moved down the s t r e e t a l l o f F I V E b l o c k s ! I c a l l e d Ma B e l l ' s D i r e c t o r y A s s i s t a n c e i n Chicago ( a t no c h a r g e ) , got the new add r e s s 4 phone number. Tbe new address f o r WJJD i s : WJJD-1153 180 N. Michigan - Chicago, 1 1 1 . 60603. So be forewarned t i l l n e x t i s b when I may ve ry w e l l ba back w i t h y e t another r e p o r t from the s lums ! Good DX to a l l !

•THE NEW "FROG" HAS ARE IVED}.* ALBERT S . LOBEL - Box 26762 - San Diego", C a l i f o r n i a - 92126 714-484-0604 o r 714-566-0092 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W e l l , h e l l o to a l l NRCer i . I t ' e been a long t ime s i n c e I l a s t s en t i n a Muse eo I thought i t w u about t ime . The news here i s the a r r i v a l o f "Toe new ' F r o g ' . " I j u s t purchased a new FRG-7 f rom Badio West . I t has e v e r y t h i n g Radio West h u to o f f e r ex­cept the c r y s t a l c a l i b r a t o r 4 no doubt tha t w i l l soon be added e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e I ' m u s i n g a f o u r - d i g i t readout 4 tha t f o u r t h d i g i t i s t o t a l l y u s e l e s s w i thou t the c r y s t a l c a l i b r a t o r . I • t i l l have the good o l ' BX15QA 4 w i l l probably keep t h a t as a standby or a u x i l i a r y r e c e i v e r . Other DX gear i n the shack i s a R e a l i s t i c CTR-9 c a s s e t t e r e co rde r , a F r a i f c l l n 24-hour c lock I another 12-hour c l o c k ( the F r a n k l i n C l o c k i s se t to GMT, the o ther c l o c k to E L T ) , a Sanaer inc Loop fo r BCB DX, an 85' L» s t r o n g i n the a t t i c f o r SW DX and u t t a n i b y f o r BCB DX. A l s o , i r . the shack le my t r u e t y pl»ne l i g h t s . F o r thoee of you who don ' t know wnat my t r u e t y phone l i g h t s a re c a l l any MM a t any hour 4 I ' l l t o l l you abo i t t h a . J u s t be euro to l o t the phone r i n g " o r " f l a e n u n t i l I anewer or ay machine does - the phone do e sn ' t r i n g on MM'• but I w i l l know y o u ' r e c a l l i n g i f I ' m up D X i n g . W e l l , s i n c e i t h u b u n a w h i l e s i n c e my l a s t Muse, h e r e ' s a b r i e f r e - i n t r o : I 'm 3 2 y e a r s o l d , have DXed s i n e s 11/66 ( s i n c e ID/70 e e r l o u e l y ) , have been m a r r i e d f o r 1GJ y e a r s - ay w i f e ' s rums i s He l ens . I won ' t r e v e a l H e l e n a ' s age s i n c e most women don ' t l i k e to t e l l t h m x a g e s . I ' l l j u e t eay tha t t h e n a l i t t l e youngsr t h i n me. W e l l t h a t ' s i t f o r t h i s Muss. T i l l I nex t tend i n a Muse, 73 4 good DX de ASL.

( 3 4 ) RECEIVER TROUBLE KARL J E T E R - 3 5 9 D - C Clubhouse C i r c l e E a s t - D e c a t u r , Ceorg ia - 3O032 12/6/79

H e l l o , f o l k e - t ime f o r ny l a t e s t D X p l o i t o . F i r e t , the HQ-150 i e o u t - o f - o r ­d e r , w/a f a u l t y on -o f f ew i t ob , eo the TRF ie my on l y DX machine now, 4 not d o i n g b a d l y . I t now has Wo ceramic f l l t e r e i n s t a l l e d by CHUCK HUTTON, tha t a l l o w ma to l l e t e n to s t a t i o n ! on some channels a d j a c e n t to l o c a l e : When the TRF i e plaood i n p r o x i m i t y w i t h the 4 ' loop some i n t e r e s t i n g r e e u l t o a r e h e a r d . toward to DX! 1 2 / 4 - WABR-1520 heard w/s/on a 7:15am v e r y poor u/WKBW/KDMA meet . MM 1 2 / 3 was i n t e r e s t i n g , producing one new l o g , I S T L - 9 7 0 S 3 : 5 3 - 4 a w / r r , D r . Joyce B r o t h e r s p r o g r a 4 NBC NX f o r a newie . D u r i n g t h a t , some s t r a n g e I n a n n l n g / c h a n t i n g noted on 9 7 0 ; as I waa c u r i o u s , I s t a y ed on o n l y to hea r unn KAXC w/prog-r a about I n d i a n t r i b a l mx, w / l n t e r v i m s s 4 examples . That w a s n ' t t h s o n l y m y s t e r y o f 1 2 / 3 MM: On 1060, »/WN0S n u l l e d , I c ea rd d i s t i n c t l y a s t a t i o n p l a y i n g r r 4 I D l n g as "WANP" ( o r p o s s i b l y "WAMF") 4 bare a tape o f t h i s . A iyone know of a n s . s t a t i o n o r c a l l change here? Time wee 3:14-3:39am o f f /on w/WNDK QRM. (CJHP p o s s i b l e , K a r l ? -ERC ) I hea rd WVC0-1QB0 w/ NX I n t o B F L mx h 3:04 on 1 2 / 3 u/XHLD. 1190 t h a t AM was moet ly S . C o r d i l l e r a , Co lombia , a 2 : 1 5 a m w/Wx 4 t a l k . November ended w/a l o g o f WJES-1190, nee o f 1570, on 11/30 w/e/on w i t h f a n f a r e 6 : 5 9 a i n t o BEL p r o g r a , then e/w mx. Only one new v e r i e i n D e c a b e r : WRUS-610 w/ v / 1 . One or two more 4 I ' l l h i t the 900 mark i n v a r i e s 4 onward to the f i r e t one thousand! Ano the r new s t a t i o n i s on the am i n a s t r o A t l a n t a ( w e l l , s o r t o f . . ) WCQA-1050 i n Coxqrers noted s e v e r a l days ago on oar r x an the way to w o r k . Format seems to be l i g h t r r , u d e r n e/w 4 they s/of f beg inn ing • 5 :25 or eo 4 end w i t h p l a y i n g of E l v i s ' "My Way . " T h i s c a l l u s e d to be i n Calhoun, C a . on 900 , but no r e l a t i o n to the c u r r e n t WJTH t h e r e . I have t r i e d to l e s t the F t . Gordon s t a t i o n , W3G on 640k, but no th ing d e f i n i t e y e t . They have been hea rd h e r e , i n c i d e n t a l l y , w/20 wa t t e ( o r e o ) . So , h e r e ' s my w i s h f o r a Merry C h r i s t m a s to a l l NHCert 4 a prosperous DX N « T e a r . L i n d a 4 I w i l l be v l e i t l n g ny f o l k e i n 1979 con­v e n t i o n Town, S t . L ou i e , f o r a few daye . So t h a t ' s a l l from 1978 Convent ion- town, h i . 7 3 ' » .

TELLS ABOUT THE ANTHRACITE REGION STATIONS HARHT J . HATES - 9 Henry S t r e e t - W i l k e e - B a r r e , Penney l v rn i i a - 18702 E S T * * * * * * G r e e t i n g ! once a g a i n from the n a t i o n ' s l a r g e s t unknown c i t y . WBHE-13+0 nov c a r r i e s Mutua l NX 4 f e a t u r e s 4 has f o r months now. The s t a t i o n i s s t i l l a l l NX 4 s e a s to be q u i t e s u c c e s s f u l w i t h t h i s f o r m a t . I n a d d i t i o n to the N I they a l s o c a r r y a a y r i a d o f s p e c i a l f e a t u r e s from both networks l i k e D r . J o y c e B r o t h e r s , C l e v e l and hnory , Super Handyman A l Ca r ­r o l l , Ned Ash spo r t s c onsen t , e t c . I n o the r l o o a l news: WBAX-1240 i s doing q u i t e s u c c e s s f u l ­l y w i t h t h e i r c/wfcrmat. I t h i n k people I n t h i s a r e a l i k e o/w more than the r a d i o people o r ­i g i n a l l y thought. WGBI-910 i s e t i l l p r o g r e s s i n g e/w as they have f o r a t l e a s t 2 0 y e a r s now WGBI ' e c h a r t seems more " a l l i n c l u s i v e " . U n l i k e WBAX there s e a s to be more " f o l k s y " c/w thrown I n a l ong w i t h t h e c u r r e n t c h a r t b u e t e r e . I'm no a u t h o r i t y on o/w eo I cannot add too s u c h more about t h i e . WAHM-590 has managed to ho ld onto the s a s a type o f T - 4 0 format they have had f o r 2 0 y e a r s plue now. E v e n some o f the WARM J i n g l e e a r e the same ones i n use ten y e a r s ago. Many of the p e r s o n a l i t i e s have been t h e r e 15 or 20 y e a r s . The format of WARM i s one t h a t I know of i n no o the r a r e a . P e r s o n a l i t y r a d i o has g i v e n way to mora o f an automated sound i n most a r e a s . WILK-980 a l s o a T -40 s t a t i o n here has more o f a e l i e k sound ing fo imat They c a l l themselves "The New WILK" but I ' l l be darned i f I c a n t e l l a d i f f e r e n c e from what t h e y ' v e been doing fo r y e a r s . A l s o another s t a t i o n tha t has n o t changed i t WNAK-730 N a n t i -c o k s . The J i n g l e s 4 mx t h a t were p l ayed 2 0 y e a r s ago a r e e t i l l p l ayed today. The mx i e a m i x o f i n s t r u m e n t a l ! mixed w/etandarde 4 a l s o some s o f t pop l i k e C a r p e n t e r ! , Tom Jones e t c Dayt immr WARD-1540 P i t t e t o n appea l s more o r l e e s to the J u n i o r High crowd w / a l l c u r r e n t h i t e w/a l o t o f d i sco thrown i n . DJe a r e the " l y p e d u p " v a r i e t y w/lote of j o k e t e l l i n g , eouni e f ­f e c t s , e t c . WEJL-63 0 ano the r day t imer programs a somewhat low kay T - 4 0 f o rmat , the approach eounde more l i k e a n MoR s t a t i o n 4 t h a t cou ld be because they were MoR f o r maty y e a r e . Tne s t a t i o n s t i l l IDs as "The Vo i ce o f the S c r a n t o n T i m e s . " Tm s t a t i o n s i n t h i s a r e a do to a l a r g e degree have a sound o f t h e i r own 4 i n t h i e age o f au t oma t i on 4 sameness I guess tha t i s good. I a do ing a l l o f my DXing d u r i n g the Weekend! from Gouldeboro, P a . , t e n m i l e s from W i l k e e - R a r r e . S i n c e l a s t t ime , ny WAMB-1170 v e r i e a r r i v e d . Thie s t a t i o n was counted as new • inee they were heard back i n 1971 on 1190 d u r i n g 1 1 / 1 E I . Other new s t a t i o n s added here l i n e s l a s t Muse a r e WBNT-1310 Tenr . . . WVNA-1590 A l a . on 1 1 /14 dur ing e x c e p t i o n a l CX to the S VCRT-1260 A l a . , CKMP-1230 O n t . on the even ing o f 11/24, WHUi-1240 P a . , WCTN-950 Md CKNS-93 ' O n t . , WGUN-1010 G a . , f i n a l l y , 4 WYSR-12;0 Va . w/5pm e/off on 12/8 . 73 .

FORT WAYNE AREA RADIO BRAD LOVETT - 421 fsWt College - Co ldwater , Ohio - 45828 * * * * H e l l c again. This i s ny firstMusa o f the new season, 4 i m r e ' a what I ' v e beer, up to l a t e l y . DXing has been limited, moet of the following lege were on an older model BC" GE portable. WCIF-1070, Reckloy, W.Va., S 4:45pm in JJIBC n u l l , " f a i r . YlFmD-930, F r e d e r i c ^ ' Md. in WHON n u l l , ID, tnen pattern change at 5|m. (Date nds8ing from my logbook). On 1 2 / 3 ' daytime groundweve saw thie: 580, two for the price o f one, 1CHS-580, Charleston,' K.Va. mi' KILL - 5 8 0 , Urbana, 111. A third wee heard, probably CKWV, Ontario. 12/4 SRS, WPIT-730 w/re-l i f t e u a program from South Carolina, ID i l 8 a . WJYM w u nulled. Some changes in radio lr. tnis area, particularly Fort Wayne. At meet o f you are aware, WMEF-1380 i t now WQHK w/a " 40 c/w format "he FVFF c a l l 4 "-40 format (including Jokes) was transferred to 97.3-FV a" •mart move or. their part. 97.3 w u TVEF, automated BFL. 7 PTH (Ft ) w u automated w/ TV ' stereo rock, cut t n ^ now have l i v e jocks wno sound t e r r i b l e . L.-ok for change! on that 4 WLYV-1450. I visited WQHK/WMEE 4 WOWO recently. By the way, WQHK ie known u "Tne Hawk 13WC" iotn were s t r c t non-IDers at f i r s t as tna c a l l letter assignments did not corns i r time f o r toe format cnangee. A format f l i p - f l o p in Riclmoni, Inu., 1H0N-930 now automated

Syndicated voice tracks) while co-owned WQLK (FM) i s 11-96, li v e T—0, Just the opposite vs :s.ore. 1 may be needing to Flu. or Va. to tale training for tne FCC F i r e t C l u e license

an. ..cpel-llj tmrgs w i l l work out eo I oan, prefera:ly, go to Florida. 7 3 .

WALT I S TRYING TO LOCjECUaDGR ( 3 5 ) KALXEK B R E V I L L E - 9127 C o r a l D r i v e - S a i n t L o u i s , M i s s o u r i - 63123 eeeeeeeeeeeeeee Hers i s a response t o E r n i e ' s p l e a f o r Mus ings . Fo r me, the t i ro b i gges t t h r i l l s o f 1979 were the two Conventions not f a r f rom my f r o n t y a r d . I r e a l l y en joyed the s m a l l e r but v e r y f i n e one i n P e o r i a ( thank you , JOHN CLEMMER), as t o the b i g one i n S t . Cha r l e o , h e r e ' s my few no t a t i ons of i t uncovered by p r e v i o u s r e p o r t s , I unders tand t h e f i n a l count o f r e g i s t e r e d DXore 4 guests was 7 2 . There was the u s u a l p ickup c o n f u s i o n . I l o o t 3 hours d r i v i n g t o downtown S t . L o u i s t o p l o k up e DXer f rom the bus s t a t i o n , o o u l d n ' t f i n d h im, phoned t h e Noah's A rk 4 found he was a t the t r a i n s t a t i o n i n s t e a d . Somehow I got h im

confused w i t h MARX STRICKERT who was coming I n by bus 4 t h e n ohenged h i s m ind , 4 somebody e l s e who was ooming I n by t r a i n 4 changed h i s mind. I em a l l f o r f u t u r e Convent ion h o s t s r e f r a i n ­ing f rom p i c k i n g up DXers from the t r a i n 4 hue s t a t i o n s . AKARC convent ions have a p o l i o y o f l e a v i n g i t e n t i r e l y up to the oonvont ion-goers to make i t t o the mote l f rom the t r a i n , hue ,

or a i r p o r t v i a t a x i , b u s , or the m o t e l ' s van p i ckup s e r v l o e . I a a t o l d i t works out w e l l f o r AXARC, our conven t i ons have go t t en to b i g i n reoent y e a r s we should do the s e a s . F o r me, t h e

b i g even t was h o t t i n g t h s Conven t i on ' s DXped i t ion a t my A- frame i n the boondocks w i t h 2£ ae ree 4 a 5 0 0 ' m i n i - b e v e r a g e . I counted 28 DXers t h e r e w i t h about Z> po r tab l e r a d i o s p l u s a y HQ-18QA, S S R - 1 , v i n t a g e C ros l e y c onso l e , Teehnlee TX t u n e r w i t h 8-element r o t a t i n g y a g i , p lue RON SCHATZ'e new l y purchased C o l l i n s 5 L . J . A l l t h e s e r a d i o s going a t o u t a d s a r e a l l y neat atmosphere I RON SCHATZ'e bagging o f Eouador en 995 4 735 i e e r a r e oat oh i n t h e s e p a r t e .

I have t r i e d numerous t imes f o r t h a t count ry w i t h n e v e r a t r a c e o f i t . A f t e r l a b o r Day I e -r e e t ed m o t h e r 6 0 ' I X ooutside whloh g i v es good V-S r e o e p t l o n oompered t o t h a E-W p a t t e r n o f the m i n i - b e v e r a g e , but e t i l l no l u c k on t h a t e l u s i v e Eouador - 9 9 5 . Here an C o r a l D r i v e I cannot e r e e t a deoent I X due t o power l i n e plaoement, eo I bought a Dymek DA-100 a m p l i f i e d whip 4 put i t on the r o o f , e v e r y n i oe s u b s t i t u t e f o r a 100-200 foot longwire I t I s . I em f ed up w i t h l o o p s , both o f my Spaoe Magnets went kaput on me. Hhen I ' m I n a r o t a t i n g 4 n u l l ­i ng mood I p l o k up the TRF p o r t a b l e , a l s o s r i th IXo o r t h e DA-100, I t euro i s n i o e t o soon up 4 down the band w i t h o u t c o n s t a n t l y r e t u n i n g the a n t e n n a . Here• y fc i th ing a l l o f you t h e beet p o s s i b l e H o l i d a y s and New Year I

A GOOD DAYTIME LOGGING STEVEN PARADIKS - 18 Cornwa l l Avenue - H i l l v i l l e , New J e r s e y - 08332 12/11/79 » • « . . » . » » » • » . « » Greet ings I T h i s i s ay f i r s t Muse i n a w h i l e . My DX of l a t e has been so -so , w i t h the o n l y r e a l h i g h l i g h t be ing NFAX-1220, F a l l s Churoh, V a . , on 11/30 j u s t be fo re 11 o 'o look (AM, t h a t i e , h i l ) A l though a n y would not c o n s i d e r HBBJt-780 Chisago mi oh DX, I a s muoh s u r p r i s e d t o get i t one n i g h t , a t WABC i e a r e a l p ea t ' r ound h e r e . I hopeto r e t u r n t o the d i a l s soon because the season i s j u s t f l y i n g b y . T h i s weekend I In t end t o do tome o f DX 4 r e p o r t ( h o p e f u l l y , h i ) t o both t h i e oolumn and DDXD r e g u l a r l y . From what I have g a t h ­ered i n my f o u r month! as a member, t h e r e i e a l a r g e m a j o r i t y t h a t remains s i l e n t . What I e a n ' t f i g u r e out i s why the new owners o f NZZD-990, P h i l a d e l p h i a , want t o go t o a E E L f o rmat . There e r e t h r e e R E L and two m o e t l y - R E L here a l r e a d y ! Maybe t h e y hope t o genome o f t h e AM bus iness ae two o f t h e a l l - R E L s t a t i o n s a r s FM. The " N a t i o n ' s S t a t i o n " a r t i c l e s e v e r a l weeka book wae v e r y good. Xy compliments t o the a u t h o r , h i l That shou ld be enough f o r now. E v e n though t h i e w i l l p robab ly show up l a t e r t h e n Deo. 2 5 , Happy Ho l i days and have a good new DX* y e a r . 7 3 ' s .

B I L L 4 NANCY ENJOYED CONTEST # 2 . _ . B I L L HARDY - 2J> 1 P a o i f i e Avenue - Aberdeen, Washington - 98520 12/11/79 eeeeeeeeee I ' m g e t t i n g so I oan t e l l when NRC Con t es t s a r e underway j u s t by l i s t e n i n g f o r the e l e o t r i c a l l i n e n o i s e on my RX . I t seems t o o v e r l a p t h e c o n t e s t s ! Case i n p o i n t , the Sumner- long QRM d isappeared a few hours before Contes t # 1 ended. I t r e tu rned the day be fore Contest #2 s t a r t e d ! I t took a T h a n k s g i v i n g Day h o l i d a y , t h e n r e turned the n e x t day a t doub­l e s t r e n g t h ! The QRM sounde l i k e a n e l e o t r i o motor o f some k i n d , p robab ly w i t h i n g a few b lookt o f my home. Cm t h a t F r i d a y , I a y hava had two motors go ing, 90° a p a r t i n b e a r i n g s , so I o o u l d n ' t n u l l both a t once, 4 t h e whole band wae w r e o k s d l Most o f t e n , though, I have on ly one motor t o contend w i t h , 4 n u l l i n g i t a l l o w s r e o e p t l o n N/S. I t ' s not e problem above loll) kHs u s u a l l y . Fo r Contest NANCY 4 I used t h e l e t t e r " S " end t h e r e a r e m a y " S " o i t -i e s i n C a l . , so even w i t h the n o i s e we d i d w e l l . I had a y f i r s t r e a l l y oomplate Ml DX s e s ­

s i on o f the s eason 12/10 4 noted the f o l l o w i n g , 3>i*2am, I L I X - 1 3 1 0 on RS w/o/%, a s t b e NSP now, but 1310 wet a l r e a d y wreoked by KDIA going NSP e a r l i e r t h i e y e a r . Thank goodness 1290 i s s t i l l DXable w KUMA/KHSL ott n i g h t l y 4 KGVO o f f MM's. KCUB a s i n , poor a s u s u a l , " / » " k o n . ID l oop ing E t h a t a y have had EST TC ' e 4 I tuapeot unn WHIO. Uan, K IT -1280 l i v e e/of f f o r a l n t e n a n o e p u r p o s e s , but w i l l r e t u r n l » t " t h i e m o r n . " I ' v e had c o n f l i c t i n g r e p o r t s o f I I T be ing NSP o r o f f MM's> t h i s might so l v e i t i f i t ' s r e g u l a r . l* , 0 l * . CKKC-1390 f i n i s h e d CBC NX 4 r e l a y e d t h e e n t i r e CBD-690 o/of f ! Then " 0 C a a d e " 4 G6Q t o U , 0 70*54*1 1 kHx TT came on m 6 , 0 7 , 5 0 . I t sounds l i k e CKKC's s t a f f pu t s t h a CBC l i n e on the s i r l a t e a t n i g h t , l a v e s i t on, 4 goes home'. CJDC-1350 a s comple te ly //Ji,o !*-!*t09»m eo they must do the same. Canadian s t a t i o n s d o n ' t seem t o he r e q u i r e d t o ID a y more. 4 s i n c e th ey a y be oomplete ly unat tended ae w e l l I guess the above p r a o t i e e i s k o s h e r ! 5>12»» someone on 1230 runn ing PoP TTe t i l l they IDed a s KYJC a t 5,22am. T h i s morning, T u e s . 1 2 /11 , a e e r l y C h r i e t a e preeent i n muoh-w a t e d KCKO-1380 s t r ong 4 mos t l y a lone 12,15-12,30pm. I tuned i n dur ing en EBS t e s t which mentioned KCKO, th en Dionne W a r w i c k ' s l a t e s t song. At 12,25 they r a n the EBS t e s t a g a i n ! KCKO i s t h e f i r s t s t a t i o n I ' v e heard use c a l l l e t t e r a k a t h e r t h a t h i s s t a t i o n i n an EBS t e s t . Then a " P e t P e t r o l " v i a phone w/Humane S o c i e t y l a d y end D J . T h a t ' s i t f o r now, so

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STAN MORSS - B o u t * 3 - B r a d f o r d , Massachuse t t s - 01830 . . . . . . . . . . Sunse t D X - t r y i n g f o r WGFP 9 4 : 1 5 on 940, no e l gn h s r * - a l l c/w A P a . ment ion* to e v i d e n t l y unn WTLV. Tnan to 1500 f o r a t r y a t WDNT & n u l l o f W U «H had NATO Bed fo rd , P a . I n w a l l but took o v e r 30 minutes to ID - not nw td td . On* under them o f f • 4 : 3 0 , o r changed p a t t e r n hut too weak to oojy even on t a p * r e p l a y . NDNY h a * a p p l i e d f o r f u l l t i m e on 1400 to I a n p u t t i n g a l o t o f t ime a t SSS the r e - eo f a r on ly NLNO NATO & a N.C. who c o u l d he any­one. 11/29- KW8A-1290 *x - *TOC 4am L a r r y X i n g A l o c a l announcements a t b r e a k . FM, CEAB-1350 ex-CELB Oehawa BB 4 :45pn , QJM w o r s t from CHOT A CJLM. 11/30- 1566 T u n i s i a n I n s t r o n g • 5jm f a r a new c o u n t r y . 1 2 / 2 - WWJ D e t r o i t I n over a l l a t 4:25pm - to over to 1130 A I copied NCXI f o r another t r y a t a v e r i e - no v e r i e l a s t s eason , on ly an hid WCAB coverage map. When WCXI went to n i g h t p a t t e r n a t 6 , a r a r e one, NISN, Milwaukee took o v e r , e q u a l to WNEW mott o f tha t ime , but not needed h e r * .

A MAINE BAND SCAN BOD O'OONNOB - e/o USCS Group - 259 High S t r e e t - Sou th P o r t l a n d , M a l a - 04106 12/5/79 . . . . . . . . . . . . j hmew r e c e n t l y moved In t o a b a y - f r o n t cot tage f o r the W i n t e r , A y e s t e r d a y I had a n e x c e l l e n t DX s e s s i o n . I am l o c a t e d I n Yarmouth, Me. on Catco Bay , w i t h e x c e l l e n t ex ­posure to 8 1 . Th i e p l a c e I s about ha l fway between P o r t l a n d A B r u n s w i c k , Mc. oppos i t e Cous­i n ' s I s l a n d . A l t o s u r p r i s i n g i t the f a c t t h a t power l i n e s i m i l * away f rom the C o u s i n ' s I s . power p l a n t have no e f f e c t on r e c e p t i o n a t a l l . I was very I n t e r e s t e d A s u r p r i s e d w i t h MAS! CONNELLY'S groundwav* r e p o r t , eo I d i d ay own y e e t a d e y (PM o f 1 2 / 4 ) . Badio used wae a Panason ic HFB88 AM/FM/P6B w i t h b u i l t - i n an t enna . 530-NPOB harmon ic . 5 3 5 - WJBQ harmonic . 540-580- WGAN. 5 9 0 - W E E I . 610- WGIB. 6 2 3 - W L B Z . 630- WPBO. 660-WNBC! but weak . 68 3-

WBEO. 710 - WON! ( a l s o ve ry w e a k ) . 730 -WJTO l o c a l . 750-WKEB. 7 7 0 - WABC! q u i t s weak. 7 9 0 - WEAN. 8 0 0 - WOCM. 810 - WOT! ( w e a k ) . 815 ( ? ) - unID F r eneb . 8 5 0 - WHDH. 9 0 0 - L o o a l WIXA, no WCBS. 9 3 0 - WJAB. 9 3 0 - WWNH. 9 5 0 - WBYT. 9 7 0 - Looa l WCSH. 1 0 3 0 - W B Z . 1060- WBNC u/WBZ e p l a t . 1080 - WTIC! 1090- WILD. 1110-WHIM. 1130- Deep f a d i n g (WNEWT). 1 1 5 0 - WHUE A WSIW f i g h t i n g . 1170- WVLC A WJMQ i * j . 1 1 9 0 - WKDX A WLIB ! Deep f a d i n g . 1210- WCAU! S u r ­p r i s i n g l y s t r o n g ! 1220- W8ME. 1 2 3 0 - WE3X A two o t h e r * . 1240- WOOU A WOCB mumbo-Jumbo. 1250 Unreadable s l o p , WTBB? 1 2 6 0 - W X Z E . 1270-WT3N. IPSO-WABE. 1 2 9 0 - W I C E . 1300 - WJDA u/WLOB s p l a t t e r . 1310- WLOB. 1 3 2 0 - UnID, WABA? 1330- UUX u / J a b l s . 1 3 4 0 - u n i n t e l l i g i b l e g a r b l e . 1360-WDBC! 1370- WBTN! A WFEA, no WDKA. 1380- WBBX A WOWW! (wow i s r i g h t ) . 1400 WIDE. 1410-WFOP s t r o n g ! 1 4 2 0 - WB3M A WASB ( T) . 1440- Looa l WJBQ. 1 4 6 0 - WOKO! 1470-WHBP A WLAM. 1490 - WPOB l o o a l . 1510- WITS. 1520- R e l i g i o n * s c r eaming woman, probably WTHE'. 1640 - WPTB. 1550- WQXB! 1580 - WYFA! I t shou ld be noted tha t t h i s s e s s i o n s t a r t e d a t 12:45 jm, and snded a t 2 : 20 , so same o f the 1300 kHs l og * u p a r e probab ly e a r l y s u n s e t e k i p . Sunse t was 4:05pm. I waa YEHY s u r p r i s e d a t some o f the s t a t i o n s coming i n i n t h s m i d d l e of the PM. I wuet t r y t h i s a g a i n s oon . Other new* - WDCI ha* been t e s t i n g , but I ' m unsure when t h e y ' l l be o n a i r . S t a t i o n s a y * the FCC l a h o l d i n g thsm u p , t o d o n ' t bo ld y e a r b r e a t h w a i t i n g . I w i l l keep yon p o s t e d . I wanted badly to t r y CHUM A WVLC TEST* t b i t p a s t S a t . but I f e l l a s l e e p too e a r l y . Damn! ( C J V B . maybe? -ERC) Over 3 0 l i n e s , s o r r y , ERC. S e a ­s o n ' ! Gree t ings to a l l .

H E ' S DXING 'ON LOCATION" MARC DtLOBENZO - Box 466 - C e n t a r v i l l e , Massachuse t t s - 02632 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G r e e t i n g s . S i n c e t h i s i s the New Eng land e d i t i o n o f Mueiqge, I l a v e de­c i d ed to r e p o r t wha t ( l i t t l e ) I have heard thus f a r t h i e F a l l . A l l DX has been from H o l -brook, M a t t . , 15 m i l s * 3 o f B o s t o n - where I sm s t a y i n g wh i l e a t t e n d i n g C o n t r o l D a t a I n e t i -t u r * I n Nor th Ou lncy . 1 0 / 8 - W Y A B - 1 5 5 0 Y a . LAC, a top w / r r , ID 6 :12 jm ; WVEO-1580 Ohio f a i r , a top w/ID 9 6 : 2 4 . 10/15 - WBHC-1550 F l a . f a i r , a l one I n S 3 6:38jm - t h i s was 30 m l r u t e s be­f o r e LSS i n Miami ! WSRF-1580 F l a . f a i r , a l one w/c/w, I D s , ads , 6 : 35 -6 :39pm. 10/24- WKBA-1550 Y a . f a i r 9 6:45pm e/of f . 10/30 - WFLO-870 Va . LAC w/dieoo mx, a d a , way o/WHCU 5=40-5:45 jm e/of f w/annoying echo e f f e c t . 1 0 / 3 1 - A g a i n , WFLO-670 Y a . e x c e l l e n t o/WHCU w / r r , a d t , 5: 10-5:14pm: WFNC-940 N.C. good w/ads i n CSt m i l 5 :22 jm. 11/5- WABS-780 Y a . LAC w / r * l i g i o n 4:41pm; WHNC-890 N.C. LAC way o/WLS w/ads, l o c a l NX 4 : 5 5 - 5 : 5 9 j m , WMNA-730 V a . e x c e l l e n t end­i n g NX, i n t o r r 5 : l l - 5 : 1 5 i m s/o f f i n MAC m i l . 11/6-WHBX-1530 N.C. LAC w/o/w 5:12-5:15pm s/o f f . 11/7 - WTGH-1520 3 . C . LAS w/ID, r r 4:53pm; WCBB-1S0 N.C. f a i r a t op J u n b l * 4 :55 -4 :59 e/o f f ; WWC-1530 Va . weak u/eud l on l y loud WBBX • 5 s / o f f . 11/15- WPUY-1580 Y a . f a i r w/r r 5 : 1 3 - 5 : 1 5 e/o f f ; W E T T - 1 5 S 0 A l a . w e a k - f a i r u / C B J a 5:45ps e/of f . 12/4 - WEAB-870 Mich, good w / j a x t to 5pm e/of f ; W N O X - 9 9 0 T a n n . LAC w / N X , W X , r r 5 : 0 4 - 5 : 0 5 . C l e a r ananne l r ad i o can be f u n : the l a s t couple o f mornings I have l i s t e n e d to WBAP-820 w h i l e e a t i n g b r e a k f a s t . I n t e r ­e s t i n g to l i s t e n to the v o i c e o f a very d i f f e r e n t a spec t o f Amer ican c u l t u r e - d i f f e r e n t , t h a t i t , from New E n g l a n d ! T o t a l h a r d ( a l l from M a s s . ) : 1,443 i n 17 y e a r s . E R C : your e f ­f o r t s a r e a p p r e c i a t e d . 73 from the 9 y S t a t e . (Thank you, Marc - E R C )

NOT M U C H DX BEING DONE BY FRANK FRANK S . JOHNSON - Box 388 - B e l f a s t , Main* - "64915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W M s o r r y to hoar of the death o f "HANK" TTNDALL mentioned I n the Dec. 3 i s s u e o f DX NEKS. I met Hanx a t the W h i t * P l a i n s , N.Y. Convent ion i n I 9 6 0 . I never d i d get to v i s i t him i n B u r l i n g t o n . I have a r e a l n i c e p i c t u r e of him t h a t he t e n t me, t aken i n h i s den. Not much DX here a * I gave my DX-150 to a f r i e n d . Reports a r e out to WSMN-1590 and WUNR-1600. I have one of the WITS-1510 QSL oa rds , a l t o tne now W1T-111D c a r d . Thee* t i p s both came from the V e r i e S i g n e r s ' l i s t .

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(37) LOGS HIS 36 th STATE. PLUS OTHER GOODIES

DA YE EUXAKOSKI - EFD 1 - Box 409 - B r o o k l y n , Connec t i cu t - 06234 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Her* i * ny c o n t r i b u t i o n , to the s p e c i a l New E n g l a n d e d i t i o n of the Musings . F i r s t I ' l l beg in w i t h a r e - I n t r o . I ' m 16 y e a r s o l d , have been DXing f o r a l l t t l t over three y e a r s , A been i n NRC f o r a lmos t a y e a r . I ' m e t i l l DXirg w i t h the TRF, A t o t a l s a r e 890/36/ 7 d o m e s t i c a l l y up to d a t e . So f a r t h i s season, CX have been v a r i a b l e . I d i d not get out o f B u r n e r doldrums u n t i l l a t e October , and s i r e s then I have r e a l l y been l i s t e n i n g , u s u a l l y s u n s e t s , and e a r l y MM*. Sunse t s have bean p r e t t y p roduc t i v e f o r me, A I keep on t h i n k i n g about the on l y day I d i d n ' t DX, t h a t was 11/14! I f I d i d , I wou ld a l r e a d y have 700 hea rd . Most s t a t i o n s t h a t I ' v e h e a r d w i l l appear h e r * and the r e I n the Domest ic DX D i g e s t , except f o r the e x c i t i n g c a t c h e s . On 11/23, from 5 : i 5 - 5 : 3 C p c on 940 kHz h e a r d were WCPC-Miee. loud u/CBM w / l o c a l ada , I D * , A T40 mx; and WMAZ-Ga. • 5:30pm w / l o c a l NX, but d i sappeared w/ power/ p a t t e r n change q u i c k l y . On 12/1 cam* a r e a l s u r p r i s e on 1450, from 12:17 to 12:36am wae WMYB-S.C T h a t ' s my f a r t h e s t GYer y e t , hoard w/FOP mx, I D s , A * n t y NX 9 12 :30 , WX • 1 2 : 3 5 . I t perked me up f o r more, but n o t h i n g e l s * u n u s u a l dec ided to he h a a r d . F i n a l l y heard on 12/3 wae S t a t * #36, EKAA-1560 8 . D . w/end of NX, A n i c e , loud I D a s " E - K - A - A , Aberdeen, S . D . " T h i s wae a t 1 : 0 7 a . S i n c e l a t e October I ' v e logged 64 new s t a t i o n s . By n e x t season, I w i l l hope to have heard 310 s t a t i o n s , f i v e more s t a t e s , A two more p r o v i n c e s . No, I d i d n ' t hear the C J Y B - 1 4 7 0 - T E S T . I f I d i d , i t would be i n the h e a d l i n e * of l o o a l newspapers . Only t h ing I heard a t d 2 : 0 0 - l a was s t a t i c , A W8AN F a . , A CH3* Ou t . , A t h a t waa i t . CX were gpod be­f o re l l j m , KSL-1160 U t a h was weak, WOAI-1200 T e x . wae t h e r e , but i t a l l d ied r i g h t before m idn i gh t ! Someone up t h e r e n u t h a t * me! I d i d n ' t have s t r e n g t h to l i s t e n to 3am. Hat aryone out the re been l i s t e n i n g to I r a n i a n s t a t i o n s ? Must be p r e t t y bo r ing en te r ta inment w i thou t any m u s i c . I d i d n ' t r e c e i v e my DX NEWS (Hon. Nov. 26 ) i n the m a i l u n t i l t ha t F r i d a y ' That waa a l o n g w a i t . I hop* i t d o e s n ' t de lay the upcoming columns i n the DX NEWS. W e l l , t h a t ' * I t f o r now, more nex t y e a r , 7 3 ' s A Happy New Y e a r !

THE PETE I M P STORY PETE KEMP - 5 Greenwood Avenue - B e t h e l , Connec t i cu t - 06801 WB1FZX * * * * * * * * * A f t e r s even y e a r * o f membership i n the NBC I guess i t i s about t ime t h a t I f i n a l ­l y dec ided to s i t down and w r i t e my o f f i c i a l i n t r o d u c t o r y Muse. I c a n , t r a s m b e r a time when I d i d n ' t have a r a d i o c l o t s t y . When I wae J u s t f i v e , my dad l e f t a r ad i o on the t a b l e near my bed and I ' v e been hooked ever s i n c e . A l l through the f i f t i e s I grew up l i s t e n i n g tc A l a n F r e e d , WMGM, Pe te r T r i p p , and msuy o f tha b i g names I n the B i b App l e . On* day w h i l e l i s t e n i n g to the r a d i o I heard a newsman say t h a t i t wae 8pm A I new darned w e l l t h a t i t wae 9 : 0 0 and bed t ime . T r y i n g to p l a y l sssyer and conv ino* ny p a r e n t s t h a t I shou ld bo a l l owed to s t a y up l a t e r , s i n e * i t w a a o b v i o u s l y a n e r r o r caused by a f a u l t y hone* c l o c k . Neediest to say my arguments f e l l on dea f e a r s , but thty e x p l a i n e d t ime tones to me. Fo r a socon l or t h i r d g rade r t h a t 1 * one t a l l o r d e r . Confused but undaunted I con t inued my c l imb up the DX­i n g l a d d e r . No records o r l o g k e ep ing no t e * . J u s t a d e s i r e to l e a r n more. By the t ime I h i t J u n i o r n i g h , r a d i o wae ny hag ( s p o r t s on t h e e l d * o f c o u r s e ) , however my peers were into h a , C B s , A SWL a c t i v i t i e s ba t BCB DXing , e r e you n u t * ? By the t ime I mad* i t to High Schoo l ny f u t u r e was a l o c k . I w u w o r k i n g a t NSTC i n Stamford p a r t t ime to h e l p f i n a n c e my c o l ­l e g e . Onward and upward to h i ghe r educat ion i n the H a r t f o r d a r e a , a t t e n l l n g C e n t r a l Connect­i c u t S t a t * C o l l e g e , runn ing the campus r a d i o s t a t i o n , NowWFCS, ex—WCCS, * x - * T C C , a t t e n d i n g NAE conven t i ons , and w o r k i n g aa * s t r i n g e r f o r n a o r o u e s t a t i o n s . A t t h i s time i n h i e t o i y tha e x p l o s i v e campus atmosphere p e a k i n g A I found myse l f I n many r l o t e and s u c h , g e t t i n g the newt o u t . Good e x p e r i e n c e , not much i n the money department, though. A f t e r g r a d u a t i o n , a t our i n the Navy - Okinawa (MIXE HABDESTEB - do you remember E8BK on the r o c k o r AFBTS i n the S u k l r a n ? ) A P ensaoo l a - then on to ny chosen v o c a t i o n as Coo rd ina to r o f I n d u s t r i a l A r t s a t the B e t h e l Middle S c h o o l , where I have been f o r the l a e t n ine y e a r s . Her * i n B e t h e l I have the oppo r tun i t y to t e a c h my s t u d e n t * about b r oadcas t i ng . W* t a k a f i e l d t r i p e , h o l d l i s t e n i n g s e s s i o n s ( w i t h p a r e n t * i n v i t e d ) A even have c o n t e s t s . Ths w i n n e r s ge t my o l d e d i t i o n s o f the NBC Log A p a t t e r n books. Cop ies of DX NEKS a r e a v a i l a b l e , A a cha lkboa rd l i s t s upcoming TESTs to look out f o r . I n a d d i t i o n I t e a t e a c h w i t h o ther depar tments , g i v i n g t a l k s on broadcast h i s t o r y to Amer i can H i e t o r y c l a s s e s , geography l e ssons w i t h ny h a rad io A by p l o t ­t i n g AM s t a t i o n s , how to w r i t e QSL l e t t e r * w i t h the E n g l i s h D t p ' t . e t c . One of my f a v o r i t e usee wae to a s s i s t i n g a t h e r i n g inc l ement WX r e p o r t s f o r u t * by the main o f f i c e i n de te rmin­i n g whether o r not to c l o t * s c h o o l e a r l y . Needless tc t a y ths s tuden t s enjoyed work ing on tha t a e s i g m e n t . Many, of ny s t u d e n t * have gone on in to d i f f e r e n t f i e l d s o f b roadcas t ing , a n . t ha t g i v e s me ny g r e a t e s t t h r i l l . Ae you can e s s , I enjoy ny ho bey p e r s o n a l l y A to be able to share i t p r o f e s s i o n a l l y i t a n i d e a l s i t u a t i o n . When not p u r s u i n g ny hobby I can be found coach ing s p o r t s , and t e a c h i n g Night S choo l .

FOREIGN DX I S LAGGING - AND LACKING CURTIS D. ENGBEBG - 80 Concord Road - W a y l a n i , Massachusetts - 01778 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i f i t t a k e s ths P o s t a l S e r v i c e more than f o u r days to get t h i s Musing tc ERC, I ' l l m i s s ths New Eng land E d i t i o n , h i ! My exper i ence l a t e l y say s i t has aoout an 8Of chanos p r o v i d i n g i t doesn ' t r a i n o r snow! ( R s c ' d 12/13/79 - i n the r a i n -ERC) T n i s goes back to 9 / 3 : WETT-1590 1:15am, V K I S - 7 4 0 1:19, A WINZ-940 » 1 : 2 2 a . And t h a t ' s about a l l the domest ics i n ny l o g . 9/ 6 - 7 were p r e t t y good h igh band TA n i g h t s h e r s . 1 1 / 1 - A l ban l a -139 f was very s t r ong « 5:36pm. 11/14- Guadeloupe-640 very good i n F F 9 6:3Cfcm. 11/25- T u n i s i a -1566 b l a s t i n g i n a r o u n i m i d n i g h t , A 1557 A 1457 wars a l s o good. 11/27- one of the be t t e r I d even ings , but I ' v e been s u r p r i s e d by the l e ek of good opening* to ths S to f a r th i e y e a r . E i t h e r I ' m m i s s i n g t h a or the AU CX a r o i i e o poor t h i s season. Gordon Nelson h a s n ' t i n d i c a t ­ed h e ' s heard any th ing e i t h e r , hu t I d o n ' t t h i n k h e ' s l i s t e n i n g much these d a y s . 73

38) RAY ENJOYED TWO GREAT MOIBAY MORNINGS BAY AHSUDA - 47 B u r t S t r u t - Acuehnet , M a s s a c h u s e t t s - 02743

KMi 12/3 A 12/10 hare been the bee t i n w e l l o ve r a y e a r here w i t h both dates y i e l d i n g e x c e l l e n t openings to the West . MM 1 2 / 3 : KSO-1460 running even a t t imes w/WCVB w/ c/w mx A " G r e a t Country ESO" IDs from l : 5 1 - 2 : l 2 - p l u e , XKAA-1567 loud on ET/OC/many IDs 2 : 4 1 -2 : 5 3 . I wonder i f they were u s i n g the new lCkw day r i g as they sounded l i k e they were t r a n s m i t t i n g i n my back y a r d . wPAT-1560 no ted • 2:57 on AN a long w/WCEY-1530 c a r r y i n g U. o f Kentucky BKB g n i w/ Iona from Ancnorage, A l a s k a . S e v e r a l checks on 1580 between 3 A 4 noted b l a c k p u b l i c a f f a i r s p r o g r a m i n g w i t h deep f a d e t , to p o s s i b l y IDAY-1580 S a n t a Monica but I ' l l never know f o r s u r e , as no p o s i t i v e I D * were heard . On to 1570 to f i n d CKLM/CHLO o f f , l e a v i n g CKLQ m i x i n g w/CFOB • 4 : 0 0 w/c/w mx, HX A WX, I D s , to 4 :15 t u r n - o u t . Other s t a ­t i o n * t a k i n g a n SP t h i e morning were WTIC, WINS, A WPTB. MM 12/10: SPs were noted by WNB( WOB, WINS, A CKLM-1570. WBAP-850 noted w/dlsco A IDs 1:33-1:39 4 NX 9 1:36 m i x i n g w/WEAT A WHDR OC. E C J J - 1 5 6 0 weak w/c/w mx, NX, WX f o r Johnson County, PSAs from 3 : 0 1 - 3 : 1 9 . KEGG-1 5 6 0 - T S T d i d oak* I t v e r y weakly and one hour l a t e a t 4 :00 . /march mx, TT A p o s s i b l e ID S 4 : 1 6 , s i g n a l faded 9 4 : 19 never to r e t u r n . V e r i e * a r e back from WNNS-790, WVSC-990, WBBt-1170, WMBT-1530, WGSB-1570 A WBUX-1570. I f y o u have someone nearby who DXee the same time a * y o u , t r y and s e t up a phone network o f tome t y p e . W* have a MM network known aa "The N o r t h e a s t Network* s e t up among s e v e r a l o f u s t n a t ' t INVALUABLE i n h e l p i n g e a c h o the r l og new s t a t i o n s . I t t o r t o f g i v e * everyone i n v o l v e d an e x t r a s e t o f e a r s to l i s t e n w i t h ! 73 A a Happy New Year f i l l e d w i t h good h e a l t h A DX.

SOffi MORE F I N E DX IN Ngt ENGLAND CHRIS LUCAS - 126 H a i l ton Avenue - A p t . 16 - S t a m f o r d , Connec t i cu t - 06902 12/10/79 . . . . . . . . . v . I ' v * been doing a l o t o f DX l i s t e n i n g , e s p e c i a l l y a t 88S A bed t ime . I am " l o g ­g ing " s t a t i o n s as "new" o n l y i f they were no t i n my 676 s t a t i o n l o g from Danbury ( 2 5 m i l e s or t o f rom h e r e ) . I E I h e a r a s t a t i o n f o r the f i r e t time hare t h a t I p r e v i o u s l y had logged i n Danbury , I J u s t p l a c e a " * " nex t to my Danbury l o gg ing . W h i l e I l i v e d i n Danbury, I worked a f t e r n o o n s , to d u r i n g the DX season o n l y r a r e l y I got a chance f o r S S S . Now I work e v e n i n g s , A I f r e q u e n t l y do some SSS DXing be fo re going to work. New to the l o g : 11/26-WROD-1340 F l a . 9 l a , they e a r n to be t a i - r e e u l a r h a r e . 1340 i s my most-open g raveya rd f r equency h e r e . WEAT-850 F l a . 9 2 = 0 4 a , WMPM-1270 N.C. 9 3 :57 jm, WECY-1300 Va . 9 4:06pm, WCLN-1170 N.C. 9 4:23pm. M l 1 2 / 3 - WINS o f f , ELBA-1010 e u r p r l e i r ^ l y good o/CFBB 9 1 : 0 6 a , then CFEB was logged 9 1:08 as EI£A f aded . 833 - WXES-1430 M a t t . 9 4:15pm, WTOW-1570 Md. 9 4:39pm, WXVA-1550 W . V a . 9 4 : 4 7 , WEIE-1540 V a . 9 5:01pm. 12/4- WHLW-1170 N . J . 9 1:35pm ( A c t ­u a l l y t h i s i t a daytime r e g u l a r o/WWLE, I J u s t h a d n ' t bothered l ogg ing t h a b e f o r e ) , WABH-1150 V a . 9 4pm. On 1000 around t h i s hour I rot i c e d somebody u^TCFL ment i on ing " E u c l i d " , may have been WSUM, Oh io . Next a f t e r n o o n I t r i e d a g a i n , A CX were comple te l y changed, no WCFL, no WSUM, b u t : 1 2 / 5 - WIYB-1000 S . C . 9 4 : 3 p m , WVOV-1000 A l a . 9 4 = 56, a l t o noted l a t e r , 4 5 : 3 0 e/o f f . Than WYOK-1000 Ga. 9 5:12pm. The n e x t a f t e rnoon , WCFL was h o l d i n g down 1000 q u i t e w e l l around 4:30pm, A then nex t day CX were d i f f e r e n t a g a i n as toss* unr . ' s were noted, s u c h as WRAB A WIOO. C e r t a i n l y when i t comes to SSS no two days a r e a l i k e . 12/7 - NJWL-900 D e l . 9 3 :56pm. 12/8- WCSH-970 9 1 : 1 7 a . M l 1 2 / 1 0 - W0L -1450D .C . 9 3 a w/loud modulat ion ending l eng thy NXcattt. I t r i e d f o r EEGG-TEST but no go. J u s t be t * A J o m i n g type n o i s e * A the f o l l o w i n g : K C J J - 1 5 6 0 l a . 9 3 : 1 9 a w/Wx r e p o r t . Why do they have such a p e c u l i a r 8PT I h a d n ' t even known they e x i s t e d . A l l l ogg ings e x c e p t E C J J were on l o n g w l r e . K C J J waa logged w i t h h e l p from the SM-2. I ' m i n a g r o u n d - l e v e l apartment next to b o i l e r room w i t h l o t s o f p i p e * A w i r i n g , w h i c h tend to i n t e r f e r e w i t h p rope r ope ra t i on o f the SM-2, eo I d o n ' t u e * i t too much. 7 3 .

CLEAR CHANNELS R E - V I S I T E D MARK CONNELLY - 30 W i l l i a m Road - B l l l t r l o a , M a s s a c h u s e t t s - 01821 WA110N 12/12/79 , . , . , » . . . . . , , Not s u c h DX h e r * a s I ' v e been t i e d up work ing a l o t o f o v e r t i m e . We had good TA CX d u r i n g the T h a n k s g i v i n g weekend: R. C i t y on 1548 from L i v e r p o o l w u heard w e l l from W. T a n r o u t h . The HQ180A I got from NEIL EAZAROSS i s work ing w e l l . I t ' s not q u i t * u good on t i g h t s p l i t * u ie the B39QA, i t h u no wide " h i g h f i d e l i t y " AM p o s i t i o n , A of c ourse , the readout aocuracy ie much l e e s . On the p o s i t i v e s i d e , the 18QA t e a s a b i t more s e n s i t i v e than the R39QA, e s p e c i a l l y from 1000 to 1600 k H t . On SW, the HQ18QA d r i f t * a l o t A s t r o n g C* s i g ­n a l s ' p u l l ' the o s c i l l a t o r some, caus ing c h i r p l n e s s i f the RF ga in 1 * s a t too h i g h . E r n i e , your 1425 s y s t e r y c e r t a i n l y s u e t be the wander ing A l g e r i a n w inch h u b u n hea rd w i d e l y w/AA, SS A o t h e r languages . O c c a s i o n a l l y I tuna i n to WNEW-1130 f o r b i g band mx A I ' v e noted con­s i d e r a b l e QRM from HJAC " B . R io -Mar " i n B a r r a n q u i l l a on i t l a t e l y . LA Qat has go t t en to the po in t t h a t even N . I . C . c l e a n cannot be l i s t e n e d to a t o n t o r t a i n s e n t - q u a l i t y l e v e l s . I n l i g h t o f t h i e , maybe a p a r t i a l b r e a k i n g down o f c l e a r s i s wor th some thought . D u r i n g " n o r m a l " CX ws would have eons new domest ic t a r g e t s f o r D X i n g ; d u r i n g AU CX, new A o l d domest i c s k i p s t a ­t i o n s a l i k e would be wiped ou t , l e a v i n g the u s u a l L A ' s . Of c o u r t s , the new s t a t i o n s s h o u l i on ly be welcomed i f they p rov ide a new 4 needed format f o r the i r l i s t e n i n g a r e a r a t h e r than a d d i t i o n a l "mt- too " MoR, Muzak, or T -40 s t a t i o n s . Throughout ths U .S . i n g s n s r a l , new o u t ­l e t s cou ld be used for j a z z , b l u s g r a e j , c l a s s i c a l , A t r a d i t i o n a l f o l k music - these music f on t s a r e nard to f i n d on tns present U . S . d i a l , a l though ths CBC i n Canada f e a t u r e s a l l of them r e g u l a r l y . The Nor theas t could use a few mors CAR s t a t i o n s . C l e a r channe ls s h o u l i be s v i l u a t e l on a b a s i s o f e x i s t i n g l e v e l s of f o r e i g n I n t e r f e r e n c e : WOAI-1200 i s u s e l e s s i n v.asr

a c m e s of YVOZ, for i n s t a n c e . C l e a r s such as WTIC A WBAL p r e s e n t l y i o n ' t s u f f e r much from LA yRi, so t n s i r o r i g i n a l purpose i s s t i l l s a t i s f i e d , tne tame I s t rue f o r WwVA. Happy New i - S e t e n t a y t r s s .

E F5LA - 150 Robert P l a c e - South P l a i n f l e l d , N . J . 07030, i s g e t t i n g ready to t u r n out t h i s . v . r ' s f/o l i e ; . P l ease send nlm your a i o l t l o n s , d e l e t i o n s , and c o r r e c t i o n s RIGHT NOW.

DX AT A STANDSTILL DUE TO WORK WARREN GBEENBERG - lU5 Cottage Road - West Roxbury, Massachusetts - 02132 ................ I oouldn't get to RAY ARRUDA'e GTG beoause I couldn't got ewey f r a for the afternoon. The only QSL sinoe the last ties was from WARE-1250, Ware, Masa. unable to tune in to any of tha reoont TEST* beoause of work. That's a l l for mow.

THE "MORNIKGAFTEH" WAS THE HORNING AURORAL NEIL EAZAROSS - 30 King Philip Road - Pawtuokst, Bhode Island - 02861 ............. ltd. like to wish thfbntir* Club a Merry Christeae 4 a Happy New Yaar. I f this I t December, you'd never know i t from the WX. Here, right now at 2pm on Deo. 13 in Paw­tuokst, R.I. i t i t 65° 4 I am sitting In tha baok yard typing and soaking ap ths Troploal R.I. December turn. Of oouree, I f u l l y expect to be buried l a two feet of enow by the time this Muss isfoad. I'd gladly trade thie WX for some good CX like Ml 11/26, shleh a * the beet LA CX noted sinoe early September when during AD early evening LA's were battling with many of our regional.. I ' l l give a qui ok rundown of what a a haard MM 11/36 a slag the 1300' bev at about 195°. CA A SA aplita like 675 . 725. 775. 7 3 5 . 9 9 5 . 525 arm almost looal-ilk. w/675 about aa strong a* the a s s a 680 - WBXO, WAPA 4 HJBO. First t i a I e a r had anything this loud w/WklO a . 1520 had the Cuban 4 R. Minuto with ths WIBW Sunday night talk aha. Thie i s the best t i a to DX u WEBW as I t i s nioh easier to ID stations a/sent!imew* talk t h a under rook. 1530 bad Cuba mixing w/a unID LA ./almost a trae* of WCEY, o v a with the Bev. Thee* three a r e quit* wak. For the f i r s t t i a HCDA2-945 a * noted playing U.E. type T-40 nx, but due to R. Panaariea on 944 I a s unable to get a dafinit* ID. At 12,03am a t l l l Ml 11/26 I finally nnnagsd a R. Naoional de Peru ID a 854 Juet after WHDH a n t off. TA't like 7 9 2 , 864, 4 855 "ere in, too. On 790 w/WEiM off I had three LA's nixing w/tMWB. Using the loop I only hoard a s k WNWS w/a growl. At lan somebody a a strong w/s/off a 570 4 "Csd.ee something" mentioned. I think i t a * the Cadena Central Network whleh moved hers f r a 580 with throe XRs in E l Salvador, 4 l a sked to s/off 9 lan. Tha n a s i 570 Ouban peat a a off. Ernie's old friend "In Bxitoaa" a e heard vary loud a BOO 4 1 :06. I a e t h a almost shocked out of ny hangover from RAY ARRUDA'e GTG as I patted by 880 and noted WC.-9 off w/R. Union in I d a almost looal-lika 4 o/u ths Cuba for tha next 15 hours. Two Peruvians In a a

night - that antenna a y soon replace Mo 1 son Golden aa ay favorite Isvtngt, I'm oaring 30 lines so road IDXD i f you're interested in a r e of ny LA DX that night. 73's and Happy Hol­idays to a l l DXers and other creatures of the night. Aa y a spend thoee lonely h are by your reoeiver don't forgot that tha host Christmas present a Americana could receive i s the safe return of our hostages from Iran. 73 4 good holiday DX.

YE ED GETS IN SOME TWILIGHT DX ERNEST R. COOPER - 5 Anthony Street . Previaoetoen. MeasaoEaaette . 02657 617-487-9337 12/lU *•*•••*••••*••** Again, a AM veries - FM is at 2 6 , a leeala. DXi 12/4- Probable WPCE-. 1400 r/e-TT 1 2 , 3 0 - 1 2 , 3 1 ^ only, no IDs heard - this la noted every month at approximately the s e a t i a . UnID TTer a 1470 1 , 4 6 - 1 , 5 1 ! CELM-1570 off today. 12/$- R. Clarim-860 h a raal I t * AN sked, so g'by* Mexlou mystery XEUN/XEDU. A fantastic SSS, reports to WADg-1480 and WCXl-1130 before da rk her*. 12 7- I overslept 4 sake around 5,15 4 trlod tha dial h found a strong EZlsr a 710 Just u/WOR, could i t bo ths a o with ths TT a few AMs ago? Sam* volua! 12/8- 0 Canade-710 • 1,03 s/off, missed. TTere aa 1550 4 1320 l i l l 4 1 :38. An unID 8S-1290 topped this spot for e half hour a / o f f , but no IDs ade i t . SSS, scathing sounding like "WAMC" a 1060 » 4132-5100 when Ai NX came on, no ideas a this a * at a l l . 6M 12/$- A good log on my 1110 Colombian who s/off 9 2 . everything except hit ID, that 1st S S S , WDJZ-1530 hadn't ohugad calls as of this date. MM 12/10- Noted offs, CIIM-WGAR-NINS-WNBC-WOR-WHAM-NHN-WMAQ. UnID TTer on 1450 I i 4 4 - l t 4 6 a a . Somebody a 1470 counting 4 4 - 4 5 - 4 6 - 4 7 - 4 8 - 4 9 - 5 0 - 5 1 - 5 2 9 3113 a ? ? On 1570, I got fooled by a XERF SS ranch* ro progra, a sting £ hour on kin before a ID oca. Cn 710 O 5am. 'tie B . Cap lta).Caracas s/on, they're my EZler of a fsw AMs ago. SSS, a log aa much-wanted and oft-sought WUHN.1110 4-4115pm s/off, 4 u old report for WUPE a s ssnphlong with ths WUBN report, hopefully, seeing at ho. somebody t i t s ( I forget who) got a double-verie this a y . 12/11- CKLM off again, but aa CK1Q hara. I did oat ah u oft-triad Colombia on 640 todty , L . V . do S a t e Marts, u/CMQ, ao other lAs a*sad to be on there. Cn 12/12, nothing nuoh, CELM-1570 ie baok aa SS today and they evidently didn't us* the t i a off to olean up their signal, as i t slopped nor* t h a ever today. TTer* a 1390 4 1420 around 2 . 12/13- Odd-sounding tones or whistles or horns or whatever a both 1550 4 1560 a l l AM. Larry, tha Xing of the XlloEerta, saye ha has 169 stations now. 12/14- At lest, enough to s a d e report to WPNH-1300, Plymouth, N .H . u/WjDA 4-4:15pn t/off (of both, neither w/SSB). Then, to 1570 where I got e log for e third try et a verie f r a Lang Island's WRCN. Re, writing in a -bout the 9 kHz separation, what good would our mall voices do against the moguls with ths money? I've a v e r yet t e a a petition achieve what i t a a designed to accoaqjllehl H.N.Y.!

M_0 T H B A L L MEMO F _ I _ E _ B _ CHAPTER CXXVI I . "HISTORY OUT OfTHE">BT" -by MCRTOM D. MEEHAN

Ths Bible Institute obtained the second broadcast bad license in the City of Lot Angeles 4 used the call KTBI on 1300 kc/t. later moving to 1330 kc's, i t shared t i a with K G E t . With only nine stations i n Los Angeles at the t i a the Bible Institute told the station in the early 1930's to a auto dealer named Fuller who sold Auburn 4 Cord cere. Thus the cell a e changed to I-Fuller-Auburn-Cord, KF'AC. Mr. Fuller spent heavily a studios a d euto display rooms 4 soon a s broke. So Mr. E.L.Cord, the creator of the Cord euto, soon found himself in the radio business. In 1938 KFAC a s changed to so e l ) olassical station u d has remained that a y for over 40 years now. Their signal teems to get out m i l today and a l ­though I'm over 125 miles East of them they ore heard a l l a l l day. NEXT WEEK - PETE KEMP, AND ANOTHER STORY ABOUT A LONG-ESTABLISHED RADIO STATION. HE HAVE SEVERAL MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS COLUMN AND WE THANK YOU A L L WHO HAVE SUPPLIED THEM. THEY W I L L APPEAR IN DUE T I M E . MEANWHILE, HOW ABOUT SOME MORE? SEND THEM WITH YOUR MUSING.

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