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JOSEPH J. BECKER. PRES HAROLD F. WAGNER. EXEC. 9EC. ERNEST R. COOPED. EDITOR

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- -. - - - - - "Keep up the good so rk you're doing. I t s u e i s nice of ygu feliowe to devote so much of your time to "DX NWNS," - PFC C h a r l B s J. Hefcer, Keealer AFB, Miss.

CCJN.W-TTOFJ T..,IE-DGS! Z"JGGl@iNEa=! - Did you r ea l i ze that there-are only three ?.nore issues of "DX NewsN to our Volme 181 That means the end of o u r 19th year of service to the DX fans, and a l so i t v i i l l bring u s to tha t annual Convention i n Buffalo, A s you r eca l l , t h i s yeat we a re to be the of Mr. and hq~.s. Jcseph Brauner i n Willimunav5,lla, New York, bordering on Buffalo. We hope to see al l thc old i'ai'hful regulars cn hazd Gnce again, plus many of the newer members, and those who have been with us a good while but who have never attend08 d conventian previously. We f e e l t ha t the con- vention i s a great thing f o r every D X s r , but especially to tke DXers who l i v e i n communities where,,.'they ne te r get to meet a r q other DXar, f o r here at long l a s t yoa can t a l k DX with home one who knows w h a t you are talking about, and who is very much interested 4 s well. Many folks w i l l l i s t e n w!lon you t e l l them of your l a t e s t DX catches, but these fo lks you ' l l meet at the convention w i l l a lso be interested as well! The wonderful out3oor lawn p i c r~ ic l a s t year went over big with everyone, and we ' l l have another one t h i s time. There are a l l so r t s of aocomodations f o r v i s i t o r s to Buffalo - a t b ig o r small hotels , o r at tou r i s t homes, o r even the Y.M.C.A. i f tha t i s your cho ice So, t o meot up with these folks whose DX ex- p l o i t s you have been reading about, renember t ha t you ' l l be indecd welconcd by Joe and htartha Brauner, and by a l l i n attendanca, so put i t down i n your l i t t l e black book tha t you have a date i n Williamsvills f o r September 1-2-3, A l l caraat stay for the e n t i r e three-day period of course, but a l l m q i f they can possibly do so. Come when you can, go when you must, but - COME!

SL'EL-M-NTS-Tg EEQ W T J I W-RLCAN-LCG- w i l l appear 'from tiu.e-to time i n "DX News," We unde r s t ad there a r e s t i l l copies on band a ~ a i t i n g your order a t Hal Wagner' a a idress (abors). A phone c a l l from the compiler of t h i s excellent work Steve Mann, s q s he hopes t o have a list of ad- di t ions , changes, and correctione f o r t h i s issue.

In case you have wondered, the l a t e s t corrections, changes, ad l i t ions, and c a l l s come to us d i r ec t i l y from the Federal Comr~unications Comn;ission. I t i s d i f f i c u l t to get on t h e i r mailing list, but we have t ~ t service, and a l l the "ChdngeS i n Station Datav1 a re taken from these releases received by your Editor f o r the Club.

We hope tha t those of you who are doing sw'mer 6ial-twieting w i l l support "DX Nens" by sending i n your l a t e s t doings, so that we might keep "DX Xews" r ight up there, at the top, even during the so-called "ofr'-season.ft Fie sure eo send your reports to the Editor, a t the Brooklyn d a r e s 6 above, and please also use double-spacing - tha t is, leave a l ine between each wri t ten one, t o make i t a b i t 'easier f o r your ed i to r t o put your words on the s tenci ls . Almast everyone i s doing t h i s now, and we would l i k e to thank you very much f o r your courtesy. I t i s nost cer ta inly ap- preciated!

Ble try to p r in t a l l time i n Eastern Standard Tima, so t h a t there w i l l be no confus- ion f o r you members. Accordingly, when you send i n y0u.r reports, pleese convert to Eastern Standard Time. Unifomity i n t h i s respcct w i l l eliminate a l l chance of a mis-interpretation of the times mentioned. Thank you,

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Kgn-Mgcgex = -&&fi&in, -Ngv-.ZgaLagdd Greetings, fellow DXersi i hope you have a l l enjoyed the past s3e.san as w c h as I have. I t t s a b i t early f o r me to go into s t a t i s t i c s a s I till have 50 reports out but I oan safely say it has been my best seescn ye t , My thanks a re due to the NRC f a r the most helpful t i p s i n "DX Na%s" and a1 so the f / c l i s t , the resul tant laggings being too nmnerons to mention, , I thitlk my best for the season &re WSKI WILM IJEJ & CJBX. Wit31 veries from Vermont, and Delaware, 250 watters at. that - I now need only two s t a t e s - Maine and New IImpshire. CP men please arrange a c0ll$e of nice eaoy specials f o r these s t a t e s next seasor., hi , Notice that no one else aeens to have heard my Brenclnnan on 1400, Jan. 25, as I have r o t heard from e i ther of the two French-speaking Cana&iaas there, i t would appear i t was neither on0 of these. I have been trying to iden%ify the following - 1400, Feb. 12, m o d u l a t e d carrie:. annoucing on each hour, heard 3:30 and 4:00 a.m, WJU seemed t o be t1.e o n v other s t a t ion there at the time. Call was l ike WLLIl o r WLAIi, Sscondb, Jen. 31, 1400 kc/s., 3:00 a.m., c a l l i n Niorse - got 'LO' then next time LTT. Lots of others but these t%a annoped me a s I missed c83.1 several times from each, A t long las t1 managed t o verify KMIJEfor that DXlas t year, 35?& report , with stampeb-ad- dressed envelope enclosed and a dotted l i n e to sign on. Bob navies, Manager, 'hen KEXO ver i f ied a f t e r several attempts. Used same system as above and th i s time Rile ~ u l l e r (no t i t l e ) signed. !?Em, C, E . Pnzh, C.E. WGGA, F. Keith Brown. To Darek Wharton on Jan. 15, .KCIX was loud and clear on band music. No other s t a t ion was heard. Don Kaskey, who signed your KTIP verie? He ignores my reports. Novi have 104 from Californya, w i t h t o t a l a t 875. To Rinehart S. Potts, did .you know the O p s r a to r s a t Wake $sland Beacon? I have i t verified, as NCL-5. I t was on 1155 kc/s, and used tone, 5 . a s t each hour i t came on and gave about 5 ninutes ' weather info f o r planes. R.E.iest signed my verie. I see KIT good prh l ic i ty to NRC at my request. I heard i t good hare also. He i s very regu!.ar, Tried f o r WACB Jan. 28, but it was impossible through KHON. Channel i s clear a f t e r 5:00 a.m. Mon-s when KHON has maintenance period. That was when I got WIIUS. XEGT l i s t e d 650 kc/s. i s r ea l ly on 1490 kc/s. with 250 watts, In@; Jorge Lelo da Larrea, Gerente, Radio Zam- ora i 3#d%## I1Radio Zatnoran S. de R.L., 5 de Mayo Nm. 30, Zamora, Mch. Reports: WAEL PINAT CYRI KSTR KJEF Nice Turin Checi!oslovakia-1520. Varies - WXAL KGNV WSKI WBSR WILM KDMO WFTM WSMI KHIZ WJivlX WSW I(OVE,JOm[ WHAL C W B P.BNK KXRN VMGM I(MUS QGN WJEJ THOC VUN CBE CJBR WDWS IKAQ WADTI KTRC KNAK WDNC KTIM LERO KCLX CKXL XEGT KCOL KCBS C J V I MCl KNF3V KSPAKOJAI KHDO KNUZ WOV KCSJ WAGC KITE WBAY KRCO KELU (J. A. Long) KCLX KLIF ~.IBR..XDLd W G C ~ ~ mOR KVAN CBJ ELEE. A l l New Zealand s ta t ions now on new powers. WQea now 1500 from 1550. mX, 1400, s t i l l being xsed a s air be& con. W i l l cease ' ~ ~ ~ u ~ e w f i f i . i ; w ' m l i ? t . Grr. What use the Atlantic City Agreement?

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My alarm clock jus t won't waka ma any more, so I ' m going to get a new one. T-h%ve been doing a l i t t l e DXing between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. Loggings have been: 4/28 - Cm, 1050, Kolguin, Oriente. 517 - CMKJ, 730, Holguin; CmI, 5i0, Santa Clara; Cm, 770, Santiago de Cuba; CMHB, 780, Sancti Spi r i tus ; CmX, 1390, Havana; OMm, 850, Santiago de Cuba; CMKW, 800, Santiago. 5/9 - C N i H , 1130, Guantanzo, Oriente; CMJL, 920, Canaguey, Cam,; OPhKD, 970, Holguin, Oriente; CMHT, 990, Sancti Spir i tus , L.V. Veriea a r e coming i n vary slowly. 011ly 4 i n since l a s t issue of "DX News* - WHAS, Louisville, , v/s - O.W.Towner, Technical Director; WDIIN, Gainesville, Ga. v/s Lesley P. Brooks, CE; WTJZ, East Point, Ga,, v/s Williams J. H i l l erd, CE; KRDO, Colorado Springs, Col., v/s R.W.Fitmorris, CE; KXRA, Alexandria, Minn., v/s Gerald Lintz, CE. The f / c of. WOE has been changed recently. I t i s now 5:30-6:00 EDT, from 5:3+5:45. Thanks to Bernie Duffy for the swell t i p on some of the New York City stations. T0 Cpl. Jack Rhea - i f you want to l o s t weight, r e a l f a s t , take the mump&l Hi! S t a t i c is about a l l I can hear now. The Cubans are really coming i n now. Even W3T i s sometimes covered by some Latin. Know him, Lefty? Say, who i s tha t Spanish-speaker on 1160P Keep sending i n the nice reports , boys. 73s. (What day of month i s that f o r WBOB, Zane? -Ed. )(Dunno the Latin on 1119) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . We had f e l t fo r cer ta in the typewriter would have been fixed by t h i s time, but tha man who i s t o do i t says he hae been exceedingly busy evenings and simply has m t had time t o come here some evenire to p , u t i t back i n s'm,pe. This week, he says.-EL

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R ~ ~ . ~ _ ~ ~ J Q ~ ~ . I ~ ~ S ~ , - ~ ~ S ~ ~ . s ~ ~ - F ; ~ ~ ~ , : S . ~ I ; ~ S $ ~ 's>.Ce':'_~--B&:ga~o0ZI re!? Y.;c!c- ItllGH !1245) 900 l a i n Street . Czossett. .k~:k.. C.O. Wilsoc. COX. Mw.. a v / i ( ~ r e ~ i l , - \.: - . , .- cn orange paper) says, opened 12/29/5b, sked: 6:oC.-ifidt., 'an~ Saturday nights t i13 2:00 a,m,, (vast l ikely CST). IC'TMA (1259) dtl2ini5.o Coast,, Yro'dsaating Cr;., RI 3, E:!uqbr, tranm'it ter :perator, v j l s : Vowd rep i r t here a t trai-.:mi.: tor, bu t studio a h a y a ( ? ) anawero. ::05-1:15 dhl EST Ili23150 wa~. c o ~ r e c t i t h i s v i m & regclar f j c with 5 knr conducted same time each wesk, thi.rd 'L\~esd,e&? we also t ea t ViWA-Fh! (95.1 m g / s o ) 1, msution %his a s i t ,has been h e a d occasiona?.lf your wey. Be boa?^?. transmis?ion $atur$%y nni.@t (1?;sn5iSLy batvrg3n 18 t . and 1 AM) far +;he sp&.re t rbxsni t te r ( 1 hy-, 1250 kc/s . ; , Eked E:OO a,m. (3uiday 7 : ~ ~ ) t.? :.2:05 am,"(IL3! glad i t slipped by the sowiitown stv.dio, a s I 've been looking at that big mbber- stamp varie on ,ux repo.rtsince '1948. ' Haxold Stein, thanks f o r l e t t e r , A5e C3he-n ?:come a VBP f o r NAW. DX i s quiet Fere b?lf note& Ifl!OL ;1120) s/off todatr a t 8:30 PIC Ell? to ra turn at 7:CO AM EEUI'. Daylight ccses too" early, ncrv a n t that leaves l a t e f / c 3 out. I note9 Ce t ro i t ' s WJBP, 1,490; g o h g to ..I500 kc/s. with 10 ir;i,&, 5kw N- DA end i f th3y . off 24 hours .there, then 1499'11 gc't, the hook by the slap-over here. I believe WEIEli f330j w i l l ir.ove' out of S ta t l e r Eo%eL and go t o the nearly !&more . hY f o r nsw studios a t Kermicre 'sn9 Ssa t t l e Streets, a t -a future day. Caraoll 9sthti (Sr ie) new 250D WJXT (1570) i s rather s i l e n t a s to info f o r NRC, V i a NNaC mmber oomes KUM (690) Charles D.' CaLlejr,. K r . , CE, plans a 3 X progrslm soon, Keard 4/Z0- WCVA (1490) a t 1:15 AM with t e s t c a l l , aiid MID mo:lthly f / c , M, 1:24-1:54 t o r e +. UJI -. A

a t 6:30. They used National Anthan a t s t a r t and end; WLCK (1,%50)(7) ended ar: PT/X a t 3:00 and ?&EX (1340) TT/c 3:30-3:45 off ta re turn a t 5:00 CDS?. 617 - WTEN (1540) ET/m 8:30 etc . , V!CLD (1490) ~ la / i . end ing bijc ( l a s t month same, imst be f i r s t Monday rsgular ) ; WNAT (1450) tested at 2:48 atc . ' KVJBR: reguaar regular TT/c vtfth Kansas City; KTBB (1610) regular eked 2:10 s'off (bas nsws 2~01-2:07) and t%en s! off with vocal 'iiui E'ather.1 515 - 13UL' (i190) I? /c with R,CA a s l i s t e d EST cones

{ a t EDT (one ?lour l a t e r ) and WKJG (1380) 14/c encled a t 1:25+/off (EST a l l above, and TCUE (1150) now s/on a t 5:00 a.m. EDT. I not6 that T m a n OKed EDT f o r D,C, a d so don't get too mixed up l i s t e r . i ~ g , jus t s t a r t i n a t DzLight Savizgs Time and end o,d with Satncard Tirim, but past a time ( S T o r DT) on yoar clock - d.?rift paste me.

? id 80 senbay---8QSMM~r.@~ ~.tzeet--J~&eline, -trEs& Brg:nhaa - - - - - - Very few l is tening periods since. l a s t report and veries a re ?low. 4!2?.- *V!IhJ7 (r43 re&l.ai. 5!2- *P!UIG (1450) on regular f i m t V!ed. f j c ~ ( i t h music, 4:45-5:00. 517- WXBB ( 1 ) (1490) regular slof f 1:15 ts retuyn a t 5;45 CST. Kow about t h i s , Isen? I O H I (1490) t e s t ing 2:15-2:35, WPES (1440) P ~ F ~ S , I l l a 1:3E.-1:5% s:)off. WJPG (1440) on a long-winded tone t e s t th8: mazrad WPRS throughout IiZC-2x5. WPZS back again at 2:10 and on. 5/10 - BVVPI (1490; f / c 1:45-2:00, ' 1j.BGR f / c 1:45-1:55, WPZS on ET 1 : l O on. IWD (1470) rnusjcal chask 1:30-2:OO. CMWL s6nt q1 signed ky OZelia Rodrig~ez, Stat ion Manager. In part , l e t t e r says, "Vie en;joy very nuch the reports r 8 e i v e d from abeoadb and speceally $## those from ambers of the National Radio ~l;ib.f Kindly note that wB a r e operating 24 hours, with a power of 250 watts." KXAR sent p la in postal cjrd verie. To Don Kaakey - Thanks f m 'thos; v/ss. A neighbor 6f mine has a novel idea i n TV DX. He takes f l a sh photos of TJ i i en t i f i ca t ions and immediately gs t s his verie.

-f&m-F~a~c~s---&E3$ ~ t ~ e g t - - ~ & m ~ u r s 4 . ~ -N,YI Bm.sr DX which began f o r rrs on 511 has proven rather prof i t ab le , only 2 l&s & have bet ted 3 catches, a l l on 1-me-hour t e s t s , KVLC, WBET & WTEIM. Veries have been meagre, but wo&tbthile, i ra lu i lng r?y f i r s t A.rgentir.ian, and niy 3rd Venezuelan, YVKI.. with an extra, letter-h=ad. PIKEY ver i f ied on lCFV atdtionery. While on the subjecit of veries, I Want to c la r i fy a point f o r Ralph Jokanns' bencfit . We 811 have h d M - idual ideas, about the contelzts of c u r reports & I l i k e to gazbralize rather than l i s t a lot of verie signars. Sure, I f in$ those l i s t s valuable, bu$ I ant t o gibe Ye Ed a bra&, so I condense 'em; hey. Howe-rer, Ralph, I nave sent ZRiItts signer to you i n a l e t t e r addressed to ysar hone. My le t terhe& collection received a woxderfai booet t h i s season, dow have blank sheets from a11 but 1 s ta te , every provinca inclad.- ing Newfoundland & every U,S. te r r i to ry (inc. Virgin 1slan4s), V i planned junket in- to the hint,e:.lands was side-tracked a t New 3 r i t a i n but before the next h l l s t i n is r eaw 1 shoald have gotten to know 2 aa ra re!.ative;y &is-bz;ni NXere, 1;lciZentally while evelyone e l se was reporting Floyc?a&a on 90C, I vias Bearing K"IIC0, Conro6. They sent a nice v e r i c l e t t e r .

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Hzjrgls Eihli-ags---5Q xhir& AI~~I~Z~,~,---S$~~~G;&~, C o 3 ~ Not much DX ac t iv i ty from th i s 1osati.on errcept the ba l lo t s f a r annual e lec t ic ba l lo t s have been returned and according to i n f o from Sa?. Wagner, t h a t ' s a l o u A W A -

than i n previous years, but what I can ' t understan8. :.s vvw the r e s t ~f the members f a i l e d to: vote, especialkv as i t vras so simple t h i s ye:ir - cards and postage being supplied by the club. In the future may I suggest &,>: membars f i l l out &n,d mail immediaiely f o r i f you put i t clre side, you forget o r lose in. terest , etc. Your club i s only a3 good a s make it and su.tely everyone shouid be interested enough to vote f o r t h ~ s e who a re t o bscoine our directors . Gomylate r e su l t s have been se*d to Wagner and a s soon as a Board Chaixman bas been elected, o f f i c i a l r e s u l t s w i l l go ant to the members v i a "DX News." I was surprised to find so many voted f o r ma & want to thank you. I q e s s i t won't be aqy break of t n ~ s t to say 'Pops Edge topped the f i e l d i n voting. DX a c t i v i t i e s since l a s t report - 4/25 - WILD (1340) ~ ~ 1 f . c 3:40-4:OO. 5/10 - VjSE (1,350) regular skcd 12:31-1;00 sluff (elt-1490). 5/11 - WRVM (logo) ET new 25 1FN/ r i g using transcribed Savings Bond shows, asking f o r re-

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ports 1:35-2 :I5 and l a t e r announcements i n English a n l Spanish. WQUA (1230) TT/c 2:35-2:45 a s per f / c l i s t . 5110- VIMNB (1.?30j TT/C 12:30-12:45 as per f c l i s t . Veriea i n the same period, CWC (1380) QSL card f o r 3/17 DX. WKLF (98C i $SL card f o r 3/11 DX. 4/25 - XEG (1050) QSL card f o r 4;16 a f t e r second report. (poor pic- ture of t r ansn i t t a r building). 4/2? - WILK (980) QSL card for regular s /off 4/23. V/s Theodore French, CE. 4/30 - WRAD (1340; l e t t e r f o r f / c 4/23, no rr'ention of i r i g i n a l report on ET 5/3/50, v / s Fitzgerald Nickmiel, CE. W W (1340) QSL card i n envelope f o r f / c 4/16, v/ s Willim, P. Aricefield, CE. WTRY (980) mimeographed QSL card, v /s A H Chismark, CE. F i r s t report 22 months o id. 5/12 - WMNB (1230) longhand post cald, v / s William B. Dailey, Chief Technician. 5/14 - WAML (1340) typed post card f o r f / o 9/11:50, v j s George Creel, Transmitter Engineer. Received a l e t t e r on 3/22/51 from VdAMLls program clirector f o r f / c 3/12/51, That's the works f o r t h i s time. 911 reports sent, 716 veries received. 738,

Dgn-K&s@x , Ga..v2, _-I% Latest DX at t h i s den has been slowed up somewhat duo to my g rdua t ion f r o m high school, however, I have added the following s ta t ions: On 4/23 WTKM (1540) Hart- ford. Wisr, ET 2:OO-4:00. XJCF (1010j ET 2:45 on, They a re i n Festus, Moo, Also hear& WLET (1420) i n Toccoa, Ga. from 3:00-3:15 with good slgnal. On 4/27 I found tha t KREI (1350) i n Famington, Moo. was on f / c from 2:15-2:30 and added them to my logs. On 512 I added uth, 0. with t he i r 3:OO-3:15 f/c; On 5/3 I added WHOC (1490) s . Then on 517 I added 2 from ,the r a r e s t a t e of Montana. ) in Shelby on the i r f / c from 4:30-5200 b&fQ%%# then also hea vingston from 4:30-4:45 on f / c . 2 more were added on 518, 1 a NS (1490) i n Statesboro, Ga. a t 3:54 w a s heard through WJBK, and they were apparently on f / c a s a f a i n t tone was heard fol- lowing t h i s annoucement. Then one of my best catches of the l a s t month was added i n WGET iii Gettysburg, Pa, on 1450 following the i r 5: 30 s/on. They were heard here OK f o r 15 minutes and then were wubject to a facle-out. Tfie l a s t 3 were added on 5/11 when new VPRS (1440) was heard from 2: 00-3 : 00, also WQUA (1230) i n Moline, 111. with f / c 2:30-2:45. Last was KSEM (1450) i n nloses Lake, Wash, f o r another f ine catch tkrbugh the heavy QRM. They had f / c from 3: 10-3:25. This brings my haard log up to 1454. Verifications now number 973. Veries la te ly are these - a duplicate card from KTFS (1400), netv cards from V!KT,F (980) WIBEX f 1330). Duplicate l e t t e r s from KCVR (15701, RGBC (86QO), PnKOX (119O), WAVE (970), WREIC (1400j, RASH (1600), ' W S (1380). Let ters from s ta t ions changing t h e i r kilocycles such a s WLIN (550) an% KUbC (12601, and new l e t t e r s a r e FIPCF (1400), KDIX (12301, KCMC (12301, KUBR (16001, mBCU (1460); WQXI (790), WXAL (1400), ESJO (15901, KCHA (15801, WHAV (1490). KSFO (550), KRIO (910), KREI (13501, VITHI (148O), WIBV (~OEO), CKFH (1400) YJOMT (1240), RBST (14901, CHAB (8001, KTUC (140G), and WTKM (15401, a l sc a card from WIQC (1330). I plan to go to hlarcus tomorrow to have a DX session with Eldon and Len and it promisea to' be quibe a party. W i l l .sign off now to get some sleep. Best of DX to everybody, That's al l - 73s. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - -

To a l l , please convert a l l time to Eastern Standard Time, to simplify t h i s iq ant matter f o r al l ambers . Easies t system, we think, i a to keep your DX clom on EST during t h i s period when so maw of us a r e i n DST meas. Thank you. -Ed.

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May 19, 1961

P_et..Rg.iLZg-:lL ~ ~ ~ P & $ Q ~ _ - . - ~ ~ ~ I ~ ~ G S ~ ~ , V , ~ : . I , ~ . say< xozk Veries a r e .F&-9, PILB-2 . R1ivIOC fo;. 9 / l z i 5 0 r e o u ~ t .sitllolaut, follow-m. PRG-2. ,* . (.XFH I~ PRG-??%~$-~, . ~adj .o .9ifusora ~ o r i o ~ l e g r e a e e , L t J , , Siqaeria Campus; 122i, ~ o r t o ~ ~ e , Rio C-ranle do Sol, Bzaail, 'by F. Reaabo :Gattola, Gerente (manager> a s v/s. KNICO, 930, W T at 2:05 on 4/11 f o r new one, PB-2, 1440, F d i o Clube Far- anaeaa, Ltda,, 135 Rua Barao do-Bio Branco, Curitiha, Po.rana, Brazil, 1 . s t t s i back- stmped Registry Division, '1,Y.C. al,? loca l hackstamp, v/s i s fixgo F.. Cunba, CE, 10 lw,, on a i r 7 414 t o 1.1:45 Phl B~. .sci l isn +i-inia. Picked up 8aXo TI3P.S i n Costa Rica on S5C with good volume and off d t 3:53, ?~.o>e then verify t h i s tYAr8 repor:, KIM. was heard at 3:lG on 4/73 f a + f i r s t tilue by ma. PRG-2, R&io %pi, Sao Psulo Brazil, 50 h/,, &isoras Associadas, Rua ? de Abril., 230-40 hinriar, a nice printed ver is folder i n English and Portu.g~ese, Yaey s lso o p r a t e PR'P-3 on 960 w i t h LO kw- Also rezeived a 3-page l e t t e r 3,nd e folder, a l l i n Portuguese, cn.6 d j r t b kcow what i t is. P ' i l l t ry to get scjmec,ody to &ecj.pher i t . It mentione Lefity Cooper, Gene 'E'rancis, Bob Botzm, A 1 Ba::tholomeW,- Steve K&n and t3olr adCresses, pkm several Brazil ian c a l l s i n l e t t e r but $hat 5.s.a-11 I can read. , CKFH caught on 4/23 f o r f i r s t time, also WCF, 1010,--on ET a t 3 :45 f o r another cew cne, iSX, the Na- t iona l Broadcasting Service, P.O. Box 488, Auckl,?nd, 2 . v /s i s J R Gault, DL& t r i c t k,$nser, plus a Radio Cal l Book of a l l the world's & SW stat ions , time char t of zones, chart of world, I asked-a11 4 I heard t h i s sprir.g whera I could buy a l i s t of AustralBsian s ta t ions an3 got t h i s f ree , A dipiwat ic ch ise l job I guess you qvould c a l l i t , even the l a t e s t cbrrections i n ink up to Feb. 20th. Eere i s one f o r a radio man to decipher. I'm only a DXer, VJillim D. McGregsr, CE of CKFH at 1 Greenville Street , stAted I had a. go& report considering I shou13n1t have, as I w a s on the "Western cheek of the cardiod pattern" and protection to Buffalo is qui te a sharp "mill.'! and i f I hb3 received a @@a signal., then t l?s i r pa t te rn aa snDt too sat isfactory. What say, ?zesk o r Ra1:phie. So f a r i t sounds ..-. -.-,"- l i k e one o f Ralphievs They a re s i l . ann t~ .9a .ys , 2 P;M't& 2 AM. Glad to get Steve Mannfs swell log. I t i s real ly a honey, PRG-9, ~adio,~$xcels ior , . 1100 kc/s. Rua 24 De Iviaio, 208, 1 3 ~ Anhr , Sas ~aulo- .. ?%hb V / s : name io a scrawl but looks l i ke G. N. Onato, Gereilto. It i s my 7th Brazil.i.r,n to verify t h i s spring, 25 kw.. Not a l o t of DX as I'm sp&$dinE gapden and f ix ing up lawn and flow- e r s , not even xuch time to look at TV. Saw a beautiful pic ture on WFJ-TV, Channel 4 on April 29th a f t e r our chainnel 4 Buffalo s ta t ion signed off at 11:45 PM EDT. Also a hazy picture on Channel 2 frcm War[-TV, Detroit, of MT. D i s t r i c t Attorzey. This h i l l i s 1440' high and to ths west of rile is i30B f e e t high WE? Chautauqua. That i s 23 miles long.

J%e-Bg~ygr---2g xowarddA~eg,~2 = ,i&l&.+s~i~le.,-Ng-Ygr& - DX has been clzse to a s tand-s t i l l here l a t e iy , Th* season ended here with thc logging of KJCP and KBMX on the morning of 4/23. Tnis maZe tne log t o t a l 3,059.. Nothing new added since ther, u n t i l t h i s rnornir~g, 5/13, Enen we s tmbled onto \WWi t es t ing u n t i l dam on 1150 and EDLA.., 1270, who had first ET u n t i l about 3:50 EST. A few veries - l e t t e r s fron; In:RAn CKFH & FOPP, t h i s pae a follow-up. ty2ed a verie on the back ofniy report and returned it. Quite a few a:l-nightarc seem to have reduced hours, but s t i l l plenty lo f t . CKFH i s becominz strcnger here now and i s s a s i l y heard around 5:00 a.m, A l l f o r now. 73 and a pleasant s m e r .

-Mgr%r &yon$ = @&*3in: -Ngw.-Zga&and- Veries to had recently a r e l e t t e r s from XEFJ VHLD WBSR V;KPT n G U KXA WLOA K C I J KARU WATM KGFL WMO ~ ~ $ 4 1 Tlkl% KCP? nrSBI WJEL WILM WCND KIEE Z A C & WLC, II'Al'M w a s a 2-page e f fo r t wr i t t en i n locghand by Henty A. Brown CE w?n?o mas out here f o r a short time 8uring the war. W'nL a full-page in te res t ing Letter. .Cards from EVAli WAL WKNX ?!O\' VCIKZ (thanks., Sid? VONS P'mL & RuirPB1 s Christnss card verie. They bring.reo t o z a l t o 756. : t l s been v?ry c o l d here la te ly with a l o t ~f rain. Mails Trom the U.S. a r e very slow, I havan't mad.e m a r y loggings la te ly , ozly XTTR REVA %'ATAT E? FA WlAN nlB3 & KYW. 73.

Alan_ E.-Ap~ld = >.2QZ-Sguth_93 Stregt---Mhl~a~~e~,-W&s~ No DXing here i n a,wbj.le & ptobably .won't be any u n t i l next f a l l . Verles s t raggl ing i n inclv.de CKLr,Y HOL T W KXRA WWT-EX V!HAV&& WCAO WCDL-DX WESB-DX WG%k 1:~w WISR WATC ~ V I S wmo ~ ~ r r FAPA Y!AI~S miid ~ c m mm X?AN &SET KIFN WEIM .WD. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "a NOT DECOFSITE YOW MAIL WITH COIII~OMTII'E STAIWS? S-ME PRICE AS REGULAR 0KES~

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E%VSTi&TT(?%.- - 740 Montgomery, Alabama 250 D-1 1300 Searcy, .Arkansas 1,000 D - l 960 Prestonburg, Kentucky 1,000 D-1 2.340 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 250 U-1

1220 Enqlewood, Co 1orad.o 1,000 D-I 1360 Detroit Lakas, Minn. 1,000 D-1 Aberdeen, South D& ta 250 D-2. 1380 Victoriavil le, Qv-ebec 1,000 U-2

1 3 0 Grsvelbourp, Saskatchewan 250 iT-l. 1400 Tacoma, Washington 250 U-1 Ironton, Ow3 250 IJ-1 M50 Kewar.ee, I l l i n o i s 100 U-1 Lit tee Fa l l s , New York 250 U.-1 1490 Burbank, California 250 U-l

1240 Clovis, New i\.;exfco 25; U-1 rn! CALLC - - . - - . .Y.-

K C N 0 Alturas, California 1290 W N P T Northport, Alabama C F C L Timmins, Ontario 1340 C K 0 M Baskatoon, Saskatchewan

. - W F M C Goldsborn, North Carolina 1369 W L 0 P Lancastar, South C ~ r o l i i a 1220 K G I4 0 Cape Girardeau, Missouri 1390 C F D A VicSoriavj.lle, Quebec 1240 W S Y D Moult Airy, North Caxolina 1420 K D A S Malvern, Arkansas

K W T N Crystal City, Texas 1450 K P W N Puyallup, Washington 1260 W E K Z Monroe, Wisconsin 1480 W F A K Memphis, Tennessee

Fi ivl F S Chattanooga, Tennessee 1530 W A J A Ava, I l l i n o i s 1590 WTRB-or-WTRW Two Rivers, Wiscons:.n

CALL wNGESS 1090 W H E E Boston, Mass, from CI'S% I230 W F A I Fayetteville, ' NC fr. WiVNF

W S B B Xew Smyrna Beahh f r . W N S A DEE!@?-

860 K C H C E l Paso, Texas 1450 K P R C Walsenburg, Colorado 910 K A V R Havre, Montana W X L T Ely, Minnesota 960 w P R T Prestonburg, Kentucky 1460 K C E N C b i u t e , Kansas

1230 OC S T K Mount Jackson, Virginia 1490 K B I G Guthrie, Oklahoma K E N E Belen, New ~ e x i c a K W I K Burbank, California

1240 K A V R Havre, Montana 1580 K F M A Davenport, Iowa 1310 W S M F Dade City, Florida 1590 W W H G Hornell, New York 1340 1 J G C Bowling Green, Kentucky K C R E E l Reno, Oklahoma

FRFO~N~Y=PQV~R~H@uffSI E. - - -d-

600 K F Q D Anchorage, Alaska, 5,000 U- l , froru 790 kc/s., same power. 730 K W R E Warrenton, Missouri, to 500 D-1, from 250 D-1. 950 W A A F Chicago, I l l i no i s , to 1,000 D-1 ( a s at present). & 5,000 U-4! 960 K R 0 W Oakland, California, t o i ,000 U-1 ( a s at present.) 5,00G U-2! 980 K D S J Deadwood, South Dakota, t o 1,000 U-2, from 1450 kc/s., 250 U-1.

1090 K B 0 K Waterloo, Iowa, from authorized 1280 kc/s.. 1,000 U-4. ( a s is!) 1150 1 G B R Goldsboro, North Carolina, to 1,000 U-4; from 1460 kc/s., 250 U-1

K X L R North L i t t l e Rock, Arkansas, t o 5,000-1,000 U-2, f r. 1450, 250 U-1 K N E D McAlester, Oklahoma, 1,000 D-1; from 1420 kc/s., same power.

1240 W M M B Melbourne, Florida, t o 253 U-1, from 1050 kc/s / , 250 D-1 1320 bV M S C Columbia, South Carolina, to 1,000 U-2, from 1,000-500 U-2. 1460 W C M B Lemoyne, Pennsylvmia, to 5,000 U-4, from 960 kc/s/ , 1,000 D-1 1490 W A B J Adrian, Michigan, t o 250 U-1, from 1500 kc/s., 250 D-1 1500 W J B K Detroit , Michigan, to 10,000-5,000 U-3, from 1490 kc/s., 250 U-1. 1600 TJ K N K Muskegon, Michigan, to 5,000 U-2, from 5,000-1,000 U-2.

H&Aflw)S~NcEEL&S~ ISSUE 550 Ponce, puerto s ic0 fr i370 1220-6?@* Shawinigan Falls,@ebec 610 Kennewick, Wash.. from 1 Z O 1230 W..T;A- '13 Fayet tevi l le NC fr.WinrNF 630 -'@rjo&OoO

. . . . Boise, Idaho, from 1380 1270 .- Walton, New york 9 50 Oelwein, Iowa ( f u l l time) 1300 .:. : .;X3 West Frankfort, Illinois

1010 Festus, Missouri l r40 < '3 P:'G Green Bay, Wis. f r . 810 1090 iGZL1.Z' Boston, Mass. from WBMS P i s , I l l i n o i s

Fcrt Valley, Georgia 1540 m % - w , . .. Hartford, Wisconsin W&TSH-F@3- -

. W C S M Huntington, L.I. , N.Y. 1230 W S B B New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 910 VJ G A F Valdosta, Georgha 1340 W M T E Manistee, Michigan

** There may be a few repeats i n the above items, but it i s a l l o f f i c i a l fexcgpt l a s t two paragraphs of course) which came from you, the membership. Thank yo"* a l l . Let us a l l have the knowledge of what you aye hearing by sending i n a DX report!

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S i d RosenbauK -8-66-hi;'r%&-~ii;', Bl.ieeling, W. Va, Very few l i s t e n i n 2 pe r iods s i n c e l a s t r e p o r t an?. -ver ies a r o slov~. On 4/27 ?:JITN (1400) r e g u l a r p r m. 5/2 VDZG (1450) on r e g u l a r sked 1st Vied PC with m ~ ~ . i i c 0445-0500, 577 WKBB?? (1490) r e g u l a r s/off 0115 ' t o r e t u r n a t 0645 CST. Bow ab0u.t t h i s Len? IORr(lC9O) t e s t i n g 0215-0235. WPRS (1440) P a r i s , I11 0155-0153 s / o f f , VJPG (1440) on a l ~ n g winded tone t e s t t h a t n a m e gho11.t 0130-0245. '.YiPRS ba;k a g a i n a t 0210 and on. 5/10 W C 0145-0200. FlBGR! 1370) FC 0145-0155 . BPRS on ET 0103- od, ) musical check 0130-G200. CTIOX sect v / l signed. by of -2, S t s t i o n Mgr. In palat l e t t e r says: !'Vie onjoy very much . e p o r t s r ece ived from a:~r03d and s p e c i a l @ those frhm members of t h e Nat ional Radio Club." "Kindly no te t h a t we a r e c p e r a t i n g 24 hours wi th a povier of 250 w a t t s ' . I(X4R sen t a p l a i n p c s t a l

rnl. card v e r i e . To Don Kaslrey, :.l~anl:s a l o t Bbr those -?/signers, A 1:eighbor of mi;?e h a s a novel Ldca i n 4V lX. 13 t a k e s f l a s h photos of 'i'V i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s and inmedia te ly i-ns bis v e r i e . IWDIODDITB S: : : There o r e two Wyoming 3r:MJ.cast.ing Conpanys. lVhich one o p e r a t e s a fflid'f s t a t i o n ? ? That does it froin h e r e f o r . th i . s pe r iod .

Henrv Yolbroo!~ 6504 Ghestnuc St, Chevg Chase,-lid. - - - L. L --,- .... * - - - .--.- - - - - The t i m e 2:40 PI-the day Pr id ay- tl?e d a t e 27 of ApFil-the yelp-1951. Due f o r next week-one bookreport and two a r t c r i t i z i s m s and s h c e my g i r l i s coming home from c o l l e g e tornorrow f o r t h e weekend, it looks a s though this a f t e rnoon i s t h e on ly t i m e 1 7 1 1 have t o do a l l t h a t work. Can't do it t o n i t e because I an going t o watch t h e "V~ondrous ?Tats1' b e a t t h e s t u f f i n g out of Ph i l ade lph ia . Sut a s u sua l I ' m not i n t h e mood t o s tudy, so what am I doing? Right-w.i~i.t;ing t o klusings of t h e Eiembers, so you f e l l o w s b e t t e r a p p r e c i a t e t h i s r e p o r t s i n c e I f m u s ing va luab le time-HI. F i r s t of a l l I b e l i e v e t h e V e ~ i f i e d - E e a r d l i s t t h e it now s t ands i s of l i t t l e i n t e n e s t a n d va lue . I . t h i n k t h e idea H. Campbell had, which was s t a t e d i n t h e b s t b ~ l l e t i n , i s v e r y good. I a l s o have 0

one of my own. Why not f i r s C :?st s t a t i o n s v e r i f i e d fol lowed by countr ic v e r i f i e d and then l 5 k t s t a t i o n s v e r i f i e d from p a r t s of t h e world such as(v.sing my s t a n d i ~ g s ) Worth America ( 7 0 4 ) ~ West I n d i e s ( 4 3 ) , C e n t r a l America(22), South ~ r f l e r i c a ( e l ) , Europe(14) , ~ f r i c a ( 5 ) , Bear E a s t ( 0 ) East ( 0 ) and P a c i f i c Area (5 ) - - th i s ofould inc lude is1:nds of t h e P a c i f i c Hawaii, Bevr Zealand, A u s t r a l i a and s o on--. Tha s t a t i o n s ??ears could a l s o be l i s t e d i n t h e . same manner: however, i n my opin ion t h e hea rd l i s t i s unecessary s i n c e v e r i e s a r e vthat counts . I a l s o 6 e l i e v e t h a t a prepared card should b e used but vihy l 5 . m i t th&.se l i s t i n g s t o only

. once a g e a r ? Think it s?!ould come oub a t l e n s t a $ t h e beginning of eac?? DX sesson and a t the e r 3 of t i ? e DX season. I f ranlr ly don ' t c a r e whose idea is used. B ~ i t I do b e l i e v e t h e Verif ied-Yeard L i s t needs t o be d e f i n i t e l y improved.. Wo-if t o SLWI up my DX a c t i v i t i e s between Xov.-

Reports to (u .nderSine&‘~~Fe ;i$$if i e d ) CB-57, YSO, -- - - 1 M a r s e i l l e TIPC, CX-28, HC J B , ~ ~ O U ~ O U S ~ - r e .---a HJKC, CMKS, PRG-9, Emf, YVRC TIIIB, D ~ , ~ & & + ~ S C R ~ , PRZ-9 PRBT--WD, T I G ~ ~tm' .. - - ..-,-~ 9

OA~U,?V~, ' -TIK~-T~LW, Ra3io Iv10n:e Caplo, i ; i : r ance i~ ; i4~ ) ,-,=-2 - .-- ---- -..- --,-

FI-ench Fdorocc o ( l 0 4 , 3 r 7 Z , Y'flCU, B3C ( an s.:ier but no verieq-WIAC, 9 ~-..- BJCZ -- Kw, CBG. CFCR, II$,$gD, --,.. GIlNW 3 CWA, 4VGN, KILO PRG-3 ,;'PHPs,, XEQR, CHUB m, - m;. t m , --..-. KBON , PPA-a , m - 9 , AHD, -CE-F~,TRP j.~.ly- p r e s e n ~ o l i c g is t o w r i t e mainly t o =Feign,. however, o c a s s i o n a l l y 1'3 s t i l l g ive i n and wr i te t o a U.S.s ta t ion, The g r e a t e s t s u r p r i s e of the season VJaS m e n I r ece ived a. v e r i e l e t t e r from KFAR f o r a r e p o r t of l a s ? se2son. Best v e r i e s f o ~ DX th is pas t y e a r were KFAR andAHD(22 w a t t s ) Grea t e s t d isappointment of t h e season was a non v e r i e l e t t e r from t h e BBC. B e t t e r than average QSL c a r d s from Y?T!V TIB PVKS HJCZ KXLA CmW. Toy! l e t t e r s from H C J B CEKS TIRA AIID. Note t o Char les Hefner, W i l l w r i t e you soon, Gene F ranc i s , :{our n o t e a b i g s u r p r i s e . Naybe I should beg in a fan c l u b , v r i l l need one if rre have a hot Summer, H1.W I make my ma: k t h i s semes te r , which I f m sure I wil!. , w i l l b e 5.nit:ated i n t o t h e Signc. Ph i i i p s r ~ o n chapber a t G.1J.U. 731s

Musings o f t h e Kembers P e t e r Leon ~ a c o b ~ o ? i , ~ 5 ~ 1 ~ ?%?I'~h"~o&land, Minneapolis , l i inn.

(conti?iued-fyoi;? 5z>eev90??s i s $ier -C!':L~',-BF~-TT~OXZS; & ~ . - 6 ~ O ' - k ~ rvlf CSC l e t t e r f o r 2;'17/51. KTRS ~ h r e v e p o r t , La. 710 gc , 10 K:;I l e t t e r f o r 2/21/51. By t h e ,?ray I f o r g o t t o g ive t h e Networks f o r ILJSPR i n Spring- f i e l d , Nass, i t i s ABC. KTBS i s NBC. !'!LAY Muscle Shoals C i t y , Ala. 1450 kc 250 w a t t s i s IVIBS. l e t t e r f o r 2/12/51. ..JATS i n Sayre , Pa. 1470 kc wi th 1 KVJ no n e t , a n d ' i s daytirne on ly .Le t t e r f o r 3/12/51. WIBW Topeka Kan. 580 kc. 5 KVI i s CBS p e r l e t t e r 9/26/50. This l e t t e r by the way was -- on Gellovf p a p r and so was tl.e enveiope ,' KT1111 Tucumcartk, L::M. 1400- kc . 250 is ITBS p e r l e t t e r f o r 9,'26/50. KTFI Twin F a l l s , Ida . 1270 kc 5 K': day and L kw n i t e i s NRC per l e t t e r 3/9/51. VJACB 'ilaltham, I a s s 1330 kc 1 F ' J day only and. no n e t p e r l e t t e r 2 /19 /5 l . ! ' l~0~ VJilson NC 1420 kcL kw I.IBS p e r l e t t e r 10/22/50. '"!ILK ':rill:l:es-Barre, Pa 980 kc 5 kw ABC p e r l e t 3/13/51. l:IHCC '7asnesv i l l e . XC 1400 kc 850 w a t t s llBS p e r l e t t e r 2/5/51 1'1k~1~'7ilmington,"Del. 1450 kc 250 ABC p e t t e r 3;/18/51. Now f o r t h e c a r d s up t o d a t e I am not going t o g i v e you t h e da t e s f o r t h e c a r d s because I do n o t t h i n k i t would be too much i n t e r e s t t o you f e l l o w s bu t i f any of you have any ques t ions on any of them w r i t e m e and I w i l l b e g lad t o g ive you.%-e d a t - s . 'JAHR Akron, 0. 1590 kc 5 Kw ABC : ICGXC Amari l lo Texas 710 kc 10 Kw IT%: 'YIG4P b:aryvil le , Tenn. 1400 kc No n e t . -..?;fXL Peor i a , I11 1590 kc 1 kw I?!? n e t . KIUP Durango, Colo 930 kc 1 KIN N! ne t : KIOX Bay C i t y , Tex. 1270 kc 1 Kbv NBS: WETB Johnson C i t y , Tenn 790 kc. 1 Kw IQ,l ne t : HCOL F t . C o l l i n s , Cola 1410 kc 1 ICw NIII n e t : KSIG Crowley, ILa. 1450 kc 250 w a t t s 11?,T n e t . IIYSM-FTUI on 103.5 mcs i s NBC. KnlIIL Marsha 11, Ninn 1400 kc 250 w a t t s IvIBS: BJMC Rice Lske, ?.'Jis. 96.3 mc 5 Kw i s MBS: l.:TJR D e t r o i t Mich. 760 !<c 50 Kw CYS: IJHO Des kiorhnes, Ia . 1540 kc 50 IZw NBC: KCVR Lodi, C a l i f . 1570 kc 1 Kw L.B.S. on a i r daytime TFBR Bal t imore, I d . 1300 kc. 5 ;iw ABC: WAPO Chattanooga, Tenn 1150 kc

.. 5 KVJ day a d 1 Kw nLte i s XBC. viBCB Ki t t ann ing , Pe 1380 kc. 500 w a t t s N M Bet. By the yay, Joe P e l l e t i e r , does %ACE have a network and do you o p e r a t e f u l l t ime, i f you do wou1.d a p p r e c i a t e knowing. IVJOR l.lrorland, Tiyo. 1490 kc 250 :n!att s l?l:I n e t : ITBIX 1400 kc 250 w a t t s BBC. i n Clarksbu.rg, :J. Va. KFkiY, F t . Dodge, I a on Fl!I 102.7 mc. KARL Las Vegas Nev. on 920 kc 1 kv? NBS. '?!lGJ?? Key '.rest, F l a 1600 kc 500 w a t t s nN!dI n e t . WALB Albany, Ga. 1590 kc. 1 Kvi ABC. KcoK Tu la re , C a l i f 1270 kc. 1 Kw no major network. VBIS B lue f i e ld , '7.Va. 1440 k c 5 ICw NBC, KDKA P i t t s b u r g h , Pa. 1020 kc. 50 KVI NBC. KDKA is t h e o l d a s t known s t a t i o n i n t h e U.S. SSDN Stockton, C a l i f . 1420 kc. 1 Kw 2Ji1r n e t . KGISC Pullman, 1.51ash. 1250 kc 5 Kw I? M ne t on U3.e a i r f u l l t i n e : WISR Bu t l e r , Pa 680 kc 250 watt s EN n e t : K C N I Broken Bow, Nebr. 1490 kc 250 wa t t s NBS: KRJF k1iles C ic ty , lfont. 1340 1:c 250 w a t t s JIBS: KGCU Msndan, 1.D. 1278 k 1 kw RIBS: :-lAT;,I Ashland, 'Vise. 1400 kc 250 w a t t s ZXSS. iVOFiI Owensboro, K? 1490 kc 250 w a t t s IfiBS. KYOU Greeley, Colo. 1450 kc 250 w a t t s Nb1 n e t . 1:JISP F a i n t s v i l l e , ICY. 1490 lic. IvIBS. KTOP Topeka, Kans. 1490 kc. 250 wa' IBS: !TBAL S h e l b g v i l l e , Q. 1400 kc . 250 w a t t s bIBS: K3LO Poca te l lo Ida. 1440 kc . 1 kw ABC. BIBI Jacksoin Yich. 1450 kc. 250 w a t t s BBG: TJFUL Grand Rapids, Mic'n. 1570 l:c L Ii!v N I.1 Net. 'VMFJ Daytona Be-ch, F l a . 1450 kc . 250 w a t t s dBC: :TlDV!S Champaign, I ll . 1400 kc 250 w a t t s C9S. KTFI Twin F a l l s Ida. 1270 kc 5 Kw Day and 1 Ktv K i t e . BBCIT. B a t t l e Creek, Mdcl- 930 kc 1 Kw MBS: WLAC Nashv i l l e , Tenn 1510 kc 50 Kw CBS. BLAC s t a r t ec? i n 1924 wi th 1 Iiw, t o 5 Klv i n 192fi and i n 1945 t o 50 KIN. VNSIJ Charles ' SC. 1450 kc 250 w a t t s NBS: VGAU A hens Ga. 1340 kc 250 w a t t s CBS. I t r u l y hope t h a t you w i l l b e a b l e 20 p r i n t a l l o f t h i s a s it h a s t aken m q u i t e some t i m e t o get a l l t h i s in format ion t o g e t h e r and wr i t t en do!lrn. I c e r t a i n l y w i l l a p p r e c i a t e i Z i f you would even tho you might have t o ... . make sevepal c h a p t e r s of them. rlauld a l s o l i k e t o know i f you l i k e d t l way I presen ted t h e i n f o and i f you want a l l t h e r e p o r t s t h i s way. I t h i n k i t is a good vfay and ma!res t k e r epo r t more complete. Eere i s my t o t a l up t o d a t e , hezrd 802, v e r i e s 92 l e t t e r s a n 3 50 carcis. I know it i s n ' t much t o taPk about bu t have not been DXing very long, only s i n c e Aug 1, 1950. S ince I joined the Club t h e r v e r i e s have been comir i n b e t t e r . (>Ion t h a t we a r e caught up how about keeping u s a b r e a s t of ---.--- - l q 5 n n s T.nnn\.

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-Hgl- ,SAe i n 432 3u.r; t ZF St, gall lyrFncLs c o- - . - - . - - - . - . - . - - , - - - - - - 3 lif, -.- -- - I haven ' t done too m ~ c h l i s t e n i n g s i n c e my la s t account he ro , dut t h e l ack of i n c e n t i v e r e s u l t i n g f'rorn o l d man QRII. C o n f t be amazl t h e fo l lowing 1% t of v e r i e s S'or t hey cover from 4/9/51 t o 5/13, L!?JBB JOQK XERP KSVP 2 from PRZ-4(fo;. r e p o r t s 3 months a p a r t ) ',:IN&- ---- KnlA KSTP JOEC J O I B KTUC XKIM :N:CI K:rP'.V aQ3 + 1 KINYR .p& Jy enclosed 5 v i c t u r e a o s t c a r d s from Jaoan (Hea? me Jim, and J O X and J O T B s en t me co io red p r i n t e d o n - r i c e yaper . ~ o t t b o much DX t o t a l k about . I might have hea rd BCJB pn A p r i l 21. Iiowever~, t h a b m o r n i n g r e a l l y have me my unknown t o t ~ p u~~knorvns. On 1040 kc. froiil 5:35 AM t o 5:51 AM EST I heard a very v?eak. s t a t i o n i n Eng l i sh v~.i.t:l t x p i c a l American type music program. (Even played " ~ o o d Night, I r ene ) Thinl? I hea rd them g i v e t ime a t 5:35 AlI a s 25 minut s s t o 7 , which would malie i t i n t h e A.S.T. zone* Only ider. I i u o e i s lVTV1)I. By t h e way t h e T P f s mere r e a l l y loud t h a t morning n i t h EY:\ on 690 kc topping them o f f w i t h QSA4plus R 8 o r 9 . Other r e p o r t s 0v.t were only f o r XGOI? IQdYR 3YC. I r e a l l y was asked t o rva l low 'a b i g o;.e when J i m C r i t c h e t t t g l d me t h a t he r ece ived a Japanese pos t ca rd viith Japanese stamps on it v e r i f y i n g him f o r h i s r e c e p t i o n o f :-TOP back i n 1937, Sa id , " T h o ~ ~ g h our s t u d i o s a r e i n Vashington, D.C . our transrn:tter s i t e is h e ~ e o u t s i d e of Tokyo" Do you t h i n k I should b e l i e v e "im? T o .one of t h e NRC'sPr ide .and Joys ( a s a l l our servicemen a r e ) Fred ,lnderson: I h v e been i n f o m e d that: our ROTC u n i t x& r ad io s t a t i o n a t Un ive r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a w i l l a l low any of u s who ape i n t h e M i l . Sc ience Courses t o send te legrams t.0 any sarvicenen anyvrhere i n t h e world. . Ill!. wait t i1 :?our l a t e s t add res s appears i n iGRC b e f o r e drop! ing you a l i n e . Hope t h a t the new a d d r e s s l r i i 1 1 r ead 'States3fle ' . ' 7e l l . t l l a t s a l l f o r now. ti1 nex t time. 731s -- - -

Bernard ~ u t f g ; 94 Larder Ave. ' s t a t e n island,'^,^^ -- - - - .-- -- - - -- Being on a s u m e r sche&re of b-.lng now, I-sFin xii-6 ~ i ~ l - o ? i l ~ &cas ion- ally-a38?p r e s u l t i n g i n few a d d i t i o n s t o t h e log . IIowever, t k o s e heard were W ' I N YJPRS WFFK and iFlla0D. f o r a t o t a l of 1053 heard s t a t i o n s . I t emiz ing some of t h e r e s u l t s Yroin l i s t e n i n g : 5/4 ?iJ!110D 1470 kc t e s t i n g O 0300 on. Also a n unknown, record p lay ing , non t a l k i n g on 910 kc from 2:50-4: 10 AM. IC''Eh1 on 990 a t 0255 with h i s monthly FC. a loud c y c l e t o n e t e s t e r on 1340 a t 0315, d i t t o t h e ssme on 1450 k c a t 0300. 5/7 VTTKM 1540 kc wi th poor audio a t 0200, unknown t e s t e r on top o f 134 from 0200 on. 5/8 caught ET s/off of t e s t e r on 1580 a t 0238. Another o on 590 !cc a t 0248 p lay ing organ and Europeqn t y p e music, no t a l k i n g . KFi.:O 1240 kc loud and c l e a r wit11 monthly PC a t 0240. 5/9 ilPRS P a r i s , I11 sol ic i t$??g r e p o r t s on t h e i r ET.at 0230 under a l o ~ d cyc l e t one . Unknovrn :?on i d e n t i f y e r _ulsyi?lg r eco rds a t o p I;IJBK,and CMOX a t 0248 on. 5710 UnBnown t e s t e r on 710 kc 0200-0230. Another such on 1240 ?-c a t G257. Tones and c a r r i e r s 'of unlmol~lns on 560, 590, 900, 1300, 1490, 16CO from 0230 t h a t morning. S teve ldann's l o g of Spanish-Ame?ican s t a t i o n s a r r i v e d and I f i n d i t very con:~ le te and h e l p f u l . Speaking o f such I ' m reminded t h a t S t a t i o n Mgr. Ofel ia Flo?riauez o f CISOX, 10 30. 423 Vedado Havana, sent me, v i a a i r i~ia il an a.ltrr,c.tivc: specif3.c and f r i e n d l y l e t t v e r i e , i n which he a'slced me t o reques t o t h e r ?JRCfers t o r epo r t on t h 8 i : 24 hour a day ope ra t ion and that h e would be d e l i g h t e d t o acknowledge a l l such s o i t behooves a l l you f e l l o w i)Xei-s t o r epo r t t h e "cuban &me--icanf' on 1490 i n o rde r t o ge t a n i c e d i f f e r e n t ve$ie. CKF_FI, Toron. i s ano ther 24 h r a day s t a t i o n %hat sends an a t t r a c t i v e f r i e n d l y l e t t e ver i f f ica t ion, as d i d :JR4D ViiXAN lTiFRX i:i?RS 1VJChl aard VJZOB. lYDB0 s e n t a n orange and green p r i n t p o s t a l and :.'FIlJ 6 u p i i c a t e d t h e i r grand b lock l e t t e r c a l l s , a t o p grey map of U.S. ca rd . Checking back on my p a s t seasons DI:, I f l n d t h a t -1 added 5 9 . t o m y heard l i s t . I c r e d i t t h e S u l l d t i n and co-opera t ive W'RCfers w i th l e a d i n g me t o most o f them.

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