VOLUME 41 DECEMBER 10, 1973 NUlYBER 8

"Congratulations f o r g e t t i n g * off t o such a f a n t a s t i c s t a r t with DX XEWS ! l1 ( ~ r u c e Reyn- * olds, Warrensburg, MO)

ON TiIE INSIDE - Radio Components Course - Radio fiederland - Chicago-area Get-together - Clipping Corner - Veries

NEW MEMBERS ' . - * Erik Sheer, 314 Zephyr, Ottawa, Ontario, K2B 528, CANADA

Fred Osterman, 436 N . Fores t Rd., Ui l l iamsvi l le , N.Y. 14221 ( r e j o i n s ) * George Hudak, Jr . , 941 Sherwood Lake Dr. , Apt. LA, Scherervi l le+ IN 46375

Jack Wyatt, 1520 Branham Lane, Apt. 56, San Jose, C A 95118 ( r e jo ins ) V. Powell, 271 Centra l Park West, New York, N.Y. 10021

* Victor Orlando, 1711 Robinson Ave., bvertown, PA 19083 * Richard J . Mozlack, 75 Sumner Ave., Pit tsburgh, PA 15202

5 4 Chris A. Abercrombie, 3220 Apple - Apt 10, Lincoln, NE 68503 1 Richard C. EIoodie, 49 Gleason Rd., Korthampton, MA 01060

8 Paul W. Fiddick, 3955 N . Farwell, #7, Milwaukee, W I 53211

WELCOME t o t h e NRC, fo lks , we hope y o u ' l l r epo r t t o a l l of our s ec t ions soon, and e spec i a l ly t o bksings, where in t roduct ions w i l l be i n order.

RENEWALS....

Clements, Druoak, Bay, Courtney, Cook, Birlingmair, Riddick, Cr i t che t t , Freeman, Hoste t t le r , Fayhew.

NOTES &c FROM NJFC . . . , From t h e looks of t h e above, our membership i s r e a l l y climbing now, a s we 0 show a ne t gain of about 20 members t o da t e i n j u s t over two months.

It begins t o look a s though t h e Post Office w i l l indeed r a i s e r a t e s t o 10# per ounce f o r 1 s t c l a s s and 13# per ounce f o r Airmail, a l l about January 5th. As soon a s t h e o f f i c i a l ahnouncement i s made, w e ' l l be forced t o be- g in t h e incredibly t ed ious process of re-computing a l l member s ' expi ra t ion da t e s backward by two i s s u e s t o cover t h e cos'ts of t h e increase, which amounts t o 806 per member, or about 2 i ssues , s ince we're a c t u a l l y making .an increase of $1.00. The d i f f e r ence w i l l go t o cover increases in paper c o s t s which w i l l be appl icable when it comes t ime t o renew our p r i n t i n g contrac t i n September. Additionally, we have sent l e t t e r s t o a l l of our mem- be r s who been receiv ing DX NEWS by Third Class &il, informing them t h a t We a r e l o s ing money on Third Class memberships while they a r e l o s ing prompt delivery. We w i l l t he re fo re be prora t ing our Third Class Members t o br ing them Up t o our new F i r s t Class r a t e s . Members who have renewed

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international dx digest Fairfax. va . a=03o

Phone 703 - 354 - 2135 before 2200 =T * A l l Times Are GUT Q Deadlines Saturday

DX PROGRAM * ANGUILIA - Radio Anguilla, The Valley w i l l run a DX Program f o r NNRG on 2/18/74 from 0130-0330 EST. No d e t a i l s a t t h i s time on the type of p r o g r d n g t h a t w i l l be used. Reports t o R.G. IXmlop, Director. This s t a t i o n ran a DX severa l years ago t h a t was f a i r l y we l l heard on the East Coast. Info from Ebb Lucier/NNRC.

New s t a t ions , changes, skeds, etc......

CElJTA (Spanish Morocco) - Radio Ceuts uses 1106 kHz not 1520 kHz a s l i s t e d . Sked is 0700-0030 dai ly . Address i s c/. Virgi l io Onate, No. 1, lo. (DSWCI)

INDIA (Ibshmir) - Padio Kashmir is operating a s follows: S t r in iga r A - 1120 kHz, 20 KW. 0100-1734 Str in igar C - 1490 kHz, 1 KW. 010-1734 Jammu - 990 kHz, 50 !or. 0100-0400, 0530-0934 and 1200-1734 And l o t s of luck to you all..., (DWCI)

INTWNATIONAL WATm - Padio ~ a r o l i n e / ~ t l a n t i s / ~ e a g u l l i s off the a i r again due t o antenna problems. Just before the antenna broke they had been using 1185-6 kHz re su l t ing i n a bad he t w/Horby. Also c a r r i e r s detectable every 9 kHz from

e 1OOO - 1300 kHz. This in fo i s severa l weeks old so they may be back on the a i r by now. (Jan k r g e r , ~ o l l a n d )

ITALY - RAI b l z a n o I V on 1594 kHz braadcasts i n GG a t 0530-1115, 1130-1330 and 1&3C-1815. Address i s Piazza tkzz in i 23, 39100 Blzano. (DSWCI)

LIBERUl - IAMCO Radio i s now using 180 wat ts on 746 and 953 kHz. Sked i s 0530 - 2200. (DSWCI)

HAIAYSIA - The Overseas Service of Radio Wlaysia (Suara Malaysia) i s sked on 1475 kHz 2300-0015 and 0625-1630. (DSWCI)

MALI - b k o i s now using lb57 kHz. (DSWCI)

PHILIPPINES - FEBC i s planning a new 250 kw. s t a t i o n located a t Iba, Zambales on Northern Luzon t o serve Southeast Asia. According t o in fo from FEBC the trans- mi t t e r i s already b u i l t and negotiations have been completed f o r the land. No i n fo on what frequency i s t o be used, but k i l l be MW. (FEEX v ia Clarence Freeman)

PORTUGUESE GUINEA- There a r e two sepera te brosdcasting organizations here. One i s Etnissora Of ic i a l da Guine Fbrtugues which uses 1034 kHz with 1 kw. Sked a s per WRTH. ?he other i s Bnissor Regional da which operates on 1070 kHz. This s t a t i o n ca r r i e s the k d i o Portugal FS B- and i s on u n t i l 0200. (DSWCI)

SPANISH SAHARA - Radio Sahara is using the following frequencies: El Aaiun. 656 kHz. 50 kw. and 7L6 kHz, 2.5 Vi l la ~ i s n e r o s , 998 kHz, 10 kw.

Sted i s given a s 06l+5-0100 but t h i s i s wrong a s they a r e signing on a t 060, at least on 656. Being well heard i n NA on t h i s frequency. (USWCI)

TOGO - ~h~ 20 h. t ransmit ter on 1394 kHz has been off the a i r f o r somtime due to being damaged i n a storm. Lome i s current ly using 1304 kHz with 1 lk. A n w stn located i n Northern Togo a t lama-Kara was scheduled t o begin t e s t ing i n November 197% on 1502 kHz with 10 kilowatts. (DSWCI)

U.S.S.R. - The following USSRinformation comes from Arctic Ibdio Club's member behind the Iron Curtain, v i a Gordon Nelson.

548 - Yakutsk, Kazakhstan; both k y a k 560 - Far & s t s t a t ion ; Program 1A 575 - W. Siberia, Irkutsk, Astrakhan, Komsomolnk-na-Amur, ghabamvsk; a l l &yak 690 - Fagadan, program 1A PO3 - Qlita, program 1 B 827 - Kyzyl, program 1 C 998 - Ashkhabad I1 i s here, ex 375 H z 1016- Kemerovsk 1120- New Far & s t s t a t i o n ; new eas t e rn Siberian; both Wyak 1151- Ural area, perhaps Sverdlovsk; heard i n 4reden

, 1277- Kuybyshev, Wstov, Ulyanovsk; a l l program 3 1538- Simferopol with &yak 1562- Third Program off

Now some mater ia l from Broadcasting.

f AUSKA - KFRB-900 has appl ied f o r a CP t o change frequency t o 820 kHz. This has been turned down seve ra l times before but they a r e t ry ing.again .

PUERTU RICO - W C H Q - I ~ ~ O , Cumuy has been granted a CP to change from 1000 D3 to 1000 - 500 U4. * 9 New s t a t i o n a t Farceloneta on 1160 kHz requests WIDL. - In initial decision the FCC has granted a new s t a t i o n on 840 kHz, 250 U? in Yabucao t o James Calderon. Address on CP i s 13 Vi l la Rica, Bayamon. This was announced on 11 -24.

U.S. VIRGIN ISIANDS -. In i n i t i a l decision on 8-27, FCC granted a new s t a t i o n on 1090 kHz with 500 wat ts a t Fredericksted, St. Croix. I have not seen any f i n a l grant of t h i s CP and the re was a competing appl ica t ion f o r a s t a t i o n i n h e r t o Rico.

GUAM - On 1-8-73 there was a appl ica t ion f i l e d f o r a new s t a t i o n a t Agana t o operate on 540 kHz with 1OOOO watts. This is j u s t a appl ica t ion and a s f a r a s I know no ac t ion has been taken yet.

And now, what's ac tua l ly being heard.

-ST KITTS SIZ Bssseterre heard a t 0130 on 11 /16 w/man in EE. Some fading but r eadab i l i t y good. (Kauf )

-MEXICO =I Chihuahua, Chih. 11/26 1218-1240 w/"Aca en e l Norten show of nortexh and ranchera mx. No slogan heard. Big signal. leason on)

-MEXICO XEEX la Voz de la Region Carbonifera, Sabinas, Coah. 11/20 005W110 with plugs f o r "60 b f i m t o s ~ ~ a t 10 F'M l o c a l time, a news show // t o XMU, XEDH and one on 1330 kHz. (Gleason)

-BlWSNEZUEIA WLH Radio Cirardot, Paracay 11/20 w/a s e r i e s of b d i o Girardot lDls mixed i n w/a s e r i e s of anmts, a top seve ra l o ther Us a t 0335+ o/WSH. Also a pip/het/blurbs of audio from someone on 649.5 , no I D possible. Who?

-SPANISH SAHARA (Tentative) Probably the one hrd 11/26 0655- / ( a d s t r a m ) 0702 w/male chanting weak, then a br ief fade, then loud female chantings. Obliterated 0702 by WNBC ET. Bearing 90'. Maybe next time i t 1 1 1 ID and I can count it. (Mmunds) Don't f e e l bad hss, despi te many hours of t ry ing almost every morning I s t i l l haven't been ab le t o g e t ID o r decent copy e i the r . (H))

-MEXICO XEX)RO b d i o Favorita, k s a v e , Sin. 1 1/20 0021-0040 w/Baseball comentary show f o r Winter League BB. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XERPC Chihuahua, Chih. "Radio Ranchitou 1 1/21 01394200 w/ranchera "7-90 B d i o Ranchiton j ing le a f t e r a l l records. (Ghason)

-MEXICO XDMU Tijuana, B.C. b d i o Variedades loud over w/loop 11/25 a t 0120 w / m n t i c MoR, a la -1 030. (Gleason) -mICO X m K Ciudad 3uarez noted 11/26 0733-0802 w/Art laboe and His Oldies

Shm- Well a top ti1 0739 when PJB s/on, then topping C K u i n PJB null. no doubt on aux. mtr t h i s AH. Anyone have the Mexican and h r i c a n

mailing addresses f o r t h i s one? (Schmidt) Should be aame a s o ld XEU), (H))

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6 4 -BRITISH HOWDURAS b d i o Bslise, Bslize City exceptionally c l e a r on 11/16 a t 0035. Wan giving eked f o r eaening.(&uf) Tour h i d a l s o th i s . (EI))

840 -MITI 4VE Cap Haitien. Very gut ts red reception because of WAS. Mm in PP and HI: w/religious program. 0030 l l / l b . (Kauf)

-ST WCIA b d i o Caribbean, Castries 11/25 in F'F, sounds basterdised ta me (hou about it Dr. Wood?) w/a re l ig ious program 2250-2300, s t e e l band d- preccmbd ID when a second re l ig ious program to 2300, m, i n t ~ pop m in- cluding some i n and saxe Xmas. Atop a second FP speaking s t n a t times, (4VECS)(F'rohably, ED) most of t h e , good s igna l a t times, no s i g n of WAS. Dlhn f i n a l l y took over f o r good around 2400. Also 11/26, 2 2 I + O + ~ / ~ o ~ mx t o 3300 ID, i n t o a falk. 'he o ther FF s t n surfaced a h s t i m e d i a t e l y a f t e r t h e ID and ran neck and neck through 2510 tune out. Signals much weaker than night before. Ebth nights WrUS could be nulled completely. This one new. (Sundstrol~)

850 -WXICG Y C Chihuahua, Chih. 11/22 1318-1328 W/SS rock and ID a s ' Ia M - ?-+ternam. (Qeason)

89G -*--':I02 XRlZ Tequila, Jal. seemed t o be Ding a s b d i o Felicidad and Canal ? 1 /24 131 1-1325 w/ranchera EX. Lots of ads , maybe they w i l i send me a

s-.mye cf l o c a l products, hi . (Ueason) RR5 -)"?'T&RRAT WB Plymouth man taiLIng i n E w/mention of v a r i m s Caribbean

c x t i e ~ including &p Hai t i tn . char and s t rong 0150 '1/16. ( W M ) 910 -CCLBJBLP, H J W T'ox d e l Rio Grande, Well in man ta lk ing i n SS and ID a t

0210 : 1/16. tX't.en got mixed up w/other a tns on frequency. ( IC~L~) 970 - M a I C O X3%9 Re.dic Caborca, ~&borca,Scnors 11/24 0140-01 :5 w/lots of l o c a l

swts. %R-soft rock nr. (Gleason) -U S VlXKiY ISUWX WSTT Chds t i a r s t ed , S t Croix temporerily a top 1030, 1 1/20 with a couple or' l o c a l spots. (Sch i l l e r )

1005 -COLMBIA HJDP ILadlo Colosal, Neiva 11/26, probably the l a s t one on the D: t o log t h i s one, noted w/ID 07b5 in passing, i n midst of %quietn pop mx when c q r e d t o r o c k e r c s h h r . HJAQ, j u s t 5 kHz down. lbch weaker t h a t HJAQ, a t times HJAQ1s sidebands rtaily doing a job on this one. Msw. (Sudstrom)

1010 -MEXICO XIEX Radio Varl.e&des, m e n a d a , B.C. 1 1/23 OU0-0520 w/variety of SS mx; 0nI.v one spot h e a d . (Gleason)

1020 aCOUMIEA HJZP, Pe r i r a noted here on 11/26 a t 0220 o/KDKA. Slogan sounded l i k e Radio Fkntenu. 10 kw per anmt. Lively t rop ica l mx, frequenk.ID's a& TC's. (Coak) After ge t t ing your c a l l , Craig, I d id some more checking. WRZH l i s t s HJF'Q Ia Voz d e l Pueblo in Per i ra on 1030 kHz. In the Colombian list i n the 10/6/72 LZ News this one is shown w/same call /slogan but on 1020. Apparently BJFQ has moved from 1030 t o 1.020 and changed call/slogan. (ID)

1030 -NFXICO XEPR Mexico DF 1 1/22 1 122-1 150 W/&R SS w atLd what everyone e l s e has heard. 1 s t . t h e here. b d i o Centm. (Gleason)

1034 - r n ~ ~ u G n r J p o m m ~ GCTm (Tentative) Soloeone behind a very s t rong CS&! a t 2210 on 1 1/25 but only when loop pointed toward African Coast. Bissau maybe. No I t a h n s i g s a t t h a t time. (Dangerfield)

1035 -MITI 4VEP Cap Haitien played c l mx from 0130-0200 when a man lDed i n EE and s i p e d off. Asked f o r repor ts to Ebx 1, Cap Haitien. 11/16. (Kauf)

1040 -MEXICO XECX %la, J a l i s co 11/25 1243 s/on w/.ber BPrrel Fblkan then ran- chera mx. I n t s Of KUPD-1060, which is a neighbor of mine. Had good signal.

11 10 -MEXICO XEWR Ciudad Juarez, Chih. 11/22 1120-1 1l& w/Chda Chicana,/(Qeason) which is SS boarder rock, l i k e s o f t Santana s t u f f . (CLeason)

1120 - W I W XDJNO Oladalajara, Ja l . 11/24 1201-1213. Uses the "R-GN-" j ing le of XERCN-1110, and only mentioned c a l l once, a s mX E Unon. Wnchera music.

1133 -CANARY ISUWS/SPAIN SS language s t n a t 2235 on 1 1/24. hoped /(Q.eason) Africa on evening of African opening and FAK64 was bes t bet. ( k n g e r f i e l d )

1250 -HPXICO XEXT Radio S a l t i l l o , S s l t i l l o , Coah. 11/21 1130-1200 w/ranchera m, l o t s of IW. (Gleason)

1260 -mEUCO X E W mnclova, Coah. "La KP" and program cal led "Flevista k s i c a l n - F@ 11/23 0047-01 50. (Gleason)

1 270 - m C O IEAZ Tijuana, B.C. 1 1/23 0400-0430 w/"~amplacencias Rancheras de EB1tamr M e g a * obviously ranchera nx. Few 88s. leason on) -ma x,EGI, Wvojoa, Sonora s o f t rock-kR, 11/22 03004333. No IDU , ht

l o t s of k v o j o a mentions in ads, etc. (Cleason) -MPXICO XFW San h i s RLo Colorado, Sanora 11/22 1344-1358 as I$dio mb, and "M - Y, Radio Eclton. leason on)

SUPPORT WWN fi BIT THIS TIWE. LETS KEEP 'IHOSE CARDS Am l.JCTTEtS COMING IN TO JMD

7 -SENE(~A~PORTUGAL Mixture here a t 2220 on 11/24. Dominant d i r ec t ion was t o

Senegal. Second s t a t i o n could have been CSB, Cameroon too much t o hope f o r . (Dangerf i e l d )

-MMICO.XERJ Radio Mazatlan, Ekzatlan, Sin. 11/26 1309 w/"Amanecer Ranchero" program. This i s l i s t e d a s having moved t o 600 kHz, but is here. Hard t o ID, a s t h e j ingle they use i s hard t o pick out. (Gleason)

-COSTA RICA TIRC Radio Columbia, Liberia, man mentioned Emon and ta lked i n SS a t 0230 ID. Weak but c lear . 11/16. (Kauf)

-HAITI LW Port-au-hince ,man t a lk ing i n FF w/rock mx. Faded i n and out. A t 0215 on 11/16. (&uf)

-MEXICO XEUAS Culiacan, Sin. This i s operated by the Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa. Heard 1 1 / 2 0100-0130 w/~ad iomra ton f o r medical dispensary. Lots of anti-establishment t a lk . (Gleason)

-GUANTANAMO BAY AFRTS s t rong and k i l l i n g frequency 1 1/20 101 7-1 032, s t i l l good a t 1100. Navy i n fo and Public Service Announcements. (Sch i l l e r ) Sigh!

-MEXICO XEAA Mexicali, B.C. 11-21 0100-0250 i n and out W/XEQR type for-/(ED) mat. 'X-E-doble A" j i ng le a f t e r records. News from Radiorama (XEAA, XEAO and XPIR). (Gleason)

-MEXICO XELBL Radio Fies ta f i s i c a , San h i s Rio Colorado, Sonora 003E-0050 11/24 with t rop ica l luusic. Slogan i s new. (Gleason)

-MMICO XMG Mexicali, B.C. "Onda Loca H-GI1 W/US and IA rock 1 1/24 0017- 0030. Lots of screaming. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XFXT Tecate. B.C. 11/25 0058-01 15 a s Radio Variedades. Sof t Iatin . - rock, l o t s of ads. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XWC Puerto Penasco, 11/25 0140-0200 s/off w/sports show, ins t ru- m e n t a l ~ , some ads. Distorted. (Gleason)

-GUINEA Conakry heard 11/24 2215-22L5 but a s usual poor audio and not enough t o report . Of course they don ' t answer anyway. ( h n g e r f i e l d ) This one has has been verifying shortwave repor ts l a t e l y w/a l e t t e r . (ED)

-CANARY ISIANDS/SPAIN EAJ43 Santa Cruz probably the dominant one here a t 2230 on 1 1/24 a s d i r ec t ion was Africa. A Spanish s t n behind. (Dangerfield)

-MONACO 3AM2, Radio k n t e Carlo noted 11/22 0345 w/what sounded l i k e RR. Flu t t e r ing signal. Noteworthy only i n t h a t f i r s t TA logging i n severa l weeks what w/continueing h i A counts. (Sundstrom)

-DAHOMEY African mx looping t o African coast indicates Cotonou, a t 2225 on 11/24. Verified f o r me i n 1964. (Dangerf i e l d )

-MEXICO XMM Ciudad Delicias, Chih. "H-M Radio" 11/22 0050-0108 s/off. MoR SS and EE, news a t 0102. (Gleason)

-MMICO XMU Ciudad Frontera, Coah. 11/26 1241-1259 w/ID a s Radio Regional Frontera and "Mosaico Mexicano" show of ranchera mx. I did not have a l i s t i n g of t h i s . (Gleason)

-IVORY COAST Abidjen i n FF, 2230-225 on 11/24. Looped African coast. Verified i n 1963. (Dangerfield)

-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIJX Radio Zamba, Santiago Fbdriguez noted 11/22 0930- 1000 w/church program. 500 wat ts? (Thats whats l i s t e d , ED) (Sch i l l e r )

-MEXICO XERH Mexico. DF, "H, Radio Tricolortt 11/22 0630-0700 u/ranchera and nortena mx. (Gieason)

-SENEGAL Dakar good s igna l i n FF 2233 11/24. What happened t o 764? (Danger- -FRANCE ORTF Nice 11/22 w/pop mx, bes t of the hi-band TAs audible f i e l d )

t h i s PM, i n FF, good audio w/only a s l i g h t fading action. (~undst rom) -MMICO XEHX Salamnca, Gto. 11/25 1313-131 5 b r i e f ly w/local ads and i n t o a

ranchera song. No XEJPV on a t time (SM). (Gleason) -DOMINICAN REPUBLIC/UND/UNID Interes t ing frequency on 1 1/25 w/auroral condx

and no CKLM. Caught B d i o Union El a t 2302, probably HIAJ i n Santo Domingo. Weak s ig , and severe het. Qickly faded. A t 2312 another s t n up w/fairly good s ig . h R Latin sounding song, followed by anmt by woman and man i n what sounded l i k e a mixture of ~ G C and ?? The woman gave an address i n bndon and mentioned two telephone numbers. h s h y modulation and what seem- ed t o be a n OC on the f r e q (XERF?) made r eadab i l i t y d i f f i c u l t . Faded i n t o the mess a t 2320. A t 2343, a Spanish speaker was up w/ID a t 23L5 t h a t sounded l i k e "Radio Silenciontl, and what sounded l i k e mention of "Espanan jus t a f t e r the ID. Shortly a f t e r ID , vacuum cleaner turned on, and when I got it off 5 mins l a t e r XERF was strong. Several i n t e re s t ing p o s s i b i l i t i e s here, and I 've sen t t he tapes t o a couple of experts t o see what they can come up with. (Merrhan)

8 1580 -MEXICO XE4CH Radio Mexicam, %nterrey, N.L. 11/26 1 lhO 1200 w/ranchera mx,

announcing "XEACH, Radio Mexicam, 1590 kcs., 5 m i l wat ts de potencia, desde Monterrey, N.L., Mexico1'. (Glaason) Not su re of correct f r e q a s Dave shows both 1580 and 1590. I c a n ' t f i nd it l i s t ed . New s t n ? (ED)

1590 -MMICO XMC Radio B h i a , Rmemda, B.C. 11/23 01 50-0220 w/instrumentals and l o t s of ads. (Gleason)

1591, -PORTUGAL CS54 on top 0604 on 11/25. (Dangerfield) 1600 -MEXICO XEZA Los k c h i s , Sin. "La Zetan 11/22, 23, 24, 25 reat at s ignal ,

instrumental FM typs mx, IDS in YL voice, 0200-0500. Asked f o r repor ts t o Eox 965 which is a l s o XEl'NT-650's box. I s brand new. 1 s t week o r s o on the air . . (beason)

1602 -GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLJC BR Munich 11/22 w/classical m, mostly c lear , but w/more than usual fading, O43O-t WRL s p l a t t e r mede things appear worse than it r e a l l y would have been, too. (Sundstrom)

4 J N I D Orchestra mx w/a man and woman t a lk ing a fore ign tongue between songs. Jus t p s t 1600 because could hear s t n s c l ea r ly but t h i s s t a t i o n came i n very c l ea r w/occasional fading, 2300-231 5. A t 231 5 nran sa id "Radio a r U . What could t h i s possibly be? I a l s o g e t a SS s t n here a lso . (Yauf) Most l i k e l y i s the one l i sked above. No SS s t a t i o n has been reported on t h i s frequency t o my knowledge. (ED)

VERIFICATIONS

-M)MINICAN REPUBLIC HIAN Radio Quisqueyana, Santiago sen t i n t e re s t ing l e t t e r . Signer Jose Ovidio Goste Matos, Sub-Administrador Gral. Also a pc of Parque Duarte. (Stone)

-MEXICO XKTNT Zos k c h i s sent l e t t e r , s i g i l l eg ib le . Ebx 965. (Gleason) -MEXICO XETOR sen t ver ie l e t t e r , gives sked a s 6 AM - 7 PM a l l y e a r . From

Ju l io Salas b s a l e s . Ave. Juarez 635 R e . (Gleason) -ISRAEL Specific QSL, c o u n t r ~ #11h ver i f ied . (Dangerf i e l d ) '

-MEXICO XESU "Su S-U" Apdo. l6h0, Mexicali s en t l e t t e r from A. Wldonado Sotomayor, Gerente. Af f i l i a t ed w/XED.1050 and XMG137O. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XESB, l e t t e r from Jesus %nuel Serrano Quinones, Ave. Centenario No. 26, Santa Barbara. (Gleason)

-MEXIQO XML b d a l a j a r a , l e t t e r from Guillermo IBmos R. (Gleason) -ENGLAND LBC h d i o Medway sent l e t t e r from Miss 4 m e Eleaumont, 15anagervs

Secretary i n 1 week f o r mint stamps. (Calkin) -ENGLAND (P i ra t e ) Radio Kaleidoscope, London sent f u l l da ta card, 2 ca r

s t i cke r s and l e t t e r from v/s Pat B i son . 1 week f o r mint stamps. Reports t o 71 George St., bndon W1. (Calkin)

-INTERNATIONAL WATEES Radio Caroline sen t card w/frequency, comfirmation statement and thank you note; 5 months a f t e r 2 follow ups. (Calkin) -ISLE OF MAN %nx h d i o card i n 26 weeks f o r mint stamps giving sked, da t e and v e r i statement. ( b l k i n )

-MEXICO XMW Radio 13, P.O. Ebx 1266, Nogales, Arizona sent l e t t e r from C.P. Hector Vindiola Verdugo, Gerente. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XGCX, Radio Ranchito. Gustavo b p e z Moreno, Gerente sen t v/l and a pennant. Asked f o r more reports. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XEOX sen t l e t t e r from Luis Felipe Garcia de Leon, Gerente. (Qeason)

The repor ters f o r t h i s i ssue .

&egg CALKIN - Ehgland Craig COOK - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (by phone) Ben W!GERFIELD - Wallingford, Pennsylvania HQ-180, SM2, 501 long wire Fuss EDMUNDS - Wayne, New Jersey David GLFASON - Scottsdale, Arizona SPR-h, Sanserino loop Henry KAUF, Jr. - Kingston, Ontario Ron B. SCH- - l g h t h o u s e Point, Florida HGl80, 1101 long wire Dave SCHNIDT - New Castle, Delaware HC-180, SM2 B i l l STONE - Locust H i l l , Ontario Tom SUNDSTWM - Willingboro, New Jersey HQ-150, HQ-140X, OX-1 50A, 3E, long wire DSWCI - Danish Shortwave Club Internat ional

OMESTIC I X

editor.. Wes Boyd 960 W. Liberty

D i r a r d , Ohio 44420

216-545-4543 (Boyd) 216-534-1394 ( S t a r r )

F i r s t o f f , an i t em of i n t e r e s t t h a t c l e a r e d t h e UP1 ne r swi re today, 11/28, j u s t b e f o r e I headed t o Boydland. The f i r s t s t a t i o n has dropped AN i n v i e r of t h e energy c r i s i s . WRO 1230 Johnstom,PA is dropping AN i n f a v o r of a 0530-0130 sked. According t o manager Sandy Ner i , "Although t h e 24-hour service has proved q u i t e popular , i t i e i n t h e i n t e r e s t of a l l r h o consume energy t o do t h e i r part i n i ts conservat ion." The new sked rill t a k e e f f e c t 12/3/73. Maybe a t r e n d developing? Hope 80.

Nor a s Wes r ends l a r g e p i e c e s of paper i n t o t i n y s t r i p s wi th h i s magic s h e a r s , I rill begin t o touch, hope fu l ly , t h e c o r r e c t keys f o r a few more pages of DDXD. - *

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November RC p e r list: 3rd MM: KKIH-1000, WKIG-1580, WORV-1580, WPJD-1550, WVBS-1470 3rd TU: WOP-970, WV-1370, WAHT-1510, WPED-810 4 t h HH: PNGA-Z600 , WFX-1400, WBIR-1240 (Note: WNGA is new 4 t h SA: KV?3W-1480

FC Changes: 4 t h S k MTI-1560 TT o f f 0214, l i s t e d 0230-0245;unid 1240 0215-0230 11/24 4 t h MM: WJDY-1470, announcing FC 0021 on 11/26; WNGA-1600 0001-0030, new.

changes Skeds : 680 WMSJ NC f u l l t ime h e r e 0600 (0700)-2300, 0000 S a t , 2200 Sun. !HWB) 970 WAW MD 0600 (0800)-2315 980 WFHG VA 0500 (0630)-0100 1230 WKYG WV AN-6, SP: HM 0005-0500 1340 KHAR WV 0530 (0600 Sat, 0700 sun)-0100, Net: Ac

WTRN PA AN-6, SP: 2330 Sun-0600 MM 1490 WSDC SC NSP 1590 WSHN NH Sun s/on 0555 App l i ca t ions : 1400 Pagosa Spr ings , CO 1000 250 1470 Sedona, AZ 5000 D ???? M t . " i tney, CA s e e k s KINC Granted: 1530 Wagoner, OK 250 D 1580 Mt. Dora, FL 5000 D ???? P i n e v i l l e , LA g r a n t e d KPAC , 990 WWDA W I g ran ted WNNO 1450 WYAM VA g ran ted KEOO Otherness : 1380 ???? An ad i n Broadcas t ing s e l l i n g a new 1000 ratt XR tuned t o 1380,

s e z t h e e t a t i o n is n o r o f f t h e air. Anybody knor which 1380 is o f f ? Nothing no ted i n FCC data .

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640 WOI IA Cyclone8 FB 1630-1700 on 11/17 (JMP) 660 KSKY TX r / r e l i . 1815-1830 s / o f f 11/22 (JMP)

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1380 PNRI RI f i n a l l y w/ s/on 0600 on 11/18, i n t o nx and Christopher

Thought f o r the Day (JMP) 1390 WROA E(S r/SID, fone c a l l and IT 11/15 0217, apparent ET, WUS

off b r i e f l y (KDF) 1400 W L AL 11/12 f a i r 0452 ET/TT/ID (MIF) 1440 WGEM I L 11/19 noted s /off weak 0159 ~/SSB (DS)

W R FL 11/19 ET/m 0151-0157 w/IDs, l a t e r 0300 r/TT and ID 0307 (DS) noted 11/19 ET/TT/OC 0135-0152 ID (TRS)

1450 h i d ?? 11/26 0300-0303 l o c a l nx, many mentions of southern M I and mention of Midland area. W? (W)

Unid ?? 11/26 on top w/spots f o r Pontiac, WHLS (JWB) Pontiac t h e c i t y o r the c a r ? WBLS heard frequent ly and well l a s t year a t my QTB (JS)

1460 KSO I A 11/9 good w / n , temp and rr 0323-0330 (CW) W R n 11/19 w/ET/TT/OC 0135+, ID a s 14-60 Jacksonvil le a t 0149,

way a top a l l (TRS) W A PA 11/26 grea t on DX, s t a r t e d 0130, no t l i s t e d 0100 (RJE)

bare ly readable u/.QRW 0130-0200, good daytime here (JWB) Weak o/u noise on DX (HW)

+I470 WAR PA Is again AN w/rr, o ld ies , e tc . 300th eked change f o r t h i s s t a t i o n , noted AII 11/14 and every n i t e s i n c e as of 11/28 (JS) M y have changed again by the time you read t h i s (JS)

*I480 WJBM I L 11/6 f a i r 0601 w/TT and ID on scheduled ET (KDF) Don't q u i t e know what you mean by "scheduled ET", is i t weekly, monthly? (JS)

WMAX MI 11/19 again very loud ET 0133--0305+ (DS) 11/19 EP/TT 0211- th ru unid gospel s t a t i o n (TRS) 11/12 s t rong ET/mx 0233 (KDF) 11/26 i n c l e a r during WSAR t e a t 0145-0200 ( J W ) Heard here 0135 w/rr, l a t e r b i g band mx, etc . 11/26 (BWB) Looks l i k e he ETa every Mn. (JS)

+I500 KSTP MN 11/26 noted s /off 0330 a f t e r MoR, log s e z o f f 0400 (HWB) CKAY BC weak ten t . r / spor t s u/OC, featured many western Canada

games p lus na t iona l r e s u l t s 11/19, b u r s t of TT 0302-0315 ruined copy, gone a f t e r t h a t (JWB)

+I520 WTTO OKwill be going C&W en 12/1 r/WlVU c a l l s (JS) 1560 WADD NY 11/13 s t r o n g ET/1000Ez TT and frequent IDS 0107-0116 (PRD) 1570 Unid ?? 11/22etroag ET/TT/OC 0240-0407+, no IDS (JS) 1580 Unid ?? 11/16 s t r o n g OC 0138-0205 o f f , DF SW/NE, no ID (DS)

WCRV N J 11/19 good on ET/M:/'lT/u 0235-0250, I D and off (DS) 1890 KUW WA 11/19, a b i g a m p r i s e popping th ru WAKR once i n a d i l e ,

KUUUJID taped 0110 (RK) I j u s t hate people who hear th ings l i k e W U U I ! !. (JS)

WFTT MD 11/18 noted 0001+ w/lT, I D 0006 then OC o/WAKR w/excellent s i g n a l (TRS)

1600 WNEU WV regu la r SRS and SSS pes t on ET 11/14 w/ax 0007-0020 r / W U and YrWRI. (DS)

REPORTERS : RJE: Fbss Ednundn, somewhere i n N J , equipment unknown JWB: Joe Brauner, Punxnutamey, PA, SX-99, longwire GF: Geoff Fox, N. Olnstead, OH, SX-66, SM (Space Mag JMP: Jim Poterba, Yardley, PA, hq-200, SM CGB: Gordon Bailey, Ridgeway, ON, equipment unknown PRD: Paul Daplyn, Ottawa, ON, HRO-500, 4-foot loop JF: Jeff Falconer, Cl inton, ON, Kenrood 9R59DS, SM

RK: Bob Kramer, Chicago, IL, HQ129, 3x4 s p i r a l loop RL: Relfe Iuton, El izabeth City, K, SP600, 1200'E/W longr i re

More r e p o r t e r s :

DS: Dave Schaid, New C a s t l e , DE, HQ180, loop G3: (hry Schnabl, Mdison, WI, rece iver unknown, SM-1 TRS: Tom Sandstrom, l i l l i n g b o r o , N J , AQ145, SM-1, 0x150, LW BGK: George Kelley, Cambridge, MA, FTJ-2, looped FfWl3: Wes Boyd, Girard, OH, HQ180, Altaz loop JS: J e r r y S t a r r , Hubbard, OH, HQ180, 4-foot loop NN: Nanook Nelson, Rudson Bay River, ON, % t e l l RU-1-2

I n v i e r of the chance t h a t m e nat ion is re turned t o Daylight Time during the energy c r i s i s , please remember t o list a l l your l i s t i n g s i n FLT only. By the time you read t h i s , you w i l l probably know i f t h i s b i l l has been passed.

1 Reporters who have not informed u s of t h e i r equipment, please do so, i only once is s u f f i c i e n t s i n c e a master list is kept here.

So much f o r t h i s week, a s our i l l u s t r i o u s h s i n g s e d i t o r would say, 'b CUN-7. Uncle Wes p d D r . J e r r y over and out. 73. HQ, it 's a l l yours.....

Verie submitted by Greg Calkin, London

THE ONLY LOCAL RADIO BROADCASTING HOUSE, STATION AND THE ONLY DOUGLAS HEAD, LICENSED COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION IN THE

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188M ( 1594 KHz ) DARKNESS

91.2 MHz 89 MHz V.H.F.. THROUGHOUT

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THIS CONFIRMS YOUR RECEPTION REPORT DATED .:\!.7.!..:..;...2.:..

editor.. Ernest R. Cooper

14 43s E. aist st. Carrier Route 66

musings of the members Brooklyn, N. Y. 11226

JAM= E. CRITUlElT - 1103 North Street - Yreks, h l i f o r n i a - 93397 &om 11/6-19 mly one reception report has been sent, t o

WIRE-1430, b d . heard from 3:433m Br t o 3:55 hl. 11/16 and from 3:30-4:45 Bit. 11/17. firthese E reg loml s tat ion heard from here. No verifications have been received. Tues. 11/6 @ 2:02 KQ4C-550 Ore. #/off; on @ 9:59 several recent morn- ings; new sked. Fri. l l / g @ 3:5hm " N o b o ~ plays more mx t f an KSTP" on 1500 KXPX. SN 11/11 (ESP) KId-13lO Brstow, (81. tes t ing 3:26-3:30. Wed. 11/14, kTf?1-1)~33 presumed t o be the TPer on t h e i r r/c. KOVE-1330 a weaker 'IT during t h e i r +/c T r l . 11/6 (at. 11/1-7 FST) @ 2: 1 k m on 11p there WAR a TI?, but no I D heard; poss ibb KISO, on t h e old Kt= r / c time. 91 11/18 @ 3, KID-1430 irtah s / ofe, & P ;r3'C1. 0.M-1430 (81. went off, leaving 1430 open for CXFH Toronto & WIm Sked ch=nges for FZ.0 & KAIM. M 11/19 R 2:&, CBK-190 Sssk went off, leaving C H T n o + - . F r o m 3 : S t o 2:33SoMO~asaloneon 1000; noKKIM. At3:03, (XXL- 11 ms t l e cnly m e heard; no ICLUC f /c . A t 3:35 -w)7J-15eQr c a l l change from K?"3,1.4rco, %a@ the only s ta t ion IM; no UKIG f/c, no K E Y . Sorrj t o report neither VfiF-L250 nor KINP1110 w s heard on nY Specials. KYA & KGIL were on L E O unt! 4, then KYA alone. KFAB was an 6-7, R.. RR[A came on @ 3:55 W/OC only. K W D i s a semi-local, & would have teen hsrrl clearly i f on; signed on @ 8:59 t'?'? 1191- From 4:45 t o 5:05, KW-1L;O Flint Wch. wrs on top; :E :: 5. ~t 9:01 I"V;y-l.250 %en%ynlne ZBlma, Cai. 3 /on; not on for l is ted r /c @ 3: L5. lhat i s e- ncugh. %treni,y l ines i s not enough for semilreekly reports. Best wishes.

- FORTH - 630 South Ardmme - Villa Wrk, I l l i n o i s - 60181

Hello amin . TLT les dropped sove recentky, but i s s t i l l going strong. It seems CX for t h i s season werea't a l l what they were supposed t o be (so fir, e q w y ) . lb6 A-Index has only dipped t o an extremely lw level n cou- ple of t-lrre~. Highfights of esrly November tK: I lamed a i l f lve Texans on 1530 P S%, a l l +aped & vesied except XGET. KKM-lKO i n v e l l t h i s M4 on t h e i r f / c 2'10->:I? W'. I f you need 1 . M . t h i s appears t o be your best bet. Yes, W9R i s NSD, heerd here nov every MH w/NX. I n w s r thought I ' d be woeied about R pest, f Y ~ m Arizom, hi . I44 11/12 was fa i r ly good for me; three new stations (KEM sentloned ear l ier) , WFFC-960 Athens, Ga. ET/TT w/WERc, & UHAL-639 w/end of ?p @ 3:05 mFxing w/XHOW. FK called me @ 12:22 and informed me of KOFL/KJW/KVI/ LW reception a t his place, some 15 miles away, & I went t o sleep w/a heavy h a s t , h i . My new SC l i s t w i l l bewailable i n a week o r so. Apologies go out t o a 2 those correspondents/frlends who have been m i t i n g for it for some time. By no mmns i s it a s large a s a Csrl k m or hank M e r r l l l l i s t , but i f you vrnt a copy, l e t me know. 73 . KICB WCHM4N - WLPH - 341 South Second Street - L i t t l e fills, New Yo* - U365

I hcpe t h i s n m won't muse Exnie t o t a r up t h i s msing, but XLW joined t h e ranks of t h e ANers a s of 10/23. We're na i 24 hours a day, except for Sunday night when we s/off O 11 & resume @ 5 M. The host of the AN Show i s - me! Tbe fo rmt i s modern comtry, & t h e acceptance of t h e shov has been very good. I enjoyed attending t h e Country Mx DJ Convention i n Nashville during C c t - ober. I met personnel from a n y stations, a s well a s several country performers. The shows were outstanding. I unexpectedly saw much Tennessee countryside, when the plane developed problems, and the pssengers had t o take a bus from Knoxville t o Nashville. KLEI-1230 i s now MOR from 4-7pm weekdays, progressive rock has returned from 10pm-12 weeknights- A f /c a t day p o w (1 kw) vrs Conducted 11/17. I'd k d no urrning - 1'11 t r y t o flnd out the date & time of the next one. send reports of any receptions t o our CE, a s he won't respond. Your best b& would be t o send them t o me. Our CE works a t qui te a few stations, AM, pW, & TV. Well, Mom muted me t o be an M.D., and n w I am one - Wsic plrector of m. Congratulations t o t h e N.J.P.C. fo r the f ine job they're doing. 73s.

BILL STONE - RR 1 - Locust Bi l l , (htar io - - WO 15

m g up here m e so bad - I t r i e d t o get another 500' of copper wire on sly d i r e c t i o a l SE a t e n m yesterday - but pourlng rain put a stop t o it. % w i r e cutting t h e corn on the back t e n acres a l l day today - so by tomorrow morn I vi 1 have a c la r shot a t it. Just t o show ypu ths r ' s IP( i f you're thar , here's a report t o s tat ions CIWM KIBS + KCBS, W/KBIG 1, CBlN 2, & KCBS poor 3. Now t h a t I got the 1,001 jobs down into the 20s t rying t o catch up on t h e m i l . They've had me on restr ic ted driving since 7/72. h 10/15 the doc Mnrlly on saw mve length a s I, gave permission t o drive on Bwys 2, 7, 47, & b8, short distances. I ' m 6 ' miles E of &&ham, you go through Green River & s t i l l climb- ing h i l l , a s you get t o t h e top, turn right, I ' m secmd firm SS Bwy 7, last hause W of Klondfke Mike's - next door. I have 1,200 yards E by W on Ihry 7, then prop- er ty goes S for $ mile tomrds Whitevale. 11/19- Some guy tes t ing On 1570 W/ZT from ll:20pm 11/18, never mve aqy ID by l2:lsm 11/19 - left . 1:15-1:40 on 650

t Emisom Mouserrate top of t h e two SSea. I was copying MCIM on f /c 2:lkm when he -6 completely covered by SS - no location heard - just. I D a s R. Nil, no he a s there a r e three R. Mils on 1000. iWn f / c over B 2:N. Bck t o sack 8 231,. I get up a t 5:40 t o take boy t o work, so I needed res t . Who i s l ining up IWRC TP[ es? Not a peep out of WGIR - CCPB S-9 -why were they not sked for SM when rjCPB off7 Previous MM it vas same stroy, N.M. CM slugged by Kingston, Cbt. Esd CXWS been contacted they wpuld gladly b v e stood by, having done so a dozen or m r e times i n years p s t . %is AM 11/19 a number of stations t ee t ing w/TT on 1450 1 4 9 1300 1400, not one IDed.

IAURElT GAQJCTi - 994, 4th Avenue - Quebec, Q uebec..- G 1 J 3A9 On 11/14 there a s a good 'W opening. A t 6:30pm Y. Gem-1%

then @ 6:40 t h e hr tuguese on 1578 wis heard for t h e second time. A t llpm, AIE- 854 uas i n w/a good signal; 11:30 Port~qpl-1034 uas heafd & st the same time hr deaux-1205 was very good. A t 11:40 Crowborotlgh-l2lb G r e a t BritAin, heard w/for- eign language program. ~t midnight, ~~rsmar-762 Portugal was m @ 12.1Qm Lisbon on 665. On 11/15, becauee TA CX were good tha t night, I unt to check the opening of Bordeaux-1X)5. A t ll:kOpm, the ca r r ie r wns on, a t 11:22 they put on a hetro- dyne s i g m l t h a t lasted u n t i l about 11:28, then I heard t h e French AA "Ia k r - se i l l a i sew. A f t e r t ha t the announcer glves the hour a s follows: It vlll be 5:30 i n 30 seconds, t h a t i s , ll:30pm, EST* and continues wlth the NX. CX were so good. there vas pmctical ly no &ding; d i f f i c u l t t o understand but a t the mme time Nancy-836 & ~il le-1376 had a very gpo* signal & Nice-159 was not audible a t a l l . Between U:30 & 1, t h s t i s 11/l6, R. ~i ram-13* uas heard i n FF fo r the f i r s t 15 minutes & w/a t e r r i f i c s i g m l a t tfmes. (h 11/17, d 12:05am I heard piano mx on 656 w/antenm t o ~ r d ~ f r i c a . ~t 1.2:10 a nan urs talking rapidly i n ss & I un- dertand - R. Nacioml de Espam, then some bsnd mx resembling t h e W i l l l a m T e l l Overture. Could it be E4JS3, S p n i s h Sahara a t tha t early hour?

TXM KERFOd - 34 Cross Street - West.cn, Qtar io - M 9 2B9 New mtches: 11/3- wCWC-1600 6:25-6:50pm, domimting frequency.

, l l /7- IOdCB-1130 6:&4: apm on top, then dropped off abruptly. 11/16- KEDO-810 7:40-8em, easily readable U/WGY. 11/11- WTVR-1380, 4:46-4:53pm on top f o r a fcv minutes; I just caught ID but no report possible. 11/17- UkNR-620 l2:01Dp:&m, rough U/VEPE. E/W reception vas good tha t morning. KCES-740, 1:25-2:15m, beau- t i f u l copy. Unn XNX-lC70 & KKIII-1550 were both strong. CFCY-630 came a s a red surprise @ 2:36em; just tuning up t o t h e other end of the band & caught c a l l d e n tuning through 630. 'Ibey were O/WPRO u n t i l 1 2:55. So evidently they a r e AH nuw. That vrs province #9 heard. One verie - wMC-l600 73.

E%UL R. m w - 830 m i s o n Crescent - Ottawa, (htar io - a 2 ~ 5 Some interest ing info on YEILT-1550 - new address is 630 Cbkvooa

Ave.,West h r t f o r d , Ccnn. 06110. mey h v e a r /c U:01-12:30 every th i rd Wed., no detai ls on mmdulation yet- &ly interest ing veries i n hte ly a r e WHYZ-1070 m-119 UKKX-1210 b m. A couple of minor c o ~ e d i o n s for BRC Log: CBRS-10s address i s Longueui&, P.Q., and WKMl i s 5200 S ta te g+ Best of 73s!

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