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JOSEPH 3. BECKER. SR., PRESIDENT W A Y 8. EDGE, EDITOR

iSSCtED WEEKLY-V-$Z,BO PER YEAR

Vol 12 No 21 Feb 10 1945 We welcome the renewal. of J i m McNamara. who i s now

back home from the hospital.. Good luck and a sp'eedy recovery, J i m .

DX CALPINDAR DATE--CALL---LOCATION-------------------- KCS---CLUB------ ALL TIMI3 EWT---- FEB 13 VISE Ashevil le N C 1.23Q N R C 4:00 - 4 : 3 0 AM

v$ 1420 TEGT-NHC 5:30 - 6: 55 AM B raz i l 1270 N R C 3:00 - ~ : Q O AM

23?%EE Escanaba IiIich, 1490 TEST 2:00 2:30 AM

WISE-ASHEVILLE N C Well another month ro1.l.s around znd our good f r i end Miss Bet ty Freeman i s s t i l l dedicat ing t he check programs of WISE t o t he N R C . The boys wr i t e i n saying t h a t she i s s t i l l g e t t i n g r epo r t s from the members, sometirnes no t so many and then ags in 2 good bunch. We can say t h a t Bet ty deserves a l o t of p r a i s e f o r her continued cooperation and g l so thanks t o you who have continue6 t o r epo r t . One thing i s always ce r t a i n , when you tune i n t o Bet ty you can be sure of a ha l f hour of enjoyment. Thanks t o you Betty Freeman from a l l of us NHCers, WiSR-ST ALBIWS .YT This s t i t i o n w i l l be on t e s t i n g f o r NHC on both above dates . They w i l l use 1000 watts . M r . Winston L. Blake, Manager of ~'V1'SR wants t o conduct some t e s t s on how WWSR i s r ad i a t i ng , so every one who can i s urged t o tune i n and r epo r t on both programs. There w i l l be some & l i g h t d i f fe rences a t t r ansmi t t e r on t he two mornings, This will give many of you boys a chance t o log and r e p o r t a s t a t i o n i n Vermont and i t i s believed t h a t t he l4kO kc.channe1 w i l l be c l e a r from 5:30-6:45~M. A t 6:45 AM S t a t i on WHK and W O C . w l 1 1 come on, but t h a t v v i l l be only f o r t he l a s t 10 minutes. Mr. Blake has assured t h e t every co r r ec t r epo r t w i l l be ve r i f i ed . So you west coas t l a d s here i s a chrnce t o v e r i f y a Vermont S ta t ion . Thanks t o M r . Blake f o r h i s cooperation. A r r , by D r John Kirk.

WGNC-GASTONLA N C I n regard t o ver i fy ing I am inc l ined t o agree with Dave Thomas. I understand where r burs t of s t a t i c can knock out a c a l l , butfrom Gzstonia,I real1.y would I.ike f o r them t o ge t the cnlf.,as my pol-

. i c y i s t he Ca l l c ? t l e a s t every 5 minutes(un1css busy t a lk ing t o the Freq Monitor s t a t i o n v i a Long . ~ i s t c n c e ) i n which cese,bve might run over by a minute o r so,but i n general I would say t h s t in '90$ of t he t ime, i f you can h e x us f o r 10 rninutes,you w i l l h tve go t t en our c a l l a t l e n s t t h r ee times 2nd no t l e s s thzn 2 znd i f you can 1.og the t i t l e s , y o u should c l s o be sb l e t o log t h e c ~ l l . 1 dont see how anyone c-n g e t :\ decent r epor t , one t h a t could be l e s s than 10 minutes of 1-istening. I th ink you should read n o t l e s s then 30% preferable 50% and zbove f roE t h ~ f i r s t 10 minutes, o r not l e s s than 20% on 1 5 minutes I . is tcning,for z complete r epor t , znd r epo r t what you read. It does no gcod t o TcnC it 837; and r e p o r t on1.y 58 of vhnt you read. I f you csn read 3.0$ from 30 rninutcs l i s t en ing , t hen I th ink you v , r i l l have enough f o r pos i t i ve i d e n t i f i c s t i o n of the s t a t i o n ~ncl program so you ccn repor t . I jus t thought I wou1.d g i v e you the opin- ion of the idea of one Chief Engineer th::t was on t he o ther end of the l ine when it comes t o ver i fy ing r epo r t s ::nd sending i n of r epo r t s on re- cept ion. Our antenna i s not ES e f f i c i e n t 2s i t should be. Our l o c a l dny- time and Nighttim5 signcl. i s only about 1/; or 2/3 of whzbt i t should be. V!L have o11l.y c. 1.50 f t tower,sl.ightly l e s s thtln 1./4 wzvc :ad i s shunt fed.

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 - - 4 - - - - d - d d d - - - - - - - - - - - - - d - - - - d d - - - FREQUENCY FROLICS February 1 0 1945 WGNC-Conc To top i t all. an inadaqua te ground system. Add t h a t up and you s e e we dont g e t o u t l i k e we shou1.d. I wou1.d l i k e t o have a 1/2 wave se r - i e s f e d , i n a s l i g h t d i f f e r e n t l o c a t i o n Local ly wi th a new ground system I hope t o g e t i t a f t e r t h e war bu t dont know. We a r e planning FM and I do n o t know i f t h e money tviP1. be coming f o r both. Maybe g e t t h e FM f i r s t which f r a t h e r have, theh maybe the new tower for WGNC, W C Groves Jr,

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Thanks a l o t Mr. Groves f o r your interest and I am sure t h a t a l l the boys w i l . 1 r ead your comments wi th interest and g e t some p o i n t e r s on how and whet t o r e p o r t . KCS CALL REMARKS 570 NrK131!4 Youngstown,O coliies on SUN z t 7:30 AM spoi1.ing WMAM h e r e ( ~ d g e ) 620 KHoL Knoxville,Tenn s/on 7AM SUN ( ~ o b r i e l - ~ a k e w o o d 0 ) 640 T G W Guatemala C i ty h r s excel.l.ent s i g n c l h e r e every evening from

8RM on (Idorrison-C%evel.and 0) 660 CMCL Havana,Cuba This i s new c a l l f o r CMZ-J.. Actual. anriounced 1.0-

c a t i o n i s fqlsrianno,which I b e l i e v e i s a suburb of ~ a v a n a ( ~ o r ~ i ) 760 CMCQ Havana, Cuba i s your s t a t i o n behind WJR-BATSON (fkzhxhaSWorri) 850 WEEU Reading,Pa hrd s/on a t 8AM SUN o en Kruse-Ft Monmouth N J) 940 XEQ Mexico C i t y , Cant unders tand anyone missing t h i s ca1.l. They

announce f r e q u e n t l y a s "XEQ Cuidad de Mexico" a l s o u s e s 6 chimes, 1.i s t e n t o them every evening ,Exce l l en t dance music o or)

1050 CHUM Toronto,Ont. This s t a t i o n n o t on c i r as y e t 2/8 (Edge) 1070 KFBI W i c h i t a , K ~ n s/on 7AM SUNDAYS (Gabr ie l ) 1220 R G A R , Cleveland,O has new v e r i e card i n r e d wi th large whi te c z l l

l e t t e r s and b lue p r i n t , n e z t , (Gabr ie l ) 1230 RJOB Hnmmond, Ind qow c l n i t e r ; G r i n & Bear i t ( ~ a b r i e l ) a l s o WJOB

s / o f f a t 5AM ( ~ o w a r d cad Johanns) 12.40 WJTN Jarnestown N Y cnn be hrd 6:30-7AM h e r e (Kruse)

KOVO Provo,U t ah . Suggest t r y i n g every MON AM a t 3:30(~artho3.omew) 1320 lKIU4.N Halifax,N.G, a r e cons ide r ing p u t t i n g on c DX i n l a t e Feb o r

~ r l y MAR. i i i l l l .et me know i f they dec ide i n favor o f i t ( ~ a b ) ock HI11,S.C. on chock 211.5-2:30 Ab1 on 2 / 5 ( l s t MON) wi th t rong s i g n a l s . ( ~ a r a l d Howard-Viapakoneta, 0 )

KRMD Shxeveport,La announced as t h e i r r eg f r e q check as being on 3rd WED from 5:30-5:45AM Hre on ]..I-7 ( ~ o w ~ r d )

'l.410 WEGO Concord,N ,C. hrd i n c l e a r S U N from 7:30-8AM (Kruse) 1400 WIFOR Ha t t i e sbu rg , Miss checked 2/8 4-4:15 AM Johanns) 1450 KONP P t Arigeles,l\~ash now on air. 0nl.y s t a t i o n i n US t u u se a F i r

, Tree a s antenna tower, dl.ogan ~INorthwestern-most S t a t i o n i n 11 Call. meaning glympic Z a t i o n q l Eark ( ~ d d r e s s ) ( ~ a b r i e l ) stoni9,N.C. Cor rec t Check *is 4 t h MON 4-4:30 ( ~ r o v o s , c . e . ) nroc,La hrd 3 rd WED check 4:lfi-4:35AM. Have a l r eady v e r i f i e d

very a t t r a c t i v e l e t t e r head and s igned by Howard E G r i f f i t h c h i e f eng ineer . (Harold "award)

WXOH Hamil,ton,O orily on check from 3:45-4, AM, n o t 4:15 (Johanns V.-ASK Lafaye t t e , Ind checked f o r I./4chour dinom 2-2: 15 AM ') Johanns PLAP Lexington,Ky checked 3rd FRI 2-2: 30 AM f rom ver ie (J0hanns)

1580-5 ??? Please read Doc k i r k ' s r e p o r t on page 4, and see i f any of

1 you lads c a m l p h i m o u t on t h o s t a t i o n he has heard ,

i' - , CALI, LETTERS ASSIGNED." WPIK Alexandria,Va on 730 kcs 250 w a t t s

WHldC Henderson, N C on 890 k c s 250 w a t t s DAYS DELETED BY WPB;- WBHD-Petersburg,Va and WHGB-Harrisburg, snd Re- lns tz ted

a r e KNAK cnd ULL i n d a l t Lakc. C i t y , Utah. ( ~ ~ p l i n a t i o r i nex t week)

Members Se rv i ce Fund i s now t i t $36.50, A donat ion of & l . O O from Clarence Burnham w;s r ece ived s i n c e l a s t l . i s t i n g , Thanks 2 l o t t o you a l l and you

a can be s u r e t h n t t h e boys i n Se rv i ce n p p r e c i a t e what you fe1,lows a r e doing.

NATIOEJAL, RADIO CI,UB DX I?iEjTJS - .- - TIPS and LEG @igOgTg _ + - - - - - _ _ -Pagg 2 J'ebruary-l-L! 31,945- k - - - - - , - AL BAEiTH0L0~v~VV-CtlhlVIIiG N Y KVOP heard Jan check and back prompt1.y wi th a 1 -e t t e r c e r i e , s igned by Ke i th Loyd, ch ie f ann, q u i t e a long l e t t e r . WGKV stil.1. u se 1.00 v,lc!!t;ts a.ccording t o v e r i e s igned by .C P Vogel. Jr , Pro D i r * WKl\3E back 1 ,as t tijeel; and lillRI,D a. f b 1 - e t t e r v e r i e s igned by Dige Bishop,c.e. I enjoy t h e f fGrea t Scott!! on N Y I E mornings, h e l p s t o pa.ss t h e time. DAVE ' T ~ ~ v U ~ , - P ~ ; ~ O C ' ~ G ~ ~ V I , ~ L ~ 0 Thanks Steel. f o r d a t a on VIIEUM, i t prernit ted me t o g e t i t on 2 / 4 f o r 1st time and a lso receive K V I C del'inquent verie* What about KVIBWls v e r i e pol.icy?? 19e3.1. Phil. and Pop you were n o t t h e onl-y ones t o g e t CKl4Vlf oi? 1 /9 th . Hrd then and t h e v e r i e has been rece ived a.l.so. KIRK v e r i f i e d WURIS -on t e s t . f o r low povtered one of 2s wtltts on 1560 kcs . Nice v e r i e i n from CJCkf, TO BILI, dTOfJE-Your.3rd s t a t i o n behind KUBD-KFPY was a Gpick,not a Cuban,tnk Nlex, h rd h e r e too . Who i s i t fel.l.ows? On all. n i g h t of 2/4t.$1 aga in . KPAb f i n e t h r u mess a.nd KWEW h rd al.so. XERC v e r i e i n . HILDING GUdTAF6Olil-RUCKFUHD I L L T h e l . a s t 'bu1.leti.n was a honey. For one t h i n g i t c l e a r e d up t h e mystery s t a t i o n t h a t I r epo r t ed e a r l i e r i n t h e Season on 1052 kcs . It i s H I 3 A . Th i s s t a t i o n i s good h e r e many evenings . 3/off a t 1.1 P&l EWT. Have rece ived v e r i e s from Brookmans Park-Stagslow and London National. Thats 5 BBC v e r i e s t h i s w in t e r . TPs were good h e r e SUM AM t h e 4 t h . 2YH on 750 kc, was good w i t h a program c o n s i s t i n g of a f o r e i g n la11 uage. A language 1 have never heard before . H e s igned off a t 6 AM ERT. 8 4QS on 760 kcs wns very good h e r e . 5CL on 730 kcs was corn- ing t h r u wi th a. weak signal.. 2BL on 740 was coming t h r u f a i r ; 4QR on 940 kcs was f a i r , (Yes Hil.ding I h rd t h i s one and could have r epo r t ed but I j u s t couldnt remember t h e t i t l e s of t h e s e l . ec t ions -~ay ) 3AH on 1-03.U was very good. The o l d re l . i ab3 .e~ IYB and 3 Y A were 2.oud. The TPs shou1.d be g e t t i n g b e t t e r every day now zxld should be. a t t h e i r peak a t t h e end of t h i s month. PAT E~EILLEY-J.A~~~B~TU~II:J N Y 11/30 Very no i sy so ~ e n t brick t o bed. 1/31 Bad buzzing he re , locsl . i n t e r f e r e n c e , man says i t 1 ~ ~ s a l l o v ~ r t o m . 2/1 1 d i d n t hear Ifi;EiliN a t sked t ime and need him a.s he d i d n t v e r i f y before;WASK on check a s per l i s t ; Spick or1 830 kc mtil. 3:U2, over h a l f hour wi th no t a l k and a loca l wi th c y c l e tones on top; Who i s behind WAAT? I t s a Spick but who. 2/2 b l i z z a r d blov~ing and no i sy a t 2, so back t o bed, was going t o mak~ a n i g h t of i t as i t wzs riy day o f f . 27 r e p o r t s stil.1. o u t and no v e r i e s coming back now f o r days. 2/3 KTBC checked 3 - 3 ~ 3 0 ; KXEL t e s t a t 3:1.5; M'HAS seems t o be o f f every Saturdzly AM, W C A checking a t 3:40 on top a f FIIBQ; XET on 990 kcs 2nd znnouncing i n Engl.ish, rs .d io lousy today with bzs sv i sh ing n o i s e . 2/4 Cou1.d hard1.y keep my eyes open 2nd took . c a t naps i n f r o n t of s e t . HJAK wz..s good on 1310 a t 2:50; XETU on 1460 kcS wasxstrong a t 2~55, an unknown Spick on 1540 kcs t h u t wasnt s t rong enough t o pul.1. t h r u . Had a swel l l e t t e r from Ed \l!yman i n t h e P h i l i p p i n e s and al-so one from Warren Routzahn i n Burma. WCLE still. us ing o l d c a l l on 61.0- 2/5 Gui te no i sy ,v~es t c o a s t e r s good i n s p i t e of n o i s e , A Mex on 920 bu t q u i t e weak h.ere. rE&lLT t e s t i n g a t 2:4U and l a t e r . WJHP b w k f o r f i r s t v e r i s i n a week, Where can I buy c. 3.2-58-7 tube????????? CPL LEN &USE-FT MOidhiiOUTii N J St i l .1 doing a l i t t l e DXing i n J e r s k y while s t i l l . 'kt t h c s t a t i o n hosipta l . . Coming ;;lorig OK. 2/2 VVSBILB i n c l e a r a t 7:15 PM w i t h a good s i g . 2/L+ Logged WEGO f o r 3,st t ime wi t11 r e l . ig ious p r o from 7:30-8AM. hl-so WEEU vvzs h r d f o r ].st t ime,s/on e t 8AM; L a t e s t v e r i e s i n ?!ere 1 , ~ t t e r s f roln VJFVA-WPEN-WATR-VVOKO-KXEL, :i becut i ful . 1-e t terhead verir; from WKBO and from WCBT came L e t t e r s from bo th t ha Pro D i r & C,E. Bci-ng a n e t i v e Iovtan it r e e l l y sounds good t o h e a r KXEL n i g h t l y wi th Iowa news. Between 6130-7AM VJJTN c m be h r d ecch week d ~ y . lT!:;.s h ~ p p y t o sue Jack G u i n t r ~ l . 1 back i n aga in and nl~~ybe w e can see each o t h e r sometime being on ly 60 mi les c?.part. How cbout i.t Jack? WL ccn be s u r e W \ D C i s our f r i e n d a f t e r t h e r e c e n t l . e t t e r frdm than. To AL BARTHOLOhIEW. I fuJ.1.y ngree WGKV i s ::L todgh n u t , t r y i n g f o r p a s t month t o l o g them z..t 6AM st s/on. What has happened t o LEFTY COOPER???? TOO MUCH BEONX OF LATE????

NATIONAL R A D I O CLUB DX NEWS TIPS and LPO REPORTS 2lilge-4- - ..., , - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , - Fgbyusrx 50-1-242

~ H U C K b l i l l ~ ~ h - ~ ~ ~ u l f . CROFT 6 C J u s t about through down here. 111.1. have 3.ittl.e more time during the next vveek,so wil.1 t r y z 1.ittl.e evening DXing 2nd t r y f o r a feb, ve r i es . Although I have had no chznce t o DX, t h e bul- 1.etins have been very wel.come and a r e immedi;ltel,y devoured from f r o n t t o r e c r . 1 sure *!oul-d hbve l i k e d t o have had a chance- to t r y f o r KORE and f o r t h e o ther f i n e DXes. The CPC certzin1.y i s t o be congr~ tu l . a t ed , I re-

, ceived s: cl.ipping from a Pi t t sburgh pcper and JJ Lcux o f KQV and WSTV has appl ied f o r n neu s t o t i o n t o opersite on 730 kcs v r i t k l 250 wa t t s f o r the durs t i o n and tnen 1. Kllil. ~ L ~ S O f o r 2.n F-Nl s t : l t i o n , (OK Chuek & Tnx) HANK h'ILi(Il4dON-??????? We1.l. boys I wi1.3. nut be a c t i v e f o r a while. Also pl-e@se do not la r i te unt i l . my NE\Y QRA cppetLrs i n t h e bul . le t in , Expect t o feeve Bzltimore on Feb I.Oth f o r Los Angel-es. After 12 years o f o f f 2nd on DX i n the E : I s ~ will. h;nve a nev f i e l d t o opera te i n , so vrnratch out . 2~0 ti].& z coup1.e weeks a r so, will. sxy so I . ~ n g . (OK H::nk and l e t s hope you have : svFeJ.1 and SAFE t r i p ) DOC JO.hN W K1I.X.-PT PLEAdANT W VA L i t t l e t o r e p o r t t h i s time. Hcve done relntive1.y 3.ittl.e DX here pas t fev days . Had cornpEny 2nd j u s t havent hcd time t o be a t the r ad io very much. Did note t h a t CA ~ ~ n d SA s t a t i o n s aw- f u l l y good 3 or 4 evenings t h i s p s s t week,and got r e p o r t s out t o some. Maybe g e t 2 few v e r i c s i n from some of them. Sure hope so,as postage on those babies (Send :1,3.3. fo re ign r e p o r t s cir-m~lil) renl1.y runs, i n t o r n i c e sum, Bo~~ever,suppose t h a t they vcil.1. most I.ikely not v e r i f y , they most of- t e n do n o t , Sure got i n one verie t h a t pl.ec?ses me & l o t , i t i s from WUMS Suppose t h ~ t 1 hrve perhtps spent rnorc, t i n e tuning f o r i t and hzve s e n t him more r e p o r t s than Lnyone e 3 . s ~ i n t h e country. It sure does look good t o m e t o hzve h i s v e r i e . Undcrstcnd t h ~ t the rc m e ve ry few verf es from him i n exis tznce,perhtps t h ~ t o t t l . number no t cxceeding L. h5l.f dozen. It s u r e i s n ice t o lxnot~ t h a t I do h:ve a p o s i t i v e d e f i n i t e v e r i e from him. HELP PLEASE Who i s the st:-tion hrd between Lk:l.5 ;nd 12:45 noon on 1580 or 1585 kcs? H a v ~ been chasing him f o r p ; s t 2 yczrs :nd sti3.l do no t know one thing zbout him, hecent1.y wr s hrd on Jzn 30th betfieen l2:30-12;38N00n A t 12:30 plzyed Your Driving Me Crazy, then : t 12:34 pl-tyed same record. 1.2:37 modulation l e f t t h c o i r 2nd :it 12:38 c ~ ~ r r i e r l e f t t h e ~ i r . 140 voice ann wcre used. T h e n Fcb ].st w ~ s hrd put t ing h i s c ~ r r i e r on ~t 12:29-30. 12:30 put on a r scord containing t h e l i n e '11 Love You 1bio1-e & Moretf A t 1 2 ~ 3 0 he put on a o t h e r record which I d idn t recognize. Got i n touch with Thomas but he h?s never hrd i t . T h i s un'mlown seems t o cornr, i n bes t On a N-S antenna. Hrd on1.y one voice ccnrl 2 y w r s ;.go. then he s a i d W~OXQXKO So some he lp pl.e;se, only hrd him 2 t noon tirnt. Nevtr zny ads c t c 0 Hzve plcnty of dope i f 1 knew where he w ~ s , CLARENCE BUhNHAEl-GLO&CE.STEfi BILAdS Ver i e s r re t r i c k l i n g i n , nsmely WBML- WCOV-~~\WAI~-WATN-WENT-\~~~JLB-~VCAX-I.CL,~~~~ and WITH-WHBQ-CHEX-ViHYN with cards. The l . ~ t t e r hr s c n i c e QSL c:..rd, Ireports out t o TIBAS-KXYZ-KTAR(~;~.~ AM j&ogrcrn) W I N N reg t e s t 1/28 2;30-.3AM. Docs WBIH vkr i fy? Have n i c e r e p o r t out 5 v ccks t o him. Who signed ofifct 2AM on 630 kcs on 1/28, s a i d it, was 1.2 MDT using 5 KVr. J u s t ccught t h ~ 2nd of s /o f f . Wcs t h i s KVOD-Denver? KTAR w r s Q-5 Fi 6-7 a t t h z t time on 620 kc z.nd t h i s f t l l .o t1 v ~ s Q5 R 8 , The B r r z i 1 i c . n ~ good on 1/29 rnd 1./30 :nd on $i&$h30th hrd r nerr one. PRA-4 On 740 kc,c Q5 R 7 c t 8PM th ru Cen:idi;n. PhH9-$40 ;].so good a t 7;45~M-8:15PM Q 4-5 H9-7; PRA6-PRF4-PRE3 il.so good, PRG3 cnnounced ~t 8;30 PM on 1280 a d wc s Q5 R 9 f o r 42 minutes thcn fzded. T h ~ n k t h t l o r d I h ~ v e t h a t b ~ b ~ ~ v e r i f i e d . YRE4 on 1-300 i s tough nu t t o c r ~ . c k . Plenty of QhM on t h a t chcnnel. C X ~ on 65d kc cl.so good s i g on th t 3c)th, PMVA ctught coming on

A, f o r neb one; WdAP al.so hrd round 6:30~l$, WAWU &t 6 ~ 4 5 s / o ~ ; r t 6;3OAlj 21.~0 W L T on z t 6 : 3 0 : Wi1.l send XEL2 n r e p o r t not t h ~ t

x i f y i n g f o r tile boys. Kc i s a c inch herd. , : if t tr I. AM. FOR STONE WHDH sked i s 6 . 3 0 ~ ~ - 1 2 : 3 0 AM; WOIiL 6 : 3 0 All1 t o 5+:30 PDll a t p r s sen t , Remember rzcd cvery pzLgd of your bul . le t in . T h ~ t g ives you 21.1 the news.

NATIGNAL hADIO CLUB DX NEWd TIP6 and LPO RhPORTS pggg 2 Februc rY 10 L945- - - - - & - - d - , - , - , - - , - - ... , - - - - 1 - 1 - -

K'EF(I\IIT GEA~Y-~~\'ALJVU?~O~T PA is i s E! s p e c i t ~ l SO&. C~zn anyone give m e t h e i n f o on 3 s t c t i o n ia Szn ~ o s k , ~ o s t ~ - Ric; o p e r c t i n g nez r 1110 kc? He wLS h e ~ r d here t h i s morning 1./23 betneen 2:30-3:30 Ah1 on 1.107 kcs. The c a l l l e t t e r s through t h e he; vy s t . t i c sounded I.ike TINF o r IIBF, bu t I mzy be entire1.y I rong . .tfo;.ever t h e 1.occ t i o n w t s very d i s t inc t1 .y he: r d as San Jose , Cost; Rica beyond :ny doubt. I 1vou3.d l i k e t o f i n d t h e cor rec t c a l l -slog?n ;!nd tidclress i f possible* Yusterclty 3 rec ;:n c i r m ~ i l l e t t e r v e r i e from Radio b a r i , Brrri,Ital.y or1 Nov 28 1444. I w: s c e r t ~ i n 1 . y g l zd t o g e t t h z t one. KOBE hrc4s hrd i n good cond i t i on , H-4 on t h e DX through modercte s t z t i c , e x c e p t f o r t h e per iod from 4.:01.-4:34 when BIGNC bl-ocked h i m , FRAiVK .WLIEELEE~-EkIL PA S ince I.: st r e p o r t t h e fol.l,ov~ing v e r i e s hove been received-VrLDS-WCEtC-C JIiL-Whl0H-IllHbU-WBIR-WJBY -WHAT-WSON-WmE-PrGNC . Received t h e fol.l.ov;ing new s t a t i o n s , V!IVIOH-KOKE-KBUIi. Hadnt DXed f o r a week due $0 t h e co1.d ~ r e z t h e r and I w;s t o o t i r e d . This w i l l g i v e Cr sn t Btltson L chcnce t o gn in on me. Th3t boy s u r e i s hugging my h e e l s i n t h e c o n t e s t . Of t he DX specia3.s I rece ived WRGlVl R9 ;.nd KORE R 7 o f t e r WGNC s.ogg a t 4:35 AM 1 s e n t WVDC n thank you c ~ r d f o r s t s n d i n g byy f o r KORE. JIM McNAllmWI-1 PEAWL dT-CLARElVlONT 11 & We3.1 I am n o t ab1.e t o do any inore DXing f o r L. whi le so hsve riothing t o r e r ~ o r t , I wi3.3. however g e t what 1 have t o g e t h e r one of t h e s e days 2nd send it i n . I hzve r. few r e p o r t s o u t from l z s t October bu t they c r e i n a q u e s t i o n u n t i l I can f i n d my I.og. I w2nt t o thcnk the boys t h z t s e n t m e n i c c c z r d s of cheer whi le I wcs a t t h e h o s p i t c l , It w: s very thoughtful. of them 2nd I would l i k e t o Gnswer them i n d i v i d u a l l y bu t j u s t c town riddross i s n o t t oo h o t t o m a i l t o . (OK J i m and 1 am su re t h a t ~3.1. the bo s w i l l be very g l ~ d t o know t h c t you a r e hzck home :nd on t h e mend-RL~ r JOE BRAUNER-W1LLIAIi;IdVILLE N Y Two I.ettex-s t h i s woek,s n ice v e r i e from WKNE,rl.so a long ~ n d i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r from WJEF,which does about every t h i n g except v e r i f y ; DX bas been good,but c s usutil. only o l d c a t c h e s hezrd agc in . T r i ed f o r zno ther r e p o r t t o KVOP,hrd now 2nd then t h r u WHBQ,hzs n o t answered J?n r e p o r t . WMLT s t i l l k c s t i n g occcsion:il3.y 2nd tveJ.3. ahec-d of t h e mob on every occas ion . Al.so added K J A K t o t h e l o g , : n ezsy one &hd n o t very v~d3.come f o r he vvil.1. be j u s t t n o t h e r h w r d b u t n o t v e r i f i e d one. Too mcny of t h c t k ind i n my l o g ~1 . rcndy . BOB SPENCEEr-BUFFALO IU Y Repor t s ou t s i n c s l ? s t tirne ?

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS page-6 - - - c L - - - c - - - - - - - - d - - d - - - i i 3 3 T I P S and LPO REPORTS Februgrx A0 - 3 1 1945 MARSki BLANCHAHD-BROOKFIELD ILL Recently I have seb t out r epo r t s t o KLX - KTMS-KPOW-KORE on recent special-KTRB and WDAF. Hope t h e t they answer. Most of the fe3.lovfs t h a t sen t i n v e r i s igners remark on how low the per- centage t o ve r i f y has been t h i s season. Hope i t gets b e t t e r ins tead of worse as I th ink t h a t the whole hobby depends on these ve r i e s . This morn'- ing I heard KFVD by accident ,but I was too t i r e d t o get a good copy on them. lvill have t o t r y again tomorrow. You guys and your bad weather::: Wetve had snow on the ground s ince Dec 8 or 10 th whzch i s some s o r t of record fo r Chicago. Bomehov~ o r o ther the cold weather hasnt bothered m e much t h i s year as i t usua2.J.y does. I n f a c t I ' v e hardly not iced it . J u s t s t a r t e d a r ad io course a f t e r school and added a sociology course t o my regular school curriculum. This makes 6 subjects a l toge the r which i s q u i t e a b i t . Last week t h e - 1 - e t t e r s f o r c ross country were handed out and I received n Major "L". I dont be l ieve I t o ld you boys but f o r t h r ee years I have run on t h e L.T.H.B. cross country team and f ina l - ly t h i s year w e won t h e conference championship. W i l . 1 be inducted i n t o t he le t te rmens assoc ia t ion o r "Lfl cl-ub as w e c a l l i t a t school. (Cong r~ tu l a t i ons Mersh from us a l l ) There h ~ v e no t ,been very many fe l lows sending i n t h e i r ver ie s igners recent1.y. *ost of+them t h a t I have z r e from l a s t season. I s t i l l keep t he f i l e s up t o da te a s well as I can m d would Like t o receive more l i s t s so I Can r e a l l y have a nice l i s t t o r e f e r t o when the felf.ows w r i t e i n asking f o r s igners . Quite a few 1,cds have aJ.ready end I t r y t o answer a s f c s t as I can sl.tho many times I c ~ n n o t f i n d a1.l t he s igners t h a t he wants. (OK Marsh moybe I czn g e t the boys t o ge t l a t e s igners i n t o you) BOB BQTZUBl-f 132 NOHTH 11 th ST-RBADIMG PA W , l l boys disreagrd t he new QRA the% nppeared a. couple weeks ago, a m back a t my old QRA. 110 DX to speak of 1t.teJ.y. (OK Bob l e t s hope you can g e t a t some of those good catches)

HEARD and VERIFIED Thorn3 s 2000 Susoreny 861 Thomas 2000 Morss 671 Becker 1514. Kruse 852 Becker , 1501 Susoreny 636 Botzum 1481 Gabriel 830 Botzum 1377 Wheeler 558 Reil.ley 3.379 Edge 847 R e i l l e y 1300 Bristow 505 R Cooper 1360 Batson 813 Simmonds 1199 Van Voorhees 500 Maguire 1351 Stone 800 Nichols 1 3 Kruse

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Simmonds 770 Page 400 A3.len 1207 Wyman 680 Corsuch 1099 Brawn 397 Nichols 1183 Craig 562 R Cooper 1026 GabrieL 355 Gor such 1135 Btistow 505 Steebe 1023 Allen 243 Lippincot t 1150 Van Voorhees 500 Lippincot t 876 Blanchard ' 232 Pzge 1131 S tap les 492 Edge 847 Spencer 133 Brown 1125 Kernodlc 470 Maguire 808 Wyman 131 Bteele 1104 Blanchard 462 Daneker 804 Craig Wheeler 1.078 Spencer 133. Stone 800 S tap les 112

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Well boys here i s your l i s t . Please sit down and drop a card t o Frank Wheeler RD 7 % T J Gchwartz-Erie,Penn, By sending it t o Club HQ i t does not ge t co r r ec t l y l i s t e d . Lets see how you boys l i n e up with one another ,

RAY "POPfI. EDGE-BUFFALO N Y Wel.1. s t i l l no v e r i e s coming in . Reports went out t o KT&S heard 215 from 2:,!+5-3 AM.EWT Sign off on 1250 kcs. Looks a s i f they a r e on till MDT, Had Blue Network organ nus ic from 2330-3AM. O h yes d i d g e t o verie from KRBC, c typed c:lrd and i t dook n f o 1 l . o ~ up t o gct i t ' - Well, boys a f t e r seeing W r s h BLanchardfs rcpor t i t looks ts i f a l o t of u s w i l l have t o g e t busy ;:nd ge t our l o t e s t l i s t of v e r i e s i gne r s t o him. Hcrnt-mber when sending $hem in , pl.czsc include the da t e your v e r i e WES received, in t h i s manner tho 1;~ctest s igner can .always be had. Do i t now.

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 7 TIPS and LPO REPORTS February 10 1945 ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * L 3 - - - - - - - - - 20411 MORHISON-CLEVELAND 0, No v e r i e s i n f o r over a month and I . i t t le DX due t o the f s c t t h a t my a e r i a l i s s t i l l down. Have managed to hear TIPG with R-8 s i gna l a t midnight on 2/3; TIBAS st i1 . l good on 650. Lid log a new Mex- i can th is AM 2 / 5 , the s t a t i o n was XE?on ?? kcs. Been l i s ten ing on 1050 kc during the day f o t CHUM but apparent ly not on ye t . Received some adver- t i s e i n g from V o i c e of Prophecyn a r e l i g i o u s program. Notice t h a t among others i n the US t hese s t a t i o n s c c r r i y t h e i r programs, HP6J on 1360 kcs; HOK on 640 kc;, TOARon 950 kc. XELO on 800 kcs; ~ n d WVDI on 990 kcs; TO THOMAS; We he. ' n Clevel?.nd a r e wondering tvhat i s GOUSMP on 660 kcs??? BARQLD HOWARL- YONETA Q Well. I ~ r n f in~:l . ly g e t t i n g i n a r e p o r t , On l/l& s e n t an evenin>\,\rt t o CFPL; 1/1.5 pul led i n 2 t h a t were very welcome, KGLU and KEUB; l./l/- 2eported t o IWU-WROXand look gung) . Think E go t a scoop an t h a t one as I havent seen i t repor ted as ye t . Also went t o work on 1340 kcs 2nd f o r my t r o u b l e go t WCMI-KRU-KOCY 2nd KHMO. 1/19 reported t o WMFD and second r e p o r t ta WGRM; 1/21 Sunday got some daytime r e p o r t s t o WDZ-WISH-WLBC-CKY; 1/22 WHKY on f o r check from 5-5:22; Pulled WAIR t h r u t h e mess a t t h e i r s/on a t 6:U+ and held them f o r 10 minutes,enough f o r a r epor t . 1/26 Good DXing t h i s AM. KFSD-KUSD-WAG-KPOF i t s 2nd r e p o r t and I threw i n a r e p o r t t o V!HBQ f o r good measure; 1/28 Got a 9 minute r e p o r t t o KOllW behind WEAF; 1/29 CFCO on top of 2630 kc f o r ahnost an hour. I know t h z t one %as sme welcome. KCSH thru QRM from WFLA & WAVE; KFDM from 1230 t o d o f f ; 2/1 KfJOB-KROY-\VCHV t e s t i n g on 3.240 and o f f e r i n g a p r i z e of a c r a t e o f Apples f o r t h e f a r t h e s t r epor t , Also XESM; 2/3 h%LT tes t ing,and f finzf1.y took time t o get a r e p o r t t o I\'E~~IP-~~J~~AI-WFEA; 2/5 WRHI from 2:15- 2:30 with check,very strong; Got enough of KSAN f o r r epor t , so I hope they ve r i fy ; KICA-WROL and WBAZ. And t h a t br ings it u p t o d a t e . Veries recei- ved t o date m e CHML-C~C-WEED-VJSOY-KFVD-WPJDC-WBBB-VI:JY-WSLS-KEUB- KWLC on e r e p o r t of l a s t season-CFRN-CJRL on NRC DXes-WD-KCKN-WOX-KOCY- WISH-CKY -VJKNE-ZN S-PIPTF-I'JHBQ-TJJAG-mOE ERIC BIILSTOW-CHICAGO I L L I nave received the foll.owing KGW-KGBS-KUSD-WISE W~(NE-KFPY-KQM~-WSLS-~, A l i t t l e help . srny one know what s t z t i o n s ca r ry the Old Fashioned Revival Hour on 1450 kcs?? Heard them 2rL5-3;15 AM. Sent i n 4~more ofr the BCB conters . I have Maine Lo come i n and then w i l l have rl.1 48 states-Dof C and cbout 20 Cancdians v e r i f i e d . Wrote to 2 Mexicans. Trying t o g e t a l l new ones. Have @bout 20 r e p o r t s out . CPL EDWARDWYWN,- Here a r e a couple more items on r r d i o hero; XGOO on 9.665 and XMHA on 11.860 kcs are opera t ing t o the s t a t e s now with E com- p l e t e English program. They operat6 from 4;35P8 t o 9:55PIYl Manila T ime . PRIM loce ted i n Manila is s t i l l opere t ing on 6.155 kcs and 9,725 kcs and p a r t l y i n English and the r e s t i n apanish. They have a l o t of American music during program, T ey opera te on both f r e q a l l t h e time and from 8:30 AM t o 9:30 AM and from k :30PM t o 9:30 PM, once i n a while they w i l l be on f o r a couple hours sround noon. A l l Manila T i m e l i s t e d above. Also heard s t a t i o n s operat ing on 2763-2660 and 2510 kcs, c l l d i f f e r e n t s t a t i o n s and they a r e all Orental s t a t i o n s and opera te from 4:50 t o llPM Mznila T i m e . Wasnt a b l e t o i d e n t i f y them as they were a l l i n Orenta l languages. RABPH JOHAN-NS-BUFFALO N Y Veries received l a t e l y a r e cards from WCAZ- KDKA-LISH-VJA IR-V-QYlOH- L e t t e r s-a LD-WLAP-\YSVA-KUSD-YJA3K-KWE w i th Ekko stcmp-KJBS w i t h 2 we tters & Cards from WKRC and KIIS with a v e r i c f o l d e r , and l e t t e r and note book. The QRA f o r XES% i s 2 s f01P0vjs;- Comiercial. XESM Rebsemen # 241 Col. Mavarte Mexi d signed by Szlvador San Martin, owner. Came r e g i s t e r e d a i rma i l . WALA i s on 1410 kcs not I420 as l i s t e d 2nd was r on check f o r h a l f hour 2s l i s t e d but no music, only announcement a t end, WING was on 2/8 with s p e c i a l t e s t a l so .

Clarence Burnham sen t i n $5.00 t o be used f o r p r i z e s i n our FOREIGN BCB LIST. Thenks a l.ot; F i n a l ru1 .e~ e t c shoul-d be forthcokilng vcry soon.