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N A T I O N A !- R A D I O C L U B . FSED VAN VOORHEES. EDITOR INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST"

ISSUED WEEKLY DURING DX SEASON- S 4 . 0 0 PER YEAR - 34 ISSUES BOX 132 LEMOYNE. PA.

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Volume 24 - ik~3er 20 3ur nventy-Fourth Year . . - February 9, 1957 COLTII)ZI?CE FRQiV Ihn'%RCdRGILL! . . -----.----- ----

t f P l e a s ~ f i i A o~?closed a V.S. Terl Dollar 3 i l i fo r & gears' sv.bscription t o t:le ITRC. I nanage-l 50 y ~ - ~ c h a s e t h i s i l l fro% a local pavx broker so rry annual scr0~3;1:~y3 f o r do l la rs .:o::"; need to t ~ k e place. for a while now.

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1430 Pe terkonou,@, Ontario 1,000 3 :30 -4 :03a .n . s:m EST 1340 Deti-oit Lak-0s; ?;imesota . 250. 4:03 - 5:OOa.m. 3.r - .JU CST 142 0 :;el,-; B rtt2s3nr"? 1 s , Te xa s 5CO. 3:03-4:OOa.x. 2: 30 CS!? 850' Necogioc~es, Texaa . 250 3:3G - 4:00 a . m . ' 3:30 C9-P 550 Bloomsburg, ~eznsylvsnia 1,000 4:00 - 5 : 3 0 a.n. Z-- 'CO -. ~ 2 . 2

1380 I!hs:.@e, Oklahom 1,000 4:30 - 5:30 a.m. ~:s.$.cST 863 iiew Uh, i:.%inr,eso ta 2% 3:03 - 4:00 a.m. ' . 260 CST 730 T.:arrenton, 35s souri 500 , 6:03 .- 5:00 a .m. 3:OC..CS11'

1260 Chattanocga, Tenr~ssee 1,003 4:00 - 5: OC a.m. . 4:GO EST C II R S.---_.i-@g - St . Jam, Quebec. Berriard E r c o t , General Lianager. Just i n at ;.ress time (ve do Pa.qo 1 l a s t ) i s t h i s Test from CHRS. About trio rilonth6 old, t h i s s t:::.tlon ::as as yet been h a r d but by sca;lC .fewDXers aqd 1090 sho-~lci 5e r i d e Open at iq..: b-;La .. 1 LIO-J.~ SO that a l l IX ight have a r ea l zhnce to make t h i s log ? : i i l ,~ . '7; ex- pe t so ;r,e 2 .'.-.. ,. :LL, m & f ine French Canadian ousio, snd proba5ly bi-lingual anmw~r,:::.lents. Re 'nopa tl.,czP a l l ;..a~l;.be~s w i l l ; be r;uczsssful i n the i r quest fo r ' C-REE! I;EN IE:JSE --.

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3 is a Sr22n;ld..~e~r s t a t i o n tirat jus t about every member ladks i n h i s log. Tie ~;?an- ner i s e;q:zcte2. t o be conpletely c lear i n ' t h e U:S.A. and Canaila f o r t h i s 32zcial t e s t , and thzt i ~ e ~ ~ s that jGst about e l l of us v c i l ; l iiave a good chance o f rnakiz?r;- ':iris fine nelw . . log,~ii.;_:z, . 7:o clo not have the informstion as to ;vhat type of program ciaterial ~;.'ill be used ~?._~i:".i tiiis ' ti&, gu t h e c a n &xpect f re4ue.nt $trj.tioi~- idei?t if icaL,ions

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iilUSIHG_S-T$ TI% FvZ aus aoaman - 837 Brooka Lane - Scl~lwar;er , , uaahoma ---- ---.----.--.- ------.------

Tzenty-ei;$t R ~ I - . : , s.1;i:tions lor~gged since last report . They are: On 12/31/S6 ?

-D-X- -F-E-j'!--,S- February 9 , 19 57 P. . . , Ven ..---_-.---,.-.-, Voor!xes Tavlor - 5515 Or,dura Drive - Coral Gables 46 -3. . Flc--" .- . :.+IFL_SL_

Fo- . I:~for.:nticn of thosa no havd x r i t ter., I might as wel l ge t i n oil t3.i s "hidden nams fl ~?usii:ess tc,o!. . ai;g;lt,. Elladd :V&n Voorheas &r;d I are d i s t an t cousins. Al: ,3s, DX- ing, ll.25- G~t.'t11e hots f o r f o r s i p PX, so log+d PJA-5 4Vi YVKS and !!La Voz da Re- e laccicnff O i l 1'2'7 kc/s. ' Borrowed niy m o t l ~ e r ~ s .portable siaich ssa;ls t o 30 81: piL,:ing up s b m ~ 09 the s p l i t &I frequencies. ' .1/2%.IPAC-1250 12:48-1; XQGT-1530 1 . 3 t i l l 1 :a ( ~ e r n i ~ Duffy, this your 16% ND stat ior ,?) ; ~~34-138C) st s /off 1:33 ..:iS.t:-; I?:iI[ be- E n d ; RTr3?2-14OG 'TT 1Z4.3-J:45 ; WC-970 AN 2:3~%Z: 50; .Y;ORZ-'?40 Col l ins 5 kcr.;r. trznm.i t- t e r ET 3 >..::1. 8 carrying'"?:;onitar1t; l e t a YlRCA s ta t . ion bsaak's-p throu& - ?:Te fooled re f o r a i ! LA-1600 '!lo.&-gedfl, f c r kicks. ~ . i n a l l j ~ '-!TAB-1370 ET 3:06. On 1/28- RTBS-7'10 73 ?-2:&~5-?$ -iC1;3-902 f / c per: l i s t - 1:15; XFSrG-680 1:3&1:55 wi th XTZC ?s.:hind; ICENS-530 YTi. .y 6th occasicr,ai ~ u s i c and tone a i l &,L; XC38-1400 r / c 3 : 00; K1bQ.I-9 20 RS 2:49-3 .-!1';1._ Costa R i m , KQUE no t Leipirig :mch ( Q J E has no s i l e n t period) , ilo?ing f o r my f i r s t vor ie f ron niy le.et s.tate, Xevada, on this.. BIco-1320 DX r ea l l y 3 i : A : ::.it11 k y 1~m:bago nl 's ic. ETE?:' oz 1320; 03 Cop a f l:!ICO,' till 4.:23. ZFY-660' good sigi?al 4:45-5; atlll fi-r;a.ll:r,, PJIL-10, 665, i n o leas an3 good S:33-S:lO. ZFY good every ilGon.'.:g coming t i l l W:?CA 2 j o n. Ver iea , 77CSC I W T~SI&J ! L A G 'i:LI)S Tr%.lEi ICTRd WESR XENT I7QlT PrSl.?. Dliixg - - over f o r n :-;lli!.e, as; &-:I reporting t o Cape Xay, K . J . on Febnraq 6, .md thsn t o iie:; bndon , - coil^;. C G E S . ~ , Guard OCS .oA 2:s. hkybe get, some TAe fro% Nm ~oriiion! 75s to a l l . (~":x'r.-ors h:eigh, lbVanlI and le . tt s hear frm you soon! -Ed, --. .- * ...- . - .---.

. . Jb . e- 3 m . r -- - &, Box . Z2= . . - .- r - T J e l 4 . - a ~ - ~ - .-- ' ~ a n n u ~ ~ ~ a ~ i a ~ , , ..--- '. . ; -. . - . . . .. . . DX has 3e ::.; :;-.ore o r l e s s at a s . i ; aLd~ t~ . l i here since 1/15, thc"xks to exc.e~?tinr?zll;r freaky ail- CX. T!=19 oddest receptior, h p ~ e n s , . but of l a t e it. .has not added :lei-[ 0x86

* .-.- - + ." .-- f o r me. , .,..,LI~;+ s',loli: tka t many of US a r e g a t t i n g excoptio.nzl sou:hern recc-;>tio:? . i n . the sa r l g o..;a:;ii;g. That i s the iis~tal thing here, too.. On 1/27, YJ&J, 13i0, scnricied l i k e a l o c r ~ l st 5:30 kcrdly a t race of in terfersnce from th s sever::-1 semi l oca l s o:2 t > a t SPO t.. Theii on 1/28 a t .5:45 p.n,,, VJAZ ~ 3 s i n the c l ea r on 1053 aL s/ o f f , a f t e r ~;::~ich 252 watt VH30 ir. Flor ida toclc over t 6 6 :00 , then nothing re.:.da'ole ,thefa. Fct 'a trace of 'FZ!Gld. Gulf Ctjas t statiozs dominate the 1570-812300 spt. ;.;id- wes t e r n s r s , lo rzer ly h e a d ' we l l Uere. , .are seliiorn corsing i n this xrinter. Oiilz three now ones 5 '5 i~o l a s t re2or t . ZFY, 600, o f t en .louder t'lian lf.;RCA, ,-,and i l l the cle;.,,~ ?.Ion- d a y s ; s/oc ?-i12.r 4:40 a.m. X C O , 1520, on EX and:'F/ALY, 1420 on DX, bo t n vary w e l l ' heard. On:: T ~ O T - Q " " t qi(BX, 1333, at 5 a.m. on, .th?.&s t o t i p i n DX. FmS. Quite a f etv nits l e f *,er TJ,: 1-ie s in. B,'?TIA-& T.rIVV CIgJx-6~ PrD$P T?Js?T i

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~hi's i s bci:=ig arl",en on Saturdw 2 / 2 at noon a f t e r an 8.n snowfall l a s t ni$$t, b:-t ve- ry beaut i fdl totiay. Continuing .with the DX b a i l bag11 frorn last week: 1/2l-2% l e t t e r veries today, .CI5:2?-'i90 and CBO-910 f o r f o r N3IC-DX (630 -:me u n s i l l i s i t e d ) , ':XU--1370 an9 yiRCD-1430 f o r I\Z%Il DX 1/12 .;,it:; a note t h t my pr ize f a r the most d i s t r ~ x t 2hol1e c a l l ;::il?. 39 se-lt i n a fe4v 3itys. 1/22 l e t t e r , OT-1510 f o r lURC DX. 1/25, ~ ~ . l s o l i c i t - ed DEttefr Yi!$C&-1480 f o r ~ T R i : DX, Paul Eavell, CE s t a t e s he i s on every third. TTlnmsday at 4:09 .?:ST a;:? ?::ill QSL a l l reports. 1/24- 'Zetter, BHRT-SGO for NRC DL an6 a :;lain card from !;355!-1400 which was mailed t o me a t : . ~ & a City, Pa, and forwarded 1Sg Ea1 Wag- ner. (~>.>ri:cs Iial, &&&t was verie #1,715 an,3 $123 frori, ~ e c n s ~ l v a n i a ) . 1/25, ~ t i r r~a;4;1 l e t t e r QDq-300 f o r h%C DX, #5 from Oregor,, : k t # l . f r c n Portland. 1/29- lVo l e t t e r s f o r IrRC D:;ez, XJIA, VTHIR, both 1230, f a s t zork on 'both. (TO I~ef ty , ' t h i s sea;-:is. t o . con- f l i c t wit:l Barniet s and y6Ur musing of 1/26. They were on, hi .) 1131-. Letter, . CMRS- 1C90, t:i.:irs ", ?,ip f rom Eopjsard iCemp, E?IiD-1473 tlmnks to the CPC and CJIK-563, *.arike t o my heir,,^; tale6 to 560 at their :.~ianight s/off ' on 1/21. 2/1, l e t t e r BEU-590 f o r RS

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on 1/2/57 JX?. ~ . l s o f o r t:la 13 n i m t e NEC DX of 1/6/57. That was ver ie #1,722.. !'iork- ing the 1 0 9.2. t o 6 ::,rr..' s h i f t for seven ni~2.,ts - l e f t .very l i t t l e time f o r 2l;i:g. B ~ S r ~ ~ ~ ~ : Only two new additions wore' nade. VLDB-630 Thomasvilla, U a . veil heard ':it:? O o s ~ e l music on 1/27 from S:35-?:05 a.m. through CMQ, f o r a new catch znd

TbRIC-1.230 liazarcl, IQ~. on energencji $;loo& b r o d c a ~ t : 3.: 0C-S:30 f o r a. long-vvafiteii dzy- timer. I s ta r ted wcrkin;; frorr, '2:0510:00 p.m. on 2 /1 f o r seven days so I .d!.l be i n there tryh:: fr,r $ 1 ~ coming DXes as a l l but two l i s t ed fo r both the i\EiRC an:: I~XC a r e needed heye. The current issues of the DX IEPJS are scre fa1 of i n t e r e s t i ng fxsings

, and t ips. 7 3 ;urc o ~ e Lefty a grea%big g"vote .d'f . thankslf f o r his "never-fziliil~;" in- . t e r s s t i n !::-,?ing DX ILrJiXiS tbe tog BCB public&tion tha t it i s , T i l l next !;reek, 13.

,..i.iil:e F e r ~ s o n - 3337 Pro-qpsc t t S t ree t - i $ o t g . 4 , Texas Balient ef :yo rks i;o ge t i n a l i t c i e DX bet7;ifean 'sercesters have produced soze ::uccessful .log.rings re~oi i t ly , hut ny early Ajd listeiii.ng t r i l l s c f f e r again ivhen the nei? s x ~ e s t e r

c:.. s , tar ts . : l e s ~ i t e some well-focn3e3 fears , I Im.s t iL1 i n g r a & ~ a t e school. Ky ~3c i se s . W r t 'na sprilrg seniester a3.i w i l l b3 s e t on Lq~nday, Prednesda;i md Friday, and sil:ce 'I. s t d r t ;!oris a", 91.. , I t 11 have Tuesday, Thursday w-d Saturdsy r i n i n g s opan f o r late

..- . . ~ l b & ~ . r:s:;ce I f igure t o be a b l e to DX SOU,~ on these &AS. Eut 1 1 2 . 1 n i s s all t'I-ie Ikn- ' day rno rnia: slm~-!s. Logged sorr,ebody with pop tmes 1/26 durifig V!SPNl s sche-i-c.1~5 t.ir:.e, '- 5ut thiriz i t 1zcr-3 l i ke ly was CJVI. 1/28- ~?'Ico-1320 heard one ID benezth ?1:73;=, :.iid 'L?r

the t h e t:13 Wer quit '7ICO mas belov the re&uil':ty' lavel . Evidently PP3-9 -: OTL 4 a.m. EST, 1227 ! rc /~ . Zhitdd a l l xorning fo r 4:40 mi the ZFY s/on, then c;?.rsed loudly

'hhen a stro;:-: ::i;;nal czze on. So strong I t'noug?~t it was PIRCA at f i r s t , h . 2 i t v:as ZFY, S S'?. i?ct & l i t t l e of it tape-recorded. Itrc.sure a~y7jody i n the c o - ~ l t r y can g e t tha t s/on, J~16gii2g by i t s s t r e~g t ' n here 1/28. YVOD-'?SO completed day .:ii 5:20 - s/on, a s i ; : ~ ;:;-oloriged marcn, evidently ant'nerr,. Loaks l i k e tvelra going to nave, f ina l - l y , to a s-:!hclcus ~iiburb T e s t of t o m , ivhere 1f:l . l ilme roox f o r long ae r i a l s , L;+A

:$here I ai:.l ~ys t a t j v q r f roa n;g assortment of 'buzzes and other. f o m s of i n t e r f ezexce. - ...i~:i?~?,Zv ? i l e s - 2844 Guilford Lane - Oklahoma City 15, Oklahoma -.- % - - - - l_l--.-.-.-.-.p.-.---.-..-.

?Tot too 2-:.dl nsr; to r a p r t , Vsrtes have bean good; nmv logpizgs about n i l . liS;i:2- ,, ~ T R 103 - j :.;s-~ . Lk>. 1/23.. T!I(LX f /c, :J?-..!:45 a.m. C JAZ 1i35j -':T. 1!~-

TT and rmsic 3-uriliy T;3!ICO-dx, c.-ho? 1/29, no ?!ALP. ICITI-XIJRC weak. CFW not Izc15 o n DX. Veries: L 4 . K (thanks, Tr:;~ncis, f o r swell vsr ie szlcl l e t t e r ) , .T?SPihT, T?:TH12-:';x, 1 ~ ~ - dx, E;LEC ICTCI0 y i i 3 ' n iC;! iet.terheuJ, arms-ale h o d DX, averj;body!

Joe Enz - 285 Ce1tttr~l~Avenc:3 - BrooBiy1;-21, York - .- I To Lefty a ~ d 2crriie Iluffy, CBY ooc at 4:30 p,rr;. a s early as Novm,ber. Ssn.1 CT2C c z d . Reports 0i1t to :BED CJRt' 13nQ FICO T!ALY about tb l a t e s t . V5ries i n here m e 1G2Ji1l on DX, ?.!APG 32BC CS, IDEC TXZE, and this takes the cake - Vsrie report Dec. 27, 1947, : supposezlly rxii led 011 Feb. 23, 1948 jus t arrive$?S Bind years old - t h i s f r o z GE'P Riv- ie re 6-G. loup, Q~ebec, 140'3 kc/s, , 250 v~a t t s . Wonder wbs ro they were f o r nine gears? So, r,ever give up! ViCIT I hear i s new Cal l fo r DJineola. Right out of t!la ,X nt?:tion towers car, 'ce sesr,. WSLI l i e s on Southern S ta te parkway. Out w k ~ r e I work can hear $0 t h i7PAC i;i17XC a d T!RIV all day l o ~ g a d s e v e ~ a l aroma Connecticut and a f evf ir,

'Ebde Isla-xi., 't'lell,. that ' s about a l l hem. Xdt m c h , jus t a short report, so best DXing to c;,ll. TC'O !"EEI:S FIO:: 130::f I T IS THE XEZT mJGIAND ISSUE. WE HOPE TO EECEIVE A XEFO3.T Bi0i.i EVERY ?;I. B. C . I iZ _"ER IN T:-IESB SIX NCRTEI-EL4STERB STATES 3OEl W T ISSUE. HOT:: ?LOU% - .. .

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Well, ?;JL t h just a l i t t l e uxlng done nave no luck at ail. . Five reports- out ,r.uilL r i v e ver ies in . J y s t sent raport t o VLSV-?90 so no time f o r ver ie t o come back. Loolp:ing over rqr l i s t of 1,963 w r i e s thought ~ a y b o zone of oar younger merlibers might be in te r - es tad t o se6 tlyat all of us older 3 B r s >ad to begin jus t as they are. @&&e is %ow my ver ies arrived: 1328-1; 30-0; 31-4; 33 ,a11d33, 0; 34-1; 25-1; 86-L; 37+l; 33-50; joined F . 3 . C . l a t e t h i s year ; 39-345; 49-125; 41-115; 42-81; +5-80; 44-46; ~ 5 - 7 0 ; 4 6 - 1.27 ; 47-253 ; 42-239; 49&149.; 50-117; 51-47; 52-67 i 53-71; 54-14; 55-0; 55-2 ,?*,id c;o far i n 57-3; to t:xl 1,969 f c r over a period of 29 yDars. You w i l l notice the b ig ;-%TI:.-. ii tha yezr 1939 j x s t a f t e r I joined the PITRC. That was ths bes t thing I ever di3- . to in- crease my v z i e s %rid.log. ?.rill Blw. j~ys remember the s~yi.r ,g of one of our r=:,l old'mem- bers ( l i 0 7 . ~ m t i r e d ) , Joe 3ecker. H i s words to x e upon our f i r s t meeting a t t h o 1939 Conventioil -verz to report the s t ~ t i o n hhen you iiesr t"em - never viait u n t i l sOr.ie other time 3ecgd~ise llsor;.e other timetf ni&t never cone, sorcething I fouzd t o be re?l$- t rue. very soon a f t e r . Ract sever?.? r e a l catches loc3ed but f e l t I. xould report tli~:~ et a .nore co;iveniznt t ixe . Yas, tha.convenisnt the did come br~t m o s t of those zood czwtcheS t b ~ t ebr?J.erc? only logged ?yere tnen cff tl- a i r . So yrou younger members, take t-:e &vice above. I (1.3;i as?ure you I m zlot sorry I d i d . I t may seem I too am vely imct ive, v:cll. - -~:?ay>e, h t there v i i l l be sm.e DXing ,lone this year as I can raport, sevey:l t h a t I ?...? . t. cre'.5&ytiners i n t h i s ' l oza t i on , . Iztend to got tha t t o t a l ver ie l i s t up to the 2,000 ::..ar:: lo;-. . the en3 of t,'l;,ls ' ' p a r . a t %:I& l eas t ;' fnrt$-.23- fears of 'l?ric;;. 1 f r ~ x d that t ; o t ' l i ings are a b i g b i g . F i r s t is pa$ienca, ctnci the secotid i s a goo2 .:xt3rAm. 3 0 t h these sex., t o me more i u ~ o r t a n t t > x an eqens ive receiver. Om f o m e s 3Xer here in ' B~ff::,lo tn3::if i ~ d a11 tke continents 'on j i i s t a regular Stev~art-Tarrier 'naxe., yeceiver and tha t a?,s ::slq years ago. -&.nother one did a x c s p t i o ~ a l l y weil on j u s t a ta>.le model Zenith. 1% 1 ~ ~ 3 ~ s of sood l i l ~ k to. the ne..ico:ners 8nd goi;xger.xmbers. Your v e ~ i e to- t a l s w i l l c r e q up to the higher mwbers f a s t e r ti1z.r; yo-J. thirk.

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rrn.ncis - --.--..- I!. Yit . t ler -----." - - 2395 . 607;th Lil?coln S t ree t - Dmver 10, Cpl .o , r~~p . DX very skizpy t:.:is, vieek and l i k e ~ i s s varies. On 1/26 I loggad KF%L (970) Pssklo and IQiB ( i .&53) i'olorado .Sgrings both on IiS between 10:30-ll:OC) a.m. -ST so f o r f i r s t time I have lo:;::eA 2.11 '~"Uaticns i n Colorado. I got r e a l anbitioue o n Ekznday mornin, 1/27 R Y ~ got =12 ant 4:50 ' local time ' bu t only thing t ea r3 was aOL (1560) on tlheir &;I\' simw. O n 1/28 I nl.,s < - i ~ & ~ p o irited i n ndt. .'oei~ig abla t o ha , r ?;jZCO-dx as I c; t i l l I~av-.:;~t b3ged on3 si;?,lz stc-!;i.- n i n m.rg.iand. Aiso t r i e d f o r CFSI ~lt!?ou:.$h not needed bu"c.t&y aid- n l f sezrr, t o 2e 02, D k l hear XQIIC (1230) Sakeview, Ora. on a f / c froni. 4:93-4:1,5 -.:ith IG3AB on fYc;2 C:lG-/1:25 o r r / c 'cut no CFCVT. IlQIIi was the only new logging in n very

. - poor' !.:or-id;:g m o r ~ i i ~ g . I l i s t m s d this norning fo r about 15 minutes a f t e r g~!t.Fl;?c; home la'fra + - dni :is;i1d i'vlZlC (1353) Little Bock tast;ing at L:21 and tkey signed of f a t 2:Z.

-.E@v& w s n t d %~is 0 x 1 for a lol-ig t iii.2. T,:o veries were from CKC'T-dx m d IFEL, I;FXL verie i s f2cx . ' ;~~ier 3'. 2. Eal l W?CD s a j s he l ives ir! Denver at 2'/25 Sad-& Pen1 ;:illicil i s only about ssvex blacks frox v;here I l ive . He spends three d.qjer c t 1x3elc i n Pueblo and four i n 9s:iver. S ' ~ ~ L rj;oe;:ntf, c ~ ~ e i n here too well as t o o rs;u.ch sqneeze p l q :?::om XIM1J on 95Q Lxi?ii izT,I!! sl?.'93C-. Tope CX i s gobd f o r everyone. 'i'he few times I haw lidtcned la.';ely i t :;i?.ro >as been te r r ib le . 73s.

.- JLJ &iqrsj; - . - ~ o : ~ ~ q a ; h j ~ , ---2-?_1 ~.~_o~. ih. . i:.re s t S t re9 t -. - Y or& ,-. peen;..l_v_i+nird-- DX ret'ner ?lo? here. the past -:r.o+lc. Y x - i f s w5re recc?ived from 330 ICEOX 1,XX CI-3iE CIEtR WKOA 9EI:lT C;CCI': r-,'ITA, 1/24- '::'Yr& end ET st 1:33, KSO-1460, and VfTUP-1380 were t e s t i ng to 2:30. 1/26- I3'03-1450 wi th a Cinat:mn a t 4:30, CZdL-SCO s / o n 5 a.m. 1/.3- CZID- 1340 didn' t get tEiro-~.gil here f o r KlP.C, HJi)Z-1070 strong a t 3:30. 2/1- V!KIC-1440 on AN avith f loc9 Frograra. ~?i5i"ZN-1330 t e s t i ng a t 3:30, OiLZT-1420 t e s t 3:55. Idaiv ol? 3u t mident i f ied. 212- I?ICIC-1430 again on AiT ~ i t h flood reports, WCAX-1250 te.; ti?% at 4:20. So r:c t r ~ c h ioggad th i s week. Fea other items t o Stan and i70!~ I s.i zbout t o s k i 1 iri .i:'lle s lu sh to get a c l i p .job. 73s.

; ..., z.-$~.-,S_-t,~~iie2~.Peen~:~~@2?_@ILa Receivsd '2;Ii'~ :.:3;? &n. d l c & : i ~ - ( ~ ~ a c i a l s j , also IUVJL o; f o r 141'NBC but riot ae;: to ;:e. YZJIA i s :,v r' , OC3th s t i t i on rkcGived. Jan.. 28, recsived ':;ICO o n f o r NBC, h o t h e r nav one but ~ i c t a, sl.acial,'Y;Q,IX 4 :N a:.m, evidently o n f o r the r e s t of the mornicg. Re- cei vo6 T~TSP" -., azofy;ler ,Special, new f o r me. On Jan. '26 I received, TBLR GatesSc.rs, S . C. 1430 kc/s. ~ i l ; r i ~ ! g on ( F C ; : ~ ) , arid Yi.?LLY on f o r tile WRG, Jan. 29. Total now f o r Ge, 2,@95:2ear3-rr;d1,245.perified. 73s.. , .

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mamy 9, 7.557 -D-X-$-K-E-T,.-S- Pctc Pete-r-J,-._ Jacobson - 5217 South Port land Avenue - 14inneawolis 17. l~~n;zeso-t_2

= A - ~ e t i n g s a ~ ; ~ i i > from , the .Ci.tg of Lakes. . I. 'note: i n ?JRC- about the ve r ie sitr..a,tion. A \have 80x3 3::l:iis . t o . 8ay.,'about t h i s matter . ;1. A ru1e.i.i caning t h a t w i l l i;b::ost r:.zks a

ststia::. r s y ? ~ to. . . , ~ ~ ~ o n ' . T ; 8 ' e n a l o s i n g . postage f o r reply. 2. .People not 2ncl3sing postage :>,;,d f;iavin,z .ar@ .'&sociation v ~ i t h . . a .,stat.ion o r ivith FCC must' enc1os.e po'stase o r . f ind t'.la:s I:: vary lmt'wat'3r t o . p u t - i : t n i l d ly . 31 ,S ts t ions not re,plyi:- vr>rr, 1;oni;age .is enclosed ~ 2 ~ 3 +hen i s @ei:t f o r .t3&t. &rpose 'and mention of it , i n ,~>20i . t o r l e t t e r as gov. ..refer, ,'?hen statiolci ~er ' rn i t comes up f o r renewal at FCC, t h i s .::il:! be a f a c t o r i n :-:>ether s t a t i o n ill -get permit f o r continv'ation o r not . 4. I t , i s . ~ I B opin-

e ' i on of t h i s s!ri t e r ' a d several others. of tile &ionitorinti: Division that a s t a t i ~ n is supj)osed t o l;e a p;tblic service : t o i t s public an3 l i s t e n e r s , f a i l i n g to , C O - O ~ ~ - C L ~ and sen t ou t t 3e f r tor-espondence .i--s not . f i t t o ever .opera te and -shows very extremely poor and a l s o extre~xely awful , ineff ic iency vhich t h i s wl;iter cannot stand and neve;. n i l1 and a l so ~ e r s o n c l l y 1,do .not.knuw o r care who knows it e i t he r . I would 1Q:o t o ask some of these. s tatioijs', the ~ f o l l o ~ i n ~ questions: How would you l i k e i t i f ;roa t c ~ k the time, money, e n e r g , . gett ir ig up ,at such. hours to, 'be: of, help to a. s t a t i on , s e n d pos tag8

.-*for . , a rsply , in son@. casgs several , and stil ' l: no answer? NOW, stations, ~ o c l d you ,1ik i t i f the shoe .was 6n: the o the r .foot? I & b v ~ ' ' ~ a u r s t a t i ons a r e busy ht, I doubt you:hava r x r e than I ha+ ,kere.'t.o d b - f o r j u s t one 8xaniple.. I average here i:i "YTres- pondencs 493 qr- rare ,per month. PIS$. i s :,just t o st&tionsL. That ,does,.no t.. iucF:do. arg persona: ~'?x?,il. - I send ,=?ports arid . spec ia l .:lis~i;rg's t o about ten s ta t ions . Also aver- age about 53 i n personal'. m a i l , 'a month.. , lJow -1, have: no secretary. Vhy, you 26:? :lave- n t t found o:m . : . l lLis Yjhat I c? l l . . e f f i c i en t to. .suil j me. ThqQre more in te rzs ted in CoQfee BroC:s m d lookin$ p r e t t y .for, tQe,.boss.. That is how. they m e here, i lo~ l t t Lmow hotv they x a , .i;flere you are. ' .Tkat ' is .pro$ably -what ,568 happened t o a . l o t of your re-

. i2ort s my dear f :-iends f e l lovs .ax13 .gals -of BRC ,and f.ail'os?r monitors. : Xere i s the case of a 6t.x-t i on i i t 'iexus for exi-a~ple .. ~ i ~ l v e . ,ral?br.ts ~.v&ra sent ta t h i s s t~ t i 3 i l by y m r s ' t r u ly eig:~t of --:l;ich wera a11 3'ifferenC. ; Four .vierle rnent,%oning t h e ' o t h e r r e p o ~ t s nlong

. .-. Y ~ i t h .Z s ~ c : ~ . : . . ~ c sheet f o r each. Pos taga sfas- enclosed for each and. every r -?ort. Tot- a l 12 s t~v .qs 3$ va r i e ty . On the 12tS .I gqt a :QSL ,cafd vergfying t h i s s t a t i on . 3u.t. get t h i s g: I s ;-ys,, ,,no signer. Well, i t was at l e a s t Serif ied. Sent back ~t,l;li>S. . . .

: . ,-rlter I. Golay - Berra M a Rancho - 6180 East Pima - Tucs_7_, -h;-i-.~:la_ - -----_C- (hone &lre s s ; 510 J a c k a n ~ v e f h e , River Forest , $11.) J u s t a l i t t l e jwmt Jo!.~: here 'o.Tueson, to t r y to ge t a litkle smahine and re laxat ion, a f t e r t h a t hospits.1 t r i p of mine and t:?e subsc:quent re turn , On the way doivn, I stopped at a few of my L--li:?ry.ent @ta t ions cot some veries. The one I nos t iiesired was XEYC at Juarez 3nL I ;ot it. 1'1: t r y t;lose rut TfJuana next. ? T i l l be back at the $ials again when I raklr-1 home.

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1126- WTOS Tostoria, O b i o ' l + ~ 0 , 1'?D A i V s-hos-. \ /SPIJ-~X f a i r to poor s i gna l ker8, 1/27, ,Sunday, i:iLRi;Z 990' 5:30 a.m.'. WIOiq RS.5:53 a.m., 1430. TVCIM s jon 6 a.m., 1430. TlB5B RS 6:15, '790 l:c/s., X'API IiD 1070 AN,. Soreone under GWRL sel l . ing rosa bushes at $:

- - . Lon Kruse - (? 16 ~ u c l id 23 t.re& t - ~ D I ~ ~ u ~ @ ~ I - ~ , w _ ~ -

- - _ - _ . , ~ _ l _ _ . - _ l _ - .._-_7.-._..__ ,,, DIE coi;ti:~ues 9-ciite ' rsloat~ a t t h i s :den,. t~l% past: .lveelr. : On j!:ond@r 1/28 t2.2 I):; from CFmJ ( 1 2 3 ~ ) C?:-lrcse, A l ta . was impossible. to lie& from. 3:3~)-4:30 a.m. a s l!:~m,S::~~~ controll '+, t:~:.:t. f rec,ue:c&.: ;gut I was b?py t o log 'on tha t mobing the 'JICO D:I (1320) S a l i s b , ~ r p , i.id. f r o m 4:,30-d:30 a.n., fo r a nice logging. A f,ine and i n t e r ~ ~ t i : ? ; DX was . had f r p m S",c...l:Fon Y:-UY ,:($'12O) Herkiraer, 1J.Y. on 1/29 f rom 4-5 5.ir;l. v j i t h &nly c~li:Lt a! i n th.e b.zck;cund. .AISO 'oh tba t date I log# .KGMS (1380) Sacramento, Bal. . . r i g 1 a t e s t broadc.:,;-t from 4:18-5 a.r. My f i r s t logring i n Fabi-ary was S ta t ion !19IC (1430)

- Hazard, Ky. -.:.itll Lin AN sp?c i a l flood 3roaicas t , hsarci. h3re f r o m 3-4 a.!,,. , an1 o:? q a i n A N 2 / 2 . :'10 ;her station:: ' i n the a rea on hi t h sil;iilar 'rrogrdris, l i ke I1/SEV Tit.102 atc , but . none o f ' tlie:;: ;;s: . t o my Log. Late ver i f ica t ions were l e t t e r s f rorn: VJOE YlIBG '. XA-dx T!HRT-d x ' Y5','XJ-dx.

.. . , .'-C_L~?,fles-P. Atkerton - .East, Slough Ro-&,,----H~rva~I, h~;assackrusetts . Only DXzd t::o .-;L:-;rs. .this woe>, but .yo03 results.. ' 1/28- P i ~ i i e S to get up i~ 7ayt icular t h i s im?::i::"o t ry f o r "Raciio D e r a r a , Eri ' t ish Gui~ina on ,660 a s per t i p i;? r::cent bu l lg t in . :2xci7lient s igna l i n tAe. clear a t 4:40 S/O:I an& 3-9 r i g h t up to 5:aO :;.hen

-.. T>'RCA. si ~ r o 5 on. . Also Ile'arS !;iCO&1320 on 36s t:' at. 4:03 an& copied through f:'ICO-1320 DX. Good .ii2na1 on t k e l a - t t e r , a l though got azi'argunient f r cm.%!~d~ behind them. 3 3 0 : . on 5 : 3 5 a*:-./ s ; o n and',.~~?X$?-790'on .:5:30 s/or i . .' :.2/3+ ,CEiLO-686 o n top' hore: 4:35 2 . . C i Q ~ D - 3 1 0 05 -.S ..a.rr.. . s / o n an5 !1!!~~-1550 on ,7:1,5 s {on. . . ~ e s i e s . slow t h i s .week, Sdt a few :' i n - . r - I ~ ~ l:;.jA:;< nIyj,I 1-c n : ~ ~ ~ I ~ O I ~ \ :y.~~-~i~o~:i ,.!y~:\p T ! v K ~ , - D ~ ~ J ~ B~RV..-WQOX f o r a ' 1 of 2,655, of i:-l>ich 75 a r e f o r t3e present s@,a.son:. .Apparently, I an spec i s1 i~ i :~y j t h i s season i v th3 C - d l i n a - e i sh t !lel~v veries f r,om BToY'th Cnrolina with six' repor ts out , and. .f ive vsries i n f rm ~ o i t ' n Carolina with t h r ee reports out. Eal ? " i l l i m s :3lmse note - i73B79 vvzyie bqck air ma i l - ' i n four'days''.by,means qf PP cai-d, v /s Xerl S a p , CE. Another p lza fop xou fellows to senti in'. l is t .k. :of. d e l i n q ~ e n t s t&~ions . Iinv? got a good '65~&$. o: the l i s t , ~cut.%voulB . l i ke to hea: from nore of pou. . Uiritn the f s ? ' l i s t s So far s u l x ~ ~ t t e d , a few stat icms aLmady 35~:: on sevaral l i s t s . '.;Then t h i s trx'd 5econ.e~ more rn.zrl,z&i, -;.-ill l i s t . t h e ms t stahborn ones, for; a l l to ' seg and 'take not, so .send

. , .. . . ',, them in. . , . , . " . . . . dF?-- T --------- S. Neblock - 302 ?lest .>'lain S t ree t - icnoxXvi1ie, I l l i n o i s

Jan. 18 - XPJR 1223 f / c 1:25-1:40 ~ / o f f . BIN 930 auxi l iary t ransmit ter ~lied:, 1:50- . . 5 93.2, -cdmov,rn TT, no I3 1:5~-3:15. KL19Gl 920 f / c >:&; siof f 2:15. BSPC 1240 :? jc 2:15-2:25 barely heard through '??11Q.' Jan. 19 - XVFC f/c-XT 2115-3:03. T!OLY 740

. ~ R S 2:15-~:05. ' 3 ~ > . 21- Y I ~ O 860 f j c . 1:i5 -~ /0 f f , . ' l , : 20 . 950 f/c i:a+"f;: 1:30. F;l;rZC ,1510 -.';c 1::,0-i:45., 'Ig.?YO-1410 f/d'.2:0d--s','off 2:15, WIL QRM. VlSB '750 -9 3:OC:- 3:10. ESTF ,1:70 15 hnutte f / c 3:Q3-.3:15. . .C?012L 131C f/c 3.:20:3:30. Jan. 3- i-'"T' I,,.,,JL f / c

,,I.L!!,L.: 1330 2;10, ' s / o f 3 : 1 5 . . X S P , soxa Bin5 o.f B ' c ~ ~ ~ c - K , 3:25, I D at; 3:41. .Jan. 24 - "'"-"- ET 1:2+2:33. '!U?.DO L?GO MS ~ / o f f 2 : a . KEG$ 1430 S;!ecial..test 1:26 ~/ :of f . -2 :06 Z;?:roug? VIL' wash. . . ;ii? i i ~ s /of f . 2: 15. , T::'SGY 610 RS 2: 5753 : 05. ' Jan. 25- VW( f / c 3: 27, ID 2 : a . Jail. 3- ':'C3S 89$ t e s t 2:00-3:i)O. 1120 TT,.no IDV"3:3Q-3:30. DLOX 1123 Eii: 3.:30 -4)OO. 3-i:. . 3;Ij- ;;'CI;S f 53.30 f ' /c 3:25,-2:$$, ' ,1310, Greei;saoro, ''27. C. , cip.ild;ll t 26.: c a l l , . tes t in? t;:ro-~$i ',-,.fLS 2 :-$44 :JG. (!'JcoG., L& q -2a. ). B I S l . 580 ST 3 : 35, ID 3 :49. TLTFC 95a sS 5: iS-L:C:O. ' T::IlTS 1010 RX-4:,00-300. Ja:?. 31- T."{.CKY 1530 '3pecial on floa::., 1:40.

"'-:1:55. . . 7:lX.P 7% :;":25-2:@. Jwary.hasibe.~ri ,yood- for m6 as. to v e r i f i c a t i ~ n g , 25. S i n e last report , f i v e .cards - T:.rLBA i

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.... L C , ss =3 t r i ck l ing . in .at a alov: Data. Rut since nos t of : tix r q o r ts a r s vu.r, bv U s I tgesa I c>:I t expect too iiuch. bards a r e . F a c t f ron HROV 845, WQOK 1410 -id TGT

.. Let te rs h a v d e e r : received from. CKJL 900 an4 CKOY 1510 ( f o r my 99 t'n 2nd 103th C&:1 ans) , TIO, 1175 ex5 a f iize long lette'i" f ron WIW 1370. They say tha t t he i r zrzzta 'audfenco I s . ii; bheVi~gin"1s lands wi th a . t ~ t a l " p ? p l a t i . o n of l+.mil l ion. "FLY s ignal

i s hear4 re:plzrly and a l l day 'oy.: aud iendes nearly one thousand milas airay., - I.Ic arre . . ' very happ;' cubout this;" ' . 1':~' r ea l l y ashamed of ariyself - I' ve managed t o x i l s ayzq DX . .. :prograin ~q:sei.!ted ir, January. . Had a severa buzz, on tha d i a l f o r about a w3::::..:;13 a half ~ ~ i l i c h ' dro.ned out everything excepting the locals and semi-locals. It! s. zoi-~e now,, taanl.: .-pcd;ness ! ' During. .the,, res t . of:. tks month: I. tvas b ~ . s i l y shut t ing off klze paarm in.rky ~ 1 3 % . ' Is t h i s a s i p bf o ld age, :Lefty? ( I cvouldn~i; know, Hark,. 3ef::; j u s t . , a

' k i d rriysslf -:::5.! Did 'send reports o u t to..t'ne following ststj.ons:..l/7, ZFY Csor~etown Britislz @ism OR 560 kc/s. from 4:40'.'to15:21. In. the clear with.S-3 s,,ign;ds before 5:OO. ;.-'RC.!.' c n r r i e r o n a t . 5100' a d r a t b r ;2ifficul.t t o copy a f t e r that t ine. 3/13- b!IVV I s l e de Vidques, F:.R. 1370 or, -tile d i a l , i n c l ea r fr.om 5 sdon u n t i l 5:30 .-:.::., Good s ignal s t r e i ~ g t h ard all' ir, Snglisii' xi tk .ral.igious progr:.ms. - Yi:io.-new ones &i:.zd on the

' 18 th. CIQOIZ Gre=i:viile '-S. C . 1&0 netv AN, 1:25- to. 1 :go d.m. This one seniLs a nic.e. card. KLilR 82C ii? Lmar, Col, . r e c shed .on f J c with poor to gbod.recept io;~ throu;@~ Q,RIVI. 011 .i/&8 ~o~cJ~~'.X.EY!B~ Ve~acruz 750 an3 Xli,PJQ,. GUa;dalajara Mexico sa ,119 0 ?,;c/3., '_ Took .a dual lo ,.-i:y;;- cj:.3'.t*e" tl: 7% from ll!.SEi.'p:..6.,' La. 12: 95' a.d. . . X3IB .aLino.s t IOC$ r3adable w i t h v3ry lit2::.le?!JT Q,.Ri. very' poor w i t H ' - b a v y .W. ?Ill%. Tha l a s t s taJcion 1. i n J a m - ? & ~ j f as TZCO 1320 logged : luring day (gi;?ce, I.. missed t bir DX) f rori .ll: 15 t

. 30 a.m. o-n 51s 25 t h ; Ee1l hear9' a t . th i s . locatior? o.n RS, I note tha t no -0iX 3 s - , heard fro:;: tke 1I.JAT'DX. I"izs:z :they wrote.me regarding the.pro@m.,. they said. Kiey ..

. would sen.1 a pen:.a-r;t' t-d all lis't,e-r?e.rs :.report'ing. I then v$ro.t.e. them a l a t t a r e q i a i n - 'ing aboat ~ c ~ i f i c a t i o n s , so' they kay 'W. making up QSE c.ards. ,I'.l'l wait m o t:zsr ;.:-oi:th o r so ani i f 20' r4p:ly I ' l l wr i te &&in on.be7mlf d f the club. Veries a r e i,83:5 (30,

. . on long vi;ve) i n 72 countries. , . . . . . . .

'Xarold X. Schrock - P!BQWd - R.R. 1 - PLaxton, I l l i n o i s --- ------- I found t:w evening o f . 1 /25 , &o-d fd'r LA DX. . Gogi taken ,,on ";La Voz de Ree13cciozv 1125 ( R I 2 A ) ti:?. =/off "35 p.m. ; Colombia 1185 6lof.f 10 p.m. TIQ. 1175 10 p.m., ,11'12v2..io.

L' .bFsimfl, Pue- to .P la ta , C.R. A t 10:30 ''nea~cl. TIR&.'.735 and TIJC:585. vrIX06! 845 1oy:e.d to .12:.10 it.=.', .~AQD -'ldi?5 10:iO p.ii;; 1125- YSE3 1075 toJs /off 1 a,ri,. KOSY ?YO 2 / c p r i s . CXCH '/LO 1 aim. ' VSPN DX ' in c lear . , Evening 1/25 good for Us. Colo:-:.:rl~~ 1185 s./off 11 2.;:. this evening. MICA. 685 to $/off 11:56 p.:r.. Log on, TICS 855 11 par-;. El Salvacior 10i5 ll':30 'p.m. to 1:00 s /o f f . .1./2& Star ted DXing. hoping for l o t s o? DX but f i r s t 1-3 'mars . ,netted no thing. . CFCT:l D X :unheard unless i t wag on early. !!JOB 1,220 ' tes t ing 3:.3G, ICm 1410 s/off 3:15.: T W 1600AF. V I C O DX 4:15 OX. HJDZ 1073 t ine , s t a t i on , 1:3!9. TO s a w t-rn morning frou, f a i l u r e was ZJ?Y Br i t i sh Guiana a t 4:40 s/on,

.. . nice slgilal, coed a s ' R I C O was. V ! A l U 850wlBer CKVG 5 a.m. YaTIAC wed.< on 740,. 5rl.5;- ZR~IG t a s tj.1;~ :'40 535 . T.~:~'uT $50 s ion 5.:39. 1i.a- VALY DX OK. , 1/39- m I a x f/c 2 e r list, U--T- -o . . .. .: fJiT

I U.~- . . . .. 1570 1:35, ::;no? Urkr~an TT 1580 to 2:3.2, viho? Veries rewived pas t week, C B D ''iLDS . ('15th aznive?sary) .F:ERT Y:jl.PG. VQ3X i2KI R PJA5 RAB ,. iIoncluras, j ~ 4 0 T Z 1

' You rcer;!'oaTs on ths Best Coast who l i s te r , . tohamas; regort WSQGL'M i f you hsar 22% 22L"tc noons on 'csz : .e ter phone. 'G~nd'DX'to all, . . - . . .

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Varies b~c!-, are 13'I-;IR \W,XS. Thie l e ~ v e s 3'3 new reports s t i l l out , ten wer3 fcir DXe8, i i u s 1 5 DI.:es f o r dupes. 1/23-.YEBY, 1570, f / c . 2:45 t o 3:OO. Rere's a. dmb qxostion. ~ s $ t k a r e a G~.~i.,an speaking s t a t i on ' betvves~ 1380 arid 13901 A b u t S : 02, t-med ;*era be- tweeh XXON niil 1390, said "Dankelf'. se'veral t ices ( ~ k r k s ) and. smoo ti c1as;icuj i;.us.ic.

: 4 . j r j j . . ? . , t e s t a t 3730 fo r a new one. ':'AL'i DX. l i ke a house a f i r e . here, ~ i i o t : ~ ~ . . , #W

' ' one. ,',,KGZS, 1580, t e s t t ' a t 4:30. 1/30- KAYO.;..1150, at 3:30. , Then it got ter-:iblg mi- ey .and, lest t o bed. , 1/31- Unknown on 900. at+.'2:40, to 2:58& and s i l e n t , no v? ice..

, WIfO\Tl, 1,379, . ' . t es t ing' .atop DJX at 3 :13. V!,TRCV, 1060; .TT. at 3:28. , I need tk i s . o !ie buj c:iiltt seer.: t o Oatch..enou.gh to.r$port;. .,WOICO; 1460,: tast:.at 3:m. . 211- WiCIC, l..SO, f lood neii.rs a'; 2:58, WCIN, 1480, t e s t at.3:03 a d iji&n~ivn-1,vith KoOD, 630, a f t e r 4:00 and bad noise today, 2/2-7XAEI, 1550, t es t at 2 : 3 2 . WKIC, 1430, wi th AiT flood news.

"DJJL, 1440, t i s t a t , 4:02.:. ECJG, '138'0, tee%-at. ' ,-l :0.7., .2/3-. No .DX. Wife t

ge 10 - N 15 yr 3 F - ' - - - - - t!LITl?c~L*cj Q 7 1357 Ro:?. X. .. S c l ~ i l l e r - - P :0 . Box 1084 - Upiversj. ty.-.of De+mye- .- Ve;fya-r&,,- -2.2 1gt;~a-c-

d u s t tho-~:;l~'; f so'ir,.-~thi.rrg: I . ~ i s s , e d t l~e ' . Ye;.? Jeysay issus. of i3X i\mbL3.. . I hzd :-.I.: due i n t e ~ t i o i l s o f ' . . r i t i r ;g i m , bu* -1 was i n % w ':'orb: on Satvrdar, then. went bac i t o sc l~ool th.e ilemi?;; k ' ; -ofk~c pcijlication. No DX 1.W;'S t h i s ws-3k-; I owe TJ.dgne.r $4. OO! ',:'.eally busy t .his we3k. I c:s.i?ged C O U ~ S ~ S .fr~;cil Engineering . to -Arts ar:l Sciences, 1;:-l i~ve. X o t xuch nevi DXkiiise. Verie #860 from CiKiiAR-dx ar,d ii:c:l:2r sars th6w ar3 2. ccaqle at home f o r me. ThW:I 'had FTXEG s /on 5:33 last week, t-.:,i'c~,>i:re sent to see. .?-lso, '3HPB 1:ICIT T.!ELR YTAQ 7?;XA7if 60RZ and s m e others ullrecalla>:a nt the

, . moment. ::o;.::g I rfiissed you Kex Year' s Eve, LeTty. Jir; mci I went to the C i ' c g ~ :;ci had a b a l l , ;srt of on. t h s sJy! 73.

. ,:&;gtg-.Cooper - 439 East 21 Street ' - Brooklyn 2 5 , New York A few v2ries in here t h i s week, i n . f a c t , three. cn one day, a l l le tkers : V'V:CL-ISSO-dx, I:,'EID-69.3-ilx, I~/:~S)-lS?Ci-ax, and RJOE-15Ti'O RS.. Not an avful l o t of DX t h i s .:.re.;.:.:, -cut a few notes. Ilr very rmch interes ted i n that asecret r;,ethod" of DXing ~~~~~~~t c ;~ an- t e m a a s ?~c;::.:;io:?ed by Len Lock~voo&. Also, %ha&@ to Leon Neblock f o r his snri:ei-s t o ! querie.b I 4r.d i i ~ l;ers ttx;o weaks ago. To Era1 Ys;,;?er, I ' m , s t i l l laughing zt . 3 o w com- mnt on t l 3 ltte::td~ive varie!". . . That str-ack m 3 . fumy v;hen I re2d i t , a n t I gil3s3 those near me i:- tt,le of:Tica must .hive ,.A-rraught I .h& a spicy book o r something be:lii;c', i d - ger insts2~3- of D:i K@iS! Away over ' tho weekend .sc n o t much DX to r spor t , 5~1t::::? 5 i d me t 2 ?ie-:; o:ia,s - at' l e a s t one . f o r Yure, srd b o : t en ta t ives , which wet 11 score 4 , - - . . .- * . : each. tr>l;tatiifeb .%$;-ee ' D X B Frop-.mY-S.10 .and .af&-E?Q'iand -- ths po z i t i - G

. ' t h e booqi;;~ si3?J of l i~aLio ~Dmeraral~ on 660 at 4:40 s/on . to s/sn of 'WECAI s -ccr-ier . . . .. , It li bet, E~I&-. r a i s e hobb i.!rith.l"BCAr s. signal about. 100 , m i l e a out! I t was tke sns i e s t SA .ever ~ @ ~ g e ' l . here : Ther do '.'not -a:ent,io< m y call. l e t t e r s ,' a 1 though thsy a r e oc-:l.;osed

. - to be ZFY. .5:;;ks i s a l s ~ a. new coGntry f o r me, of course. The IZLA.-dx of d;/5 ,%as pro b- a b l ~ thz oke" bc::ird XRF. T,hey.'x:ust. belisve in . the old vuhseze llf igh t f i r a :.:it::- f i r e , l1 'for. . . to . c' h... !I?,-,'; IET;F* s ' h i l l b ; ~ l l y iiusic, th;?g used - o f course - h i l l b i l l y ,music! . on of TTJOZt s ' ~:>2~i : . r nulled them at 5 : 3 7 o r so. So lor,,% f o r now, except to ask: tl:':crder what's becoxa of Afithony La,gatutta, 3ssil Segr,aves, E lber t Tewell & Soha Tohl?

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. . . om ~ r n . STATIQI?TJ.S STATIOI~ERY - . - L - - . ~ -I--,-- ~ L - I S _-,---_ 60 % Dear ir. Enmi:@: en red Barene,. o f , 3eat t l .e) . . .

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V I w a s pl$.:.sed t o recaive ;rourDX l e t t e , r .but I believe I s h u l d c a l l attsctlm to the f a c t t h . ~ t rxls ' t of the. fellows. who. $end me rep.orts are giving me a l o g tlmt I .:,;rz no wcy of a~c-?-i.~tel.? eorifirmihg. 'The ciistake .stems frdm :the f a c t t M t you su>:?ly l i t t l e

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o f . riohe of 'eke i c foma t ion ive record on, t'ne log. Perhaps I can' ?lelp you -for;. 3.t'i;lre reports.. 3 s - e arz the main things we reco,rd on the log. TiG s t a t i a n iden:iCic::::lon, tha sponso21 s :;nr;?e i n t he . con;-: e r c i a l annamcements 2nd t'ne nr'f;ne of tins pro,q,-:rn: time 50 not lo;.. tile :.xsic selec'tions so. t'hey.,, a re of, no 'value ir, 'checking a g ~ i - n s t your . report . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . , "1 3 c l i e a e 2rj.d~. ::-?ve 'menticned encegil syponsors ',acd iden t i f i ed pa r t of tha ' ~ ' ~ t l l a ; - Batch pro :?ram t o jxs3iify- 1-237 ~ o n f i rm. in~ yoar 'rec;aption. .'!Hbwever', I ::-.iiovs . the -fello',fiis r.5.ll gs t nora conf inat ions xiailed back to i f they

. . 1 obsa;*ve ' t h a-3ove .a3v$ce : ' 1 $::0~1~3 sugkes t y'ou Bass t h i s aJong. fl

' . ( sigieclj Iiugh ??cBcath, Chfzf ~ n ~ i n e e r , KXOL, Ft. ' ? ~ ~ t : . ~ Tex. This ees;~:s t o be tiie c:&e ir: ;,:my i~s t a f i ce s . yet , r e d this oiie i?Ow.

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. . , . , . . ------ Dear T'lr. do:cpcr: ''We., 12i?vo c;;e3dced' tlie prog2ek logs , f o r 'Sunday, :?ay 27, 1956, ' zncl f joadl the s el~c",ons

'and nevrsmsts. broadcasts agree exactly n i t h t'ne' time aYL2 'sel5ctions l i s t e r i ii? ;-our 1et ter . l t .'. (r,i@.ed) 3Telson S. Iiounsley, Ge:?s&b Pdamge:i-,'1L':3EX; Eastoc., ,D2. . '

. . From t h e co:~ssnsri$, i t wouid semn that, nos t , s t a t i~ .~ ; s cia,, ZC?. log5 tXeir r:usical m::bers or,-RS, b.ut 'ik:le_ ,$a. I6ost s ta t ions . do: 1,og the .n;ileice.l n k b e r < 'on DX and T33 t ~?TO~TL:IIIS th6dghl .-io Ielieve. So w e s-qgest: . E i s t the n,usibai.r.-ambers; l i s t any spo1iwrts :;am

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you rfiiglit kear, ,i?,nc3. i ag :the I D mord ..for. word i,f .@ ss,ible . In '0 ths r , words, .=ivc Elem as mt~ch i::f'c~::atior? as ' Y ~ d can glean:from .,the program, 'and a i r a l l soma of it .:ill be i n t h e i r s t i t i o n ,Log, 1ahatevar' i t :mig'kit..be. . . . . .. .

. . , . . . . . . :. . : . . . . . anydne l : ~ i $ : ? i : < ~ .a d & d i & t d ; ~ ~ ~ ' on. tXe WGBB-12i'Q 'DX o f I'Brch 18, the way to ge t i t ig to have a. repor",~ the 1fDX BEJ;:'Stl of ;..:arch 9 , .;hich t wr i t t en up; ,, ~i~.i.A.y: I+' $rk'.o&Zy-J:,;AY h SELEC!

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Febr-aary 9, IS57 - D ..- X - - N.,$-?-S- Faze 11 I1TJSIxGS : .-'.+ P ;q IIQ!uT;R 8TA:T'ES:. TEI !: h:;xjX : Y,'A.SIIIITGTOE-;X,n - . - - -- !:!EX1 -.--- CO-hTEERAS?;A-Q$~ mi$, . .

jrhrvi rL .E. Rc b lii ns. - 78 05 'loo L:~o r tl.1 Avenue - Omaha 14, iTc'brasl,:a A --- ---- - --.--- -. - - - - - . - -- -- . - .

Eope a l i of tllis a r r ives i n ,time f o r thtz big COE.T&'%ER ISSUE of I:"us~n@. I:2 s:'ould .have on2 o f t::3 highest percentages of rn~p3era reporting to a. dedication i s a c ' c f any of,t::a s.i;;tzs. Lcttest DX a c t i v i t y here Tncludes, well , J e t ' s s t a r t k~ i t i l tkis rorning. s t a t i o n :JICO (1320) Salisbury, Kd. made i t behind another t e s t e r mos t of tkcj tiz:g, but the, o ther t e s t e r ::!ent off ' jus t a, few mimtes b e f o ~ e s/of f , so log@ qui t s n ::;it i n the c lear . 1'1;~3roi?e k m w V J ~ O t h i s u n i d e ~ t i f i e d . t e s t e r wee? Sta t i on CF!X (1333) nas .on top of , t h e frc42-ency hers much of the t ime:.pn.tbsir DX. Surprisingly good si:?-d f o r the ' d i s tL~-~ce . Don! t believe V W was on.. WJBT! d e f i ~ i t e l y o f f . On 1/26.: XU!,: (1280) taking 02% '.TCTT azd WSU at 8 p.m. ~ l s o ' (1,320) at 6/off. On 1/21: 4i.IIX (1230) and l3iI?I+4 (1.233) 1 0 t h log,pd on DXes. NPither was too strong, and logging was 6 i f f i - cu l t . V J ? ~ W (1450) on e s r ly RS, V!HEP (13i.0) DX ' cor i~~leteed tile d.ay with VJTIR (:.,lo) Durham, T . C. also. On =day Nvi, 1/20 a 'spr-prise a t 8 330 a.m. was I1!JPR (1333) Grse?l- v i l l a , F. 2 . The sui? was up and everything. On 1/13 (.and you can see I ' m i~ovlnz -Sack- wards, h i ) aas 1:.I!,'A-i ( 1~ ,40 ) and KSXL (1250) at s - ! s e t . On l j16, VNXL (1580) Dl; ilicgly heard. By the way, WSPN (90C)) on ,1126 w a s ria t ileard here. No . c a r r i e r on f r3'3,'-?,0ncy M) don't bsl i2ve t'L-.~y F A ~ S i t agaf.n. ..:. On 1/15: WHRT ($60) on DX. T ' h a t ( s about .it f o r now.. 73. FIcpe 211 you corn&h~:sl:e~s made i t t h i s issue, hi. .. - . . . . -

Gen.e : ~ z r . , e . & i - ~ ~ ! : . 5407-~-rinceton~aec a k d e ' 14, Yas hinktoo . . ' . --.--- .-. I ax u a i ~ ~ ; : Klis P;ozcial section as an opec l e t t e r $0 a l l yon f i ne mnbers of iiXC .and p a r t i ~ , ~ l ~ : - I y t o t h o s ~ of you xifh'v:hom I haye corresponded o r met psrsonally. iv in- a c t i v i t y i s cc:cseit b g m ~ ex t ra hours having to be spent on ny job, a d I seo no s l ack ins cf -. .c rk t h e ir, t1?$. near f ~ h r e . It i s jus t plqysically impossible fo? ne t o s i t u? 311 ::cS;crd acii t3en: ;:ark I!io~dny ard Tues3ay frorri 7:30 a.m. u n t i l 10:riO p.m. which i s 1 ; ~ mn.z.1 sc>iedule; :Ccuple thgs, :;vith .Ell days the r e s t of the nesk. I a l so work T'mscl::;- 3ven i~g , and you car1 see n1j7 d i f f i cu l ty . sure you a l l r e d i z e %is i n a c t i v i t y i s a great d i '~p88~wure to me, bc t I am of the nature t ha t a l i t t l e ;->a:tici- pat ion i s -::orse than nons at all. In evsrything I undertake, work o r pleizsu;-c, .i al- ways ,do so -::-,gleheartedly a s was the case with you f e l l o s s f'or four years untii 3ust mt year ago. I cnn get a d i f f e r en t job arly time -,vith normal he-zs) but t'ne lesse r I~ours tvoirld aMwt to n psy cu t of approxiinatsly $150 per.month and our bu,?lget c?,nrn.ot be re- adjus ted 'a t .i;2is tiae. So, as' 104. as I ~ e e p rv $resent jcb, I s b l i be .;or:;ir~; ex t r a hours. .';? Ilea~d log i s &out 890 and the v3ries. t o t a l 751. .I shall cont i!r,r.o n;- ?.ern- bership iao;?i:l;: f o r so&e c'mnge next f ~ l l so I car, again s i t up in th3 wee lie-=ry ;:ith the re;-f -,..ou. (?!?$ not ' t r y I207 ?,$i l iar ' s tap-DXing s ty le , Gene? -Ed. )

Ted S a 1 i n ~ - Route 2. - Box 1?1C - E s t a c d a , Ore-gox . - - . . -. -- .- ---- .-- I am enj0yi:l.r: xy Zi l t h year o f DX, EL l o t of them a s amernijer of h W . For the pm-k s i x seasons, i :-L2i73 DXe2 only f o r the XRC m d N?SflC Special programs. Those busy CPC zen have giv-.:: r:.~ r l l the DXing I have time for . So f a r I have reported to 33 :tc,,:ior,s an5 23 I a v o p , l i i ~ ~ : i y veri f ied. Total veries 739 f o r avemge of 38.2 per senzon'so I 'm doin: OX. O:iJy two reports were sent o'tit iL October arid eight i n Nover.3~e;.,.: :. .UAL Si:lcelaJo Y:;~s 3earci f o r iqy first report t c, Colorcbia, ~ecember was a busy r~o:?th ;.!,ith 21 s t x t i o i : ~ rcycrted. Cm, 1300, ; ioncton hearb f o r my ? i r s t ?ran New I j r u i ~ ~ ~ ~ l c k . ' I have no t 0x1:: ;.rrqr of t h s January DXes x i t h loggable s i g m l s ard. only seven r ..i>orts out. The 3estooI" $he seven was l:!RCD i4i30 o?; F I X DX nsming Hal Till iams as 2 o s t dis- tant pho:?or; CFNS 'ver ie i n and #1FJ from Ssskatc?iev~an, thanks, J. G. Xa Croix. CiCOT #lo f Porn rj;':';;:,rio, .&ld mo 5 t di 6 tant 250 vrat tei- f ron tinat province. 73. ( ~ i ~ l c o x e back to these page3, Ted. ..- Don1 t make j-ourself so scarce! -Ed.

. . , . . - Laor;ard ---- Loclwood - ~oilt-e 10 - Box;-332 - O J j ~ i a , , BI'asnington

I n order.' to ?1?2:e . the Tlashington ~ ? ~ o r t 10Cf>, g;.ess I had Se t t e r send i n a r..-,port. On 1/23 I txped RBC1Z-LZ30 Burley, I d a h o n t h e i r monthly fit-TT. F h i l e on vsc~.'cioii l a s t Iday I stopp.;.?. iilC,d.~K%R'and received a verie of 5/18/56. This i s my one L?.~id on% vzr- ie. oil 'I,!-< &;3 I &Fed . the BITI-1420 D X prograx; from 5:03 to'6:Ol. . I did t'riis ::hile i n bed, as I hayre a set-up such as Roy L4illar has. My e q u i p e n t includes a Z.::.it>. !brans- Oceanic, LTLI . . ~ V i c h r . l!rodel 6-EX-63, a Zenith X0.3ei. R6.?3V, a Regency Transis t o r l?ocket ractio,, a '?i;:it!.i.;~ro~al 503 .T r~ns i s to r . pocke t r a 6 i 0 , all X A Victor I!iodel 5-C-592 clock radio ~ir:bbi- Eh&. ' Tho-agh. I haven't a~qy veries to speak of , I have log&-d n?.I'j DX progrunsl, f /cs, etc. . tbr iks ' to the T\X. I nave logged most every s t a t e , Caild: . , 1dexi- co , P,las'-rj, Iiat-rai i ard 'Okinawa. . I DX without aqhritenna, bg$a l i t t l e t r i c k I >zq~l..ened to discover qC~.ite b. accident. . If. any DXer happeas t o be' in te res ted i n my (next h age)

Page 12 -D-x- - R E V S - - -- - FeSruary 9, 19 57 ( ~ e o n a r d I 5 , coctd fron? preceeding page) drop me a l i ne , By t h i s metl~o?~ I Fave l o g ~ d as I?,T %s Great Berid, ICmsas, a 250 watter, or? my l i t t l e Regezcy Tr-;ns.Ls';or

I : ? . L 1 ~ ~ ~ I coilslder a -poor radio.. Before. signing .off , ' . I wish t o give a l l c r ed i t radio '-. - ' - f-ron D X i i l ~ t o tlle ;_ onc?erfbl NRC. I couldnl t @ t aloiig x i Clout i t , so 73. ("'"lcc~.-e, Len, t lv~9rs f o r thoss nice words! . :-Ed.)

Trod Ewene - 2828 West 69 Strea t - Saat t le 7, V!ashi.npton . - -. . -- .- -- -. - -- - -. . d , , Greetings frcrr the Evergreen State! This report follows my l a s t one by abo7.1-t b::o week sc not nach net.: to add. 'Bes t DX prograrfi heard during t3 i s time w a s V'KXL-1383 -.'ii-lh sur- p r i s i ~ g l y s t m n g signal. st his program was being taker, i n by tape recorder :i;~ils I r a s get ti:^;; c cood n ight l s sleep, hi .) I s e , , my rscorder f o r most of tine v~eok ;:ie;hts DXes sni ?/cs, ,;..l;i?e I a?;; et, t h d i a l s on I2on2qr me mings . This VTXI, and KTO:?-lr;S 0 a r e IT.^ fl lr th3st 25J w a t t s ta t ions . Nev" veries include QSL carda frorn CFQC-SGO, T7YAX- 570 (pic+C~rz TO s tcard cf s ta t ion) ICEUS-680, WJJD-1160, azd F~3A.A-820. Lei t e r s are from IT,'IJS-890, ECPX-14C9, Ia!iUR-1230, KYV-llCjO, 11CXOL-1363 who also sent QSL card, xrl?d GPO- l i 9 0 . SpsEcii-g about ~ r o n p t ver ies$ KSPO- 1340, Spokane, Vash. and ICiJLX-733 T:i2l-cta, rash. b o t h received i z ? _ t ~ o days frorr. day I mailed reports. Now f o r a few ~ t ? ~ t i s t i c s .

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I .have losL+d 437' stakions - r i th only 158 verified. leading s t a t e verie4:~isa i s Cal i fornia 3j f a r , :xith 46 fron. t ha t s t a t e . B q back i n secord placa i s O r ~ ~ 0 ~ 1 -.:ith 21. J.'Iashi..-.;tc;i, my home s t a t e , only crefii ts me with 18. My raceiver i s a Eal;io;lai SG54 id I '%ve -an 80' aerial running.NE/W. Also a 70 footer running I\T-S, ...! hick. i::or!;rs best G:: 2:. few s ta t ions . 1:Iy 386 footer ' i s connected t o a neighbor's ,i;arage o r I couldn' t eve:: 2:ave OES tha t log. The CTCm Cz~rose , Aita. DX was heard very easi ly here f o r 51 v 3 ~ y q?le?L~~;~e ohe for xe. Thatr s it f r ~ m here. 73 .

. .C~~~2~~.~~.~3~reess~.2?~S31~~~Av'e_~ooo.S~Iii-.S~~~le... L?!~~.I~.i.-nxt_on..- Haverift be:: Coiilg niuch DXinz l a t s l y . i\Ap school laad durixg tile week siid 519 f a c t tha5 11 v3 73232 ge t t i ng up ear ly on tha :q:ehkads t o go ski ing ctiesn' t n.llo::; z-~-cl: of that. Si!-cz :;:-jT iiat t r e - o r t , i f anyone can r:m~mber back t b t f a r , 1 1 ve hsar.1 fyon ?;ByX-lS 3, 33Y-1550, X,.OTJ-56C, and KLO-2.430. I rsceived the ICLO card olil.>~ 13 :;?a:: ths a f t e r r ecog t io~ . .. Abut the f i r s t #$part of Novcmber I sent out a burich of L?tZ:RC, a local , blocked a.qj c i la~ce f o r our Dl: from JiALY. Veries iii: ETID-1080 (a,% car:!.), C;..@'?-153S-DX a d my f i r s t 0ntari6;'~ b! , WJ75-1510 13:; a f t e r s lvere l i'/?lps, RIFJl-?2?30, Sikh, Alaske; IQI~UE-1230, iGurrpty, Utah; ViTIG-l293 DX on f/up, RY;.'-,1100 and V,:.CKY-1530 (~TJ, cnrd) . To CPC: ?Zy riio st wanted s ta t ion f o r a DX program i s 3.m-1150, V6uncauv3 r, T:'csh. r'or a, ILoruia57 A!!. I'Y any o ther s i a e,gre3si-;efit, w h y not dro? Le:i Irruse a' cai-d 2nd nay5e he, o r so~lieone, can work out a DX f rax t h i s dqytimer before this see- son :is ovzy - !::?at s2y? P, couple) of *my prev iou~ ly "most wanted8 2Tortlwest s t~bionS ' havs"been . ::Oed ix recent m;nths ij?. XBPS-1430 and XlUEt-1230. 73. . .

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O f the SZVIX r syc r t s f rorc ~ias;2~~~t;'on/0;.e$on/~ebras~ca/3~e~~! F/iex@o, FIVE we.r::? f rox tllP, .. S ta te . of ;hs::i:igton, ore frbx Oregon k-i. o n e from '&'bi.ss'xa. O u r hear t ies t co--,yratula- $$.ens x . . ... . t o tl:e :.~C?stt?rn'~err,58rs i n Washington; 0&',gOn &d, ~a l . i f&& a.-few'weeks .bc.cl;, . "' who r e z l b 11x2 tlie ride a d energy ' to oome .through :vith'+&ijoSts f o r ' t h e i r dedi.cc?-tofy ' 'issues 63 11C.:: i.zfs.. 11,: '1 look$ l ike the tr eri,d i h Dx ,& -fie'ids: i s ~ ~ , ~ s ~ J ~

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