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VOLUME 38 FEBRUARY 27,1971 NUMBER 19

"Please renew my subscription to DX NEWS. My f i r s t yea r in NRC has been fantastic. Keep up the good work1 'I (Bruce Winkelman, Ka. )

I N T H I S I S S U E . . . NRC Log Updater, P a r t II - Russ Edmunds

N E W M E M B E R S T H I S W E E K . . . +John J . Hupke, J r . , 4826 Walsh Ave., E a s t Chicago, Ind. 46312 +Joseph Benson, 227 Colonial Ave., Wilmington, Delaware, 19805

Welcome to the NRC, gentlemen, we hope t o be reading of your DX activities often he re in DX NEWS. Why not write into Musings and introduce your- se lves? Your New Member kits a r e in the mai l and you will be receiving t h e m very shortly.

R E N E W A L S T H I S W E E K . . . K r i e g e r . . . G a r b e r . . . G u s t a f s o n . . . H o r i e . . . C r o c k e r . . W i l k i n s o n . . . A T T E N T I O N E D I T O R S A N D C O N T R I B U T O R S ! ! ! !

Invisible blue i s once again invisible; makeup sheets fo r DX NEWS can once again be used with visible guidelines. Flip the sheets over if you so desire. . .

S P E C I A L S P E C I A L N O T I C E . . . F r e d Tankersley phones in that the KLUC t e s t f r o m L a s Vegas will be r ea i red on March 15th f r o m 12:OO-12:30 EST; other details a s in l a s t issue.

This i s sue may have to be mailed a couple of days late because of l a t e copy f r o m one of the Edi tors and the Washington's Birthday holiday. Good DX -

kc/s watts A.H.,E.S.T. Info from: Elon. W c h 1 W B L J I230 Dalton, Georgia 250 1:00 - 3:00 N R 0

1 w L K E 1170 Waupun, Wisconsin 1,000 5:00 - 6:W TRCA

non. ~ c h 1 5 W J M X 970 Florence, S. C. 1,000 2:00 - NNRC

~ o n . m h 2 9 W B N C 1050 Canwsy,N.H. 1,000 2:15-3:W N R C Won. April 26 W 0 B G 1400 Greensboro, N. C. 250 2:UO - NNRC

51AkA/'AAJsmis be on the d t h their 1,000 w a t t s transmit- t e r , on Monday a w i n g , 3/1/71., f im ~ : O O t o 3 : ~ a.m., E.S.T. ?hey wi l l use rock-n-roll music, maqy Ins , and sane cycle tone p e r i d . Send your reports t o M r . W i l l i s m D e l a s d , Chief Engineer, WBLJ Rsdio, Box 809 - Daltm, Ga. 30720. This s t a t ion real ly gets art well and has been heard recently in the Youngst# area- Please send a l l y o u r reports i n E.S.T., and with return postage. WBLJ has 81-

ways been a friendly s t a t ion t o us m r s , s o let's s h w r them with r ecep t im re- ports, d / a r t h d - y o u cards for t h i s f ine gesture.

~nanged by W F S BOYD-

%AAS.;AA,JA We have no program de ta i l s - probably cycle tones and D, as a guess - UWVA and WOO w i l l bath be on, however. Reports go t o Mr. Jack DervldSan, Program Director, Radio Sta t ion MIKE, Bco: 1170 - Waupun, Wisconsin - 53953.

X991~995.&k,%,PFR, A s Feb. 2 dewed over t h i s den I: was c a s u a l u l i s tening t o WOAl a s

-on,

when the announcement tha t the sa le was off due t o the f ac t the meaniIl3ful nego- t i a t ions cwld m t be reached (Shades of the Paris Peace ta lks) . Well, being the

inquis i t ive person I am, I star ted cal l ing a few friends t o find out who stopped the ta lks a s it w a s not mentiorE?d i n the news i t e m who did. After several phom

c a l l s pay d i r t , I talked with one of the salesmen a t XCRO and he informed me that the owner Jack bth could not get the $l$ million he was asking fo r KCNO so tha t he could buy WOAI and WOAI would not come d m on t h e i r asking price so AVCO de- cided t o drq, the whole th ing and keep t h e i r 50kw. station.

It looks a s though

t h m e people a t WOAI can stop looking for other jobs. Can you imagine checken

rock daytime and Dolly Holiday nighttime on W? Ecch! -Larry Van Horn.

"ntv" SI!l!UATICW

CIITS: 740 K R M G Back a t it, SPU 1050 W H N Seems t o be lPSO NOR now.

HEARD SINCE LAST ISSUE 810 W D L W Yorktm, G-eo%a (1/29) 850 K R P T ~undsrko, OkMaua 1570 W L I F Jb-WW ( c l mx)

C K A J Ek-CKJL 1580 W K U N Monroe, Georgia (c/w)

That 's it for t h i s Mek. Since we do not have a copy of t h i s page i n last week's i ssue, msy Ve s u w s t you check tha t DX Special list t o make sure we didn't happa t o leave one out insdvel-tantly We'm now sent out three issues from hem which

we've not yet seen in pr int .

l o t too much i n fo r t h i s e e k ' s issue a s f a r a s Musings are concerned. We Want

t o maew our i w i t a t i m t o a l l to Muse often. This goes t o the mw members who

have sent i n i n t ro Muslng~ and then seem t o have dropped away agein. We fivlxlld

l ike t o have you aa replnrs! And Acre are some of cur veteran DXers who i n the

past years have been so fa i thful? We could use sane wo* from Ym now! &ad-

l ine here i n Frookl'm is each rnursdqy, 30 l ines is the l i m i t , and we .. ask . . that . y a

please remember t o double-space. got only one 3i@l-spaced one t n l a tlme,

but after 25 vears of squinting tfirough the ~ u s i n g s section, please remember t h a t double spacing ia a great h e 4 t o these eyes. Your co-operation i s most appmcia- ted. Should q of your &tterr, t o me be returned t o Yw, Please send me those emelopes so I may refer them tn the p ~ t m s s t e r . Thank you. See youse mxt week.

Jm W. BASEHORE - 603 Shepherdstam Road - Mechanicsburg, Permsylvauia - 17055 DX,Xing i s s t i l l severely limited due t o excessive l i n e noise in

t h e ma, but s-cill some items t o report. New CP WEEO, Waynesboro, Pa. has naf h e n noted tes t ing w/mx & SIDs. Pretty t ight pattern away fmm N.Y.C. t o pratect WW on s m e frequency, as a resul t only mixture of the two received here on 1130 They should do well S & W. WEaT-1600, Elizabethtcwn, Pa. a lso mted on s e v m l successive Saturdays W/?T & br ie f IDS. They have been s i l en t for a year or so & are now under ww management. New c a l l l e t t e r s have been appLied for. Only oth- e r DX was KRLD-1080, Dallas w/NX & I D O ~ I C on 212 O 7:Olpm. WSSC-1340, Suuker, S.C. noted on top of the mess w/localcolmnerciar & I D @ 1 1 : 5 9 p n 2/1. W-I230 ~ami l ton , ht. o/semi-local WRVR on 1/31 @ 8:15pm W/WX, ID br mx. m - B 7 o J ~ a s t Iansing, heard WX d 8:40am 1/20. WMEX-1510, Boston, o/WLRC on 1/19 @ ll:20pm w/ polit icaL t a B show. WDEE-1500 Detroit O/WW @ 11:30 w, '~ouu t r~ mx & ID as "Be Big D." ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 5 4 0 Wrterlm,Ia. s t i l l strong @ 9:15m on 1/20 W/W. WTTR+~O Ro- anoke, Va. w/local NX & WX 2/2 @ 6:55pm. XERF, Cd. Acum, Mexico heard w/relig- ious programing, I D @ midnighz 2/1. That's the puqy report rar nw. I hope t o have l e s s noise & more reports la ter .

DIN SHARE - 340 Shady Woods Cove - Memphis, T e w s s e e - 3 8 1 4 No Muse la te ly 'cause of exams, & I'll leave out unspectecular DX s o

ERC doesn't have t o type s o much. I f inal ly completed nty IRCA Sp i ra l h p , but I , mlght get an SM-1 - oh well. After maqy long hours of t ry ing f a r PJB through the

XEM/CKW & WMC slopover mess, I have succeeded! I had it w/religlcus s tuff and an I D @ 10:30pm on 1/21. It seemed t o be a l i t t l e off fl'equeacy. l2/29- 12:30am on 6 6 5 ~ ~ an unID SS W/MOR Muzak-type tux w/varely readable announcements, t3 12:30& 12:45 w/a 1 am s/off. I heard the WEB TIBT on l2/28, but not good enou& for a report. Thanks, Joe Kureth. Why does CBL rebrocidcast BBC NX? Very conmslng. h hey do t h a t t o confuse u s Yauks -WC) RjE's unID on 970 is indeed WOP in V i - dalia, Ga. ('That explains t h e "mush-mouthed accent"). I tslked w / w school's principal about having a carrier-curre& s ta t ion run by our schcol radio club, but he vetoed it. We may build one m a y (legally!) & have it i n saoeme's house. Tbere are plans for me i n the July '69 EI. That's a l l from t he Souf; y ' a l l Muse r e a l soon, hear?

DAVE SCHNETDER - 77 Pearl St reet - Kingston, New Ymk - I2401 Hello from Kiqpton, N.Y. CX are much be t t e r t h i s month. I a t e s t DX: 1/29- WCRO Pa. @ 12:30m on top of f ~ q u e n c y W/W, Pa. i n backgrcund. WMC

-930 Va. /f/c @ jam w/good signal. 2/1- C1MP-1230 s/off @ 12:05am , KTOK-1000 Okk 1:45m w/c/w; WKIP-1350 TEST in gmd @ 3 : 3 m on 1350; KIB-1550 m @ km, but s0meone e l s e testing, KO?? Anybady? WISE-1310 N.C. f/c- @ 4:32am; WIFE co B @ L:45 u/a r s s of tes ters ; WD-13CO NTC. s/on B 5 w/short part of Dlxle. 2/2- KVOL-1330 Le. on r / c @ l:L6am I D u/WH6; KWRF-860 Ark. r / c @ 1:48 ID ml W/KONO off Tuesday. Mlo on 1/29 on 810 ww :onduct% an M tes:iG z2; c a l l sounded l ike W but WGY s t a r t ed LT/m & ended that. 2/1- mI -1550 Cal. L 3 s/off & had best signal for them t h i s year. Wm-IZm Fh. s/m w/=le @ 5 an evplosive sieml. Totals are now 1,164/48 states. b o d DX & C U in a -k.

-- - E%D T m m L E Y - 1526 Pershlng ~~~~~d - Dayton, Ohio - 45410

TWs is my f i r s t Muse s o let me i n t r o rqyself. I m #), umm- ried, & go t o sfncla i r College rhere I m d o r In Electronics hhgiwer . I R m been aoi% t h i s crazy Tor seven yems althcagh not seriously u n t i l 14 ago. M 12/28 1 ieceived a phone c a l l Ran f r i e m rn i(ur who m l d he'd ET @ 12-Q:15 KT. He used t o mrk a t WAVI In Dayton s o of c o m e he M i n t a n s t e d i n reception i n -0% I received him k 60 d?d a l o t of cthcrs in the mC. I h o p :o arranged m o t h e . One soon. SLPF other catches i n c l ~ d ~ ZDX I~/ZJ, a - 7 2 .I,-,,

R E P O R T E D L Y I N O P E R A T I O N . . . CYPRUS. The BBC E a s t Mediterranean Relay on Cyprus was recently logged and definitely identified in Europe on a previously unrepor ted channel of 1232 kHz. Noted under Tangier a t 2300 GMT one night and in the c l ea r a t 2100 another; in Arabic. Any m o r e information available? (Arct ic)

ABU DHABI. Abu Dhabi Radio i s current ly operating on 809 kHz with the following schedule: 0230-0450, 1200-1950. (Edi tor)

TRUCIAL AMIRATE O F SHARJA. Regarding our recent query for fur ther information on the exact location of this station which operates on 737 and 1250 kHz and gives a n addres s in Dubai, Don Jensen sends along the following information taken f r o m a r ecen t le t ter f r o m the engineer in charge. The station, Saut a s Sahil, the Voice of the Coast, i s opera ted by the Br i t i sh Government and was s tar ted to provide a local information service a t a t ime when the re was no local radio in the Truc ia l States. The MW outlets a r e 10 kw Marconi t r ansmi t t e r s operating in para l le l and , while the t r ansmi t t e r i s located in Abu Dhabi (coordinates25.21. 30N, 55. 23E), the administrative offices and mailing a d d r e s s a r e in Dhubai about 22 mi l e s away. La te r th is yea r the present t r ansmi t t e r s will be moved to Dubai, however, and a new 50 kw Continental MW t ransmi t t e r will be added. So much for the great SharjaIDubai mys te ry . . . AZORES. Em. Club A s a s do Atlantic0 was recently noted in Finland signing off a t 2300 GMT on about 1500 kHz. (ARC)

KENYA. The Voice of Kenya i s current ly hea rd in Sweden testing on 953 with what appea r s to be a new t ransmit ter . Not too much hope for North Amer ica , though, since these Kenya outlets usually a r e directional N- S. (Arc t i c )

I N T E R N A T I O N A L W A T E R S . . . BELCrIUMJNETHERLANDS. Radio Nordsee International h a s re turned to the a i r once again and i s being heard in Sweden with much s t ronger signals than before on 1367 kHz. On January 7th the MEBO I1 was moved to t h e i r new location about 5 mi l e s off the coast of Belgium off Cadsand. If you haven't managed to snag Nordsee before , bet ter go af ter t hem quickly; th is may be thei r l a s t stand.. . ( o r i s i t f loat? ). (Bengt Er icson, Sweden)

P R O P O S E D O P E R A T I O N S . . .

Radio Mashed, IRAN, to go to 400 kW on 725 kHz.. . ZAMBIA i s st i l l awaiting delivery of the three high powered MW t ransmi t t e r s promised long ago by Red China.. . Deutsche Welle i s going ahead with construction of the i r new 600 kW station on MALTA.. . (Edi tor)

6 _A EDITOR:

s m a l l colum this t i n e f o r a change, uhich is jus t a s well, a s we're current- ly in a ra ther busy t i m e a t m r k anyhoo, so time i s limited. A l l items recrd by usual Wednesday deadline are included. S t i l l no DX here due t o illIIesseS of receiver, loop and me, hi. Now on to regularness:

mianignl lo sunrise 570 KCBT-NM IRCA =T hrd f a i r l y well w/ QRM de KLAC,KLUB W/ CT (??-WE) .

0200-0215 1/18 (Duane Giese, Sacramento, Ca.) 590 W W -N, TT noted 2/l, apparently ended 0358 w/ I D (Paul H A , Ft.

U 730 CKLG-PC WNAK-PI

990 KRYS-!XI KTRM-TX

Worth, R. ) Hrd w/ f a i r l y gd gigs 2/l w/nx 0500, only QRM de CKCK. Yes, FL can be hrd on the WC.. . (Giese) Hrd AN w/rr 1 /25, NSP now?? (~1a;te Laurence, Canon Cy., CO) TEST 2/l NOT hrd, checked of ten during 0200-0kO0, freq. completely c l r w/ loop pointed a t Pa., were they on?? (H&) Noted on w/ It. mx 0340 2/l, think was t e s t a s t h i s i s n ' t regular format. art) Had ET w/ AXR 1/18, noted 0515-0530 d o f f ( ~ i e s e ) Vy gd sig w/ET-OC many IDIS as " the big one i n '71" 0420 1/25 (Lawrence)* Aren't they all... -XjE Xrd w/ t a l k pgm 2/l 0303. KF'AR does a good job on 1110 AND l l 2 0 &en KMOX off. I believe iKPNW also hrd SM 1/31 w/EE rr/ u/ KMOX. (BL) Are they MSP? * Dm10 -3jE First time hrd after U S there OW13 1/31, fady and fighting CKUX, but there w/ 20-20 nx, rr. Is 5Okv CP on now? (BL) x+ Don't believe so -fUE

~ 1 0 6 0 KTd -PA Noted w/ nx, sounded l i k e XS 0220 2/1. Are they NSP?? (Hart) w Again, I dunno -3jE

+ l a 0 XaS-KS Unlisted test hrd 211 0230-02&0+ w/ TI!, many IDts. F/c? (') 1260 unll) Good s ig W/TT 0ll8-0120, OC O 0120, no ideas (BL) 1300 KCNW-OK ET'ing 0110 t / i n w/ TP, f a@ I/'& (BL)

( s o r t of) Hrd ID "This is WSAZ in Greenville", l i s t e d c a l l * 1330 WE. Is a WAZ elsewhere, so mu& be phon. equiv., but -- a t ? ? (Tom Sundstrom, ~ i i l i r g b o r o , NJ) " That's v e q strange Tom -RjE

1350 KCKC-CA Strone and alone w/ cgn, "KC" i d ' s 0252 2/1, appar. off by 0300 (BL)

1370 W S P D 4 U n n . but extr . s t o m 0313 2/1 w/ H I (B) --OR Test hrd vy well even during the 15 mins when KEEN still in.

Had c a l l s from various NRC & IRCA fo lk 1/18 03&0h0& ?/off ( ~ i e s e ) (BL)

1380 K R K & ~ mch-reported s t n hrd 0305- 2/l u/probab]y w/ sx, ~ O O KATI-WY ~ r d ming W/ gd gig., IT, m 0L32 1/25 (BL)

WE-FL Copied 1st 10 mins. of spl test o!&OPO~O+ 2/1 U/TT, many good ID'S, nice sigs. o/ the cmd. (Hart)

a 2 0 ICPSN-CA Pair wLm u/KME K?l 1/25 01127 (BL) + U30 W -UT AN l/a, new eked? Has switched from rr to MoR, and down-

tempo MoR a t t h a t (BL) mI-OK N o t d off MM l/25, but c a l l to stn sez only mainto NSP

status s t F U holds (Hart) H You m a t have some phone b i l l what v/ cal l ing all these stns... -RJE

WENO-TN S/on noted 0558 1/25 (Hart) KUS-ND In good here 2 h 0b3b w/ mantion of ET (Ciese) unlD Distorted s i g 2 h w/ KOHA off 0310-0335 w/ rr. unn. WKBW o r

KACY ? (BL) KICS-Nb Noted tes t ing w/ID 0230 2/l. Unn. (Hart) KXOJ-OK Tested 0220-0530+ 2/6 w/ m, OC, TP, f e w ID' s. C a l l Mi-

cated they t e s t often but b e g . (Hart) unID Hrd w/poor s i g s u/XERF w/EE rr 01 talk 0020 1/30, CHIJB??(BL) KWOW-CA Good s igs W/ c&w 0401 1/25 ID1s as nCountry K-woe (Giese)

SUIISCI 6 evening M - U T Fair ufIJDAF & KGGM; l a t e r w/ Stars BKB // KOVO & K U , even

carried KALL p rom 1910 1/31 (EL) KULEYA Hrd V16 1915 w/ mc wrap-up o/u KBOY (Giese) KSVN-UT $/off a f t e r nx 1930 V16, f a i r sig. ( ~ i e s e ) KMM)-AZ Poor s ig in ness 1916 1/21 (BL) unid-

KOPY-TX WAC-TX KWHK-KS KVKM-TX KBFS-SD KOt?I-UT KGA 4 4 WDXR-KY KVRASD KZOL-TX KZIA-NM

Re R j E l s m i d , how 'bout ~ ~ b , . f i t s be t t e r than WVOP.(Joe Brauner, Punxsutawney, Pa) it+ I picked the 'JBLK 'cause i t s the only unassigned c a l l even close. I 'm sure o f the I1Kn

a f t e r again re-playing the tape, but now it sounds l i k e 'fWVOK" more than ever, which, of course, doesn't help..-XjE C7w a f t e r the nx "Big 10" I D I S 1833 1/21 (EL) Poor u/WFEN w/ wx 1945 1/28 (BL) Good w/ MoR atop channel 1824 1/22 (BL) H r d 1955-2000 1/28 w/ TX s t a t e ne t nx, then I D (BL) Hrd atop freq. 1/23 2333 w/ wc (BL) Good on d o f f , no SSB 2W00 2/2 (BL) (EL( Atop 1956 2/3 w/ CSM, vy r a re here w/ KMND usually doninant Only 2nd time hrd here w/ ux 1907 1/2& (BL) Poor 18lb 1/23 &OL (BL) Hrd w/ c&r, ID atop 1/23 1830 (BL) Hrd w/ easy l i s t en ing mx t o 19&6 s/off no SSB 2/2 good o/ KRTP (BL)

+ 1600 KVI0-M Vy poor mess w/ ID a f t e r Ac nx 2C00 2/3, since when are they Ac?? (EL) 91c Since now, I guess, h i -RjJ

+ 590 KBHS-AR + 8.50 KRPT-DK + 1080 WEEP-PA + WKAC-AL + WECP-MS + l l 3 0 WE3-?A + WASP-PA + U 6 0 XHQ-?R + 1300 KRWL-W + 1590 WLTD-IL + 1600 CJRN-ON

cnanues CP is on CP is on (Hart) ' CP is on CP i s on CP: 250 D-1, TO: l.l~80 CP i s on (Brauner, Merriman) CP i s on

~ ..

CP is on NET: Ai (Giese)

+I370 KAWW-AR CP i s on + a00 WLTN-NH CP is on + a00 CKCB-ON CP: dele te + 1&50 WLAF-TN ANT: U-1 + Q90 KVAC-WA CP i s on

1st MM: KGHL-7W;KCJB-910 j KBTA-1&O; 1st FM: '&OK-900 1st SA: WIRV-1m; PSHN-15501 KAPE-11180

not hrd: 2nd MM: 'mJ-620; WELI-960; MMF-~~;M 1st MM: MUG-lJ430 ( e i the r time); W - l b O 1st Tu: KTCEU70 3rd SU: UPT)E-ll&O

change: WKRG-nO w i l l now r/c 0130-0135 2nd & 4th FMls, This i s a change from 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 ~ on 2nd Gr bth Thursdays. (Info per stn r i a Stew Drake).

urn-&- m: 0500-0030 KE!mMr- m: m, ANT: Dj m - W - .%XI 24 cd1"I-#ur- Dmsm CZ! ?--NS- E1:RSP (;"GT-Qu- XX: 24 5. NSP

1280 KOAG-C.- NET': Ddeta 8EC 1350 ssrl: 0900-0210(0306)

UABg-m- ZI&: w345 NOV-NT- B HTOO ltL€lE-P- m: PSI 439 CBX-NWT-% CE2J

1290 USHF-Al- NET:& KHSL-CA- SCH: 0930(1000)-0300

( E r n ) UTM:-Ga- SCHI 24 HTS. BSP WGU-KP- SCII: 24 Rn. ESP KLIQ-Or- NKT: N h?UL-Yi- NET1 As CJm-On- SCHr 24 Krs. NSP 1360

1300 U W - a - SCH: 24 Kn. NSP WFa-lld- SCH: 0500-CeW KuuPM- B Wlw UPBE;-NT- Br lrw66 U ~ M - M - ZIP; 10954-Currently

Off Air KOLT-SD- HETI A. KOL 4.- SCH: 24 &6. NSP

1310 V0BA-G.- S T : D e l e t e M &?in-BI- Mi: 5000 /5m

LOCI G r a d FORKS u - V a - SCB: 24 HTS. SP H?S CFW-On- .?CHI 24 &S. SP

0055-0555 CIIG&Q~- MI 10,000 Day

%XI -0100 1370 1320 KATR-Or N&T: Ai

WJIS-PI- %I 24 Hn. SPlnOn 0100-0500

=-a- SCH: 24 Krs. BSP -- Sm: 0900(0930)-M30 (0200)

w - s s - y ~ t h , U l 40140 IS OH 1380 13?0 PCIII-h- SCH: 0800-

WPS-In- ZIP: 47712 UKOV-Oh- WRT: f i KPOK-O~ b m c t i o n irou KPOJ

sCH124 Krs. SP IIH10300- 0800 -

WBLF-F'a- Dam KVW-TX- SCBt070b0030

j w '&V+Fl- M11000 DAY r :: F-Fl- s.3 8 -0200 V ~ 3 - h - 1: 24 m. YSP ~~~- m: 1060 D.7 (CP) r' 'id-- %I: 24 Brr. N3P ., --n- s-4: 20. m. splnon

0, .%-OsdO 1390

French, IS ON wlns-fi- ZIP1 36925,5000 Dl (CP KsRO-cl- SCHI 0900-0315(&55) W-CO- SCH: moo-~oo(o100)

Rd. SCHI 24 Rrs. WLOII-Q- ZIP1 40208 WORK-Pa- ~CH10500-0030 W - P R - 0W63.500 D3 (CP) b'YTJ-lra- Ex WCW S C H I ~ ~ Hrs.

SP: Sun um-~k- 2 I p : F t Richardson

99505 AFRS-A.- ZIPlFt. Wnimrright

99703 SLY-Ca- SCHI 24 H~s. SPtMn

0300-MOO KGB &- SCHI 24 Hrs. SP:Hon

0415-0800 MOBS-Fl- DELETE CP ~ - H o - w 2 9 , 500 D3 (CP) IWXR-NM- Ex 1 9 0 , Sam D n b UIYS-Pa- TI Aa WCW-PR- 00627,1000 Dl (CP) MO -We- SCH: 24 H r s . SPtSa &

Su 0300-0930 CP -On- hinbridge, Delete ~RGL-CP- m: 5000/500 ANT:& UDAN-lln- EX DAN m - p H - sCH: 0500-0100(00t).5) KFIR-Or- NET: Ae KPOR-wa- SCH: 0800- WljIF-WV- ZIP1 24112 CFLV-Qu- NET: F Mf&S-De- NET: AC

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, v i ~ n i i i . , . " ., ., . Receptions: 570 Colombia. .rtTND, Bogota, "R. Nacional de Colombia" i s the only MW out-

l e t of R.N.C. i n operation. Manizales-550 i s l i ke ly fantasy. This i s per s/off anmt a t 0455 nightly. ( ~ c h a t z ) (~offmann, next

57c Venezuela. Strong a t 0957 1/4 w/news and frequent "Rumbos Informa". ** 625 Costa Rica. Stn hrd with "This i s radio ~ a r a f s o t e s t i ng from ~ a r a f s o , Costa Rica" a t 0529 1/24, s ignal was strong and steady, I D was prece?ed by piano mx. Carrier cut suddenly some 15 seconds a f t e r I D . ( ~ b j i o )

65c Yawaii. Ju s t wanted t o report KORL i n b r i e f ly 0710 2/1. Very weak; was

I a l so noted about the same time 1/18. Always nice t o hear. (Hart, Texad

*k 66c Venezuela. The name of the s t n here (YVNA) i s Ondas de 10s Me'danos and not Mkdaiios; meaning 'dune, sand h i l l , sand bank'. ( ~ b j i o )

690 unID. SS u / ~ u b a 2320-40 1/21. Light, romantic mx but several harsh promos using siren, police whistle e tc . between selections. ~ e a k . ( ~ t a r r ) )* 715 Ecuador. La Voz de Portoviejo, HCAP4, Portoviejo, hrd fo r the f i r s t time ICing a t 0635 1/24, typica l Ecuadorian mx dedicated t o friends l iv ing i n Venezuela. Seems t o be operating AN. ( ~ b j i o )

7LC Srazi l . R. Soc. de Bahia, PRA4, S lvador hrd on 1/21 a t 0815 with pop mx and ads. F i r s t time hrd, weak but easy t o understand, fading o/u a Cuban. (Objio, Dom. Rep.)

780 Venezuela. YVOD hrd IDins i n Eng. a t 0830 1/21, a surprise t,o hear them IDing t h i s way. They a l so had a pgm "Alborada Tachirense" (Dswn i n Ta- c h ~ r a ) . (0b j i o )

80C E?lador. Radio ?3olivar, HCDE2, Guayaquil, hrd fo r the f i r s t time 1/24 W/IP 0559, pop mx, with ded'n t o friends, good, some noise,PJB off. (0bjio)

iu54.7 Peru. "R. Nac. de l Peru" d r i f t i n s up here. Not too strong, nothing l i ke 880. Usually runs l a t e , with an unusual format f o r a "Naciona1"~RF~)

5 5 rjeth. Ant. PJC2 has been noted severa l times the past few weeks carrying 2cglish p p s from Radio Nederland. On Sunday evening there i s a pgm of c l m bet 'n 0100-0200;arrmts i n Eng and R. Nederland IDS. (~err iman, Va. )

88C Cuba. O m , Sant iwo de Cuba here ex-890. Correct RFS l i s t 2/l3 DXT(RFS) 922 ?elize. Previous l i s t i n g as "930" was my typo,sri . (Schatz Fla) 95C Ar3entina. Radio Belgrano, LR3, nx & ads, I D 0855, wx, 1/21. I n some

c i t i e s there was a 'heat wave' reaching 35OC (95O~). (0bj io) 95C Colombia. R. Sutatenza, HJHN ~agangug s/off 1/26 a t 0404 W/NA. Before

closing ?own they gave a l l freqs, location & power ( HJCR-59, 10 kw, Me2ellir. - HJCX-700, 120 kw, Cali - HJCY-810, Bogota, 250 kw - HJHTJ-960, 12': kw, Maganguk HJOP-1010, 10 kw, k r a n q u i l l a . )(0b j i o )

1913 Do=. Rep. FXJP s)off a t 0656 on 1/24. Radio Comercial. ( ~ b j i o ) ** 12LC Dor. Rep. R. :XIO>l, Santo Domingo, a change of name from Radio Ahora 1/ 22. Acc t o info, 'he contract fo r the use of t h i s f r eq ended and it w i l l not be renewed. R. Ahora i s 1ooki.ng f o r another f r eq t o h i re . ( ~ b j i o )

1347 Cuba. R. Caribe, Nueva Gerona 0019 1/29 xmtr t r b l s ; rough modulation a t times and cutt ing off several minutes a t a time. Low key LA p o l i t i c a l -4 ta lk , mx QFN seemingly audio mix a t studio/xmtr, 0052 t a l k about " e l Aposfal W a r t i " , 0056 I D ment "en l a i s l a de l a Juventud", plug I C R news 7

a t 0100, Pop mx. (Hauser, Ga.) (Objio, 1130 item *& '-135 Colombia. Emiscra Rio-Mar, HJAC now moved here ex-1137) I D 0240 1/24. ** i16C Argentina. Radio Salta, Salta, s t n hrd IDing here 1/21 a t 0934, it i s

not Ra.'io Cereal i s ta a s ment i n WRTSH; t h i s must be a change of name & location, had nx, faded suddenly as i f t x f a i l u re 0937. ( ~ b j i o ) (my goof.&

1240 TJenezuela. I n 1/2 IDXD I did not say "Especial" but "Espacia l" . (~bj io) *f 1357 Colombia. L8 VOZ de Anserma, HJFH, Anserma, hr3 drift ing-at 0207 I D

1/23, here ex-1360, some ads & beaut. i n s t r . mx, quite strong &stead$!bJio) 1380 Colombia. "R. Reloj de Valledupar" seems t o be new, not l i s t ed , hrd f f ~ r

f i r s t time 1/26 IDing a t 0635 wisith pprnx, good, AN. ( ~ b j i o ) - ALL TIMES ARE /A1 4 . h - 7 . -

Anguilla. Finally got some audio from t h i s one 2/6, 0050 t o 0200 s / of f . Had mixture of calypso and pop mx. Reception tough with l oca l 50kw i.FL'.PPOP on 1500 but newly added altazimuth fea ture t o loop helped t o take them out. Am now able t o n u l l them down t o l e s s than s-6. Not enou@ f o r a report but w i l l keep trying. (Merriman, Va.) Bahamas. Had t o go t o Georgia t o hear ZNS but a t l e a s t I did, loud & clear 1/28 a t 2337, l oca l ads, wx, mx, "calypso carnival" p p . (xauser) France. Nice bes t ever hrd from them 2/4 a t 0300, was peggitq tile S meter and perfectly readable with receiver wide open. (Merr-) I ta ly . Genoa strong every evening t h i s past week. 8as MOP, before 0500, s i x pips and I D a t 0500 fo lo by clmx. A good be t fo r I t a l y fo r those who have trouble with WHAS splash on 845. (Merriman) W. Ger. Lots of ca r r i e r but l i t t l e audio malring it past the 1600 slop every night of the past week, good around 0430-0500. Have yet t o ze t enou& de ta i l s on t h i s one t o send a report. (14erriman, Va.) v e r l e s Ecuador. HCJB sent colorfu l card of farm with a l l info i n 45 days fo r recent t e s t . Replied by a i r m a i l , had sent mint stamps. (Lobdel1,~a) Venezuela. YVRQ sent 12 page v / l from Jose Becerra Colmenares. As f a r a s I can t e l l with my l imited SS, he i s the guy who was on the air when I made the tape. (~e r r iman) (send a xerox here & I"11 xla t e i t -ed) Libya. E l Beida sent speci f ic and wel l worded form l e t t e r f o r report of 9/30/70 when they were on a l l night due t o Nasser's death. A l l 3e- t a i l s . Received 2/8. Signer i s Nori E l Sharif, C.E., P.O. Box 119, E l Peida. Verie mentions t h a t the s t n on 1250 uses 1000 kw, not 1500 a s i s l i s t e d i n I.RTVH. (Merriman) (HOT.: about a xerox t o DX Shovcase!?)

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New AM s ta t ion , f i n a l action. Fairbanks, Alaska. Big Country Radio Inc. FCC granted 970 H z , 5 kw-U. P.O. address: c/o Robert W. Fleming, L28 4th Avenue, Anchorage 99501. Estimated construction cost $23,125; f i r s t year operating cost ,675,000; revenue $110,000. Principals, Richard C. Cruver, Glenn S. Miller and Mr. Fleming (each 33-1/35) own respective in t e r e s t s i n KYAK, Anchorage. Action Jan. 13. (de Broadcasting, 1/25 )

New AEI s ta t ion , c a l l l e t t e r action. Loren F. Bridges, Kodiak, Alaska. Grar, ted KVOK.

New AM s ta t ions , other actions. Review board ir. Guayama, P.R...granted pe- t i t ion . . . to determine.. .whether.. .Mr. (~ames ) Calderon has requis i te qua;i- f ica t ions t o be l icensee of new AEI on 840 khz, 250 w-day, i n Yabucoa, P.F. (Doc. 19055, 19056-7) Action 1/14. (de Broadcasting 1/25)

commentary "Tips fo r Novice DXers,.part 3, i n the 1/2 i ssue of DX News, an excellent work, contained a brilliant se r i e s of er rors : Every mention of the use of Papiamentu, a Portuguese-creole sooken ONLY i n the AI3C islands, was incorrect . I n Suriname, the l ingo i s "talkie-talkie", roughly a mixture of English and Dutch. PJB-800 does not carry any Papiamentu but concentrates on Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch, i n t ha t order of use. PJD2 carr ies English only. English i s the normal l a n g ~ ~ s g ? of St. Martin. PJC2 on 855 does not have s imi lar pgmg t o PJB. "Curom" i s mostly Dutch with some Spanish. A n y t h i r ~ s imi lar t o PJB would be PJA6 on 925 which i s mostly English. For Papiamentu, t r y t o hear PJB2 on 1385, i f you can get past ~ V S . " ---Ron Schatz.

next week A rundown on the s i tua t ion , and pertinent coments, from Ilsve Gleason.

See you next week.

73

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KET Afm NOTES:

Af denotes station carries progrvmning of American Pn net.

Other abbrs. as predrous updaters/comctors.

THIS UPDATER CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION COMPILED THROUGH

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In Kuibishev XIOSCOW-Unlicen$cd "pirate" radio

st;~lio,~%. rorncu,hzl on the model of the Bri t i \h X:rdio C:>roline, have been spring- in? up lhrouphour !he Soviet Union. br;adc.wing Western rock and ro l l mu- sic .\nJ "pclitisnlly impired gossip and dccodcnl t i t~~c- tn t~~e. . . ~n offiri;r~ cmck- down is b;till to he meeting wi lh a <lcgrec of open apposition.

- ~ ; > d i ~ hooliganicrn:' ;IT pirate radio is oK,cilliy callcd. %!ems from an zduca- tional handbook on do-il-yourself radio huilrling i kucd in thc middlc Sixtics. Thc hobby $%is 5oon taken up i n earnest. Kecenlly in one industrial arca 115 illcg-!I h r o ~ ~ l c a ~ l r werc recorded i n a five- hour per;otl.

A\ wilh Radio Cnrolioc. one officinl compl;,int i r thnt the unlicen<cd Iran\- rnillcl., inlurferc wi lh emergency com- rnunicntion4. A ncw\p:tper in thc Volsa r ~ c i o n . for inslance, rcportcd a c ~ S C

&re pir ;~te broadcasts inlerfered with an aii4,rip.s control tou.ei u.ave~cnglh ;,nJ prc\.enled ~ h r . tnlkins down Of

:, crippled plane. ,\nother paper dc- c~arc.d. . .T~c a:inton <on< o f Ihe ether are \tifl ing the Slalc's radio cornmunica- :)on line\."

Son,; vations ore cr i t i r i r rd l o r lhcir p o l i ~ i a l comnlrnlarv. R:t<lio Cnrnomilc.

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TUKTO~AKTUK, N. w . T . 1 provide UP to S1O.C@3 a ->-I (CP) - RadieTuktoyaktuk ! Operating

went on the air The station's initial staff

Arctic Ocean. ' operation.

; vertis:ngalthou@ The station camed an no official ad- Cm, 'll~ statids call letters are

organizers hop ' said [hey woll'd be glad to get that its signal will extend for

some-but plans to car@ news 100 miles.or at least to huvit, breadcast?., local messages 65 d m a-9, wbkh ))ps and information. E W o mlaticnof sbaR33m.

stories a d music. Alasrnikrange w0uldJso readr me 60d persom in

i The t i . four-hwr broad- Aklavlk I cast from the 1.000-watt sta: *), the an

tion consisted of messages of situated on or near the congratulations from officials M ~ ~ & ddre and other residents of the

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hamlet 1.385 miles mrth of I ?he St.Uw rest

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ZQI-720, KC16, a l l I2h; KRGO 12/11, WMC, KNEE, HJDK MOD 12/14, KCRZ I2/15, R. ~e l l ze -834 1/8, KmC 1/9, and w best nw, thanks t o Roger Winsor, KO-50 2/1. mat's a l l for nw. Good DX & 73s. (Welcome t o t h e NRC, Fred, and we hope you w i l l h s e often & let us know dates, times, and frequencies of ycur catches!-ER~

RCG!ZFi W. WIlPSOR - 718 North Fremont Road - Valparaiso, Indiana - 46383 Hello again. Jus t a b i t of DX since I l a s t reported. What

with this cold WX ve 've been having, I have been working qui te a b i t Of overtime a s ra i l roads are paralyzed when it snavs. I444 1/25- WGOE-1590 Va. t e s t i n g W/OC vh i l e driYing hme from work; 11) @ 1. wGIIS-U~~ S.C. w/beautiful s ignal on f/c- TT 1:12-1:X) & on, hardly any t r ace of KUK. Either they have changed pat tern or e l se are back on 2 5 0 ~ . Like a few years ago. Then on t o W I V E - ~ ~ ~ O Va. w/f/c-TT 1:53-2 u/o WIFE, a nice catch, and glad t o see they perhaps have changed t h e i r -*

r / c t o MM. KW-1440 noted @ 3 w / p r o p s s i v e rr, s o SP l i s t e d i n NRC Iog is in error. WOX-990 noted AN w / r r , s o must be NSP now. There goes a good f'requen~y! (I think t h q vere on fo r coverage of pol lo-14 -ERc) WCLO-1230 f inal ly logged on r / c 2:06-2:15, very br ief IDS ever three minutes w/very high TT. Perhaps scm body heard t h e TT but could never get the I D . WDEN-1500 Ga. t e s t ing again, t h i s time I D @ 3:20. Just about every MM they se m for a while. 1/31- WCOX-1540 TEST copied 3:25-3:50 w/c/w u/KiIZ,. I believe t h i s was an IRCA. I w s t Join t h i s club s o I can hdar of these l a t e minute t e s t s t ha t seem t o be showing up t h i s :.ear. 2/1 a flop for me. WNAK & WHIP TESTS i n OK, but both unn. No sign Of 'uPTR as suspected, only CHFI/WPTF/I(NBR. MMOB-~~O on w/m, pret ty good rr mx w/great s i ~ a l , a lso unn. TP on 1450 unID 1:35-1:kb, then off. Also unID TT on 1550 t o west, 2-2:16 & on, b r i e f breaks, but no IDS. 2 : 2 7 , , , ~ ~ ~ - 5 8 0 Ariz. heard W/W '?'his is KIKX Tucson on the a i r for t e s t ing purposes. Then b r i e f m, ther: nothing, not reported. Finally, who is R. Nwenta Seis on 950 nq, XEGM, Tijuana? 2/2- ?T/OC on W O 1:ll-1:19 d u r i ~ KSCB sked time, but no IDs heard, mucho KFJz/ WXYZ .3M W/WCA nulled. KWRF-860 on r/c-?T aw was KVOLU30. Veries i n from irW W.4W hTN3 KGET KERB v/ls, v/f- WTAE WGUS WCLO. PP/C from KUDL. Wm wants t o run a TET for us, s o a l e t t e r off t o them already. That KGBI catch of 1/10 was made possible by a burned-out reley switch on t h e XR, log shars 8kv. non-DA a t rece?tion. Cnce i n a l ifetime catch!

JERRY STARR - W A 6 - 401 North B l a i n e Avenue - Youngstown, ahio - 44505 Hello a l l . I f inal ly located an actual employee of new WCL (ex-

WDNL)-1570. They were t o have begun 16 on 2/1 but t h i s didn't take place. It seems there is a huge water standpipe jus t across the s t r e e t from t h e i r towers, & vhen t h e XR is turned on, the watertower resonates on 1570 & flops the direction. a 1 pattern w e r . The f ie ld measurements have been way off, so f a r t ha t they c a n t operate t h e s t a t ion within tolerances. They have contracted t o have a de-tun% s k i r t indtalled on t h e watertower t o make it e l ec t r i ca l ly disappear but the cur- r en t sub-zero WX is holding it up. Once it's ins ta l led , they w i l l begin t e s t i n g & i n i t i a t e RS a s soon a s possible. The en t i r e Station is completed, i n working or- der & ready t o go. Other shtick: Looks l i k e t h e Y-A-D DX Fanork w i l l t d e place here around t h e long ~ e s d t e r holidays. Aqybody in teres t ing i n coming, write. I f you're interested i n attending, v r i t e , too. 73s.

BILL ALISAUSKAS Jr. - 305 Haledon Avenue - Haledon, New Jersey - 07508 G r e e t i q s again, people! I've got a l i t t l e news t o report,

f innlly, vhich brought pqy t o t a l s up t o 1,019 heard. Although I can't do much v l th t h a t color TV m, it 's off once i n a great while, hi! Anyhov, DX looks l i k e t h i s 1/17- On the hi& s ide of 1550, 1 heard lT af ter CBE w e n t off. A t 1:20 1 c m c l u 6 ed t h i s t o be France by the Jumble 1 heard - Gennaqy was rea l ly k i l l i ng 1586 a t t h e time. Then B 3:47~m, s e m i - l a a l WJRM-1530 fo r c a l l change, ex-WELA. Over t o 1/31: WZ-1550 . /on . 5:45pnJ f inal ly a def in i te ID on t h i s ow; followed by S/ off of WEB-1550 @ 5:47, then a def ln i te I D on WOO-1550 @ ):SO & agaln @ 6:05. Gocd Auroral opening m t h i s chmmel no t r ace of usually duninant CEE. F i m l ~ , DD 2 h I noted n good Tid-ter ( ~ a . opn- @ SSS & netted YTID-l270 r/c/w @

4:43pm. Shortly af ter , CX shi f ted t o New eoglmd , and a l l t h a e unns. W l l , t h a t Just about c w e r s everything h r e s o I 11 s&y best of DX t o a l l for now.

LARRY VAN HORN - 502 Adrian - San Antmio, Texas Greetings. After t h e l a s t few weeks I have been tx t remeb

busy these last few weeks gett ing ready t o be a Texas transpLant i n Florida. Yes, s t a r t ing 2/23 I w i l l be residing in Orlando, Fla. for three months, cmr te s s of t h e U.S. Navy. To a l l of you great Fla. DXers even thou& w s tay is short I hope t o mwbe g e t out and see a few of you be fmr t h e end of soot. A l l l e t t e r s from members serrlng previous twrs i n t h e Navy and e.4~ advice is well apprrciated i n t h i s den. To a l l my gmd friends after Boot I'll be back on tho DX track but fo r 12 weeks it w i l l be lo t sa work, etc. etc. Well, so mch for t h e USN, now DX. It h.s been f a i r here l a t e ly with severa l new catches and one ww s ta te . 1/25- Saw KFME-1300-1350 W/WX, NX, IDS mcho (rxle of t h e fey t h a t does) and t h a t good 0 1 c . B v l i e r t h a t m a u i n . 1 picked up a new s t a t e , 1:m-1:25, ~ ~ = - 1 3 8 a , North Augusta, S.C. on W/TP & pret ty frequent IDS, gave an cmtlet i n anncunce-

me&. (KRME is Hondo, Tex. -ERC) 1/26- Saw XNOC-1450 1:X)-1:25, Natchitoches, la. W/ET & ID. mm-1450 ~ o p l i n , MO. ~25-1 :28 just O/KNOC in the soup. 1:30- 1:32 I heard a TC oil 740 a l l aom but no I D . Any help, anybody? Not KTRH. 2:30-2:31 W - 9 1 0 Baton Rouge, just above KITE s lop w/pop mx & ID. 3:11-3:15 b ro .&t a new catch KJSK-900 Coltrmbus, Reb. w/TT & ID. 2/3- Iast ni&t KNED-1150 1~50-1:59 McAlester, &la. w/lT & I D . My t o t a l s are now - s ta t ions , 2 3 6 / ~ , s t a t e s 29/13, provinces 1/0 (stations, 2) countries, 8/2. Mexicans 35/3. AJW sugge t i o n s on a good portable RX I can get t o take with me i n t h e Navy w i l l be appreciated. I lan t o purchase one after I ' m in t h e Sen ice . In fo sent t o ERC concerning KONO&OAI s a l e s o d o with It a s you wish. Well, I @ t a run s o see you l a t e r . Best of DX t o a l l & here's wishing you and you?, bes t of 73s.

C U i n

7. Adios WligOS. (OUR VERY BEST TO YOU IN THE NAVY, LnRRY. PC)

MIKE HAWKINS - 4546 North 28th Drive - Phoenix, Arizona - 85017 G r e e t i m s . This is my f i r s t Muse s o an i n t ro is i n order. I ' m - - - - . - -

18, & a freshman a t DeVry I n s t i t u t e of Technology, hearing for a BEE de&ree. I've been in NRC for a year, so t h i s is about a year la te . RX is a 1938 Philco

console w@ & two SW bands. Standby is a c i r ca 1930 RCA console. No time t o

put up a longwlre, so antenna i s a 2x2 window screen. For as crazy as it sounds,

they work pre t ty well. Sane recent DX is as follows; 1/10- W - 1 1 3 0 N.Y. @ 3:20 am w/N.Y. WX (they seem t o be r e g l a r now o/u CKWX), I(XVH-1040 H I @ 3:55em w/talb. 1/11- WKBW-1520 N.Y. @ 5:30sm ID U / K W TT, WI-1410 A l a . Q 6: 156:30am w/c/w, KXW-1423 Ark. @ 6:326:35am endirg ET. 1/17- CAMIrW0 Ont. from 3:15-3:30am. 1/18- KCKC-570 N.M. NRC TEST w / ~ , K!l'OE-1420 5:55&m o/u KSTN. 1/24- KNDE-1470

Cal. (ex-K@XOA) for c a l l c h a ~ e from 3-3:30am. 1125- KaYcn-1550 Ia. 5:35-5:45am

~ / ~ o s ~ e l . 211- W S U N - ~ ~ ~ Fla. @ 5:O>m w / ~ a y Area WX. 2/2- KVOL1330 La. 1:15-

1:20 r / c , & RJR-720 Jamaica 2:lO-2:30am. New ZDK-1100 Antigua has been heard a l l t h i s week a f t e r KREX s/off, but t oo much QBl frm W K Y C / ~ P X fo r report. Veries

i n are KlNT WKEW K R X KNDE IUMX KCOE KENN KReL KOIL KTUE WNEW KTAC KAFE PJB KVNU WFAA. That's it for now. I'll t r y t o Muse before another year goes past. 73. . . - - - . . - - - - ( ~ n d we hope you do too, Mike, and welcome t o Musings! -ERCJ

G. RARLEY DeLFURERE - Baoc 10 - Hendricks, West Virginia - 26271 So, you're having troubles again w/deli=ry of mail! A l l

your problems ought t o cease when the postage is raised t o 4 in mid*. (-a be t? -ERC) A t leas t I hope so. F i r s t of a l l I want t o thank Gordon P. Nelson fo r h i s explanation of t h e s t a tus of the 998 s t a t ion a t Heslington, York. It is

s imi lar t o WANR-570, Albion, Mich. where I once worked while I w a s a stud& In Albion College. How mw closed-circuit s t a t ions are there i n Great Britain? I must admit I MS unaware o f t h e i r existante, & I even lived i n Abacdeen, Scatland. I n the 2/6 DX NEWS it w a s in teres t ing t o see Ben Dangerfield's S L from Tallinn-11. I received one severa l years ago for Tallinn 1-1034, but mine was sent from Moscow & not Eest i Randlo. I Just received a p i l e Of magazines, info, & vjq frm R. T b ana-U94. Albania is Country $5 fo r me. Also I received a n ice v / l f i a n VPL6-

-610, PQt of Spain, hinidad. VPV is no longer Radio Guardian, but is called "610 Redio" .nd the address i r Box 610. What are the ancient c a l l l e t t e r s for R. Belize in British Holdurar? That's a l l , except for the fact that WT-1490 verified by mail; therefore I didn't have t o c a l l in Charleston, W. Va. on my vay t o Wilmore, Ky . 73s.

STEwAKp DRAKE - 2108 South Simpson Street - PhiladelpLit, Pennsylvania - 19142 what with loggillg only a couple of new catches each month the

time s slipping by so quickly, so I guess I'd bet ter bring things up t o date. On l2z WJPF-1340 Ill. M noted Wing, Q 1:33.a Then on 1/14 much t o my amaze- ment WE-710 A l a . w a s coming through WOR very well on the i r TT Q 1:OEmn. WKRG'e CE told me t h i s was the i r last f/c a t t h i s time, & I have sent RjE the data on new time. Earlier that morning I had taken copy on WIE-940 Mich. Thp one had been heard back on 4/9/69 but CE a t that time said "insufficient data. This time it waz different. On 1/19 WPED-~~O Va. w a s noted w/TT Q l2-2-12: 15am W/WGY nulled. Then on k/22 whule tuned La 1580 I noted a t es te r but could get only WK, srd Georgia out of I D . Again m 1/24 I noted t h i s t e s t e r but t h i s time i n much bet ter & it w a s a brand new WKUN, Ikw, Monroe, Ga. outlet. I did ask for class of station but CE did not include that data in verie. It sounds l ike t h i s may be a c/w station & is OM& by COmmunity Eg. Co., 702 Eas t Spring St. is address. On 1/31 I looked i n on W k and took copy on what I am sure vas CKPJ, St. Jerome, for c a l l change. They finished at 11:02 v/"& Canada" and according t o NRC Log that is time for s/off. 'Ihis morning I had a t es te r on 1410. Oh yes, today i s 2/5 and my f/c list shows KTCS Ark. as test ing 1: 15-1:30 & I tuned in @ l:l7. Tentative report sent as no ID6 noted. Maybe someone can help me here, a t e s t e r w/TT noted an 930 both 2/2 & 2/3, f i r s t date, 1:25-1:45, no IDs, and 2/3 from =:I2 tunein t o after 1:50 tuneout. Also a TPer on 1540 on 2/5 U/KXEL/ZNS, 1:02- 1:15 cutoff. Veries i n from WKUN WKRG WJPF WKIX WMIJ WIE, so to ta l s read 2,546/ 2/408. WKUN & WIE added two new camties for a t o t a l of 1,004 verified t o date. And h w about some of you contestants sending in some returns? Best of DX & 73s.

WES BCM) - W H 6 - Youngstovn, Ohio - 44505 I t h only me again wid another Musing for youse. Latest problem here

is with nulls on the loop - seems my kid j u s t discwered it and sneaks i n & turns it while I ' m ming. Not too much else new here; visit from Schmidt & Briggs on 1/31 for a l i t t l e SSS DXing & stopped i n t o see John Shannon on 2/1. I f we could find s c w wey t o move Pittsburgh about 45 miles closer we could count the NRCers there with the YAD. Weirdest b i t was with v i s i t from Eriggs & Schmiet. 790 w a s a l l C H I C playing what sounded like a French Polka. I have it on tape and s t i l l don't believe it. Dam t o DX: 1/26 during early AM s n o v s t m gave me W - 1 4 4 0 O/WHHY; narmsl W/WCKB etc. not heard. 1/27 saw KRG-740 AN again. 1/29- KSO- 1460 noted on past 1 s/off, m6? CHIR-730 alone, no sign of pest CKAC. 1/30 saw the monster here off the air , giving me KPB-1330; unn WTRX WJPS WFBC WPCW also in there. 134.0 during air 1-4am emxpected SP also gave WBGN-1340, now Am-rr.

1/31 w / ~ r i , q @ & Schmidt gave me WAVS-1190 (hey, someone in the Florida crew, go ta lk to them about verifying!). 2/1- UMOB-840 test ing 2:35. WLCI-1380 also testing, 2 :h KCFS-740 .%/off Q 3 leaving MMC through fi CC. (WLCY said they were conduetine; eked EPS). 3:05-3:15 I noted WRNL-910 & WKLO-1080 both on MU. Veries in: WGR-59 Urn-930 WIP-610 (gotta bag them before the postage hike) WBIJ-1230 (TET cming 3/1)(Amual a f fa i r starlug t h i s ear) Wl'IB-1310 for DX TEST, KTOE-1420 WCOL/WC)IA- 1230 WFTL-920, nicev/l from WOC-1420 plus card, CFRW-1470, WBM-1440 (for 3/70 re port!). Datz &art it. Ch yes, now mnning HQ-180 as RX - old HQ-100 mwes t o ham bsads & standby. Also verie in from WFIEX-1230 - that ' s s ix m 0 s since 1/1!

R m SABO - 36 Bryant S t m d - Bridgeport, Connecticut - 06605 I am having troubles vi threcept ion in my area and I would l ike sane

h a 4 iMm other DXers vho haw had the S~JTE problem. I live near the Penn Centrd RR & they have thew high voltage lines. They don't bother my RX in clear weathg but It i. .urdcr vhan it rnows or rains. This is usually when I do most of ~qy D+ Fag. I a 75' loagYim p u a l l s l t o the r l r a a & #bout 200' from them. Any .~6g..tiorul

PAUL K. HART - 2105 kse - Fort Worth, Texas - 76112 CX here have been unbelievably poor ever since last weekend 1/24.

SSS is nm-existant, & at night regulars ~ta-10"(0 & wccO-830 are nm-exist&. They both run 5-6 under normal (not good) cX. mml-780 normally S-9 plus 30 is runnin S 5-7 w/maIQ' fades completely into the mud. Here I am a l l fired Up t o go,

& I can't hear &hiw out of q! baceard. Only things Of . . - interest, - - , w- - - - 1370 copied @ s/off 1/& @ 2am. I n order t o copy anything m 13(U, 1 nave -cu null KXOL-1360 & then WSPD usually dominates. Qlly other thing that gets through

is a strong tester . KXIP poked thrcugh just long enou@fi t o give call , Pre UenW &

power for t a p . It just show anything. can and w i l l happen. WE-1150 r?C COP- ied 3 - 3 : s 1/29. Signals were gmd here, but with quite a b i t Of fading, & W. This TEST is now irregular - they run when they get a card f r o m the i r measuring service. I only found out about t h i s 1/24 & called WE, but too la te fa r pub&- tion. WJRD-1150 copied weakly a f te r WBC test . 1/26-28 spent i n Cal., L A . t o

SanLuis Obispo & then back t o Saata ,mica. It w a s interesting t o hear m the car radio station6 that are m o s t wanteds back h m . Only L.A. station audible 8-va nn car mdfo in S.L. 0. 1s A s expected K-780 is in early & strong. - C V - -- -- -- Maqy WC pattern protective arrangements a& i n deference t o more easterly s ta- tions & some of them seem t o get tangled up i n each other. KSCO/WJJ-1@3 is one case, & I am sure that with good equip,ent, KRLD is also a factor. KCBB/KLOK-

1170 is another battlefield, & a g a b ~ / ~ o o d stuff , KVOO should make it, too. A most-watned here, KIIS-1150 isn't r ea l strong in Santa Monica a t night w/their Ikw. I made it a definite point t o tune i n KFMB-760 & hear them ID. I was be-

ginniw t o think they were the result of somebody's imaginatim - certainly not mine! -490 in very well as usual, giving instructions ffi t o how t o set up for AM stereo, & giving the i r frequency very often - I wish I could na i l them swing that here! 73.

DR. RICHARD E. WOOD - Louisiana State U. - &ton Rouge, Louisiana - 70803 A l l good things come in twos, and two Idaho CYem heard i n

the same 15 minute directional opening from Hawaii on 6/22 last year, both m 1450, both verified recently. They arv KET, whose new mailiw address, incid- ally, is across the s ta te llne in Oregon - Box 157, Ontario, Ore. 97914. The 0th

e r is KEEP; my Idaho t o t a l is pushed t o 13/10 frw Hawaii. ?hen, another Texan verie, KRBC-1470 t o bring that t o t a l t o 74/58. 1 have just received a tenured ap pointment here a t ISU, so it looks as i f Baton Rouge wil l be my DXing location fm I some time t o cane. With t h i s now settled, I m u s t become more active in listening and reporting. Hy bbook, Shortwave Voices of the World, is being translated into Finnish and published i n Finland. This wil l be the f i r s t translation; not too surprising in view of the number of kmDXers i n that northern country, the i r or- ganization (I write an irregular EE column for the i r magazine, DX-Kuuntelija) and the fact that Finland is second i n the world ( to ~ce land) in per capita book read. I

ership. manks t o those who have cmented on the section I wrote for the Carmurr ications Handbook 1971. I

m N SMITH - 423 Chadbourne House - University of Mass. - Amherst, ~ a s s a c h u s e t t s ~ DX was pretty good during semester break. I added two new states .

and one country. Ch 1/2 WIOD-610 Miami surfaced out of the,slop B 1:Eam w/ tw0 men doing a t a lk shw. men cn 1/17 with the temperature at 22O belov, the fol- lowing showed up: WIAC-1510 Nashville d 2am, then w'D4J-6~ Wiluaukee @ 2: 10 for , second new s ta te ( ~ O D was the f i r s t ) . Ia ter I was tuning past again & caught W?MJ signing off A 3 m leaving WSUN, St. Petersburg, a l l alone on that fwuency. On 1/18 WKBN-570 Youngstwn Q 1:lOam W/WMCA off, a lso I might add, w / b t s of I

splash from WRYT-$O. Then, on 1/21 with the temperature again about 20O below I , added country #( when ZEMl Bermuda thundered i n a t about S-5 Q 1, t h w gave the .. , BBC NX & s/off w/"~od Snve the Queen. " Carrier off d 1:lO. A t the rnanent I un lusting af ter a Drake S P R ~ for a new RX. The way that thing goes up in price each Year I want t o get it soon o r ngr saving wil l nwer catch up t o it! Who might be the FF on 540 who s/off @ l:05am? I never can get an ID, strength varies from im audible t o about 5-5. 73. (CBEF, winaor, Ont. -ERc)

DUANE GIEE - 2838 Darwin Street - 7'-E - Sacramento, California - 95821 F i r s t off, l oca l KX0~-1470 has changed c a l l l e t t e r s t o WDE, Candy

Radio, on 1/9. They p l w more hard r a k than KXOA did & is competing now w/KRoY, which is the #1 rock s t a t ion i n town. DX the past few weeks i s as follows: 1/9 AM- W A C ~ K - ~ ~ & I Ga. B 5:15 w/spiri tual mx, i n good a t times; KKJC-1550 Mo. @ 6:45 wjfemle DJ giving the cwrmunity bu l l e t in board NX, WOM was a l so i n with them. MM 1/'11, very l i t t l e heard w/DEZ-980 Mo. @ 4 W/NX be%% t h e only good catch. MM 1/18- EFT-570 N.M. d 2-2: 15 V/DX TEST for IRCA, used LST, KPST-1370 Orem @ 3 :00- 4 :@+ s/off W/DX TEST, received various c a l l s from NRC & I R C A members. WSPD-1370 t, noted a f t e r KPST vBen off w/m, but f a i r l y weak signal, KRKs-990 Colo. @ 5:30 end in^ AYR t e s t . 1/30- KRC0-69 @ 7:35prn w/state NX, good t o hear something on 690 besides XZTRA. MM 211- WCAR-1220 @ 2:50 w / r r , goad signal, f i r s t t h e noted here, KOZE-1303 Ida. d 3 w/Red C r o s s , then rr, DOX-1480 Tex. @ 4:30 W/SID & then c/w mx, good si-1 f o r !$Ow, KLK-1480 Neb. @ 4:34 mentioning they were condLlc t i~ ET, i n good also. WSUN-520 Fla. @ 5 W/NX, f a i r l y strong s igna l a t times & the only other s t a t ion noted on 620 was CKCK, $9 from Fla. KLW-1580 F1B d 6:19 w/mouncement fran various DJs who sa id they were #I. W D X R - ~ ~ ~ O fi. @ 6:25 SID, then c/w. None of the TESTS was heard here on what seemed t o be a good MM. 2/2 FU- kBUB-1270 Nev. @ 7:42 w/record offer, i n f a i r o/the mess, KRWL-1300 Nev. @ 8 w j ~ i NX, KOBY-1550 Nev. blending i n W / ~ I till s/off @ 8:30. I ' m sw- grised t o see very few have entered t h e domestic contest t h i s year. I think it 's one of the best ones in sane years. Right now I ' m try- t o catch up w / ~ e r ~ COB rad, but doubt i f 1'11 make it. IXXIII.

QmIN K. BRURJ - 59 Kenilworth S t r ee t - Ottara. & t a r l o I n l ieu of Morris Sorensen's &nmuezi, exactly t h e s- type

of CX have been noted here when there is an Aurora. S i p a l s t o the West w i l l be wiped wt quickly and completely yet signals t o Vermont & t he Maritimes s t i l l

core i n and are even enhanced in most cases. As I write t h i s 1/26, CX are qui te Auroral and W - 1 0 0 0 Bridgewater M.S. i s i n with a t r u l y exceptional s igna l w/no gign of the usual WCFL. Time is 3:30pm. Dn t h e GY frequencies of 1230 & 1240, YIJOY-I230 in Burlineton, V t . & wMW-1240 Berlin, N.H. were way a t 9 a t midnight l a s t cicht. Under normal CX neither is heard a f t e r SSS. Similarly WSKI-1240 i n Montpelier, V t . , WEP-1390 i n Presque I s l e , Me. & t he Narfoundland CBC s t a t ions have been heard well under Aurorai CX. I f t he Aurora continues these s ta t ions w i l l eventualb fade away af ter severa l deys but it is in teres t ing t o note box much lwer ZC s t a t ions stqy i n than western stations. When an Aurora h i t s now, a couple of questions. Cn 8 1 0 , ~ / ~ off fot its weekly maintenance on 1/22 a WDLW in Yorkton Ca. vas heard w/gmd signals & d e d i c a t i x c/w songs. No ads, but mm TM. Is t h i s a w s t a t ion? (yes -EZC) men, on l/e, MM, a WSIN wm heard w/ rr & I D E 1:30 - who would they be? Some recent ver ies : PJA~-925 4VEF-1035 XERH- 1500 ~ ~ ~ 3 - 8 1 0 zBVI-780 KCB-740 WEIYP-1340 WKW-1560 WEO-1020 W W l O a O WAZY-1410 *CRI(-1580 iTR2-1560 UNC-1450 WWS-1390 Caor-740 WEC-1360 $07 -mc) WR-1300 WX-850 wJEJ-1240 WKMF-1470 m - 1 2 5 0 . Recent DX iw ludes WKW-16U West WOW-

stock cu t s 11:50~m,on1/13. 1/20, WKBW seemed t o be on reduced power as for once 1520 was a DX-able frequency. A t SSS, W!LYE-l5X) @ 4:45 s/off, Wm-1520 @ 4:48 ./race r e su l t s Legion baaeball proms, WW-1520 in B r i e f v o / w m @ 4:50. J/ 22- -1430 w e n , U. faded i n o j ~ w/easy l i s t e n k g mx & a long gab about how p e t KLO i s , etc. That was a fluke catch as I was only t ry ing t o hear Toronto h ~ k q on m. 1/23- WGRD-1410 exceptional s i m a l Bn 1550 w / w d T n u l l d . Wm- 1580 i n th c l e w B ./off 5:30pm. h a i l l e ' s o n b gospel station, so t h ~ y sV. 1/25- 'LFST-1400 @ l 2 : 3 0 ~ ID , YBIR-ILO d 1 S/off, b WlYl-1430 m, I D l :k jm. Finally, a b i ~ big welccm t o Jerry Osborne!

73. STAN HORSS - iioute 3 - Bradford, Massachusetts -01830

2/1- Colombian on r e a l loud - E r n ? , 4:vem. ZDK-1100 st/ Johm h t i g u a i cpor~ed , 5m, G,SM b Colmbitm8. Veries, a 0 0 WrD & Ei1J29, R. Inter-- t i m t a l - b d r i d , 953, a r e d j k i t e v/q Tor 12/67 report, a d NO flup! just &- * a & t i ~ back on m. pepper w i l l do for a g ~ . I s a WOAI/KONO sale/switch 16 Ofi so no c a l l chaw- due a f t e r a l l . I ' m s t i l l vatchi% for c a l l c h q e on

@M-142f), pie.,, Kdeord, & B( StatiAna e r e sold sepe ra t eq but they're s t i l l

u s i w WE% ~ ~ 1 1 ~ . Amther t o watch for when WWBC cale does thrm* - M TV

- - ---- a l l sold t o different customers.

MORRIS - 591 Harvey S t r ee t - North Bay J h t a r i o l a s t DX session here in North BRY came on 12/14 when t h e

mx-850 nalneh TEST cam throu@ way on top w / ~ u r o r a l a. unfortunately was blocked by YUI. DEcember loggings i n EZOSdale included wEEP-I~u p l t t s b u r a , 6 0 0 logged, VDXR-"60 PaducDh, w., MROK-1k40 Rockford, Ill. & wIYA-1170 Waupun W ~ S . while J m u ~ yielded WSME-1220 Sanford Me. The TEST from UFEB-99 was c m - pleteiy b l aked by C". I ' m sorry 1 don't have dates & times fo r these l o g g i ~ as w logs are i n msdale. Most of t h i s DX was on uv s tand-b~ EC-l RX as with temperatures between -200 L -40° most nights, i t ' s too cold t o use t h e R-ll55A out i n the shack which has only a smell heater. It real ly bums me up when i t ' s -40° i n Emsdale and t h e announcer on WABC is complaining about 30 abwe! Verif- ications r e c e i v d : r/l- CKAR-730 Huntsville, bt., m - l Y O St. Thmas, Ont. r / q 4VEC-830 Cap Haitien (previously ver i l ied on 890) KV00-1170 WX-850. I sent a l e t t e r t o CBEF-~~O regarding my reception of semi-local IPRT CBEI-990 Bonfield, Ont. & received a v/q for CBEF i n return! 73.

PAUL K. HAF2 - 2105 Muse - Fort Worth, Texas - 76112 CX remain quite poor here, so not much t o report as heard.

KXW-

1550 tested 2:m-5:30-plus on 216 w/m, UC & TP. N o t very mw IDS. A phme

c a l l bo them i n d i c ~ t e d they t e s t Often but irregularly. I have sent s m e post

cards t o the s ta t ion, and they w i l l f i l l one out each time they are g o i w t o t e s t Indications are they w i l l nat be able t o f ive me enou~h time fo r publication i n 3 X NEWS, so mbody who wants a CracK a t them, & i s wi l l ing t o stand a phone c a l l for it, drop me a card l e t t i ng me know. When I get one of the cards, I w i l l c a l l you collect t o l e t you know when the t e s t w i l l be run. KXQJ's pattern w i l l make

it d i f f i c ~ l t in the N & NE, but the frequency should be c lear enough for quite a few t o p u l l them w t , myway. KRPP-850 is on with 500 D-3. Pat tern shoved up in

FCC ac t iv i t i e s f rm C-T. It looked l i k e easy c q y here daytime, so I tuned up on 850 and there they were f o r tape log #550. Address i s Box 969, Anadarko, Okla.

73005. Correspondence t o George Batchelor, SM. They seem t o be i n bad shape fin-

anci&ly, and carry vely few ads. Phone c a l l indicates they don't want t o t e s t even i f KOA would let them - they haven't got anybody t o do it.

ERC; you mean t o

t e l l me tha r an oldtimer l i k e you doesn't know what 88 means? (RE: Nancy's Muse

i n 2/6 DX NEWS). Somebody t e l l him, quick. (1 know what 88 means, Paul, but why

Only in N.Y.'s three largest c i t i e s and D.C.? -ERC)

DAVID c ~ O N - Box Q - Hato Rey, Puerto Rico - 00919 Greetiws. N o t tha t I have anythiw t o report, but I have a new-

found love fo r ~QJ typewriter (war) and f e e l v iolent ly compelled t o use it. myhw

local WJIT "Xadio H i t " bas been undergoing a format revision, and appearS headed towards a syrup format on 1140 w/l0kw. I have s t i l l not gotten my R-390A in-

s ta l led (I have a rack f o r it, and w i l l i n s t a l l a rack-Wunt tape deck, speaker, antenna switcher and 'scope a l l together), so I have not had much chance fo r DX. S t i l l no answer t o my question of who Ed K r e j ~ is. Is he a member? I 'd a l so

l i ke t o locate an old time DXer. H i s name is Buddy -0. 73. ( ~ e used t o -.

double-space me a few Musings a few years ago, h i -ERC)

ERNEST R. COOPER - 438 East 21 S t r ee t - B r w k l y q New York - 11226 a ver ie - how contrary. DX was again limited t o the M3,

2 /8 , viz: b c a l WWRI. was off a l l morning, but mly CJf(N there. I noted unn LIXYZ

-1270 s/off @ 2:30am, t o re turn a t 5, and happy dey, I noticed tha t Sormer rocker WICCdO0 was rea l ly beating out with f ine c(w mx a l l AH! So l e t 'em sell WJRZ!

Hi! WHN-1050 was on wjmx a l l AM, and mw be NSP now. I thought I mwt have had

URPH on 590 today, but it turned out t o be C K B - weakish signal. WAJR-1440-DX oat noted. UI yes, there Was another on l633 - @ 4:15am & on, a TTer, but no IDs heard. here - did anybody else get one, perhaps? HJKc$;Q on tq tap, a s usual. C U N 7 .