Vol.5 No.29 NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NENS June 7 1938 Headquarters

nil Times 31'7 East 10th St., Issued Weekly E.S.T. Erie 5)enn:t $1.75 Per Yes.r

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Just 26 more days and \vet11 be celebrating the Fifth Annual Get-TO Gether of the N.R.C. And the First Annual Get-To-Gether at the New Headquarters. The date that has been set aside for this Gala event is JTJLY 3rd at headqua.rters beginning at 1: 00 P.M, It is our sincere hope that each and every one of you vrho can, will aEtend this meeting, as this is the one opportunity that the most of you have each year to re- new your old personal acquzillitances as well as make quite a fevv. new ones. In this issue you v~i11 fine a,Ci.ty Map of Erie Pa. all Highways leading into Erie will lead,you ~~(STATF; Street).which is the main S t of Erie and the diveding point from EAST and ImST, all strects East of State is the East side and all streets West are the West side. Headquarters is THREE blocks off of Stabe,EAST SIDE, in front of Headquarters you will see a N.R.C. Emblem painted in threz colors.In case of RAIN lAre will hold our meeting inside, and if weather permits we vr i l - l . have a special trip planned for all the members.Wefd like to hear from each and every one of you who expects t o attend; Special invitations will go out to all Dxfers in and around Erie and a11 will be invited to attend.So if you members have friends that care to attend the N.R.C.convention drop %hen a 1ine.Froa zll reports we will. have a large gathering here this yeur. A Special business rneetihg w i l l be held. at the Convention and all N.R.C.members will hzve their voice in all matters t h a t will be taken -up, so come to the metting and see just what the N.R.C.wil1 do f o r you and your Dx friends this coming year.

. . --NEW STATIONS AND CALLS--

KFBM Bozernan 61ontana 1420 Ifc . , WPIC Shsron Penna 780 Kc., WDAN Danville I11 1500 Kc., WSIL Jackson Miss 1420 KC., WENY Elaira N.Y. 1200 Kc., J Youngstown Ohio 1420 Kc., VJJMC Rice Lake Wisc. 1210 Kc., KOCY Oklahonla City Okla. Chznged

from KF'XR. From the way it looks the F.C.C.wi.11 make Dxting very nice next year the way that they are adding nevi stati.ons sence March 8 1935 they have addled 24 new stations and- calls.Heres the New czlls from thct time up to Date-KNEW-1500 Kc.,KXOX-1200 Kc.,\VGAU-1310 ,Kc.,WGIL-1500 Kc., KARld- 1310 Kc., KPAB-1500 Kc.,KRIC-1420 Kc .,KWOS-Nevi calls fron: KPBM. KDNT-1420 KC., WNU-1200 Kc*,KGLU-~~~O.KC.,I~IJB-~~LO Xc.,iV!!ILS-1370 KC., WHST-1250 Kc.,Two more new st~~tions that have no calls issued yet

--A TIP TO YOU DX'ERS-- Heres a very good TIP to all you Dxfers that do not have the stations

Verf ied below. Seven plants xhich have bcen operating on tenporary papers got regular renewals--WdN, New York; WI\,BG,Richrnond; FJPR.A,Mayaguez P.H. ; VflE~!,Man- chester N.H.; KDYL,Salt Lake City; KWQ,San Jose, and WJLiK,Detroit. But eight newcomers went on the temporary list--WJBiY,EIuntsville Ala; WBHY, Waterbury; KTflLB,Monroe La; 'biJJRD,Tuscaloosa, a.nd JSFOX,l;ongBeuch. VPJHP, Huntsville Ala; \VOL,Washington,grantcd renewal of license for peroid from June 1st to Dec .l. ;VtAYX,~iaycross,gr~~nted. extension of license for 3 months.;WNAC,Boston granted extension of present license for 2 peroid of 3 months from June 1st. ;KOVC,V:i.lley City, gr::nted ex.tensio11 of pre- sent license for 3 months.; (cant on rlext p::.i;::.)

Ttvo new radio stations in the Soutl~ of Argcr1ti.n~. p o t their officizl go-aheed signnl. They are Radio Comodoro Rivaciayii? ( L T J ~ ) and Radio Rio Gallagos ( ~ ~ 1 2 )

NLITIONAL RADIO CLUB NE!!i'S

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by J.,n.rry L~xndSt-?rg

The June, . l s s - u c of IfTIIE KI)1.3:?EYJ1:i(;2 has Jast be2n r c l c a s e 2nd I belc ivc t h a t the~fJ3dito:rsf of t h i s f i n e 1 - i t k l c . pu.bl-ict:~ion, sho.ul_d go p laces .The idc.3. of t3r:lis i?ubl lcct ion i s t o gc t t . i . 1 1 the dlff ercn.1; 8ol;)l;jie:;t t o g t t h e r undrtr one cover, 2nd fro12 tli;:! stark thc:sc2t;io boys hZve d i d a wondtcrful joblrLarry . I J ~ L ~ c ~ ~ L ~ Y G z.nd Dob. Y:~(:j.sc!x:x rl!ffii!rcs a l i s t of the d i f f e r e n t 1-iob:~it.s for : t l .1~ June issuc.UFCjTC, S'iJ>L;;l.PPfciS:f ~YIST~I:L - CAR.;3 ~ x C : ~ ; ! . ~ j G ~ ~ s f f ~~ST.tI.!.G? COI,LECTOE),Sff and the S'id!, ~ 3 r d Exc;lri.ng;" cif '1;h.c \hii>~aici,<2uote from t h e 'fIobb:~;iag?r . on, t h e SWL hobby--This i s :t .,Iio't.~~~y . t i ~ u t ; . . .. i s bctcoming r:iorc pop11l;rr . eccl?;.' d::~y* vc have 700 CiRA 1 s a t -I,hL plio 3 cnt t i n o ,. . '$!u . p l ; t o pub- l i s h ,?,t l c z s ' t ' 50 ecich i s s u e , 2,s t h i s -i.;till. bc cnoilgh. t o k&c> the ;iver::lgc czrd s w p p e r b~zsy',unti.Ll thr: ncxt issue i s ;;)rin.ted (EC t1:snd) Th:- t xi11 give you m, idex ;jilst tl~hat t)x::;e boys : :~r_! !:~ork&ng :or. 'i'l~ey ?.lso h::ve

s\a.ppcrs Corneq, :,.rid I see :a 1ii;i;le i iot ice th::.l; they ~ I j i . 1 1 sw::p a y - th ing f:ron i . c r o k h c t e d b ~ t h t u b .to o. g lnss ail-king' s tool .yhe p r i c c ' of t h e I<obbylii2g i s 6.15 per issuc: or 60 ec;nts Tor s ix . ~ o n t h s , ?. yi:-rirly subscr i ;3 t ion1is only $l.OO(~"oreign i s $1.50) .Also i n tIic Juric- - . i s sue wss Rcdio D:lt::. ' ~ ~ n d . FL , per $on21 Colimm. If 5.ny of you rncrnbcrs :!re ir,tbst.s t drop 7. l L n c 'to Larry' Lundherg-10x0 Lor.vry Avc ,North, ' ii,iinne;:polis i \ d l n n .

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( ~ o n t fram f r o n t page) ( ~ o r l t from f r o n t page) Newcomers on tile mmiety r o l l , thclt 2 re 1~:orking 011 temporary t i c k e t s ,

u n t i l 1 Ju ly l s t , ;:re, KOCY, Okl:h~rn:?~ City: KOOS,JiIarshfield Ore: KSUD, Ce,dnr' C i t u IJt:?.h: WSAL, Sal i sbury :id: 3i;,'%i?..IJ, Tal1ahusse Fla : WGBC, Vicks- burg .' Short- ' tins p ~ i p e r s held by KGUU ,Ret chikr.:.n: CS'Si:N,Allento~~in: VIIBB, Ro.ckIsland: WCBS, Allent;o:.:n: Teinporary rene~~ili7l~ f o r u n i n d e f i n i t e per- o id , went t o RVOS,Bellingh~~n: KVJTN, Wntertov!n,S. D. : W3i\TO,i"tev~ O r l e ~ n s an d U11dB0, Auburn N .Y; '- Renewal good only un t ; i l l Sebtknber i v;?s de::lt "KFDM, Be:rurnont T ex.

--NEW ONTARIO 100-\VtiTTER-- A new comrnerical r:;dio s t c ~ t i o n a t Kenor?. C-nada will be constructed

t h i s surnliler. Tlie t ransmi t t ei: or2c.r h:: s been placeci wit11 the Uiarconi Radio Gorp. The t r a n s m i t t e r w i l l be loca ted j u s t off the New Tr3.n~-C::nc.drz Higklv~ay, t h r e e miles f r ~ m Kenor?-.

--LAREDO GZTS COIXG-- . . . , ' .KPAD, r r e ~ border s t x t i o n , w z s t o go on the 2 . i ~ ,idlay 31 ~ . r i t l : j . i t s in -

' augur.21 broadcast , ce leb ra t ing ? ;~ i th ;In open house i n i t s f our th- f loor ' . s t u d i o s of the Hamilton Hotel.

--iv.iORE PRIZES-- .. .

Be&-EJo-i;zurnZHe~&irr.6 - - - - - Pennc2; Sob r c c ~ i v e d a. very n i c ~ p r i z c from KIT f o r t h z farthest r e p o r t of t h c i r icarch 4 t h prograil, 2nd. vi1l;l.t z p r i z e :-L la- ge CRATE of LARGE DELICIOUS APPLES, :ilici Eob says ::.re they. good.Bob says tha t hc w s one of tha t h r e e Dx?i.rs rupor t ing reception.

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June 7 1938

Edi tor SHORT ::1iAVE NEWS . . Rsst Edi tor - Lawrence (1;nrry) Lundberg .Leo Herz.

1020'Lowry Ave.,North- - . 730 Roscoe S t r e e t IiIinnenpolis 1;Iinnesota Chicago I l l i n o i s - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - _ _ - _ _ - - - & - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - _----------------------

Your Ed i to r would l i k e t o , thank t h e follol,,:.ing members f o r t h e i r f i n e r e p o r t s t h a t they s e n t i n f o r t1jI.s i s sue . Leo iierz-Ckic;~go, I l l i n o i s J .Warren Routz(l?m-York Pcnna. ; Harold VJagncr-Er i e Pennn . ; and Bob IIoynes of London Englnnd.. ; These niembcrs deserve a. vote of t;h:;sks from every SlW member of t91c N.R. C. ---------------_---.----------------------------------------.------------

--VI?,nIE DEPARTi/iENT-- The folloiiii-ng v e r i c s received by our mernbers s i n c e our l a s t bul-

l e t i n . : J. 1"iarren Routzahn-HC2RL: Bo'b Eoynes-WifXK: Leo Herz-COCiii: L:xr'ji' Lundberg-rrRa.dio Mar t i n i q u e .......................................................................

--SUGGESTION BOX-- Leo Herz, our Asst SV; e d i t o r , sugg;ests t h c ~ t i n giving our HRC r a t -

ing, t h a t we include both 1-IAN and S1i?BC s t a t i o n s . ( ~ o w about i t you S1.C tuners . ) Let your e d i t o r know what you th ink of t h i s idea . ---------------__------------------------------------------------------

--WHfiT OUR SW MEimEES HhVE TO SAY-- J.Warren Routzahn: I intended on g b t t i n g acquainted with SW DX1i.n~

' t h i s summer, but the n i c e weather i s playing hzvoc with t h e i n t e n t i o n s . .

I j u s t cant s t a y i n the h o u s e . ( ~ o u r no t t h e only one OX)

Bob Hoynes: I l i k e thc s t y l e of the SW scc-tion i n the b u l l e t i n of A p r i l 15 th . P lenty of SW news i s what i s w ~ n t e d . I am mori: o r l e s s n be- ginner, a s I s t a r t e d Dxting about 12 months ago, but I am sandin9 a re- p o r t along with t h i s l e t t e r . ( ~ n x OM 2nd your r e p o r t vins ~ i n c . ~ d y Bob : ~ l s o wants t o know hov:. Joe Bcckers a l l ig tz tor i s prog:r-ossing along.IIe a l s o s t a t e s t o t e l l I-Iqroid Burstrom t h a t he hopes t h a t his c i g a r s were VFD. (0k you tv~o fe l lows how zbout l c t t i n g Brbb know the answers t o h i s q u e s t i o n s . ) , ~ o b a l s o s t a t e s t h a t h i s r i g c o n s i s t s of ,?L 5 tubc Eddystone Sli? r cce ive r with plug i n c o i l s 2nd 2 l s o a cornmerical 6 tube all-waver. He uses a inver ted L antenna 30f t high and 20 f t long.

Leo Herz: Out of 812 r e p o r t s s e n t out t h i s :Lr.st yctlr on both t h e SVd- BC and Hum s t e t i o n s , I hz.ve received 521 ve r ios which i s b u t t e r than 60 ,% r e t u r n . I need only my 3ZJ v e r i c t o have VAC on S\rJBC s t a t i o n . I have 41 coun t r i e s v e r f i e d . ( I guess t h a t no-one w i l l g i v e us zn crgu- ment as t o wheather Leo i s a Dxfer or not.Ed) \L .......................................................................

--GUESTION BOX-- Who i s t h e s t a t i o n heard near 10:15 prn EST on tlie same f req . as VR6AY

14.346 mc re lay ing GSD. Who i s t h e French specking s t a t i o n wi th lndy nnnouncer heard on 9.06

mc a t 2:4O A% EST. There i s another French specking st.?-tion hezLrd arround 2 : 3 0 AX with

+ q mr:n announcing and bro3.dcasting a d i f f e r e n t prograrn f r o n t h e , above s t a t i o n . ( C::n anyone he lp your ,Editor .on t h e above ~ u e s t i o n s . ) .

--NEWS FRO81 HHERE TIIEHE AND EVSIIk'\VI'II5'RE~- . Bob Hoyne-s :Of London, England sends t!3c foll.o:.;ing dope. I :>.l~;j::.ys thought t;hpLt WSXK P i t t sburgh d id no t QSL.?ik.ny Rndio ' i8ag2zines.s ta te t h i s f a c t but I received a v e r i e from them. The Verie was a yellwit m r d , p r i n t - ed i n black,. ane c z l l i n ,Red . ( Well Obi W8XK never used t o v e r f i e but imy- be they htlve stcirted now, s o ' I s h a l l give' hhem :i- t r y see i f - I ccin g e t n V e r i e . ~ d ) . .

CB2VdA7Lisbon s t i l l i s s u e t h e i r o ld C T l A A czrd, but have t h e i r nec c,?.l l i n t h e top lef t -hand corner . The czrd i s .rL r c ; > l bezuty a d . i ior th t r i n g f o r . ( ~ o n t Next page .)

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Paj:~? : 4 NAT I CNAL RADIO CLUU DX ?JX~J/S . , June 7 1932 SHORT VitiVE N~\ ' I~S . , ' . , .

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(cant) - - N ~ W S FRolb? ~ 3 ; s ~ ; THERE k>jl> E V ~ ~ R ~ ~ ~ ~ E R E ~ - (dent). . Bob EIoyncs--In view of t h e f;;ct t h 2 t t h e TJSSR intern?tion,?l- .t:llks :Ire f r e q , u e n t l y mnrred b y ' d e l i b e r a t e GRIvi, sever::il channels c r e now adopted f o r these brozdca'st. On most evenings $$osc01~~i c::n be heaxtd working on 19.

. 95--25--31.25 :::nd 39.89 meters. I hc.v8 o;t!teii ' hezrct .t;?clcn gi!~ing - t h c i r English progr::iqs s t a t i n g tli~!.t they v~o.uld b e pl.ea,sed . to h e n from ?.ny

' l i s t e n e r , :::nd tiley i'joilld ;.ns7iver 3.Il l e t t c s s rind . 'ver f , ie 21.1 c o r r e c t re- . , . por t s . GRA Radio Centre, 2!oscow? USSR . .

The nev? 50 Ks! SV; t rznuni . t tc r t o be e rec ted i n the .g~oiinils of t h e Vat- i c z n ?t Rome, T~il.l supe'rsedc t he present t r c n s m i t t e r , ii1hich hcs a power of only ' 1 2 Eiill'lyuipped with 2 dirt!ctionr=l Antennc, i t L l ~ j . l l h n v e a ~ u c h

' wider cover:~ze t h m the present st~;t?.on.- . . .

For tiic purpose of providing the c i t i e s of Eevi York ,:?&.nd iVew ~ b r s e y w i t 4 1 h igh-f id( i1l ty bror:dccs.t f r e e from 211 in-t;erf erence t h e ECA. pro-

, pose t o a t ,Alpine N.J, n 50 Kli Trr.nsmittur t o operc te on frequen- cies. 'di..t.v~een 41.02 and 43 .98 Mc t s ; (Tnx. you 01; f o r your i n f orm:ltion. ~ d )

Harold Wagner-Erie Ponnn.Scnds us tho follov!ing dopi: f o r iUh;ich vie n re indebted t o him f o r .

--New ' Short W:~~ve St:: t i o No1fi1 C p e r ~ ~ t i n g I n Albany-- Thc corapan.i,cs neu ultr~.short-w;!ve Radio tr:: .nsiaitter on top of .the New

York St:.l.tc o f f i c c ~ l d ~ a t A l ' o 7 . n ~ wr.s o f f i c i : ~ l l y inaugernted in. Feb 2nd no!ii i n opern..tion'. Thc ccrll i s Vi2XOP on ::. f r cq . of 41 rac (7.31 rnister)ivith a power of 1 5 0 wat ts . Skcd 8-9 pj& on j/jon.Tfjc~.lj'ri 2nd Sa t 3-5 A l l progs:lms o r i g l n 2 . t ~ i n Schenectady. Sign;.:ls on t h i s ' . . u l t r a b:.nd ~?.r'c supposo t o t r a v e l i n stri?iight l i n e s , thc s:me 2s l i g h t v~::~.vcs, ,to be he- a r d v i t h i n ?L distr7.ndc of 20-25 mil-es frorn the point of origin.I~owevcr i n :in e?.rly t e s t , :I. rtsport of reception ~ r t s rec:,ived from f'hconix .Arizona, nor c t'kir7,n 2000 ~ i i . 1 ~ ~ ,rl~~ay , --------------------------------------------.----------------------------

: --SEORT \i$.-43 SERVICE G I V E N ivIORE POhER i.;!JD BETTER PROGRl!.2iiS-- . - S o u t h ,!lrne~ic;~.n . rcccpt ion of t h e , SW brozdcastr: from t h i s .co.uritry r j i r j - 1 1

bc gre::.tly improved by thz use of r:n e f f e c t i v e czr r ie r . power of' 120 b;.; f o r .S!?i s t z t i o n TK2XAD :::nd I:!. speci rLl s e r i c s of p r o g r m s f p r fo re ign l i s - t c n e r s only. The Iiew power of YV2XAD w i l l provide complete covcr:.!.ge of

,211 p c ~ r t s of South kr~icricc:. Thc 11~;:~ progr,?.riis, cos t ing $120,00C) t-. yc:.!.r wcrc e ~ t ~ b l i s h e d . by N.B.C. Thc nciv s c t up \ : r i l l g ive our . Southzrn ni?igh- bors o. SM! sorvicc: second t o none.

Leo Hcrz-Scnds 11:; the follo1ving up t o t h ~ i11iilu-t~ Inforination. News from Jzpan i n Engl ish i s b5or:dc;~sted d:~-ily,::ccording to thc: J..E.C over J Z J 11.8 mc ?.t 12:35 Mjl-7:05 a1b1-6:05 P?iI and $:3'5 AIJ :rrnd ovcr . J D Y 9,925 2t. 7:45 AM ES?'.

The Germzn SW s t a t i o n d id not change t h e i r Sked f o r May from the Apr i l Sked.

, The l a t e s t . ' 8ked from Romc ~ k n l y shov~s t h e i r new' chznges .2RO-4 11.810 mc 5am t o 2:55prn: 6-7325pm: 2R03-9.635 iac 2-6pn. 7:30-9pm: IRF-3.830 mc 7: 30-9: 00pm EST. . .

RICI-USSR i s now on t h e i r s u m c r f r e q . of 15.08 mc ;znd ::re on togzthcr wi th R2.n 9.600mc from 9-9:15 EST.

Ken I~Iiller-Ch.ico.go 111-"ends i n a. very 1c.tc fl:i.sh. 1'A new !;rt?;ccli.on TIC12 lo', 1C0 mcgs .. . he:ird Sund:iy a t :LO : 15 prn t o 11 : 37pm L?,ST. Knovvin z s f f Radio Mundoft rLnd 1ocz.ted t??.t; Snm Josc, Cost;: Ricrt,Ccntrixl Aper'j-ca. They asked f o r . r e p o r t s ,Tl.lc.rc sign:~:l vxs' 1;/6' Q S A ~ ' ! ~ - ~ and c l l l s$c!c?.ch VJ:?. s i n Sp::nisn

Music wzs rebored swing: nus sic. . .

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N A T I O N A L R A D I O .CLUB DX CLUB June 7 1738 --N. P 0. SW REI?ORTS--

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EAJ43 10.370 Lady announcing .Bel t~yin Radio Nacional on a sked. from 8-8 : l+5pm EST. ~lundber'g-?~~Iinn,)

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Tenerif e . Heard with Radio Nacion;:i 8-8:45pm never over an. R/5-6 "QSA J4 livith much QSS,

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J Z J 1 1 . ~ 0 0 Usually good t o e x c o l l e n t on 7-7:30nn tr:!L'nsnls- . . :;%&on. (lundberg- inn. :Herz-Chicago.) 'VUD a. 590 Very poor l a t e l y . (~~~ndberg- i i l inn ,>

WD2 . 9.550 Has been hea.rd t e s t i n g . out on 3 1 . 2 8 ~ . on week- clays between 0%:30-04:00 ~ ~ ~ . ( ~ o y n e s - ~ n g l a n d )

. . . --EUROPE-- : LZA 14.920 Heard Apr i l 30th at ll:30prn wi th a man :?.ncl l a c v

both announcing. (Lundberg-Minx ) OLR4A 11.840 Signill ,o f f a t (3: 50pn Fr iday ~ p r i l .29th.(Lundberg) OLRSA 15.230 Has be.-~n heard on s e v e r a l occcrssions be.i;ween

7: 15-10:15pm. (~undberg~~i4 inn . )

A l l Daventry s t a t i o n s on t ransmission #4,5,and 6 heard wi th VF s ignx l s . ( ~ e r z - c h i c a g o )

DJF 11.780 Reception poor t o f c i r and he:ird a f t e r :,lid- n igh t . (lundberg-iblinn)

DJS 21.450 Heard wi th f a i r si@n21s a f t e r Midnight. DZH 14.460 He;:rd i r r e g u l a r vv-ith stime. progrnm a s DJD with

f a i r s i g n a l s . (~undberg-i 'din~. ) A l l Germtiny s t a t i o n s on North ,Centrr?l So. Rmericc c;trznsmissions h e m with VFB s i g n : ~ l s . . ( ~ e r z-Chicago)

2RO3 9.635 R/7-9 the l a s t few weeks. (~erz-Chicago) IRF 9.830 Heerd rrvith VFU ~ / 7 - 9 l,S11/5 s i g n z l s . (I-Ierz-chi)

~rrl;;: PHI 17.770 Hezrd wi th good, r ecep t ion c t 9: 002.m -i.n the morning. (~undberg-il inn. )

SPD 11.530 Reception h ~ i s been e r r z t i c and poor.(lundberg) SPY! .13.630 Heard wi th f a i r recept;ion at. 7:ZOprn ' i n t h e

-Evenings. (lundberg-2iij.nn. ) . R K I 15.080 Heard i n t h e evenings i n p a r n l e l with RAN wi th

: - f a i r s i g n c l s (~undberg-Minn. ) RVT 14.580 Heard s igning of? ;>.t ll:02pm on Apr i l 28th. HBJ 14.530 Signi..ci of f a t 8:38pm on A p r i l 1 8 t h viith f? . i r

s i g n a l s . (Lundbcrg-:i;i~inn. ) TFJ 12.2.30 Heard on sundays from 1:40-2: 30pm. ( ~ c r z - ~ h i c z ~ g o )

--SOUTH BlVIEHICR-- HJ6ABC 4.730 Igabue, Columbiz he~.:rd at 8: 50pm with f:.ir s ig -

n n l s . (lundberg-Ninn, ) HCJB2 8.840 Heard i r r e g u a l n r wi th f a i r sif;n?.ls zround 10:OO

. .. pm. (lundberg-Mim.. ) HC2RL They give t h e i r sked ~ ~ c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r v e r i e

. . n s being on . the r.ir twice c?L xeek. Sund::ys 5 ~ 4 5 - 7:45pm : ~ n d on Tuesd::ys .9: 15-11: 15prn EST. (J .t.v:::r- r e n ~outzehn-Penna. )

HC2CSlr 8. /!lo Uses the slogmTf0ndr;s clel Pa.cif i c o with the c a l l being given be a worr.an announcer.Thcir prograns open and c lose with the plzying of t h e "N~. t iona l fltheriifl (sangre Ecundorianz) GRA: Casilln. Pos ta l , 1166,. Gu:xynyuil, Ecundor . Skod

, Weekd:7"ys from 7-ll:,10pm 2nd on. Sundays frorn 3 : 30 pn; t o 6:00pm.(~oynes-~ngland.)

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--~~~~~~'LLj~l ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ I ~ $ L - - Eioaiidur n s ilnN 5.270 Signs off' c:t 10:30pln with Ted Levjis song. ( ~ o o d - . . nig2-lt 1 ~ 2 l t z ) . Lundbi3rl;-Flinn.)

--'j,rEsT IpJi>IEs-- T

Cuba C0,CX 11.740 Tic s Seen heard on -thl s ne~c;i f laccj,. sever:ll cvcnings . Lu.nGbcrg-!diinn.) ii:ll Cub.::ms a r e being heard f i n e . fierz-Chicago. )

U.R. I-IIG ' 9.290 .usa l ly tvi.l;h W:FE s igno l s . (~undberg-Liinn) HI2X 11.970 EIcnrd. si;,. 57 ing off :!t 0 . 4 5 p ~ : . (~undbcrg-ulinr,)

I T ~ i t i ~ ~ 2 s 5,890 Iic2rd vmith f ::ir si;;ntLls r:.t 9 : lkOplr,(~d) --NORTH flTbjixI{ICfl--

Mexico XEkTfi.;i. 9.500 Hc:-?rd every cvi;ninc ~ w i t h . ~ / 8 - 9 CiSJ:/5 s ignt i ls (~ierz-chic;! go) _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ ---.--- ..----..----- -- ---------...----- --.--

Following i s 2% l i s t df abso lu t l ey Authentic and O f f i c i ! ~ l Nztion- l i s t i c Spcnish Trzrlsiuission a s supplieci by our very ?..b:Le As:; t . Ski Z;d.it or Leo Herz. (ThLnks OM f o r t h i s VFB l i s t .Edi tor)

I/,, . 000 tf11,adio Mula.gnf~Slo,i~rn-?~!1~~1;~~;i1 Test ing 13.992 E:T\.9AEI "Tctuan ~ ~ o r r o c c o f ~ 500 W:~tts. 10.370 f1Radi.o Tencrif elf Slog;:n-"El Tnblcroff

7.5-00 E A ~ B I ~ i)ontcvcdrr: 6 kV:ntts 7.. 500 Radio Pizt_.,rreles S:?ul:l~nancs 1 .5 kw. 7.474 FETr7 Tcnzrife 100 wct ts . 7.350 ,FETS Burgos 600 sva1;ts. '7,246 ffRadio Espanaff Hilbao-200 v,r:? t t s . 7.230 F2i8AS Tcnericfc 210 v$:?<tts. 7.240 FIE22 Ovicdo 50 cik~: : t t s . 7.212 Ei'L133L Pontevedsn . 75 wat ts . 7.203 Rc~dio Espr,nz. S;ln Sebr!sti;in. lkw. 7.202 PET8 M c l l i l l r 85 v ~ a t t s . 7.200 EA9ME IviclLillfl 20 w:?&tts . 7.200 EA8AE Las Pt=lnr:s 190 \vatits. ------------ - ------- .--------------------------------------------.-.-- --.--

Next i s s u e we s h a l l continue t h i s l i s t . VQith only foup ec- p o r t e r s f o r t h i s i s s u e we were li.blt. t o makc :-:I f a . i r SW section.Jus.i;. t h i n k what we could do if a l l t h e SW t une r s of t h e MRC shnt i n a r e p o r t t o your Edi tor . Lets he~i r from a l l you SM t une r s of tnc NRC. Thanks fcllo!:ls f o r your rizost l o y z l support ( ~ d i . t ; o r ) ., . --------------------------------------.--------.-------.---------------.--

--Ten Years O f Fr iendly & Frz~tarn:~L $\I:! Broadcz.sing, -- YY

. . Leo Rerz-Asst Ed.

So many ~iiords .h,?vc Sccn v t r i t ten about TX/!BRli o r good o ld NIiH as i t i s cni lod by i t s friends,und by nlcn ab le t o :use more f o r c a f u l l langn::ge 9

bu t yourf l ss i s tan t A h o r t ~ c ~ v c Eciltor wants t o xc!d. 9. f c ~ ~ s:!ords. It might no t be as f o r c e f u l l but I a m su re i t w i l l come from thc; h e a r t c~nd i s seconded by a11 .the ERC mcrnbcrs. I c:;n t s u i t h f u l l y say. tlii.>t t h e r e i s no g r e a t e r f r i e n d of -th,e SIIOHTTATTE Lis t ene r thnn t h c raan behind. NRTI f s nikc Senor Cespcdes idarin. I 35 inany o the r o ther l:istr:ners h~ivc: hnd. m m y untold hours of' ple:~surc l i s t i ~ n i n g t o the inforrili~l. b~o:?~itc:ls'ts of. NI'tH from s l i t t l c 7+ wat ter t o a 500 wutt Tl4HIiB, ::ad t t c y s t i l l msintzins tjzc same f r i s h d l y a.i;.tidl-tli;ude a.nd i s one of.' ti- ic! few st;.:tions In t1ii.s ivh- o l e world. th;:t; does not preach sornc politic:.:.L d o c t r i n or o.dvl:;rl;iscs everything f:rom soup t o nu t s . AS Senor Ccspc;cies j~htlriin 0pcr.x.t.e~ TI4NRII without adver.i;isrnen't o r con t r ibu t ion , so plcr-(.sc dont f o r g e t v,!hcn re- po:rtirlg t o them ir lclosc :: dime f o r :!. bccutif-iil.. V'crific:\.ti.on C:crtific:l-t;e

P? gc :7 NATIONF,L RADIO CLUB DX ??EViS Junc 7 1938 Amateur Hi- l ight s

A l l T i i i l ~ EST 20 l13TERS . P , l l Tililc EST

Cyrus Will-Editor----- 651 Br ie r Street------I<enil?i~~orth, I l l i n o i s ---I-___--l---l-__-I__________--_------- - ------- ---------.-------.------ - -C-- . .

Well here we ;;ye agnin. I hn.ve hnd very 1 i t t ; l c : t i n e .to f>x i n t h e p z s t nonth so I do not h a v e . a g rca t Cez1 t o r e p o r t liiysell". 10 meters does no% seein very ~ ~ c t i v e . At tir.ies a nrli:lb!?r 02 c:~si; :.:nil west coast s t a t i o n s nsy ba h e x d but f o r e i g n Dx has been void. 20 has been good at t imes. Frol,l 6 t o 8 p ~ i 2nd 1 t o 3 - ar;l :ind 6 t o 83 arn h;:ve 5ekn t h e bes t tifiies. 12us-trr.lir?.ns have not bccr~ : hcsrd ;is vreJ.1 as 'tl-ley silould be l c t e r on i n t h e sl;nli.,ier. I i ~ ~ v e e rec ted a new 20 n c t e r doublct here t.~ncl z:ri ;:n- xio;us t o g i v e it a good tes t in-g . Hope t o do p lcnty of Dxing t h i s surmer 2nd hope t o ha~ct pli2n.t~ t o r e p o r t i n f u t u r e i s s u e s . 1 iioulci r ~ l s o , like t o remind you t o send i n r e p o r t s so c.ie can ~ w k e t h i s s e c t i o n norc vc1- u,z.ble t o o the r readers . I wish t o t h n k Loo 'Ilcrz who sends i n r c p o r t s rcgu1c;rly 2nd I hope zsny a o r c i:iill ~ ~ ~ l s o drop r e p o r t s dol.sn here befor t n e next i s sue . ------- ------- - ......................... - -----.---------- -----.-----.---- ---

--20 il.;IET'<R PYOlJE DX-- IiKlPd 14.07 1 1 ~ 3 8 pm. Color-ibi~ It~)~,~l:.*,yiL~-~.;;i~ric:;~;1t O F L 4 A I ' 14.05 -12: 39 aiz Liin:i Pemz llA~:ierica-india!' C O f l ' 14-13 12 : 30 zrii Hnv::nz. Cubn ?'rcy.~inn :IS 11!.130 K6KGA 14.23 12:35 nrfi Iionolulu Hcwaii C C l VK2HT 14.27 1: 04 zn Sex? ourth,BSVi, R ~ s t r ~ : ~ l i . ~ . ulT'igh-Freq. 11

KBl?iZ 14.28 6: 08 am Manil::, Philippines Cis0 WO-GZ VP6LW . 14.08 6: 1 7 r?m G. P .O . Ht:rb::ldo:; 1 1 ~ ~ ~ t - 2 0 1 1 VK5.37 14.11 6: 28 am Murrz.y Bridg2,Si;,!ii~s t r c t l i z 1rB0ston-Fr?~ncef' VKSTiiB 14-07 6 : 30 ax: Wzyvillc, SA, l A ~ i s t r ; ~ i i a I tca l l ing fi8AAJlf VK5DC 14.02 6 : 1 1 Nor?,i/ood, Si. , Aus tr:-~lic C[;-Aracrica . KAlFH ' 1 . 1 7: 02 arfi 2Ja.nilc, Phi l i ;~pi .nes "Fr:~nc e-Konolulu~~ YN3DC 14.29 7: 12 an Leon, lJicc.r?.gila "Denv01*-Ger~in3y" FA3EIC 14.10 1: 00 an Algzr, 1~l.p;t.rj-a 1lHcl%o N .FLnericclf ON4ilU 14.09 12 : 07 an Bruxcl les , J321~ui~ i C C i TI2LR ' 1 . l l :34 pril S I : ~ Jose, Costc:. Ric::l C ~ ~ l l i n g G2TR J.II+EJF 1 . 1 7 11:08 pm S2.n Juan, Porto Rlco GSO K9NT XE2K.A 14.12 2:OG am Mexico 11 E i l o ~ ~ ~ ~ s t -:inericz1' LU8AB . 4 . 0 5:23 prn Buenos Aires, i irgcntina IIAmerica-Dostorart T I 2 R C 14.08 6:55 prn San Jose, Cost?. Ric?. "R&dio-Czn~d,?~l XE2FC 14.15 1 r n Tampico, Mexico 1lFranc e-C?.nctdafl G 5iGL 14-10 6:45 pm Kenilworth, bVarw. ,Engltlnd QSO G 5 V a GSDR 1 1 6:47 pm Canbridge, England QSO dc T12 G5PU 11+. 07 6:50 pm Leeds, york, Ene;l;:.nd Cr l l ing GGOG G6UX 11!.08 6: 53 pm H i n c k l ~ y , Leics, Znzlnnd Test-20 SVlKE 14.00 6:57 pm Athens, Greece Cal l ing PI<lMZ G6WX 14.03 7: 23 pm Coventry, Vv'c:rv~. , Englcnd WE4.K:) VPlBli 1 1 7: 29 pm Bel ize , B r i t i s h fionduras. Cn-lling G8G;H PAolZA 1 . 1 7 : 35 pm Utrecht , Netherlands f18filerica-Lnerica"

This i s t h e mc?in DX hen.rd the p:!st nonth :lt Kenilviorth. Only (/SI, rece ived was frorl YN3I)G. Is my f i r s t ; Nic:~raguc. vex'ie. d;jR/i. i s Dcnnis E.Gnllo, Lcon Nicarzgue. QSL i s at t r :? .c t ive ::nd Sr.Gcillo r e p l i e s pro- mpt ly 2nd courteously. ---------------------------------------------------------------.---------

Leo Herx of Chicago r e p o r t s rm.ny C;SL's rccuived. I n uddi t ion t o thoSc on the fol lowing pzge, hc r o p o r t s t h ~ . follo\..irlg. c:l.rds 2rld info,( VPTBW, 1Lk.I-91 rng : G6V:K, no in fo : PA) XF, 50 sr:.:tts : C05E0, ex-C02E0, s:-,ys he i s Only. C ) 5 on :~j.r: YVlAP, 175 1.:: J;?I!JI, 600 :.nd VFB c;:rd: G5J0, 50 w: VKSAI, 25 w , i s t of VK r c p o r t s szn t au-kin J3.n 8c Feb.to QSL: .

::.nd VPlDII, Lcofs f i r s t f rom B r i t i s h 1TonZuro.s.

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-Cyrus Will--Ed. Kenil-north, I l l . ----------------------------.-- - -------- .. ---------.---------.---------------- .. . . : A f r i e n d of ~ l i n e . ~ h o i s also a. Dxer in:?.~ j~xst coriie on the :;-ir and

.- I-am su re 4.le .~to~il.d cpprevii!.t;e r e p o r t s on.k!.is s t a t i o n . ':'i:he 0 ; p . i ~ !-TzPold , Schrock, l+O4 $!.Bennett S t . ,Pontiac, I l l . Iiis c a l l i s ,V/9QV;Q\ii and he OperEi-

t e s o n . the f'ollolci-vlg f requencies . Pl~one 1.865.5 and 25533 Kc. a n d CW 3733, 7147, and 1429Lk kc. The t r a n s m i t t e r employs the fo!-1o:i~ing; hA6 x t a l con- t r o l l e d osc & dubler . T55 amp, and. modulated ijy pr. 756s. Fone power i s 100 w and 175 lrr max. He plans t o be' on regu1a.r a f t e r $day 28' and if any menbers,. e s p e c i a l l y fore ign , henr him ne would cer taimly- apprec ia te a

. . . r e p o r t . --------------------------------------------------------------*---------

- -REPOI{TS FfiOIi ~~,JJ~JI!~~ET~,S-- Leg geyz=C~icago-I&l, Leo again conies through with severa l very

f i n e r e p o r t s and I certt:j.nly apprec ia te them. Leo r e p o r t s the QRR of KAlZL t o be PO Box 3232, l ~ i a n i ~ a , P.I. arid FA3i-ICts QRA i s R.Pleiber, 43 hue Fontaine i3lue, Alger, Algeria . The QHA of :JP.'JAlZ which you wanted,

. . -Leo, i s the sctme a s f o r VP33G s i c e this i s h is new c a l l . --20 iv1ETER DX--

Apr i l 18: K A l Z L (I/RA above) 7: 30nm: . .April 29 : VPlIli'L 2/9 C J C A / ~ .?: 37pm VK2EIV ~ / 7 GSA/~+. 7:37am:.April 36: G80C R / 7 ~ C ~ / 4 . 5 : 5 l p m KAlAF r. i.38nri1: . .day I (His b e s t DX day) NY2AE ~ / 7 c S A / ~ 9 : 2Opn: G5JO R/G QSA/4 1:40:1m YV5AC ~ / 8 Q S A / ~ 9: 32pm F8PK R,/7 <,S.A/~ , 1:,/,3am

A p r i l 19: KH26 R/8 LjSA/5 9 : 40pm ZS3F ~ / 7 Q s A / ~ 1: 45am . . TI2AV ~ / 7 G;-SA/4 10:26pm o ? ~ ~ i i u H/C QS;I/L+. 1: 55am

Apr i l 20: VKikJU ~ / 6 qSi\/4 - 7:32:1m F8GI) H/7 Q'S;i/L;. 2: 00am .G.8KK R/6 C;;SA/5 7: 23pr~ VK3PE ~ i / 7 [ ; S A / ~ 2: 07an

April. 21 : ':-'F&ZCF ~ i / 7 QS11/5 7 : 2 O p m C35EO R / 8 QSA5 2 : 16am ,G531> R/7 Q s A / ~ 7: 22pm G 5 R J :i/G &sA//,. 2 : l~/,arn VP3llA . 1i/7 Q S I \ / ~ 7: lspra G5ML i1/8 &S.i~/5 . 6: 05pm

.P.pl'il 22: VK3SE R/6 Q s A / ~ 7:35am F8BA H / 8 QS:1/5 . 6:lOpm : p i 1 23 : 5 ~ / 9 Qsr,/5 7:35am G2PU R 4 6 : 37pn

. VP5BH R/7 QSA/5 7 : 40pm F8KV! ~ / 7 QS3/4 6: L+.2pr2 Lpri l24: 131-I2x R/8 ~sn/5 8:30am PABAA R / 7 & s A / ~ 8: 01pr~

2 - 318 &si1/5 8 : 20prr.t: May 3 : VK6l.Di R/7 LcSri/4 6 : 30am L p r i l 25: YRbhA . ~ / 7 Q S A / ~ 6: 25pm VK2UC R / ~ L Q s A / ~ . 6 : 4 2 2 ~ ~ Apr i l 26: P A ~ C I J n/6 (;s~/4 6 :/!lpm PYlFR ~ / 8 q S ~ / 5 G : 15pm

F8GD ~ / 7 Q S J - / ~ , 6:1+:?pm %+-: :-y~Sfi;v j3/6 ~ ~ n / 5 7: 02pm G5GA R/7 QSi7i/5 6:45pm: .May i+.: K4Ern. Virgins Isl.2nds a t (3550 11/8 QSA/5 6: 55pn; 6 : 32pm G5ML R/7 QSil/4 6 :,Lb5prn: . Zxceptionnl Dx heard on f o l l o v i n ~ C02Plilii R/9 Q ~ i l / 5 - 6 : 44pm days.

Apr i l 27: VK2NY ~ / 6 Q S A / ~ 6 : LkOca SP2I1H. Ilk. 02 5 rng . 7 : 21pm LU7BK R/7 c33iI/4 6: 35pm SU1RR.14.330.rng. 6:05pm G8U J (?)*11/7 GSP./4 Pin VR4AD. R / 7 q S ~ / 5 '6:29am LA511 R/6 Q s A / ~ 6: 50pm ZBIL on the ' i s l z n d of

Apr i l 28; \KLOX/IB H/7 QStL/4 6:5;?prn ivIalta .R/6 QS!L/~ 6 : l4pm TG9U . H/8 QSA/5 6 : 50pm G5BJ R / 7 QSA/~ 6: 35pm

........................... ------" ---------_--_-------___ ______I_.____.______LI ---GS:L 1 s Hil:C$iIVED--

Leo a l s o r e s o r t s the fo l lov ing FH l ist ; of 7~erit .s rcccived by 2-1i.m.

.G5EJ, 250Vt: U,42UU, 1Lk.275 mg vjith 25. vi: C2US,2Tw: ~1218~1,14.020 and. like ail0 me, glad t o QBL r e p o r t s : GilhIfi~S?, nd info: I'A3I<C, 11,,.284 'and. l4-.14.0 ,mg..v\~ith 4.5 tv: ,YI12x, no i n f o : VS2AK, l o o w,i.n Fi:dcrated ivlaley 'St;::.tks: Pi'iflFS, 50, lv, VPB csrd: G6HV, no i-nfo.Lut VPG cnrd: VE5BI.', 180 W:F.'JGR,

. . 300 w, very c o l o r f ~ l l l - ' ~ ~ ~ d : yeTg riicc going Leo. i