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VOL 33 N O 6 - - October 27 1945 We svol.corne the xcnetva1.s of
Roger Legge-David Thomas-
Joseph Reilley-Joseph DcRosa-Henry Vt'ilkinson, al.so renewals
from our Ser- v ice Fund of Jack Siringer-Thornas Grey and Jcsse
Strawn. Thanks a 1.0t t o al l . of you and may t h i s be a banner
DX season fo r al.1,
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DX CALENDAR DATE------ CALL--LOCATION----------------
KCS---CLUB-------- TIME ALL EST---- OCT 31.W@CFPR Prince Rupert
B.C, I N R c & 3 : O O - . 4 : O O AM
31 CHLT Sherbrookc Que 1240 N R c & 4:00 - .5:00 AM NOV 3
KOTA Rapid City S.D. 1.380 ALL CLUBS 1:07 F. 3:00 AM
5 C J K L Kirkland Lake Ont 560 N R C ~ : O O - 6:00 Ah! 6 KFI
For t Frances Ont 1340 N H C & 3:00 4 : O O AM
1-4 JSO Sore1 Que 1400 N R c 4:30 - . 6:00 AM I- 5 FAC Calgary
Alta 960 N R C 3 :00 - 4:OO AM 17 KOV Kel-owma l3.C. 630 N R C 3:00
- . &:00 AN 1.9 CJOC Lethbridgo Alta 1060 N R C & 2:30 -
.3;30 AM
DX CALENDAR Continued on Page 2 a , -. CFPR-PRINCE .RUPERT,B,C.
H C ~ E is one of our outstanding programs 'of ' t h i s or any
other season. Hardly any DXer has a ver ie from t h i s s ta t ion
,and being such a r a re catch i t should c r ea t e pl.enty of i r
i tcres t , The channel sh0ul.d be open a11 the way,so lk t s a l l
be on hznd f o r - t h i s prograrr! frorn "a way up there11 Send
your repor t s t o Mr. C W InsuLander, bfgr and Eng t o whom w e
say 1tThank You" f o r t h i s opporturlity t o log h i s s t a t i
on . Rrr, by Bi1.1. Stone. CELT-SHERBROOK.E;,GUE This inay be our l
a s t opportunity t o 1.og t h i s s t a t i o n as a 250 wat ter ,
for soon they w i l l go t o 900 and use 1KW. We waqt t o thank 1Xr
Romeo Paquette,Op i n charge,for agreeing t o put t h i s show on f
o r a l l clubs,and t h i s channel w i l l be c lea r fo r f i r s
t 1./2 hr,for a t 4:30 WXLQ the AFR s t a t i o n i n Bermuda
coines on with h i s 50 wa t t t job. CHIIT s2ioulcl hcve n o t
rouble ge t t i ng out on t h i s prograrn,so everybody l i s t e n
i n and REPORT. He- member,Canadian postage i s 4$ , i f you havent
stamps,send an American 5# S O T A - R E I D CITY,S..D. Many of u s
hrd t h i s s t a t i o n l a s t month. This time,de- d ica t ions
1v i1 . l be made t o those who reported, which of course wil.1 add
t o the i n t e r e s t of our members. l ir G r i f f i t h s
wants compargtive r p t s on h i s s i g n a l before 2AM and a f t
e r 2 , thc hour before using d i r ec t i ona l and a f t e r 2
non d i r ec t i ona l , This i s a regular monthly progrm.
CJKL-KIRKLAND LAm,ONT, It has been qu i t c some time since t h i s
s t a t i o n has broadcast any DX shovfs,is t h e i r f i r s t on
560 kc with 3.KW. T h i s channel. w i l l . be cl.ear f o r the
show,for a1.7. nighter WIIID i s not on MON flli
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Kw and may u s e HAL-3 (van ~ o o r h e e s ) 5 5L65 5 IlPA
Palerrfio, S i c i l y Here with 3KW (van) /(Johanns) 570 K V I
Tacorna,Wash-Puget Sound Blg Co has xmtr a t Vashon 1s.C C C ~ S Y
, C ~ ,
liWN Youngstown,O s/off l0/20 a t 1:30AM, sa id 011 every FRI
& SAT with l o c a l high foo t b a l l games, good time t o ge
t en (van)
590 WOW Omaha ,Nebr , Iasurance Bldg, Sked 6: 30 (SUN-8) - 2 ~
(Johanns) 600 WMT Waterloo,Ia s/orl a t 6m not hard t o hear . (E
cooper) 601 . . . . Athens9 Greece w i t h 1 5 KW (Van) &B SBD
Sundsval.l., Sweeden w i t h LOKW (van) 629 LKK Kris t iansand, $ X
E ~ E W Norway with 20KW (van) 630 CFCY Charlottetown,P E I s/off
from 11-11:IOPM copied th ru WPRO (van) 438 OKP
Praguu,Czechosl.avakia w i t h 120KW (van) 6Lk0 TGW Guatemala City
on u n t i l a t l e a s t 3:30AM hrd 10/20 (~uggan)
ZMS Nassau,Bahanas i s s /of f a t 10 again now, (Van) 648 . . .
. ~irooges,Franct. lOOKW d e f i n i t e l y r e l a c e s Lyons,
now on 8 9 5 ( ~ a n ) 635 .... Borne, I t a l y No 1 with lOOKW
(Vany Also P a r i s France 120KW. . . . . Villebon,France ~ o K w
( v ~ ~ ) (its xnltr f o r Pa r i s Sta-Ed e f r m FCC) 704 SBA
Btockhol.m,Gwecdfn 60KYi. SBB i n Spango i s only X r n t r ?van)
71.3.5 .. Andorra, Andorra, Radio Andorra with 5KW. (Van) 722 , . .
. Prague, Czek with 60KW (van) 731 EAJ5 8evil-lc, Spain with lOKMr
(Van) /(Van Voorhees 7 9 . Marseil.l.e,Frcnce LOOIOJV no t
Toulouse, I c i Marse i l le Provence 776 . . . . Toulouse, France
i s s t i l l . off the sir [Van) .... Paris,France on here with
100KN IfParis Nationaln (Van) 780 .... Spanish speaker hcrc eves,
WHO? (van Voorhees) 795 EAJl Barcelona,dpain here with 7,500 watts
(Van) 623 GFG Gibra l t a r , moved hc re from 868 kcs. (Van) 830
WNYC New York N Y should be easy a t h i s 7AM B/on Sundays [ l e f
t y ) 441. . . . . Berlin,Ger~nany Radio Ber l in with 200 KW (Van)
/ Van) 850 LKS Stavanger,Norivay here with 100 KW (Van) Also
LIUD-BQ~O,NO~. l O K h 260 XEMO T i juana,B;C'. on t i l l 3 . Figh
t s i t out with KTRB (Lefty) $68 .... Casablanca,Morroeco
repl.aces GFG here with lOKW(Van) 535 . . . . Lyons,France iOOKW
Lyons National.,replaccs Limo cs here, (van) 9@@ . . . .
Turku,Finland with 10KW rcplnces Hels inki , (van7 900 . . . .
Helsinki , Finland herc viitb 5KW (Van) 93.0 CFJC ES~E#opps,B,C,
hrd n igh t ly s /of f a t 3AU behind KALL-KLX ( ~ r u s c )
KALL S a l t L:llie City,Utah can be logged 2:30-3:05AM reg sked
r ruse) 913 . . . . Toulouse,France No 1 with 60KN (van) 91+1 SBB
Goteborg, Swueden here with lOKW (Van) 030 WPAT Paterson, N . J . s
igns off a t 5:15 PM now (Van) /(van) 950 .... A t 2:20 Ab1 10/20
Spanish speaker under KFEL, anyone vikow who?? 968 , , . ,
LaCoruna, Spain with
1022 EAJ7 Madrid,dpai.n with 120 KVi JtRadio I . .
Rcnncs-Brctagnc,Franc~ hcrc with 1.050 CFGP Grande Prz i r i e ,Al
ta noving t o
CHUM Toronto,Ont hrd t e s t ' 3.059 I7.BA Ba r i , I t a l y
herc with
3.060 . . . , Florence , I ta ly d o 2 1.365 EAJ8 San Sebast
ian, dpa in 1 .77 . . . . Bordeaux, F r m c e with 60W I~Bordeaux
Lafayettc.1 (van) J.386 SCC Falun,S~veeden 100KiV SBV cal'l. no
longer used. (Van) . . . Casablanca,~lorsocco i s IlV6ico of
Arrierica i n North AfriceIt (van) 1 . . . . . Gatania,SiciLy with
I.OKl/ (Van) I . . . . . . , Prague,Czck here with lOOKW (Van)
1.1.1.3 . , . . Bordeaux,France 25KW flBordetlux Sud Oestll (van)
1.1.23 EAJl.5 Barcelona, Spain 2Kn' !!Radio Espnnan (van)
- 1.1.4.3 ???? Sounded Like a Frerlchio on h e r t a t 3:1.5 AM
10/22. ( ~ e f t y ) 1 1 '7A nrn f ' n n ~ n h 3 ~ r l n Dcnmark
10K1,Y. W i l J . havectro with b l g i e r s herc(Van)
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FHEC:UI::i4\I(;Y. PROLICS .c; 3 KCS CALL
3.1.35 a . 6 , L2U5 r . a . 1222 LKG 1231 6.4 1240 KGBS
WJMC mQ
1249 e e 1250 ,.*. J.k.58 EAJ3 1280 K I T 1.240 >WINK
133.0 WIBA
1.31!8 . . . . 1360 KSCJ
1366 ...* 1395 R 95 1.400 KELD
WABY WPAY WCNC * . a .
J,4.1,9 . . . . 3.4.213 . , . . 1.429 6 e . 1,+440 KPRO
XEFI
1.L4.d WBBC C r d N
RFW-RKS Nice,France with 6OiCIiV "Nice PTT" (van) Naples, I t a
l y No 2 wi th %IIW (Van) Narvik, Norway wi th 1 KW (van) Eeimes,
France wi th 1.0 FA\[ (AES) (Ven) Ear l ingen ,Tesas f / c 2nd
&!ON 3-3:15 AM (van) Rice Lake, Wisc f /c 2nd TUES 3:3.5-3:30
(Van) F o r t Bel1,Berfiluda using s1.ightJ.y more than 50 wnt ts (
s o r r y Lef ty but my v e r i e says 50 Watts powcr-~op) May n o
t be on a i r much ].on- ger . Sked 4~30-6:15 AM; 9-l.l:15AM; and 2
- 6 : 1 5 ~ ~ EST; F u l l QRA i s SGT hlart in Wertheim, S t a t i
o n Manager WXLQ American Exped S t a t i o n HQ Bermuda Base
Cor:ui:and APO 856 $ Postmaster, New YorSf NIYm SGT Mctzner of
PI-ushing i n ce. ( I ,ef ty- i~ichols-~dge) Munich,Gcrnany AFN s t
a t i o n 120 KJV (Van) Another Spanish speaker he re , anyone know
~ h o ? ? ? ? ( ~ a n ( Valencia, Spain here wi th 5KW (Van) /H B
Murphy, ct?. (Joh~nxls, Yakima ,\Vash, Val.ley Urdg F/c i s now 1st
WED : 1 - i n f o from F t Meyers,Fal t e s t e d 10122 4 th
&ION 2;,!+0-2: 50 Lefty) Yes and tiicy - a l s o t e s t e d
during CJEM and CKCHT s S e s Madison,lVisc hrd w i t h l a t e f o
o t b a l l game s /of f 1:20, may b e a good t h i n g t o t r y o
the r FBI n i g h t s , (van) Naples, I t a l y No 1 with 1 0 KW
(van) Auburn, N Y f / c 2nd MON 4:05-4:20 AM (van) Brernen, Germany
AFN wi th 100 K'JT (van) / ( ~ o h a m s ) Sioux C i t y , I a hrd
L0/1.8 t c s t i n g 250 wa t t aux xmtr, no r e g t e s t s bu t
on IblON A M s 6:45-7 t e s t 5kw xntr, s /o f f 1:05AM A A Smith,
ce. Dijon,France 100 KW r e p l a c e s Bordeaux here , (van)
Berlin,Germany. Airways becaon scnds I395 i n code repea ted (Vln)
EL Dorado,Ark F/C 2nd TUES 3:l.O-3:25 A&I (van) Albany, N Y F/c
2nd MON 3-3:15 AM ( Van) Portsmouth, 0 F/C 2nd TUES 3:45-4 AM (Van)
El-izabeth C i ty , N .C, hrd t e s t i n g 10/25 and s /of f a:07
AX (Johanns Fl.orence, Ita1.y No 1 wi th LOm (van) Frankfur t ,
G~rmany h e r e wi th 1 0 KSn, (van) Boving2on, England. P.irwzys
beacon 1 KVJ (van) Coimbra, Por tuga l h e r e wi th 5K'W (van)
Rivers ide , Cal.if s /of f n i g h t l y a t 3AM Good s i g hc rc
( ~ r u s c ) Chihuahua, Mexico. F u l l QRA David C Mireles XEFI
Calle Escorza 1.103 Tea t ro D e Las Heroes Apnrtado P o s t a l
133 and t h e i r sked i s from 8 t o 1AJM s / o f f EST, (blorss
and Lefty) Boulder C i ty , Nev This c z l l ass igned by FCC. Add
t o l . i s t (Krusc Indiana,Pa hrd t e s t i n g 10/23 3:l.g-4:28
unrnodulated (Johanns-Pop
a l s o was heard on thc 24th ( ~ d g c / ( J o h a m s) S t a t
e Col.lege, Pa h r d 10/21 and 1.0/25 from 2~16-3:25 s
/off(Johanr~
L a Grange, Ga Sked 6 ~ ~ d ( S U ~ 7 t o 10 1 -11:15PIbl, E
Mullinax bq Gen Mar- hiuscle Shoals,Ala PO Box 230 Shef f i e ld ,
Ala hrd special. t e s t on 1.0/15. F/c a s l . i s ted . Lynn V
McMoran, ce , (Johanns) / ( V Q ~ ) Caser ta , Itn1.y 1\30 1, l O K
W Also 9P9 B ~ a r t o n ~ ~ o o d s , N Ire Airway Bet? Rome,
1taJ.y No 3 wi th 5KF (Van) f ~ o t c l Ju1i.cn. ruse) Dubuyuo,Ia r
u g F/C 3rd VdED ;3U-4:45, Rpts t o IJ Carlson, cc. Foggia, I t a l
y wi th 1.0 KW Caser ta , 1tal.y Do 2 vii th 10 K V b , (van)
Mexico Ci ty , D F s e m s i n c l c a r here from 1-1:30 AM (van)
Los Angeles Skcd 24 hrd except Tueaday, s i l -en t 3 : U - 9 A M
EST. Tes t 5kw Aux xmtr betwwp 3:Ul.-5Ah4 TUES, KECA no t owend by
KFI anymore, C Sennans, Supr Eng D t p t . ( ~ o h a ~ m s )
Chicago 12, 111. Veric r z c f o r 1.0/21 r p t vs Robert 0 ~ i l l
. c r ( ~ o p ) Edmondston, N B OK on DX 2:15-3:15 also CKCH veru
1-oyd on D X . ( J O ~ ' At-, ~l,VbT.Tn KROY hrd over CJ&'J,l a
t t imes and WINK h rd whi1.e bo th One
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$OE LIPPZN.C.OTT-~~OOHE~TOIW N J Recent v e r i e , KANS on with
f l o o d r p t s 9/29. Bes t OX so f a r , MVRC s /off a t 3:45 on
l0 /9 ; Hrd KFXY a t 2:15 10/19 i n sp i t e of KICA a t same tirue
and proaisin~,,..sotlvmir-$or most d i s t a n t r e p o r t e r 9
Also h r d AM on 1 9 t h wi th R 6-7 s i g s weye BLA-1 on 658 kc
from 1 till near fade- o u t 1:30 and Limoges on 648 a
very--f;ittl.e s t r o n g e r from 3.-l:45. mVF log- ged wi th f r
e q measurment and ofiC a t 2:U1 same day, WPAG logged on 1050 kc a
t s/off a t 6PM. VJRUF and KFUO hrd t h r u KHDH s/off around 6PM o
r l i t t l e l a t e r . KOAL hrd 10/15 on f / c )old KEUB check t
ime) Have se t (~33) l ined up compl.etely f o r t h e win te r and
b e a t o s c i l a t a r added so hape f o r b e t t e r DX now,
Using i t have h r d TIFG and go t f a i r l y s t r o n g w h i s
t l e s i n AM on 583 & 668 kcs . On PM of 19th till about 6:30
h r d f a i r l e y s t rong s i g s on ab t , 200 kc, pos s ib ly
a BBC. (OK Joe and was wondering what hod happened t o YOU) Who
'was the L a t i n on 910 till 4:30 Ah1 Sunday 10/21, sounded like
XEHR bu t could n o t be sure . Have a f a i r r e p o r t on him.
(FCC l i s t s XEAO-hlexical-i, wi th 250 w a t t s power-~ay)
$/SGT AL MALEY-HIGliLANJD FALLS @J Ver ie s yes t e rday from
WMIISA-KILO=KOTA and howfs t h a t l e t t e r head?-WOAI'. S t i l
l have p l en ty out , Hrd KTBS s /o f f a t LAM a l s o h r d K G
N ~ whom I need f o r a v e r i e , b u t VIlROK made good r p t
irnpossib1.e. J u s t had a v i s i t from Carl Hortan and h i s
wife, very f i n e gentleman as do a3.1. DXers seern t o be except
Cops. By t h e way you can cal l . m e ffLong Hairf1 b u t Xo1.l b
e t no body ever c a l l e d IIPopb t h a t . Heh heh, 3ID
STEELE-LOUISVILLE DXed SAT morning and Lagged WBAC-WLAY-CKEY and
sent r e p o r t s . Vcr ies i n from KOTA-WGAU and JM4.X KOTA g i
v e s me a s t a r t f o r t h e c o n t e s t . (OK Bid and some
Canadian Sqamps will. be on t h e way very soon) LEFTY
COOPER-BROOKLYN 11 Y Report t o WIUAJ* Ver ies i n from
KOTA-WBAC-Win4SA- WTTM and l a s t but by no means Zeast,WXLQ f o r
my 21.st v e r i f i e d count ryc A l l l e t t e r s b u t WTTbI
which sends a very f i n e card. Not t o o much DX this week on1.y
one new one r e p o r t e d being W J y h s d on i t s i n i t i a
l t e s t Sun 10/21 from 2:27-251, He was way o f f f r e q , 22
kcs bel.ow 1450,which he was announcing and thus i n t h e c l e a
r . Good loud s i g b u t tone qua]-ity seemed a b i t pinched-
base n o t e s d i d n o t come over. h f r s Bernard Bopp was on t
h e broadcas t , is Mr Bopp the i r ce? (NO Lef ty , he was
consu1.ting ce) 10 /2 l Bad buzzing,WWJ only odd i ty on band,
10/22 S t a t i c bad--up f o r KGIW b u t no 1-uck-carrier on t h
e r e s p o i l e d that . Engl i sh s t a t i o n on 1474 was
doing f a i r l y w e l l , s t i l l i n t h e r e a t 3:30;
Thought I hrd French on 1 1 4 9 , s t a t i c bad and s i g n o t
so loud- might have been Spanish from XEJP, Il!ho was playing band
music mn 1340 and s /o f f a t 3:05 h hat was WRHI Lef ty , hrd
them t h r u WEXL-Pop) Su rp r i s ed t o l e a r n Bermuda i s i n
the P a c i f i c , s e e l i s t of US Forces S t a t i o n s i n
P a c i f i c . (OK Le f ty I d i d s l i p i n a coup3.e t h a t
were elsewhere-pop) Dont g e t what Ralphie means WISE going t o
hl,.E, of T. by Xmas? The WFPG show has t o be cance l l ed because
of a shor tage of h e l p t h e r e due t o war t ime cond i t i
ons and v a c a t i o n s * So !!Silver Throat Coppero wont have t
o go down t h e r e that morning. How about f u l l QRA f o r AFR i
n New Hebrides? No I havent h r d them, j u s t wishfu l th ink ing
. Ver ie t o t a l now 1.059, 1.lW by end of season o r bus t . PAT
REILLEY-JALlESTQ~J1'4 1'4, Y Very l i t t l e DX because of c o l d
, WBAC back s igned by R VJ Roundsvi1.lc t h e owner. H e says he w
i l l be g l ad t o v e r i f y a l l r e p o r t s 10/17 WMSA hrd
on t e s t a t 3:20 bu t very noisy. l0 /18 WPAX a t 3;05; On 1.350
h rd a w h i s t l e n e a r l y a l l Akl bu t no vo ice hrd a t a
l1 ,ve ry no i sy and hopped up t o t h e c p o l l c c band and
helped Texas pol-ice chase escaped c o n v i c t s from Huntsvil .
le; 1.0/23. r a d i o Vory weak t o d a y , l i k e n o r t h e r n
l i g h t s bothering-- WAOB on 2 0 7 4 ~ kc a r e l a y of NEAF t
e s t i n g ; WL3 and WAF t e s t e d a l so . 10/22 Radio weak
again , VVKhVK checked on 1400 a t 5:L5 and very no i sy ,
According t o l a t e s t BBC mag "Iiondon Ca l l i ng" they Zist
only 2 s tandard wave lengths 307 meters(997 kcs) and 267 meters
(3.122 kcs) for s e r v i c e s t o Europe i n d i f f e r e n t
languages, 1 have a r e q u e s t t o p a l i n England f o r Home
S e r v i c e f req, towns and aadrasses ; i f p o s s i b l e t o
g e t ,
*~emem9er your b u l l e t i n i s week1.y so r e p o r t by
Wednesday each week-THANKS.
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ELBERT TEWELL-CAREY O l laybe I shou1.d t e l l . a l i t t l e
L about ny DXing durirlg t h e summer and so f a r t h i s f a l l
. WPAG hrd and v e r i f i e d , a's ere WBAC-WKLA-
VJLIB&KOTAflPAG are hrd here R-9 all day. Have hrd ViJOL s/on
but have becn unabl-c t o copy enough f o r ve r i e . Hrd WUJ
10/21 and hrd 'them nent ion Pops phone c a l l as wel l a s those
of seve ra l o ther of t h e boys. W I B v e r i f i e d in ' j u s
t 5 dsys,so d id WKLA who stslted t h a t my r e p o r t was the
most corn l e t c o u t of 25 tha t they had receivecl t o da te ,
ongr gratulations on Bhat P Hauc been hearing a l o t of s t a t
ions ,bu t most of them I have a l ready v e r i f i e d * In
checking m t heard log I see t h a t I h a v ~ ne2.rJ.y 600 s ince
I have b c m DXing, Boy i f I only hEd t h ~ m ~ 1 . 1 v e r i f i
e d . I have entered t h e BCB Contest again t h i s year and
rauybu I can give you cembers z race t h i s year if my new S20R g
e t s here i n time. A t p resent I vii1.L Lzvc t o be content with
my o1.d stad-by an Rircast1.e r ~ c e i v e r which r e a l l y p u
l l s them i n , a l t h o a s y e t I have not l ~ u l l e d i n
hlaguires KINY,but hope so soon, (OK E l b e r t your 1st cl-ass
mount i s n o t up t o 6064 and good 1.uck on thi. c o n t e s t -
~ o p j PHIL NICHOLS-E HARTFORD COJ~lIl- ' S ~ U ~ S eve 1.0/18
found TIEP cording t h r u swel l on about 825 kcs al-tho Listed a
t 830 kcs, Gave them over 1/2 hr r p t , F r i AM l0/19 was swel1,f
i rs- t reported was Linoges on 648 f o r h a l f hour l r15- 1.:45
thcn a t 4;lO found WMSA on t c s t on 3.340 kcs,and ended up with
copying a L i t t l e on \WUR t h e AFR s t a t i o n i n New
Eebrides on 1045 kcs,very weak f r o ~ , 4:L5-4:45 or so. SAT Ul
10/20 was snothcr %ucky one f o r me,found KSRO i n the cl.ear on
1350 j u s t before s /off a t l:5OAE1 nnd h ~ v e been a f t e r t
h a t one a long time, They stayed up and copied Canzl Zone on 790
kcs a t 5:3dAu 2nd was surpr ised a t t h e i r s t rong s i g ,
SUN L0/21. found me repor t ing Sot tens , Switzerlcrld from
l:l.5-1:30 when they faded. out comp1etel.y but got good r p t .
From 2-4 I spent the time chasing P\~I~SJTS sign21 back and f o r t
h from 1428 t o 1453 back .to 1430-14fc8-l.44U and mded a t 1443
kcs or so. Enjoyed hearing froiil Dick-Way-Ralph and Carl. v i a
phone cal-1s. Boy what a BILL WlUJ i s going t o havc. Henry Carney
t h e i r cc h i t 1450 j u s t once a s I r e c a l l it. Monday
morning found another swell. morning f o r TA recept ion , Limoges
was hrd as ear1.y a s 12:15 and a s l a t e a s 3:30. A l l j3BC t
r ans in i t t e r s were on up t o 3:30 o r Later before f fd ing
out. Spcnt I@ time copying Hil.versum on 995 o r so. Weak unt i l .
I AM and then they boometi in , r an my meter up t o 6,during which
time they had some svgcll music,Gershnin-victor Herbert e tc
,copied s t r a i g h t u n t i l 2:30 and got odd b i t s from
2:30-3:30AM. A t t h e i r peak a l i t t l e a f t e r iAM t h e y
were so Loud I t r i e d my 1 i t t l . c 5 tube Zeni th and had
them on,l.oud speaker as :good as New Yark i n daytime,bcf.ieve it
or n o t , IUkiting t h i a a t 4AM MOIJ 10/22 and. have f
ol.1owing out-IKIX-KALL-CBV-TouJ.ousc-WJGTC-2PK-WKPA-
KIT-KUTA-WKWF-TI4NHH-PfLEE-TIEP-Li-SO-1 Zone-Sottens- W l y 4 1 t L
J and Hilversuu, I n s p i t e of Dave Thomas I p r e d i c t t h e
best TB season f o r years judging by the r a t e they a r e
corning t h r u so ea r ly . Have a t o t a l of 21. t h i s e a r
l y i n the season. Other s t e t i o n s noted t e s t i n g t h i
s AM 1.0/22 4 t h %ON were WINK a t 2:4O$ f /c ; WRHJ a t 3:06 t c
s t ; WEED s h o r t l y a f t e r on f / c ; KNAK t e s t i n g on
1400 a t 3:%0; VIKEU on 1450 a t 3:31 (yes P h i l I hrd erri
, too and milts t o VmU-GBBRRRRRHRRRR) Am still a f t e r KShI
which I havcnt been qb lc t o pu3.1 thru y e t , At 4AM WGNC on and
m~nt ioncd Ralph Johanns cal.l.ing him up l a s t month. FOR
LEFTY-WHGB has bcen s/on 6AB weekdays'?.nd a t 7 Ah! S U N ,
shoulld be easy there. CKLW was s i l e n t t h i s AM. l0/22 (OK P
h i l and you r e a l l y got a few, how about WDAD on t e s t TUES
Ab1;Ha Jja-pop) BOB DUGGAN-bULCOh G A ~!el.j. i t s 3.0/23. 2nd 9PM
and an hearing WLAT i n Coizway .Sac , on aprox 1470 kcs ins tead
of 1.490. Very bad modulation,barely anddablc a t times. Sig s t r
e n g t h i s p r e t t y good; WBIG QN~ls. Cnn hear i t on 3 d i f
f e r ~ r i s e t s , s o nothing wrong with sets. Have r p t out
now, Have my Howard 4 3 5 4 back from snop and can d e t e c t no
685 Cub'an Neb X m t r a s repor ted on DX NEVv'S. Al.so th ink t h
e 660 C u b a i s C$CL,not ClblBC, a s CIVlBC i s till on 790. Hrd
WLAY 1450 kc i n hiuscl.o 5hoal.s and ce anknowledged spt3's frorl:
Joharms-Lippin- c o t t and Johnson aaoxg o the r s , s t i l .1
wont v e r i f y f o r m e . (OK Bob t h e FCC l i s t s the
Cuban:; as you havc them anc! date i t as Oct 1st 3 .945-~0~)
