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and Roy Phe1.p~-Radio S t a t i on i ~ l ' ~ l i ~ - ~ ~ ' J a s h i n g t o r ~ , ~ , C . as new rnenlbers and- the renewa.1~ of Wal.ter & Ruth Butts-Joe Brouner and Frank Lee. Thanks t o you a l l and may DX be good and p l e n t i f u l with l o t s of new ve r i e s .

DX CALENDAR DATE----- CALL--LOCATION---------------- KCS---CLUB------ ALL T1bI.E E\!VT---- NOV 24 KPOW Powe1.l my0 1230 N 1% C ~ : O O - 4:30 A L ~

25 WASK Lafayet te Ilzd 1.450 N R C-Others ALL I\'IORNING 29 IRC Pendl.eton Ore 1240 N ~ C - 3 : - ~ : O O A P I 30 CKNX Yv'ingham Ont 920 N R C 3:00 - 4:30 Abl

DEC 4 KVGB Grea t Bend Kan 1400 81 R C 3:00 - 3:30 AM 7 WDLP Panama Ci ty Pla 1230 N H C 3:1.5 - A t 1 5 AM

To make room f o r s t a t i o n write-ups t he DX CALENDAR :is ~ o n t on BCB Page 6 KPOWiir-1-230-POWJELL WYO Pleased by our r epo r t s frola l a s t s e a s o n ,Mrs Rosc- nary C Meyer,rnantl.ger of KPOW proaised t o dedica te another of her. s t a t i o n s f r e y check prograrns t o the National. Radio Cl.ub. Most of u s heard KPOW l a s t year even with :J!rITfi on t he air. To those ivho havent hrd ti-iis s t a - tion-they CAN be hrd th ru W I T H . Dont f o rge t t o r epo r t t h i s program fel.- lows-just because you happen t o have t he s t a t i o n ve r i f i ed dont I c t t h a t s top you from repor t ing again. Pnx t o Ivlrs Meyer. Arranged by J, Becker. 14/ASK-145O-LAFAYETTE I N Q Mr Joseph Spring, C.E.here wrote asking how a DX from \\/ASK. t o h e on al.1.-night wou1.d be; So Nov 25th was picked. 6el.- ec t ions w i l l be dedicated t o Of f i ce r s and CPC men and t o o ther Clubs, but the program w i l l be p r e d ~ m i n a t ~ y f o r t hc National Radio Club. WNOE and KSAN may be of f between 5-5:30 f o r t h i s show,which will. begin a t 1:01 AM 'EWT and r u n un t i l . Mr "prinf: i s exausted,as he sa id . The National. Radio Club scl.utes you,ldr Spring,and here ' s wishing you go03 DX, Arr-E Cooper,

K7fR.C-1240-PENDLET.011 ORE This s t a t i o n and i t s cfi$ef engineer ,Mr Paul E, !lral.den have cooperated with us berore. This time however they present an unusuel show and. we have received t h e fol.Loviing l e t t e r frorri M r Walden, f f J u s t a note t o l e t you kmow~.what Wefve arranged f o r t he special. DX brozd- c ~ ~ s t on Nov 29th from 3-4 Ah1 EWT. Vie have an Army A i r Base here, and i n as as most of the f c l ... ].ow$ a r e from the eas te rn and southern p a r t s of the U.S., hzve arranged t o hcve the program o r ig inn t c from thc Pend- I.eton Fic1.d A i r Base by remote con t ro l . The g rea te r p m t of t he progrziii vvi1.l. be rilusic by Pendleton F i e l d Mil-itary Band,with sone interviews w&th some of the fel.1ows. The e n t i r e show wil.1. be l ive ,wi th Army Cal.el?t being used, The Pub1.i~ Rel.ations Off icer wi1.1 ge t pub1.icit.j t o the netvspapers of the tovms t he boys are froi?z,so the program should have a good cover- ageU tlle1.1. Mr. Wal.denf s l e t t e r shou1.d spcnk fo r i t s e l f ,?-el-l.~ws, Lets sllow the Army and Kl\'RC how riuch a.ppruciate t h e i r e f f o r t s . Al.1- r epo r t s be seiit t o Mr, Paul. E Vialden,chief engineer KWHC. Arranged by R Cooper.

The CJRL program of Nov 29th was arranged. by Dick Cooper, not E cooper ah announced l a s t week, sorry Dick. :Lefty.

$ERTJICI?, j,iEj!isERs FUND Lef t $1.2 ,45 Total. on Hand l a s t r epo r t $1.4.45 : Donations by Joe brzuncr- ,.- 3 . 00 Benew23.-Don r eynolds

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS BCg Page-2 - - - L I - C 1 . L d - - - - r Y FREQUENCY - - - - - - - - FROLLCS + - l J 4 + - L - - d - - November 20-1242 KCS CALL REMARKS 370 CMI Santa Clarc.,Cuba-key s t a t i o n of Cadena Azu1.-Sked 6:30AM-1:32

AM Daily inc Sun. This goes f o r CllCY,Havzna on 590kc; C W i n Holguin+6O0 and CMJN-Cmaguay-740kc, a1.l easy picking Sunday AMs . ALI. aiwouncements CHMI-Cadena Azul i n apanish and hngl-ish signing on and of f , (E C o o p e r - ~ r o o k l y n , ~ . Y', )

597 ???? Signs n t %;O5 with 11Strike Up the BandM I t h ink t h i s i s a Ven- . ,..ezuel.an Y V l R A (sw-YV~RE) used t o s i g n with t h i s number(^ Cooper)

600 WCAO Bal.tin:ore,ILld s-off with !'Good lligllt Waltz" (E Cooper) 601. CNH Rabat ,laorocco hrd very weak, scurcu1.y readab1.e ( ~ i l . 7 . a r d ~ ~ a s s ) 776 --- Toulouse,France very good R-6,quitc readabJ.e,azlnounced i n

French & German, gave programs f o r t h e f o1l.owing day (~il .1.ard) 790 CMBC Iizvnna,Cuba Cal.1 i s B not V Fred. S-off 1:30Ab! (E cooper) 800 CKLW V!indsor,Ont had Spanish l e s sons lO:15-10:30PM, The cor rec t

f r e q i s S O U no t 805 kc Joc-nay) ( ~ o s c p h Hichrod-Ozone Park NY) 850 W J W Cl.evel.znd 0 broadcasts 7-SAM Eb:iT. b'orma.!. opening w i l l be l a t e r

Using only 3. s tudici non, o the r s no t ready. Gerz1.d H o b e r t s , ~ . e , beer1 v l r i t h WJTiV s ince beginning. ( ~ i 3 . ] . ~ , ~ a b r i e l . - ~ a kewood,~)

910 liiiSUI Iowa C i t y , l a checks ]_st SiED 1 ~ 3 0 - 2 0 1.y acc t o vt?rtic (E cooper) 970 ???? li:rklo i s t h i s luIaxican on 31.1. A&I,hsd whZn WATT broke c lov~n(~ cooper)

1.070 ISNX Los Angeles,CaJ.if nuu:ounccd t h a t Mcr'ines sailk a J u p sub i n t h e P a c i f i c with t h e i r r a d i o tunec; t o IQiX which was playing !!Deep Purp1.e" (I!; Cooper) Looks a s i f t h y got Ceep Purp1.e-Ray.

1077 . . Bordeaux,Fr.:lnce, not bad 11-3,reada'ijl.e with dif f'icul.ty, announ- ced i n French. (0swal.d G ~ i l l . a r d - ~ n m b r i d g e ,Maas s )

11.50 VJBO Batan Iiouge,La s-off ;t 3 ~ 2 . 3 i m ; Nov check and s a i d t h a t next DX ~ ~ 9 1 . 1 be 2 hour;each 3rci iv~on thex7cafter.

1.230 K J H D Tuscal.oosa..Al.a chgcks 2i1d THUHS 1240 KHBG Okrnulgee,Okl-a checks 2nd THWH

VV30C Charlotte,N.C. checks 2nd 1270 KGCU I\ilzndan,A D checks 2nd THUH 1.290 KRGV \~leslaco,Texas checks 3rn 1340 KROS Cl.inton,In checks LAST FBI 2:30-3; lvlr G i l b e r t 3 And-rews, c.e.

says he cxpects t o be inducted i n t o Arlned F'orc'us next but t h a t h i s successor w i i l wel.corne r e p o r t s , ( ~ i c k Cooper

KCRJ Checks 3rd $JON 3:45-4; WEN9 k KFRE seem t o bc of f ( ~ a b r i e l . 1.350 KGWF ~ u e b 1 0 , ~ o l . o checks 2nd THUR 5-5:1.5. (E Cooper) 1.3'70 XEHI, Guada1.a jara , Jal.a.pa,hl;lex i n c l e a r s-of f 1. : 30-2AM (E Cooper)

- - - 1.380 XEMX Mexico City, secms t o bc a l .n i tor , s t rong -Kittanning) 1390 WGBC Vicksburg,Miss checks 2nd SAT 4-4:J.5. 1.400 KEUB Price,Utnh t e s t i n g 3rd &ION t i l . 1 3:30.

KELD El. Dorado,Ar'k t e s t i n g 3rd ViBLll Clarksburg, IV Va cheeks 2nd KQNO San Ant0r~i0,Tc.x cliocks 2nd

I rcportec! them t h i $ AM Nov 18th-3rd THrJB from 4:1.5-4:30 AM EV:T which i s 3rd THUR, Last r e p o r t wzs Mar 11 th szne time and t h a t was 2nd TIIUH. And they done v e r i f y , a t l e a s t f o r me-Bay,

WFOR Hattiesbure;,M&ss checks 2nd THUR 4: 30-4;45. ( E cooper) 1.420 E,PRP Ponce,P.R. doesnt show u p f o r Van )dostrand t e s t s ? ony one know

about t h i s or when they check? ( ~ a b r i e l . ) 1450 KFAL" S t Cl.oud,Minn cfiecirs 3rd &ON 3:30-1+; QRM from VrNOE &

KWAL Wall.2ce,Idaho hrd very weak1,y J u s t ~il?..ke out ann & ~;lus

WKIP Poughkeepsie,NY t e s t 1s t FRI 1 - 1 ~ 1 5 . (D cooper) KEUB Pricc,Utah t e s t i n g 3r2 &ION til.1, 3 : 3 0 ( ~ Cooper) Not on 1400-Rsy

WHIT I1t.w Bern,? .C. ch.ec!rs 2nd THUR 5-5: 1.5;news 5:15-5:2O, s-off ti1.J. 6:58 AM. (ICE ~ o o p e r )

11+90 V,'blJb! Corrdl-e,Ga t e s t i n g 3rd. %ION 4-1+: 3.5. (D cooper) KOSH Oshir~sh,\~iisc played t tPistol P:~.cPiing Ma~ilntl which made q u i t e 2

back grovncl t o spirited 8 riaon frola YIJBK-Hi 6E ~ o z p e r ) n - l A n + 1 , - n n m t +l . , r l - r rc r r ; r . ~ c : +L,ic v; ,~nh--nV f*l\?T?~\lnfl~ Pr>n+ nx R f y E A C T 7 T . ~ , n l r 4 - k 7.17,-

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FRANK JOHi\l30N-PITTSFIZLfi. IV .H. R e c e p t i o n a t this LP h a s been sr!ell. f o r t h e p , a s t ' week. liernelxber 1: overs] -ept IIVTCIVl's DX-Special I.ast,we%l. I final.- 1.y c a u g h t theiii on a :spcci,al . program. Hrd VJHlIF t es t or1 2nd Tue:; and gave IIHC T i p s ; V.iI3E a.l:so mentioned soniething abou t t h e boys of t h e NIX. Who checks w i t h Marches 2nd THBH 3:1.5-3:30? Very weak l i e re on a v e r y good n i t e . KCEX? h r d h e r c a f t e r 5 3AM,a.J.so KDYL-II9 and anclther s t a t i o n very we2.k behind them a f t e r they s-off',ri~ho i.,oul,d i t be? It was not ICXYZ. F ' i n a J . 1 ~ caugh t WCBI on 1.3./1.2 for. t h e C l u b , t r i e i i a.11 Is s t y e a r b u t f a i l . e d , a l s o g o t WFIG, thanlcs t o you I~~l-t0i1,3,3i+0 k c s praet2;y busy on 2nd IWI. V e r i e s r e c h e r e p a s t week a r e ilSf)D :l.et;tcr & carri., I mean E%<O stamp, n o t Card; IVDRC-WEBR-V,ISOCi. I to3.d t h e n I vizs u s i n g Bed i jp r ings f o r sn a e r i a l . as t h e y pushed WITH r i g h t off t h e d i a l . T h e y r e p l i e d bz,ck,looks l i k e you nave some p r e t t y good Bed hp r ings . WLAV a fol-der-WLN J-T;I<NE. 1ie;:orts ' went t o l ]~f l~- \~OL3-~,JF~F-KLR j~-WTCM-~~AAC-\i!B~~/-KFyR-KGE~<-~;C~ I-v:iFIG - ~ J , i ~ ~ Y - ~ ~ l ? i j ~ l ; - ~ ~ l ~ ] J - li~iiDAI~-KDYL-W~DAIi:-VIi:iMIBC-Ij'! J W and IVOSB, Flrd nbo.ilt; I.ia.lf of psograrii, was g l a d t o g e t them 3s chances o u t s i d e the I ~ F ~ C s t o o d 1 0 U t o 3. i n g e t t i n g e m . Mecp u p t h e v e r y good work CPCers. JOE BRAUNER-i!dILLIAfilSVILLb N . Y, Have been i n a c t i v e on DXing so f a r t h i s s e a s o n , t o o inarly o t h e r t i l i ngs t o g e t done, sel.d.om Iri.rld t i n e t o ] . i s t e n i n more t h a n one morning a week b u t e x p e c t t o do b e t t e r suon. Zagged t h r e e s t a t i o n s on UCB s i r i ce L a s t spring,WRI,B 2nd WAAC hrd an r e g e i v e d v e r i e prompt].y ,!!I~JLJY lT7"h who i.:; s t i 3 . l G . U ~ a f t e r a b o u t Ik weeks. WALB n r u on r e g eve- n i n g programs ,VJllBC 0x1 1noritli1.y check a-nd P'6ldY sur.pr. ised by coiiiing i n -Q5 I{7 one niorning j u s t bellore 7 o c l b c k . On t h e c l u b 3pec ia l . s hail snlnc r c - s u 1 . t ~ on KWAL a s 13,~ gr:, poor. DX d a t e a n y w ~ y , eve ry t i l ing wa.y be3 .o~ normal. s t r e n g t h herc. \Ki(i\Ji' s t r o n g b u t so w a s ~J;JBK,~;CI troub1.e verifying P'KNY b u t n e i t h e r ma:; there an?J':ipJ.eusilre i n ' l . i s t c n i ng t o t h e m i x t u r e of rnusic ancl r e l - i g i o u s s e r v i c e . 11./13 VISTP ria.'s r u n n i n g i t s r e g u l a r month1.y t e s t a t 5 ~ 3 0 and was knoclri.ng tklc \fi,'JU'-I)?;!!SVi ddu r i g k t off' t h e d.ia].,';iSTPrs band music was compl-cte rna.stcr o f t& che .nne l .he re , too bad soli!e of t h o s e o t h e r bad1.y needed 1 L k 9 U s t a t i o n s c ~ n t do t h a t , If PilECO has $lie w:~iJ.!.o,$ t h a t Nlr NeJ.sonr s o t h e r xmi t t o r s have ,we sho~l1.d .have :lo t r o u b l u n e a r i x g It, he h a s i n s t a l - l e d may s t a t i o n s i n N.C. and ;I1 were e a s y t o ] . I s t en t o , a t l e a s t w h i l e h e owned them. Sti3.3. need a b o u t 50 a c t i v e s t a t i o l l s t c : l corn- pl.etc UI;A,ought t o be a good. ti.me t o c a t c h up novv-,with s o fovt be ing l i c - e n s e d , b u t t e s t s a r c h a r d t o f i n d t h e s e days. l.l./l.4 W0bf.I gave iV;JBK a real . going over t h i s AliI CQ5 R8 a1.1. t h e way u n t i l . I had t o I.es.ve the dia.3. a t 6 : 2 5 , D e t r o i t j u s t a c h i s p e r aov: and tnen i n t h e backgrou:ld. LEFTY COOPER-UR00KLYil 14 ii. Y. V e r i e i l l f rom \&'SUI , I i t?ports t o XEIIL-KTTS-KGCU- ~f l~S~~-~l \ r iKV(sent t o CiblHI) and !i'.'JBO. 3.1./3.1. Up a1.l. Aid and h r d I .o ts of t e s t s as 3 - i s t c d i n Ki3.o Kommcnt. A 3 . s ~ KTTS was t e s t i n g w i t h c a r r i e r and announ- ced t ime a t 3: 56; !.1./12 Again alarm fi;lil.eci :ne f o r v,iCljI-I guess I need ' t ha . t bomb under t112 bed t o o ; Then I 1 1.1 go pl.aces. I.1/I.fb VllOSH came t h r u i n f i n e s t y l e , o f e t n over C'iJBK,with Negro r e b i g i o u s s e r v i c e . They pub1.i- c i s e d our t i p s b u t ca l l - cd WASK-WBLJ-WSiiY, IWSK-KjZ J-RSNY ,Swel.l s h o ~ ~ r . The C i r c u t o CMG i s on a t 6 : 30 Sundays with ha1.f' hour Eng3.ish r e l . i g i o u s pro- graci-hrd on 690--8ij~-'320 Ircs. A3.so ClvUI-Ca.dena AZUL on 5'70-590-600-74Okc Another ' on 9l.Okc. hcception exceI.li:nt th is A&I,'I; 1.1./15 1iecept:ion s t i l l swel.1-MiJUO on, a b i t ].ate and s t a y e d on til.1, 3: 20, s~!el. l ~ u b l . i c i t y and mentioned our n e x t 4 DXes. KGIC' hrd u n t i l . l a f ' t e r 3 with I.oud, s i g . KOVO was t e s t i n g iiz CLEhh a t 3 : 30-hope a3.1. who nc.e<.ed t h a t b:zby h r d em. (I didr l t ~ e f t y - E i a y ) IVher; d i d WiBC iliovt. fror:~ l\lew b r i t i a n t o Hartford-I-le:I.p? BEHB CAUPBELL-ATfiEl\lS PA S o r r y t.ilt I f o r g o t liil0SH-v.iJj30 was vfb , caul-dnt be improveti, but 'hetrodyneci by one of" t h e w o r s t sountling c a r r i e r s t h a t I have h r d i n a I-ong tirnc. Logged WPAU b u t coul.dnt f i n d er iything t o inai - c a t e t h a t KPRP was on t h e a i r , 1.T i t was a t o n e t e s t , t k c r e weke no znn. HOGEIi LA~~: \ IE-GR~ErdFI~IJD iblA35 1 arii i n t e r e s t e r ' i:i SY,! & BCb DXing. Have r e c 41.2 s t z t i o n s fron. 36 s t a t g s & 46 c o u n t r i e s w i t h 23 v e r i c s rec & 1.0 o u t .

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JOE J3ECKEIi-HAMILTON 0 Everything here OK and have sen t r e p o r t s t o WCBI w j ~ - \ f i ~ l ~ ~ y -$fi{os~ . .Thank you 'czrds t o KTNAL al.:though I d id not hear them a-nd a l s o a very n i c e I J e t t e r t o M r "-ordon of WMOE f o r s igning o f f . MAAC i n F t Ueyers. was . t h e ],st .new .one. I hrd, s i n c e l a s t April.. Jjly Last new s ta t io r i was hrd Mar I.Oth 1.943 being CHOV. \J!Ki'dY I;: WOBH came tiiru p r e t t y good a].- .though WJUK i n t e r f e r e s bad ly a t times. I hope t h a t I viill. be nb1.e t o hear VlrECrO-C;TEIJ-V~l3l\lY -ViTVlklF-41'IiHC , these are a].:!. nt?v! one s f o r ii~e . ECWiC wil.1. bc a tough one f o r me t o crack, liiJEXL doesilt ';tother mle. much and I ge t th ru VCJW p r e t t y . we1.l. (~ie.l.3. J.oe you vvolit h::ve t o f,e.t t h ru WJV! :!njrmo-i.e-~ay) FRZD VAN VC~O~~HEES-M!HITICSTOS;~K iL' . Y. Reports sent out sirice I.ast r e p o r t a r e t o lj13PR-vJl1 AB-l[JJJ LB-INSfi P - w E : L I - \ ! ~ ~ T F - ~ ; ~ R c - I ~ ; F ~ ~ ~ -I<GCU -~~~IIT-I(E);-wc~I-\~~$o BE, The v e r i e s i n t h i s we'ek z re KHJ-IVSNJ-'V'YLIU-PISPPI. The vfeelrs DX i s 11./7 Dzytime re;)ort t o WSEYi i n c l e a r a t 61%; 1.1-/8 WIvIBO ' t e s t a t 3: 20; 3.1./9 Daytint? r p t on \\/LIB ' a t 3:L+OPhl; WNAB a t L+P$VT; 5;ELI a t Lk:Lk5P1d and W33IY a t 5PIJ. %SHY was f i g h t i n g w i t h \;HA1 on. l,;,:l+.O; 1.1./1.0 S!!liU!i'l~d a t 5:3.6~1~1i; l ;~~QXR t e s t i n k 5:20AiU and WDiiYG t e s t 5 : 20-5 : 30AJd; WPTF 1-ogged 5 :4OA?iI and 1,VBRi: daytime :! t /,:45PlU; Tbfi\FEh i n cl.ear 6-6:3tiP!il; 1./3.1. KGCU t e s t 4:40fLhl; \fi;!lc:iIIT 5-5~1.5; 1.1./1.2 KdX copied at; 2:3CAM;SdCEI 2:1,0.-2: 50 with C)liTvi vlri jm :AILAK.-WDAK-i'lFIICIJ1 Was ~rb3.e t o copy them t h r u t h e s t u f f ' tho, XEl!iE--1.38i) kc a t 3AM; 1.1./1./+' WSAI k 1!'3DAE with good s i g s at 5 M ; IiijGSH t \ r i t ; l~ NRC special. 6-7fiId lliO.Sl-I was good and eas- i1.y copi.ed over IVJEii. BILL GALiRIgL-1,AKGWOOD 0 DX has been looking u.p 1.o.t?I.y end s ince the wea- the r here final.1.y turned. co1.d 1 112ve s e n t out sorile r e p o r t s , nane1.y t o W ~ ~ ~ ~ : I - ~ ~ ~ ~ K Y - ~ ~ T ~ ! ~ - ~ I F ~ ~ - K ~ ~ ~ - ~ O ~ Y ~ J J ~ L ~ ~ C i , ~ ~ L I c : - ? , n i ~ ~ H H 1 ~ ! ~ ~ ~ : i ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ p ~ R K F ~ ~ ~ :rnd ;.iy p r ide and joy-KCltJ. 0nl.y v e r i e was n i c e l e t t e r fron; b\'Ki\lli: g iving me znother s t - a t e . VlOSH CZiilc i n nice1.y here-recil.3.y had n swe3.l DX Tor. u s . KFAM heard 7.1:/1.5 3 : 30,-/! Tir[-8; 'JjGAC: 1.1/1.0 2'7 thr1.1 WJ1n!j V!FOY 3.1./3.~ R8 dl-tito; KGEK I.1/ 1.0 on r'eg sked R 6 ; WhLL 1-1/12 3:1.5-3: 30 Ii9-tnx D(1N tAEYERj T7JRD"$I 1.1./1.4 R9 reg slred a t '7~1.5; 3.1./7-5 KCl i J thru PfEXL Hd-9 3:45-4,szid i t wzs r e g f req cl-leck,boy hop(:: tiley v e r i f y , iiow many felJ.oi;.i~ I i i lVt ; no t iced :1.21+0 i s now cl.car? ( I d id , got KFXM on f i r s t Tues they were o f f , on reg 1;~oii v!liich they a r e al-ways off. got i lotl l ing-~ay) (ill.30 WJW-350 kcs CoTiles i:i i3uffal.o 13-9 pl.us days and n i g h t s - ~ a y ) Wel..l. IVJW f s no l.onger-at l e a s t t h e r e , But t h e r e wi1.1. no doubt b e a new s t a t i o n i n Akron i n a fev; weeks. The new !ul!JW i n ' C3.evel.and i s r e t l . l y a nea t s t a t i o n . H z s honey of a s i g 2nd sviel.1 pro- grains a1.l. day-cspecizJ.1.y no dz.ytime drtim2.s. li?dCSivl d i d a crazy th ing . Sent me a book1.e-L on t h e s t a t i o n but ilo ve r i c , so sen t fol.l.oa u p . Arlyona e l s e have t h i s happen? i lotica a I.ot of no i se on the dia1.s--funny th ing , too, i t never seems t o 1.e-t up. Cou1.d. it 'be sunspots or what? Check dn \Y!!;DLP, They mi3.1. be on the 7tli. ( ~ i 1 . l I as:ked bectuse when you 12r.c out dro$ ice a 1.ine. ;ls I hsve some here , wouldnt want t o hzve you contac t s tnt i -ons without using i t , ' b u t rive hc~v.e t o use it on1.y f o r t h a t as not too in~lucll here . D I C K COOPEH-~TTAl~l i4ING PA Additional ver i e s from KVGB-W3'gI-TJiTAEi-niOS & KTUC a3.3. 1-e t te rs with :i card frorn WKIP. KTUC was a nevr one f o r iile a116 compl-etes A r i ~ ~ o n a . iil.so received. 2 1-e t te r -from KVOK advising t h z t they arc s i l e n t e ~ h WED AM znd zre thinking about giving t h e i r ; l n i t e sked, m$Y gGVe u s 3. sw<s1.1. ,:)rograrfl but recept ion cofidit ions were not too g~oc i , WOSH :;how was execl.l.erlt and spl.cndi& condi t ions . Programs nr2r:~ngcd. witn CFAFL-KVCV-KFIW and. KICL). Among 'those s t a t i o n s I ' v e vrritterl t o without r esul. ts a r e I~JDBC-KEYS-~,'.rKEY-9iIi'JC-VrE~L-KFI0. ~J./JEJ' sa id o f t er the war they uv.il.1. DX f o r -(.IS and d i t t o from WJLD. I have numerous o the r programs corn- ing up srld hope yuu f'ullovus wil.1. respond ti!el.l,especi:~ll.y with the sped cia]. prograinis. Rorattnlher i t c o s t s tirile 2nd rr,oney f o r a s t a t i o n t o run r:l

s p e c i a l progrem and i f they get on1.y a few reports,naturzl..ly they a r c n l t as 2nxious t o r epea t . The f u t u r e of the hobby depends on how vre2.l you re- spond. t o DX pr;Ogr.allis. I dont agree with Don Meyer' t h a t our sket; i s -tOo ambitious f o r MZT' t i m e , b ~ ~ t tllcrl w e arc;:, al.1. enti t l-ed. t v our opinion-Hi* M xi c i\lm , A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ , ~ ~ i ~ l ~ ~ ~ - " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ? ~ j ~ ~ ' ~ ~ . 1'0 ALI, I I ~ ~ C spxc 1 1 , ~ ~ IT$ YOUfi DUTY-J UECKFLi.

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GHAIVT Br~T3,001j-ViEi;TFIELD N.Y. P!el.l. I 6 more r e p o r t s s e n t o u t t h e p a s t week compared t o 20 t h e ilvee'x b e f o r e . On 1,1/9 \VBT t e s t 4: 58-5:29;. 3.1/1.0 IiVDWS 5: 1.5-5: 30; 13./1.1. KTTS 5-5: 30 and I.ater;\?II'JX 5: 30-5 :45; l l . / l k KGER 2: 52- 3:22; :KISJYO 5:1.5-5:30; 3.1./1.3 V.!OMT 4: 0 9 - 4 ~ 2 0 ; RUTH 4:20-/+:4.6; WHDQ-5:05- 5: 2 0 ; K I T 6-6: 1.5; CBJ-6: 20-6~45; WDljJ 7: 03-73 30 PM; f.l./l,l+ ItYOSEf on IIRC s p e c i z l . Q 2-4 H 6-9 :I swell. DX; ViiIUC 10-%0:15 Ai\I pLnd a t e n t i o n F r e d i t s sent t o Now Urit,ian--. This rvas rlaytirnc reception, I.1./1.5 lJ!JliCi NEiC,l.ot~ of QE!d i'1ro1n (2 Ivlex and sorile Cz. : l . i fo~nia, l~; KLX wi th C i g z r Box Iievuc 3:3G- 3:/+5; Vc;ric:: received, l e t t e r s :$.!1T'IIJ+I(FI :,- )iig:-Q s t a l ~ p - s $ J ~ , : , U F - I ~ . f i ~ v t ; 27 r e p o r t s o u t nos!! aiid t h e or;es i'ro!:i Ca.1,i-F' nr+t:! begi l in ing t o come S&C!C SO

hope I f 1.1. b e swamped w i t h -vi-~rles , . soon. If they doxk I d o n t t h i n k l;l.l::t I 7vil.l. be a t t k i ~ end of t h e c o ~ l t e s t . ilrlyonc; conling uiy way i s s\rt:l.caiLlc and f o r DX ilavc a n i c e cornfortab1.c: couch bed n.e::r t h c radio , i 'u r r iuce h e z t e d r o o a s t o o , b u t b r i n g your own z3..2Lrc1 c:locl;,I o~i1.y have onc. . I ' v e f i g u r e d o u t th.e liilcx oil 800 kc under CJ'IL\?, i.-l;s XE',LO ,hope I can rjl'2.g tf-iern .(;hru. A Cuban t h e r e z ~ i x e s e v e r y t h i n g up. The CI)C boys a r e g e t t i n g same si;iel.l, ones need s e v e r a l of t l i<>se and wi1.1. be t v l j i s t i f i ; ; t h e dia1.s. Dcl.al~v;.irc s t a t i o z l u ,onc on 145Cj kc:; ~1si.d t o t e s t :ir~l.li.l(l 1.:4.5-2:i?;1 t h c second. weuk,doi.lt re- r~~lernhcr vah;:: t dny . I - t u toiigl.1 ti:> p.u1.3. t h m i t h r i ~ tiilrit f'ri-:~; ::t :;t.~cii a t i ~ n c due t o Q.IiIi1. Tkic GRR of KL2 i s Osklund, 1 2 , Calif, HAkOLD E.IOY!AfiD-'$!APilKi,?iErrR 0 Ilve done prc: t ty g ~ o d f o r iriysc:l.f i n t h e p a s t 2 weeks, I t h i n k . I rcpor te t i . t o \cjTiTL-Klfit;-\I;IBi\F) a].:]. ar.1 rep; s.Icctl.s. 1.1.//~ TYHLf\l on w i t h cl.r-!c.tinn r e t u r n s ; KGNCj ori check, :lI./9i fror,l 2-;2:3C1; WIISk! on ecjuipt t e s t 1.1/5; 911 1.1./9 I real.3.y pul.l.ed i n tkiz DX aI.tho t i le s t s t i c I-cvel. was fair1l.y h i g h . I reportet .? t o KBJD riionthly ch.ecli from 2-312ivI; KE'UIJ 3-3: 1.5 w i t h a n EiO signt1.1. f o r a ncw s t a t e ; ~llJ'1dC--KAVF, 'bchind V J J W 3: 20-3: 27; KGKL 4 3 4 1 ; 1 : i t; h YL :announcing wi t i l dcj7dicatiun t o cl.ub (laio Haro1.d i t docs n o t coun t a:; i t lirasnt lrnow t4~c.y vierc going t o d o this-11:~y) KGEE- KRPF 4.:4,5-5 d u r i n g wkricli tkiey r e a d our DX Cr~l.endar; \YBTM on a test;KOCY freq check; l/FSS!DC r e g sked s-on a t 0A1L; WU\T r e g sired S-or1 6:30A.1d; 3.1./3.4 r e p o r t s went t o ICOA, j u s t o v e r s l e p t on WISH spec ia l . , go t u p i n t in t - , t o h e a r l a s t 1.5 ninutes,al .r: lost t o o much T,fi:JUIC b u t d i d maulage t:, g e t a f z i r r e p o r t ; V8.'HBL s-on a t 8:/+5-91111 R3 behind. i!;FIIl\l ,boy 1 1 v c wantct! them for* e. l ong t ime . VVDAY a t s-on a t 8 w i t h Ii9 p l u s s i g s ; Kii;iA ;!.nd. \AfFLA. Incidci?tal . l-y I havc a v e r i e frorn ii\lOSli d a t e d 6/22/42 s t a t i x g t h a t mil$ r c a p o r t was one t h e y had r e c e i v e d from Ohio ( I v c r i f i e c thcli:l on r e g sked Harol,.d ofi Mcr 1.1. it.942 b e l i e v e i - t o r n o t , t h e y were on t o p of uvory th ing on 7.45)U kc-Ray) T h i s mndc them h r d i n 1.4 s t a t e s and Ccnada %rid Nerir %enl.and. TO E R I C i3liISTOW- VvIXBi v t s s hril s-off one n i g h t a t 3.0:15 PM oil 1330 kc$. 0nli.y v e r i e s i n n r e f rorr, ViSM l.ettc.?r* w i t h EKKO s ~ ~ ~ T ~ ~ - K G N O - ~ ; , ~ L ~ L - \ Y H L M -VIB?IP-KCTJ C . RAY EJjGs-UUFFALO )j.Y . F i r s t of' a].].. I wish ycju boys ~01.~1.d d r o p the h1,2re when w r i t i n g h e r e , i t s j u s t Ray o r ItPopit to you al-l, remember t h i s w:i11. you, t n x . 1h'el.l t h o u g h t 1 b e t t e r p u t i n my d o i n g s i n DX o r you, f'el..l.c~v:s might t h i n k t h a t your c i l i t ~ r does;lt do zny. h e p o r t s go ing o u t sl.nct- I.a:;t r e p d r t :Jrc t o KVGB-v\/CBI-XEB.-\!:;/O$H-\\!JTN-flJ\ilori f i r s t progran oil 850 iics- W JBo-KFvJB-P;aflO - ~ J C ~ ~ - I < F i [ ~ f - F j G J ~ C , r e p o r t s t o WCIis-KC):,J'.]O a r c my ;::id arid ilope t h e y rret v e r i e s t h i s t i n e . KFIVJB was sent bcccuse n o t n i n g eJ.se wz.s l lrd t h s t I d i d n t hnvc t l ~ i t i'ilii 2nd. I bv~isnt going t o spcnd an e n t i r e IlZ :ia:ri-th- o u t s e n d i n g a t I.easi; L r e p o r t , s o Ly t h i s proceedar3e I 1wil.1. proba.bly h,uvc f evf d u p ' J i c a t e s . iioorever t;iiis hyis vtorke(i st;ie]-l v,iit;h If,! JTN-K?$FC-l ,~f I~ as t h e y b rough t swel.3. . l . e t t e r s where as 'r_iefori; th<;jc v e r i f i e d w i t h l ~ u s y ca.r?is. Vc;.ries s i n c e I .cst r e - p o r t frofii K i ) $ j ~ ~ - X ~ ~ I - ~ f i I ~ ~ I - ~ i : J P A - T ~ J J T i ~ I . e t t e r s and c a r d s froci KVGd at; l a s t , tkio.n!ts t o Haro1.d Ha.rt'l.y the engineer-TJiM13F. Total. d i f f e r e n t v e r i o s nOFr 735, Oh yes- i2 ver : ie today frola WHAZ f o r o u r spec ia l . . A1.so 2:. r c p o r t tociay t o CJUC forxcr1.y Cbk' on 1.d1.~~ k c s . R9 pl-us h e r e , WOS!I r c c s~,(;7!-1- and lil JBF: iriti:rf:'erec., on1.y when t h o s e I.oud Hal1el.u jt:hf s cuiac frolii t h a t Negro cotigregat:i.on. uoy co~1.d tkiey y e l l a.nd bow. It I.oaks as i T 1 havc ~ i i s se i ' l :;omexsm-el.]. s tcx t ions t e s t i n g , wi l .1 . ilxvc; t o keep @heck r- \vl + ? ~ i - r n nni: l:,ln,l t . l , i ' ~ ~ < : . ~ n,?u.i-. r . : o v ~ l - , h _ DfiTQT l;lnRc?,i:T THr\T .'iiLj.(]O P R I Z ~ I J FROlU \i\iRRF.

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. , DATE----- ,CIiLL--LOCATION--;-------------Kcs--- CLUB------TIME ALL EWT---- . ,. DEC 1.0 .WCBI Colunlljus . . . U i s s 1340. N R C . 2:&0 . - 2 : 5 0 AM

1.1. JFX Ant igon ish . . . - M;S, 580 .'FJ R C :4:00 - 5 : 0 0 RUl I. 2 F .LcPistcrwn . Pcnrl. 1 4 9 0 N ' R C 6:00 - 7:00 AM I. 3 D 3penccr 1 o ~ica. 1.21!0 N . R C 3 t.30:. - - 4: 30 Ab1 J.3 I \ P u l ~ : ~ t i n c Texas 14.50 Id li G : . 4:35 - 4:50 AM

. 1.4 :HF Washir~gt-on$5. N C 930 ?!i B C 4:30 - 5:00 Ah1 1- 6 'I~IIE.. San Diego C x l i f 1.450 N H C 3 : - 4200 AM 1.9 CFJC Kalnl.oops B C 913 N R C 1+:00 - 5 :00 AM 20. \;'!JBO. B?.tc-)I?_ houge ' La 11.50 T\J R C Exact t ime 1-a ter 20 KTW ikea t t l c Ra s h 1.250 N H C 3:00 - 4:00 AM

, %ar epha th N J 1.380 N H C 5:00 - 6 ~ 0 0 Ah! UOA Si.l.oarii Spr ings Ark 1290 N H C ' 5:00 - 5:30 AM VCV Redding C a l i f 3.230 N R C 4 : O U - 5 :00 FLC ~ r ~ ~ k ~ i l l ~ Ont 1450 N H C Exact T i m e L a t e r FAA FJ.in Floyl Man 1.230 N I3 (2 E:xact T i m e L a t e r

10 WSNY S c i . i e n ~ ~ t a d y . IV Y 3,240 N H C 4 0 - 5:00 AM 11. WGLJ I?s:ltorl Grz 1.23U N I1 C 3:30 - Lk:OG AN1 1.6 CFJC K:~.mll.oops B C 91.0 H C ! - 5 :QO AIL?

Wel.1. boys t h e r c i s your DX CALENDAR, now i t s up t o you - t o r(?y)ost t o a.3.1, of t h e n t i x t :is possib:l:e. Hernenlber i t s yvur r e p o r t s t ' ; lu . t keep s t a t i o r l s on t h e DXors s i d e . If yiju f i n d it i.iilpossib1.e t o t une i n o r i f you a r e unab1.e t o he:lr t h e px.ogrul;l PLEASE CONT FORG95T TO ,J :"L (ND TI'1A'IT . LIOST , IMPORT- ANT THANK YOU CARD. BY ftliJ.ing t o do e i t h e r of t h e s e you a r e HURTING your

' CZUB and a1.l. o t h e r DXERS. We 'hiov! t h a t ma.ny of you art? \~or.i:ing l ong hours e t c b u t i t Shiii_ild :!l.so h e renr-:r:lbcr.ed - tha t you l i k e DXes from s t a t i o n s t h a t you hcvc not v e r i f i e d , cc) rreracmber you niight have r; s t n t i o n v e r i -

" fie(: b u t your fe1.l.01~ me~nber 1la.s n o t . $0 if a t 21.1. possib1.c ta.kc t ime o u t and tun6 i n al.1 t h e Speciu.1 DX programs t h ~ t are on f o r puur CLUB a a d .

. r e p o r t t.o t h a t s t a t i o n . Th is appecl i s made by bo th your Club President and E d i t o r al.ong w i t h cvery one of t h e CPC men. Pl.eask dont f a i l . us. ORES WILSON-IiE;.ADING PA On 11./1.f! g o t u p for r;;.:OSkI DX s p e c i z l 2nd came t h r u

, fa.is1.y good-veak ' t o rnoderate ti1.l. 6:30 t hen we2k t o .very wezk t o ' I AMVI, Announcer 1la.d g r ea t t ime kidd. ing . I;8!JB.;C k~eevy i n t er.f eracncc: with n o i s y r c- 3.igious progralii; vJi7,TJW enddd c::.reer on o1.u f r e q a t t o go t o 850 kc a t

, 2230 ART sarlc dzy. Vll$,iSlrrr comes back z t 8 ; 4 5 they s t a t e d , S-i~c.13. DX morni.ng eve ry th ing c l ea r : ~ < l no s t a t i c . Silnt Trlx card t o b!NOE. Ol1l.y v e r i e r ec - t h i s year i s WTOP and VVBYN o u t . We3.3. I rril.1. g e t a feu t h i s sea.son a.nywt.. . Wi.1.3. g e t i n to~.ich w i t h Bob Bi>tz.unL zga in , v i s i t e d hirn i n 1.940. -(1.1,7-0res

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I(FDA-\fi!hlBH-V~H1)'fii-ii~,rKAT -V!OSii-K~~A-F;;IIBI-'i~~BYfl . S t a t i o n on rbou t 1.3 9 5 i l l French on Nov 15th st!cuicd very weak, st 2 : 2 8 APd mentioned Vichy, b u t fudcdl 3.bt 2 : 3 2 . AM. ~ ~ ~ l . s v Spa: l i skspeak1nf ; s t c t i o n on 93.0 Iic a t 4;~fJ. V e r i e s f r o n WGH- ~~V'J~A-~VFTC-Y~G!~~C-W&~GA-~~GHC-~~!S~~;~V-~.~MF~- A].so who I~,TC s on 1.22Cj kc s Ii% and ia F'reilch a t 3:l.u AN! flov ].5tki, gone at 3:3GAIvi? CJBC R 4 i l l bet!.; of I i J I N S and pl-ugging new ca.3.1 between and C;:ur'ing p r o g r a a a t 6 ; 30PM. Ci-I&J on t o p of 1-1-50 kc at 6~1 .5 an R 7 ; w i t h CKOC t,nrl kIID1:';L audib le . No 'JIICOP? Repor t t o CBJ a t 8Piii on lJov 1.5th.

1, ,p - ? I : HAROLD UUBb1,~0113-E CLEVELAl\ID 0 Wc1.l. t h i n g s 2 . r~ z b t f ' i ~ l i : ; k i ~ d . ;1rvund 1 1 0 ~ s ~ . Be l i eve rat. i t s :L I.ot of ~iiork when yc.u have :?(jilY own h o u e ( ~ o u r tel.l.ing rre) Now can rel.:ix i-1 1. i t t l .e . 1 0 h r d i n shop is about eriough work. Vfi'jliSF on t e s t 2nd TUES fk:30-5 gave NRC :: good pl.~ag 'and VJISE: on s::nl& ( i2 teJ4:1 .5-4m gave NRC good pl-ug, t h e anriol~nccr w a s =I. v~omtln riarned B e t t i c Freexian. F7eJ.l. a t l a s t ViJPV i f o f f s o maybe .\ice, wil.1. g e t :;omc; of t h o s c on .1.2,$0 now. Will. t r y t o send dopc i;l ne:;r f u t u r e . (OK rIaraol.d, s ta t iumerj i wil.1. . be send n s soon 3s roceivec:.. from Dick, Tnx: f o r another $1. f o r servi .cc ~und-nay)

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PAT SIEIlJ:JI;EY-JAiUESTOh7iP1 ,N . Y, WCBI came thr'u OK,WWL t2 WEILIP bo the red solnc. O t h e r s on 1.31+.0 were WDAK-3::l.O-3:25; WFIG 3:30-3:45; WGH 3:30-3:45;KVOL 4-4: 1.0; VJ1flA.t and KVZC ~ I - S O 011 1.34.0 ,viest c o a s t e r s 8.l.so a1.1. good. 1.1./1.3 Bad buzzing and t o o n o i s y t o DX and. my 76 t u b e burrled o u t b u t have a new one ~IOW, 1- i s t cned t o Leopol.dvil . le,del.gi:~r~ Congo from 8: 15-8 :48P&l on 6VV and as c l e a r and s t r o n g as o u r WSTN w i t h v e r y l i t t l e fnding,:ll.l. progr2.n i n :3ngl.isli, this lily f i r s t t r y at; SW DX So,r 6 or 7 years, They are i n Eng- I . . ish a t 2Lk:l.T-24:45 GNlT ox 9860 l ics. 1,:1,/1.4. Bad b u z z i n g , q u i t e no i sy ,usu- al. wes t c o c s t e r s good-VJCISH cc.mc in good and over r o d e WJBK u n t i l a b o u t 6:30. CiilC; 800 cznie i n a t -539 i n Bngl..ish. 1,1./15 Got up f o r VJBO b u t k o t - t e n shape w i t h h e t r o d y n c of Pdcxican and 2nd s t a t i o n on t e s t i n g c y c l e n o t e s aiid q u i t u n o i s y o v e r the dizl. 1.3./1.6 D i d n t DX as 1 was up ].ate t h e n i g h t b e f o r e . Vc3ri.c back from WGRC a f t e r 5 t r i e : ; , they check 2nd WED from 3:30-3:Lk0 zn(! Johrr G Lyon i s c . e . (EX Y ~ ~ + F A I ~ ) u s i n g 1.95 v ~ n t t s on t h c t e s t . ITAl'jEC :S,EtE-lil ILDIiiOOD ,Id. J . B ti].].. : l ive, b u t guess y . 3 ~ Ijoys -thought J, had g iv - --- tn?l !:!(I~ No tirlne t o g i v e d e t a i l . ~ now, I ::m riot DXing however I al.v?ays I.uok f o r anti r e a d the bul.l.etin. If I g e t v t i m c a f t e r t h e 1st of tklc y e a r I wil.1. ] . i s t en zrid d r o p a r e p o r t . (OK F a.nk on your new QliA ant? was g l a d t o h e m from you, uiisved your r e i j o r t s , 6 o D s th;!t you v!il.:l. ha,ve so:ne time a f t e r t h e ].st of the year and be aSj3.e t o 1.~~1-1r.l z fca? o f t h o s c sv!e_l.3. specia1.s)

ERIC BI:ISTOW-CfiICLlGO ILL Iiavc h rd WPAB-KFAC-KFH-WEBC-17&GV a:: new ones. Found t l l a t Ji:i:.rHBIJ s -of f a t 1.0:1.5 PIVl EBiT. Henrtl Creenvil.1.e now ::~.nd t h e n and vrril.1. t r y t o I.og i t soon f o r a r e p o r t , Got u 1 - e t t e r fr0t.r; Leo l ie rz viilich was mail.e;.rl on t h e b o a t , V Ifla5.3. rea1.l.y conies f a s t . I l i k e t i le way E'ralik Mlheeler i s 1 - i s t i n g t h e Hecrcl & V,rrified col .u~~ir~ , you c a n see how mar you a r e behind t h c o t h e r s and see 110% many you need t o pas 'tile i'el.1.0~ ahead.

ROY PfiELP3-WASiiIi4GTOi.4 14 C CVcl.1. herc: I au, Did you hear c)ur f r e q check progrnm on 1.1./9. George t h e C,E:. r e z d o f f o u t t i p s zi-id pub]-icized the Ni-IC f o r u s . G e t t i n g dowil t o b r a s s tacks- ' lesl- ie S: :~i tk~,bet ; ter known t o u s n s vSr!!ittylf who i s sal-esman h e r e : ~ t VdIiRF to1.d rile t o g i v e you guys sor~le- t l i ing t o l o o k forwzrd t o . He i s o f f e r i n g $5.U0 F i v e doJ.ic?rs t o t h e D X e r who i s the f u r t h e s t r e p o r t e r , H e says IILS d o c s n t c a s e a h o o t whether t h e f u r t h e s t r e p o r t e r i s a lriember of t h e fJIiC o r c o t . b u t i f you p u b l i c i z e i t i n DX IIEWS enough i t ' l .1 probab1.y t u r n o u t t o be an NRCer, hope so anyw2.y. Can any of you g e t t h e 2nd. hz:llli?,onic of" ViCfU? They' cone i n h e r e fi3 on 21,,20 kcs and by t h e way t h e y . litere QRhling you Ray on WXJ, J.ooks like I ' m speci t : l . iz ing in 2nd Ilz.~=;nunics. Mily f i r s t v e r i e w.rx:: f r o ~ i WDOD's 2nd Har- monic. The $,5.OC) rncntionec", a'bove i s f o r tkic f u r t h e s t r e p o r t on Dee 1.4 DX, HAROLD I-1AKDY-RADIO STATICil\i KVGB-GREAT BGIID UJI ::Uliel.l. t h a n k s t o t h e NRC w e rc:ceived a l a r g e r number o f r e p o r t s on our DX program on Nov 6 t h . Vie certc1inl.y a . p p r e c i a t e what your c3.ub h a s done f o r us,wc ha.ve never r e c e i v - ed as many r e p o r t s on any one o t h e r DX pr0grz::i. We have r a n o u t od DX cards b u t zre having more p r i n t e d ant2 vtefl.1 be ab1.u to VERIFY ALL r e p o r t s . As you nay konw w e had t h e A i r Base Bnr-~d on t h e l . a s t program. 1ll.most eve ry r e p o r t t h a t wc r e c e i v e d s a i d t h a t t h e Bnnd wcs v c r y good and the s ignal . s t r eng&h of 1CVGB was v e r y s t r o n g , The announcer on t h e p r o g r a n wus a former CBS announces and i s now s t e t i o n e d h e r e . S i n c e r e c e i v i n g s o many r e p o r t s on. t l ~ t . ? l a s t DX progra;!l t h e s t z t i o n i s sorae what DX con- s c i o u s . P r e v i o u s l y w e mere1.y played a few t r a n s c r i p t i o n s a t the trans- m i t t e r and cal. led i t a DX program. But I bc?l.iove most o f program isil.1. be 111ade up of l . ive t n l - e n t . The program d e p t are s t a r t i n g t o work on t h c s c r i p t f o r t h e Decerfiber /4th progrxn. I gave therfi all. t l ~ c dope on your c lub t h a t 1 know from what you s e n t ae, 2:nd i n s i s t e d t h e y p l u g your f i n e cl-uh , (Vie7.3. t h n n l s f o r ,your sbie3.3. coopera t i o n Haro1.d end w e viil.3. do a1.l. possib1.e t o s ee t h e t you nnd y o u r s t a t l o n g c t iilany r e p o r t s , We cal. also thank C ~ : r r o l . l S e t h f o r g e t t i n g you i n contztct. ,with t h e NRC, & by the way Car ro l l . what has happened, no l-lear 1.atel.y-Wy.)

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PFC EDViARD WYMAN A j 11 Note: new Barr;:.cks nurnber. ~~1el.l. I have v i s i t e d 32585765 62J.st T 8 . g rilost of $he s t a t i o n s around t h i s p a r t o f ' t h e Barracks 201-3 country, 2nd was refused entrance t o on1.y IRIRJN. Traux Arilly A i r Base (Y,S they owe ne a v e r i e , got mine from WCLO Madison,. 7, Wisc. . Ed, 8 I.itt1.c I.2te but a . sbve1.l. 1 , e t t e r -~ny) I ' v e

been t o T,\;'LBL-~~OSH-\ifHfl-V~IBA-]\iI~-?FJCI,O-\fi~~OK-~TM J- VIIJ!:MP-'BtISN . !/ilklecvl I wzs, clown t o YiROK I iritendetl to see Bud Kopp b u t cou1.d.- n t find h i s QRA so I rilisse.& hlril. Uoy when I h e m these f ~ 1 . 1 . o ~ ~ hol.lar about about the, i r bul.lt .tin being I.a.tt. 1 l--xive t o l augh , mine never cones - u n t i l FIX1 o r SAT after they aye i ssued but they a r e s t i1 . l plcmty wel.col:le. Boy the DX around here i s bt?autiful.. The, o ther day a'bout 1. ocl.ock i n the PM oii my 6 tube por ta.bl.e Zcni t h 1 hat! XED-XE'JJ-XOA-K'1SA.-over KFYII-KPO-VVWL- KFBK and y u i t e 2 number of o thers . I d idn t bother t o l i s t them because I h2vei-lt g o b t i m e t o do nlucn DXing so I j u s t l i s t e n and. 1.ct i t go a t t h a t . I sure hope t h a t you g e t t,nn-L v e r i c from WC.tJG, ( I Lid)

PFC KElNNETH PACE: R i? N T i m e l o r :z l i t t 1 . e dope . 1 l r ; i . s t r a . t i r l g t o g e t 32843 579 12th T 3 . S busy again notti. o.nd vii1.J. be u n t i l I sh ip over Barracks 750 t o the 4 t h Area, Tkc l a s t 3 weeks are nl.v~llays Sco t t Fii:l.cl, 11.1 . sorts h e c t i c , I";e have ~iiit~1.I. arms and f i r s t did

a.nd (lentici l appointnents e t c . Viie kr::ej? j u s t a b t a s busy :?.s vi11len wi;) shipped i n . Tnree i!y,:eeks fro12 Tuesday I should s h i p out of here , if" I can pass iny code checks i r i ~ ~ ~ O C ~ U P S . Us~u ;~J~ l .y~ . : ? J jo~~t la3.f' of the c l a s s have trc>ub3.e and wi-~sla ba.ck. frorii mockups. Hope I: d o n t . (~i";el..l, you ha.ve' al.1. our good' wishes Ken~ny) Until. t h i s 1,seck I h::lve been g e t t i n g t h e bul.l.ktins on L4onday-s but f o r 2 weelcs iml a row i t cLme on ,311.ncirly and t h i s week i t diij.nt gi:t liere urit;il. PiED, Nust liavc been ] . i s l a i d sonnetfilere a1.ong t h o l i n e . 3a.y Ray yo-u S e t t e r g e t off ' your' horse 1.ittl .e and g e t f u r t h e r up i n tile con tes t , clont rc1.y too iiluch or: fGII3C because tlie r c s t of then1 on1.y hzvc t o ge t i t t o o and nllat good 1~;il.l. i t do you. I hope t h a t I can ge t riie .z f'ur3.ough :'~:"ter I g e t done here. The boys hzve t r e a t e d nc sv~cl.1.

and kept me ~el.1. sugpl,ied, Got ail inspect ion coining up so u1.il.1. s i g n o f f .. and you b e t t e r g e t a few thousan? lilorc rr1il.e~ for? t h e t contcs t , sliov~ ern

t h a t they have t o bea t fiuffa1.o DXing t o win t?.nd. ho1.d up our end unt i l . I g e t bad.< and re1.eavc yo.u. (OK K,;my, but I do miss your phone ceJ.l.s, so I have t o put the alarc; so I have t o g e t up t o shut i t off-nay) B-31.015 BGT STONE W.H. liere I 2 .~1 once again i l l ' thc: pink; of. condition, 4 th F D 5 2nd Div. and a s happy a s c::n 'be and h o k ~ e t h a t t h i s f i n d s Canadi2n Aruiy Overseas. every one t h e samc rmy. Expect t o r;~ove again

i n the near f u t u r e . Took exs.m f o r Cl-ass B W,?rdrricster r:n will. no t know i f I passoc, til.1. next tireek, They didlit te1.1. me I f ~ i l . c d J.ike t hey d i d 3 ].ads so aiil hoping. I t s pouring again ancl we

. hnve plenty of p ro tec t ive c lo th ing so w e a r e not L-vorrying. I not iced about the sri1al.1. gel;-to-gcther over Labor Da'y. Wrote? e. l e t t e r t o Lco f o r t h i s s ide , ought t o have a r e p l y by erld of next wccli;, OK on DXing with Dick Coopcr; over. Labor day and t h s t 'iJ!bEi)l' b i c i 3 . 1 be another I niJ.3. be gunfiing f o r upon my. retur i i . X m a s curd:.: a r c ou-t vver here . k!el.l. t he $1-lies a r e rea1.l.y going t o town these (32ys. \\re are novu i n a ilil .l . ianzires e s t a t e now r e a l cl-assy dump. My fami1.y a rc i.12 pin!< of conciitiorl too.

8 T N " O N DO PB The CBC hes been divideti i n t o 2 netwQ.ciis,,Tb~ Trunscanncio w i t h CBL as lrey s t a t i o n and the Doliiinioi~ network ?$&h CJBC j s key s t a t i o n . CBY changes ca1.1. t o CJBC (NOV 1.5 th ) and inil.1. i n c . - e ~ ~ s g power t o 5FJ. Trariscnnnda w i l l have CBR 2.rid CJBC as nlain o.utl.ets. Dorrtlnion wiJ.1, hnve C J V I Le; CKLT a s main out]-ets. N.so Maxel.1 Wil.l.i&fils c . e . of lJJCBI joined the Armed Forces a.lld repl.aced be David Living s ton , temporar1.y . DOTICE TO UCB CONTEST I'2JTHAWTS-Sl<i4D ALL ENTREYIS DIRZCT TO FPJ;D VAV VOOR+s HEES ]-66-.1.6 ].7th nVI<-Nil.ite s tol.1~ jiy, DONT 3XL.jD'-T~El~~ TO CIJiJG ;I(> .

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FREC CALL REUlA.HKS ZFA3 33 50 Bermuda, 5 t George Hrd on blon-Fr i 7-8Ph1 ( ( ~ u t ton-Toledo 0 ) 598U CFKB Cana.da, not Listed here, i s f r eq OK? Richrod-Ozone Park NY) 6005 CFCX ~orl t real ,Canada on 8:OO AM t o 11 PEi. t ~'tichrod) $040 COBE' Havana,Cuba 11Hadio Universah~~ r e l ays C U I F 6 ~ 1 ~ 1 - 1 2 b l ~ ~ ( ~ u t t o n ) 6089 WLPIO Cincinnati,O a l s o on i n the PM. (hicnrod) 61.55 ECjB Iran,Teheran lird c~r, Sunday ea r ly AI\I,r'Anrioi.~nce Teheranll-Eng-

lis2-1 news a t 3AM aud 3h15 AM 3-off . ( ~ u t t o n ) 6160 HJCE B~got'a,Col.ili:lbia. s igns off' a t 3.2:%5 AM. (~i ichrod) 6320 \'u'KTLi New York Ci ty "Voice of Americai' al-so on 25 ~ e t c r s . (Richrod) 6540 TG1$dL1 Guaterna1.a ~i ty,Guu ternala o.n t h i s f req . (~ichroi?) . 6560 ? ? ? ? ( ~ r e c : my es-ti.r:~ate) A. s t a t i o n ir: I.i-;te afterlicon with news i n

severa l Languages,inc3.uding Oxfur2 English, occasional ly re- cordings,piano lrates lirci once,poorly received, TCI-fIARI;IS,Can t h i s be b r i t i s h hIIediterranean ii'leet S t a t i on on another f req- uency? (fierb Czr;lp'Uell.i~thens, Penn)

6580 LakLWO Ciricinnait ,? hrd: Ilc-?re, (I?req niy >;s t i n a t e - ~ e r b ) (~aoi~'bel.1.) 7480 ViKTd New York Ci ty a l s o on 49 meters. (hicnrod) 7890 YSD San Safvador,khl. Salvador, apparent sked from 8 Pal t o 11:30

PM and dpanisli news a t 8:45 t o qPPr1, ( ~ u t t o n ) 8000 ???? A wreall: stat-ion hrc: here Sa t Nov 1.3th a t 4:.1.S~%k(~srris) 8000 ---- Bthens,Greecs hrd i r r egu l a r with S3.tnte i n t e r v a l s igna l be-

tween 3 and 6PN. ( ~ u t t o n ) 8020 ???? Hrci weair s t a t i o n here S a t 13 a t ,!,,:15PUl ( ~ a r r i s - N ~ d a r n s ~ ~ a s s ) 3035 CNH 'fiabat, !vlorocco hrcl. here VFB i3un-iJov l 4 a t 5Pbl (Harris) 8229 ---- K,dio Daliar , Sengal 13alral8 hrd i r ~ e g u l . a r 3 : 30-5 :45PEl, Varying

of --slced.. ( ~ u t t ton) 13220 ---- Dakar ,fi-'rench h c s t Africa hrd VF'g Gun Nov 3.4 a t 4:1.5PN. A t

5PIJ had news i n French; A t 5:05P%l had the radio show cal.l.ed f'Cor;u,~and Performtir1c:en ( i ia r r i s )

8960 AFHQ Al.J.ied Forces HQ-press reports-ca1.l US network-loric!on e t c 5:30 t o 7:35 PEi o r 1-nter. Then frori~ 8~1i1-8:15~&1 use United Nations Radio- ca:l.l., with t a l k s i:i1 Eligl-ish and ~ e w s ( ~ u t t o n )

9465 TAP Ankara,Turkey, news i n Engl.$sh dai1.y a t 1:15P&i, upecial. corn- rnerlt s on world new:; a t 4: 1.5PIil can 6aturday s . (~~mpbe1.1.)

9485 . . . . 33.ovak F'rcedorn S ta t ion hrd. VFL; S F t Nov 1.3 . 4 : 3 ~ - 4 : 4 2 ~ h l ( ~ a r r i s ) 9530 WGEO Schenectady,idY on 1-9 meters a l so . ( ~ i c h r o d ) 9585 . . . . Leopol .d~ i l . l . e~Be1~gi :~n Congo, News i l l Erlgl.i.sii a t 8: 1.5~bl(~ampbell 9720 VKLJ S t a t i o n i r z ?Jew Yorl; c i t y . (hichrod) 9'760 . . . . De-utscher Kurgwellensender Atl.antilcchrc? Sun Nov 1.4 from 2 ~ 3 0 -

2: 53 Pjd. ( ~ a r r i s ) 9765 . . . . Leopoldvil.Ic,.lelginn iongo al.so on 11720 & l.7775kc (Eiichrod) (3870 . . . . CLandstine Station-l~fiadio Prahovtl." hrd VFD 5P&-5: Or/5P&! and

from 6 t o 6 : g r / $ Prd, ( ~ i a r r i s ) 3935 . . . . hlediterrenean d t a t i on hrd Sun iiov 14. froin 2 -2~30 Phl VFB with

music and news. ( f iarr is) 10130 ???? Khat bpainprd i s here? hrd a t 7PMo (liichrod) 11090 .... Azores, Pouts Delgrude, ijked i s 3-4 PM. (Gutton) 11530 . . . . "Radio Caineroonst! iird hun 6:45 t o 7;1.5A&l Sigg:.~ o f f a n d from

;;1;;15-3;1'j PG. si&n o f f , (~uttr-lxl) 11623 COK HavanamCuba, t o such CW here. ($m&icaw) ( ~ i c h r a d ) 11630 . . . . Hungarian Bations Radio hrd vfb 8ov 1.4 11:1.5-1.1.:27~~(~~rris) 1.1635 * . . . liungarial? Nati6ns Radio hrh Silnilays 9:15-9:39 Ah1 and 1.1:15

. t o 1.1230 .1\1;1 est . , All speech. Tilis i s t n e same f req~lsncy a s o ld SPV7. Suggests t o fi.ijr S U S P ~ C O U S nind t h a t this s t a t i o n tel-ones t o the same cl.ass a s the "F'ree Znciiall supposed t o be i n NetherLands. (C2npkik,el:l)

11690 KGEI Szlr Francisco, Ca.1 i f Unite< iletwork a l s o on 15820 kcs,

- ~ - ? i ' * n r .*nn J1IiItiil.ca.13. 6: 30 t o 7: 00 PM, (~ichrod) / (llarr i s ) - - 1 - 1 - I - - , : -1 I 1 I 1 1 , I . 1 , 2 t . i 1 1 ,,,., = f 1 lJ. /.nQhfi.

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1172.0 C K R X \5di~lnipeg,lblanitoba hrd Nov 1.4 a t 1-1:28 AU w i th s p o r t news, CKKX. r e l a y s s t a t i o n CKHC'. (11ari.i~ (

11.725 JVI:!3 Tokyo, Japan EngI- i sh news 10-10: 1.5Aivl; Sked 9-10: .lki)Aiil(~utton) 1.179f3 . . . . , Clandes t ine Station-fbftadio Prahovall hrd .l.l-L1.)7g AM; Noon

t u 12: 0'7 Phi; 1PM-1.: O7PM and 2-2; 07~h. f i rd VFU ( ~ a r r i s ) 11-840 OAXIk Col;onia ~ r u g u a y slied i :: AX t;o 1;: ik1DT. (Sut ton) / (liichrod) 11970 FZI . ~r&zzavi l . le- i l i iddle iongo, PIiII.:,\J\JDY t k ~ a t s a kiarrnorlic on 12010kc 11.970 . FZL ' Br?zzavill .e ,Mi dd1.e Lang,o' i-irc 6 ~ ~ - 8 ~ l \ i * F r e r l c i l Neril~s 6 :45-7 Phi;

Engl i sh news tal.ks 7:45-UPh.I. ( 6 u t t o n j 120.90 ???? S t a t i o n klrd a t 3.PM, ~ p ~ n i s h , p3.ay s Tom-'i'oti~s on - tlic hour and

no arirlouncemer.its. (Lickr od) 121.20 . . . . . Radio Francc Gl.gers,P,.ll~r.ia, ICiiil;l.:isf.; 4-&:2dPM, a l s o i r r e g u l a r

i n ' ,l.l wi th Ha.dio I2lo1~oc.-liabo.l; fi~oroc co on 8935kc. ( ~ u t t o n ) 12455 H C J b Quitu,Ebuadur i,s a l s o on 9918 lcvs (Richrod) 12967 ViUSRD Pietir xorli C i t y i s al.so 011 '1.9- ~ i l d 313 meters / (fiichrod) 151.10 . , . . KomsomoBsk,USSR hrci Sat iNov 1.3th 6 :l+.8-7: 2c;1PiYl. ( ~ a r r i s ) 1.51.90 Q O J Los kihgel.es ,Cal.if h rd Nov 13 f r0.r;~ 'I: 3O-dPI;i v:itn llavtaiian mus-

i c playcc: by 13irry Ovriens, (ilarri:;) '

15190 ,KEiOJ C a l i f , i s t h i s f r c q co r r ec t ? (l,';i.lick~ cal.1. i s c o r r e c t , y'ours .or KROJ a s Harris r e p o r t s i t - ~ a y ? ) ' (liicl~ro<i)

15230 .:* z .. . ~ f ~ n s o m o $ ~ k - , - ~ J brrd, $ $ ~ ~ . - + 1 - 3.+& f rolir .&::1.,3@ Lg : 2.i) PIP b~ : ( w ~ . ~ ~ 3 s) 15240 . . . . "Radio Francer;, V i c h y h rd l . l . ; l - I . : 3 with Bngl.ish News a t

1FM. (S~xtton)' / (Ric~l rod) 15290 I an ' ~ r a n c i s c o , , f l s soc ia teg broadcas t ing , also on be fo re 5P1~1. 15350 PiRUL bos tors,hlass l i s t e d 8A;ii-1.:3.5Pki hrd 6Pib1 in parallel. with 11.790kc 16050 ???? Who i s here? UP a n d AP r e p o r t here 10;30--11AM 1.1./1.1. no s -of f . 163830 WCRC. New York C i t y . s . l so on 11.830 kcs. (Above 3 f r o m ~ i c l i r o d )

Joseph H~~~~U~;-IV~OS-~~\TCBS-WCBX-WCDA-B;CIIC-~~~GEO-~~~GEA-W~(~~L~-WICCN-WKLJ-V~~~X- ~;JKT~-T~.'L~-V!N~~I-VJ;'RC~I-Y'JI;;UL-~~EU~!J. S t a t i o n s of t h e United Nat ions2 or t h e Voice of ,America cover so much h e r e they s p o i l any gooil DX, Gome cliai:ns cover a1.l ba.ndsfrom 16 rncters r i g h t c!ov\rn t o 1+3 me.ters.

Cnarl-e2 Sutton;-SW r e c e p t i o n i s j u s t f a i r l a i ; e l y , f a l r l y good daytime bu t ve ry e r r a t i c wi th a h igh n c i s e l e v e l evenings. Sb' ban(is 1 9 t o 1.0 mc i s dead. a f t e r 8:3U Phl EXT. SW o:nditi ,ons not a:; good a:; a year ago Nov. Using a Hal3 ' i f r a c t e r s 6-20-R.

B B C BroadcGsts f o r Urlited S t a t e s S i s t e n c r s 61.10 GSL 5:15 Pill t o 12:4'5 AM 7260 GSU 5:15 PM t o 12:00 JilDT 6150 GSW LO:15 PU' t o l l : 3 0 PhT 9825 GHH 5:%5 PX t o lO: l5 Pill 7230 GSW 10:15 PM , t o ll:3C) Pjil 1.1680 GRG 11:30 PI4 t o 1%:00 1ilDT

? I . GRC 7:00 Plbl t o 1-l.:3U Phl.

lT!el;l. Boys you d id a J.ot bet te l l t h i s i s s u e . Le t s keep up as good as we can. I know- t h a t w c a re rnost a?..3.' working l.on,g hours and al.:l. t h a t anci we sometimes dont feel. 1-ike DXing. b u t wheri ever you can :Listen i n and send your repor ' t so t h a t it reaches m e by Tilestlays, ";llaili:s, Ray.

MOTICE N O T I C & NOTICE A7.1 you DXers pl-ease read t h e itern abo.ut; ~ e p o r t i . n g t o station WHHF on D&c I.,!+th on 930*.kcs from 1+:30 t o 5 : O O RTd EGdT. This s t a t i o n ims o f f e r e d a p r i z e of $5.00 t o t h e DXer .~lriio r e p o r t s from t h e g r e a t e s t , d i s t a n c e , Lo maybe it wou1.d be your worth w-ili3.e t o tune i n and maybe your r e p o r t wil.1 be from t h e g r e a t e s t Giatnnce., ever1 you Sld DXer':;, $$5.(30 isnt t o b e over- . : . , , . . , . . , . . rooked eTiel1 '-ijj' 't'rlese ''gdod' tji.iries ." ' I '

Heme~xber 3.fsten i n i f p o s s i b l e and r e p o r t o f t e n a s poss ib l e , so l e t s go.