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VOLUME l i L 25 MARCH 197b NUMBER 2J.
"Watch f o r the annual April * Fool' s Day issue of IIXN..." (NJPC) *
ON THE INSIDE .......... - "What I s a Frequency Checkft - Page Taylor - Abie Nathan and the Peace Ship Revisited - The New York Times - R jEl s Firate Verie - ~ntroducing a New Broadcast Service: Broadcast PRO-file - A reprint of "The Midwinter Anomaly i s Alive & Well.in Finlandn - Gordon P. - Another PB Updater - Wes Boyd Nelson
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NOTES &c FROM NJPC We've noticed a b i t of confusion regarding our l i s t i n g on REPRINT # A-17, i n the recent list. A-17-a is the FIRST 9 PAGES ONLY of the whole a r t i c le , thus excluding the abstruse mathematics. A-17-b is the ENTIRE bO PAGES, INCLUDING the 9 pages l i s t e d as A-17-a, so Ff you order both, you're du- plicating, and we'll only have to waste our time refunding you the dif- ference 1
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The Glenn Hauser MEXIGLENN LIST of Mexican MW stat ions which has appeared i n I R C A ' s DX MONITOR periodically over the past two months WIIL APPEAR here i n DX NEWS. Glenn also sent us the pages of the log a s he completed them, h o w e m u e to the differences i n publication format, we decided to run the en t i re log i n one bulletin. For this reason, Glenn asked us to ship the copy back to him f o r a complete up-date. A s soon as we re- ceive the updated copy, we w i l l run it i n the subsequent issue. We also have several Mexican s tat ion patterns on hand, supplied by Wes Boyd. We w i l l nm those in an issue a f te r the MEXIGLENN LIST i s published.
Several of our members have commented upon the paucity of a r t i c l e s of both a technical and feature nature appearing i n DX NEWS this season. A s marry of you know, a majority of the a r t i c l e s w E v e appeared i n DX NEWS during past seasons was authored by Gordon Nelson, RjE and PT. Thesesame three of us have accounted f o r a majority of t h i s year's to- tal. Page and I are quite busy with nmnj.ng the club, and cannot there- fore do as many a r t i c l e s as we had previously. We understand that GPN has several a r t i c l e s in the research stages, and also t h a t Bob Fornorth has more material coming shortly. m WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF YOU ?? Surely other members have special equipment o r techniques to explain to the membershipI11 LET'S HEAR FROM YOU I I l
02 CLIPPING CORNER
editor.. Alan Merrirnan 03
P. 0. Box 6
international dx digest Fairfax, Va. 2,2030
NATHAN RECALLS I PEACE-SHIP DAYS; --- .
Cal ls Them 'Beaut 'rful ' a n d
Seeks Contr ibut ions
By PAUL L M O N T M E R Y Abie Nathan sat in the com-
mercial hotel off Times Square and smiled a s he remembered t h e brief ca- of his Peace Ship in the Middle East last year.
'When I look back, it was a berutiful thing." said the ebul-1 lient advocate of love and I moderation, talking of the! floating radio station broadcast t o Arabs and Jews last summer and fall, and through the Yom Kippur war.]
"Every night a t sunset we had the classical hour:' Mr. Nathan said. laughing softly a t t h e thought of it. 'We'd tell everybody t o stop what they were doingand look a t the sun and the sky and the sea. It's the greatest show on earth, and it's all free."
Friday nights t h m was rock 1
Abie Nathan --I music for the young people on both sides of the conflict.
"We found out the Arab kids 'and the Jewish kids like the same music." Mr. Nathan said. ' W e got requests for the Moody Blues from 'Cairo, and we got requests for the M d y Blues from Tel Aviv." 4
FromThe New York Times. 3110174 Phone 703 - 354 - 2135 Before 2200 EDT * A l l Times GMT * Deadlines Are Saturday
Seeking Funds Again I Mr. Nathan, one of the most;
quixotic figures produced by1 25 years of Arab-Israeli fight- ing, is back in the United States seeking contributions to keep the Peace Ship afloat arid broadcasting. He spent nearly four years here pa~nstakingly. raising the $300.000 to refit the 180-foot coastal freighter for broadcasting, and now fears he
might have togive up his dream. "It's incredible how little we
need for what we can accom-' plish." he said. "For $120,000,' we can keep the ship running! for a year. That's less than I i
r r cent of the cost of .one ~ g h t e r plane."
Mr. Nathan is a 46-year-old Israeli who was a fighter pilot for the British in World War1 11, t h a n h a d careers in Israel as a restaurateur and a n dealer; before turning to peace. He' first won attention in 1966 by flying alone in an ancient bi- plane from Israel to Egypt t o t ry to convince the leaders of the two countries to sit down! and talk.
Devoted t o the Cause 1 Since then, he has devoted
all of his time and much of his fortune t o the cause. His view Is tha t hard-linen on both sides of the conflict have been al- loyed t o put forth their views on war and confrontation with- o u t permitting attempts a t mu-1 tual understanding.
Broadcadng in Israel and In the Arab countries is controlled by t h e Governments, and Mr. Nathan regards the stations as nothing more than instruments for propaganda-what he calls "screeching and screaming." His white-painted radio ship is1 .an attempt to provide a voice of 'moderation for both sides. encouraging dialogue instead of one-sided speeches.
I t took Mr. Nathan four1 years to raise the money here, and in Europe. Volunteers from peace groups helped, but often he found himself working alone in what seemed a hopeless cause. I t took a hunger strike by him to attract attention and r a k e the last $48,000 needed t o send the ship on its way.
Broadcast 3,000 Hours I The Peace Ship, with a volun-
teer crew. began broadcasting in the Mediterranean last May. Mr. Nathan estimates that ,its 50.000-watt transmitter reach 30 million Arabs and Jews. The station was on the air for 3,000 hours before the money ran ~ u t last November.1
The station pirated news from the iqternationai services] and stations like the B.B.C. for re-broadcast with interspersedi comments. During the war Mr. Nathan said he would t;y to lessen the iension by broad- casting funny items o r news about Elizabeth Taylor or Prin- cess Anne 'instead of concen- trating on the fighting.
When the money ran out. Mr. Nathan and the crew took the ship t o Marseilles, where it is still berthed. He said he spent a month there trying to raise more money, and collected\~1I.
Friends in the peace move- ment paid for his ticket to the, United States and for his stay a t the Paramount Hotel he:.?. He said his immediate aim was t o find $25 000 to return the ship to tLe Mediterranean ! where he hopes he can selil commercials and make the sta- tion self-supporting. So far, he said. $2.000 has come into the Peace Ship Fund. P.O. Box 11 11. New York. N. Y. 10022.
A s l im column again t h i s week. Apparently conditions continue t o be worse than bad o r everyone's got wri ters cramp. Here is what l i t t l e ' I have.
-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HISD Santo Domingo, 2/10 1049-1 100 informas^^ as^^ nWdio Television Dominicanan and !!Radio National*. (Schi l ler)
-UNID Think XENK 3/3 0620-0659 s/off. Old s t y l e mx, l i k e Benny Goodman, some o ld IA instrumentals, and a few band versions of current mx, applause a f t e r e v e n SOU. d o f f had rooster crow a t end. Anvone heard XENK - -~ . ~ - recently? (Gleason)
-HAM11 KORL Honolulu a l l alone w/telephone t a l k show 0650 MM 3/11. Oily Hawaiian heard. (Pe j za )
-COSTA RICA TIJC San Jose, nSonorall s/on 1100-1 131, TCs GlT -6, frequent Sonora IDS, TCs and I IDed a couple of songs. chiller)
-VENEZUELA YVKY Radio Capital, Caracas 3/11 w/monster s igna l t/in 0450 w/mx, long s/off anmt and NA 0455-0458, leaving CKVM i n FF w/0500 ID dominating channel. WOR off. YVXY completely wiping out any.signs of no& Cuban jammers here. New. (Smdstmm)
-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HI2 Santo Domingo, 2/26 1027-1041 w/neus, ads, and chimes. Strong over another SS. (Schi l ler)
-ECUADOR HCGBl Eadio Melodia, Quito 3/10 s/on 1056-1 107 fadeout, W/D i n SS and EE (!) a t s/on. (Schi l ler)
-MMICO XEFE k e v o Laredo, Tamps. 3/12 0145-0200 w / ~ r o ~ r a m called nRecuerdo ... con la voz inolvidable de Augustinn and old Augustin Lara songs. ID as *FE, campeona en audi tor iou. (Gleason)
-MEXICO XEOK k n t e r r e y , N.L. 3/11 1306-1332 w/ranchera mx and ads f o r a cosmetic mil order firm. (Gleason)
-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIJP Santo Domingo, 2/25 1028-1043, ninformas* and f re - quent TCs. (Schi l ler)
-EL SALVADOR YSC San Salvador 2/27 11 1 &I132 w/ranchera nu and "Badio Inte rnacionaln IDS. (Sch i l l e r )
-UNID Under XlQR f o r qu i t e a while HM 3/11 0729-0805. Faded up about every 8 minutes o r so f o r about 30 seconds. k s t l y talk; one apparent I D a t 0729 had It.. .International F de M (?) .. Ia Radio de Colombia (?)" followed by apparent mention of "Banco de Colombia" but not def ini te . F o m t sounds l i k e Radio dB1 P l a t a reported by Gene M r t i n and others, but no de f in i t e ID yet. (Pejza) There i s a l s o a HJ AN here, Father Jack. Best reception of LS10 occurs when the H J i s off. (ED)
-VENEZUELA YVNV B d i o Petrolera, Ciudad Ojeda 3/10 w/"Ibdio Petroleran ID 0850 in between records, i n and out of noise l e v e l (may have been WHAM OC supressing s ignal) , noted while looking f o r Chile. Have been running a tape here a f t e r Brazil SR, f o r past couple of months, looking f o r Chile, but no luck yet. YVMl new. (Sundstrom)
-MMICO XEOG Ojinga, Chih. b d i o Ranchito heard 3/12 s/off giving sked as 1300-0300. (Qeason)
-UNID XE 3/11 1340-1350 s t a t i o n w/MST TCs, nortena mx, and ID as "Radio Frontera", s o suspect X E W name change from R. Wtos. (Gleason)
-MEXICO XEJK Ciudad Delicias, Chih. 2/25 and 26 w/boxing.match on 25th, ro- mantic standards i n SS next night 0150-0300 best. I D w/jingle a s Radio h i s t a d . (Gleason)
-ECUADOR ?? Signs on between 1000 and 101 0 dai ly , f a i r s ignals , thought I heard nBien" in the I D on 2/28 so maybe Ambato. (Schi l ler)
- V W m m YV?? S t i l l frequsnt 1OOO s/on, think the ID i s Falcon (province) where Coro i s located. (Schi l ler) -mICO XTNC Celaya, Gto. 2/29 0150-0159 w/regional mx on "la b r a Mexicans"
Show asking f o r l e t t e r s t o Apartado 101. (Gleason)
Thats whats been heard. A few ver ies and other mater ia l on following page.
* * VERIFICATIONS * * 04 540-COLOMBIA HJXA Bogota, 'tHorizonteu v/l from hmberto Pieschacon Carreno,
Gerente Administrative, (Sch i l l e r ) 620-XEBU, 920-XJZD and 850-XEM v/l from Roberto Bone Menchaca, Gerente, Apartado
220, Chihuahua. (Gleason ) 650, 1275, 1375 and 1463 COSTA R.ICA Mounmental Net, long f r i end ly v/l back i n 2
weeks from &r io deValle C., Dept. Technico f o r 2/4 ER report . chiller ) 675-COSTA RIM TIJC Sonora, San Jose v/l i n 9 days a i rma i l from Hernan Alvarado R.,
Adm. Gen. "Cadena 13usicaln. chiller, a l s o next) 855-NETHERZANDS ANTILLES PJC2 Curacao standard cactus v / ~ from the QSL Secy.
1 160-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC H I E Santiago, v/l and co lo r fu l s t a t i o n card, "Radiolandia" from Cesar Peguero S., Dir-Adm. chiller)
1180-BRAZIL -5 Rio, v / ~ back i n 3 weeks, #1 from Brazil, country 78. (Sch i l l e r ) 1300-MFRICO XEP v/l on f/up from Esteban Parra, Gerente, Apartado 89. (season) 1 ~ ~ O - ~ I C O XsE Ghampoton, Camp. v/l from s t a t i o n group HQ a t bile 12 No. 11 2,
Czmpeche, Camp. saying equipment recently improved. V/S i l l e g i b l e . (Gleason)
We repor ters f o r t h i s i s sue ... ;)aye GLWSDN - Scottsdale, Arizona @90A, Sanserino loop fa ther Jack PEJ7-4 - .%n Diego, California SPR-4, Sanserino loop Ron SCHILLEFi - 'dghthouse Point, Florida HGl80A, lonewire Tom SUNDSTaaN - Willingboro, New Jersey HQ-1.50 w/~E620 and SM2, HQ140X and DX-1 SOA,
longwire.
%me in fo from Bengt A. Ericson i n Sweden ... INTTRNkTIONAL A new p i r a t e i s on the a i r on 1331 kiloHertz, IDing a s Radio Atlantis. Broadcasting i n k t c h and Wglish, with English s t a r t i n g a t 1800 GMT. Address i s P.O. Box 385, Costburg, Holland. Bend says extremely strong i n Sweden ~ n d estimates power a s a t l e a s t 50 Inr.
WEN A l l of the low powered MW t ransmit ters i n %reden have been closed. The only uJ s t a t ions s t i l l opera t ing a r e the 6 high powered s t a t ions . They a l l carry Program 1 and a r e sked a s per WHPH. Horby-1178 a l s o ca r r i e s some Foreign Service programs.
Falun 1223 kHz, 100 kw Catehorg 980 kHz, 150 kw m r b ~ 1178 ~ H Z , 100 kw Stockholm 773 kHz, 150 kw 3mdsval l 593 kHz, 150 ku Ostarsund 71 9 kHz, 1 50 kw
!or you lonpyave fans , t he Swedish s t a t i o n a t %tala on 191 kHz i s on the a i r 24 lours a dsg with 600 kw, non-directional antenna. Bengt says t h i s s t a t i o n puts out a s t rong ~kyrmve, and should be poss ible i n the US.
Ihe clipping t h a t appeared i n DX News #I? , s t a t i n g t h a t S e d i s h Broadcasting was jigning off a t Q:45 P.M. applied t o TV only. The radio remained on f u l l schedule.
i s now tack t o a f u l l schedule, signing off a t midnight.
Ihats it. Next week is a skip, so w i l l s e e you in 14. If you hear anything, >lease report . ,Your support i s needed. 73 - DX - 820.
05 editor.. Wee Boyd
860 W. Liberty
.s. Cllrard. Ohio 44480
lles Boyd 216-545-4543 Dr. S t a r r 216-534-1394 -. -.
Hel lo group, Looks l i k e t h e n o i s e has t aken i t ' s t o l l a b i t e a r l y t h i s year. Geoff
Fox came down MH 3/11 and what a lousy morning it was. Between t h e loop & my 550 f t . semi-beveridge no th ing ouch was heard. Only new l o g was a t 0500 a/ Chattanooga u/ WSPD 1370.
And a s proof of t h e 1wey c o n d i t i o n s , t h i s r e e k s DDXD thang..
r o'm Feb:: 4 th . Wed. TCCOG 1400-VGEA 1150 (KDF)
ltarch: 1st. MU. WEETI 1390 (ELK) KFSA 950 (DS) 1st. TU. WJDY 1470 (ELK) 'CUT IC' 564)
In f u t u r e r e p o r t s o f f / c s t u f f I ' d l i k e t o r e q u e s t more i n f o on t h e t e s t i t s e l f , I ' m s u r e more i n f o would be more u s e f u l t o a l l of us. How abou t an e s t i m a t e of t h e f r e ~ u e n c y t o n e on t h e s e t e s t s ? How o f t e n do t h e y ID? How long is t h e a c t u a l t e s t ? ? And o t h e r such s tu f f . . Thankz gang--
ahangee 580 CKAP ON Now NSP. Is automated M08.2300-0600 EST. During t h e s e t i m e s
IDS on ly a s Kapuskasing, Canada" (BV-per-recent v e r i e ) 910 VG8I PA S/off t ime (w/ SSB) is 0206 (ELK) 970 M)AY ND S/on time is 0557 (KDF) 1240 -CP- MB The Pas..grant f o r El3 s t a t i o n he re , power unknown (CRTC) 1330 WRIE P A Has a MM SP p e r TRS. 1340 CKNR ON Approved u s e of 1,000 w a t t s days (CRTC) I380 W&S DE Sked now 0530-0030 7 days a r e e k (DS) 1460 WCMB PA Sked now 0500-0000 (TRS) 1570 CKLW W Now o p e r a t e s d u r i n g l i s t e d Sun. SP:, NSP ?? (TRS)
And as u s u a l I l e f t one out.. 1370 KDAN MN addres s 3092 M i l i t a r y Rd. (PO Box 159) Newport,%. 55055
( t h i s p e r r e c e n t v e r i e of BV) And t h e CRTC approved a network c o n s i s t i n g of CFRN 1260 & CJOK 1230
t o b roadcas t Edmonton O i l e r s WHA games.
suneet & evenine
730 WF'IK VA 3/10 Noted w/ s /o f f 1916 (MK) VMNA VA 3/10 Hrd. w/ tlMystery Sound" c o n t e s t 1921 (MK) WPAL SC 3/10 Th i s one w/ s /o f f u/ WMNA a t 1930 (MI()
740 m L NC 3/10 S/off wi thout SSB at 1915 (MK) 760 WCPS NC 3/10 Hrd. s /o f f a t 1915 a f t e r l o c a l rx r e p o r t (MK) 810 WCEC NC 3/10 W/ news from I'N.C. News Network" 1858-1900 (MK) 940 KTON TX 2/28 Hrd. 2009 w/ many a d s t o 2015 s /o f f & FM promo (DF) 1110 TSEV NY 3/9 S/off a t o p f r eq . i n WT n u l l 1914- no SSB (TRS)
WIB AL 2/26 Fair s i g n a l a t s /o f f o/u WBT 1930 (JF) FKRA MS 2/26 Good s i g n a l w/ l o c a l nx 1935 (JF)
1140 KLF'R OK 2/28 F a i r r/ OK nx 2005 t h e n C&W m (KI)F) 831 1420 rCEMB TN 3/3 Erd. v e r y weak at 1930 s /o f f (JF) 1560 F A 1 FL 3/9 "Great American Country" s /off 1930 wi thou t SSB 1930,
Was a t o p i n tlPXR n u l l t h i s t ime and a g a i n 3/lO-Eat your h e a r -RjE o u t RJX (TRS) Now d a t a i n ' t v e r y nice..HWB--804 ** iird t h i s lac!
1600 VMCR NY 3/8 Hrd. r i g h t a f t e r WCPK s /o f f 1915 i n e /o f f w/ FM mention and no SSB, no s i g n of WWRL (TRS) Hey Tom, can you s h i p a b i t of t h a t "no V W U " out he re?? EIWB
!.t t h i s t ime I" dl'.'ce tc t hank TRS f< \K. Reports from t h e s e two came in f'lst i n t ime t o rnnlcc s u n s e t sec t - ion p o s s i b l e ( o r i s i t necessa ry? ) .Cn- t h i . , r r l i t i o n , v~-:id:< ' -.-oIrec: s! .11:r 7,' @?my SOW r e p o r t s o Fop!
06 meig&ttto I- 540 W Y U T I 2/25 DX test : : Signal S-9+ the en t i r e t e s t (BTE) 580 WAG WL 3/1 Finally heard w/ mR 0815 i n TEP n u l l (DS)
KEU CA 2/25 Erd. o/u VIBV w/ the "24th. hour programn 0203-0236 (BTE) 710 CKVM PQ 3 / 1 1 W ID 0100 on top a f t e r 0058 s/off YVICP & TOR off (TRS)
TOR NY 3/11 Noted off air 0235-What gives? (MK) Also noted here w/ CJRN alone & strong-(EWE) h y b e they was off t o change bat ter ies1
+910 -1 PA 3/4 On top w/ CBS nx 0206 then s/off & SSB till 0208 (ELK) 940 WINJ3 CT 3/4 Strong on ET 0156-0202 w/ TT (m) 3/4 On El! w/ RR 0220,
ID 0228, & off 0232. 0/ TIN2 (DS) KGRL OR 3/4 Tried fo r f /c but heard nothing w/ KIM. Strong OCm
came on 0319, looped SW. Hope nobo* thought t h i e was KGRL (KDF) mid 3/4 Unlmown s t a t ion west of here running on/off TT 0300-04000
Was mostly i n noise while looking fo r gQU. f/c. HELP!! (TRS) 950 KFSA AR 3/4 Noted completing f/c w/ TT 0152. Per list but was just a
skosh la te . (ELK) Yon t ry in ' t o sneak d i r t y words i n here?-EWB 960 CFAC AEi 2/23 U/ CEXS 0250-0257 w/ l oca l ads, then RR (JF) Is you sure
i t w a s RR? Been definate C&T when hrd. here! EWB +970 KMY ND 2/26 Pai r s igna l a t ./on 0557 W/ SSB (KDF) 990 lEFtV VA 3/3 Strong OC/TT sounding l i k e a POP 0116-0150+. was o/
and TIBG, IDed a t 0148 (m) WIBG PA 3/4 Had ET/Tl! O/ TNOX 0331-0336 (ELK) 824
1050 .LON NC 2/26 Erd. s/on 0603 w/ SSB, very weak (KDF) 1090 U Y AR 3/4 Noted TT 0211,ID 0213, then OC. Could this be UNid
from past? (Ds) Tho can be sure, but you?? Betcha it was1 ( ~ s r ~ ) 1220 IWT OH 2/25 DX t e s t : Very weak u/ CHSC W/ I D 0015 & C&W 5 (m)
.KBK NE 2/25 DX t ea t : Good w/ CHSC 0042-0105. M ~ I W CT IDs (m) Only hrd. CT IDS 0046 & 0100 thru WUFl OC (m)
gOm KS 2/25 DX t e s t : Noted i n passing 0150, Unn. (RTE) Exeellant on temt w/ lan~. IDS,& a by Carpenters. This w a s s trongest of the 3 1220 t e s t s (JF) Was the strongest of the 4 hrd. here, hi.-EWB
*I290 Il00 WI 2/27 Had lT here 0114-0130 during l i s t e d f/c. No ID8 but DF was OK, Tenative sent (KDF)
CJBK ON 3/3 In well o/ TEI0 0216 w/ RR, Rare-(DS) Is well done here* +I330 WRIE PA 3/4 Must have a HM SP a s noted w/ s/on 0500. Lost a t 0505 t o
.FBC s/on (ELK) You t ry in ' t o rub it i n or suaphinn??--EWB 1380 W d 3/3 Weak TT 0110, off 0114. TABS EP took care of it, but KC11
f/c l i s t ed , is t h i s it (DS) A8k GF, don't ask me..m 1390 .BID NC 3/4 O C P 0 0 3 1 - W + w/ I D s every minute, n/ TFBL (DS) 3/4
ET-TT-OC, I D a t 0025 (TRS) Thought thim was the f/c..HIB WEAM VA 3/4 El!/TT/OC w/ ID 0626 r igh t a f t e r TEED I D (TRS)
1440 C@XRl 074 a/28 Poor signal, but hrd. an ID 0019 (KDP) 1450 K R R W EY) 3/4 DX t e s t : II/ CT IDS 0115 & 0116 thru jumble & nothing eleeo
Called 0140 & they sa id only other c a l l from PI[H (TRS) Very weak u/ strong WON. CT IDs 0125 & 0128 w/ 1K TT between. (KDF)
1460 .PHB AL 3/4 JfX/TT w/ ID6 fo r AM-F'M, 0103-0120+ (DS) Arrgghhh-H1IB + WCEB PA 3/11 Noted s/off 0000 & annct. s/on 0500. Change log (TRS)
Is 0000 s/off 7 days, o r what? Lag sez 0100 weekdays-EWE 1470 TJDY M) 3/5 F/c w/ IT 0018-0027. Poor w/ heavy W D QRW (ELK) 1520 KOK4 CK 3/11 Erd. 0202 t h m unid TT (MK)
P ? T 04 3/11 On ET a t 0109 (K) Tas KB off or sumphinl 77-Em 1560 F"-v 15 3/11 DX t e s t : NO SHm (ETB-GF) I f on,not hrd. 0100-0130 (TRS)
+I570 C - J Y PCd 3fiO Smperpest on 0300-0600 i n l i s t e d SP. Was running tape i n hopes of possible ETs i n the l i e t ed SP. NSP now?? (TRS)
1580 WVR IL 3/4 Very strong on ET r/ DX 0300-0315 (ELK) 1390 W A K R OH 3/4 Noted off 0300, only FCIT there (DS)
mm CQm *HIS TIMC:: JF Jeff Falconer Clinton,On. Kenwood 9R59DS & SMl W3F Karl 4th. V i l l a Park,I11, HQ160, Sm1 100 ft. LV F&K Far1 Krengi Mddleburg Beightz,Oh. BQ180 looped YI( l 4 rk Catz Brookline,MA HQ180 PL 4 l AA loop DS Ceingo Schmidt New Caskle,De FQ180 R SE? W Tom Sundstrom Willingboro,NJ 89150 Sm, EQ140,DX150 & LT P" Rrian Vernon Imaf Rapids,m huiptment unborn.
Britta apace--sag ya' i n 2 reeke - s n ~ - - " 9
WHAT I S A FREQUENCY CHECK?
Page Taylor
Frequency checks have been confused and mistaken f o r equipment t e s t s and even heterodynes from adjacent-frequency foreign s t a t ions . How can we dis t inguish between a r e a l FC and something t h a t i s n ' t ?
Although it is no longer required by FCC regula t ions f o r AM s t a t i o n s t o monitor t h e i r frequencies through a monthly measurement, many still do so , and the format of t he frequency check may be a s var ied a s regular-schedule formats. Most of ten , however, you w i l l tune t o a frequency and hear a steady 500 o r 1000-cycle tone, in ter rupted by an ID e i t h e r i n voice o r code ( i f you're extremely luoky, hi!) The normal duration of a frequency check is f i f t e e n minutes -- i f you're tuned t o a tone fo r a period s ign i f i can t ly longer than f i f t e e n minutes, chances are , you're hearing an equipment t e s t . Some s t a t i o n s , pa r t i cu la r ly those i n the southeastern pa r t of t he United S ta t e s , t e s t with a telephone d i a l tone, pitched considerably lower than the usual tone. Several s t a t i o n s still ID i n morse code, helping the monitoring company and the DXter ID t h e s t a t i o n on a crowded frequency.
Several years ago, it was considerably eas i e r t o pick out an ID on a frequency check -- unfortunately, t h i s is no longer the case. The usual period of s t a t i o n iden t i f i ca t ion is r i g h t a t the beginning of the t e s t , and a t the conclusion. A few s t a t i o n s still break i n t h e middle of t h e t e s t period f o r I D , but these are few i n number, and seem t o be decreasing rapidly. It is wise t o consult t he Inter-Club Frequency Check L i s t fo r t he perio& during which you intend t o l i s t e n , and tune t o the frequency of the desired s t a t i o n seve ra l minutes before the t e s t i s due t o begin, i n the;hopes t h a t you w i l l ca tch t h e s t a t i o n coming on with an ID.
On the other hand, you ' l l hear p re t ty nearly everything and anything imaginable on an equipment t e s t : music of all kinds, from c l a s s i c a l t o hard rock (some lovely s t a t i o n s play an e n t i r e s ide of an LP album, then f l i p t o the other s ide and play it a s well , all without one s ing le ID!); endless open c a r r i e r s ( v i s a v i s WBZ/kDKA on a Monday morning); tones of var ious p i tches ("London b l i t zk r i eg f1 tones) ; s t a t i o n promos ("WDEN is everywhere"); fun and f r o l i c s a t t he t ransmit ter s i t e ("Hi, a l l you kiddies out i n radio-land! Can you hear me? Ha, ha, ha"). A s we can see , some of these p rac t i se s a re outlandish a t bes t t o i l l e g a l a t worst, but these a re the th ings t h a t can be heard on p re t ty near ly any MM "experimental period" time s lo t . The duration of an E F can be anything from a few minutes ("Good morning! WIG8 Pompton Lakes tes t ing. Good night!If) t o all morning long (l1WKBA Vinton...wefll be here with you f o r the next four hours while we adjus t our t ransmit ter , so why not s t a y with us awhile...").
DXfers on the eas t coast have a problem DX1ing frequency checks which i s not only confusing and time-wasting, but annoying. Frequencies such as 1440 and 1240 which have checks l i s t e d fo r a c e r t a i n time w i l l almost always y i e ld the proper 1000-cycle tone (during winter months), but not necessar i ly because the desired s t a t i o n has showed up. I f the tone r e fuses t o break a f t e r f i f t e e n minutes of monitoring, and is s t i l l present an hour or so l a t e r , chances a re you've got nothing more than a heterodyne from Radio Luxembourg on 1439 o r France on 1241!
A s f o r t he a r t of ver i fy ing frequency checks, it is imperative t h a t all times of tone-on and tone-off be given, plus exact wording of s t a t i o n IDS i f possible. I f no I D S are heard, it is not advisable t o request ve r i f i ca t ion from a "suspected" catch, a s there is no ve r i f i ab le information. Such tenuous loggins of tones could have been any one of a myriad of s t a t i o n s t e s t ing , pa r t i cu la r ly i f on a graveyard channel. For fu r the r de t a i l l ed information, see the Frequency Check L i s t , avai l - able i n NRC Reprint #L2 (64e pp t o Members, 8% t o non-members from NRC HQ).
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The following two pages are a reprint of an a r t i c l e which appeared in DX NEWS on Febmarg 19, 1972. I n keeping with some of the comments made i n our l a s t feature on propagation, we are presenting this item again, as it t i e s in with q of our comments. Similar studies on t h i s side of the Pond are discussed br ie f ly in Volume 41, No. 20 ( l a s t issue). We again invi te any interested DXrers who may have detai l led records of what Trans-Atlantic stations were audible on numerous occasions in recent years to submit same to headquarters. We likewise would be interested in hearing from anyone out these who might be interested in organising some Simultaneous Listening Contests f o r next season with these fac- tors i n mind, and selecting several l ike ly frequencies and several unlikely ones f o r monitoring.
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ABOUT THOSE MYSTERIOUS CHAfiACTERS WHICH A P P W ON SEVERILT, ISSUES EARLIER THIS SEASON..... they were ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Without going into too much unnecesaarg detai l , these characters are primarily alphabetic (the ones we used) although hieroglyphs as a whole comprise alphabetic, phonetic and ideographic characters. In a rather rudimentary way, we attempted to take the Anglicised Arabic phrase used f o r I D purposes by Cairo Radio, namely I1Huna al &ahhaw, or, "This i s Cairon. (For the sake of simplicity, the translations used here are not ent i rely s t r i c t i n nature). I n Hieroglyph, vowels are predominantly absent, as they are i n Arabic, which presentsd some problems, however, we persevered despite them. For these reasons, we found it expedient t o omit the "au sound of the "a ln and likewise the verg short llill sound in "Qahiran. T h i s l e f t us with the l e t t e r s needed to convey phonetically, the g i s t of the "messagen, or H-U-N-A-L--Q-A-H-R-A. The t rans l i t e ra t ion system used f o r conversion to the Hieroglyphs was t h a t used by S i r E. A. W a l l i s Budge, noted English Egyptologist, whose system closely para l le l s tha t of the original t ranslator of the Hieroglyphs, the Frenchman, Champollion. Thus, we arrived a t the symbols which appeared on the f r o n t page f o r several weeks. We took one l i b e r t y in the use of the same glyph f o r the l e t t e r s "Rn and "Ln, which, although ent i rely permissible under the Budge system, is quite confusing, but my i n a b i l i t y to accurately draw the reclining l i o n which also represents "L", I took the easy way out, h i . But, enough of this t r iv ia . -RjE
Page a shows a sample of a new Broadcast S e W c e which i s available t o Industry o r individuals who m a y be interested i n obtaining a written history of a gdven station. The service i s called "Broadcast Pro-file", and fur ther information as w e l l as a catalogue mq? be obtained by writing to BROADCAST PRO-FILE, BOX 982, HOLLYhTIOD, CA 90028. We requested two samples of these "pro-files", and, i n l i e u of trgFng to describe j u s t what i s contained, we have decided to run one here i n i t s ent i rety as a sample. Standard ra tes are $5.00 f o r AM Pro-files such as we have obtained f o r WSJS-600, Winston-Salem,NC; $2.50 f o r FM Pro-files; and $10.00 f o r Custom Pro-files (station8 not i n the catalogue). Many of the s tat ions l i s t e d are non-existant s ta t ions which have become deleted i n one way o r another. For those of you in college broadcasting curriculums, these might be a most useful resource f o r papers on early broad- casting, which is a most common paper topic ( I know, I went thru tha t a few years back, h i -R~E). We also have a l i s t from Broadcast Pro-file which shows the f i r s t 25 AM broadcast license grants i n 1921, which we w i l l make available by Xerox copy to members a t standard reprint rates.
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The Winston-Salem Journa l -Sent ine l Company o f Winston-Salem, N o r t h Caro l ina , r e c i e v e d a u t h o r i z a t i o n t o c o n s t r u c t and o p e r a t e a new broadcast s t a t i o n i n August, 1929. C a l l l e t t e r s assigned were WJDZ. WJDZ was ass igned 1310 k i l o c y c l e s w i t h a power o f 100 w a t t s , and was i n s t a l l e d i n t h e l i c e n s e e ' s newspaper b u i l d i n g ( b u i l t i n 1927) a t 416-420 N o r t h Marsha l l S t r e e t , Winston-Salem. On October 2, 1929, b e f o r e g o i n g on t h e a i r , WJCZ r e c i e v e d a u t h o r i z a t i o n f rom t h e Federal Radio Commission t o change c a l l l e t t e r s t o WSJS, s i g n i f y i n g t h e p u b l i s h i n g company's two newspapers, "The Winston-Salem Journa l " and t h e "Twin C i t y Sent ine l " . On Thursday, A p r i l 17, 1930, WSJS made i t ' s debut on t h e airwaves, u s i n g an RCA 100 w a t t t r a n s m i t t e r a t o p t h e Journa l B u i l d i n g .
S t a t i o n Manager by September 1931 was N o r r i s L. O ' N e i l . By 1933, t h e s t a t i o n s s logan, used b o t h on t h e a i r and o f f , was "The J o u r n a l - S e n t i n e l S t a t i o n " . By 1935, WSJS became an a f f i l i a t e o f t h e Columbia Broadcas t ing System network.
The Winston-Salem Journa l Company, as w e l l as i t ' s WSJS, were s o l d on J u l y 30, 1937 t o the Piedmont P u b l i s h i n g Company. The s a l e o f WSJS was approved by t h e Federal Comnunications Commission on May 1, 1937. P u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e two newspapers, under c o m n ownership w i t h WSJS, con t inued under t h e new ownership. Gordon Gray became P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Piedmont P u b l i s h i n g Company i n l a t e 1938; c o n c u r r e n t l y N o r r i s L. O ' N e i l was appo in ted General Manager o f WSJS.
Power o f t h e s t a t i o n was inc reased f rom 100 t o 250 w a t t s i n 1939. A l s o i n 1939, WSJS swi tched a f f i l i a t i o n f rom CBS t o t h e NBC-Red Network. By 1940, t h e s t a t i o n i n s t a l l e d a new 375 f o o t Lehigh v e r t i c a l r a d i a t o r a t i t ' s t r a n s m i t t e r s i t e a t 420 N o r t h Marsha l l S t r e e t . I n 1940, WSJS was g r a n t e d permiss ion t o change f requency f rom 1310 t o 600 k i l o c y c l e s , and t o inc rease power f rom 250 w a t t s t o 1,000 w a t t s . On March 29, 1941, WSJS swi tched t o t h e 600 k i l o c y c l e d i a l p o s i t i o n . Power was inc reased t o 5,000 w a t t s ( i n l i e u o f t h e p r e v i o u s l y a u t h o r i z e d 1,000 w a t t s ) i n 1941. WSJS, concur ren t w i t h t h e power inc rease , moved t o a new t r a n s m i t t e r s i t e near Winston-Salem, and moved s t u d i o s from 416-418-420 N o r t h Marsha l l S t r e e t t o new q u a r t e r s a t 419 N o r t h Spruce S t r e e t .
Haro ld Essex, w i t h WSJS s i n c e 1939, was appo in ted General Manager i n 1942, b u t , i n 1946 became V i c e P r e s i d e n t and Managing D i r e c t o r o f t h e s t a t i o n . I n t h e m i d - f o r t i e s , WSJS i n s t a l l e d a new d i r e c t i o n a l antenna system, and began o p e r a t i o n w i t h two d i f f e r e n t p a t t e r n s f o r day and n i g h t use. S tud ios by 1951 were l o c a t e d a t 419-421 Nor th Spruce S t r e e t . Chief Owner Gordon Gray was rep laced as Pres iden t o f l i c e n s e e Piedmont P u b l i s h i n g Company by W. K. Hoyt i n 1957, bu t , i n 1958, once aga in became P r e s i d e n t o f WSJS's l i censee. Mr. Gray res igned i n t h e l a t e f i f t i e s t o pursue o t h e r business i n t e r e s t s .
On May 1, 1967, WSJS was t r a n s f e r e d t o t h e T r l a n g l e Broadcas t ing Corpora t ion , a w h o l l y owned s u b s i d i a r y o f t h e Piedmont P u b l i s h i n g Company. Upon comple t ion o f t h i s t r a n s f e r , Haro ld Essex became P r e s i d e n t and General Manager o f WSJS. I n 1968, s t u d i o s were moved f rom 419-421 N o r t h Spruce S t r e e t t o a new r a d i o - t e l e v i s i o n s t r u c t u r e dubbed "Broadcast House", which was l o c a t e d a t 700 Col iseum Dr ive , Winston-Salem.
Mu l t imed ia , i n c . a c q u i r e d WSJS i n October o f 1972. T h i s s a l e (a long w i t h WSJS's FM and TV a d j u n c t s ) ga ined FCC approval on September 7, 1972. On A p r i l 11, 1973, W i l l i a m H a r o l d Essex, known a t t h e s t a t i o n as "Preacher", d i e d a t age 68. He was P r e s i d e n t of WSJS's e a r l i e r owner, T r i a n g l e Broadcas t ing Corpora t ion , and General Manager o f WSJS.
Today, WSJS, N o r t h C a r o l i n a ' s seventh o l d e s t c o n t i n i o u s l y l i c e n s e d broadcast s t a t i o n , opera tes on 600 KhZ w i t h 5,000 w a t t s (separa te d i r e c t i o n a l antenna p a t t e r n s f o r day and n i g h t o p e r a t i o n ) , f rom s t u d i o s a t "Broadcast House", 700 Col iseum Dr ive , Winston-Salem, N o r t h C a r o l i n a , and c o n t i n u e s as an NBC Radio Network a f f i l i a t e . L icensee i s Mu l t imed ia , I n c .
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Dear M r . Edmunds:
Many thanks f o r your telephone c a l l on J u l y 24,1969.
Because of your i n t e r e s t we were a b l e t o c o r r e c t t h e
problems under which you rece ived our t ransmission.
Immediately a f t e r our conversat ion, t ransmiss ions were
ceased and a c a r e f u l engineering check of our t r a n s m i t t e r
lras mde. I t revea led a n e l e c t r i c a l s h o r t between
the f i n a l p l a t e and the B+ power supply, thus a n Increased
power f a c t o r of 20 t o 30 percent was experienced. Also
a d i r e c t connection t o t h e grounding sur face was discovered
al lowing e x t r a rad ia t ion . A s of t h i s wr i t ing , both a r e
being corrected.
Enclosed please f l n d a t e c h n i c a l shee t of s t a t i o n data.
Once aga in , many thanks f o r your i n t e r e s t . Hoping t o be
i n con tac t with you soon, I r e m l n ,
S incere ly yours, -* J A Bryan Jackson Chief Engineer. WASB r a d i o
"Serving The Quad Cities"
103 HARDING ROAD AMERICAN STANDARD BROADCASTING
GLEN ROCK, NEW JERSEY 07452
4 M r . R. J . Edmunds
P.O. BOX 291
Hawthorne, N .J. 07507 I
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Dear M r . Edmunds
This l e t t e r w i l l s e rve a s v e r i f i c a t i o n of your recep t ion
r e p o r t of Radio WASB. Checking wlth our logs. your i n f o r m t i o n
has been found t o a c c u r a t e , with our program schedule.
We a r e there fore pleased t o confirm your hearing u s on
Thursday. J u l y 24,1969 between t h e time of 1830 and 2015 EST.
Below you w i l l f l n d t e c h n i c a l s t a t i o n data that might i n t e r e s t
you.
WASB TECHNICAL INFORMATION
TRANSMITTER8 UFAYETTE KT-195 AUX. TRANSMITTER1 LAFAYETTE KT-195 ANTENNA SYSTEM1 TEN ( 1 0 ) f o o t l eng th of #20 wire 17 f e e t above
average t e r r a i n . ANTENNA IS END FEED FROM XTRM. POWER OUTPUT: BELOW 100 MILLIWATTS POWER INPUT TO FINAL PLATE1 100 MILLIWAl FREQUENCY1 1200 k i l o c y c l e s ; CRYSTAL COh STUDIO FACILITIES1 TWO STUDIOS; ONE MAIL STUDIO,
ONE NEWS/ANNOUNCER BC EQUIPMENT COMPLIMENTI TWO GENERl CAST TURNTABLES,
EQUIPED W: C-1 CARTRIDGES. TAPE RECOI s Model 720
,d Model 994 1 - c r a i g Model 212
ONE LAFAYETTE BROADCAST MONITOR -Model LR-300 ONE CUSTOM BUILT AUDIO CONSOLE, EMPLOYING8
2 - Trans i s to r ized pre-amp/mixer . u n i t s - LAFAYETTE Model 99t4535 1 - Power a m p l l f l e r - Heathkl t
4L ELECTF ITH PICKE 3DERS r 1
1
1 I C BROAD ERING P/A - Robert - Concor - .
Model AP-24 MICROPHONESI 1 - LAFAYETTE Model 77
2 - ROBERTS Model F-7d 4 - CONCORD Model WM 2010H
"Serving The Quad Cities"
editor.. Ernest R. Cooper 436 E. aist st.
musings of the members Carrier Route 66 Brooklyn, N. Y . 11228
BILt ANDIGS - 351 Union Street - Springfield, bhssachusetts - 01105 Old floor model rndio turns out t o be a Bendix 1525-U, AM-FM, w/a
10" spesker - on t h e floor. Hard t o l i s t e n to, so i t ' s r e l e e t e a tack t o just 1510-l.600. SBt. AM 3/2, I got home from work, spun t h e d i a l superficially, and spent a hlf hour l is tening t o the most enjqyable SS DJ I can reca l l , R. Chr in , y i th t h e jock ta lk ing up rec0rds.s; t igh t tbt, i n t h e words of Boss B i l l Ross, you couldn't s t i ck a pin in them. Sunday SSS I was surprised t o hear WFIN o/
a l l on 900, just a s loud a s i n NYC. MM 3/4, the Zenith los t i t $ virgini ty and received i t s f i r s t s p l i t , R. Wradise-1265. Ihis 'n must have boomei i n on bet- ter sets. lhpe sent of l2:25-12:54m. W E E D t e s t ing on 1390, I D @ 1:17. Mys- tery, s ta t ion on 1330 (FF?) plahing c l ax, o/al l , & I thought it w s WEND, but apparently s/off @ 1:03, af%er playing two logos with a 'Yellow Bird" melody. No discremble ant9em. Who, pleese? I u s list,ening t 1 a CBS ed i to r ia l on 1390 when boom! 'This i s W, Youngstown, Chio . No warning? no tone, just the I D @ 2. SS on 540, i n louder a t e r I reversed t h e loop and used t h e eight turns for t h e antema. Jock (and even t h e jingles) said (and smg) "Or-iz-on- tay " IDXD l i s t s "R:' Horizonte" HJKA. Same one, huh? b e other SS ~qystery: 620, s/off @ ll:5&pm, mentioned Ssnto Domingo. Totals now 179. 34s.
CHARLES RSI - 34 k r r i s o n Avenue - hmington , Ontario - N ~ H 2 ~ 2 Since last report: 2/4- WR4.l-1190 P.R. W/R. Fbck IDS & U.S. Top
40, 1:07am, mixing W/EIJCV; KGKG940 Ore. r / c + ~ 3:.~%m U/I(IOA. 2/11- KNIE-1530 IJyo. logged for c a l l change o/u KFEK a m . 2/13- US-1560 Md. W / I W / ~ / O C ending @ 3:3am. 2/18- WCJW-1140 N.Y. ET/TT/OC 12:3;Bm; ~nguilla-1505 DX s ta r t ing @ 2:3Qm, bothered by 1500 and 1510 Tlk. 2/25- WKBK-1220 N.H. TEST 12:4%m with only t h e CW I I B =king it; wU~L-1240 A l a . 2:47am w / r r ; KCIS-600 Ariz. s/off 3:07 w/s/off announcement AFTER SSB; KPOF-910 Colo. w/ 'h throu& t h e Night" (religious m3 4:23m i n t h e clear. 2/26- ~BQ-800 Ont . s/off 1:08sm EST, CKIW off u n t i l 3:15. 3/2- m 4 9 0 Tex- hT/rm(/lT/~ 5:18am W/W nulled and o/l.PrnX, no sign of m; WDDY-14s Va. r/c-TT U/WHK 5:3Sm. 3/3- CBt(I-1110 bt. W/CBC NX //- CBC 1:05am ~ / W E off. 3/4- '% Horn Naciomln noted on 930 @ 12:23am, only one l i s ted i s XEXI. K~~PM-1450 TEST not heard and WSAI went off @ 2 when t h e i r DX was EWPosedto s t a r t . CfD-&1P0 i s off AN; s/on i s 6am, s/off i s lamMon-qhu., &.in Fri. & a $ . Not sure of Sunday s/off time. QIII) times a r e EST. 73.
WVE XKblIDl' - 42 Chelwynne Road - Cgstle Hi l l s - New Cgstle. Deb-re - 1Qlm - -.- -,,--
And a m we go with a can of TP. Pepper in one hand.' DX: 2/25- m-1PO-T weak u K a R ~C/CESC/SS ~:08-12:1&m w/all kinds of s tuff . KGMO- 1$50 2:40-2:53:3%m w/m-rr, strong, but fhding deeply. I missed W K ; I thought they were an X) minutes ear l ier , blah. 2 / 6 - WVAB-1550 6:146:31 w/assorted things, daytime r e g u k r hear. 2/27- IJIAN-13% 1:15-1:30pm w / l i t t l e WAMS splash. Wfi reports t o them have m e umnswered, ' turs another t r y and it worked. 3/3 brought WNRV?W PP W/TT O$NOX/VIBD etc. 1:16-1:5aim, doing nicely. 3 R - W E D l390 1:31-1:42 W/W EP ILk every minute or so, WFMH-1460 ~ C / T P l:02-l:l&m, and another t r y at WINE-940, bagged on FT w / r r 2:24-2:32:1%m. F m y thing about WFMH, fellow the% just hlred on t h e ra i l rcad and who i s working with me went t o cdllege a t Cullmsn, and wrs quite shocked when I told him I got it here. He aaid you couldn't hasp them ten miles out of t a m . ~ / l s tack *om WCNX-1150 & WIAN-139, both qui te friendly. WIAN verie, when I mentioned p s t ::ports h a gone umnswered, brought the comment tht it could havetpeen due t o inept secre- t a r i e s of tha t great American rip-off, t h e Post Office. Remember, the 104 you use helps p y the Bges of the I D editor, hi! ~ l l t h e r e s t of t h e s tuff t o Homer. I s Bob Fischer s t i l l around since his move from t h e area7 lhat should do it for now, so 73s.
LEI'S SEE HORE HUSINCS FR€M MORE MEMBEFs! DOUBLe PACE, PLEASE! MUSE!
IIILLANIJRES - 351Union S t ree t - Springfield, fiseachusetts - O m 5 I f reception t h i s past M4 2/25 on t h e auxiliary f loor model RX is
any indication of i t s imense potential, I m y bounce t h e Ze i t h dam t h e steps a m i n t o improve i ts reception. ~ n d then leave it there. B e f loor model gets
a l l so r t s of s p l i t s l ike 1190 860 and 1260 ( s p ~ t s ? ? -EX) which t h e Zenith doesn't get bearuse WSPR's s t icks a r e about 30 say. SUn&y eve 2/&, m m i n g
upforWGARto goawah, WCHEoCWKEa(, msy log6:15-6:28. later on, YVOL-1200 w/
I 1 1 : : 8 WGAR s/off @ 11:59:20. I t r i e d for WERT, but I can't courrt. 'em, even i f it was they with code IDs @ 12:6:45, etc. WKBK's TEST m s in, lot
of Bestles mx, & code IDS a f t e r every song. It took me till l:O3 t o I D them.
'Ihey come i n here be t te r by day! B e y were buried by MW, aCjM & WGAR'S out- bursts. I a t e r QI on 1220, a putent ial goodie which I ' m counting i f it -5 an: WGAR IDed t e s t ing @ 3:03, then, r ight on i t s heels, I h ~ r d a t e s t I D with MIICMI mentioned. Drool. I hope they were appraached by t h e CPC. I couldn't chase than further, because WGAR spi l led i t s Ib a l l over the channel. I a l s o caught
SS w/'kexico" on 1220 @ 3:02. A l I I have i n t h e w y of a foreign log i s eight 1IIXl)s. I s t e s t one shows XEB, Wdio M i l l , on 1000 - who a r e theg? I heard XE@
-1030, R. Centro, 1:5&m. Mystery here - I heard CBS NX on 1560, ?Z, then a guy s/off @ 2:W, no SSB. %id k c k on a t 6. No CBS l i s t e d on. 1560 - help? Totals
r i s e t o s t a g e r i n g 158. {XEVW i s t h e 1560 CBs, Bill! -ERC)
BILI, FAIT - 346 Walworth Wive - Clevelend, Chi0 - 44132 I m s Just reading .''sun, B r t h and Radio" by J. A. h t a i f f e . It's
a good bock for ansvering everything you a l w y s a n t e d t o know about p r o ~ s m t i o n , but were a f r a i d t o ask. Now X' l l list my ILY: Ch 2 1 2 1 ~ nulled WFBL f o r WNlfi;- ~ ~ w / F S ~ a n d l o c a l N X @ 12:3(8m. I h a d a s t r o ~ o p e n i n g t o t h e S on 2 /23xi th Cubans a l l over t h e band including a p a r a l e l l broadcast ki1- ~ ~ 4 7 0 and CBF- 6 9 . C9M-$0 wrs get t ing ruined by XE&. Cn MM 2/25 on 1220 WGAR had an on/off OC w/voice announcements every little while. Under them I heard CHSC l a g e- nough for report w/c/w u n t i l 1:58 when KDFO went over them, giving address i n Xan- aam and requesting W r . A t 2:khm I got an excellent si-1 from KGMO- l 5 p which m s off/on w ~ ~ ~ ; T & jingles, enough for report. YIly dm't some of you propamtion experts out there m t e an a r t i c l e on why shorter skyusve recep- t i o n (around XX) miles) i s so often @ ~ a u l L s b l e ? 73. ( ~ h n k s f o r t h e kind words, Bill! -ERC)
CHRIS I U a S - 89 mund H i l l Rcsd - Fairfield, Connecticut - 06430 This w i l l be my l a s t Musing f o r a while a s I have a few months of
a d i m duty comlng up with t h e A ~ w Signal Corps a t Fort Gordon, Ga. February DX: 2/1- WPEGl250 W. @ 6:45pm s/off. 2/11- W C H G Q ~ ~ TE3T h a r d @ 3:0%m, verie received. WWRGl600 wrs off t h i s AM a l l a r i n g new logging K A T Z - ~ ~ O ~ b. @ 4:Ohm. There %as gRM f r o m Unn W ET & an unID. I thought t h i s unID bad NX, which someone i n 5 X NEWS recently said KATZ had. M 2/B- WTIV-1290 IB. TE3T received OK o/u WKBO rr @ 2:bQsm. W C O U - ~ ~ ~ O Me. qui te easy o/lmped WGBB pest @ 2:46am. MM 2/25- No WBT T'EST nuted here, much too much QFM. CIGSM-1220 Que. logged i n FF @ l2:qam, domimting fYequency. a Unn WKBK TEiT was very d i f f icu l t I heard very l i t t l e besides code IDS. Verie received. C3SS-1220 (unn) noted W/
EX rr programing, s/off 1:03. CXSM went off a b i t later, lesvlng CHSC-1- C/W
EE & XEB-I220 SS, lus intermittqnt WGAR ET. I forgot 2/21 SSS - WRB-560 Md. o / a u @ 6:30pm, sf i f f 6:45 W - 5 6 0 ot. , @ 6:36pm briefly. (T(B h a r d day esr- l i e r a t same time much be t te r but no I D heard t h a t f i r s t day. 2 / n - SSS WBUC- 1460 W.Va. easy @ 7 s/off, a f t e r I noted WSLW-1310 doing well @ s/off - Wggin@; On 1000 hoping t o find KRYZ Fla. I came up instead W/URFM Ky. @ 7:15 s/off. c. I didn't even know they existed, hi. 2/28 SSS- Very good, w/stroag s i p h from EC F h : WO~~-1360 Fla. w/screaminl soul @ 6:44pm on top. ~R@-1060 up-MoR @ 7:11 Pm O/KYW u/het w/mention of Fortune Fone Contest. Unns WWa(-E60 m - 7 9 WLCY- 1380 were a l l qui te domimnt on t h e i r frequencies. EM 3/4 ssw nathine; new here,
WmO-l230 F k . wis on top, & i t ' s been qui te a while since they've nade it thrOuk% t h e QPN here. Cubs-630 seemed off t h i s AM, WPRO on top & MID EE u / t h ~ likely N L . Cuba-640 w s I&C. 73. (The best In t h e S d c e , Chris and we
miss your Musings, which have been among t h e VERY BEST in t h i s section for qui te some time! -ERC)
PmSX "--- 7 :E so m, S&E~VT (NES? AS TO Bmm mm S m NOISE m E T m T. T r ? D T 3 ~ s 17'1lZiY F T 5 r X Y . F'LFiSC PF; SIJP": T9 ITUFL P I C P -
20 Hank Willtinson Jr. - 6620 Beensn Avenue - North Hollywood, h l i f o r n l s
I ret i red from General Wtors on 2/28 a f t e r 255 yesrs. I expect t o resume foreign MW DX fulltime within a few days. I haven't been a t t h e dlals TWY oitm the past tvp years. I have added only foreign verles t o my group since 1%5. I am kvlng t h e HQ-l60 checked over 1% t h i s week. I w i l l pick it Up before the weebend. I hope t o add a Collins 3 9 A or 515 t o my den t h i s seeson. The newer receivers just don't have t h e ' s tuff ' for good for- eign MW DX. &st recent ver ie is from "R. ColoU-1005, Neiva, Colombls, and most recent report i s out t o ZYD65-1180, Rio de Janeiro. Now tha t I h v e t h e time I muld l ike t o offer tqv services t o t h e NRC fo r some ac t iv i ty tha t they f e e l I could or would handle. Please f e e l free t o con tad me. ~ l s o you old- time foreign DXers - l e t ' s hear from you a e i n . 73.
MIKE COLIJXS - A p t . 506 - 600 Asylum Avenue - Hartford, CmecticuL - 06105 Hello a l L WWDJ-90 Hackensack, N.J. has become the la tes t sta-
t ion t o cease & hour brcadcsstimg. WhW now operates S m t o I s m weekdays and 6 t o 1 Sat. & Sun. As with WPEN & WICC, the reason WDJ has shortened i t s hours i s economics, not the enerey cr i s i s . I note someone has applied for 893k a t Saint George i n extreme SW Uteh, proppslng 50kw/10kw D/N. This i s t h e Last of t h e Class 11-A channels which w s available. A l l t h e other channels were taken back in t h e 60s when t h e Class I-As were f i r s t broken d m , & a l l t h e others a r e now in operatian. For some reason, no one applied for 8 9 for almost t en years a f - ter it was assigned t o Utsh. The big news i n h d e l x l l & mdio t h i s yeer i s t h s t the Ios Angeles Dodgers a r e no longer with KFI-640 and a r e switching t o KABC-79 a s t h e i r new flagship. ~ l s o , the Texas Wngers a r e switching from KRLD-J-O~O t o ~mP-820 t h i s yeer. Not too mch W lately, except t o note Sunday 2/24 around 8 pm KOMA wss tear ing up WKIW here in Conn., & a t times nas complehely m top. When K N switched t o i t s Dl, it w s s t i l l noticable underneath. I guess it shows t h a t t h e extreme d i red i -1 gatterns WKl3 & K W and other Class I-B stat ions Use a t night a r e needed. For some reason, W W R L - 6 0 0 N.Y.C. seema subs tan tk l ly Louder i n Conn. a t ni&t, both in Hartford & along t h e ccast. k y b e they h v e al tered t h e i r night p t t e r n . Today (1/8) ( 1 7 -ERC) the new owners assumed con- t r o l of the WIC stat ions i n Hartford, which have been sold by the Travelers In- surance Cofqaqy. W'I~C-1080 & WTIC-FM were sold t o a group haded by WTIC GN konard WtricelLo) fo r $6,000,000. WTIC-TV becomes WFSBJrV & i s now owned by the Washington Post (WOP, WCKY, e t a l ) . Sales pr ice f o r WFSB-3 wns a stagger- ing $34,00,000, a bt of money for a l V stat ion in a c i ty of 150,000.
73s.
J a E. ~ R K I N S - 6137 service s t r e e t - -by, British Columbia - V% 1V7 ~ i ! I just got ng. WKPH and nuted two errors a t f i r s t glance:
WVN i s CFUN and there i s no longer ally h c i f i c Time Zone i n W. The ~ukon/ NWT border divides Yukon Stan&rd Time ( ~ m - 9 ) and Mountain s tan&rd/hy l igh t Savings Time ( ~ q / ~ m - 6 ) . This was changed around 1971. The reason i s be- cause Edmonton supplies most media (e.g. - the N rthern Service i s fed frm Ed- monton cBC) and being on t h e %me time zone mkes l i f e easier - saving special tape delay systems. But things look r m l l y screwy i n Mid-Summer when places l ike Taktoyakt.uk and Inwik - both W of Vancouver - a r e on MrST and the midnight sun effect (trying t o set , but nut qui te mking i t ) occurs around 3 m local time.
JAMES V- RAGAN - 895 Port &labar Boulevard - W h EBy, Florids. - 3 2 9 1 I stayed up MM 2/18 f o r t h e Valley DX Test. I quickly discov-
ered it didn't s t a r t on time a s 1505 m s completely clear without excessive s ide bend spksh* I tuned for other TESTS tkt morning but no luc,, & kept returning t o 1505. Finally @ 2:44 m e Valley w s heard with Surprisingly good signal. I got a good tape and 45 minutes of log on them. I didn't notice t h e low auaio mentioned by 113E. I wen heard them w/my Phillips portable i n f e r r i t e rod an- te-. & 2/25, l is tening on = W/WGPIR supposedly off w s a big disappoint- uent. 1% looks l ike WGAR suspended It3 bblrt continued t o t e s t mking the chamel useless most of the time. (. I could heer R. Quince bmesth them st times sssi* & cau,bnt CW I D for WKBK d 1:q on YET. IJothlng else. f l so heerd were WNEE-- 3.2% h 12:35, R. hp i fa i - l i25 @ 1:23 g o d , almost fc-gdten. T ~ l s o mught IC fo r CE5C-12EQ ?J/c..I oem%f h 1.7::4 P F, s. Ql-ince. "">'= r :?nol2ncM ?.r S-:. .T0hn9 I:& p-!?>?'??.V noJ; j>'\T17:TQ , . . . , c , r - . . ~ . . ' - --
,c '' r . 2" ci' 2 ~ 3 ' ~ to c:le& . . ?c:?icc] Fi3 hqcon. C-A 7' 1 - , 7 i a '~. :I. : :'-':P-i"-CI F 3 i'l - . T-', IT?ciom-?.e- . , . I ? coslcln'-i i I : : , ~~~ . - . - . , . - . i , : , ~ ; t . ; o~ . ' . "~ 7i Ile.rda I dolI.t, be- ! ; e..* y'.. ?xr: e . ~ R- ?T~,c;?- ; ;.>.,= :i.r? C: 7 . ~ 3 - ?. rn:: :;-,?-o-?r P"JL~,T:I t o
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3:3%m1 d m t o 54.0 for W~I,C TEST. %is one hesrd good & got 25 minutes' h g on them. -3 I t r ied t o but found out, l a t e r I had t h e wrong number. OD 3b @ 9pm I Copied WIS-5 5 st. Georges, Grenada brief ly W/BBC World Service NX & having hesvy sidebsnd slop from $0. QI 3/6 1 t r i e d f o r them a @ g b @ SSS about
8pm when I thought 540 slop vould be less. ~ l l I could hear nas ca r r ie r but I
got tentat ive logging of ~ l p ; ~ r i a - 5 3 3 W/M chsnting instead. NO I D h&rd, tho@*
I w i l l kave t o s t ick with th i s one some more. I am working on nly FEP M LOOP
per NRC plans. It i s ready for winding wire now. It i s exsdv same a s t h e
plans except for method of mounting which I believe i s an improvement over t h e o r i g i m l . Looks l ike t h i s was not so short a Muse a f t e r a l l .
RON B. ScHILLER - 1951 N.E. 28 Court - Lighthouse Point - Florida - 33064 Veries: WED-1430 04, WVCF-1480 v/l, WIG-159 returned f/up
with my stamp, WFIV-1080 v/~,cM, bumper stlcker, etc. & said. on 50 katts! when I heard 'ern!, T l ~ c 6 7 5 u / l , HJKA-PO v/l, & WNW-1130 v/q, $/ out of e i&t reports t o N.Y.C. s ta t ions and a l l v/qs. 2/25- RJR-720 strong &:25 but unn. HIn-
Dl0 , s p a n g 6:&-6:43. 2/26, UM XR-550 domirant,? 6. XIZ-730 6:274:41
w/"lnfonras , strong over another SS. TIJc-675 onom om s/on 7-7:31, v / l back
i n nine hys! 2 / a - YsC-101.5 7~18-7:32 "R. ~ n t e m c i o r a l " f a i r & c h r , WFIV- 1080 7:41-7:53 o/u WKW/K~II but no sign of local IUCG on t h e i r might p t t e r n . 2/22, the 1345 SS that i s o 3 e n hmrd s/on @ 6, mybethe Ecmdorisn. 1135 hsd
t h e n; stat ion circa 6:30 hut very wesk. Unn wSUZ-800 boomiw in @ 7. 3/1-
HJZ-900 ?i;~r @ 4:30. 1JnID SS on 375. 3/2, I took a log on WNEW-1130 when I discoverel 1's never verified th.ern, 7:21-7:35, 3/3, a f t e r mny t r i e s , ~ ~ - 8 3 0
s/on @ 7 G; c~ipied for a couple of minutes m y O / W C C O / H ~ B ( t h a d s EX fo r jnfo). 3/4-7 a blank, due t o b e i w i n Houston amin . 3/8, unn WM~-lk60 atop @ 6:15,
f i r s t time h a r d since the 50s back i n R , J . when I heard 'em on s n a r w &ste r s/on 3/9- WFSO-570 6 : 56-7: 10 w/the Cubn off, & o h m . Cuban ETed f o r a
moment but obbviouslJ m s having XR trouble. 3/10- RCEG1-735 "R. Melodla" Quito s / p 6:56, cddlJ, i n b d h - SS & EE, f a i r l y weak. YNP-1115 7:26-7:44 w / l i & t i n
the sky! I enjwed reprints on W e r a g e a n t m s , but unfortunately, t h e only bevemaes on t h i s property a r e Wldweisff and S e a p m ' s Gin. 73. ( 1 ' m with
you, R&! -EX)
KARL JEPER - 109 West White Street - Cbrrollton, Georgia - 30117 Greetings, there! Looks l ike Sprlng i s here t o s tay - with t h e
heat, f l w e s f and streqkers around here, I ' d say t b t ' s very true. Also,
time has been 16mited and not good a v y , so I have been busy- rqyself with some daytime DX, and with some f/ups, both with good resul ts . F i r s t , though, DX
since 2/25: 2 / a - MT-$0 w/excellent si-1 @ 7:42-7:45 w/c/w & s/off. 1/39 I sent report toWOKK-910 eventhou* I k v e v / q fromoldWCOC-910. I n s busy
3/4 with some SW, h e n 1510 opened up & I got three new ones U/WIAC: K4GY @ 8:59 a m w/c/w, W m poor o 9:36 & WWL @ 3:40 w/~lack m. 3/6- WEMR-1460 @ w%X-1460 f i & t , j j it out @ 7:2Opm, a l so I h a r d an FF, CJE-860 for taped report, a s 05' i s bad anywsy, hi . F iml ly , 3/10-11 I used my AM-M RX & got W - u W uhich I h a d never h e a r d cn t h e DX-120. Anpray, back t o the f/ups I msntioned: 80, m-1070, KHCW-639 & WM%-B8O (w/new address, Eox 2056, Mephis Tenn. 381017 a l l received. I am s t i l l m i t i n e on WESJ-910, ' GTO-540, ~m-880, h'HIE-1320, KFII-1330. Other veries received: v/c- Wax-1570 WIN-1010, WE9C-1500, 1cxa~1360. ( v /~ , no? - m ~ ) v/l- \,FIB-710 W i t I 6 0 0 WIPH-1480 ~ C H I r v 6 0 for TEST 2/11, Wm- 1480 & nice v / l f rm WYLQ.540-TEST. I w i l l be re-enteriw West Ga. College 3/25 so I imgine DX time w i l l be more limited. 73s u n t i l next time.
TOM McCORM4CK - 275 Li t t le ton Street - West h f h y e t t e , India= - 47905 Hi gang! Recent veries i n here from: v / ~ - CJRP-1060 KM-1520
CTRS-1510 XERF-1570 XEROK- & m-1050. v/f- CK4C-730 & KGMO-1550. ~ / l - mK-1600 CHNO-90 (old repor ) & WAM-1430 ( ~ c p 3 r nice) a
Reports off to: WPIT
KWH KtXZ KCLU ICTUI N C KYAL CRWO WSAM wLTC wQTW WWR W m KTLD WYTI WTRB WGHC KKEY WJJT WIXC (~enn . #118 here) WSSA YLEY KTLQ WYNK h W O WSJS (in @ %m EDT on w!) (GW?? George Washingtm's birth&y?? -ERC) And 50 f/ups, too. = s t Of DX t o a l l - things hav been d i s m l here. 73s.
WE WAITT M C E OF YOU TO PARTI~PATE I N THIS SM;TION! CCME ON - LEI' THE REST OF US K N ~ WHAT YOU ARE HFAWJG RND WKEN YOU ARE H F A ~ G IT, my BY MY, HOUR BY HOUR! D ~ D L . I N c ~ KERE ARE T H U E ~ Y S . m FEILES ARE SIMPLE , TRY TO S ~ C K TO 20 LINES, AND DOLTBLE SACE, AND DCEJ'T INCUJDE VWIE SIGNEX' N A M E IN THE MUSINGS!
22 R U i MEEDEN - 7 maeberry H i l l - Groveland, Massachusetts - 01834
el lo! It has been q u i t e a long time s ince I l a s t wrote t o Musings. Up un t i l last Thnksgiving I was a t t end ing school d m i n W. Va. For t h e months of Dec. Jan. & Feb. I was studying over i n Austria which turned oub t o be a great experience. I l i s t ened t o q u i t e a b i t of r ad io over t h e r e and had t h e pleasure of v i s i t i n g a t least two radio s ta t ions . I was impressed with t h e (X1F s tudio Bn Salzburg, Austria. I toured t h e s t a t i o n and vss t r a s t e d t o t h e bes t of treatment. They plahed t apes for Be from a l l of t h e t h r e e h l z b u r g s ta t ions . I a l s o got up t o Luxembourg and v i s i t e d t h e i r s ta t ion. I a s glad t o come home t o ve r i e s f r o m t h e new call WWEL i n Medford, h s s . on 1430. WGTR promptly ver i f ied f o r 1060, t h e new s t a t i o n i n Natick, h s s . WWRL-fiOO i n Woodside, N.Y. f i n s l l y csme through with a v e r l e *om 2/72. Way-980, B k H i l l , W. Va. a l s o ver i f ied . I did not ver i fy s t a t i o n s while in Austria f o r lack o f t ime and a m d i o t h a t was hlf decent. While dow! i n W. ira. a t school, of course I wrote t o a l l of t h e l o c a l s t a t ions p lus new ones but the v e r i f i c a t i o n f h t e was only about 5 6 . up repor ts should t a k e ca re of some of those. I'll be heading cut t o S a l t Iake City i n t h e middle of bhrch t o l i v e out t he re f o r a while and possibly look i n t o some schools. While a t gome here for t h e break I've been working f o r Stan Morss so he has been keeping me up on a l l of t h e radio news. I was glad t o nake a t l a s s t one thy of t h e Convention i n Boston, but school stopped me from mking any more. I hsd a f i n e time while I was t h e r e though. See you in COO= country.
BIIL MDRES - 351 Union S t r ee t - Springfield, ~ s s a c h u s e t t s - 01105 M 3/11 was more aggnivating than prof i table , but it '11 do. I
didn't hear t h e 1560 TEsT because I nade t h e mistake of tuning by 1370, which spems these mla thon unID a s . Sure enough, t h e r e was a TT t h a t b w n @ 12:55, a s i l e d r i g h t through WDE~/WFW s /o f f s Q 1:03 (we used t o th ink t h a t WDE4 was a np r th -dm i n I'bY.C.) and* 2$ p g e s of various tone logging8 and almost a n hour & P h L P h t e r , they IDed a s W W , Grayson, Ky. I s a t t h e r e f o r t h a t time, be- cause, i n recent yeers, WOTRW. & WJUS Va. were logged a f t e r t hese t i t a n i c strug- gles and t m e s t h a t most p e q l e only hear a t t h e aft b a r d . Af t e r a v h i l e it became a natter of pride. WJEJ is A e m 1240, l o g correction. Led Zeppelin mx on 10'70 @ 3 : s o/everything. I had a n idea t h i s m s WFTL, because t h e last time I heard them, they t e s t e d with t h e Bob Seger System. What I was more concerned wlth u r s t h e AN TT show u / k d Zeppelin, which tu rns out t o be WINA Va. I su re wish t h a t when I ' m in B.Y.C. they'd be AN w/TT show - a l l I ge t t h e r e i s WISC & SS. I d m ' t wen ge t WFLI. Question: Who ETed m 1320 O/WICPQ 2:25-2:30 with The Test Tone Record? They cut power or something a t 2:30 & I didn't hear them a f t e r tht We g W would cc?ne on $from t h e record) and my 'Now, 8,000 cycles " an , sure enough, t h e r e u r s a n 8,000 cycle tone. He announced thetones from 15,000 t o 50 cycles. Who was n e r on 1250 O/CAUO e) 2:50-3:02? Question: Hcw Car n hss WWE been heard? Tota ls now a t 1%/1 - KHFI s en t a verie. 34.9.
WIUDW M. E(IAZEX - 2716 Bellbrook S t r e e t - Hi l l c re s t Hieghts, &lylsnd - 20031 Since I haven't Mused f o r a couple i ssues , I guess I'll have
t o go t o mifl-Feb. w / s m e admittedly old DX; of which, a few of t h e b e t t e r m t d i e s include: 2/12- m-880 Neb. heerd @ 7:50prn w/&m & Wnch Forum and men- t i o n of p s t t a change @ 8pm. at m c h DX involved, really. ~ u s t loop t o t h e w after WWJ s / o ~ f , see if there ' s anybody ~/WCES, & w a i t a s t h e sun sinks slowly %o t h e West. 2 / a brought muchlanted M-119 cm r/c, and a su r i s e i n WMIB-:OW Mi&. t e s t t u g @ 4:Ohm. 2/22- WF4Q-793 Wis. i n @ 7:18pm w z o , then gone. 6C TEST6 h=rd on 2/25 included WEKT-1220 0. @ 12:0%m, WKlK-1220 N.R. @ l:lO, & W Y I D . ~ ~ Wis @ 3:2%m. Also h m r d was Knhh-lC60 Ta. i n - l i k e a - l o m i w/r/c 2-2:0%m. 2/26, f o r s a w reason I was s i t t i % on C'; and 10, a m e KCRM G n . @ 7:3lpo Pc KC~E* A?<. w/s/off 5 7:45. 1 t r i e d e60 s m i n on e / g & t h e r e vrs W F I I ( T ~ / ; ~ A h - w/s/ofl. 2/* bbrml&t no s i p of WWR, s o I a u & t ETZ-US Ga. @ 7s 17pn Pc W D A B - . ~ B GA. w/s/off O 7:30. WRTx a u g h t with t a p e recorcler d m y so no r~nor".. 0 1 h . e of Tr s m f t e r moves. ~ l l -h all, F-b. a s g o d a wnth R S I ' ve hR$. :qt~: : l - !r X C O Q ~ ~ j u s t (jet s-bo&y t o answer
r ~ o r t s --- Spmking of report.6.. those *LO d ld rspLy recent ly include: v/r W W - I - S ~ . v/f- kPEV-750. v / ~ - w % I ' ~ ~ W VC;C-2.590 W A D O - ~ O . v/l- ma $9-1550 WIO(R-15kC V Y ' A ~ O WE?Q-?!?~ wTI-~~! IkT-$O EQI-1470 ~ m - 1 0 6 0 mm -iF;O W M - $ ~ !dREC-3.~~Cl \W3r(-.1220 b'DJH-1470 !MY-1150 & WA~-1480. 73s.
SAM fin$^^ - 900 xrkvood Highway - A@. D.6 - Narark, ela aware - 19711 ... 1 sn much DX around here l a t e l y I 'll have t o leave s l o t of it a;. -- -~
out. 2/4- Xwx-5~o i n s t rong @ l a m w/semi-cl mx & mentions of Mexico. CKK-590 v/pap g1:05. 2/6- FFmB12:43am on " C H G B ~ ~ ~ ~ F t L " w / ~ ~ ~ ~ u n d e r w / t a l k . A t l a m a lucky mtch, KIW, Waterloo, h. I D repeated rice, then NX & fade, on 1330. 2/11- nt 1 ~ 3 9 on %Or r e l ig ion program " ~ o d ' s News M i n d t h e News", I D @ 1:59 a s XD40, t h e Voice of Inspira t ion, on t h e West Const. 2/18- 1:37, WPDX TFST w/in-
s tant Emmped unID SS W / S I D ~ & .'.as i n t u r n wiped out by WSB @ 1:50. I went for t h e next hour: WLFH-1230 ET, WGBB/WSSV-1240 w/rr. WWCO-1240
$ 2 t o . $ 2 5 - h WGAR SP: L*SC W/C/W, WE~~T-TET heard f l i n t v w/one I ID @ 12:&. 12:40 saw Wk?lK in wel l v / r r CE & Ilk. &:30 1 t r i e d f o r \JKZO DX,
but h a r d WCM EX instead on 5 ~ . 3/1+- YVMX-10s fight ing unID ss @ 12:3%m. This one h d s l w , mostly IA m, W/EST o r CUT TC. I D , I th ink, m s "bda ---It.
Help? Also @ 1:55 0" 1330, unID SS W/IA mx w/heavy b a t & TCs one hour behind EM', mybe IS l i k e XE(?Y1s. A t 2:35, Wi'RX-1330 i n w/ET. 3/5- 7 : k m saw WSUF-
4 1580 a lone w/c/w, jus t before w E C s / m . 7:30, WASP w/c/w u/WNm-1130- 3/6- KCTA-1030 O/WBZ @ 7:3Qm, w/evanzelical program. 3/9- WWK-540 u i~Ed4 Q 2:03m. 3/10- a m , \ ~ E ~ ? E / w R x - ~ ~ o o i n SFB3 SP, e l s o a t a l k show w/YL host , ideas? (shame on you, Sam, h i -ERC) 3/11- W K B I off! A t 2:41, so heard. 2:45, KFBK- 1530 W/CE FIX 8: rr. 14.MY-1550 i n w / r r @ 3'05. 4:593m, WOW-1550. krn, very m i n t unID SS on 15/30 w / m . My t o t a l s now (in Dcl.) 363, 34, 4, & 11. These
a r e h e r d ; I s t i l l don't v e r i o , a.lthough I t ape rqy DX now. i3y t h e lay, Bfucc bomer's unID-1220 i n 1/8 Muse i s m;CJ f o r sure! 73s.
JlIli POl'ERl& - $9 aueens D i v e - Yardley, Pennsylvania - 19067 another b r i e f Muse! I n t e s t IX f a i r b good, w/a couple of ncw ones
added i n t h e p r s t two weeks. 2/27- WRHC-1550 log-ed f o r c a l l c h s q e a t s /off ; suspected 161"-1140 s /off 7:5 prn on 3/2- GI SM 3'33 wYNG-1300 noted m y u /mr - r i e r of l oca l {VITJJ (rno hadn't begunprogmming ye t j . And f i r r r l ly , m3/11, t h e WSHY-1560 TEST was noted with f a i r s t r e w h and CW IN, with t h e hN~R480 r / c noted too. Quite 3, few ve r i e s have come h c k of l a t e - hxembourE-1439, CI-1- 910 CXPT-1420 WtSHC-1550 (says that e f f e c t i v e pa re r of b y - l o a t e d XR i s about 40,000r.r!) No winder they ge t up t h i s r a y s o well! Wi'IV-1230 (for TEST, Ex. # 100 veried), WYLO-540 TEST. The code I D S on low-power DX TETs h t e v a r e r ea l -
,great; ne i the r WSHY now WYLO would've been IDed without them. 73s till next.
E ~ E S T R. CCOPER - 438 % s t 21 S t r ee t - B r r i e r Route 5G - Drooklyn, N.Y. 11226 Veries from WM.IM00-1550 (Ah. #102) end HRHC-1550 ( F b . #177), )
both v / l W / C M ~ . Some more tw i l igh t DX l a t e l y with t h e buzz from next door not so t ed f o r some reason l a t e l y . 3/7- Wn '.17Ui'J-1150 l i k e a l o o l l g 6:flpm. 3/9- I lobked f o r r / c of WGIK-1550; not heard, 5:30-5:45. EX, 1150 a@in , t h i s t ime unn CISJ r a r i n g i n g 6:04prn, almost i n t h e c l e a r l i k e h'RUhT m s two n i&ts ago. I w3s lmkingfor'rlSKW, Me., not heard ye t . Amzing C X f o r t h i s l a t e i n t h e :q<nter a t 10:lbrnJ cn 1550, looking f o r WKOJ?, ex-ImZ, Kingston, !JOY., & I g& two s t a t ions , one with a chi ldren 's stor?/ being to ld by a lady, and t h e o the r w/ >ill;. G r a h a m . ?he former went unIn, but t h e l a t t e r , ?e~.lI.y floored me, a s it was WXV.3, C h r l e s Town, ;i.V4., unr, though, but c e r t a i n b in teres t ing. U s u a l b i t ' s ~D(T/WKOT i n midday here. C n 1"t.I 3/11, extremely wenk TPs, up & down, on 1$O, pnssibly t h e \.ISITY TST, but nr, I D S heard, CW c r otherwise. I tuned i n @
'i 1:34 8: stayed till 1:58. Thcy're e e t t i x a t e n t e t i v e - On 15X), no \mJ, but KCNpi. (a a r b o n copy of t h e ~ u f f a l n n i a n ) and a 'IT@ there . And wowwee, l m d s of A I ~ locals were cff today! ~ ~ ~ - 8 8 0 , ~,m'iS-lOlO, \fl.IDS-970, WJ-1050, a l s o
! WCSU-1210. 'IWIkrs on 1 6 0 , 1330, 1 0 9 , 1400, much of AM. CJm-1060 seemed hff to39 anci c l m (piano) h s r d t h e r e 3:453my e i t h e r Di53 o r a Cdstro Cmvertible. I o o k i w f o r WY-15-00 (oh you dreamer, ERC) 6 4204, no luck, natch, b h a TIkr t h e r e - ?hen An rr on 10f30 held ny a t t e n t i o n and it turned ult t o be o n b WNOE. Dro more TT fk.quencies were 11p @ 4:21, and 740 @ 3:at. I t r i e d t o get a log qn Cucuta-Dw but they weren't s t rong enou~h , and neit i ler wzs I, h i . I looked hard 880 ro r KqTt, whom =fd1,j bc on with a DX next t ime CCE : ~ s off, but m:i, Uloj weren't there . 1310, 1440, 1460, sound a l o t b e t t e r t hese MMs - mybe tP" Crux h s bee11 reeched, and t h e .;?,I7 s i t c a t i o n i s taper ing off?? CW'(.
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