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4!5 SOUTH i iTH ST. R . D. I . 325 SHIRLEY AYE. 438 EAST 2151 ST. WhMi iTON. OHSO NORTH G I R A P O . PA. BUFFnLO 15. N . Y . BWOOKLYN 26. N. Y .

WEEKLY DURING D X S E A S O N - 5 3 . 0 0 Y E A R - - 3 A 155UES

Volume 18- Number 34 Our 18th Year August 16&=- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - FORRVRRt*; - - - -- . - - - . . ,

"AS long a s I t m s t i l l i n t h i s viZrTcf-'I-bTl'Teve I t 1 1 always be a member of the NRC- it i s one g r e a t teaml" S/S& Fred A . ~ n d e r s o n ( i n Japap)

NEIV MEMBER: : : K.F. Borden, Box 804, Ponca C i t y , Olrla. Vielcome, howcs Hanl: Ward, good compet i t ion?

RFTTBfi!ALS : From Elwood Bo~owski and our co-host a t the anling Convent ion, Joe P e l l e t i e r .

APOLOC-SES - - -- a r e extended t o a l l you good niembers @%; have d o u b t l e s s been vmndering what happened t o t h e A u g ~ ~ s t 4 t h b u l l e t i n . This i s f i n a l l y it. It seemed t h a t August 4th was a l i t t l e t o c l o s e t o t h e mai l ing d a t e of t h e Ju ly b u l l e t i n and Dick Cooper d i d not have many r e p l i e s i n a t . t h a t t i m e so we t h o t it b e s t t o wa i t a w h i l e longer. Also, your p u b l i s h e r is very g r a t e f u l t o a l l of you f o r being so c o n s i d e r a t e of me dur ing thdse surimier months ahen t h e bu1lei;j.n i s r e a l l y a. chore , due t o t h e 101% day l igh t hours a ~ d t h e r lu l t i t ude of t h i n g s t o be done dur ing t h o s e hours. Expect t o be on t ime from next i s s u e t o next sun;- mer.

THE 1951 C OTJVEKT ION A phone c a l l l a s t n i t e from Dick Cooper(at midnite,no l e s s ) gave me' t h e news up t o t h e moment. Expected a t t endance i s lower t h a n we hoper? but s e v e r e l new f a c e s w i l l be seen and we hope more w i l l dec ide t o cove: a f t e r they read t h i s . Dick says t h e Saturday n i t e Bul l and. v e r i e viewing se s s ion w i l l t a k e p l ace a t Itis p l ace , 414 North ~ ~ e . ( n o maps needed, everyone ' i n K i t t a n n i n g knows where 014 North Ave. i s ) . On Sunday, o u r annual banquet sill be he ld . The p l ace is no t y e t p icke2 , but from i n q u i r i e s Dlck has made, a good chicken d inner can be had f c ~ $2.00 a t sevex3al p l aces and it a l l depends on the s i z e of t h e crowd where it w i l l be held . Dick says t h a t so f a r only one person h a s s e ~ t i n money f o r t h e meal, w e l l , we haven ' t s a i d anything about money up t o now. Soo, if you a r e planning on t a k i n g i n both a f f a i r s , t h e Sas n i t e a f f a i r a t Dicks and t h e Sunday banguet, send Dick $3.00 now, if you can make only t h e banquet, send $2.50, Send it now. Dick a l s o s t a t e s t h a t if you come by t r a i n , t a k e the Ritchey Transpor t a t ion Coo bus from ,Dittsburgh t o Kit tanning. Here a re names and addresses of t h o s e coming, perhaps you w i l l see. someone on your r o u t e you can makc? i.he t r i p w i t h . Bob Brown, 721 So. 9 t h S t , Goshen, Ind.(Don Kaskey-nat. Fat H e i l l e y , l l I r v i n e Place , Jame S ~ O Y V T ? , IE. S.l~V.Sulliv?n ,Southview Xrive, RD 2 , Br idgevi l le ,Pa . C.B Gonley,358 Market S t . Lemoyne, Pa. Fred VanVoorliees, 28 S. 26 th S t . C:!,;np R i l l , Pa. E.R.Cooper, 438 E. 21s t S t . Brooklyn, 26, bT. Steve l a n n , 125 Nard S t , Westbury, L.I. Hew York, Warren Routzahn 231 Soutn West S t . York, Penna. C a r r o l l Beyrich (XRRC ED) 2800 Alden Rd, Yarkv i l l e 14 , Md. S id Rosenbaum, 906 Market S t . Wheeling, W.Va. Ralph Johnnns, 64 E. Huron S t , Buff?.!: 5, N.Y. Robert Spencer, 52 F i f t h S t , \:.foodlawn, Buffalo 19 , N.Y. ar?cl of course C a r r o l l Se th and me from up he re on Lake E r i e , How about i:

a r e l o t s of you i n t h i s a r e a we would l i k e t o v i s i t with.

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850 VIHDH Andy L a May, C. E, 1280 CiSAT Grdy Cole, Jrj, Announcer 970 WICA Walter V. T!alrath. ilnr. 1290 KHSL Russell Poae. C. E. . - - . 980 WCAP Walker H. hferritt , Jr. LEE' &%#b&b Edgar E. Barton, C.E.

1010 WZ5l Fil l iam G. I!Iitchell, C.E. 1320 ITAN K s n Dolan, C. E. KIhD J. L. Teats, C. 3. 1343 FMTE Edwin J. Powell, Ngr. & C.E.

1050 XVLC Dale Mahwin, C. 2. 1420 WJB H. Vlilliam Koster, Gen. Mgr. 1090 W E E Lsrobert E. Beeuwkes, V. P. KEY Willim Bland, Jr. 1140 KGEM l':iilo Peterson, IJgr. 1440 CKXO Rene Riel S.?i. f o r W.RobeftsCE 1230 KCON Eoe Ge~e Roberts, Announcer BGGB Rev. John W. Norris, O;.x.&Dir.

KRAI Robert L. i!icCarty 1450 EhBL S. Smith, C. E . XGON Edward Saxe, Jr. D i r . of Eng. 1460 WAF8 Grace I~&&lveen, ~ e c y , Bookkpr. WSBB Rolan3. Jordan, Jr., C.E. 1550 KSiO D. 3'. Fhriska, C. E.

1270 WAIN Herbert L. Arms, tigr. 1600 WJEO C. 2;. ihniszas CHnEGE_S-IE 2TAmTLOX QA2AA--FECC -

I@;!-S~T~O~S- ) Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua 500 D-1 1370 Canden, Arkansas 1,000 D-1

UYI ) Ciudad Delicias, ChiWhua 25C~U-1 1380 Malvern; Wkansas -l,*00 D-1 Pozs Rica, Veraclvz 250 U-1 1470 Nashville, Tennessee 1,000 D-1

1570 Latrobe. Penns~lvania 250 D-1

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C&I.L_S-ASS~G&Zg , Q-T!@BS- Xe tchikan, ~ l a s k a Aurora Broadcasters, Inc. 1000-500 U-1 Ciudad Delicias , Ci~i'nuahua ~ e 0 D-1 Wheat land. Wyoming TJilliam C . Grove 1,000 D-1 Jackson, k i c k & , Inc. 1,000 U-4 Aiken, South C ~ r o l i n a Aiken Electronics Advertising Corp. 1000 D l Ciudad Dalicias, ChLhu&bua 250 U-1 Poza Rica, Veracruz 250 U-1 Llxion, Alabasr,a Nee l y Broadcasting Company 1,000 D-1 Xingspor t, 5nnessee Sullivan County Broadcasting Co . 1,000 D-1 Rapid City, South Dakota Iieart of the Black Hi l l s Station 250 U-1 Eortland, Ore. Broadcasters Oregon, Ltd. 1,000 D-1 Ottawa, I l l i n o i s Carl H. Iileyer 500 D-1 Plontivideo, P.limesota i\hidtvest Broadcasting Compaqy 100 U-1 Latrobe, Pennsylvmia Clearfield Broadcasters, Inc. 250 D-1

_C@L CHANGES Binning&, Ala. f r . TIICAX. 1370 TI L C M h c a s t e r , S.C. from WMP

D&IZ-Tn,- - Beckley, West Virginia 1400 VI H 0 U Houlton, IvIaine

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.~Q~PJ~Y=PO_I;,&R~II~~~S~ 820 X E F R C6rdoba,~ Verazruz, t o 1,000 D, from 680 kc/s.

' Y Brownfield, Texas, to 1,003 D, f 0 k ~ l s . , 250 D. i E Asileville, blorti Carolina, to 15, 00 U-2, from 1230 kc,s . , 250 U. 1 Z Zarephath, Xew Jersey, to 5,000 m 5,000-1,000. 5-4 ( S-mNX) .

T@sE-@v&I.I 100 EAxla- 1240 W K L RCEi.: - YGBB - B~SDP.. 1340 - :DGT - T!W. 1400 - XTIZC. (cancel 250)

@A.@-SLNCE LAST-I SSU3 : once, P.X. (&om 1370) Cclm$ia, Kentucky

Beckley, V.Va ( f r m 1450) ki i ton, Kentucky RBleigh NC (10000-5000 G4) 1340 San L. Obispo ( f r . XI:INS) McAllister, Ok ( f r . 1420) 1310. Keokuk, Ia. (1000-500) .-- Albuquerque, NM ( f r 1450) 1410 Boc.rling Green Ey (fr 1340)

12GO K V! S H Wevioka, Ok. (from XSMI, Ser;.iimle) 1 Providence, R . I . ( f r WCI) WATCH FOR 1260, 1{?\D:T, Portsmout:~, 0. )) ~ a f a y e t t e , La. (from 1390)

#&#!##-Pgte_ Je&obsgn---2_1? S.-Pgr&l&n& = Higne_a~o&i& (conc. f r . l a s t issue) HJDK. Meddelin. Colombia. 770-10000. a wonderful catc .h becau

.ys very , . i t i s on a local f req, It m i k e s i t evsn more in te res t ing to me a s I am alwa

interested i n s t s t i ons that a r e on 1@ls. freqs. fegardless of distance of stacion. KLOU Lake Charles, La. 1530-1000-CBS, QSL f o r 4/7/51 1 AN. WKOX Framingham, T~Bss.ll9C 1000 WhN whether f u l l time I do not - I doubt it. Postcard f o r DX 3/19. KFH Trichita, IIans. 1330-5000-cbs, is Kansas' only f u l l time CBS a f f i l i a t e d s ta t ion. QSL for 4/13/51. I can even :?ear XFH under TJLOL here i n $! innea,ol is at night.

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l i n i t ed a b i t since last report. Since June 25 I have once, so not too many have been added. One good thing however i s the f a c t t h a t I logged 9 new Stations on a t r i p through northern Minnesota from Juqe 19-a . Warmer WX haa brought the sumxer static i n f u l l and DX i s at tb season low, I guese. New s tat ions heard ~ T ~ I v : WSAU (1409) Wausau, F'lis., f/c-TT reg, 1:05-1:15; WATC (9901, Gwlord, Nich., reg f /c-TT 1:30-1:46; TJIIWS (l260) Chattanooga, Tenn,; ET 2:22-3304, TELJ (990) Sparta, IJis., ST 2:12-43:QO. These were a l l heard on Monday June 11. On 5/13 I heard rJPD (1240) Iskpeming, i%Iich. f/c-TT reg. 2:15-2:29; WOO (1230) Sml te Ste. i.iarie, i%ich., :eg f /c-TT 2 336-2 :45; ICRLIi (1323) Waht Ridge, ArE., ET 3:03 on;

. .On 6 / 1 ~ ~ - ~ ~ v m ~ ~ l + 9 0 ~ ~ F ~ i r i n o n t , Ti. Va., r g. f /c -TT 1:45-2 : 01, verie says 1 :30-2 :30 i 6/?16- IfSM (1230) O@lousas, La., 1:55-2:10 TT reg. f ic. On t:le t r i p through iVlim pesota I &e.&&d.-the following fro= 6/19-23 - VJPBC (980) Ninneapolis, Minn., IIFAId ( l a S-, IIinn., X3VD (9201, Wadenal XFJii (14PO) Grand Forks, N.D., CIIFI (1340) Ft. Frances Ont., WD32 (710) Superior, Wis., TCFG, (UaO), Hibbing, Minn., CKSE (1250)

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St. Boniface, Man., FEE (1400) Virginia, Kin2,. - T'en on 7/7 I he& 3 more: XLFY (1420) ; Lafayette, La. m/c 2:00-3:00; TIDXE (1370) W~renceburg, Tenn., ET 2:47 on; WSTR (1460). Sturgis, Mich., ET 2:25-3:OO: %is makes my heard log rise to 1482. I n varies I haw noT;{ 1033, a big 30 ma-e since last rep&rt. Carde from KEOD (6001, KUBC. (1260) a duplicate, V ? = U (9901, Verified i n 4 days ; KRGV (l290), KROX ( ~ 6 0 ) a beauty, VfSOO (1230) ; leWers from KG@:{ ( l i40) , v/s is Milo Peterson, Xgr., DRS (15901, NICA. (9701, Walter PI. Falrath, ?.:;.r., PiBnC (1340), WDPE (l240), WVR (14901, VlhNE (13601, KOOK (9701, lJSAU (1400). KOTiB (1340), D T H (1370), XSLO (m, WA!K (9001, m.ms (12901, XCON (=so), EAUS ( l ~ o ) , msIx (9r30), ~ L D (goo), ICFAI~ (14501, KGDE (12301, RJAD (9201, T?7JPi3 (12401, m I S (900). PRFX (1080). KROX (12601, R.GG #RI (1240). A s you probably notice, I have a m ~ b e r from Minnes-Jta verified. I sent reports to lLGUS (1430), E:!IA..: (13401, EEXD (WO), WPBC (9801, KLTF (9601, 2SDN (930), RFAM (14501, RmAD (9201, KGDE (L?30), ELI2 (1400), YaOX (1260), KBUN (14501, ICFJl'i - (1440), CmI (1340), mD3i (7101, FJffFG,,(l240) ., WREX ( 1 0 ~ 0 ) ~ CJRL (L220), KTRF (1230: CKSB (12501, mBC (13201, WIZR (1409). FibB-$l?is l is t I sholild obtain a number of veries from the X o r t & ~ , S t a t a s .rtlld Cmada. ('I hope.) Sone f / c s are WDmXr s net! f /c second Tues., 1:15-1:30; KOOK (9701, f~c2&&'&:0&4:15 2nd Friday; KGDE (1230) f /C i q 4:OO-4:15 2nd F r i d a y , h ~ E f 3 % ; Z:OVIB ( ~ 0 ) i s f i r s t Thursday 3:15-3130; RmAI (920) 2s 3rd Friday 1:OO-2:OO; m!Y@ (2401, KIPIS (900) Ei?Ai\I (1450) a l l chsck &ring regplar schedule. By the may, many tharks to Joe Gene Roberts for sending up tha t l e t t e r of v0ri:ication. I surely appraciate yow: help. JacB MadisQn i s noj longer at KLW so # don't use his name f o r a signer l ike I diQ. Cuess tha t ' s all f o r th is month. 73s.

@lISgein,-4g2-Sutieg Stgelef?t---@n-F~+c&sgoL W f o g n g - - Well, gag, I thought I .mizht drop a fe?: l ines to wish you a l l a wonderfbl time at the Convention. I only lvish I wasn' .G 3,000 m i l z s away, come Labor Day. I haw beer. working 54 hours a ?$eels, hence have ;had l i t t l e t im f o r DXing. However, since last notice, have received w r i e s f r m XSPA 12iI&S VIPDQ 3GI KILA 23% YVKC HCJB KVEN 2NU 3YC BED-2. ?ha l a t t e r was heard f o r ten iniii~j.tes lest winter. Was afra id it night be 81Commien China, but m a s very :hap= to recaive a QSL fron Taivran (Fomosa), giving n o my 19th country o a r i s i d during t!s past DX soason. Was sorry to lose as a neighbor Jim Critchett, but he has used up a i l h i s excuses for not hearingWTOP. Say Jim, I guess you can b lme i t on a strong wind. blorfing Lo8 Angeles fog into San Diego, hi! I have received several l e t t e r s frm: E I ~ S ~ ~ . F. Anderson, now i n Japan. Let's hope tha t next Labor Day W i l l f i nd Fred ~ n d a l l our "National Radio Club Almed Forcr Boys" chewing the f a t with you f e l l o r ~ s in Buffalo!. -st, but not l e a s t , thanks to a l l wlm elected me a Board l!ienber. I hose I can do as f ine a job as last yaar"8. of f icers , and be as enthusiagtic as some o f our "Veteran Board Eanbers" who vdluntar- i l y stepped out of competition, so t:-t young fellows like myself could take mir places. To a l l of you - 73s. . .

THIS IS TIIE LAST ISQ,UE OF "DX NEOISn llEFORT TKE KITTANNING CO~WEX~I'IO~T.' THE ImXT ISSUE: I'lILL BF D A m SEPTE!iR 1. IF YOU dRE COh41,XG TO THE CONVEN!FION, DEW H A R O ~ WAGNER A CAPS A~LU TELL HIM, AND HE vrILL BRING YOUK COPY ALONG FOR YOU TO BUD AT T E BIG COli@XiTION. LZTI S ALL TRY TO I(EBRE IT TMS YEAR AlD HAVE A GREAT !FII.iE I N PETIU.!

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FRn, A .-&dgrgo_n 2 ZZgth S-igngl-Oeezaiions :o,, -Snaai , -J%2hI 2/4/51- Box, is i t hot out t h i s war! Ofl y e l l - it i s only a lu l l before the storm. Ilate i s o n her way. (The nzme of t i e typhoon that should h i t u s before the morning.) Ofl well , w i l l joys never oease! Yep, I am winding up 1~ D:: again, moving back to Korea. Only t h i s time i t ' s not to f i gh t , but to R-9-T-A-T-E back to the good old USA. Gosh I've been out of c i r c u l a t i o ~ so long I vionder what i t v i i l l he l ike t o walk into any bar one chooses and get a cold brew. (1 t l s xondarful, Andy, h i -Ed.) Hey Len, take notice, a s Dubuque i s a 3-day stop f o r ne. E q e o t t o be back i n Frisco within the next month, a ~ d a f t e r a 60-day furlough and a t o u s of the US, I expect to be assi-d to A.F.R.S., Los Angeles. If I can get i t - i f not, cvell, any place w i l l do, as long a s it a in ' t i n Texas. DX here i n Sendai i s f a i r . I have an antenna pointing N-S. It gives be t t e r reception f o r the d~.~?n-uiier stz,tions, of vi3ich I am very much a f t e r . Only chance h guess I' 11 ever have t o get than is nov. 16 l e t t e r s out now to AUU- t r a l i a , New Zealand, and Indonesia. 3 0-0.2 to the Philippines, and i f they come i n w i l l make a t o t a l of 12 veries frorn the Islaads. Also, v j i l l somebody give me some info? There i a a s t a t i on i n Manila 7vhic:i :has rea l ly got t h i s guy confused. I would swear i t was an Aussie. It operates 0.n 650 1rc:s. But a s they announce Manila a l l the time, I don't know. Have the British got a s t a t i on there - I d idnl t , even know they had any occupational forces there. Recent veries from the Philippines me: DZST - 860 - M a ~ i a l , sme s t a t i on as DZA3, a lso verified. WVlXA, 1300, A.F.R.S., Clark Field, Luzon; DZBU, l.250, Cehz Cibj. Recent veries i n from Australia and N& Zealand are: 2YC, 660, Wellington, Z1.Z. I guess that i s the only one I got i n since my l a s t to you. Now f o r the record, AFRS, Sendai, i snow on 1430 kc/s. Moved here from 1970 on July 1 and s t i l l using 10,050 watts. Recent l e t t e r s out t o the f0110~- i ng U. S. stations: VEBB 1490; !!DBC 680; KOKZ 1570; VjENR 890; KHON 1380; KTOH 1490; D R B 1290; EBYR 1240; & KTOP 1FIEO. I t i s surprising that the 1230, 1240, 1340 and 1490 channels are t:le best DX frequencies over here. Say by the wqy - the comsntio: i f I remember r igh t ly , w i l l be around the 1s t of September. Well fr iends, a s 1'11 be on leave you know I mqy make t h i s year - probably the only chance 1'11 get. So ti get a l e t t e r off to HLEA I 'd be t t e r close now, and ky the way, the log noVj stands a t 1013 verified. A l l BCB, natch. No TV here t o watch, which is a God-send. Nothing but l i t t l e Chinese yakity y.aking a l l over the d i a l . Oooh, I could shoot o r StraIg:.: some dif them. A t t'ais time I want to thank you, the members of the National Radio Club for the maw kind sords and prayers f o r safety and safe return. I kno7.i' the:; have helped me and I Mve spent mrg a b ~ p y hour reading of your DXings. M!y tt'nark? especially to Len Kruse, H-1 Stein, P e g 3 Callahan, f o r the i r nice l e t t e r s that I p:. at mail c a l l , in Xorea. Believe me friends, I' 11 never forget. They sure helped me t o carry on. And as long a s I ' m s t i l l i n t h i s , orld, I be l i aw I111 always be a me:..: ber tiB the N.R.C. I t i s one great team!

F~a~k-T:&e~l~r---E~.i~, -Pgrgaz - I t ' s about time that I got sorce kind of a report in. The only post-season Catch ths : I received since April is s diytk:er, CFOR. New varies are: InMBI KSJO PIFVG 4V@d GI3L and KGU. I reported to 8 f o r e i p r s , and a l i 8 verified. I had to send out to t h m one o r two follovi-up$cards. This past season ( ~ o t o b e r 1 to &ril 1 ) I sent out 104 reports, a d a l l ver i f ied exoapt WOOK and WL. It was hlte best year f o r reportss being answered that I 've ever had. This i s E r i e ' s Centennial Year, a l l of US

males are supposed to grow beards, ir.ustaches, o r side-burns - beards preferred. 1 have a mustache. Our loca l "Timesf' paper has a baseball contest weekly, picking the Cleveland/ gazes. A contestant must pic!: the ninner f o r tha t d m , runs, h i t s , and er rors , and attendance, i f it i s needed 50 break two contestants i n a t i e . The prZ:: i s two box seats to a Cleveland gme, and a check f o r $5.00. I won once, and saw m' f i r s t major league gme - score, Cloveland 8, S t . Louis I. I saw Easter and Roseil h i t home runs. I was up to Claveland v:ith qy fcmily last we;& ( a week a f t e r the bsyi gme), and found a check- for $75.00, wilioh I mailed t o tne one it was made out to ., V!ell, the garden has tizken the $ace of D:;ing f o r me u n t i l next f a l l . To you TV 1% fans, four fellows here i n Erie got 2 Cuban TV- s ta t ions on Channel 4 a t noon one t':?:: about a month ago, f o r 1 hour. They got i t d i r ec t , which was, no doubt, f reak re - ception. I don't have TV. 73s. (Hope to see you i n Kittanning, Frank - Ed.)

VIE HOP3 FOR A GREAT C0N~IEI:TIOh~ I N KITTANNING. WE HOPE TUT-YOU-WILL BE 'PIIEF3 i WILL PARTICIPATZ I N TIiE GAIA FJN AX9 DX RAG-CHEWS . EVERYONE IS mELCOilE AT '?ST::

I Al\m ALL ?JA!P13iilAL RlDIO CLLm CON~~TIOhJS. THIS IS THE FIRST I N EITTAUIJING.

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2- DOX KASIBY (BOSTON ES Pencil siarpener 2 x i a t i c pencil) 3- LEN PAUSE (~oc l r e t Dispenser complete 2- ?TAROLD STEIN (LCE SCOUT. s tap le r )

. t i th 1 r o l l of SCOTCE "UPE -gMx1:;96fi3- ERiUEST COaPER ( 1 ream of Typing paper) 4- ZJ.J?E LUTON (SPEED "TOT" s t ap l e rGk i t . ) 5- FRANK WHEELER (AcB St?-ple Remover.) SPECIAL PRIZES - To each winner, S. I:I. Slzllivan w i l l donate a plaque acclaiming him

the, DX CLIAiP f o r the se.sonI %b Spencer ? ; f i l l send to the top te iy in tfie Domestic Contest and to the tou f ive i n the 20:-3i.a. & dz. 55 x 8% scratch pads. Lso Herz w i l l send. an al;.rrn clock a s a prize for the member verify- ing the most i Q C s p e c i a l ~ i n i i s r i s EIAIIOLD SCHROCR wi th 25. Alan Arnold %,as also ;daaated a cash p r i i e of $1.00 f o r the sane thinu. Also Roes to H A R @ ~ a j l : H R O ~ ~ . ' Sid Rosenbai::. s . i l l send $3.00 to tb one i n the Domestic Contest who verified fron the greateest distance, the lo3vest powered s ta t ion. VJe lave determined the winner t o be GBE A t D N verifying FiCTC i n Nas~,'BrUnslvick, N.J . The runner-up was Ernest Cooper with CHUB, B.C.

Pr izes w i l l be s e n t within the next two o r three weeks. I want t o thanli a l l of you who have been i n the contest.and a l l ?ho have donated prizes. It has been a swell contest , and special c o n ~ a t u l a t i o n s should 50 t o the tiu'o winners. Both d id very wel l and both had to bozsp at it t o s i n . Tn@cs from your Contest Manager, Fred Van Xoorhees, Box 132, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania.

P S I = D_CI&$pg, 1- ~ a r o l d E, ~cb rock , axt ton, 111. No arlditions - - - - - - - - - - 387 2- Don Kaskey, Galva, Iowa No additions - - - - - - - - - - 316 3- Len Kruse, Dubuque, Iowa No 'additions - - - - - - - - - - 305 4- Relfe Luton, Elizabeth City, hi. C. No adclitions - - - - - - - - - - 25E 5- Frank 'llheeler, Er ie , Penna. Reg. -1WVG - - - - - - - - - - 218 6- A I M E. Arnold, A':il%-iaukee, TJis. Reg. - IC'PP3 iiW.!V WGRY WAhS KAVE

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7- ~ e n e Allen, V ~ l l e j o , Calif. No addit ions - - - - - - - - i - 195 8- J. B. (',pat"). Reilley, Jame6tovm, N.Y. No addit ions - - - - - - - - - - i83 9- C. B. Conley, Lemopne, Penna; No adciitions - - - - - - - - - - 179 10- Eldon Ad*, Marcus, Iowa &To additicns - - - - - - - - - - 167 11- Ernest R. .Cooper, Brooklyn, F.Y. ' Reg. KCOK XUBC V!JChl DlBB WSIP KVD

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120 Fred Van Voorhees, Lemoyne, Penna.158 23- B i l l Carson, Berkeley, Calif . 44 13- Ray B. Edge, Buffalo, TC.',.'Y. 153 24- S. W. Sullivan, Pittsburgh, Pa. 3: $4- Sid Rosenbam, I',!heelin;, W. Ya. 132. 25- Leo Herz, Chicago, I l l i n o i s 16 15- Ted Saling, Estacaaa, Oregon 99. 26- Ralph Johanns, Buffalo, N. Y. 12 16- Robert Gmbbs, Colm,bia, ?Zoo 96 . 27- Peg@ A-nn Callahan, Des kloines Ia. 9 17- Iqoman Naguire, Albuquerque, N.ii. 85 28- R o k r t Gorsuch, Cedar Rapids, Ia. . O 18- A1 Bartholomew, Addison, N.Y. 75 29- Eichaxd R. Cooper, Kittanning, Pa. 0 19- Robert S. Spencer, Buffalo, N.Y. 76 30- George Hotton, ?iilv~aukee, Wisc. 0 20- Robert Brown, Goshen, Indiana 66 31- lien kir#y, St. Johnsbury, V t . 0 21- John Brierloy, S w Francieoo, Cal. 53 32- James Taylor, Forthington, Ohio C' 22- Carroll Se th, Er ie , Penna. 46 33- Harold Wagner, North Girard, Pa. C

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1- Steve P.lann, W e s t k q , I T ~ Y . W t m I 4V88tBasse-Terre - - - - - - - 3G2 2- Harold Stein, San Fracisco, Calif. >To addit ions - - - - - - - - - - - 252 3- Ernest R, Cooper, Brooklyn, -1f.y. LW1 HJDK PaF9 PRB2 TIRA CldOX Eozice

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4- Geae Allen, ~ a l i e jo. Calif. BED-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 170 5- Fred Van ~oorhees j &moyne, Pelma. No additions - - - - - - - - - - - 127 6- Pat Re i l l ey , Jaizestown, N. ,Y. No adaitions - - - - - - - - - - - 125 7- John Brierley, San Francisco, Calif. 130 additions - - - - - - - - - - - 59 8- Robert Spe;?cer, Buffalo, N. Y. iqo additions - - - - - - - - - - - 33 9- Fra& V'neeler, Erie, Penna. 71BS KC;U 4VQt(1 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 10- Bob Brown, Goshen, Ind. 17 Ted Saling, Pstacadgt, Oregon 6

- Carroll Seth, Erie , Penna. 17 Ray Edge, Buffalo, N. Y. 5 11- Sid Rosenbaum, Wheeling, 13. Va, 16 Richard Cooper, ICittan.&ng, Penna. 0 12- Eldon Addy, hiarcus, Iowa 12 Fando lph Zunt, Leucadia, C a l i f . 0 13- Norm lviagaire, A lbuquer~e , I ? , 9 Relfe Luton, Elizabeth City, M. C . 0

Hsrold Wagner, North Girard, Penna. 0 Your Editor would a l so l ike to congratulate 211 tine contestants, and would also l i k e to add a personal "TKANKS!M to Fred Van Voorhees for h i s laborious work i n ccmpiling these f igares , and also, for the neat vdpy in which he submitted them each month.

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Nothing much nav a t t h i s l o c ~ l e , tIle i~aiin mason f o r t h i s l i t t l e report i s to l e t some of the fe l lov~s know of n ~ ; newaddress. Tile new locstion i s about 17 miles south-west of Los -hg&les, and about one-tinird of the way between Long Beach and Santa :.tonics. No thing nev: i n tb w&y of f X has been heard here i n months. One 41 recently I was trying for some f / c s o r otner and I heard on 1450 with an all- night comercial program for one night only. Tney so l ic i ted co l lec t c a l l s so I gave them one and gavie the NRC a plug. They said they sould send me a l e t t e r ver ie but I have not received i t a s ye t . A voaaan i n Glashin~ton also called. A t f i r s t when the announcer mentioned Vl'las:hington, I t;lought i t might be Fmstoe or Cohen, but no such luck. I n answer to Fred Van Voorhees, I :mow of no one ;~ho has received a ver- i e fno the XFTK DX. I sent them. an air-mail l e t t e r mith hard-to-get b%xican airmail starcps for re turn postage, but rn answer. Guess tiney received too fev: reports and got,knod of burned up abdut the s i tuat ion. D,BL, 1450, signer S. Snith, C.E. said he found ngr l e t t e r on coming t o station. Ee -wrote on back but no def in i te ve-ie a;li my ihfo was very meager, so I f i l e d i t i n t'ne waste-basket. -KRAI, 1230, i n respna; j to follow-UQ, signer Robert L. I!icCarty, P.O. BOX 1027, same deal as D-TBL, but I sen., another l e t t e r back asking i f he couldnf t verify by trans. log as I had good long report. KGON verie l e t t e r by Edward Saxe, Jr., Director of Engineering. They clakn to be the only 24-hour s ta t ion i n the north-west. Need I say I hoge they rernain th . only one? Plenty of other foll07:~-v.ps, 'out none have answered. Looks l ike tke dou- ble post-cards are the only things that ,:!ill nork, and i n scme instances they don't even do tlr, job, such a s ICGIB, hi! Well, l e t ' s see i n the way of oleer veries re-

F ceived which I :lave not^ re;arted. I f i ne l& got the form carcl from 4YC and a fol- low-up l e t t e r produced a verie from KRIS, tilrwnks to Don Kaslrey; KELY a l e t t e r , thank to Gene Allen; KGEi2 thanks t o :.fustoe and KYOR thanks to niyself a f t e r about a year and a half of digging 4 o r 5 l e t t e r s and a c:liirige of engineers abou t every 3 months, I guess. Engineer now t b r a ways he be;cjngs to the >E\QC. I received rather a sharp-toned l e t t e r from the Chief Engineer at D,IIX. I assme he f e l t I shou ldn~ t have wri t ten t o the President of the s t t i o n *;;'en t'oey d idn ' t answer a f t e r 8 o r 4 l e t t e r s . Received my KFLD vsrie l ike everyone else , and a nice QSL card and l e t t e r from KidYR. D R , 1400, f i na l ly sent a l e t t e r verie without a follow-up. The wea- ther here t b th id 7>~eek of July kias been i n the 906, so you know \what that does to DX. I am looking forward to a bet ter season t3 i s year than the past one was, I. hope, although I did manage to get a few rare ones the past year, a t l e a s t they seemed rare for me. And to J i m Cri tchet t - a belated %velcorcelt to Southern Calif- ornia. I hoge t o stop i n and see you a m e time ;;.hen I get dovm tha t way. I can assure you my National i s going into the shop f o r a check-up before the next seascn s t a r t s , and i t w i l l ?robably take ze a couple of montbs to get s e t t l ed - a e r i a l upi etc . I f any of you fello-:fs come west, o r south, t h i s year, be sure to look me up- sale 01' 73s. D O N ~ T F O R ~ T TXQT YOU m m BE ~ R Y ~ L C O I ~ I E AT KITTANNING, BI~ETRGR YOU ARE A N E ~ FCE-; BER, OR K,J OLD OlJE. COhG Oii ALONG AND ENJOY YOLXXELF TALE;ING DX E!i'$X OTHER DXERS. A CONTEbYCION, PICITIC, OUTING, GABFEST, ard GAIA TILIE ALL EOLIZD :DITTO Om mEZC-ENDa

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Hal,.-Ti11.ian.s = ~O_Th_i&A.ye~ug = gep~~.ur_ , -Cgnggt~c~t - - - ~ s b t h i s vi l l be the l a s t ltllusina" to appear i n ltDX Nevislt bsfore Convention, 1 SUre i~ant to wish ycu a l l a r e a l good-tir$e &d 'nope for favolSable weather. I am sorry 1 cannot attend a s it' s too f a r f o r the time I h&pe available. I have to viork a l l night Saturday ge t t ing -through at 6 Nb Sundq-. Vlhen the July "DX Newsft came I was jus t get t ing rea&j t o write t o Joe Brauner and h i s wife t o say I would be there some :ime Sunday, as I M p l a n e d to go to Xew York r igh t a f t e r v;ork and f l y from there to Buffalo. So, I m o t e them a note an$way. I f e e l t:&t a note o r card should be sent by every member t h c a i n g them f o r the i r e f fo r t s i n behalf of the members 63 a sincere 'irish f o r the complete recovery of Iiarty's fafiler. And tb u s menbers who Can not atten&, a great b ig thank-you to the Coopess f o r making i t p s s i b l e f o r the LTRC to hold i t s annual get-together i n Kittrniing. DX bas picked up some here with a couple of spectacular catches - not from a distance stand-point, but being able to log 2 s ta t ions s imltaneously o n t i e sane frequency. 719, WBNX (1380) logged On reg- u l a r slced at t'ne same time I l o g p i WSm, 8:30-9:00 R.t. Both s t s t i ons ea s i ly read. Guess my new antema i s goins t o be OK. I used #10 so l id copper ~ v i r e 60' ST-IT7 and 301 N-S. So aork sked pernitbicg, I am ho,,ing t p pick wp some of those e l m i = sta-

- t ions i n the c h i n g DX sessoa. . 7/10 - VKk? (1320) ~ T - f / c 2:36-2:45 (ex-1580). KO3 (770) music to si0f.f 2:45-3:30, VJZ s i l en t . 7/12 - WHILE (1090) r e g u l a d a ~ ~ sked 3:45-4:15 (ex-TBiiS). 7/17 - WVCR (740) recorded and transcribed music, ET, 2:33-2:45 jpoor). WEIB (1430) baseball gzj-s, easy over Ff1TJR 9 :GO-10:10. C ~ R B .(1010) easi ly read over WINS' Y&e gme with mcs and sports r e v i m 1@50-11:00. Guess t he i r d i rec t iona l doesnt t protect New York. . 7/22 - VJfK (13~0)--~'&~rk%b18'.daytine recap- t ion over WOFS whose s ignal I can never read here. 7,?3 - WLCK (1450) TT-f/c 3:15- 3:30, bad Om. 6CE!i (880) s/o.n regular sked 5 Ak?, goodb&p?&:4~Tm (1290),aS Sid Rosenbamp had s e r < ,e a photo of t he i r t rezisai t ter I \ v o t e t he i r CE on a reply card asking f o r FnS0.c l e i r f / c period. He reported no regular f / c but a dai ly s/on a t 5 : s Eastern time. T i n Sm;:er axid EST i n minter. Heard eas i ly here, don. at 4:50. untilFIP$SFs/onat m. T n a t 1 s r e p o r t # 9 3 0 f o r n e . Hadexpected tomake i t 1,000 before the new DX 5 3n, but guess I won't zake it. Veries? O h t are they? Only2 r s c e i w d since l a s t 'ort. 7/11 - KSAT (1280) QSL card jn~ceived, r e 8 on ?ih5te, f o r report of 12/20/50 wi~:iout a folloi:~+np, v/s Grady Cole, Jr,, announcer. 7/16 - WHEE (1090) nice l e t t e r from Lambart B. Beewkes, V.P. who s t a t e s i n pa r t , "1 appreciate your wri t ing us and hope that your j1Y;ing \-:ill ,get you a big batch of ver i f icat ions from a l l over tha country. This used to 1-e qy hob'uy back i n the 20s, workingnith a w%#w$t## 1-tube DC receiver, & I think 1'11 get a Hal l icraf ters t h i s season and start a l l over on t h i s innocious but in te res t ing hobby." I've sent h i s name and ad- dress to %l Wagner f o r a sanple "DX Nevmll and have also wr i t ten him extol l ing the good qua l i t i es of the good old NRC. I hope we ??and him. 73s for t h i s time.

-JA &. - " - @vineeP&age---J~lgsto~L E. Y. - New w r i e s are WSAT and TfAIN, for 2,148 ver i f ied log. WSAT, 1280, by Grady Cole Jr., annowcer, ou t 266 days, but r e a l glad t o receive t b ver ie i 7/16 brought i n ICGLC wi th flood nem i n Oklahoma for a nee:; one 021 910 kc/s. 7/18 - Brought i n WAIN, 1270, on an ET for a ne% one. 7/23 - Ple i~ ty of e lect ion returns from Pennsylvania s ta t ions but a l l old ones to rm. 51 not anssered during t h i s pas t season , 19 follon-ups sent out, score i s zero, As f a r a s veries received here from them. I hope to see the old and new faces at Dick Coopert s place t k i s Labor Day, God willing. VJAIN v/s i s Xerbert L. Ams, Ihanager, 1270 kc/s., 1000 n ~ t t s , Tri-county Radio Broadcasting Corp. YP'y had r e p r t s f r o m Brooklyn, Y Jmestcv~m, a n , River Forest, Ill., Salem Ey. and mine, so f a r . Has anybody a verie f r m 1YC or 4YC y e t f o r pas t .seasont s DX- ing? IxJho w e the ver ie s i g n e ~ s ? These a r e the f i r s t Australfasians ,;iho never an- mered for me. Usually tl?ey are 'sack before 93 days i f sent airmail t h them, but it I * 127 days as far ( t o July 2a r.&eit t h i s report is being sent in.)

-Si2g goloysg = g.R._.;ys = grs@ogil, Lags; With working hours at 15 a day, have had time to report to three s ta t ions i n the lasi; two month5 - VHTX NCAP & WJB, a l l locals z,nd a i l on regular sked. VIPJB verie in.

-E1.dgnnM-Q , z o l 158 , h&agcss, l o ~ a - b Iaven't done any DXing since way back i n thy diue t o extrene WX we have had a l l spring ~ i t h l o t s of ra in & noisy days f o r radio reception. Have a fe;; over 2000 ver- i e s but s t i l l ;law oodles of o ld i ss out that I b v e f a i n t hopes eve& of coming thru r i i th vsries. Nice vsr ies from 4Yn KOLJ W l I IITLL) & WCO a f t e r long waits.

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Received a picture v/card (20 l e t t e r ) from H J D I E (770) a f t e r 42 days i n &ail; WSAT (1280) D-er 99, by announcer Graty Cole, Jr.; a gloss- pr in t v/card for 11/22/50; then v l l e t t e r s from KVLC (1050) PO Box 2659, by CE Dale ihhurin who says nf /c f i r s t day, TT, 9:1022:25, sked: August, 5:30 AX-7 PM, Septenber, 5:45 Aki - 6:15 PI CST. nAK (1240) F. Newbery CE, "F/c 4 th Tuesday 1:45-2:GC CST, slced: 5:45 B.4 (Sunday 7) to I1 Piil (Sunday ~ 0 : 3 0 ) CST. WIEL (1400) PO Box 347, Tom Baldwin, CE, f /c now t h i r t Ivionday 3:50-4:00 (Auyst 20 next), sked 5:00 .K!l - 10gs30 PP,! CSF and Saturdays till 11 PM CST. They ~ u t a 311 x 511 rubber stanip on back o f e?.velope. WHHH (old VRRN-1400) noN 14-40, Second n'ational Ba& Building, R. E. Hardy, CE. ,'No regnlar f /c, Sked: 6:45 AM - ((Sunday 8:m- $5dt.a THFIH..- se len gart &-lbert. WSBB (l230) Beach Broad- casting Co., Roland Jordan, Jr . , C.E. 'If / c with Grey Engineering Service, Biming- ham, TT, 4 i r s t Thursday 3:30-4:30, ,&ed: 6:00 AN (Sunday 7) - 10 PN, uses 100 watts and c-as never f l r l d l s e f e s t Eathing geach.lt (A fisherman scene a s l e t t e r - b a c k g B c ~ cpuple i>eard in odd moments : WAIO (1490) f/c-?$I 3: 00-3:17 7/25; 1THOI9/c a t 3:36 (1480). 8/24, on 1150 at 2:33, TICEN and i t sounded l ike Mount Vernon (not Pleasant) iEicb; WIjBR (1270) E?.ection returns all AM, VJKLX (1300) 4:00 a.m. with dai ly TTjc. 7/22 - TCTfI (1340) said regular fjc-TT 2:OO-2:15. 7120- VbEPli (1150) " ~ o r l d ~ s Finest ZeaL garket.l* Ibl/ET asking f o r reports and promised vzrie (no reply ye t from 5/12 RT) . 7/17 - WCBS A!,<-X! (1463) 2:00-2:15 TT/c; KNED ;ex:1460) N:I! c on 1150 kc/s. 3:00-4:03 etc. ; KCLO (1410) again TT/c, 2:33 etc. 7/16 - VIREL (1450 TT/c through WROB/c 2:13.. off. 7/15 - ICGLC (310) a l l AH "Flood-0per;tion Natch-Dog, - 7/13 - KJCI: (1420) and ILVN (1320) a l l A3d t'Flood.' ECTX) TT/C again, 3:33 e t c . 7/12 - WOKY (920) 3$00 A2 off to r z t u m 5:30 CST (CJCH 24 hours); I m C (680) s/off n i t h the " O u r Fatherqt a t 3:08; ICLKN-XSPL-WRE~' e tc . flood,^ WJ'IKO (1500)(ex:VSFL) regular program on already a t 4:33 AN. mas OIi f b r B hour. Intend to go with Bob Spencer i n case a NRC Convention i s keld at the Scheillej~ tlhislcey Manufacturing Co. place and possibly pick Pat Reilley up on way down. Sure mould be nice f o r m a i i others to come that-s~aytt also ( v ~ i l l ye, heh? O'n c m e a-play! ) And how about Canada coming

4' too? To Don Frey & Anderson & Rhea, 73s. Another 3$ commemorative stamp, 75th An- niversary of Anerican Chemical Cociety goes on sa l e Sept. 4 at iTew York City. Lefik. a pat on back f o r your v / s l i s t . To Gene Fl'azcis: Cha&L&gd at T%RC Convention - 3 shots (Schanley) and 1 7-up. l imier has t o sing "Come-on t o my Eouss" over IaiACB a?,.. dedicate i t to Peggy Callahan and :lrs. Tkchtel. Au revoir.

C&qlie-Cg&ex = 5% ga.;kgt_Strget , Lem_omg, -PgwaL Fi rs f , of dl, 7 Nant to thank the Wfenty mercbers who were good emugh to vote for nr. i n the recer.t election. It was a pleasant surprise to f ind my name so fa r up on t.'.:. l i s t ! Your new Verie-SiL&ers feature is a very f ine addition to nhhsings.'l I t should be of considerable help to many of us. I m. enclosing, on a seperate sheet, a l i s t of the seven s ignirs o f varifications I have received since the l a s t bu l le t , i '

=w arrived, arranged by frequencies f o r your convenience. (A GOOD SUGGESTION TO O m 3 . OF YOU IXCIDEWTALLY - ED.) Iiave done no BCB DXing the past month but have spent t:;, past two week-ends sending out 21 follov--ups, fourteen tcvo waeks ago which t o date have broyght i n five veries, ar:d one has skwm up for tne sdven I sent out l a s t weit KHSL, 1290, Chico, California, veried 7/14 on a card with ap log ies , for my report of 1/24/51. IS l fO (1550) San Mateo, Cal., also using a card, apolgized for delay (7/16/51) i n verifying ny report of 12/2/51, 3. F. Mariska having replaced H. N. Black as C.X. Anotizr card from KJEF (1290) on resort of 11/17/50, advising they d operate from 6:00 &!i to local sunset, and check frequency 5 3 5 to 5:50 a.m., f i r s t Fednesday of each month. =ese times apparently are CST, a s KJEF is located i n Je::. eings, La. CH!I'O (1440) Sudbury, Ont., veried by l e t t e r for my raport of 1/28/51. This was my only hold-out on 39 Canadian reports. Tneji also included, i n capita!. l e t t e r a , I3ATIO;UX RADIO CLUB on both the envelope and l e t t e r address. WAFB (146G) : Baton Rouge, La., a f t e r two follox7i-ups on reports of 2/13/50 and 1/15/51, cane through *::ith anctigr card including 'Please forgive us for being so l a t e i n reply::^ Finally, TJJI4V.I ( lo lo) , Athens, Alabama, ver if ied by a i r mail l e t t e r on rg follotv-o: of l a s t week 8or report of an oquipment t e s t 2/14/50. A f ine long l e t t e r . Note plans have bean changed for the Convention location. Fred Van Voorhees and I arp trying to lay glans to attend i f ;;ittanning proves t o be the spot. Hope cverll you all . E$B+T. I3 YOtT ?EPORPS ECJKES "DX BTE8Sll EASIER READING, AS WLL AS EASIER TYPING.

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Firs t ; " ally t1mks t o a l l of you folks .;:la have bee.n so kind and inders tmding a- bout the'.-L. ' age i n Convention plans here, and 'to Dick and Joe f o r Yneir taking over. Marty's dad has returned here from tke hospital , and while s t i l l a long nay f rom re- covered, he seems def in i te ly on h i s way to good l?ealth again. Again thanks to you a l l arri we hope to make up f o r it nest year. DX 'has 'been mostly at a s t a n d s t i l l here. A f @ ~ ~ e r i e s d r i f t ed in , a d a couple vere Eieard on t'nefew mornings that we l i s tened in. Lo t t e r s f ron Tens,! 'XSTR IGLD VJJTX IG3it.R. Cards from VXLJ "JDLA. The lone logging for June was W;aJ on the l l t h , and July ? u s added VTDJD:B on the 6th and VSliR on the 7th, both onETS. The CE a t KEUX szys h i s , f jc is on the next-te-last :jfonday (was heard here on 4/23,; 3:33-3:45 a.m. ) T'a.t's the DX news from here. Also might add that I won one DX prize during the .ast seasdn - a box of writins paper as a m o s t DX l i s tener to a WPIT teat-DX l a t e in t;le 'season. It 's a product of Ciair

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Pete ~agobsg;" eortl,+ ~ ~ p " ~ e ~ ~ l & s , 3- - .~. Hello everyone. I suppose you a re c.0naeriri.g wlzere 'ICCOPT 13. Well to be honest With

a l l of you I do not ~ ~ O V J e i ther . P21at is the in fo t'nat I nas given. nrgi cousin said to ze Yaat he saw a FICOVJ si@ board advertisin;g the s tc t ion. It d id not say the dat o r 'nocv soon. I have a-quest ion about si&lers. It has always been my understanding tbt youwere not al&o\ved t o give nmes w ~ l e s s s i g p e ~ s s t a t e tha t i t i s a l l r i gh t to do so. Teen I received infonzation concernin:; names of new s ta t ions I was a l r f q s told not to give the i r nzvncs. Does a%-one knorv anything about t h i s subject? I'd' be only too' glad t o give the signers but I do not want t o get in to trouble by doing so. I have naqy fi'iands at radio s ta t ions an1 I do not want them to lose confidence i n me. Bsnd co:ldx have beein very poor at t i ae s f o r the l a s t 3 weeks. Here i s a l i s t of my l a t e s t verificd,tions-up to July 22, 1951. F i r s t , l e t t e r s . KDIi50, Ca r thas , Mo. 1490-250-3lN (no major net ,) U. f l T k %die EIouse, Cartbag0 Broadcasting Company,1f Send to CE, l e t t e r f o r 7/51. 6A;I-llR.3 No. tima, viee:days, 7-11 Sun. KDlViO i s nowL3S. >.by have a surprise for you about t h i s s ta t ion l a t e r . Tiffi;EI Dearborn, Kich., 1310- 5000-1WN. I quote VP ~ ~ ~ 2 H operates 7:~ith a power of 50CO watts D n r t n a 2-tower dir- ect ional system & viitln a power of 1000 wa.tts N. with a 4-tower direct ional system on. a frequency of 1310 kc/s . t l Ozly address I have i s V.XIfH Bldg., l e t t e r for 3/24/51, FGRD, Grcnd Rapid , I;iich.. 1419-1000 D, ?!3.Q$. I ~ u o t a CE "l%e studios at 35 Lafayette, NE, a r e RCA equipped while the t r a n n ~ i t t i n g plant at 1300 Plymouth E3. PE is !!'J.E. equipped. Tine rad ia t ing s y s t m comprises a s e l f -supporting 2001 Trascon tov?er , 120 ground radials 250' long, plus a 481 square copper mesh ground sps8em di rec t ly bade-. neath the toore: i s s e r i e s fed f r m the mtr. @ means.of a pressur8zed 7/8e-copper coaxial l i ne spy-oxirnately 2001 long. The groun3. elevation i s appros. 770' above sea level.'' Let ter for 3/19/51. lll'he Peopies' Station, 1' !7GIU), "The ?991sic Broadcast- i n g Co .'' WSUI, Ima City, .Io!-!a, 910-50G0 ?$bX, I t i s an educational non-comrarcia: s t a t i on owned by State U. of ,Iowa. 1:'SUI can operats U. Regular hours a r e 0 P3&ID:IE Pf6 EST. A c~oniierfui i e t t e r & TJSUI prOpBi3 bidlet in . Letter f o r 5/30/51. Send ei tk er to CX o r PD, 1,iSiTI E: ZSUI, U. of Iowa. XFI, 30s Angeles, Cal. 5%0-50000-PBC, 141 K. V t . Ave., L.A. 54. A member of NAB. . A nice l e t t e r f o r 5/12/51 & a very nice vet i f i c a t i o n stzmp. TiICiiA Lei;isto~:m, Pa. 920-1007-ig:ZT-D. Address CE, 7 JT. Wayne St. , "The Central Pa. Broadcasting Co." Tiiis was cn ET. be t t e r f o r 6/26/51. ''We are a 1000 watt , independent daytime s t a t i on s g n i n g on a t 5':30 EDST 17ieekda$s & Q Suns. Our s /off i s 7:39Pld ?: our f /c are icAe iu r ing the broadcast day .If I'XV!N, Lawrence,

.. Ka?. s ., S. on Righay 59, & send to CS. Using a 1000 Fiat t ;m.tr., 500 watts. A l l s tudio equipnant is RCA, 03erating day sunrise to sunset, 7:3iCJM$-8:30PM EST. HPI CrOl be heard any time from 7:s 0-1 :15 EST. TfidIL, I ; i l ~ v a ~ e , 'Tis . , 129 0-1000-NI<DIJ wasK!.G,:. i n 1947 6 folloq?ing hear CllangGA to 17P61L. Address-Csntrol Room, CE, 2625 Vf. nis. Arc Nilv~aukze 45. 'Ve a r e not associated % i t h any network&never have been. We use 1000 matts on 1290 kcis. & have Saytine hours only. We s/on at 5:58:30 &$i eaca & eqY. ery dlt. During June & July we s /off at 7:30 Rii. S.off time i s d i f fe ren t every monc,:; due t o FCC rilles. I believe soce of you can get lT!;IL on Sunj AM as some of the st3.- t ions on 2913 do not s/on t h i s aar ly , Try i t some Ai4 a t 6. We rm a 1-'hour progralrl of western za s i c i f that v i l l help ally. From 7-8 we 'have :,=sic on the type of D3.viF: ~ o s e o r Xostelan&&z, 829 is polka music, 9:30, Spanish nusic 10, bviziian rrusic." T ~ I engineer did not ask f o r r e ~ o r t s but I'd appreciate it i f same of you 'i-iould. I hovi hegd appreciate it too. Se t t e r f o r 7/4/51. 1.Iore info cr. TfidIL i f ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:

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After waitine: about 3 weeks for a verification. I f ina .11~ m t one from KIND. Indelsen- , " -~ - dence, which-is a verie tha t tops a l l veries. J.L.Teats i s CE. i \ ! r .~ea t s ima been i n radio f o r 32 years and has t r i ed everything i n a r a a o station. A. former announc- e r on AQC, BW. Teats i s rq m o s t 8istin,&s!sd varie sigCer. Nr. Teats was fomer ly a DXer but gave i t up. He plans to r e t i r e iil 1952 and give his job to his 18-year-old son. HLM, l e t t e r f o r report on E'E of 7/13, v/s B i l l Bland, Jr . KBRS, Springdale, Ark. - a f t e r follow-up for report of Mar. 24. Loggings since l a s t report have been 7 /5 WI@S, Chattanoogz, Tenn. 7111- XEX, ;\<eexico, D.F. '?/I2 - Cl~LW, Pinar de l Rio, Cuba; BQ, Mexico. D.F. 7/13 - WCLT, Newark, Ohio; BIDZ, Ia?~renceburg, Tenn. on ET. EJAY Tapeka, Kans.; KCM, Leavemiorth, Kans., KIND Independence, Bns . , O W N , Baltimore, lid. which was f ina l ly logged at 4:31; ITDAD, Indiana, Pa. ; KWCJ, Eatchitoches, La. 7/22 - VLDGY ( a t l a s t ) . 1 1 1 1 bet I was the only non-logger DXer of WDGY in the U.S.A. 7/24- IimAK, Stut tgar t , Ark., VJLFX, Lexington, Ky., W I I E Erie, Pa. 7/27 - WPIK, Alex- andria, Va., PJBWL, Nanticoke, Pa. A new verie from VlBOB to replace card, was an a t - t rac t ive QSL, oae of the n b s t I 've received. S t i l l need 2 s t a t e s - Maine and New h p s h i r e . lfJill be hoping f o r DXes from these s t a t e s next season. Would l i k e t o say c o n p a t s to a l l who have had a imcl i n M i n g the NRC the best i n the norld. DX j u s t wouldnl t be DX without the NRC! May I say 19Happr Birthdag" NRC on your 18th year - mine, too! (Thanks, Zane! *Ed.)

Bg~-Fgo&e---2~3-Ngr_thh-A~e;~up = E6~tg1-95, Jlfs6.- Decided to try so; R!I DX Xuring the BCI: 3:; off-season t h i s sumfii.er. Got a good deal on a Zenith 7H9181;"?J ($30) and took it. Eqe se.b has 6 tubes & a selenium r e c t i f i e r 8: has 2 IF & 1 KE' stages. I b u i l t my own Wi: rultenna out of 300 o h ribbon jus t a s a subs t i tu te u n t i l I could get a good antenna but the hone-made thing worked out so w u I decided not t o go to the So ther of buying an antenna & rigging it up. A t present, I b v e heard 57 & 4 have verified. Have sent quite a few reports out but the veries jus t havent t r ickled i n a s yet. Best catches so f a r are: KE3R FIGILFhI PNC-WW1 WGHF PJQXR-3Tl TOR-Fit4 WCBS-n11 WJZ-Rir, & tmUV, a l l New York City. CZthers are WIINW-FXII, 2,feride::. Zonn., VJPJB-DII Providence, ViEZA-3M Springfield, ?&ss., OJFLY & WTRI, Troy, N.Y., WU.9;. R Newark, WJLK-M Asbury Park, TEPG-Rd Atlantic City, WCAU-Ebb 6 WV4-Fh4, Philade lphi.;, \?R@I (ex-W2XEB) Alpine, E. J., BCAO-Dl B a l t b r e , WGNS-FM, WOL-E,1 & Vi!kIL-i?lX, Washing- ton; WHOM-m Ner; York, & the best catch yet , &HI$, Vest Salem, U i s . TV DX has been going strong t h i s s m e r too. I have seen 15 & 5 have verified. Some of best catches a re (Starred verified) : VDSU-TV* ITevi.Orleans, La., KBTV* Charlotte, N.C., WAVE-TV Louisville, Ky., KSD-TV* St. Louis, Mo., WFEli-TV* Iizdianapolis; Ind., WLWC* Colmbus, O., & WJBR-TV Detroit, LBch. I use a Philco 17-inch 1836M & a Double Vee 35' antenna. I use no rotator o r booster. BCB DX i s a t s o m e e t of a s t a n d s t i l l here. Ihanaged to go over 600 heard & 1003 is my goal i n the coming 1951-52 DX seasa: Would appreciate i t i f the members nould sen6 r.3 a card l i s t i n g 10 Mass. sGt ions they'd l i k e to hear i n t h i s coming season on special DXes & I w i l l domy best t o @ % the lomost-wanted on f o r you. Thanks. How do y o u f e l l o ~ s l ike our "Bob & Raytr hJC program? Used to be on WHDH &re i n the ixE. Swell fellocvs. Met them a t WHDH l a s t year. iieatrd those no-call TTers on AM P; 3%. Hope for FCC remedy. Liberty Broadcast. System building up here i n NE. WBET Broclcton & TiHAV carry LBS progrms. Any m8re is fo?/ on other$ LBS stations? Local netT WC.AP Lowell i s going t o have an open house. I hope t o go to it. ICAP's verie-si,gner i s Talker H. W r r i t t , Jr. TIARAIS i s Ken Dolan CE. Took an interest ing t r i p to the WDH-FiC xntr . on top of the t a l l e s t building i n Bsston, the John Hancock Vldg. Met Andy La JZay, ND:$ls CE & he took me around up i n ti!.e clouds to see the smtr. & out on the roof to look a t the 567i TV-FNI tower abou* .>'.I1 above US. They have a 20 kn. WE. It &nay takes up a small space of the room F1;1 yest of which is f o r the i r TV xmtr. %hen they ge t the i r permit. They have the TV c.a-- .3entla psrezdy up. After going out on the rook t o look at the antenna we ClSmbed u~ l r s ide the tower on which -st i s mounted. You couldnt t see the ground from here z.c ,there were no cvindmvs. Saw how the mast i s t ied down. Boy! I s i s securely t i e d .icwnl It .;rould take t'he w b l e building s i t h i t i f it evsr blew down, hi. The xm:?:.

on 30th f l o o r . I could see Boston Harbor, the WBZ-TV to~ier , Blue Hills , 6 on c k 3 : - lays they claim you can see *It. mashington, N.H.! Some time i n August I am going 0,:::

t o TJmH-@l mtr. 3:;ith Andy I I plan to wr i te a f irst-hand report on equipment 8: 1%- _out. They have 2 mtrs., 1 50 & 1 5a1. aux. Also ham stat ions WW-WlTOP. 73 & bes:.:Y..

nD-?L- E .'m $ i ~ ~ t z y s t 4, 195; - - .- - Page 11 . . 'WHAT'..TB\~C&L LE",fwg ;:m*, G~~~ mcis . ~ . . . - - --.-.-- -.: - - - -... - - - - - - - - m s v A,, &ne%ndoaF @lley . If y 0 B xoice Qf the zayou w p T p Ee ~ r o t e c t !$he' Family . ', V i B 0 Fl ganks ~f t h B @bash m c ? s ~ o a s t a l Plains Stat ion . , W I N D E i a n a ( f os;e rly Gslry; 1nd. ) w 3 c c Bethe sda, Chew 7: :,; G XC gtro-&l&~fyn-??ayer : I(: M B Y Sonterrey &+X b L L B L-ovfell, &nn; S v e r h i l l

LIST ~_F-@~-Z~D_3?~A~I@S,--s>~aai&tgd~bp ~a$'ge&1.1_e~,-Jgcgs40~~ E.1.- :570 Z Y ~ 60000 Auckland 320 3YZ lOI)IX, Grepouth 1190 3YC 100 Wellington 560 2YC 60000 bel l ington 940 22k 2000 Palxerston N 1180 2Bi* 90 Gisborne 590 3YZ 10000 ~&ist~h&c?i960 3YC 300 C:?ristchu.rch 1200 2ZA 2000 Wangmui 720 4YZ 5000Invercargill.970 1XN 2000 Vlhangare'i 1250 1YD 750 Auckland 760 1YA 10000 Auckland 980, 223 ' 1OOOO tlellington 1310 'LXH 2000 Hamilton 800 1YZ lOdOO Rotorua 1010 2XG 2000 Gisborne i340 2XN 2000 Nelson

.--~ 860 2Yz 5000 llapier 1040 4ZB 1000 z'd 1370 21(P 1OONe~~1Plymouth \ 880 1YC 10000 Auckla~ld 1070. "1ZB .&0000 g'& 1420 2AP**ZOOaApia,G'. Sanoa

900 4YC 150 'hnedin 1100.' 3ZB 1090 d h r i ~ ' c c h r c h ,1430 '4XD* 69 Dunedin ~ . ~ - .. -~ ~~ .. -.- '1130 2YD 500 ::'elliiig~on .

* Privately ovrned, but subsidized.by N.Z.S.S. . ,.

** Operated 5y N.Z.B.S. f o r Abinistration, West Samoa ' >ip&np.-og gen_b&s- - 7

- L : f ~ ~ 0 p 3 ~ . , -%8-E@& g11S4r_e_e4, -3gogkB- 3% g.-Y, Veries coming very slowlv now. but a l e n t ~ of 615 re-oorts are lanauishinp, a l l around

-. - the country, a s w e l l as $outh'~rnsriCa ani :3hope. &rd; poor, i n from T~JEO, and l e t - t e r s from mITE FAIN WCm CKFH F?JDL rvhichnakes i t no\c: 2,098 verified. I ' m s t i l l af- t e r you, Pat. Notes on some of these: V::iDE t e l l s ;i.e that so far; Ip am the only one t o report their s t a t i on i - and sends a sitel l l e t t e r . VAl7.? says t3ey got reports from Jamestown N.Y., Jaaestonn; Teml.,'River Fore.st, Ill. and 'can old lady down atsalem, Kentucky, w'm was having trouble sleepiog the otner night also heard us.' W T A i s a follow-u;; fo r 3rd Wed. f / o i n February. C-XFE a swell 2-Nger but says report is a b i t SketckgT. So - ?lerets the dial-twisting here since the l a s t issue. 71% -FinaL- 1

l y heard CKFX hese, on top on t h i s Monday mrning; which lerds tlle sus2icion that W J L D wasno t on -were t-hey? lDIIi? & VIQW a r e always s i l e n t IViorAayS. 7115- FEIB XJCK ImHK RLWN i n Kansas al? on ~ i t h f loo3 repQrts, as was ICGLC i n , Oklahoma. I heard ov??. TV that RLPX and ICOFO1s engineers came. to the a id of s t r icken V&l7 to res tore their i r . the. air lanss during tha t awful flood, -wliich'seeni8 t o me a rea l ly ga l laa t g e S L ~ e , . since tPsy are , a f t e r a l l , highly competitive. ,7118 - VAIK (1270) Columbia, I(y. on tPe air with f irst ET and concluded musical portion of the propammatt.,ahoslt.3.:30 fit. and oarr ied on :-rith open ca r r i e r . 7/22 - I was about to r e t i r e ; - ' n i t h a f r u i t l e s 3 ' '

morning,. when I heerd TT on 1340 a2d held it, and found i t to be tne nevi rnl?iE,,-%&is t ee , :;iichigan, on a frequency check. This w a s the '4 th Sx&&;-%w~700-3:35 when they signed off . Their reply did not specify whether t h i s is to be regular o r not. I suggest you watch 1340 at 3:00 a.r;. on P..agust 26 jus t i n case. On a t i p from Ber- nie Duffy, I checked the grave-jrard chanr?els s:rith my NE-Sm i n v e r t e d ' l which is wry .. - favorable to N e w Tngland during a night game of the Bostan Braves, and f i n a l l y a t ti?< end,of the game, to ~ i d c l l I l istened periodicly over YONS (1410) I heardTB.P ( ~ 4 0 ~ )

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Northampton, hiass., wit'n 5.'rninutes of ne3;?s, and loca l com,ercials, and then s i s / o f f , so I w a s very t ickled to hag t b m . I ex&ected the s ta t ion w2.s going to be WTSL i n Iianover, N.H. Lut it wasalt, X l r r s t i l l aYtar them. I n &swer$ to Peta JiLcobeonr I have never heard of any regulation about rrcntioninp vjsignerst nanies. we1 ve been doing i t f o r 18 years! . I wonder i f a l l o-~.r rreq'6ers a?-e :iibd.mating! WAIN with 4 CX reports, and VMTE w i t h one makes me wonder citM,re you all are! , Well, i t 's off f o r v~ - cation f o r me now. and 1'11 see all of you who can xake it. in,Kittanninn. . , -

T E 1951 &XG EOIJ,V@ZJQIJ- - - - Where is i t ? I(ITT.411TlJING, PEIQ?SYLVPnTIA. Tfhea i s i t ? S,"Pm!BER 1-2-3, 1951. Who1 s invited? EVERY DXER & U S . FAUILY. New members too? ESPECIALLY mi ?iiE35EPC. W h y is i t held? TO T-UK DX & HAVX FUN. Whof s host? DIC;: COOPER & JOE PELLETECL' AIust one attend? NO, BUT YOU'RF: ALL IhViITEDlMust one s t ay 3 clays? STAY AS MNG b%i?:

So, come on, gang. I f you're undecided, well, just come and f i n d out for youss€iC A l l de t a i l s a r e on the f i r s t page, so look thsn over, %id come on and have a grea'; time talking RX, and rea l ly 1% t t i n g your ha i r clown. Itre expect to put you a l l on $LC- air on a tr.;nscribed DX from K!ACB tvhicli you! 11 be able t o hear l a t e r on, ';:hen DX &-. - - ~ - - - 3 a c l m --a+ ~ r n r l qn& have some r e a l fnz-i.

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~ u g u s t 4 1951 n ) i NEV~S" ~ 7 % L~OWN 'JNHE DIAL .' - - page "

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S ~ D ALL I T ~ S I N E. S.T. TO RAY ~L>.*;E--325 SHIRLEY AVE-BUFFALO 15, N.Y,

590 ~ A G Carrol l ton , Ala now ETing (:Harold tiiilliams-Seymour, Conn) 900 CHML Hamilton, Ont hrd 7/16 at 01d?5-ET/N & un-mod carrier(Eendzi.0: 980 WILK Wilkes Barre, P a a top o thers L'i500-0545 ( ~ e r n i e Duffy- NY)

WCAP Lowell, Mass s/on j s t o be 0530 ( ~ d Lendzioszek-~astham~ton) 1010 KIND Independence, Kans hrd vdth Red c:ross ro 7/13 a t 0490 & vs

J I Teats, CE. Zane Bennett-Galax.. vaf 1220 EKSM ishawinigm Fa l l s , Gue atop o thers 9: 55-10;15 3 ( ~ u f f y ) 3240 KANE New Iber ia , La has F/C 1st WED 0415-430 (~endzioszek) 1270 WTAL Tallahassee, Fla s /off 0005 a f t e r news-cast (~endzioszek) ?-290 WTRF Bel.laire, Ohio dai3.y s/on 0?,50-Info from s t a ( ~ i l 1 i a . m ~ ) 1330 W I K K Erie, Tenn s/on hrd a t 0500 enne nett) 1340 WLEX Lexington, Ky s/on 0330 f o r P/C e en nett) t h i s on 3/24.

WBBQ Augusta, Ga with TTjFC 7/16 0215-0230; reg F/C (Lendzioszek) 1370 WFEA b"nnchester. N H s.'off i s 0005 a f t e r news c a s t (~endzioszek) . - < . - . . - - - - -- --- - - - - .- - - - z - - -- ~, ~ - -~ ~~

1390 WCdC Charles,ton, S C s j o f f i s 0015 (Lendzioszek) 11-00 CKFEToronto, Ont i s 24 h r directional and of f SUN AUS 0200-9900

i n f o from C.E., easy a t this loca t i on Non f " " - """.lI.iam~' WBOB Galax, Va hrd s/ofP F/C 3/24 a-t 0454 (Benne KJAY Toueka. Kans hrd 7/13 a t 0320 enne nett)

,,,, WDAD 1nhiana. Pa hrd s/onc 0530 (Bennett) -.T - . - ..- .~.-- -

EiWJC ~ a t c h i t i c h e s , La krd 7 / i3 a t 0249 (i3ennett) WOB West Ppint, &z Miss with reg TT-FC 7/16 a t 0225-0230 end) NREL Lexington, Ky w i t h reg F/C TI' 7/16 0215-0230 ( ~ e n d z i o s z e ~ )

Ed Lendzioszek says t h a t on the morning of 7/25 the following s t a t i o n s i n Pennsylvania were heard on with e l ec t i on returns;- ' 3.240 W O K Sunbury till a f t e r 0200 1270 WBR Lebtnon on till a f t e r r':

VfRTA Altoona till after:.,0200 1290 WJSW Altoona till a f t e r 020G ,.,

II - - - - - - - - Well. boys t h a t s it f o r this time, w i l l be 1.ooking f o r more items

f o r our Sept 1st bu l l e t i n . Vacation plans a r e taken over so nothing z l s e given much time, especia l ly my personal correspondance, SO my desg apologies go t o them e s p e c i a l . 1 ~ Ed $!ill whom I must write very Soon,

F Fxpecting a v i s i t from our smell NRC pas t President and Mrs Becker who wi1.1 be returning from \Vest Springfield, Mass.

Want t o thank a l l you members wk,o voted f o r me i n t h e pas t electio:, ' and t o t h e Board Nembers naming me a s t h e Clubs President f o r the year 1951-1952. I ce r t a in ly vri1.l do my bes t boosting t h e NRC and keep our Club on top. 1 v~ould l i k e t o take t h i s time and thank Eldon Addy an6

:PC men f o r the sv,rel.l DXt ?nted f o r our members i n the DX season and it i s w i t 1 t t h a t I f i n d LLdon stepping

3s CPC CA"airman, h is effc missed by a l l . Maybe a f t e r a seasons r e s t - he m i l l be back agalrl, VVF r e a l . 1 ~ hope SO. To Len Kruse our 1951-1952 Board Chairman l e t me say, congratulations, the club ha$ picked a r e a l DXer along with being a hsrd worker f o r your clU&i SOocc, l e t u s a l l give him our f u l l e s t cooperation; -.*

Am very sorry t h a t I w i l l not be around t h i s Labor Day week-end, k , : you can be sure t h a t I wil l . , be there i n s p i r i t where ever .you l a d s nj.2.:~ be gathering. Surpr ise v i s i t from t h e Dick. Cooper family a couple we%;,.

~- back and i t i s hoped they had a swel.1 time on t h e i r vacation. Thats a l l boys and best of everything t o a l l of you and I too w i l l .

be i n t h e i r DXing t h i s season you can be sure. Pop Edge. 980 WiOC Manitowic, W i s . F;P AM of 8/2 (Cooper)

1590 VJCOVi South S t . Paul, Minn. ET AM of 8/2 (Cooper) If you wa?it y o u r b u l l e t i n d e l i v e r e d t o you s t t h e Convention be : t o drop me a card a t I? D 1, North Gi ra rd , Pa . and 1'11 b r i n g it w l b n n, Looks l i k e Didk Cooper and I t i e d in t h e c o n t e s t , should be vfe owe Pat R e i l l e y t h e :b ig s teak d i n n e r n o w , h i .

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