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ITol. 1 2 No 2G Feb 3 1945 - We wel.come the renewals of Sid Steele-LouisviLle Ky-

Roland Burson-Mansfield 0-John Curgan-Phil.adel.phia,Pa-Hilding Gustafaon Rockford,I11 and a l s o S/SGT A 1 Maley and SGT James McGregor from our Mem- bers Service Fund. Thanks t o a l l of you w i t h wood luck and good DXing.

DX CALENDAR DATE-----CALL--LOCATION---------------- KCS---CLUB------ ALL TJJbfE EWT---- FEB 1 2 WTCM Traverse C i ty Mich. 1400 N R C 4:00 - 5t00 AM

1 3 WISE Ashevi l le N.C. 1230 N R C 4:00 4:30 AM 16 & 17 WSR S t Albins V t . 1420 TEST-NRC 5:30 - 6 : 5 5 AM

WTCM-TRAVEHSE CITY,MICH. Well. here i s another DX from t h i s sweI.1 s t a t i o n again t h i s season. M r . Jack Stinson, Engineer would l i k e r e p o r t s from every NRC Member i f poss ib le , WBQ will be on,but WTCMts s i g n a l i s very good with haZf way r i g h t condi t ions . Last years program f a i l e d due t o poor recept ion condi t ions i n t h e ' l a t t e r p a r t of March. This i s one of our l a s t DXes f o r t h i s season, so l e t us a l l make an e x t r a e f f o r t t o be tuned i n Feb 12th from 4-5 AM EWT. To add as an e x t r a inducive t o g e t up t h e r e w i l l be a p r i z e o f fe red . T H i s w i l l be f o r t h e most complete r e p o r t which i s most helpful. t o t h e Engineers of WTCM. M r . Jack Gtinson w i l l . be s o l e judge. The p r i z e w i l . 1 be e i t h e r a Years renewal i f won by an NRCer , o r a Years membership i n t h e NRC i f won by a non member. Thanks t o Mr, Stinson f o r h i s cooperation and t o B i l l Gabriel Jr. who arranged t h i s DX. -

A phone c a l l from our good member Phil Nichols, says t h a t Mr. Batchel- der,C.E. of WKNE has w r i t t e n him naming the winners o f - t h e 2 p r i z e s t h a t were of fered on t h i s DX. M r . Bob Gorsuch was winner of 1st P r i ze and M r . Norman Maguire winner of 2nd Pr ize . Vcries w i l l be forthcoming very soon and t h e Renewal f o r one year w i l l be s e n t Bob and $1.00 i n cash t o Norm. Thanks t o you M r . Ennest Batchelder f o r your swel l cooperation.

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M r . W.C. Groves Jr., Chief Engineer of Radio S t a t i o n WGNC writes t h a t he was sor ry t h a t t h e i r f r e q check covered our DX from KORE. Reason he .gave was t h a t account of WWDC becoming a 24 hour statior1,NGNC had t o change t h e i r check t o the 4 t h MON from 4-4:30 AM WIT. H e a l s o adds t h a t al.1 COMPLETE REPOHTS w i l l be v e r i f i e d . Several r e p o r t s received by him j u s t s t a t e t h a t WGNC was heard,music p l ~ y c d , send m e a v e r i f i c a t i o n . To r e p o r t s l i k e these , no v e r i f i c a t i o n i s for thconing. A Complete r e p o r t must be s e n t with r e t u r n postage i n order t o secure a v e r i e . From the NRC we say thanks t o Idr. Groves f o r h i s help kn keeping our hobby t o a high degree and making a v e r i e from WGNC a r e a l v e r i e t h a t means some t h i n g t o a l l re31 D X e r s . (Mis in fo f r o m a verie received by ~ o h a n n s )

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W 1.1 boys t h i s i s Thursday P.M. A l l main and i n fo received i s incl.uded i n e h i s b u l l e t i n . The snow storms i n and eround Buffalo have r e a l l y been a slow down f o r every thing,even mail.. Ins t ead of it thawing l i t t l e by l i t t l e , i t seems t o be p i l i n g up l i t t l e by l i t t l e , snow,nearly every day, So j u s t i n case of your bul.letin no t e r r i v i n g , you can.be sure t h a t t h e snow i s the cause. It wil.1 be de l ivered t o the P.0, on Saturday mornings

, as usual , so t h e delay wi1.1. no t be because of any reason a t Club HQ. So f o r * t h e next f e w weeks, mail your r e p o r t s and i n f o a day e a r l i e r i f you ca

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REMARKS *',~arinette ,~isc-~ai1.y sked 7AM-12MDT; 7: 57AM-MDT SurldaYs and

""'it any be possible to heax them on Sunda AM, They have no test schedule. id Steele-Louisville K,y

580 WIAC San Juan,P H hrd s/on at 7 AM ~ a i b y ( C P L Kruse-Ft Monmouth) 590 KTBC Austin,Tex checks 1st and 3rd SAT at 3-3:30 W (pat ~eil~ley)

WMBS Uniontown,Pa operates 6-6:15 Non directional and from 6:15- 6: 30 with directional, array, r rant Batson-Westfield N Y)

620 WSUN St Petersburg,Fla does not operate al.nite (~ohanns-~uffalo ) KTAH Phoenix,Art is cinch here till 3AM. Hrd every morning this

week (~il.1 6torie-Toronto ,0nt) 760 ???? Who i s the Spick that CRMs WJR evenings? (~atson) 8L+.1 . . . , Berlin, German station on 1/27 and a good R-5 while PJFiAS was

o f f the a i r . (pat Reilley-Jarnestow N Y) 888 .. . . BBC Forces program till. 3;30 AM on 25 and 26th (stone) Another

on 11.49 (BBC) did not stick for calls. . _ U20 WGNY Newburgh N Y skod 8:15AM-5;45 PM Dai1.e~ r ruse)

1230 WKBO Harrisbur$,Pa s/on BUN 7AM. Can be hrd behind WITH @ruse) ' WKBO Sked i s YAM-1AM EWT D iJ.y, Freq checks irregul.ar (Steele) WCOL Columbus,O s/off 2:30:5:30 AM on 4th WED (Gabriel-Lakewood 0 )

1290 KVOA Tucson,Air on till. 3hM with FiB every AM this week (Stone) WFVA Fredericksburg,Va s/on daily at 7:45AM r ruse)

1310 WCAM Camden,M J A l.iLtle help, who signs the veries??(Kruse) 1340 KCKN Kansas City,Kun s/off EVERY WED 3-7 AM EWT (~dge-~uffalo) 1350 WORK York,Pa signs on GUiV AM at YAM (~a t so r i ) 1380 WMBG Hichmond,Va checks 4th WED 3-3:30 AM and said they would be

. .-.. -- -we--. back in 4 \reeks. ( ~ a b r i e l ) 6 4 0 0 KENO Las Vegas,Nev belicve they tested 3:55-??? before WGIL s/on

I- d- ..- I a t 4, Hrd call mentioned and said it was their monthly freq check. R-5 below WHBQ. Anyone hear this?? (~abriel) Qlainview, Tex. AL BARTHOLOMEW Who signed your verie? (~abriel) @in Luis Potosi, S L P, Venustiano Carranzer #22 and signed .,-,.#&.*--- by Josefina Delgado de Jimenez. (~eil.ley)

5 0 WEED Rocky IUlount,N C tested 2/26 from 2:4Lk-3:30 AM (Johonns) . . ???? Who were they?? Two $picks,I thont believe either were Mexicans

covering WVDC like aublanket,hrd Radio America announced once. Bot got no other call letters,I say 2 as I got 2 different logs on this frcq,definitely 2 different stations. One having Spanish light concert and other everything from O p W S t o Swing How about it, youlse guys with those Super sets, Were you awake Pop? Now there are 2 Radio Americans on this freq, was it both of them,or was it one 06 em?Who was the other station

1490 WHBB Sel.ma,ALn checked 3rd FRI 4:lQ-4:20AM 100w(Johanns) to tone) 1450 WGNC Gaston ia,N C chenged check to &nd SAT account WWDC 4-4:30AIvI

This from verie. (~ohanns)

NEW STATIONq F C C NEWS by Bill Gabriel & Len Kruse, 1.240 WBHD Pctersburg, Va 25Ow ultd. Southside Virginia Broadcasting C o r ~ 1340 .... Clevel~~nd,Tenn. 250w ultd Robert W. HounsaviLle 14.00 W N N Macon, Ca 25Ow ultd D,Tncon Broadcasting Co. 1400 WHGB Harrisburgh,Pa 250w ultd Harrisburgh Broadvasting Go, 1490 . . . , Conwr y, S. C. 250w u l t d Loys M. Hawley. DELETE (BY order of the WPM, considered non-essential) 12.49 . Tularc, Calif 250w ultd Herman Anderson 1LL93 .... Sacremcnto,Cal 230w ultd Central Va1l.e~ Broadcasts. FREQUENCY CHANGE ,

1.230 KFFA Halena, M e Arkfrom 1490 kcs. 3.230 WCHV Charlottesville, Va from 1450 kcs effective 2/4 , this was

heard on 211 by PFC Kenny Page who DXes on his furlough.

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JACK i;IflII\IGER ??? The fo&l.owing l e t t e r was r e c by Jack Gardner wno sent -- i t in t o I.et you o the r members know about Jack;- In a v a l i a n t e f f o r t t o keep'myself out of t h e pro'verbial doghouse, I am sending my seasons gree t - ings from Sornev:here i n Saudi Arabia. They tel.1, me t h i s i s Xmas day but 111.3 be darned i f i t seems such,Al.beit the steward put out an ext raordi - n a p i l l y good meal with turkey,ham and a1.l t he customary trinmings. I f w e were f o r t u n a t e we may be a b l e t o spend new Years eve i n I r a q or I r a n where w e may be a b l e t o indulge, to a reasonab1.e degree, i n the cup t h a t cheers. We had q u i t e a t r i p over here al.tho vre were kind of running i n c i r c l e s one n i g h t evading what a few lads on t h e br idge presumed t o be a sub.You can probably guess hov: exc i ted t h e watch can becoine on a dark n i g h t when even a f i s h i n g travsl.er,tug o r c o r v e t t e might assume t h e appearance of a sub. Needless t o say the time r a t h e r drags out here . I manage t o k i l l q u i t e a f e y d hours playing cards and reading but of course t h a t al.so be- comes monotonous a f t e r a while. Vie a r e however very f o r t u n a t e i n having a good steiiirdrdls department arid a sh ip t h a t i s unusually c lean throughout. Vfe1.l t h i s Is about 21.1 f o r t h e present and if 1 have any news l a t e r plus the r e q u i s i t e v i t a l i t y f o r wr i t ing 3 l e t t e r you may hear from me again b e f o ~ e I ge t back,so with my bes t wishes t o you people,old man s i r i n g e r

, says bye now til.1 l a t e r . CPL EDWARD J WYiViAN-PAC1,FIC Well 1 havent much t o say i n t h i s l e t t e r but t h e r e a r e a c o u p l e of i tems I w ~ n t t o cl.ear up, F i r s t i s an i tem i n t h e October 21st bul.2etin. In it Larry Yarnes had i n f r e q f ro] - ics t h a t he heard a Jap on 1000 kds, ever s ince t h e middle of August. I l m going t o have t o d isappoin t him because i t i s n o t a J a p but a Hawaiian. There are 2 s t a t i o n s running together . One of which announces a s mHO on 6120 ~ C S and they a1.s~-announce another s t a t i o n on 1000 kcs, They only announce i n English a t the beginning of t h e i r program. The r e s t i s i n Japanese even the s ign o f f . They opera te from 2 t o 8 AM EWT, The second i tem is a new s t a t i o n f o r you guys. It i s WVTK on 1510 kcs , A1.l programs are i n Engl.ish with q u i t e a number rebroadcast of big network programs, They announce as ffThe Voice of t h e Armed Forces i n t h e Far Eastu They opera te from 7 t o 8 :30 PM EWT and 'from 5 t o 3.1~30 AM EVIT. (Ed t h i s i s our time) Boy i t i s sure good $0 g e t those bul.l.etins too. They are almost l ike a l e t t e r from home. And by t h e 1,ook of t h e l i s t of a l l . those s p e c i a l Ilks you guys a r e r e a l l y on the b a l l and opera t ing , Well I l v e go t t o go now so I f l l s ign off with a reminder t o n o t i c e the new QhA i f you havent seen i t before, on1.y d i f f e r e n c e i s APO which i s now 321. ENSIGN STEVE BlANlV-Ill. THE ATLANTIC Here I a m out a t sea and for the f i r s t time i n a number of months have done a 1.i'ttY.e tuning. The sh ips r a d i o s . r e a l l y a r e s a e l l f o r DX. I n answer t o Joe L i p p i n c o t t f s query i n a r ecen t bul- le t in the Dominican Republic s t a t i o n he heard i s HI2G, Ciudad T r u j i l l o a c t u a l l y on about 1023 kcs, but announcing as 1040 kcs. I have hemd them very w e l l . But the bes t Dominican s t a t i o n hrd out here i s H I Z on 14.00 kc al.so i n Ciudad Trujil.10. 'They hsve been heard very s t rong and asklng f o r r e p o r t s . Heres another good one f o r t h e boys t o t r y f o r ; WVDI on 990 kc '!The Vhice of American Servicemen" Por t of Spain, Trinidad, B r i t i s h West Ind ies . BraziX on 1490 and 11.80 have been henrd but s t a t i c stopped me from i d e n t i f y i n g them, Venozuelz a r e th ick , inc luding sucQ smaI.1. catches as YV6RA On 1490 kc in Barcelona; Have hrd 8 stations in tile capital Caracas 230ne. Expect t o be back i n t h e s t a t e s b e f o r t too long f o r a s h o r t while a t which time I will. forwz.rd q u i t e a l o t of dope on the f o r ~ f g n BCB s t a t i o n s . My b e s t t o everybody. (Thsnks Steve 2nd t h e b e s t t o you) ROLAND BURdON-blAlVjFIELD 0 Very 1 . i t t l e DX h e r e f o r seve ra l months. Before co1.d weather TAs and T P s werc good., some AMs hrd as high as 20 Aussies 4QR being the loudcs t and BBC on 877 showing h-9 many n i g h t s , S ince co1.d weather on1.y a few 3As a c r e hrd and havent done much DX. Been t r y i n g t o g e t i n t o the l l n r i t i ~ n e Service cs r8d io operc tor . (OK Roland-good l.uck,)

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS - p a ~ e ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - d - m I I . r r . - w + - d L - - r - C C T I P S and &PO REPORTS February 3 1945 JOHN D. LONG-DALTOII C A WAGU d i d n t come thru f o r m e on 1/14 c f t e r stand- ing by f o r one hour f o r them. The ann a t IWWDC s a i d t h a t they wasnt heard t h e r e e i t h e r . 1/16 WJEF t e s t i n g . IIJivILT t h e Voice of Dublin Ga j rd 1/7 with a very good signaJ,,sent them a r e p o r t . Hrd again yesterdgy very good. KGW has been coming i n l a t e l y with very good s i g with a program f o r l - i s t - eners t o send zny musical. s e l e c t i o n they wou1.d l i k e t o hear . Music a t MDT is the name of i t , Hrd frora 2:jQ-4 AM ETi\rT, Verie back yesterday from CFBR card 2nd s a i d iuaguire was f u r t h e s t r epor te r on DX. 1/11 logged CBR and t o received t h e i r v e r i e , Brd CKBI t he o ther AM s /of f but not enough f o r r p t - KORE 1./22 came in with f a i r s i g s , WGNC cunziug on j u s t a f t e r they S / O ~ f o r t h e DX and spoi led recept ion f o r f i r s t 32 minutes a l t h o I did hear KOBE behind them. Their s i g l a s t 5 minutes very good. Also send Bob Gorsuch a 3.ist of s t a t i o n s hzrd t o hear . Veries in sillct. I,ost wr i t ing a r e from KCLU- KUOA-CHEX which v;as very a t t r a c t i v e card,l430 i n l a r g e l e t t e r s ac ross t h e card. CBR today-CFBh-WW5H-KROS. M r , G i l b e r t Andrews, C . e l of KROS s a i d t h ~ t they had always received l o t s of DX r e p o r t s from our members. Said a s present conduct f r e q check on 1st NrED of rnonthr5:45-6AM and they have had troub1.c g e t t i n g out a t t h r t time and they plan t o change it t o an e a r l i e r hour on sane d a t e i n near f u t u r e , He mentioned rece iv ing 3 re- por t from N e v j Zealand some time back, KFYH very a t t r ~ c t i v e 1-etterhead whdch i s Very f r i e n d l y and srrid t o inform t h e boys of t h e i r DX program t h e 2nd THURS from 3:15-3:45 EKT. Hrd KGCX on t h e i r l a s t months check & s e n t r e p o r t , Notice s e v e r a l of the boys q r e hezring KFAFi and g e t t i n g t h e v e r i e s back, Would l i k e t o know what time they ; r e on as I have t r i e d on severa l tgmes and f a i l e d so f a r . Regretted t o l e a r n of Harold Burstromts death. ( ~ r y f o r KFAR anytime a f t e r WEAF s igns o f f ) LT JACK ~ f i IN TEELL It ha$ been 2 long time s ince wr i t ing , but a BOX 632 U of P WRDllS l o t has happened s ince then, Bean on the move 37th and SPRUCE almost cons tant ly s i n c e l z s t J u l y . Been i n New PHILADELPHIA 4, PENN Guinea-Bougainville-dzipan-Tin and Leyte be-

f o r e r e tu rn ing home f o r a leave J u s t before Xmas I got bznged up a b i t on the o ther s i d e but it docsnt bother me a t al.1 anymore. A t present I ' m studying n course i n Japanese a t t h e Universi ty of Pennsylvania sponsored by t h e Off ice of B t re teg ic Services which is t h e o u t f i t I i=m now working f o r . It looks as i f I s h a l l be here f o r a b o u t 6 months,and a s q u a r t e r s a r e very good, I plan on doing a l i t t l e DXing on the s ide . 1 understand t h a t t h e r e arc some new s t a t i o n s on t h e a i r now and s ince WIBG 2nd YVCAM,a couple of I,ocals are i n my wanted I - i s t , I p lan on going t o work on them very short1.y. do Hello t o you NRCers, 1,VWDC-BOB SHAFFER-MFASHIIXTON .D,C, T h e mail. hzs been ful l . of l e t t e r s from members of the NRC,thmking us for s tanding by f o r the WACM tes t progrcm on Jznuery I.4th. I ' m glad t o know that Such EL small favor could have been so b e n k f i c i a l t o so many, I no te t h a t q u i t e ;I f e w mentioned t h a t the Great Sco t t s ~ i d t h a t no one h e r e received WAGM and t h a t some of your members regarded so~ne of h i s rcniz.rks a s uncomplimentary. I was no t i n the s t u d i o s and could no t be su re of what he sz.id,but what ever it was shou1.d be over- l.ooked,because he i s q u i t e a charac ter and i s q u i t e unorthodox i n h i s method of announcing. i l ls f o k t e i s panning comrncrcial.s,contr~l opera to r s and everything in g e n ~ r a 3 . 3ome l i s t e n e r s t ~ k e offense t o some of t h e th ings he snys,and a c0upJ.e taxic;b d r i v e r s en tered t h e - s t u d i o s one n i t e l a s t week t o givz him a whipying,but came out second b e s t a s S c o t t i s q u i t e a big man. I f t h e r e i s myth ing e l s e t h a t w e can do f o r you,ph?ase wr i t e me. The boss was cLuite impressed with t h e mail and I dont thxnk 1 would have any t roub le g e t t i n g h i m t o OK enything r e ~ s o n a b i e . I am an old DX hound myse1.f and zm sympathetic, ------ (wel l boy& t h e above i s a sweJ.1. l c t t e r and i t i s hoped t h a t no one w i l l take o f fense t o S c o t t r s remarks, WWDC going o f f on Monday AMs should be s u g f i c i e n t and your Edi- t o r be l i eves t h a t any DXes clrranged on 1450 kcs can be on a Monday AM) And thanks t o a l l of you who wrote OInMDC, t h e above shows what can be done.

NATIONAL RADIO CLUb DX NEWS F e & r ~ a ~ y , 3 - 1 ~ 4 2 - , - - - - - d - - - - d - w w - - - - - - - - 4 - p ~ g e i T I P S and LPO REPORTS JOE BMUlVEh-VVILLIAU$VII,LE,N DY, A t l a s t a new v e r i e t o report;Thanks t o S id S t e e 1 . t ~ t i p , a card signed by Mr. Harr ison o f KSWO i s now i n hand, came back i n 3.ess than 10 days and i t s on1.y s t a t i o n rep ly t h i s week. Th i s one, 3 years ~verdue ,was sure wel.come. ljothing very e x c i t i n g t o re- p o r t otherwise. DX good but j u s t usual. s t a t i o n s . WJOB was on a l - l morning once o r more and was t a lk ing about Sun Dodgers Club and asking f o r sug- ges t ions on mihat vie wanted t o hear,can i t bo t h a t we are t o have another a l l inqrnirlg program t o choose from? WJEF a l s o t e s t i n g on same d a t e and 1.230 r i v e l e d 1.340 f o r QE(b1. I1XB% al.so doing considerab1.e t e s t i n g a f t e r 3 AM t h i s 7,eek. This KOVO g e t s me douiin,first they te1.l me t h e i r monthly t e s t is on the 2nd MOlV,l.ater c o r r e c t i t t o 3rd IVlON, and rlow A l r e p o r t s hearing them on t h e 4 t h LION. (OK Joe and l e t some body see i f they can r e a l l y g e t thr; tirue of t h e i r reg check-hay) GHAIlT BATSOi\J-l;:>;6TFIBLD 14 :J. Y . Reception seems t o improve some l a t e l y but n o t too Inany r e p o r t s ou t . 1=/22 WFIL; 1/23 K I C D th ru several s t a t i o n s , they do pack :I I.ot of yoz.er f o r 3.00 uv;tts, al.so KE'i,N a t s i g n o f f and KIUL on 7.240 kc t e s t i n g a t 3:Cllk-3:14 AM; 1/24 KOh a t s /of f ; KXEL froin 7-7: 30 &&I PM; 1./25 \VIbU; 1./26 KUdD 2:3l-3 AN -s/off and seems t h i s s t a t i o n broad- c a s t s t o 3ANl EWT, 1/28 WORKon 1.350 kcsa t s/on a t 7 AM with Old Fashioned Revival Hour. This i s SUN AM Veries from \VISE-\f!HIS-\VSN J-KFWB-WMM-KMA- WJED-CHML i n 5 days Pop. What I want i s CFCO out s i n c e 12/25. Whats t h e r n a t h r with lWJFr,nothing here from Gpecial. of 1.1./28,other l a t e ones are INKEU-KEVki weI.1 G,ant I got mine back-di)-KABii-V3'HIT-KAdA-ITITAX-KRIS-WAN and KAVE. Tried f o r YV5RK on 3.160 kc a t 6;30 AN1 1./28/45 and s t a t i c f a i r l y s t rong and too much. C a r r i e r was c e r t a i n i t was them. Some TPs on 1.149- 1122, mybe 1118-950-87'7 and 668, the l a t t e r one l i s t e n e d t o f o r some I

time because I figur,ed maybe KFAR niight be on but discovered i t was a b i t h igh f o r that,anymay the program was d-fffverent. 1-/28 who was on 1.1.50 Kept pl.sying e i t h e r Mdt o r 3 oclock i n t h e morning between 5-5330 AM with about 2 minute interval. , no s t a t i o n i a e n t i t y given. BILL GABhIEL-LAKBWUOD 0 Not much DX here . Few r e p o r t s out t o WWRL-ICTUS- KOBE-WGN C-KAYE-2N S-WAGM-IP:BTM-KMAC md overdue t o KVOP-KWAT-WMBH-KRBC and KGNC. Vcries i n from WJEF-CKEY-KWC,the 1-a t te r f o r a r ek )o r t of Feb 44, H i AL I11,ley. Here 's a quote from Wal.ter Winchel.lfs col-umn t h a t might be good n e i s t o most of us. NRadio S t a t i o n s mzy be forced t o suspend al.1 n igh t recorded programs---if sk5lJ.ed technic ians a r e d ra f t ed . It would save e l . ec t r i c i ty , say Govrt execs,for both s t a t i o n s and tuner- inners* A].- most too good t o be true-kii. HERB CAMPbELL-ATHEN6 PENN Vfb v e r i e from C H d J i n promptly, I thanked WrrVDC f o r leaving t h e b a i r during IYAGM show,on my dWL card,and received a v e r i e frorn WrDC by r e t u r n mail. Well M a t more could one ask? KORE was a wierd a f f a i r . They seemed t o t h r i v e on t roub le , a s they were a t t h e i r b e s t under WGNC and toward t h e las t ,under the c u r r i e r of WHIS. HOVII i s the bes t wny t o send r e t u r n postage t o ; Colobian s tat ion.???????? (~olombian)

Your Ph i to r h2s not iced l ~ ~ t e l y t h a t a number of you boys are again asking f o r v e r i e s igners . Ivlarshall ~ 1 - a n c h ~ r d , 4035 P r a i r i e Avo., Brookf i e l d I l l ' o f f e r e d t o keep a l i s t of up t o d a t e vur i e s igner s 1-ost season 2nd he was given t h a t department of the club. It would be s p p r e c i ~ t e d i f al.1 you ].ads vrou1.d s i t down 2nd send blnrsh your v e r i e s igner s f o r t h e pas t coup1 e months' 3 t ].east. Then whgn you u\rx-it one j u s t drop him a no te ask- ing f o r i t and l3NCLOSING A 3$ STAMP FOR HIS REPLY, o r use G DOUBLE CARD* By using this method you wi1.1. r ece ive a l o t f z s t e r serv ice , by asking i n the b u l l . ~ t i n i t takes ;t 1 . e ~ s t 2 nteks ~ n d mybe more, by going d i r e c t t o Marsh it c rn be hod i n 2 few days. Marsh h ~ s sh0t~n i n t e r e s t i n h i s Cl.ub as have Bob Gorsuch and Sid S tee le , so pl.ease cooperate with them and do .zs they ask. It- i'vi1.l b e n i f i t you i n your hobby. When sending your l i s t of v e r i e s igner s remember t o incl-ude the d a t e your v e r i e wns received, i n t h i s manncr the l z t e s t signer ccn t;lsrv~ys be had. %'hen keep it up.

NATIONAL E A D I O CLUB DX NEWS Page-6 -. - - . d C I I . * - . I ) - Y I - . d - - . - - - - . - C 4 - - - . - . e - - d TIPS and LPO REPORTS Febriary-3-19& PAT' REILLEY-JAMYSTOWN N . X . Cant f i n d al l . my notes . 2/26 0vers lZpt but hrd WJHP with t h e i r new antenna a t 6AMe WPDQ a l l covered up by WXYZ here. 2/27 Berl-in on 841 while ITHAS wa.s o f f and about an R-5. The Engl-ish s t a - t i o n s on W'7-1L$9-103.3 were good today, WFBM t e s t e d a t 3:30 and an urn- known Spick behind WAAT. 2/28 A Mex on 1.370 kc a f t e r 3:30. The English on 1.149-1-013-11.23 and 377 were a l l good, a weak fo re igner jus t a longside KJBS on 1-100 who bothered them q u i t e badly. The unknown dpick behind WAAT again. 2/29 The Sp ick behind WAAT aga in , are bothering XEL a l s o today. XECZ only new v e r i e a l l week and KTBC a s a dup. CPL IJEONARD KHUSE-FT &ON.iblOUTH N. J. 3ti3.1, a t tached t o t h e h o s p i t a l but am g e t t i n g back i n shape ,af te r 1-osing a t ].east a dozen pounds from my recen t il.I.ness, 1./22 logged WJEJ on 3.240 kc jumble a t 7 : 3 0 PbI and then on 3.240 a t 9PM logged P a t ' s home town s t a t i o n WJTN with a s t a t i o ~ break. 1/23 5 l i s t e n e d t o WCBT from 6:25-6:40 AM f o r another new one,behind WITH. Then several. days whi1.e d i a l i n g e a r l y i n t h e morning I heard them men- t i o n my name f o r wr i t ing them. Fol.l.owed on 1/24, by logging WCBS behind ViTAG. 1/25 WATN was hrd s/on a t 7Akl fo1,lowed a t 7:45 with nJFVA s/on. On 1/26 WEED was logged s/on a t YAM with news broadcast pushing WWDC as ide , Sunday AM. 1./28 WKBO was hrd 7-7:30 AM with rel . igious program behind WITH, on the same day I logged CFCY,Charlottestown,P E I i n t e r f e r i n g with '&MALI The v c r f e s pas t week incl.ude a 1.et ter from \WBH by Hugh R Norman, mgr. H e s t h t e d the reason I can hear WWBH cnd WOCB ( s i s t e r s ta t ion): rcgul-arly i s because t h e t ransmission i s over sa1.t wat t r conduction. A ssell l e t t e r from Richter , of WATN who re turned postage. He s t a t e s flWe consider t h e DXers s r e our f r i e n d s and w e consider they do us a fa9or when they send us a recept ion reportrl, Then from WDBO came a n i c e l e t t e r and program sked ~ n d from i t I not iced a fcl .1 .0~ NHC member, Ralph Johanns of Buffnl-o received a box of f i n e oranges. How come Ralph,you never mentioned it i n your r e p o r t ? Afraid Pop adge wou1.d make a v i s i t t o your home? (NO Len i t s ' WE s because he wasnt su re of winning them cnd they hadent a r r i v e d up t o pub]-ishing time l a s t week-Pop) 1ncidental . ly ViDBO has a weekly con tes t and the f a r t h e s t l i s t e n e r r ece ivcs e box of t h e F lo r ida oranges. From WRUF a srrj.el.1 f e t t e r back on t n e i r f i n e s t r t i o n , I t s swell. t o have* s o r r y t o hesr of WAGMrs f i r e , s u r e l y hope t h e r e p o r t s a r c no t destroyed as my recept ion notes on the program have been misl.aid. Tnk t o A l Bartholornew f o r the f i n e information on my inqu i ry on NAA, With t h e new order put out by FCC t h e r e w i l l bc very few more new s t a t i o n s coming on the a i r and al-so very few changes i n e x i s t i n g s t a t i o n s . Hemember WONE? This s t a t i o n now h2s before t h e FCC an eppl.icetion t o boost power t o 50KWI Wow. HILDING GUSTAFSOIU-.EOC.KFORD I L L Have done a 1.ittl .e DX l a t c l y , b u t a l s o have caught up on some much needed s leep . L e t c s t v e r i e s a r e i n from Droitwich- Moorside Edge Hegionzl and KFAR. The c a l l of KFNi stand fornKey For Alaska RichesP They v e r i f i e d prompt$y. Sent them c r e p o r t f o r Christmas morning recept ion . They were very loud and cl.are ~ n d cou1.d be copied p r e t t y c1.ose t o 1.00%. Was su rp r i sed t h a t t h e r e wer no t o thcr DXers t o r e p o r t them f o r Christmas morning. They wcrc good. K T U , Ketchikan w s s a l s o heard the same AM. On Christmas AM 1-2/25 1 hrd r mess of Spanifsh speaking s t a t i o n s , Of these I heard 2 mystery s t c t i o n s and wondcr i f any o the r DXer i d c n t i - f i e d them? One of t h e Spicks was on 910 and was vEry weak. H e possibly was 3 3.h. Thc o the r dpick was on 1.090. H e signed off a t 4tO3 hbf CWT o r 5 : 0 3 AM EWT, Latcst DX h e r e i s Algers on 941; A TA on 866, be l ieve him t o be Graz,Austria; 913 a Frcnch s t a t i o n ; 922 Brno,Czec; 932 3russel.s; 11.58 z TA be l ieve t o be a Czcc s t a t i o n ; 1086, he re aBV of Sweedcn has baen c o n s i s t e n t l y good; 1.01b 3HA of Aus t ra l i a was f a i r ; A l l BBC s t a t i o n s have been good. That i s ELI t h e big powered BBC s t a t i o n s . United Nations S t a t i o n i n Algcrs on .1176 hasnt bcan hrd vcry good s ince Dec,but manages t o put thru a weak s ignnl on some evenings. Have heard KFAR on scvcra l AMs,scems t o push th ru a b e t t e r s i g ne2r 3 AB EltrT, Seems h i s peak time.

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I n Regard To Ver i fy ing by Dave Thomas, Another a r t i c l e appeared i n "DX NFll?$Sf' about r e p o r t i n g , s o t h i s being

opposite,bc.l . ievc i t no 'more tllan r i g h t t o pub3.ish i t . Hovllrever w i t h t h i s a r t i c l . e , bo th s i d e s h ~ v e spoke t h e i r i d e a s , so no f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n w i l l be publ i shed i n our bu l - l e t i n . Like so mzny o t h e r q u e s t i o n s i n t h e hobby we do have d i f f e r e n t i d e a s and your E d i t o r b e l i e v e s i n showing bo th s i d e s of a quca t ion . Your hd i to r suggksted t h a t P o s i t i v e ident i f ica t ion be hrd be fo re sending a r e p o r t , bu t he will admit Dave has some good agguments.

Personal1.y I d i s a g r e c w i t h you Pop or1 r e q u e s t i n g v e r i f i c a t i o n s . I b e l i e v e i f you have a cause t o t h i n k t h e s t L t i o n h e a d w 2 s so and so and i f you g e t p o s i t i v e t i t l e s and t h e i r t inlcs pl-cyed and %n a c c u r a t e I.og madc on t h e program,so t h e s t a t i o n can check t h e i r l o g w i th it, even tho you fc i l .ed t o g e t t h e cal.1 n r e p o r t i s i n ort ier . For t h e eng ineer wou1.d r a t h e r g e t a d e f i n i t e d a t a t o check t h e i r l o g s t h ~ n n rneziger r e p o r t w i th a saying I heard your call,. Give t h e S t z t i o n t h e F a c t s a s t o whzt you hea rd , t he reason t h e cal.1 was no t unders toon,snd a s k them t o check t h e i r l.og c l o s e as p o s i t i v e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n by cal l . l e t t e r s was n o t made, For 21.1 o f you who r e p o r t e d t o WDBC (I was one of them tvho r e p o r t e d March t i t l e s and s a i d t h a t no c a l l WFLS heard) t h i s i s n o t a poor o r sl.oppy pol.icy l . ike Bob and Pop i s t r y i n g t o meke o u t , QRM can casy block a ~ 2 % ~

and by sending i n a p o s i t i v e sel .oct ion which was a b l e t o g e t t h r u t h e mess wzs a c o r r e c t t h i n g t o od , fo t wi th tnc t i t l e g iven them t h c s t a t i o n had a d e f i n i t e check t o go be from t h e i r l og . WDBC was t o be on and w i t h t h i s d e t a any DXcf shou1.d and d i d have a p r ~ f t c t r l g h t t o r e p o r t them, S ince WHGM was on(and a s they want r e p o r t s on t h e i r s i g n z l s accord ing t o Koops r t p o r t i n bulletin)^ bel.icve Bob Gorsuch shou1.d forward a l l - t h e s e r e p o r t s t o W I G M and expl .a in , that a s p o s i t i v e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of se- l e c t i o n s were made, bu t an e r r o r o r n o t unders tand ing c x l 1 , t h e r e p o r t s were sent t o wrong s t a t i o n , a n d now being s e n t t o W I G M . ahould t hey be i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e i r coverage on t h i s t e s t t h r u t h c 1490 mess. Some of t h e fel.l.ows may need \VIGb! v e r i e , b u t I ' v e v e r i f i e d him s e v e r a l t imes and i f they r e p o r t e d t h e c o r r ~ c t t i t l e and i t checks w i th VlfGMfs log,even tho d i d n o t send i t t o c o r r e c t s th t ion- - they s t i l . 1 should g e t a v e r i e f o r a f t e r all. they d i d h e a r t h e s t a t i o n o r they cou1.d n o t have r e p o r t e d t h e se l .ec t ion. I ' v e o f t e n wanted t o e x p l a i n my a t t i t u d e t o t h i s , when I ' v e s6e you r i de , , t he boys f o r sending i n a r epo r t , even tho i t was accur- a t e , t o t h e wrong s t a t i o n , s o thought t h i s was t h e b e s t t ime i n t h e world t o do so , I don t mean by t h e above however t o gues s a t a s t a t i o n , f o r ex- amp1.e i f you h e a r a man ta l -king i n Spanish and i t i s a weak jump t o a conc%usion t h a t you have a w a t t e r i n Spain o r t h e l i k e , o r when some s t a t i o n , because he i s weak claim i t s a TA o r TP and t h e l . ike,or send a r e p o r t by guess t o some s t a t i o n and say I heard mus ic ,p lease v e r i f y . R u t a c t s w i th r ea son and j u s t i f y your c la ims 2nd r e p o r t s . I n c a s e of WDBC every one who r e p o r t e d Marches were w i t h i n t h e i r r i g h t s and d i d 1.00% r i g h t zccording t o my pognt of views on DXing, -iCit+* D~ v i d T' omasWt+fi%#c ---- AL BARTHO.I&WIEW-COE(NIW Ti ,Y Sorry b u t I missed KORE special . , j u s t f o r g o t about i t . Guess I was only one t o h e e r KOVO t h a t morning t o o a s everyone was a f t e r KORE. DX Bottc-n s i n c e , Good Sunday morn tho . TAs good espt;cial.ly BBC. Reported t o N.R. on 668 kcs . Only 2 v e r i e s i n l a t e l y . RGKV t o f i n i s h Wgst V i r g i n i a and WHLD. D&VE T H O U S PROCTOKVILLE 0 TO MALEY & OTHEhS KWLC v e r i f i e d r p t i n 5 days - Sent 1/13,verio back J.7th. KORE was r ece ived OK h e r e du r ing NRC-DX,but s u f f e r e d from KGNC pl.elity- a t t imes , Fu3.1. hours r p t s e n t t ho , XEAW i s b ~ c k on t h e a i r , Hecrd t e s t i n g us ing Engl.ish 6unday and Monday AM on 1.280 k c s 1./14-15; Has a n i c e s i g n a l h e r e . @A now Monterrey, BI.LI, STOM$.wants s/on & o f f times of KXRC-KDTH-KFKU-KGFX-KGGF-KGNC-KIDO- KILO -KIUL-KLO-KOWH-KROD-KSE~-KTF~-KT~X-KVOA-KVO~-~FT-WA~~F~\~BI~G-~'JGR~V-~'~HCU- VHDH-NiHEB-VrI13C-WK?A-'ciG'NLAM-VtrOCB-VIORK-~~R~ -WOKL-mr8BA-WTAW-PJTRY . O r checks.

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RILL STONE-TORONTO,ONT ]./21. Odd &pick hrd t e s t i n g f o r Corn Radio; 1/22 N O - go on e i t h e r KODY or KIGlP!,coverec. y o the r s , Pl.enty of s t a t i o n s On the air ,rflostly c a r r i e r s . Seeing the , DX you ].ads g e t I had s e t checked So now watch a u t o Noise 1.evel. high on bottom of band but OKbfrom 5:LkU-1000 ~ C S . KFPY-KJR-XOL110 al.1 b e t t e r than K-7, KTAR & KVOA a cinch til.1. 3 Ah1 every morning. A t 3 f inds K G Y i I;-5; At 3z1.5 KFUN i s over l?COI, and ea s i l y cop- %@d f o r new one. 3:55 2PC Sydney nus t over KF8.C but dropped Be1.o~ audi- 63s when KFRC s/o%f/ 4:23-4 : 3 0 W l O real.1.y slhpping YiELL around. lhrEAT not on,maybe a s i l e n t A!d egeil week; 1,/2,4 West; coas te r s again coming i n , seems c a r r i e r s on every 'uar,d. t h a t I a m 1.oo.king f o r a s tat iorr ,but t he one I want i s n t on. Looking f o r WOOD-$;OAI-16i;B11JS were 3 of over a dozen with strong c a r r i e r s . Carrier on C9UM kd. \?iCOI, of f 2:3,!+.-611~ and announced as week1.y a f f i r , b u t WITH too much. &JPH t e s t i n g on 3.34C; 1-/25 Forces s t a t i o n BBC hrd on %2$ 885 tiJ.1. 3:30; Fv'9,'LIN 1.-2:30 on f .c. ; \piFVA on 1.290 kcs no t 1230 a s l i s t e d a whil-e back a t 2:03-2:25; \fiiXUB as blal.eys l . i s t ; 12 below a t l+AM here; I./26 2 SBC again coning thru , one on !.I49 tel.l.ing Gerrnan peop1.e about Shickelgruber, and it wont be I.ong with R u s s i s on one s ide zrld Canada-12s-England on o ther , V!ku was 3rd s t a t i o n behinil KUSD and KFPY ,dropped out of s/off at. 3Ahl with them; 1/27 RHA with DX program till. 2 :08 ; OK you super DXers with real. s e t s , look i.n Freq F'rol.ics on 1450 kc and see i f you can he lp me ou t . May be i s cou1.d be CX-46 or CP-8, but who was the o ther . Covered \!lV!DC l.ike a blanket . West coas te r s & TAs were coming i n good. 1/28 Swel.1. AM f o r TAs, BBC hrd on 885-3.050-1145. With Rennes on 1.0,$0 giving KJCZ too much of an argument and Bordeaux on 1.077 21.1. above hrd with b e t t e r tnan R-7 s i g s here. HJAK a cinch on 131.0. from 2:30 ti3.1, a f t e r 3 . No s ign of Venezue1.a~ on 81.9 t h i s AX!. Can you wr i t e & expect a rep ly from.e&the? of the BBC o r French s t a t ion???? PFC S. BE$)RY FRAIGKEL-CAiviP CROV;I)E;Ti,EiO To Gabriel.. I didn t g e t your l e t t e r -- here with your r epo r t . Seems t h a t they do no t seem too e f f i c i e n t i n re- gard t o loca t ing me. The l . e t t e r vl!bl.l. probably g e t back t o you as d i d One of the b u l l e t i n s . Am on CQ t o n i t e 1./28 and have a sma3.3. Zknith here, So far have logged ~AjTO-WnAF-WS?i-KGGFFI;',:LS-rs!~~R-KVOD-P~%O-WSE-bllGI\I. There a r e 3.o-L~ more coming i n on t he set and maybe l a t e r on i n the ear1.y AX 183.1. g e t some rough ones, Have no time t o r epo r t these unfortunately,but I en-joy j u s t ge t t i ng them. Spent a 3 day p u s s i n Kansas Ci ty last week, had a grand t ime ,v i s i t ed ICiLlBC but coul.dnt ge t cl.ose t o anyone important. The n igh t s a r c very cold out here and we hau some n ice snow l a s t n i t e and t h i s AM, Bu.t i t docsnt make Army l i f e ~ n y more bearable, I T m s t i l l wait- ing f o r sorrie word from KOAM on a conternpl.atod DX froill thern. P H ~ NIC60LS-E HAPTFORD.CDNH, Got v e r i e bhck from CKNW, n i ce l e t t e r head ve r i e and signed by E Boss McIntyre saying my r epo r t cfieckcd OK with 1.og and bel.ieve Pop and I a r e p r a c t i c a l l y t h e on1.y East coas t members with t h i s cztch. R,ported t o XETJ on 1460 kc S U N AM,were on t i l l 2 ~ 4 3 . MON AM pepported t6 what I thought was XELQ on 940 f'rorn 1.-1:30 but f ind that FCC says i t s XE(;, so am mz.fl.ing r cpo r t t o then. Cou1.d have sworn I hrd More1.a mentioned but a i t n igh t have been ; news item. Had very s trong s i g n a l . ( Y cp Phil. t h a t CKNKJ v e r i e rea1.3.y loolcs swe1,l.-pop) RALPH .JOidANi3i3-BU_FFALO N Y Since l a s t r epo r t v e r i e s i n form of Ze t t e r s have come i n f roin KYA-VfF1'TjY -WS'IIN-V'FrRF-WEED stamped on p_I.cin shec t of paper- lfi/CI1II-V!SPD-WGNC. Card s f rani KFAC-LHDB-CBA-CMQ taking 1.7 days t o arrive- Vi'JLD-TI'iCAZ. C a ~ d s and 1 - o t t ~ r s from P'PAB i n 3 days airmail.-RT600 with a Mike shapped b1.ottcr and YIDBO and l a t e r 1/2 c r a t e Oranges; 1/27' Bob Qpcnces was over cie both sampl.ed the WDBO t s Orangc:s and on ly go t a r cpo r t o f f t o KGO. Bob stayed til.1. 5Rki f o r a real. I)X sess ion , but no new sta- t i d n s were t o be heard. SFBVICE FUND Jan 20 was $31..50. Donations s ince , Don Viattenbarger $2.00 Stan Morss and Johri Curgan $I..uO each making t o t a l on Jan 33. 1.945 up t o 6.55.50. Late Jan renewa2.s ~vil.1. be taken from i t on Feb 1st.