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WCN - W & &s. f i emid c n l h nt (815)-a-50. V/s: Del Dnytm, CE, Bm a, 61360. Arr: Geoff Purrish. hke-up l o r 3/7 s k d .

KTFI - W i l l use day f ac i l i t e s of 5 kw ml. No cells. Return p t n g e required. No pograrn detsila. V/s: W.' ?how, CE, Bar 65, 83301. hr: Nick Hnll-Patch.

KTXJ - IDS, 1 Wz. TT; No v/sj Mdr: Bw 6090, 75951. Jrr: Neil Gnk. WCPK - Big band IW, 1 kHz. TT, IDS. f i emid cnl ls r t (804) 543-3535. V/S: fie

Pniae, 5W E. Liberty S., 233%. 13.r: Mike O'%.

WDJZ - No pgm. detnila. CE very interested 5~ reports. V/s: Hike Fnst, CZ. 39 Oilt S., 0-5. h: K. r(gchr1sky

BV(lg - No pgm, detoFls ot present. TT & ms suggested. V/s: Stova TerhRnr, CE, Box 97, 56%. hr: Nike Bischoff. Tnpes requestsd.

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Greetings. The count down is on, and this is my last colum. By the t i ne you read this, Qluck will have taken over and a l l material should go t o hlm. We have made a l l arrangements f o r the chsngeover cud there should bs no problas . Vy l i t t l e l istening done here t h i s weak - had other things t o do. Here is w h a t our re$orters have heard.

Some longwave items f m Bob Foxworth . . . . . l5i -HEST CBIeMNY Occasional weak carr ier and traces of audio here when cx are

good -mid 0600 plus several nights. 164 -FRANCE H a s been oocasionally good i n early morning period, usually peaks up

between 0500 and 0600. 180 -YEST G E M This has been the o u t s t . LF TA here this season, thanks t o

the well-deserved demise of WGU-20 last May (although they do still cow on t o test occasionally with OCI). 'hey don't peak a t the lmue t h e or on the sare nights as 164 does but do have very similar sounding pro-. Closest QI# is RTPY ammid 183.

185 -EASP GEIeMNY Oranienburg occasiondlly hzd here thru modenrte RTlY QEM sround 0530ish. depends on good cx and is modenrte a t best.

191 -NOTHING Despite being on a very open frequency, nothing strong enough t o pro- duce audio has ever been hssld here this season. When cx are good t o the west, *SFIm-192 (petalma, u.) is heard w/p ips .

200 -ENGLAND BBC hzd IS, good level 0417 3/6 and is a t times noted a f t e r 0600 w/ popular tunes, variety ahow.

227 - P O W Konstantynov hxd f a i r l y well 0416 3/7, rminly woman speabing, and Irs- ted t o about 0440 3/7. l o t often h d , and d i f f i cu l t t o sepen te from local beacon *w-226 (~ennedy airport) and usually Qmadbm beacon *XIw on 227 also.

251 -AU2RUA Tebessa in AN AA service, f a i r 0220 3/7. Yhile I ' m thinking about it, I would appmclate it if someone would l e t me know where I can get a list of longwave beacons, giving freqs and locations. 'Ihanks. On with the Hed ium Wave stuff . . . . .

-ALGERIA A i n Beida 3/5 O i l 5 good sig, hetting the 530 boacon. M tdll and chsnting. (Hayes) -C6&WIDA Couldn't get this f a r down on the 150, so put the portable in to the loop t o find this one w/m of religion, lo tsa echo from s - u open reom or church, 3/14 0115. Perhaps //705, but w/only one loop, couldn't t e l l . t~d- muads) Ihe Windward I s lds Broadcasting Service i s .no longer in exiatancs - Grenada, Dominica, St. Luda and St. Vincent a l l hava their om p r o m and have never been noted running //. All stna give local IDS, have different s / d f t h s , etc. (ED) -LIBYA M p o l i vy nice 0447 3/7. (Foxworth) -DOIIIHICA R. Jumbo extremely loui here w / u , voice-overs, 3/15, 0040-45. (RJB) 4 I L X R I A O n n l o d w/AA nx mentioning Huallm terrorists in Washington, 0402: chant a t 0404, 3/11, 11529. (fAanell~) -UNID 'Rro oarriera here, SAHing, 0056 3/13, not s tmng enough to pu l l aubio, but the f i r a t s i g thut strong ever hzd here on this freq. (~axwarth) -CUBA prohbly CXKF wca here W/SS pol i t ica l talk o/u YmG (no WQ), pgm - - 459% 600, 0 0 5 , 3/13. ( c o x ~ @ ~ l l ~ ) -CUBA San Antonio de las Vegs MY noted w/SS talk, rsch mx anther often hrd on w: //600, s i g o/u mI, OW, 3/13. ( k m o l l y ) -CUBA San G e m QMV dominant o/-1 (IIJIW?), bs& from 601A: R. Flebel.de ID. lention of 'Primer pais socialists en America*, 4459, 3/13. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -ML@BU Bogota Itna doninating o / m low het from domestics: SS nale vocal followed by RCN ID by -, 0512, 3/13. (Comelly) -CUBA Santa Clara CHHQ o/u WPRo w/openr //W, 0 4 9 , 3/13. (Connelly) ;CUBA QlQ LB Ha- well u/YVQO, o/kPIs w/open, 0457, 3/13. (Comelly) -VE!BZIELk Puerto La Crus YVQO super dominant o/QIQ/PI W/SS ta lk mentioning Barcelona and Carupno, interaperead nx, ads giw phone Xs, then Ondps par- t e k s ID, 0456. 3/13. (Connelly) + Now seeas t o be M-6, off Ms , I think, snd oftne is almost sa stmng a s CHQ. (cooper)

20 ( ~ a r r ) know o f any DXers i n town. Ernie , i f t h e r e ' s an t h i n g I can do t o help t h e Club, such a s typing, J u s t g ive a c a l l . (309-529-6557) a f t e r pm. See ya next Mudeday! 83s. (Welcome t o t h e NRC & Lusings, Rick! The NRC Log i s what you need! P l e a s e Muse regula r ly ! -ERc)

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RON B. SCHIUER - 7657 La Bolsa Drive - Dal las , TX - 75248 DX is tak ing a back s e a t t$ork t h e s e days. Coupla n

onee 1390 #/on 7 2/21 f o r another t r y , midst XW)R e t a l . 2/27, XEEI x i c o DF 9pm per phone c a l l from Steve Ponder, R. Educacion good n u l l . 3/10- 'MTNK-1390 Meridian, MS s/on 7 b r i e f l y U/XEOR KFRA I oznera. New ver ies : KFRM-550, KSEL-950, KVL(1-1570, KHCZ-900, -690, KW-1580, KYAL-1600 (Note, J. S t a r r ) , KFRA-1390 & ICDRO-1490, v/ a l l . v/q- KKAA-1560, a beaut . PP/C: KYXX-920 & KATZ-1600 a f t e r many t r i e s going back t o 1954. Tota l now 2,057 combined. I guess a re-In i s in order , so here goes: Age 37, I ' v e been DXing o f f & on s i n c e 1951 work out of my home a s a manufacturer 's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r two f u r n l t u - - companiee: Coleman of Pu lask i , VA & Tr iangle I n d i s t r i e e of LA, oovering N Texas f o r both on a commiseion b a s i s . DX i s now wi th t h e C o l l i n s R ~ ~ O A / U R R & SM-2, though previously I used t h e HQ-180C which ERC now owns. I have logged 97 count r ies , v e r i f i e d 86, moat a l l from N 3 : e t a t e s 49/49 (from NJ) & 1,600 o f my v e r i e s were garnered there . Monmouth Beach, N T was t h e bestllDX 1ocaf;lon I ' v e l i v e d in , what wi th water on t h r e e s i d e s I t h l n k t h e of l i v i n g i n Texas i s f a r s u p e r i o r t o e i t h e r N J , Delaware, o r %tf:i: where I ' v e previously l ived . ( I don't mean t o o f i n d anyone, jus t g iv ing an opinion!) I f i n d f o r e i g n ?X a much tough t a s k in Texas, though, because we're "land-locked" here. 73.

PHILIP BOERSP" - 15570 Cleveland S t r e e t - Sr ing Lake, M I - 49456 Hello again. F i r s t of a l l , l e t me add my vo ice t t t

of o t h e r Musera and express my apprec ia te ion of Mothball Memories. f i n d those f e a t u r e s t o be very fasc ina t ing! Also, I received a n i c e VIA from YKXO & Chris Bobbit t f o r my repor t of t h e i r TEST. Thanks, Chris. I have a l a o rece ived a l e t t e r from WSDL-1560 acknowledging my r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t of t h e i r DX TEST. But nothing s p e c i f i c i s s a i d as t o whether my r e p o r t was cor rec t o r not . I f I i n t e r p r e t t h e l e t t e r c o r r e c t l y , they s e n t t h e same type of acknowledgement t o a l l r e p o r t e r s of t h e TEST. So, rhould I count it a s a v e r i e ? I do t h l n k i t i s b e t t e r than nothing, i f you know what I mean! (BY a l l means, P h i l i p - we're DXers, not lawyers, h i -ERG) Gn t o DX: 3 6- CW-580 noted 7:05-7:20pm w/soft rr, f D J , l o t s of SIDE, & no ads. 3A4- WOI-640-TEST heard e a s i l y here 6~35-6:45am, w/ jazz mx, & l o t s of I D s . WTIX-690 heard 6:47pm u WVOK W/ID & what sound- ed l i k e a promo. WWK heard a t t h e same tlme w / D / X , SID. Also, most- wanted YHCU-870 f i n a l l y bagged 7-7:09pm w i I D & CBS NX a t t h e t o p of t h e hour, ano ther I D a f t e r CBS NX B 7:07, & i n t o CBS tX. WWL, by t h e way, did not c a r r y CBX NX t h i s hour. They had t h e i r own Eye Witness Nx" which e t a r t e d t h r e e mlnutes l a t e . Later . 73s.

JEFF COHW - 1110 Tanbark Lane West - Jackson HI - 49203 This has been one of my c l a r s i c 'wait f o r t h e v e r i e s * months

having s e n t 100 o r 80 l a s t month. It hasn ' t been too product ive. L a t e s t ver ies : WVNA-1590 CM, v/ l ; KOKO-TEST w/stuff , KOAM & KOM* v/qs, KSO v/q, WAAX v/q, & v / l from K M Z & R. Lucia-660. FTot t o o good out of 100 I ' d say, which inc ludes many so-cal led good v e r i f i e r s . Thanks t o Charles George f o r t h e Met Opera s t u f f . La tes t a c t i o n here i n my s e r v i c i n g shop. I have bought a slew of t e s t equipment, inc lud ing a scope, which I have not seen y e t , f o r $20. I need two 0-50 uAmp meters , & two 25.2 V Txform- e r e f o r a p r o j e c t , any around? For t h o s e wondering, t h e r e a r e 14594 WIBM bumper s t i c k e r e i n t h e recen t con tes t . I Just purchased a condenser check e r & r e p a i r e d my 1 5 year Old s i g n a l generator . My renewal noney i s i n t h e mail & I ' m looking forward t o my second f u l l NRC year . It opened up a whole new dimension of t h e hobby. KKAA-1560 sen t l a r g e v / ~ & bumper s t i c k e r f o r r e p o r t of 8/76, one of t h e l a t e s t coming I have received. I hope $ ~ & : " J o ~ ~ $ T ~ ~ & ~ F ~ ~ ~ ~ T ~ ~ ~ ( ~ ~ aff:l&ota @ii{g$ that week dr i t ' 8 In my

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appeared i n these so I guess i t ' s about time f o r a Busing. ERG, have you ever stopped t o t h i n k t h a t wi th a t a p e recorder you might have 6.000 Yerles now i n s t e a d of jus t 4.0003 How many t imes have you heard an I D t h a t was jus t no t readable and you wished you could hear it again? Every t lme I t u r n my RX on t o DX, my t a p e recorder goes on a t t h e same time. I n my opinion i t ' s a completely i n d i s ~ e n s i b l e p iece of DXing gear . Speaking of DX, it r e a l l y hasn ' t been a l l t h a t e x c i t i n g hare. Verles s i n c e l a s t using are: YNOW-540 W64-1133 Istanbul-1016 Horby-1178 EW- 101-872 Cayman-1555 Sevllla-683 EAJ2-917 Bechar-575 CHNR CKLY KNUJ KYIP KCRG KTQR f(RW KPIA WPEP WHIS WHUM WFIA 'U WZAP WFTN WQBX W E 0 YTHU WAYC WSFD WADK WJYD YRMF WEET WVLV MBK WNVA WCBC WZAM YHOO WIVS WKXO WRBJ WSDL & WCYTW. Some f/up a r e being 8ent out today, but I don't r e a l l y have t h a t many recen t holdouts - r e t u r n 8 have been exce l len t t h i s season, p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e domestics. Here I s f a i r l y recent DX: 10/11- DlW-1550 - 8 4am b r i e f l y but I d i d catch good ID on tape . 10/27- UUBK-1560 02 : l l W/ET. Another t r y f o r a v e r i e from CKCH-970 in w e l l 8 4:15, aga in no v e r i e , anyone have any suggestions on t h i s one? 11/2- UNVA-1350 @ 5:40 w/f/c. 1/7- WSDL-1560 @ 2:30 on t h e i r TEST. 1/31- URBJ-1580 very poor on t h e i r TEST 8 12:02. 2/6- WOO-990 way on t o p t o 6:15pm p a t t e r n change. 2/14- WlCXO-1500 extremely weak on TEST, s i g n a l must have been skipping r i g h t over me, f i n a l l y a good I D B) l2:3l. WIVS-850 bombed i n on t h e i r TEST w/cl mx O 1:08. 2/21- WGTW-1580 noted w/ET M B 12:40, v e r i e says power of t h i s one i s 4 , 1 5 5 ~ : 3/7- WCLW-1140 ET TT/OC u/WRvA a l s o t e s t i n g O 12:45. Very t e n t a t i v e KYW-740 r e c e p t i o n w some very weak TT noted a- / round 3:15 but l e t t e r from Ross Hansch says Avalon, CA was a l s o t e s t i n g a t same t ime so may have been they. I have noted a Canadian s e v e r a l ev- enings on 930 car ry ing CBC, probably t h e new Eepanola s t a t i o n but no IIP y e t , a lao another FFC on 1250 has been very s t r o n g some evenings but no I D here e i t h e r , l i k e l y CBOF w/their new 50kw. I ' m typ lng t h i s on Sunday 3/13, & w i l l hold it u n t i l tomorrow & add anything t h a t might be heard NM. Nothing heard MH 3/14. Lots of t e s t e r s but I don' t have t h r p a t i e n c e t o s t i c k wi th 'em any more. 73, DX.

FRANK DAILEX - RFD #5 - Route 1 2 - Pres ton , CT - 06360 Some semi-interest in^ & poss ib ly he lpfu l thoughts a t ran-

dom about recen t catchee & observat ions i n t h i s p a r t of t h e country. New m g l a n d DXers can s t a r t looking under WTIC-1080 again. Since t h e AN t a l e - t a l k B i l l Corsair Show some good DX has appeared. Within t h e past two weeks bo th VlCLO & KIUD have appeared f a i r l y f r e q u e n t l y u/the AN gab. The channel i s DX-able again. Likewise t h e KYMn TEST made it t o Musco'e, Ar- ruda ' s & my RXes which i s n ' t bad considering. Another one t h a t might be overlooked is t h e Costa Rican on 775, n ~ . U ~ O " who has been noted recen t - l y . Best time appears t o be Sun. n igh t jus t a f t e r llpm when WABC goes t o t a l k . AU h e l p but don ' t appear essen t i a l . Another i n t e r e r t ing p d s s i b i l - i t y f o r New Englanders is t h e f i r s t MU 1-3am when 1260 i s p r a c t i c a l l y c l e a r dc opened up out t o WNDE who i s a lao t e l e - t a l k . Even though m:re domeatical ly i n c l i n e d I h e a e t i l y concur wi th recen t comments about n a i l - ing" t h TAB before t b e frequency s h i f t . This i s e s p e c i a l l y t r u e with 1349/14h/1529. Get em NOW. One o t h e r thought & t;en w e ' l l shutlldown.

, Get t o know your neighboring DXers. Here we have a semi-Hot-Line where I ' l l ge t a t i p from Ray & pass it on t o Ron o r vice-versa. For example l a s t MM I was about t o p u l l t h e plug when Ray c a l l s me up & says "KFBK- 1530 I: k i l l i n g t h e channel!" So 1 s p i n on up t h e r e & hear a new Callf- ornien. Among t h e l l t h r e e of us , I be t we have a l o t of v e r i f i c a t i o n s where t h e l e t t e r s t a t e s I a l s o rece ived a r e p o r t from ---- who apparent ly s t a r t e d l i s t e n i n g J u s t a f t e r you stopped. " I have more l e t t e r s ment ioning Muaco's o r Arruaa 's name o r l o c a t i o n i n them & i t ' s kind of fun. I would-

n ' t have heard KFBK without Ray's t i p and l ikewise he woul in ' t have heard KYMN-1080 i f 1 d i d n ' t t i p him. 30 i t l lpays!*dnothfr l i t t l e o i n t e r " We f i n d h e l p ~ l 18 having each o t h e r ' s c h e c k l l s t a . his 118!s a11 e t a t i o n s heard by frequency so you don' t waste a c a l l ( e s p e c i a l l y he lpfu l if a