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1) DX NEWS ABBREVIP.TION LIST 8. LLOSSARY - B i g George Kelley & Gordon Nelson

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*Bob Corley. Box 1557. Corsicana. Texas 75110 *Jeff Kosnett. 600 N. McClurg Ct.. Apt. 2902.4, Chicago, 111. +Laurent Gagnon, 994 Fourth Ave.. Quebec 3. Quebec. *Wilson Presley. 5104 N. 26th Rd.. Arlington. Va. 22207 *Herbert Case III. 317 Adams St. . Rockford, Ill. 61103 *George Carter. 3804 E. 147th St., Cleveland. 0. 44128

Welcome to the NRC. guys; why not drop a note to Ernie Cooper and introduce yourself in a Musing?

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A recent le t ter f rom his family relays the sad news that NRC'er Dr. John Richardson passed away suddenly on October 20th. On behalf of the entire membership we would like to express our sympathy to his family. On a some- what happier note, former Publisher Dick Cooper passes along word that Joe Brauner, long-time former DDXD Editor, recently returned home from the hospital after a rather serious illness - hope you're feeling better. Joe! E D I T O R I A L T R A N S I T I O N M E A N S NO I D X D T H I S W E E K . . . Page Taylor reports via phone at press- t ime tonight that no copy has been received from Foxy so no IDXD this week. Per last week's DX NEWS, al l IDXD material formerly sent to Foxworth should now be sent to PAGE TAYLOR. Box 282, Butler. N. J. 87405. We apologize for the interruption in IDXD service: this being our f i r s t relatively sudden change in Editorial Staff in the past 7 years we're a bit out of practice in this sor t of "editorial musical-chairs" so common in other clubs.. . Page awaits your reports with eager finger-tips so send him a report today!

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( v n l l ~ orsvious r e ~ o r t was t h e #1 Fusing i n the 11/11 . -- -- - $esue -ERc) H i MU m a t i c s ! catches during t h e Summer months from Houston have been f a but much b e t t e r than nothing: 6/5- A t 9 ~ 4 2 ~ Y 5 7 6 5 IDlng a s R. Csdena XSKL" wlth f a i r l y good s ignals . On 6/18 while t rave l ing on t h e edge of Hauston KROB-1510 Robstoen In S Texae came booming I n U C on t h e c a r radio on SSS 8:27pmJ w/s / off Info. A Wexlcsn was t h e next addi t ion t o m logbook on 6/26 @ 2 r 1 9 u , XEE3S-1410, I D M a a S l n f o l a between L C H E R O r*u. The remaining tb ree e n t r i e s a r e KXEN-1010 St. Louis 0 5:55am 7/18 w/fair s i g a d a: few minutes before l o c a l KODA s/on, ggPX-680 on 9/19 f o r a c a l l chsage on the poweriul 8an AntonIan ex-KBAT @ 6am, & KFAL-900 Fulton, Mo. C4 6am a/om 10/4 W/SSB, b e t t e r than f b i r . As mentioned i n my. las t mBe, we a r e enjoying a weekend place on a lake about 140 mllea AW of Houeton, 30 miles FI of Bryan a.t .c.f. ( as t h e crow f l i e a ) . My Bwerage the re i s about 600' long, or iented 1250/3050, grounded w / a 1,000 ohm r e s i s t o r on t h e 1250 end. Beeults have been , but not apectaaular. An SM-1 I s a l so used w/the SP-600 ~ ~ ~ f ~ ~ ~ ~ a antenna se lec to r switch. The: Mexicuns Came I n 60006 '--

. t h e Beverage, a l so Axk. Okla. & La. Only one Cuban has been Deb, one ma., one Ga., showing t h e shortness of t h e lobe on t h e ground end of t h e Beverage. However, t h e western e ta tee have f a i l e d t o provld. neBnatlonal catches yet. Eighty-eight Texane have been I D ed. The la& of QRM & t h e dis tance from locale has been l u l l y 81 preciated. Unfortunately, the re w l l l be very l i t t l e En? DXing s l ~ we mat re tu rn t o Houston Sunday PH. That's it f o r now.

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W I K J l BEfZU!2E - 215 Sneed E8ll TTU - Lubbock, Texre - 79409 I can ' t remember vhen my lest Musing was so I b e t t e r

ge t in another one. I bought a new R e a l i s t i c DX-1501 l a s t May. It

plays b e t t o r than anythlng I 've had before & i s my f i r s t communica- t ione RX. But t h e Nov. Issue of Popular Electronice l i s t s some Hirsch-Rouck labs t e s t s on receivere & t h e DX-15OB I s ra ted a t seven mlcrovolte while the Lafayette HA-6008 l a l i s t e d a t three microvolts di f ference i n s e n s i t i v i t y makes much of a dif ference performance- wise: I wish I had got ten t h e 118-6008 now and pocketed the ex t ra $20 In ravings. Also I ' m looklng around t ry ing t o f ind a Q - M l l t l - p l l a r k i t . Heath Company says they don't hake t h e i r QF-1 Q-mlt- p l i e r a q more. Since veterans have got ten a pay r a i s e 1've bee seriously considering bul lding t h e FET Altz-azlmBth loop t o feed re& RX. I can a f fo rd an HQ-180. Since 1 ' m pursuing a degree I e l e a t r l o a l engineer- here a t Texm Tech maybe I can Justbui ld own RX some day. Boo froggies! Here I s some DX on 11/3 AU: 1; KWT-1540 Ft. Worth. 12:25, KXlGl5K) Waterloo, Ia. 12:40, KOB 1550 Shrereport, La. 12:50, 1CPMC-1560 ~ a k e r s f l s l d , ~ a l . 2:05 -15M Lake Charles, La. 2110- UTZ-1600 S t . Louis ( f i r s t time! . 2 : 3 , FAN-1460 Waco, Tex. 2:32, KSD-5460 Des Moines, 2:35, HEL- 1430 Taisa. 2:50, K(lER-13% Long Beach. 3: 20, K ~ - I ~ W S t . LOUIS. 3:35, mS-1360 Corpus Chris t i . 3 :N, KFH-13% Wichita. 3:50, KCTX -1320 f a l t W e City. 4:10, KCUB-1290 Tucson. 4:30, KOIL-1290 Om- aha. 4 ~ 3 2 , KFJZ-1270 Ft. Worth. The above was on DX-150A, with an SM-1 from here i n Lubbock. 73s. (Please double apace, Mike? -ERC)

FRBFIg UIiEELXR - 6589 Wattsburg Road - Erie , Pennaylvanla - 16509 About time I sent In a report . The following new

ones n o e l r e d : ULCY-1380 2:50-3am t e s t 9/11. 10/5- WQTE-560 Klch. 6 am. 10/7- WEXT-1550 Conn. 2:02am t e s t . 10/16- --TEST, new, they sent a n ice v / l w/CH (#1,638 f o r me). 11/15 I recelved one new one, m - 9 5 0 Ark. s/on 7:05am, another s/on byt not new, 7am on 950, m, Wls. 11/15. Totals now 1,638 ver i f l eb , w l t h 2,720 heard. 73s. Have a nice ~ h a n k s ~ l v l n e !

5 G I m I N I - 1111 Forest H i l l s Drive - Bellevi l le , I l l i n o i s 62221 11/10 PK- YVOZ-1200 5:50 W/WOAI looped, poor but

readable. IiIRE-1180 x / : ~ looped 8 5:53 W/VOA c a r r i e r on, & $/on. W)K-1100 strong @ 6:03. KTOK-1000 - d / d c n p a r t i a l l y looped B 6:13. WAA-570 w/Computer FB kickoff a 6:25, WAAx looped out. 11/11 PM- 850 a r e a l mess w,/YNAV heard, mention of Nicaragua @ 7:30. WLW-700 nearly gone P 8:25 & JBC giving info about church servies , not IDed, but EE a dead give-away. TIHB f i n a l l y heard w/Reloj I D 8:35 & TGHR a few minutes l a t e r . I never experienced anything l l k e t h l s before. A t 9:05 on 1000 WCFT not here & possibly YNT w/XEOY looped fo r sec- on? R . 131 on 1000. 1 1 / 1 2 AM- PRE3-1180 noted again w'good qual i ty

3 . I wonder why I didn ' t log him dur1n.r the l a s t four years? ~ l d n ' t t r y hard enough, I huess. 11/12 PM- TAs returning: 1586 1554 hir 7:lO. 755 poor, 1214 barely a id ib le 7:15. 1061 het qui te strong before 7:15 s/off. 665, 683 poor but readable @ 7:29, 845 poor but audible 7:45. I noted what appears t o be def in i t e het on 836 but 834 too strong. Yould t h i s be Beirut iZ 7:50? 1586 armchair by 8:27. Well of a l l things, CBJ-1580 W/WCLS/XEDM when WCLS looped. WCLS/XECI.: dominate 1580 here. 11/13 AM- 0R~~/Freetovn-l205 f lght- lng i t out B 1:05 w/nelther wanting t o surface. 1214 f a i r & 1196 het 8 1:08. PM, KECE-1530 s/off 6:15 =I, followed W/YCKP looped a 6:28. 1554 & 1586 f a i r 6:47. 11/12 M- TAs noted on 1586 1554 1395 1214 1205. Big surpr ise t h l s season i s t h a t the lower band TAa aren ' t coming i n so well. I would l l k e t o see printed a l i s t of sta- t iona, domestic, LA & TI of which t h e l i s t e n e r would know are d i f f i - cu l t t o ver i fy . Such a l i s t Should be lncluded i n the membership k i t s . How about t h l s a. a Summer project f o r GPN? (How about vol- unteering t o produce such, Roger? -ERC) Could Richard Wood consid-. e r w r i t i ~ another report form f o r t h e Portuguese & German language which would be a great addition t o us? 73. JOHN TULL - 5539 Oak - garlaas City. Missouri - 64113 - --<

I juat thought I w m h - e r o p a l i n e t o a l l of you ~n the NRC. The Night Pattern Book i s r e a l l y great. I have been staying up l a t e on WWs & ususally pick up a t l e a s t one o r two new s ta t ions . I have be& t rying LAs In the ear ly evenings, but nothing rea l ly great yet . I Juat recelved today my f i r s t S.D. ver le from KELO Sioux Fal ls . One out of three i s n ' t too great though! (WNBX & KS00) I would advise a l l those wlth a longwire o r a v e r t i c a l t o make a loop. Instead of rnlshmaeh QRM you can usually aeleCt one o r two ate- t i o n s well enou f o r a good report . Next I would recommend a mech- anical f i l t e r w z Q Multiplier, f o r week s p l i t s . I1 any of you would l l k e plans f o r a good loop FFT pre-amp drop me an S.A.S.E. (b ig ) . Good DX t o a l l , 73.

RICHARD LBUHEaD - 591 W. Co. Rd. B - St. Paul, Klnnesota - 55113 Mot much l i s t en ing done l a t e l y due t o too much

time being spent DXing on the ham bands. In te res t I s plckl up a- gain though as M seem f a i r l y good. A few new logging&: 1 8 1 6 - KYMN TEST i n good here of course; Jus t barely readable when they sent t o t h e i r 4w. PSA. Needed wKLO heard O/KYMN 8 3;02. 10/26- KGCX-1480 Mont. i n very well @ llpm on. 11/13- WRIT-1340 Wis. above t h e jumble b r i e f l ~ f o r I D @ l a m . 11/15- KFAM-1450 Xlnn. ~ / ~ o o d sig- na l Q 2pm. I don t know why I never heard t h l s one before. 11/16- WRFD-880 0. w/farm NX @ 8:10 SRS. A r e a l surprise- I expected I(RVN. 11/17- WIXY-1260 0. w/a very good signal @ 1:28am. CX seemed very good into Ohio 11/16 & 11/17. And 11/17 I f i n a l l y logged ~NS-1010 W/NX o 2 w/a f a i r s ignal & much QRM. On t:e loca l scene, ei-WPBC i s now ilY00-980. Format i s 'golden oldies & it seems t o be AN SPU. There goes another frequency, h i . b y o n e interes ted in chatting a- bout BCB v ia ham radio please write. That's a l l f o r now. 73.

6 down l l k e I have t o - my l a s t *as $175! New WGTR-160 I s rr, & g e t s way out f o r 1,000 D - 1 - Eastem. t i p of Long Is land t o Cape Cod t o rid-N.H. t o Spr ingf i e ld , P!ass. What's YGTR'S pro_aramml~ l i k e ? Try 1970's '&EX. Great. 73. hanks f o r t h e warning -ERC)

XIKE CCLLINS - 2021 Kaln S t r e e t - St ra t fo rd , Connecticut - CB497 H I a l l . There have been seve ra l new s t a t i o n s heard

here . On 11/20 t h e r e was a s t rong opening t o c e n t r a l aue. & CKSM- 1220 was i n extremely s t rong 8-9pm. Also in, CJBR-900 way O/CKTS w/ many mentions of Rimouskl. CHL1;-550 was i n f a i r l y wel l also. Af te r 9 , CKCY-1220 was heard U/CKSM w/jingles & rr. CKCW Is i n N.B. tho- t h e opening wasn't r e a l l y toward t h a t region. Later @ l a m 11/21 two new ones were heard a s WVNJ-620 s/off d 1. Apparently WVNJ'S AN was a shor t - l ived thing! h he^ haven ' t been AN f o r a couple Of years , Kike! -%c) TdETE-C20 was heard W/NRC d s/off & then UWNR-620 w / r r & I D S o/u UTILJ. Around 1:25, WJAB-1440 Westbrook, l!e. wes i n l i k e a l o c a l W/C/W t e s t i n g . On 11/23 aftel- viC1nTW-I 380 Conn. had s/off B 12, I was su rp r i sed t o hear Nat King Cole records being sewed ; su re e- nou~k. it was WBNX-1380 NY, which has been all-SS during t h e week I n recent years . A t l2:3Oam Joe Bost ic , fom.erly - f WLIB-1190, has h i s gospel mx show, which i s now n igh t ly till 3 when it goes o f f . ( ~ o t on MKS -ERC) So t h a t i s another channel now open. KWg-1380 was he- B 3015 w/NN mx & l o c a l NX. K'dK I s one I never heard @ Ft . Leonard Wood, Mo., 120 miles SW of S t . Louis. Later around 4, WTVR-1380 was heard w/c/w which runs AN now, apparently they ' r e s t i l l rr t h e r e s t of t h e day. !JLCY-1380 was a l so heard fromtime t o t ime rr & fake- Drake lnglea . A t 5:15an 4VEC Cap Xal t ien was i n L&C w ~ F . A t 4 :45, i CBM:-7 0 was i n very wel l with t h e morning program, even though CBW- 640 & CBT-540 were Inaudible. CBWi I s one of t h e e a s i e s t Nfld. ca t - ches these days. A t llpm WMA-1250 was on t o p , f a i r a t t imes. With WKKE-1380 now CBS, YWNC-570, I s now FBC. Also joining NBC I s WOKA- 1310 Ga. WWCO-1240 Conn. has dropped c/w & Is now rr s t r a i g h t t h r u t h e n ight . Larry O'Brien of YCFL has replaced A1 Jazzbo Col l ins , a s Al l man a t WTBG1250. I n t e r e s t i n g WBNX-1380 i s depar t ing from i t s former 100% SS r o carry t h i s gospel program a f t e r midnight. The on- l y o the r NN programs on 'dBITX a r e on Sun., E l l j a h 1:uhammed a t 6:30pm & - l i v e church program @ 6pm. Other than t h a t , everything e l s e I s SS. (?Tot on Sundays, Xike - they use I t a l i a n i n t h e afternoon -WC) 'dBNX negot ia ted t h e purchase of WAWZ las'. year but because WBNX' own- e r I s i n t r o u b l e W/FCC w/some of h i s o t h e r s t a t i o n s t h e s a l e i s being he ld up. It would allow :iBl:X t o go f u l l t i m e which would make 1380 c l e a r e r he re , f o r WAWZ i s somewhat louder even though fu r the r . 73.

RON MUSCO - 16 Chestnut Drive - Wlndsor, Connecticut - 06095 L've sen t out some CPC requests with some more t o go out

t o Ke. & V t . s t a t l o n s . I haven ' t received a reply from 'K31S-1440 a s y e t - I ' l l have t o phone them. DX: 11 20- A very good CX n ight w/35 degrees he re d heavy ra in . WGBI-910 o/u WFXH 1:22-2am s/off . F i r s t tlme he re , CBO t h e usual one u/'flCH. CKm-1570 e i t h e r off o r weak o r Aurora but CHLO In 1:43-2 w/some XERF (no I D though). TT on 1550 w/some mx & OC turned out t o be mVb1 unn but a t r y f o r a v e r i e . An- o the r TT beneath, 2:35-2:40. >!any other TTs noted e a r l i e r . 1480 had one 12:30-12:50. Another on 1310 very s t rong 12:37-12:47, IDed a s WRFUi Warren. WNAE :brith c a l l change? 1230 had TT 12:55 wlth what sounded l i k e a N.Y. s t a t e I D . Het or TT aga ins t o r u / :~~13~-880 Q 1:18 Veries in : v/r- iJDOS XGCH. v / ~ - WNRI. v/PP- WADK. v/ l- CHOO. 73.

CHRIS LUCAS - 407 Elmwood Avenue - I thaca , New York - 14850 DX continues he re on a somewhat sporadic bas i s . I have

reached t h e dubious coal of 500 logglnes now; it took me a long tlme beco-ee of t r y i n g t o be a graduate student & a DJ a t t h e same time.

7 The next 500 a r e going t o be a b i t tougller, although I f e e l it takes 1,000 l o ~ g l n g s before one can r e a l l y be cocsidered an honest-to- ~oodness D:ier. 6y Corn. t o t a l leveled off s o ~ e w t e r e 2.round 1,200. Recent DL: 11/7- Aurcral C I continued: :;YCO-?W Fla. O 5:17pm, WCCF-1580 Fla. 2 5:'; s /o f f , 30 minutes l a t e l eav in r a i r according t o ~ZS/SSS maps. Gyr was t t e i r October s/off! 'd5IG-I4;.0 Ga. & 6:15~m, n ice DA f o r ? ? o r t t ~ r n D;.:ers! 11/6- WAPE-690 G 5:15pm & WGTC-540 8 5:26, both very weak, b r i n . ~ i n y Fla. t o t a l t o 18. ;;SPD-1370 0. O 6:11 pm. 11/9- :EHY-1440 Aln. 2 2:5fam. Their p a t t e r n I s missing i n FS. 1 1 1 4 - 1 - 6 0 e 2 6 . 1 1 / 1 C - iiJil3-1370 Va. ::28pm, Cube-870 2 11. 1 1 / 1 C - 4VE-lOzL C a i t i 7 '': .:kc., KW-1010 Ark.C 7:31pm, ;ISI:< -980 Tenn. .; 7:;O. Tkeir pa t t e rn dcesn ' t put ruch t k . 1 ~ way, but they donlnated t h e usual ,;ILK/~~~.C/,,TRY,/CHLY mess. CBV-980 Iue. 8 :02pn f o r snother new one on t h l s frequency. dCSH-97C ?:e. @ 8:29pm f o r 1:e. #3. 11/19- WID-750 3 a l t i s o r e Z l:Olpm, YOTT-1410 N.Y. B 10:3lpm. I th ink I heard t h l s one during June floods w3en :ET2.:-1410 was off t h e a i r , but I never logged it. 11/20- ;JTCl?-1420 Ky. 4 5:16pm, WHI3-1440 W.Va. 8 5:19, XSKT-1580 Tenn. a 5:30 s /off , & ;i33R-1580 S.C. @ 5:31pm s/off . Total now 501. Rice v / l received fro^ ?{AIR-1340. I no te CHEF-1450's pa t t e rn was not shwon i n P9. I recen t ly noted :'13~1:-1440 w/late n ight proyam, rr, c s l l sounds a l o t l l k e '#Xi? ( ~ o s t o n ) . I D ru l e s are.:relaxed by FCC as indicated i n recent DX NEW:. Effec t ive da te is 12/15/72 & s t a t l o n s a r e t o I D as c lose t o t h e top of t h e hour a s I s reasonable without an unneccesssry program inter rupt ion. Also, s t a t l o n s must continue t o I D a t s/pn & s /off . I;o I D a t a l l Is re- qui red near t h e botton of t h e hour. J u s t another move t o make DXlng more of a challenge. 73.

ROB- E. PISCKW - Eox 94 - Newark, Delaware - 19711 I took a t r i p t o John Wederbrand's shack 11/19 t o . have t h e nolse blanker in my SPR-4 aligned. It was way out of whack

when I f i r s t I n s t a l l e d It. Now it works l i k e it should - sharp oulae type nolse I s reduced by 8-9 S u n i t s which I s a considerable reduc- t i on . Now I have t o contend only with a f luorescent lamp & 2 TVs ins t ead of a f luorescent lamp, two TVs and crackl ing no l se which or- t e n went up t o 10,,db O/S-9. The ::.B. now keeps t h a t ( t h e crackl lng sound) doqm t o a to l e rab le" S-3. It was n ice t o meet Ben Danger- f i e l d up t h e r e too and discuss DX in 'gene ra l . John gave me plans f o r bui ld ing a low f r e uency antenna tune r which I hope t o bu i ld i n t h e next couple reeks ? i f I can bu i ld one, inyone can, hi!) Ylth it t i e f u l l s e n s i t i v i t y of t h e SIR-4 should be r ea l i zed on t h e LW band & on BCB using lon ,y i r e s . The SPR-4 vorks very well on BCB with t h e SF.:-2 s ince i t i s a high ircpedence output antenna. Using a longwire on t h e BCB o r L;i, s i cpa l reduction i s 40 db o r more because of mismatch.

JIK HAYES - 9 Henty S t ree t - Yilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - 18702 DX CX seer t o be p r e t t y good but I haven ' t had too much

tlme t o DX. 11/13- A l l re - loss toni*t. 3:35~m, WCHE-1520 Pa. i n f a i r ; 4:03 XADR-1480 Remsen, N.Y. fady w/c/w; 4:25, 2iHEX-1580 Pa. "voice of Agriculture", 5:05 YCHL-1360 Chapel H i l l , M.C. through t h e mush. 11/18-11 :Wpm, IOND-1400 P lensan tv l l l e , 17 . J . 11/15- 4: 58pm, 'rlDON-1540 Wheaton, Kd. strong but : i l th deep fades, c/w mx. 11/19- 12:08am, a l o t of Cutans t h i s mornins. I heard chimes on 550 & 590.

t The 640 operatlon was i n s t rongly an3 had a Tan t a l k i n g wlth a dog , barking i n t h e background. It seeaed as i f t h e 550 & 640 operatlon had p a r a l l e l programming.

I , WE'LL BZ SENDIF3 11. OUi3 COPY TO XLELULY TEZSE RUSH 'XEEKS SO 'K?Y DCYIT

YOU DC LIKEKISE A?:D S E X YOUR I.XSIM;S 1:: .EARLY TOO? PLEASE DOUBLE SPACE, AhQ PLEASE STICK TO 30 LIIrES. D 3 1:OT PUT V/S >IAMES I?! MJSING.

DO IJOT ACCEPT PERSCWAL -SIDES TO II'DIVIDUAL I-:E33ERS, EITHER. -ERC

8 D I C K TRUAX - 3003 Gleeson Lane - Jeffersontom, Kentucky - 40299

Greetings once again from Kentucky. EeYng .abeant from these pages s ince l a s t Spring, perhaps a re- intro i s ln 'order . On 11/18 I passed the 30-year milestone, am married, wlth th ree l i t t l e ones. Equipment i s an HQ-150, a 23' unvnpllfied box loop & a Sony 464 Cape recorder. Since moving here from W. Va. In Feb., I 've had t o s t a r t t h e log a l l over again f o r t h e t h i r d time i n four years, somethlhg I 've never grown used to . I have logged only 326 s ta t lons so f a r here due t o hec t ic work sked & Summer slump In CX. Hopefully t h i s u l l l Improve now t h a t a new season I s I n f u l l swing. No sign of CP WILCK-1140 Bawesvllle, Ky. as of 11/23. Also f i r s t noted today i s new c a l l ~ 1 1 0 0 , formerly UKYC. I s t i l l am waiting f o r t h e day NSP super l o c a l pest WAKY-790 goes off - I ' m about th ree miles away & i n t h e i r major lobe, and no way t o n u l l them enough t o hear WTAR e tc . WAS-840 I s only seven miles awa but no problem t o n u l l & copy the Cuban o r W50B *la. 8 SSS. WKLO-10$0 SP i s SM from 1 till 5 I think & WXVW-1450 i s off i r regu la r ly M!ls 2-4am. Current CX and l a t - e s t logglngs In next Muse In two weeks.

KORRIS SORENSEN - God's Narrows, Manitoba - ROB OM0 My HQ-150 came i n on t h e plane today (11/13) so I

should have l o t s of DX t o report i n the future . Up t o now, however, I ' ve been using my All ied "batronaut Sixn portable f o r most of my l l s t en lng . M were very poor i n l a t e Oct. & ear ly Nov. In f a c t , on t h e evening of t h e Canadian Elections (10/30) the re wasn't a s ing le

. s t a t i o n s t rong enough t o l i s t e n t o on t h e whole BCB d i a l . (We have no loca l s he re ) , & I had t o resor t t o the Radio Canada Northern Ser- v ice on 25 meters SW f o r e lec t ion coverage. Thls wasn't too bad as they gave prorlnant coversge t o the e l e c t o r a l d i s t r i c t of Church111

((BOI-them ~ n l t o b a ) where I l i v e along with t h e N.W.T. & t h e Yukon, but they had t h e annoying hab i t of switching from EE t o Eskimo every so often. DX has picked up a l i t t l e since then wlth the following resu l t s : HM 10/16- KYMN-1080 TEST weak u/Wf O 1:03-1:30am; nothing u n t i l 11/7 f o r reasons mentioned above. 11/7- WY00-980 (ex-WBC) Minn. "Golden Radio" w / r r o ldies O 10:3Opm. 11/10- CJBK-1290 Ont. (ex-CJOE) 8 7:53pm. 11/12- CFCL-620 Ont. w/~ont rea l vs. N.Y. hockey game QP 7:54pm; WEAQ-790 Wls. b r i e f l y w / r r @ 8:19pm; CKSOf790 Ont. w/ Sudbury Wolves hockey O 9:07pm; YCBS-880 f i n a l l y Q 9:llpm; WSAU-550 Wis. ending "Hour of ~ e c l s l o n " I 9:26pm. MM 11/13- CJRN-710 Ont. u/ UDSH Q 12:Ogam; CKCY-920 Ont. 12:22; CFCN-1060 Alta. f i n a l l y @ 1. QSLs : KTOK-1000 ( f l n a l l y ) , KBTR-710, WPHK-1380-TEST, CFGO-1440. 73. PHIL SYBIN - Moving again In Los Angeles - agaln.

Well, GOATBPSLC was interrupted by a landlord 's decision t o commence evict ion proceedings. Seems he didn ' t l i k e our f r iends. O r t h e hours a Hollywood bartender & h i s frldnds keep. The r e s u l t s weren't worth sending South t o the judges; K I K I & JOBB In t h e second leg of 10/2, K O & KFW In the second l e of 10/9, & enough KORL (u/ KFI, na tu ra l ly ) t o mildly claim It on 10723. 10/15 found oe a t a wild party. 10/30 found me addressing envelopes f o r a llve-and-let- l i v e candidate f o r D.A. of L.A. County. ... It seems l i k e we l o s t by l e s s than 10,000 votes out of over 2,700,000! Ouch! Big problem r igh t now I s finding a Hollywood - West Hollywood address t h a t i s c lose t o work & f r iends & f a r from DX-bJocklng s t e e l monuments t o some corporation's egomania. By way of re-lntroductlon, since I

Y don't report c o n s l s t a n t l ~ , I ' m a jaded 24, ~ermanent ly s ingle , and 1 f rus t ra ted by lack of DX foreign language a b i l i t y . LOOKS LIKE MUSINGS OF T:

Stn - Station SW - Short wave (above 1600 kHz) TA - Transatlantic TC - Time check T P - Transpacific TT - Tone test TX - Transmitter TVI - Interference 'produced by TV

receivers; sounds like a buzz ever 15.75 kHz

U/ -Under / unID - Unidentified Unn - unneeded station V / C - Verification card, typed v/f - Verification form let ter

VJ - Vane Jones station l i s t (published by H. Sams Go. )

v / l - Verification letter v/q - Verification card, printed VOA - Voice of America W/ - With/ WWV - Standard time and frequency station

on SW; gives information on aurora 10 minutes after hour

I WX - Weather XR - Transmitter I yl - young lady

(out of order , should be in above list):

BCB - Broadcast band c/w - Country & western music PSA - Presunrise authorization; special licence provision allowing station to sign on

before local sunrise with reduced power WRTVH - World Radio T V Handbook

MISCELLANEOUS TERMS:

Bootleg - see pirate Drake - Hard rock top 40 format produced by Bill Drake, a leading consultant Loop - Loop antenna for broadcast band reception; a lso used to mean direction finding Pattern - Map showing station power in various directions; see NRC Night Pattern

Book Pirate - Unlicensed radio station; some a r e commercial offshore operations in Europe

and New Zealand, others a r e illegal amateur operations Pr imary coverage - The a rea of strong ground wave reception for a station Ramadan - Muslim holy month in late fall; many Arab stations stay on al l night Secondary coverage - Area with good reception during night via skywave reception / / - Parallel operation; stations carrying identical programming LANGUAGES: M -Arabic FF - French GG - German P P - Portugese SS - Spanish OTHER CLUBS ARC - Arctic Radio Club, Sweden NNRC - Newark News Radio Club - U. S. ARDXC - Australian Radio DX Club NZDXRA - New Zealand DX Radio Assoc. Benelw - Belgium NZDXRL - New Zealand DX Radio League IRCA - International Radio Club of SCDX - Sweden Calling DXters

America - U. S o SDXK - Finlands DX Club MWC - Medium Wave Circle (England) R

I' LETTERS BY FREQUENCIES: A - approximate frequency M - measured frequency V - frequency varies

11 SPECIAL TECHNICAL TERMS

AFr - Fredericksburg index of geomagnetic disturbance; the best easy measure of high latitude auroral conditions; broadcast f rom WWV a t 19 minutes past the hour.

Aurora, auroral oval - high latitude region of extreme absorption to medium wave signals; related to Northern Lights and magnetic storms.

Beverage antenna - Special type of antenna for long wave and MW reception, very long low single wire with special ground connections

D region - Region of ionosphere where daytime MW signal absorption occurs; height i s f rom 40 to 100 kilometers. Also involved in auroral disturbances.

E layer - One of the primary reflecting layers for MW signals a t night; height i s about 105 kilometers above the surface of the Earth.

E20 - Computer program to predict dawn-induced fade out times for specific stations. FET - Field effect transistor, popular amplifier for MW applications FET AAZ loop - Field Effect Transistor Altazimuth loop antenna; high gain and very

deep nulling loop design F layer - Main reflection layer along with the E layer responsible for night MW

DX reception; height varies from 260 to 400 kilometers. Geomagnetic - Pertaining to the Earth's magnetic field: strongly affected by auroral

disturbances Ground wave - MW signal component which t ravels along surface of the ground; most

daylight reception i s ground wave Heterodyne - Audio tone produced by two stations close in frequency; the pitch of the

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MF, Mechanical filter - Electronic component which produces improved receiver selectivity for separation of stations on close frequencies; commonly added to MW receivers by DX1ers to upgrade performance.

MwA - Midwinter anomaly. A well established but little-understood phenomenon which produces days of unexpectedly weak signals during the midwinter months; most evident when the sunspot cycle i s high.

Null - The direction of minimum signal pickup on a loop antenna. Also the act of selectively eliminating reception from a station with a loop antenna, e. g., " WTOP was nulled out".

SAH - Subaudible heterodyne. Heterodyne produced between stations so close in frequency that beat note tope i s not audible; sometimes shows as wavering of S meter needle, best displayed on oscilloscope with long persistence phosphor.

Skywave - The signal reflected f rom the layers of the ionosphere; the primary mode of MW reception at night; a s distinguished from ground wave.

Splash, sideband splash - Crashing sound produced by programming of a strong station on a nearby frequency; reduced o r eliminated by better selectivity, a loop antenna, or both.

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I A I X HOOLBROOK - 7211 Chestnut S t r e e t - Chevy Chnse, ::aryland - 20015

25 years ago I s t a r t e d DXlng. I tegsn on BCB, l c t e r concent ra t ing on fore::? broadcast . Af ter s t a y i ~ , ; cn BCB f o r about t e n years we branchei cut In to TV & U t i l i t i e s - tuninc: LX, then 2;n&/s & t hen SW up t o W F . I r l s o got q u i t e i n t e r e s t e d ir. FK. The pendu- lum has apparently s-.nz-..~ back a s about a month aFo I ,zot t1.e I t c h t o again tune domestic ZCE. 1-:cr long t h i s madness w i l l l a s t I s a ~ y o n e ' s

1420 6:36-Tam, I be l i eve t h i s was FF on 1420. WKCW-1420 3:28-3:50pm. YLXR-1510 4:29-5:14 s /of f ; MOG1560 5:26-5:30 s o f f ; WGF-1560 5:35- 5:46 s /of f . 11/20- .CCF-1580 5:57-6 s/off . 11A1- KYIT-540 5:50-6 s /of f . 11/22- WIL.E-1270 6:30-6:32am. 11/23- WKCY 9:25-10:04am. 11/ 24- WED-810 6:46-7:Olam. 11 /25 VCTW-1550 ET 5:27-5:30am. CFRS- 1560 b r i e f l y O 7:14am; KEVD-1330 i n Geman 6:20-6:45pm. 11/26- WADR -1480 6:14-6:30am. WAVS-1190 5:15-5:33pm. Veries t o t a l s , 7,958, of which 2,307 a r e BCB. (welcome back, Hank! I th ink your WEVD was YPOV!f- m c )

O W ATKINS - 2200 West E u m e t t Avenue - Loui sv i l l e , Kentucky - 40210 Since l a s t ?,:using i n DX NFNS dated 11/4, I ' v e logged

s i x new countr ies : Antigua, Braz i l , Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, & Kontaerrat f o r a t o t a l of 29 heard. Also 32 new s t a - t i o n s logged, 21 from LA, f o r a t o t a l of 1,133. 10/23- WOZ-1200 Q 2: 55am. WMEL-020 4: 15am. ' m - 1 2 7 0 6: 35um. 10/24- IIew WZ00-710 ~ s h e b o r o . N. c .- 6:30om- WGOH-1370 6148: '&3?-1380'. 7om. #68 from Tenn. - - - . - - - - . -. - - - ~ - - .~ ;:WH-1150 7:lOpm. 10j25- k ~ i i 7 5 0 6: j5ph. 10/28- ' h?~~'!SR-1320 7pm. 10/29- YILR-860 3:123;n; PRE3-1180, R. Globo, 3:15am; TI3ICA-625 R . Omeaa 10:30~m: TIBB-1225 ll:15pm. 10/30- TIC:-925 2am. 11/4- ' P L Y - -< - - -, - - - < - - - r - - - -- - -~ - -855 8:45pm; ERTV-~~S-R: Caribe 9:055m; *1570 9 : 5 0 ; - ~ 1 ~ ~ ? 3 2 5 @ 11:lO; TIMAR-1375 11:22pm. 11/6- HICK-540 R . ABC, 4:jOam. 11/8- YW-1025 1:20am s/off .- ZD3-1100 7pm, r e a l l y g i v i n WKYC f i t s . 11/ 9- KORC-1140 7:03am s/on. #51 from Texas; WFF-710 8:10am. #55 from - . - - - - - - - 550 ll:40pm. 11/12- TGTO-825 10: 20pm. l l / l 3 - HJCV-1190 R.^ ~ b r d i l - l e r a , 1: 50am. 11/20- WSJC-810 5: 56pm. 11/22- I:ew MCI!-1140 Hawes- v i l l e . Kv. 1 l : l O a m . #64 from Ky. 1 1 / 2 5 ;fl'OK-9LO 5:45 s /o f f , and , n c + i l l b Franklintoh, La. 6pm" s/off'.

JOSEPH 1. PLOW - Box 148 - Chaplin, Saskatchewan D x l n ~ is almost a t a s t a n d s t i l l around here . I

r u s t renew dues i n I:RC as they expired l a s t week. aybe I cl*t get a chance even t o I-:use t h i s year. Best wishes f o r a Zappy Holiday Season, t o a g rea t & devoted e d i t o r of a g r e a t c l ~ m n Of a g rea t c lub . (THANKS FCR THE K I N D dORD3, JCE, & FOR T:E CALZ;D~R! - E X )

15 DAVE SCHMIDT - 8 Valley Terrsce - Apt. 9 - Wilminpton, Delaware 19802

Eow do! A good week, thus f a r . ~ 7 1 - KDAY, YCVR, and v/q WIIIS. DX a s so: CHLC-1570 1-1:15am W/CKLI: o f f (second MM i n a rowj, JCHL-1360-TEST 1:30-1:46am w/~op 40 mx & a couple of PSAs and j i ng le s , rou@ he re due t o ,;DRc/WKAT e t a l , t ape a l s o s e n t , and WBVM- 1550 on an ET 2:25-2:44am while looking f o r t h e now ve r i fy ing WPJD. who was t h e r e b u t way U/WBVM. A l l t h i s on 11/20. C!-annel 12 i n ! f i l m - lngton held an auct ion t h e week of 11/12-18 and I managed t o ge t i n on it and he lp out . While t h e r e , I rcet Pat Dels i frorli WCA74, who was t e l l i n g me they a r e now running from 4:45am till 2am, Yonday through Saturday, and 6am t o midnight Sunday. They were a l s o running a gos- p e l mx program AI? up u n t i l about t h r e e weeks ago, but t h a t has s ince stopped. The h i g h l i g h t of MM 11/20 was an ET from WKAP-1320 & t h e i r I D O 3:05am. The guy who gave t h e I D s t a t e d c l e a r a s a b e l l , without cracking up, "This i s Radio S t a t i o n WgsP i n Allentown, Penns:rlvania, opera t ing on a frequency of 5,000 wa t t s with a power of 1320 k i l o - he r t z . " Ee then went of f i n t o mx. I wonder what brand he smokes, h i ! PS: ?fF.C-980 I n 'dashington i s now Top 40. Wall-to-wall mx i s t h e type t h a t J u s t keeps going, wi th no breaks o r t i r e checks i n be- tween. (Thanks. Dave! -ERC)

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N.Y. - 11226 ERVEST R. COCPER - 438 East 21 S t r e e t - Carr ier Route 56 - Brooklyn

Wonders never ceae! Two v e r i e s i n i n one day, In v.h-SS from Radiolandla-1160, Santiago, D . R . , and a v/c from W Q W - 1590, fou r th verIe.;from t h i s s t a t i o n , with fou r th s e t of c a l l l e t t e r 8 (was l a s t WTBY, previously, WBRY, and f i r s t , WLXBY). A l i t t l e DX on SM 11/19, but buzz too bad t o l o g E. Mil-1180, Santo Domingo. They were the re , but weak, & s/off B 1:28am. WHAM's BC was t h e r e till a few moments before t k a t . MM 11/20- Off were WHN-1050 & CKU!-1570. A consult in^ engineer must have landed i n u t icantoday a s I had a TT from WTLE-l3TO 1: 58, and a t 2:39, an ET/mx from WBVI.:-1550, both unn, of course. R. Cordillera-1190 noted AN, unn. Other o d d i t i e s were unn ZAP-1320 m/mx 63 3, and WAAO-1530 f/c-mx @ 2:39, both unn. . That peeyem, I loeged semi-locsl WQQW-1590 @ 6:24-6:54pm. 11/22 PM- Aurora a l l around, and a lovely s i g n a l from ZDK-1100 w/no s ign of Cleveland a t a l l , f o r a r epor t , 6:59-7:40pm, with t h e Ivor Bird Show. ( I d i d n ' t hea r any b i rds! ) Union Radio-675, I.:ana@:-., good t o 1:Olam s/off 11/23, then I noted R. X-750 a l s o I.:anagua, s/off GZ 1:04. :tho t h e SS-1550, no t HJZI, w/stand r d SS f a r e ? I had 'em, 1:17-2:02am. EIM 11/27- Log on newie t o me HgES-980, R. E l Sol , holding down t h i s frequency p r a c t i c a l l y i n t h e c l e a r , a l l AM, w/local WUDJ-970 off RS, but t e s t i n g o f f & on. It must have been seol-Auroral, a s WFUIJ was a top 790; odd. Unn 'JF?PlI-1530 ETlng @ 3:40am. WOR-710 was s l eep ing t h i s morn, - ~ / H J F T - $ ~ O AN & a top CJRhT-AN, both unn. Last Winter, t h e Colombian was on 712a. 4:03-4:31, YVRS-1020, R. Mar s r i t a , e a s i l y 8 i n t he c l e z r , w/wINS-1010 s lop , f o r a r epor t . There r e t h r e e Vene- zuelans on 1020, a l l l~lake It a t var ious t lmes, so be careful ! Alas, none of t h e TESTS made it. I needed KTGO & XSDL, but WQ.23 decided t o ET/OC t h a t whole hour, b l e s s ' e m . Cm.: was on today, a s l uck 'd have i t , w/a TEZTsked from ?KKS t h e r e , 1-1:30. I a l s o noted, but d i d no t have time t o ge t a log , loud F.. Tricolor-990, i n Venezuela, @ 4:24am. I ' v e t - b l 5 d t h i s one f o r l ogg in r next 13:: DPC-rber i s t h e month f o r l c g ~ i n g Ve~ezue lans , a s many s jon an hour e a r l i e r during Advent! Go a f t e r 'en:, and have a very 1,:eI-r~ Christmas, a l l ! CW:7.

"AIT'' SITUATICX 1010 E C 11 J l!ow off 1 % ~ . 1400 V E k T 1:ow i2:-6 again. 1310 W C A K Off Ah'; i s s i l e n t 2:00-4:45am Tues-Sun., & 12-4:45 11.

:-XARD SIFCE LAST ISSUE 710 ;; Z 0 0 ;.sheboro, N . C . 1100 W W W E E:--WKYC 910 K J J J Ek-KFHC 1290 C J B K Ek-CJOE 980 W Y 0 0 Ex-:JPBC That ' s 211, folks! See you next week!

16 NANCY GANTZER - 67 L i b e r t y S t r e e t - Fredonla , New York - 14063

G r e e t l r g s a l l . T h i s p a s t Summer I had t h e un ique ex- p e r i e n c e of t u r n i n : on a r a d l o znd n o t h e a r i n g one s t a t i o n on t h e en- t i r e BCE. I was I n one o f t h e re l ro te w i l d e r n e s s s e c t i o n s of Yellow- s t o n e X a t l o n a l Park i n Nd Wyoming. It was r e a l l y a change from t h e mid-day c l u t t e r of t h e d i a l h e r e i n N . Y . One i n t e r e s t i n g s t a t i c n h e a r d w h i l e a t Yel lowstone was "Radio Yellowstone" on 650k w i t h fw. b r o a d c a s t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n about t h e park . There a r e about 40 of t h e s e m i n i - s t a t i o n s l o c a t M I n t h e t o u r i s t s p o t s , h idden 200 y a r d s c f f t h e highway i n t r a e h cans ( t o p r o t e d t them from b e a r s ) . Before I u s e t o o much s p a c e , h e r e ' s some DX from h e r e : 10/9- KTWO-1C30 Vyo. 12:50- 1 : 0 5 m f a i r w/Billg Graham prbgram, & s i g n a l became s t r o n g e r B 1 :05 a t end of program - J u s t i n t i m e f o r an I D . KOB-770 f a i r t o good w/ # WdBC o f f , 1:45-1:59 s / o f f w i t h Landmark Hour program. 10/19- KYAL- 1600 Tex. 8pm s l o f f p o t r u/WRL. 10/22- .XiCA-1570 6:46 s / o f f ~ e r y I good w/no SS?, IDS a s Win-Ca Radio." 10/25- WIN-1320 Tenn. Rock of Kingspor t ood 6:49-6:53pm w/no WJAS. 10/27- KS00-1140 S.D, 7:27 -7:J4pm good w$%VA n u l l e d r!YX f o r Sioux F a l l s Iowa, Nebraska, e t c . 11/2- VXIT-1400 O/'HGC 10:51pm ~ / ~ o o d ID. 73/88 and have a happy h o l i d a y season .

DAVID lCdBLE - 29247 Waldensa - X i c k l l f f e , Ohio - 44092 A month ago it was time t o b r i n g t h e l o o p mtenr;o u?

f r o r t h e basement, & s t a r t a new season f o r r a d l o DX. TV DX t t i s Summer was t h e w o r s t , s o maybe t h e Xedlum Wave w i l l b e g r e a t ( I hope) . So now I muet get my logbook s t r a i g h t e n e d o u t , & g a t h e r my odd v e r l e a l y i n g around t h a t t h e s t a t i o n s l a s t Winter f i n a l l y answered d u r i n g t h e Summy. I g o t t h e moat m y s t e r i o u s le t ter t h i s Summer - a v/q from QIQ. I couldn'f, b e l i e v e It, b u t t h e s t r a n g e t h i n g was it was mailed from Bew York. Did t h i s happen t o anyone ~ t h e r t h a n me? I r ro ta the r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t moet l in SS & made It l o o k good t o them by e ~ b g I enJoy t h e i r programs! 50 much f o r t h a t g h o s t l y frequency of 640! I am p l a n n i n g t o be v e r y a c t i v e DXing t h i s season, & p o s s i - b l y a Itueing-a-week. So how about more o f you l a z y 600 s t a r t t o g e t your crayone & p a p e r o u t & write In a Kuslng? I am ex t remely mad a t my b e a t f r i e n d h e r e i n W i c k l l f f e f o r J o i n i n g t h e IRCA. He s a l d h e w i l l a l s o j o i n t h e NRC b e f o r e Chrlstmae. I f h e d o e s n ' t , I s a l d T'd n e v e r epeak t o him a g a i n . Imagine one o f my f r i e n d s I n t h e IRCA. How about a blueing from t h a t Chr i s Woodruff t y p e i n Dayton? I am a l - s o p lanning t o s e t up a Beverage o r zomething t o a i r l, a t my favor- i t e e t a t l o n , CHUM-1050: It comes In messy dayt ime 6 a t n i g h t . I en- Joyed Capt. ~ l o t z ' "F ly ing T r a n s m i t t e r Eystery." L e t ' s have r o r e of them! 275 i n t h e logbook & I ' m hoping f o r 1 ,000 by January. I hope so . Time t o s / o f f , s o C U N 4 & 73s & good DX & CX.

MINI - IDXD from GPN: 737 Iarael. . Kol I s rae l i s now transmitting on this channel in Russian 0345-04 15

CMT with 1200 kw. Who will misidentify this one f i rs t? (Editor) 914V Surinam. Radio Nickerie well heard at NRC HQ; Hindi and Malay program-

ming most evenings. Schedule i s 0930-1800 & 2000-0130 according to Dr. John Campbell. King's College. England (via NASWA)

1204.6V Unid Arab. Weak Arab noted some afternoons a s early a s 21 20, seems to stay on past 2300 but best audio so far around 2130. (Ray 'Moore. Mass. ) Also noted here thanks to tip f r o m Ray; too weak for D F yet. Two likely possibilities: YEMEN, currently drifting around 1203 according to EBU. The latest EBU l is t (1 1 /15) also shows an unid station on 1204.503 logged in Belgium, not Yemen. This could be a really fine catch! (Editor)

1502 Senegal. Schatz' unid West African i s very likely to be Radio Tambacouda. 1 kw, noted weakly a t HQ around sunset when the A i s high. (Editor)

Greetings, again. We'll t ry t o get th i s out ear3g to avoid HoUdey m a i l delays. ICIII l~~liclliln¶,

1380 CP -NC New Bern, mq. WSE l h ! ~ O CP SC Holly H i l l , req. WKHJ (deleted faci ls . of 'm)

. . ClIIlWI + 1230 WKYG-WP ex-1JTAP + l a 0 WPBR-FL ex-IQXT + f i l 0 W - C T SCH: 2L hrs. + 1230 WCRO-PA SCH: 2h hrs. SF' IW 0000-0600 ( IRCA ) + l l50 WDEL-DE SCH: 0458(0558)-0110(0105 Sa, 0035 SU.) (Joe Joma, WEL) + 1090 CP S C Greenwood, 29646; 1000 D l ; Box 2365 + l.510 XUO-FL Boynton Beach is apparen- really a CP tho1 not published

as such. 1020 Ill) ad&: 400 W Strem Blvd. ZIPS 3h35 m a 2 0 CP a Plessiwil le . Card from Stan Morns indicates that th i s one

is on, NSP, and // CFDA-1380 k CKFL-lb00. I don't know If it is actually on or proposed k operate thusly k Stan gives no cal l . Further info, someone ?? Pierre R.emblw ??

+ 1310 WAK-NJ H a s qui t AN. Sked: 0500-0200, Sun. 0600-0000 (~ar r , Scbnidt, Wilmingkn, DE)

+ Y O 0 WE-OH ex-UIPX: + 850 KLEU-IA (Waterloo) 8 i s on.

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