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Vol 12 No 19 Jan 27 1945 - We welcome t h e renewals of P h i l Nicho1.s-Kermit Geary

and Fred Van Voorhees. Thanks t o you a l l and l o t s of good D X b g ,

DX CALENDAR DATE----- C&L--LOCATION---------------- KCS---CLUB------ ALL TIME EVJT---- FEB 1 2 WISE Ashevil-le N.C. 1230 N F, C ~ : O O - 4:30 AM

1 2 WTCM Traverse City Mich 1400 .N R c ~ : O O - 5:00 AM 1 6 & 17 WVCrSR S t Albins V t ' 1420 TEST-NRC 5: 30 - 6 : 55 AM

Both Stan blorss and P h i l l l ichols r e p o r t t h a t the s tud ios of WAGM were burned i n a $500.000 f i r e t h a t swept t h e biggest business. bui lding i n Presque I s l e , which included rad io s t a t i o n WAGM. Both fel lows suggest t h a t a l l of you keep your no tes on recep t ion of t h e i r DX and P h i l has w r i t t e n M r . Clidden asking i f those r e p o r t s were l o s t i n t h a t f i r e . If . they were t h a t means t h a t a l l w b heard W A G M l s DX f o r the NRC w i l l have t o send a dup l i ca te r e p o r t . Further information w i l l be published i n t h i s bul. letin. Dont send any dup l i ca te r e p o r t s u n t i l you a r e advised,

A few of t h e boys have w r i t t e n i n asking about v e r i e s from s t a t i o n VmE. You w i l l remember t h a t when t h a t DX w c ~ s broadcast,. i t was mention- ed t h a t M r . Batchel-der was ill with pneumonia. So please be p a t i e n t , your v e r i e s w i l l . a r r i v e and r e s u l t s as t a t h e u inners wil.1. be announced as soon a s received.

From the r e p o r t s i t seems t h a t M r . Terry S;nds i s not a t CJhL as t h e v e r i e s now received a r e signed by Mr. Percy Whitebread.

PFC Kenneth W. Page was a v i s i t o r a t Club HQ &long with h i s wife Flo- rence. Kenny i s home on fur lough 2nd agzin walked i n t h e Edge home only t o f i n d "Pop" sleeping as usual . Tried a hand a t e a r l y evening DXing, t ry ing t o l o g WTD but even though i t w ? s heard, nothing f o r a r e p o r t could be copied. The Edges w i l l be going t o the P a g e r s home soon, so I suppose Pop w i l l be shown t h e bunch of T A r s and T P t s t h a t have v e r i f i e d i n the pas t f o r Kenny. J u s t making up f o r Pop pushing t h e v e r i e s from WHTD-KWED-KWBU-KOAC i n Pages face when he i s here.

S/SGT A 1 &ley r e p o r t s t h a t he has received information t h a t s t z t i o n PONF i s now ver i fy ing I.UO%, so b e t t e r ge t your r e p o r t s of f now. Their card i s multi-colored and very cr t t rz~ct ive .

It looks as if the snow c ~ u g h t up with the mc,il 2.s some of the boys r e p o r t t h e i r bul.l.etin being l z t e i n z r r i v i n g . I ' i l l have t o blame i t on the snou boys bczcuse they were mailed on Saturday morning a s usual , We havc rdded a fer: nort; inches t o whet w e had. Wel.1. i t cent I.ast forever.

W , 1 1 no t mFny more s p e c i z l DXes coming up, so please r e p o r t t o t h e r e - mainder of those 1. is ted. WfSR should be wanted by many who scy they have no t c s yt-t heard Vermont. Well here i s c chance t o g e t Vermont not only logged but v e r i f i e d .

It bvi1.l be appreciated if every one w i l l use Eas tern War T i m e i n t h e i r r e p o r t s 2nd o ther information sen t i n . It makes it a l o t e a s i e r here.

NATIONAL RADLO CLUB DX MEWS Page 2 FREQUENCY FROLICS January 27 1945 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - -

KCS CALL REMARIGS 590 KTUC Aust&n,Texas t e s t i n g ~t 3:25 AM on 1/20 (Stan ~or s s -Mass ) 605 TIGPH Ban Jose,C.R. hrd n i g h t l y from 9PM-Mdt -and maybe l a t e r , has

R-6 s i g s &ill Davidson-Montgomery Ala) 625 TIPG San Jose,C,H, hrd n i t e l y BPM- AM or l a t e r , R-9 p l u s ( ~ a v i d s o n ) 648 . . , . Limoges,Francc hrd very well 1/21, s t i l l on a t s teady s igna l

a t 3:15 AM ( ~ n n k Wil-kinson-Baltimore,Md. / avidso son) 650 1 YA Auckland,N.Z, hrd. 1/14 with R' 335$ bu t bad f ad ing e t 5:25AM 660 P A R Fairbanks,hlaskn h rd ~t 3;25 AM with v a r i e t y show(~arnes ) 700 2 MR Lawrence,Australizi UNorth Rivers Rugionala hrd a t 7:lO AM

R-6. ( ~ a r r y Yarncs-SL~ C ~ r l o s , C ~ l i f 73Q 5 CL Adelaide,Aust hrd a t 7:l.O AM (Yarnes 750 2-YH Napier,N ,Z. hrd 1/14 wi th R 3-4 s i g 5:15AM avidso son) 758 . Rotterdom,Hollcnd hrd S 6-7 c ~ t 2:45 AM on l L 2 1 wi th r e l i g i o u s

, organ s e l e c t i o n s , ( ~ l l . k i n s o n ) 760 4-QS D~lby ,Hus t hrd z t 7AM with BBC N e w s . ( ~ a r r l e s ) 790 KFQD Anchorage, Alaska hrd a t 3130 AM (Yarnes) 825 TIEP San Jose , C.H. hrd n i t e l y obout lOPM with R 5-7 s i g ( ~ a v i d s o n ) 854 OAX4A Lima,Peru s t i l l z. rugu la r v i s i t o r , w a s 6 4-5 a t 11:lOPM 1/17

OAX4.A II fl was R-6 a t LQ:20 PN Also hrd n i g h t l y with an h 7-9 s ignu l . (lirlilkinson-YZ r n e s & D2vidson) /(Yarnes)

880 TILS San Pedro,C.R.(I Think st 1.1:09 PM. Hrd s l o & ~ n VFara T i n . 920 KARK L i t t l e hock,Ark t e s t i n g 3:05-3:25 AId on 1/20 8n H - ~ ( ~ o r s s ) 940 4-QR Brisbane,Aust hrd H-4 on l / l 4 a t 5:20 AM (Dawidson) 985 ???? Spnnish spwkink s t ~ + t i o n hrd one Ail1 a t 2:ld & 2:35, any one

have any i d e ~ who i t might be? (Dzvidson) 995 .... HiLversum,Hollund var ry ing same program c s 758 kcs ilkin ins on)

1000 . . . . Suipun,lUnrianas IsLands, New 50 KW station,~l!ent on t h e a i r December 26 1944,with broadczsts 'beaned 2:t J aprn . (0~1)

1010 ???? O r i e n t a l speaking st :<tion hrd 1 1 4 from 5:15-5:35 AM o r l c t e r with an R 7-9 s i g n a l , (Davidson

1023 HI3A Monsignor Nouel,Dominican Republic, "La Voz d e l Yunan, i s o - e r ~ t i n g on th i s f r e q . Rclnys HI2A (ex-~12.~) on 6480 ~ ~ ~ ( F c c P Tkis i s undoubtedly t h e s t ~ t i o n hrd hy Lipp inco t t .

1030 WBZ Boston,Mass s /o f f a t 1 AIbi but on 1s t S U N c a r r i e r on ti]-I. 1:05 WBZA Springfic ld ,~Uass , has c a r r i e r on clong from 1;05 t o 1 : i O AM

on F i r s t SUN of esch month, T i s from WZ-WBZA ( ~ o h a n n s ) 1040 H J C Z Bogota,Colornbir: uiss S 3-4 c t B : ~ O P Y on 1/17 (~ i l a inson)

.S E , p i r i t u Santo, New Heb hrd a t 5:55AM with C l a s s i c a l Music . Toronto i s 1KW no t JOOw,(Gabriel-L~kewood 0) / ( ~ a r n e s )

-1 Buenos Aires,Arg hrd ;t ll:38PM, hrd t h e i r d i s t i n c t i v e chimes before announcement. (Yarnes)

1120 .... A BBC heard hcrem wcs R-5 on 1/20 ( ~ o r s s ) 1120-5 HJFQ Periea,Colombin w ~ s S 3-4 a t 8:20PM on 1/17 ilki ins on) 1149 .,.. This powerful BBC (~ome Serv ice & Forces) was s 8-9 at $:50

AM on 1/21; (kl?ilkinson) .,.. S t a t i o n hrd here 1/14 till 5:30 Ail1 wi th music only, no onn- ognzements and R 9 pl.us s i g , n o t be l ieved t o be FA(~avidson)

1150 KRSC Seattle,Wash hrd s /off r l t 5bM avidso son) S

1190 HJAN B5rronquil l ,e , Colombic vias S 6-7 from 8:30-9:J.O PM on 1./17 and n new one f o r m e . ( ~ i l k i u s o n )

1230 RHLN Harl.in,Ky hrd 1 /8 from 4:17-4:20 on s p e c i a l t e s t . Vcrie seys r e g t e s t i s 2nd LION 2:30-2:40 EWT i t i s be l ieved zs j u s t CT was given by J Franke Fox, c,e. signer(~immonds-~~rni~ton,~nt)

EOLS F$orenca,S.C, hrd 2nd MON 1/8 from 3~10-3:15 AM (Simmonds) V!JEF Grwd Rupids,kich t e s t e d 1/16 and 1/20 and asking f o r r e p o r t s

VErified by L e t t e r from C.E. ( ~ g b r i e l ) WJEF S tud ios i n Pan t l ind Hotcl, C c r l ' E Lee, c . e , ( p a t ~ e i l l e y )

Continued on n ~ ~ t Paan 3 - A

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX 'NEWS FREGJJENCY FROLICS January 27 1945 . Page 2-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

KCS CALL REMARKS 12.40 WHIZ Zanesville,Ohio hrd 1/8 2nd MON from 3:16-3:30 AM, hope they

answer t h i s one, (Simmonds) WJRM ~lkins,W.Va This s t t i t ion not i n operat ion, according t o card

received 1/17 ( B i d Stee le-Louisvi l le Ky) WGGA Gzinesville,Ga There i s apparent ly same c~nfusion a s 4 0 t h i s

, . s t a t i o n s check. According t o s t a t i o n announcements on 1/16 the i r : check i s 3rd TUES 3:15-3:30 CVJT o r 4:15- :30 ~ ~ ~ ( ~ t e e l e ) Cornvr~l1,Ont w i l l take t h e a i r around Feb 1 s t ~ a b r i e l ) ( ~ a b r i e l

E a r l s b z d , ~ , ~ . t e s t e d 3rd SAT 3~30-3:45, might be n new time. .-\N?dT ~ani to)voc ,Wise checks 1st SAT 4: 10-Lk: 25, Jus t address t o sta.

KWLC Dgcoreh,Iovvc shed is 9~15AM-1:30 PM (M F E i t t r e im, s igner V!OMT hfd ,!+:14-4: 2 6 ( ~ o r s s ) Both nbove from Johums-Buffalo N Y) ???? Who VJFS t t s t i n g he re wi th Spanish sel.ections and Xylophone

f r o b 3: 37-3:45 on 1/20, wery weak ( ~ p r s s ) ~ r a d f o r d , ~ a s s ) 1270 XEXX Merid~j,Yucatan,bIex hrd with good s i g s and repor ted 3:lO-3:30

AN on 1/18 (?hi1 Nichols-E ~ n r t f o r d , ~ o n n ) 1275 HJAT BarrnnquilLa,Colombic hrd 8 2-4 2 . t 8:25PM on 1 / 1 7 ( ~ i l k i n s o n ) 1280 XEX Monterrey,Mex w i l l chz.nge c a l l t o XEAV! e a r l y i n 45 according

t o r ecen t l e t t e r . ( ~ z i l l e y - ~ : j m e s t o i ~ n (Land of Snow) N Y) . 1290 ???? Spanish speaking s t a t i o n hrd &am one AM 3-3:30 ( ~ 9 v i d s o n )

1310 HSAK Barranquilla,Colornbic hrd 1/21 from 1:50-2:0&, S 5-7(rr~i lkin~on) . . 1340 W U T DubLin,Gr: t e s t i n g behind WHAT 1/18, 2:20-2:40 AM ( ~ i c h o l s )

Hrd t e s t i n g 1/19 from 2:37-234.4 AM (~immonds) 1370 P'SPD Toledo,O i n c l e a r till 2 AIbil s ign off ( ~ a l . p h

, 1400 KJZM Clzrksvi l le ,Tenn check as Maleys l i s t , hrd bany,N Y cpparent ly running till 2AM now rtford,Conn logged 1/6 a t 30:30-11:15PM xico City, Avenida 20 de Noviembru 91-Tercerpisa, Muxic~i t y , s igner i s Asmendo Zetina C. ( ~ e i l l e y )

1450 WEED Rocky lvlount,N,C. checked 1/22 2: 55-3:21 AM ( ~ o h a n n s ) V X E U G r i f f i n , Ga checked 1/22 from 3: 33-3: 58Abf ( ~ o h e n n s ) WGMC Gastonia,N , C. checked a s you a l l . know 1/22-4: 01-4: 33 ( ~ o h a n n s )

-N'MBH Joplin,Mo HENRY FRkNKEL,did you receive my l e t t e r o f Dec? any chance of v e r i c on t h e r e p o r t I enclosed???(Gabriel) .

KORE Eugonc,Ore,copied r i g h t t h r u WGNC f o r most t i m e and R-7 a f t e r WGNC signed and very l i t t l e fading, should h8pe reached E P S ~ coas t e a s i l y ( ~ a b r i e l )

IVROX Clnrksdzle,Miss 3rd WED check 12/20 3: 55-4: 05 AM (~immonds) 1456 a XETU Tampico,ble.x hrd a t 8PM on aprox t h i s f r e q severa l n i g h t s in-

s t cad of on 1460 kcs e s assigned. ( ~ n v i d s o n ) . 1470 XESM Mexico City in' t h e clear sevsrcul lLMs from 5-7 AM ( ~ o h a n n s )

1490 Vi0P.I ' Bristo1,Tenn hrd checking 1/19 &-&:lo AM ]Johanns) WHBB Selmt .A13 hrd checking 1/19bfrom 4: 10-4: 20 AM (Johanns) WSAP Portsmouth,Va hrd checking 1/19 from 4:44-4; 56 Ah1 ( ~ o h z m s ) PTRLD West Point,Gc hrd 1/19 from 2:52-3AM 3rd FRI, probably t h e i r

check time but w i l l lmow f o r sure l a t e r (~immonds) WELO Tupe10,M.s~ t e s t i n g 1/19 from 3:10-3:20 8nd ennounced a s t h e i r

t e s t f o r freq measurements, so maybe cb reg check (~iptrnonds) 1610 CJM Bordt.n,P,%,I. vur i f i c s , address them n t CNR Gtat ion Borden,

P . E . I . ( ~ o r s s )

DELETE by WEIEIP,, n o t essential. F C C NEWS by B i l l Gabr ie l Jr. KLAD Sacrernento,C~lif 1490 kc 250~ Lincoln k DelLar.

ADDJTIONS TO NEW STATION LIST CKSF- CornuJzll Stond~~rd-Freeholder II!JEF Futzer Broadcasting Co. l24Q Mahlon C l ~ r k , C,Eng. 1230 Czr l E. Lee, Ch, Eng.

- 25Ow 250w ' Pcntlind,Hotel Cont u l t d Ed@mtrf sl~yxPlxlx Cornw-ll ,Ont . u l t d O,md Rapids, Pich. (next page)

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NF* STATION LIST F C C NEVlS cont CJEM Edrnundston Radio Ltd CJSO Gendron and Prevost 1240 J.H. kIcGough, Ch hng 1400 250w l O O w 72 du Hoi S t r e e t u l t d Edrnundston, N .B. u l t d SoreZ, Qbebec.

F W v&fl VQQBRHBBQ fin4Mnge nhi&e sn rr run aLon8 the N . u o e s s t u o f ~ 8 o d a ~ h ~ o 580 WIAC San Juan i n 6panish most1.y with good s i g s , i s tops on t h i s freq 600 WKAC San Juah p e r s i s t s i n coming i n here i n s p i t e of no t being

l i s t e d i n most l i s t s , CMKV i s a good second, 620 W U Q San Juan completes the San Juan 3 t h a t r e a l l y have mighty s i g s 680 WPTF Raleigh N C was apparent1.y my sta here , s i g as good a s l o c z l s 690 C Havana i s the dominant s t a t i o n here, good s i g t o the south, 71.0 LS-1 Buenos Aires was on top with IVFTL giving him a f i g h t f o r it. 730 CM3Q Havana and mQ,Mexico Ci ty f i gh t i ng i t out he re 740 PRA-4.Sao Salvador,Brazil with su rp r i s ing s i g ~t t h i s pa r t i cu l a r point

- over B r i t i s h Guiana. 750 LRA Buenos Aires With only about an R-6 s ignal . 770 ??? Am American, apparent1.y VUZ, Had Char l ie Chan a t 7:30 PM. 790 EVSRB Caracas,Venz and j u s t about t h e loudes t s t o t i o n on band h9 p l u s 800 Cld..H& Santa Clara, not s u r e of t h i s one, was H-$ and menpioned Cuba. 820 ???? Same program as on 800,but no Cuban l i s t e d here, have no idea. 855 OAX4A Lima,Peru This one more o r less a guess as i t i s about the only

one l i s t e d on 855 o r near it. My l i s t e n i n g with a freq meter so f r eq a r e exact ,

870 LR-6 Buenos k i r e s , No quest ion, he snnounced i n English, good sig., 880 YV5RQ Caracas,Ven, another super h-9 PLUS, must have been r i g h t i n

t h e i r beam f a r they roared i n . 920 CIvlJL C a r n a g ~ e y ~ C u b a ' a p p a r k t l y as program same as one hrd on 800 kc. 9 5 0 . WVDI -Por t of Spain,Trinidad with t~mericzn Dance Tunes, uses 300 watts 960 YVSRA Caracas,Venz, n o t . a s s t rong a s the o thers . 980 YV2RB San Cristoba1;Venz w i t h nn R-6 s i gna l s

1010 YV5RG Caracns,Venez with B-8 s igs ,ags in no t q u i t e a s good as o the r s 1050 YV5RZ Maiquetia,Venez a 500 watter with R-7 s ignals 1060 HJCC ' 130gota,Co1.ombia~ f i r s t Colombian on band with chants i n Spanish 1110 WBT Char lo t te , one of few Americans with good carrying powers. 11.20 YV1RF Maracaibo, Venez with f a i r signa1.s. 1130 KWKH Shruveport,La i n a hard f i g h t with HJGE who i s usual ly on top 0 WRVA Richmond,Va another American w i t h good car ry ing powers 1160 YV5RL On top a t times but too many on here, s a m e on 1150 kcs, 1180 HJEQ Palmirn,Colornbia possibl.y,but i t i s another R-9 plus s igna l ,

and I doubt t h a t BJEQ could do i t . But I have no record of any- thing s tronger here i n Spanish, PRE-3 i s s t ronger but this s k - t i o n used Spanish, not Portugese, 2s l i k e PRE-3.

1190 HJAN Barcanquill.a,Col:ombia with z good h-7 s ignal 1210 WCAU Phi ladelphia wi th &xl 11-8 s igna l , 1220 H J A J ~ a r r a n q u i l l ~ , C o l o m b i a anothsr R-9 s i g , t h i s was i d e n t i f i e d , 1250 YVlRK Idar8caibo, but not very strong. 1275 H J A T '~arranquillz,Colomb'ta, mothe r pawer house, 1300 Y V I R A ~ a r a c a i b o , ~ o l o m b i ~ a&:lin not so s t rong,but understandable, 131.0 HJAK Barranquflla,Colombia, only E-7 though 1320 TNNEL San Juan,P.R, another R-9 p l u s powerhouse. 1350 YV.4R.A .Valencia,Venz with poor s i g anC bzd hetrodyne. 1.390 HJFD ManizaLes,Colombia with a good s ignz l 1320 PRE-9 Fortal .eza,Brazil not hrd a t same timc a s o the r s but whiie pas-

s ing over Fortalcza. HES good s ignal f o r i t s 2000 wat ts , Thanks Fred f o r the dope and boys remember t h i s was heard while over the North conset of SOUTH AMERICA, no t i n the US. Yes i t s too too bad we cant.

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BILL GABEIEL JR-LAKEWOOD,OKIO Few more r e p o r t s have been sen t out t o WJW-ZNS-KNLAC-CKEY-WAGM-WBML-WRRF with f 011-ow ups t o KAVE and KWLC and overdue r e p o r t s t o KWAT-KKBC-IWH. Veries i n from WBh1L-WRRF,dup and WJEF a l l l e t t e r s except WHRF which sent a fo lde r with a v e r i e w r i t t e n on it, and a card frorn IlrBBB. Reports dent seem t o br ing t h e v e r i e s l i k e they used t o and i t t 1 . l probably be worse next season. IVAGM was heard he re with a neat show,but I rea1.l.y had t o s t ra in the ears t o hear t h e i r R-5; Q-2 s igna l . ZNS i s R-7 every dunday at t h e i r 10220 PM s /o f f ; CKEY i s a day- time s t a t i o n h e r e with t h e i r nevi 5 KW; KVEC wont DX t h i s season s i n c e the C,E. and lvianager feel. i t woul.dnt be of much val.ue, but M r . Travis says he wi1.l put on a show f o r t h e NRC i f a grant f o r LKW and a new frequency comes th ru next season. Sure hope i t s cold f o r KOHE tomorrow Ulorning. C ,E , SLEICBTER-DEL PAS0 HGTS, CALIF I was rushed t o the hospital . Dec 1.9th and operated on Dec 2lst , thromed out t o make room on Dec 27th, every one had a p lesant time but me. NOVV i n fa i r shape but no l a t e hours a t r ad io so do hot know anything. Am going t o t r y f o r CKPA soon a s a b l e , e i t h e r something i s of f i n my radio ,or a i r i s extreem3.y bad , jus t cant f i g u r e which i t i s although I ao know s h o r t wave i s not cohing in ,bu t HCJB on 12455 i s new one a t 4;35PM with good power, Now as t o KFAR, 1 rea1l.y see no reason whyayou cannot ge t them a f t e r 3 A U EWT. A t t h a t tirne they are an with 1 5 min of Scandinavin music foll.owed by o ld time dance music, such a s CFCN puts out every Thursday n igh t , a s i t i s with R 6-8. Maybe a Cuban or Mex i n t e r f e r e s . (NO C O E D j u s t do no t come i n unless i t s extreem- l y good DXing) Glad t h a t you got CICTJW, I am sure not many i n the East wi3.3. g e t t h a t s t a t i o n , j u s t a break. Quite a blow t o Sa1.t Lake City,both new s t a t i o n s de le ted and &.do hope the same th ing happens ' to the expected 2 out here and t h e o ther one near here . mender v~hy 2 new ones i n Reno, dont know how they can e x i s t very long. Must be money i n the r a d i o game. (well C.E. you can be s u r e t h a t a1.l of u s are very glad t o hesr t h a t you a r e back home and' t h a t your recovery wiJ.1. be a speedy one-~ay)

HA6 C BOUINlQ3-SAN FRANCIdCO, CALIF DX is rnuch b e t t e r around here,now ghat I have t h e o ld S22R i n operzt ion. A few probable TYs ore around and orlt one i d e n t i f i e d , 2BL i n Sidney on 740 kcs, Dont have much time t o do DXing as m education seems t o take f i r s t place around here (YOU can b e t on tha t f Also studying rad io theory and math, t h a t go with r a d i o so am t i e d up, ~ 6 e n up a few mornings and will. t r y f o r t h e coming D X e s if can fSx my alarm clock. Going t o t r y f o r something on t h e I.ong wave dept i f 1 can. A l l . 1 hear a t present i s c 3.ot of a i r p o r t s t a t i o n s and beacons. If I do hecr music on long vrave i t s got t o be a European, so I am hoping. The mul t i - s t a t ion channe1.s a r e a rea l nusj.ance,so much so t h a t I seldom DX on them. The worse ones here a r c KGFJ-KXO-KABT-KO05 a real. baxther- JSFXBII-KROY-KFXD-KFIO-KWG-KRRE-KHUB-KRE- and then the babies on 1490 KDB-KVOE-KTBI-KRNR,(Y,~ i t i s something, but w e can on1.y hope t h a t when t h i s i s ~1.1, over m::ny of them w i l l resume t o normal. opera.tions) BANK WIIIICIN30N-BALTIMOhE.IVIDIVID Rec 2 more BBC (bcb) v e r i e s from 14.74 k c s D o r c c s Gcrvice) and '767 kcs (~orne Service) Makes 5 of them and I ' m proud t o h ~ v c them i n my loose l e a f cel-lophane envel.ol~es t h a t I keep a l l my fo re ign BCB v e r i e s in. Al.so acded HJAN-1.190 kcs,Barranquil lc . Have a i r - mail r p t t o h i m . Pas t 2 eves ( j sn 3.7-18th) seen Inany mid-western s t a t i o n s comple te ly blanked o u t ibvhiJ.e 3A & CAs pounded i n . 11as happened several times t h i s yenr and I a lways tcLke advantage of i t by sending more r p t s o u t t o them t h e r e fo re igners . A s of now have 14 r p t s ou t t o foreign bcb t h a t havent answered as ye t . TO BURNHAM Tnx f o r the B r a z i l i a n t i p s , your t h e guy I ' d lik6 t o hear from soaletime-I'm an 018 IDA member and t h e r e f s seve ra l quest ions I ' d l i k e answered. TO CHAd BOEHMKE-If11 be seeing you asollnd Feb 20th or so , 111.1 contac t you When I z r r i v e . Am I.eaving here on Feb 1-2th by t r a i n . BOB GORSUCH-THREE RIVERJ,MICH 0 3.y new ver ie i s stvell. one from XELZ, a ----- swell 1-ct tcr (spanish) ; Armsndo Zotina; Avenida 20 De Noviembre 91-7.

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CLAREIVCE: BUhNH&.GLOUCEdTTE3 ,,MAS4 The B r a z i l i a n s f inna1,l.y came t h r u good on Jan 17-18-19th; PfiE4 hadlo Cu l tu re on 1.300 k c was Q4 R 5-8 on 1-7 and 1 8 t h from 6:45-9330PM; PEG3 Radio Tupy on 1280 kc and 1.0 KW was Q 4-5 & R 6-8 6:39-I.OPM, WOV cou3.d h a r d l e be hrd a t t imes. Northern l i g h t 5 I sup- pose; PRB7 on 900 kc 5KW Q 4-5 R5-7 9:15Phl then XEIV g o t too s t rong; PRF4 on 940 kc Q4 i r 5-8 from 7-9 Phi t h ru Canadianj PRB9 on 1 . 0 ~ 0 kc Q5 R7 from 7-8~30PM. Cuban here too, PRE8 on 9BO kc Q4 R 6-8 t h r u heavy in terferen- ce a t 7-8PM; PRD2 on 1060 kc with 3.0 KW Q5 R 5-8 a t 6:45-8:30 PN; PRH8 on 17.3'0 kc Q5 3 5 - 8 ru ined Vr,WEVIl and broke t h r u a t 7 : 3 0 Plfl. PRE3 on 1.1.80 kc makes mince meat o u t of bl'HAM, one of t h e b e s t and c o n s i s t e n t Brazif . ians Q 4-5 E 6-8 a t 6 ~ 3 0 - 1 0 ~ ~ ; PRA2 on 800 kc excell.ent s i g n a l 8-9 PM, on

t h e 17-18th. P1.ays h igh class opeaa music. Some n i g h t s t h e Canadians and Cubans on t h i s f r e q a r e iaaudib1.e but PRA2 wi1.1. be pounding i n Q 5 R7-8. Some f r e a k r ecep t ion eh? Al.so hrd were PRHZ on 600 kc; LT1 on 780 kc; PRH9 on 840 kc; P H A ~ on 890 kc; PRD6 on 1200 kc; PRA9 on 1220 kc excel- l e n t s i g n a l ; LRI on 1070 kc and LR3 on 950 kc. The ].as% 2 were Q5 R7-8. The B r a z i l i a n s a r e f r e a k i s h . Channel will. be empty one minute and 5 min- u t e s l a t e r they wi l . 3 . be pounding i n Q5 H 7-8 only t o f ade o u t of t h e p i c - t u r e e n t i r e l y i n another 5 minutes. This makes i t d i f f i c u l t t o make an a c c u r a t e r e p o r t . It t a k e s p len ty of t ime and pa t ience . d e n t 1.5 r e p o r t s t o Bxazil- ians l .ast win te r and only r ece ived one answer. That was f rom PRE2 on 14.30 kcs with 3500 watts. Radio Vera Cruz . However w i l l keep t r y - ing , and hape 8 PEs v e r i f i e d . AL BART~OLO~IEV/-%BIINING N .Ye FOR LEN KRUSE-About NAA; They have been de1.eted a long time a t ].east 5 years . mere a s t ~ t i o n omrned by our Government at Arlington,Va and t r ansmi t t ed weather r e p o r t s ~ n d t ime s l g n a l s twice n day,oncs zround 1.1. AM and aga in necr IOPM, Were on1.y on f o r no more then 1.0 minutes, f o r g o t d u r a t i o n now. I v e r i f i e d them a long time ago. They operated on 690 kcs wi th 1KW. My record shows 1 hrd and v e r i f i e d on Oct

' 1933. By t h e way V A S i n Glace Bay,N.S. operated on same freq wi th 10 KW and werc on as I remember once day near 3AM with wet~ ther r e p o r t s , es- pccirl1.y f o r the f ishermen a t sea, FOR BURNHAM He says I might h ~ v e heard PRD2 on 1.060 kc on New Years day but he 2 l s o S ~ y s they s ignca o f f a t 1AM. For h i s i n f o t h e s t a t i o n I hrd was n o t a brazi1. ian rs they u s e Portuguese and the one 0 heard,which I b e l - i e t ~ w e s C~7.06 wcs hrd 3~30-4AM a t s i g n o f f . Since I.zst r e p o r t I ccught KVOP on Jan check ~ l r e a d y hctve v e r i f i e d wi th n i c e 1 .e t te r . Another r e p o r t went t o K13UR on Jan check and they v e r i f i e d by I c t t e r , b o t h r e p o r t s made i n Dec ~ n d Jan , f in i l l . y cl.eans up Iowa f o r m e , TIEP wzs lc~nded easi1.y f o r a r ~ p o r t on cvkning DX. Never have been ab3.k t o g e t a v e r i e ou t of them,this i s probab1.y f i f t h r e p o r t . W L T was caught on 7 t h with r eg equiptmcnt t e s t 2nd HJAK on same AM, r epo r t ed t o London Reg on 877 on t h e 9th . Reported t o WAGM on s p e c i a l ; WGKV as they came on t h e z i r one morning; WRLD on chbck znd on 12th hrd YJJEF t e s t i n g on 1230 kc,very l i t t l e da t a t h r u WITH-WCOL so s e n t a double cz rd t o make su re . Rcp1.y c m e back promptly v e r i f y i n g r e p o r t , W ~ t c h f o r t e s t s r f t e r 2:30 AM between now a ~ d Feb 1st . Thty szy they wil.1. begin r e g sked i n Fab.. h i c c going on CKJlW, a l s o t h t boys w i t h KFAR, t h a t s my one DX ambi- t i o n h r a them once but n o t enuf f o r r p t , will keep t r y i n g though, 1/22 c o a s t e r s very good, even KPAS. C-ught KCVO on check 3:30-4:03 A, s /off R 3-4 on meter, qua l i ty poor tho . Hurrah st l a s t Utah cl-eared up . RAY. "POP" EDGE-BUFFALO N,.Y. Wcll. on1.y one v e r i e i n t h i s p c s t vc:cek,from -- WgAI a n i c ~ I e t t e r . Reports ou t t o WAGM-KORE,most of i t t h r u WGNC, and t o KTAR. S t i l l w2i t ing f o r several . r e p o r t s t o be answered. Seems as if w e h ~ . v e aga in s t r u c k a slow scason ngain. and aga in , well t h e 1-ast one d i h t 1.7 s t t o o 1-ong so nzybe t l i i s one too will . pass .soon. BOB BOT2CIld-3.031 WALNUT ST-READINGPA NOTE my new QhA. Wont be able t o DX k t a1.l. from now on, Iizlvs s to red awzy most o f my things, incl .uding my Radio. I I r n bocrding he re and on1.y g e t i n t o town on Sundays ( Vrhats up ~ o b ? )

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GRANT BATSON-KEGTFIELD IU . Y. R,ports ar,d v e r i e s 'even u'p this week. 1/15 KFWB. a t 3~1.8-3:40g 1/3.6 IcnU from 7:15-7:30Pbl; 3./1.7 CHJ!JlL from 6 ~ 3 0 - 7 PM (and I h o p Grant g e t s h i s v e r i e 2 3.ot quicker than 1--1-~ay) 3./3.8 WPM a t 3-3:15 AU and IULD on 3:%5-3:30, h i F Whbeler; ]-/I9 KYUM t e s t i n g 3 ~ 3 0 - 3 ~ 4 5 and q u i t e a b i t of s t a t i c , z l s o .bzrl\llBS on 590 kc 6:39--6~4.5 Phi; 1/20 PIJJD 6:32-7P~j 1./21. KIiOY oil 3.240 2:30-2:,!+5; KGER a t 3~09-3:3l ; KXYZ sign on a t 7-7:15A&l; 11~FI3h f o r daytime r p t l:b7-1~31; 1./22 KOHE special. 4-5 hrd fair1.y v:el.l. even i f iYGlVC was on ,!+:01.-4~33,. hrd n number dedicated t o Pop Edge. More than enough f o r a good r e p o r t . reached peak a t 4;58 Q5 h9. Veries come apl-enty l.ast week, not one day n1,iss'ed and ' to r ece ive 5 on Friday; P~COV-\I~~dlJlL-\~.~1fJ'tc f o r new ones; Time-bVFOY-YlKBU-CFHB-W3LB-WFIN-KCBS- CBO-CFBfi f o r bI&C s p e c i r l i n red-blue, CBO I .e t ter v c r i e s t a t e d formal recep t i o n r e p o r t ockno~itltldgc~ne~lt no longer were being sen t but neve,r the less they v c r i f i e d my r e p o r t from t he mess I managed t o 'get ou t of 910 kc on the Gne1. i~- Hour. KVCV m d KTRb seem t o be taking l o t s of timc. BILL dTONE-14.8 YITIlICHESTEB ST-TORONTO 5 , ONTAhIO Atstention you E2.st coas t f)iEErs on Sun 1/21 i$xf on 810 kcs from 1:aO-2- who was t h e Venezuelan on tiii's' f req?? S t a t i o n i d e n t i t y hrd c3.ezrly except . i t s call . a t 1:46 AM a l s o a'nnounccr t ? lked c o n s i s t e n t l y on Venezuela(fadtd out during c a l l ) Was 39-75' v51?. upr rdc ia te cny hclp on t h i s cnd send d i r e c t t o QRA above. Caught the f i n d ~.nnouncemc;nt [ i n hngl.ish) on H J C Z in Bogota,Colombia Lq Voe dc Col.ornbia as thy. s fo f f : c : t 2:30 AM .so I suggest you wztch f o r this one, WTiS pu t t ing i n Q4 R 7 s i g s here:, with no fading. I s MiJNO another 24 hour on 1230 kc? 5tiXZ go ing s t rong a t ,@M when I cal1,ed i t a n i g h t . Radio Hcvana chr?in of s t a t i o n s s t ~ . y i n g on a i r till 2:28 AM and i;nnouncc r e t u r n c t 6 ~ 3 0 ; IVKBV i n hichmoad,Ind on check &,nd r e a l l y wrapping i t down the , 2 bzbies t h r o a t s , covering them with blanket . WAIT h rd f o r n new one thanks t o Pat, s f t e r supper. XESM Rlexico Ci ty ort 1470 kc b a n b i n g i t out nicexy t t 3:45 AM. Ccn any of you DXers supply me with the s /of f o r on times.>. o r ' t e s t times o r the skeds of any of t h e , fol-lowing s t e t i o n s who hzve beeri a hea.d;lch t o m e s i n c e 1,935.; WBRC-WAAF-WCRW-RrHDH-WORL-WIBC-WKPA- INTRY-WBTA-V,%RC .on 1490 kc s-WFITJ-IVIZE-Any .dope v i i l . 1 b ~ , zpprecia ted; Well I f i n a l l y ' re turned t o DX i n u v;r~-y, seeing I cannot trzlvc1,go i p shorrvs e t C it i s my I.eisure, my s leeping sked i s j u s t chn.nged,tnats 211. Veries are coming i n slow but sure which counts) h ~ : v e r e p o r t s ou t t o 34 s t a t i o n s

wstch out fidge) I I l s e coming) Have t o h tve set overhauled znd Trim phones l c?.n ~ n y one supply t h e i r QRA) repnired,c!s- l u t t e r have. l o s t a1.l t h e i r s c n s i t i v i t y . V e r i ~ s now c.t 812. (vsil.1. t r y t o f i n d out ~ i 3 . 1 ) DR JOHN, V i KIEiK-PT PLEASANT W VA KORE i n here 2s sked. To 2 l l wkio had d i f - f i c u l t y ~ I t h WAGM. lnlhats t h e m r i t t e r ? Sure t h e r e was some s t a t i c on him

b u t he wz.s t he re w i t h a good s i g n a l , ( ~ o t so good here Doc, he czme in but wezk s i g and fading ::long with s t s t i c - ~ a y ) Now t d k i n g rbout . tough babies KORE t n i s morning vies r e ~ l 1 . y tough. As you know WGNC ~!c?s on over n hc.1.f hour p i t h t e s t , a l m s t completely put t ing t h e i-?;orks on ~ O H E . I d i d g e t e, f ' t . ~ i t thngs but not .many, From 4 : 3 3 on KORE c r . m i in OK c.nd progrzm

.> cou3.d be fol.l.or:ied, i t w ~ s tuugt-1 2nd no mistcke :.bout ' t i i , j t . t , (~i DOC from 4:33 on KOE'LE could be hezrd i n a.ny pz.rt of our l i v i n g room- zlong wi th t h c d in ing room, so j u s t thc oppss i t e her& from WAGM-~ay) VkWIS hzd t h e i r c a r r i e r on ear1.y cnd s t a r t e d t h c i r sked e:..rly, so some spil.1 over-. But ovory one i n tht: t-:...st ' shoul h ~ v c ; heurd KOBEo bo if you fellotvs d i d no t g c t WRGM o r KORE betbcr have your r e c e i v e r s looked over ns they were both corning i n . v!i1.3, be i n t c r e s t o d in seeing how m~.ny.got KOHE. Only v e r i e of i n t , e r e s t was V*!IIAC E$ t h e i r s/on ;:t 5:59 AM 1/10. Told m e i n l u t t e r t h z t

a t the$ time thoy r,ere r'unaiilg n o t more t h m 50 w c t t s e f f t c t i v e power i n my d i r c c t i o n . Wire n ice vc:rie 2nd ch?:ncu f o r ~ l r n o s t 2 1 1 of you t o log him a t 5 : 59 AIbT n i t h l i t t l - e efi 'ectivu power i n your d i r e c t i o n . Try him, Those 5 C w r t t s v e r i e s a r e h::rd t o come by t h e s e days. KBNK l!JII;K1iJSON adds T O BURNHAM tnx f o r s t n r t i n g thi. bnl.1 roll . ing on t h e

0 foycign BC3 l i s t s ; l o W'z.gncr, been iaarried 5 yrd Jan 17th.

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d I D STEELE-LOUTdVILLE,.KY* This pzLst v:eek h a s been r a the r ].earl i n th ings per ta in ing t o DX. ViAGP,!l ddd not brerk thru here, but sent a thank ,you card ins tecd . I hzve L v e r i e from WAGM fro111 w c y bsck i n 3.932. I t s a n i ce cakd with m r p of the St;te of Uaine cAnd l a r g e c a l l l e t t e r s . KPRO homever was logged : nd reported on 1/14 SO t h e l o s t s l eep mas pz r t l y j u s t i f i ed . On 1/16 WJEF was hrd bh t t l i ng with YlCOL ;nd wrzs probab1.y on all. morning. WGGA on check 4i1.5-4:30 and mr; s :*sking for regorts. Progrr-rn tvrs dedica- t e d t o the NHC. On 1/19 WELO hrd with :.nnouncements onl-y, beginning at 3:l.O. I t s al..c.cys kind of discouraging t o try t o g e t ; decent r epor t on t h ~ t type of t e s t progr~.in, Veries t h i s week from IVOdH. (wondering how 2 DXer g e t s

Lny WBNIL-WINK (no cal.1. mentioned) ;.nd n i c e ccrd fm WD1IOH.

In 1945 Stevensons adio Bull-etin,the fol.1-owing s t a t i o n s were included i n the- l i s t of Cgnadicn s t z t i o n s . E ~ c h of these s t ~ t i o n s Zisted with z power of 20 wntts . 560 CBRA Revel-stoke B.C. 940 CBRF Fernie , B.C. 730 CBHL Wil.l.iums Lcke, B.C. 940 CBRW Well.S, B.C. 730 C B M Creston, B.C. 900 CBRG Prince George, B,C, 800 CBRN North Bend, B.C. 900 CBRK Kimberley, D , C , 800 CBRQ Quesnel, B.C. 1340 CBRR Cranbrook, B.C.

An inqui ry concerning these s t n t i ons wz:.s addressed t o the D,p~rtment of Trcnsport a t Bttawa ~ n d t h e fol.lowing l e t t e r hcs been received,

llIn r ~ p l y , I mzy scy t h c t the st: ti'ons. t o vihich yo^ r e f e r ? r e low power t r ansmi t t e r s l.occited i n remote zrezs no t o rd inc r i l y adequately covered by regular broz.dcast s t a t i o n s , These s t a t i o n s a r e establ-ished a t po in t s through which the network l i n c s p c s s 2nd are f o r the purpose of boosting the signzl. t o provide l i s t e n e r s the opportunity of hecr ing t h e network programmes. No programmes a r e o r ig inc~ ted i 3 t these t r an smi t t e r s and no individual. i d e n t i f i c c t i o n s Ere b r o ~ d c = s t , l ~ Oigned Walter A . Rush

Contro l le r of Radio, Here i s some r e a l DX,but i t i s doubtful whether c.ny o f - t h e s e can be

heard becmse of thc reason mentioned i n the 1.ct ter . (Sid ~ t e e l e ) FRED VAN V00RllEES-FLUSHING EJ . Y . S t a t i on ZYB5 Natal.,Brazil promises m e faithfu1.l.y t h c t tney vr i3 .1 go on the air from 3-4 AN EWT on t he AM of Feb 20th. I dont t r u s t them though but it wi1.1 be worth w~ltching, 1 hope t o be back i n Natal before then t o s o r t of g e t them on the bzl.l,I hope t o make i t ,nnd 1 might even be t he r e t o zppenr on t he program, bu t I doubt i t very much, They oper:fte on 1270 with 1000 w z t t s 2nd un less I am the re they wi1.l announce i n P o r t u g u ~ s e and very broken English,dediccting t o 311 Americms and perhaps t he NRC. I t o ld them t o ~ n d they may, but they are a 1 i t t l . c unre l i zb le . S t a t i on rMXLQ i n Kbndley Field,Bermuda opera tes on 12.40 kcs with about 200 we t t s 2nd can be h m r d all over t he i s l and . It i s an Army s t a t i o n 2nd so they say cannot p u t on a. DX program,but will ver i fy c l l . r epo r t s addressed t o The Army Rndio Stz-tion, Kfnd1.e~ Fie ld , Bermuda, 1 d i d a littli: listening clang t h e run ovcr the North coas t of South America and am l i s t i n g my findings. ( ~ ~ e y oppuhr elsewhere-~ay) H E D U Y SI.UilOMQS-HAhlILTOi'1,ONT Since I.zst r epor t ing I have 1.ogged a few more s t a t i o n s 2nd received a fcis vc:ries,somc very prompt1.y. Totzl. I.og now a t 1313 with 123.1 v e r i f i c d t o d a t e , IJetv s t a t i o n s include PrBML-V!INK-KSJB- WOBH-WHTD-IROX-WOLS-WHLiV -WGBG -WDAK-V~MLT-M~RL~~-WEZO-II~V and new ones tvho have v e r i f i e d are WINK-I~rOSH-WHTD-V,ROX-WHLEJ and t h ~ long overdue WWSR upon a xcpor t sent out BoC 11/44 on t h e i r f.c. program. Took mFny years t o g ~ t a r e p l y from t 2 ~ m :,nd_,several. l e t t e r s as you w i l l rec2f.l.. Signer was Win- s ton L, Blake, Llgr, I f r eq fro]- ics you w i l l no te some new ones a r e on the grave yord chcnne'fls; IIVJSVJ-WJBK t e a r e ~ c k o the r t o pieces usua l ly but WOSH-WIILD-WELO and VKBV worked tkicir way thru 2 t times. WKBV on 2:30 till ~ 2 5 % 3:3.0 AM with reg check f o r Commercial Radio i n Knnstis Ci ty, do not lmow how l o n g i t i s but thcy were on more th;n 2 ha l f hour. Has anyonc any i d e a who i t w - s th:it I heard b r o n d c ~ s t i n g Rev Cha5 E F u l l e r s 01@

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HEDLEY d1~VQi;lOi\lDS cont Fsshioned Hevival, Hour about 7.08-7:30 AIul EWT on 930 kcs? CouXd i t be KfiJ? WELS r a t h e r wezk 2.nd. a t 7x30 AM WTAD .came on t h e a, i r . "%so hrd sane grogrzm on t h e morning of Dec 1l.th on 124.0 kcs f r 0 r ~ about 2 ; 50-3ATd but VIB!dL were on a t the time so cou3.dnt; i d e n t i f y them, Cou1.d- i t be KYIIUI? Anyo3e have ally idea why CKJ3N-CKVD doesnt verify? I had 'no luck with PiDBC b u t . d i d hear them s ign o f f on 4../13/44 2.t lO:55PM but not s u f f i c i e n t d a t a f o r ver ic , . No s ign of rii,fA.Cbl but s e n t z Tnx cc?.rd. LAFBY Y A L I J ~ S - ~ A ~ C A i l l . 0 5 , C A L I F Tried f o r W A G I but no luck, may have hezrd s ign off ta!ith Nntion:,.l. Anthem, sent ;; thclnk you c:~brd, r a t h e r tnx l . e t t e r . STAN UlOhdL-bhADFOiclj ~\Udi; Hepor t s out t o V,QlLT-KVSO-WAGiil-VirCAZ-MrHIZ, find

' v e r i c s i n from l\:li8U-V!~Z-KFDM-CUF and bout 30 Poi ice Brordcas ters with s. than1;r you 1.e t t er t o v~vrl)C . PAT REILilEY-JA~i~~dTS~~ji N . Y , 1./1.9 WCOS-IVPAD-P'!GB~-WELO-KYUI~ a3.1 OK on checks

: by Mrlaleyf s l i s t but 1WJLfi no t hea.rd on check, 3./20 TAs on 877-1149-1123 hrd f i r s t t i m k in:'vdeeks here t o d ~ y , KTBC checked 3-3:30 on 590 kcs; KARK t e s t ed . ~t 3:32; KAVE on reg check i n I\llc?l.eys l i s t 2nd good here; -1/21 MWTD hrd z t s ign off :;-t; LAM;' B J A K hrd on 1310; WQJlLT behind t h e mess on 1340 kc IVKAQ chccked c t 3:OZ; CFHB t e s t e d c t 2;45; ZNS a good L~-$ i n evening with Salvdt ion Army progmm 7:30-8:30Pi\ll;- 1/22 WGNC on check 4-4:30 when KORE came ' i n 'but very 1vea.k c s i t was - terrib1.e noisy end used eel-I-ar a e r i a l , ou ts ide one too noisy t o g e t a peep out of them; 13.49 TA also good todzy New v e r i e s f ~ o m XELZpWJEF nnd dupes from WISE-CFBR. Bet ty s a i d she re- ceived! more than the usual, number of r e p o r t s t h i s month. I see where she v e r i f i e d your r e p o r t El. Lechuza, i n New ~ ~ i ~ e x i c o . JOE BHAUNER-\VILLIAUidVILLE N .Y. EX Continues on t h e sl-ow s i d e here. Only

. 2 r e p l - i ~ s i n t h i s week,a very n ice card .from VGrIGM and u photo czrd from CFW exprcssing r e g r e t s I missed t h e DX ~ n d hoping I have b e t t e r luck next time. Nothing new heard except t e s t of WJEF on 1/20 hrd between 2:30

a , ,and 3:30 AM. Very h::rd t o l o g t h r u t h e QRU, Yet. on same d z t e WLAV was &5 R9' with i t s reg test and .QRlul on 1.340 i s even s t rdnger th:.n on 12301 Another f r e ~ k recept ion on 1./2% n t 9E)M WHTD vf:.s r.iding i n here with o '$5 R9 signa.3. :-ad no sign of QRBI on i t , a s c l e a r as WBiIY and i n Nov they were buried i n QF31 seery time I t r i e d them. KOBE very ~,rell. hrd dnr,ing f incl hc3.f hour, 100% r e a d i b l e s ignn l s of t e n R-7, could even' be v e r i f i e d ~ h r o u g h WGNC before 4:30. . . . . .

BILL, DAVIDSON-IvION TGOIvlJiEiY ALA 212 l&QVTEZU&lA_, RO~;Q.-{_N~~JT~- QRA) This . i s my 1st 2 - ' r epor t t o t h e NHC and I am z:shc.r~ied its so l a t e . Here IS the i n f o ~ b o u t

: rnyse3.f; I t 3 . 1 be 1.8 next Jun.c 4th ~ n d i.ts Ncvy f o r me, 6 f t J. T+ dk brown hz~ir-bro~..:fi eyes-3.50 I b s , s t n r t e d . DXing on May 1940,at present .hove a Sky buddy S1.9h and Sky Chal-lenger SX-18 rece ive r , Do no t narrow my DXing to 7. bc.nC but do i t on SVir-BCB-Pol.ice-Code znd F-El. Lggged 7 F-bl- s t a t i o n s on the Buddy, ' 1 s t i t i o n being WGTR i n bos tos 11-hich I hkve v e r i f i ed l Most of i t 2s SW during t h e sumaer zrld BCB i n cooler rderrther,. Log on BCB i s now 651, SW 665 i n 79 coun t r i e s , loggeii ~ 1 1 . .the s t s t ~ s on BCB except Maine and V,rmont, no c;n g e t . Tr ied f o r WIAGNI but no soap,, could h e m a f z i n t uvhistle with .BFO on. (WAGM w ~ s on t h e I 4 t h 4-5 AM) IVlanaged t o hear some TP's. ,Need he3.p on o couple of them, they' Ere i n the FREQ FliOLICS and on 101.0 and: 3.1.49 Ircs. The 3.01.0 kc soundcii I.ike TIOH 2nd they played un-ori- entz.1. music but t h e 1::ngucge w2.s Orient2.1, BCB v e r i c s tot~Ll. 45 d e f i n i t e ones an6 cLrd from WHAS which snys ~-lo"tling about verifying: nnd WPAY t h ~ n k e r m e f o r my r e p o r t , An1 proud o f riiy KG1113 v e r i e , receivc:ti no answers from

. . ' VJlvlBG 7KIUL -WPHA -1niPAfj-KLCN -1lVC ST -WAAT -11 JMC -WREC -1VMSL-WDSU -VLC4 ( B w ) KABR- ViL6QJF,-WDZ-I(T\iOE-KlirBW, 1.c s t 3 en 1-2/20 o t h c r s before t h a t . Itlissed sovcral. NRC DXcs uccount of rfly r~l.arm clack. Missed WHOIvi account of shu t t ing it off i n my sl-eep. Been :.:: f i n e sezson f o r TAs 2nd TPs and my total . i s 3.8. TP 1:og is o.bouAt 1.7. (OK bi1.l. 2nd l e t s h e m 6 from you more of ten)

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CPL &&Qph.D KliU-SE-FT YOBkOUTX N Sti1 . l t ak ing I . i f e easy a t t h e s t a t i o n Esgp i t a . r e c u p e r a t i n g from my S c a r l e t Feber i l . l .ness, J./20 logged P.WVA on r e g skea 6:45-7A&l behind VIrfirl>C. 1./23. CKCO was h r d a t 5:30 PM whi l e VVTNJ Was on,ciuite a cB&hh w i t k l t h i s 1 . 0 ~ ~ 7 . on, The p r s t week brought i n v e r i e s from rdVr~!DC-V.rHBQ-1l!fiLD-V!FEEi-WALL-fll3B~-VijH3L-V;FIN -\lifilJF-MrfrIiF v ~ i t h a, p i c t u r e fol.der of s t a t i o n s programs. IEINBII wss copied ec,.sily behind IVNBC 4-5 PM, S t a t i o n s WdAP-V/OLF-\l!DBC~IiV\~fSW took t h e i r tu rn being ori t o p at 6:70 AN, so s e n t r p t s t o WSAP-WLF. WFPG s./oil a t 6:55~h! whi le WLZAii comes on a t 7 AM ds i3.y and SunGa y . Overdue r p t s o u t t o WCA~V~-~~~ATR-~~~ORK-WHAT-~~GBI , so any i n f o on t h e s e w i l l be a p p r e c i a t e d especial.1-y WCAM. RALPH JOHANIIS-BUFFALO N Y Ve r i e s . . received. were ca rds from WLAC-ImAL on p i c t u r e ca rds , and a l s o CFBR. VXYZ sent z pos t cz rd vjith 2 sh ipp ing l a b e l pas ted on i t for 2. v e r i e ana c ~ r d s from VBLK-WAOV-WPAX-VlJPF-WX-WPAB and WC08. L e t t e r znd cz rd r ece ived f r o a WGBR and 1 . e t t e r s fromJYliJW-KFI-WBZ- IYSOC-\xJMOE ~.,,!hich v\f;irt s siglled by James Corden, Gen Man-KIVLC . On 1./25 heard MlKY t e s t i n g 3-3:30 AM; V!MAN t e s t i n g from 1 - 2 ~ 3 0 AM. BOB SPEliJCEH-BUFFALO N Y F i r s t of ~ l l n o t many r e p o r t s o u t l z s t week o r so . Sen t INAGbl a r epo r t , cop i ed them almost so l . id , lo t s of s t c t i c , and t h e l a s t 20 minutes were b e s t . Also send JVPIDC 6 the-nk you 1 . e t t e r . Late1.y KORE f o r l a s t h c l f hour , end IVGNC which covered up KORE f 2 . i r l y well . To MALEY

'and BATSON- 0 K\VLC v e r i e s igned sF.me as Koopfs , Other v e r i e s back a r e 'VifLBZ-lVHBU l e t t e r s end WGAN. J u s t rubber s t a m p d a p o s t c a rd and CFBR a photo pos t ca rd and they do n o t seem t o know what i s meant by a v e r i f i - C3tiOn 6 s w e u s e i t . ( ~ ~ e c a r d s e i d f fThsr~k you ve'ry much f o r your con- f i r m a t i o n of o u r DX programlt. Next statement w;s 'lThe con f i rmz t ion from the f u r t h e s t p o i n t v[:ts r e c e i v e d from Id L hlzguire,Albuqueryue, N .M.) ( Bob I must confess t h a t I clid n o t r e p o r t t o them t h i s l a s t t i m e - ~ a y ) liVnlFR was h rd a t 9:30 PM t o n i g h t on 1.230 kcs through t h e mess . the re . GEgE ALLEN-VALLEJO CALI? DXed F r iday AU f r o a : 30-7 AM 2nd heard ,lIAESN Voice of t h e Hebr ides on 1.045 kcs . J a p s on 875 8-nd 1010 kcs, 4-RK-2YH & 2BH. Also hezrd checks from IYTMV-VI'MJLl-WGRM-WHBB-KYUB;. Recent veries in a r e f rorn CKAC -YvTdOX-WAL-KivlED c-i nd ISBUR. PHIL NICHOLS-E HARTFOHD CONN Had l ,?st n i g h t -1/18 of f ::nd v~i1.3. ,be oaf on 1/29 :ad s z t up ti1.l 4 t h i s AM. Hzd p r e t t y good l u c k ss 1 g o t t o comp1.ete announcem'ents from IJJZM on 1400 on chcck 1-1:30, t h i s one h a s e luded m e f o r 2. l o n g t i m e , g o t them t h r u IVABY who i s now running t i l l 2 AN, along' w i th 'IWBQ-WJLB. Parked on 1.340 kc hoping t h ~ ~ t perhcps something might k i c k t h r u WHAT which v ~ s very loud, no th ing h e ~ . r d of IJ?EXL. MostAy south- ern recc .pt ion, Hezrd WlLT t e s t i n g cnd g o t 2 ful .1 20 rriinute r e p o r t on e m f o r no 2. Nothing e l se s o r e p o r t e d t o XEW on 7.270 kcs . U!OSH back today wi th ni.ce l e t t e r and go t VJGGA ye s t e rday on last Mzrch r e p o r t , So v e r i e s a , t 1182 n0t.i w i th 1.8 t o go, Have t h e foll.owing . r e p o r t s out;-KBAN-KVCV- XELZ-CKNl\! ~ ~ n d 3 t h i s morning. So if z l l conie bi.ck i t w i l l . J.eavc m e 11- t o go f o r t h z t 1200 mzrk. . . POP EDGE J u s t z. l i t t l e dope on r e p o r t s o u t from here. They z r t t o ~VKEU- KRBC-KABE-CHML who hnve r..l.l. r o c e ived f oI.1.o~ ups , and KTHR-WKNE-KSJB- WAGM-IWV-KTAB-KORE. Verie i n from KEVR today 1/25 2nd a s w e l l long hznd w r i t t e n l e t t e r by A.A.Shultz, C h Eng who s a i d t h a t he has been So busy j u s t d i d n t hc.ve t i r n e t o answer sooner. 60 t h a t makes ano the r v e r i e i n t h e t I h2ve vbeitcd pc.ticntl.y for.. K5JB w::s r e p o r t e d on t b c i r Ja.n t c s t . Othcr u r r i c s received from KWIL s dup 2nd l e t t e r from IJiOAI t o t a k e t h e place of their v c r i e f o l d e r of a coup].^ years brick. T0t2.1. v e r i ~ s 8 4 3 . ~ " e v e r i e s i g n e r s r ~ c e i v e d i n Hedley dimmonds r e p o r t w i l l be forwzrded t'o Marsh blc;ncl-lnrd and t h e l i s t of llnrd t o hea r s t ~ t i o n s s e n t i n by B i l l S tone mi1.l be f o r x ~ z . r d ~ d t o Bob Gorsuch. So remember t h e s e two l i s t s , & send your Ic.te v e r i e signers, a l s o your ht r d t o g e t s t a t i o n s .

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