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- 2 A- PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL RADIO CLUB HEADQUARTERS: 325 SHIRLEY AYE.. BUFFALO 15. NEW YORK JOSEPH J. BECKEI). PREO WAROLD F WAGNER. EXEC. SEC. ERNEST R. COOPER. CDlTOR 415 SOUTH ilTH ST. EOlT0R"DX DOWN TMC DI1L" .UV51NG9OFTWEMEYBEm5'. ' HAMILTON. OHIO R. 0. I. NORTH GIRARD, PA. 458 EAST 2x57 ST. 8ROOKLYN 26. N. Y. WEEKLI DLIAINT. OX SEASON--13.00 "EAR-- 31 ISSUES YUI Dec . 2fWWWHG 1590 Horne 11 ,New York 1000 TEST 3 ~ 4 5 - 4 : 4 5 AM 2W "KICK 1340 Springfield ,l,lissour I 250 NNRC 2: 00-4 :00 Jan. 7MflJPG 810 Green Bay ,Giscons in 1000 TEST 4:OO-4: 30 10 CJFP 1400 Riviere du Loupe ,Que . 250 NW3C 3;OO-4:00 14*WECRS 1220 Waukegan , Illinois 1000 TEST 4 : 00-4 : 30 14+ WDEV 550 Waterbury ,Vermont 1000 NRC 4: 30-5:OO 14 CBI 1570 Sydney ,Nova Scotia 1000 WNRG 3:OO-3:30 21* TAbARr, 1250 Ware ,Massachusetts 1000 TEST 4 : 00-4 : 30 2l* WLNA 1420 Peekskill ,New York 1000 TEST 4 : 00-6:00 2 m B R S 1340 Spr ingdale ,Arkansas XNRC 250 2: 15-3: 00 29 CJRL 1220 Kenora,Ont .Canada 1000 NNRC 3:OO-3:30 *. &Skeyik_ ~ngiga~eg grgggag counts-as gonus PoJnLs-in - - DX-Cont_est, -WRmE UP'S- ,/- YWHG-Hornell ,New York Chief Engineer W .N. Amidon #%& QUOTES" Dec .26th-3:45-4:45 "We mill be pleased to put on a Test .N.Amidon-Chief Engineer program and as you suggest on the 1590kc .-lo00 Tatts morning of Dec.26th from 3:45 to 4:45 A!? EST. End Quote.. W%HG is one of the newer stat ions coming on t h e air this last summer and is needed by a great many of the DXers. WWHG will have e ome QRM from the alniter Mexican especially in the west but lets give him a try and send a report to-& Amido~.~ Infgrgakion-frog I;eg Zep. - - --- Inf ormation from Jack Rhea stating that he will-appear on the Special DX Show from KICK on Dec.28th. 1340Kc should be clear from most of the alniters tho WHHI! will be on. Lee Baker is the Chief Engineer of KICK and you should send your reports t o him.. -------- ------ -ctre ?r orn-~gdio-sEaF ~O~-K~AZ Dear Sir :- I am sorry not t o have answered your letter sooner but have been waiting t o set a date for a broadcast so you could check on our station. If you care to listen for us we will be on the air from 1:00 A14 to 1: 30 AM on the morning of idonday Dec .l2th. This will be PST. I hope t h i s will reach you in time so that you can notify some of your members so they can listen for us, Thanking you very much for writing t o us and I hope you will be able t o hear us alright. Signed-George Turner Dreher-CE The above litter was recelved by Len Kruse.kn had written PRAL about 6 weeks before asking for a DX and they answered Just six days before the broadcast so that is why most of you received cards on this Special. Do hope you received it in time to hear this Special but did Lant you to know the details :'' why it was one of t h e s e SXQRT NCIPJCE SPECIALS.. *++*++++** KTKT-1490kc Tucson,Ariz. still t e s t i n g . WATM-1580kc Atmore, Alabama a l s o testing. stencil mailed 6 AM Dcc 15th, arrived North Girard Dee 20th

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Page 1: Chief Engineer of · Page 4 c il P-X- -\E-W-,- December 17, 1949 Mus~ngs-of_t&e~6grn~~~fi~ . ., , Kem~t-G~ag---VIaln_u~~r&, -Pg~>s~l~a~i_a - : Thenumber of veries received during

- 2 A- PUBLISHED BY

T H E NATIONAL RADIO C L U B HEADQUARTERS: 325 S H I R L E Y AYE.. BUFFALO 15. NEW YORK

JOSEPH J. BECKEI). PREO WAROLD F WAGNER. EXEC. SEC. ERNEST R. COOPER. CDlTOR 415 SOUTH i l T H ST. EOlT0R"DX DOWN T M C DI1L" .UV51NG9OFTWEMEYBEm5'. '

HAMILTON. OHIO R. 0. I . NORTH GIRARD, P A . 458 EAST 2x57 ST.

8ROOKLYN 2 6 . N. Y. W E E K L I D L I A I N T . O X S E A S O N - - 1 3 . 0 0 " E A R - - 31 I S S U E S

YUI

Dec . 2fWWWHG 1590 Horne 11 ,New York 1000 TEST 3~45-4 :45 AM 2W "KICK 1340 S p r i n g f i e l d ,l,lissour I 250 NNRC 2: 00-4 :00

Jan . 7MflJPG 810 Green Bay ,Giscons i n 1000 TEST 4:OO-4: 30 10 CJFP 1400 R i v i e r e du Loupe ,Que . 250 NW3C 3;OO-4:00 14*WECRS 1220 Waukegan , I l l i n o i s 1000 TEST 4 : 00-4 : 30 14+ WDEV 550 Waterbury ,Vermont 1000 NRC 4: 30-5:OO 14 CBI 1570 Sydney ,Nova S c o t i a 1000 WNRG 3:OO-3:30 21* TAbARr, 1250 Ware ,Massachusetts 1000 TEST 4 : 00-4 : 30 2l* WLNA 1420 P e e k s k i l l ,New York 1000 TEST 4 : 00-6:00 2 m B R S 1340 Spr ingdale ,Arkansas XNRC 250 2: 15-3: 00 29 CJRL 1220 Kenora,Ont .Canada 1000 NNRC 3:OO-3:30

*. &Skeyik_ ~ n g i g a ~ e g grgggag counts-as g o n u s PoJnLs-in - - DX-Cont_est, -WRmE UP'S- ,/-

YWHG-Hornell ,New York Chief Engineer W .N. Amidon #%& QUOTES" Dec .26th-3:45-4:45 "We m i l l be p leased t o put on a T e s t

.N.Amidon-Chief Engineer program and as you suggest on t h e 1590kc .-lo00 T a t t s morning of Dec.26th from 3:45 t o 4:45

A!? EST. End Quote.. W%HG is one of t h e newer s tat ions coming on t h e a i r t h i s last summer and i s needed by a g r e a t many of t h e DXers. WWHG will have e ome QRM from t h e a l n i t e r Mexican e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e west bu t l e t s g ive him a t r y and send a r e p o r t to-& A m i d o ~ . ~ Infgrgakion-frog I;eg Z e p . - - - - -

In f ormation from Jack Rhea s t a t i n g t h a t he will-appear on t h e S p e c i a l DX Show from K I C K on Dec.28th. 1340Kc should be c l e a r from most of t h e a l n i t e r s t h o WHHI! w i l l be on. Lee Baker is t h e Chief Engineer of K I C K and you should send your r e p o r t s t o him.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- c t r e ?r orn-~gdi o-sEaF ~ O ~ - K ~ A Z Dear S i r :-

I am s o r r y not t o have answered your l e t te r sooner but have been w a i t i n g t o s e t a d a t e f o r a broadcas t s o you could check on our s t a t i o n . If you c a r e t o l i s t e n f o r us we w i l l be on t h e a i r from 1:00 A14 t o 1: 30 AM on t h e morning of idonday Dec . l2 th . T h i s w i l l be PST. I hope t h i s w i l l r e a c h you i n time s o t h a t you c a n n o t i f y some of your members s o t h e y can l i s t e n f o r u s , Thanking you ve ry much f o r w r i t i n g t o us and I hope you w i l l be a b l e t o hear us a l r i g h t . Signed-George Turner Dreher-CE

The above l i t t e r was rece lved by Len K r u s e . k n had w r i t t e n PRAL about 6 weeks before a sk ing f o r a DX and t h e y answered J u s t s i x days be fo re t h e b roadcas t s o t h a t is why most of you r ece ived cards on t h i s S p e c i a l . Do hope you rece ived it i n time t o hear t h i s S p e c i a l bu t d id Lant you t o know t h e d e t a i l s :''

why it was one of t he se SXQRT NCIPJCE SPECIALS.. *++*++++**

KTKT-1490kc Tucson,Ariz. s t i l l t e s t i n g . WATM-1580kc Atmore, Alabama a l s o t e s t i n g . s t e n c i l mai led 6 AM Dcc 15th, a r r i v e d North Girard Dee 2 0 t h

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Jaog R_&aa-a7;O-S~~~qh-g~~$1?.n--1?.P~rgngft1~ g,-M&ssog?g- - - B.e;Bl. need a m Arkanfias, Bogs? IXRS, lai:;jS & KFEA have agreed to DX f o r NNRC on 1/28/50 - KFAK' i s unable to, end 6avei?i t heard- f r o m others as yet. An! trying to get a t leas t 6 on, but n q r mt! Also, doni t forget KICK DX the 28th of t h i s month - we'ro going to use something d:.fferenB i n verifying - and you fellows that report us c:ho~l':d Like your v::rifir,atlono, so try to break WHHMls signal and you w i l l get a good s ta t ion plus 8033 :;if* veries. DX here has baen fine. Veries slow. Late loggines - 11/37 - \Wt?O (300) SB and infreqt~ant bruaks; KAGH (1303) on early morning show; WRXU (1430) on club DX, heard well here f o r 15 minutss; K K K (1490) on regular all-morning show, =d L %ink he w i l l bother ?.:a more tha,n,,WsiSW-didf ~Ta f i n i s h the morning, KNAK (1280) on regular all- morning show. K A G K b mIK not $a2art'ad. On the f i r s t of December, b:;arS, sLx new ones and re2orted them Oj, topping 1340 on t h e i r f / c i WPLI (id?;) f'/c and h e a d well; E&IG ( nfrequent ideqtifidation, tone, and musio; BNAT (1450) Natchez, Miss., ET and weak behind WWE: KDSH (950) topping I(FEL on npe;i8r2icff.f/z, ,&d to f i n i s h tha morn, WULA (1240) f / c andwel l copied, This fellow played "Ijix'ien and "Yarbe Do&~Lelf over and over, baealcs every 2 minut 3s. . Nice.. . .12/3 .vae the rmxt mom, and w i l l give times. KDB only one reported, horierer. ; KS1@ ,(1550).-s~~n!ng. off a t 2:55, moderately strong; E3[0 (1230) i n l i ke a semi4ocai at.2:.OO.s~.gn/y~?i .&iX .<~&i!j b e regular all-morning show a t 2:06; KDB (1490) oni%/o ,..eind::jmar& ~elL,o,ver..IfWGIZ . ( d I : r ' : QRM! at 2:07-2"U; ES[S3N (1240) heard weakly with WEDC of4:,at:2:+39. (HOW was' tkat f o r -a mocn- ing of Califoinia'f Also logged the all-ni h te r On B?O::-,XEI(, . asjwel l ae 'WSW o n t h i s frsqueney. 12/4 u u l o g g l n g ~ d f DIBR ( 1 2 2 O f ~ ~ n t e t l t ai$,,a.m..i a?dBYOV (600) .~l . th. . iub PX, :hearc? Eai r he? - WVLI[js: over-splahh ( a t , : t h i s ;list,ancq): hurt . them a . l o . tr.-.. . Veriie. i n from: .W~RO.?BPI; ~ C B . WOP'. ( a l l ; l e t te rs ) KID & I(RCT: (cards. 1 . A l l f o r now - ndoa bXI '

~ . . . , . . . . . . . . . . - .. . . . . . -. ' FF~&-T~ - Gi'&*Al& .=: gQl-Siaxl&ng . & v e 1 i g ~ - - l 4 ~ r & i g a ~ i ~ , -Vg., ,

DX"W 'bh6n' r r e t f i l ' im: f'oi ri~e fcr:lmt.cou;.le fif reeks. H+ven1,t l + s r F . , G < i l e of morninas. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ . W R O D I . f / c 2:0&2!15i:. ,said thev QSL 100%. re t t h w ill%% m . - . , . - repprt pf l a s t . zL6ih' KT/=; W T ~ .ET. 2 :05-0,~~:1490; k , ~ ~ , ET, 2: 10 on 1$4'?'; ~ i 9 ~ , c/6' 2?30- 2:45 ' .yi%hwsli ; W?Thdh~ar& with n o t too. &oqd a s.$gr$%l on special, L ~ I C ~ ~ fading &!id i. ha& 't* fj,'dht; 'tw ke't. ria&; of salec.$ions.., ., On- 1214 -;.V!X(rI. tog.;ir,.; 1240. . . at sikn-iff sf . . . ii.58; m'ii %oppin$+O'with.' d b f f at 2:0O.;;WAE4),:f/c.:gn 1489, ,,3eporteA.,. \Only thr.18 Yeports out: RIB?. or: f kc, RQM. o n 'sxeci%-a2.: and. YARD. .on f /.a. .. Unly veriee, recbivei 'are a n.i& lettwri from RVOE; c'iie, f;pom:, ~ C T . on .,10/4 ~ r e p o r t i : p & ~ n i d ~ i t s i n ~ .from WGBI 'on bpec- Pa:%,- ,st.il! nothing fr~.WQAN;::.Xet.tes. from: WCL3. , I now iiave 62 report#. out :'sb fkr f o r sealon, wit31 31 repliee..:and. 31 . s t i l l out. : Hive sent 8 f~3.:;ow&~s and recaived. oiily 1 reply. ' T h a t i s only [email protected] Hope I end ps.uij;.th.85$. veripdj, Talking.abdvt t h i s varie ' sitwvtion, I*ve beenzwondering why s ta t iona seem to be more and more' 1es.s iqclipsd to ve'iify. A t f i r s t I.'thbugH$ maybe i t 'was a."change.of heart" on t h e pa r t of tti st*. ti.o$s. , B u t I ased t o ~ s 8 e sbme .fellow l i s t i n g a bunch of his delinquents, and some one ezae woad give a b&g' Zis'i %bf veries received, including some of those that t h e o t b r '5aSlpw hahadisted ae hold-outs,! .So I have come to the ,conclusion 'that the trouble l i e s 1r;iSkr th&':DXei-s or , n~det prd>ably, :wi'th the type of rdport. Up u n t i l a month a:$, I 'ha% been using t :BNRC f o k s and .a l id a special form which I worked up. .Than I witched t o

.'.*r.iCing a l e t t e r to the statian. I have compared the r e su l t s o'f these methods azd I .'f.j,nd.'-that of tEe r'eporte sent .out o n the forms I: have 53$ replie.si . o f ..tho. 1d:iirs se,nt qut I haye 67$ replies. So i t .seems that the station* would l i k e more parsonaT.i~ed.Zet-

. k r s than, the bus.ineas-like r e p d r t forins. These a re j u s t ,uy opi,nions. : VJorder what o t - 'ficrs have.,.to .say o r euggeat i n -Chis r e ~ r t i n g p r o b l ~ ? W h y m ~ t p :t sorfie c ' i m ~ i o n DXers l i ke -.Jd*'~ecker- or Dave Thomas. to. write an a r t i c l e on 'IRepo~ting t o S t a t inns j " I know

. . .. : it 'wbuld h e k ~ a . l o t of us;:: . ' , . . . . . . .. - .. . ,. . . . .i~ank_w~6sls~---.~A~L $7---~=-i-q - ~ e . n ~ s ~ i ~ & j ~ - .- ~$1; onl+? luck tha t '1 have tiA.80 f,ar t h ~ s year w i th trie ,spec&aie i s with W2P '&'&o $ ~ L O & ~ C V ' (t$e l a t t e r my b e s t catch thSs season.) G z ~ t .sf 9 sgeeiale on f o r the club I 'on- ' 1.y-have reieived'4. . N u t a vefg: gob& peraentage. 3tbe.r. n p , catches since my l e s t . ~ ~ p o ~ t - ( . l l+U). are: WHRV WLRP WFRO KSNA %ETB WLOI ImMA ( I ? & 1.ike to know the i r powsr) (2~0-v-tX) " ~ B J M a . New v i r i e s are KFGO WNDB WRCO WROB W X i G Wka,,', I 've received loads o f .. F ' X I I ~ oh . . . spbaking s ta t ions but.to:no avail,; as I "no spicl-,"M., & o ~ k whers Frankie i s i n ccntsat. ~ ' r a t ' a ' s p i l l 'I took;. from a t h t o a t i e f o r 12th.. .. I:,sti.Ll @ye 19 reporte out. ,7313. . .

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: Thenumber o f veries received during the past week i s s t i l l down t o three, coming from XAXE,WFEO & ' W R ~ V . A l l were letter^. KAKEr s C.E. says tha t "Your report was irtterest- i n s in t 3 a t y o u gave the sane signal strengh reading and r e g r t e d the same interference f ran FED2 a s anctlier l i s t ene r writ ing from PcbuylkS.11 Haven, Pa., concsrning Che sane transmission." Woll , that shows that Ted Weiserard I a re cons is tmt i n o'u rsports, hi. Rsseption raports went out to the foll~wirag catches: 12/1 - WCOM on regular f / c from 1 : O l to 1:25 aa., WDYK on f / c from l :15 to 1:30 a*%., 'vV?LI on f / c frarn 2325 to 2:35 a.m. f o r a secon6 report ( f / c s ta r ted a t 2:20 a,m. ) and WUSJ on [email protected] f / c from 2:30 to 2:45 a.m. 12/3 - WEAL, Wheeling, W. Va., 1600 kc/s., on equ ipen t t ea t from 2:52 to 3:35 a,m, 1214 - WBiW i n the c l sa r on 1250 kc/.s:frcm 6 :55 a,m, sign-cn to 7:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. 12/5 - = I N on regular schsdule from 2:29 to 2:45. a.m., WSIP on regular f / c from 4:20 to 4:30 a.m., and PFERD t;;:iag from 4:35 to 6:OC a.m. No luck hsre with California on the 4 th and I wanted KILV t a d b . No KCOM on the f i r s t , ei ther. 73.

M ~ l - O i i x = 67&4-P&erlesg z t p g t - - - H p ~ t g n ~ _Tense_. Weather was . bad several mornings t h i s week - t r i e d three oonaecutive mornings before 1 got &he report t o send out. Did report to KCOM KFMG XEAC KCNr & I(P.NS, however, with veries received from WRDW KTAX KUBC KDE2 RFRO WMIE W P ICAKE. 1211 - Got l a s t portion of KCOM f o r report, but gllAM blocked out WTTM special. KRMG, Tulsa, Oklahoma, i s the new one tes t ing mornings on 740 kc/s. 12/2 - KRSN, 1490 kc/s . , Los Alamos, N. M., i s tes t ing mornings also, WMIX with ET on 940 at 2:40; CJOR, 600 kc/s/ , signing off at 3:lO; KCNI , :3;.olcen Bow, Nebrakka, a new one tes t ing on 1490 at 3220. 1214 - Sta t io bad but hzara Er:'CV. 12/5 - Another bad morning. KCFB on 1600 with ET at 3:23. 12/6 - Spanislkspeaker on 760 kc/s, at 3:15 &ing good job of hashing up WJR. DDC with f / c at 3:15 as l is ted. (All reports from Page 3 t o here were received too l a t e f o r 12/10 issue. Christmas mails are taking the i r t o l l alreadv. apparently -Ed.)

T8dpi3isez = = t?.c&i_kiii-&vgn; peps.- On 11/20. W ~ I and WQAN heard OK. both davtimers hsre. WNAT heard on second ET. KSPA . ~ . . - " heard on 1400 kc/s, with Band Music f o r a new one, I C ~ J on DX heard very wel1,'logged VIXEJ on f / c fci* ;. nw: veePe (liiie Lefty's,) 11/39 -. WO:U on v:ith tone t e s t , WD?d o:? ET, sent f o r verie, didnt t have t h i s o ld ie verif isd. 1211 - KRM5 on ET, th i s time with music, 'NTYkM to?s here on DX. 1212 - KCBC logged through WSPC f o r a new one. 12/3 - Logged a report on WBL9 while on f / c , time same as l i s ted . Reported regular schedule o f WGCD i n the clear now 5:00 t o 6:00 a.m., to replace a thank-yail l e t t e r . 1214 - WTOR heard on DX for a new one here, through WCUM, then i n the c lear a f t e r 3:00 a.m. Logged WEtI on regu'ar schedule 5:00 to 5130 p.m. 12/5, a swe1.l A.M. fo r the western s ta t ions. I adcled BiV and KIiIN f o r new ones, RKIN very well heard i n the c lear on 1400 kc/s., KGB and KXRN were heard very well, both ver i f ie r . Ran inW.-qwi+e.,- h i t of s t a t i c over ".., & vcl~me -';hi0 &M., VDOB heard on a- new^-schedule s i g n i n g 66na.t-4:30 a,@.---~12/7,ook s~ 1oz on WSEC wbd i s anxious f o r a report once i n a whi2e, KBZY hsard on f / c 1490 kc/s, through ca r r i e r on 1.193 of WRLIi. 1219 - KRTN heard w t h f / c through,~carrier on 1490.

L J 3 B d 3 ; c / %. , WAl'M on again WTJH, East Poin*,, Ga., on with brief t e s t 2:30 to 2:45 t h i s t h e b:.ocking D,,%L t e s t completely here, WNAE heard easily. Xo luck on KIWV tdst , o r KVCV on with U.X, 600 and 620 kc/s, areni t so hot here due to WIP over-lap, so I ' l l 'aiis6 Kb?i~'t t o n , L i k e I missed KCOM. Quite a few veries i n - WHAT WCSC ESJB WVOU if$$# WJNC E::lrS WCAV P,'fi10. WBIW WTBI VQAN W Z WSAJ KWC KA!Q KEW WNNT W W B I W V7fckrd PrCBJ PGh:Yi Rug", F;i.;R.?:,X4Q WC3S IVTTM WFTM KRW WCMA WGAA WBSC :?AN3 W,:l'B >Bet W K K J . Ser.t -:,?: 70 rcports .i.n..Oc$oberr, 79 reports out i n Novsmber, and so f a r t h i s month I sent out 31 al,r+a.ik, .rea&;.r s;% a t e r r i f pace here. Been verifying some of the o ld ones that I never gr3.t zrcand to, and sent quite a f e w follow-ups lately. KUBC s q s r!y r e w r t is correct and one of the moat grat i fying to date; My antenna souMs very uniqv.0. Re- ceived sor.le,very nice l e t t e r s , WS.AJ:a nice one from follow-up: WhW..so f a r recetved 31; r e p o r t s from 14~-states . and Canada.: . Received-nice letter,:.no,mention of verifyink.

. . . . . . . . . , . . , ~ . . . . .. , . . , . . %_ttoon-P.3mt-.-.- i - ̂ - --, , - - - - - - - ---; i ; ; - -- L:- - - - , - - It, isn1 t e x a ~ t l y : . . ~ s d - h ~ t : n ~ S thatSunday, December 2 5 . i ~ rChfis tmas D a y , butw&::vvould. l i k e to rm5:& yqu that th; t t is: the 8-I-Gmorning of - the .en t i re .year : . for the logging of SpaniBh-spekinp. stations,.. So we. suggest you. dig; in, a & - g e t what you can of these!

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.I unfavorable l i s t o a i r r ., co: l i ljons asn: rnfp bzck ;:g 1 1.1 02 s ~ v e r ? . l sacasiona. Rapid changes i n tenperat- re h~r t ? a l l week, and a thund3r shower thrown i n for good measure. On Mondw, Dec. 5, ilse;.d F2FX s/~f:' a t 1:C3, WTN:, tc5:piiig 1490 st lS00, WTL tes t ing new transmitter at 2100, V!!3C, f / c 2~05-.2:30. W?t3H, f / c 2:15.2:30, KXOB topping KFCX a t 2:30 throagil sioff a t ;1:00 wi$h WCavalcade of S:ars." *NLSX, f / c , *WII!:G, f / c , WDSR on Math the i r f i r s t and 'cki.?Z Monday EL, 3:aO, Or. Dec, 7th, 1JBK on to? of 1490 at 2:03. W?SI on fl/o 2::90..~n! 5. V'iZII', *lhlKXC, *WW, *?!IGNI aal. on f/a. WGPA on DX at 4:03. Wdi3 t es t ing 6:?.5-4Z37 arid ??iCZ i n cleQ r,: 2 ~ 1 5 , DOC. 8 - ISPD coverod 1370 and m . b 1 e to hear ?WAY DS. IF3C on with s x ~ s r i r ~ e n t a l t e s t a t 1:30. WJEX &/off a t 2:00 t o resuma a t 6 3 0 . EX.-, s t i l l or1 t e s t , and W g M f / c 3:OO-3:15. On Roc, 9th. WJi:lFB i n c ldar at 1:00 r i t h "X55dr.ighb Train of P.4slody,' *WHLP *E%CJ on f /c . WZBF with I?? a,?, 2200-2:20. Heard a s ta t ion s i off of an ET giving ca?L (VTATS?) a t 2g4.3. Conc!.udtng selection was "Yes Sir." ? ? ? ? 14907 -Ed,) New WATM; Atnore, Ald,, 1E30, 250 ,~aLuta~ on with ET 3206 a,=. on, aaking reports. On Dac. 10, WAC on ET 2~00,..3:30. WYIiC; c?? E?+ New WTJII, EasWoint , Ga., 1260, 1 kw., ET 2:30-3:33. WBR??, f / c 3:0L3f3.5. VJA'liii &<alp on ET. A t 3 :15 , heard an unknown on 1490 with ET. Pliyred piano number, !'Kittea on t,he Keya, "and d"On t o Victory* Narch. Seemed to a/off at 3 :50. Somi ed l i k e %-I ?? Tex, 7 Allybod7 got L:V dope ail t h i s one? Heard a s ta t ion on 1480 s/off at 2t03. SecdW1 Like WOSL andrnentionedV4Wabashn twice?? Veriee a r e very acsrce this week. Letters from XVVC WMA? W2AX and a card from WBML. Sorry that1111 miss KWAL, but work l l t 0 0 &m. - 7:00 a.m. Sunciqj night. The s t e e l s t r ike enabled me to break fast from the s t w t i n g gate. W i l l groba* slow up now and some stymie w i l l caOeh ma i n the BCB contest. Don1 t intend to l e t the contest i n t e r f e r e with R J ~ ,drive f o r . an 900 t o t a l ver ie go&$. I t looks fzom here thatWJBK i s going to be the mos t c o n s i s t a d on 1490, since WSW lef t . That's a l l folks, and best of DX t o all.

. . . Alan E.Axng14 &262-93r& gtpegt --M&lw_a&ee, 2p, Wlgcgngig - - - Unseasonably w a r m weather - 550 tonight (121127 - i s ~ l w i n r havoc witb DXiner here. - - Noise 1evei.has' been high since arounz 12jl.. Continue t o adz to my log, .but nothing which can be Called. r ea l DX, since mrrning of 11/2E, when West Coast 250 iva+,.kere were c o ~ i n g in. Veries sinoe l a s t report from KFNF WKNK WE30 WEOL WHHT W>?-$T.-2:: !?:TO K E N KTSA XTSM ETTS '@5C WK4X KNGS KGLC WPPA WREL K O 3 WTNS WELO KnYi WE'G hL1RL-DX'EFIIO W W - D X KLV? K&B WNNT-DX KOFO WNAT WNEX WOBS & I(XYZ. Have 64 .reports s t i l l out s ince 9/1, an5 80 r epor t s i n .since 911. Nice verie ca.rd zsceived from.V!XEO; pSns two of my own cards, from'-a report of last March with the r ' c : . lo~lqg F.S.. "You. pealiy @re a per-

. . 3is:ar.t iellov:? So'riy 't5 p--\?: yo% t'j sc mu3h % x u ? ' . 3 . i' :.2/5 4 KnTD., : 3350, ?"!fa. 2-92 . s.off; 2:20 on, KODlr, 1240, -TT; W W R L , - 1600, tes t ing 2.:30 on, requesting. reports. 12/6- WEOU, 1350,' 1:05 on f /c , 2:30 on, unknown l~exican ox l a l o ; CFAE, 59'3, 3n05 on, rt.::uest- ihg r.epo'yts; WN, 1490; h a Alanos, N.M., ET 3:55 on; WFE[Y, f / c , . WA39 f / c , W!CO, f / c ,

WCGD .'149Q, :5:06, elon. 1218 - XWOS, 1240, f / o .to ],:I5 e/off TT, EIOR, -U40, tost.ing a t , . 3tb.5, 'WWRL;. 1600, t s s t i gg 2255 kn, WQCM,. .1240, TT 3:05. on; ESltVB 1340..f/a. t a . 2338 s/of f. 12/10 -' K&! 1580 on :DX,: &ere interference- .from WATM-ET. a:fter %15. K.P.?, 1400, f / c 3r05 on. . S2/l3: -, WWCA,. 1270, tegulaf. sc1iedul.a 5:05 s/oi'f, .OOTJX, 1250, ET 3:,10 on, WFj3,1

i ' 900, 4:15 03, WWPF-DX, yssv.&e 'intkrference. ~.f te ; i :4:.41 when N I B K cnie on f a r f(.o, KDET not hear2 &re, 12/12 - $NE~;, 1400, f / c T'l' ZtZ012t30; KFTM, 1260, f /c, to- 3:10 ?+!off TT, KFGQ, 1260; f / o t o 3:15;. W'irU, f /o , , KYOR; 1450,. iat 3150; EARB-P/c, WRGL, 620, t e s t 4:00 on TT, WPd'on D'X'not heard well enough to even log, dxr to WB.OL also

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& O - H & ~ ~ = 129 B_a;q &v~nu_e~--~_hi~~~o~1~,~1~1~~n_a.!.~n Veries which ri& sta% at 831, with 36 revol'te out slowed down tki8 1veek from the tor- rent of the prevfous week to a mere 4, verie$.-seem t o be slower .Chis ger.r t? in Cizy pse- vious year I YJXed, Veriea i n fyom my Iowa Dqng were: IEXD IL RTrFn5. Frm ri;? Ciiicago DHiing, ESCB' arid -WUT. Was .up DXing - the following mrrnii:igst Sun%&?, Demnter 4, 1949, F-- .C -7 j . . . : vsb & ?"L.b, t60 LstGer ene ofi a ti$ fP6m the. WX Dbwh the Dial." cob!rort, t r l e g , Dec. 5, KXEJ on f / c As l i s t e d i r5 l ia t ; Wed. Dec. .7, JNGliA onDX-test, and RSLD on test. Was up Pat-udqy marriing . . hutut n6thing heard.. Yesterday, ,December loth,. WWCA, 1270 kc/s.,

.' Gary, Zr~dTam%, came 'dn t h i a i r on ' iegular: achedule and can be heard I tnirlr-es;lecially ox Sund.7y .moriiin&,aa6hey a re or% daily.. including Surdqs 7:00 a.m. fo .3:05 adm., EST. . .

-"'.isbe t3 H~lrold.05. sendiitg:oit t ip card8 on-:the gWAL DX. .Toall.:my: g ~ i e n d s i n . the \:.\& J+u,onaJ 2 mdio C>~lb, best wishes for':& Mefly .Christmas and a.:Happy New Year ~ i t h ~ h e a l t h , .- . wea1$5, ed' 10~s df 'DX and 1 '0O$~rat~ri bntheir veriesi . .An . ever; . * ,, .. . ..

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. . . $06 B~agner---23_ ~ o ~ a ~ d - ~ ~ e n u e = ~ i ~ l i a p _ ~ i ~ 21, Lo& ~. . .* , , - - - Veries coming 'in might s)pw here too, only three t h i s week, Nice l e t t e r s from I'lW & nsN, typed card from WAFD a f t e r about 6 months. Monda~r, 1215, ran into unknown: on

: 2500, tes t ing equ ipen t with 500 watts, heard 3:40 to 4:25, only one announnoaent a t 4:00, KPTP. Tco u.wh QRM from= tes t ing to oatch c a l l , VVInlRLts t e s t took himout a t 4:25. ( ~ o a , see Me1 Oliver on Page 4 - KCFH -Ed,) WWRL also teetad before 3 i39 . very

' few being heard orX/c skeds, IIBLT on OK on 1217, W I G M di t to . KRTN (TT; OEon 12/9 (new hers) , al.so heard WATM on ET on 1580 tha.t date. On 12/10, WMDD very biid?.~ QiOted. by WGBX, W X H cn ET at 3:00, and CMHA on 1280 a t 3:45. On 12/11, think kie&r3 W,XL on 1490 sign off a t 2:00 a.m. but too much WARD (also signing o f f ) f o r him. WLOX on md off ?%

1%30 at 3:00 the past two mornings. 'm3 signed off 1480 a t 2:00 o'closk, probably reg- u la r program, thought t h i s was a daytime station! WWCA had news and SS.gneZ. off U70 at 3:05, s'srong here. WJBC seem8 to have joined ths all-night m b on 1230, strongest c f :st r&::o. T,??rYF off tbsro at 4:56, . What soilnded lil-e a Marbcan, f a i r l y . s t m r g a t times, giving numbers, on 1490 at 8:30 ??? WDOV now often signs en at 4:00 &ma, giving WIRG a big push here. WEO'Ioften heard now 6:00 t o 6:30 a.m. back of WBL. That's a- bout a l l the news here except that on the two i a t e s t DXee, WET, the one I needed,- f a i l - - - ed to show here, t r i ed 930's strong, open car r ie r from 4:08 .to 4:20 then remembered he le on 830, not on the.930 l i s t ed , and t r ied there, get t ing nothing but the Mexican, and a f a i n t tone, whicxmay have been from th8. ,840 t e s t e r ' s sidebands. But W F , ,who= I dont t need, came in perfectly. KGDE OK on f / c , a s l i s t ed , 12/9. 1217, WLBJ, on at 3115, 1 WFEG (860) from 4:30 to 4:45 with band music, 12/10, KLIZ, f/c-TT 4:00-4:15 a.m.

Dgnsla Frg---351& gozth M s & e d = Chicagg &3, L I L Before I s t a r t . t h i s report, I would l i k e to make a few remarks about some of the announ- cers you hear i n the' A.M. F i r s t &ere's that heart-breaking sad-sack on XEG with his , "F r i eda , boo hoo, donit suffer those unbearable pains a q longer. Some one i n n~r fam- i l y wont thraugh t h e e same miserable burning pains. It got so he couldn't walk and doctors couZdn9 t help so I went to a pharmacy and had them make for me th i s wonderful remedy t o rblfeve those horrible unbearable, sniff sn i f f , pains, and now you ttoo can get t h i s rem6iy.n' The poor gay must have h i s sponsor standi~ig r igh t bs!rind h i m twisting h1.8 a m ao h i ' l l have a quivver to h i s jibber. T;leral s ju&t the to-?osi.:8 urhe? yo?.. l i s - tan to WA?O. T h a t announcer i s a l l smiles and happiness when he t e l l s you to "&wd rigK6 away f o r t h i s wonderful toy. This toy is so remarkable that you weal be s5.aply thrseleci, now send today 'cause the supply i s limited. Now just you, ha ha, lifts1 to a l l Lkie wozderful things t h i s toy w i l l do folks, i t ' s simply amazinl, etc," 1214 - K7CV DX 3:33-3:55 a l l time i s EST. 1215 - WWRL, ET/M, 3:OO-5:01,'W~%K ET-f/c-TT, ogen car- r i e r and voice 3:4&5802, 'NOES regular schedule &:30-5146, WSAI f / a TT 5836-5'43, s/on 6:0!., VJZFD regular sohedule 5:446:00. WBAY re@ilar s/on 6:00, WON3 regu.lar scheduie

6:00-6:2.2. 12/7 - WG?A t e s t , M, 4:03-4.:19, WRLR t e s t open aaprier 4:3%4:36, W n ~ . f / o .

!L"? 4:25.-*?.t29, XOYC tes t , M, 4:37-4:53. 1218 - KGCX f / c TT 3t00-3:L5. 12/i0 - WE>,% ET M, 4:lk-4:;iFjS WkTM ET, Ail 3:28-3:44. This WATM i s a new one on 1550 with a power of 250 watt.^ Zoested i n A-tmoro, Alabctma. Got the following vo-ifications t h i s week* 1215, ::)';tsrs Prom WX9L WCES WFLX XZ82, with WCES retnrr,i.ng my postage and a card froin TGX, l.2/7 - l;&t%ers from BNfTT,F&& who sent by f i r s t c lass mail along with pho togz~~11 p r in t s of f a c i l i t i e s , etc. And now, w h a t you've a l l been wniting for - fanfare - "Nri29s fzom a CYAf LrJgireergs Di s ry .Var&are , music, applauss, whistling, grunts, grcans, and other waird soulde. Dec. 11, rar, 3 X t e s t f o r a bw;:h of ixisom&iz:stmho c a l l thmseloes 3. - ~Xc!!a, Lx.+ :,:::, tiLr'lld ca i-r:,-.!n.ittor. Dec. 3.3, .c$r;,d nn C - 3 c r : i f t - l ~ nnd rss?, f j . r s t of a h n c h of borinz DX reorts. Dec. 14, got permiesion.from my Uncle Sam to sign off a t 6:00 a ~ r l stay off fo r a nucbnee8ed sleep. 065. 22, oame bnok on a i r t d a y fi:lally a d talked rq bcss into ge:ting some help so I wo'Ji2,dnl t hayo t o wark 39 hown out of 24, askel boss f o r r a i i e , &:gave me one - he raised me up and thvm ne out of office. Watch next w8ek for m 0 r 8 c t h r i . l l i n ~ , ~ ~ ~ o t e s from a Chief Engineer's D i a q j . " Merry Chrstmas , a d meg the 'K@N Y6.w ~ b r i h g y o u a l l the..best of DX. 73's.

.. * . * *..*'*':.*.* * * * * * * * -* i* * * *, * * * * * * * * * * * * * ,*. * * * * * * * * * * The Spanish-Speakers .rth6ulh'be'dacik again or,N%v Yearts morning, so i f youire CXing on that Cats, be on ?he w a : ; ~ ~ f a r tlwm again. I t ' s just possible tha.t some may be on on M3m?.ay, Januaq 2 as well. I f y ou c a t ~ h anything good, l e t ' s hear about it for DX Newe.

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R_alghhJpP@nns---63 &gt-t!:ggn-Sir*e& = Z u f f g l ~ 3,-Ngw-Y~r& Say Leo, canTt g e he12 D. r'ray out of t h s t P'iuifull case arid make him join the ~ h p i r - i tual singers at. W'PMV l a s t S~mnday'; night? Aqvwtqy you should take that; nfe.cOYon~tlle-bar- rocm f&oortt pcsm' book from -& so h e ' l l stickt to BC DX more. ' G:ad'to.bed tha t those ?KP , sta:iciis. gat A 1 BWtholo&ew intersseed again 2nd tne members out 'wQt. can k c ~ p us ir,'or:-:.e& as to, aheddlei, f /.c's,. v/s,etc. To Frank: Gravely - Your WlTrZ (2.450).

.; I hear the. K+tional. Anthem, then s/on, a tc . (1211, e t c . ) Leo, who i s v/s f o r WI? ... They have 4 reports. from he in .co ld storage. P. Pribou, C.E. a t ViFCB 11/2's ET didn' t

2avor me:with e i the r a verie o r any info, although I pbid, $1,110 f o r the iong-'distaqce : [email protected] and so am glad tha t STAN got some info. I 've the phone out now, .an& do a l l . . .my,lon&-distancing.by letter now. KCXI (1490) Bud Crpford , C.E., president, no

rc-gular> teat8 ye t , sked 8:00 a.m. - 11:OO p.m., Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p,m. He DXed 2934-1936, -zeeping Centralgebraktka Informed. WWRL (1600)-Fred Barr, prograin director yer i f ied q 1546 v f i with 250 watts, (Woodside, N.Y. then) and aent nice v/ l f o r 1215 ET. Was nnn-3irectional tran&ission using 1 158' tow&, at end of phasing.periodf 11 have a 4-i;owc.t direct ional array and should be broadcasting.regular 5 kv. ,*, Jm. 1. J u s t counted 66 & d i a n v e r l e s and b a r d CHNO (1440) Sudbuzy, Ont. 1 v s /aff regular 12:35 a.m. to re ta rn at- 7:00 a.m. (13/13) then WROK continued on tdp; I believe if KWAL (620) special wai t id till. Tuesdw *hen WIP ( 610) nas only 1 kw, he' d k v @ done better. WYBS-spcl ###&,gkt :also on r e g u l a r ' f h WIBK and so 5:00-5:0Z Was: best. KGCX- spcl was muoh stronger than i t s 1218 fie. WDOV (1410) s/on 4:00 a.m,, th'eri $/* V-ING WJAN (1400)~s t ea t mentigns8'rspcrts from New Zeal2.A of Cushen, Lamont, IMaoksj. 'and ::nc?hcr, not Whitnorth though, hi Eric. gRr?F f / c 0% zud oh& s i l en t ca r r f s r bf pCFX3

, f / c with one call at s /off , 2:29#. WCNU WLIN WHOC f / c l a OK, KGCX follow~d:.wbE regular s/off with a TT/c and KIMO(1510) ended a & hour t e s t at 3:32 a.m., on'$490 TT with Cm-shorts by no c a l l t i l l erd, said, "This is f? kciw by FCC concluding f / c with radio lab i n Bimingham, A l a , 50 return at 6:30 a.m., on from 3:32 to 3 :46,. who w a s t&t? A l l were 12/8. On 12/10, WIVI('I.~OQ) s/off at 1:58 a.m. then WTOP TT slapover .(ditto 2 more AM! S) W2T.R (1540) ALL.NIGB7!ERRF.. . WATM (1580) So:;thl;mnd Bdg. Co. gf Atnore, Ala . ET, w i l l get .the K(XiJLspecia1 reports. II'UR, WIiAV f ! ~ plcksd snother S a y : WTSP j.mping into W W X ~ . ~ / ~ 4:25, eta. WTNIV on regular .f /c-T? Sunday 2:00-2115 (heard OK program 12/12 1:CO-2:00 a.m., l a t e r :2/1?., 5:UO-5:58, ,heard a Spanieh s ta t ion, 2 anzlburcers (no music) l i ke a game of some kind (A1 B. - you know who?) lJHT0 (1450) 6555, etc., n f i t i l WMVA s/on.at 6:ZO. 12/12 - WHT.3, ' m i c a 1 .program $ i l l 1i58, then:$-hat "wobbly" 503- cycle TT-for Detroit ckeak. E'P'RB ( 8 6 ~ ) fail' ti1 Gene a/off . a t 4:01 -,with 5 lanr!2, ikw Pight. On.900 .kc/s. at St29 $#off by HaSana-Cadena-Nacional. XI&:? (9450) regular s/cn 5:46, topg,. WdJ 5:58, VEILS, 6:01, WSBA 6:03 a.m., so long now. ' ~ ~ r 6 ' w i ~ h ~ 62%) at 5:03 a.m. (Mondsy) and KSW swing it'll be -100 there with 150 h i g h f o r Tdsdag, IC;;'pu.lling the blanket .out of the truiIk again. Just a f t e r WCA, Gt.?y, hd. f.so'unc?&d 1ik.j ~ r n ' ~ , ~ ) f ?.ilishod CAximrte n m s and @/off on 1270 kc/s. at 3:05. WNC - 210-'PT OX. 16 /1202 not 680 as. shown .in the f / a list. Best! . ..

, : . . Hgb,gr& LMQ~&,-~ g ~ ~ t g l g t ~ - ~ P ~ O , go5 f2~4---ELbgr& JeysS- Here! s a report. on season's DX. Reported - 79. Varies. 43, some .eeoonci regorts. Nev- e r - seed f.olicviiaupe, a l w a y p : ~ new report. Have 160 hold&~ts up. to Octs D khan new season stg,qted f3r me+, DJ s s t , , w e e k o r so - 12/1 - 2:06-2:30, U r W , 1490, b s ~ k on air again. 2:37-g50, WIBR, 1220, f/o. 3:OO-3:30, KRMO, 740. KICO, 1490, 6-7 fjo. V/s

. . ?:!ir.k P.R. 12/5:-'. 1:OQ-1:30, CBX, 1010, regular. 1:33-1:47, WEYE, 13'20, ET. 1:47.... 2:;)s - RT'SR, .W60, . regular schedule. 2: 10.-2:40 - KKIN, 1400, regulxr szhe&u.uls. 3 :00- 3 t22*, KFi w$ th 6 .hv, &&il.iaqr, 640. Never wrote him - tao big. 1 2 / 9 - 5!L'ITd, ' 1580, Atmore, A ? a e , ~ ES 3:20-9300. , L2/10 - WOW, 1490, TT 2:m-2:07. KmL, 25&Q, 3~05-3:15, special NNL?Z1 theq'WAb4 'took' over. :-2/:l - T@X& 2:+5-3 :@I, 1270, rcgii1a.r sc'liedule. CFP', 3:10-3~48,. fur& program', KWITN, 1430, '4:011-5:00, special f o r FjRC, 12/12- Q:00 3:10, ICFTM; 1260,. f / c . T'P. 3:15-3x22, KSPI (780) ET. Mieea.1 out on Filontana parade, Col- orado psradej;, and cxov due t o 'h igh noise ' level. Veries in . for. ,week - BQBS .WIBR O NAl' WEEU KKIN wVOP WQAb'WEa U C O 'IO)Xk,,. hi.. . DX suffere9 this.wgek. My f a t h e r was- heading for [email protected], h i s Y , ~ h t , . . . . . . . nMaicil$.a,l, 66-footer. It hit a l o g 'and sanrl 50 m i h e north of . . ,, %s 'tl14.nk. f i~ .~ : ; : fe r ; . Elginner, Dac?" .'%& XYL and !bt.l"olk, l'res:Ay no:'~~ing. T?.:t, 5 1'- +' '.

.. ~ . .. Dad, a3o.ng .w i th . . , GrjatDane .... . arid . . 2 canaries. . . . . ., . . . . were e~ved , Illn s t i l l shakingf <Welcome toNRCI! . . . . . .

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I t ' s been a long long tirr..a s i n ~ e my l a s t report to "Musings of the Niemkere" section, 6 weeks, to be orsc;t. Junior Collsge has kept me on the gc~. Havo studisd f o r mid-s6m- c e ter ex8ms, ~rr:+ii:en t h r ~ e t a m aapcrs and 011% boolc revimv, p1u.s numerous other l e s se r aseigrm~nts , So you. can see if ye h?d qv hands ' f u l l , hi. I s t i l l have one zore terra paper' and anct:ior Book review to w.cit.e - QllCI!, uiy achins head. If the men i n vhi te coats ~$0:) a, rqv h-,use, 11. know vjllat ,'napgonc?d. Hel.ieve i t o r not, I nanaged t o do a l i . t t l e .l.X:.3g, ncw ar~d then, am?. ha 7s nr::.tc;m :.o ;Y) s?.at?.ons since I?:! l.%t report to th i s eec, kit:;, WB fol2twine s ta?io: ,~ were :.ogg:?C a d reps? t9d to during; Xo::e?n?:er: WmF 1~2X FD82 i.K:vT y?,'>X aj:K C,K,,N a t 0 ,Wj3 K?H) KziB :Z.i;.; xem C J B Q CMcir & HJCZ. S3 f a r during Docember I'va hsard and r tpcr ted to ti~'fe:.iicr:finp,: =/I.- (2-76 C'?&C)) 9:38 t o 4 p m often on fop of Wm; :~2/5 - D C N (1460) 2:91 to 2:15 a.m., 12/7 - HJCR (1200) brlivve I was tunel to them (am sure the:; m:iit!.;ned 'Radio ~ a a i o n a l ' ) 3t38 to 2:40 &,me vvith wesk sip.?,bs: anrl 12/R - To7~1lov.eu 7,. Fzance (913) 1:57 to 2838 a,m. with f a i r signole. Fo2lalrr-up czrds were sent to the following delinquen'cs - WINK WBIN KTTS WELO 1:TA WHI",;isM WIvDU & WiiOQ. Sinc? q r l a s t report, ver i f ior t ions have cmie to hand from the f olZowing - (reply cards) TlIh?: %@ KSGM NMOU WTOD WCTA, Emd WVOT, ~ a r d . s ~ . . ( z ~ : : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KWJB KcaB XRCT (n;ce) WJiiC XEFN ( a honey on tha C Q P ~ ) ,

te?& - WPDX FKAX WB'EX WP2C5KmS kWBC KTFS KKIN (swsll l e t t e r ) KFJTO (sent report back with 1 verifibdt wri t ten acmosa'-bhe top and signed by C.E. ) C J B Q ( f ine l e t t e r ) and XEMC

v / s Ramon Ferrbixo R.). have^-.not wri t ten to too many stat ions t h i s season, but have L f , i e ~ u h - w T % reported to. IDlt?, and KKIN repreasnt , fir., and 8 % ~ -

ond 250 watt West: Coaster#. If Toul~use I confirms,' I .will have f i r s t QSPt f x m Eur- om. W i l l write a i a in w h e ~ I f ind time ( ~ o o e I f ind him soon. hi? 73's and best DX - -

~.a_t-~gi&l=---l~ I rv ige P&a~e~--Jgu$s&gn+. N& xogk- Nsw ver ies are W N N T ~ CJAD KCLO. 1276, ire,@ noisy . DL%?,. 2490, 'at. 3 :33 on E'P -WARK a t 4:30, 1IFD at 4:05-4:20 with f/d. I f i s p i t e o f y ogn 1 4 9 4 don't hear muohon it. WWRL 'and WVOM fighting a l l morning on 1600. T2::?; ' BB' :en f /c' .&So to 4'30. l%?Ll on t e s t 4:lS Fa 4C36, 'RGVC on sPecial f / c , 4:31 to 4:5&%h&h I quit , a l l oti 1490; i E O V 1410 on M.0.1. (%!oney Order ~e twork) 5:00 to. 5:23 wBen 1 went to tied.' 1 2 / ~ - KlYL with news a.29 .~:lr.~ho.+er f r o m RSTT at 2:56 to siS-!ff 'at 3:05'- h w d bn 1450 ir $ 9 : ? 7 ? Montaria., znd Pli:Lliet&n, N. D. 3200 t o 3:15 on TT, too.noi'sy to catch ca l l , , W1M on f/o, 3:30 '$0 L.-;:$$,,. wJ.22 on f / c 4:OO-4330, IWV, 1410, a t , 4:17. S p h i s h ~'*,ati3n',t&a';.~gg a: 4g.25 on ?_e>O. 12/9 - Bad snow, DXniI tieoause of boiler. faqtoxy s ts t io . . 12/lG - * j ~ , 1269, on -with ET at 3:05 - WATM, 1%0, on.ET at 3:20 ; WUB bv,-r-xidi'ng XE* a<tA:. 4:C3. VLOX oh ET kt 4:16 - WNAE pounded throughwith no: vo'4m.e dn , with t e s t , 1 2 / : ~ - mL7X

. . 011 E l - a t 2:47- XBOE at 3:00 aign-off, KRRV onKiwanie Auction Sale a t 3S4 - KCXU {&st at 4:03 - 'W9'PF on test', badb. QRMed by RIBK: over h a l f of pragrac. 1M WaG .rerf, stzofig SWi€h s ta t ion on 1430 5807 to nearly 6:dQ'a.m. when..lo&al ~ a r r i e r -,a;7.:, or. i., t?,!&ad ahcut auto s9 gave ntmbers and nmes of people,, Casablanca msntlonal rea l ofben bc: no s i g of ca3.l heard. They were a good R E here. (WBDD, say8 N>ctl;.let -Xd,) . . .

l2;)12' very noisy today. mPI, 7R9, i n t e s t , an& off a t 3:W - ID?& &a t e s t a t 3112 - ,C~I:.*B o n t e s t axd off a t 3:30 - UC, 570, at 3 ~ 7 B O 4:00 sign-off: WJ$ on tep of 620 whi..le FFiE: was t o t es t . Who is aeak all-nighter on 1490, l o t s of dopa .heard suo-33-al t ,hds , but 6Catlc on when c a l l is given. ( ~ e l i e w i t i s QIK, Pat -i ~d'..).

~, . d l KnLw' , 2 ~ ~ a n ~ o ~ t R . ~ ~ v s n L ~ e B - B ~ ~ & . ~ . & n ! ~ ~ a ~ l ~ , - ~ ~ w - ~ ~ r ~ .- --

1 d i d a l i t t l e ' &Xi% ~ e ~ d ~ ? : t l ~ - L3ees.. the or)$rii r:e i.,) C f 1*::30 kc / s . was the' incentive. - - ... - .. ?&cg%$. 5r.d '+i;.artsd ZR+X y o ~ freq<hc"-'check. l i s b, axso K T ~ L . o.n'r.e:ula- sr:haGule, . . TE'Ss A,M. ( l ? / W j I hear'd A f /h on 1490 fami 3:20 to 3:30, but n i ~ o p ' i l 5 i i ~ ) sp lh t te r .tcdtk,out , . . .. . . identification,. Ybur list ,;?.x 85- nC.4 a!. t b i s time, so sext, tkam qv 1Lib t o C '.

f,cur 6 ~ ? w t i o ~ & & & ~ ? I ~ i - t : I ~ ~ P e ~ o r t . Too good. a catch t o pass up. Aleo he&& F,a.i% Po-ist, Ga. o n 1260 the,,o k.h;lier inornihg, but didn' t Yep'0a.t "em. Dir? report WAVE;% c)n lG7'0. I" ..

ss .thsyt.re only. 250 watt&. . C.ou1dnt.t hear azy UontLna DXes $fne@ed. .Ver;ies i-todiy::~ from WAREWMTH DRE, f i ' r s t '%wb"daJi timers lugged e~mu~taneously. .DfOI '.say@ m&w.3m;a5'.. s i g n a l ' t ransni t tea .N-8-W;, o'bvl.ously isn' t East, judging frorn the i r s tmgth. Pcrbuguese

- . s . i , g g s . oh, . .J200, sw;d ,i3.30 !hi's morning, undo.>% ted3.y Brazilians:. No, Ralpnie, I s t i l l .. . . . . . . . -. havel?'t - i~k@~LR3' i t ,Lhi . '73: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PI;EASE ALWLPS hQ!Lt.?ICN YOUR IfiDLR7i:RSHSPIP I N TRE NATIONAL RADIO CLUB ON ALL YOUR DX FiEPGB3S.

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-LgnnK~se---8&7-W~lgo~ &gaw---Bubqge, &om Glad to see , the tip '?ard on ,ths !C!AL-DX sent out, i s 'the information was ,received too ' l a t e f o r any b-Aletin. The request was sent more,tWn 6 weeks ago, but the C.E. waited t i ll the iast wesk to' reply. Do hape maqy of the boys were successful &n logging WAL. The l a t e s t catch80 were WIRL (1600) Woodside L.I., N.Y. t es t ing the i r new 5 hv. trans- mittsr on 12/9. V1ll;j.I~ on 12/10. Added WPTM 11580) Atmore. Ala, on ET 3:165a30 a.m.. - . the saue dat&.';kha ST .of g i i ~ ~ - (240) *lea, 0kia. logged fo; another new orie i n DX log. m, (1340) Sk:revirpa~t, La., heard whth 2nd Sat, f / c on 12/10 4:45-5:00 a,m, with TT. T ~ R .to' Leo., - logged the new WCA (f270) Gary, Ind. on regular schedule 12/?2.. 3SC3- 3 2 05 a.m., r,;&-S.ar a.m. fhllswing mo-nict. WiC,:r (?real! WHBF, Rock Island, an log the new WCA only 3:00:3i96 a t eloff. Also on 121 Mo. with 2nd Sunday f / o 2:25-2X35 a.m. . with TT, h , T&C. s n o t heard on 12/11. I migbt men- t ion from past ex>erienoes that the FCC steps i n occasionally and say4 :"non ,on scheduled DX tests, and t;hat's f inal . The DX from WWW wae: heard with f a i r signal, -un t i l 4:43 ~ :

a;m, when WS3I ( , Knokville, Tenn., s/on with f /a &sing complete ~blaokoutn of the .3X. TW?P pr0mie.d during the DX that verifications,would be sent at t o all:.2!3porters duriag : the l a s t wbek df Delember. ~ h e ' s w l e date, surprised t o copy WBRM ( 1 2 5 ~ ) Marion, N.C. . . : on regular siinctgxe 6i55-7:10 a&., the f i r s t 5 in imtes i n the c lear , &hen at 7:00.arms . both WEIOW az2 X G i I e/on t o cause QRM. Recent varies i n were l e t t e r s from WACA.WNNT-DX WIBR WjDA D.SN WIr7P KTKR, and a -card from mi. A s for the WNNT-DX, J e e s BiStner, C.E. wri tes of h a v i q well over 30 reporis in, wi th f a r thes t report from DXar i n Encinitas, Calif. And speaking of d i s t an t reporters, KAMQ (1010) Amarillo, Tex.,,,was on a11 12/10 a.m., c e l e h a t i n g t h f h ~ ~ f f & ~ & t day of nunlimited? operation, and offer ing a $23,00 U.S. Savings Bond to the/peison elepbbning o r telegraphing i n during the program "All-Night Jmboree." One of the persona ca l l ing was located. at ikdesto, C a l . And on the morning of 12/';3, Tl,",C ;1220) Blc:~mington, Ill. was kroeGa&btir:g all-n!.ght fe?lov:ing cc.n?le"oon of new t z a z m i t t e r and now 400-foot tower, offer ing several cash pr izes; one $10.00 pr ize t o f a r thes t reporter, another cash pr ize t u ' t ka f a r thes t repcr ter i n s t a t e of Ill- inoig wri t ing in. The newest all-night s ta t ion i s KADA (1230) Ada, Oklahma.

B_erni_o Qugfx = @-W_atghse-Rcafi I Ztgtgn-IslanA 14, &I.- - The aast week net+.cr', me these additions - KNBY KILO C?dlBA VrDUN WATM. 159G. WTJH. 1260. also; eecrmini~~ KtW2.a~ well as WCOJ, the 1atter:aLon dai ly a t 6:36 t h r o k h 1cq>d QRM: Balanci.ngoff tb.580 catches a r e veries - letters:f+om, WMh? WVOP WSI KCLO WCGJ, ?QDN and cards fro&WG3M & WTTM. US1 advised t i la t ' tkei . t e s t each t h i r 3 Wodn~sdaJr 3:T)O-4:OO a.m., C.S.T. KWCR,tells me they i l l 3 X the t h i d Monday of January, 3.idntt c i t e time though, As WVOP ' i s on t h B t w aaoh month at 2:45-3:.00, I hope they won' t s2oi l . t h needed Iowan. I wasunabl3 to log .the other D X e s of the week., . Did get WWP v:sry w e l l . : on 12/11, and WtMA.on 12/13, as per l i e t . I ts .si '@al 's excellence indicated good . ,,:. .. morning f o r DXing but W a s just tao sleepy to 'f isii ~. aroundn. Doubtless .I missed some . worth-while oatchss, eh? . . . . . .. . . .. . . . .

-L$?&.~-Cp_.qpr = 438 M t - 2 1 Strest--J!~,ugkIyn 26, N.-YL ., . . , . F i r s t of all, l e t nc, say a real nMe_-ly Chrisi;nasH t 6 ' i o : ~ a].).. Varies as. so&@. as NYC i Wa.ter (apply here, b~i'i'h only new cne coming from KcLC), >:.nd e'@P?-DX verlfi.o&. ' P c t l i s zsw 1,E30. 1218 - W C C J , 1420, CoetesviLLe, Pa., i s tops here on 6:30 a.m. s/on, and was easy to 103. 1 2 1 ~ 1 - WTZH h*ard behind another czrrkar a t 4" a.m.. Spanish-speak- e r a n 1490 a t 5:07 (yonty Montv-let t e l l s me i n a l e t t e r i t was P:IbfDD, Fajar+) $st a- head of XQUS, prsswn~bk. K$ab"uhe reported. WWPF-f/c top~jed WI9X beautifully hare. 12/12 - A bed ;cor3izyg,. no Montana, .no KWAL, nor arprthing, new. .12/U..- Jus t the apposite sad with Weat Coast exceLlent, fiina1l.y got that s/off of 'KVOE. 12/14 . . - .I. toak t:;a on 7.499 simultaneous?y, ' l'ni WLOX teb?ing, and KTYL on regular schedde.. ... They w.v fiiof f at 3:00. Ther were about,, even with WLDX here, r e a l l y a good sienal.. . . T&ueht I had D U G on 1170 330C-.3::.5, but-,lit turnod out .to be KVOO, wpefullj;.. weak. .. Ilve, resolved t o go a f t e r &l tha 1490 ba;aibg I csn, f o r who knows how.. long that. oharinel..wl&l be open? . . . .; .. ., WTTT i s d e f i n i t e v ' mt"oh all night -.at, leas$: t h e r e is. zio aignai'fram 'tham:ro.hera, nos in: *one oPriefs repprts. WJBC WaiaR beard. here on '+nday.m6rning,:alg6~t a s i j t r o i & '! a s WNS?, aikd be'b!t&- bkvn the r e s t of the' "boys" op there. I cbuld.'use ten bucks. - i l d . like to be tha t wiGner. I twould real ly be a Merry Christmas, hif WKPF f / c 4:40-4:50C/V LEFTY: Your s t e n c i l s cane in Saturday morning 9 AM (VJagner)

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?IEW STATIONS - - - - - - - IT90 El Dora ansas 6,000 D Cotton Belt Broadcasting Compaqy 1320 AttLebo ~ a c h u s e t t s 1,000 U-3 Jackson Associates, Incorporated L4CO Ploasantvilre, New Jersey 250 ~1 Pioneer Broadcasters, Incorporated 1600 Cushing, Oklahoma 500 D Cushing Broadcasting Company

do, Ark In, Mas

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-m'-CA_L&S- 60.0 K R C 0 Prinevi l le , Ore. (or 6307) 1400 K C L F Clifton, Arizona

1270 W I V I Charlotte Amalie, V. 1490 K D I A Auburn, Calif srnia 1240 K Y M A Yuaa, ArLzona K R S N Los Alamos, N.M. (on a i r ) 1340 W I R Y Plattsburg, New York 1580 W T T N Watertown, Wisconsin 1400 W I E L Elizebethtown. Kentuoay 1590 W E B K Tmpa. Florida

W C E N

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1 Cambridm. Md.. from ~ C M D 1430 W E I R Weirton. w. Va.. from W'TN. - . ilgI;E_l;E_DD

I Missoula, Montana. ~ o r f e i t e d f o r mtion. ; Bryan, Texas, ceased operations 10 rnization & re-: I Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

1590 W H H T Durham, N3rth Carolina. Effective November 19; merged with WSSk. The above information i s from "Broadoasting" sent i n by Fay Edge & Erick Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

lack oj 129 for

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Musinas of the M$mbers - - . - - - - . - - - - - - -Rg-BL E_dge---3_Z5-S~igl~r-A~anufr , Suffglg 15, Nek iogk,

Reports went out t o - 1216 - WFKf on f / c , 1217 - gBZY on f / c ; 12/8 - KIM0 on t e s t , WJJM on f / c ; WH0C on fie, and WISL on f /c . 12/10 - WATM on ET on 1580 kc/s, and spoiling the DX from KWL w ? o 1s t beginning to come i n pret ty good; a lso to VFUR on f /c . 12/1 1- RIB9 on f / c . rly spoiled WPF f o r ma, but WWPi? did come through enough

were ji who naa! us t haw . . - - - - - - .

to get info. P'FnP3 m 3 been a l i t t l e l a t e incoming because they were-not on-at 4:35 a.m. Veries arr lvlng since l a s t report are l e t t e r s fro= W ~ J N I P PFGM Pt K3L[)..' PIrP.CN l e t t e r on the tationery and not even showing the Aid. frequency O F power, l e t alone n.& mention of That leaves 45 reports unanswered ~ i t l i 8 from 1948 ard 37 from 1949. To a l l , a V m Y iViERFX CHRISTMAS and M9PY NEW YE53. f r ~ m ai l the Edge's.

higl-OLive2: , 67&4-P~erl~ss Styegt---H%~~ztgn~. Tuzas- (second report) Ee welcome ( 1 ) alnother new al lnighter i n t h i s a r e a , KADA, Ada, OMEL homa, on 1230 kilocycles, who inauguaated that policy December 5th. 12/8 - W E B , 790 kilocycles, with f / c from 3:45 to 4:00 as per l i s t . 1219 - Rain, lighr;nir!g, and than- cim, so l i t t l e resul ts , but did get WATM i n Atmore, Alabma, a new one, testi.ng on 1580 a f t e r 3:OO. XXE on a l l morning, on 690 kilocycles. WHEC with f / c a t 4:10, also so listed. 12/12 - XTFY concluding f / c on 1050 kc/s. a t 3:40. %xican on i240 kzis., be

. . . . . ... lieve he sair'b XEBU. Only reports t h i s week were to WATM WYVE and BmC, viitln vari.79 .. ~ from KSFT KCBI KCLO gLMO and WLW. Season's Greetings to one aad a l l .

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * H E A ~ S I ~ C E T H E ~ S T I S S ~ * * + * * * * * * * * * * * * X - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - 1230 K I F W Sitka, Alaska 1490 K W R N Reno, le rada

W s % F e ' c i . (new ant enna-transmi tt er ) Tucson, Arizona 1260 @t;-*:~g:.@'Q a s t Point, Georgia 1580 ' k. A . Atmore, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, t h i s is our l i t t l e space to wish you a l l a Mc:rry Christmas. Ofcourse, the main scbjent i n "DX Nt?wsn i s DX, so you can give yourself a Merry Christmas by t-anirig i n o n tha t morning - Sunday morhing, December. 25, ; andpossioly also on M o r i ~ , Decdncer 26 - and prabably catching up with some. really rare. S c u t h b e r i c a n and Central JmeribEm DX. Christmzs morrii.ng'8 are F ies ta Mornings south of the"Mkder, and many statioria stay On till 3:00 a.m.'and kater i n our southern neighboring lande. Somc w i l l turn up cn nG- mally cl,e& oharnels, 'and m q be ea.sy pickings. Somq of our-members have some rea l ly r a re and remarkable catches from Christmas mornings, c such a s 250 wattere i n Eniador, etc. So, even tilough . you . think these. stations out :oB>ouC ken, give than a tm, and, pou ma^. be presently surprised. But anyway, f ?om all of u s - t o 811 of you. & very - : ,.**** *** ** ** * * .*$ * * **c * *** t** . * * * - *** *

t L * * * * * ';+a* * * t*** * . : .* * .#*) , * : *. .$ -* ** I* , : , .x** * . :***- *$*** 4 * 5.0 . : * * $ . : ** 2 . . .*? * *+ .. * , , . ~ , . * *** .* * *, * * ~ &g , * *; - * .* .* *** * . . * . * * * * * * *- .

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580 WCHS -Charlest on.VJVA. I n c l e a r a t 5: 30 PM he re (Rosenbaum) 590 IWLK ~ e r s a i l l e s ; ~ ~ . S t i l l on with a l l n i t e show ( ~ o s e n b a k ) 600 CFQC Saskatoon,Sask. Hrd a t 0318 s /off on 12-4 (Northup) 650 ,XH=-46ho was sending t h i s c a l l i n CW a l l AM 12-10?? (Routzahn)

a590 ' CFkR p i i n Flon,Man. Requesting r p t s a t 0305 on 12-6 (Arnold) 740 b 3 . M ~ Tulsa,Okla.FC Voice h r d a t 0536 on 12-6 (Northup) 760 CB76 Sant iago,Chi le H r & o c c a s i o n a l l y some eves topping liPJR(Ho1brook) 800 WIBK Knoxville,Tenn. Reg FC 2nd Sun 0445-0500 p e r v e r i e (Brown) 910 KPHO Phoen&,Ariz.FC h r d 0400-0415 12-8,011 h e r e r e u l a r now(Northup

KRRV Sherman,Tex. On ti1 0300 12-11 wi th spec prgm f Kruse) (Brown) 913 Toulouse,Fr.Hrd 0157-0238 w i t h f a i r s t rengbh on 12-8(Holbrook)

970 KVOB Alexandria ,Ea , A l l Sun AM show hrd b e s t 0400-0430(Northup) 1050 KF'MJ Tulsa,Okla.FC TT h r d 0400-0410 on 12-4 (Northup) 1080 KRLD Dallas,Tex.Ran t e s t ti1 0408 on 12-9 (Routzahn)

KSCO Santa Cruz,Cal. Tes t h r d a t 0430 on 12-4 (Northup) 1200 v ? ? ? Weak L a t i n h r d a f t e r 0400 on 12-1 & 12, HJCR?? (Holbrook) 1230 KADA Ada, Okla .Now on a l l n i t e , lst h r d 12-6(Northup,Kruse)

KOAL Price,Utah.FC TT h r d 0300-0315 on 12-4 (Northup) KVOC Casper,Wyo.Hrd a t 0205 s /off on 12-9 Northup) WJBC Bloomington,I11, A l l n i t e 12-22 & 13. 10 t o most d i s t a n t

r e p o r t e r . (Rosenbaum, Routzahn) I

1240 KBMY Billings,Mont.FC TT hrd 0445-0500 on 12-6 (Northup) KFBC Cheyenne,Wyo.Late b a s k e t b a l l game ti1 0230 12-9(Northup)

S I C D Spencer, Is. FC 1st Tues 0215-0230 ( Routzahn) KNEM' "Nevada ,Mo.FC 2nd Sun 0220-0235 (Kruse ,Rhea ) KVSO Ardmore , Okla .FC TT hrd 0155-0210 on 12-9 (Northup) KbiIOS J e f f e r s o n C i ty ,Mo. TT hrd ti1 C 1 1 5 on 12-8 (Arnold) WGCM Gulfport ,Miss. FC TT hrd 0300-0315 on 12-8(Arnold,Rosenbaum) XEBU Chihauhua,Chih. Hrd a f t e r 0420 12-12 (Arnold)

1250 KPAC P o ~ t Arthur,Tex.ET hrd 0200-0300 12-10 (Rosenbaum)

P W a s t Point ,Ga .EX' hrd 12-10, 11 AM (Arnold ,Brauner;Herz , Ro sen& un 1270 rPICA_Gary, Ind. Sked 7 days week 0700-0305fBrauner ,Herz ,Kruse) -

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.Springdale,Ark.FC 4 t h Sun 0200-0215. John Latham, Chief Eng and John Coon, Engineer (Rhea) Spr ingf ield,Mo. FC 4 t h Wed 0220-0235,Lee Baker ,CE (Rhea) Laramie,Wyo. FC TT h r d 0315-0330 on 12-8 (Northup) Shreveport ,La. FC TT 2nd Sat 0445-0500 (Kruse) Welch,WVA.FC TT h r d 0300-0315 on 12-10 (Rosenbaumj Phi ladelphia ,Pa. To s t a r t full time b r d c t on 12-27 (Weiser) Hazar,d,Ky.FC 1st Wed 0215-0230 (Routzahn) Massena,NY.Tested t o 0300 on 12-7 i Routzahn) Duncan,Okla. TT ti1 0202 s /off on 12-5 (Arnold) Rapid City,SD. FC TT hrd 0200-0215 on 12-9 (Northup) Des Moines,Ia. S i l e n t pe r iod 0400-0700, 84 h r d o t h e r days. (Kruse) Assume you meant t h i s f o r Monday, Len???? Roswel1,NM. FC TT h r d 0400-0416 on 12-4 (Northup) La Junta ,Colo .FC TT hrd 0330-0345 on 12-8 (Northup) Grenada,Miss.FC hrd t o 0230 s /off on 12-12 (Arnold) Dover .Del . Now s/on a t 0400 (Brauner l . ~~ - ~ ~~

1 4 5 0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o u ~ l ~ s , ~ r i z . ~e~ F C 2nd Mon 0400-0415 (Routzahn) ; K L m .tXayton,NM. FC 2nd Sun 0220-02.35,7f! L S t s j d u h e r , CE (Rhea) ' % ~ ~ ~ - ~ ; - . % a r ~ v i l l e , ~ a l . Hrcl a t 0300 s /off on 12,-9(.Northup) . KORE Engene. 0re.Hrd a t 0300 s/off 12-11. no s i s n of KXLL ( ~ r i u n e r )

KSAN s a g ~ r i n c i s c o , ~ a 1 . o r i e n t a l music prgm hrd-0230-0300 on 12-9 (Northup)

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.KY OR .B.Lytb.e, CaT?.FC 1:rd 0 0 s/of I? on 12-12 (Arnold) .. . l i~i lmington, Del . Ra t i1 0415 on 12-11 (Routzahn)

1480 .:L,!~a:~*wb~incoln;iieb. Hrd a L vcOO s/off on 12-11 (Brauner). ' Terre.S;iav.te,Ind. a r with Midnight Mdtiliee a t 0100 on

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.,.KTQ-'-Tucso,~,'Ariz .ET hrd 04d-0500 dn ' 12-13 f Braunsr ,Rosenbaum) KYGA ' '&esao$t ,Ariz. ' -Reg FC 2nd Mon 0315-0330 (Br.+.uner) h&m-i Jqhnsto,%n,Pa.FC' h r d 0215-0245-pn'12-7 (Rodteahn)

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1" 'VIGM:: Yedf ord,Xis ,FC hrd 0215-0245 on 12-7 (Routzahn) . ,., BJBK. < D e t r o i t ,.Iviich.ET hnd 0200-0220 o n 12-9 (Ros6nbaumY : '.,

..-. . : W J J M . . ..Lewis@gyg,Tenn.FC 2nd Thu-rs 0409-04 u t i ahk WLOX, $&loxi.j!iss. ET a l l AM 12-10 (Routz, WRLD . West Point ,Ga. ET 0420-0437 on 12-1: 2) i. . . ? ? ? ? : Who.yas vekican he i r : . 0500-0600 p n ' l l

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. . b u l l . e t i n . r l t h o r a r g e r zne L a - L p oulrczin . . went a s t r a y s omewnero. Would you f e l l o w s r e t u r n t h e e x t r a c.o'pios I scri$ you of t h e 12-3. . . b u l l e t i n . One of our now members.'askcd f o r one and. I ' m a l l out hem. Vlealso w i l l not make (any p r e d i c t i o n s a s t o next weeks b u l l e t i n . It: vfi1l:go out; a s s o o q . a s poss ib l e but I expect t h a t w i l l Probably bo . o n ~ c d n e s d a $ , . u n l e s s

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South of t h e Border and t h a t a good m'ny r a r e ' c a t ches w i l l be on most of Christmas morsfng. Th'ey a l s o seem t o f e e l more kTndly about - w r i f y i n g then ;tog.,, i: neyt. one was i.hea rd'. on 1195 t h i s evbning ,baa ly QRMed tho.

Ken Packey s t a t cs, $hat ,he be$,ievcs Larry Yarnes Japane$e st-at ions on 850 aqd,, 880,;qre i n ,To~y~,:,,wo ho.po.,;to have more .on t $ i s 1 a t e r l ) L a r r y .

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