"DX NEWS'" . . PUBLISHED BY

THE NATIONAL RADIO C L U B HEADQUARTERS: 325 SHIRLEY AVENUE, BUFFALO, 15. NEW YORK

JOSEPH 9 , 8ECKER. SR.. PRESIDENT R A Y 6. EDGE. EDITOR

ISSUED WEEKLY---S2.00 PER YEAR

Vol 11 N O 3.6 Jan 3 1943 --- ..- WL? welcome Hedley Simonds-148 F a i r f i e l d Ave. No.

Hamilton,Ontario and El'Lert Tewe1.l--228 South Lake St-Carey, Ohio a s new members and t h e renewals from our Se rv ice Fund of Jack Quintrell-Arthur L Robb and Robert Hrova, Also the renewals of Iiichard iI Cooper, John C Kalmbaeh Jr and Ray Edge, Iha;lks t o a l l of you and may t h e dew Year be very good and gene-ous f o r a].%,

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DATE----- CALL--LOCRTI3N----.------------- KCS---CLUB------- TIME ALL JD!T---- Jan 7 KGNO D o d g e c i t y Kan 1.370 N R T 2:00 - 2 ;30 AIvI

LO WSNY Sc'2eneci;ady N Y 1240 N 3 c 4:00 - ~ ~ O O A M - .,... -.. 11 . weDr. WBLJ .cdl Dalton iiLn'6.3.-. ,.. ..- ,. -... Ga . . - 1230, PI R C 3:oo - 4tog

14 Miss 3340 N R C 2:40 - 2 t55AIYI 1 ALASKA 1460 !XHC & VRC 4:00 - 5:00 AM I. J C Karnlovps B * c l 910 N H C 4:OO - 5~00 AM 1 AK Wil.llziilsport P elm 1.400 N R c ~ : O O - 6:00 AM I. JBO BATON ROUCE LA 1150 N R C 2;00 ~ : O O A&! 20 V!LAP Lexington KY 1450 N R C ~ : O O - 5:00 AM 23 KVGB Great Bend Kan 1400 N R c 3:00 - 4:00 AM 24 WRRF Washing ton N C 930 N R C 4:00 - 5100 AM

29 o r 30 V&OK Lima ???????? Oh20 1240 N R c I - - ? - . ?AN 30 CKGB Timmins Ont 1470 M R C 4:00 - $:OO AM 3 I G M bledford Wi s c 1.490 ????? 6:Oo - 7:00 AM

FEB 1. FVA Fredericksburg Va 1290 N R C 4:00 - 5:00 AM - KGNO-DODGE C I T Y SCAN_ This program should be q u i t e easy t o hear , s ince 1370 i s g e n e r a l l y c l e a r after 2A.M. T h i s i s KGUO 1 s r egu la r frequency check period he ld on t h e f i r s t Fr iday from 2-2:30 AM EWT. We do not have t h e name of t h e ve r i e s igner of KGNO so the best b e t scems t o address al.1 r e p o r t s t o the Chief Engineer,who may t e l l u s h i s name on t h e DX program. L e t s see t o it t h a t KGNO g e t s a goodly amount of r e p o r t s . It has been very cheering t o hear t h e corments og KVGB and WRRF as t o t h e good num- ber of r e p o r t s received. Swell gang. Arranged by E r i c Bristow, ViSNP-SCHWECTADY NY No doubt most of our members eagerly await t h i s pro- grani from VJSNY. -It i s a r a r e ca tch t o most of us , This w i l l be t h e i r Lst DX Program and i t gives us an opportuni ty t o show o f f our club,by every- one sending i n a r e p o r t , Send the:n t o hfr . I r v i n g P Beck, Chief Engineer whom we thank f o r t h i s prograr~l. This channel ought t o be clear ,even on the west ocas t and the Moon i s c lose t o f u l l , t o o , which i s s a i d t o im- p r ~ v e DX recept ion. Arranged by E R Cooper. WBLJ-DALTON a Here i s our t h i r d f r i e n d by the name of ViilJ-iarns-Mr. Nf V ~il . l iams,Manager of WLJ. . H e says t h a t WBLJ w i l l be proud t o put t h i s program on the a i r f o r the Nat ional Radio Club, These a r e mighty f i n e words,fellows-lets be su re t o l.ive up t o them, If you w i l l recal.1 t h e

. . DX from lIVRBL which was on a t t h i s same hour on t h e seconc?. Tuesday of Oct,you w i l l recal.1 t h a t VJLVA bl-ew i n a t 3:30AM f o r a test and \VMFR a t 3:55AM,so our suggestion i s t o tune i n e a r l y before WLVA comes on--but s i n c e t h e i r check seems t o be varying hours,we dont know i f they111 cons on then o r no t . Anyway ViBLJ should cut th ru them j u s t a s WRBL d i d , V k

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NAT1ONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS BCB Page 1,. TIPS and LPO REPORTS January 3 1944 - - - - - . , - - - L . & - - . - - - . - - . - I - - - C - - - - - - C - - - - - L

i\lEV?'JO& - IilCLEOD-DIXFIELD -------.-- blE F i r st off thc.: r;rail. s i t u a t i o ~ i i s a.11. s t r a i g h t - e n d out zncl ::::!I. b~ii.:.etins are i n . They have been kicking around i n the mail . somewhe:s. 3u;C a t p r e s m t 1 5 r r l having a wonderful time g e t t i n g noth- i n g so : i . k~)~? t ::I I my ?-~:;IOI"TS h . 3 ~ 2 Scen thank you cards. However we a r e going t o w3r.i :.)rL .;he ac-::i~~ls t ,P i r ; rrre2.k end and Llave the sr~rit.1 selh r e l i n e d a i d !hrith the i . :r ;~ t;;ll,a ",,t ,;-: 3.f' :A. ~~;~.k",:h:Errg arrcng~rncnt i n the c;er iz ls . 1 hope t o be razi.l)r f'or K.\TC!'i;, ':,Jfi.,:;.lt: .+J:~s i:.fi'i:t "'onday n igh t l a / z ~ ) ? V\lith then of f Vd'HAZ was i n t h e c l ec t~ r :x~f i 8$'13C a,f'i,sn VlH-qZ signed. Tried f o r KFUN and I guess I had the wrung ,.Ii?~!;.:tay,rio s q z p ( T ~ - , C ~ were on 12/28 3-3:3.5~~-1iay) However I d.id hes r ArGliM fr-;jn ;j : (15 .3 : ; J L j s r : . l 2 u hrf? t h e ".'pick on top of I240 a t 2h8ii, Which i s i t ? Xzi7\r-.;<?;;dG;-..>;Z:i:': F i t l y & I)~\-!rn ~ L ~ ~ g i n t ; ~ ~ e lalay and Tilis Love of IYline. A l l above h r d . >h.r~ri $ Ti les 21~1 & Ajyj DDec 2ii.-.21. 1-2/22 Iird a Cuban on 550 kc abc~ut 3.1.T:\;~, i.!l.!!ii!; 1 I:lbcsulie, Yo LEFTY 'v:/o.Lirmheck does a Can- adian-New Lngl.c,r~d dial-ec-L scj.!~r~? l i k e ? No sign:^ of CJEL1 a t MDT-only ViCOU and CHLT, I f CJEM s-on a t 781!1 2t i s out of the quest ion here a s V!COU comes on a t 6 . ( I s CBAU not C~7739) FRANK ~ ~ ) H Y E L L - C L & & Q ~ ~ berry f o r t h e lorlg d o l a y i n r epor t ing but I f v e been k e p t p r e t t y busy 1atel.y &nd sorry t o say not w i t h DX. Vuc have been al'loivefi n 2 week vacat ion froril school t h i s year so i n t;ii:ie have been t ry ing t o nzko up f o r l o s t time. Fol].owing s t z t i o n s h ~ v e been re- p o r t ed 2nd ver if i ed-\qJJTN-KPO-KGO-pJJZMCC13JC-~Qi~jT-~;F~-KG~iU-VJ~~Y;Z-ViJLS-Ti~ICC 1J!IBU. Thc foll.ov!ing r e l ~ o r t e d with no v e r i e s yet-7~~DZ-~~C-~~\~~~JISL-KPRC-~iK4T- Vi:;;ITDC -KEG0 -CKFiX-m;lTR -KTBC -WTAK-VilMT-K,Em-CK&iO -mO Y -PimG -12,'JBO -WPRA-V!PPnB- WP2P-WGIL-V!:'UI1i-KLCI\l-I~.~JHO. That b r ings m e u p t o d a t e on ve r ius e t c , I ve on1.y hrd a colzp3.e s p e c i a l s froi;~ FJBO-%AViZ-KUOA. Boy I dorlt wa.nt t o iiiiss the ones fro12 KVCV and KINY, I r v e ncver hrd an Alaskan y e t and i t s t h i s winter or el-so. Been l i s t e n i n g f o r KFAX on 660 but t h a t darn Gpiclc i s

.always pourigg i n 11-7-9, Around t h e ~n idd le of Nov I was hearing HJAE on t e s t a t 2Ab1 EY!Y morningly (h i ) no r e p o r t scnt , thcy were Lou:;? s i g s . i i l .~o 1ns.t nionth caught I Y A and 2 C 0 on ill t h e e a r l y , A31 x i t h news prograns,not good eno!lgh t o r e p o r t e i t h e r , Couple .weeks ago spent 1 2 hours logging r: s t e t i o n on 930 2nd tlicn found out i t was KlIJ,boy u th ing l i k e t h a t re- a l l y e a t s thc i n s i d e s ou t o f a person. I had eonpletcLy f o r g o t t e n they

: were on, Guess I ' v e been hearing t h c same La t ins everyone e l se is, TIPG- TIBAS-TGVJ7,by the way had anyone received 2- vor ie f r on TGW y e t . My re- por t s have been out over ;: nocths ~ n c l t h e regular run of Col.umbians and

'*YVs. llight of 12/23 and RPh of 12.24 t h e TAs were r a a l . 1 ~ pouring i n with London ~8 on 1149 and h i t t i i l g T25-6 on 1475 and 1.190. Havent heard Radio Lyons t n i s yeor but t he o the r Frenchies a r e pu t t ing t h e i r s i g s pre- t t y vrc13. with Radio Lil1.e on %i?..j&& 1213 t h e b e s t with cnjoynble s t ~ e n g t h and quzl.ity, iLl.so hear a TA on about. 3.204 or 1205, who i s i t ? ? When Cop- ying t h e L+th r e p o r t t o KF'SD l a s t n igh t 2. Frenchic s t a r t e d i n on them and f o r 1.5 minutes con t ro l l ed t h e channe1,coul~d i t be R a d i ~ Maroc on bobkc. Boy I wish w e cou1.d r e p o r t these fe3.lows. Eiy the -t?c?y I wasrlt able t o g e t KTW the f ry ing wcs SO bad I cuu1.d bare1.j~ ge t VjJBO, During WJBO1 s program I i d e n t i f i e d XEU on 960 and XSL on 1260. liny one know t h e i r QRA? Ifm going t o have r! cnack up made on my tubes , th ink they e r o g e t t i n g weak the s i g s seen t o be s luggish znd prone tc; fc:2e 1.ately. Probably wont be ab le t o g e t t ubes even i f they neet i t . So will. s i g n o f f by wishing al.1 NRCers the Best of Luck i n t h a coaing New Year and c l s o with Gods help Victory t o t he United National-in 1944,

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CAR3ULL ShTH-E&I-EPA Rnc dope on KVGBfs program ~ n d i t s on the way west. Veries fro^;! KGCS-KICD-KVGB-'uiiC51-Jj~imF on cl.ub ~ ~ c c i ~ ~ l s . h i t h present s e t - up here the m e s t c o a s t e ~ s l i k e KVCV dont coiile thru. ?~l-ikos I,lc-rnad,oh f o r my 01.6 Hannlcr!.und;Hope the ilavy t r c t t s i t r i g h t . Chrls5~1ias c ~ r d s fron the Edges-Lefty-Freddie VV and Reil.l.ey, t l ? t E c k fx.dl,i t he h e d e Colony. r;\;onder i f Pnts t h e ~nisguideb s o ~ i l tiho voteci f o r nie i i i 5l.c.ctions. Have t o pen hi:n :lnotner poerii. O h Yea s c n t t h e Broo~?.yn Cooper a storm s h e l t e r f o r -- - r ,- . *-. - . . r r / h r r I , . , L _ I

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g0O. K L C ~ fi4z-d t e s !;ing j.,%/k,:,, fr?;:i 2; 15-2: 55 AM EVJT ( ~ c ~ e o d - l j i x f i d d ~ e ) . . 9I.J KPOF Qeqier ,Co:l.i, hd:. r?;, check on 4,th FRI 4-L,.: 3 0 ~ ~ ( ~ e i l . l . e y - J a m e s )

i 1230 .. viSO(! $n:~j. t .~ , 3;i;e ;;11;ij :" :; ,:viS -- ri.1 :;becks ,!+tin YfIURs 2.: 43-2 : 58 AniI This f o r . . . . Jiq 5hg;iae. (,;? , . c ~ l c - j:!r~~,-~lc-I-~ LL-- j n )

, ' 1240 KI,O;< 1 ,5~?a ,~h i .q . , T:;i2;;;: c!iX cl l i rge, t h c i r DX t~ Jail 3 0 t h from 5-6 AM. I . . I.ts . e,r:)oil t4.l~:;- T,v.r~,t,i-:--- t,le?j t i lc~<gi~t we 1aea.nt : l ight of J a n 2 9 t h

*~t,.?; our CKGE DX z t t h i s hour of 2 ;id.. th.3.y . .vJo ;;. 1- ~ ? , L L - ~ T G ; (; .T. ;I. :;he ij 4-5 osi; .J,er~ 313-1;p.., ( T , ~ B ] > C ? ~ ? - B S = O G & ~ ~ ~ ) f ' (~tieii . l .oy-J~.me~tovin ~ J Y )

, KICD Sperlc:.ns, rs. 2.'!.?c,l<s tl7:e?:~ TIJEQ 2::15--2: 30 )JiiJi. 1, P: Ido!.ari c . e , KBOY : ~ ~ ; : ; , c : n k ~ ~ to ,?a1 Z.E :~:.r.cl'~ .\;I c1.ear a t 3klj1. Ycwarc", Ila~tineai:i , Ch-

T e cl.-:li ,;irLr: ;v~~!.i"s ; ' n ; i ~ ~ + .. ,,J-sc?n!Ti:; r. neat c a r i i ( ~ ~ ~ b r i e l - - ~ ~ t : . k t ? ~ , ! o o c ~ 0 ) 7 V . B ~ H Hrd w i t k i t S&1.22j.i..~. ~ : ' l ~ f ~ . b . f.yor<l 3-.3 ; 1 5 on 1.2. 24 (~/ijlt!~,11:0<~:li)

KCBS 3rd. w i t h c.hec.!..>: ?.ft<?? fb'13.LR s i g n e d u n t i l . 3L20 Ah (;iii;ic~,'eoi!) I.L+CjO 8 1 Hrd .p!ith. z,pec:l.al. c>.!el::k lkoii: 2:45-3Abi on 1.2/24 (!YiciJc;ocl)

R3RT9 The next check har:& bee;:, changed, viil.1. be 31: Jan :I.f+th 2+2:3(3 &bl'I'P>I;:T i n s t e n d of :~-:-t FBI.

1.429 XEH ll!o~.lt'erk.ey ,N L L'!$ f inal3.y r e a d y t o adrnjt ti-iis s t a t i o n i s on 14.29 :jLn3 riot :!.250. Hrd ern Xrnas Aivl a s k i n g i'pr r e p o r t s in Xilg-

, . I , . ish. (E Cooper) ii+70. CKCB Fei.1.0;~;~ you wil.1. nave t o d i g CKGR o u t of' XESill on 1)X. No way

. of ge, t t in ,g the IUex t o sta.nd-by. ( ~ a b r i e l . ) 1-54.0 ' V:J.Z, ' 'Nesv Y(I~.I; , Their . - hnrrno.nic g e t t i n g I-iiuder, H-9 n o w ( ~ c o o p e r ) 993 KVAN . V a i i Couver,\Vash CC3EiRECTION :in t e s t SKEI). Tl,ey cher:k each 3 r d

. . b1onda.y from 4-Lj.: 15 AIvi EYiT (cooper' 7 s e r r o r ) " (D ~ b b ~ e r - ~ e n n ) ?'??? 'Hrd a Fr 'er~ch sta:tion ox t ,his f r e q s t . 3 :3 ( , Aivl or1 :12.24 v~k~icl-1

. . so'.dnded I.i!-cc-, !'.Ice Hadecsonnu~I TOO i:iuch n o i s e f o r rile t o be . . s-u=.ey CF;ri ilniJone he1.p on t h i s ? (N ev:ton ~ i l c ~ e o d - ; ~ i . x f ie1.d ,Me) . ; - _ i _

LEFTY Cg()J'EH.;BFii;Oi(Ly$j fly Ver i e s f rola v/CjjI-\i&K<F-\'(f'f'EF; He p o r t s t o XEH- -.-..-.*- -- K30A-CHLP and t;lla:.lk oU'-t:o KVCV'. . Pl.ease d.ont g e t i m p a t i e n t f o r v . e r i e s t o come ir,-remeiribcr how tirider--s taf.'f ed r~.iost s t a t i o n s a r c t h e s e days . 12/23

- K b O k came in H-6-8 w i t h :ih.e usizz.1. CE&i f rom t h e images of Ib'AAT-!!~~NElhi villich f o r some r e a s o n kaov~r; o ~ i y t o then figh-1; i t out; every .riior:ning w i t h sep- e r z t e r a d i a t i o n s oil 1 2 9 0 , Nice rnusic frci;, KUOA. WE-1KY S.1:cvf i n a.t 5:28; 12/25 S p i c k s a . p l e n t y ; I1t:rti :*re my u b s e r v a t i o n s , 570-CHMI; 6irO-CbIKB+ 605-?? Costa. Lica; 625-TIPG; 040-TGk; 660-?? Meit; 630-CIblQ ; 730-XEC) ; 740- 2 probab ly C]dK & CIr,IYJ\i; 790-CalBC; 3dU-Circuto CblQ s t a t i o n ; . 825-TIE?; 855- Probably OAX4A; 86o-ChlCJhil; 920-.Circuto CMQ s t a t i o n ; 4'80-CL~CK; 1-000-XEOY; 1.01.0-CbN; 1-060-???? ; 1185-Fre.rlchi e ; 11.90-?? p r o b ~ b1.y HJLN ; 11.95-Frencllie 3.24,0-???; 1320-V!FJEL; 3.370-\~,1PA.5 I .c te r a WX; 13EO-Xli:Yg; 1.420-XEH; 1422- ??? off ' a t 3 ; 02 o r so; 1.43CI-???; 1.460-???; 1.Lk7Q XEFI; %L+.90-CHLP was on

. . . ' ti1.L 4:04 and ciii! very , we!.] t h r u lidVSSW-IIJI?,K; XEH wants r e p o r t s . I I r i i t r y i n g

t o g e t a DX t h e r e a1.30 CHLP, Who were t h e o n c s o i l 14.69 kc ( s igned 3 i 1 . 2 ~ ) 1,430 :inh 1.422 k c s ? '2%/26 HJRid presu.ri1ba.bl.y on agarin. 1-2/28 About 2 r r~ inute b e f o r e 4 2 weal: c a r l l i e r s on 1123.0 t h e n sudden ly WkJli s t o r n e d on w i t h t e s t ,

. . so tiionk yc~u , C ; L ~ C ; s e n t . (Whats ' the r0:;tter LeCty, , I rtx KVCV b 6 s t when . , VJAJ:C! ~ ~ 2 . s on, arlnourrcer wa:: l :>i~g ~ i l c n t d u r i n g s e 1 . e ~ t i o n s and WAJR see~ned. '

. ! ' to c u t all. noise :::id KVCV ce::le' t h r i ~ s ~ , ~ e l l . - ~ a y ) For J L i p p i n c o t t Q H C w a s . I; 6-4 i n t h i s a rCea .on ' I J ~ v 2 9 t h a round ne'w moon-it coui.dnt have been FUR-

"I'ER froin be ing fu l : l . I s " c ~ z t m e o r y o r assumpt ion? And t h a t s rfiy o n l y viest coast, 259 wat- ter t h i s se:lson. To STAM IflOIiS3 Thanks f o r adciress of S P D R ~ ~ B ~ L~ It wqnderfuf. o r g s n i z a t i o n . 7: t h i n k 1'11. j o i n i t ( ~ o u p 1 . e lrell~bers y e t ? ) Bo J O G .bippincott,wl.lo s ignkd you? XELO v c r i e ? 2nd. d i d you send. i t to, NZX o r US. 03,ad t o see net? iaembcrs coning i n . Ydolcoirie f el.l.ows arid Good DX t o you. L e t s s e e y e p o l : t ~ .fror,; you o f t e n . ( F e l . l , , ~ ~ ~ I asked t h i s f e l . 2 . o~ LEFTY t o g2t tr new r i b b o n f o r h i s t y p e w r i t e r s o I c0ul.d rent What lrle typed b u t t h i s we'ck a.g:--in sarile dim m r k s or: l e t t e r so I s e n t him a

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DICK COOPEli.-:KTTTA?d~?l ZldGL?& Lo-ctcr v a r i e s i n f rani ~ f i J % ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ; - ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ d ~ ~ - ~ ~ \ ~ ~ l(Oa1, -K)]&T .-b,ro ,?ij -vtIf{i{y .-(;zfl,T-v]v,i ~ ~ L - l J . i ~ ~ ~ . - l $ ; ~ J , ~ ~ - ~ V ~ wi t n c.j rd s f'r om \7fILlbl-KVFD- ~Ni;-WGTC-W~I~;-i(E(F'DP--KIC.lj-.',fi]~~LE.-pjrf~FR-il\lC~I . ZI\JS no\;,! s s ~ l d i n g v e r i c ca r& in- s tead o f I . c t t c r 2nd zalrcs se'v,2is weeks t o pass ccnsor . KKON very anxious f o r r tgor t : ; 2116. ~ ~ . c ~ . G s T ; post. c ~ r d s zLrmour-rcing nex t t e s t s . KODL h rd 12/14 2nd v e r i f i e d b~it .h sT; k1.1. .!.etter, !?/",'6jEi s;;id thc;y had beer1 .unt-lbi,e t o ~ , n s s e r all rc ipor ts 2nd t111:3f; wa.5 reason fay d e l z y i n v e r i f y i n g . CJAT s e n t f r i end - 1.y L e t t e r ; ;s d i d K'J:? IJLTJ.'i5Ii s::,?.lt n e ~ i t 2 c o l o r cs.rd and pc;rson;:l l e t t e r & mentioning being hrd i.!; 1\Jc~w Zei:.3..and., RNET .\j2x e a s i l y hrd. cn NRC dcdica.- t i o n 2nd st>ilt i1 j . c~ I.ett;?--. 77>:::.c;. 1Jewt lvl~Lcod ;i;i].]. be i n t e r e s t ed . 50 I~;CIO~~V ZflS mj.11. v b r i f y . ii.i.1. C" -;-.OU. wi1.3. hi? i : ; ' s t i ; rc~t~i?. t o lrl>oti\ th3,t V&QF rece iv - ed !nrCny r c ; ~ o r t s f-01; ~ l . ' i p:;..~?::: o f t h e count ry and w f n t t o run znutlrler -, y, d!iL ,. --,..,,r L,i .?.:i Fe .51~~2 r . - LLCJ s .L C' .'

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u b J.~.s';s.n.c a t the t i g e they wro tc !fie ;\/as I,a.rry ?er:lcs b-ct i t !.1;1';1 ? . L I . s ~ 3 . r r iT~>?d :;o there r12y be o t h e r s r cce ivcd a f t e r tk.,a4;. TR:?y i~ec;::';ve$ !ra:?j' rr?por'f-s frc.ifi 2Jc:v &ng].s.nd sts.tt.s, 1 l.lopc you ]-a 2 s iiii:l.i, rc?sgund. on V;F3i,B ' s p 2 . e ~ f ~ 2 0 Eazpho~lc? s f o r t h c krniy H o s p i t a l i n AtI-::?:~tic Cit ,yq' &~<2~~--J&~Q"~~-~@~\.F~-~l~Jig~~-c C.ity$-,A. Mine a.rk d r e a d - y 3n t,he .;,jay. KTIJ: 'r:'bi:oks i,ilru i~r ief : ,y tJ,!iles enu I s e n t 2. r e p o r t . Lil;e wise 3: w:; s r.bl.e t o Lcg Kt?'&I0 kksx falr1.y v:el.l ;!nd s e n t a r e p o r t . 1Jo go on CG'F;l., hotvev<:::r 2:l.d !;iVCii kl::id t o o 17,i~ch 9Kfl to brctik: t h f u aj.ong, with f req checks. 112 IFlre t o 1;;rite 3 o r 1, p;iges of rebi.ltt;~.]. t.9 Joe L i p p i n c o t t i s r e p a r t regr , rding .- t h e CPC. hppax 'er i t ly Joi':: j .s n o t :j!:ark of t h e m:uiiy pains- tpk ing plrins wc: hzvc m~de- i n c.r.r?nging speci~:.]. DK progr;_;Es. Thz :-noon the- o ry seems t o bc f::i?-1.y Liccurr!.tc by ray p~rsx i r : . j . obse rva t ions but r u d i o engirlcers tj.is,zgrce c;nc7; if Jot-; si3.1. I.ook up tllc; Deccr;ber i s s-ue of he f rJ.1 f inc! a.n intercs'L;j..ri ar t ic1 .c on .the j e c t of f orc::.sting r a d i o sig- n a l . ~ . The ;.cuthor is of t h e op in ion th5.t t h e c h ; ! n g ~ s in tklc heavy-side 1.aycr. of t h e stl-.nt?,s;.;hc;ro h r v e ~s nuch t o d:, a i t h r a d i o t r x t s m i s s i o n os

b' m y t h i n g ~ ~ . n d dlscouni5s the: noon t heo ry , or the berllfit of Joe and o t n c r s I ' d l i k e t o po in t . o u t t h x t t h c CPC hzs t::ken i n t o account every ang1.e In

L f ~ r r a n g i g g DX p rc )g r~1 lm a i d r;:ii.lf.le v;e kcov; wt, c:,nt ple::se evtiryone I,ijO/a ne-~r?rthl .ess i s it soriietifies ;liscour::~.ging t a read :~ . r t ; ic lcs ~rnd c r i t i c i s i n frosl some of t h e lacis who YLre not iniornied concerning t h e thoroughness ;nd e f f i c i e n c y of o u r CPC. I. .reLil-izcr, yo:lr st: tri1r:nts ; I r E probabl.7 m d e r;,ith c. d e s i r c t r ~ i i i l p ro~e evemf7cr~e;'s _ L~Z;ICCS of h c ~ r i n g z!.%l. t;hc s t a t i o i i s ~ . n d th:.ts e x a c t l y whs.t t h e C P ~ j.s t r y i n ? t o do, To 5u?.I.y-V!ho s i g n s \\11\dAQ.?

F ILL cRUEiIEL JP.-LAXEilx:OOD O Not.; i ~ i ~ c k ~ t o rcpor t hereiji been war king I.ong -...---- --..----.* Iiours a t t h e P O du~*j .ng the Xnas ril.sh e.nd j7~s-b ttoo t i r e d t o DX. Repor t s reccn.tl.y s ~ n t t o XEFI-brr\TX-:!~3iic3-TJJ3AB-KT\V-TiiIA~Y22-KVCV, o3.d r e p o r t s s t il.1 o:: t t o \TJThM-!rl'FEk-lfi:FOY -\fiJBLT<--l~/KP.i~.-Ti1i7G0 -C JP.L-WAX. A 1.i t t1.e h e l p on 21.1 bu t 1.2st 3 would. bi. apprecia ted: vcries i n f r ~ n KWP.C-IP?K~T-XVC;J~-IG~OY-KCICA- F!irSF csrcl.s and letters fro^;? K O H ? I - K E A C - ~ ~ ! Y J ~ F - ~ ~ . ~ G ~ . SJ.oppy c:lrd f r o ~ ~ l IQAIRC ;lir_;.s s o r t of :: diss;i .pointr2ent,buJ~ c:mt coiily;l,z.in-it is a crc;rj-ej KROP s e n t x?ice Blue & IYhi t e cc.rd, U S E 1.9Q w a t t s ; KOCA a ~ ~ k x n a ~ ~ , e x ~ ~ ~ r l ~ t ~ i z & ~ ~ ~ ~ s igned by Albe r t l,:I;!s3n Jr . c . e . p ISOEiil vc r i f ' i ed wi th 2 p::ge 1.ettt.r. by P~u!.. Robin- sonz3r'c? GI-LSS ope ra to r ; N e w C.E. :tt K-PAC i s C l i f f Ha.milton; VilKR3' s e n t a n i c e l e t t e r rind card :::nd. KFGQ vc-rificd. i n 4 d 3 . y ~ wi th l e t t e r by Lois C r o w f ora,~:~slnager. Boy those b i g 3 CJRL-WEG3-WBZK c e r t a i n l y t ak ing t h e i r t i m e i r i v t r i f y l n g b u t guess thay g o t I.ots o f r c p o r t s , WBAH h l ~ d nicely on DX,ovc;r l%!JhK ~iiost of tirfie; KTI'I hrd o f f t .nC on f o r to ta .1 of and g e t t h i s 5 ~::inutes but; s t i l l skn t n !ic':.ger rt:port :ind hope tl.1ey:l.l v e r i f y Ii-2-3 a t b e s t all6 A-O r~ios'i of t i r x r r i ; PIATVZ rt:-:l.ly had a n i c e r c l . i g iuus show sr.!el.:l. DX :lnd d i f f e r e n t t o o . KVCV h r d E3-4 l.::.st -3 hour . Vle;Ltl.ier h e r e being r ~ t h e r .;:arr:l,cuss, cus s . Ovcr :;l,ept on X!nr:s inorn,l-leurd I izlissed CHLP on 1.4.93 ::nd could j u s t ,gash lily t e e t h . . .Hey L e f t y t i ~ r ; ~ th3.t B O I G ~ back tcj me. To those who s e n t nit: c a rds I :il~;r;t to s;:y thz!.nks evi.:r s o ;;!uch :.md. t o the r e s t of t h e NRC gs.ng b e l a t e d LIerry Xn2.s z.nd :J G r m t Ije!i;, Y e a ? , ~ ~ ~ ~ l l \ j l p ~ : ~ ~ l ~ ; ~ ~ TL' Vn1.1 P A ';iv iJ ,? ~ f i TIF z6'?, F: h..inl\i ~2.2 ninrr I -1 .2- ik ,~ r! .:?T?x n 'Funnii , T ~ I TliTRAR T\lf\Tfi I

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KOL-KTSR-YiirPR;1-RYAf3 P J ~ O were on f'or * Van ,Nostrand. Ha.s arlyone any i n f 0 on l1JAG1h--When do ti-ley t e s t arld what a r e t h e i r o p e r a t i n g hours? C3PS hrd poorly on NRC-DX. .lnjPRA sure b l -as t s thru h e r e or1 990 h-9 pl.us whi1.c WIAC i s a p o o r Ii5-6. a t b e s t , WPA3 was R-5 and WPRP h6. vOVIFiO hrd Anas A&! uning 100 w a t t s a t 2fifl H-6; WFI'iiC on al.?. r;igl.it w i t h 2el . igious progrard R-9 here; 3 ~ d KOIL h-4 off a t 2:40; YJ:"JLOK 311 I<--5 of'f a t 2:45; Cl-hlC 5-4 t h r u dp ick ; KCXi R-8; la!;Ti30 t e s t i n g on 1.459 a-t 5 ~ 1 5 XEIGS; '&PAY Ir-9 s-on Amas a t 5 ~ 1 5 ; rif0P:I R-7 a t 8Ald Xinas AX jl Viho -v;?.s C:.nadian s-off a t kk AM on 1.49i3 kcs R-5 here* B'iPKl.3 s-off a t 3A.M, XEQ goes 311 t o 940 Iccs and XEI3P t o 1060 kcs. XEST i s dcl.e%ed ps of Dec 26t,h., V91!iA iln t h e a i r 850 kc 250 w a t t s i n Corner BrcoZr NP12, A 'good one t o g e t s, special fror?.. (chsnges f r o z VRC. I have been ckleclcing up zn6 t h e arorst d e l i n q u i n t s h e r e are WELL 2; ':VBYd-4; WMFD.-3; WJIXA--3; WBTM-3; \Vi"TW-2; X:l:L,O-i+ and. VeNF, T i l e number rii2an.s r e p o r t s sent. SID STEELE-LOU,ISVILlJL K'f ?dot nluch DXing here dur ing t h e 4101,iday week. I --- .. - . - - was f o r t u r l i t e t o be a b l e t o spend Xmas v;ith my fc!.ks i n l o l e u o a11d i t xean t a I.ot t o Ine . Th i s i s t h e first. ti;;ie o u r f;~mil.y has ever been sep- cra ted. a t Christmas. ' L1y on ly b r o t h e r who i s i n t h e A i r k'orco and s t a - t i oned a t t h e A i r Base i n Sa1.t Lake. C i t y was of courst. t oo f e r away t o g e t home, VJBAB was hrd q u i t e well through i\fJBK w i th band music on. 12/1-9 b u t why i n heck d i d n t they g i v e t h e nrr;ics of t h e se1,ect ions pl.syeC-or d i d they? lVho was on 1400 i n t h e c l e a r on 6u -'*3.2/19- . Q o n 4 on? A t 7:23 WDEF s-on and over rode them. I n c i d r y Sundzy a t 7C23A1~1 YI1dT accord ing t o t h e i r v e r i c and t t o o ii;uch d i f f i c u l t y f o r t h e n e x t f e w ni-nutes. VJRRM logged s-o.ff a t 2:08 a t con- . .

c l u s i o n of t e s t on 12/20; KGSS w c s h r d a t 3:j.Y t e . s t i n g on-12 /24 , And I allnost fopgot WJZM hhr very well. on r e g 3Cd E ~ E E TIIUHS check 1.-1:30 on 1-2/16. Ver ies i n fror;i WCAC-E?JON-IfiJDEF-WliBF-KIOD wi th sever:12 o t h e r s s t i l l holiiing o u t on ne. I brought al3. ny v e r i f i c a t i o n s back wi th !ile from To- l e d o , I s t i l l have l o t s of junk a t horn ~vh ich I suppose soclbdny I w i l . 1 g e t mo,veb down here, I sure1.y wish I had a good ractio here t hen I would re- ally g ive you guys a r u n f a r your money. Deb::ting r i g h t now whether I ought; . t o g e t up to-1:lcrrov~ f o r CRPS o r not- I res1l.y ought t o go t o bed e a r l y and s t a y t h e r e all . day torilorrovr, ope t h a t cold. i s b e t t e r - ~ a y ) CHARLES BENDEX{-PITTSBURGH PA Well he r6 i s my f i r s t r e p o r t , 1 v i e n t t o Grove C i t y Col.lege f'or 2 yenrs , s t a r t e d , t h e year 2 f t e r Fred Van Voorhees g rauda ted , EJever iilect Freci 5ut h rd a l o t about h i u , Havc :I 6 t u b e DeZco supe rhe t and o c c e s i o n s l l y u s e a 6 tube P h i l c o supe rhe t . My a e r i a l i s a b t 50 f t bong and g o i n t s nor th-south , Have been DXimg o f f and on f o r about 4 ' y e a r s . Havc h r d 414 US s t a t i o n s and hzve ve r i f i ec i 17% fron 42 s t a t e s . I stil.1. need Idaho-Montana-~J!yoo~ing-r\leva~a-~do and So Dakot3-81~izo1la arld Hhode I s l a n d . My DX t h i s season has beer, q u i t e good t h e few t i n e s . I have l i s tenecl , Have s e n t r e p o r t s t o CKNX-MYZ-KFPY-?!ildFD-I.% JEO-KVGi3--l<lHAZ-'WROIC- WTSP-WTJS w i l l . a . l l hav ing v e r i f i e d excep t iCXYZ, Artl working on t h e swing . .

s h i f t which s eens t o have been s t a r t e d a s a p l o t t o fo l .1 DXers. Get home a t a b t iildt. Ig I t r x t o s t a y up , I u s u z l l y an too t i r e d when 2-3 Al& r o l l around,but i f I go t o bed f i r s t I s l e e p r i g h t on thru ,a l .ar~n and e.1.1.. DX prograrns I.1ke the orle fro111 !VHAZ s u i t nr: J u s t about; r i g h t . LARRY YARNES-VlkGCO CALIF I ' n send- 'DAYS OFF 1-6PV!T B t ~ t i o n s ing he rwi th a s h o r t ' l i s t of ti l .nite SiJN Z1A.k' KG?-KNX-lJJCCO? s t a t i o n s w i th t h e o f f t h e a i r t imes ivlON DAY . . XMTR-KPO -V>,'LW-KHJTKLS Such c l i s t i f expanded sonewhat w i l l TIJZSDAY KFI-WCCO ??? be very valuab1.e i n f o f o r t h e CPC t o WEDNESDAY WiJ have I snould t h i n k . If, vwou1.d enable TI-IURSDAY , . KZH. : " . " .

t h c r ~ t o sked s p e c i a l s a t tiiiie:; viklcn FRIDAY WHA.S? they ' could mast 1ikl.g be heard . SATUIIDAY KFBK .

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LAHRY:.YARiUEB-ContWed. If. t h i s : i n f o could b e . supplemented wi th soliie dope 011 KIRO-1!*iJR-WP&B.C-XEG-.WAC-.KSTP and . a few o ther'.s th.e . CPC'..woulkd f i n d it rfluch e a s i e r t o avoid. c o n f l i c t s . A s an example of w h i t I mean,take the

. . . cases o f VJRFiF and CSFX. .Nei ther of v~horil coul.2 be heard here on the coast . , CJFX might. have heen. hrd: if tile s p e c i a l had of been sked f o r a Wed ixorn-

ing when RLIJ.:. is ; off . LikewiSe \fii%RF , m i & t have been hrd i f i t h a d been , sked f o r a . Monday morning, when K3;' 4 s off. DXings here 1e.tel.y include . CFJC-~iEXL-~!IO~-+V~Al~JZ-ZJ'O~I:S~~XEBZ-4i'~K-KT~UPL99-UAX~t~ . Wonder how rnariy NIXCer s

tuning , for : - thw. VIiA?JlZ spei-lai r & n . a c r o s s a Spariiard on 1382 -or 1383 kcS a t 5kM EWT Dec 22?,13idn% catch t h e ~211 on QEiA.. The freq wns a mere shade higher. than t h a t of ~!JA-vVZ, 011 YCS x lso hrd 4QEI DPc 1.9 :~ t 6: 15. RaI 'ET:'!T,

. . ' ( O K on 1s t c l a s s Larry, you ape of t h e ~ o s t a g e thct cl.~lb pays t h e ' f i r s t 1-$$ as t h a t i s norr~lzl ,~. Yau sz i%l OK f o r q u i t e 9 whi le -~ay) ROGER LRN&-&~J,N,NF,I,'~~&~cc~~~~2~~, 1 was e..bl.e t o st:zy u p the AIVl of the l r ? t h so got some :DX. WOILF' a t 1111,;l 2nd sent a r e p o r t , but the big ca tch of the eve o r . morning was TGW ori 640 kcs froni I: 30-2Kd. fit 2A14 W~lflT f o r . a r e p o r t &

; WJBK ' at ' 2 : 30 2nd of course XIG cnd YmXL and WITH were OIL; Then till 4AJd . ' I d i d a l i t t l e SW-:.:.st.?nlng but e t @IL[ back t o t h e BCB wi th VBAA on 2

t e s t , next WFbbI, a t 4:33 vditli cnother t e s t ; F!rTljaA n t 4:32-4:42,sent both r e p o r t s . I t h e 1 went west t o KT1 then WIOD & PPVjL till 5:.15 v~hen I picked u p r!IQXE t e s t i n g i t s Auxiliary h i t t e r . A t 6ATvl KSTP then t o KBABl s spe- c i a l DX. Reports t o WQXH and -ViBAB. Next n igh t was up n t .2:30 f o r saxe t e s t s . WJHL-KRGV-WJBO t h e S~~C~~~-\ ' IPRA-VJPAB-\~!PRP 2nd 'itJIAC. ' Reports t o all. When l i s t e n i n g on ST'! t h e 20th 1 h r e a H:dio-Photo s t a t i o n WALT-24 t o VJVAhl-25 and back frorn 3:22 ti1.l 4 and these were on t i l l 6A;vq. They

. ta lked back and f o r t h on phone then s~fiiritck~edl. t o a v e r i e d note .which was : the p i c t u r e s they were sending. The .freq was about 2.4 .J;lC. Can 'anyone

he lp me out on t .h i s catch?? Planning t o s l e e p days and s t a y u p , n i g h t s a l l du+ing t h e Christmas vacakioi~, 1.0 days .. Merry Chrits.iilas t o all., D O N - II1EYER-BOSTON 8Y ~ o u l d n t see t h a t s tuPf t h a t KXET was weak as repor t - . e d by 1ilany.- They coii!pletely covered WNOE here while KRBC was no b e t t e r

. than V,iNOE,this on tb.e c j l d 4 tube Phi lco of n ine , VJas b o i l i n g when VVNOE: -. d idn t stand by for'KE'lvl'B,nl.rn~st f r o z e g e t t i n g up a b e t t e r antenna f o r

thei;i,used 150 f t or"~no"9!smooth zinc wire ,gives about 2-rs gak l over czla one,shouldhave done t h i s bef 'ore . ' I gave up on KFlciD so repopted WPAX- KGER and almost fo rgo t then on t h e i r check KFFA. No CF.JC or. KT111 .... P i t y WJBK and lVir~,iSW i f .VJBAE a b i - t e d , a power house there,WJBK bare ly notic:rble here. WATIZ & , KUOR both fine program; \VATdZ q u i t e poor z s us7ial . ' H r G WLOK

. . s-off Xnas' AM. D i d l i t f i n d KGVO in t h e 1.290 iizess of Spiclrs \Tho w a s giv- , , i ng t h e h i s t o r y o f the ?.?? ill Engl ish an 1.390 end -who wss under him?? , Got t i r e d , of l i s t e n i n g s o copied CHLP,ve.ry shrong. ori L49O; KVAK an ! equipt-

nent t e s t on 12.23. hecent r e p o r t s t o WPU-VdJlilC-VJICPT-IllC,EF: and 2nd and t o mFA-n'GI(V-WBAB-KF\'V13-'JVAnV~-~W~AT-ICUOA-KVAK-WGIL-CHL~, N e w . v e r i e s from CJBC-

, WSAU-KVGB+M~SOC-WBLB-VIPIC~-~IIALL-F~K~~-~F-KH~~G -KI:CD-KNET-~0131~ -1II'PAX. PAT REILLEY-JA~vIES:T,OWB NY 12/22 Bad buzzing,too noisy t o DX; 12/23 Bliz- za rd s t i l l raging arid noisy. Who was Mex on 660 ' until . , ? y e riJIIUB' on reg

: . , molithly checir a t 3:3U on; IfrIBU t e s t i n g 3:33 on; K I C ~ ,very f i n e card back .They say t h e y . have u f r e q .check every tuesday 2:15-2:30. L v~ .Nolan' c.e. s i , slgner. 12/24 VilGIL 4-4:20 on r e g check; IVEIdP-ViEXI, rid another one on 1340; KPOF on t h e i r reg ,test 4-4;30 a s announced;. 12/23 Go t a r,epo.rt t o TG'$I hope i t passes cen,sor,,pl.cnty o@ s t s t i o n s on with l o t s of' &picks but

'nothing. new hrd; .L2/26 Over s l e p t and never hrd :the: a l a r n , 12/27 Too noisy to' DX. - 12/28 No KVCV hrd because of :WITH but no i se waras. t e r r i b l e a s .the westher mas' changing ,and g e t t i n g uold f a s t . S t i l l using s i a a l l 6 tube s e t , PO? E;DGE-BUFFALO _ L C _ - - . IVY Reports out t o KFUIV-KVCV who tvtls kird bes t th ru WAJR-; KTiKO i n cl-ear a t s--off 2:l.l AM-KGY a t s-off' 3AM over KliOY-CHPS on NEC- DX and ICVBK t c s t ing ,on ly tiriie I every we1cor;lcd a t e s t e r t h a t broke i n n-q nnrh n;' nl~r, nYr,r* I T m?* o c f'nnlr V A CV IAIIYUT VFJCl7 n-rl v r R ~ rv VmTIr - n C h m A