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THE NATIONAL RADiO CLUB klEADQCEWRTERS: 325 SHIRLEY Ah'ENGE, BUFFALO, 15. HE'# YORK

J35EPH 5 . BECKER, CR. PRESIDENT RAY B. men, EDITOR

ISSUES WEEKLY---S2,OO PER YEAR

,VOL 1.i. 110 1.4 Dec 23 Ii944 '

P ' e r;e 1.come ~ l a r enc E ~ur1~h;.~in-6 Avon Cour t-Glouces- ter,Dlilass, back ir.lto * t h e fo1.d anci t h c reneia1 .s of J o s e p h E n z anci Su1.l.y 1.' 3uJ.l.ivan a l . o ~ g i$h the 'renebial. of CharLq; E Liiji:lincot,t froill ou r S e r v i c e Fund, Thank: t o ':.;3:.1: of you and 'LY , dy you, ~1 .1 . en juy t h e s e bu l .1 , e t i . n~ .

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EX CXl,i<rjLjAh j j A TE----- CALL--LOCJ>TIalI ------ ---- ------ CLUB -----... J 1,L T IjviE pJ:T---- JAN 9 ~ 1 1 ; ~ h L Ashevi3.l.e M.C. 1.2.30. 14 Ii C 4 - 4:30 AM

1.4 WAGiM P resque I s l e iZa.ine l.45O i'd h C 4 - 5200 A&I 1.8 KObL Eugene Ore 1.Lk5Ll id Ii C 4 - 5:00

l;lrel.l. t h e r e ?&re no GXes scheLu1.e a f t e r C h r l s t n a s :iiornirlg u n t i l . J a n 9. It i s hoped tnrrtaalll o f you wiJ.1. h ~ . v e a. ve ry enj3yabl.e C h r i s t m a s a n d - New Year H o l i d a y s .

Your W i t o r l,:.ishes t o t h a n k ai.1. of you rvho send Ctlrist~flas G r e e t i n g s aild i t b e i n g i!npossibl.e t o achoi6:l.eclge e a c h one i n d i v i d u a l . l y , I wil.1. have t o s a y my t h a n k s i n t h i s rnanner. You car1 be sure t h a t al.1. ;of thein $.ere v e r y 'much a p p r e c i a t e d .

Your N R C O f f i c e r s vrish e v e r y une o i you c Very alerry Chr i s tmas and a Happy and Peaceful. Nellf Year.

It l o o k s a s i f t h e heavy C h r i s t m r ? ~ ;n&iI. i-13.5 he1.p up a good number o f I . e t t e r s and r e p a r t s t h a t ri~;ouJ.d have i,iac;c:. t h i s i s s u e . I t . i s V!ec'nesc!ay evening ant! i n or6.er t o get. t h i s i szue on i t s i .ay cine meke i t possib1.e ' f o r your E g i t o r t o ' b e f r e e f o r e n j o y i n g Christrilns 1: i th h i s fsmlI.y, he 1 s i ~ o t v.$il.i'ting f o r Thursdays mi l , ti-linirirlg til;: t i t might be t h a t you I:lembers a r e a1.so p r e p a r i n g f o r Chr is t inas a l r d t l ie report : : wil.1. be 3-esser t h a n usua.3..

NEV ' C I ~ A f S CPI, Rober t Brcr:: 11 35343721.-Ca.sun1. Go. 6'3-~.?0 1.5566 ;! P o s t ~ i a s t e r -

dan F r a n c i s c o , C a l . i f o r n i a " CPI, Leonard Kruse , 1.7!.129i)$-l;:th Tng Bn. 84.8t;h S'i'B Cainp ' ChaJ.res8 YII'ood

Led Bank, Neb:! J e r s e y . Donal-d V:attenbar'ger VT-32 % F l e e t P o s t o f f i c e dan F r a n c i s c o , Cal . i f .

1 1 S ~ F ~ V I C ~ ~ n&,~bERg FuHfi11 Total. on hand Lec 1.6 1.944. & 3u.W To.ta.1, of r;: 4, 31..50

Doilz t i on s iienei:al.s J o s e p h Becicer d r . - 50 Cha.rd.cs 1:: 1 , i p p i n c o t t 2 . UO Hans Jacobson - Total. on hand bec 23rd 29.50

' I o t z l . ' 4;. 31..50

I\lo~~i t h a t S t a t i o n S.:P!DC i n V.raskiiilgtorl,C. C . i s on24 h o u r s a day i t i s sugges ted t h a t 21.1. o f you trice tiliie o u t s:nG c'rol-. rJ ther;i 8. c a r d a s k i n g t h e n i f t h e y ,r.:oul.ci be s o k i n d t o s i g n o f f t h e d i r for o u r 3 CX S p e c i a l s froin i"MBH-~~~l.,G~vl and KUIiE. . These Specia1.s t:%ere arra.i lged 'before V!Y2DC began t h e 24 hour schedul.e. . B e s u r e i t i s s po l . i t e l e t t e r . I f T,iirY.'GC reiflains on a].]. inorning of t h e s e . Exes a g r e a t imny of you v::ii.J. n o t b e ab1.e t o n e a r t h e m .

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 FREGUEIICY FROLICS December 23 3.944 - I l l r l C d ~ 1 - l l r d - - - - - I I d c . - - - - - - - - - - * L I m

KCS CALL REMAELKS 1.240 VGGA Gainesvi3,l.e,Fl.a checks 3rd TUES ,$:;LO-4: 35 A M as announced on

12/19 and al-so announced t h a t i n order t o g e t your r e p o r t of recept ion i t must be sen t t o t h e chief engineer of WGGA. The time vasnt inentionecl and may be from 4;l.s-hi30 but pias heard unt i l . 4:35 on t h e 1.9th, Said they wou1.d be on mext month a t t h i s same time, (pop Ewge-Buf f a1.o N , Y . )

1.340 WAML Laurel, Miss al.so was heard checking on J.k/2Qth 3rd WED a t 3:53 AM and announced a s i t s r e g monthly check ( ~ d g e )

1430 ???? Who i s the ;pick on here nea r ly every AM? On t i l l 4 o r a f t e r (pa t Rei1.l.e~-Jarnestown N. Y.) (1ts probab1.y XEFI as i t vvas at t h i s time I heard-rel3or ted and v e r i f i e d them-W$g ~ d g e )

1440 ???? Who i s . t he oljick heard here on 12/18 till a f t e r ,$:1.5?? ( ~ ~ i ~ . l . e y ) , (pa t i t s XEFI o n - t h i s f r e q 1.440 kc, on 1.430 kcs I havent t h e s l i g h t e s t idea-~dge)

1450 VOVDC Wasliington,D.C. Bel.1. boys ' he re i s enother 24 hour s t a t i o n . Heard Tuesday and Wednesday mornings announcing tha t tney are on t h e i r nevi1 sclzedu1.e of 24,hours a day andl made no mention of any s i l e n t ger iod, ( ~ d g e )

V1eI.1 boys t h a t your F r e y 8 r o j . i ~ col.umn t h i s week, guess i t s account of the hol.idays t h a t i t s s o weak, Well. a1.1 of you have o Very Merry Xmas and a Very Happy New Year and w13.1. probab1.y be back t o normal. i n s week or so, do a f t e r the hol iday fun l e t s ge t those r e p o r t s i n again-Ray. * - , PAT REILL.&Y-JAm\ ' I lV. 11 Y 12/12 M a t a b l i zza rd ive had,everythirlg t i ed up,radio was nof sy,heard K6Jd f o r the cl.ub,but lnissecl WISE as the bed was warmer today ( ~ a n t y mcist) KIRO cou1.d be copiec~ thru WOH; KDLR was good on t h e i r check and the 2 on 877 and 1.149 lrcs a l s o good; 1.2/1.3 Didnt g e t up,too t i r e d shovel.ing snow and too s t i f f . (day vvhich vliay do you mean t h a t ) IflMOH v e r i c back today anc! i s my face BED,forgot K T h b and l1!IJK1VE being on f o r the c lub , 12/1.4 WTBQ t e s t e d a t 3 : 0 5 but too much busring t o DX, and warmer i n bed, 12/15 CFBFi was good f o r the c lub but neavy buzzing a1.1 over the dial, l2/1.6 Who was the 1Uex on 1fk30? Too noisy t o pen up t h e vol.urm; 12/1.7 Ilne same hIex on again but too n o i s y $0 b8ck t o bed; 1.2/1.7 Mexicans on 1.430 snd 1440 kc a f t e r 3 but too much noise , the o ther end o f the band near1.y dead and KFI cou1.dnt be copied th ru t h e no i se . The deasons Greetings t o al.1 t h e N h C Gang,

CGNN No DXing ou t s ide 1.istening and r e p ~ r t i n g t o d a nice t r i p up t o Keune. Sorry Ernie Batchel-der

ha6 bcen i n h o s $ i t s l t i i th pneumonia and unable t o come t o DXy but Bob Peebl-es, a big 6 f'ootcr,young fel.l.ow,very handsom was the re and d id us ful.1. j u s t ~ c e by the NFiC, I hope i f t$nyone mas l e f t out on the dedica t iuns they wont feel. hurt. I gave them zs fu1.3. a L i s t as I could mzke out from previous bul.l.etiris. hncl thanks a 1 o t t o FttLy Edke f o r t h a t phone cal.1., Veries z r e s t c r t i r lg t o colnc b e t t e r , have the fol , l .o~~,ing i n s ince ].:st re - port-WLOF \.i t11 rep1.y c t . rd(af te r m a y tries)-Kl\:Li~ with a very nice ccrd, R e d CL 1.3. l e t t e r s , oil NILC s~1eci~l.-t'IM0H another s b e1.1. c ~ r c 1 ,KTKC ,n ice l e t - ter;KYUN,lctter :,nc! KLbk 1-e t te r on I , ~ ~ s t f r tq chcck. ilinkes illy tot:il. now 1.1.76 2 s of todtiy; 1.2/3.8 and looks good for t h c t goal. of I . i U 0 before sg- r ing. Cosrectiwrl on F'll?13 slred I serit In, The;[ ruli t o l.Ali1 ~iuvi~ uridt31' new ownership. Cant g e t : A xc1)ly o u t of' V G O V t o srlve my nec!;,sever~l r e p o r t s anci f 03.3 ov, ups . KlVlYC is t i l . s o del-inyuent . To I\IF,LEY-~~~CLKOD c nd BAHTHOLIOMEW apol.ogies f o r del.?y i n u ~ r i t i n g and v~il.1. c t t c h u p :ls soor1 L s poss ib le . Best b'1is21es t o ~3.1. f o r the ho3id;ys, 1.1 60 YV5FrL C~lracas, Jene~ue1.a cotllcs on BUN ABl ~t 6 ; 3 0 Ah1 E \ ' T ( ~ i l kinson)

6 5 4 OAX/+A Limz ,Pe ru hra 8 : 30PNl-1% : 30AM n~ nnounces Hac.io Nc cionz l.(l 'il.lLirlson) YV5RL ~nnounce s :, s hadio Tropiccl.. (v!,J J boys i t s jus t 3.30 Pi4 THUR5 2nd everytning here i s i n t h i s Lull c t i n . J o h ~ i m s ni; 4lr.c rpt TUES-not h . t ~ e )

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NATIONAL, 1;P.LJ.u CI,TJb- Jji i t g \ r E 1 , i j

December 22 1944- -.;~~.,s L . i - L .- " ' , ,: - - -.- - - - - - - w e . - , , , , , ;. ,. , , - - -Qgs 2 L lLi&I&L'.LL.

,-. ',\ ', ' , ' , +AiurlY 1. 1~j;I;d d~~ - i ~ k ~ ~ ' i ~g;ii)j.~ I 1;eceiveL 2 ~ n o r t v,-,-.., <a, i e q f~roix the BBC s o p e r i t i n g on 1.03.:: i;nd 11.4.3 kcs re::,~c!ctfu_l ].yo 'Ihc t ili:,.!;e:i. 3 fiuC; v e r i e s s o

, v f a r t h i : se::i.on. i ho,)e &o a i d 4, o r 5 ;301~t: b(;ioi-e t l ie t;rlZ of t i le season, On t h e i!lU of f+::c 1.l.tll I h e a r d 21. Tfis '[ i t h ' Vol urm(on aiy i~i:l.l icrclf t6rs t;L-28) of ,-,--6 01 bi; tter . !:klzt a i;lo~rling i'olb 'TA ~ . c - c e ~ . . t i o n . Never eciual.l.ed h e r e befor<: a t t i ~ i ; : I.oc:-:i!,ic;n t;iiis st;ct:;oyl, ) j .so vtlbf f;,., in from my f i r s t Ha: u i i m i r i I.,: yc:;. 1. .; ,j;GU end. YIE: f? ? a n Jo.,,c,!.,o: t;: 1 . i ~ ; ~ on i33u k c s , He cl.aii11cl hc o,.~..i:.i'tt,.. 01: 333, 1~~ b u t I've j:t-lr.C: iliiLl on t-32; or; d26 ices every t i s in;. t t c c i , 1;c:re 1 i, r; tLl., tIlc.t zltny- I/;;cr: rlol; kno!, . r7:ir m a i l . s e r v i c e

c e n 1-o sumt:d 'to ~.lior*occo ( i ; i r i t i s h - ~ r . t ~ ~ c i ; & _ . , ~ ~ , . n i ;,il) ,,I uni;; ia. and A1,ger.i.a , r;;ite:i arc; 3>$ Lj f j I ' ]:/k Ounce t o any oi t i l t z,.bovr; mentioned c o u i l t r i e s , This insy mz.kc i t i.;os:..iblc. for v e r i e e 'flioiii f;ab;t,b!oi.ot:co,ili;~c.io Tuniu a.nd f;a$.io I!l.g,ier:: a ' l ' r lsnk~ i 0;- t~lt; . t i . l j on KTfJi,, s.].:;o ; tfi.:, ydifiC 'but c z n t do a. tkiiiilg hei,c; a:.. i I:LI~ (our ~1.1. n ik i , t J.o(,t;.3.) i~ c;n ,;::me f rcci. (Try ,T'UF,b AMI. & f t e r 3P.U i-l:~.n!< :::, ' .v'I.lr. ~ i c n : i ~ f l ' fro12 3-5 A.~- j~;y) :lo: eve1 s o f a r no one rl,; ~ S f i ; i ~ d i n f o 011 i : i j i , _ 7;. yyue, to i . i ~ ~ ) c ~ ~ c , c $ . I Id 3 ir:e t o m o t h i s ) f el.-

' 1.0. S , L,a h t n igh t . D,c I.5tk~ I hf:are. nJfL?' 0x1 1,>275 ric.: f ~ o i ; i i j . 35-I.J., 2i) Fikl, a l s o OAA4A on 254 kc;:! from 1.3.: 35?~-1 .2 : 3i) A31 (I k u ~ ; ~ ; h,oi;ing t h c t they

i J l. ver i i y ) riJ&"I.n ~ j a r r a n i ~ u i J . l . s . , ~ o l . u i x b i ~ sei;iii;; to h ~ v e Coco Lo1.e as t h e i r sponsor i.;io:,t of t r l d tixicj . OAlL4A, i n Liras , 1.e~ u :;ti].]. announces as ~l:iaGio Nncional.il i t i i c;.I.J. J.et t e r s . I: k e p t b o t h ;. tn . t ion; , on u n t i l . they :,igne& off. G;-Li'-;l'!' &4" " 11 J. L , J O ~ - \ L'b'l'r I2,Lfi.A d . Y ; Not so r,ir*ny re;;or:t;, r.nd j u s t h~1J.f as many v e r i e s , Lid :lome one . . , ~ y t h e i r . XTYIl v e r i e I r.:, :.:J.o: , . mhne t.;;; 7 days f roiil the t i m e I :'-:nt i t , f i r v i a Gor6on,c0c , , s a i G no , e::rds a s y e t b u t hoi)eZ a I . e t t e r :- aL: OK. A v e r y nice l e t t e r head. 1 , ~ j l o r t ~ , 3.il/l.l. C1;'I.H on 1.260 lees hrd f a i r due t o cari-ir:~ of FrF~lli,tiid near t h e Jiex b u t dent t h i n k he w8.s t h e s o u r c e of tr .oubl.e,anyho~:! a fa i r3 .y good r e i ~ o r t , :..J.so KGb.3 gzve u s a good 1.1. minute:; i o r t i i ; XAdE-, t e s t i s&> 1-2/12 \ . I L ' ; ~ 1lr.a Cluite : e1.J. a.nd Le f ty Looper mentiorled r,pucia.J.l.y by B e t t y . 1.2/1.3 iiTi:l; r e a l J y , as good i.3,tli tile Club I;iX,shouI.d have been heard by n3.1. f rom 3-4 !+IU* r:'iCNE t h e bes t DX sho1-i eve r p u t over and I- agree Phil. . -ou16. be a good announcer . 12/1.5 !.:FBEI on 1.450 .kc i ~ u t on z n o t h e r good ,jrogram ~ n d t h e i r l i v e t t?l .ent i-ilost e l ~ j o y a b l e . 1.2/1.7 A dr-:.ytime r e p o r t t o CBF or1 69ij kc 2.t I,; 20-].;hi, PM. A r e c e n t rnzgnetic :;term rea1.l.y brougrlx t h e Cuban:: Ilouring i n on t h e bz.ndi. ijogota,Col.umbia c o v e r i n g li'iiO on 1.040 kc; I1Jc;U j u n t i j~;;raI.l.t.l. 1. i t h C i W on 720 l c ~ :, cover- i n g ! C;N . Veriez i n f r o ~ l ivl";i;-(>LJ t:ne HI,(' . , nXe5 v'MOH-\?ATi'S, tllc 1 z.ttc;r :,; v e r y :lice l e t t e r s e l ~ d i n k bhcli ray 2 , :. t::rni~ ilist;.:j'ing, e D ~ e r s . e r e c?-oirrg r i i r r ; z. f avo1 . A, Llcrry Ckii.I;;'T;rilRL, ;na ~ ~ , , o . , $ ~ . J ~ ~ O U S 1VK.' YEAIt t o a.3.1..

iiL%b il;R&lil, di,lrlr-ATI-1Liid:2,, : . i j i iN Idot much ne\~k!s e x c ~ ; ~ ~ t t h a t 1 aznage t o l i s t e n t o mo:,t of r;,~ci:l.l.::.. Iha5e h o s e v e r i e s i kls:ve,gt;t a f r i t i ld1.y l e t t e r v . i t h c. f es comrne;nt i. , I n ;,,;ite of reclues t::: t o omi t vciriiic::: t i a n , trley usua1.l.y do v e r i f y , o r re. ,:I y i n sI~j . r . i t . Reeullts hzve becrl :;.bout ;I;;. o t r ig r s r e , ~ o r t . ! fe! TA:: iiesi d , Lo;in i io: 1 i s h I hzid t i m e t o tz.clr1.e tiic:m. ad a tough t i n e , i t i i :.;VZV, cou1.d only rer!d propcr noun.^: iiild number,:. t h r u iC1I;L, i n t h e case of C:-Ll i \ r . O r l e of' t i i o ~ e s t i l t i o l l s iliust 11 t .v~ w e n sJ.igi-1tl.y off 1.26; k c , jJiindfu1. oi' ~ Y L C i i n e e o o i ~ e r t < t i a n : nd f 1 - i e n d l . i n e ~ . . of 1,'' 11Y and ',.Jq.'I'iV,l t l l i nk 0,' a t e l t o n,N, Y , cs tile f r i c n a l . y h a d t o the DXer and 1 u r g e af tt:r t i l ~ t t i ' , ~ i\jl.\, i lofivention be k1eJ.d. i n tiist to n, i t i . 1 , :< s ide ti i p to r; nsarby,mo;t f r ir.nt:l,y and intcrc.c ... t-iilg s t a t i o n i;; i j l t * Tmcre is a t r i o ,. itil the ;,;;il-lt0 \ , . < l ~ d ~ . t ,,- o.,, :.; el.]., b u t niiltirlc~t::6 ;> 1 . i t t j . e by genera1.I.y 7~ilstabl.t: r e ce ,! t i o n , A h L 1 L:;'J Xi$lP- .': ;rlc t iAIJ i 'Y 1di;i YF;filr t o 2.3.1. .

- , r LI9il Lii;;?l,yLiL-ijfi _ L ~ ~ l g ,;J. Y , J u s t a j i l le t o extend ray .iilieer;e be.?t !'i"kies f o r a i , , ,~; i~. i~ ' ,L~ ~ & L / s , .' ;,nd )\L iit:~; A '1 ji.?;',,! y-lj'kl- -. ,,- - 1 ,, . L o k :, Tor Dl; tni:. i s th i : i;ind of r e p o r t I to-nt J.ilre t o ::,end,but persi:-itrint c i rcumut : . :nce~ force: iae t o g i v e up DI;' al l . togethgr , I e z n t evc;rl ;,x;oril,ise t o ;jt;n& "iN %I;;'i.L:. , Very :,orry, jus.t, no ti, ,ie. ( v ~ ~ , ~ ;;orr.y Lion b u t e iflo: you tic i i L ~ / t : t licz.1 job t o 60 a n t YOU can be suyt: . I gu1.J.ifig for ypu , Gooc'. I ucii f~ i ' i i l us ~l,l.-l ,~ay)

IJPLm+IOijAL, ELAbIij C:,lfb E,lL flL; 6 y l ~ ) , ; u.il6- i , : ' ~ ~ L : , . : L - ~ ~ L , ~ o Dec ci,l'uer 23-3.244 W5e-h - - - - .L - - . . . . - - - - . - - - d - - - - - - - - e - e - - ....

I_IIliL oT-OrdL-T~k~clra1'0, 214: . 1 ~ i i s h t o tki;:.,i~ iriew'bers, J . Garc:ner-idrs V1achtel.-- The bec1rer::-1ieiI.J eys -Cr i s \ i e l~ l . s , f o r tn:c:ir s!. ~ 1 . 1 . 1 i s h e s , Yrl:-!nks a iniJ.l.ion. h,2B Gl;jlibUCLl-ydi. ~ L I \ I ~ ~ i - ; ; : , ; J ~ ~ ~ & Bert: is 5o;;it; goob ne!: ;I; f o p t h e boys, @a$@? thGy hzveri t t\j r.e~:.dy hei;.ri: I t . Have j u s t roecc.ivr:a :i n i c e l e t t e r f rom ?,\:DBC Escalzs bz ,lilich ., I n it; i s t h e fo3 l .ot . in& i i i f or.a;itilc.n. tilp'e : il.1. r u n a f r q -

- lj-; 1 .y ~11- , ,r- uency chc;.cl; ,,rogr8sm Jzn 3r2 an6 Id !, , \.fli:Ll;lZiJLJ.Y of the ,nonth there- a f t e r , The tirnc \. i3.1, be 2-%':3U k\VT $ I ho,.,e t h i s a . i 3 11 be sonie comfor t t o you f e1.J or:s of t h e i la t i :~na . l . Rai.io Cl.ub,ltb$h t h i s eer.1.y morning s t u f f ' a1,nost s c a r e s :ne t o clec?.th, -k i i l ' . Rc, .~ . - '~r . t~- , ., si.iou3.d tjt: seht t o Henry C Ol.ser1, c h i e f e n g i n e e r , De1,ta i3roadco s t i n g Co., Lscalizba, i4ichigan. B u ~ . j . e t i n j u s t rece ive<. , mz.r:;eci 3 : 3 ~ P!il .lee 1 . 5 t k ~ znc: z r r ivec i iiere 1.0 ALl D D ~ C 1 6 t h 1.8-1./2 h o u r s , I c m n tn t i t exce3.l.ent service f o r thc b.oJ.iL!ays. My BEST PII~HES f o r t h e HULIDiLYi5 t o t i t : e n t i r e i\jRL! GAldG. ('Yhis si-io~1.d p l e a s e t h e

i boys,especinl. l .y L: Coaper, a.s I tr-ic:~.. t o r r a n ; e F: G;,eciul, from WDBC f o r him, y e s aild bob aotzunl i s 1.oo.king f a r i t too! ( ~ 1 . s ~ l n e e r t Icadio d t a - t i o n WDilC i n t h e above ac!ciress, f o r g o t t~ $at i t in-k~ay) (TIVK Eob a 1.0t)

I C.E4 6LhICHTWL-GhL i'fl"O HGTj,CALII' i: neb., orle for ;fie, CF'PTi,53 v:atts c o p i e 2 3:32-3:50 !ib! SJoff t h i s d a t e . Never expec ted t o h e a r thz..t s t a t i o n . Who coul.ti. 1 be h e n r i n g on 1.16d kcs if i t i s n o t 72IL,r~obart,AustraiJ~ia?? Too weak f o r 'iiYJJCI o.nd not a harmonic,heve beer; nes.ri i lg ciui te o f t e n of I.a.te a . f t e r W T , s e e ~ n s t o be a3.J. Elnglish. I C O L -LL, 'FIT>- i\j il -T.'A4JiOii-CJIiLt DX prograrns a1.3. heard good . Ver ie froiri CIUJV!, G';IiA i s Interna.tiorio.3. b roadca . s t ing Co . , Ji,!indsor Hotel. Bl.dg, i'ler,. V8!estainster , i3. C , bi1.3. lie2, ov!ner & :nuna.ger. CGTdB-KGU-KFAh e x t r a s t r o n g , XTOH ki l1.s 1.4.99 e x c e p t f o r c1.ose s t a t i o n s . XHBC riot t o o good ~znc',er KGFJ, 3.2/9 "'GC',r 1, :rn 1-1-3 f ros i 3-33 30 w i t h ].ate iskogram, A i r n o t t o o good9a3.so v e r y f o g g y ~..iiick; I f i n d o u t Is n o t good Tor r e c ~ p t i o n . Hope I g e t \!':IGiE. A o t i c e t,lizt; ;Cl'C, s / o f f iAiv1 @ON AIU and KFI s /o f f 3 AM ilUUE2, A.M. iblodesto hus appl l ied f o r :,. s ts t l i ; jn on 1.6W kcs vii-th 250 vlietts f o r C o y ;, nd n i g n t , by ;;ilcC_l.atchy Ijr.oeicc!:;ting Co, A 1 . s ~ t h e NBC r e L 1 o r t s th2 . t t h e nep: $:2,30d,i)CIO, &I!' broaGc:r:st;ir~g s t a t i o n i s a b o u t com- i?7.eted and t e s t s a r e i n p r o g r e s s . The b,ior!!iing2 sts.f:f of 1.6 i s a r r i v i n g i n Dixon, C a l . i f . _1.3./22 Hrd CHhiL s t I.% ulDTj 11./2:5 I(3Edill s / o f f a t 1:33 AM; 3.1./27 CR\jV! s /of f a;05; CJHI, 3:05 on DX; Xb;JP a t 3 ;55 , !i;'Ji:, a-ncl. KFAR at i,,Antlj !,:'IP a t 4~1ii \ ' ; a s h-6; Xex on 1,2du a t 4 . ~ 1 3 , CKY a t 3.1.: 5u an h-7;1.3./28

I CIW!" s b f f 3:07, neb!:;, shouLd o1.d acc;uaintz.nce be f o r g o t t e n , s/ofif a t 9AN. CHNII, a.t; 1.1.: 33 PXlg I.If./2.9 CJAT s / o f f a t I, t.,&l; ].;/I. XIi:F!~,'i'a.mpico 1.3.: 1.5 c'::a.s R-5 , s h u t o f f K G 0 f o r a f e ~ , : mimutes; CMX a t 1.;.1.5 P~il k i l l s CFCN; 1.2/% XE:T a t 4 P X ti-6, F!dIOkl a t 4.05 DX v,itii band: ~ i u s i c li 3-5; I~;KP,A 4 : 3 9 .)I-5; iCT.Sh ut l.G;3u,I,-5 under KQY; KOAC a t I.JA\J, jii<i\l:c s . t 2t4.5 i~-6; L2/3 XEF a6 CKNb.' s / o f f a t 3; 37 arid i-i-8 k i 1 . l ~ KGFJ c ~ i 1 ~ ~ ~ 1 . e t e l . y ; KCFL a t 4:l.Z w l t n eclulpt t e s t ; KFAH a t f+:1.5 1- 6 ; I.cl/l+ XEFJ: r ' . i t h opera. pogrsr i ; a t 3: U5 KIUP t e s t

, I 'DBO a t 3:30 b5; 3r21.i XI& t e s t 2 . t 3:24; XEJP-XI!.:L a t 3:3U; V.:JZ a o s lL-rl. !- KGUB F,-7; KGU h-6, KTOii r-6;CKI,l!l! a t 3:4,u am 1,-6, ;<Hat= li-5; d t ror rg c a . r T i e r on 1.1.63 and a l s o ol-i 1.1./+.5 k c s . XLB& test i l l&; I.;,/? LGCX 3-3;30 11-8 ].ate .;)rogram; 3.Z/I.d X:,F ;t 3 ~ ~ 5 ; CJAT c t 3:J,5 t . i t r l ] .ate ,:rogra.rn; IYFAR"'~~ 3:05 3 ~ 3 9 w i t h i;ca.ndinavin mmsii>c ana r'-7-8,0i1 e v e r y S a t night-Sun AM; XElblX z t

I 3:39 E-6; hL3U i.:z.s 1: 5-6,copiet.: 2d minutec , s , o f f 3:53; CMHC; . a t 3AM. CLAENdCL tUEi i \ jHA~i~-Ci ! , i lU ,C~~T~E~ ij&SS I ha v e n t been t o o a.c t i v e i n IjXing due

,. t o rlt!ork b u t slil.l. t r y t o g u t a r e p o r t off t o y o u i l o ~ ) end. t h e n . The TAs ? r e f a i r b u t not as gcjod a s ].:;st y e a r . The b e s t i:, J,BSIE on 1.1.22 kcs i ' h i c h is Ti 8-3 f r c n a b o u t 4.-9PM iivheri. tney s /ofS . lia?.io T u n i s on d23 lees h r d o f t e n s /of f a t 6PIvl. 1.l .giers on 1.3.76 kc nnd Gerliinrly c::l.l.ing on 995 lic a.re ?]:so good ear1.y even ings . Lviany of' t h e 6 b C ~ i o s e S e r v i c e and .European X m t r s a3 s o be i i l g ' h r s . \; 'hen cond i t ions ; a r e r i g h t t h e foJ.lov.ilig SAs are be:ing h r d . . PEiP.-2; 8dO Irc b e s t s f g ; PliE-3 3.1.8~ lit; CX-6 on 64.a kcs and. LT-3.2 on 78b l.ccs, !~'oul..cl 1 ike t o see a c1.ub honor rril.1. for. v e r i e s ~ s i r f l i l . i a r t o vlha t t h e IL'il. hcd , T h i s l t r~u l< 1 ,e t t h e o t h ~ r f e l 1 . o ~ Lmo:, Tihat f oreigi? v e r i e s members had . . (~aoc? , id.ea.tanyorie i n the? c l u b 1. o ~ i l . 2 I.i:ie t o keep em?)

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h e a r d a . t 3-3i1.5 ;-;.rid F:JHP a t s /on at 5; 59 t~ i l , 83.1. on l.k/J.l.. \;ha1 s t h e ,3pick behind FII:,XL'i?? I.;c/l.2 I g ~ t Loncion Iieg at 2-;:3;, o n 877 Lrcs. Tha t same xiorning 3 Ile2iird a dpiclr on 6iru kcs a t 3:;>3-ChiV?? FL3.so F r e n c h i e behind XEG a t 3; 1.5; Got htii<ijL b u t no KT:<-B. H O L Y I - I , T Nothing muck; t o r e t by t!a y of DXing ,d id . Got the fol.l.ov.ii1g new ones Shough, b.BdL-1 I A ~ K - I < ~ , J & ori lVHC DX o f Dec 3 2 t h and. v!as f a i r l y goo6 b u t fadec: ba.cl.f,y,c.l.so 1 i;<ii or1 t h e 3.3tt-1 1::ith t es t f rom 2-2: 3ii; They were s.poll.eci by Tc'ilJUK e t c as ::rc, tlJ.1. o t h c r b s 0x1 1.4.9;J kds . b,'Biv'lL d i d n o t serld o u t any ~liuslc, j u s t :r.;bi$l'L-&con Gc? , t e s t i n g f u r f r e q measures. li,lBi\lI, h e a r d on 2n6 TUES 2:45-3AM;?!INii. h e a r c i,nc: TUlsS f , r o n 3 : 5 5 - 4 ~ 0 5 AM 8,s l i s t e d i n t h e frec, check l i s t . Thanks a l o t L J . Il;l.ey. V:OSH a1.W was on a s sked . TrieZ f o r V,,'HLIJ on 2nd TUES 3:i.d-3:35 b u t ilo I,uck,a.Lso f a r SDTH same day a t 3:3d-3:45, no l u c k e i t h e r . T r i e d f o r IiTIilC and lc!iCLO on 31%- FI;I b u t t o o inuch V,!JBTC, \$ib!OH saiiic a.s iiiy o t h e r l e t t e r snCi v e r i f i e d x i t b J o e l s s ign2 t u r e , as per ,Dec 1.4 ti-1. Nil. on KVCV an$. CFRB, t o o much s t a t i c and n o i s e , n o s i g n of s i g n r l o f sny liinC. CE'BR, I t i id n o t t r y f o r them,have b e e n g e t t i n g up t o o e5r.J.y iil osc:el= t o ~ e t t o 1~or.k s i n c e the s to rm of l$onclay-Tuesday I , a s t , h a d o v e r 2 f t of s n o ~ . . fa3.1. here and txl ings z r e p r c t t y c:el.l. tie^ up y e t . 3 c i ~ c tiis frolLi ijvell e x e r t i o n h s v e been r e - p o r t e d h e r e i n Hn.mil.ton. Some storra eh? By t h e ~.iriy J.ogged P:!WTSh. on their FCC check of Clec I.l,th f ro is 2-2:1.6-30 A.iliI, 'iiiey ; r'e one af t h o s e who f a i l e d t o ansvv-er my fol].ovj uys , so 'a ;n ~:fonf~c;r.int; if t h e y ~.;il .l . a n s u e r t h i s l a t e s t e f i e f f o r t - h o p e s o arlyeay. Total. I.og 1.302 ~ i t h ].;;OX v e r i f i e d t o 6 a t e . ?SSTJ'I;O on 1.1.50 kcs do n o t snsr;,:er a n d c a n n o t b e J.:)g;,ed :ioi n,s CKOC o u r I-ocal. comnence o p e r a t i n g a t 6 ~ ~ 1 arld KKi:dO t e s t 011 jrc: ~lOi.4 6-6: 30 . Dorlt know vvhy t h e y d i d n o t v e r i f y as tkiey rece ivec : a f'ul I. i.1~1 f ' hour r e i j o r t on t h - e i r Apri l . 1.7th t e s t and h a v e had 3 fol.3.o~; u s si izce. 11>.eJ I. i . i i 3 . 3 . s i g n o f f vuith z iv'iE:RRY CiihISlll!,S 2nd HAPPY NEW (VICUlOhYf)Yi:.l\h. (3PL HObk113 f311b1 14- Y;, l e a v e tolriosrov f o r L h;it I oaks l i k e a boat r i d e , I fi l . l .eC cjut one of t h e Armyrs o f f i c i a l . crinng;.t of nc'Cyess c a r d and t h e

' i l lail cl.er:i \ r i l l . send i t t o you when Ile ha5 o u r rlel ( Elk ( I t a p p e a r s i n h i s i s s u e ) On my Last t r i g u p t o sce L,zrry Y c r n e s , r e c e p t i o n c o n d i t i c n s !rere rnuck; b e t t e r and. t h e BBC s t a t i o n s on 377-995 anc 1.1.2;. k c s were v e r y good. F'e cal.l.ec! t h e 377 kc s t c t i o n a n 11-8 c t .,e;!;s ;nr* L a r r y kins enough d a t a f o r good r e , , J r t s t o them. I s u r e ho,,e he i s ~ b ! c t o v ~ r i f y a t l e a s t m e buroyean h e t r d i n Gal-ifornib 2 s t h a t i s r e ~ l . D;;, I gdess t h a t I d id n o t te3.1. you t h ~ t I s e n t r e p o r t s t o CJRI,-liF'!>ll-hF(~bL I t i s n t t h s t I es- ,Jecial.l.y waiitec4 v e r i e s f rom t h e n , i t s just--\ el.3.--I g u e s s I ' m stiJ.1. a LX,r a t h e a r t - - I t ' icfnt even a s k f o r c v e r i e f ror ,~ any of thein. V:,1.3. 1 i7#i71. have t o c J o s e now b u t - I f l l . be s e e i n g eve ryone e t t h e C lub Conven- t i o n on Labor Loy 3.947. (if 1.1. t h a t s slle11. bob b u t l e t s hope it i s a I.ot s o o n e r t h a n j.94 7-lra y) GOC KIM-P?' li.LLl. - Si?,id'i', \i Vk To al.1. vdrio have 1:. r i t t e n ne,zri6. ':as y e t I ham1 t a n s v ~ e r e d I have j u s t been snowed under h e r e ( ~ c t i l ~ 1 . snov-as we3.1 as work) ~ i ? d I v~il.1. g e t ' o u t r e $ l . i e s j u s t a.s soon a s I i~os::ibl,y c2.n. Vie had 14 in of snoti; h e r e t , :-eek s g o ant. nna;;: t o d s y 3 o r 4 iricries r;iore. k.1.1, e l e c t r i c cormunicc t i o n s dov.~n-ancl o1il.y r a d i o c i r c u i t i n t o to.; .n v i a I?:VOP. I have Seen t r y i n g t o he1.p o u t t h e boys c s i n ~ c h P S I c2n b u t as 31.1. of you k n O %

the untra-highs can be rea1,l.y bvd es;-~ecic"J.l.y :;:-hen sun ' s g o t s a c t up as t h e y artl do ing no!:, . Ho~rever w:e s t i l .1 . have i n the CharJ .eston c i r c u i t SO ca.n s t i l l . c o n t a c t o u t s i d e v,,iorl.d i n c a s e of n e c e s s i t y , lj VOP stiJ.1. ??uizning its r e g 1.5 nin check 2nd if ?.ny of you hehr it be su re t o l e t . m e lmoli! s o I c a n g e t i t v e r i f i e c f o r you. Tkii:; i s t h e 01il.y ;y yau v t i3 . l . g e t it ns a].]. v e r i e s froill them idU~T go t h r u mny hznc-s ~ r l d persan g e t t i n g . i t m s t be O X e d by ae.

N A T I O N A L Eil:..D1~ CLUB .LA ijlh\:<d page ' 6 TIPS and i,PO k ~ , i : b h T ~ Pecernber 23 3.9411, . e , - r - - - - - , - . - - . - - 4 - . - --I----------- - - - - - - - JuHid D i,CIitG-DALTOiV,GA CFN\l cairie thru with a f ~ i r 1 . y go& , . s igns1 except for soii.le i r i terf er~ence froiri tile ~nexican ii,:EI, I th ink Lilt: f ,?6ing very bad. a t . t imes. l.i/l.I, An the sarie inorning KGB;-: vl.itri z f i n e sign~,.l..; 1.2./1.2 KSJB sjitn 8. very poor signal. the f i r s t /;.5 ni&nutes on accourit of fading, but a t 2:,!+.5 they seemed t o break thr'u 83.1. a t i.,f t h a I.OU?. signal. til.1. sign o f f . 1.2/1.~'Betty came i n fine,she n:?snt bothercC.,but a.t one time rl;hen VJlvlFIi s/of f . 1.2/1.3 KTBB with z. f a . i r l y goo<: sigrlol., ~ p i i l c f sd ing and s t a t i c . Same BIVI V!KNP; jd i t h a goad sil; , H r C Pks1.I. ~vicllo1.s sti ying hel.$o t o the D X e r s on i t . Sent r e p o r t vrithin 1.2 hours a f t e r yecept ion giving them a very good. r epor t , J.2/1.5 CFBh came thru ~ , i t h f i n e s i g . Laid f a r t h e s t r e i ~ o r t received last year v~as,;about 950 ora :j6d i,lil.es a.rid hopeC t h a t they :~ioul.d, be h r ~ f u r t h e r t h i s tirne . Also sa ie they v.erc; ifiovfng t h e i r equipt- ment t h e t day. Believe the 1.00 watters g e t i n b e t t ~ r o r as good sorfle tiriles a s t h e higher powered ones. Veries s ince m i t i n g a re from \p,!HOP on NRC DX-KKBU-PINOH. Iilr Becker s a i d he received 4.0 r e i ~ o r t s , one from C a l i f . dent card f o r Nov t e s t and Dec r)X,very s t t r a c t i v e ca rd , re very n i c e ~ ( l r i t e up cJ.ippeC from liiatertot-in Dai1.y Times n;:: receiveti the-: o ther day saying V.:i NY t e s t i s hearci i n t h e west. $upj,ose you a1.l. got one so know ~ihihat i t cont"a.ined. The one from Georgia s:a s froni inyse3.f. heijorts a r e out t o KGLU on reg sked -CF'fii( -KGB~-CJ~L-CH~X-1J'GOV~Ji.T1:~1~, -ai;LLT -Ki: JB-Y'1QJE-KTRB-CFBkL hTl,!dR V i s S hrd t he o ther morning a t s /off a t 1.:1.5 and havent been a b l e t o catch them again. I wou1.d l i k e t o knovv i f t h a t was ti-aelr reg s /off or i f i t was a fret? check. I need theill f o r m$ l o g , i loye t o be 2bll.e t o hear 1!~AGifirs EX as I al.so nee2 them f o r one of my da ine s t a t i o n s . blissed re - ceiving bul.3-.etin f o r f i r s t t i m e yecterday s ince ha.vinl;, i t come 1st cl.ass. Chr is taas nai l . being heavy perhaps. tio,je Lke have some more Cana- dians on t h e EX Ca~.endar. Kish t o thank S/SGT P.1. 1;lal.ey f o r t h e f i n e List of t e s t s he made up. ~

~ I3DGA.B KO.OP-ROD~~GP id1CH DiCing has been sii:;eJ.I. f o r iiie and 2 got an al.arm cI.ock too. ao f a r t h i s season I ' ve go t t en nes- v e r i e s from \VEBQ-KTIiI-KOCY- v!DBP -v'CLO -vIG II,-Wjjl\liL-ViHAI -VJLDS-\Ij&AU -KILO -y ,So(j -i(C$lC-)~iO~~ -\fijPfiD-WpAY-\'~ij-J3U - ?KLA-CFPL, the above were al.1. I.'e t t e r s and c;rd s f rorii i<OAhi-WFE'G-I1!REN-VVDAN- ii\rifSO -7JJHBC-V!WD-W ILM-XEG-KGNO-tflA3K-KOCA, from IiEiC , i1ecia3. s I got a svve1.f. card from VrmF-mJBU-YQVIOH-CKVIS-1:iHOP-CKPC and a 3.e t t e r f r ori.1 KOIiN-CKPC . I have r e p o r t s out t o K3ELC-KVFD w i t r l fol.l,ot, up &I~;I<ALB-~~,:~CE~Z-CHEX NHC with f;08 f 01 1.0t.b up-C JhI, N1;C-K\p!AT-KFDA-\i:rGFrl4-I<PIiO-KICL'-KVC:V iVIiC-KAdA-ICFBK-KFJB-WAC KPRO-~!,:OIV~T. I couJ.dnt hear a peep frorn the TJ~LC-CKFLN-CICVD and I had t o iniss the N~~C~CFI.LDJ-KCBS-K~JB-~i~~SE-ICT~~LB-T~"K~lE-C~~~L a.s I I ias i n D e t r o i t tak- ing my f ina l . exzin ' for t h e A r m e d borces a t t h a t t i ~ n e . I passed my Exam srh ~( i l .1 , be inducted i n the A r i n e d Forces o f t h e US :;ogle time within t h e next Vcl d.ays. Going t o t r y f o r the A i r Lorps a;ld hzc'io i f I can. l ~ a n t e d t o s t a g a t V$JbI< aild VrJLB but d idn t have t ime, Ciic' s top 2.t ViCK Ppl.ice s ta t ic jn r;rhich i s operz tec: by P!7rrJ but no v i s i t o r s t:cre :j.l.l.or:;ed t o e n t e r s tud ios . 1;iCXts to~lier 1.ocztted a top big o f f i c e bl,dg a bl.ocic froiil y!;,.:ilere I was Stay- ing F o r t Shelby notel., Storm broke down 2 of ny ~ n t e n n a s so 1;:il.l. have t o put them u p again t h i s af ternoon f o r I v5,ant t o d o ~ 1 1 . t h e DXing 1 can rhi1.e I a m hone ye t . Yesterday I v:as spl . i t ing I.zrge oak bl.ccks and I h i t a f rozen one and t h e axe (doub1.e b i t t e d ) bouaced up and c u t a gash I. i n over my ] .e f t , eye and my nose a l . i t t l . e , f i r s t tiae I ' v e ever seen t h a t haQ$en 1 lire i t Gid, i t s cornlng al.oug s~fel.1.. I r,orlt Xxg forget t o t r j~ for KPOF-KUOA-\VA\'i7 and \!AGibi . i f I arn ab1.c to . = V:isf-l ~ 3 . 1 you members a VEliY fli1lE:EiTiY CHIiISThU.2 and HAPPY NEi'; YEAFi. *(OK E d g a r tinu 1.0ts of good. luck t o you from us al.~.-hay) ( ~ d g a r sen t i n a su!:el.l l i s t of s igners and CRA'S

i ::ihich 1 3.n for . arding t o ivlorsh Bl.ancha.r_d f o r iiis l i s t of Verie -s igners so i f you need EIny Brop Parsh a card-hay) Cih yes Ecgar why not send i n the v e r i e s igner of KSWO, Hedl.ey i.i;nmonds cou3.c use t h a t one-Ftay) W E T B O I V ~ A ~ A ~ - P F I ' J C T D E ; V ~ O ~1 l "b f j.8th i.iv!, iu1.l of iblcr.icans, 1.oggeci 5 ner. ones. Ver i e s i n f r o b l~:'HNC-&\~jBU-KGCA-CJBC-I<PJ-6-X~;S;;l t o kr.rc t o g e t babies .