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Volume 17 - Number 15 December Jlst ,1949 . .

. . - 9-X C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R - Jan. 7-1950 .~ ..

J P G 8 1 0 Kc .Green:.'Bay vise. -. 1000 TEST 4 :00-4:30 AM EST an ,l0 C J F P ~ ~ ~ O O K C . g i v i e r e Quebac - . .. 250 N I B C 3.: 00-4:00 .. 14 rkcr;WKRS 1220Kc..Waukegan,Il1inoifi 1200 TEST 4 :00-4:30. :.. . .: .: 14 a:! IriDEV. 5 5 0 Kc .Waterbury ,'brermolit . 1300 NP.C 4 230-5:00 . . . . 14 C B I 1570Kc .Sydney , N S + ' - 1000 NMiC 3: 00-3.: 30 16 I*GF;KWCR 1450Kc .Cedar Rapids ,ION& 250 NRC - -- - -- 18 * KIBE 1220Kc .Palo A l t o ,Ca l i f . 250 TEST 4 :00-5:00 21 .*. WARE-1250Kc .Tare , J tassachuset ts 1000 TEST 4 :00-4:30 21 * WLNA 1420Kc . P e e k s k i l l ,New York1000 TEST .4 :00-6: 00 2 3 m B K W 1450Kc .Aberdeen ,Was h i ~ t on250 NRC 3:00-$: 00 25 * KIBZ. '1220Kc .Palo A l t o ,Ca l i f .. 250 TEST 4 :00-5: 00 28 -BRS 1340Kc .Spr ingda le ,Arkansas 250 8NRC .2:'1-5-3:00 29 CJRL 1220Kc .Kenora ,Onta r io 1000 N ~ . C ' 3 : 00-3: 3'0

* &st_eeyik Ln&igat_e~ ~r ogram coint_s-ag B o w Poin t s - in QX-Cgnt-e~t, w I T E . : U P-' S 1' . . WJPG-Green Bay Visc onsin Quote.." Ve a r e arranginri,: Fa r u n .a.

J a n .7,195C 4-4 : JOAMEST Equipment T e s t , on, S a t u r d a y Morning Elmo W . Reed-Chief EngineenJanuary 7th,1950 from'. '4i00 t 0.4: 30

- ... . 8.10Kc .-I.1000 Watts . . AM EST. We hope t o have S p e c i a l Ver ie .. . .. $ . Cards. prj .nted. f o r t h e occaSion.So says -

Mr.Elmo W . Reed t h e Chie f Engineer of WJPG. Pnd t o a d d t o t h e ' . , . - . i n t e r e s t of t h i s Test wsl can. s a y t h a t t h i s i s t h e f i r s t t i m e WJPG has. a t tenipt ted t o r u n .a T e s t of t h i s k ind. WJPG has no n i g h t t i m e . . f requency check s o a g r e a t many.of you DXers need t h i s s t a t i on .Wt8 . . g ive 810kc a t r y and we should f i n d t h e channe l c l ea r . In fo - Addy.

* - - - A - - - - - - - - - . , - - - - - - - - - - -' - -. : % : ~ Let&'er recieived from M r . c .H.. ~ l e t c h e r - C E . . .. . . . .

' WMAg-Monroe ,North Car ol$.na ---1060Kc. Mr. F le tcf ier s a y s : R e s u l t s were b e t t e r t h a n . 1 expected a l t h o c o n d i t i o n s were not t o o good i n s.ome p a r t s of..the co0ntry.We r ece ived bver 30 r e p o r t s from 14 s t a t e s and one from'Cana.da. I?"-'-. r ece ived only two r e p o r t s thab:could not be t 'raced t o p u b l i s h i n g t h e ' T e s t i n t h e R a d i o Clubs News. Thank you. f o r your coogerat i o n i n making our e test a suodess Sincerely-S, igned C;H. Fletcbe,r .

.. . -- ---- --- --- --- --- --- , . --- --- - - . .--- ---., S t i l l n o snow he re i n IMrcus bu t t h e t!:mper&ture. i s way'6own'so . ' DX cont inues t o be .good. q i t h some ex t ra space t h i s we:ek I w i l l g i ve some of my a c t i v i t i e s i n DXing. liew ones t h e last :week ar.6." WRCO-1450kc Richland Cente r , l i s c . on ,ZT ' t h e 23rd of Dec, ' h o s ~ : ~ o f ': t h e AM.On t h e 25th.WTJH-1260Kc. Ea.st Pc in t ,Ga, w i t h re.gulak,,.praky&m from 7-7: 30. On t h e 26 th :?llNHG-1590ka Home 11 ,N.Y; ..e,as y:.:on T e a t .with s l i g h t &RN.from Mexican. Th i s AM 28 th KICK on w i t 5 n i c e DX w l t h s ome QRM, ' T h e n ' ' % 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ 6 0 0 k e .New Orleans ,La, o n ET .ver.ie.s'''iti 'KDON-K ISD - . . . , , . . .. .

. .. ... - . .,., :. and KBBD.,: s : c ~ ~ G ' nib*. -DX ,co$in$ :u@':in 2 anuary . .:, ~" ,. . . . ~ . , . . .. . . .. < . , . . .~. ..' *'. *&*****&&*&*%W+**?%:: .,: +; .

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730 Montevallo, Alabama 2 5 0 ~ - Shelby County Bro adcas t ing Compm 1090 Charlotte Amalie. V. I. 250 U 1 John W. Boler (KSJB-KIOLKYOS) 1240 Glenwood springs; Colorado 250 U 1 od roadc cast in^ Cornpargr 1290 E l Dorado, Arlcansas 1,000 D e l t Broadcasting Company 1300 La Grange, I l l ino io 500 D nge Eroadcasting Compatly 1340 Glenwood Springs, Colorado 250 U 1 wesrern Slme Broadcasting Compav

kIoowsville, North Carolina1,OOO D Wayne I ,n Boonville. Indiana 256 D Boonvi Ldcastine Ccmaam

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Jefferson City, Missouri 1290 K D M S E l D o r d o , Arkansas Bozeman, Montana 1310 W S M F Dcode City, Florida Portsmouth, Ohio 1350 K V M C Colorado c i ty , Texas

1570 K P L W Plainview, Texas

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c g & EHc,Nc,EE 960 W A B D Greemood, ~ i i s s i a s i p ~ ~ , from WLBY.

mQECX %NEE- -- - 630 W Q A N Scranton, Pennsylvania, from 910.

PQPVE-RR_C_K4gG&SS 630 K 0 B Reno, Nevada to 1,000-u (a reduction from 5,000 watts!)

1270 W L B R Lebanon, Penna. to 1,000 U-3 1370 W T T S Bloomington, Ind.to5000-500U4 DELETE - - - -

1190 K S 0 L Yuna, Arizona Unable to f ind suitable s i te . Licensg c a n c g l m l-2f9,2eft-aLr-ig Qc2.- 1 3 4 0 E 2 % l a g s 4 a f f A Arizene - - - - - - - - - -

ADDITWWL DX PROGRAMS TKIN FROM NNRO TIP SHEET 2' K 0 C S 1510 Ontario, CBlifornia t e s t 4:OO - 4:30 a.m., E. S. T. 4 C B I 1570 Sydney, Nova Sco t i a NIBC 3:00 - 3 t30 a.m.

R 1390 Turlo, ~ f o r n i a NNRC 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. A 1360 Helen, ma NNRC 3:30 - 4:00 a.m. S 1490 Parag -kanaas NNRC 4:00 - 4145 a.m. I 1340 Fort rrances, Ontario NNRC 2:30 - 3:OO a.m.

1 Kingston, Ontario NNRC 3:00 - 3:30 a.m. - also - Jan.28 W A T N 1240 Watertown, New York NRC 2:00 - 2:15 a.m. * 3- O 3 -1400 -Norm_a~!,-Old-ahoma - - - - NP.C - - - -2100 = $:oO-+m~ - - - - - - - - Ps-Ea@,-C~ntest-Mana@r~ gxs-J_angag-lJ & a - d ~ ~ i g e e f ~ r - l ~ s t i n g i ~ FOgELGN CONEST.

Lsf&-Cgo~ey = 438 get-21. St@gt---Brook_lyn 36, 8.x. Homay - a couple 6f verifications arrived th i s week, from KTYL and KCNI. A l e t t e r came from KOKO' L.L.Wilson, C.E., thanking me, etc.. but no verie. Enclosed a picture of the i r antenna against e beautiful cloud formation, about same s ize as the i r l e t t e ~ head. Total n m i s 1,835. DX down the week - 12/21 - I heard KRNR, but t60 weak to get a log. XPFFPB was much louder, and used tone, musac, and open car r ie r intennittantly on the i r 3:15-3:30 check. 12/25 - I t was inspiring t o hear so many broadcasts of Mid- night Mass a l l over the country and a l l over the dial . A oouple of reports gleaned - IGy annual report t o CHGB - t n i s tlme I t r ied a ttNonn Maguire" an International Reply Card. Also got log on 560, CMgM, through WIND. CJNT on again with tremendous signal on 1340. A repCrt taken on Guatemalan on 1025, but I know his c a l l l e t t e r s not, hi. 12/26 - %o Niontanans t h i s morning (be t t e r than recent Montana morning, hi!) i n XXLF and 1(0m with c lass ica l mueic on h i s f/o - very good, too. T h a t end o f aial etrangely bet- t e r t h i s A.M. tban high end. 1450 blocked bg 8-9 car r ie r a l l morning, but WRCO and WGNC got through it. WLFla harmonic on 1400 heard all the ww out here, and a card of compla I t sure .had me fooled f o r .a while. WWfIGf s t h a . tremendous signal MC here. FTRFJ s regular schedule with 3-9 s o r report, a t 5:05 a ght, took WMIE behnd (0dcl6i0n@lly OD top 0 , 5:15-5:30. Heard wltn NU antenna - with aerialei, WNEW slopped ovqr, knocking aotn wRVA & m 5 E out! WVOI

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Ra_l~h-J&nns---6& Ea~tiHgrpn~St~e&t~--shd+ge&r=, 2uffgla. $,-a ' To all, a Gerry Christinas and e very: Happy New PeaXwi+,h good DX and many veriee. I n Pittsburgh, Pa. a "Gateway-Centerbith 3:.2.€+story :offiae~.buald$nge costing 20 mil l ion dol la rs alone-'is. considered o n a I-asre .nv v ~ o c w . i i l s r Center;n more elaborate .than N.Y.C. Radio w a r loomo betwsen:'Cube..and.U,S,, hope'is-. that s@ie may 'settled i n a conference i n Spring, aha r o . i f . y . 0 ~ he& .+,Cuban at saoe'o,ther sgict, iry'anti get t6in t 0 mention the' nheardzoaw kilocydlee',. Here;:.l2/>~ - XGS? had s i l en t ca r r i e r at Start and S? had BBC lef t-r ight and U.S. JWR .at&tioq ;(?KRJ) and the ooming winter weather (12121) with a.390 tempesdture ao W. . .Nix ~a.WIC(Y~,.hoarc?. . On.1476,- ECRBC (ex::1450) e/off i / c at 4100 a.mr On 1400,. WG3R ETing 5:15, e.tc.. (1570) regular s on 7:L8 a.ms said on a i r till 4 3 0 p.m. .and WLIO s./on a t 7:45 a.m. f2/i8,: -'WIBS (740 had top till 1:02

a.m. 8loff. VJMm m a ? ti11.4:31 of f ,

6:0Q,.VXYZ;.6:Ol WHYU 5:10 e : ~ , . , CJBR ($00) wattB:3:0O-'i:l2 a.m. . 12/17 - ~ m . (QGo)

" . 4:56 s/on, 1340 h / s . had CJOB. at 5100 a.m., then again: KFUN, or. E U J with a..tbet : ": br&&cast" (mcible. to . make i t out. - $vho??; CFRC queered 1490. 12/15 -. KHUZ f / a TT, and

~ w X P'/B.'again a f t e r i(7103 s /off ; WEAK (1430) loitg t e s t , K0TN/c nit.$,, off '3:s; to. re turn ,zf 'i:CID EST. ZSC3/c Cgot i t O~..sid). 12/14 - CHNO (144C) regu1ap"top 12:0+12:35 s/off

-: to re turn at 7:00 a.m. wtth Don Coste1:oannouncec; CliCV ( 1 ~ 8 0 ) top '(&KST/off 12:45) French' p r o m B i l l 1:06 s / o f f ; W$Z (3270) haa "Insomnia Clubtf .ti&l is58 ss/Off, zhen WIBF till 3:OO a.m,; KlTL (1490) and W X wtth TT, those wore mont Cb& bunch heard la te ly . .'NTHF (1290) G. T. Cowen, C,!E. : .we:. R.C.Ae Checks l a g between 5:0(4-'V:OO a.m. and sh i io- t ransmi t te r a r e on a high h i J 1 , 1334,feet above sea level with a 2?0 foot tower,. t h e i r XI! (100.5 mge.) 20 lw.: i:s hew& .20P m i l e s . Sked: S:OO &,m,-ll:15 p.m., 8u.nday 7:30-11:00, he1 11 v ?r i fy if heard;. a N ~ V .~e&land: . re~ort , . . .., ,receided from 12/5 pro- gram, he didnl t give name (hallo, .New Zeal~nd!) : i @ ~ :(.l&k ,.... ,&rb ,~~~nssou , . .eti&neer,

d s q s next f / c F i r s t Thweday i n Ja-rg; 2:30-h2.G a;.m.+, E.>,?., Gh@ule inDeoehber, 7:OO-5:00, January, 5 :30 % / o f f , .Sunclay, 7:00 a.q, sign-~n., .WCLA'.aaf$: gdt changed, due t o confusion with a loca l WLCS. The P,O. Box is .#1226,..,in~~ato$:~ouge, ..,, . &ao: Rest!

Rinehart 2.-P~t&s---428 ?egt,HgZ~~~d-:S&~~et;=~.~h&l@~l~hia-3_3+-P&~+ - - - - - l'houghI have been amember of the NRC f o r aimoat a y e a r t , t h + i $ m y f i r s t l e t te r . Tke main reason being that I don't have a s much timg f o r ICL a s I thought theretd be, A t l tending Tariple U f I i ~ e r s i t ~ . by, courteye of ,the ..VA and l iv ing by a jo,@ a s sodajerk leaves

. the time for DXing non-exi stant. But Temple .has,a r d i o atation;ymiqbe I can help there. C a l l l e t t e r s VJRT1,'on 640 kc/s., and the hoq.rs of broadcas$ing a re irregular but generally from noon to 11:OO p.m., EST.. I don16 how the power'.- i n f ac t , they are a l i t t l e Mcer ta in t'rrsmaelves, but it was recsritly increased throug* a mare e f f i c i en t

'set-up. The bad par t about.receiving VIRTI is that. Q?F;&, a very'powerfhl loo@',station, . ' i s 560, and 1 I P at:610. I f youoan hear WRTI yirmugh al l that, you're good, : T h i s me-y

be old s tuff to: you old-timers but $he: reason I- joi:ied the NRC was the thrili.. I pot from hearing f a r 'way stations. . The best , I think. was KROX, Crookston, Minn. I was on night duty a t the Weather s ta t ion at Barka.da1e Bield, ~ o u i siana,. .,.and had +thing but a 1 i t t l c A r v i n receiver.+.which o e r t a i n v was made f o r only loca~~. . recel~t ion, : , I constructed a knigs: par&lbl,antema OP the roof and exen f i l l e d a bil loon witk hydrogen and sent i t up aboU%.SO faa%rwith a wire, $... klid at %he very time the.'NitiC sohedule safid, there cpne a voice - very:%i-nny , ~ d : f s ~ , . , . to be sure - annoumingthat IiROX war com- mencing a t e s t '$roi&am. ...:@a With .my ear: g-d to the l i t t l e 3 inch ,speaker$ Sent t.hem a report fi&' i.6cei~d ;a a e b :oard i n return, and wkitten a c r o e ~ the back v~as IiWel- c.ome:. to the iegdce. &f :.%eDXFsrst:'F:: 18 there ever a s ta t ion ldke your f i r s t ? Srf,'now ngr

, opMwisYl~%s~.tihat.:B~:Cguld.%e:ia n(an-%&: . leisure ,- you &an be t I 'd be awake all night fo r ''- ': niore'ie~joc+:.'like: tliatt: Happy ,PJe~..lYe.%r,~ everybody! lad t;o h e w :from :dour 'Rillehart, I . . . ; .. " 1 - .

'.&.'we s l lchD@% $~3uC&llfin& thaC time.rts :DX and we-hop f a r more.s.bports! ' - ~ d . ) - ~ - . . :. . ... . : - ' I . . : : '.::::: ;:i., .::is: c:. -.:;.:. .;.:.-.i.. : i .:: :. .; A~~-~-E-N-T-I-Q-B - ~, .. . . - .- - : . > . . , :._, .

. A ..; :, " < :.. .!.. . >.,i:, :; ,; ... . . . . . . . ... . . ., ,. :.; . i &A&'=E- .-D=X- -P=R30=G=R =b5d'lvatte f i M . . . ....a ihOb?: . ;hie, Jan. 30 K N'O:.R.. 2400.: jNoaiian; ..OklaIsowa . . N R 0 . . . .,+:.,. . . . . LJ..';.;! . . - . ..'::.. ST

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Veries cont%n&to d r i f t i n very slowly, with few prompt replies. This week brought l e t t e r s from WDW WATM KRTN IUMS WVOP KCLO, a lso unrequested from WAX, a specially nice one frou WUSJ and an unrequestedcard from KCNI. Monday, Dec. 12th proved a f i n e one f o r DX, and gave me 5 new ones. K F P M through KFDQ, KYCA on h i s regular monthly f / c (the oliest un-heard s ta t ron i n U.S.A. here). Now WMAM i s the oldest , 'JIi)'I13UM on f /c, EWIK on regular all-night session, and KAGH on till 5200, at least. Also heard gYOR on f / c and maq ohhers, good but not new. The only Montana s ta t ion heard w a s K N X , heard KO% wM&e KXLL was to be on 1450, and no trace of hLi on the Oregon signal. 12/13 brought KTKT on a 1 0 n ~ ~ a u ~ - ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ - & 2 / . 1 5 ~ ~ a d d e d WVC, f ina l ly louder than the Nexican, and also 0ns.d~-,Chose catches t h i t make DX o < s y t h e m s t surprising hobbies, l 'uned to 1230 a t 5:55 and heard V!ONN come ble on an S-8 sign41 f o r 5 minutes before CJBQ took W'atlt, WONN signs on Week-days at 5:55 according to-̂--lviK'*yth only a al ight trace of I i W R WITH WCPO i n background! Lster i n week, no trace of WONN back of the all-nighters. Don' t think W A X was on on the 15th. no trace here. XOTNJ 1490, heard with TT on 12/15, at 3:45. WLIB &d f ree of Qpl on Sunday at 7:15, 1190 kc/s., and WONW with much QRM on 1280 a t 7:30, a lso Sunday. 1490 busy l a te ly , on Fridag l a t e fund-raising progrmi from a West Ba. etation. Satusda~r, CFRC has resmed i t s SatmdgrJI morning DX t e s t s on 1490 accordipg t o ' t h e i r announce,. ent, Sundq morning, WMGW with furpl-raising special t o 3:30 and latsr, nohfiing strong enough to make out on there a f t e r that. S ' a l l just now, 73.

-(Jog graugez'g ~ s g o ~ d - r ~ g r ~ ) - The past week saw DX continue very good, but new s ta t ions and veries cope.so slowly. New veries came from WHLL WONN KYCA AND WDXI, the l a t t e r a f t e r L3 tr ies. A 1 1 were le t - ters; WONN opened on about Sept. 15th, and s q s this was their f irst N.Y. State report, New stat ions t h i s week, KLIZ who has tes ted a few times on 1190 f r o x Dailas, mostly with open ckrriei.. KAF*Y heard signing off back of KTTR on 12/19. KSVC, on 12119 with f /c a s l is ted, using music. WPAL on 12/20, as l i s t ed , car r ie r and voice,. KSJO onW21. 'And Jastlii interest ing s4sul t on 1420 on 12/24 at 6:30 a.m. Normally W R R co&s on th6re~ then an3 is l ike a loca l here, but. t h i s mrning no W W heard, in i tead back of s t r o w ' WVUT dignal heard weak one sign on at 6:30 rihosa c a l l and -place '&unded: .l.ik WCSP,

kil l ( i s he on, Lefty?) ( I doubt it,~.Jo~--i.+++&tye-l M-"

?A, PePksMl17' Then before he said more t@n-@ew wcrd.8,. on came VJCOJ, I -0T out here,

WRI( i s 7 . ' l a t e r ., on saturda~r,--"if so, a good. tik to log WCOJ 01 wa3; L O ~ S of interest ing ca l l a heard, Sunda~l A.M. WLIB i n c lear at 7:00 a.m., VJUNW neard yiith',plenty Qm at. 7:aO"i/on. KTYL ~ e e ~ ~ 9 ~ ~ @ a & ~ - ~ ? - ~ % i 1 d i v I n g : h ..6hck .,on thqsa , coaa~ '"s igna ls s i m i n g off at orr.1490. KGST had iiiif;~jresti.tq W-WXRA

p r d g r a n d ~ .l2/19 at 3:30, came i n very well &re. . WLET f /c on 1450, 12/20 :a$..3s00-3:.10, QRM from:WdY, both with tone. WCMA on 1230 ~i-3W0wa~m-.-~.Wi. tbne, between 8:3% 3:45;. 'WINKEdff f / c at 3:35, back later with more Ateage. Mexican on 1590 ee&s .wet%key, '.o,Forf '.,at t h e s la te ly , WVC heard several . timea to : e f gn-off a t 3:00, K850 h e r d . t o 4:OOdnl 5:00 a f t e r that. KSTN has , .plat te t party daily from 1:30 to 3:OO. FiBBC on , . ET 12/22 at:4:30, IlRMl strong on l a t e ' program, same date, a f tor 3:00 a.m. ,12&?4, .RXAR rey;brted.dncemore, PYHL3 heard as l is ted. Off ioial WFCB dedication. cer&oni&'s took place Sa&u@ay afternoon, 12/24, and i t ' s heard very wekl here. Value of DX Blubs and the fellow$h& that &ea with them demonstrated by. the KCFF inoident,,ithanltsto. the na- t i o m i d s ~ c o p e ' o f NRC reportes, Lefty and I learn who our q i l e n t i f i b d t e ~ t e r on 1600 was, b,ack.or~l2/5. ' N o s ign of e i the r - HJDK o r WgXY here. Doubt if they were on. . . . . . . . .

' -?h~n&r-M&nt~et = E l I r e r o n , - N N ~ - J ~ r ~ ~ . . . . ~dllad"&oun~' mv'fully fas t . Didn't bring much i n way of DB[ of' ver i&. ;her , y.:: ope&'t%t :tEinks'will change. Aad no luck th i s AM. No H J ~ k . o r WKXY. Were 5

.\~tues:-~.d.,):'~s&'s what .happened 12/14 - VISC, reg: sked. oraer VBB)M. 12/15 - KSGB,LZ-12, ~ i b s r a r , . ; Ksns, f /c 3:OC-3: 15. ,12/16- VP4m s/on, secaad report. 12/17 - cNB, Rabat.,, 601, '2~00-3160 f ine ' business. 12/19 - KCNI, 1490, LT. No thing much ' t o .show, 'Verie. back WWC W C H ~ ~ T N B WSF KCMO KSPI. Up to 1319 now. Heard plenty more 'T!A~.i 12/i7 b u t CNR meant new continent so was my prize. W i l l keep it short dae to h01~day'season'~and i t s ,demands on one's time. Season's Greeting to all.. Best of DX. Hope "Newsn gets here tomor?&. If m a i l is as heavy a l l over a s at E.l'berbk,,,it no~!:t.: ; :, . .. -: . , -. . ..: . . . .

men WLb Gi&iQ it t h i s ."-.- .

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-Stan g o p a fL.p.-#a = gr&sxd- gafiagc&ge&t& 12/14 - mIFT on f /C 2:OO. XEDK on t e s t to 2:50. 12115 - KHUZ f / c 2:00. KSCB f / c 3:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a.m. ~Ol!N,f/c 3:35 a . m . 12/16 - W A D f / o 1:15-l:30:--Radio &in, 1357, with very wavy signal 1:30-1:45, S-6 to S-0. Couldn't get 'enough .for report. AFN, MunMh-Stutt- gart.5-4. BBC and French ill over the dial . Radio ~ r d & t , 1438 h / a . good signal anq 'a .l;eport. to these,.two, 2:0@-2:30 a.rc. .' WVW wiih.~ommunit~ Fund tqpe show 2:30. KOA with 256h'Annivereary :3:45#. W W ~ 2:473 :05, reguk:schedule, through :WRBF, WJPJIC 3 :IS. P R B d (agcording tb:,i&,lie make. HVerified'A11 '8tathsw'thhe times f o r me. Veriee '- WATM and WRLD. 12/20 - W M I K TT 2':OO a.m.', a lso a t e s t e r with a ~ o u t h e r n accent - d i d n l t hear any break@. KGA reg- ular io.khu%e 2:40-3:"~ a.;. s/off. WIRK t e s t 31.19. WOW t e a t 3:2333:28+ sdoff. KLW f / c 3:@. REEF f / c 3:49. W K X f test, a d& l a t e i d tough throughan S-8 WPSR., . 12[21- Radio Munich, 7.40 kc/s., 1:55 to 2:ld a.m., f a i r . . CBJ t e s t 2:25:. .,-,KRUS 4:OQ, f/,c., WSI: 'f /a ,4:15. gVOX heard s/off f / c 4:30. ' '12/22 Y WTOM with requeet .?l-+sv,. thre+e~ing bo :

.. . go a i l night if people wanted, it bad enough.' Off at 3:OO. %!O:HL2:15, tes t . .$DM, 3:45 test. ' WlVlIN f ina l ly through 1400 mess. KBRC tes t ing 4:19 a.q. t o 4 :30 s/off ...,,, NHOS ,.tea$ 4:3&4:45. 12/25 - VIMA to2:.36. a.m. with WCOPon also .--:WI%>:on 'top throughout. I WARD

. . . . 2:56.. CHNO 3:15. CMKV 3:45 a.m. WDgD with ChrisD,as show. Cm t o 5:00,a.& . . . . . . . . . . . . . W.mS al l night. A nice Christmas - WPAT began ~ s ' a l l - n i g h t ehow. . I . . . . . . . . .

Bob: asgw* 5 12& south 9th ~t~ee t~- -$s&~,J , "1~ . . . . . . . . . . . . New ve.~$ficat ions i;; ,+ace. l a s t week are: W L O U WLIN WBCK WKAY- WTOM K@O&~&WNAE WHCC KbTLmL & %OX.' . Not. much ' rea l DX but i t i s bkildinn u ~ m - lop. No.thina wan . . . - - , . - >. - - heard, 0f.l e i the? KJDK o r : HJDE here,' even 'ihough co$&itions w.Qe beleber th.ar'.thG, usually are. 1450 really. bor.0 f r u i t , thdugh wi,td J@ibW .US"& WREL WVOP XWBM WROB. & BrGNC all get- t ing reports todajr. fspmthie ' rnorningt.e,~.ing:; . . y. . . . . . . . . [12;/19..) WASK, & N'WNT. *ase also on but I didn' t send ,report's..to: th:emi because they. ar,e already verifigd.' , $@W was on from, +: 10 to 1':.28 ra%hervthaii L1'45 t o 2':0'3 8.m; .. O.ther regor t s l a s t week hen$; to W S ~ on f /c o,n. the.'l3th' a%:l:3Q. B.@;', WJRC o n a record sho'w, at 2:.15 a.m. o n +he. lqth, WIR3,o.a f / c at . . . 2130' bn, t h e l 3 t h ' kE@ on A .. a: ... reco'ra show at: 1:30 a.q,on the l&th,,:WFLO oven- m::at. 7,:25: : a.m. 6;. t ~ e ; l 6 ~ h : : j ~ ~ ~ 1 f . . signizig on. at 7:30 6: the 16th;; $#!& ?k#H WSAL at 10.;+5;a.m.&6th, WANE atll':.lb.&.m.:on. ~GHL signing off at 2:02 a.6. 6 the , l7 th , KCSJ,:endi:g;f/p. a t , 2i15 &m.: on .the',"l?.$h,':as;. atrong as WVLX,. CFRC ob'a ,apeci+lIDX show most,,o.f t h e n.ig+ on the l?tfi(w . . - . . . biqh..:oX :+hq ..... Quebdc s ta t ions. &es..com~,:on, . . . . 1 s t on Man* AMs? .. ,:,

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a ,*veriel' Merry Christmas here, Ifp glad to report. Just 2 days before Christ- rnta brought me 5 veries i n one pwi1,::the f i r s t time that has ha?pened i n recent

,?,,--. Since my l aa t raport , veries have a r r ived from KCUL KXTN KSEI WATM WHLL PINA WKVA WLOX WPM, & WSK1, all nice l e t t a r s . .~€iiepiion col.ditions ,&ve simwn a ~ a r k s d iin; provment, and reports were sent to. the fi l lowing -,atchea: 12/17 - WNOP on regular '. achedule f roni -5C00 to 5:.15 p.m, 12/18 - WEjAY pn r&&.lar, sched~l'e from 7:03 . to 7:16 a.m. WSFT on regular .from 7:30 to m., and WVA on from 8 r05' to 8: 5 5 a.m. 12/19 - KWT

Pest from 3:15 t o 4:05 lo HJDK o r WKXT DX programs thin morning. A s happens tn, they ,were on a day ,2120, and ran into heavy interference from V'JZ and

vrrrn respectively, Bbth were reporred, as wel l , a s Harnburg, Germany, on 904 kc/s., with S-7 signals from 1:40 ta 2:13 a.m., and KTBI on i t s monthly f / c from 3:30 to 3:45 a.m. 12/21 - An excellent morning & I logged a 25C wat.ter from each Pacif ic Coast s ta te a s followat KRNR, Roseburg, Ore., on f / c 3:00 to 3:15 a.m.; KWWB, Walla Walla, Wash., on f/c from'3:15 to 3:30 a.m., and KIBE, Palo Alto. Cal . . tes t ing from 3:50 to 4:30 airi . 12/24 - WCA on regular schedule from 2:30 to 3:05 a.m., and WIBR t es t ing from 4:05 to 4:30 a.m. 12/25 - A big morning f o r Latin Americans. Nothing exeelt icnal was caught, but go8 good logs on the following: CMJB, Cmnaguey, Cuba, on 880 kc/s. fron 1:3.5 to 2:08 a.m.; TGRC, Guaterrala City, on 1520 kc/s., from 2:10 to a:30 a.m., with G:FM from l!WW *anti1 3:00 a m . , and XEMH, Merida, Mexico, on 1495 kc/s. from 3:58 'to 4:30 a.m. Also logged the Guatemala s t a t ion on 840 kc/s. from 4:46 to 5:10 a.m., but WEAS' car r ie r waa too much f o r me to catoh the TGts c a l l l e t t e r s . Aqv help, please, a ~ o : l e ? Urhoen heard fading i n and out on 1380 kc/s. around 4:30 a.m. 12/26 - Over-slept on WHG's DX t e s t due to too much Bhristmas A.M. DXing. W i l l report then on regular schedule soon. 12/27 - Logged Toulouse; France, on 913 kc/s, from 1:40 to 2:30 a.m. with S-3 sS They had been S-9 plus while I was logging Hamburg on 12/20. WPdTts all-night I was heard f o r the f i r s t time this morning. That t i e s up 930 kc/s. f o r u s Eastel: L u c k that I was able t o get KSEI i n under the wire. I was very much interesteh Ln sue

,ions reached by Frank Gravely the trouble l i e s with the DXers, or, u.ost Ly, with theJf type of reportn d i f f i c u l t i e s we a re experiencing in gett.ing

veriracotione from some stat ions. We ce I too have a nmber of delinauent reports onqy . f e e l qualified to say F i r s t of all, 1 c ~r that, although I has ;s of aqy Other I some of you have, i t "so-call- ed" DXsrs a re guilty of sending slipshod reports and o r ra i l ing to enciose return post- age. I f e e l that I am guilty of neither of these fa?-lts. Yet f i l e s for the 3 mos. of Sept., Oct., and Nov. show tha t out of 71 s ta t iora reported, only 44 have verified. Of the remaining 27, 11 are chronic mn-verif iers f o r me (paving f a i l ed to answer 2 or. uore reports althoagS 7 cif them have been vcr i f lad ;y c thars) , 9 k w c vorif'i.d r9adj.Q f o r other DXers, 5 cnnno t be classi f ied (no past rscord i n bul le t in) , and % a re Latirr: Ameridans (enough,.said about them.} I expect Bbout 6 of those t o verify eventually, : : while fo1lovr.-Ups would bring in.another 6 o r more. Now, ioes the f a u l t l i e i n my re- ports, as Frank has concluded?.. Let u s look through the veries which I haverec8bved.fn just one week, as reported above.. .The following a re quotes from the ver ie l e t t e r s tfiemp selves: I(Rm. 'P.S. Your':reportwas very clear arid complete. We want t o thank you es- , pecially f o r taking-ths tinii: tb-make i t so." KSEi - "We very much appreciate your de- ta i led l e t t e r , the- teohri%cal-.portj.ons of whiol.1 z e of p a r t i c u l a r in te res t t o o u i - Chief Engineer." WATM - "Thankyou very m c h f o r your interest ing report. The infomatian w i l l be of much help to: ti@;.!' .:NINA - #We apprebdate your.,compr~herisiv~ repor t or quality of receptiokt' of PIINLfi ::PIPAL - ttYour D X l e t t e r wa&wr i t t enwi th such, p l a b de ta i l tkat we a re & i n g to:~$lsosi~i t in our ,'proo.f o f

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persons& l a f t e n h ; Peihpps npr seport fa i led chithe r i gh t man at the 'e tat ion? Therr i s .no . w e w a ~ r t o . m e s s your : let . tar a t row stat ions the C.E. answe.rs, while' at Other,@ i t i s tfie. Gen. Mgr. or. .the r r o e a n Dir. -Perhags 'the s ta f f was busy .a& .. : uiy report was p'igeon-Bolsd slZd forgot ten? PerMs. the management i s indif'f i ren t ' to DX : . raports?. Perhapa'the C.E..' ~r'~~.hoevCI.r,waB expected to reply simply doeentt ... , . . lib $o:wriC~$': l e t t e r s? It i l in te res t ing . to :note-hbw. aichange i n gersonnel . w i l l move a :et.&ti:dn from ..: the non-verify fng t o the verifying-aategory such ar WVCO KNEB KVLC & &AR. . Ab any. re€*' I f e e l t h a t our :troubles are sti lk ' . largely due to .the w a r a r n a t t i tude -of : i&ifferen~e. We a l l law i t i n stores, factor ies .an& everywhere else , and muoh of the'"WQv ,Be nice to the other fellow if you clonft .haole-ton a$t i tude:@$il l exists. Besielia,,map of the present-day bioa;8castdrs are not.product8 of the o l d "&anw and QSL mbhcoi a&, heice,;, ':' verif iantions mean l i t t l e o r nothing to them,, .Cert@in?y, g o d reports a re elraential; .. ' " but I bslieve. tUt there i s a big';field . f o r r8dio- clpbs and DXerr a l ike to do misrio* "' ary work aim& a t improving the'relations between s tat ion ad:aXer, and all of q s , e a n

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help by continuing to send: the b s t kind of recepti0.n r e p o r t ~ ~ ~ o s s i b l % . 73.. .. . .

% r ~ c a . - & c w _ n t ~ - ~ ~ g d . & n ~ New He'~?:lg@ IUYA~L . . - - Kt ve had a b i t o f succe.cis.- t h i s seaeon, i n f a c t so ,far $his,Deoember I lve lo&& 30 &a- tions which *Get 'be' 0-01 nly beet months.. Date and times. d logging a l l in S T - Dec. 2 - cXosing'8;t 3:OOi:KNOX tes t ing a t 3:06; WYVE at 4::bb s/on;:WHIS- at. 5:00s/on; , WDEF with *&a' at , 5:-25 amd:Yawii,Patrol; WDXI with plentj., of, advertisements at 5:35; WTOD at- 8:31 k/on: : 12/3 2: =I@ test ing at 3:l?i WMW testing: a t 3:33; =OR t -s t ing a,t

'-, 3:36; RWIK a l l night, logged at 3:56, he didnl t reply to one .r:epokti W L A K signbng on .at 5:OO; WOBS with "B*eak of DayN program a t 5:21;. WOT with earl1ymorning farm p r o g r d at 6:lli WTAR with news at 6 : s ; W W at 6:47 s/on, at .amazing strerpth; WIB.0 at 7:09 with a Pinball Machine conedescial. . 12/5 - WWRL test ing new transmitter an3 asltirg f o r phone cs l l6 ; WElIC'EPeaded to be all-night; KYOR st .Q:?O,.with a frequency adjustme.nt broadcast; PlTRF opeitirigdt 5:OO; KIFI f / c a t 5:12. . 1?/6 - WTR at 3:34. 12/9 - WHEC t e s t at 4:lO. 12/12. -' KCOK who didnl t reply to my . f . i ~ s t report, logged again a t 3:00 s /o f f ; KSl% at. 3:03 sign-off; a M-ioan on 1240 t h a t I, t,&e to be XEBU, with a special type program, excellent signal; KRKO tes t ing at 3:50i>ISqNO with a special f / o at 3:51 came through the Nexican well; KAYBT with a perfect -signel at 4:00 with a f/c. I f ind that even out here 1450 i s nearly always blocked by. W T ; . 1490 by KWIK. 1 4 0 0 . 8 KENO or KOhP) or both. . 1340 i s blocked by a New Zealand station, 1240 by KSON and 1230 by BAS, so i t takes a good signal to get through. them. Veries la te ly a re from KSPA .KGAN & WRCC who were amazed that they were.heard out here. On Dec. 1 I missed an easy-logking on 1450 at 3:15, a s ta t ion test ing for frequency measures, with organ music. I. fMnk it was KROi3, . It was a p o d signal'jbut just faded. enough to make c e r t a i n of oa l l , . . . . ,I . .... . .

&rgla W_gagr-.r2RLD& #l---N~rth-G&rgr&,,Pg~aj~lvan_i& Stwed up ~hr+st;;;as morning to trJi f o r South Amer.icans.- Latin speakers were,rvejwhi+$ and soon g o t - t i r e d marking down. the ones on even frequencies so just makkid down these': on $lit frequenciesb Had. to. watch out f o r TAls were coming i n too, The following s p l i t frequen&ie&.were,noted:.555, 605, 629, 685, 735, 738, 778,1.1005, 1015, 1025, 1033, 1045;'' 1532, 1098, 1115, JlE, 1135, 1255, 1258, 1323, 149'5, and lQ2 , TWC war coming through on "1520. . Decidad .to' copy the one on 555 but by the time 'I :& t back. bp there he had gone off the air. Then went dov- t o 1323 but a f t e r .I flubbed o:ut on reoognizing a couple of papular Ames'icaz~ dance tunes I gave up with the. re+.liz$tion tha t I've been ou t

.of %ouch w i t i i tlk 5ebp. school too, long. Got to s t a r t iri on these. old f a v o ~ i t e s again tin& '.$earn them, . AbouT :all I know now i s ".Donf t Cry, Joe and l!Mulq .l'raiq,!l hi. This mir$ing, the 26th) s tar ted i n a t 1:30 a f t e r TAAls with the . . r e s ~ l ~ t s ehown iti ('DX Down the Dial" of last issue.. k i a e leve l wao high but signals wefe , . r ...*e'tty . .,... .&?d,up till about '.. 4:10 when things went .haywire. . I was l i s ten ing t o WH5 a d ' w i n g , t h e b u l l e t i n of f at the s4 "but .'&&Id: C i a , saniething happened by .,$he waj... . tiie Mixiden o;sme u p on WWBG.' TAls w to S-9::at-3:40 uaEien;I -tuned i n T W I G . . . an4;di~&+~dhr&+ . . . at :.4:20 when I l e f t

- h h ; kverytning 'else sricimed to drop off too. . .~ond?tiona.@an surfj change i n a hurq . *Ls V q z Be Ameriiaw':..TILYMon 855.in.:San Jose, Costa ~ i c a , : "has::been :doming i n evenings. ~ou~h'sl&idirig-'her~ .with CJBC.- on;860. 12/27 - . ~ u d a ~ e . ~ & 6 , ~ :4zeoh. 638, . , N ~ r w q 850 (beaut tiful, 9 'Yjd) & Sweden 1086, Denmark 1176 a l l coming i n t h i s AM.''Wom&i talking Ge1mBril3Q.

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30d moai n t t o t l Thanks

t mornir 10 se und to Wac . , .

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lowing heard and rep . Whert l e i s noted,-st s l i s t e d i n "Down the c a l l l e I - ZBM, (12401, n 121.19, 5:00 a.m. s/on. nave enougn a a t a . r o r a report on cnzs one. On Deo. 20, vl,nwn, s / o f f l :20 a.m., s/on 6800. - : - CFOS ;on t i l l . 1345. with Chritltmas Fund show. KVGB, b /c ,, W&K, f /c. , heard easily. 2:30-3:00 a/off.. Dec. 21 - WJZM VANE f / c , B U R E T , KTYL again. WKRT ET 3:OQ-3:10 and *WVWB f /c 3:15-3:30 with music f o r a nice report. Dec. 22 9 KEX regular. This one has been coming i n a l l week with good signal. W ~ T M W x on f / c . Dec. 23 - ROY on top at. l.:30 through s /off at 2:OO. CBK S-9 at 2:00 s/off KTYL, regular, KWFC, f / c and WTRC, f f c . Dec. 25 - WHLL ET with T &. M lr00-1:30. mDQ regular, KYA regular, WALA regular, W A R D r e e l a r , WLCX r; w=.'?egular, on a l l night. Cra teof selected f r u i t to mos t d i s tan t l i s t a a e r jwn Frenchnan on 1375 a t 3:30. m, Mdt. to 4:04 sfoff "Edr 6 Radio Shopn pro; Chis progrm On again next Sunday A.M. W B A s/off 5 : l5 before dark. WLRP WJVx a: wvd all a t twilight. On Dec. 26@, CBH, regular, W J L B regular :s/off'"2:OO. Wm (1450) I L eeriter, Pis. on ET from 1:30 to 2:30. *ICFDA *m-*%'DNE%THS *KSPA a l l on f , .st6d, *WGNC on the i r regular 4:00 tes t . Tm. stations on 1490 f igh t ing it out from s;dO to 4200. Chat, ' tered so badly 'at s ta t ion breaks t h a t could not identi*. Unimown ca r r i e r messed up

' 1450 all morning. Fuzzy recepti0n:on a l l s ta t ions on 1453. Believe the Latin on 1490 to be XEDR,' heard of ten past week;. . Plenty of foreign s ta t ions heard, but I donit ga f o r them unless i n 'English. -Versies. i n a re l e t t e r s from: B!DAN WRL WKIC. Card ---U WCJU %RAL ICSFP a ? L . WJE3 WTOD WJMA WEBB RREL gTCM a re hold-outs since Septm Best wishes f o r 1950 . t o a l l .

egular. . unkru: gram. 1 . " ",A".

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Pat-Rgi&lg---lL ~ i g e - P & a c e - - - J p g s & o ~ _ n ~ ~ Ioyk- - - New 'veries are VLOX WIKC- BPI KOVC WGAP. 12/19 - KCNI, 1490, ET a t 3:52. KFBN, 1400, on f / c at 4:27/KGST, 1 slgning off a t 4:16, very noisy today, thing heard of HJDK on DX. 12/?0 - RVOW, off t e s t a t 3128, XEDF on a f / c f o r Cowercial Rad-

lipnent Cb. i n b s . C i $ y , at 3:39 on, gave P.O. Box 87, Laredo, Texas 2s address, ) kc/s. .Unknown.one on 850 at 3:49 and KTRB on 860 very strong WEEK off f / o a t

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. ~BIG on ET, a t 4:40 - who was weak and very noisy on 1500 till nearly 5:00 today, call - sobled l i l re KGEZ - heard plenty of da t a but noisy i f c a l l was given and RWIK c lear andL readable o n 1490, believe i t i s EXPX. Tney say i n Northern Calif. 12/21 - F i r s t day.of rdnter and50o ,at 3:10 a.m. KWB aa scheduled f / c as in l i s t on 1490. KRUS, 1490, OK f / c a s i n l i s t , copied that 1500 one again f o r 40 minutes, used card, c h i l i bars, etc., but 'by -gum, .. noisy when time to mention ca l l . Ho hm, the 1L6S of a, DXer! 15 new ones reported on 1490 since WSW moved. WgTC on f / c a t 4:48 on 730 kc/s.' 12/22,

'WATO & WGEZ on 1490 a t 2:5.7, WGEZ off a t 3:03 and WAN f / c t i ll 3:15 '- WGB a t 3:08 t e s t , KGCX at 3:08 i n Sidney, Montana, and Nil l is ton, N.D., W J W with Clefteland' t'cansportation s t r ike news a t3 :20 - WMJM on f / o at 3:53 - KPOA very good today. 12/23 - No DX, wife back from hospital And I was .quiet today. 12/24 1 XTYL signed at 3:00 - KAlT a t 3:02 "sign;off - KDB on f-/w 3:00;3.:15 - IWIK i s an all-nighter, I . guess - TT on 1590 at 4:00 but no. voice used, -on t o p tif .XEMC - KPAC at 4:20 on test . 12/25 - Away frcm hm.e;'.so :no DX; 12/26 - XTKT, 1496, a11 morning, unknown on 1590, no voice used. Eng1ish.!ita-

: t ion bn 877. ~fodlunan'a Farki I :gusss, 3:00 to fade-out a t .3:27, WWHG quite porn .a i ;op quit - D O A was good today again, a u d a : Happy New Year and b p e

s s t e r i n 1950 f o r all .you. DXers.. :; verify . .. . '

-Lgo-ngrd = ,220 gazm &vgrme---Chig+go,l$, -ILIA . 0114.2. report$ wentout t h i s week, both f o r DX on Mon. ,MI : Did. not ' DX ' l a s t Sunday'.ae o n ' Satusdq 'night we celebrated the anniversary of ibfle:,Bat$le. ,~ of . . . .Bastogne';&. ccmin home at

2:aOwas ii n6 shape to DX. Memo to Reilly - felt:wois., tw ,in ~ i i . ' i r i 1940. Bmq-m) Speaking of Baf t l e of Bastogne, I was invited to.,a.;p.$eviaw showing p f ?BAttle$rouqdn which is:-the--story of lOlst at Bastogne & I can highly.. recowent. it . ,-It i s a 6wall.plc- turs. .Virieb ~aine. f n f a i r l y good t h i s week, from nyIa. DX,, &4~.,& KEll?Cli&, Prom'p~r-.Chicagg

' 'DX,: &,WMVA. ~kr . iea now 842 with 30 r p t s s t i l l cut.: An. i&res'tihg, i b t e on @TA ver- . . . , ' i e 'hers - 2 8 ' s 'qirdt0-from the -verie ? m e Transmitter was a n RCA 250:yg .kkh an output of

250 watts. 'Parne' w'& e :L;'00D -o j~&~ nc'te an& wae transmi tt;d f rom &:,~'?%&'I)~Y . ~ T T o ~ AN- TENNA 30: off t h e graiind.- .We are moving t o different quarter.e' and 'our:'.(con~;d?. 9 )

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Leg gerz, cogf&. . . WWers are alseady moved.= 2nd. of qugte. ' Think thY".- '

~. c'proves that a f l a t t o p i s pret ty

good f o r t r a n ~ m i t t i h g ~ a s I heard, than S-8: pl-AS, 6-5: ' To Ralph ~ o f a n n s ' - " V ~ & q i & e r '. f o r KASI is.Doy.lg D.-.~Zelso,, C.E. Vei-ie. 4 card.' ah& received inside a &eZ'on f i r s t T&-

includ I i n l a t , % On 12 , ~~ . "",.

PJHIN hG! n fac t , e r , slept -- - L

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port.. SBJ~ Ralphie,. how, about. sending'me', & a e '&s;i$ar,. oan us@ One,. ~ e s t y~i3hi$ toL all. . . . . . . . . . . . . :. Frank Grave&..- 201 stailing ~vgm2s---M=~~ins~i~lg,-Vaa~ s~ . . . . ,. "- -.--.-4. . - - - , . . Hope you!2a ge9ting j n p e n t y , pf,. good DX,'- 1 have. Xiitelied a C O U D ~ B 0f.M b sinc'e:.lae$:. r~pox t . , .Nuthi%. spe.ct.acui+r. but r; f G W repbrta ' out.' They & KlXE. AX1 eex.epBPk w. he&den. r e ~ l a r f/o. No veriea ie caw .'in. -on U/l.a.;,: :Guess . ~ iu i sknas . . . maiS .ha'$. t i ed ' them; up. dSSed nXBdg.:. ~ t P M g o t r e g a g f f t o : V F hear& topping mru r l i l ~1011 ar a.13 p.m. WLIO.:b?ping, 1670 a$, 5:00 p.h.' . f g ~ t h . Lord's Prayer. On 12/13, W G T M on f j c with bad QRM.d&~PI:K.: As&d fo.r reports. WDAN,on,f/c withXansas City; WCYB, f / c with Atlanta .*t .2:20; WHSN: f /.c .2:!3&2':45, I(FP ,good 'signal '2:'W-3':03 ah . on 940; also good; GtGV &/off on 1293 at 3:05; @REX bn'.f/6 at 3:15. I(Es wifh 'exoellent eignal sign-on 3:1!%3:30 f/c, On 12/!.4, gECA good', signal 'dn 7,90 at ,3:C3;' WLOK s /of f f / c 3:05, PKNB TT s joff .3:15; KIXU excellent signal dn ' i & O with P/c 3:15-3:33; WOBT s/b;ff 3t35; 'WFA s/ off f / c 3:05; mMRN and FAX heard on.f/c. A t one.. t+eTTts were heard 6n 9UOl~910, 920 950 and 960. A l l qt s m e t h e . None identifying.. .V/hat a idegs! To 'date: I'have .setit out .68 reports, received 34 replies, sent '9 folIow+iiljs'; re+ived one reply. So,.m b a t tipg.60$ on veries. Rope it comes up to 8@. CoditLonb-ae& to."be.getting.bettor now. Many :AMl.s .find West Coast s ta t idns .c{mi,ng i n l i ke .lo$&ls; S t f S 1 lobking .$or . f b t f i r s t TA. .Guess ,if I can get: away from, iiar$irig.long M u g 1 'bbriatnrai. I'.i1:gi+e' tha SAt s a t w i r l .pniehris$m@s Day and 0&:1/1/56. '. A&& witfi,'sonie d f t h e ~ ~ f ~ i ~ o w s . ; o n : ~ t h ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ o t t i n ~ sta*ions-!.on r u p ~ l a r . schedule. :, 'They se& t o . come through'much tieitter'dn regulaa;teports

-t bhaiion test.$ a ~ : . f / c ! s. . ~ o r t h karoliim -seems' to b e & bCst .ita.t'e f o r +erifyigg. ':Since I- havekheen- BXSn$-o~ly ,,fwo s t a t ions . have:nbt verif fed. ~ b y ' a r e WGNf on G./20149-: f ] c ~ ~ report , and WHPE on repgr t ba& in 1948; ' S t i l l have" hop8's' bd PrGETI'I i @oiSh.hg' !WoUgh.-' Belated Christmas;grqtjp@ to fellows and best of DX to all''dn':1958..73yf.'' . - . . . . . . . . . . , sarnia ; Orid;:' .: -AL $ t ~ v f i ~ _ a & b ~ i & g =. f 22 gort_h grgns g t z e y t - - - -,- - - Having been on.,.the s h e s fox.aweeki there i s n ' t muc:? to add td DX hiiistoru'since last

T e s t oj merit V( . - .

report ing on ~ec.ember 5th.: ,Q/?.{WGPA on the i r ctp-;cia1 with a f i n e s ~ g n h ; A t 4:30 on 850 with f/e. V ~ r i a back already. 12/10 . ~ a ~ t e d WATM on 1.90 &'.3t;31. 1400

kc/s. broughC a mall mystelg. at, 4:05 .to.. +14 with s c a l l .triat. sounded':liire. KOIC. l q y clues? N 6 skgn of KOWD, b%t ; -W cape .iii .fine. !.2/11 -' 4:G6, R W F 3 fair' %il'4:2i;: fade-out. No. CKOV o r XDET, ;bu$ WWPF .on,8.?9 :test f o r 3 mirmtes u n t i i 4:40 wheluXIBK . ' took aver. A t 4:55, WPTR on 1540 wi$h.an.all-night ihow. A t 5:25, K W , 1290, with special .program.. 12/12 ,brought number. 130.0 i n qv log with KVFD o n 1400.af 2:33, f /c . fWontana-Mo rning" wasn't very f G i t f u l , ,with o n 4 KGCX showing up., The e t h w ware a toCaUAoes. 12/18 - WMBL o n 740 at .7:20, a

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-~anf -Gn&u&f, , =eyo_n,-R~w-J~rae;y. - Veries since .last'Mond&y have. been fl .ood&ngi~i. Go t WAaVI! Sgre hope things pick up. : Got my DX News on Saturday,. Some m a i l , tie-ups! bX has been fa i r . TA1s doing quite - , well. West Coast likewise... Can't. f igure out ww... RaSn: and Temperatures i n 50's have been the order of thiitgs.:. Here's weekt.§ DX. 12/20 L ,WAF, 730, 2:30-2:40. on f /c. KOH 2:45-3:03* sfoff; ,3:05-3:~5,;copied some BBC a n 1.019 - gonna try. 3:45-4:00 XEDF 790 f / c i n ~ n g l i s h and Sp'anish: 4:OO-4:30WKXY,; 1&0,06 ET 4:30-5.:00. KWIK, 1490, regular schedule. 12/21 - ' : 0 0 3 ~ f 5 , .BRNR, 1490, ;f/s a s p e r f LC list . ; KWB, 3 : 153:45, 1490, as per list, 4 :154~30, :KVUX; -1340, f./c.. , ,l2'/22 - 3:45;.4:50;:'W~IW, 1340 kc/s. 4;00- 4:30, EBRC, -i&30, $/c; ..:.12jW .- .3:30-4100,. KING; 1090, Seguler .schedule. 4:OO-4:35, UGH, 1300, rehlar .schedule;. .4:35-5:00, XGIL, 1260, reguiar schedule. ' 12/24 - 2:45- . 3:00, WAC, .1260;,~~: ,3:0(13:15, D B , 1490, fj'c a s per list.' :' 12/25. - No .DX. . Trinmed t ree till ' ;abost:3:06-aim.. ' 12/26 - 2:15-2:30 KOJM 730 f / c ,ae:per list..: 2.:30+:00, KYNO, I 3 0 0 ; r e g d a r sahedule. 3:20-3:35 - ESPA, 1400, ' f / c aa 'per liit..- Nevcitheard W K X Y . lZ/19;-"but %well 12120;. . Forgot all about WWHG t h i s A.M., Got'too'excited: over that f / ~ ' l ~ ~ . e ; : Y a p e t o add some real . PX t h i s next weelk. Par is 690, 995 a t Hilversm, Frenohan.bii 1430 - 1456 h%a;rd- thi:s A.M. but w i s e made it hard to follow so w i l l wa.it f o r .lekst ' no . i~mor r i ing .~ :-Ncrb next Monday eve. 73' s.

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~ ' - - - - D& Frex - - - 3511 - - - - - North ~ ~ t ~ d - - - C & E a g o g o ~ , I I ~ l f '~e l l ' cbois ; $is' *li&litl=.9.;Ofi. the .off side. t h i s past week with only the followinp - KGST t e a t , M-V, ' 3 i&-3 :58 ?2:2/.19;- .12/21 - K%WB f /c-TT-M? 3 : 193:29, US f /cTT 4:.0;i9r:1OI -.

'#VLI.i%gular sche&i$ie .4:27-4:44, Fo'laowing veries came i n th i s week - 12/13 :- l e t t e r s . f r & , . WWPJ.@A, Card fi?oir.E7CTC. 12/22 - Letter from y, 12/23 - card fromWGBF. I ,-received.@. "DX f?e%sd:&n 12/22, Leo got h i s 12/23, and Derek's came 12/24! :.sorry . . Ralphie, b-.it'?t'was-'hpg.esible f o r me to s ing at W W . Voice w a s tbo sere for-ye.see he., l&;, 5 t w l G:' .fd&- on the bar-room f loor , hi. Now f o r the sad news. , . Ther.a:will, not be:-' k , ~ r e : note8 -from.a Chief Engineer's diary but I would lik& to enclobe. h i & ep i - taph. ' l1,Eere l i&s:~Joe Doe Ey the radiat ioh ' .. . ..' . . :.':. .. ,'

' A ~ i m ~ 1 8 'soul. . From h i s W I ' station." .:. . ,; .: >, .. He was a Ckiief Engineer k t look a$ :'him now : - : I . . . ,; ... .. Who 'thought that he A s he l i e s not knowing

, Could s t i c k h i s f a t m i t t Where i n --A lie now is. going! And couldn't get h i t . . . . . . . . .

Well, gang, t ha t s s a l l f o r now and on Nsw Year's Day I hope that as tag t r ee said to thedog, "Have one on , l I hope you ' l l pardon the expression, me!"73 &,bes t o f .DX.

Ps-E* = 3% ShhrLe~ ~~ntms-ntmsBuff~o-lg,-N1.Yz - l~s11 ijogs, w t a verie since l a s t report, and so w i l l be looking forward ta.gett ing . , @me'at@ day, I hope. Reports went out to the following: 12/19, to WLIO on. sign/off,

. 12/20 - mIK on f / c ; gXEO on. f / a i ViLET on f /c ; RVom, I hope, heard with two announce- : ments , but '%he .last l e t t e r always f a i l ed me but did always hear Texas. KTBI .on,,f /c.

. 12/21 -,.I(RUS on f/d. '.XWJB on .f./c. 12/22 - KRAM on regular schedula. 12/23 ..L IDJIK:on regular '~scho~ule, KSJO .on.w.hat. seemed l ike regular schedule, and on 12/24 to:'KOPO on

, . ' f / c . This to 'o was.a toughie and sent w h a t info ZIh+ and told them that1 would leave . it up 'tp 'them arl.'to: sufCicie!bt material f o r a verie. .Hope some of these come back soon.

A& &a&q = Wggn&&tg &vgn~e--_H&&lg~~cj, F a l l s, - Latest veries f r& KRTN KYCA KWIK KWZ KCNI (good old 1490, h i7 WATM WKOZ & WRXL. Re- ports. to. I(WAK ClVlWl (~hristrnas. .marnin~) KBIX WKTG KASI KRUS WgBV WGEZ..WTOM KfUM KBRC

:KCSJ 8; KALL. ~ K C N I thanksme for-informative report and say&"Most of the boys moothe . . i t ' o n rather heavi* and only have meagre d e t a i l so one knows they a c t u a l l y were using . ..

, . several s,tages of imagination .to guess who they were, hi." Come comei boys! You can . , . : do. b e t t e f t h k that! If a station. is- heard poarly, t e l l them so, so yaur: reports don1 t

c&tradict those from DXers trying to give the s ta t ion a true picture. W i l l txy to get i n another card befo.re I leave next. %enday night. My HQ-129-X Hamr.arlund w a 6 just

. . picked up t o be packed f o r expomt, -as I intend to s t a r t a new temporary l o g at des- . . . . , , . . tihation.'; @e hope so, A1, and pleas? a l so l e t us hear from you when you a re W 3 y over

there. D%'IT&S~ real ly be something different ovef there - l e t r s know i f 1490 i.q.clear .. out.;in.. the. Asiatic area, too, hi! . Anyhow, 1ots':af ..luck an@ kcceas; and an ear* .and . . . .. .. ~ . . .

God-sp~d ' r eb i~n~ to -9ou. We'll miss. you - Ed.).' " 1 ' ~. - . . . . .

"DX DO'"m THE DIAL" --- 12-31-49 The f ollowinn r e ~ o r t c o v e r i ~ K K A t l a n t i c s t a t i o n s r o m Evin B. - - - - u Roberts , ~ a n v e r s ; Mass. and covers t h e per iod from December 16 t o Dec 24, 1949. 3:30 t o 7:00 PM and 11:CO PM t o 3:30 AM.

kc. Locat ion AM PNI kc. Location . . AM PM 160 Brasov,Rumania x x, 859 S t rasbourg , Fr . x 160 Kootwijk,Holland 5-6 868 Poznar. ,~oland 11.:30-X2:3OA 167 Ottringham, Gr. B r . x x Brussels I V , Belgim 1-3 x 174 Moscow, U.S.S.R. x x 877 London Reg,Gr. B r . x x 182 Ankara ,Turkey 3-5 386 Dob1,Austria x x

Reykjavik, I ce l and 6-8 895 Lyon,France x x S t rasbourg ,Fr . h rd t h r u Iceland 904 Hamburg,Cologne,Ger. x x

191 Deutschlandsender, Ger . x x 913 Toulouse 1,Fr. x x 200 Dro i t a i ch I. G r . B r . x 922 Brno I, Czech x 232 Luxembourg, Lux. x 932 B m s s e l s 1 1 , B e l g i m x x 546 Radio Rossuth, Hungary x x 941 Alg ie rs ,Alger ia x x 556 Beromunster, Switz. x x Goteborg,Sweden x 565 Athone, E i r e x 959 Monte Car10,Monaco x x

Pa-Termo , I t a l y .~ 1-2 9 6 8 Pati, France x . x Schonbrunn ,Ger A f t e r 2 977 ?Jest Reg. G r . B r . x x

574 S t u t t g a r t ,Ger . x x 986 Tur in 1 , I t a l y x x 583 Tpnis I I ,Tunis%a x l'o~un,Poland 12 : 00

D r o i t ~ ~ i d h I 1 , G r . B r . x 995 HilversumI,Holland x x Riga ,Latvian SSR 11:50~m0030A 1004 Brat i s l a v a ,Czech. 12-1

592 Vienna 1 ,Aus t r i a x Eabat 11,Morocco 1 x 601 Rabat 1,Morocco x x 1013 Midland Reg,Gr.Br. x x 629 Lisbon,Port . x 1022 Madrid,Spain x

Vigra ,Nor. 0115-0240 AM 1026 ? ? ? ? u s e s German 2-2:30 638 Prague 1,Caech. x x 1031 Koblenz, Germany x 648 Limoges 1 ,Fr . x 'x 1040 Rennes ,France 2 658 Norden, Ger. x x Radio Pe t ro f i,Hung. Thru Rennes 658 North Reg.Gr. B r , x x 1059 Bar i 1 , I t a l y x x 677 S o t t e n s , Swit z . A f t e r WLAW s / o ~ 1068 Parede, Por tuga l x 686 B e r l i n RIAS ,Ger. x 1077 Bordeaux I, F ~ . x x

Madrid ,Spain x 1086 Falun,Sweden x 695 P a r i s I, France x 3: 1095 BFN common wave,Ger. x x 704 Andorra ,Andorra x 1104 Cntania , S i c i l y x x

Stockholm, Sweden X 1113 P r a ~ u e 11, Czech 12-2 713 Rome 1 , I t a l y x x A l g i e r s 11, Alg. 2 x 722 Radio Wolga , Ger . 12-2 1122 Cowborough,Gr.Br. x x

Hilversum,Holland . . X x 1131 Horby, Sweden x ~ ~ ~ Li sljon, Portuga 1~ '6-7 1 1 4 0 T r i e s t e I 1 , F r e e Zone x

731 Nancy, France x 1149 G r . B r . common wave x x 740 Munich, Germny x 1158 Ostrava ,Czech. 12-12:30 449 l i f a r s e i l l e , F r ~ n c e x Bordeaux I1,Fr. 12;30 x 758 Madrid, Spain x 1167 Monte Ceneri ,Switz. x x 767 S c o t t i s h Reg. Sco t . x x 1176 Copenhagen,Denmark x x 776 P a r i s 11,France x x 1135 Nice 1,France x x 785 Leipzig , Germany x x 1195 ldunich,Germany x . x 795 Barcelona, Spa i n x 1204 Kosice,Czech. x x

Lvov,TJ.S.S.R.- x 1213 L i l l e 1 ,France X . X 804 Welch Reg. Wales x x.' 1222 Henge10,Holland. .2 :30-3 814 Milan I, I t a l y x x 1237 ? ? ? ? Uses German 1-3 823 Tunis 1 ,Tunis ia x x' 1249 k.F.N. Germany x t o 6

Trondelag, Nor. A f t e r Tunis AM 1267 Saarbmcken,Ger. x x Bucharest ,Rumania 11:05P-12: 15 1238 Tangie rs , A f p ica 4:50P5:30P M

827 Fr ieburg , Germany x x 1275 Varna ,Bulgar ia 12-12:30 832 T r i e s t e I , Free Zone x x 12'76 Fredrikstad,Norway . x 836 Quimper, France x x 1285 Aus t r ia common wave x 841 B e r l i n , Germny x x 1294 S inz ,Aus t r ia x x 850 Stavanger,Nor. 0200-0240 I\Totodden,Nor, Sunday 3-3:30AM

December 31 L 1949 "DX DOWN TRE DIAL" Reoort from Evan Roberts on ~ r a n s ' x t l a n t i c s t a t i o n s continued. - ~ - . ~ ~ . kb. Location AM Pfil kc ~ o c a t i o n AM PM

1303 R a l l e ,Geimany 12-1 1377 Titograd,Wugo. 0005-0100 BolognaI, I t a l y occas. x 1393 Common wave,France x x

-1312 Naples 1 , I t a l y x x 1402 S t a r a Zagor2,Bulg. 12-1 1321 Clermont 1 ,France x Common wave,Sweden 1 1339 Common wave,France x 1411 Bayreuth,Germany x 1348 Common. wave, I t ' a l y x x 1429 Vienna , d u s t r i a x 1357 Common wave, I t a l y x x 1438 Frankfur t ,Ger . x x 1566 Nantes ,France' x x 1456 Rouep ,France . X ‘ . X

Herf~rd,Germariy x ' x 1474 Common v?avc,Gr.Bri x Ceske Budejovice,Czech 2345- 1483 Common aave,Belp;ium x .

0015AM 1492 Cornmop,. wave,Ael~;ium x .. ' 1375 ?V? ~ o u n d s Swiss x 1515 Jonkuping,Sweden x 1384 West Reg. G r . B r . x x

Evan a l s o sen t i n a n i c e r epo r t concerning ' r t icept ion of t h e s e s ta t - i o n s bu t s ince . th t i s L e f t y ' s end -of i t w i l l j u s t l i s t a few t h i n g s t h a t might b e of i n t e r e s t . Recoivc r i s a H-\mmxrlund Super Pro us ing a 400 f o o t long d i r e c t i v e antenna. Has bacn v e r i f y i n g on ly f o r e i g n BCB s ta t ion-$ . f o r t h e pas t 1 6 y e a r s a n d ha s n e a r l y 400 s t a b i o n s v e r i f i e d arrl Tacg ie r s malces t h e 82nd coun t ry and i s t h e t en th ' Afr'icsn s t a t i o n . S t a t e s t h a t cond i t i ons are a s good now a s he has ever exper ienced. Now, according t o your Eds count t h e r e a r e 136 s t a t i o n s i n t h i s l i s t and should be a good guide f o r you DXers a t tempt ing t o h e a r your f i r s t TA. It i s t r u e t h a t Evans sucess undoubtly i s due i n p a r t t o h i s l o c a t i o n , be ing l o c a t e d on t h e Coast North of Boston, t h i s means tha t t h o major i ty of t h e U.S. stst i ons a r e i n t h e day l igh t zone West of him i n t h e a f t e rnoon when he i s hea r ing t h e evening s t a t i o n s . This means t o o , t h a t he i s g e t t i n g more darkness t han t h e ma jo r i t y of u s , f o r example, t h e sun s e t s 36 min- u t e s l a t e r a t North Girqrd than it does a t Danvers. This , of course , works t o Evans disadvantage when he i s a f t e r TP's. FOP e a r l y morning l i s t e n i n g , however, we DXers West of Evan a r e almost on t h e p a r w i th him. We do have some U.S. s t ~ t i o n s t o t h e East bP us. t h a t w i l l come i n on an antenna system d i r e c t i v e t o t h e Eurppeans hu t a l l i n a l l , good r ecep t ion can be experienced. Your Ed h a s heard 44 of t h e ' s t a t i ons nbov e i n 5 mornings s t a r t i n g Dec. 2 5 t h . I wish Evan ilad given some t i p s on how he r e p o r t s t h e s e f o r e i g n s t a t i o n s t h a t do not use' Engl ish . I ' m s u r e a l o t of you a r e l i e s i t a n t i n w r i t i n g t o a s t a t i o n when you could no t unders tand a word 'of what t hey a r e saying. Maybe Evan would g ive u s some t i p s on t h a t i n a f u t u r e i s s u e . Times a re given above and apply mainly t o t hose s t a t i o n s t h a t a r e l a t e r covered by i n t e r f e r i n g s t a t i o n s . The x means t h a t t h e s t a t i o n s a r e hea rd a t t h a t time.

I I Y E O G I L P H FUND Pledges f o r t h e proposed new mimeo machine a r e s t i l 1 , t r i c k l i n g i n and we hive. j u s t about reached t h e 75% mark. When we first proposed donat i o n s f o r t h i s purpose we d id no t put ciny t ime l i m i t onpledges but we now would l i k e t o o l can it up t o s c e i f l;irf: w i l l get enough mon.ey t h 5 s way. So, if you krl ve been planning on donat ing money t o t h e mimeo mechino bu t have not done so ab y e t would you p l easo immcdiatoly s end -a c.wrd t o e i t h e r E. R. Cooper, 438 East 21s t S t . , Brooklyn, 26, N.Y. : Ray R Edge, 325 S k i r I e y Ave., Buf fa lo , 15, 1d.Y. o r Harold Wngnor, RD 1, North Girard , Pa. and s ta t .t t h c r o n t h e amount you w i l l d o r l t c towards t h e machino.' - We would l i k o t o have a1.l t h e pledgcs i n by Jr:n. 14 th so we w i l l know whathcr we can go ahead wi th t h i s , . , p l an o r no t .

I wish, t o thank . a l l o f ' y o u mcmbers f o r t h e vonder fh l Christmas c a r d s s en t f h i s w a y . So r ry t h a t I c n n l t send e:ach and every ono of you a c a r d a l s o bu t I hope' you w i l l . t s k c t h i s l a s t two Hol id iy d s s u s s as. .evidence t h a t I am th ink ing of yon a t t h i s , s e a s o n , H a l Vegner. . . .

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December 3.1, 1949 . . . .. NATIONAL RiDIO CLUB DX 13EYlS Page 13 : , . . . . , . .

A l l t ime AM EST . . . -- \ ~ D X DOVJH THE DIAL" . ,

540 CBK l a t rous ,Sadk . low S 9 s i g n a l s e a r l y eve t o 0200 s /of f (~osenbaun. XETiA S a n Luis Potosi,hIex. La t in hrd t h r u CBK 9130 PM 12-31. NOSO@

had repor ted XEffA ye t so don ' t know i f i t i s . him: (Wagner) 5'50 KOY Phoenix,Ariz. OP t o p 0130-0200 s /off on 12-22 (Rosenbaum) 560 CFRA Ottavra,Ont off a t 0300 12 -26 , i s t h i s r e g u l s ~ ? ( d a l b r i d g e )

CMKM Manzanill.o,Cuba. On Xmas AM behind WIND a t 0245( C o o p e ~ ) 600 WPD& Jacksonv i l l e ,F l a . Hrd o f t e n a t 0100 s/off .( Rosenbaum) 620 CKCK Regina,Sask. Hrd t i1 0355 s/of 2-25 ( 625 T I P G San Jose,C.R. On t i1 a f t e r 041 2-25 (

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630 KPOA .Honolulu,T.H.Now being heard w t e r 03 ) oper).

690 \WOK Birrnin.gham,Ala. Coming i n even cq!il;n CBF a t o;au-5:45 PM(Coop?-' 710 K I R O S e a t t l e ,lNash.. On t o p of WOR 0230-0302 s/off on 12-26( Johanns ) 730 XOJM Havre ,Mo.nt . FC 0215-0227 on 12-26 (Jo,hanns,Walbridge) 740 MORZ .Orlando,Fla..Hrd 0200-0400 12-2S,Crate of f r u i t p r ize(Rosenba~ . 790 XEDF Neuvo .Laredo,Tams. FC 3rd Tues 0330-0400. Announces c a l l s

i n Engl ish and Spanish. (Montulet ) 900' Cl?blL H ~ i n i I t on, On€-:. Tes t ing ehergency x m i t t e r 011'5 on 92-24fkrnold)

KVNJ Fargo,ND.FC 4 t h P r i 0230-0300 hrd 12-23. Then t e s t e d w t t h tone t o 0320 (Johanns)

920 UIKRT Cortland,XY. heard a t 0310 on 12-21 (Rosenbaum) 930 WPAT Paterson,NJ. Now h e r e 24 h r & d a i l y excegt Monday (Cooper) 940 KFRE Fresno.Ca1-. Hrd good 0230-0300 when West i s good (Cooper)

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995 TIPC San ~ o s e , ~ o s t a ~ i c ? . Announces i n Engl i sh a t ' J the & h r - a n d hour, Has many miss ionary prograns some i n Engl ish. Slogan i s "Lighthouse of t h e caribbean'. Address Box 1307,San Jose(V?ag)

1025 ? ? ? ? Anyone have cs l ls of Guatamalen here eves and Xmas AM(Cooper) 1190 KpX Por t land , Ore .Hrd vi i t h good s i g s week of 12-19(Rosenbaum)

.KLIF Dallas,Tex.Testing d i r e c t i o n a l a e r i a l s . Plans t o go on 24 hour sked about 1-15-50 (Brauner)

1200 PRB-6 Sao Paulo ,Srszil. on 03W weekdays with go od s i g n a l s (Cooper) 1220 : C J O C Lethbr idge,Alta . Hrd a t 0201 s/off on 12-26 (Walbridge)

CKCW Moncton,N.R. Is b e i n g h rd behind WCAR a t 5:30 PM(Cooper) 1250 KPAC Port Arthur,Tex. On a l l n i t e 12-24, i s t h i s regular?(Walbr idge) 1260 KPOW Powell,Wyo.FC TT h r d 0416-0430 on 12-28 (Johanns) 1280 CKCV Quebec,Que. On a f t e r 0325 on 12-25 (amold) 1290 WTRF Bel la i re ,O. Weekday s/on 0500 and . i n t he c l e a r (Cooper) 1300 PRE-4 Sao Pau.lo,Brazil. on 0300 and on t o p ti1 about 0400(Cooper) 1310 WDOD Chattanooga ,Tenn. on a t 0500,ViDXI hrd only on Sunday(Cooper) 1 3 4 0 C.JNT Quebec ,Que. On t il 0500 _Xmas .0430-0500 sa~ut ' e t o JSA (c.oopeP

KBRS Springdale,Ark.FC T'I' 4 t h Sun 0200-0215. hrd 12-24, one day ea r l y t h i s month (Arnold)

KVOX loorhead.Minn. FC TT 3rd Vied 0415-0430 (Montulet) KVGB Great ~ e n d , ~ a n s . FC E' hrd O2CO-O2lEj on '12-20(~osenbaum) KlWFC Hot Springs,NM.FC TT hrd 0245-0255 oq 12-23 (Rosenbaum) W B I I Bedford,Ind PC T'I hrd 0200-0215 on 12-22 (Roscnbaum) 1NTX E l k h a r t , Ind. Reg FC TT h rd 4 t h F r i 02550310 12-23 (Ros enbaum)

1350 CHGB S to . Anno de l a Pocaticro,Que. On annual Xmas show 12-25 . . . . (Cooper) , ::, ; , ,: 1360 WBAY Greon Bay,Wis. Hrd t h r u S S A I a t 06dC l a t e l y (Brauner) 1370 . KXLF 'Butte,Mont. In c l e a r t o 0200 d a i l y except Sunday(Cooper,) . -~

VVDEF Chattanooga ,Tenn. on 0527. I n c l a a r ti1 0550, hrd, 12-27 - ' - , ., . . . (3ohanns) . . ,

1380 WPAW PawtucKet,R.f. . Ist ET a f t e r 0215 on 12-29. Member Magnuson . . % : c a l l o d . i n and thoy rea d t i p t h a t .Vigra,Norway was coming. .

i n on :629 lrc. Vf.PAW. expec ts t o s t ; a r t r e g sked 1-6-50 . . . , . , .. . . . - (Batson,Brauner , J o h b n s ) . . , ,

Page 14 "DX DOPIN -- T I ~ E DIAL" 12-31-49 1390 KFLY Lj faye t t6 ,La . 1st EC a l l AM 12-29 ( ~ d d ' ) 1400 CJSO Sore1,Que. .On Xmas AM ti1 about 0300 (Cooper) ..~

KSPA Santa Paula,Cal . Tes ted ti1 0346 a f t e r FC s /off (Walbridge) WL'!r Cincinnat i ,O. How f a r i s t h e i r second harmonic heard. Was

.S 5 a t 0430 12-26 (Cooper) . left:^, hov! about iVOR on 1420, o r c an1 t you hea r them t h e m i n Brooklyn??? (Wag)

1410 CHLP Montrca1,Quo. On most of Xmas Ali: (Cooper) WFCB Dunkirk,NY. O f f i c i a l d e d i c a t i o n a f t e r n o o n of 12-24(Brauner)

1420 XSTN Stock ton ,Cal . Have " P l a t t e r Par ty" weekdays 0130-0300(Brauner) V'ICOJ Coa t e sv i l l e ,Pa . Easy t h m VJHK a t 0630 s/on (Brauner) ViCSR Coblcskil1,NY. Be l ieve s/on t o be. a t 0630 (Brauner)

, . . 1430 KBRC ~fit.~ern;n,\Vabh. FC 4 t h T h ~ ~ r s 0400-0430,hrd 12-22(Montulet) 1440 CHNO Sudbury,Ont. I n c lea r on Su.r.dag 0300-0400 (Rosenbaum)

KFDA Amaril10,Tex. off from FC a t 0210 on 12-26(Vlalbrid e ) 1450 WJZM Clarksv i l l e ,Tenn . Reg FC 3 rd Wed 0145-0200 lird 12-21 ? Rosenbaum)

WRCO Richland Center,VTis. Tcs ted t o 0203 12-26(Coower,Rosenbaum) I 1460 CMCQ Havana,Cuba. On cvery Sunday ti1 0250 (Cooper)

1470 WBIG Greensboro,NC. on weckdays a t 0558 (Cooper) WJOC Jamestown ,hY. on weckdays a t 0555 (Cooper) WLAM Lewiston,Me. on weekdays a t 0600 (Cooper)

1485 VOUS F t . Pepperel1,Nfld. 1JJeekday s/on a t 0500 (Robe r t s ) (cooper ) 1490 C J I C S a u l t e Ste.Marie ,Ont . On t o p Monda:: mcrnigs 0101-0104 s /o f f

KBUR Bur l ing ton , Ia . Tes t hrd from 0215 on 12-21. Reg s/on 0700 (Rosenbaum)

. "K-m\~oseburg ,Ore . FC hrd 3 r d Wed 0300-0315 12-21 (Montule t ) KRSN 'Los Alamos,WM FC TT hrd 0215-0225 on 12-26(Rosonbaum)

L - K Y ~ ~ Burbank,Cal. I n c l e a r a t 0400 on 12-24 (Walbridge) FaaFi::lB IValla Walla,Vlash.FC 3 r d Wed 0315-0330 hrd 12-2l(Montule t

( Ro senbaum) WALD Waltcrboro,SC.FC TT hrd 0430-0450 on 12-27 (Johanns) WCLD Cleveland,Miss . FC 2nd Mon 0245-0300 (Cooper) (Cooper) WDLF Deland,Fla .FC 1st Thurs , dz~ ncc and Sand music(0315-0330?) WKBV Richmond,Ind. FC TT 1st Tues 0230-02185 (Cooper) WMJM Cordele ,Ga .FC TT h r d 0400-0415 on 12-22 (Rosenbaum) \fiVTBF Troy,Ala. FC band music 1st Thurs 0415-0430 (Cooper)

1500 KXKX San Jose ,Cal .Al l n ight c r i n c l e a r a t 0430 12-24 (Walbridge) 1520 Vn~WN Rio Piedras,P.R. onat at 0345 12-21 & 12-22 (Montu le t ) 1570 WOK2 A l t o n , I l l . On t o p 5~30-5 :45 Pi! (Cooper) 1580 WKIP Urbana , I l l . On t o p 5:15-5:30 PkI (Cooper) 1590 KSJO San Jose ,Cal . On t o p a f t o r KVVC s /o f f t o 0500 w i t h Nexican

QriM (Bmunor) "--- , .. KVVC Ventura ,Gal. ' ~ e ~ w l a r s /off a t 0300 (Brsuner ) lfif&CA Camdcn ,SC . on about 055.0,ncws a t 0555,WA4XR QRM( Brauner)

1600 WFRC Roidsvil le ,NC. wcckday s/on a t 0600 (Cooper) WHLL Whceling,WV~. T e s t tone P. music 0100-0130 on 12-25 -. .

( Ro s enb aum ) The folloviing s t a t i o n s wsre heard d u r i n g December accord ing t o t h e FC l i s t . 3 rd Wed. VWOVJ ( T ) , ViANE ( T ) , KiWR (M), KW$fB (T & M ) , 4 t h S a t KDB ( T ) , Last Sun KSPA (M), Last Tues (KViAK. A l l t h e s e from Arnold. Your p u b l i s h e r w i l l b e working Sa turdays from now on, u h l e s s t h e weather i s t o o bad. That means t h a t i f any of t h e s t e n c i l s a r e l a t e and do not g e t h e r e on F r iday , t h e b u l l e t i n w i l l not b e p l aced i n t h o mai l u n t i l Monday. Tha t hiappeded t h i s wcck when t h e f r o n t page d i d not a r r i v e u n t i l Saturday morning. Don't know i f t h e w a t e r shor tago i n New York o r that Xmas off i c e p a r t y Lcf ty want t o i s t o o b l m e but Lef ty l o s t no t on ly a weekend b u t a whole weok f o r h e d a t e d th is b u l l c t i n 1-7-50, h i .