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D X C L U B Estobl8nhed 1933
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VOLUME 37 MAY 16, 1970 NUMBER 28
"During m y 2 y e a r s a s a n NRC m e m b e r the i m p r o v e - m e n t of DX News h a s gone f r o m good t o supe r io r . . . I can' t s a y enough f o r t h e B P C and m e m b e r s of NRC!"
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I N T H I S I S S U E . . . I. #,
Simple Audio F i l t e r s - R u s s E d m u n d s L a t e s t NRC Log Updater - R u s s E d m u n d s B a s e b a l l Ne tworks - R j E & E R C R e p o r t s f r o m Tha i l and and Hawai i - Wood & H a u s e r
N E W M E M B E R S !
*Er ic .DiRicco , 540 Gal l ion Ave., P i t t s b u r g h , Pa . 15226 + I r a Goldhaber . 1818 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn. h'. Y. 11230 * E r i c McIntosh, 5 Wilf r id St . , Inve rca rg i l l . New Zea land ( r e jo ins ! ) *Bob Hutt , 9242 Harwici: Rd . , Indianapol is , Ind. 64240 *Bob M o w r e r , 63 Anthony Wayne D r . , Wayne, P a . 19087 *Donald S h a r e , 340 Shady Woods A v e . . Memphis , Tenn. 381 17 *David Dunn, 81 F l o r e n c e Rd. , Apt 2.L. , Branfo:-d, C0r.n. 06105 *\V. F . Rraze l ton , 952 Caro l ina D r . , Apt 24 , L i ~ e r m o r c , Ca. 94550
Welcome t o the NRC, gen t l emen , your New M e m b e r [.:its a r e r l r e a d y in the m a i l and you will b e r ece iv ing t h e m shor t ly . We hope to be r ead ing your contr ibut ions often h e r e in DX News.
K E W N R C L O G N O W B E I N G P R I N T E D !
T h e f i r s t pages of t he new 170 page NRC D o m e s t i c L o ? a r c now on the p r e s s e s a s p rev ious ly announced t h e new edi t ion will f ea tu re a p l a s t i c 3p i r a l binding anti fu l l s t a t ion in fo rma t ion updated through May, 1370. Fu l l i n fo rma t ion on p r i c e s
a n d avai labi l i ty next i s s u e .
A X O T H E R B I G I S S U E . ,_, O n c r a g a i n w e ' r e .Jut a 40 i ) a < e r - over the l a i t -1 i ssue- ; we've I
a v r r i g e d 39 pages ;,er i s s u e ! ERC' s <-o;l; : l r r ~ v e d alrnr~.; t L ! h q u r s pas t o i ~ r i deadl ine t h i s wcck; r a t h e r th :~n put out t h l s iss:le u i t h , t~t h2usLn<s we're f 2 r c e d to publish s e v e r a l d a y s l a t e . . . Edi to r s : PLEASF: h l .4 iL E A R i . Y !
2 F O R S A L E . . . Too many rece ivers to l i s t h e r e such a s Hammarlund Ha-129X, HQ-150, HQ-160. National NC-400, Hammarlund Super P r o , etc. Send SASE f o r detailed l i s t t o Dick Nelson, 20962 I tasca S t ree t , Chatsworth, Ca. 91 31 1. (Dick Nelson)
Star t ing a station of your own? Our good fr iends a t Gilfer Associates have a special deal on a se t of books of special in te res t to AM broadcas te rs books, a l l ~ u b l i s h e d by TAB, include:
Radio Promotion Handbook - Wm. P e c k Modern Radio Broadcast ing - R. H. Coddington Radio P r o g r a m Ideabook - H. F i s h e r Managing Today's Station - J. Hoffer CATV System Engineering - Wm. Rheinfelder Broadcast Station Operating Guide - S. Robinson FM Station Operations Handbook - V. Ray Interpret ing F C C Broadcas t Rules and Regulations - Edi tors of BM/E mag Technical P a p e r s NAB Engineering Conference 1968
# I I 1 11 I! I I 1969
The book value for th i s s e t i s about $75 re ta i l , but Gilfer will se l l the t
se t for only $20.00. Write Box 239, P a r k Ridge, N. J. 07656.
A N A R C C O N V E N T I O N C O M I N G U P !
The 5th Annual Association of North Amer ican Radio Clubs Convention will oe held July 31st. August 1-2, 1970 a t the Lake Tower Inn, Lake Shore Drive a t Ohio Street , in Chicago, Illinois.. . Convention Capital of the World!
Ra tes f o r singles a t the Lake Tower Inn a r e $17 and twin doubles a r e $23. The regis trat ion fee of $10 includes the banquet Saturday night, Sunday breakfast . and eligibility f o r one of the prozes. All regis trat ion fees should be sent to Convention Chairman J e r r y Heien. Registrat ion cards a r e available f r o m J e r r y .
The Lake Tower Inn i s located on Chicago's Lakefront and i s convenient to the '
downtown Chicago a r e a which i s within walking distance. A f r e e bus to the Loop i s available to a l l r eg i s te red guests. T h e r e a r e parking faci l i t ies available a t the Inn and nearby. We a l so have the use of the swimming pool.
On the program iz a scheduled tour of the WGN studios on Saturday AM. T h e guest speaker will 'Je announced la te r .
- Info f r o m H e r r y Heien
S P E C I A L T H A N K S 4
,-.- ..& :e 1. L u r j :I. Abraham 2. Larry r. Black 3. Bobert !J. Sotzuf? L. :r. :fes Boyd 5. h s s Brown b. Kenneth Chatterton 7. Raymond N. Cole:nul, 8. I?. E. Coll ins 9. Jerry ?;. Conrad
10. 2. Ilarley DeLeurere 11. !,inrk ih.o;in 12. Richard C. Evans 13. Davici ;lezernan 11:. L.WJ a. rrodw331 15. Pruce T. Goldman 16. Raymond I:. I f a r t ~ ~ ~ m 17. J~rmes 3. I I i l l 18. Cwlon IIowin:ton 19. B i l l Jack 20. ?d iKrejny 21. .Uan IIerriman 22. Stamrood R. llorss 23. Ronald J. :+~sco 24. Fill l ! i t t l e r 25. Fred Os tenan 26. Dennis rimper 27. PJayne Plunket t 28. Ronald J. ?onke 29. :?ichael Reid 30. Shelby Rernin~ton 31. l j i l l i a q Ri tze l 32. ,T. !larren Routz.3hn 33. John Smpson 3L. I.;urray Schulman 35. Jeri-j- X a r r 36. Sheli'.on Swartz 37. P q e Taylor 3:. Davic!. 7. Thonas 39. Rick V i t t i , 40. Roger ;!. :linsor b. James Ziezler
B N C ~ Zuckernan
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Jr. 3 Loneford St., I b t h g b n , !x U743 240 hs tho lm Rd., Schenected;r, IX 1230b Box 952, Haines C i t y , Fla. 33644 NI Box 233, fik Garden, 16. Va. 26717 N 90-19 E8tli .4ve, Apt. B-ui, ?Joodhaven,F;Y a 2 1 I BOX 19C6, Gary, Ind. 1:61~@9 N 7707 Park he., i'ennsauken, 1.7.3. 08109 Box9352 S. Denver Sta., Denver, Co. 80209 IN 21FO Bolton St., Apt. 1-F, New York, 1X 10462 19330 ;I. Pinecrest ?.a,, Mew Berlin, :ii. 53151 690 Jane St., Apt. bO5, Toronto 9, Ontario N 13CC3 Greenland .IT., Uniontom, Ohio u 6 8 5 N 205 Spruce, Flourto~m, Pa. 19031 653E Belneadon I&., Cleveland, Ohio Ma30 IN Box 6, Fairfax, Va. 22030 N R t . 3, Bradford, I,:a. 01830 N 1 6 Chestnut Dr., ?Jindsor, C t . 06095 N Box 112, rn lewwd, Co. 60l l0 I 436 I?. Forrest Rd., T&llia?lsville, !a a 2 2 1 . IN a 0 N. 6th E., Brigham City, Utah 8k302 NNFiC 12h John St., tieston, Ontario N 6079 Dale, Centerline, Yd. 11.8015; 116 i,iunro Elvd., liiilowdale, Ontario I 2751 Dixwell Av., Hamden, C t . 0651E I 1&33 h e r e Rd., Baltimore, !.?d. 21222 ?C6 3. Forrest St., York, Pa. 17404 N W4L ?fycliff Dr., 'dinston-Salem, NC 27106 N l i O Linden Blvd., Brmklj?l, I1.Y. n 2 2 6 WXkF,ll.C c/o :xOT, Yo..m~stown, 3hio bk50.5 N 1!1 Pole Plain Ed., Sharon, :!ass. 02067 N-RLA Bartholdi he. , Butler, 1.i.J. 07405 I{-r-A'RC Box 11531, Tanpa, Fla. 33610 48 Yoyt St., >Jew Canaan, 3t. @&LO 716 IJ. Frenont I:d., :Ialparaiso, Ind. 116383 N
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Jun&stron, l!illin;boro, 2.J. c a l l s f ron 1,~XL-l.490; -nm-1310; one other from irticn, li.?. ( David ~ u ~ a i t i s ) and one from Fin-hamton, ::.Y.
a r e due to Publishing Committee m e m b e r s Randy Kane, George Kelley, Ray Moore, Mark Katz, and Tom Holmes f o r recent ex t ra effor ts (above and beyond bringing you DX NEWS) on the r e p r i n t , Log, and New Member ki t ~ r o j e c t s . The i r effor ts keep the NRC operating! a GPN
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: l ~ ; ~ : : ; , ~3 >lcse! N,; by,; i;: has been r im-ex ia ta~ t re.:ectx; !'ie t c . pressures of ..~,-,r:- - a:. n teacher - an? t o the fact t h a t it Is Smser iiere ;hen ~ o u a re en- ,;cr- lr..: ',:-.e ;;ei~.t of .,our season. In the past s ix months I heve reported & vcri- "< .,-.. ., 1 7!.n:::-r~sto1<-:l;l. I ha-re beex M!n; for three years now & ar a r;.anber oi' ..". .,-3mA. I e n j q ~ e i r i ; L n e ~ b e r 3: NRC, too. T an interested In to%h bW 1W:& S!J DX.
:le-; :'enlar:ierr on the ;rhole cannot afford hi,--1y sophisticated .<ear, so ;re cio it caye-,T:an st;-le on 013 pre-war s e t s 5: t ranzis tors . I have dme 75; Oi' 3X on a :;at, .:r.n:. ( ~ ~ ~ a n e c e ) R-'O7 ten t rans i s to rs w/a 75' longwire 25' hi&, I ~ ~ / s w , a t ho~r;,,. ; alto ,TO $ 3 a -1ub shack on a h i l l 800' high about 15 n l l e s B ol' the c i t ;~ , .&ere r ~ c have an old Sparton 850-X eizht-:.alvc Allwave with several a e r l a l s st.re2ched P L I ~ w e r the f i e lds . I have veries :'roc1 al.1 New Zealand s tat ions, 5 1 Austral:anr, sc.:en ~ o n t i n e n t a l USA (four s t a t e s ) , three Rairsiians. Cthcr coun- 'vies - A ii;cluje F?:ilii?pines, Zhica, 1:et;~erlands Ar~ti l les , Fl.ji, ;reecc, C;:ta, iJSS.3, Thailan.: , Pap~la-Ibev Guinea, I.lexico, 11orth Viet.nam, Japan, Sou;h Korea, ton^, Iiev
led orila, Car.a;ia ?: Vest Garraq.. t.l:: best veries are V9A-I'hoJes-15 53 an2 Lenzcn- ccro-l;'2' { ~ T R ) . I :?aye lk? verics In 21 coun+,rins. I hcpe t o be ab le t o send in a core 5etal le3 M t i s i q ; i d r i x otir 'Xinter. I sen? t:?e k-i.cndliezt of ;rcetin;s :'rw. ";;c;~n :3der1' t 3 a l l you ~ : . - s ";p t k r e ". 7 3 ~ . (liice k ,e~r inz f r m ;.3u, Doc;, anj ;.I.f-, i.2 I c i ~ i c :]ear about ;.3111- :linterzim~! DX, 3 u r i n ~ ;sr S-:;ner! - I :RC)
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YET. 4/27 was the DX Nadir of a l l t h e . CX vere awflrl t o t h e E W 11 & S. Ilathin;; heard. Veries: v / ~ - wLE-1180 RA1-645 WISM-14%. v / l - WBTS-1480 XUM- 1583 'XLO-1579 ~'LAv-1340 WQTY-1000 SIQBA-1140 IlJVA-l5% jO,JTPU-1560 KCMC-740. v!f- CKXL-1l1&0. Unless I ' m absorbed by the i n f a a a ~ s Jersey Crud, goodbj-e till nexttirne.
GEOFF FOX - c/o CIMR.I- Box 2251 - Paln Beach, Florida - 33480 Sreetings a l l from S. Fla. where t h e sun never s e t s on a c l o ~ d y ski, &
the DX never s t a r t s u n t i l t h e cloudy skies Get here. This is nostl;. a note t o Sa; I ' m nod located in Sunny Florida. I ' m i n the process Of get t in2 it t o ~ e t h e r a t S- Fla.'s f i r s t proeressive FM stat ion. DX t o note, cer tainly. A f ine reception 5: eood repDrt frw our am ERC who managed t o sna; W W , our ;&f a f f i l i a t e w/500w on t e s t f o r Jerry Conrad. The CE came stornin;: ;n t o me t e l l i n g ~e wc had ~ o t t e n a c i t a t i o n frm the FCC & why ha&-& I to ld him I tested the XR? It was o n b t h e report ERC! iIe vants t o join 1lRC so aa;be h i s a t t i t u i l e ' l l change. C U a l l i n IIasbrouck Heists!
LEN IZU:;:: - 1C75 Glen Oal S'ree' - i~i..qtic, Iara - ;2%1 9
Go*, I sure rnissed 5hc m;ulnr issues of EX IIi:7.IS duriw the weeks of the naq,- di,Ticultics, bt:: r e a l happy t o peed t h a t a l l has been smoothed out & we s t i l l once x a i n w i l l rezeive the IIRC publication on i t s regular schedule. Con- g a t u l a t i o n s , Ross Iiansch, of I.lcdison, W i s . , m receiving t h e i-irst CFFD-DX ver i - f icat ion. great catch! I do e n j q reading t h e rezular reps r t s of my o l d - t h e DX friends, Joe Brauner and Ernie Cooper; despi te both of t h e i r t e r r i f i c DX logs, they coirtinue t o log sane mieht;. find catches. Glad t o see w &bod friend B i l l Stone of Claremont, Ont . renew !..is menbership i n t h e NRC. The upcanizg DX Special from Sta t ion KVBR-1340 Brainerd, Minn. is anxiously awaited; it's one of only e few from Minnesota lacking from KJ DX Log. Here i s a br ief sumnary of l a t e s t DX Toggings. The f i r s t four l i s t e d are as a r e s u l t of the after-effects of the great Solar Eclipse of 3/7. S ta t ion RE0-1530 New Boston, Tex. w a s logged 7:22- 7 :27p d u r i x RS; then they faded out & i n came S ta t ion KCTN-1530 Gemgetawn, Tex. from 7:27-7:40-m, f o r another new logging, both m 3/10 Then m 3/11 Stat ion KLeLlO5O Iake Prwidnce, La. w a s logged duriry; RS from 7-71:15p1, f o r the f i r s t time. m e folloking day on 3/12, it was Stat ion KUIE-1280 I o n ~ v i a r , Tex. tha t I lo,-zed fro12 7:s-7:30pm on i t s RS. 'Ihe RS s/on of Stat ion WDEE-1500, Detroit, was lamed on 3/15 C 5am, followed b;. another new catch i n t h e S ta te of Michigan, namel;. 1.m-1470, Kalamazoo, Mich. w/i ts RS on SM 6:206:45am, w/some &IIM fron WCRO. Verifications received or l a t e included: WAKE CHAM KECK-DX KBHB KVPI KIPZ KODE WNKY WlBO KUJC KCTN. This br ings verie count t o 4,057.
STEVE W,MP - 6 3 9 Avenida Loop , 'lrving, Texas - 7 5 6 0 H i y ' a l l . I have not been doixq too much BCB DX la tely, most DX
time is spent on SW. DX over t h e past two weeks or so: 4/8- WSGN A l a . @ llpm w / rr, poor. WAVE-Ku. (1nd. XR) 6 11:41 RS, ROk. 4/14- KHW-630 Colo. @ ll:04pm RS. 4/15- WSLI-930 M i s s . 9: l o p , RS. K110C-930 140. 9: 19 RS, WHI0-1290 Chio 10:53 pm, RS. 4/18- KEU-1430 Okla. 9:5;?pm, IES. 4/19- KGWA--960 Okla. 9:29pm, WRBC- 1300 M i s s . 9:41pm FS. 4/22- 12:48m, RS (s/off 12:59) WN-719A Cuba; t en ta t ive on TCN-725 1-1:03 W/ID @ 1:03 t o tune of "Get Me t o t h e Church on Time. I thowht I heard 'h. Cultural" mentioned, but not sure. 4/25- 10:29pm, TIES on RS. 4/%- KEOR-1110 Okla. 7:36pm FS, 7:43 KILT-~~O Texas. 4/29- KXYZ-1320 ~ex.,,10:42pn. 5/2- KOB-nO N.M. 9:26pm on RS, s t r o w e s t ever here. 5/3- 9:29-lOpm, 4 ~ ~ - 1 0 3 5 Hai t i On RS. MTD Nicaragua 11::3 on RS ?/old rr & taped IDS. 5/4- KBRL Neb. @ 9:33pr1 w / r r . Veries since l a s t I-hse: vjq- KF'EQ XEIPM XEB HCCO W E WGY WQI WAVE KFH KCYII KEIJ 8: R. Belize. v/c- KZOR. IIote on report W/@L sent by KEOR. Also v / l s , K.:OC ISEO. Joe Fela, \UIR is t h e orily H I s t a t i o n on 1600 per l3 tes t edi t ion Of HI book '?'assport". Cor red t o t a l s , as l a s t one's won:: countries 15/7, s t a t e s 25/21, provinces 4/3, statiorns l ~ / 6 j . 73s.
IJ,RRY C. BUCK - 3501 Broa-lvq. - Indiauzpolis, Indiann - 46240 A s I am a new irember i; t h i s is my f i r s t Musin;, I think I should
t e l l ;OLI a l i t t l e about mysel;'. I just turned 16 & am a sophnore a t North Cen- t r a l High School, & an T a ~ l e S c a t . I have been DXiw since 5/69 & star ted -d/n Hal l i c ra f te r s S-120. I n October I found n yood b~ on a used R X , a IIal l icrai tcrs SX-100 & am usin(: t h a t now alony, *$/an 80' lone 32' high copper wire antenna. To- t a l s nov: s t e t e s 34/31, provinces 7/6, s t a t i m s 259/202. m e mail these l a s t two weeks llns s h a m s a e =oaJ -,.erics: v / ~ fra? KJial CKC, :liiIIQ 0:CK WSBA KIE CDh' CIPIL. V / 1 f ron KI'VS bPTRE (semi-1x31). Now on t o t h e FA: 2/10- m-$O surprised ne ~/WSBT C ;:17pn W/SB. 2/12- R. Belize-835 (should be on 830, who'a correct?) d l lpn ~r/bleed fron :ICCO,%"I; alzn sen% tape .01 report 121; - do thq . v e r i p ~ ? 2/15- ?CfRJ-1010 rinalk! ilear2 O/Q?RB 9 1:20mn. 2/16, Sest I J I i!? l a t e ronths ~ i : - 3cal C::. CH.lL-?OC ' 3:9!,?1, TC-14% s!o:.; Tror. t q r t 3:2Gr. , ELR-(,~o (j z:.,:?:: o ; ! . ~ ' , :CT-'Gi.9 C 1 : : ; ;::'-.. .2ho -':.I ; ::a1 s * ..r. Ilalti:1~; a l l fu r ther chance:-: -;,
recep?.-LC::. KrJ-132C u.'KW,' 's I : : '. 2: ,'-. ':,'?:- t!I~?,-llS)0 ;..'ST i n , j e l l but !,.i1..1.l bBce3. i en:? cd talk.;% ww,l!cp. cr, t..: p11: .le. "Kj:-llj3 was a r e a l suri,ri;e (1kwwi w/"K('"$~:,I OR ;he saz- :>c?uc:i:. ! 22'-: 0 i n w/ 'c ;~ ! Troz SS ( ~ " w , ? ) for p r v j i n : ~ , - . . . .. , , . 1 2 , , . (:dcl--,:rJ ';,: ;LIJ ~ 1 3 0 , I-xT:, p: vc 11, :.* t3 hear f r c r ;?:
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R E P O R T E D L Y I N O P E R A T I O N
GREECE. A new 50 kw transmitter i s nuw in operat ion on 926 f r o m Zante; it r e l a y s Athens home s e r v i c e and i s on the a i r 2330-0300 and 0525-1715. (Ed)
LIBYA. The second new megawatt t r a n s m i t t e r mentioned in l a s t i s s u e of IDXD c a m e on the a i r Apr i l 7th on 1250 kHz. ( E d )
KASHMIR. A new high-power MW sta t ion was supposed t o have gone on the a i r on Apr i l 14th according t o a b roadcas t f r o m AIR; the s ta t ion i s a t J a m m u and i s expected to cover a n a r e a of a t l e a s t 15,000 square k i lomete r s . No
frequency known yet. ( E d )
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Radio Televis ion Dominicana will b e operat ing f r o m May 16th on with the n a m e "La Voz de l a J u n t a Central E lec to ra l " o r "Cadena de Radio y Televis ion de l a Junta Cen t ra l E lec to ra l " and wil l be re layed by a l l Dominican s ta t ions in o r d e r t o r e p o r t the l a t e s t Elect ion re tu rns . No M W stat ions will be on the a i r on t h e i r own; a l l ID'S will be the one of t h e govern- m e n t s ta t ion which i s a l r e a d y in the hands of the Central E l e c t o r a l Board. Reception r e p o r t s will b e accep ted if they ment ion f requency, t i m e of p rogram. and recept ion detai ls ; send r e p o r t s t o R. T.V.D.'s usual a d d r e s s a t Cal le Dr. Tejada F lo ren t ino 8, Santo Domingo. QSL1s will be s e n t f o r a l l c o r r e c t recept ion r e p o r t s and they will probably be checked by Nobel Alfonso and myself. ( C e s a r Objio)
SYRIA. A s of May 1st . Dmascus Radio began using a new channel of 1313; power and schedule unknown but believed t o c a r r y the Hebrew pgm. (Ed)
INTERNATIONAL WATERS. Radio Nordzee a s expected h a s moved to 1385 kHz; h e a r d tes t ing by Ken Brownless on that channel on 4/30.
Anfigua Gets 1st government owned-and-operatcd station. Bird will not only serve as manager but also handle programming chores for ZDK. The station will be a cartridge
Private Station operation. his staff last Bird week. was lining UP - - - - -
In September. Bird hopes to ST. JOHNS. .+nt~gua-lvor Bird. The 10.000-watt station also put an FM on [he air with
G. T. Bird has founded Gren. will broadcast 6 a.m -midnight. an easy listening format: he's 'ille Radio Ltd here and w i l l using a playl~st o f dbout 40 rec- trying to make arrangements Put rhe island'$ f irs, n7iu.w Ords, he "Id
now I,, have the music piped . . . . - . -
.-\ cotnrntlnicat~onc gradual; '"0 loc'l resort hotels. On lhe alr-ZDK of wesycm \f ichlgan ~ ~ , \ . ~ ~ ~ i ~ ) For Bird. son of .4ntigua pre-
-b) June. Format will be about ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ i ~ ~ . ~ p i ; mier the Honorable \'. C. Bird. 7 5 percent Top 40 records and t h e rest w i l l be soul mus,c, said radjo experience wa, with the ZDK I r a true. He
Antima Broadra~tine P x ~ r o r n said it took three years to get - - -,. >.-.... a license aooroved .for the sia-
C L I P P I N G C O R N E R
Ministrj I A I L J +LC A P 'jamming' 1 APR. ~ . , , -
pirate broadcasts I I --
By L. MARSLAND GANDER TV and Radio Cowespo&nt
YIGNALS f r o m the pirate r a d i o ship ~ o r t h Sea Inter- ' national , a n c h o r e d 08 Clacton. are beingjammed b y the Post OBice. This was announced yes te rday by Mr Stonehouse , Minister of Posts , who said it w p being d o n e a t the request of N o r w a y and Italy.
I t marks a radical a n d aggressive change in the a t t i tude of t h e Gov-ent towards pirate transmitters fammi .p is a costly, negative a n d wasteful business a n d Mtherto tbm Government, u rged by t h e r- B B C, has re jec ted it as a weapon, al though t h e r e i s ! evidence t h a t it h a s been used RADIO JMI on occasions .
The chief offender withjam- L MARSLAND GANDER
g,",: h,: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ n ~ ~ m ~ , " ' , " i during peak timas .nd ~ ' m transmitters certainly not fewer be succesFful," he than .l.OOO' for a systematic
Said. The G P 0 might be able to pick up a few of us but it campaan to swamp broadcasts will take them a hell of' a long z,"rt has always $t:hei ~ ~ ~ ~ k m ~ ~ ~ time to track us down. We don't
been to multiply m:: YtnkGe,'," :,"iy.;S made up ' the transmissions and vary the mainly of students and teenagers wavelengths. Mr Stonehouse insisted yestm. who operate transmillers with a
day that his action had been very limited range. Most of t*en in dired response to them broadcast their nun pr* requests from the Governments f ~ , " , " m ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a ; ~ w ~ ~ ~ of Norway and Italy, to protect the frequencies allocated t o them under international agreement. Mr Edwin Bollier, one of the Britain is under treaty obligatiou eree behind the to other Europcan couotr~es to ?Irate station said that the ban *irate broadcasts on un- 1Ilegal station 'would first try to authorised wavclengths. beat the British interference by
A threat of a effort" shitting from 1% metres to 217 to .am B c ladm on saturda metres, deeper In the medium
again dudng T ~ J @lac$! w?ve band and far awav from burn~s d a t .was breakfast made show last night on M~ by Shlppfng Mr Bollier broadcasts. said that ' i f the
RO ble Duke, &airman of the disturbance follows u s we have Commercial ~ a d i o ~ehvmk, three transmitters on board our whicb represents 200 pirate ship. and One could easily be station6 in Britain. modified to transmit into the
- w e will mntjnue to do &is English programmes." - - - The Ministry began broadcast-
ing a low-powered hum on 190 metres yesterday afternoon with the aim of u~se t t ing the pirate station. But the station's trans- missions could still be heard well if the tone control was operated.
Mr Bolilcr strongly denied that the transmissions on 190 metres Here interfering with shipping broadasts and suggested that.the Rritish Government was mak~na this up. He said that the station had deliberatelv swilhed frnm 186 metres to avoid cutting into marltime trarlsmissinns.
1'hr station. he sald. wnuld Ro off the alr whrn its broad- ; CaStS closcd at 2 a m. todav anel remain nff for ccrelal days'uhilp it st4tched frequ~ncies.
Clandestine S t a t h ~eports( It IS Broadcasting in Cuba
S m ~ d L O ~ N ~ . ~ l r t n-
broadcast heard hem toby: "The T h e Mushtrrrs a
rived and uc iaaide. I h
Musketeers. RMS Radio L i k - tad Cubans. Death to Conrmmr- ism."
sage, a Cubvl Govsrnme
alleged clandestine broulcast. Broadcasts by damdestiq
r a d ~ o stahons that said they1 were in Cuba have been h e r d ' in ing Miami by the in the strength pact. But of -the% jud
slgnals, the broadcasts did not appear t o have originated in the island.
detected on the islanA
R Z P O R T F R C : P . ! T H E P A C I F I C - Conditions i n Hawaii .'Irirzh 3 - Asril 25. - .- - - -- Geners:. Xixed conditions, but Cefierallj- qui te wintry i n orientation. The
s t a r t l i i i z ly good reception of Alaska, noted from the beginning of Iqarch on, continued u n t i l interrupted by a reversion, on April 22, to the auroral cx which were l a s t noted on and jus t a f t e r Phrch 9. By April 25, aurora apparently h a f l f n i s t e d .
3/23: Alaska remarkable: KICY excellent, a D semi-local, KFAR very good, m I excellent, KINY very good, f ight ing CKLK. NortherQ orientation: ChTB over W . CFKB almost l eve l strength with adjacent, closer c l ea r channels. Even seldom-heard KSICM good. CFOX f a i r . An excellent night, then, to a l l N.A., but Tahiti a lso very good.
3/24: Continued e x c e l l ~ n t to N.A. W A X a1c:ost l eve l KOB. ';!J3 excellent i n KGU yap. m, KICY exc,, KFX v.g.; E.C., ' K C , h'HAM exc., WCAU r igh t thru loca l KZOO.
3/25: s t i l l v e r y good, KKIS thru local KTf;G, e tc .
3/? dCBS good, 4 NZ s t a t ions noted, N.A. good but not excellent.
3/27: A d e f i ~ i i t e decline i n cx. t o a l l areas; KDE'A, WBZ weak; G&E poor, no NZ.
3/28:~uch improved again, and very northerly cx.: Ore. and Wash. overCal. on many fq ' s , KAST over KEN-1370, ICMWX over KDON-1460, etc. And a new B.C. logging, CHQB dominating 1280. WEIAM, WCBS very good, KW qui te good t h ~ w classic sign of good cx.), KDFA, WLS excellent. Yesterday, KRLD i n the c lear . Today, r ival led by Kh'JJ. KFGD Alaska qui te good. NZ-660 back.
3/29: Excellent. I<F&D, K I C Y exc., K J N P ( ~ O ~ of ten hrd) qui te good, KFBR good. WCAU
etc. excellent, WRVA good. Clear opening t o the Tideuater area: WCW-Va. 1350 new. WDAF-Mo. 610 almost l eve l KFRC, new. Several Cuba, several NZ, a few Aussies. XELG680 new.
4/1: Ekcellent t o a l l areas. KYW actual ly l eve l CFCN, CFRB good, WKYC exu., WCBS exc., WLW very good(seldom so, here), WSB very good. Good opening to la./ Cuba. WRIZ-1550 Fla. good, first time t h i s year, WTAI good. Tonga, Australia.
4/6: h c e l l e n t . My 41st. s t a t e logged, N.C.: WFGW-1010. Good t o S.Pacific: Nourn&- 670 new. NZ, Aust., 2RE-1560. Alaska: K I C Y exc., mD very ~ o o d . Deep, deep in to Australia fo r f i r s t time this year: 5AN-890 best from Aust. thru night. Australia on low freq. end: 3Wi-620.
4 h : Similar to 4/6. 'dm good. ~ u s t r a l i a / ~ : ~ still good.
4/8: E.C. very good; WBZ, WIW-1, NXC. NZ-660 very good.
4/9: Excellent t o many areas, including high l a t i t udes . CBXQ-540 B.C. 40w. good, 1&3 readable and recorded. NZ-800 almost l eve l PJB. Alaska: KE'(;C, KEN1 v.g., KFAR g.
4/10-13: Norther17 areas dominant. Several Alaskans. WINQ-1010 Fla. f i r s t time th i s year. KELA-1470 Wash. l eve l KXOA. KAST over KEEN, etc. K I C Y excellent. W U R excellent. WSPD-13'70 0. new. LiFJ3G920 qu i t e gool.
4/14: S t i l l excellent. KSRM-920 Alaska very good, K K D almost semi-local, IFRB level C J V I . WABC away over KOB, best yet. KTEi good. KBYH-1270 a l a s . , not often heard la te ly . 3LO-770 good. WCB-0 eas i ly l i s tenable even w,/KAIX-870.
4/16: Declining cx. Average.
4/19: Northerly an<, sourherly propagation favored: MI-550 &a: ., 4@, 2RE. N . A . only f a i r , beloy average.
4/20: Southerly cx., Colombia good; W E Fla., lCLS Ga. good. Rest of N.A. poor.
4/22: Extremely violent auroral cx. S. P;icii.ic way, way above average, Ton6;a-1020 up to 5-9, amchair l t s t e n i n ~ qllslity; KDKA hardip a truce. ( ~ . b . : ZCO not just revealed by absence of KDU, hut f a r above average i n strength). Fi jl, NZ very good f'rom mid-evenin;:. Yes: of n l l , f i r s t orenin[- t h i s yehr zo Rio . L
la Plata: LR3-950, CX14-810 F ot'ner.~ unid.-1030,1070,123C. CX20-970 n;:w. 4/23-25: Aurora s t i l l , Cook.1~-600 rsported, more DSX. 4/25: slacke~iine cf.1'. REW.
' IDXD M o n k R e p w h Ymt...' L0a.w: - -- Bob F m m , GPO 801 2111 N b Yorh, N.Y. lml
Times i n t h i s e d i t i o n a r e Eastern Standard. To review repor t ing f o m t f o r sub- missions t o W n i t o r Reports, p l ease use one s i d e of t h e sheet, 8-1/2 x 11 paper i s p re fe r red . Since we cut i tems i n t o s t r i p s and then "stackn them v e r t i c a l l y , single-spacing wi th a smal l space between items ( f o r cu t t ing ) has been found by your Ed i to r t o work beet. Your cooperation wi th t h i s request i s appreciated. We a r e cont inuing using EST u n t i l and if a d i f f e r e n t po l i cy is decided upon, and I am assuming that a l l submissions t h i s i s s u e a r e s o s t a t e d by t h e r e p o r t e c --- Receptions: -- 540 Nicaragua. Wdio Corporation, Managua, hrd ~ / e x c e l l e n t s i g n a l 4/30 at
0055. off a t 0103; s a i d would r e tu rn a t 0500 l o c a l time, which is CST. (Brubaker, Fla . )
567 unID. LA here, SS, seemed t o loop Cuba, Venezuela area. Had mx and t a l k format; t o o weak t o ID 0006 4/22. (Edmunds, N.J . )
570 Inminican Rep. To a l l concerned, t h e SS hrd here 12/29 and 2 23,s/on a t 0400, is R. Rumbos WZX Caracas, opera t ing wi th 200 kW. (Obj ! o, D.R. )
580 Puerto Rlco. WKAq hrd here v i t h smal l pocket r ad io 5/3 a t 0204. They're always s t rong here, e s p e c i a l l y dur ing t h e e a r l y AM hours. (Brubaker, Fla.)
590 Nicaragua. h d i o 590 hrd 5/3 from 0129 t o 0142 wi th f a i r s igna l s . What is t h e i r power? (Bmbaker, Fla . )
600 Cook Is lands . ZKlZC, Rarotonga. Hrd 4/23 wi th W o r i welcome song 0255; f a i r , then CJOR took over. F i r s t evening recept ion here. (Wood, ~ a w a i i )
620 Austra l ia . YLR Melbourne, Vic. 4/6 0620 pgm of madrigals. Good, one of b e s t Aussle s i g s on t h i s good Aussie n ight . (wood, Havaii)
625 Ecuador. unID, HC--, l i k e l y one of 2 p o s s i b i l i t i e s mentioned i n FBIS. Low, t i n n y audio, bu t caught s e v e r a l mentions of "Bolivar", part of t h e s logan of 2 s tne . ( ~ c h a t z , F l a . ) ( ~ 8 t e s t FBIS, 1 Sep 69 issue , lists no l e s s than 4 HC'e here, 2 of which a r e "R. Proclama de Bol ivar" i n Asuncion and "L.V. de Bolivar" i n Guaranda. Note, tho , both s h w c a l l as HCPH6 and power l i s t e d f o r both a s 450 w . s o could t h e r e be an over lap of some s o r t here? I n o t h e r words, maybe j u s t 1 s t n here? -Ed. )
650 Hawaii. KORL Honolulu now has telephone talk show 0500-1000. MoR i n s t r u - mental8 t h e r e s t of time, a s before. (wood, Hawaii) ( ~ s s e n t l a l l y no change a s f a r as NA IlXers a r e concerned-ed. )
650 Ecuador. HcFM~, Radio Vision de Manta i n here wi th f a i r 8-5 signal 3/28 a t 2021-2036. WSN wasn't hrd f o r some reason. Hrd with na t ive mx, SS t a l k and time checks, and SS ads. At 2030, a n ice SS ID a s "deede l a ciudad de Msnta, Republica d e l Ecuador, t ransmite Radio Vision, 650 k i loc ic los , onda nonnal ... megaciclos, f r ecuenc ia mdu lada .." then pipe, a coo-coo clock, TC, ad. An urgent message at 2031, then LA mx, ads. Lost a t 2036 when WSM began fading in . ( s t eve Kamp, Texas. ) (New FBIS sez 2000 wa t t s -Ed)
655 Ecuador. RBdio C a m u s e l , G u a y q u i l runs NSP v i t h l i v e l y promo6 and in - ",> t e m p t e d music. A good s i g n a l i n Fla . a f t e r TSS e/off. ( ~ c h a t z , Fla.)
660 Mexico. XERPM good every n igh t here, hrd 2000-2015 3/28 wi th many ads, a l i t t l e rock mx. A l l i n SS except f o r an ad f o r t e q u i l a i n Eng. ( X a r n p , ~ ) " 670 Nev Caledonia. OliTF Noumga. The new 20kw mtr, replacing 1420 is here! Not on 730, a s e a r l i e r planned, nor on 625 a s is l i s t e d i n WKPVB1'/O. Was noted f o r t h e first time 0336 4/6 wi th t y p i c a l ORTF pgmg, I .e. , h i s t o r i c a l memoirs and maxims by French philosophers. Weak t o f a i r v i t h WHAQ off and Cuban looped. Reported, bu t w i l l not be a second Gilbert-and-Ellice, as i s no t comparable i n s t r e n g t h nor i n choice of f r eq . Suggest looking f o r t h i s one only when a t l e a s t 6 Aussies a r e coming i n f a i r l y well . ( ~ o o d , ~ ~ ) (Well.. . t ha t l e t s me out,hi . New caledonia is roughly 1000 miles NE of Aus t ra l i a ' s B s r r i e r Reef; i s noted f o r n i c k e l mining. Wow, h i -Ed. )
675 Nicaragua. YND, Union Radio, M a g u a f a i r 5/3 2333-2350 w/old rock mx and taped Ih between se l ec t ions . from 680 channel. (Kaurp, Texas)
Mexico. XEM;, h d i o L-G, ~ e 6 n , Gto. running AN 3/30, frequent IDS as "L-G*~ and "Ia Grande de Lebn", e t c . Very good; must 've gone NSP. (wood, Hawaii) Cuba. Radio Rebelde/ L.V. de Cuba d e f i n i t e l y here from 720. No h e t noted days, ju s t a t n ight . (Schatz, Fla . ) Radio Rebelde, Colon good 4/22 0048- 0059 s/off. Light mx, "Noticiero Radio Rebelde", I D , s/off ancts , anthem. Came on again 0100 with L.V. de Cuba. e a s i l y separable from WGN.(~am~,lk) ++ Guatemala? Perhaps E N here 4/22 0100-0103 loss ; ID a t 0103 sung t o tune of "(kt me t o t h e church on time" and thought I hrd "Ihsdio Cul tural" ment- ioned by ancr but not sure. Ei ther l o s t o r s/off 0103. amp, %)(as i s Surinam. SPS Psramaribo i n here MM 3/30 with f a i r but weak 6-3 s igna l . 2 Orients1 mx, Indonesian t a l k . Hrd 0416-0430 when ID then l o s t t o WGN s lop. . . Dominican Rep. HIZ hrd with s/off anct on 513 a t 0114, then NA, c a r r i e r off a t 0116. F a i r s igna l , have never noted them on t h i s l a t e before. +r ( B i l l Brubaker, Fla . ) Holland. Hilversum was noted on l a t e with coverage of Apollo 1 3 with a f a i r s ignal . ( ~ a n ~ e r ~ i e l d , Pa. ) Venezuela. TVKS has become a loud regu la r i n Miami evenings. ( ~ c h a t z , F l a ) unID LA. Good s i g n a l evenings v i t h loop point ing south. Haven't IDed yet , a s have been too busy on o the r f ' s ( f r eqs? ) ( ~ c h a t z , F l a ) Wnama. La Voz d e l Istmo, HOXO hrd s/off at 2314 v i t h NA on 3/26, hrd f o r t h e f i r s t time. (CGsar Objfo, Dom. ~ e p . ) E l Salvador. YSKL noted here ex-760, IDS by cal ls ign, // 7'70. (Schatz) 4Ht New Zealand. ( s r i , ou t of sequence-ed. ) Auckland 1YA t e n t a t i v e l y t h e one here with accented Eng 0535-0550 MM 4/20 o/u a f ad ing WJR and another EE s t n , presumed t o be KGU. Too much QRM t o be su re but looped r i g h t f o r NZ, s igna l was r a t h e r weak and fady. (MN Garber, Neb.) Austra l ia . 3L0, Melbourne, Vic. undoubtedly t h e one with 6 p i p s eaxct ly at 0606 00 4/20. Signal faded f o r a few minutes and a t 0603, male ancr ancd a rock tune. Ilbck mx c t d u n t i l f /ou t 0625. Tape sen t . Surprised t o note them v i t h rock mx. New country. (Garber, Neb.) New Zealand. 4YA m e d i n probably t h e one with opera a t var ious t imes from 0435-0520 MM 4/20. The opera was similar t o t h e one 1 Y C had e a r l i e r but ** was d e f i n i t e l y not // t o 1YC. There was qu i t e a b i t of QFM from Barbados, ZBVI and a number of SS. J u s t t h e opera was hrd; no d e f i n i t e ID, unfortu- nate ly . (Garber, Neb. ) (780 c e r t a i n l y is a good DX i r e i s n ' t i t ? -Ed. ) Br. V . I . Tenta t ively ZBVI hrd f a i r 0505-0513 here MM 37j0. Ad f o r a c lo - th ing s t o r e i n St . Thomas a t 0505 and 0506, man gave bi r thday greet ings t o someone i n S t . Thomas. He kept on t a l k i n g but I couldn't read him. Lost a t 0513. Was a l l i n E. (Steve Kamp, exa as) (sounds l i k e them,~ teve ) H Venezuela. Radio Barquisimeto, YVMR with 50kji w i l l be AN a f t e r 4/1 a s announced. ( ~ b j i o , D.R. ) Uruguay. CX-14, E l Espectador, Mntevideo. Hrd 0415 4/22 with t a l k on Uru- guay; very good, KG0 looped. (wood, Eawaii) R.E1 Espectador, CX-14 hrd with many ads a t 2235 on 3/26. (Objio, D.R. ) Venezuela. To Bob Foxworth: Your note (?-Ed.) on t h i s item i n 3/7 MR is t h i s : Radio Ochocientos Mez means Radio 810 but they were always on 820, not on 810 a s they announced. The slogan of t h e s t a t i o n comes from the frequency which they were not using.(Objfo) (yes, I f igured t h a t was t h e ** case, Ce'sar. However, it s t i l l doesn't seem t o be completely l o g i c a l , h i - ~ d ) Guatemala. Radio Internacional , n;M is here h e t t i n g TIOS-825; plays much Mexican s t y l e mx. ( ~ c h a t z , la) Dominican Rep. HIJB a r egu la r here on Fr i . , Sat . and Sunday mornings,when they a r e on l a t e . Very s t rong s ignals , l i v e l y music and IDS s imi la r t o yIKAQ's. ( ~ r u b a k e r , Fla . ) Radio KIJB, Santo Domingo is operat ing with 10 kW since 4/1. To Kilroy-Conrad-Xaldmn, your s t n hrd here on 2/22 is t h i s one. They a r e AN on weekends - t h a t is, they s/on a t 0500 Fridays u n t i l Monday evening a t 2400 s/off and on t h e other days of t h e week they operate 0500-2400.
15 Colombia. HJBI, Ondas d e l Caribc, Santa Maria, f a i r here MM 3/30 irith a s-5 s igna l . 0251-0318 LA mx, SS TCs and a few I h . Was under WHAS OC un- til 0302 when WHAS cut it. (Kanp, Tx. ) Cuba. A new s t n and appar-ntly 3 new n e t a lso . Hrd 0100 4/20. Net seems t o be Cadena Camaguayana, t h e 860 out ley is CMJY i n Ciego de Avila with a slogan "Cadena Raventes" o r "Reventes" and i f t h e l a t t e r , would mean the "worker's network" o r ' b ro le t a r i an net-~ork" . Net includes: CMTX-1230 Radio Moron, CMJ2-1300 Radio Nuevitas, CMCA-830 R. Cordon de l a Habana, CMJB-880 Radio Revolutionario de 7 de ano ( ? ? ) and W. A l l but 830 a r e i n Camag3ey province. (Russ Edmunds, N.J.) (very in te res t ing , Russ -Ed. Dominican Rrp. Radio ~ l a r f n , HI--, Santo bmingo, 1 0 kW, 0500-0100 i s owned by Difusora Hemisferio, S.A. X m t r and eqpt a r e Wilkinson. The s t n d i r e c t o r i s Salom6n Sanz. ( ~ b j i o , D.R. ) Radio ~ l a r f n , Santo Do- m i n g ~ , f i r s t noted with Cesar on 5/1 when he was over a t my house. Hrd then with nx and spots from 2230 t o 2240. Have noted them s ince with es- p e c i a l l y s t rong s igna l s around 0100. They s/off a t 0100 EST s o some of you nor therners should be ab le t o hear them. (Brubaker, Fla . ) (ERC got 'em-Ed. ) Radio Clar in v i e s with IIRU evenings, and dominant when AN. Much merengue mx. ( ~ c h a t z , Fla.) Cuba. Radio Internacional , CMBL is here from 860 kHz. ( ~ c h a t z ) Guatemala. TGJ, Radio Nuevo Mundo dominating channel 3/28 0005-0027. Vocal mx, many IDS i n SS, few ads. (Kamp, Tx. ) New Zealand. 1YC Auckland. I near ly f e l l off my cha i r when I heard "the time is nine-ten" then a mention of t h e '1 C progmmes" a t 0410 on MM 4/20. This anc t was between operas. The s igna l peaked 8-5 a t 0420 v i t h opera mx. There was no QFM, due t o a c l e a r channel u n t i l an SS s/on a t 0457. Reported. (Garber, Neb. ) (890 item from Wood,Haw. Austra l ia . 5AN, Adelaide, S.A. 4/6 reached bes t s t r eng th of a l l Aussies 2 during BBC-type t a l k 0523. Not on 790 a s erroneously p r in ted i n WRTVH"j'0 Nicaragua. Radio Tiempo, Managua hrd f a i r MM 3/30 033-0625. Have SS TCs by man every minute, along with vocal mx. SS ID between se lec t ions . One went l i k e t h i s : "exacta, exacta, minuto a minuto, Radio Tiempo en knagua,
s o perhaps new ownership, format change o r something. amp, exa as) / Nicaragua" given by man. Lost 0625. WKPVB and FBIS l i s t a s ''Alma Nica" ,
El Salvador. "Radiopolis" s t i l l here, IMng i t s e l f and 2 re lays . Good s i g n a l i n M i a m i . ( ~ c h a t z , Fla. )
.5 Colombia. HJAE, Emisoras Fuentes hrd here with ER 0106 and on, 4/20. Previously rp td on 922 but now here. (~dmunds, N.J . ) Alaska. KSRM, Soldatna, 3/23 0304 s /off , no Alaska's Flag o r SSB t h i s time; an exce l l en t n ight f o r Alaskans. (wood, Hawaii who s p e l l s it soldAtna) Uruguay. CX-20, Radio Monte Carlo, Montevideo. 4/22 0420 with l o c a l spots, f a i r but unreportable with KHJ p a r t l y looped. (Wood, Eawaii) Argentina. LR-3, Padio Belgrano, Buenos Aires. 4/22 0400 many IIk, l o c a l news, e a s i l y reported. F i r s t Argentine of t h e season, o the r poss ible DSA's (Deep So Americans -Ed.) on 1030-1070-1230. (wood, Bavaii) Mexico. XEGM, Frecuencia de Oro, Tijuana, B.C. Now much louder than before, and anncg 10,000 wat ts which must be i n use fu l l t ime . Announcing a s t rans- mi t t ing "desde sus modernos es tudios en Hollywood, Cal i fornia , cubriendo s i e t e condados d e l Sur de California", and avoiding a l l reference t o Ti- juana. Can any Los Angeles members provide t h e i r Hollywood address?(wood) Cuba. CM-- believed t o be i n Sanct i -Spir i tus , c a r r i e s "Radio Progreso" f o r appx 19 h r s and "Reloj Naclonal" i n the ea r ly AM. Good day and night i n Miami. . ( ~ c h a t z , Fla. ) Tunisia. Tunis noted with EE sked weekdays 1030-1130; t a l k show, news, and rock mx request shows. Followed by pgm i n French. Easi ly hrd days from Malta. My '69 WRTVFI shows sked i n I t a l i a n and Arabic.(~owab,~editerranean) unID. Sporting event, presumed t o be soccer, hrd 0025-0035 4/18, teems perhaps Chinand--a (pse p r i n t odd names-tnx-Ed. ) and Monterire but not sure . ( i tem continued next page)
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