STATIC FROM HQ As t h i s i s s u e w i l l he hand-delivered to those attending the ST. 10UIS CON­VENTION, w e ' l l s t a r t off by wishing that everyone has a good time and that our business sessions w i l l be s u c c e s s f u l . Speaking of conventions, both Ted and Gary are at IRCA's convention t h i s weekend (Aug. 25-26) and so Dick and your t y p i s t (Pat) are bringing you t h i s masterpiece! I f you haven't noticed already, we're using computer generated mailing l a b e l s f o r t h i s i s s u e . We ask that you check the l a b e l very c l o s e l y for accuracy and l e t Gary Atkins know i f anything i s wrong. Write Gary at HQ address. For a couple of l o g i s t i c a l reasons, we had to l i m i t DX News to 29 pages t h i s time. We're holding Domestic DX Achievements, another installment i n Ronald Sohatz's Terminator T r a n s i t Mechanix s e r i e s , a sports network l i s t i n g by B i l l Hardy, Afr Graph and a Verie Signers. An important NOTE regarding DDXA, the next deadline w i l l be October 1. Since t h i s column won't appear u n t i l next i s s u e , Sept. 29, we urge you to send your updates to Don r i g h t away. H e ' l l send a reporting form upon r e c e i p t of your SASE. Don E r i c k s o n , 6059 Essex S t r e e t , R i v e r s i d e , CA 92509. A s p e c i a l thanks to our i r r e g u l a r e d i t o r s , that i s i r r e g u l a r columns, f o r the f i n e typing jobs they did with t h e i r columns. Insi d e y o u ' l l f i n d a b i t of information about an ionospheric experiment to be conducted Sept. 19. We're not sure what e f f e c t , i f any, t h i s w i l l have on MW s i g n a l s but suspect s i g n a l s on the upper end of the band may be d i s ­torted. Members i n Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are urged to report any disturbances to the coordinator whose address i s i n the a r t i c l e . L a s t l y , we'd l i k e to pause i n the DX News routine to look back to 1933 — to Labor Day Weekend. On that weekend 96 years ago the National Radio Club was founded. Many "old-timers" are s t i l l i n NRC and we'd l i k e to s a l u t e them

We welcome the following new members and urge them to become an a c t i v e part of NRC! Craig A. Cook, 2938A North Fratney S t . , Milwaukee, WI 53212 ( r e j o i n s ) Tom Walsh, 18 K r i s t i n Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01829 ( r e j o i n s ) John Hunter, 69 Kelsey Drive, R o s s v i l l e , GA 30791 Tony Short, 1091 Elmendorf Drive, Lexington, KY 90502 Thomas J . Arey, WB2GHA, 1285 Hornberger Ave., Roebling, NJ 08559. Dwight W. Smith, 195 Deryl S t r e e t , Eunice, LA 70535 Richard S. Akerman, Sr., WA1YQ0, 127 F r a n k l i n S t., Rochester, NH 03867

While we have a l i t t l e room to spare, w e ' l l again mention the upcoming DX News schedule: Sept. 29, Oct. 8, 22, Nov. 5 , 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3 , 10, 17 and 28. Anything sent f o r p u b l i c a t i o n to L o u i s v i l l e must a r r i v e 10 days before the i s s u e date.

THEY JOINED and NRC's birthday.

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An experiment w i l l be conducted Friday Morning, September 19 which may pre­sent a unique DX opportunity. An Atlas-Centaur rocket i s to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center i n F l o r i d a to a point 966 km (290 miles) to the E a s t . I t ' s purpose i s to create an a r t i f i c i a l "hole" i n the 300 km high F - l a y e r , thus disturbing ionospheric propagation. Such disturbances could become common i f huge solar-power-collecting s a t e l l i t e s are someday put into o r b i t to help solve America's problems. The experiment w i l l create a very l a r g e "hole" i n the F - l a y e r for a period of four hours or longer at 12:30 a.m. EST. The F-region electrons, which are responsible for the bending of radio waves, are to be g r e a t l y reduced, causing a weakening or even f a i l u r e of radio c i r c u i t s for the four hour period. A d i s c u s s i o n of the experiment, oriented mostly toward high-frequency amateur transmissions, i s contained i n the September 1979 QST.

A copy of a l e t t e r from Joe R e i s e r t , W1JR, 17 Mansfield Drive, Chelmsford, Mass. 01829 was forwarded to us. I n i t he outlined preparations presently under way: ( l e t t e r forward by P h i l S u l l i v a n )

Beacons are presently planned and under construction. A 19.1 MHz cw 100 watt t r a n s m i t t e r i s top p r i o r i t y and i s to be i n s t a l l e d on Puerto Rico near Arecibo hopefully with other u n i t s on 7 MHz. The US Navy w i l l have RTTY c i r c u i t s a c t i v e on HF from KP9, KG9, VP9 and Washington, D.C. areas*. Several Channel 2 t r a n s m i t t e r s are located i n the v i c i n i t y of Puerto Rico and surrounding i s l a n d s as well as AM (550-1600) s t a t i o n s . These w i l l a l l provide e x c e l l e n t monitoring beacons f o r USA and VP9 stns Observations of s i g n a l strength on beacons and other s t a t i o n s are most de s i r e a b l e . Signal strength should be monitored every 2 to 5 minutes before launch and a f t e r launch for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes from launch observations can be stretched to every 5-10 minutes. The use of a s t r i p recorder on the AGO or s i g n a l strength monitor of the r e c e i v e r i n use i s highly desired. P r e c i s i o n attenuators i n the I F or ahead of the r e c e i v e r can be used to c a l i b r a t e the "S Meter" f o r accuracy. Fading, QRM, unusual e f f e c t s , modulation, e t c . are a l l things to monitor and report

According to Mr. R e i s e r t there should be a reduction of the maximum usuable frequency along the rocket's path. This should drop from approximately 16 MHz to below 19 MHz. No s p e c i f i c e f f e c t on MW was predicted but based on our knowledge of propagation ( a l b e i t l i m i t e d ) some unusual e f f e c t s may r e s u l t , p a r t i c u l a r l y on the higher MW frequencies. On the HP's, i d e a l l o c a t i o n s for monitoring the e f f e c t s of the experiment f a l l on a l i n e from St. Louis to j u s t below Washington, D.C, through L o u i s v i l l e and Ashland, Kentucky. For more info please write Mr. R e i s e r t and r e f e r to the QST a r t i c l e . ( * c a l l l e t t e r s l i s t e d above are f o r Puerto Rico, Guantanamo Bay and Bermuda

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Wow! Did I get mail this month! I've lost track of how many complained about my listing

of WGSM - 740 going full time. I'll repeat this below but, fellows, that was m y goof, not

the FCC's. I should have noted that they will sign off at sunset and the power I listed

for night operation was only for "Critical Hour" operation. I owe a particular apology to

BRYAN LEE who first reported the error to me...after he had taken the trouble to check with

WGSM. Thanks, Bryan.

MORT MEEHAN has written a couple of times and, at his suggestion, I'm reprinting some of

the code letters used throughout AM SWITCH:

DA - Directional Antenna. DA-N = Directional Antenna at night only. DA-1 • DA with the same pattern day and night. DA-2 • DA with different patterns day and night (or day an C H ) . DA-3 = DA with two different day patterns & one at night; typical use would

be for a "day", "CH" and "night" pattern. CH • Critical Hours meaning 2 hours before sunset and 2 hours after sunrise

SH = Specified hours of operation.

Here, now, is this month's edition:

STATION ADDITIONS OR CHANGES NOW IN EFFECT:

Changes in Call Sign of existing stations:

960 - KFVS - Cape Girardeau, M0 is now KGIR 1000 - WQTY - Montgomery, Ala. is now WABT

1050 - KIXS - Killeen, TX is now K H Z 1080 - WKLO - Louisville, KY is now WKJJ

1090 - WIID - Garden City, Mich is now WCAR

1110 - WHYT - Noblesville, IN is now WFBM

1110 - WUPE - Pittsfield, MA is now WUHN

1130 - KBLR - Bolivar, M0 is now KY00 1150 - KUFF - Albuquerque, NM is now KDQQ

1250 - KLAZ - Little Rock, Ark is now K0KY 1260 - WWPF - Palatka, FL is now WIYD

1260 - KMCM - McMinnville, OR is now KCYX

1280 - WR0C - Roschester, NY is now WPXN

1330 - WEAW - Evanston, IL is now WPRZ

1330 - WJDQ - Meridian, Miss is now WDAL

1370 - WKFD - Wickford, RI is now WMYD

1380 - WPK0 - Waverly, OH is now WXIC

1380 - KFCB - RedfieTd, SD is now KQKD

1380 - KEZE - Spokane, WA is now KCK0

1460 - WRKR - Racine, WI is now WWEG

1480 - WTRA - Latrobe, PA is now WCNS

1510 - KYKR - Port Arthur, TX is now KEAM

1600 - WFNL - North Augusta, SC is WRZK

Changes in Station ID Granted by FCC:

570 - WMAM - Marinette, WI changing to WMAM, Peshtigo, W I .

1360 - WLBK - DeKalb, IL changing to WLBK, DeKalb-Sycamore, IL.

1410 - WP0P - Hartford, CT changing to WP0P, Newington, CT

STATIONS AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE FACILITIES (May take awhile to install new equipment):

Pinellas Park, FL given temporary authority to use 900 Watts ( D A - 2 ) . Tomahawk, WI increasing power to 10,000 Watts, stays daytimer. Palm Springs, CA changing from 5000/250 w . to 5000/1000 w . ( D A - 2 ) . Lake City, FL changing from 500 w . daytimer to fulltime at 1000 w . (DA-N) Heath, OH will move to 790 kHz with 500/500 w . Tioga, ND increasing power to 100Q/1000(CH).

Eugene, OR stays at 50,000 Watts but simplifies from DA-2 to DA-1. Elgin, IL going fulltime with 1000/500 w . (DA-1) Lubbock, TX going fulltime with 500 W a t t s . Tazewell , VA remains Daytimer but increases power to 50QQ w . San Antonio, TX going fulltime with 5000/1000 w . ( D A - 2 ) . Greensburg, KY going from 1550 kHz to 1540 kHz with 1000/500CH w . Centerville, TN remains Daytimer but increases to 5000 w . Huntington, NY will not be fulltimer as reported last m o n t h . That line should have read: "Will change from 5000/1000 w . to 25,000/lOOOCH w . ( D A ) .

STATIONS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN CALL SIGN (May already be in effect by publication d a t e ) :

660 - K0WH - ftnaha, NE wants KCR0 1250 - KLAZ - Little Rock, Ark wants K0KY

1010 - WABZ - Albemarle, NC wants WWWX 1380 - WMEE - Ft. W a y n e , IN wants WQHK 1010 - K0DA - Houston, TX wants KLAT 1530 - KXXV - Colorado Springs, C O , KKCS 1060 - WQWX - Mebane, NC wants WHNI 1550 - WPDF - Corydon, IN wants WJDW

1150 - WBAG - Burl'ton/Graham, NC wants WQRB 1590 - WYIG - Jackson, Miss wants WCCL 1190 - KKJY - Albuquerque, NM wants KXKS* 1600 - WFRC - Reidsville, NC wants WKXq *Yes, you correctly spotted that KPAR only became KKJY a month or so ago...looks like

they're going to keep changing call letters until they get it right!

570 - WPLP -810 - WJJQ -920 - KDES -960 - WGR0 -

1000 - WHTH -1090 - KTG0 -1120 - KPNW -1410 - WRMN -1420 - KLFB -1470 - WTZE -1540 - KEDA -1550 - WGRK -1570 - WHLP -

and 740 - WGSM -

( ? ) AM SWITCH (Continued).

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED FOR NEW STATIONS ( Takes months to get on the air ) : •

1140 - New - Conroe, TX - 250 Watt Daytimer 1170 - New - Dimondale, Mich. - 1000 Watt Daytimer 1230 - New - Florala, Ala. - 1000/250 Watts (See next section too) 1290 - New - Opp, Ala. - 2500 Watt Daytimer 1450 - New - Whitefish, MT - 1000 Daytimer (I've never seen a daytime-only station

station on a graveyard frequency before...we'll learn more as it gets built later on.)

CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED TO NEW STATIONS (Not on the air y e t ) :

790 - KURM - Rogers, Ark 1330 - WBAS - Crescent City, FL 910 - KVAA - Volga, SD 1490 - KLYC - Laurel, MT.

1050 - WCGA - Conyers, GA 1 520 - WREA - Dayton, TN 1090 - XLWJ - Umatilla, OR 1 520 - KRJH - Hallettsville, TX

1130 - WYNO - Nelsonville, OH 1540 - WYNC - Yanceyville, NC

1190 - KNEK - Washington, LA 1580 - WUIV - Icard, NC

1230 - WKWL - Florala, Ala.

MODIFICATIONS GRANTED FOR EXISTING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS:

1090 - KKYN - Plainview, TX now plans 5000 Watt operation.

1230 - WNIA - Cheektowaga, NY now plans 1000/250 Watt operation.

1570 - WCRL - Oneonta, Ala now plans 2500 Watt Daytime operation.

APPLICATION FOR NEW STATION ACCEPTED BY FCC (Will take months to review and approve):

1390 - New - Dalhonega, GA -- no other details available at press time.

APPLICATION FOR NEW STATION REJECTED BY FCC:

1240 - New - Coeur d'Alene, ID (this application was reported earlier in AM Swi t c h ) .

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE FCC BUT NOT YET EXAMINED NOR ACCEPTED:

Changes proposed by existing stations:

950 - WCTN - Potomac/Cabin John, MD wants 2500/1000 w. ( D A ) . 1090 - KLDR - Denver, CO wants nighttime operation with 500 w . (yes, 500 W a t t s ) . 1110 - KGFL - Clinton, Ark wants to increase power to 1000 Watts. 1110 - KBND - Bend, OR wants 25,000/5000 w . (DA- N ) .

1250 - WXOX - Bay City, Mich wants fulltime operation with 5000/5000 w . ( D A - N ) . T270 - WORL - Orlando, FL wants fulltime operation with 5000/5000 w . ( D A ) . 1310 - KLIX - Twin Falls, ID wants 5000/2500 w . (DA- N ) . 1430 - KTYN - Minot, ND wants fulltime operation with 5000/5000 w . ( D A ) . 1530 - KWOK - Wagoner, OK wants to increase power to 500 Watts. 1550 - WTBP - Parsons, TN wants to increase power to 1000 Watts. 1550 - WSAO - Senatobia, Miss, wantsonly to change frequency to 1140 kHz. 1600 - WGIV - Charlotte, NC wants 2500/1000 w. ( D A - 2 ) .

Applications for new stations:

850 - New - Penn Yan, NY — 5000 Watt Daytimer 910 - New - Needham, MA — 500 Watt Daytimer 940 - New - Woodstock, VA -- 250 Watt Daytimer

1320 - New - Concord, NH -- 500 Watt Daytimer with DA )These two applications are 1320 - New - Derry, NH -- 5000 Watt Daytimer )mutually exclusive; I'll keep

you posted on which wins a CP.

Stations Requesting Change in ID:

920 - KTOC - Jonesboro, LA wants to ID as: KTOC, Jonesboro-Hodge, LA.

1250 - WKDX - Hamlet, NC wants to ID as: WKDX, Hamlet-Rockingham, NC

1560 - KLNG - wants to 10 as: KLNG, Council Bluffs, Iowa-Omaha, Nebraska.

1570 - WYHI - wants to ID as: W Y H I , Fernandina Beach-Saint Mary's, Florida,

and 630 - KGVW - wants to ID as: KGVW, Belgrade-Bozeman, Montana.

GARY HOUDEK points out that the new Call Letters KRZJ, Beloit, Kansas I mentioned last month were okay, but I incorrectly listed KRZJ at 1100 kHz; should be 1190 kHz. And LYNN GILLIS mentioned that WKLO's change to WKJJ occurred well before last month's edition came out. That's apt to happen, Lynn.dueto deadlines (Today, for instance, is August 20th) We do our best... that's all. MORT MEEHAN points out that all radio starts and ends in Kingman, Arizona! Look it up for yourself...KAAA and KZZZ are both there! (and are both owned by the same people). Thanks to these people and everyone else who wrote in...keep the comments coming! c —

DOMESTIC DX DIGEST

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S A N A N T O N I O - 8 / 9 2 3 0 0 w / P B g a m e w e a k m i x i n g w / S S s t a t i o n . ( B G - N Y )

R E I D S V I L L E - 7 / 3 0 2 0 3 5 f a i r w / I D , t h e n " W R M V N e w s . " ( W P T - D C ) G E N E V A - 7 / 2 9 2 0 5 5 w / r r n x & a r e a m e n t s . w / g o o d e i g n a l o n G E p o r t a b l e . ( W W - N Y ) M O U N D S V I L L E - 8 / 9 2 0 1 9 w e a k 0 s / o f f w / u s u a l a n n c m t a & I D s . ( R K - O H )

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8 / 8 E T a l l m o r n i n g w / n o I D i n 2 $ h r s l i s t e n i n g . ( R K - O H )

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CFTR move gets approval

GRIMSBY — The Canadian Ra­dio-Television and Telecommunica­tions Commission has approved an application by Rogers Radio Broad­casting Ltd. of Toronto to relocate its broadcasting facilities for radio station CFTR from Mississauga to Gnmsby

The CRTC decision applies only to the technical move. Negotiations to

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actually build eight 300-foot towers on an 83-acre site on Winston Road overlooking Lake Ontano must be worked out with the Town of Gnms­by and property owners.

Jim Sward, president of Rogers Radio, said in June that the move-was necessary because the tall sleel reinforced buildings near the trans­mission site in Mississauga were

causing CFTR's signal to interfer. with the signal of a radio station it Rochester, N.Y.. which broadcast on the AM 680 frequency, the sam-frequency CFTR uses

The CRTC decision also allows th-company to double its daytime sir nal from 25,000 watts to 50,000. Tin nighttime signal is restricted lu la.-000 watts.

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m x a n d m a l e a n n c t s ; g o o d f r o m 1 3 0 6 - 1 3 0 8 7 / 2 9 . ( W i l k i n s o n ) 7 1 9 P O R T U G A L N o r t e p o o r w / Y L t a l k i n g i n s l o p 0 5 0 0 8 / 4 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 7 2 5 S U R I N A M P a r a m a r a i b o S R S x l n t w / r o c k m x x 0 1 1 6 7 / 2 9 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 7 5 6 N E W Z E A L A N D i Y A A u c k l a n d 7 / 2 5 1 0 4 3 + C M w / p o e m o / m x , e n d e d 1 0 4 4 ,

a n o t h e r C M d u r i n g b r e a k , s p o r t s 1 0 4 5 , s t n h a s b e e n p u t t i n g i n ' a v e r y g o o d s i g n a l r e c e n t l y . ( V e r n o n ) W a s e x t r a l o u d f r o m 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 o n 7 / 2 3 . E v e n b e t t e r a t 1 0 4 5 . P u t s o u t t h e m o s t c o n s i s t e n t D U s i g n a l . ( W i l k i n s o n )

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8 4 0 H A I T I C a p H a i t i e n I n l i k e a l o c a l a t 0 0 3 5 7 / 8 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 8 4 6 A U S T R A L I A 2 C Y C a n b e r r a w e a k t o f a i r w i t h c l a s s i c a l t y p e p i a n o

m x 1 2 4 1 - 1 2 4 5 7 / 2 9 w i t h m a l e a n n c r . ( W i l k i n s o n )

8 6 0 B R A Z I L R i o d e J a n e i r o i s i n h e r e a t c o a s t a l Q T H e v e r y n i g h t . T h i s w a s x l n t a t 0 7 0 0 7 / 1 . F o r m a t i s U S T 4 0 a n d d i s c o m i x e d w / a n o c c a s i o n a l P P s o f t f o l k r o c k s o n g . T h e r e a r e a l s o m a n y " M u n d i a l " I D ' s . I c h e c k e d f o r m a n y o t h e r D S A ' s b u t n o t h i n g w a s n o t i c e d . I e x p e c t e d R . T u p i o n 1 0 4 0 w / 1 0 0 k w a n d W H O o f f b u t t h e C o l o m b i a n s r u l e d t h e f r e q . I s M u n d i a l m o r e t h a n 1 0 0 k w ? ( K a z a r o s s ) T u p i h a s a f i g u r e e i g h t p a t t e r n t h a t i s n ' t f a v o r a b l e t o N A . T h e y h a v e n ' t b e e n h e a r d h e r e i n 7 y e a r s . M u n d i a l i s 1 0 0 k w t o t h e b e s t o f m y k n o w l d e g e - C K

8 7 0 P U E R T O R I C O S a n J u a n W H O A i s u s u a l l y g o o d h e r e e a r l y i n t h e e v e n i n g a t c o a s t a l Q T H . ( K a z a r o s s )

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8 8 2 N E W Z E A L A N D 1 Y C A u c k l a n d h e a r d f r o m 1 0 5 8 - 1 1 0 9 o n 7 / 2 3 . K a l e a n n c r w i t h B B C n e w s b e t w e e n 1 1 0 0 a n d 1 1 0 9 . ( W i l k i n s o n )

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9 4 0 C U B A l o c a t i o n u n k n o w n , R e l o j N a c i o n a l w e a k b u t a l o n e 0 5 0 5 7 / 2 . ( K a z a r o s s )

9 6 5 U N I D 2 s t n s n o t e d h e r e n i g h t l y , o n e s i g n s o f f a t 0 4 0 0 a n d c a n b e l o u d s o m e t i m e s , o t h e r h a s b e e n n o t e d o n p a s t 0 6 3 0 a n d i s n e v e r v e r y l o u d . W i l l s t a y o n t h e s e , t h e y c a n ' t I D d u r i n g f a d e s f o r e v e r , c a n t h e y ? ( K e n n e a l l y ) S u r e , w h y n * t ? S p e c u l a t i o n t e l l s m e t h a t t h e 0 4 0 0 s / o f f i s O n d a s P o p u l a r , P a n a m a a n d t h e o n e t h a t s t a y s o n l a t e i s R . Z a r a c a y , E c u a d o r - C H

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1 0 2 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V R S L a A s c u n c i o n o / u K D K A w / f r e q u e n t R . M a r g a r i t a I D ' s 0125 7 / 2 9 . ( C o n n e l l y )

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1 0 1 7 T U R K E Y I s t a n b u l p o o r - f a i r w / N e a r E a s t e r n c h a n t i n g a n d m x d u r i n g g o o d s u n s e t T A o p e n i n g 0 0 2 5 8 / 6 . C o u n t r y 6 6 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 0 2 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V R S L a A s c u n c i o n W / t r e m e n d o u s l o c a l l i k e s i g n a l 2 3 4 5 8 / 3 . E a s t e r n V e n e z u e l a n s e s p e c i a l l y a r e x l n t h e r e a t s u n s e t b e f o r e o t h e r L A ' s f a d e i n . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 0 4 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V L B V a l e n c i a g o o d w / " C a r a b o b o " m e n t i o n 0 0 1 0 a n d 0 0 1 1 8 / 3 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 0 9 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V 3 Z C a r a c a s s u s p e c t e d h e r e , g o o d w / S S u / C H R S 2 3 5 7 8 / 3 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 0 0 A N T I G U A S t . J o h n ' s Z D K g o o d o / C o l o m b i a n , W A V E n u l l e d ; b l a c k C a r i b b e a n E E t a l k b y w o m a n 0 1 3 5 7 / 2 9 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 1 0 0 C O L C M B I A B o g o t a KJCIi f a i r w / l i v e l y L A m x a n d R . R e l o j I D a n d B o g o t a m e n t i o n 0 6 3 0 7 / 1 . ( K a z a r o s s ) I n w a y o / W W W E d u r i n g s h o r t l i v e d A U w / u p t e m p o L A m x a n d I D 0 4 3 8 8 / 8 . ( K e n n e a l l y )

1 1 0 0 C O L C M B I A B a r r a n q u i l l a f a i r - g o o d w / R . R e l o j I D ' s 0 0 5 3 a n d 0 0 5 5

8 / 3 . A t l a n t i c o m e n t i o n a t 0 0 5 4 c l i n c h e d l o c a t i o n a s B a r r a n q u i l l a s i n c e B a r r a n q u i l l a i s i n A t l a n t i c o p r o v i n c e . ( K a z a r o s s ) M e n t i o n e d i n w h a t c o n t e x t ? C o u l d b e a n i n c i d e n t a l r e f e r e n c e - C H

1 1 0 1 D C B I N I C A N R E P U B L I C R . N a g u a s c l o b b e r i n g 1 1 0 0 w / h e t . F a i r a u d i o w / S S b a l l a d s . 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 2 5 7 / 8 . Is t h i s 5 k w ? ( K a z a r o s s ) D u n n o - C H

1 1 1 0 C O L O M B I A H J E W C a l l f a i r w / W B T w / R . R e l o j I D a t 0 4 5 0 7 / 2 1 . ( K a z )

1 1 1 0 C U B A B a n e s g o o d w / m a r c h m x ( i . e . C u b a n I S ) 0 6 0 2 w / W B T o f f S M 8 / 5 . T h i s q m i c k l y f a d e d u / t h e C o l o m b i a n s . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 3 0 D O M I N I C A N R E P U B L I C H L R L S a n t i a g o g o o d w / W N E W i n s l i g h t l y A U c x ( A i n d e x - 1 8 ) w i t h a d s f o r p l a c e s i n S a n t i a g o 0 0 1 3 7 / 8 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 4 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V M U C a r o r a f a i r w / " C a r o r a " m e n t i o n 0 0 4 5 8 / 4 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 1 1 5 5 E L S A L V A D O R Y S C F S a n M i g u e l g o o d w / U S t o p 4 0 m x 0 6 0 5 6 / 1 9 . ( K a z )

1 1 6 0 D O M I N I C A N R E P U B L I C H I B G S a n t i a g o f a i r o / g r o w l w / " R a d i o i a n d i a " I D b y d e e p v o i c e d a n n c r 0 2 4 6 5 / 2 7 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 6 5 A N T I G U A S t . J o h n ' s C R L l o u d w / h y m n s , t h e n l o c a l l y p r o d u c e d r e ­l i g i o u s s h o w 0 1 4 4 7 / 2 9 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 1 7 0 V E N E Z U E L A A c o r i g u a Y V Q Z f a i r i n g r o w l w / R . A c a r i g u a I D a n d V e n e z u e l a m e n t i o n 0 0 5 9 7 / 8 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 8 0 C U B A b o t h C u b a n s n o t e d f i g h t i n g e a c h o t h e r i n W H A M n u l l 0 4 0 0 -0 4 1 5 6 / 1 9 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 1 8 0 D C H I N I C A N R E P U B L I C H I B E S a n t o D o m i n g o o n t o p a t 0 0 1 0 7 / 8 . ( K a z )

1 1 8 0 V E N E Z U E L A C i u d a d O j e d a Y V N J f a i r w / R . P e t r o l e r a I D w / W H A M l o o p e d a t 0 0 4 3 8 / 3 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 2 1 0 C O L C M B I A H J F F P e r e i r a n o t e d w a y u / W C A U w / L V A m i g a I D a t 0 0 4 0 5 / 2 7 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 2 1 0 D O M I N I C A N R E P U B L I C H I C J . S a n F r a n c i s c o d e M a c o r i s s u s p e c t e d h e r e w / D R a n t h e m a t 0 1 0 0 6 / 3 0 u / W C A U . I h a v e s e e n p o w e r l i s t e d a s 5 k w i n W R T H a n d 1 k w i n D i c k C l a r k ' s D o m i n i c a n l i s t . D o y o u k n o w w h i c h v a l u e i s c o r r e c t ? ( K a z a r o s s ) I'd b e j i e v e D i c k - C H

1 2 2 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V Z O M a r a c a i b o s u s p e c t e d h e r e w / V e n e z u e l a m e n t i o n i n a p p a r e n t s p e e c h b y r e v e r b e r a t e d C M 0 0 2 3 8 / 3 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 2 3 3 A U S T R A L I A 2 N C N e w c a s t l e 7 / 2 9 1 1 0 1 C M w / n x i n b r i e f , n e x t a a o n R a d i o O n e i n o n e h o u r m e n t i o n e d , t h e n r r a t 1 1 0 2 . ( V e r n o n )

1 2 5 5 U N I D i n s t r o n g b r i e f l y o / 1 2 6 0 s l o p w / l i g h t v o c a l s , a b r u p t f a d e o r s / o f f 0 4 0 0 8 / 8 . E c u a d o r ? ( K e n n e a l l y )

1 2 6 0 V E N E Z U E L A Y V R M C a r a c a s s u s p e c t e d h e r e w / l i v e l y m x l o o p i n g e a s t e r n V e n e z u e l a u / W E Z E 0 0 3 0 8 / 3 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 2 8 6 A U S T R A L I A 2 T M T a m w o r t h 7 / 2 5 1 0 1 1 C M w / T e l e - t a l k s h o w . ( V e r n o n ) 1 3 1 4 A U S T R A L I A 2 W L W o l l o n g o n g 7 / 2 9 1 0 1 3 + C a s e y K a s e m ' a A m e r i c a n

T 4 0 s h o w w / l o c a l s p o t s s u r i n g b e e a k s , x l n t s i g a t t i m e s . ( B V ) 1 3 2 3 F I J I R a k i r a k i 8 / 4 1 1 2 8 C M i n E E w / r e c o r d r e q u e s t s h o w . F r e q ­

u e n t l y p u t s a h e t o n C H q K b u t n e v e r m u c h a u d i o m a k e s i t . ( V e r n o n )

1 3 3 2 N E W Z E A L A N D 1 X 1 A u c k l a n d 8 / 4 1 1 0 6 C M w / w x a n d c l e a r 1 X 1 I D , 1 1 0 4 - 1 1 2 1 a s l o w t e m p o r r pgjn i n 2 r e c o r d c o m b i n a t i o n s , a n n c r s a i d " h e ' d b e o n t i l l 2 " , x l n t s i g a t t i m e s . ( V e r n o n )

1 3 3 2 U N I D 7 / 2 5 m i x i n g a g a i n w / l X I a n d c a r r y i n g K a s a n ' s U S 1 4 0 s h o w , s t i l l n o t I D ' e d t h i s r r s t n , m u s t b e 4 B U . ( V e r n o n )

1 3 3 5 C O L C t I B I A H J A D C a r t a g e n a R . V i g i a i n f a i r w / T O D E L A R I D . 1 r e ­p o r t e d t h i s e a r l i e r a s H J E N b e c a u s e I c a u g h t a r e v e r b e r a t e d " B a b u l o s a " b u t g u e s s t w a s n o t a n I D . ( K e n n e a l l y )

1 3 4 5 U N I D w e a k c a r r i e r u / s l o p l o o p i n g L A 0 4 5 1 8 / 9 . ( K e n n e a l l y ) 1 3 4 9 M A U R I T A N I A N o u a k c h o t t i s s t i l l h e r e n o t i c e d 0 5 5 5 8 / 3 w / c a r r i e r .

P o o r A A t a l k c u t t h r u s l o p a t 0 5 5 8 s / o n / / 4 8 4 5 S W . F i r s t t i m e f o r a u d i o o n t h i s o n e . C o u n t r y 6 5 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 3 7 7 F R A N C E L i l l e p o o r t o f a i r w / w o m a n i n F F , h o t t e d b y 1 3 7 5 , 0 3 4 3 77ZS7"(Connelly) ' *

1 4 0 4 G U I N E A C o n a k r y i n w / s t r o n g 0 C 0 3 4 1 7 / 2 8 . ( C o n n e l l y ) N o t i c e d 8 / 3 w / v e r y s t r o n g c a r r i e r a n d f a i r a u d i o w / A f r i c a n m x . T h i s w a s m y i n d i c a t o r t o l o o k f o r t h e o t h e r h i g h b a n d A f r i c a n s a l o n g t h i s b e a r i n g . ( K a z a r o s s ) I n g r e a t a t p e a k s w / f a n t a s t i c s i g n a l a n d g o o d m o d u l a t i o n l e v e l s . F a d e d o u t e v e r y h o u r a n d h a l f h o u r s o n o I D b u t l o t s o f F F t a l k 0 4 3 0 - 0 5 5 4 8 / 1 5 . ( K e n n e a l l y ) W / s t r o n g u n d e n n o d u l a t e d c a r r i e r g i v i n g o n l y w e a k a u d i o s t i l l i n a t 0 6 0 0 6 / 1 3 . n o t h i n g o n 1 4 9 4 o r 1 5 0 2 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 4 1 3 U N I D T A w / a ; a h n c r a t 0 0 0 3 . 1 t a p e d Y L a n n c r j u s t b a r e l y a b o v e t h e n o i s e 0 0 0 8 - 0 0 1 5 . T h e l a n g m i g h t b e S S s o t h i s c o u l d b e o n e o f t h e S p a n i a r d s i f a n y a r e o n a t t h i s h o u C . I s Y u g o s l a v i a u s i n g 1 0 0 0 lew y e t ? ( K a z a r o s s ) D o n ' t k n o w - C E

1 4 2 2 W E S T GERNAirY S a a r b r u c k e n f a i r w / m e l o o w m x 0 0 1 8 8 / 6 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 1 4 2 3 a UNID w e a k L A c a r r i e r n o t i c e d 6 / 1 8 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 1 4 3 1 UNID w e a k h e t 0 0 3 0 - 0 1 4 0 8 / 5 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 4 5 3 ALBANIA D u r r e s p o o r w / a : i n h e a v y C K R B s l o p 0 0 1 5 8 / 6 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 1 4 5 3 UNIDS 2 s t n s p r e s e n t , c r e a t i n g a l o w p i t c h e d h e t - g r o w l ; o n e

h a d m a n i n S l a v i c - s o u n d i n g l a n g u a g e ( m a y b e A l b a n i a ) 0 3 3 5 7 / 2 3 . ( C o n n e l l y )

® 1 4 7 5 B E N I N C o t o n o u n o t i c e d a t 0 4 0 4 6 / 1 8 w / s t r o n g 1 k H z T T , w e a k e r a t

U U 1 5 s / o n w / " L V d e l a R e v o l u t i o n " I D / / 4 8 7 0 S W . F a d e d t o t a l l y b y 0 5 0 0 . ( k a z a r o s s )

1 4 9 3 I V O R Y C O A S T ( m a y b e 1 4 9 4 ) s u s p e c t e d w / T T w e a k l y a t 0 5 4 7 8 / 3 . . S i g n a l q u i c k l y f a d e d . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 4 9 4 F R A N C E ( t e n t a t i v e ) s t r o n g O C a t 0 3 3 1 ; A A t y p e v i o l i n m x f a i r a t 0 4 0 1 - b o t h r e c p p t i o n s o n 7 / 2 8 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 5 0 0 U N I D l o w h e t w / o c c a s i o n a l S S m x w a y u / W T O P . A p p a r e n t s / o f f a t ' 0500 5 / 2 8 . ( K a z a r l s s )

1 5 0 2 T O G O L a m a K a r a n o t e d w / f a i r c A r r i e r 0 5 1 5 8 / 3 . W e a k e r a t 0 5 2 5 w /

w e a k a u d i p g a r b l e d b y W T O P s l o p . F a d e d a t 0 5 3 2 . ( K a z a r o s s ) 1 5 0 5 A N G U 1 L L A p o o r i n s l o p w / r o c k a n d T 4 0 0 1 2 0 - 0 1 2 7 7 / 5 . ( K a z a r o s s )

F a i r w / M o R m x 2 3 5 5 8 / 4 . T h e s i g n a l q u i c k l y d e t e r i o r a t e d . ( K a z ) 1 5 0 5 U N I D p o s s i b l y E c u a d o r n o t i c e d S S m x a n d t a l k h i t t i n g g o o d p e a k s

b u t h a m p e r e d b y s p l a s h a n d r a p i d f a d i n g l i k e F 2 p r o p a g a t i o n a t 0 4 5 3 5 / 2 7 . T h e s t a t i o n w a s g o n e a t 0 5 0 5 r e c h e c k . N o t e d w e a k e r a t 0 3 5 5 5 / 2 8 . C a r r i e r w / o c c a s i o n a l w e a k a u d i o n o t e d a p p a r e n t l y s i g n i n g o f f a t 0 5 0 0 6 / 1 8 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 5 2 0 V E N E Z U E L A G a u t i r e Y V 1 C R . B o n i t a I D f o l l o w e d b y V e n e z u e l a m e n ­t i o n t h e n a n o t h e r I D w a y u / W K B W S u n d a y n i g h t t a l k s h o w . Q I 1 4 5 / 2 8 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 5 2 1 S A U D I A R A B I A D u b a 7 / 3 0 a t 0 1 0 0 a n d 7 / 3 1 a t 0 1 1 0 A A m a l e w i t h r e l i g i o u s s e r v i c e s a n d o c c a s i o n a l c h a n t i n g . P r o b a b l y R a m a d a n f e s t i v a l . S i g n a l p o o r t o g o o d ; / / 1 5 0 6 0 k H z . ( B a i l e y ) L o u d a n d c l e a r / / 1 5 0 6 0 S W a t 2 3 5 2 8 / 5 a t t h e t i m e t h i s w a s s t r o n g e r t h a n 1 5 2 0 . S t i l l g o o d a t 0 0 3 0 8 / 6 i n 3 k H z b a n d p a s s . T h i s w a s i n t h e p r e v i o u s e v e b u t n o t a s w e l l . A n y o n e i n t h e n o r t h e a s t w / a Q T H f a r e a s t ofi W K B W s h o u l d h a v e l i t t l e t r o u b l e l o g g i n g t h i s o n e a t s u n s e t w h e n i t ' s i n w e l l . I n o t i c e a t l e a s t a h e t h e r e m o s t e v e s . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 5 2 1 U N I D p r o b a b l y S a u d i A r a b i a — c o n s i d e r a b l e s t r e n g t h g e t a g a i n s t W K B W , a u d i o e x t r a c t i o n d i f f i c u l t a s n u l l i n g W K B W a l s o r e d u c e d t h e s t r e n g t h o f 1 5 2 1 ; h e t h e a r d a t 0 1 5 3 7 / 2 9 .

1 5 3 0 A U S T R A L I A 2 V M M o r e e 7 / 2 3 f a n t a s t i c s i g n a l , a r m c h a i r l e v e l , m a y h a v e b e e n c a r r i e d b y a p o s s i b l e K F B K O C . 0 9 5 8 + r r m x , 1 0 0 0 I D t h e n n e t n x , M a i g u a r i e n a t . n x , 1 0 0 3 N S W w x x , 1 0 0 3 ^ l o c a l r e s u l t s , 1 0 0 4 S I D i n t o r r . C a n ' t g e t o v e r t h e s t r e n g t h o f t h e i r s i g n a l , t a p e s e n t t o s t a t i o n . ( V e r m i n )

1 5 3 9 A U S T R A L I A 2 J J S y d n e y 7 / 2 3 1 0 3 0 + r r m x w / C M a n n c r , 1 0 3 1 p l a y e d r e c o r d " T u n e t h e M e d i u m W a v e s " t o 1 0 3 5 , h a v e w r o t e t o s t n f o r d e t a i l s r e g a r d i n g t h i s r e c o r d , c o u l d b e # 1 1 1 1 ( V e r n o n ) J u s t f o r a l i t t l e b a c k g r o u n d i n f o , s t a t i o n 2 J J i s o p e r a t e d b y I R C A ' n J e f J a i s u n o f S e a t t l e , h e n c e t h e c a l l l e t t e r s a n d t h e w h y y o u h e a r d t h i s m o n s t e r s m a s h h i t o n 2 J J . C o p i e s a r e i n s h o r t s u p p l y , c e r t a i n l y h o p e y o u h i t t h e j a c k p o t a n d w e r e a b l e t o g e t a c o p y . I r e c o m m e n d y o u k e e p y o u r c o p y u n d e r l o c k a n d k e y ; m i n e h a s b e e n t h e o b j e c t o f t w o a t t e m p t e d t h i e v e r i e s . Y o u j u s t c a n ' t b e t o o c a r e f u l . . . . Y o u r E d i t o r

1 5 5 4 U N I D 7 / 3 1 a t 0 1 3 0 m o s t l y c a r r i e r w i t h v e r y s u b d l e d a u d i o . A m y s t e r y , c a u s i n g b i g h e t a g a i n s t 1 5 5 5 . ( B e v e r a g e B i l l B a i l e y )

1 5 5 7 U N I D ( F r a n c e o r M a l t a ) h e t o n W Q X R 0 3 2 8 7 / 2 8 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 1 5 6 6 T U N I S I A S f a x i n w / b i g s i g n a l ; A A m o a n i n g n o t e d a t 0 4 0 4 7 / 2 8 .

( C o n n e l l y ) F a i r w / A A c h a n t s 0 0 0 3 8 / 6 . ( K a z a r o s s )

1 5 7 5 E A S T G E R M A N Y ( t e n t a t i v e ) c a r r i e r , t a l k b y w o m a n ( w h i c h s o u n d e d G G ) , p o o r i n v i c i o u s C K L M s l o p 0 3 2 5 7 / 2 8 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 5 9 3 W E S T G E R M A N Y L a n g e n b e r g v e r y g o o d w / l i g h t j a z z ( f l u t e a n d b i b r a -p h o n e ) 0 3 2 3 7 / 2 8 . ( C o n n e l l y ) F a i r w / G G t a l k i n s l o p 0 0 0 6 6 / 6 . L i t e m x w a s n o t e d f r o m 0 0 4 5 - 0 0 5 5 8 / 6 . S o m e t h i n g i s n o t i c e d h e r e m o s t e v e s , t o o . ( K a z a r o s s )

B i l l B a i l e y 2 R 3 9 0 A ' s 2 1 2 0 0 ' p a i r s o f p h a s e d B e v e r a g e s M a r k C o n n e l l y R 3 9 0 A , 2 3 7 m e t e r p h a s e d w i r e s N e i l K a z a r o s s H Q 1 8 0 A , S a n s e r i n o l o o p R i c k K e n n e a l l y D X 1 6 0 , S M 2 , T R F

B r i a n V e r n o n F R G 7 0 0 0 , D X 1 5 O A - 3 0 0 a n d 1 6 0 , B e v e r a g e s o f 4 6 0 0 ' , 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 ' H a n k W i l k i n s o n S P 6 0 0 , S a n s e r i n o l o o p

C h i t - c h a t : I ' v e b e e n u s i n g t h e n e w D r a k e R 7 - D R 7 f o r a w e e k n o w . T h e r e c e r t a i n l y i s n ' t a n y t h i n g w r o n g w i t h i t ; I'm j u s t n o t s u r e w h e t h e r i t i s g o i n g t o s e t t h e w o r l d o n f i r e if y o u a r e a l r e a d y a R 3 9 0 A u s e r . E a s i l y b e a t s t h e S P R 4 a n d d o e s a f e w t h i n g s b e t t e r t h a n t h e 3 9 0 A . T h e H Q 1 8 0 A is l e f t f a r b e h i n d . T o o b a d i t c o s t s $ 1 3 0 0 . N o t t o i m p l y t h a t i t is o v e r p r i c e d , j u s t t h a t i t is h a r d l y w o r t h $ 1 0 0 0 m o r e t h a n t h e 3 9 0 A t o m o s t p e o p l e .

QUESTIONS 9 0 1 0 TOBIAS STREET, # 2 5 8 /\NS\)TER.S PANORAMA CITY, C A 9 1 4 0 2

Two questions this time - one from Hawaii, and the other from New Jersey:

I u s e a D X - 1 6 0 a n d a M c K a y - D y m e k D A - 7 a n t e n n a t o D X m e d i u m a n d l o n g w a v e . W h e n I a m t u n i n g u p t h e d i a l , m y S - m e t e r f r e q u e n t l y p e g s o n 10 w h e r e n o s i g n a l s h o u l d b e . A l l I h e a r i s a l o u d l o w r u m b l i n g d r o n e . A s I m o v e o n , i t s u b s i d e s u n t i l I g e t 10 o r 20 k H z m o r e d o w n t h e d i a l , t h e n i t h a p p e n s a g a i n . T h i s c o n d i t i o n e x i s t s e v e r y 10 o r 2 0 k H z b e t w e e n 1 5 0 k H z a n d 6 M H z . S o m e t i m e s , i f a s t a t i o n i s a d j a c e n t t o i t , t h e s t a t i o n w i l l b e c o m p l e t e l y o b l i t e r a t e d b y i t , e v e n if i t is a l o c a l , w h a t i s t h i s a w f u l i n t e r f e r e n c e a n d h o w d o I g e t r i d o f i t ?

You are picking up radiation from your TV set. To produce a picture on a TV s e t , it is necessary to scan the screen at about a 15,750 Hz rate. Due to the high power of the circuitry required to do this and the inexpensive construction of many TV sets, there is significant leakage of this signal. You have, in effect, a 25-watt transmitter radiating harmonics of 15.75 kHz into the air and power lines. The only sure cure is to turn the TV set off. However, if others want to watch while you D X , then you have a problem. You might also try some RF filters which plug into a wall socket and the TV or radio plugs into the filter. Try one between the TV cord and the wall and one between the DX-160 and the w a l l . This will reduce any signal going into the powerlines and reduce any signal from the power lines coming into the receiver via the power cord.

I h a v e a q u e s t i o n t h a t h a s b e e n b u g g i n g m e : t h e R e a l i s t i c T R F . E v e r y o n e s e e m s t o h a v e t h i s r e c e i v e r b u t I h a v e n e v e r s e e n o n e a n d w h e n I i n q u i r e d a t s e v e r a l l o c a l R a d i o S h a c k s , n o o n e e v e r h e a r d o f i t . W h e r e c a n I s e e o n e ? W h o s e l l s t h e m s i n c e R a d i o S h a c k a p p a r e n t l y d o e s n ' t ?

Radio Shack really does sell them although a given Radio Shack store may not have them in stock when you ask . It's known as the "Long-Range AM Portable" with stock number 12-655. When you give them the stock number, they should know what you are talking about. It has come to be called "TRF" by DXers since it is advertised as having a Tuned RF stage unlike most portables.

For the many who are interested in the beacon log, it is in the final stages of preparation. All the U . S . and foreign beacons have been finalized. When the Canadians stop playing games with their call signs and decide which set of calls they are going to u s e , they will be finalized. As it stands now, there are over 4000 beacons and I hope to have it to press by September. Cost is going to be between $6 and 57. 50.

More when I get m o r e . -30- J o h n elements

Addendum from HQ - After John's column was received here we learned from an NRC member, now working f o r Radio Shack, that the TRF's future i s highly questionable. I t appears i n the newest catalog but i t no longer i s l i s t e d on store order sheets to obtain more stock from Radio Shack warehouses. At the moment, then, there are quite a few i n stores but a f t e r they are gone, add i t i o n a l stock i s u n l i k e l y . We expect more info l a t e r on t h i s .

Get things rolling! Get those CPC l e t t e r s out today! Test are getting harder to come by, so get into the CPC habit r i g h t away. For more information on the Courtesy Programs Committee write: J e r r y S t a r r , c/o WSRD, Youngstown, OH 4 4 5 0 5 !

DXCHANGE RUSS EDMUNDS P.O. BOX 127 BCONTON, N.J. 07005

Greetings, and welcome to another DXChange:

FOR SALE: Rec e i v e r s - -

R 3 9 0 A , clean, re-tubed as necessary and completely aligned. Everything works as i t ' s supposed to. Pref e r l o c a l s a l e , but w i l l ship i f I must. $ 3 9 0 . (Dick Nelson, 34?0 T r a v i s Ave., Simi Val l e y , CA 9 3 0 6 3 ; 8 0 5 - 5 2 6 - 7 0 6 6 )

R - 3 9 0 i n working order. Not the greatest, so only $275- Pickup only. (Robert F a b r i s , 3626 Morrie Lane, San Jose, CA 95127) HAMMARLUND S P - 6 0 0 X . Make o f f e r . Pickup only. ( F a b r i s ) NATIONAL HR0-500 all-wave, s o l i d - s t a t e rx, 5 kHz to 3 0 mHz. P r i c e negotiable but i n the v i c i n i t y of $ 1 0 0 0 . (Charles M. Br e l s f o r d , K2WW, 2 5 5 Danbury C i r . , South, Rochester, NY 14618; 716-244 - 9 5 1 9 )

HALLICRAFTERS SX-28. Set l i g h t s up but doesn't t a l k . Make of f e r . Can be shipped by Greyhound but i s too heavy for UPS. (Ernest R. Cooper, 5 Anthony S t r e e t , Provincetown, MA 0 2 6 5 7 )

LAFAYETTE Guardian 6 6 0 0 Multiband portable. AM/FM/AIR/PSB/LW. Rotatable loop f e r r i t e antenna for DF. W/manual and carton. $ 3 5 , by Money order, ppd. UPS. ( N e i l Zank, 6 2 3 Lynorest Dr., L i n c o l n , NE 6 8 5 1 0 ; 402-489 - 0 2 7 2 )

REALISTIC Patrolman S i x Portable. AM/FM/AIR/PSB lo-hi/UHF PSB. Manual &ctn. $ 3 5 ppd- v i a UPS & w/money order. (Zank) SUPERSC0PE AM/FM/Casette Portable. PA/Play Mix/Auto shut-off. W/manual $ 4 5 ppd. v i a UPS, by money order. (Zank) HAMMARLUND HQ-180, clean i n and out, works f i n e ; $300 or o f f e r , or trade for a good stereo system. Shipping extra. (Dan Gradin, 27540 SE Chase, Gresham, OR 97030) REALISTIC DX - 1 6 0 , hardly used, $ 1 0 0 or best o f f e r , shipping e x t r a . (Gradin) HEATHKIT GR -54 , f a i r cx, about 1 0 - 1 5 y r s . old. AM ant. bar missing, needs some c a l i b r a t i o n , but o v e r a l l , SW & AM bands are good. Bought 3 y r s . ago for $ 5 0 , s e l l i n g f o r $ 1 5 / make offer. (Robert Wien, 1 3 0 9 Dentwood Dr., San Jose, CA 9 5 1 1 8 ; phone (408) 2 6 5 - 5 6 8 6 ) .

Antennas--

MCKAY-DYMEK DA-5, as new but l/ 2 p r i c e at $ 8 7 . 5 0 . (C. H. Ethridge, 326 Edgewood Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 1 5 2 2 1 )

DRAKE AL-4 Loop antenna f o r SPR-4. $ 1 9 . (Ethridge)

WANTED

AL-4 antenna at reasonable p r i c e . (Wien)

That's a l l we have t h i s time around, but didn't want to hold them any longer. L e t ' s get some more buyers and s e l l e r s i n here next time. Next deadline i s 10/1/79-

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HAM LIST UPDATER - 8/1/79

WI xz 9 CT Jim Kearman WA2 QB0/8 N OH Paul Mount ex-WN2VNQ WA2 UEH A NJ Bob Kulow 2m + HF KA3 BGP N MD B i l l Hutchinson 15m, CW K3 DE E PA Herb H e l l e r 10m K 3 LXN G MD Steve Johnson i n a c t i v e That's i t for now. A new l i s t w i l l be issued ( s u b j e c t to HQ cor r e c t i o n s for lapsed members, h i ) at the end of October. Send any additions or cor r e c t i o n s to Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Box 127. Boonton, NJ 07005.

G R A V E Y A R D DX ACHIEVEMENTS

® BILL HALE 1451-B FAITH DRIVE RANTOUL, I L L . 6 1 8 6 6

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a c o u p l e o f n e w r e p o r t e r s . N o n e w s t o r e p o r t o t h e r t h a n a r e m i n d e r t o

a l l t o g e t t h e i r r e p o r t s in f o r t h e n e w f o r m a t o f G r a v e y a r d D X A c h i e v e ­

m e n t s . W h e n s u b m i t t i n g p l e a s e l i s t t h e s t a t i o n s b y S t a t e a n d c i t y a l p h a ­

b e t i c a l l y . T h a t w i l l s a v e m e a l o t o f t i m e o r g a n i z i n g t h e d a t a . A l s o ,

P L E A S E ! c o m p u t e t h e m i l e a g e s . M u c h g r a s s . D e a d l i n e f o r g e t t i n g y o u r n a m e

o n t o t h e i n i t i a l l i s t i n g o f 1 2 3 0 r e c o r d s is S e p t e m b e r 2 4 . L i s t w h a t y o u

m a y t h i n k a r e d i s t a n c e - s e t t i n g r e c o r d s f o r e a c h G r a v e y a r d s t a t i o n r e c e i v e d .

L e t ' s g e t o n t o o u r t o t a l s l i s t :

D X e r a n d l o c a t i o n ( s ) 1 2 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 9 0 T o t a l

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G E N E A L L E N : V a l l e j o C A 76 9 8 1 1 6 1 1 7 1 2 9 1 0 2 6 3 8

S T A N M O R S S : B r a d f o r d P A 8 4 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 8 9 8 6 0 7

D O N K A S K E Y : G a l v a I A 8 5 77 1 0 4 1 0 5 1 2 1 9 3 5 8 5

B O B K N O X : N e w t o n N J 5 0 8 0 6 4 7 3 8 6 5 0 4 0 3

H A N K H O L B R O O K : C h e v y C h a s e M D 2 8 6 4 8 0 5 3 7 1 54 3 5 0

F R A N K W H E E L E R : E r i e P A 2 7 6 8 3 5 37 6 5 3 2 2 6 4

E R N E S T W E S O L O W S K I : O m a h a N E 4 0 4 8 4 4 4 5 5 1 1 5 2 4 3

R A L P H B . S P E R R Y : F a i r f i e l d C T 2 9 4 6 4 4 2 1 37 3 9 2 1 6

S T E P H E N F R A N C I S : A l c o a T N 2 6 3 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 4 4 1 9 1

R U S S E D M U N D S : K i n n e l o n N J 2 1 3 1 2 8 3 5 2 6 4 6 1 8 7

A L A N I M P R E S C I A : N e w Y o r k N Y 2 9 3 0 2 7 3 2 2 8 3 4 1 8 0

D A N P H I L L I P S J a c k s o n v i l l e A L 2 5 1 9 37 2 5 2 4 36 1 6 6

J O H N K R O M K A : M o n t v i l l e N J 26 33 2 6 2 2 2 6 3 2 1 6 5

T I M K E R F O O T : W e s t o n O N 1 9 2 4 3 2 2 5 2 2 3 5 1 5 7

A N D Y R U G G : M o n t r e a l P Q 2 7 2 8 2 5 2 3 2 2 2 7 1 5 2

R O N M U S C O : W i n d s o r C T 1 9 2 5 2 0 2 4 2 6 2 3 1 3 7

R I C H E D D I E : S t L o u i s M O 1 5 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 3 2

D O N K A S K E Y : S a c r a m e n t o C A 15 1 7 2 2 2 5 2 9 1 7 1 2 5

G A R Y A T K I N S : L o u i s v i l l e K Y 2 1 8 2 9 2 1 1 8 2 6 1 2 3

G E O F F R E Y P A R R I S H : M e m p h i s T N 1 7 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 3

N E I L D I C K E R S O N : S h a r p t o w n M D 2 1 1 9 3 2 16 1 9 1 5 1 2 2

D A V E F O X : R e a d i n g P A 15 2 4 1 5 2 2 2 0 2 6 1 2 2

J E F F F A L C O N E R : C l i n t o n O N 1 8 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0

D A V E S C H M I D T : N e w C a s t l e D E 17 2 4 2 1 1 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 3

B I L L H A R D Y : A b e r d e e n W A 1 8 22 1 7 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 1 1

T O M S U N D S T R O M : W i l l i n g b o r o N J 1 3 2 6 1 7 2 3 2 0 8 1 0 7

H A R R Y H A Y E S : G o u l d s b o r o P A 15 2 1 17 13 2 1 1 9 1 0 6

N A N C Y H A R D Y : A b e r d e e n W A 16 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 14 8 7

R I C K C A R R : B l o o m i n g t o n I L / A u s t i n T X 6 13 14 1 4 1 4 17 7 8 J E R R Y R O B E R T S O N : C r o s w e l l M I 16 8 6 7 1 0 1 3 6 0 B R E T T H A N A V A N : C h u l a V i s t a C A 13 3 1 0 1 1 1 4 6 5 7 F O R E S T O S B O R N : H o o k e r O K 9 8 7 1 0 1 2 8 54

S T E P H E N M c I N T I R E : D 6 S M o i n e s IA 10 1 5 9 2 4 9 4 9 B R Y A N L E E : B r o o k l y n C T 4 8 9 1 3 6 1 1 5 1 * D E B R A H I D D E N : O r l a n d o F L 6 9 7 6 5 1 1 4 4 K E N O N Y S H U C K : H a z e l C r e s t I L 6 6 5 7 1 0 3 3 7

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* = o u t o f o r d e r . . . s o r r y T h a t s i t . g a n g 7 3 fco a l l * * = n o r e p o r t f o r t h e s e f r e q u e n c i e s 7

C O N T E S T S JOHN KROMKA P.O. BOX 8 6

MONTVILLE, N.J. 070^-5

The youngest ever editor of one of the N.R.C.'s irregular columns is back again for a second year at another fun-packed(we hope) season of intense DX competition and whatever. I hope to serve the membership a great menu of Contests for the MW D X ' e r , all designed to act as supplements to your regular routine of DX'ing. Contests will break the monotony of your own set way of DX'ing and allow you to put all of your DX'ing skills to work against others. With that in mind I hope many will participate. Your efforts will reap you a great reward in the end. The Grand Pri2e again this year will be a free one-year subscription to DX N e w s . I tried to up the cash value of the Grand Prize this year but NRC is run on a tight budget, so I had to respect that. This being the first Contests column of the coming 79-80 season its purpose will act as an introduction to what will be the story of the season. What I have done this time around that I didn't do last time is to present you with all of the Contest ideas of my own plus those I have selected from members, right in front of your beady little e y e s . What I would like all of you to do is review the following list of possible Contests and let me know which _5 you like the m o s t . After I get all the responses I will tabulate all of the favorites and the ones that come out on top will become the established Contests for the coming season. This way I'll be able to satisfy as many of you as possible and not just set m y favorites as the official ones just because I want t o . Who the heck am I to do that? Contests has now suddenly changed from a total dictatorship to a semi-democracy, h i !

Without further a d o , here they a r e . Those asterisked denote Contest ideas I have selected from members' contributions. Point values, lengths of Contests, e t c . , and other details have been omitted for now:

* 1 . Only stations that count will be the stations that have the same national network. Ex: all of the stations you submit must be either A B C , C B S , or N B C , you have your choice of what network you w a n t .

* 2 . Only stations that count will be the stations in the 50 state capitals.

* 3 . Only stations that will count will be those only on graveyard frequencies.

* 4 . A Contest to see how many states you can log, each represented by at least one

station.

* 5 . A Contest to see how many counties of states you can log, each represented by at

least one station.

* 6 . A Cuba/Oceania DX SimulContest.

* 7 . A TA/TP DX SimulContest.

8 . A simultaneous Canada/Mexico Contest.

9 . Only stations that will count will be those stations that spell out w o r d s , either

forwards, backwards or jumbled.

10. Only stations that will count are NSP stations, as per NRC Domestic L o g .

1 1 . Pick a state, any state, and stations you send in from your selected state will count.

1 2 . Stations on even frequencies, stations on odd frequencies, your choice.

13. Canadian stations that relay other Canadian stations.

14. Stations only with a pre-sunrise power other than 500 w a t t s .

1 5 . DX stations from cities beginning with the same letter, of your own choice. If you choose the letter "A" stations could only count in such places as Atlanta, Abilene, Augusta, e t c .

*16. Only stations that will count are ones with the same power day/nite.

17. Stations only in cities obviously bordering on bodies of water.

18. Stations with call-letters that are in some obvious way correlated with the station's location. Ex: WELY-Ely, Minn., WFRA-Franklin, P a., WKDZ-Cadiz, K y . , WIMA-Lima, O h i o , WRAB-Arab, Ala., e t c .

L9. Verification Contest. One of the two Contests T have devised to catch the

cheater. Any stations you choose to verify is O.K. This Contest will last one

week to hear the stations and will allow one month for verie r e t u r n s . Person

who sends me the most veries of receptions during the Contest will be the w i n n e r .

20. Only stations that will count are those on the published NRC Baseball L i s t s .

2 1 . Only stations that will count are those on the published NRC Larry King Network

list.

2 2 . Only stations that will count will be those of cities on the coastline of the U . S .

•-23. Only stations that will count will be those with J3 call-letters.

*24. A 24 hour Contest-just loggings: 6a.m. Sun.-6a.m. M o n .

2 5 . A 6 hour Contest- 12-6a.m. any day you w i s h , only stations testing will c o u n t .

26. Stations heard signing off at least one-half hour after your local SS time.

27. Stations heard signing on between 5:45 and 6:15a.m. will count o n l y .

2 8 . Taping Contest. The other one to prevent cheating. Tape all the stations

you can but for one to count it must contain the following: a clear I.D. of the

station followed by a portion of one current C & W , Soul or top 40 song. You

must record the part of the song with the title sung and you must voice I.D. the

title of the song so I can check it out according to cutrent Billboard magazine

music charts. To participate in the Contest you must be knowledgeable in at least

one area of current C&W, Soul or Top 40 m u s i c . I.D. must immediately precede or

follow the song. I.D. should flow right into the song or come right after the

song, if you know what I m e a n . I will listen very closely for cheaters, those

who will get the I.D., stop the tape and then record a song off another station

or whatever. No good. The format of the station and of the song must m a t c h .

This means that all of the stations you record don't have to be all C&W or Top 40

stations. You can have a little of each, whatever you w i s h .

All you have to do now is write down the five you like the most on something, a piece

of cardboard, toilet tissue, a cereal box top, anything you like, but paper would be

most appreciated. Stick it an envelope and mail it to the person typing this column

and we'll see what turns o u t . Don't dilly-dally though, deadline for responses from

all concerning this will be no later than midnight September 2 1 . That gives you 17

days from the time DX News should arrive ac your door until the deadline. That should

be plenty of time. I'll be looking forward to hearing from many of you and until next

time remember the old adage:

It's winning that counts

It's not how you DX the Contest.

Don't let this give all of you prospective cheaters any excuse, h i .

'Pirate' AM Station Seeks Legitimacy Dick Dorwart. the bootleg broadcaster who wants to go

legit, faces just one real handicap. It's not osteogenesis imperfecta. He's had to live with

what most people know as brittle bones all his life, the first 10 years in traction and the last 22 in a wheelchair. All told, he's suffered 196 breaks.

No. what handicaps Dorwart's broadcasting career is the lack of a broadcast license from the Federal Communica-, lions Commission.

He needs that to return KDOR to the 830 spot on the AM radio dial he pirated for 10 months until the FCC ordered him off the air last Feb. 18.

To support his application, Dorwart backed his electric cart out of the driveway of his parents' Hollywood house-home of KDOR—Friday and pointed its painted smile and

KDOR Is Coming" sign toward Santa Monica Beach. There, this weekend and next, Dorwart and his friends

hope to gather 15.000 signatures affirming the West Side's need fpr non-format radio.

T knew what 1 was doing was illegal." Dorwart said of his bootleg operation. "But Los Angeles needed altemaUve broadcasting."

His nonformat radio has heen described, he said, as "all over the house." That is almost literally true. His records are strewn everywhere. His broadcast included generous doses of public-affairs announcements, sometimes voiced by well-known announcers Like Gary Owens.

He took to the airwaves from 6 p.m. to midnight week­

days and 12 hours a day on weekends—hours whew the FCC was closed

"All the work was done by volunteers." Dorwart sagL.T never made a cent from the operation."

Four volunteer diao jockeys spun their own records, and Don Saunders, chief engineer al a Burbank station, kept the 50-watt transmitter working.

If he gets FCC sanction to resume broadcasting, KDOR will take to the air with a 1,000- watt transmitter he plans to locate in Santa Monica. He will have, he insists, $150,000 in backing.

But for now, he said, the important thing ia community support, which his volunteers will seek today and Sunday roving along the beach between Santa Monica and Venice piers.

"Not even President Carter could get me a station." Dorwart said the FCC told him. "Only the people of Santa Monica and West LA. can get me one."

The 830 AM wavelength would have to be shared with a pair of broadcast giants, WCCO in Minneapolis and KIK1 in Honolulu. So "to protect them," he said, KDOR proposes to broadcast only during daylight hours, when radio signals carry less far.

His new signal, he estimated, would enlarge KDOR's former 50-watt range of San Clemente-Woodland Hills to stretch from San Diego to Fresno.

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H I C K A Z K U E A L L Y - 8132 Azhgrcve Drive - Cincinnati, Ohio - 45244

-cr- S o n g of the Seae Hotel - Sanibel Ielani, Florida

-cr- Box 3 0 5 - R.K. 1 - Tellville, Arkansas 72687 - a where elee, h i .

Hello from the travelling D X e r . School let out early in June & I took off

for Florida. W e stayed on Sanibel I t . & Key W e e t (and one night i n O r l a n d o ) . I took m y

TRF & vowed to listen to only foreign etatione. I didn't have to listen hard; Cuba dom­

inate! the band day & night. In 1 $ weeks 1 logged 135 different etatione in 20 countries.

A l l countries had already been heard from Ohio except Montserrat-930 which boomed in m o e t

nighte. A l l 135 etatione were reported to IDXD (poor CHUCK HUTTON, h i ) . Back to Ohio

fcr ten daye, then off to Lead H i l l , A r k . (mail via T e l l v i l l e ) . CX in Arkansas are fair

w/muoho storm QRN & a potent color T V . Tha DX-160 wae toted to A r k . (hand c a r r i e d ) . Our

five-hour plane trip stretched into two days thanks to faulty radar. That DX-160 gets

heavy a f t e r six hours in a S T . LOUIS airport. Speaking of S T . LOUIS, I really w i s h y o u

folks could move the convention dates u p a feu d a y e . Schools in many places start in late

August & early September w h i c h rules out conventions for seve r a l . Holding conventions in

eay the third w e e k of August would be nice but then no Labor Day holiday. O h w e l l , I

• till have to fly back to Ohio, eo I may juet be in S T . LOUIS f or a m o n t h or two, h i . Back

to D X , 1 heard 119 etatione while in A r k . for Christmas, ani I've heard 103 more from 7/10

to 7/15. I'm aiming at 400 by 8/6 or roughly 80 stations a w e e k . No locale here except

KWTO-560 8c KHOZ-900 during the da y . What do you people uee for logs? I u e e Radio Shack

loge but I cut them sway from the spirals & pit tham in a r i n g binder. The binder it

than sectioned Into "Iff Ohio Log" "MW Road Log* (Ark., F l a . etc.) then little sections for

IX, SW, utilities, 8c SWBC. I'm pleased w i t h thie arrangement. I'd like to knew what ths

rest of you u e e . W h a t do I court ae a new logging? Doom tics: frequency changes & certain

special oases (e.g., if a 5kw daytimer opens u p a 250w night rig I may log it a g * i ) . If

there's ary doubt, I don't log a station. I don't log call changes or power increases,

though the former ie no t e d . I w a n t a n ID on a domestic before I log i t . Foreign: I u s u ­

ally w a n t a n ID on LAs but I will take clear city mentions if there ia no doubt as to which

station I'm hearing (e/g. mentions of Guayaqu il on 9 9 5 ) . TAs need only provide audio and

distinguishable language (e.g. F F on 1557, GG on 1593 o r SS on 1 5 8 4 ) . If there ie ever a

doubt, I will wait for ID but only widely reported TAa make It here.

B U I L D U P U P HIS LOG BEFORE ENTERIIC CQILEGE

BRIAN BURSACK - 3808 Lindbmrtt Bead - Columbus, Ohio - 43280 7/29/79

It'e been a long time aims m y last Musing, & I juet wanted you all to kajw

that I'm still here (for a while at least) & still D X i n g . I would like to thank BILL

LAMB f o r allowing me to take care of hie DB-33 & Dymak Loop antenna over at ny place while

he was o u t of town i n A p r i l . For m e , it was like three weeks of paradise compared to my

DX-160! Now to the latest business: 7/2- I caught CKOC-1150 ID 9 12:32am. I also got

WKMI-1360 ID w i t h contest promo 9 8:19jm, in the m u d w / W S A I . I g o t W E M P - 1 2 5 0 ID 9 8:58 w/cAv m x . 7/5- WAVE-970 ID 9 12:06am, fighting it out wi t h W W S W . 7/18- I caught WBBG-

1260 w / t a l k show, ID <9 9 p s , then into network raws. 7/22- I heard WCBG-1590 TT from 12:

03-12:18am, o ^ W A X R . Aleo WFEC-1400 TT from 12:31-to about 12:35am, very m u d d y . I no t ­

iced WTON-1240 TT arouai 12:38am, heavy QBM from WCOL-1230 4 lots of m u d . 7/27- I caught

WKE0-1130 ID 9 5 : 5 9 ™ , then WASP-1133 s/on 9 6:02. I g o t W W K B - 1 3 1 0 9 6 : 1 2 ™ , in strong

& playing disco. I also got WBNO-1520 3 6:21am, in the mud w / W X . Finally, WQOB-1533 ID

a 6:31am. That's five new etatione for the month of July, which brings my grand total u p

to 251 s t a t i o n heard. I don't think that I will be renewing ny membership to the NRC

Juet y e t , I'm going to see how college works o u t . Thie Fall I'll be going to OSU BUT

next year I want to transfer to a college in Cnicago (hopefully); if I can't then I'll

transfer to Bowling Green State University up by Toledo. Bo if I have the time, ths meant

4 the motivation I would gladly re-join the NRC, w h e n v e r I am. Until then I'm going to

keep doing ny favorite hobby ae m u c h ae possible. Good DX 4 73s. (Good hick, Briant-ERC)

LET'S EELCQ.F! DAVIE INTO OUR RANKS DAVID MARGHITZ - 9710 Louis Drive - Omaha, Nebraska - 68114 8/5/79

Hello everyone! I recently Joined NBC, to let re introduce nyeelf. I ™

1 6 yeare old 4 I have been AM DXing eince Jan. ' 7 8 . My receiver ie a Real is tic DX-160 w/a

longwire antenna. Ity totale are 289 heard, 4 1 5 0 verified. Veriee received recently in­

clude: EYTTT KXHB KDTA KT0E KLC5 KLIZ KSAC TIB* KDLS KRZI K Q X I KENT (with three etickert!)

K C T K 0 T X 4 ZFDF. I aleo received a v/1 from W X G R , which was operating under emergency

proceedurae becauee of Hurricane Bob, for state verified Recent sunset DXing has

yielded: TTJX BiCD K N D Y K O L S X N I X X T G B K E S M & M O . T e l l , that's it for now, 73 & good f.

""-3? IT T K " CITE ISSUE EVERT T R A P . I" " RICH T E C A N N O T T E L L T O U THREE T H E NEXT N . S . C . O O N V E "

TION VI L L EE! T E ' L L F I N D O U T A T S T . L O U I S A N D LET T O U A L L K N O T I N T H E N E X T I S S U E .

ERNEST R. COOPER 5 ANTHONY STREET PROVINCETOWN, MASS. 02657

T P ABE THE TUBEE T2C V I S E ED LEE APE A GTG*

BRUCE A . C C T I - 39 Bay berry Drive - W e s t W a r w i c k , Roods Island - 0 3 9 3 7/31/79

" I finally got to m e e t the NRC'e frustrated p o e t , BlLL WURTZEL, as he was

up in Rhode Island at NEIL KAZAROSS' Simmer home for a visit. O n Sunday, July 2 3 , they

stopped ty m y home for a short visit. From there, w e went to Brooklyn, C o n n , to visit

BRTAN L E E . At Bryan's horns, w e tried a little daytime D X i n g 4 compared Bill's kagterwork

ani Superadio with Bryan'e BF-2200. They're all good receivers, tot there ween't aiything

spectacular heard. Then w e took off for the Shrewsbury, M a t s . GTG hosted ty JOHN I A P I » S .

Other NRCere wtom I m e t there were BILL GRANT, WCUW's TOM N A H M S IX, 4 BILL B A I L E T . The

quality and number of receptions BILL GBANT hat photographed while TV DXing le massing.

BILL BAILET it an expert in hie field of international DXing. W a k e d a very Interesting

convereation about different aepeote o f DXing, lnolnding lunar effects. TOM F A B I B I N w e e

wearing hie "NRC BCB DXere do it in the Dark" T-ehlrt. I tested BILL WURTZEL'e Barlow-

Wadlay w i t h varying results. WADK-1540 oame in turja-itingly strong o/WPTB. F M reception

was excellent on the Superadio, tot I think that was partially due to the looatlon. There

were plenty of hot d o g e , beer, 4 munohiee. JOHN XAPINOS wee an excellent h o s t . He baa

quite a pennant collection. I w o n a SPKEDX Utility Guito ae a GTG door p r i s e , signed p e r ­

sonally ty one of the m e n behind it, Ken Gompton. Included i n it le e handy listing of

the high frequency beacons beard every onoe in a while ty NRCer e . I also bought toller

Radio Interference Filter 7818 shich I'm going to attach to ty ?W - 7 1 7 . I'll report o n

the results of thie electrical noise filter later. Shortly after dark, w e a l l shook

hands and headed for home, w i t h BILL WURTZEL rhyming all ths w a y to Providence Train S t a ­

tion where he made hie connection to N.T.C. 7 3 ' e .

HITTING THF GRAVETARD CHANNELS

BILL GILBERT - 36 Terrill Lane - Kings Park, N«ar Tork - 11754

It's bean tome time eince I've been in the Musings. I have found a way to

listen to the TRF without annoying whistles from tha TV's In the b o u s e . The edlution w e e

to run the THF on Juet batteries w h e n DXing. This eliminates m o s t of the whistles w h i c h

come Into the TEF through the AC cord. I have been spending some tima e n the graveyard

frequencies. DX is as follows: SM 7/7- WVOS Liberty N.T. -a 10:43pm w/ID. 7/17- 1 W - 1 3 4 0

Selinagrove P a . 9 11:57pm w/WFCO nulled. 7/13- WCCC-1290 Hartford Conn. • 12:55jm w / I D .

WVIP - 1 3 1 0 Mount Kieoo N.T. w/VIP Weather Watch 9 1:25pm, thle last one wae w i t h the S M - 2 .

7/24- WMIW-1470 Meriden, Conn, a 3:50pm w/Yankees B B . 7/26- WUSS-1490 Atlantic City a t

4:35pm w/ID "Casino City", looal WGCH nulled. 7/27- WOAI-1200 San Antonio • ana w/CBS M.

This is the first time I have heard WOAI In the Susmertime. O n 7/27 Northern stations W B Z

-1030 4 CZLM-1S70 which are ueually heard a t night w e r e n o t heard. I am trying te get ty

station totals together 4 it ie some Job going through two yeare of loag. I have a n w n l D

that's hard for m e to figure o u t . It ia aa follows: 12/16/77, 5B0 k c / s . , 7 o ' o l o c k W X w /

Union Carbide ad 4 POP m x w/ad from Kana Valley Bank 9 6:06-6:40py, than fade o u t . Can

sonnoiB ID thie for me? So as the laet blast o f static bounces out of the heartphoms It'e

73 4 good DXing.

ON EARLY AM STEREO TESTS

No name - 5 Hickory Boad - Eayville, New Tork - 11709 7/30/79

In answer to GUT K U D L B T T E R ' s question in the July DX N W S , y e t ! There w a s a a

A M station in Southern California testing AM stereo ten yeare a g o . It was XETEA-SSO, T i ­

juana, BCN. "Extra" waa using ths Kahn/Hazaltine Independent Sideband Systma, w h l o h a l ­

lows recaption on two monopbonic receivers if properly detuned, tot with mediocre quality.

It could be received with a prototype stereo receiver, too, w i t h better quality and separ­

a t i o n . The Kahn ISB System ie currently the m o e t popular system being tested ty those few

stations authorized to tost All Stereo. (Stations choose which system they w a n t to test.)

Tha other competing systems, all hoping to become the national standard (Harris, Belar,

Motorola) all involve FK-lng the carrier to carry the stereo information. T h e reason

XETRA was testing the system so early wae because ths FCC wouldn't give test authority to

ary U . S . station that early. So Kahn went to Mexico to do h i e . 7 3 ' e . (Please put

your name w i t h your address and double space, friend! -ERC)

LOGS ANUTTCR STATION IN N . T . C . STEVEN MILLER - Boeton, Maasactoeatte V o l . 2 N o . 7

Hello everyone! How's DX? F o r this Muee I leave you w i t h the results

from lats night July 22nd to early Md July 2 3 r d . CX were either poor, or I started to D X

too late or maybe I bad too little patience to wait for favorable D X . The only DX heard

le another new ons from N.T., W B N X - 1 3 8 0 . In ty opinion DXing CX for the above d a t e d )

were at their peak from 7:49pm to 1 3 : 4 3 ™ E L T . CX in ny nook of the DX a r e a w a r e fair to

fairly good. I should have mentioned in Mies # 6 that would hags tha complete DXity results

of ty DXing sessions from all of the late Sundays - early IBT'e before the next masthead

dated issue of EX N W S . Next Muse will tell the reeulta of ty "Just recent" S u n toy night-

MN DXing session. I predict the next issue CHUCE HUTTON*e IDXD w i l l be e r a m e d w i t h f o r ­

eign IS DX information. Until tnen and my next Mute 73's and good DXing to y o u .

EVERYONE, WHIN WRITING OR TYPING YOUR MUSING, PLEASE PLACE TOUR NAME AND ADDRESS A T O P I

JUST BO NOT HAVE » TINE TO RESEARCH TBS MISSING PARTS. IF HOWEVER YOU D O NOT W A N T YOUR

ADDRESS PRINT ID, THEN OMIT IT. EE EI L L ALSO PRINT THE DATE O E YOUR MUSI NG ( IF IT IS DATED)

AND TOUR PHONE NUMBER (IF TOU WANT IT L I S T E D ) . EKATEVER TOU GIVE ME E I L L BE PRINTED;

W H A T TOU DON'T, OF COURSE, EILL NOT. DON'T FORGET TO DOUBLE SPACE. THANK TOU AIL! -EHC

CBTC'S CANADIAN CAPKES

JOHN OLDFIELD - 7135 129 A Street - Surrey, Brltleh Columbus - V S I 6T4 The allent majority speaks! DX? W e l l , I did get Korea-1556 last season,

h i , * a few t e s t s . Late, but thanks to THE STARR 4 frlendsl FRANK DAILEY: You left

out C J C K - 5 9 0 on your neat m a p . I enjoyed visiting with tne real Frozen North, B R I A N

V E R N O N , while he wae in Vancouver. I alto made it to some of the GWDXA thing, hosted by

D a n Sye 4 D . P . Gixtty, here o n the c o a e t . Frozen North ztuf f: CJVB-1470 w i l l go NSP

w h e n they go 50kw. CJXX-1430 Grande Prairie, A l t a . w i l l be NSP "Double X" 4 lOkw. C F P H -

1240 w i l l be o n zoon, twinning 017.1-1490 in B . C . Apparently the 9 4 0 CP for Hiohnoni was

denied 4 1260 got it (unofficially). All C J B C LPHTs now relay C B O N - F M Sudbury 4 all

have C B O N - 1 4 type c a l l t . Moet C B L LPRTe now relay C B C S - F M S u d b u r y . W o w ! CH1A1 was d e ­

nied 1480 BJmontcn (CFCW got CEBA FM instead), but w a t c h f o r a multi-language CP for 1480

or 1550 in "Big E." CFRN FM iz row C K X M 4 C J C A Fli now CIRE. Selkirk ( C J C A ) aleo bought

CHEC FM (now CJOc) 4 turned their C-jock to country m x . Selkirk (CKWX OJVI CJCA etc.)

likes country m x , h i . CIOK-1313 gets a twin o n 1340 at Grand Centra, A l t a . C E D R - 9 0 0

D r y d e n gets four 50* mini-twins (LPRTs) which will carry separata a d s . Differentl A new-

ie on 790 in Baie-Comeau P.Q. w i l l be F r e n c h , of course. Anyone heard CJTN-1270 Trenton

yet? Tney're supposed to share their momny's X R site at C J B Q . The CP fcr 1410 Moose

Jaw was denied by our ueually brilliant CFTC wno also said the m a r k e t wae plugged. Then

they OEed a n til for Swift Current, tiny area. C X G O , H ope, B . C . hae an F M LPRT at Boston

Bar ae there's no room in tha Canyon for a longwire. D a n Sys tells m e maybe a CP for AM

at Nanaimo, B . C . There m a y be eome hope for AM! CPs y e t .

PETER'S NOW PROGRAM DI HECTOR FOR XTIL-1590'.

PETER A . N O L A N - 2314 First Street # 3 4 - T i l U m o o k ; Oregon - 97141 7/29/79

Please note the new address a b o v e . It's a direot result of being hired

as m o r n i n g m a n 4 FD at KTIL-1590, w h i c h is now oocupying m o s t of by waking h o u r s . Thus,

m a l l addressed to Tillamook will be received and read a lot faster than ths box In Fugsna,

which is still mine but only gets checked infrequently aa it's a 330 mile round trip.

Anyone who happens to pick u p E T I L , of course, ie free to write to me and I'll provide the

v e r i e . The station underwent a format change along w i t h new management about three

months ago, changing from rock to a n MoR/variety format to appeal to an older (35-49) and

nuch m o r e affluent, in this community, demographic. Unfortunately, the new G M de sales

ani rot programming oriented, so it wae pretty m u c h o f a mess u n t i l I got h e r e . It's

quite consuming of time, a lot of w o r k , a challenge and lots of f u n . s o , if I'm behind

o n correspondence and/or tapes to a lot of people, please bs p a t i e n t , I am wading through

them a l l . D X from the new location seems, from first samples, fantastic, a great improve­

ment over E u g e n e . I'm out of the -basement and neighboring QRN into the second floor of

an (apparently) quiet location, right ty the ocean, and after ETIL eigne off at midnight

m y nearest local ie 70 miles over the Coast Bangs in Portland. I haveni t had Ouch of a

c h a m e to sample the dial, but from casual listening in the hours before I get to ETIL a t

5am (ugh!) the dial seems quite a l i v e . Only a few roticable changes from Eugene, except

that everything's a lot better in strength 4 readability. Tha m a i n changes seem to be

1430 (JCRBC le dominant instead of E A R M / E L O ) , 1370 (CHRK instead of KTLC 4 EBDF s l o p ) , 1590

after ETIL (KZOE instead of E L I V ) , 4 o f course, all the graveyardera a n d semi-locale like

Astoria 4 Newport, e t c . A couple of quiok notes before I run over: E M C M - 1 2 6 0 is now

ECYX-1360, same format, etc., and the old Vancouver, R a t h . 910 facility (ex-EISN) it rum­

ored to be o n the air ty September, even though there's been no FCC action on i t . However,

they contacted ETIL's NxD while looking for people, and KGR'e tales manager confirmed they

expect to be o n the air soon. Should be interesting. Out of room - mora next time. 7 3 ' s .

HAD A FUN-FILLED G T G ON AUGUST 4 4 5 V A R K RTRICKBRT - 5900 North Eaebtenamr - Chicago, Illinois - 60659 8/9/79

Hello from S t . Charles, k o . , Land cf whatever happens to be in this town.

Actually, I'm w r i t i n g thie at home in Chicago, but I'm hoping that both myeelf 4 our U . S .

Postal Disservice cooperate to get this to Ernie i n time for the convention. Anyways, if

you're here you're probably having a great time, 4 if you're not I guess you're getting

by . D X tot been 'orrible, a t least on CT', this Summer, so the RF-2300 hae been set o n

the "FU" position (eacrilege, h i ) , 4 thie HAS been good even in the basement apartment

where I live. Sticker collection is moving right along t o o , thanks to all the locals

that suddenly have new o n e s . The GTG here A u g . 4 4 5 was good, although I was a wee-bit

disappointed at the low turnout. R e eix, NOHM GEUDER, DONALD VOJTA, RICHARD PISTEE, Hob

Eraser, Bob 'Dr. Duck" Goodman, and yours truly, polished off two six-packs of Coor's, and

approximately five six-pack's w o r t h of other beverages (no antenna jokes this t i m e ) . Ac-

tivites included discussions o n spinal illnesses and their treatment, the role of atheism

in modern-day society, & the philoephical make-up of the average CADXer, a midnight excur­

sion to Rob's to see the TV antenna rotor tnat quickly changed from automatic to manual,

sticking just R of N so we could watcn "Second City TV" on RTMJ-TV-* instead of R M A Q - T V - 5 ,

cleaning u p o n NF 1 1 1 . FM stations thanks to a good tropo opening o u t there; plus a fire-

w o r x display from a shortsd-out lamp 4 opening a window permanent-like w i t h my hand to mams

the night complete. Sorry you mieeed i t . I'm in no hurry to tee cooler RX arrive, but

wnen it does I'll be tha first to twitch to "AM" (that's MRJ again. Until next M u s e , I

leave you witn this quotation from "My Interpretation of GEUDEKIs Corollary of S c m a r t z ' s

Law": Turning a receiver's power ewitcn to ths OFF position co-incidea w i t n a sudden loss

cf signal strength and gain. 37 plus 37 minus 1.

THE NEXT DEADLINE IN PHOVINCETWli K B MUSINGS IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10- SEND IT TODAY!

PASSES THE 8 3 0 LOGGED MARK

KEN ONYSCHUK - 239 Fir - Park F o r e s t , Illinois - 6046 5 7/28/79

' Hello to all my friends. This w i l l probably be my last falsing until the

Conventions. My DXing activities have increased a b i t , but to report it a l l , I'd need

twice the alottei s p a c e , so I'll limit what I s u b m i t . I imagine that's the case W i t h a

lot of D X e r s . Hae there ever been a proposition to increasing Musings lineage? pther-

w i s e , as MARK STRICKERT mentioned, I'm happy w i t h the not S u p e r a d i o . It's better than

anything else I've ever u s e d . Sensitivity 4 selectivity are moet important to m e . Like

the TFF, I've m a d e my o w n frequency readout w i t h a strip of paper and the frequencies like

633, 703, 8 3 0 , printed 4 taped o n the d i a l . It's a great h e l p . I em now hapty to announce

that I've finally D X a i my 800th station (now officially 801 as of 7/28) 4 101 Illiroisans.

Updatsr: VBUY-1440 N . C , M M of R R W Q 4 RCVS T E S T s . I heard neither test, but that f/o sure

was in! 5/11, R Y T L - 1 4 9 0 W i s . v//station promo * 2:15am. T JLE-1400 Detroit w/eoul m x , SID

9 J a m . 5/13- Finally 1 1 1 . # 1 0 0 , WRER-1330 during Howmrd Miller Show, w/RPHZ looped * 10:25

a m . I looped local pest R M B I - 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 . « 9pm to get a nice signal of W U N N M a s o n , M i o h . A

short time later at 9:18, I got a good signal from R C C R - 1 3 1 0 M i c h , till 9:30 s/off. S u n .

afternoon 7/15, I had RICH PISTEE, ANDY KRIATEPTSEI, RALPH MARTINEZ, 4 M I K E J E I O I B X I for

a sgiall G T G . Tnay w e r e pleasantly surprised at the quiet CX here 3 5 miles S o f C h i c a g o .

Top catch wae » M B w/EOWO looped « 9:30-9:45pm. 1 1 1 . # 1 0 1 w a s W D A N - 1 4 9 0 w/mentions of

Danville 4 1 1 1 . during 6:45am report. 7/24- # 8 0 0 was KGRN-1410 I a . on during R X emergency

till 9:3Qxt. I heard one of ny m o s t wanted on R e d . 7/25, EDSM-710 W i s . w / c A , full ID,

9:53-10pm, no R O B at a l l , terrific, local stuff. Mutual Broadcasting now owns R C F L , IDing

as Mutual-CFL w/adnlt comtompa-ary m x . It's rating is terrible though - imagine a 50,000*

station w / a daylong audience of .8 of 1$! Wesley S o u t h , Pervis Spahn, 4 Joe M i gala havs

been approved as new owners of 1450 k o / s . in Chicago; R F M T has been a temporary licenee

for a few y e a r s , future is u n k n o w n . RJPC-950 w i l l go fulltime soon, l.OOCD, 5.000N, U - 2 ,

I've heard. April-May Arbitron ratings for AMers briefly: 1 - R G N . 2 - W L S . 4-WBBM. 6-

R M A Q 4 R I N D . U - R V O N . 16- W J J D . 17- R A I T . 18-WJPC. FMere are tho missing o n e s , of

course. A l s o , WCFL's format it to change soon, for m x to N X / 3 & info, m a y b e call change

too? I'm looking forward to seeing many of y o u in Peoria for l i daye 4 the whole thing

in S T . L O U I S . I'm a big S X fan 4 «joy baseball, basketball 4 wrestling, S T . LOUIS has it

a l l , b i g . See y o u soon.

HE'S BACK FROM GERMANY

JOHN CLS1MEB - 2937 W e s t Gilbert - Peoria, Illinois - 61604

ky trip at the start of July to Europe wae fantastic. I wae in Luxembourg,

Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I didn't D X any but I did listen quite a bit to German

R a d i o . I was gone 12 daye 4 w e stayed with three families that are friends of mine/my

parents. Germany has three radio networks all owned art operated ty the government. >

fourth network ie only o n briefly for foreign w o r k e r s . One network ie mostly ol m x , a n ­

other is mostly NX/information w / e o m e mx and the third is m o r e m u e i o . Ths music rune from

American to German, Johnny Cash to S t y x to Sinatra to Bavarian folk m x , a real bodge p o d g e .

I aleo heard American Forces Network, A F N , as it is known is run hy the Dieferoe D e p ' t . for

tha soldiers art is vary popular. AFN is all E E ; m x ia in blocks, some r o o k , tome disco 4

country. A F N r a n country 6-7am local time (I'll let y o u figure out ELT or GUT, h i ) . It

ie 11-12 ELT a r t country from 3-6, 8-11 E L T . The country program wae called "Country

Crossroads." The A F N etation I heard wae from Karlshure, G e r m a n y . Thie wae heard a t

Luxembourg where I spent the first night in a Intel. Frequency is u n k n o w n ae it wae o n

cable! Most of the trip wae spent in Friedriehthafan, Germany (3. Germany) where A F N wae

heard around 830 k H z . Both German radio 4 A F N have many XRs/translators throughout the

country. I hope to get a list of German AM frequencies s o o n . See Y O U i n PEORIA for the

IRCA Convention A u g . 2 4 - 2 6 . Good D X 4 7 3 .

«A RARtUiC TO ALL DXBIC*

HILL TUBTZEL - 32 R e s t 31 Street - New Y o r k , New Y o r k - 10001 8/6/79

Laet S u m e r I received a phone call from a "DXer" in E a s t W h i t e Plains, N . T .

He wanted to m e e t m e 4 see the radioe I o w n . Is likes to talk at least one tour o n the

p h o n e . t h e n he never stowed u p 4 I tried to reach him, I fburt he had given a made-up

nsme 4 a phone lumber a r t address that did n o t e x i s t . Today I received a call from a f e l ­

low who said he w a s a Senior in Hiffi School here in Manhattan who aleo w a n t e d to come over

art learn more about D X i n g . He gave m e hie name, address, 4 phone l u m b e r , ' h e n he didn't

show u p I tried to reach him, 4 found out the exchange in hie phone number did rot ehow u p

in Manhattan. W h i l e speaking to me he quoted part o f By Musing from a June 1978 D X NEWS

the earns issue the first guy ueed last y e a r . Putting two 4 two together, I concluded that

hie motive is to g a i n accsss to your home or apartment 4 take your r a d i o ( s ) . The one who

called ma today wanted to come over w i t h a "friend". M e being on tto defensive, I said he

could case alone, that I wasn't having two strangers in m y loft together. I believe that

this person may tiy other DXers in the N.Y.C. area 4 visit someone. If anyone of y o u re­

ceives a phone call from someone calling himeelf "Frank Harrington" or "Kevin Bafferty",

please beware! He ie one 4 the ease person, 4 he is only intereetei in ripping off your

r a d i o s . I have referred thie matter to ay local police department 4 if aiyone roars from

this person, it w i l l be a mitter of setting u p a visit w i t h the police present in civilian

clothes to catc-h him. -"ais person muBt be stopped, before one of you ie ripped off by him

Please taxe m y advice art heed tnis warning. This pereon meant business and must he

caught! Protect yourself and all your radioe.

N E T DEADLINE?: S E P T . 10 4 S E P T . 2 4 . THERE'S STILL TIME FOR SEPTEMBER 10 IE YOU MUSE NOR!

LISTS SO:.E OF HIS HOLDOUTS

KELLY ANDHEYS - 7016 ;..ontsuk Drive - Richmond, Virginia - 23225 > 8/10, 79 A quick glance at ths log shows April 30 as the laet entry; since then

the Hanmarlund hae bean down, totally dead w i t h no logical solution!. I've finally ser.t

it to that great reeurrector of deceased radios, STEVE BOHAC. This Sunmertlme break has

allowed m e the opportunity to chase down some elueive verie hold-oute. Current -totals

stand at 815 stations confirmed from 4 5 states, sight provinces 4 31 countries. Since

I've reactiviated ty interest in DXing four years ago, returns have been running pretty

g o o d ; 9 3 $ response to reports in 1975, 91$ in 1976, 87$ in 1977 and B 9 $ i n 1978 (the laet

full y e a r ) . The toughest hold-out to respond wae WZKY Albatarle N.C. after 13 years'.

Thanks to STEVE PONDER for the help. Surprisingly maty of m y toughest etatione are the

larger 10 4 50k»ere which are ueually fairly good in answering. I'd appreciate ary help

w i t h verie eignere on the following: W L I B - 1 1 9 0 NYC, XEBOK-800 M e x i c o , W A P I - 1 0 7 0 A l a . , WNEJ

-1130 Ga., EOKA-1550 L a . , W I N S - 1 0 1 0 NYC 4 EDAY-15B0 C a l . WEZJ in Williamsburg, K y . has

been promoted to the tip of the hard-core list - seven reports o n three different recep­

tions, two tapes, three PP/c's and still nothing. Any of y o u guys i n Kentucky have any

suggestions? I've just completed QSL card design and printing f o r Y H N L - 9 1 0 here in R i c h ­

m o n d . The CE is Jim Grainger who alto works for the infamous W G O E - 1 5 B 0 . Atyone who

needs WRNL verified should tar able to writs ths station. If all else f a i l s , writs m s

w i t h a copy of ths r e p o r t . I guess this is about as far as I can go in a Musing without

having turned o n a receiver in four m o n t h s . 73 .

ANARC W A S T H E LARGEST CONVENT ICN EVER 8/14/79

EILL TOWNSHEND - 4500 Connecticut Avenue N.W. # 9 0 1 - Washington, D . C . 20008 202-966-8046

Greetings again from the Land of Pleasant Living (Potomac River and

Chseapaake B a y ) . T h e ANARC Convention in the Land of 15,291 Lakee waa superb; nearly

200 were there for the biggeet DX GTG ever of any k i n d . Among the attendees were NRCere

D O N ERICKSON, GRANT MANNIffi, RICHARD P E T E K , MARK STRICKEHT, BILL W U R T Z E L , JOHN TONDLO, 4 yours truly. Midway through my 12 d a y e ' Naval Reserve Training (July 15-27) at Glenview

Naval Air Station in Chicago, I got together w i t h CADXers Pistek, Ptrickert, 4 ANDY KWIAT-

K O T S K I , ae well as TIM NOONAN 4 JIM ALBRECHT of Brew town fcr a couple of GTG'i at their

Brewtown pads, S u n . 7/22. Many thanks to thsm. W s got a close-up look a t several TV 4 BCB XB installations ( i n d u d i n g ths 3 x 3 tower array of X I S N - U 3 0 in Racine County, W i s . )

I have known Jim lines m e e t i n g him at the end of a 1971 South Pacific trip in T a h i t i . (He

belongs to IRCA 4 has over 1,250 logginge on B C B ) . W s finally broke the back o f a month-

long heat wave with a day 4 night of rain, headed by two Taetorus S a t . 8 / 1 1 , w h i c h knocked

the temperature down to else (97° Friday to 59° M o n . 8 / I 3 ) . S a t . 8/11 wae the first day

in a month that the mercury fell below 7 0 ° . The siege itarted 7/12 w i t h tie first 9 0 ° -

plut day of the y e a r which is ths latest e v e r . Although it may seem that F a l l is in the

ai r , don't count Sumner out y e t . Since I g o t back from Chicago 2 $ weeks a g o , I've logged

seven newiee 4 I even heard WIIi-700 Cincy in midday thie early in the Sumner ( 3 / 1 3 ) . WAVE

-860 Baltimore changed fonsate several months ago from T-40 to B i g Band s o u n d s . It r e ­

mains to be seen if our local yokel NSP peet W E A M - 1 3 9 0 ie observing SP on i Ms or if this

is Just a A r k s . If ths former is true, W E A M w i l l no longer bs NSP 4 us W A D X A people will

get a break, having 1390 open again on M.:. However WCSC-1390 Charleston, S.C. hae to he

reckoned w i t h . Apparently w h a t I heard several months ago about possible SPe for another

NSP station, WWDC-1260, in this month is a bunch of hogwaeh. It's been o n for two MMs so

far thie m o n t h . I'm not going to Peoria for the IRCA Convention because I w a n t to save

u p time ani m o n e y for tne Antarctic trip this W i n t e r (Summer DU) aboard ths Lindblad E x ­

p l o r e r . However I'll ess many of y o u in S T . L O U I S . Soieante-treize; dreisnislebzig;

setter.ta y tree, LXXIII'z de W P T .

W G N IS GETTING CUBAN INTERFERENCE IN ILLINOIS

BILL BALE - 1451-B Faith Drive - R a n t o u l , Illinois - 61866 8/11/79

I can't remember the laet time I Mused, but it waa a loonng tiro a g o . Nothing

much is happening DX-wiee h e r e . It waa interesting to rote in the A u g . 13 edition of DX

NEWS the large number of membere reporting graveyard receptions, especially STEVEN MILLER.

I hope to get lots of new reports for tne newly-formatted Graveyard D X Achie vements which

w i l l start inOctober. Y o u too, E R C ! I have noted thie season that V I T Y - 8 B J dose not

carry the Chicago Cube thie season during the dty , only night g a m e s . This ie a n odd o c ­

curence, I thought. I read in Gary Deeb'e Chicago Tribune column that WCFL-1000 might

go NX/talk. After seeing that they did poorly in ths April-May sweeps, it may be closer

than t h i s . A note to TV D X e r e , an outfit called Grace Communications has filed for the

vacant C n a m e l 43 in Bloomington, 1 1 1 . They are planning a Christian TV operation. JOHN

C U J M J S R , n o t e ) . W e at WBTL are highly pleased w i t h our row Harris transmitter. Its in­

stallation wae held u p two niehts due to some contactors not being the right size, so w e

-ad to get the right onee 4 it took a couple of d a y s . Apologies to those w h o tried to

hear ue that Sunday /Monday m o r n i n g . Kudos to whomever wae responsible for tha FCC a p p l i ­

cation statue listings. Trot should be a regular feature. I have been getting lotea

QRM from C M G N - 7 2 0 . so bad, in f a c t , that at timet they override W G N occasionally. I

wrote to the CE at W G N about thle 4 he eent back a nice letter saying they couldn't do

anything about it (naturally) and to write the FCC 4 ny congressman. 0 0 I did. I saw my

first copy of the Plain Truth magazine in y e a r s . The lilting of radio etatione carrying

"Tro World Tomorrow" hae certainty shrunk eince 1 sew it l a s t . K R T L - 1 4 S 0 ie A P Radio NX

now. Tnat's all for n o w . 7 3 . (WKTL, 60(5) 30(3-5) f o r tha NRC Leg listing.)

HERE'S OUR WISH F O R A GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL N . R . O . CONVENTION IN S T . LOUIS'.

liC D X . BUT A ZEE V E L I S ILICKLLD IN

R AV ARRUDA - 47 Burt Street - Acushnet, Massachusetts - 03743

I'm sure everyone had a fine time at S T . LOUIS i I wish I could have m a a e i t .

I ka-p ztyir.v "next year" but if Ohio or New Jersey get the bid, there ehould be no rea­

son why I can't get away for a few daye and attend the 1980 convention. No listening

hae been done lines 5/2B, but soon the "Northeast Network" wa 11 be activated and ozoe a-

gain we'll be rolling u p our totals in thie part of the country. Highlighte of the S u m ­

m e r bezidez ztatic 4 electrical storms were a light number of phone calls from N R C e r e , 4 a visit fro-: FRANK DAILEY o n 6/24. Veriee are in from W Y J Z - 8 5 0 , C F L P - 1 0 0 0 #700 varied,

WGUY-1250 WBUY-1440, 4 W T G R - 1 5 2 0 . Totals are 1,195/704, all d o m e s t i c . Three holdouts

I'd like to see veriss from are WKGX-1080, W E P M - 1 3 4 0 , 4 W T H M - 1 5 3 0 . A l l have been called,

w i t h CEa saying he would ariewer, but no reply o n aty of theee y e t . Uy thanks to those

wto supported DDXD faithfully d u r i n g the Summer, uXually the w o r s t time of year to D X .

Maybe we can have another Tharicsgiving GTG here in Nbvanoer. I'll crook w i t h the "Guest

Editor". Spppcrt that all-important Verie Signer colurn! 7 3 .

APPLAUDS CHUCK HUTTON'S ART IC IE

MIKE COUGHLIN - 17 Belli* Circle - Cambridge, Maeeachueette - 02140

Hurrah for CHUCK HUTTON*a article on receiver d e s i g n . Can we have it

translated into Japanese and sent to whomever builds receivers? Or better y e t , can w e

• and It to someone in the U . S . A . electronics industry who isn't willing to let the J a p a n ­

ese take over everything? Actually, I think ha misted ths beet reason for having a high

sensitivity recaivsr, w h i c h ia that it allows tha u s a of a small loop a n t e n n a . Thie cute

down the amount of local elSctrical noise pick-up. Since communications-type receivers

have too m u c h gain for the M? band with large antennae, I always wonder if an amplifier

built into a loop antenna is really needed. I u s e only a email ferrite oore loop (7»

long) w i t h no amplification, 4 I can alwaye beer atmospheric n o i s e . T h s figures availa­

ble for urban noise levels are mis leading if they are measured w i t h a short vertical a n ­

tenna. ? hat we really need is noise figures measured with a s m e l l shielded loop to d e ­

cide o n the beet receiver design.

STATIONS. FORMATS, 4 PERSONALITIES

PETE KEMP - 5 Greerwood Avenue - B e t h e l , Connecticut - 06801

Greetings. WBDC in Rochester N . Y . haa changed its cells to 1TPXN. F o r all

you NYC area people, Herb Oeoar Anderson, long the morning mainstay o f WABC during the

sixties is back, this time o n W C B S - F M . After 3 1 yaare the Louisiana Hay ride is m o v i n g

from K W K H to K BMD. EKO it setting u p its o w n network. They w i l l be programming news

15 hours e day starting in tha F a l l . So far only their s i x A M 4 s i x F M etatione have

signed up for this service, which will be geared to the young adult m a r k e t . In Milwaukee

Bob Earry hai returned to WOKY in the m o r n i n g e l o t . On August 15tH KlffB in L.A. w i l l

become an NBC affiliate. K T N Q , alio in the L.A. m a r k e t , haa been sold and m i l l change

ite programming from T - 4 0 to S S language. In the City of Brotherly Love W C A U hae added

to sports coverage with Don Henderson, formerly of W W D E . O n W H K Gary Des ie back in the

morning and Imus ia doing the mid-time s l o t . So much f o r n o w .

A FEW NEW O N E S ESD6 SLACK SEASON

A N D R E ? - F . R U G G - 668 De Gasps - A p t . 408 - lie dee Sqeure, Quebec - H3E 1H9

Here is a brief Muse to wird u p my lac red Si real '7B/'79 D X eeaeon. The

only new catch was M i 7/30 when WDIX-1330 (call change) waa blasting in from 12:25-12:48

aa. (I varied them ee R'CRB in 1962 and WEET in 1 9 7 7 ) . The THF nulled out CX1D. That

gave me esven new catches thie last eeaeon, of w h i c h five were call c h a n g e s . The only

new verie is WJIT-1480. A f t e r 19 years of on-and-rff BOB D X , I havs 1,484 veriee from

1,559 logginge. Reports are out to WDIA-1330, WJBQ+1440, W I T S - 1 5 1 0 . . O n 5/16 I had

lunch with visiting NROer MARK STRICKEHT. I now own a Panasonic R F - 0 1 5 " M r . Thin" pock-

et-siied radio.- Although quite convenient for the travelling businaemnan, it lacks the

sensitivity and selectivity to appeal to a DXer (especially at the p r i c e ) . I u s e it for

non-DX reasons. Ite beet catch le 0:oX-112O. 7 3 .

t E L c q i s TO A mr M U I E B F R O M S O U T H J E E S S T

STEVE-: PAPACIES - 18 Cornwall Ave m e - Millville, New Jereey - CB332 8/14/79

Hroty! Thie ie m y firet M u e e . I'm 14 years o l d , juet about to start

high school and have been DXing on and off for a year art a half. Right now I have a

Realistic A'-i-FM Stereo clock radio and an old (I m e a n OLD) Sears Silvertoro AM-St i

also listsn to the enortweve once in a while ee well ae doing tome F M D X i n g . S o o n , very

soon I hope, I'll have enough bread for a THF. I have about 100 logginge in about'l5

etatee and three provinces, plue five varies. Tne idea of getting verias and all times

SASEe would really oooet my stamp collection, to off I w e n t . Speaking of veriee eould

someone out tlwre give m e the address of E I F - 7 0 0 in Cincinnati, Ohio? Tne 0 ne in B r o a d ­

casting Yearbook got the letter to Cinoy all r i g h t , but it oene right b a c k . "Return to

Sender - Not Deliverable aa Addressed - Unable to Ftrwari." t t y , I don't'knov- Certain

ly, somebody in the Cincy Post Office knows where to send W W ' s m a i l . A h , w e l l If at

first you uon't succeed Tnat's all for n o w , auf Wiedereenen and 7 3 ' s . (The iffic

Log » 5 aleo shows 901 Elm Street for WLS,, as does the Yearbook -ERC)

THE NEXT PROVINCETOWN DEADLINE FOR MUSINGS IS MONDAY, SEPTE.3EK 9 . THERE IS TIME F O E

YOU TO GET YOUR "-TED? INTO THAT ISSUE' PLEASE DOUBLE SPACE AND LIST YOUR RECENT DXINOS .

RONALD r . SCHAT? - 5651 6.V;. 2nd Court (105) - Margate, Florida - 33068 • 1-305-971-3605

For those who m a y be wondering, I'm alive, w e l l , & buey,w.ith little

DXing to epeak of f o r m o n t h s . I hope this situation w i l l change soon. Intro: 3*, I

w o r k in the engineering labs of Bsndix (Avionics D i v . ) in Fort Lauderdale, where'they

make and sell LSCA's, h i . I've been DXing for 22 yeare now, specializing in domestics

(Cuba, etc.) I've logged 110 plus-or-minus countries, 44 states, all ten provinces, but

still no Gothab or Falkland I s . I speak Spanish & Portuguese, but definitely not Franco-

Canadian, h i . I use a Collins R-38B/UHR w / a n HQ-190 standby. Antenna ie a degraded

LSCA-2 without the "sense" input; everything nulls in the eame direction in a eteel-f rare

apartment, y'know. DX: CBQ-800 it definitely o n the air & feeding LPRT'e in Western

Ontario; I juet got back from a vacation in Qukbec 4 Ontario. On tha Northern Route of

tha TCH at the Cochrane/Thunder Bay district line the strongest daytimer ie WMAQ-670,

then CBQ-BOO. One must be within hiking distance of the LPRT'• to pick tham u p decently.

In Northern Ontario they transmit from short towers strategically located on a h i l l , e t c .

4 fed by m i c r o w a v e . Plenty of "rleeaux" in Quibsc made DXing easy there, but enough of

Canadian family life, eh? A t two weeks before the Convention I still don't know if I'll

make i t , but I'll sure try. Thanks, CHUCK HUTTON, for taking over m y Cuban H i t . I'll

have to make another trip to the Keys if I c a n . Visits recently from GLENN HAUSES and

rfSAR OBjic, shorter than I wished then to b e , busy ae I a t . By the w a y , after the TXM

eeriee is finished, I'll revive ths LSOA, or cardioid array (unidirectional loop for 180

degree separation of s t a t i o n s ) . I'm doing w h a t I oan, time permitting, to resolve the

technical article situation. Locally, W S B F - 1 5 8 0 is now c/w. WPIP-98 3 (em-WLOD) ie 24

h o u r e , two miles away, 4 killing 950-1000 kHz for D X with h i e s . VHBD-1470 is m y other

l o c a l , but not y e t fulltime. WGT0-540 is also fulltime, darnitl Count down: 79 - S t .

L o u i s , 78- Atlanta, 77- Louisville, 7 5 - Ctoataa, 7 5 - Hartford, 74- Toledo, 7 3 - Boston, 7 2 -

Coral Gables, 7 1 - W e s t Sacramento ( E E B A ) , 70- North Jersey, 69- St.-Louis, 63- Boston,

57- Eugene ("Orygun"), 6 6 - " Mown-ray-al", 65- Cadar Hapide, 64- Euffalo, 63- Denver (IRCA)

6 2 - Indianapolis, 5 1 - Amarillo, 60- White Plains, 59- Omaha, 4 that's as far as I can go

back. I attended 65, 6 7 , 7 1 , 74, 7 5 , 4 78! A n d hotted ' 7 2 . ('76 wae Lincoln -ERC)

SOME NICE StMMEBTI.ME D X

CARL W . DABELSTSIN - 8209 W e s t 78 Street - Overland Park, Kansas - 66204

Not too m u c h in the way of DXing hae beer, done this Summer, but I

thought I'd get thie Musing In before ths Convention. O n 4 / 6 , I logged tha f/c-TT from

W L B Q - 1 5 7 0 , Morgantown, K y . On 5/6, I snatched the e/on from WOBS-1570 in New Albany,

Ind. 9 7:10. 5/21 brought ths r/c from W 3 L V - 1 1 1 3 Ardmore, T e n n . w i t n m a r c h m x 3 1. O n

5/23 I got a f/c w i t h CIDe from KNAL-1410 Victoria, T e x . 9 1 : 0 2 . Per their verie this

is a r / c . O n 6/11, I bagged the all-new W A C Q - 1 1 3 0 Oarrville, A l a . running ETs 3 1 . O n

8/S I caught tha e/on from KTOO (ex-EBIR)-1130 in Bolivar, M o . I had not seen thie.

orange in the bulletin ae of y e t . A few veries have been trickling in: v/ls from Y.LBQ-

1570, W O B S - 1 5 7 0 , KNAL-1410, 4 W A C Q - 1 1 3 0 . V/PP/c'e from KTPA-1370, KTUI-1560, 4 KITA-

1440. A v/CM was received from KSEB-1570. Total veriee now stand at 2,010. Nothing

else at thie time, so 73's and w e ' l l see y a all in S T . L O U I S .

VISITING FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RICHARD CLARK - 4932 Debeers Drive - El P a e o , Texas - 79924

Hi eveyons - here it ny report from E l P a e o , m y second h o m e . XEBOK-800 ie now c/w daytime art gospel at night "C-80". XEPZ-1190 ie now R . Nortena; XEJPV-1560 "La Tropical"; XECJC-1490 "La Pantera" ; 4 XEJC-1460 is row " B . Sensaolon" . I an very happy to hear Ranchers Music again! 7 3 .

_M_0_T_H_B_A_L_L_ _M_E_> : _ 0_R_I_E_S_

OHAPTffi! CXVI - "THE PERSONALITIES CONTINUE" ~ -by STEVE H3M».

Ted Brown has been associated w i t h NYC radio for over a quarter of a c e n ­

tury. Hie quick w i t art smooth voice make him a m u c h sought after personality in radio

art oonmerciale. Ready Teddy haa worked for riF., VT.G:. ( r o w - V H T ) , i W K B C . He ie c u r ­

rently ths drive tima m a n on TsV tram 4-8pm .-.on-Sat. V ith his firet w i f e , Hhoda, he

once did a morning ehow o n WiJGM ae "Ted Erown 4 the Red Head". Tad nee been married two

times since then, private matters that he exploits on tne air by discussing large aliuoty

rayments. Hie ability to make each listener feel that he it talking to tham individually

ie hit claim to fame art the key to success in r a d i o .

Scott Muni is currently o n VNEV too, but broadcasting on its Bitter station

V N R T - F M . He wae formerly a WL'CA Good Guy and later became a VAEC All-American, where he

teemed u p w i t h Cousin Brucie to become the beet bads-to-back duo in ths early s i x t i e s .

After W A B C , he went on to pioneer IV. rook at WOR-FM (currently W X L 0 / 9 3 X ) . A t present he

ie the prograz director cf T'NW-FM in addition to a daily air s h i f t . Another foo.er W N E

A V 4 T K alumnue is Dick Summer. He'e risen up in radiolart beginning at V B Z with his

Night Life show. After many years tolling down tne graveyard shift, a return to hie n a ­

tive New York was in tha c a r d s . While in New York ne worked at WKBC, WPLJ (WABC'e D.:

s i t t e r ) , and nam written poems. Tne lateBt oook, for the poet laureate of Brooklyn, is

titled "Lovir.1 Toucif', a ailable through Bantam B O O K S .

N E X T ISSUE: ERIC FADER WILL T E L L US A B O U T HIS FIRST PIRATE VERIFICATION.

W e can uee more MOTHBALL Kk..0RIES, gJr*:! Tall ue aoout your early recollections of DX!

NEXT ISSUE IS IN THREE W E E K S , NEXT DEADLINE IN ONE W E E K , ON SKPTSKEEF 9 t h . LIST YOUR

DX ACCOUPLIS H . : E1!T S IN RECENT DAYS B Y DATE, T I M E , FREQUENCY, e t c . W E W A N T TO HEAR F K T .

Y-0-U-!

® EILL TJZES US ffi HIS VACATION T U P

BILL HARDY - 2301 Pacific Avenue - Aberdeenm Washington - 98520 , 8/15/79

Nancy 4 I tope everyone ie having a good time at S T . L O U I S . W e regret our

vacation scheduling couldn't coincide w i t h the Convention, eo instead, w e ' l l share eome

no tee made on our own recent vacation to the Bookiee. Much of our route took ue right

past etatione w e desperately wish w e oould h e a r at home, h i ! 7/24 wae spent i n nearby

K t . Rainier National Park; rothing n o t e d that w e don't get at tome. 7/25 in S p o k a n e ,

visiting w i t h NHO/IBOA member BILL HARMS who took ue past m u c h w a n t e d K Z U N - 6 3 0 O p p o r t u n ­

ity, currently doing c/w. KCK0-13B0 Spokane (ex-KEZE) now hae new studioe 4 POP format,

w i t h KJRE-790 buying KEZE-FM. 7/26- On the w a y out of town w e listened to much-wanted

KSPO-1230 (the only W a s h , fulltimer I still n e d ) . Not much punch to their all-NX f o r m a t ,

4 w i t h their rdoftop antenna o n a downtown building it'e rot surprising they don't get

o u t . They had a promo for terry King "back by popular demand" so I gueee they dropped

hie ehow for a while! At Coeur d'Alene, Idaho KVNI ie still on 1240; I under*tart their

towers for CP to 1080 are now u p , but I eure couldn't spot tham. Upon crossing into M o n ­

tana, very little was audible except KERB-1073 poison, which w e listened to moa t of ths

w a y to Flatnead L a k e . KERR now anrounoes "5dkw" eo the CP ie o n . Ne aleo heard new

station KJJR-1400 T-hitefieh, M o n t , o n the air w / a POP or T-4o format, evidently no n e t .

7/27-30 were spent in Glacis r National P a r k . 7/31 we headed f o r Helena 4 noted KRLL-1240

w / P O P m x 4 both NEC 4 A s nets, although u e e o f Aa was irregular. KCAP-1340 hae a hard

rock format 4 no networks. R e managed to h e w KDRG-1400 Deer Lodge but just barely, eo

f o r now they ARE o n tha a i r . It wae eveniig 4 I think they had T - 4 0 . 8/1- Off to Y e l l o w ­

stone Park via B o w m a n 4 Livingston. KGVW-630 Belgrade had religion ending 0 Ijm 4 into

UP I N X . KPRK-1340 is on the S aide of a m o u n t a i n p a s s , eo It'e understandable w h y they

haven't made it to Aberdeen yet even on their r / c . They had nearly a n hour of NX/farm/

SX/garbaee at local noon, Including Ai/IMN n e t s , but RS seems to be c/w. At Yellowstone,

all signs 4 literature still say "Tuns 1606" for traveler info, but the announcemartts o n

the air at each entrance eay "Tune y o u r radio to 1610." So m a y b e Yellowstone's 18 TIS XRe

have switched to 1610 n o w . In the next D X N E W S , we'll continue the saga of "tow I spent

my vacation," h i . 73 4 good D X .

BACK FROM E F CAMP COUNSELOR'S JOB

DAVE YOCIS - 8 5 Veeper Street - Fairfield, Connecticut - B643 0 8/15/79

Greetings. A Summer Job on camp staff in Sherman, about 40 miles N of here

gave me the chanee to see bar D X differs over juet a short distance. In the daytime, N . Y .

etatione dominate over the Long Islanders, w h i c h dominate aa locals here, primarily b e ­

cause of the w a t e r p a t h . F o r s a m p l e , W B I V - 1 3 9 0 is alone on the channel here, w h i l e W E O X ,

Poughkeepaie, never heard in Fairfield, d o m i m tee the daytime channel. A t night, FTCt

w i n battles w i t h LA* w i t h a regularity never seen a t thie coastal location. Only three

stations were heart that have rot been heard in Fairfield: W E O K - 1 3 9 3 , W F M D - 9 3 0 , 4 Cuba-

593, which has not been beard here becauee of my proximity to W I C C - S O G , another IBP p e a t .

D X sine my return hone : 8/14- WXVA-1550 excellent at local SSS here, 8 p m . RAB-1513 f i n ­

ally heard w 1 1 : 4 2 . 8/15- WHLI-1100, now B E D , ex-POPp, w/"Mueic o f Your Life" s logins,

u g h . W LXW-990, fir»t time in a w h i l e , 7:40pn. VTOL-1120 loud, 7:50. A goodie next in

W B J W - 7 4 0 , S.C., very weak tofaJr in fades w/POP 4 local spots. W A B S - 7 8 0 at laat w/HKL «

8:18pm. Otherness: I will be starting Michigan State in the F a l l , eo I'll get eome m o r e

opinrt-ur.itiee to see D X in other p l a c e s . A TRF hae been added to the collection for this

purpose. I hope everyone had a nice time in S T . LOUIS, 4 tope that 1980 in N.J. comes

off eo I can attend, h i . Until next time, 7 3 .

WHAT'S NEW? NOTHING, a / 2 0 / ? 9

ETTEST P . COOPER - 5 Anttoty Street - Provincetown, Mas sac buss tte _ 02657 617-487-9337

One new v e r i e , W 0 S 0 - 1 Q 3 3 , P ? / c , plus repeat v/ls from raEW-1170 4 1TF3G-12 9 3 . Total ie 4,023. Fa DX ie exciting, have y o u tried it? hack to BOB DX row: 7/22-

U n n rBHX-1170 o n ET/mx v./TT.'VA off s 1:23am, report eent - w e u e e d to hear 'em occasionally

w h e n I dwelt in Brooklyn. Unn CFL3-1410 o/u C I 3 0 - 1:15 w/WPOP o f f . UnID TT-1263 2:13-

2:49. M L 7/23- U n n TKLS-1313 TTing 3 1 2 : 3 6 - 1 : 0 2 . TTs all unID noted on 1 3 6 0 , 1390, 4 1 4 9 3 . Local V.DLW-1350 is now NSp, nute to the energy crunch, eay they, h i . Unn T T B G - 1 2 9 3

heard or. f/c-TO * 3 : 0 2 . 7/24- UOn WI3X-953 * 1:3 3 w/fasts B E , 4 unID TTer on 1510 "» 1:33-

1:10 o f f . 7/25- Unn '.VGLI-1390 w/Mets BB from VO 1 2:20. Montreal S3 in FF o n 1450 4 1320

1:38-1:42, who's the one or 1453? 7/28- On 1 4 3 3 , "T 1:08-1:23, 4 o n 1453, TT - 4 pipe 9

1:34-1:46. TONY-1530 wae off, 4 a n unID SS n o t e d , 2:30. PL 7/29- Unn V'SNO-1450 roted on

apparent AN ekad 3 1:36, prooaoly only on S M e . WHAM-1180 wae on A N today 4 every SM since

so tney are row NSp, h i , energy shortage! W Y V A - 1 1 7 0 wae off again thie S M , noted so 2:13 Unn OHOK-1070 wae on top 3 2:40. M M 7/33- N o t h i n g but unID TTs today like o a 1 0 8 0 1:2.1

1:27 4 1490 2:53-2-.o6, 4 1390 3 2 : 5 7 . W C F L - 1 0 0 0 ie eoing off real aarly n o w . w e b a b t o »

lam., M M s . 7/31- UnID TT-9wO 3 1:25. 8/1- WCKY-1533 was off again todty terzr Kiro

welcomed KIFF 4 mo to his 150-plu- etation network today. Who's the B F L station A N i n g

on 1450 theee d a y e , 1 W A S ? s M 8/5- „3T-1113 has quit staying on till 2 w/disco » eak SS

F T , 4 ET o n 1140 4 1=32, none IDed. W P 0 P - 1 4 1 0 wae on/off w/OC ty 1:35. 8/7- UnID TT-933

1 : 4 3 - 2 : 0 1 4 on, after nm. 3/o wae a noiey ouet. 3/3- UnI3 TT-1263 1:36-1:38 in the ba«i-

tiful full m o o n . This is tnank. to GARY LOVEGREN, BILL COLBJIN, BILL V URTZH,, ROLLA NT

LiNUBLABE, 4 TO.. FARMER IE for trour recent phone calle. Hello, Conventionere! Have f u n '

: u i PLEAS 3 E E SURE TO SIT D O N RIGHT NOW 4 SE.J3 OFr A ... USING. PLEASE IBB E.L.T. AND A . M . 4 -IS, A N D EE SURE TO .O.rLE R P A C T . LET YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS KNOW W H A T YOU'RE HEARING.