D X N E W S r Natio+ud Radio GLdx • S I N C E 1933 — Volume 46, Number 5 Monday, November 20 , 1978)

STATIC FROM HQ Do you have a s t a t i o n i n your a r e a which has a newscaster who does news i n the nude? I f so, the f o l k s a t Radio News H o t l i n e would l i k e to know about i t . They a r e an o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r r a d i o newspersons and can be addressed a t Box 5 1 , Keego Harbor, Mich. 4 8 0 3 3 . The f o l k s t h e r e a r e l o o k i n g to f i n d c a l l l e t t e r s of any s t a t i o n s which take unusual approaches or formats to t h e i r n e w s c asts. Anybody knowing any of them, p l e a s e w r i t e as these f o l k s a r e NRC sup p o r t e r s and a l s o s e l l our l o g s , e t c . S p e c i a l thanks to NRCer George Cook f o r sending us h i s V o l . 4 5 , Number 28 and a reminder we s t i l l need a couple more, i f you can spare yours Fo r those who have ordered NRC l o g s — y o u should now have y o u r s — i f you ordered and have not r e c e i v e d y o u r s , p l e a s e c o n t a c t the p u b l i c a t i o n s c e n t e r and they w i l l be g l a d t o help you--same goes f o r f o l k s who want i n f o r m a t i o n or orders on any NRC p u b l i c a t i o n s — w e might a l s o remind you t h a t we use any p r o f i t s from p u b l i c a t i o n s t o a l l o w us to keep the dues down, which of course t r a n s -l a t e s i n t o p l e a s e buy p u b l i c a t i o n s ! L a s t l y but not l e a s t l y , i f you have any problems w i t h your b u l l e t i n s - - l a t e a r r i v a l s , damaged pages, e t c . p l e a s e c o n t a c t headquarters--we won't do any t h i n g f o r you, but we thought we'd say t h a t , h i ! ! HAPPY THANKSGIVING, TURKEYS! J ) ~

CPC TESTS Times are E a s t e r n L o c a l November 27 WWDJ-970 Hackensack, N.J. 0 1 3 0 - 0 6 0 0 . The CE promises, on Monday a s t a c k of Holy B i b l e s ( e v e r hear of an unholy B i b l e , John?)

to d e f i n i t e l y run the POP to 0500, p o s s i b l y u n t i l 0 6 0 0 . Power w i l l be 5 Kw and w i l l use the n i g h t antenna p a t t e r n . T e s t w i l l i n c l u d e t e s t tone frequency sweeps from 30 to 1000 c y c l e s , p l u s open c a r r i e r s and modulation t e s t s . Voice I D s on the hour and p o s s i b l y h a l f hour. P r e p a i d c a l l s t o : 2 0 1 / 3 4 3 - 5 0 9 7 . V e r i e s from: Jim G a l b r a i t h , C h i e f E n g i n e e r , WWDJ, P.O. Box 9 7 0 , Hackensack, N.J. 07602. A r r : John Kromka, who ordered HQ not to change a word, h i !

December 4 KADE-1190 Boulder, Colo. 0200 -0300 w i t h 1 Kw n o n - d i r e c t i o n a l . Monday May use 52.1 watt PSA the l a s t 5 minutes of the t e s t a l s o .

S i g n e r / a r r a n g e r i s NRCer Bob Greenlee, who i s g e n e r a l manager of the s t a t i o n . P r e p a i d c a l l s w i l l be accepted. New Address: 4840 Riverbend Rd., Boulder, Colo. 8 0 3 0 1 .

December 4 KPPC-1240 (100 w a t t s ) Pasadena, C a l i f . 0330-0400. W i l l Monday use 1000 c y c l e tones, music and I D s . P o s s i b l y KR0Y may

be o f f the a i r during t h i s t e s t . Reports t o : George Chambers, C h i e f E n g i n e e r , KPPC, 3844 F o o t h i l l B l v d . , Pasadena, C a l i f . 91107. A r r : Matthew Shugart f o r IRCA.

December 4 KRRR-1360 Ruidoso, N.M. 0400 - 0 5 0 0 . T e s t w i l l i n c l u d e tones, IDs Monday and perhaps other items ( d e t a i l s l a t e r ) . V e r i e s from: A r t h u r J .

Borgemenke, CE, KRRR, Box 3 9 , Ruidoso, N.M. 8 8 3 4 5 . A r r : Nolan f o r GWDXA.

December 18 KDLG-67O D i l l i n g h a m , A l a s k a . 0515-0615 w i t h 5 Kw n o n - d i r e c t i o n a l . Monday T e s t w i l l i n c l u d e tones, voice/code I D s , DX gab and some

Eskimo gab. P r e p a i d c a l l s to 9 0 7/842 - 5 2 8 1 . V e r i e s from: Le s Robinson, General Manager, KDLG, Box 6 7 0 , D i l l i n g h a m , A l a s k a 99576. A r r : Eddie Ryan (GWDXA).

LOOK INSIDE AM Sw i t c h 2 Domestic DX Dig e s t 6 I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Dig e s t 8 Canadian F a m i l y L i f e I t ' s Twins!! 13 Musings Of The Members 16 Back Page e n d -

T H E W O R L D ' S O L D E S T A N D L A R G E S T A L L M E D I U M - W A V E D X C L U B

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A M SWITCW JOHN D. BOWKER 14 CANOE BROOK DRIVE PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ 08550

And once again, good evening to you! (I assume, like m e , you receive your copy of

DX NEWS when you arrive safely home after dark on a Monday evening.)(Even with the

new address labels Headquarters is using!!)

W e l l , we've got lots of information to report - the FCC, the CRTC in Canada and the Mexican telecommunication authorities have been at it again, so let's see what's up.

Just before starting, I want to recognize the inputs I've received from a couple of active Canadian NRCers, John Oldfield and Andy Rugg -- they live at opposite ends of the Dominion so we get excellent coverage of our northern neighbors... in spite of the postal strike in Canada.

Wei 1, let's see, as I said:

[. CHANGE YOUR LOG TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:

New Stations now on the air:

790 - WETB - Johnson City, TN 1410 1130 - WSJP - Murray, KY 1480 1250 - KNCO - Grass Valley, CA 1560 1410 - KBCC - Cuba, MO

Changes in Call Letters of existing stations:

1240 - KMBY - now KESE, Monterey, CA 1470 1300 - WLOT - now WCJL, Marinette, WI 1470 1330 - WROS - now WKFA, Scottshoro, AL 1570

KHOL - Beulah, ND KQLA - Lakewood, WA WYZD - Dobson City, NC

KUTY - now KUXX, Palmdale, CA

KNDE - now KXOA, Sacramento, CA

WAPL - now W V M S , Appleton, WI

II. STATIONS AUTHORIZED TO CHANGE FACILITIES (and probably will do so within w e e k s ) :

870 - KAIM - Honolulu, HI changes from 5000/5000 w . to 50,000/50,000 w . 940 - WEOO - Smithfield, VA remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 10,000 w.

1090 - KANN - Ogden, UT remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 5000 w. 1190 - KRDS - Tolleson, AZ changes from 250/250 w. to 5000/250 w . 1270 - WXLK - Prichard, AL remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 5000 w. 1360 - KRKK - Rock Springs, WY increases from 1000/500 w. to 5000/1000 w . 1360 - WBOB - Galax, VA remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 5000 w. 1440 - WKHJ - Holly H i l l , SC will go full time 1000/1000 w . (is now a daytimer). 1470 - WPNC - Plymouth, NC remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 5000 w. 1480 - KWUN - Concord, CA will go fulltime 500/500 w. (is now a d a y t i m e r ) . 1540 - KISA - Honolulu, HI will go fulltime 5000/5000 w. (is now a daytimer). 1540 - WRPL - Charlotte, NC remains a daytimer but increases from 1000 to 10,000 w . 1570 - WKKS - Vanceburg, KY remains a daytimer but increases from 250 to 1000 w . 1580 - WANB - Waynesburg, PA remains a daytimer but increases from 500 to 1000 w. 1590 - WJSO - Jonesboro, TN will go full time 5000/5000 w. (is now a daytimer). 1590 - WLTD - Evanston, IL will go full time 5000/2500 w . (is now a d a y t i m e r ) . 1600 - WJNJ - Atlantic Beach, FL changes from 1000/1000 w. to 5000/5000 w . 1600 - WXVI - Montgomery, AL changes from 1000/1000 w. to 5000/1000 w .

III. STATIONS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN CALL LETTERS (May be in effect by publication date)

860 - WXAP - Atlanta, GA wants WAEC 1300 - WRBC - Jackson, M i s s , wants WKXI 1090 - KAAT - Denver, CO wants KLDR 1570 - KHNY - Riverside, CA wants KMAY

IV. CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED FOR NEW STATIONS (Watch for On-The-Air dat e s ) :

1000 - New - Horseshoe Bend, Ark. - 250 w . daytimer

1190 - New - Bentonville, Ark. - 250 w . daytimer

1400 - New - Whitefish, Mont. - 1000/250 w . 1490 - New - Grand Coulee, WA - 1000/250 w. 1540 - New - Adamsvllle, TN - 250 w . daytimer 1560 - New - South Boston, VA - 2500 w . daytimer 1590 - New - Gorham, ME - 5000/2500 w.

(250 w. Critical Hours)

V. CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED TO NEW STATIONS (Not on the air yet)

1600 - WDNY - Oansville, NY

VI. FCC HAS ACCEPTED THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS (Usually takes months to a p p r o v e ) :

680 - New - Pineville, LA 1190 - New - Pearl, Miss.

850 - New - Fairview, TN 1270 - New - Buena Vista, VA 1110 - New - Kihei (Maui) HI 1440 - New - Martin, KY

1110 - New - Alvin, TX 1490 - New - Chubbuck, ID 1130 - New - Nelsonville, OH 1490 - New - Laurel, Mont.

As of October 3 1 , 1978, there were 4544 U.S. MW broadcasting stations operating with 317 additional stations either being built or with applications in process.

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ACTION BY THE CANADIAN RADIO 4 TELEVISION COMMISSION (CRTC):

A. New Stations granted Construction Permits:

1050 - CKAL - Vernon, B.C. - will operate with 10,000/1000 w . (JO, AR) 1070 - CKST - S t . Albert, Alta. - will operate with 10,000/10,000 w . (JO) 1270 - - Trenton, Ont. - will operate with 1000/1000 w. (JO, AR) 1460 - CJMH - Medicine H a t , Alta. - will duplicate CBR (1010 kHz) 10,000/10,000 w. 1480 - CFNY - Newmarket, Ont. - will operate with 10,000/10,000 w.

B. Stations authorized to change facilities:

560 - CFOS - Owen Sound, Ont. FROM: 1000/1000 w. TO: 5000/1000 (AR) 600 - CFQC - Saskatoon, Sask. 5000/5000 w. 10,000/10,000 w . (JO, AR) 610 - CHNL - Kamloops, B.C. 10,000/5000 w . 25,000/10,000 w. (JO) 620 - CKCK - Regina, Sask. 5000/5000 w. 10,000/10,000 w. (JO, AR) 680 - CJOB - Winnipeg, Man. 10,000/2500 w. 50,000/25,000 w. (JO, AR) 790 - CFAN - Newcastle, N.B. 1000/1000 w . 5000/1000 w. (JO) 800 - VOWR - S t . Johns Nfld. 1000/1000 w. 5000/2500 w. (JO) 910 - CJDV - Drunheller, Alta. 5000/5000 w. 10,000/10,000 w . (JO, AR) 970 - CKCH - H u l l , Que. 5000/5000 w. 50,000/10,000 w. (AR)

1140 - CKXL - Calgary, Alta. 10,000/10,000 w . 50,000/50,000 w. (JO) 1150 - CKOC - Hamilton, Ont. 10,000/10,000 w . 50,000/50,000 w. (JO, AR) 1220 - CHSC - S t . Catherines, Ont. 1000/500 w. 10,000/10,000 w. (JO, AR) 1280 - CJSL - Estevan, Sask. 1000/1000 w. 10,000/10,000 w . (JO) 1340 - CKVT - Temiscaming, Q u e . 250/250 w. 1000/1000 w. (JO, AR) 1400 - CKSJ - S t . Jovite, Q u e . 250/250 w . 1000/1000 w . (JO, AR) 1460 - CJOY - Guelph, Ont. 10,000/5000 w. 50,000/50,000 w. (JO) 1490 - CHYM - Kitchener, Ont. 10,000/5000 w. 10,000/10,000 w. (JO, AR) 1510 - CJRS - Sherbrooke, Q u e . 10,000/10,000 w. 50,000/10,000 w. (JO) 1 570 - CFOR - Orilla, Ont. 10,000/1000 w. 10 ,000/5000 w . (JO, AR)

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ACTION BY THE MEXICAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITIES (Reported to the F C C ) :

Effective Immediately, the following stations are authorized:

1010 - XEEO - Chihuahua, Chih. 1000 w. daytimer 1080 - XEXK - Poza Rica, Ver. 500 w. daytimer 1 360 - XEIK - Piedras Negras, Coah. 500/250 w. 1360 - XEXM - J e r e z , Zac. 1000/100 w. 1400 - XERUY - Merida, Y u c . 1000/250 w. and moving from 1390 kHz 1400 - XEQJ - Tamazula, J a l . Ceasing nighttime operations.

That's AM SWITCH for another month, ladies and gentlemen! I can hardly wait for December 6th to arrive as that's the date the FCC has announced that over 100 a.m. station applications will be available for processing! It will probably take them several weeks (?) to look them all over, but I can see it's going to become a busy time for them...and for me!

Best regards,

DOMESTIC DX DIGEST

RAY ARRUDA 47 BURT STREET ACUSHNET, MASS. 02743 ( 6 1 7 ) 998-3958

By the l o o k s of t h i s DDXD, everybody seems to be "doing t h e i r t h i n g " a t l o c a l s u n s e t . Guess I'm one of the few t r y i n g to DX a f t e r midnight 1. Use E L I 4 d e a d l i n e s a r e Saturdays u n l e s s otherwise noted.

DX TESTS KFUO - l e s t ID heard 3 0200, v e r y loud J h r . before sked s t a r t of t e s t . KIUP - T e n t a t i v e by I B . Heard by BPS. ( J K ) WSKI - Heard by DS, PD, MS, TB, H i . Not heard by PRM. WNVL - Not heard by DY. WAVC - Heard by DY.

PRSQUSNOY CHECKS

3rd Tue. WHOL-1600 ( J K ) 4 t h Mon. WPED-810 w/TT ( J K )

WANV-970 w/TT ( J K ) w Y n s 1000 Watts D a y t i m e—1150 R A D I O

SPECIAL

390 Mi

1220 WOMN CT

SUNSET BONANZA

550 WGR NY WHLM PA WSVA VA

560 OPOS ON 570 WKBN OH 620 WDNC NO

WHJB PA 630 WKBX GA 640 WHLO OH 730 WPMC NO

WPIK VA 740 WBAM AL

WVLN I L

750 WBMD MD 730 WABS VA

340 WHAS KY

360 K03B AR

910 WORD SC 940 WPNO NO

UNID — 950 WNOO PA

JRCL MA 960 WBOC MD

WWST OH

WPRT KY

970 WPUN OH

WALTHAM - 10/31 1758-1306, s t r o n g 00, unsure of power. ID 3 1800..."This i s KZP-810 Waltham, Massachusetts". 00 to 1306, then o f f . Maybe a OP I n t h i s a r e a on 3907 HAMDEN - o a l l change, EX-WCDQ. (DY) (MO)

BUFFALO - 10/28 f a i r 2300 w/Sabres hookey. (DY) BLOOMSBURG 10/24 1819 w/ID, l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) HARRISONBURG - 10/25 1325-1830 w/ID, l o c a l I n t e r v i e w . (MT) OWEN SOUND - 10/20 2043 x l n t w/ID, l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) YOUNGSTOWN - 10/20 1847 x l n t w/CBS nx, I D , power drop.(MI) DURHAM - 10/26 1838 x l n t w / r r , I D , l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) GREENSBURG - 10/28 1842, x l n t w/ID, l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) (MT) SAVANNAH - 10/28 1930 x l n t w/GA-KY PB game, p a t . change. AKRON - 10/28 1912, good w/ID, PB s c o r e s . (MT) GOLDSBORO - 10/21 good w/OAW to 1346 s / o f f . (MT) ALEXANDRIA - 10/23 1730, good w/04W mx, I D . (MO) MONTGOMERY - 10/24 1900, weak u/KRMG/KTRH w/04W mx, then n i c e ID on ta p e , a most wanted c a t c h . ( J O ) OLNEY - 10/25 1530, r e s t a u r a n t ad, ID 3 1531, good s i g . 4 a new one, never heard before f o r some r e a s o n . (JO) BALTIMORE - 10/23 1707, good I n WHEB n u l l , 04W mx, ads.(MO) ARLINGTON - 10/23 1730, E a s t Indian-sounding t a l k , then WABS I D . (MC) LOUISVILLE - 10/30 1159-1209 MoR mx, I D , n a t i o n a l 4 l o c a l nx, many s p o t s . My f o u r t h midday oatoh of a midwestern s t a t i o n , f a i r i n n u l l of WAYS s l o p . (WPT) OSOEOLA - 10/30 1830 w / s / o f f extremely weak, b e s t SSS oatoh ever 1. Reptd. ( J K ) SPARTANBURG - 10/30 1734, f a i r w/ID, wx. (WPT) PAYETTEVILLE - 10/29 v e r y good 1335-1345 w/04W. (DY)

10/23 1715, ID only as "Country 94 , ments. of Temple C o l l e g e , phone # 393-4111 4 l o c a l s p o t s . (MO) Oould have been WVLV. (RA) BARNS3B0R0 - 1 0 / l 4 1330, good o/WPEN 3 s / o f f , u n u s u a l . ( J K ) BOSTON - 10/22 1300 f a i r 3 s / o f f , EX-WRYT. ( J K ) SALISBURY - 10/23 1723, nx/wx, then I n t o AT-40 pgm, good o/WFGL/CHNS. (MO) . W003TER - 10/23 1354-1900 noted atop w/*? Ri. n x» s/°ff» no SSB. Mentioned to tune PM i n s / o f f . IDS} PRE3T0NBURG - l o / 2 3 1900 popped atop f r e q . f o l l o w i n g WWST s / o f f , w/s/off annct. o/sSB. (DS) A3HTA3ULA - 10/27 1347 EX-WREO i n good on RS w/ads, mx, mixing w/..,.'DJ. ( J K )

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980 WKLM NO

WPHG VA

990 KWAM TN

WNRV VA 1000 WGOG SO

1010 WGUN GA

1050 WADO WV

WSEN NY 1060 CJRP PQ 1070 WKDR NY 1090 WKTE NO

WGOO TN 1110 WUPE MA

OKJD ON 1150 WGBR NO 1170 WCLN NO 1210 WAVI OH

1220 WOMN OT

WKBK NH

1250 WPAG NC

1280 WGBP IN

1290 WHKY NC 1300 WPNH NH 1370 WEIP WV

1380 WNVR OT 1390 WOSC SO

1410 WING OH 1460 WBNS OH

1500 KDPN MO

1520 WKMG SO

WNMT GA UNID --

1530 WOBR NC WTHM MI

1540 WOGA GA 1550 WORI TN

WB30 SO

KQWB ND

1560 WTNS OH WAGO AL WAGL SO

1570 WTQX AL WTWB PL

WPUR MI WTRB TN KHAR LA

WHIP TN

WILMINGTON - 10/23 1337-1344, noted w / r e l i g i o n , then s / o f f w/04W mx. (DS) BRISTOL - 10/25 1900 x l n t w / r r , I D , power drop. (MT) 10/23 1347 noted w/what se emed to be a GOS show, preacher making many ments. of B r i s t o l , format change?(D3) MEMPHIS - 10/23 1905, noted w/ohuroh nx promo then (DS) s o f t spoken anncr way atop WZZD, 1 s t time heard i n y r s . NARROWS - 10/25 1336 x l n t w/MBS nx, I D , l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) WALHALLA - 10/30 1743 f a i r / g o o d w/spot, Buddy H o l l y song. (WPT) ATLANTA - 10/30 1300 f a i r 3 s / o f f w/ments. of coverage to AL, GA, SC. (WPT) PARKERSBURG - 10/23 1805 i n RS, poor i n sharp WHN n u l l , thought a t f i r s t l t was WABO spur a t f i r s t ' . ( J K ) BALDWINSVILLE - 10/24 1330 poor u/JHN n u l l S s / o f f . ( J K ) QUEBEC - 10/23 1750 a l l o/KYW w/T40, PP anncr. (ERS) PLATTSBURG - 10/23 1320 s / o f f . (ERS) KING - 10/25 1845 f a i r £ s / o f f i n WBAL n u l l . ( J K ) KINGSPORT - 10/25 1351 b a r e l y a u d i b l e i n RS w/04W mx. ( J K ) PITTSPIELD - 10/15 1303 EX-WGRG poor w / l o o a l s p o t s . ( J K ) SARNI1 - 1028 1741 good i n WBT n u l l w/lD, l o c a l s p o t s . (MO) GOLDSBORO - 10/29 1735, good i n WRUN n u l l . ( J K ) CLINTON - 10/30 1727, good w/ad, I D , ABO nx. (ERS) DAYTON - 10/29 1759 s / o f f b a r e l y a u d i b l e u/WOAU. f a n t a s t i c c a t c h f o r only 250W! Indeed l t was, buddyl (RA) HAMDEN - 10/12 1315 v e r y good w / d e t a i l e d s / o f f by woman anncr, EX-WCDQ. ( J K ) KEENE - 10/28 1312, C h r i s t o p h e r Thought, Lord's P r a y e r , then 1815 s / o f f . (ERS) PARMVILLE - f a i r on 10/19 w/s/off @ 1330, no ment. of c a l l l e t t e r s . ( J K ) EVANSVILLE - 10/23 1908 l o c a l l i k e w / p o l i t l o a l ad, T40 mx, a common SS p e s t . (DS) HICKORY - 10/31 f a i r atop channel a midnight s / o f f . PLYMOUTH - 10/25 1739, Buddy H o l l y mx, ad/ID, f a i r . MOUNDSVILLE - 10/28 1745. I D , s / o f f mentioning C4W format i n WPEA n u l l . (MO) N1UGATU0K - good 1 0 / l 4 1311 w/oontemp. mx, EX-WOWW. CHARLESTON - 10/30 1737 good mostly o/wPLM groundwave d u r i n g a u r o r a l c x , P i z z a I n n ad 4 C h a r l e s t o n ments. (MO) DAYTON - 10/29 1947 w i p i n g out WPOP w/Rock, I D . (MO) COLUMBUS - 10/23 1751. dominant w/"Grease" c o n t e s t promo, ID , then 50's r r . (MO) DONIPHAN - 10/16 1930 s / o f f f a i r o/u s l i g h t QRM, j u s t caught t a l l end, not e n u f f f o r r p t but w i l l t r y a g a i n . ( B P S ) NEWBERRY - 10/30 1745 noted i n RS w/ID mixing w/WKBW, a u r o r a l ox. ( J K ) (WPT) GARDEN OITY - 10/31 1301, f a i r u/UNID a s / o f f w/no SSB.

- 10/31 1800, missed o a l l but heard slow v e r s i o n of D i x i e a t s / o f f , f a i r s i g . Any i d e a s ? (WPT) WANOHESE - 1025 1828 s / o f f noted. (ERS) LAPEER - 10 / 2 6 1835, dominating f r e q . f o r 5 mins. w/nx.(ERS) SYLVESTER - 10/30 1756 weak a s / o f f , Au. ox s e v e r e ! ( J K ) OAK RIDGE - 10/31 1815 f a i r 3 s / o f f , EX-WOKI. ( J K ) BENNETTSVILLE - 10/30 1736, good 4 alone on channel d u r i n g temp. Au. ox w/looal s p o t s , I D s . (MO) PARGO - 10 / 1 6 1943-1945 s t r o n g a t SSS w / l i t t l e QRM, quick v / l i n l e s s than week. (BPS) OOSHOOTON - 10/24 1345, good i n WQXR % s / o f f . ( J K ) CENTRE - 10/31 1314, f a i r o/u WQXR a s / o f f w/NA. (WPT) LANCASTER - 10/21 1347 good w/PB s c o r e s , l o c a l s p o t s . (MT) 10/21 1900 s / o f f w/SSB way atop WQXR. (DS) SELMA - 10/30 1310-1315, PSA's, Soul mx, then s / o f f . (ERS) AUBURNDALE - 10/30 1756 poor w / r e l i g i o n 4 ID. (ERS) 10/30 poor 3 1301 s / o f f , Au. ox, no CKLM. ( J K ) GRAND RAPIDS - 10/22 poor a 1900 s / o f f . ( J K ) RIPLEY - 10/31 1331 good, alone on f r e q . w/Rlpley ad. ( J K ) WINNSBORO - 10/31 & 1347 2 mins. a f t e r they should have signed o f f w/looal s p o t s , v e r y poor, but my second best SSS oatoh. ( J K ) CENTERVILLE - 10/31 1331 f a i r / p o o r a s / o f f , no NA or D i x i e , ment. of r e t u r n i n g to a i r a 0600. (.WPT)

(WPT) (ERS)

( J K )

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1530 WTTN WI WATERTOWN - 1 0/27 1345 f a i r w/ID, MBS nx. (ERS) 10/27 1353, MBS nx pgm, v e r y weak r a r e SSS c a t c h ! ( J K ) MARYVILLE - 1 0 7 2 6 1945 s / o f f , f a i r w/ments. of ownership 4 s/on time, no SSB. (BPS) SHELBYVILLE - 10/25 1900, I B , a l s o heard 3 1917 w/Oollege PB promo, f o l l o w e d by Johnny Major Show, then s / o f f . (FRM) TALLADEGA - 10/25 1914 f a i r / g o o d w/ID 3 s / o f f 4 the f a m i l i a r "When WEYY goes o f f , even the sun goes down!"

(PRM) MIDNIGHT OOPPEE BREAK

COLUMBUS - 10/30 0131, noted on day p a t t e r n , way atop w/"record r e p o r t * then r r . (DS) CHICAGO - 10/30 f a i r / g o o d I n jumble w/PSA 0035, l o n g j x , I D , t a l k show. Nx 0100, wx 0106, c o n s i d e r a b l e b e t t e r 3 0200 reoheok. (PRM)

10/30 EZL s t a . f a i r / g o o d 0029-0041 TC 0033, ments. of c a p i t a l c i t y , played MoR t u n e s , QRM from WIND/WJLS/Canadlan. (PRM) Sounds l i k e WIS, Columbia, SC P a u l . (RA) NEW YORK - 10/30 good 0049 w/promo, t a l k show, s t r o n g a l l morn. (PRM) HARRISBURG - noted o f f both MM 10/23 4 10/30. (DS) WORCESTER - 10/23 0744 weak w/rr u/WHP. (MT) OMAHA - 10/23 0712, weak w/ID, r r , c o n c e r t spot. (MT) 10/30 good u/ouban w/promo f o r s t i c k e r c o n t e s t 0053.(PRM) KANSAS CITY - 10/23 £ 0100 poor w/ID i n WIP n u l l . ( J K ) 10/30 s t r o n g o/WIP w/CAW, "61 Country" I D s , n a t i o n a l 4 l o c a l wx r p t s , c o n t e s t promos 0116-0123. (PRM) PHILADELPHIA - 10/30 good o/WDAP 0114 w/mx, c o n t e s t promo, ID then i n t o Bobby V i n t o n song. (PRM) ST. LOUIS - 10/30 good 0213 w / C r y s t a l Gayle song, I D s , PSA 0221, Cuban QRM. (PRM) MADISONVILLE - 10/23 0819, good w/ID 4 ad. ( J C ) NEWPORT - 10/23 0321 good w/ads/wx/lD. ( J C ) TEXARKANA - I 0 / 3 O t h i n k l t was they w/CAW 0127, b r i e f SP, then what sounded l i k e PM s / o f f annomt u s i n g KTAL-PM, which i s i n Texarkana, maybe wrong s / o f f c a r t r i d g e played 3 0 1 2 8 ? (PRM) RALEIGH - 10 / 3 0 good u/KOA 0007 w/AT-40, l a t e r , 3 0143, l o c a l spots noted f o r j e w e l e r s 4 shopping m a l l . (PRM) QUINCY - 10/23 0155 new s t a . noted w/nx 4 PM ments. ( T B ) CANTON - 10/29 0600-0617 way atop w/s/on w/GOS Country mx, c a l l s s e l f "The B i g 9 7 - 1 T." (DS) WILLIAMSPORT - 10/24 0624 poor but c l e a r i n WHN n u l l . ( J K ) LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN - 10/16 0103 noted on E T / r r / I D s / j x , f a l l s i n t o pest r a t i n g . (DS)

- 1 0 / 3 0 0007, Canadian, anncr P e t e r J a y Johnson g i v i n g wx 4 s i g n i n g s t a t i o n o f f . Power g i v e n as 500/250 W f o l l o w e d by 0 Canada, CJCS??? ( T B ) Might be CPLS Tom, but not sure as they were NSP l a s t I knew. (RA) NEW CASTLE - 1 0 / 2 3 0 6 0 5 i n u/WADO w/ID. ( J K ) MARION - 10/26 0600 weak 8 s/on w/raent. of PM 102.3. (MT) PAINESVILLE - 1 0 / 2 3 0 6 1 3 w/quick I D , then gone. ( J K ) CHARLES TOWN - 10/23 0112-0140 x l n t on ET/TT/mx. (BPS) 10/23 0115-0137 loud on ET/mx, r e b r o a d c a s t l n g WZPM. (DS)

_ 1 0 / 3 0 0159, nx, mention of e l e c t i o n c a n d i d a t e s i n midwestern s t a t e s , CBS nx, EZL mx to 0207 fade out. (PRM) OCEAN CITY - 10/30 0455, PSA then pop mx, f a i r s l g . (ERS)

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TB Thomas B u l l , Wasalngton, DC JC John Clemmer, P e o r i a , I L

Mark C o n n e l l y , A r l i n g t o n , .MA TRF, 3M2

MC John Clemmer, P e o r i a , I L Mark C o n n e l l y , A r l i n g t o n , .MA TRP s Prank D a i l e y , P r e s t o n , CT HQ-130, 3M2, LW

JK John Kromka, M o n t v l l l e , NJ DX-160, 300' LW, PRM Pa u l Mount, N e l s o n v i l l e , OH TRP, 3M1 DS Dave Schmidt, New C a s t l e , DE HQ-130A, Loooed BPS B r i a n P. Sherwood, E l m h u r s t , I L HQ-129X, TRP, 3M1 ERS E l l i o t R. S t r a u s , West Orange, NJ R 390A, 500' LW TRS Tom Sundstrom, 'Willingboro, NJ 3PR-4, 135' LW WPT W i l l i a m P. Townshend, Washington, DC TRP MT Mike Tuggle, B e l A i r , MD X - t a l S e t , LW DY David Y o o l s , P a i r f i e l d , CT DX-160, LW RA Ray Arruda, Aoushnet, MA 3X-122, SMI

THEY JOINED WELCOME! Muse soon and i n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f . B i l l B l o c k , 9 3 0 ? S.E. Clay S t r e e t , P o r t l a n d , Oregon 9 7 2 1 6 C h a r l e s S t r i c k e r t , P.O. Box 0 9 4 3 3 , Milwaukee, W i s c o n s i c 5 3 2 0 9

( T h i s i s member Mark S t r i c k e r t ' s f a t h e r ) Eddie Ryan, P.O. Box 9 5 7 9 , S e a t t l e , Washington 9 8 1 0 9 E r i c L. Engelberg, 9824 Watts Branch D r i v e , R o c k v i l l e , Maryland 2 O 8 5 0 James M. Brann, 1 3 5 Windsor C i r c l e , Chapel H i l l , North C a r o l i n a 2 7 5 1 4

RENEWALS i n c l u d e John Basehore, R i c h a r d Eckman, Mark S t r i c k e r t , John Feltman, James Le Doux, K a r l J e t e r , David N. F e l t y , Weldon C h i l d e r s , J e r r y Neves, B r i a n Vernon, Hank Holbrook, David W i l l i a m s , John Heinzelman, Robert A. C u r t i s Stephen F r a n c i s , James E. C r i t c h e t t , Dennis J a r r e t t , W i l l i a m F e i d t , Len K r u s e , Robert Essmann and Ray Moore. S i n c e space p e r m i t s a few changes of address: Rod O'Connor i s now a t USCG Base, 2 5 9 High S t r e e t , South P o r t l a n d Maine

0 4 1 0 6 C h r i s Lucas i s a t 1 2 6 Hamilton Avenue, Apt. 1 6 , Stamford, Conn. O 6 9 0 2 Alphonse B. T o b i a has moved to 7 6 0 3 L i n d e n Court, Newark, C a l i f . 9 4 5 6 O

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CHUCK HUTTON P.O. BOX 2087 DECATUR, GA 30030 (404) 633-1198 BEFORE 2300 ELT

Got I n t e r n a t i o n a l DA. Department: B r i a n Sherwood-11 ve »ot a few 6SS7's i f you want a couple. The 6SK.7 i s an ac c e p t a b l e s u b s t i t u t e . The 6SC7 i s an even h o t t e r tube; to use i t d i s c o n n e c t the suppressor g r i d from ground on the r a d i o . By the way, a l l of the o l d metal tubes can be e a s i l y obtained t h r u F a i r Radio, B a r r y ' s , C6C, hamfests, e t c . Re WCFL's 210.. modulation, not L i k e l y - m o s t US s t a t i o n s use Audiomax'es or somesuch t h a t l i m i t modulation to 100/1257.. I f i t was r e a l l y 2107., there would be d i s -t o r t i o n everywhere.

More from 11/6 muses: F o r e s t Osborn-1204 i s l i k e l y R. progres i n H a i t i -they've been d r i f t i n g from 1200-1210. I h e i r mx o f t e n has r h y t h m i c g u i t a r s as you noted. 1125 should be TISRhB but they u s u a l l y s / o f f before then. I f i t wasn't them 1 don't know who i t could be. Roy Earstow: Spain and B u l g a r i a would both be on j u s t before 8 PM on 1223. B u l g a r i a runs up to 8:30, u s u a l l y w i t h c l a s s i c a l mx and j u s t p u l l s the plug w i t h o u t an :IA. Both of you gentlemen get the .,ero Award f o r f a i l u r e to do anything r e r e p o r t i n g your c a t c h e s t i 1JXD. I continue to get the E l i z a b e t h Ray award for poor t y p i n g .

(Once a«ain, NRC s o l v e s the F l y i n g Tower Mystery. Tower i s being prepared f o r launching to Swan. Note w h i r l i g i g t a i l which a l l o w s tower to land u p r i g h t a f t e r a e r i a l t r i p - n o pun i n t e n d e d , h i . )

v.awaii: B r i a n Vernon says 940 i s now p l a y i n g o l d rock i n s t e a d of count r y . I c a n ' t v e r i f y t h i s , h i . A l s o , A l a s k a KPAR i s p l a y i n g t-.oR a f t e r midnight but s t i l l r r durin 1- the day. Can't v e r i f y t h a t e i t h e r , h i , h i .

I r e l a n d : job Foxworth passed along some u s e l e s s i n f o r m a t i o n which I f e e l o b l i g e d to pass along f o r f e a r of causing him some h u r t . J u s t k i d d i n g as u s u a l , Boob. R. Dublin i s o p e r a t i n g on 1183 w i t h 400 w a t t s from 0630-2300. A l s o , " l i p D" i s on 1115 w i t h 300 w a t t s , A l t e r n a t i v e Radio Dublin on l l b l (power unknown), and an unid on 1133. ( T h e r e a r e indeed a hand-f u l of I r i s h and Dutch s e m i - l e g a l to p i r a t e s t n s u s i n g a coupie olfi hun-dred w a t t s a t b e s t . I choose not to pass t h i s along because of the ex-tremely low powers involved-Ci.)

" A t t e n t i o n I j . - . j ' e r s i n g e n e r a l , C h r i s E o b b i t t i n p a r t i c u l a r : Ron Schatz has k i n d l y brought me a copy of an album of L a t i n American anthems put out by . o n t i l l a . This i s the same album t h a t was used by some J X ' e r s i n the l a t e 6 0 ' s - l know t h a t T a t Flanagan had i t . I would be gl a d to make a taps copy for anyone-reel to r e e l a t 3 and 3/4 or 7% or c a s s e t t e . J u s t send the tape alon' and I ' l l take c a r e of the r e s t . A l s o I have an an-ther, r e c o r d t h a t i n d u c e s much of Europe, j a y the word and t h a t pets tape:, too. s e r v i c e i s our motto. (Low's the r a d i o , C h r i s ? ? ? ? )

I t h i - . I ' l l ' S t or. to the t i p s now. (Low's t h a t for an i n t r o ? ? ? )

j .Pj ': ; . i , .via . e i Ta f a i r o/mains buzz w/male a - x a p e i l a AA chant 77Sf3Tr04C 10/23. ( j o n n e l l y )

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535 GRENADA : lOurne Rouge S. Grenada hrd both 10/29 and 10/30 a t s / o f f 0230 which seems to be t h e i r r e g u l a r s / o f f hour now. F a i r l y good s i g n a l s some times but s u f f e r s from T V I . Sounds l i k e i s i n the 5 kw power range. (Foxworth) ( U n f o r t u n a t e l y Mr. Hutton can r e p o r t nothing other than the normally poor s i g n a l s from them)

540 MCdCC San L u i s L o t o s i X£WA f a i r o/CBK 0500 10/9. ( Y o c i s ) ( H e l l o t h e r e , new guy, and welcome to I J X D . ,,ice report-CH)

548 ALGERIA uran f a i r w/male AA chant and f l u t e 2335 10/22. F a i r w/ AA v i o l i n s 0114 10/27. ( C o n n e l l y )

555 ST. K I T T S B a s s e t e r r e ZIZ loud w / t y p i e a l c a l y p s o v o c a l 0007 10/29. ("Connelly) F a i r w/EE 0340 10/28. ( Y o c i s )

570 C13A Santa C l a r a Ct ' .K I loud, h e t from MMCA 0436 10/9. ( Y o c i s ) 575 COSXA RICA URN R. Nacional r o l l i n g i n w / x l n t s i g s n i g h t l y . S/off

i s a t a p p roximately 0615 or so. They p l a y much U S A MoR. Do you have a m a i l i n g address f o r t h i s one so I can send a r e p o r t ? (Cooper) I t h i n k I put i t i n the l a s t i s s u e ; i f not I ' l l send i t on up to you-CH

575 I C R Khabarovsk good s i g 1333 10/20 W/ R R t a l k . ( Ibmer) 584 USSR Svobodnyy, K r e m l i n chimes noted during b r i e f t u n e - i n 1330

W 2 0 . ( I b m e r ) 610 I R I . I D A J NBS hrd q u i t e a few times on v a r y i n g dates a t l e v e l s

r a nging from v e r y poor to v e r y good a t 0400 s / o f f , f o l l o w i n g mx pgjn, l o c a l nx caps u l e from NBS newsroom. D e t a i l s ( t e c h n i c a l ) sometimes re a d , sometimes not. Reception a t 0400 10/24 was best and a t t h a t time, they mentioned 50 kw power ( t h i s i s a new de-velopment, p r e v i o u s l y r e p o r t e d as 10 kw) and two EM f r e q s . Sermon and LA a t 0404, and was mixed w/CH:,C who a l s o s / o f f then, so not dependent on tr u e a u r o r a l c x . I h i s should be more w i d e l y r e -ported on EC. (Foxworth) Yep, t h e y ' r e now 50 kw, and a s k i n g f o r r e p o r t s per l a s t week's IDX2. Given t h e i r a t t i t u d e towards r e -c e p t i o n r e p o r t s and the f a c t t h a t t h e i r CE r a n a t e s t f o r NRC around 1960, maybe some ambitious s o u l should w r i t e them a CPC le t t e r - C F .

611 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun x l n t w/.,ear E a s t i n s t r u m e n t a l mx i n t e r s p e r s e d w/AA t a l k by woman 0116 10/27. ( C o n n e l l y )

630 CUBA Santa C l a r a CKHQ good o / W P R O w/mx 0438 10/9. ( Y o c i s ) 638 SPAIN La Coruna f a i r w/cl mx, 3S t a l k , then o l d time movie mx

0044 10/23. ( C o n n e l l y ) 640 GUADELUPE A r n o u v i l l e to good peaks w/man i n FF 2305 10/22. (Con) 647 USSR V l a d i v o s t o k , weak s i g v/what seemed to be C C t a l k 1326 10/20,

bothered by K F I s l o p . (Tomer) 650 JO? TIN I CAE REPUBLIC Santo Domingo HIAT R. U n i v e r s a l good, alone w/

LA'and USA rock 2223-2228 10/21; v e r y l i b e l y format. XLnt, w e l l atop w/U3A rock , man i n sS 2318-2325 10/28. (DeLorenzo) 0/YVLH and E'SM w / U n i v e r s a l I D , then "Disco I n f e r n o " 0001 10/29. ( C o n ' l y )

650 VENEZUELA Maracay YVLH r i s i n g , up way o/HIAT and WSM-non stop SS w/mentions of Maracay 0003 10/29. ( C o n n e l l y )

665 PORTUGAL L i s b o n suspected here w / t a l k by 2 anncrs 0120 10/27. ("Connelly)

665 USSR Lomsomolsk, s t r o n g c a r r i e r a t 1335 10/20, some R R v o c a l mx noted. ( I b m e r )

670 CUE A aan Pedro de Cacocum OiKP good o/WMAQ, W N B C s l o p w/SS t a l k , rnxD'439 10/9. ( Y o c i s )

675 COJIi\ RICA San J o s e TICK R. Sonora x l n t w/ID and TC between 2 l i v e l y 3 J v o c a l s 0723 10/30. (DeLorenzo)

690 CUBA Havana CmEC f a i r u/CBF 0436 10/9. ( Y o c i s ) 700 AUSTRALIA 2KR G r a f t o n , 10/12 1211 Obi w/nx and e l e c t i o n p r e d i c t i o n s

during r a r e i.BYR fade. (Vernon) 700 COLOMBIA C a l i HJCX R. Sutatenza l&c w i t h piano i n s t r u c t i o n i n S3

2315-2325 10/19, no WLV,'. ( J e L o r e n z o ) 705 ST. VIE CERE R. a t . V i n c e n t good w / l i g h t r o c k , man and woman i n

32 2331-2335 10/19. (DeLorenzo) 710 VET -ELSLA Caracas YVKY good w/WOR n u l l e d : r e v e r b e r a t e d SS t a l k ,

R . C a p i t a l I J 2347 10/28. ( C o n n e l l y ) 719 PORIliGAL o r t e f a i r w/man i n ? ? 2240 10/15. Good w/female PP rock

v o c a l , then t a l k and r o m a t i c mx, atop other s t n sending beep tones, 2307 10/ 2 2 . Good on peaks w/nx by man i n PP 2204 10/24. ( C o n n e l l y )

7E 0 V E . - X-LA Porlam.ar YVOE dominant W/R. v i s i o n I D 0050 10/23. (Con) 725 COSIA RICA San Jose T I L E , R . Columbia 10/20 0335, numerous men-

t i o n s of Costa R i c a and "aqui en Columbia". ( K r u e g e r ) 725 ..L.q-. AM Paramaraibo SRS f a i r u/CKLM slop 0345 10/28. ( Y o c i s ) 726 SPAl.i Oviedo/Malaga //737 w/modern c i mx 0123 10/27. ( C o n n e l l y ) 737 SPA}., Barcelona f a i r o/CBL s l o p ; modern c i mx 0123 10/27. F a i r

w/man i n D 2308 10/ 2 2 . . l i n t w/big band j a z z 0052 10/23. (Con)

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740 CL2A Camaguey ff J L rood o/C2L 0500 w/Voz de Cuba 10/9. ( Y o c i s ) 746 UPPEJ . VOL TA ( t e n t a t i v e ) Cugadougou suspected here b r i e f l y show-

ing c a r r i e r and weak audio looping A f r i c a 2327 10/22. ( C o n n e l l y ) Ougadou-ou a t

1 2 0 5 CAY.:/L> ISLANDS R. Cayman, Georgetown 1 0 / 2 1 0 0 1 4 heard a h e t , i>at L i n g Cole singing. " U n f o r g e t t a b l e " , and an CM w i t h a C a r i -bbean EE a c c e n t . ( K r u e g e r )

1 2 1 4 GREAT BRITAIN Washford e t a l to f a i r peaks w/pop mx, EE t a l k . QRM de WCAU 2 3 4 5 1 0 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y )

1 2 2 0 MEXICO Mexico C i t y XEB good o/WCAR 0 4 3 4 1 0 / 9 . ( Y o c i s ) 1 2 5 0 CHINA or USSR?? CC mx f a i r o/domestics and low h e t s noted a t

1 3 5 8 1 0 / 8 . I tend to t h i n k t h i s i s China, but i t never f a i l s to fade completely a t ID timel Heard f a i r l y r e g u l a r l y during good IS c x . (Tomer)

1 2 6 5 ST. KITTS B a s s e t e r r e X. P a r a d i s e heard 0 3 3 5 - 0 3 4 0 1 0 / 2 3 w/gospel mx and EE anncr, f a i r s i g a t peaks. ( I b m e r ) 1 0 / 1 6 a t 0 5 1 5 . S i g n a l super c l e a r and loud. I n l i k e L o c a l on c l o c k r a d i o . 3 / o f f a t 0 5 1 8 . ( R y c h a l s k y ) 1 0 / 2 2 0 3 3 0 heard "you a r e l i s t e n i n g to R. P a r a d i s e on S t . K i t t s " . Some of the songs played were " Y o u ' l l Never Walk Alone", " I Know I h a t I S t i l l Have J e s u s " , and " J e s u s , J e s u s , J e s u s , I ' v e Got J e s u s on my M i n i " , o l i g h t fade a t 0 3 5 0 and complete ID a t 0 4 0 0 . ( K r u e g e r )

1 3 1 0 CUBA (don'y you people get t i r e d o f my Cuban r e p o r t s ? ? ) , unid l o c a t i o n , heard ii. R e v o l u c i o n chimes 0 6 0 0 1 0 / 2 3 f o i l o w e d by a t r a n s m i t s CM.. i n the mud. I t h i n k j c h a t z b e t t e r get to work on a new Cuban l i s t . . . . ( K u t t o n )

1 3 4 9 FRANCE Nancy, F r a n c e - I n t e r 1 0 / 1 5 OK i n FF noted 0 4 5 2 / ( V e r n o n ) 1 3 6 0 ALASKA AFRN F o r t G r e e l e y 1 0 / 1 2 0 5 0 5 l o c a l show " u i g h t S h i f t "

w/mostly r r music from F o r t ( F r e e i e y . (Vernon) 1 3 9 4 ALEANIA L u s h n j e potent w/woman i n SS 2 3 4 1 1 0 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 1 4 1 0 MEXICO Mexico DF 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 2 0 , s e v e r a l v e r y c l e a r " R . S i n f o n o l a "

slogans herad. ( K r u e g e r ) 1 4 6 6 MONACO Monte C a r l o p o o r - f a i r i n s l o p w/apparent GC t a l k by man

2 3 4 0 1 0 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 1 4 8 0 JJEW ZEALAND Radio Haurak 1 0 / 8 1 1 5 0 - 1 2 1 8 , r r mx, anncr signed o f f

a t 1 1 5 7 , 6 p i p s a t 1 2 0 0 , SID a t 1 2 0 1 "Radio Haurak, i n Auckland C i t y " , anncr signed on a t 1 2 0 3 and announced a B e a t l e s Day on R. Haucak f e a t u r i n g many B e a t l e s r e c o r d s a l l day long. (Vernon)

1 5 5 0 COLCMBIA w i t h WPTR 1 5 4 0 o f f , two or three weakish SSes were noted f a d i n g up and down and around one another. At 0 6 0 0 one came to the f o r e and ID'ed as what sounded l i k e HJRC, but i t s l i s t e d as HJLT, and the slogan was Radio F a r a l l o n e s - s t i l l another C a l l s t n running AN-there must be a t l e a s t 1 0 such i n a c i t y of about 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 per a 1 9 4 0 a t l a s . (Cooper) Buy your-s e l f a new a t l a s and r e p l a c e t h a t d i n o s a u r . C a l l i s l i s t e d as 8 2 0 , 0 0 0 i n my 1 9 7 6 a t l a s - C H

1 5 5 0 TURKS ISLANDS t e n t a t i v e r e c e p t i o n o n l y a t 2 3 5 0 1 0 / 3 0 a f t e r CBE taken out by sudden and b r i e f geomagnetic d i s t u r b a n c e l a s t i n g o n l y 2 hours, s e n t "WV" i n Morse code as p a r t o f a news broad-c a s t ; man up i n Caribbean accented audio w i t h ad f o r " F r o s t y " r o o t beer; a t 0 0 1 1 1 0 / 3 1 man up a g a i n i n Caribbean accented EE p l a y i n g d i s c o mx but l o s t a t 0 0 2 0 to CBE who took over f o r keeps. Noted Cayman 1 5 5 5 f / i n a t 2 3 5 0 , and some daytimer was t e s t i n g w i t h TT, apparemtly i n t o a dummy load t h a t r a d i a t e d a b i t , to add to the c o n f u s i o n . Whatever i t was, f r e q was w i t h i n 5 0 Hz of c e n t e r channel. This geomagnetic d i s t u r b a n c e was un-u s u a l i n t h a t the u s u a l i n d i c a t o r s of Caribbean openings-1 1 0 0 , 1 1 6 5 , 1 2 6 5 e t c . were of only poor to average l e v e l . I n " c l a s s i c " a u r o r a s , they p i n the meter. Wonder why. (Foxworth) Try sending a t e n t a t i v e to W i l l i a m ( B i l l ) G r a n t , CE. He signed the v e r i e s f o r the NASWA SW t e s t and r e p l i e d to Meriiman's report-CH

1 5 8 6 WEST GERMANY Langenberg f a i r to good w / l i $ h t o r c h e s t r a l mx 0353 1 0 / 2 9 . ( C o n n e l l y )

Mark Connelly E r n i e Cooper Marc Delorenzo Bob Foxwor t h Chuck Hutton Joe Krueger K o n s t a n t i n e R y c h a l s k y Randy Tomer B r i a n Vernon David Y o c i s

A r l i n g t o n , Mass. Provincetown, Mass. C e n t e r v i l l e , Mass. ..ew York, New York Decatur, Ca. Corpus C h r i s t i , Texas B r i d g e p o r t , Conn. M c K i n l e y v i l l e , Ca. E l s a , Yukon T e r r . F a i r f i l e d , Conn.

TRF, R 3 9 0 A , SM2 H Q 1 8 0 A , loop H Q 1 0 0 , a i l

K Q 1 5 0 , LW R390A, 1900' Beverage NC183, TRF, R. West loop jumper c a b l e s , e l e c t r i c boots HQ180A, 30' m i n i LW JX150A, 160, FXG7000, Bevs JX160, LW

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CANADIAN FAMILY LIFE....IT'S TWINS JOHN 0LDFIELD

U n l i k e the FCC, Canada's CRTC seems t o t h i n k t h a t a s t a t i o n can't s u r v i v e f i n a n c i a l l y i n a small-town market. Thus many " b i g - c i t y " s t a t i o n s (mothers) are l i c e n s e d to g i v e b i r t h t o t w i n s , c r e a t i n g r a d i o f a m i l i e s . The CRTC ex-p e c t s these t w i n s to provide about f o u r hours of d a i l y l i v e programs from t h e i r own s t u d i o s . The r e s t of the time the t w i n i s merely a r e l a y e r of i t s mother. Some t w i n s have no s t u d i o s , but as the town or a r e a grows (more a d v e r t i s i n g d o l l a r s ) a s t u d i o i s added. Even i n Canada money i s k i n g ( o r i s i t queen?). Some t w i n s provide more than a few hours of l i v e programs, a g a i n j o i n i n g ^ mother l a t e r i n the evening. Some mothers would l i k e t h a t , h i . Some t w i n networks l i k e C J C I j o i n o t h e r f a m i l i e s (CFBV & k i d s ) to p r o v i d e a 2 4 hour i n e x p e n s i v e network of 9 s t a t i o n s . F i v e of these s t a t i o n s a r e unmanned 5 0 watt Low-Power R e l a y T r a n s m i t t e r s ( L P R T ) , but some have e a s i l y been heard over 5 0 0 m i l e s . CJYR i n A l b e r t a now has 3 of these " i c e b o x e s " , a name g i v e n to t h e i r LPRT c o u s i n a l a CBC. Many DXers have m i s t a k e n l y ignored these as p o t e n t i a l DX due to t h e i r low power. Most t w i n s s e r v e only a s m a l l a r e a so expect to f i n d them on the "graveyard" or l o c a l s e r v i e c hannels: 1 2 3 0 , 1240, 1 3 4 0 , 1400, 1450 and 1490, although some a r e on b e t t e r DX channels: 5 9 0 , 1 2 2 0 , 1 2 5 0 , 1280, 1 3 7 0 and 1 5 7 0 . Rare-l y does a DXer hear a t w i n on i t s own as most l o c a l f u n i s a i r e d d u r i n g the d a y l i g h t hours. L o c a l f o o t b a l l games, e l e c t i o n r e s u l t s , or a speech from Mayor G l o t z a r e the e x c e p t i o n s . I t ' s an e x t r a DX c h a l l e n g e t r y i n g to hear a t w i n on i t s own. L i t t l e CJNH 1240 i s alone toile mother, CJBQ 800, c a r r i e s the Canadian F o o t b a l l League games. CFWB 1490 i s a good bet i n season on the west c o a s t . CKTA 1 5 7 0 i s f a i r game on i t s morning show, a g a i n i n season, from the northwest a r e a . These notes a r e made mostly f o r the newer members who wonder why they hear a "CHECk 1 0 - 9 0 " I D on 1570 (CKTA), or a "C-jock 12-20" ID on 1 4 9 0 ( C J P R ) . Don't be confused by I D s . As the DXer w i l l hear only the mother's I D , l e t ' s j u s t c o n s i d e r t h a t a l l these t w i n s a r e merely r e l a y e r s . Canada's CRTC i s n ' t too s t r i c t about I D i n g t w i n s or even u s i n g the f u l l c a l l I D s . Many twins/mothers use mostly t h e i r s l o g a n s . Watch f o r : " E a s t Kootenay Radio", "R Country", "Cariboo Radio", " C e n t r a l I n t e r i o r Radio", "Reseau des L a u r e n t i d e s " , or even " S t e r e o 97". CHMM FM i n Winnipeg f e e d s i t s AN show to s t a t i o n s i n O n t a r i o . Heard a "Stereo 9 7 " ID on 9 0 0 or 1220? Don't bother phoning CKDR or CJRL. Twins a r e u s u a l l y unmanned n i g h t s as the CRTC doesn't r e q u i r e any t i c k e t man on duty. The CKG0 s t a f f i s i n bed too, but t h e i r f e e d from mother, CHWK, i s pre-timed. One case where you won't hear an ID of a mother on a t w i n ' s f r e q -uency. Twin h u n t e r s might t r y the Dr. M o l l a r method (DXing Mexican p a r a l l e l s ) when hunting f o r t w i n s . With an e x t r a s e t tuned to the mother, i t may be e a s i e r to hear of ID the t w i n on your r e g u l a r s e t . A tape of the t w i n p l u s other s t a t i o n s I D i n g the t w i n ' s frequency would prove to the C h i e f E n g i n e e r a t the mother s t a t i o n ' t h a t i t was the " r e l a y e r " , not the " r e l a y e e " t h a t you logged. Some C h i e f E n g i n e e r s don't b e l i e v e t h e i r 5 0 or 2 5 0 watt g r a v e y a r d t w i n can be heard w h i l e i t ' s easy to copy the same programs from the u s u a l 10,000 watt mother. They don't know t h a t DXers don't cheat. Sending a tape i s e x p e n s i v e , but a note s a y i n g t h a t a tape i s a v a i l a b l e would be n i c e . Your r e p o r t s should go to the C h i e f E n g i n e e r a t the mother s t a t i o n . A t w i n ' s s t a f f i s u s u a l l y s m a l l and busy. To those who asked why a t w i n can't s u r v i v e alone i n an a r e a of 10,000 p l u s , or a r e not some j u s t w a s t i n g space by d u p l i c a t i n g s e r v i c e , I ' l l j u s t say those a r e good q u e s t i o n s . The l i s t of twins/mothers f o l l o w s . I t i s c o r r e c t e d as of November 1 , 1 9 7 8 . Any h e l p / c h a n g e s / a d d i t i o n s a r e always welcome. Send them t o John O l d f i e l d , 7 1 3 5 1 2 9 A S t r e e t , S u r r e y , B r i t i s h Columbia V3W 6T4.

AB: A l b e r t a * = mother, s = s t u d i o •CHEC-1090 & CKTA-1570S L e t h b r i d g e / T a b e r "Check Radio" "CJOC - 1 2 2 0 & CJPR - l 4 9 0 s L e t h b r i d g e / B l a i r m o r e "C-joc/Pass Radio" •CJDV - 9 1 0 & CKBR-1340s & CH0A-1400s D r u m h e l l e r / B r o o k s / S t e t t l e r •CJYR - 9 7 0 & CKYR-1450 & CKYR-1 1 2 3 0 & CFYR-1400 & C I Y R - 1 2 3 0

Edson/Jasper/Grande Cache/Whitecourt/Hinton "YR Radio" Note two on 1 2 3 0 . L a s t t h r e e a r e unmanned 5 0 w LPRTs.

CFCN-1060 C a l g a r y has a shortwave r e l a y e r on 6 . 0 3 mHz. CFVP c a l l not used.

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BC: B r i t i s h Columbia * = mother, s = s t u d i o •CFCP-1440 & CFWB-1490s & CFPH-1240s "Coast Radio" l o c a t e d i n Courtenay/

Campbell R i v e r / P o r t Hardy. CFPH i s an a p p l i c a t i o n . *CHUB-15?0 & CHPQ-1370S Nanaimo/Parksville-Qualicum Beach *CHWK-1270 & CKG0-1240s C h i l l i w a c k / H o p e " F r a s e r V a l l e y Radio"

CFVR-850 Abbotsford a t times t w i n s CHWK. •CKEK-570 & CFEK-1240s Cranbrook/Fernie " E a s t Kootenay Radio" •CKKC-1390 Sc CFKC-1340s Nelson/Creston "KC" or "Kootenay Country" *CKXR-580 & CKCR-1340s & CKGR-1400 "Radio Country", "XR-CR-GR"

Salmon Arm/Revelstoke/Golden •CKOK-800 & CK00-1240s & CKSP - l 4 5 0 s & CKGF-1340s Penticton/Osoyoos/Summerland/

Grand F o r k s "Okanagan-Boundary Radio". CKGF may go independent. *CHNL-610 & CHNL-1 1400 & CJNL -1230s & CINL-l400s "NL Radio" Kamloops/

C l e a r w a t e r / M e r r i t t / P r i n c e t o n . Note two on 1400. *CKCQ-920 & CKWL-570S & CKBX-1240s "Cariboo Radio" Quesnel/Williams L a k e /

100 M i l e House *CKPG-550 & CKMK-1240s P r i n c e George/Mackenzie *CFTK-590 & CKTK-1230s T e r r a c e / K i t i m a t "TK Radio" *CKNL-560 & CFNL-590s F o r t S t . J o h n / F o r t Nelson "NL A l a s k a Highway" *CJCI - 6 2 0 & CIVH -1340s & CIFJ-1480 &CIFL - 1 4 5 0 L a s t two a r e 50w LPRTs

P r i n c e George/Vanderhoof/ F o r t h S t . James/Fraser Lake •CFBV-1230 & CFLD-1400S & CHBV-1450 &CKBV-1490 & CHLD-1480.

Smither s / B u r n s Lake/Houston/Hazelton/Granisle. L a s t t h r e e 50w LPRTs. CJ C I and CFBV j o i n networks from 10 : 3 0 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. PLT to form the " C e n t r a l or T r a n s - I n t e r i o r " network.

*C 940 & C 1600s Richmond/Delta are c u r r e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s . CBU-690 Vancouver has a shortwave r e l a y e r , CKZU 6.16 mHz CKWX-II30 Vancouver has a shortwave r e l a y e r , CKFX 6.08 mHz. CKFX and CKZU c a l l s a r e not used. CKZU i s mentioned a t s i g n on & s i g n o f f . SK: Saskatchewan •CJNB-1050 & CJNS-1240s North Battleford/Meadow Lake " P l u s Two Radio" •CFSL -1190 & CJSL-1280s Weyburn/Estevan "Soo L i n e " •CKSW-570 and CJSN - l 4 9 0 s S w i f t Current/Shaunavon "Southwest Sask. Radio" MB: Manitoba •CFAR-590 & CJAR-1240S F l i n Flon/The Pas " A r t i e Radio" •CFAM-950 & CHSM-1250s & CJRB - 1 2 2 0 s "Radio Southern Manitoba"

A l t o n a / S t e i n b a c h / B o i s s e v a i n CHMM-FM 97 Winnipeg feeds i t s a l l n i g h t show to f i v e northwest O n t a r i o s t a t i o n s . ON: O n t a r i o CHMM-FM Winnipeg f e e s i t s a l l n i g h t show to: CJRL-1220 Kenora, CF0B-800 &

t w i n 1240, & CKDR-900 & t w i n 1340. •CF0B-800 & C — 1240 F o r t F r a n c e s / A t i k o k a n ( a 50w LPRT) •CKDR-900 & C 1340 Dryden/lgnace ( a 50w LPRT) •CFIX - 1 1 7 0 & CHBR-1110 C o r n w a l l / P t . Hawkesbury. F r e n c h ; d a y t i m e r s . •CFOS-560 & CFPS-1490S Owen Sound/Prt E l g i n •CJKL -56O & CJTT-1230s K i r k l a n d Lake/New L i s k e a r d •CKBB-950 & CKCB-1400S B a r r i e / C o l l i n g w o o d •CFBK-630 & CFBQ-1340s H u n t s v i l l e / P a r r y Sound •CJBQ-800 & CJNH-1240s & C 1270s B e l l e v i l l e / B a n c r o f t / T r e n t o n •CFCL-620 & CFLH-1340s & CFLK - 1 2 3 0 s Timmins/Hearst/Kapuskasing French;

CFCL wants 850 kHz. •CKAP-580 & C 1240 Kapuskasing/Timmins. A p p l i c a t i o n only. •CJNR-730 & CKNR-1340s & CKNS-930s B l i n d R i v e r / E l l i o t t L ake/Espanola •CFYN-1050 & CJWA-1240s S a u l t S t e . Marie/Wawa. May not be twinned now. CFRB-1010 Toronto has a shortwave r e l a y e r , CFRX 6 . 0 7 mHz. CFRX o a l l not used. NB: New Brunswick •CKCW-1220 & CJCW-590 Moncton/Sussex. CJCW l i v e 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. l o c a l time. •CJEM-570 & CKMW-l490s Edmunston/Grand F a l l s . French; b i l i n g u a l . NS: Nova S c o t i a •CKAD-1350S 8c CKDY-1420S & CKEN - l 4 9 0 s & CFAB - l 4 5 0 s

M i d d l e t o n / D i g b y / K e n t v i l l e / W i n d s o r CHNS-96O H a l i f a x has a shortwave r e l a y e r , CHNX 6 . 1 3 mHz CJCB -1270 Sydney has a shortwave r e l a y e r , CJCX 6.01 mHz

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PQ: Quebec A l l a re F r e n c h except CFCF -600 and CFCX 6 . 0 0 5 mHz. •CHNC-610 & C 1150s New C a r l i s l e / G a s p e . A p p l i c a t i o n only. •CKRB-1460 & CIRB-1240s S t . Georges-de-Beauce/Lao Etchemin •CKVM-710 & CKVT-1340s V i l l e - M a r i e / T e m i s c a m i n g •CJBR - 9 0 0 & CJBM - l450s Rimouski/Causapscal. Now CBC owned and may soon

become j u s t r e l a y e r s of CBGA. •CJFP-1400 & CJAF-1240s & CHRT - l450s Riviere-du-Loop/Cabano/St.-Elethere •CHGB-1310 & CHAL-1350s & CFVD-1370s L a - P o c a t i e r e / S t . - P a m p h i l l e / V i l l e -

D e g e l i s •CKCN-560 & CIPC - 7 1 0 s S e p t - I l e s / P o r t C a r t i e r •CHVD-1230 & CJMD-1240s & CFED-1340s Dolbeau/Chibougamau/Chapais •CKRN-1400 & CKLS-1240s & CHAD-1340s & CKVD-900s Rouyn/La Sarre/Amos/Val-d'-Or •CKML-610 & CKMG-1340s & CKSJ-1400S & CKLR - l 4 9 0 s

Mont L a u r i e r / M a n i w a k i / S t . - J o v i t e / L ' A n n o c i a t i o n "Reseau des L a u r e n t i d e s " CKMG g e t s CBC (SRC) v i a CB0F; o t h e r s v i a CBF.

•CHLC-580 & CFRP-620 H a u t e r i v e / F o r r e s t v i l l e •CHRM-1290 & C 1220s Matane/Amqui. A p p l i c a t i o n to t w i n 5 0 $ . •CKLD-I33O & CFDA-1380S & CKTL-1420S & CJAN-1340S & CJLP-1230S & CKFL-1400S

T h e t f o r d M i n e s / v i c t o r i a v i l l e / P l e s s i s i v e l l e / A s b e s t o s / D i s r a l e i / Lac-Megantic "Reseau de Apalaches"

NF: Newfoundland and Labrador •CJYQ-930 & CFYQ-1350s & CIYQ-680s & CKYQ-6l0s & CHYQ-67OS

S t . John's/Gander/Grand F a l l s / G r a n d Bank/Musgravetown "Q Systems"; a l s o has a d e f e r r e d c o n s t r u c t i o n permit f o r 560 S t . Anthony

•VOCM-590 & CKGA-730s & CHCM-560s & CKCM-620s & CKV0-710s & CKIM-1240s S t . John' s/Gander/Vlarystown/Grand F a l l s / C l a r e n v i l l e / B a i e V e r t e C o l o n i a l B r o a d c a s t i n g

•CFCB-570 & CFGN-1230s & CFNW-790s Corner Brook/Point aux Basques/Point aux Choix Humber B r o a d c a s t i n g

•CFLW-1230 & CFLN-1340s Wabush/Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Humber owned. A l s o , not a t w i n , but CKZN 6 . 1 6 mHz r e l a y s CBN-640 S t . John's

C o r r e c t i o n s / a d d i t i o n s always needed. Thanks t o those who sent t i p s to NRC/ IRCA columns, and t o Denis Beauregard who helped w i t h Quebec.

'jj XMAS DX CONVENTION ^ * IN FABULOUS

^ SANTO DOMINGO!

THIS I S NO JOKE! S e v e r a l N a t i o n a l Radio Club members a r e coming down anyway f o r the C h r i s t m a s H o l i d a y s , so we decided to organise something. There w i l l be t a l k ( i n E n g l i s h and S p a n i s h ) , l e c t u r e s , s t a t i o n t o u r s , a f i e l d t r i p , a "banquet", sun and fun i n a f r i e n d l y c ountry. Cesar Obj'o and Ron Schatz w i l l be your t o u r h o s t s . Ron w i l l handle a i r l i n e / h o t e l arrangements from Miami. I f s e r i o u s l y i n t e r e s t e d (and only i f s e r i o u s l y i n t e r e s t e d ) , c o n t a c t Ron Schatz by m a i l ( 5 6 5 1 S.W. 2nd Court ( 1 0 6 ), Margate, F l o r i d a 33068) or phone 1 -305-971-3605 IMMEDIATELY, s i n c e h o t e l r e s e r v a t i o n s must be made e a r l y , so, amigos, don't cop out; come on down!

--An unpaid, u n p o l i t i c a l , announcement

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ERNEST R. COOPER 5 ANTHONY STREET PROVINCETOWN, MASS. 0 2 6 5 7

The o p i n i o n s e x p r e s s e d i n t h i s column a r e those of the i n d i v i d u a l members, and do not n e c e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t those of the e d i t o r s , p u b l i s h e r s or NRC.

MUSINGS

* STARTS TIE NSW SEASON Vg TH SUiwvI SE/SUNSET Dnii3« WALTER BREVULE - 5 1 2 / Corn T>rTve~Sr.HKTU57F'issouri -~S}iiJ ~

Greetings, A I hope everyone i s having a Happy few Season. I had a nice S-.n.T.er highlighted by some good sessions at the FM dials plus attending a WIFDA convention for the f i r s t tine, which was i n L o u i s v i l l e at the sane Holiday Inn the ' 7 6 NRG Uiindig was. I t was almost l i k e a replay of that Convention, with a bunch of NRCers attending. I also dew down to Atlanta A had a real fine tine, 1 r e a l l y appreciate the hosts' planning A work r a l i n r i t possiblel I was a oo-hosw almost ten years ago A after a l i t t l e period of reluc-tance, rxiw I am looking forward to i t again, ?s a unique cLose-to-home vacation adventure. Now that we're f a r into Autumn, i t ' s good to be back DXing the good old fashioned AM band again. Latest loggings, a l l at sunrise A sunset, are: 10/24, an elusive one from Salt L i k e City on 1 5 5 0 gave i t s ID S ?:30pn: "Kar-go, ERGO." 1 0 / 2 5 - KHAR-1570 V&nnsboro, La. i n well © 6 : 3 1 P M s/off. 1 0 / 2 6 - EMUS-1380 Muskogee, Okla. i n well ©5am s/on. 1 0 / 3 0 - KLOE -730. Good-land, Kan. peaking well © 7 P O - 1 0 / 3 1 - KDCK-770 Minneapolis cane i n with ID © s/off 3 6 : 3 0 P M just a few seconds after l o c a l WSW pulled their plug. Host of us have l a t e November, best time of the year for SSS DX to look forward to. I n recent years I have found sunset DXing during Oct. 2 0 - 3 1 A Nov. 2 0 - 3 0 to be f a r more productive for logging new stations per hour of DXing done than the wee hours on KM with the AN situation the way i t i s . Here i s a l i s t of a few c i t i e s ' average sunset time for the month of Novsnber from my copy of an FCC l i s t (Rule #181), these are l o c a l times that daytime stations must s/off or s w i t * to directional anten-nae: Duluth, 4 : 3 0 ; ST. LOUIS, 4 : 4 5 P M ; Sireveport, La. 5:15pm; Bismarck. 11.D. 5 : 1 5 P M : Omaha 5 : 0 0 , OkLahoma City 5 : 3 0 ; San Antonio 5 : 4 5 P M , a l l these are CST, including El Paso © 6 . MST zone c i t i e s : Denver A Cheyenne 4 : 4 5 , Albuquerque 5 : 0 0 , Tucson, 5 : 3 0 ; Fnoenix 5O0; Twin F a l l s Ida. 5 : 1 5 . PST c i t i e s : Spokane 4 : 1 5 , Seattle 4 : 3 0 , Sacramento 5 : 0 0 , Oakland 5:00, San Diego t : 4 5 P M . Good SSS A other DX chasing, A 7 3 S -

NULLS A LOBES JERRY ROBERTSON - 6 0 6 5 Gardner Line - Croswell, Michigan - 48422

I had a nice time i n Atlanta and got some information for the NRC Log on the t r i p so I reported i t to AN Switch and JOHN CJHARKAN. Thanks to John for a log well done. How anyone can't fin d info for the log i s beyond me. I can't even DX for 3 0 minutes without hearing something for the log. RAX ARRUDA guessed that VHLO-640 had a null for KFI but i t doesn't. I t has a null for C F X - 6 3 O only (according to their CM) A i s kidney-shaped with good coverage of most of Ohio. Some other kidney-toaped patterns are: WSAU-550 w'null South; VGCK-900 A KDHM-1470 both w/nulls West; WFVR-1530, WGEM-1440 A KFHL -1060 w/nulles East; KLKS-1480. WITK-1410 A WVMO-1300 w/nulls NE; WIHI-1480 w/null KW; WJBM-1480, WIFF-1570, WS1A - 1 5 9 0 1 WAMM-1420 w/nulls SW; WCEt -1390 w/null WSW A WCOG-1320 w/null North. Other patterns are: V K I C - 1 5 6 0 A WERK-990 both w/main lobes North; WdN -1010 w/null South; KQYX-1560 w/main lobe North; one West, A one SE; W J I L - 1 5 5 0 w/main lobe NW; K X H i - 1 0 1 0 A W R H M 2 9 0 both w/main lobe SW; WTTS-1370 A WPAG-1050 both have nulls NE; WAYT-1110 w/main lobe South; kHON-930 with null for WBAA-920: WJYK-730 w/main lobe SSW; WHND-560 w/main lobe HNE; WKNX-1210 w/main lobe North A a null for WCAD; A WVIC-730 w/main lobe NE. These are only a few of the many pat-terns I have, but I don't have them a l l so any help with day patterns would be appreciated.

SUNSET DX WAS GOOD IN OCTOBER ,„,,„,„„ NEIL G. 2ANN - 6 2 3 Lyncrest Drive - Lincoln, Nebraska - 6 8 5 1 0 1 0 / 3 0 / 7 8 I believe i t i s time to make another Muse, maybe? F i r s t of a l l , i s there a.qy

truth to the rumor that JERRY STARR i s transferring to WKRP i n Cincinnati? DX has not been too numerous for me since l a s t Musing, but here i s what there has been. 31 1 0 / 1 5 WAVL-910, Apollo, Pa. heard w/TT A one ID 1 : 3 5-1 : 5 3 A M . KM 10/23 brought two newies for me i n toAQ-1410 Rome, Ga. on RS w/c/w mx, etc., A also WiWN-1410, Elgin, 111. logged w/TT A one ID, 2 : 4 5 -3:10am. 1 0 / 2 6 - F i r s t new SSS for me this season was W J I L - 1 5 5 0 Jacksonville, 111. w/c/w mx 6 : 2 1 - 6 : 3 0 P M s/off. I wish I would have had more chances to DX SSS th i s month, as i t appears to be a good month for such DXing. I n the verie department only one new one received here since l a s t mention, that being K X U - 1 5 9 0 Rolla, Mo. (Verie mentions confirmation of monthly tie - second Friday, 1 : 0 1 - 1 : 1 5 A M ELT). I have forwarded a l i s t or two on acme of my tough v e r i f i e r s to RON SCHILLER'S Verification Game. Kind of depressing to go through the log and remind myself of the ones toich haven't veriod, h i . My next DX Slack project i s a planned re- o i l ding of the corner bracee on my loop 1 0 that i t i s square once more. I also w i l l f i x up a new better floor stand to hold the loop. I have known for a long time toat I want to do with i t , but the ambition has been lacking. I am looking forward to getting the new Domestic Log here. Remember, meet Louie i n ST. LOUIE i n ' 7 9 .

WE WAIT TC ASK A COUPLE OF I0U V*3 SEND IN YOUR MUSINGS ON LINED PAPER PLEASE TO DDUH.S SPACE YOUR COPY. CUP A LINE BETWEEN THE LINES AND HELP THESE POOR OLD EYES OF YE EDITOR, O.K.?

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KIKE TUSSLE - 9 0 9 Koores K i l l Soa3~- Bed Air, Maryland - 21014 10/28/78 Here's some of what's being heard around this location on the crystal set.

October started off rather slowly with extreme AU CX. 10/8: Unn KLRA-1010 i n nicely 3 6 : 5 3 am w/pop A c/w. 10/9- WTHS-1550 Ga. i n b r i e f l y with mentions of Augusta A Black format be-fore l o s t 3 8 : 0 3 P M ( s / o f f ? ) 1 0 / 1 1 : Unn WEST -I32O s/off w/"l'ssery Homes now brings you the next 1 1 hours of silence." (Take note, Sh-nie). 10/12- WTTX-1280 s/on 8 6:17am w/mention of their FM outlet. 10/13 - VHBG-1360 s'off 3 6 : 4 5 P M w/mention of "Voice of Dixie". (This com-pletes my set of Harrisonburg, Va. stations); WHBC-1480 i n very strong for f i r s t time, "Week-ends are WHBC days"; VLOU-1350 i n © 7:18pm w/mentions of loc a l towns A counties. 1 0 / 1 9 . AU CX again with l o t s of Cubans i n A not much else, and 1 0 / 2 0 , WK3N-570 re-appeared for the f i r s t time i n two years w/CBS NX, IDs, A outstanding volume. 10/21 was the beginning of one of the most fantastic DX periods I can remember: WFMC-730 w/c/w A s/off 3 6:46pm; WAGL-1560 w/soores A ID spots ? 6 : 4 7 P M . 1 0 / 2 2 - Strong het on 1460 - 1470 8 9 : 3 0 P M - I ' d l i k e to think i t wat Monte Carlo. 10/24- VHLK-550 v/local spots A quite loud © 6 : 1 9 P N . 1 0 / 2 5 - WNRV-990 and WTHG-9 8 0 LAC 3 SSS; both reported. 1 0 / 2 6 - W0LD-1330 s/on 3 6 A M w/mention of FM-102.3, A 9 SSS were WJLS -560 A WGEC-620. And f i n a l l y , 1 0 / 2 8 3 7:12am i n came UDW-590 Omaha. Neb. w/rr A concert announcanent for logging # 3 3 6 and state # 3 2 on the crystal set from th i s location. More l a t e r .

PROBLEMS FORCED HIM TO MSS ATLANTA; KE gOOTS FOR ST. LOUIS THOMAS H. BULL - 2544 Naylor Road S E. - Apt. 202 - Washington, D. C. - 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 / 3 1 / 7 8

We f i n a l l y caught our f i r s t CPC of the season, so here comes our f i r s t Muse of the season. I caught a few portions of the WSH-1240 Montpelier, Vt. TEST on 1 0 / 3 0 . I didn't P I C K U P 4 3 0 much, but had definite reception at 12:14am, 12:51, 12 : 5 4 , 1 : 0 7 A 1:10am s/ of f , a most welcome TEST as this i s only the f i f t h Vermont station on our logs. Dumb-type question - during the sked 10/23 TEST by KIUP - 930 - too had the wild tone sweeps from 2 a.m. through 4:10 toen we f i n a l l y gave up? Sounded l i k e a squeaky windshield wiper - or my stom-ach trying to give me a message. ( I t was KIUP, Thomesl -ERC) Sure sorry we missed the At-lanta Convention, we gonna catch up with you yet. Combination of small family problems i n Minnesota A i l l health made i t impossible, so l t ' s see you i n ST. LOUIS. Nothing else r e a l l y to report receptionwise, as I've had a very H i l here of l a t e , but i t seans to be clearing up. I think we might have a noisy street l i g h t up the street. We do have a wild piece of tape that we are cheeking out, soon as we get a cassette recorder going again we w i l l t ry and make up a tape and l e t one of the NRC experts cneox i t out. I noted WHO on a i r past normal clos-ing time 10/29 . They were doing rebroadcast of Iowa-Purdue FB game - Iowa s t i l l ost. Thqy f i n a l l y signed off © 1 :37an. 1:41 brought us toat sure sounds l i k e American Forces Radio i n Washington, or some such, but we are s t i l l checking. We had a Colombian station the rest of the evening but we were unable to ID. No mention of Bogota heard, but we check further and ask for help. This tape i s almost as wild as a cassette I have from Bonaire a couple years ago saluting one of NBC's very own. I never mentioned i t as I am sure th i s person i s quite modest. Besides, he just moved to the States, and i s s t i l l running around saying "Aloha". More l a t e r . C U L.

MORE GREAT TWILIGHT DX EDWARD R. COTTON - 4106 Second Street - OnesapeaKe, Virginia - 23324 1 1 / 1 / 7 8

Lots of DX i n October, so here goes. 1 0 / 1 - WSWG-1540, Miss. ? : 3 2 P M s/off, cOOom, 4VEH two nights l o c a l - l i k e , A 1 1 P M Trans-V.brld Radio strong. 1 0 / 2 - WTLK Ha. s/off on top of 1 5 4 0 J 7 P M . 1 0 / 3 - WXR3-1590 Ga. good w/s/off, A WWWQ-1430 Ha. 7:12. 1 0 / 6 - WJES -1190 S.C. e x - 1 5 7 0 f a i r . 1 0 / 7 - WCSL-1590 N C. weak s/off AWCLK -1170 N.C. VID, A ABC NX. 1 0 / 8 - WJGA - 1 5 4 0 Ga. s/off 7 O 0 P N . On 1 5 7 0 ro usual CFDR, only CKLM A WHLO, both i n good. 1 0 / 9 - WCA2-9 9 0 111. 1 : 2 5 A M r/c as per l i s t , weak. 6 : 4 5 P M , WRXO-1430 N.C, VHGI -1050 7 P M ex-WAUG, A WCRL-1 5 7 0 Ala. 7 : 1 5 s/off, f a i r . 1 0 / 1 0 - WETT-1590, Md. w/viD. poor. 1 0 / 1 1 - H I 2 : 5 3 A M NX. VID o/u WPDQ. 1 0 / 1 7 - toH-730 Tenn. 6 : 5 3 P " > poor, 6 : 3 0 P M WARD-1540 Pa. just after WRCP s/off, WRPL - 1 5 4 0 N.C. 6:45 s/off f a i r . 10/18+ WTTS-1510 Mass. ex-»!EX w'talk, good. 1 0 / 1 9 - W J J J - 1 2 6 0 Va. s off poor through QRM. 1 0 / 2 0 - CNA -1570 Miss. 6 : 3 0 P M s/off f a i r . 1 0 / 2 1 - WV0P-970 Ga. s/off, V.T3F-970 Ala. w/local NX, SX, VIDs § 7 : 0 5 , A WXOR-980 Miss, s/off good. 1 0 / 2 2 - WPGD-1550 N.C. s/off just after l o c a l WVAB s/off, good, 7 P M . WXLW-950 Ind. s/off good. 1 0 / 2 3 - 2 : 3 6 A M , KIUP-9 3 3 Colo. TEST made i t here f a i r w/sweep tone A IDs every two minutes. Report sent, answered i n one week. 2 : 4 5 A M , CFBC, Canada. VIDs, poor. 4am, K R Z I - 1 5 3 0 Tex. i n weak, SID. 1 0 / 2 6 - WKBX - 6 3 0 Ga. weak ex-V.'SAU ? 7 : L 3 P R A . 10/28- KQYX-1560 Mo. w/EX A I T © 7:29pm. 7 : 5 0 , KRVN-880 Neb. u/wCBS w/FB scores. 1 0 / 2 9 - Back to EST thank goodnessl 5 : 3 2 P M , VKAP -1320 Pa. femme anrouncer weak, A WATR-1320 Conn. S 6 : 1 5 VID, f a i r . At 7 : 1 5 P M KNIX - I58O Ariz, heard here, f i r s t , time other than for TEST. KNIX A KPIK Colo, have been i n good here the l a s t few days. 1 0 / 3 0 - At 2 : 4 3 A M WDAF-610 Mo. weak w/c/w u/WSLC. 6 : 1 3 P M XDS-1180 111. ingood v/VBAM easily nulled. 1 0 / 3 1 - WGGM-1410 Va. good w/VID 8 5 : 1 7 P M ; 6 P M WHYZ-1070 S.C. s/off very weak. At 6:18 s/off of WFXY-1560 Ky. weak, clear. Season has r e a l l y started out good here. I hope everyone else i s doing as w e l l . 7 3 S for now.

HERE'S LIVING PROOF THAT WEIRD TONE ON 9 3 0 WAS KTUP'S TEST! WAYNE HEINEN - Pike's Peak DXer - 427 East Caramillo Street - Colorado Springs Col. - 8 0 9 0 7

I enjoyed a nice v i s i t from JHIHY STARR A Bonnie th i s past month. All DXen are welcome to c a l l A drop by. Latest CX- MM 10/16- KFUO-850 TEST good o/u KOA, v/c back already-K30-410 o/u KCK0 for report. KMUS-1380 on r/c 5:33-w/TT. 10/23- r/c-TT KHOX 1 : 0 7 - 1 : 1 5 A M . HUP - 9 3 0 w weee -0000 TT- I hope l o t s of people got i t . Recent veries: KVBG-1400, KLBK-1340, KDJ-1420, KCLV-1240, v / l - KLA2-1250. KELP-920, KVOP-4400 A KEX - 1 1 9 0 for a 10/?6 report w/no f/up (sent to my in-laws at my old a d i r e s s l ) . v/pp/c- KLK)-14S0. v/q- KTRH-740, WKY-930, WmG-860, v/'c KFUP -950, v/f KSYS-1443. Totals are now 832/725 - I r e a l l y l i k e RON SMILLER's new column. My f/ups are out on the ones where v/s were l i s t e d . I hope many more w i l l contribute v/s toen

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(Heinen) known. As always my v/s go along with every Muse. See you l a t e r . 7 3 . (Thank you, Wayne, and just a reminder to other Musers - please send along your v/s with your Musing I )

BACK 'WITH THE MUSERS AGAIN 1 TIM KERFDOT - 34 Cross Streey - Weston, Ontario - M9N 2B9 10/29/78

I t has been a few years since I have Kused, so a re-introduction i s i n order. I am 29 years old, single, and have resided my whole l i f e i n Greater Toronto, a dynamic and cosmopolitan metropolis, where I am employed. I began DXing i n 1962 but did not join NRC u n t i l 1970. I n 1975 I l e t my membership lapse during a period of i n a c t i v i t y but re-joined i n 1977. My principal receivers are an FRG-7 and Rea l i s t i c TRF. I s i so have a DX-150A as a standby, as well as a R e a l i s t i c CTR-20B cassette recorder. As for my DXing a b i l i t i e s , they are neither great nor numerous, but I love the hobby. My current totals are 845 heard, 390 verifieid. I do not count l o c a l s or c a l l changes. I have confirmed ten provinces and 42 states, toile countries stand at 17 heard and 13 confirmed. Among my better veries are VJiX -1490, WOKE-1340, TEMAR-1375, CBFA-1140, 4 WSGA-1 4O0. Recent DX here: 10/28- VKTN-1300, © 6:59pm s/off. 10/29- Wm-1500 , 7am s/on; WBK1-1500 , 7:15a=- New verie, WJM0-1490, I en-tered the NRC Contest. 73-

HAVING A GREAT HKE DXIHG IN THE BUCKEYE STATE PAUL MOUNT - 3 5 ! West Columbus Street - Nelsonville, Ohio - 45764 10/9/78

By the time these October Muses stop appearing i t ' l l be a new year, h i . MM 10/9-A nice AU morning. R. Paradise-1265 w/song #4, dedication to prayer partners i n Caribbean, 12:30am, l i t t l e slop from domestics. TTer on 1450 1 2 : 3 2 - 1 2 : 2 8 , WATZ that? Cuban, R. Llber-acion, on 5 7 0 , no WKBN, 1 2 : 5 7 . P a r a l l e l s on 590, 600, 630 had " 4 5 " signals, also on 690 and 7 2 0 . WTVN f a i r + talker on 6 1 0 . WSUN-620 F l a . "Sun Country" 12:58-1 : 0 3 , mentioned Bay Area, CI*! roc. Organ mx rated u/(34Q-640, singing then as Cuba chimed 4 IDed, the other spoke "T-G-Dobleve" en Guatemala, La Vox deL Pueblo" 1:04. Cuba nulled 4 TOW strong. Then a man said "Buenas noches Guatemala, buenos noches America," then JX 4 anthen, off © 1 :07- SS on 550. Man 4 woman i n SS w/talk (VMAQ)? way under fl 1:14, / / - 6 9 0 . By now I decided I wouldn't l i s -ten unless i t ' s Spanish! XEX-730 Mexico City good 1:18-1:24 w/vocals, l o c a l spots, "XEX Mex-ico" JXes, a l l i n SS. WJR-760 1 :28 w/SS under, 1:30 came fanfare 4 frequent R-C-N mentions, toat i s c a l l of Colombia? (HJAJ, La Vox de Barranquilla -ERC) Man 4 woman talker on 780 8 1:35 o/WB3I. PJB o/CKLW, 1:37- SS on 820 about =WBAP, 1:42-2:01, R. Oiudad de Habana ID. I was alternating between 820 4 850, which had a rocker 4 SS, 1:59 mention 50 years on the a i r , WRUF, F l a . , into NBC NX. SS unID. WKVL-1250 Ky. w/"The Stripper" (they said d i s t i n c t i v e mx!) 4 T T , mention of NRC. I t r i e d for WAVC-1350, I had someone w'rr beside WSLR but no IDs. WFBC-1330 S.C. good w/WX, state # 2 0 . Listening to 910, I had WGAF Ga. (state #21) 4 an SS, I was hoping for TVRQ, R. Aeropuerto Venezuela, but no ID I could find, maybe Chuck Hutton can. I kept 910 on 2 :55 to 3 : 3 3 . Now, I want a good MM l i k e I've heard other Ohio-Ky. people speak of, WCstuff l i k e B.C. on 1410, Wash, on 1590, etc. Totals: 114/21/18. 7 3 .

"WANTS TO DEVIATE BY HAVING NO HEADLINE" ERIC FADER - 2 3 - 3 5 B s l l Boulevard - Bayside, New York - 11360 10/29/78

10/19 SSS - Unn WTGR-1520 S . 0 . w/s/off following r r , w/wKBW unheard due to Aurora. 6:45pm. MM 10/23- On 1590, 1:59am - "Congratulations, you're being resourceful (huh?), you're l i s t e n i n g to W30E, Richmond," 4 A0R wx. toat a l l that means, I think, i s an ET with their usual weird sense of humor, h i . Passing note: Tnanks to BILL '.,111123, for inmortalixing me i n poetry, h i . Back to DX: SM 10/29- I thought at f i r s t that CX were AU. but i t turned out to be just great o v e r a l l . Clears l i k e WCX-83O were booming i n . A l l times EST: YVDV-540, R. P e r i j a , easily dominant w'uptempo mx 4 IDs, 1:15-1:22, new. Onn old friend WQAM-560 loud 0 / WFIL, 1 :39-1 :98 w/disco; I listened just for fun anyway, h i . Cubans very loud on 580 '590/600 /63O/640.690, with the 590 one best, at loc a l strength. Unn WI0D-610 strong, 1:54. With the Floridas coming i n , I looked for neededs WD90-580, >MX-920 4 toOF-950, but a l l s t i l l un-heard. Surprise newie i n WSGW-790, Saginaw, Mich. w/cBS NX 2-2:05am or whenever. I can't explain why I stuck around toen I took then to be unn WTAR Va., c a l l i t the old DX i n s t i n c t , h i . Anyway, they went into "News 79* local/state NX, several IDs toich I was too lazy to get out of bed (with the TRF/SI-2) to tape. They were l i k e l y using 5kw ND as they were r e a l l y e t r o i * . They went into pure MoR • 2 : 0 9 , following promo " F i r s t with the news, 24 hours a day" ( i e that how many there are? 'Twas 25 the day I heard them, h i l ) That's about i t for aiy f i r s t Muse on a new typewriter, surely a milestone i n DX NEWS history, h i . 73s.

FINALLY BAGS HIS "MOST WANTED." JOHN X » M » - 2937 West Gilbert - Peoria, I l l i n o i s - 61604

I've been super buey but toat l i t t l e DX I've heard has been great. My most wanted catch WBJH wae heard after three yeara of trying. On 10/22 W T O K - 6 9 0 3jrmingham waa i n . naVl iK a rare appearance. VKPS-680 Memphis wae also i n ; f i r s t time heard since they've gone oountry; IDed as "The new IMPS." I dialed on down to 740 4 heard "Dixie" toich WBAM plays © s/off but no ID. I kept t i y i i * for 'BAH 4 f i n a l l y heard 'em on 10/24. Someone was playing c/w c m 7pm out popped a great ID, "WBAM Montgomery." WBAM was veiy weak U / K R M G / K T H H . 740 i s a bad fraquancy hera w/WGN eplattar 4 super peste i n K I T S . E W G • WBAM i s also very directional. I n other stuff I'm going to Europe next Summer for four weeks. I ' l l be i n Paris, Salzburg, Vienna, 4 Hungary. I t should be a l o t of fun A I hope to take along my TRF 4 tape recorder. Yhanks'to PAUL MOUNT for the c a l l on 10/25. C/W singer Tommy Overstreet has an interesting song out called "Fading I n , Fading Out". I n the song h i s g i r l ' s love i s compared to how a dis-tant radio station fades i n 4 out. At l e a s t someone knows a l i t t l e about DXing, h i . 73-(Maybe he'd be a potential new member of NRC??? -ERC)

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GETS INTERESTING VERIE FROM KRVS-880 WILLIAM R. HALE - 1451-B Faith Drive - KantoiiL, I l l i n o i s - b1b66 10/30/78

I want to start with a couple of veries which I thought might prove int e r -esting to some. F i r s t , on 10/15 I picked up WKAQ-790 for a few minutes toile i n the car. I sent than a report the next day, and THREE ( 3 ) days l a t e r I got a v e r i f i c a t i o n back. Now, that's service. Not only a verie, but a nighttime pattern contour of WEAQ, toowing how they have to protect W3EM. And i f that wasn't enough, also included was a copy of the 790 page from the 1972 NRC Pattern Book. There i s a statement at the bottom stating the page was re-printed by permission of NRC. But the Boonton, N.J. address was l i s t e d as the Club address. Shouldn't someone straighten than out? toth such a great response to my report, hopefully they verify everyone's that well. Here's one I ' l l submit for strangest verie honorable men-tion: On Jan. 8 , 1976, I heard KRVN-880. I sent off a report 4 after months 4 months, I forgot a l l about i t . Then on Apr. 8, 1978, I got a l e t t e r I n a Holiday Inn envelope from 1he Inn at Greenville, S.C. 4 postmarked St. Louis, Mo. Enclosed was a Xeroxed verie of my re-port toich began, "Know a l l men by these presents", and was signed by R. J . Bitner, WbSOK, 4 witnessed by de Fish, DX correspondent. Pretty strange, I'd say. GARY ATKINS straightened i t a l l out for me, but for a toile I was i n a quandiy about the whole thing. This afternoon proved very productive as f a r as DX was concerned, a l l times ELT: 5:17pm, WGNT-930 Huntington W.Va. 6 : 2 8 , KMPL-1520 Sikeston, Mo. 6 : 3 0 , KDMA-1520 as KMFL lowered power 4 went to night-time pattern. 6 : 4 5 , W00A-1370 Pensacola ( I haven't heard thai since I was i n E l a . i n ' 7 5 ) . 6 : 4 9 , KXOL-1360 F t . Worth. 6 : 5 1 , VHBF-1270 Hock Isl a n d . 6 : 5 2 , KAAY-1090 (a real peat). 6:5b. KRLD-1080. 6 : 5 7 , WN0E-1060 (Have they changed their pattern?) 7:b5pm. WVNA-1590 Tuscumtda. Ala. The 930, 13&>. 1370, 1060 4 1590 catches were f i r s t timers at t h i s location. Let's get those updated GY records i n . I read with interest JAMES E. CRUCHETT's Muse i n issue #2 that he heard KELI, Mountain Home, Ida. as I worked for them 1966-1971 toile stationed at Mountain Home AFB. WVNA's s t i l l punching throu^i. They had CBS NI on the hour folo by anrauncanent they'll have Larry King on © 12:06am. I'd l i k e to start a programming-personalities type col-umn. I f HQ can f i n d room periodically, formats 4 personalities' names from l o c a l pspers might prove interesting, 4 toen a name i s heard, a quick reference might make the difference toen trying to p i l l a station out of the muck. Any suggestions? Maybe more i n my next Muse. 7 3 .

KNDE-1470 RETURNS TO OLD FAMILIAR CALL OF Kg)A JAMES E. CRITCHETT - 1635 Walbridge Street - Red Hluff, California - 9608O 10/31/78

Here are the previously urilD stations heard between t r i p s . From Wed. Oct. 18 to Sat. Oct. 21 I travelled through central Oregon and saw the beautifm F a l l oolors i n the various branches of the John Day River and i t s t r i b u t a r i e s . No DX; just sightseeing 4 sleep. After several t r i e s I f i n a l l y heard an ID from KDUN-1470 © 9:16am Mon. Oct. 2 3 ; heard several times since then. There i s no longer a ENDS i n Sacramento, Tues. Oct. 24 • 11:57am (2 : 5 7 EOT) on 1470, KX0A IDed. Uses the slogan "AM-14" during most breaks i n the reek mx. Concentrating on 1470 brought me KAPS 0 s/on 9 9:30am Wed. 10/25. KUTY was also on 1470 with Palmdsle NX © 10:11am same morn, but unID. toile tuning around on 1150, KSHJ, Shelby, Mont. IDed © 9 EOT Sun. 10/29 w/CBS NX, on top of their frequency. Monday 10/30 © 8 : 0 6 on 910, K0IN was giving the Montana NX, but I missed the ID. And the l a t e s t station heard for the f i r s t time i s KPRS ( j r i n e v i l l e , Redmond, Bend) with Ai Radio NX © 9 , ID 8 9:06 4 9 : 1 0 . I expect to take off again tomorrow for a few days i n the Yreka-Medford, Ore. area. I used to l i v e i n Yreka; a good DX area. I s t i l l l i k e to t r a v e l . I had a "Cruise Control" put on the Pinto; i t certainly gives my right foot much rest on freeways 4 nearty l e v e l stretches on the other roads. I t also keeps speed under 55 KP&; I'm glad I have i t . That's a l l .

PLENTY OF DX ROLLING IN IN KSNTUCKI JOHN H00GERKEIDE - 105 Bayside Lane - Brandenburg, Kentucky - 40108

On 10/20 I had WAJR-1440 w/FB I 7:30pm and WTRX-1330 i n F l i n t also w/FB at 7:50 for two new ones. WTAX-1240 at 4pm u/wiNN, nulled out on Worcester Loop; no QXs i n to-day. Old friend WXTZ-1270 i n . On same loop direction I heard FB game between Frankfort High School and Mercy (?) Springs i n Eastern Time Zone on 12?0. Station was i n mountains, as they talked about fog l a s t weekend, I guess, JC3C, Cumberland. 10/21- QXs i n from KQYX-1560, VAMC-850 verifying V.'AKO, not WYJZ, KDND. 10/20- WEPG-910 s/off 7:15pm w/SSB. Great log i n KGNC-710 w/CES NX ? 8pm w/XEPQ OBI, non-Auoral, but no VJDR. 10/23- KSL0-1300 w/CBS NX 0 1an. No sign of HUP TEST - WKI 4 others and a weird "tooop" at two second intervals dominated the frequency. (That WAS HUP, John! -ERC) At 2 :23 , »ILM. St. Louis, Mich, was heard TTing w/oC for those who missed i t during blizzard. Also WTAS-1250 TTing wtex, 2 : 2 5 . WRIE-1330 atop 4 ANing, a new ANer7 KOIL/WHIO/WIRL i n jumble on 1290. K0IL was new. 10/23- CFGK-1310 and CHN-1540 well atop a l l at 6pm. A l l my Canadian mail i s being returned - toat gives? . (They had another postal s t r i k e -ERC) WQH-790 atop © 8pm. 10/24- WJYN-730 new c a l l f o r Bowling Green, Ohio station, i n 4 out a l l day today u n t i l 7pm s/off. v/q- WC00, 4 WNVL for DX TEST. Ed said he'd TEST next year again. 10/27- QXs: VMAK, WELK, KFJZ, WTRX, and WTAX. Help from WCsrs - On 1580 I caught what I believe was s/off at 9pm EOT of KNIX. They had a fevale DJ doing NXcast prior to s/off. Does KNIX have a woman DJ at sign off? I f so, i t ' s Arizona #1. 10/29, I had YST, R. El Muncb, atop XffiR on 1140 w/femme announcer 4 c l a s s i c a l piano mx « 1am. KKMJ-750 w/UPI news behind WSB © 8:05am. WE ARE DISAPPOINTED AT THE 31ALLIS? NUMBS? OF MUSINGS IN THIS ISSUE. REMEMBER, WE WANT TO BE WEEKLY, NOT WEAKLY I TO MAKE THIS SECTION GREAT, KITH LOTS OF VALUAXE DX HPS IN I T , WE MUST HEAR FROM MANY MORS OF YOU! DON'T SOME OF YOU GROW TIRED OF SEEING ONLY THE DIALINGS OF OTHu ER PEOPLE AND NARY EVB? MENTION OF YOUR NAME AND CATCHES? to! NOT BECOME A PART OF THE LIVING NATIONAL RADIO CLUB, INSTEAD OF BEING MERELY SATISFIED TO BE A R0CHNG-CHAIR PARTICIPANT?-GET -THCSE MUSINGS IK, PLEASE, D0UXE-SPACED, AND REMEMBER, 'TIS 30 LINES PS? MEMBER MAXIMUM. AND ORE MUSING PER ISSUE. FT,EASE USE A.M. 4 P.M., XT, AND NOT THE 24.H0UR CLOCK SYSTEM. THANKS!

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A HET OF EUROPEAN' ,DX - FROM EUROPE I CHARLES HAFTER - House 2 , 0 0 0 - 3« Route de Laverune, Entree B - 34100 Kontpelier, France

Now that we are settled i n , and down to a normal routine, here i n Southern France, I have time to write a Muse. Some random comments on European DX: 1) Although sta-tions are 9idlz apart, the signals are much cleaner than those i n the U.S. My RF-2200 easily serarates every channel, even those 800kw monsters, with l i t t l e or no splatter. 2 ) The RF-2200 works great on MW, much better than the TRF! S p l i t frequency reception i s a problem; the only One received so f a r i s Iraq - 7 6 0 , between Switzerland-769 and Romania-755- Without a radio capable of nulling reception i s impossible - Vatican Radio on 1529 i s the only clear channel I receive. AL1 the other channels are f i l l e d with three or four super powers fight-ing i t out. But with a directional antenna the stations can be separated. 3 ) Montpdier i s an excellent DX location on the Meditteranean Sea. Daytime DX y i d d s eight countries -Franee, Spain ( 7 3 7 ) , I t a l y (Rome-845), Andorra (Sud Radio-8l8), Monaco-1466, Vatican -1529, Tunisia (Tunis - 6 2 9 ) 4 Algeria (598 4 5 2 9 ) . 9 ) - Most European stations s/off a f t e r 1 or 2am l o c a l time. Each nation, except for West Germany, uses only one or two channds for their AN service, i . e . Notturno dd I t a l i a on 845-Ror.e 4 899, Milan. Thus DX i s interesting every night not Just MMs. For example, after Sud Radio-818 s/offs, Kypt comes i n . I hope to be able to receive TA's from the U.S. i n thnter. 5 ) - My favorite types of music, d a s s i c a l and jazz get big play on the Eastern European stations - Bulgaria "Horizon Program" on 1223 after 2200 GMT (contrary to WRTH), Romania (Q.oj-1151) and Hungaiy (Budapest-539) a l l transmit a great selection of d a s s i c a l pieces. I better stop now, though I have bardy begun to com-ment on DX1 I w i l l report on a l l frequency changes I notice, although the obly station I have heard mentioning new frequencies i s BBC, Radio 4 (toich w i l l go to Long Wave on 200 kHz) 4 Radio 2 toich w i l l move to MW and be AN, increasing chances i n the U.S. I t should get i n -teresting i n Novanber. A l l oonmunications wdcorae. Au Revoir. (Are you located there permanently. Chariest Thanks for Musing from France! -ERC)

WE HEREWITH WXCONE LARRI TO THE NRC 4 MUSINGS. MUSE OFTER. LARRYt LARHI WILD - RR 1 , Box 135 - Murphysboro, I l l i n o i s - 62955

Sines t h i s i s my f i r s t Muse, I guess a bri e f introduction i s i n order. (Or, at le a s t , that's toat most people seen to say). I'm j6 years old, and I'm a college prof too has taken a year's leave to go back to school. I'm currently enrolled at SIU i n Carbondale. I l i v e with my wife, two children, parents-in-law and two brothers-in-law on a 92 acre plot of land S of Murphysboro. As a high school student, I did a l i t t l e DXing, but soon l o s t i n -terest. About four years ago I hooked a 9 0 ' piece of wire to the AM antenna screw on the rear of my AM-fM-Hi-Fl Stereo receiver 4 discovered a whole nother wotld. That night I not only heard the standard 50kw d e a r s ; PJB i n Bonaire (at that time I thought CKLW owned 800 kc;) 4 a toole host of toat I would soon discover were Cuban pests; but also a 50kw from the Repub-l i c of Colombia on 8 2 0 . And that w/90" of wire lying on the ground. Just think of toat I could pick up i f I could just get the antenna up i n the a i r . That RX has been re t i r e d back to i t s original function: to provide the family with high quality stereo sound reproduction. I now do oy DXing 4 l i s t e n i n g both SW 4 BCB, on an FRG-7- The unit was modified by G i l f e r to provide better s e l e c t i v i t y . For antennas I have used that 90' wire at about a 16' elevation; several un-tuned loops, 4 a low ( 3 - 9 feet above ground) LW ( l i k e J00'). Last year, toile I was teaching i n Pa., we came to Murphysboro to v i s i t Grandma 4 Gramps during the Christmas va-cation. I brought along the FRG-7. I took a 4 5 0 ' e l e c t r i c fence, grounded the f a r end through a 500 ohm re s i s t e r , brought the near end into the house; and turned the fence into a mini-Beverage. During that two weeks, spending about an hour to tra at the d i a l s , I logged 115 stations, "y best DX were several low power Mexican stations (the fence runs SW) which I logged on Sunday night. The fence i s s t i l l being used as a fence, so I'm forced to use 2 0 0 ' of hook-up wire toich I've run through the woods. But come the f i r s t snow, the fence w i l l once again be mine. I see I am just about out of l i n e s . A couple of questions. Where i s the a i r beacon RAB (1610 approximately) located? (Guatemala -ERC) toat i s the Spanish sta-tion around 530 ko/s.? More to come.

ERECTS NEW LONGWIRE - I T MEANS 'NOR' XLI0T R. STRAUS - 27 Devon Drive - West Orange, New Jersey - 07052 201-736-1631

I hope I'm not being redundant i n my fascination with SSS DX. Since my new hours of work afforded me the opportunity I have logged 20 nevies i n the period 10/23 to 1 0 / 3 1 . I sent out 33 reports i n October, the most ever i n one month for me. Recent veries include: WUPE-1! 10, M1NC-890, KATZ-1600, WBRW-1170, WTNS-1150, WQTW-1570. to bring me to 5 8 5 . Since I haven't DXed SSS since the mid-sixties I anticipate l i t e r a l l y hundreds of new receptions and possibly veries. I t gets the old adrenalin flowing again. Today (11/1) I strung up toat I thou^it would be «n 8 0 0 ' beveridge but i t turned out to be a 600' LW toich I terminated on the fa r end anyhow. I t ' s pointed SW from here so we'll see i f i t ' s any help. Being that I'm only 5 - 7 miles from v i r t u a l l y a l l the N.T.C. 50kw-ers the wire may pick up a l o t of spurs, a problem I haven't encountered with the NRC FET Loop. Let me go DX this afternoon and I ' l l get back with the f i r s t LW t e s t . . . . * L l I got were spurs of W0R on about 70 frequencies! I guess I ' l l have to toorten i t up. 3's. (Or extend i t beyond WOR's coverage area, h i -ERC) O.K., KIDS - WE'VE GOT SOKE INTERESTING MUSINGS FOR IHIS ISSUE, BUT JUST THINK HOW MUCH MORE SO THIS SECTION WOULD BE I F MORE OF TOU WOULD ONLY JDIN IK THE RITUAL OF SET!DING THEM INI WE BID YOU TO DO SO, THUS MAKING DX NBVS THAT MU3i GREATER FOR ALL OF US. YOU ALL LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF GOOD EXCITING DX INFO IN HHIE, DO YOU NOT? SO DO YOUR FELLOW DXERS, 3D «TY DON'T YOU RESOLVE TO PULL A TINY HIT OF THE LOAD YOURSELF AND CONTRIBUTE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND A 150 STAMP TO LET US KNOW VHAT YOU ARE HEARING DAY BY DAY? PLEASE DO'JXE SPACE. THANK YCU.

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LOGS THE WEST COAST It: THE MIDST OF NEW YORK CITY KILL Wl'RTZa - 32 West 31 Street - New York, New York - 10001 212-594-4892 10/31/78

Well I f i n a l l y heard the WC! On 10/17 'I 7am EST I DXed KFI-640 from Los An-geles. Ky R e a l i s t i c TRF i s OK. I heard the song "Dust i n the 'Wind" by Kansas, then the an-nouncer said - "And now Newsbreak on K F I , Los Angeles." I t was starting to get l i g h t out and the news was s t i l l audible, but quickly faded out. I t must have been - Dist i n the Wind -toich brought KFI i n l I have also been hearing stations whose c a l l l e t t e r s do not appear i n the Vane Jones log. L i k e VlDAI-1930, WDDP-1390 on 10/26. toYL-960 C a r l i s l e , Pa. has been booming i n here around sunset calling thanselves Y-96 with WSAV Plattsburgh N.Y. underneath. Time was 6:25pm EST before we turned the clocks back an hour. ?;ow we can hear them one hour e a r l i e r . toile v i s i t i n g my mother i n Passaic, N.J. the week before, I called up DAVID DUN-NING i n Fairlawn. Wnen he told me h i s subscription i s expiring, I tri e d to talk him into re-newing, by giving him some sneak previews of my upcoming limericks. I ttri.nk I succeeded i n keeping an old mmber. W3SA-910 York, Pa. is a nightly v i s i t o r . I would l i k e to see other limeri