, the National Radio Club

VOLUME 40 OCTOBER 27, 1972 NUMBER 3

"My compliments to the NRC on thei r fine NRC Pa t t e rn Book. One can spend many a happy moment congratulating oneself over hearing the well-nigh irnpossibles ones in the past and then brooding because the ones sti l l miss ing f r o m the logs a r e a lso i of the well-nigh impossible types too! " ( P e r c y Kesteven. Alberta)

P A T T E R N B O O K S A N D S T U F F . . . Response to the Night Pa t t e rn Book continues to be incredible; one of our West Coast members i s now selling them to f r iends of friends.. . The Night Pa t t e rn Book i s available to NRC m e m b e r s for $5.00, postpaid by F i r s t Class ; pr ice fo r non-NRC

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DX'ers i s the same but delivery i s by Book Rate. We have ads coming up in var ious t r ade magazines and a r e mailing f lye r s to many of the stations included in the Night book; address enquiries about the Pa t t e rn Book f rom stations, etc. directly t o HQ ,

and we'll send them information directly. The new NRC Domestic Log i s now in preparation and will be appearing af ter the f i r s t of the year . We may need some help when it comes to the alphabetical/by frequency tabulation s o if you'd l ike to help out please drop u s a c a r d a t HQ.. .

R E N E W A L S . . Brubaker. . . Willis. . . Oldfield. . . Ryden. . . Cronin. . . Gie se . . . Wallace. . . Bartos. . . Dillbeck.. . Wendt.. . Feinstein. . . Fountain.. . Janeko.. . Hobson. .. Reno.. . Pea . . . Zachenski. . . Miller ( J ) . . . Dunning.. . Harr i s . . . Por tz i e r . . . Clemente.. . R A M A D A N . . . will continue to be in effect until November 9 ; th is i s the t ime to get many r a r e Arab stations that will be running a l l night.

C R E D I T S . . . for publishing of i s sue number 1) Ray Moore, Mark Katz. Hal Robie, CDP & Lynne,

GPN, BGK, and welcome to Mark Connally for publishing of i ssue number 2 ) BGK, GPN, Hal Robie, Ray Moore, Grace-Anne

Stipe, and welcome to William Bailey

N V E N T I O N S I T E . . .

I w i l l b e : in Boston , Mass. The convention-goers voted on this site; Toledo was a close second, with the Isle of Truk coming in third. We decided to break our t r ad - ition of East-West conventions because of no viable bid f r o m the West Coast.

at. Nov. 4 urn. NOV. 6 Mon. Nov. 20 sun. NOV. 26 Xon. Nov. 27

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S P E C I A L S 1 P - - - - - - - - - KC/S Locatim Power A.M. EST. k f o 1490 Los Alamos, New Mexico 1,000/250 U-1 A l l N i & t I R ~ 1350 O'Neill, Nebraska 1,000 0.1 3:00-3:30 NRC 1 1360 -pel Hi l l , North Osrolina 5,000 U-2 12:05-5:00 NIX ' 1580 South Bend, Indiam 1,000 D.1 12:Ol- NRC 630 st. h u l , Mlndesota 5 , ~ / 5 0 0 U-3 3:W-3:30 IRCA

1090 Tiom, North h k o t a 250 Dl 3:30-b:00 N K U-3 stillwater, Minnesota 5,000/361 U-1 3:30-4:00 IRCA 1240 Knoxville, Semessee 1,000/250 U-1 1:30- NNK 1090 Wilmington, ahio 1,000 ~3 3:00-3:30 NRc 1450 Wducah , Kentucky 1,000/250 U-1 3:30-4:'33 NNRC 540 Monroe, Louisiam 5,000/1,000 u-4 2:W- NNRC

1240 h y e t t w i l l e , Tennessee 1,000/250 U-1 3:304:00 N N K I270 Newport, Tennessee , ,5,Wj,@O W-2 1:W- N N g 550 Wvtucket, Ihcde Island 1,000/500 U-2 12:Ol-5:30 1Rf.X 6X) Ackson, Mississippi 5,000 u-2 1:30-'+:00 NNRc U S Fort Smith, Arhnsas 5,000 U-2 2:OO- NNRC 1510 b v e r , New Jersey 10,000/500 U-4 2:W- NNRC

Km-1450. This pppgmm udhers i n t h e New Mexico Hunting Season. There'll be guest speakers on t h a t subject, and music, and mention of t h e IRW. They'll simulcast on FM. Reports t o M r . Wndy Wrner, KRSN, 400 North Mess Road, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544 Peek, o f IRCA.

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KBRI(-1350. %is progmm w i l l fea ture Mxieland music, and b r i e f periods of cycle tones, and voice ID;, and possibly singing IDS. Send those repor ts t o M r . Osrlee P. %this , Chief Ihgineer, KBRX, Box 150, O'Neill, Nebras ka, 68167. M r . & th i s i s a n old friend of Wers: l e t ' s delune him I ..- - with IK reports. Interference expected p r i tmr iG from WStR. I

QLHLW. YSKIpUmBm~ I WATCEI THIS SEXTmON FOR TWO IWOIlPANT !PB!CS ON 600, a s follows: t

K L E B l600 Golden Meadow, Louislam 1,000 D.1 3:W-3:30 NRC ,

W L N G ~&JO SBg Esrbor, L.I., New York 500 Dl 3:30-4:00 NRC CN THE FIRST MOmY YOU FIND WWRL-l600 S I L m

"AN" S I ~ A T I ~ -- OFF -- 1mo c H o K HWRD SINCE IAST ISSUE

850 W MA G - 6 0 , temporary operation with 1,000 D-1 - w i l l be 10,000 0.3. 990 W N N R E%-WJMR, now rr s i x days, and SS on Sundays.

! ERNEST R. COOPER - 438 &s t 21 Street - Brooklyn N e w York, 11226 ( ~ r r i e r Route 8) 1

Ho ho - a verie, a t l a s t - v/l, w/m, CFML-1170, i n EE, a l - thou& they use FF 0x1 the a i r . I t r i e d some l a t e SM DX, a f t e r reading of Ron Mus- co t s success t h i s Summer, but batted zero. Unn KEL;I-960 $/on @ 5:30 W/SSB. A t 5, unn WTRX-1330 wry on top of t h a t frequency, no Starr-Boyd-A1 Knighter, W H 6 . ~t 5:05, unn R. Cfarin, -to mmingto, tremendous s i m l on 860k. A t 6/ son on 1380, severa l s/ons, but Wm, Woonsocket, was on top, a good bet fo r those needing R.I. MM 10/l6- CX f i n e f o r Europe agi in , and a report on R. Nordsee-1367, but I ' m s t i l l looking fo r a uai l ing address. They were e q m l i n volume t o adjacent WSPD-1370, @ 2. WHN-1050 was off , but WBNX-1380 was back on W/NN gospel. Then a t r y f o r KYMN- ' 5 1080 r ea l ly fooled me- there they were, nicely U/WTIC f o r a good report, 2:qk-2: 53. 1 figured WIG would sqmsh them I*. WWP-1150 unn TP @ 2:57. A t 3, a strong t: c a r r i e r noted het t ing 1350 on the 1349 side, could be k u r i t a n i a , but no sound heard. Unn WSAR-14% El'in @ 3:09. WABC-770 off, and unn WKO-1470 noted on RS & on top @ 1:58 Pr ior t o 2 S$off. a R. Melodia k i l l i n g CKAC on 730, must be Bogota.

3 The 645 SS s/on 62 3:58, but was so weak nothing could be copied today, unlike l a s t KU when they Were ~ 4 . A md Aurora t h i s c lose t o t h e V e m l muinox ought t o do it - come On, Aurora! 10719- uul WPNO-1530 heard Jus t before 6pm s/off u/semi-lo- c a l wJIM, who s/off @ 6115, then it was WNBT t o 6:30 s/off. h n ~34~-1500 , 25&, giving WTOP qui te a jo s t l i ng betwen 6:17 & 6:30 s /off , W/EL mx t stock NX. C U N ~ .

Ernest R Cooper 7 -438 EAST 2lsl STREET

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REER CIANNINI - 1111 Forest Hills W v e - Belleville, I l l i n o i s - 62221 12:25am. Aurora CX. 12:32, WED w/slogan ID good W / ~ P looped. - - - .

The new Cuban on 880 very strong. UnIDgOO - OBX4X ever reported? Heard d 12:35.

(XEW, no? -WC) WRQ-910 @ 12:39 ~ / ~ ~ s l e r - ~ l ~ m o u t h jingle. HN2-1047 @ 12:47 strong. How good a ve r i f i e r i s t h i s one? (MBB-1060 good w / l i & t mx, 12:50. YVOZ -1200 good W / W ~ I looped. Aurora Wvoring s ta t ions coming from SA direction. W R - I Z X norfml, XEB wetlk. KFm-1530 norm1 @ 12:56. An unID on 650 w / ~ e f i t mx s imi lar t o m - 1 0 6 0 while U4XP-670 & CMBC-690 a r e a l ike . I hope it i s n ' t C ! .

Uho i s t h e fA on 620 w/clapping a f t e r each selection d 1: 10 w / W S ~ ~ p a r t i a l b looped? I believe it i s WEL. How mny of t h e s t a t ions mentioned above w i 11 send pennants along w/veries? Aurora s t i l l here through 9/29. a586 armchair quality on 10/6, 9 t o 10pm, very good a t various times on 1018 PM, 7/11. 1554 s a m e a s 1586. 1214 on

l 0 h PM has R. (he and R. Ti ram in Arabic slugging it out between 11:30-11:55pm R. Tiram s /off . R. (he good u n t i l fadeout @ l:l%m on 10/8. 10/8 PM was a very great TA opening. Hets appeared on 611 728 782 1079 1313 1546. Most wanted TA since logging AF~-872 was ng. unID of 9/7 on 1043 bas indeed R. Dresde, s / m i3 lOpm w/fcur time pips, f o r m t much l i k e 1586 fadeout @ 12:3&m 10/9. R. Three-1088 w/ NX d 10pm. KAAY s p l i t of f , and good u n t i l 11:30 fadeout. This has been qu i t e a . season and would l i k e t o know hov tmny 'Ms ERC has ever logged on a good niefit. I have heard a n unID onL1215 het t ing agains t R. be-1214 - aqy ideas? ( ~ o n e s t l ~ , I have never counted TAs i n one night - about 60 logged overal l -EX)

MIKE COLI3NS - 2021 &in S t r ee t - Stratford, ODnnecticut - 0649 l oca l WICC-600 vent off for an hour one night in l a t e Sept. 1:05-2.

CFCF was heard w/an excellent s igml . With CF'CF nulled, WMT was coming thro qui te well 1:05-1:25, then WAC took over for a while, & t h e two interfered w one t another. I thought I heard a WC4O ID around 1:45 cal l ing themselves "Phe Tower of Power" in the mess. No Cuban was heard. One afternoon i n Sept. an accident knocked t h e power off i n Riverhead L.I. & WRIV-1390 & WHRF-1570 were both off fo r abcut 15 minutes around Ipm. I heard MoR on 1 3 9 , must've been WEOK, but I didn't ge t a de f in i t e ID. hb only chsnce f o r WPIM-13%' Plymouth would be W/WKIV off dur- ing t h e day. Certainly WPM would never uake it here a t ni&t. (Twilight time?? -ERC) Gn 1570, WDEW was coming through surprisingly strong w / r r . n r i n g l a s t week, MBC-770 went o f f a t l ea s t two nights, 1015-6 @ 2. HJKH "R. Tequendaua Eo- gota was i n very wel l both A&, non-Auroral niefits. No sign of KOB-770 even though KSL was loud. 10/7, excellent CX, KIW-740 r a s i n very well W/EE noted un- der - couldst have been KCMC? Twould be a new one here. Also K O A - ~ ~ O completely domimted everyone e lse , r a r e here & KFI-640 was i n o / ~ u b s f o r a time. ~ ~ 1 0 / 8 - h%PE&p noted on f u l l 50kw power. When it cut t o night pttern/power, it was s t i l l noted u/CMBC weakly. WENC-940 a l s o t e s t i n g on f u l l 5Dkw. Bob Shar of Elyria, 0. certainly had a good point about s t a t ions using di f ferent p e t t e r n . WAPE on SSS i s loud here almost every evening W11 & Winter, but on night ps t tern i s extremely rare . WFNC on night ps t tern would cer ta in ly be a much b e t t e r catch than t e s t ing w/50kw in t h e middle of t h e night. WKBW WINS WHN off MM 10/9. WCW-1220 i s now A i , WAVZ-1300 dropped Ac & i s now independent. Mck Biondi, w/wCFL-1000 u n t i l Ju- 4 i s now i d a t WSAI-1360. Merv Griffin, who owns kMI~-1340 & WE-1430, i s buy ing WEQP-lK0 & s e l l i n g WWCO-1240. WTYM-1600 has taken over WCRX-FM & simulcast a l l day. Dm Wde of WDRC-1360 & WEW-1520 i s now a t KOL-1300 & h i s brother Long John formerly of WFIL-$0 & WWC has been f i l l i n g in a t WCES-FM. Clyde Clifford ex-host of "~ le scke r ~ t r e e t " on M Y - 1 0 9 has had ads i n Billbcard looking for a similar n i&t show on another 50kw. WCW-1220 taking Yale FB, WPOP-1410 dropped it; WICC-~OO s t i l l ha: it. A c a l l t o WEOK-1390 reveals t he f a t t e rn shorn in t h e NRC Book i s only an application, not a CP or license; there a r e no full t imers be- tween ALbar~. & NYC on reg io r s l channels. 10/12 w.s a good LA night & on 600 W/KICC nulled, it 's R. Ebe r t ad , Ekrranquilla, 8: no Cutan! Iet 's hope 600 i s clear agiin!

4 S- A. IE(UZAK - PSC #l - Box 613 - APO - 9rn Francisco, Chlifornia - 96553

Most mers seem e$hralled by the prospect of some wonderous event which would take a l l the *pests off the a i r . I m s recently TIE t o t h e PhiUppines, where just such a thing has happened. AS a resul t of the emergency declared by President a r c o s , most radio stations a r e silent. Although time i n

the P.1. was Umited, and the RX us& 6 mmeless clock wdio, courtesy Clark AB transient qmr tem) less thsn sterling, a few loggings (10h, &am) were rmde: The

Fgr &st Brcadcasting Co. i s s t i l l operating, with mE-1030 providing c l mx and IPAS-680 transmitting rellgloua programing. The Voice of the Philippines i s i n cp-tion m 92Br(, a s a r e the AFF% stations a t Clark and other U.S. installations. p unU) e t a t i m on the low end of the d i a l (the RX's only logging indicators Were

5.5 9 l.6" spread over 3/4" of d ia l ) i s s playing uninterrupted ~ i m t r a records, whdCh drove me t o Usten t o the Philippine Broadcasting Service stations on 1190 (m) and 710 (my the l a t t e r carlying NX & interview i n l h ~ l o g with thenket- ro Cornw (*nil.% Federal palice) coarmnder concerning the curfev. News generally seemed t o consist of the namesoof people arrested for AhnomolLes* in the i r conduct This i s not t o be taken a s a comprehensive report on the situation: the RX was poor, & I didn't hive the time or reference nater ial t o do a proper study. The

effect of there being so few stations i n operation i s that the me8 on the a i r seem much stronger than they were when thex hid to,~ompete with those, such a s R. Veritas & t h e KanJaon Broadcasting System rockers that a r e now silent. In the evening, numerous a i n e s e were heard, but time and equipment did not permit. In

any event, procedures have been established for stations t o resume operations, so n o m l c y should return i n the future. Perhps Bob Ekmdy in Truk could kee on the situation (and i f he should find any spare p r t s for a Nakajina K i tgIeag

, Mltsubishi Type y7 lying around out there, plesbe l e t me know). m y , agressive aamgement action his been taken t o prevent Purure such d i m c u l t i e s Z-nlse; a s soon a s I etepped off the plane a t Yokota, I dashed over & b o u a t a TFM-l600.

BR4ISHAW BJRNEAM - 28 H i t r e e lane - %chester, New Yo* - L46& orwa warded t o ERC by the B.P.c.) Firs t Musing: preoccupa-

I t ion is t h e ssarch for receivers of unusual quietness, seneitivity, and selectivi- ty; well rnrtched t o direct iomlly adjustable a n t e m . lhese goals have not a l l been attained. I f t h e best i s not t o be secured by combining a purchased RX w/a special a n t a m and auxiliary equipent. I do not object t o the idea of building a special combination from scratch. A t present for lau frequency listening I use a TFF and regenerative detector, Natioml (Navy) RBL-2; for the BCB an Elco AM Tuuer. We enjoyed a v l s i t with G. Harley DeLeurere i n Hendricks, W. Va. last Ap- ril. We a r e just nud s d t l i n g in a new house and considering a d i rec t ioml anten- m i n t h e a t t i c . Wstening can be a pleasure when the YX does not produce exces- sive atmospheric background, but nan-uade interference a r e sometimes a plague. Wht or@nizations a r e dedicated t o exposing, curing, preventing, and legislative- ly namgingthe mis-perfornance of fluorescent lights, W sets, solid s t a t e con- t rol lers , and &her RF ntlisance generators? Whose e r r can be dawntagOously f i l l ed with WaiUngs a b w t th i s ever-orsening s i tmt ion? ( ~ n ~ local candidate looking for votes might be a good bet, Bmdskw, and welcome t o the NRC & Musings! -EX)

MICBAEL GOOD - 13319 Vernon - Huntington Woods, Michigan - 48070 Abiding by your numerous requests, here i s nIy f i r s t Musing. In cel-

ebration of the excellent CX I have been finding, I have decided t o h s e . For an introdnction I am nearly 15 & am a sophomore a t Berkley High. I started MW ming a l i t t l e ov& a year ago, and now use a Lkake SW-4~ v/an AL-4 loop. I am a 4 0 in- terested i n SW IM but have not been doing any lately a s MW CX a r e the best I have experienced. 10/14 saw two things of note. Firs t , PJC2-855 W/IA mx from 9:35-9:45 pm EST & s/off w/Iutch anthem @ 11. Mx comes i n fa i r , but speech i s imudible. QSi from ~JW-850 & CJBC-860. I a l s o heard a station on 600 W/T~XES Tech - Texas AM FB from 9:50 t o 9:55 U/KPAC. Who i s th i s? h t i s a l l the fuss about stations gohg AN? Here i n W r o i t there a r e about 20 locals; a l l but three a r e AN & i t ' s been t h i s ray as long a s I can remember! 73. (~ood, Michael, and welcome t o the NIPC and the Musings section! We hope a l l our new members w i l l check i n OFTEN. ERC)

THERE ARE TWO MYS TO SPELL EVERY SEVm WYS - WElKLY - AND - WWUY. WHICH WILT, IT BE LN WISNGS? IT'S UP TO YOU!

BOB sWW - 234 Columbus Street - Elyria, Ohio - 44035 5 I won't have rrom t o l i s t a l l that "great" Sumer W. I w i l l say the

summer's best catches were HoL~O-840 KOTA-1380 WDIP-590 WERT-1223 XEN-6% xrn-620. SO that's why I said "great', hi! Recently CX have been better & I've hcld a l i t t l e time. 10/1- HIAT-650 good u/looped WSM 1l:lOpm. MM 10/2- YVKK-70 w/records & talk; WBC on DC 1:15-1:s. m - 9 5 0 r/c. CBT-~~O W/WX Q 4:36 giving TC of 6:6, L&C. I checked 640 for CBN & there they were; I hadn't heard them since @bs m s off AN. I shoulda checked 990 too, but I didn't remember t o till the next MM when

weren't a s favorable. 10/3- WEMB-160 9:Onm u/o KYW W/WCXO looped. 10/8- WBU-600 7pm s/off w/a couple of h r s of " ~ l i ' s Coming"; ISITF/WEU had just gone off I guess. MU 10/9- FFC-610 s/off w/two bsrs of O Qmda, nany mentions of New (sr l is le , so I guess CHNC, huh? Though i sn ' t that an hour l a te it m s l2:05)? TWO AN Cubans in //, 860-880. GO-810 f i ra l ly @ l:05 a f t e r A= [ i t ) NX U/KW w/ K Y off. KTi(T-990 w/lhke I D 2:30 well O/WOX; they hsd pubic affgirs programs. ~ - 6 5 0 , lhisors Monserrante, good AN. Who has 'korld omo or row" on 650 @ %m? It took 45 minutes of listening t o r e l i ious p r o m s & W B T / W ~ R slop t o do it, but I got an I D from XPMI-11% @ 4:29 w$NX. Muy g ~ a c i a s for the 91-l! State #48, completing the continental U.S. Nar, i f only CFCY would show! 10/14- WRV-990 W / c/w, local spots, then NX, well O/WOX 8:3%m, no sign of the Ohiasns. MM 10/1.6- I J V M G - ~ ~ ~ ET/m 12:35 weakly. KYMN & WHIM TETs both in & both needed. Who a r e the two AN SSes on 5401 !Be stronger has a YL announcer & either nany IDS, which I no comprend, or wny identical ads, i n which she speaks, then there's a p-o & strongs, then she speaks a-in, ad dislnteressandum. I might have hnd the WIItI TET 9/25; I h a r d SSB there @ 2 - or i s tha t unn KFAX? WW-1340 rill soon be- come an ERC New Ymr's Eve station% WPBR! (YOU hs te rners c a l l it "fibbon"). Nick Mileti, oMer of Cleveland's Indians, Bsrms, Cawliers & Arem, has complet- ed the purchase of YKYC-1100; new ca l l w i l l be WiW. Time for a little ingenuity on the part of jingle composers! 73. CHRIS - 407 ~lmwood Avenue - ~ t h a c a , NW ~ o r k - 14850

had snow f lurr ies 10/15, so I guess winter i s well on i t s my. Recent m: 10/10- WmM-1310 @ 5:59pm ~ / ~ r e t t y good signal. l0/l5- m - 1 3 4 0 N.Y. e 4:2 m, WBC-1390 h. @ 5:24, ~k&?,-1380 N.J. @ 6pm. i10/16- w ? o R - ~ ~ O @ 1:43m, 'f: h'Ml'l'-l 50 W. @ 6:13~m. 10/17- W O L - ~ ~ ~ O D.C. @ le:3&m. Total eveyarders now 53, w/15 on 1400. Total loggings i s 426. Veries: v/a- WWZ WIMP. v/c- WNC.

~ -- - - , - Lots of unanswered reports a re out. I real ly enjoyed-~ish's recent ar t ic le . The only rea l problem i s any real good daytime DX would be via skywave & the skywave signal i s often not attenuated w/distance a s rapidly a s the ground wave signal. Winter day skywave can be quite strong, a t least in the Northern U.S. where the sun i s relatively l o w in the sky a l l day. Most of the Winter I get rmsombly good day skywive reception of Chicago's 50kwers (fl5 miles) vhile their groundwave Just doesn't wke it here. As I type th i s a t noon there i s no trace of Chicago but in a month or so they'll be there almost daily. I forgot t o mention h s t week I ' m delighted w/the Wttern Bodc. I can't wait for the day patterns. I've noted some mistakes, notably omissions. & book had a couple of defective pages which I wrote HQ aboit & there's been no reply. One point ought to be stressed about the pt- terns appearing in the PB i s that these a r e groundwave patterns. If you a r e re- ceiving a station by skywave a t a distance of less t h n a b w t 500 miles you my be getting either a stronger or weaker relative s i g m l thsn the p t t e r n my inc'icate. Ydu have t o know the details of the tower spacing, phasinz, etc. a s well as tower height t o r a l l y determine the radiation p t t e r n out of the pound plane. In &en- eMl, i f you find youraelf in a mrrow nul l of a radiation p t t e r n , but a r e listen- iW a distance closer t iun 500 miles, chances a r e you a r e nsC r a l l y i n the nul l a t a l l a s far a s the sky wave signak i s concerned. I f you're located i n what ap- P a r s t o be a very wide null, e.g. that of WL-1520, then proximity to the sta- tion cn't mke mdch difference unless you fire very close (zbuut 40 miles). IXxx awone know i f Sunrise-sunset mps a r e currently a m i h b l e frml anywhere? %?c queries t o Hi in recent month: h v e cane unanswered. 73. (-ie Wesolovski i s the " f a t h e r 5 f these wps, nonth by mantil, Chris - t ry hin n t 1416 Facadem t v c . . h h a , Nebmska - E ? c ~

c-- Bob Foxworth GPO BOD( 2111 NEW YORK NY 1 0 0 0 1

Conditions seem t o have tapered o f f a b i t fro33 the excellent reception character- i s t i c s noted t h e f i r s t weak i n October. S t i l l some very good catches being hrd, though, a s we ' l l see l a t e r . I ' m happy t o s t a r t off t h i s sec t ion with a new repor- t e r , Charles Wackerman, of Randallstown, Md. who sent i n a nice LW (as wel l a s MW) report , which follows. We r ea l i ze t h a t par t of the problem with LW i s t he same- ness of t h e catches one hears, due t o the l imited number of s t a t i ons t h a t operate there; t h i s i s t h e reason it i s impractical t o s e t up a regular LW column. Nonethe- less , we do welcome repor ts of LW DX - as wel l a s MW - a s it i s heard by you. Receptions:

151 Germany. Deutschlandfunk, Cologne hrd 2326 1019 u n t i l 0200 10/10. Very strong a t about s-7 but some problem with modulation. Class ica l mx. Interference was only from the TV s e t i n t h e next room. Taped. (~ackerman)

155 Romania, tenta t ive . Brasov RTR 2328-2340 1019 s ignal here? i n East European lang and l i g h t mx. Very very weak and an unidentified beacon in ter fered . A f l u t t e r y s ignal and very poor modulation on the speech portion of transmission but music came i n be t t e r . Matt Zahner of NNRC was here a t the same time and iden t i f i ed the lang a s Romanian. (Wackerman)

164 France. Allouis ORTF In t e r . 2200 1019 - 0800 10/10; has usually been i n w i a a readable s ignal every night t h i s season. Very strong wi th pop mx, some nx and comedy pgms, and ORTF I n t e r IS. %is s t a t i o n i s always the f i r s t one i n and t h e l a s t one out every night and the only interference ever noted i s 1 from s t a t i c . Taped. (Wackerman)

180 Germany. Europa-1, Saarlouis transmitt ing i n French 2337 1019 - O1OO 10/10. h i r s igna l with popular and show mx and some commentary and possibly some

1 comercia ls . Peadable but some beacon ana RTIY interference and some long 1 slow fades. %is one i s usually i n several times a month. Taped. (~ackerman, 1 ~ d . ) (As bes t I know, plans a r e s t i l l go fo r t he D.I.D.S. a l e r t i ng s ta t ion , t o be b u i l t a t Edgewood Arsenal, Md.; operate on 179 khz with 50 kw. Guess you ' l l be t he f i r s t t o know, when it h i t s t he a i r , Charles. Sorry, h i . -ed.) (Details about DIDS appeared i n Broadcasting, reprinted here, a year or s o g a ) 1

200 England. BBC here i n english with what appeared t o be a European Service xmsn and was // SW. Had BBC News, From the Edi tor ia ls , and a mx p p . Was hrd 2315 - 0045 10/9-10; 3 or 4 other times since beginning of '72. Heavy in t e r - ference from a beacon s ignal but ea s i ly readable. Taped: have a l s o ver i f ied t h i s one. (Wackerman) (No beacon ever hrd within 3 khz o r so of 200 here -ed.)

209 Morocco. Azilal , Beni Mellal. R'IM 2202 1019 - 0400 10 and i n every night since. Arabic chanting and Arabic Lang. About t he same a s ORTF signalwise. ( ~ a c k e r - man) ( I ' v e s t i l l not de f in i t e ly hrd t h i s one i n evenings: not a t a l l i n mor- nings. I get a beacon "MMK" here, where's t h i s ? Incidentally, concerning 209, I fould a very old Bennett column from a mid-'60 vintage Poptronics concer- ning LW BC DX, one of the few concessions Hank ever made t o low f r eq and MW DX, and i n it he indicated t h a t Reykjavik, Iceland was heard " in t he Great Lakes area, (by an unidentified ~ ~ e r ) around 1830 ESF!..this f req might be )r

1 worth watching fo r a chance a t bagging t h i s very elusive country, f o r as we know the 665 and 737 ou t l e t s a r e of the highest d i f f i cu l ty ( a l so ) . -ed.)

MW DX receptions t h i s week a r e unusual here, a t l e a s t f o r t h i s column, a s I have more topof - the -d i a l mater ia l than low-end s tu f f ; a reversa l of the usual pattern.

' 650 unID SS hrd without any breaks from 0738-0800, then 3 ascending chimes and

unreadable I D . Music a combination of C&W and MgR; presumed t o be Cuba. Hrd MM 1019. (Pe jza, Calif . )

650 Hawaii. KORL hrd poor U/W% 9/12 0955-1025. (oldfield, Edmonton, Alta. ) 655 No. Korea. % i s the only Korean hrd 10/16 1155 t o fade a t 1158. Man i n Korean

and orch. mx. (Pejza, Cal.)

660 Alaska. KFAR 0723-0732 9/20 poor t o f a i r u&. ( ~ l d f i e l d ) I

670 Mexico. XETOR, Torreon, Coah. hrd for the f i r s t time MM 10/16 w i t h KBOI part- ly nulled; ranchero mx, i n 1209-1213 with RCN I D a t 1213. (Pejza)

690 Mexico. Ti'uana has been off most MMs recently from a t l ea s t 0815 t o past 1115. ( ~ i . i z a J . - , Portugal. Porto i n 10/11 2235-2300; s t a r t ed f a i r l y weak sunset with s o f t MoR vocals and t a l k i n Pbrtuguese by a man; b u i l t up t o a steady s-7 by 2254 and was stronger than WGN. After t h a t they began to have crossmodulation problems (slopover; sideband leakthru-ed.) a s WGN b u i l t up. ( B i l l Feidt, Md.) Nicaragua. Radio Titania, Chinandaga was almost cer t lanly the s t a t i on here on 10113 t o 0400 s/off. No de f in i t e I D but they gave the f r eq a s 725 and men- tioned Chinandega i n the s/off anmt. Signal was only f a i r . (Merriman, Va. ) Nicaragua. Radio Equis, YNX Managua noted a t 0425-0518 on 1019 with contem- porary m. A strong s ignal with s l i g h t &RM from WSB u n t i l 0505. (R Allen, ok.) Alaska. KFQD, Anchorage hrd 9/20 with deta i led news, vx, sports, 0709 with rock and MoR mx. An excellent 9-6 except f o r s t a t i c bursts. No sign of WSB. F i r s t fade was quickly a t 0723. Returned wi% mx and Garner Ted Armstrong a t 0732-0740 a t s-4 under WSB and an unID Spanish. (Oldfield, Alta.) Hawaii. KGU weak under t he Cuban i n WJR Null 0838-0843 1019. (Pejza) KGU hrd 093-1025 9/12 poor-fair U/WJR. Hrd on 9/25 a t 0800 "your spor ts voice of Hawaii" i n d e t a i l t o 0810 wx. Were 9-6 and no WJR a t a l l . ( ~ l d f i e l d ) Colombia. Radio Tequendama, H J J X good with rock, I D a t 0821 1019. (Pejza) Japan? Noted s-9 "grumble" 1235 9/25 which usually becomes Japanese. (Oldfield) Mexico. XEFW, Tampico noted a t 0225-0240 on 10/5 with popular mx and frequent ads, including one f o r Pepsi. Slight &RM from KCMO.(Allen, Ok.) Morocco. Rabat a t a good l eve l most evenings:Apparently a new high power xmtr on t h i s freq. Had mistaken fo r Egypt u n t i l I noticed it was // 209 khz. rant, Mass. ) (Another benef i t of being able t o tune LW.. .-ed) Mexico. XESB, Santa Barbara, Chih. presumed the strong Spanish hrd 1253-1302 MM 10116 with WEAP under. Faded badly and quickly. Sunrise ru les out other Mexicans; t h i s reception would have been r igh t a t LSR i n Santa Barbara. (Pejza) Spain. EAJ1, Barcelona i n w i t h good signals on 10/14 a t 0040. Man i n Spanish a t t h i s time. (Merriman, Va. ) Hawaii. KIKI noted on 9/20 a t 0643 with rock mx, even with WCCO and both poor. Same thing, 0800-0807. Noted a t s-9 0810 9/25 with lady talking i n J a p anese, giving pl. nob i n English. Jap songs t o 0822 t /out . Note t ha t they , were English rock a t the same time. ( ~ l d f i e l d ) Gilbert &Ellice. Tarawa jus t a weak ca r r i e r when checked a t 0850 10116. I didn' t t r y t o s t i c k around and get any audio. ( ~ e r r i m a n ) ( I transposed the meaning; "s t ick around and t ry . .audiot' i s what I meant t o type -ed.) ( s r i . ) I t a ly . RAI Roma 10/9 0300-0345 with French and English news on the hour; I t a l i a n on the 4 hour. Had some popular American and "soul" mx, some show mx and one c l a s s i ca lmx piece. Poor signal, bad fading and heavy QRM from ad- jacent channels. Barely readable. (~ackerman) (Unusual f o r t h i s former s-9 s i d Hawaii. KHLO hrd f o r the f i r s t time i n over 2 years, under KOA OC MM 1019 a t 0627, w i t h promos and rock. (Pejza) Hawaii. KAIM, Honolulu 9/12 0955-1025 and 0755-0800 9/25, both times with re- l igion, poor-fair and under WWL. ( ~ l d f i e l d ) Cuba. I n strong with Radio Enciclopedia I D 0633 10/9. (pejza) Spain. EAJ2, Madrid 10/14 0010-0028 very good w i t h l i ve ly Spanish mx t o 0015, a 2 minute dialogue by a man and woman i n Spanish and back t o mx. Hit s-7 a t times. (Feidt , Md.) unID. Carr ier hrd 10/14 around 0140-0150 kicking up a 1 khz het ; could s p l i t off ca r r i e r but crosstalk from 970 made audio impossible. Nothing seems t o be l i s t e d on t h i s time of day but judging from cx I would guess ENR-2 on l a t e ; anyone have any info on t h i s ? (Feidt , Md.) (!Iny chance of a Russian,Bill?-ed.) Moldavian SSR. Kishinjov a good l eve l 10/10 2245 tunein i n Russian, and c l mx. Radio Moscow IS a t 2258, a minute of si lence fo lo by I S again a t 2300. Then l o s t under splash from 1000 khz stns. rant, Mass.) ( ~ u s t SOUNDS l i k e a thousand s ta t ions , hi-ERC)

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Tonga. NukufAlofa 9/25 0855-0859 f a i r t o even s-6 w i t h KGBS. KGBS s/off l e f t no sign of KDKA. The lady ancr used two "poly" langs, plus Englieh. Didn't hang around f o r t h e new I D . (o ldf ie ld) (Reptd c a l l now i s A3Z. -ed) Tonga hrd 0908-0930 (GOAT. Seg. VII) with a man taking the en t i r e time (as f a r a s I could t e l l ; s i g faded out several times) and when i n bes t , s ignal . seemed Polynesian o r Hawaiian. Strength 0 t o 4 (out of 5 ) and readabi l i ty 0 t o 5 (out of 5 ) with heavy W from KDKA and severe s t a t i c . (~a rchevsk i ,~A) Chine, P.R. Ek ing hrd 1000-1006 (GOAT. Seg. VIII) with pips (5 + 1 higher) a t 1000. men a woman i n Chinese in to a speech which .continued beyond 1006. Signal strength 1 (out of 10) ana readabi l i ty 0 t o 1 (out of 10) with, again, WN from KDKA and l i g h t s t a t i c . (~archevski , Cal.) Spain. EFJ15; Barcelona 10/14 0035-0120 extremely strong and steady f o r a l - most t he e n t i r e period; had man with t a l k i n Spanish with deep but strong modulation; had br ief periods of a bullfight-type music i n the background; mention of Madrid, Valencia and Radio Juventud a t 0100. WBZ splash a problem a t times. (Feidt, Md. ) Nicaragua. Radio Mundial, YNW3, Es te l i noted with f a i r l y good signals a t 0440 on 10/16. Newscast with multinote chimes used between items. (Merriman, Va. ) Portugal. R.C.P. Lisboa, CSB2 had excellent s ignal a t 0433 on 10/16. Was playing a comedy record a t t he time. (Merriman, Va.) Hawaii. KHVH on a t beginning of "GOAT" segment 1000 3 4 10/15, but then a quick s/off anmt, and off without SSB. (Pejza, Cal.) KWH hrd 0807-0816 (GOAT. seg. VII) with man talking u n t i l 0807*. Then a wo- man t a l k s beyond 0816, hrd phrases l i ke "women of Hawaii are going t o vote" and "people on the loca l level". Strength was 1 t o 3 (out of 5 ) but reada- b i l i t y only 1 (of 5 ) a t bes t due t o heavy s t a t i c , m? and a Spanish s t n hrd on occasion. (Karchevski, SFO area, Cal. ) (bins P.R. Foreign Service on top of KWH 1000 Sl 10/15 f o r GOAT; faded, back a t 1004 with man i n Jpapanese. SAH of 140/min. Was a t armchair l eve l a t LSR here 1350 1oj16 with man ta lk ing i n Chinese; faded for a couple of minutes. Children's chorus hrd several occasions here. ( ~ e jza ) Foreign Service hrd 1028-1035 (GOAT. seg. VIII). 1028 had opera mx sung by man and woman. 102@ t a l k by woman i n Japanese? then more opera mx. 1030 a sudden 2 hz f l u t t e r , fo lo by WHO I D . 1031man says "KOCHIROWA PEKING HOSOJO DES" (recognized thanks t o Richard Wood) (Don't mean t o be a nitpicker but thought t h e correct wording would be "kochirawa Peking haso desu", can we ver i fy t h i s o r is it too inconsequential t o bother? -ed.) then orchestra mx (an IS? ) fo r 30 seconds. Man says I D again, then keeps on 'calking beyond 1035. Strength 2 t o 4 of 5 and readabi l i ty 0 t o 3 (of 5 ) with l i g h t s t a t i c and fading. Hrd again 1047-1105 (GOAT. seg MII) w i t h mx by children's chorus and woman i n Japanese. 1 0 5 e appx 800 hz tone fades up very strong fo r about 60 seconds, then disappears. 1059 woman says "TCUCHI-BIRA PEKING HOSOJO GUDES" (REW?? -ed.) then instrumental mx. Then woman t a lks over mx. Mx ends, woman keeps on talking. Hrd again 1300-1306 (GOAT. seg IX) with a man ta lk ing i n Japanese beyond 1306. Strength and readabi l i ty loud and c lear . Some l i g h t s t s t i c and s lop from KOFY-1050 and KTWO-1030. KGBS and KSWS, 1020 a l so on now. A t 1303 a HNI s t a r t s , source unknown. (~a rchevsk i ) England. BBC readable 0448-0535 1019 i n German to.0530, then French. Had comentary and mx, " i c i hndres" a t 0530 but no I S o r B E chimbs. Logged with WBAL (3 mile away) off . Taped. (~ackerman, Md. ) Mexico. XEPRS strong w i t h o ld ies rock 0623 9/25; KING and CHEC off ; r a re here. (Oldfield, Al ta) XEPRS with r e l ig . i n Spanish 0435-0510 1012 with severe KAAY QRM. This s t n i s hrd regularly, occ .- topping KAAY here. (Allenm Ok. ) Canary Is . ECS~, h as Palmas 10116 0655-0700. OC t o 0657, then in to a gui tar I S consisting of 3 ascending notes, chord, 3 descending notes, chord; br ief - anthem a t 0659 and I D by man i n Spanish a s ". ..escuchan Radio Atlantico." Also had weak audio from a 2nd Spanish while ECSh had OC on but no I D was possible. I could have sworn I hrd French t a l k by a man around 0630 here, ,just before many of the Spaniards put ca r r i e r s on, but who might thisbe?(~ei&) Colombia. Radio Reloj 0440-43 10/9 def in i te I D ; poor and faded quickly. Had a very quiet , slow Vocal. ( ~ a c k e m n , Md.)

9 Spain. Brief periods of music breaking on top of the jumble of carf iers here on 10115 at 2309. Surely these off freq s ta t ions a re in ter fer ing with each other. Wonder why they don't t r y t o keep these s t a t ions on freq? (~e r r iman) k m . Rep. HIES, Radiolandia, Santiago noted w i t h romantic mx on 10/14 a t 0410. (~err iman, Va.) (The date hrd here AN was 7/&/72;correcting prev.-ed) Brazil. PRE3, Radio Globo, Rio was hrd with excellent signals on 10115 from Radio M i l s/off a t 0630 t o a f t e r 0800. Some long deep fades and QRM from WOW0 on 119. Had many IDS a s "Globo" by a man breaking i n over t h e music. Three chimes noted jus t before 0800, but these may have been part of a spot fo r a bank. (Merriman, Va. ) Dom. Rep. Radio M i l , Santo Corningo good on 10/15 t o 0630 s/off. (~e r r iman) W. Germany. VoA, Munich 10/9 0546-0600; t races of audio. ( ~ l d f i e l d ) Venezuela. WOZ, Caracas 10/9 i n wel l 0640 W/N W O A I , l o t s of IDS and ads. "Radio Tiempo". ( ~ l d f i e l d ) France. ORTF Bordeaux 10/10 0555 he t broke, but no audio u n t i l 0558. Faded forever a t 0611. Man spoke i n French r igh t past past 0600, then in to nx. Four equal be bell) pips, equally spaced folo by what seemed t o be a few notes strummed on a harp. %ey must be automatic pips a s they drowned h i s voice. No pause. No sign of WCAU. l h e i r French seems t o be spoken twice a s rapidly a s tha t on, say, our loca l cHFA-680. F i r s t r e a l audio f o r me on t h i s one; France #1. ( ~ l d f i e l d , Alta. ) Sierra Leone. Freetown believed the s t a t ion with tone t e s t under Bordeaux a t 0548 on 10116. Tone ended a t 0554:45 and t h e i r I S noted a t 0556. I S was over Bordeaux a t times, but faded under them a t s/on t ime . (Merriman, Va.) England. BBC noted 10/2 0529-0626, f a i r with pips a t 0600. MoR and "pop" mx j ingles, " i t ' s number one on Radio one". TCs for DSP ( B 9 -ed. or, CFP.) e.g.

"27 min 30 sec u n t i l 8 o'clock" (o ld f i e ld ) Also noted: 10/3 0545-0609 f a i r t o good, pips again a t 0600. Peaked t o s-3. Hrd 10/6 0547-0609 very poor; was poor 1019 a t 0545 and poor on 10/10 a t 0540. Tuned again 0612-0647 for t h e best s ignal ever. A l l "pop" plus s tu f f by Cher, Guthrie, had many exact TCs, dedications from a l l those cards and l e t t e r s . ( a l l from ~ l d f i e l d , A l t a ) unID strong het , probably Russian, 0911-0915 10/8. Sleep time here. (Oldfield Morocco. Voice of Morocco, Tangier l i ke ly t h e Arabic s t n here a t 0535 10116. I f it i s them, i s e a r l i e r s/on than l i s t e d i n WRTVH. Strong ca r r i e r but l i t t l e audio. ( ~ e r r i m n , Va. ) Tangier f a i r with chanting and f l u t e mx 0420-0438 10/16; much be t t e r with man, apparently i n Arabic 0540; more chanting 0550. (Delorenzo, Fla.) (Perhaps "ea r l i e r than l i s t ed" reception jus t Ramadan operation? -ed. ) Honduras. New ca l l , contradicting FBIS and WRTVH, fo r Radio El Mundo, Sari Pedro Sula, currently putting out good s ignal on 2680,where heard here. Noted 0505 1014 had highly f o m t t e d record request pgm. Informal I D a s "La Mundo" (short for L3 Radio El undo-&I); noted t o 0700 s/off. Bsck a t 5 a.m. Theme '%round t h e World". ( ~ a u s e r , m ex as) (was noted several khz off channel i n 1967; apparently i s r igh t on now. New c a l l i s HRHC, overlooked. -ed.) Mauritania. Nouakchott apparently the North African carrying Arabic p@W 10/14 & 10115 2235 t / i n t o 2305 s/off. Good l eve l but d i f f i c u l t t o separate from 1350 domestics a t times. (Grant, Mass.) Hawaii. KIVM, Lihue noted poor 9/12 a t 0955, poor 9/25 around 0830, f a i r w/ fading and QRM 1018 0850-0901; rock j ingles l i ke WJ.S, KOL; hrd poor 10/14 a t 0845. Had rock p g g i n each instance. ( ~ l d f i e l d , Alta. ) In t . Waters. RNI 10/8 0524 pop mx from Europe; 0530 was def in i te ly // 6207; 0559 I D and f a s t and weak SAH, nom. 5.2 hz, l i ke ly from Porto. ( ~ a u s e r , TX) Mexico. Stn hrd 10/8 0552 with p a r t i a l ID a s "..PJ, R. Capital" presumed t h i s S n Pedro Tlaquepaque s t a t ion referr ing t o adjacent Guadalajara(~auser) France. ORTF L i l l e 10/8 05U French t a lk , mx; 0542 good with French t a lk ; 1019 0454 French singing, good a t several other checks. (Hauser, Tx.) unID strong het W/KRKO splash 0907-0911 1018; prob. the Russian. (o ldf ie ld) d D SS, IDing a s Radio Exito, I think, and "musica romantica" 0732 10/9. Much slop from local KGB made reception very d i f f i cu l t . Chimes a f t e r ID. (Pejza) (I saw a TV show l a s t year, "Mannix" or similar, discussion about the KGB the $viet security police. actor says "And t h a t ' s not a radio sta- t i o n either!: What e l se can you e$pect f ran a California ac tor on TV se r i e s

10 I' 11 1385 Spain. ECS11, Radio Centre, Madrid, 1019 0603 Br i t i sh mx, various anmts, A M e r note on 1525 - assuming the xmtr location i s indeed i n the U r n -

m b a l te rnat ing , 0619 c lear ID, f a i r strength, good catch a t 20kw. (Hauser) chi, Sinkiang area, t h i s i s not a Far East reception a s commented on i n t he

1394 Albania. Tirane! 1018 0535 presumed the one w/talk, l i s t e d Polish, 0605 l i s t I section, l a s t week. Bearing i s approx. 14O from NYC; distance about 6450

Czech; i n a f t e r other TAs had gone; 10/9 0502 not qui te so good. (Hauser) $ 1 miles. Slgnal path passes near Novosibirsk, USSR, over Novaya Zemlya, over

1394 unID. Signed on a t 0630 on 10116. Brief mx a t 0630 then a woman speaking t o Spitsbergen, near t he very northernmost t i p of Labrador...a very d i f f i c u l t path. The extremely hqgh p e r of t h i s xmtr (reported 2000 kw with an an- fadeout a t 0652. Language soesn' t sound l i k e Spanish o r Port. t o me. Tirana

a poss ib i l i t y i n Hungarian but would have been way a f t e r t h e i r LSR. (Merri- tenua gain of 4) helps b e l t a s igna l through.-ed. msn, Va.) (Any poss ib i l i t y of Azores, tho seemed not PP; d i a l ec t ? -ed) 1529 Asia t ic RSFS. Causing a strong h e t on XFBK 10116 1250. ( ~ e j z a )

1395 ,Strong h e t here, probably Chinese, 1019 1325-1400 (near LSR). Parer was 6 u n I D w i t h s trong h e t here 1019 1325-1400 (near LSR). (o ldf ie ld)

of f most of t he AM i n pa r t s of the c i ty . No chance f o r GOAT ei ther . (o ldf ie ld 1541 km. Rep. Radio E l Mundo, Santiago, d r i f t ed t o here, hrd 1015 0522 when hrd 1425 Greenbnd. AFRTS, m u l e AFB 9/25 a t 0618 a t 40 over s-9 with AFRTS ( the T with rhythms; 0530 TC f o r 1:02 "en Santo Domingo"; nom. 1540 per Objio

emphasized- j o ) de ta i led spor ts via ABC,CBS,NBC; dropped t o s-6 b7 0630. Had l i s t . (Hauser, Tx.)

no l o c a l ID - j u s t a g i r l i e j ingle "AFRS, Good morning". In to soul and rock, 1546 U.S.S.R. Vinnitsa, Ukraine with Eng. lang pgm 2230-2258; i s i n African ser-

t h e A i r Force Breakfast Food. I n again 1012 0&8-0640 with heavy rock, I n vice of Radio Moscow. (Grant, Mass. ) on 10/8 0830-0838 poor with fades, had jazz-unusual! I n again 10/10 0520 @ Moscow chimes noted 0300-0445 1018 and had some s igna l a t 0400 1019. Was i n

t o 0531 and 40 over s-9, slopping 1420 and 1430 with unusual l i v e deejay re- Eastern Euro. lang, Russian probable. W i r s ignal and readable. Matt Zahner

quest l i n e "25-24 Thule" u n t i l 4 AM. Mostly rock. Tuned back 0650-0718 and f i r s t hrd th is ;ca l led me. Taped but qual i ty poor. I n again with same type

s t i l l a t 40 over 9,l ive t o 0700 news from A i ne t - 0714, and a re you ready s ignal on 10111 and 0100 10112. May t r y f o r a b e t t e r tape t h i s wkend@&ermm) fo r t h i s ! AFRS soul tapes with Wolfman Jack! ( ~ l d f i e l d , Alta.) (such class... 1554 France. ORTF Nice 1015 0510 i n French but by 0545 not much l e f t . Nice r e c e p

1457 England. Radio Iondon probably the s t a t i o n here a t 0614 on 10/16. Not enuf t i o n 0522 1018 with chanson; 0505 1019. Another r e l i ab l e TA here.(Hauser) audio t o determine the lang, but t h i s l a t e I don't know who e lse . ( ~ e r r i m a n ) 1562 In t . Waters. Only a kind of marker consist ing of 4 t o 6 pips i n morse code

1466 Monaco. TA ca r r i e r 10/5 0513 and 1018 0458, some audio a t 0510; 1019 0457 s ty le , and a sung I D t h a t sounded l i k e "Veronica K. C. R." repeated a t 30

mx, 0500 hymn, 0539 l i g h t mx; ra ther good and one of t he reliables.(Hauser) t o 45 sec. in tervals , about 0130 1012. S t i l l going a t 0430, a s wel l a s a t

1469 Cuba. CMGE, Cardenas 10/11 0125-0134 very strong agains t 1470; ID a t 0128 1030. At 1145, fami l iar Dutch pgmg u n t i l 1200, when cam the I D , " D i t i s

runs, "Esta e s Radio Ciudad Bandera .. desde Cardenas, Cuba, t e r r i t o r i o Radio Noordzee I n t e r t ional". R N I running // 1367 and 1562. ( ~ r e e n l & g b ~ $ g ~ 15'70 Mexico. XERF noted 175 0511 with pgm i n French from Phila. evan-

l i b r e en America (and they say t h a t with a s t r a igh t face -ed.). This one g e l i s t with a heavy American accent. V i s i t made t o new, more convenient xr sounds l i k e a l o t m r e than 250 watts. (Feidt, Md.) s i t e 10/10 with Calkin revealed they a re currently down t o about 50 kw but . 1475 Austria. Wien must be t h e one with Tyrolean mx 1019 0448, soon out. (Hauser) building new equipment t o r a i s e eventually t o 500 kw (formerly wele ra ted

1475 unID. Noted 0605 t o fadeout a t 0613 on 10116. Had opera with a woman sing- a t 250 kw. (Hausex, ~exas)(Who would French be fo r? Louisiana? -ed.) ing i n a high pitched voice. Weak. This should have been a f t e r Vienna L a . 1570 Guatemala. TGVE, Voz Evangelica. Relig s t n i n Spanish U/XERF 0519 1017; A renaote poss ib i l i t y i s Mallora (Mallorca?-ed. ), wouldn't t h a t b e nice? i n t o Guat mx pgn 0535. XERF t a l k pgm during t h i s hour, with long pauses while (Merrimsn, Va. ) speaker gropes f o r words i n French i s helpful. Not copiable a f t e r 0602 and 1502 Spain. Item here 2 sec t ions back, c r ed i t t o Edmunds, NJ. (ed) maybe off then. F i r s t noted 0545 1015. (Hauser, Texas)

l5lO Australia. 2NA, Newcastle i n 9/25 0915-0950 poor-fair with m&w ta lk ing un- 1578 I t a ly . 0535-0555 on 1019 with good s-7 signal. I t a l i a n lang comedy s k i t w/ ti1 0930. Mentions of NSW s t a t e i n t a lk . C l mx t o f lout . Clear channel and severa l musical se lec t ions i nc l . "~merican Boys". Taped. (~ackerman, Md.) a new one f o r me. ( ~ l d f i e l d ) ( % i s used t o be the most l i ke ly Aussie ECNA-ed) 1586 W. Germany. Langenberg 1019 0530-0546 f a i r with mx t o f l ou t , German spkg.

1525 China P.R. Urumchi, Sinkiang noted with bes t s ignal ever heard on 10113, I n 10/10 0506 m&w ta lk ing i n German, f a i r , mx 0516-0537. (oldfield, Alta.) 2306 t o complete fadeout a t 2350. Was over s-9 a t 2315 and perfec t ly read- @ WDR poor 1019 2200 t o about 0750. Variety mx, nx, commentary. (~ackerman) able f o r 10 minutes o r so with m&w yapping i n Russian. Some very b r i e f pe- @ WDR a l so a regular, v.2. 1015, 1018 0458 with audio and by 0538 up t o SINW r iods of mx. A t about 2328 a second c a r r i e r noted jus t on the high side, 32343 with mx, a l so on 10/9md 10/10. (Hauser) causing a s l i g h t he t when Urumchi faded. Both s icgals completely gone by

1594 unID. East Europeans only s t a t i ons known on by 0500 Sundays (10/8), had 2350. Now t o get a verie. (Merriman, Va.) some audio here, with graveyard sound though, 0520. (Hauser)

6 Russian lang pga noted 10/13 f a i r and 10/14 poor level , 2305 t / i n t o a p p - 1599.85 Dom. Rep. Appx f r eq of he t which d i s a p ~ a r e d simultaneously with 2nd har-

rent f l o u t around 2325-2330. Missed I S on the hour f o r more accurate I D . @ (Grant, Mass.) Was fo r t i ous ly home from work, DXing 10113 and noticed

monic 3199.7 a t s/off 0436 1016 Bfter anthem. Tuned there a t 0324 with mx, few anmts, IDS 0402, 0423 a s L.V. Fuerzas Armadas. (Hauser) loud h e t here 2235 and was pul l ing audio by 2240, man i n Russian, with a

f a i r signal, rapid deep in-and-out fades. Sig dropped o f f somewhat around 1602 W. Germany. BR, Ismaning 1018 0502 German t a lk , 1019 0516 mx. (Hauser)

@ Munich very good with man i n German 0404 1019, ext r . clear. ( ~ e ~ o r e n z o , ~ l a ) 2247; wife turned on !t'v downstairs completely wiping out signal. Was t a lk ing t o RjE and rechecked f r eq a t 225Pwas surprised t o note IS chimes coming i n m a t t s it; have a f a r odds and ends here but have t o close ou t and run t o t he PO. over t he TV sweep buzz. With s e t o f f , a t 2300, I found s ignal was comin~ i n 77 R 1 a s we l l a s 1520 and 1530 (with loop t o NE t o minimize 5 20 splash). ~ o t - a very c l ea r tape with "govorit Pekin" spoken four times, once by g i r l , once by man, bellchimes i n t r i p l e t s f o r 20 seconds o r so, I D S repeated again; a few ba r s of s tentor ian music, and in to dialogue. Had x t a l f i l t e r on "off" and was ge t t i ng bel l -c lear reception thusly, stayed i n wel l t o past 2320 here. Loud he t was apparent when rx tuned t o 1520 or 1530. Seemed t o be a t r ace of a very low he t i n and out along with rapid fade on China i t s e l f , during most of t h i s period, maybe 100 o r 150 hz? Quite weak. Checked again 10/14 around 2305-2310 and no t r ace of anything on 1525 here. Nothing a t a l l noted on 1529 e i the r night. Tried 1425, too, nothing there e i t he r . This could have been a "dou nut hole" s k i p t h r u reception a s seemed a b ' t au- r o r a l here. This couldqave-been hrrl on a t ab l e radio: was so strongt%Xw3ltfi)

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REPORTEDLY IN OPERATION. . . MALI. Bamako is reportedly now on 1415 or thereabouts according to SDXK.

SPAIN. RNE's new Santander t ransmit ter on 971 i s using two 10 kw transmit ters in parallel into a 300 foot mas t near the shore-line. FREQUENCY MEASURED AS

970.9572 kHz a t NRC HQ on 10124. (GPN)

SWAZILAND. The new 50 kw transmit ter i s now operating on a regular schedule of 0400-2200 on 1376 kHz. (ARC)

ISRAEL. The Israel i station on 737 now transmits in Russian 2100-2200 and 2210- 2355 so beware.. . (ARC)

CZECHOSLOVAKIA. There seems to be a new station on 899; currently only heard during daylight hours. (Blodorn, German)

YUGOSLAVIA. R. Kragujevac i s a new station built by the local population a t this city using the old relay transmitter which used to ope rate on the same channel (962 kHz); station broadcasts f rom 0255 until 1805 and 90% of the programming consists of local folk and pop music plus c o m e rcials. Radio Borba, another

. commercial station, i s currently operating on 895 kHz.. (ARC)

GREECE. Three new stations have been heard in Bulgaria since the middle of September; channels a r e 881. 953, and 1610 kHz; the la t ter channel relays Athens Home Service. (SCDX)

IRAQ. A new superpowered station i s now operating f rom Kirkuk on 692 kHz; the power i s reported to be 1200 kw. Heard in Sweden during the evenings after 1800 and interferes badly with DDR and the BBC. (Ericson. Sweden)

EAST GERMANY. Radio DDR is .low using the old 250 kw Burg t ransmit ter , formerly operating exclusively on 904,on a new channel of 1570 kHz; for an hour and a half period stating a t 1900 they switch back to 904 to t ransmit propaganda to the foreign workers in West Germany however. (Ericson, Sweden)

CHAD. Radio Tchad i s reportedly now operating with 20 kw on MW; no frequency specified. (DXclusive) Another i tem from Finland says that Chad i s operating on 1169 kHz; hopefully this will be the new 20 kw rig - should be pretty easy from here. . . RYUKYU ISLANDS. Following the return of Okinawa to Japan the callsigns, formerly K calls, have been replaced with new JO calls and new stations have been set up. The

NHK has opened two stations at Naha: JOAP on 550 with 10 kw relaying the f i rs t network and JOAD with 10 kw on 1360 relaying the second net. Stations whcih have changed call

include the Ryukyu Broadcasting Corp., now JORR f r o m KSAR; the old KSBK on 880 ( 3 kw) i s now JORO; The Radio Okinawa Co. station on 780 (5 kw) i s now JOXR; the

13 FEBC 1 kw job on 1020 i s now JOFF; the FEBC Japanese programmed outlet on 1250 (10 kw) i s now JOTF. On Miyako, Miyako Jima, the NHK stations a r e on 970 . (F i r s t Net, 100 watts) and 1370 (Second Net, 100 watts). The Ryukyu Broadcasting Corp. i s on 1150 with 100 watts; call i s not known. On Ishigaki Jima, the NHK 1s t Net is on 540 with 1 kw and the 2nd Net on 1520 with 1 kw. There is an RBC station i s on 1120 with 1 kw and Radio Okinawa operates on 1430 with 1 kw. The AFRTS i s still on 650 with 10 kw (and 1420) and the VOA continues to operate on 1178 with 1000 kw. JORO-880 is licensed until October of 1973 and the FEBC to May of 1977. (NZDXRL) Promotional literature f rom FEBC sayst that the last transmission of KSBU (100 kw ) was in May and that the t ransmit ter has been shipped to Manila: future plans for this transmitter a r e unclear. Plans a r e moving for the new 250 kw outlet on Cheju Island (S. Korea); 30 tons of equipment was to have been shipped from Switzerland sometime this las t summer. Frequency for the Cheju Is. operation i s still unspecified. (Freeman, Ca. )

PLANS AND RUMORS.. . SABA. Via the ham radio grapevine comes word that there i s now a station on this obscure and almost inaccessible island about 50 miles f rom Sint Maartin, supposedly operating on 1385 kHz. This island i s par t of the Northern group of the Netherlands Antilles. Anybody here anything f rom this one? (Via Ray Moore)

WEST GERMANY. Saar on 1421 i s scheduled to go to 1200 kw next month if anybody cares . . . (ARC)

COMORO ISLANDSITANZANIA. ORTF plans to establish a powerful relay station on the Comoros in order t o counter the propaganda from the French-speaking clandestine station "La V o k du Molinaco" operating from Tanzania on 1025 kHz, plus SW. This station i s in support of the Comoros Islands Liberation Front. (SCDX)

GABON? Re Ginbey's tentative Gabonese station on 989 reported here in IDXD recently: there i s a new Franceville station noted in Europe on S W which i s not in parallel with Libreville on SW; maybe this one i s the same net a s 989? (Ferguson)

WESTERN SAMOA. 2AP i s studying the possibility of moving the transmitter down to the s h e (now 900 feet above sea level) and establishing two more MW relays in the outlying islands. (DXclusive)

ANTIGUA. The BBC and Deutsche Welle a r e jointly building a 250 kw relay station t o be completed in 1973; not know if this will be MW o r SW. (DXclusive)

FIJI. The FBC has closed its SW stations and both a r e being modified for MW oper- ation. (SCDX)

TA FREQUENCIES RECENTLY MEASURED AT NRC HQ:

Tipaza, Algeria measured here 10113 at 2329; / I to 890 kHz. Morocco measured 1017 a t 2240 Algeria measured 1017 a t 2250 EAJ5 measured 10122 a t 2154 Morocco measured 10/9 a t 0130 Egypt measured 1019 a t 0130 Morocco measured 10111 a t 2200 Algeria measured 10/22 a t 2332 Morocco measured 10118 at 2324; 50 Hz hum on carr ier .

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Back weekly again, so a fa i r ly small colum th i s time. I lve done essentially no Domestic DX wsel f , and precious l i t t leforeign, mostly just brief MM TA sessions. ALL CONTRIBUMRS: Please submit only non-regular leggings. We are not interested in clears o r semi-locals unless they're changes. Also please t ry to submit in frequency order.

call i lml ic i l ions 980 WPBC-MN req. WYOO

1220 KEPD-ND req. KDDR 1590 KKJDU-CA req. KBBQ (Hmm, - RjE)

sunsel i ereninl 590 WKZO-MI H.S. FB game wAoca.1 ad w/ WW l i t e MoR o/u 10/U 2ll2.

(Ken Onyschuk, Blue Island, 111.) +s+ Which i s near what?-RjE 610 WSGN-JU Whuinerous po l i t i ca l song 2101, I D U03, f a i r signal. (KO) 920 WBAA-IN Anncd. close of dinner hr. of c l m blr al ight fade 1957 10/

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12 (KO) Hrd local food ad poking t h ~ o/regional mess 2123 10/13(~0) Hrd vk ID on rr pgn, then f/out 10A3 212h (KO) Hrd ID, then a, good w/ IEFL splash 10A3 2128 (KO) Caught end of nLifeline't pgm., ID, then rr 2015 10A2 (KO) Hrd w/ local FB promo u/WVA then rr 2017 10A2 (KO) (KO) W/ nOldiesn in nicely u/WFBM followed by local ad 2020 10/U SID, 2h hr mx, then ldrb pgm., no null 2024 10A2 (KO) W/ ltAuction in Actionn real good 10A2 2025 (KO) Ads, ID, f/out to WKIO w/ sx promo 2041 10/21 (KO) RR then ad for drive-in, more rr. Solid. 10/12 2&5 (KO) W / r r , local ad, ,Ac nx vy wk but audible 10/12 2050 (KO)

m i l n i u l l 10 sunrise Noted O U O 10/9 while checkLng //s of CBNM. Not hrd 10A6, and CBN-640 not hrd either date despite good sigs. on Tho. O n l y f a i r thm LAIS ( ~ o b Foxworth, Xineola, L.I., N.U.) Noted atop channel w/GFR-90 & 201 indoor wire while f a i n t & unreadable beh. WIL u/HQ-150 & loop. Exc. rec tion on AN show 10/l.5,16 0200-0200 w/ HI-type anncr. (FoJ Astounding level Oh32 t/in 10/9 w/ marine f cst., into "New- foundland Todaylt CBL carr ier Oh47 buried it. lOh6 CBL OC on 0430. ( ~ o q j

990 CBY -PF Strong, almost alone 0430 s/on 10A6. Carrier a t l eas t 8 mins. a. Relayed by CBIJA-600, several LPRTs. No dice on CBNA(Foq)

1080 KYITPJ-MN Fair a t times 1 0 h 6 i n TEST uhbTIC. 1 s t ID 0207 was best. Called 0228, hrd several other cal lers , cw I D 02.5h, only one noted. Occasionally a 3rd sig. w/m, pol i t ical pgm to

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0200. (Foq) TEST hrd 0105 I D then 0110, 12 ~/G?~'Ic. Test apparently all 'IT. (Tom Sundstrom, Millingboro, N. J. ) G106-ll 10/9 w/ nx,sx, dof f , anthem. (Xes Boyd,Youngstown ) Noted off OOhO h back in RS 0230 a f te r short IT 10/9 ( ~ o ~ d j W / r r 0132-3.5 & N C J D I W X I ~ T 0158-0203 a l l 10/9 (Boyd) Hrd f a i r a t times on TEST 0330-0h00. Loop to ta l ly k i l l s GBB here. WFTM just above jumble. 4 or 5 IDls taped. Reception quality remarkabW similar to Julyls I?EXJ-a90 TEST (Foxy) Is FF AN w/semhrr hrd 0315 10/9 HM ( ~ o y d )

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Off most of AY 1019. Much TT'ing so perhaps POP (~oyd) 0157-0201 lOn & 0258-0303+ 10/9, NSP?? (Boyd) w Yes-RjE TT U/WCKY 10/7 0118-0127. I D 0127 was Irdn call. (Boyd) Testin,. w/rr, jingles, l ive anncr. lead-ins 0310-22 noted w h C i on-off intermittently throughout. Strong here (Foxy) Noted best level ever 10/9 02L5-55 u n t i l WQXR TT sidebands covered. WJKJ testing on/off d w that time too (Foq) El'-TI'-OC 0103-0125+ 10/7 (~oyd) T e s t i x 10/9 0200 to s/off 0231 w/ powerful sig. 1 kHz. TI!, few voice I D I S (Foxy) Tester here 0230 10/9. Carrier kept cuttinz odof f , distorted audio a t times. A new CP c o w on ?? (Foq) * W Y Z , Jasper, GA. due on by l/l/73.... -RjE

Well, thassi t f o r t h i s time. Below will come a quasi-map f o r the QTH of the NJ Thanksgiving get-tmgether: 73, R j E

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17 BIIL AUSAUSKAS Jr. - Box 93 ? R.D. #l - Iake Hcptco J e r s q - 07849

H i everybody! Since I ' m on w c a ? ~ d q a t l m g last , h i ) and have a fed i t e m to-ntentim, I figured I'd check in. Hopefully, I'll catch up qy way-pst-due correspondence, too!! So, t o the IX since l a s t time. 8/9- Finellya logging on ve d i f f icu l t mC-1400 6:05pm, and 8/29, WC-1050 7:45pm. QI t o September: 9 z - WlT!l'-1430 6:590m s/off. 9/7- KCM-1193 7pm s/off, a lso --970 7:15 s/off. 9/8- WHIL-1430 7 s/off, then onto 9/19. WSYB-1380 6:53pm & WAD-149 8:05pm completely above the jmble for a while. 9/25- WCFR-1480 6:55pm. 9/27- hTID.1090 fimlZy @ 6:52pm and new (for me) WE-1110 7:26pm. 10/8- A l i t t l e early AM stuff: MSO-790 2:153m, WEE-1500 along with someone else (?) 8 2:30, and car t, 1330 W/WEP(/WFBC holding forth $ 3:O~m. On t o 10/10- A l i t t l e SIFj I# being done while I ' m onm~cat lon (through 10/22). *IS$@ 7:OSam - low a holdout here. 10/12- W0 more roughies i n WVIP-1310 5pm and WNW-1440 5:54pm. Iast , 1 0 / ~ , more early SI6 - a t 6:54am I noted someone a l l alone on 850 - Ired @ 7 t o be K[# - odd with the sun almost up. Then on t o 1020 for a positive ID on WED, re i l ly close t o even w/lUKA. They were carrying Mutual NX t o 7:05, then into local NX a f te r - wards. This seems t o be a good time t o actch 'em for anyone who needs 'em. Ibubtless t o say, the S W & SSS a r e really two different worlds, hi! That's it for now - I hope t o be hack soon. 73.

MOFiFUS SORFNSIX - Gcd's Narrows, kn i toba Well, here I am, back a t Gcd's Narrows, k n . , 350 miles NNE of

Winnipeg w/no cars, no television, no telephone, etc. A t least we have new teach- ers ' residences t h i s year complete wlth running water - no more chopping through the ice a t 40 below zero l ike we had t o do last year, hi. Aqhow, on t o IX. 9/12- W-jS30 mt. @ 8:58pm, WIC-1310 (ex-=) Mich. @ 9:29, CXOY-1310 at. @ &33, 9/14- CFRY-920 hn. 6' 11:19pm. 9/28- KRVN-880 Neb. d ll:5lpm. 9/30- Fimlly closest unheard, CBWG-1400 G i l l a m , h n . w/40w. @ over 100 miles, @ 8:- - aee KYXD for d e t a i l s . WBC-660 for the record @ 10:08pm. They a r e alvays very weak here i f heard a t a l l . MM 10/2- CMBC-690 Havalrr @ 11:58pm. SM 10/8- W - G O O @ 3 am. CMKV400 @ 3:09, (rrw-590 @ 3: 10. MM 10/9- KHPR-710 @ 3:04am; KTOK-1000 &la. 19 3: 12, WPBM-~~~OJTEST 1,380 miles, eas $ 3: 16-3:30. -900 bt. @ 3335; WKBN- flo @ 3: f l , -1440 &at. (ex--) @ 9 , Ver$fications: KCFX-1060 KKGF-1310 WIND- 560 CBR-1010 KMA-W CFRY-920 & CLWG-1400 (vie CBW) . I was unsble t o get rqy HQ- 150 on the plane so I ' m ming with a Westinghouse dpmestic table radio with the St+ 2 and also qy Allied "~stronaut 6" portable. I hope t o have the HQ-150 up here l a te r t h i s season. 73.

IU(BARD E. WOOD - Dep't. of F o r e i a Iangmges - L.S.U. - Baton Rouge, Ia. 70803 I recently hosted well-known Finnish DXer Jyrki K. Talvitis in

my home for a week. We had some good IM1 severs1 Buopeans including Tiram-1214 Bice-1554 and tentative BR-l602. October i s generally the best LX month in Fin- land and was a l so the month during which, i n Hsw~ii, I heard s ix Europeans. Jyrki rather wished he were back i n Flnland trying for North Americans a t the time. In- teresting plans a r e undemay for W i n Flnland th i s Winter: the Finns a r e just dis- covering the Beverage antenm and plan DXpeditions i n mid-Winter t o the i r Fgr North. Fascinating daylight Winter and l a t e equinoctial reception of, not only Alaska and the West Carst, but inland locations l ike Arkansas and the %st , too, Offer potential reception of just about every NA station under the right M. Here. Tizarrr.rl214 seems more powerful now. I reconanend the NRC Night Flittern Book t o Finns and other mopean IXers, and wished I had had it when IXing from Wwlii. The MW NEWS recent index t o North American receptim i n England since 1952 shws a r is ing number of U.S. daytimers, chiefly from W., Va., S.C. and similak Atlantic states, heard there. Interesting.

STEVE KENNEDY - 2166 w l e Street - Sraso ta , Florida - 33517 I guess i t ' s time for qy semiannml Muse. Firs t off an intro i s

i n order for new members. Age here i s 22, I 've spent several years hacking away in s m l l "one-horse" h i l lb i l ly radio stations, working t o t h e bone, pulling an a i r shif t , englneering, nanagement, and sales. Well, I have given it up, a t least for a csreer, for the green psstures of Law Ehforcement. 5might work radio a s a side

18 l ine but 1've pretty well decided t o stay vi th my present eml$loyer, SsrasOb Coun- t y Sheriff's Deprtmerrt a s a deputy. I have t o work hours t t a in ' t too nice for those who LZ during Midnight t o 8 a.m. - oh well. I purchased a b l l i c r a f - t e r s SX-130 RX las t week, and I 've spent some of nly of fdu ty hours Wing. More on this la ter . Sometimes when W i s b a d , I ride p t r o l wlth anather deplrty t o k i l l the time. Some of you might remember, I had bad eyes: fixed 'em but good, thanks t o modern madicine. Anyhoo, right now I ' m using a 60 IN. I have plans for buklding a BCB pre-selector, and a 3' box loop. I quit keeping a 10g, so I've decided the rame of the I% @me i s QSI.6. QSks since 7/1/72: WPAS-1400 WJAX-930 UVW-U20, a l l Fle., WOX-993 Tenn. WJBO-1150 Ia., NU-1590 @., WPI'F-680 N.C. Well, Qlristnas a i n ' t too long away. I think I ' m go- get one of those scsnner VBF RXes so I can monitor t h e office, local PD & FD, and Florida H i m y h t r o l . (NO BCB Isr a i n ' t dead yet, n e w , a in ' t no ray - BCB lives forever?$ I ' m going 10-3 (stop transmitting). 73s & W & good lhllareen. Ibn't let me find you s capin' windows!

The I F F 3 suggested we publish these W Tips i n DX NEWS:

WFAQ-790, Box 1, Egu Claire, Wis. $701. Kenneth Tetzloff, C.E. Tests every Wed- between 1 and 4 a.m. CLT, day and/or night p t t e r n s . They welcome calls during t e s t s a t 715-832-3463.

WOOPl3O0, 120 College Avenue S.E., Grand Wpids, Mich. 49502, Gerald Vander S h o t , C.E. Tests mostly every Monday morning, oclssiomlly 'Jhesday mornings, usually 1:OO-1: 15 EST, wlth MoR music, and TPs.

wCWC-l.600, RLpon, Wis. $971, Box 1'$, Wul Veleke, C.E. ?his s t a t i m tes t s nany Mondays bet een 3 and 6 a.m., E.L.T. TTand MoRalbum music. They a l - so accept calls during t e s t s a t 414-748-5111.

WAAM-1600, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106, Box 1600. a r i s topher T. Olson, C.E. Bey a r e planning a POP tes t i n November a s they s t a r t tuning the i r new 5 , m . seven-tower array. lhey a r e ncw operating under temporaly authority a t 250 wtts, nondirect ioml, fulltime. 'Ihey'll then be 5,000 u-4.

WWJ-950, Detroit, 48231, 622 West Jafkyette Street, phone 313-222-2131. Ieo Wmers C. E. lhey t e s t the second and fourth Mondays between midnight and 5 a.m. EST W/TT. Mr. M e r s i s a very co-operative man and a resdy verif ier .

KIUZ-1260, Hutchinson, Minn. They'll be conducting POP tedts t h i s Rall. They're reluctant t o give any se t sked.

WQTC-1590, 1817 GBshington Street, Tvo Hvers, Wis. 54241. Neil Suanson, C.E. This station teats m s t s Mondays from 2 t o 6 a.m. EIT with the i r 5 0 0 ~ . auxiliary tntnsmitter, with mostly TP and voice I&. !Bey too l ike t o get IU[er phone cal ls during tests , a t 414-793-1348.

WWIS-1260, Black River Wlls , Wis., 54615, Box 427. Nelson Lent, C.E. !Bey run a f / c on the f i r s t or second Wed. AM each month, 2:15-2:30 &stern Time. lhey use 'IT and sevelal voice IDS, and a POP i s in the offing.

wCSR-1340, Hillsdale, Mich. 49201, 237 South Wert Avenue. They a r e erecting a new 280' t w e r and ' l l t e s t it mny mornings. James R. Seeley i s t h e i r CE, & he 's a l so CE for WIEM-1450, Jakcson, Mich. A gentlemn very friendly towards the DX hobby and i t s denizens.

(All the above i s info from IRCA's mve Fhulkner)

FOR SALE: BC-221D Frequency Meter - military surplus freq. meter with built-in power supply. Excellant condition, $70.. ; SM-1 Space Magnet, like new.

$30. ; Norelco 101 Portable tape-cassette recorder , $50. WRITE: HANK SLADE, C / O NRC HQ.

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