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VOL 1 3 No 22 February LO 19&6 .,*., , .... ~*,.-: ., We welcome t h e r e t u r n of Bob Hetzel and the renewal of
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. FV'R 21 CP-3 La PL- Bol iv ia 1390 N R C 5:OO ,:OO An1 24 TFO-JTGOA Guatemala C i ty Guat 1140-6490 N R C 3-:00 - 4 : O O AM 24- ~U8.K Cruces Cuba 1380 N R C.. ".*/ 6 3 t o 4 o r 4 t o 5 25 KPQ Wenatchee Wash 560 N R C 3:00 - 5:OQ ABIi
MAR 1 IWTN Wate~ N Y 240 N R C- 2:OD - 2:30aAM 5 KPKU Pascc Wasl 340 N R C 4:00 - 5:00 AM 9 CJOR Vancc B C 600 N R C 3:00 - 4:00 AX
25 WLBZ Bangc Ma i r 620 NNRC 5:OO - 6:OO Ah! 29 WATN 1Vate1 N Y 2.40 N R C-ALL 2: 00 - 2:30 AM - - -
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CP3 & CP38-La Paz BoZivi; Here i s an outs tanding DX ca tch and h e r e i s the s tory. WFBL-KGER a r e both schedule t o be on a l l during t h i s DX. However KGEB has agreed t o s ign o f f from 5-5:15 AM EST t o allow D X e r s i n t h e west t o l o g t h i s s t a t i o n . Had we known of t h e frequency of t h i s one,we would have chosen another hour. A 1 contasted CPX i n La Paz and go t h i s answer from CP3 ins tead . We expected CPX on 1300 kc t o DX but i t i s t o be CP3 on 1390. Try af 5 and see i f they are breaking th ru - th i sx i s only a 250 wat t s t a t i o n and i f t h e y f r e cc th ru i one of b e s t ve r i e s your e n t i r e co l l ec t ion . ed by rtholomew.
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-I TCn-TGOA-Guatemala City,Guat,. There -- , quession a s we go ts press as LO t h e r o r not TGO w i l l ca r ry t h i s program. The Spanish verb "qintonizarff n s e i t h e r " t o broadcast11 o r " to synchronize" so they say t h a t TGOA on with e i t h e r broadcast the program or i t w i l l be synchronized on TGOA
along with TGO. An a i r m a i l l e t t e r has been sen beg them t o use TGO on 1140 kcs,so l e t s give them a t r y on Sot here i s the QRA. Manuel Gonzalez U . 1 2 Ca l l e y ,!+A Avenida, Radi Guatemaltecas, Guateihala City, Guatemala, Arranged by A1 Bartholomew.
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CMHK-Cruces Cuba They have s a i d i n v e r i e s t h e y ' l l be on from 3-4 but w e hav endeavored t o g e t them t o change t o 4-5 i n order n o t t o c o n f l i c t with t h e
. TGO show,so t r y both hours. This program i s t o be dedicated t o u s and they corie i n well. an3 .promise t o v e r i f y too, We do no t have t h e name of t h e , v e r - i e s igner so j u s t send r p t s t o the s t a t i o n . We a r e happy t o have t h i s ded-- i c a t i o n from our good neighbors i n t h e A n t i l l e n- h ~ r A 1 Bartholomew.
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L-Wenatchee.Wash This s t a t i o n i s very anxiou 'rom our members over t h e country,so l e t u s be su re t o l i s t ~ r t . M r . J W Wal-
Lace KPQ's General &Ianager has even obtained permlssion from the FCC t o use the I . r e c t i ~ n a l : ,a t o insure b e t t s u l t s and WIND w i l l be si l .ent a1 channel sl be c l e a r , Thank 3r a l l your e f f o r t s , M r . W a l l b ~ e , arld good recep~rur r f o r KPO- A r r a r ~ ~ e u by Ernes t R Cooper.
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KGER-Long Beach,Calif Mr, rrwin : :, 0&er and General Manager of . s t a t i o n KGER has agreed 1 lain s. from 5-5:15 AM EST i n order t h a t . you members caiz. tune i n CP3 on Feb 21st. lilthough Mr. Dobyns says they have
. . a very popular record progran on during t h a t time he i s very.happy t o re- l i n q u i s h f i f t e e n minutes o f it t o aid t h e D X e r s . Also says he i s an o ld
i ' . D X e r l o these 25 years . Thanks t o you M r Dobyns from a l l u s NRCers .
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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 FREQUENCY FROLICS february 16 1946 , , , , , , , , , , r y . d . . r - . I - - r r - - . r - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
WFBL-Syrtac se N Y WFBL will s/on at 5 AM on the morning of the 21st of Feb --+-- at which t me we w i l l . make a short announcement for the benifit of our ].is- teners as to the reason f o r the delay in starting our regular program at 5:15 AM* We will also include in the announcement information relative to your DX activity so that members of your cl.ub can use this short announce- ment for tuning purposes, Inmediately upon the conclusion of this announ- cement WFBL will cut its carrier and remain silent until 5:15 AM at which time we will. again sign on and resume our normal program. Signed by Alfred R Marcy, Chief Engineer, WFBL.
To all members. I believe that with the swell cooperation from both WFBL and KGRE, a letter thanking them is very rnuch in order. It is some- thing that will show both stations o u r s and your app~eciation. So sit down and drop that line to the signers of the letters from WFBL and KGER, NOW. KC5 CALL R E W K S 556 . . . . B'erommnster,Switz hrd tveak1.y 1:15-1:30 AM on 2/3 (~ichols) '"̂ WMCA New York,NY due to start alnite soon with new series of 1-6 AM
program called t l A L 1 Thru The Night" (~ichols-E Cooper) CMCY Havana,Cuba RHC-Cadena Azul, Prade y Carcel-A T Velasca, Pres,
Hrd 2/12-illdt-1:01 s/off in English. Very strong (Johanns) 625 TIPG San Jose,C,R. "La Voz do la Victorfl Apartado 225, Perry Girton,
Gerente is signer, 2500 watts (~hilley) ' 640 CMHQ &nta C l a r a is back here on t h i s freq for a spel.1. (~uggan) 690 ???? $pick had this freq covered at 12~05 AM s / o f f about 12:,10 with
a Prayer in English. Thought I had C.R., mentioned-2/10 ???? Another &pick hrd till 1:45 Ah1 2/11, Not,same as
810 CMKU I believe this station is here instead of 970 kcs 850 KFUO St Louis,Mo hrd 2/2 7:07-7:32 AM. h i 1 1 have DX in 920 WBBB Burlington,N C sighs on 5:30 AN dail,y EX SUN ( ~ u g g a n ) 960 ImEL San Juan,P R will move here from 1.320 kcs, (Dick cooper) O O . Bratislava,Czech hrd lAM,tnk s/on to 1:30, fade aut on 2/1(~hil) 1070'TINBC Spn Josc,C R "La Vpz de la Dcrnocrocialf 2 ICW. (R i l l e y ) ' 1150 CMCQ Havane,Cuba seems to be station .on this Channel en ~lavana(~efty) 1167 , . . . Monte Ceneri,Switz hrd 1Ahl s/on,fade out 1:30 on 2/6 ( ~ i c h o l s ) 1200 PRB-6 Sao Paulo,BraziZ. Definite verie rec by airmail 2 /9 ; QRA Radio
Cruzeiro Do S u l S/A-~raca Patriarca, 26-3. Sao Paulo. Signer is Godoy Prado, Director; ran Burnham)
1204 AFN LeHarre,France. kkezk byt clear 1:32-2:13 AM on 2/1 (~ichols) 3213 ..., LiP1.e France good most AMs after 12:30 AM (phi1 ~ichols) 1230 " " ^ " Gall.up,N Mex supposed to start 2/9; E I Gemoets,c.e, (~ichols)
Baltimore,Md hrd announce as being on 7 days a week alnight and with no sign off on Tuesday mornings-AMEN (Bnrnham)
c;ct~q Belletoif.Ze,Que will open in May (D cooper) / ( ~ o h m s ) W J N O W Palm Beach,Fla hrd on F/C 2/12 3:30-3:45. Said they'll v e r i f y KICA Clovis, N Mex hrd,l . /26 announce that Music from Gunshine State
would be Thurs nite-FRI AM from now on. urnh ham) '1249 AFN Munich-APO 205 NYC, good speaker volum often a f t e r 12:30(~hil) 1250 CKSB St Boniface, Nanitoba will start in April with 1 KW (D ~ o q p e r )
' 2 . . . ~ i n z , ~ u s t r i a ( ~ ~ ~ ~ or Red-White & Red) hrd several AMs as early at 12:50 AM, better after 1 AM (~ichols) /(D cooper)
1300 KPDR Brawley,Calif should be testing soon-Start operating in Fcbruar 1310 WDOD Chattanooga,Tenn hrd on new pro of records 2r30 ~ ~ - 2 / 1 0 (atasen 5
Santh,FG, N Mex. ON DX 2-6 AM EST til.1 Feb 24th as fpom wire froi~ Chas Renningaon, c . e . * Nould appreciate rpts from members if they happen to be abLQ t o tune in KVSF. ( ~ d g e ) EV AM TILL 2/25,
BXRZ O i l . Lity,Pa Hrd 2/9-16-12 testing. between 2-5 AM Cards are in the press ( v e r i e cards) R E Shettlcr, c.e.(~ohanns-~ichols-~ully)
WVIrPG Palm Bcach,Fla F/C 4th MON 1-It30 A i l C L Walker ,c. e. (Sohanns) '"xlnA 'l -* n1 -* A * - * - l l 7 a+ arhun i r r l n AR(1. (-! R n b e l l , & r ~ j ~ k )
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KCS 2ALL RWFFKS 3 A Bremen,Germany goad 1:32-2LQ7 AM, G I J i l l e t c . Hrd 2 / 3 ( ~ i c h o l s ) 11 55 C?KY Pue r to Padze,Cuba hrrl here e a r l y evenings with n i c e s ig(~urnham) 1357 . . . . mlsn 2 I t21 y hrc! 2/6 s/on a t LAM with s h o r t musical sel.ect;ion
fol.l.owed by news i n I t-alian till. 1:10, music till 2, then fzded o u t , i?,xcel:lent kt- 7 signa-L a t s/on (~urnhsrn) / ( ~ i c h o l s )
1365 .,*. r'rencl~ station believed t o be Dijon, maybe Nice-1:20-2:36 AM . 1390 KG% Long k 3 ~ ~ c h ? C c l i f , Will s i g n off 2/21. f o r our CP-3 DX, so send
KGER th?.t tkzaa you card o r l e t t e r t o C Xerwin Dobyns. Gen Man* IVFBL Syracuse,NY w i l l a l s ~ s ign o f f 2/21 f o r our CP-3 DX, so a l s o WFBL send t h a t thank you e a r d ' o r leQter t o Alfred R Marcy, Chief
hxgineer. I t s t o show your apprekia t ion f o r t h e i r swel l coop- era tion. ( ~ d g e - ~ e f t y Cooper)
1393 Eyons,France Lyons 2 good many AMs from 12:30-2 ( ~ i c h o l s ) l 4 O O WSRR Stamf 3rd,Conn may soon change c a l l , (NNRC) (E cooper) 1.450 WLAY ;Yluscle Shocrls,"la seems t o test EV SAT 4:30-4:45 ,hrd 2/9 (~urnhar . ,
IWZYL Cancord, N H hope t o s t a r t by l a t e Apr i l (D ~ o o p e r ) Ki3BIE Boulder,City,Nev vs C C AppLegate,Mg~, s/off 1 AM ( ~ u g g a n ) KVkK Atchinson,Kan s/off l lBli , t e s t e d 2/1 f o r Kansas Ci ty ( ~ o h a n n s ) WT3O Curnberland,Md No sked F/C t e s t occ on &Ion 1-2AM ( ~ o h n n n s ) CE i s
1490 WD1JC Durham,N C hrd F/C th ru mess 2/12 3:50-&M ( ~ b h a n n s ) [ ~ J e f f e r i e s l.4'31, BFN A EFN s t a t i o n here Lis ted as i n Rorne,Italy hrd around 1 AM on
many AMs but unable t o s p l i t f r e q good he re ( ~ i c h o l s ) 1550 XEBG TiJauna B Cfa P.O. Box 94, Nestor,Cal.if i s Q R ~ and i s heard t o
3Ahl with good s igna l s . ( ~ i c h o l s ) . T w i n Fakls,Idaho, new s t a t i o n underway and say they w i l l be op- 3.490 e r a t i n g wi th in 60 days. (D Cooper)
RALPH J.OH.m.NS-BUFFALO N. Y, To DUFFY Hrd same th ing on 1395-FBLS l i s t s only Lyons & Angers,Francem no &RA,(see Burnhams r p t ) To MALEY Q u i t e a few Jun- i o r members need dope even Lefty needs KGIW and 3 l i k e complete Spick QRAs Quite a few power changes on f i l e wi th FCC even WCPO has appl icat ion-dcys on 630,also Nl?MA wants 5KW D/N on 630 kc. Wish they would t ake WITH-WEXL- WWSW the re , why n o t p u t a l l n i g h t e r s on low freq? 2/12 KV hr6 on a l n i t e with music & s t r i k e news; WORD no t s a t i s f i e d with SAM s 9 on, pu t s on queer t e s t 4:15-4:33; WkDC checks 4:50; WRRF a s sked;WAJR on top with YL from WLVA 4:30-5; WHAL 2:55-3:lO; CMQ s t rong on 630; WEAF s /of f 1:05; TGW 640 s/off i n English & "pick 12,1!16 an2 WKRZ t e s t a l n i t e keeping r e s t of 13L+0 cb drowned; 2/1.1- WPAT with Ted Webb with good DX, Lef ty t h e i r phone nr i s A r - mory 3-400; WAGC t e s t e d 3:05-3919; V1WSR 2-2:15 and seems t o be usua l date and time; 2/10 CblCF Radio O1Shea,Havana strong-clear 6-7AM; 2/9 XET P.0, Box 202 on reques t program w i t h kgliah hrd 4QM; P ~ R s /o f f 4:04 t o r e t a t 6; Sun s p o t s su re were heck f o r 3 days but v e r i e s .a little b e t t e r ; KFUO a l e t t e r & EKKO & Program; WDEL n i c e l e t t e r head,also card with seal; WTBO by CE who i s Asst E? f o r VRC and i s f r e q v i s i t o r t o Buffalo, KUTA,nice b lu t card in .envelope; HOK i n Red L e t t e r s 'on plae yel low card. by Wm G H i l l ; WCPO card with Green call on 24 hour clock and 2 red globes by ce mention-. ing 1.-6 club; WJHL a red-prange card by OK Garland,ce f o r 1/11 6t10-6230 AM i n c l e a r th ru WRNL; KXLA 24 hr s t a t i o n a p l a i n paper,blue rnineo undate2 unsignee acknowledgement by t h e S t a f f , so guess be t t e rcwa i t a while till new stationery i s there. Herels a verie for b y 3 194.5 KPAS a Zest rpt ; KVAK n i c e 1-e t te r by OE possibly a DX f o r us; 2/13 WHIZ very good on DX. g1,C BRISTOW-CHICAGO. ILL Got WPAT then parked on 1450 and hrd KNETTKRBC-W! KfiBC f o r neii ones f o r me, Rec n i c e l e t t e r from Ruben E Larson, a i r of HCJB a l t h o i t was 2 days ].ate. Was home ; w i t h +cold and dl6 no t g e t up. ,lira 3 SW s t a t i o n s of HCJB about year ago anC sent a l l r p t s i n one. Got prepared l e t t e r back from IVKE\V today and g o t CHLT-KCOK a few days ago. A l s o hrc! KGGJ i n Alburque on spec i a l t es t f o r f i rs t time since 1941. Wrote f o r lit on . Ernie P i l e as he l i v e d there a t one t i m e . (OK &'ic hope yourr co lds b e t t e r
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PH1.L NICH-QLB-.E HARTFORD CONN Few ve r i e s s ince l a s t r p t ,KV/LM n i ce l e t t e r f o r 1./29 a t 3~1.6; CKRM'for.. DX. and EALL a t l a s t with' p l a i n Gov post card. Al .1 3 good .ones. a'nd filk i n mi.ssfng spaces i n log ; Off work 1/31.-2/3 inc and found TA.s. coming thru::loud; 1/33. Rpted. ~renchie-1365 which I th ink i s ' Di.jon,amy, be ap 1.3.66 kc-KCOR t e s t i n g a l l A&l,scnt dup r p t s t o Toul.ouse and
4 Li1.k d i r ' e ~ t , ~ T I X FRAN: 2/1 Got AFN-LeHarve loud enough t o copy a t least, ' \ . , ' - a1.m hrd guttura3; 1anguag.e .and music on l O O 4 kc- f o r 1/2 .hr \vhorn 'I think
i s Brati,s3.ava,Czech according t o FCC,so rp ted . Found XEBG;lSSO.kc runnning t o 3 and ann. QRA a s P.0. 94 Ne.stor,Calif; 2/3- AFN-Bremen very weak on 0348 f o r rpt,wonder I d-idnt run bn$o them .before, ' a l so r p t ' t o ~eromunster-556- apd s en t along 03.d copy ,of Sot ' tens rp t ,both t o Berne,QRA. , 2 / 6 rp ted Nice, F 'ance-1.185 'as e a r l y a s '12:40. AM and 1-1:30 rp ted Idonte deneri-1.167 kc. RFts out t o 1 6 d i f f e r e n t TAs including some 7 new countries. . To ta l of 35 r p t s out &nds v c r i e s a t 1271.,so should pass goal of 1300. Other .TAs not iced with good volumn were.LiLle-1213; AFN Muni'ch-1249;.Toulousc-913; L Y O ~ S - # ~ on 1375 kc; ,Lopik-995 and' by way a v e r i e has been rec. by anNNRCer from Lopik already; ,BLAl and BLA-Rennes-1040; EAJ$-1063; Bordeaux-1077 and (201- gne.-1330;' One I would Lkko . t o ge t i s a B r i t i s h . F a r c e s Network s t a t i o n l i s t - ed a s ' i n R.ome,Italy on 1484,have ,hrd :them a I . i . t t le - a f t e r l A M but due t o severe QRM from. 1480-1490 kcs .h&vent 'got enough-for . r p t . 'TNX t o Bartholomew Burnham.'for h'e1.p. on TAS j l s o +Pa.t~Fieil ley ' f o r h i s ideas on new dup c a l . 1 ~ such as XEAW-IVPOR-WMBC-WARD; WXLS bl.anketed out 3-4 by double c z r r i e r with dead center o n . 850 .kc. ' Phoned Cari .Horton who i n tu rn phoned 1WEH but no answer, so evident ly wasnt ' VJHDH. Too bad as . . i t 'was a good rnorning and w e might have had a good chance. 'fiCJB.eouldnt g e t a , t h i @ o n 974 kc so copied I . i t t le . .on 4107 and wrote. tnx not's. Now l e a r n . from .Ea.rl. ~oberts-NNRCer . i n Indianapol is he got em f a i r l y weI.l\ on.992 kcs ins tead , Live & Learn Ph i l . VINCE STABU-PHILADEL~HIA PE: H&L. 186 . ver ics . ~ p t s now out . t o WPAT-WORK- WTSp~KFH-WLDS-KFAB-KFGQ-~VOW-WGR-WG~-KCOR7KUSD-\YAGE~KABC. ..Few of these a r e .daytime rpts$WPAT-WORK., Seems:like . s t a t i ons a r e ve r i fy ing slow. TNX RALPH . , fbr plug: i n DX NEKS. Have hr2: totzlof 537 s t a t i o n s but j u s t ,going t o . c o u n t .vdr ies - f rom now:on. 2/6 Hrd KCOH.,had spanish music an6 wzs go ing . t o pass up but r e ca l l ed Ralph sent . card saying he hrL.em t e s t i n g s o I 1.istened f o r few minutes and.caught eng1ish.zr.m ~ n d noted f o r next 15-20 rnin they used Spick. ann. .Oh HCJB was . lousy,couldnt g e t cnbugh , f o r ' r p t bu,t: d id hear them, l i n e noise.and t h e i r s ig .was a b t S 2-3 and I g o t them on about .990 kcs. Dont- th ink t h i s . r e c e i v e r i f o f f . , ( ~ b u r r i gh t .Y ince t h e y were, i n t he 990s someplace-pop) out :.Canadian Stamps, I w i l l have some, h e r e . v i i t h i n g the
. n e x t 2 weeks, i t requi res . -&$ . r e tu rn ' , pos.tage :from Can'ada-pop): . . .
.. BOB DUGGAN-MACON Gk Veries in ~ ~ O ~ ' Y ~ / H I Z - C $ ~ R ( l e t t e r ) -WPRO-CHLT-WBBB-V~M- KBNE by; aZrmai1)-KIUP-KRRV-\l!XEU .(yes. :~SKEU-nert'e') Rpts ou t t o only XET- KCOR-XEMC-KGER. a l l 22nd , rp t . s ; PromiScd" no t to divulge ncme .of. \'XEUs : s:igner on. .1; /~8 F/C' i f he $~oul,d. ver i fy ; I ' sent' a prepared i3ar'a. My ,fcillow up t o
- " CFBR go t 'me* a ' nice l e t t e r fre'm the CE f o r v e r i f i c a t i o n : and .those carc!s 20 not ve r i f y , .ETCJB' nor GuayBquiil.' were hrd .oh t h e i r ' DXes a , l tho, 4; 07 was OK. Too much XEK & WAAT. on 970 QHhTeiLiC.,' t o o n~uch WLW oh 700 kc. The CMQ-RHC net- -works' s /on a t '5:'3O 'AM Sunda.ys8 mostly: Ln c l ea r ; CIEU on 970 i s 'not henrcl but a CMQ xmtr. 3s on. $10 kc(not so ' s t rong) . heref fore, I th ink t h a t CMKU i s probably on 810. Also. there f s: an ' RRC ~ t r 3n 720. I. have not been 2-bl.e t o i d e n t l f y i t . y c t , b u t I .hope t o a d o so 'soon, :No- HCJB on g74 an2 times I thought' I h r d 695 I n Guayaquil. ' 4107 kc W&S' weaker thcn usual.. DX BaC here* TED ShLING-BSTACADA ORE V,ri\6s ' from ' KSMA-KROD-WPAD-\VHBB'-~KRM-WAGC. Tota l now 204; f ip t s t o WTJ$ hrd FYC 1/28.;. CKLN Bc; .CD;MK on DX; wKEu-F/C-,1/28 3:29- 3:47; CFQC on DX; KCOR t e s t 3:35 -3 :45 on 1/31 & KSAM tes . t . 3:45-4:05 'on 2/1 Unable ' t o hear . DXes from KPO\fi~-CFfiB-\~nlRBK-W!.LTN -VJXLS & work& th ru HC J B DX. Le t t e r from CHLT says they w i l l , .DX on .26thS of Feb o,r.Ma.r 'on compl.et'icn of
. .1 KVii r i g , si~mul.taneosly with. CKTS. KOOS. riovi en a l n i t e & 'KTRB ' till 4M. KICA hrd . a f t e r 3 : 3 0 . AM on FRI anC saicl was change of sked.' . ..
NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS February 16 .1946. TIPS and IIPO REPORTS
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ROBERT LEE HUNT BR-DANVILLE I L L Well. t h i s i s r n y , f i r s t r e p o r t s i n c e becoming a member, took time t o DX. Hrd .during Nov-Dec-Jan,KDNT-IrvUAL-W5M-KTSP-XEMC- CBR-!VSA J-V!IGM-KEEN -KDLR-CKL~i~-~n~~SW-V\rO\VO-~lJ-KFPY-V\TBBNi-\'!LB J-CBK-WIN D-KGO- mLO -IF: JZ-~~JOH-\NJ~K-~'JfIK-KG~-\VTAQ-I(VE;XL-KWBR-N~TO C-VfE(>A-KGB-\\!DSU-KYA-VJCPo-KEX-I$1d WNEIV-KNX-WEL-\~.lHAs-F!fJhI -\iILBC -\'!CPO -WELO-KGBX-I%SC J-ViIZE-KURC-'WAC-\TNd -KPRO- WIP-KFZ-~JLV!-KLZ-CFRB-\VINK-\YCAN -Vi ILL-KG 1 - K T - D L - I D - 0 - and have ver ies from ~C~Y-I(FBK-KGBA-CKTB-\~NE\~,~-KCBF-KNX-KP;V1C-KGA-~iEOA-KOA-CKL~\r-KEfiN- KFPY - V ; H A S - K L Z - C F R B - t : i ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ 6 - ~ m , ~ -VLJLBC-I~~QXR-KXEL-\~;A~+CKEY -Vm-KGm- WOL-WY~;'CC-\nJffilD-\FBB~~l-KV~FT-KI,I. Have q u i t e a few r p t s ' out and never hrd from them. (OK Bob, j u s t drop a card t o t h e s t a t i o n tel3.ing them you sen t a r e p o r t of r ecep t ion on such n d a t e asking f o r v e r i f i c a t i o n and encl.oscd. r e t u r n postage and do d a t e notlhigg'has 'been heard. Ask .them t o recheck . i f ' poss ib le and thank thern, It .work,s a good .msny .times-pop) BI-LL DAVIDSON-GREAT LAK3S ILL Got my Hall . icPzfters "Sky Buddyft from home and I t s s t i . i . l , o n thc beaan. Tried t o l o c a t e Junior Carberry but no go ca ope B i l l Jun io r was,discharged Jan 5 t h - P Q ~ ) Plan t o v i s i t some of t h e Chicago gang soon. Viork several nites .a weelr 2nd have my raa io with ';ne so. amage t o DX q u i t e a b i t . Antenna i s usual ly no longer than 29 f t and I g e t amaz- ing r e s u l t s . KOIN and XEBG s /off 3AiLi.; 1 :a t te r on from' 9PM previqus dqy with Eng l i sh , programs; KEVE s/off 3:05-;. KTMS a't.'2:1'5 s /o f f ; KVOR a t 1:30; KGLO a t 1 ~ 0 5 ; KFBB a t 1:30; KFd,at 1:05; KID0 o f f 2AM; WGES a t 1, these a3.1 s/of; ' times. KN3C hrd t e s t i n g on 680 2-3 AM: several. days y i t h 50 I(W; KGIW heard wezkly a t .4:.30 ;AM; WDEL., hrd 'on c h i t e D X 1/28 and iisEed .for r p t s . KCOk hrd a t 4Ah1 272 with t e s t and uses IKk; \IrGAC c,.lso hr2 2/2 a t 3 : 3 0 w i . t h t e s t . ENS ALVAN N COLE- For awhile w a s moving around q u i t e r b i t ' b u t am se t - CAB8 4 ~ h l f o $ B B 0 t l e d down f o r awhile I think. Be donw here on OCote, SAll FRANCISCO CAL.IF, Gaum a i r s t r i p - f o r good I.ong time. I t s a darn. shame. I: coul.c?nt: bring my, SX-28 out her^ , d t h m e . Imagine. 1'11 be 'ge t t lng an SX- 25 ou't here' i n a couple weeks. Sure hope so anyway as I miss the DXing. Only, th ing l f v e hrcl i n pas t . coup le r n 0 n t h s . i ~ the AFRS, They sure a r e doing a swel l job. (OK ' ~ l v a n and 1. e o t the netv QRA,. (2nd 3.ine-CASU(F)-12 % F P. 0 ) ENS STEVE. EUNN-AT BOhE ??z On t h i s t r i p from Ban llieeo t h r b t h e Canal. ~ n d on u p t o Norfolk 1 have ha8' very l i t t l e chance t o do any: 1-istening.. Did ' -
g e t 2 couple of K?XklX hours' o f f Guatemal.c?. I n Panama however I got q u i t e a b .'
b i t of dope on:Panama s t a t i o n s . I n l a t e afterno'on i n t h e P a c i f i c o f f Guate- mala t h e foll.owing. were hear'd and:def inSte lg identified;-TGW 640; TGWC 1520 TGO 1140; TGN,121U;'T15JJM 575; TIGPH 605; TIPG 625; TIBAS 655; T I L J 775; TIEP f&ji 825. Nunerous o t h e r s were audible . but no t tinie t o t r y ' t o i c e h t i f y . TGN i s on 1210 kcs an2 NOT 1060 as l i s t e d .by FCC. Other dope elsetvhere. . .
Had very enjoyable 2 days in Penarna Ci ty , a l so enjoyed the t r i p t h r u canal which' i s . q u i t e a s i g h t . .In a , . fewxlays: 111.1 be home f o r good. Cant use my .
s e t a t . home ES it i s D C and se t uses..AC current . (OX' Steve.and good 7.ucB) SGT FRAN - GiiEIPJER-35053285 ' Bought. a ."RADIO WOCHE" an? supposet t o be cor- HQ Ba t t e ry .5th F A Bn . . . . r e c t l i s t 6f ~ u r o p e a n s t a t i o n s . 2s of J a n . 20th. APO 1. % P.M. . New, York N Y Af ter . . see ing t h i s l i s t I expect. t o .heaC of you fe l lows picking up 'al.1 k inds . o f , TAs. The bu1.l.etins :have been co~ing r egu- l a r l y but a r e a b o ~ t all. the : pu i l : : . I have been get t ing. ' (WHAT SAY BOYS hotv ..
about some letters' t o Fran, latest QRA i s , abovk, come 'on now & V ~ I T E ) , . . . ~gnmark 24.0 k c Kelundbure & 1176 ;kc Kuoenhagen:
Switzer land. 556 i r e Berarnunster *100INI'; ., 661 kc Sottens , lOOKW and 1L67kc Monte : Ceneri; Austria-Sendergruppe Viest . ,519 kc ~ a d i o . v6rar lberg 6 W anci 519 .kc Radio Innsbruck.. '.2KVif Ravag Wien(Vienna.) 592 kc Sender :I cn2. . .
on 1312 kc Sender 11. Sendergruppa Alpenland 886 lrc Alpenland. ,100 KW; 1285 k c Graz. 1 5 KW and ,1285 kc Klagenfurt . : 5KW; 'Sender.gru~pp.e ,Rot-Weif- - Rot ,.,975 kc. Wi.en I . .20. KW; . 1267 kc. Salzbupfl- GmN cnd-. kc L i n i ' 1'5KiV. In ~ ~ a n c e - 648 ,kc Limoges 1 2 0 W I : 859 kc ssbourg 2KW -Gr'en~ble 25:.
695 kc- .Paris 20 KM'. ,895 . Lyon 120KN 04.0 ;kc .Rcnn 15 mi' 749 ,kc: Marse i l l e s lOKW . 913 Tol.ouse lo'.--.. -113 kc . B O P ~ ~ ; ~ L A A 10 KW.
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NORTHEASTERN FOFCEIGN DCB CONTEST STANDINGS Bartholornew 1x4 V 25 8 E l i m Nichols VSFARU Lippinco tt 70 V 22 S Burnham 48 V 16 S Add CSZZA, Toulouse Regional-933 kc
21 s 67 V 1.2 S Add WVTF-Munich-1249 kc, Elim Maguires WVTQ and Bar thol.omew1 s KSAI ,
rage E Cooper ReilLey
Botzum Geary Wilkinson Lippincot t
R Cooper
Gustaf $on Brown
Maguire 4 V 2 S Add S t u t t g a r t Van Voorhees 10 V 0 S / 0 2 4 9 kc) Seth 7 V 0 8
EASTERN 1.18 V 60 S
69 V 15 S Add BLA1-658 Gerrard 1 7 V 2 s 38 V 6 S / ~ l i Lipp-WE"^ S t e e l e 3.7 V 1. S 25 V 4 S Add YVSRI-WXI Stone 1 6 V 1 s
Elim Gearys WXLQ-Canal Zt Wheeler 1 5 V 5 s 2 5 V 2 s Wagner 10V 0 s
MIDDLE 117 V 74 S Add WXLS-2CA-5PL-5CL Gorsuch 3 6 V 7 6 4 7 5 Hotton 5 V 0 s
Maguire 18 V 11 S Allen l . 7 v 5 s Scaling 1 6 V . 5 S
WESTERN Wilkinson 3 V 1 s Brown 1 V 0 s
A REMINDER-Boys according t o r u l e s March 31 1946 i s tria rdst day t h a t YOU c m r e p o r t s t a t i o n s t h a t will. be e l i g i b l e f o r t h i s c o n t e s t i f they v e r i f y , You have u n t i l J u l y 1st t o g e t your v e r i e s back and t o m e f o r l i s t i n g .
HAL WAGNER-NO GIRARD PA Well no SETH, had car t roub le and he couldnt make it. J u s t as wel l I guess a s ' l o t s of no i se and no DX, Copied a Spick on 727 but he s /of f a t XO:55 PM and during a %ade so dont knqw-who i t was. Rec a ve r i e . f rom Mr Righter f o r Dec check and then I rp ted Jan with a card Szy- i ng no need f o r ve r i cq but a swell newsy l e t t e r received, a l s o wrote Miss Joan Orr of CKLM saying I was unable t o hear them and again received a personel note from her s a y i n g s h e was so r ry I couldnt hear them. Man i f . on1.y a l l s t a t i o n s were l i k e these 2, wouldnt a DXers l i f e be a bowl of Roses. But a l l good DX I rp ted , well they j u s t dont answer.. . . .
GRANT BATSON-WESTFIELD N Y Not much DX account of sun s p o t s and e s p e c i c l l y on CJOC DX, 2 / 4 liiQILT t e s t 2:37-2:45 using voice only; 2/5 WDAD t e s t 2:02- 2:15 us ing cycle tones; 2/61 Got KUJ 1:50-2202 s /off , a l s o WSW WRMing KCOR. 2/54 Good r p t t o XEQ 9:33-10PU k-9 h e r e , l o t s of a p i c k s , t r i e d t o l o g HJCU on 720 under IVGN but found a Cuban t r y i n g t o lea?. of f , s o gzve up. 2/10 Rather odd recept ion , KWSC over everything 2~31-2:46, no KThlS anc? go t KSKY f o r a good r p t . Some much needel! v e r i e s came, WHNC-CFQC-KRRV-WATN-WDEL(~~~) and f i n a l l y KXtYZ which wipes ou t a vacant spot i n log. Pas t week p r e t t y bed ex- cept f o r S U N AM f o r Logging western s t a t i o n s and muct apologize t o Cooper Steele f o r not answering t h e i r cards on KSEI. Dope i s Accidentgy caught h i m on 1 / 1 5 1:50-2:01 and s /o f f Q4 R 9 over KHJ, You'd never have been able t o l o g anything on 930 t h a t AM except KSEI. Mr Henry H F le tche r , Gen Man isx v e r i e s igner , Only way t o p u l l KGEI o u t on top,usually e news cast ends t h e i r broadcast . My b e s t catch this year . XEQ has popular ~ u n e s i n Ehgl.ish. BERNIE DUFFY-STATEN. ISLAND N Y $efty Cooper and Pete C ln r ius ve s i t o r s a t my home on 2 / 9 . We had s swel l time. HERE i s an SOS Who was tne loud s ta t ion on about 870 kcs with a tenor s igging songs i n Spanish t o accom- panyment of piano at 2-2:15 AM on 2/9 when most s t a t i o n s were inaudible?? CJAD over r i d e s CKLW n l t e l y 7-7@30 PM wi th !'Make Bel ieve Ballroomtf pro.
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~ M I T GEARY-WALNUTPORT P A Seven: n i c e v e r i e s r e c t h i s weok,but few r p t s out . Veries from! KFJI by. thankful. staff11 ,kobert F Davenport and Chester J Stuart . , eng in. ,chsrgb. YV,J.RF congra tu la t ing me ori my p e r f e c t Cas t i l - l i an A dandy QSL card ' .& 1.ettkr from 2W1L \Vol.lorgong using 500 watts ; CKLN on reg sked by Miss'Joan Orr rpgra 22. fears o l d ( s / o f f , a t 3AIvI EST dclily,watch f o r them) VfAAF on reg. skcd by .Brsadl.ey A Eidmaru? Mgr and .Feb s /of f i s 6: 30 PM. CHAB amazed that .I hrd them thrv CKLW-XELO,.both were o f f and f ina1.l.y WATT a l l f i n e l e t t e r s . . h p t s out . . ' to en6 a n d . . Y V l . R D .on eve recep t ion and t o XEMC Burnham, 1158 kc i s D i j ~ n , 1.0 .Kw. To ALL, INQUIRING France on 1393 kc i s
' Lyon I1 15 KNr. Wish I would g e t my YV6RE v e r i e .
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CLARENCE BUR.N.H.AM-GLOUCESTER MASS Veries i n from KAR~,~-KFWB-KIUP-KI~-'FJORD-\ . . - wLT-PRB-6, Bp%s to . CliKY-XET-Canal. Zone-WGTC-KNAK-WSTP-WCED-WSLB-nFN-Le ~arve-Di.jon-1365-I.taly-1357, .and, FriznG'e on. 3.1.08 kc. P H B ~ took 5 days airmail. from po'stmark, r p t , s e n t 12/25.. S t i l l ' hrd 'here 'good eves t i l l 7PBl when ?JOAI takes over. In DEC G S 2 Z A .was .definitel .y 'Logee2 twice on 1.068 kcs (had t o use
. X t a l . on CBA t o do it) : i n e a r l y eve 6-6: 30 'PM ' s / o f f , w i t h Net ional Anthem. EAJ8 on 1063 kc was heard at.,same time about 5kc lower 'and booming i n til.1. s /off 6Pbf with l z s t words .of anrlounccr being *!'Viva Espana Vivz Francon EAJ8 was a l s o hrd 1 0 Ms i n a r o w coming on a i r at'2AM with m'ilrch an2 d e f i n i t e cal.1 1 ,e t t c r s given. On these MJs n 0 t . a whisper: tvas hrd of C62ZA on 1068 kc Therefore 3 advised Nichols i% wzs.not CS2ZA'he was.hearing on 1065 bu t EAJ8 ( a l s o Bar thol.omew-h1agui:re - e t c ) . Here. .are e x a c t ' ttrords of verse from CS2Zfi Vie beg t o a.cknowledge .with thanks, the r e c e i p t of your l e t t e r of t h e 6 t h i n s t . with t h e r e p o r t a b o u t , ouf' mecl i iup wave s t a t i o n CS2ZA yihich i s q u i t e a l l . r ight , The .rnarch.a.t t h e ersd o f a l l uur t ransmissions i s i n f a c t t h e Portuguese Nacional Anthem.. .Please f i n d . herewith a s m a l . 1 . photo of ,our brhild-
' ings. We shal . l .be very , plesse t c : r ece ive i n f u t u r e ysur remarks f 3 r ciur guidancen' Y"urs f a k t h f u l l y Radio Club Portugues, Pela Direccas, Victor
, . Sant.os..Sure rhy .ve r i e ' i s s d i f f e r e n t than M&kgcx other .boys. . To NICHOLS-I cannot write now bu t p lease keep t h e cards an6 l e t t e r s cor~iing and wil.1 cns- wer 1.ater. My. Dad passed, awny on Feb 7th. (OK .PLan v e r i e i n th is ' bul.l.etin) LEFTY '2'00~EFi-BROOKLYN. N Y. No rpts-no v e r i e s t h i s week: ilothing much heare a s t h e 'sun. s p a t sthrii .on THURS-FE(.I-SAT plzyed! havoc w i t h t h e bcb. FRI Ah1
. . WFa-WJBK and' o the r r egu la r s ,were sca rce ly audible' . XESM s t r ~ n g ' tha. FfiI ' n i t e hrd CMCQ on 1150 I bel ieve. FBTS-Cuban '1.istis'far.frcm.rignt. S e t my c lock :an hour too l a t e f o r .CJOC but t h e way conci t i i jns were I doubt if 1~cou lC .have ' hrt! h i m anyway, XET was hrd on 99U.,Sat night ,made t h e t r i p t o s t a t e n I s l a n d and had a f i n e v i s i t with Bernie Duffy and Pete C l a r i u s
. . at Bernies home. W e h a d a : swe l l cha t , exchange2 peeks at erch o t h e r s v e r i e s -and it: 'was a ' swell: e v e n i n g . Bernies Mother served scme deLicicus ,wine. ~hese'boys have some .swell v e r i e s too'. You sh~u1.d have heard WKAQ ,.
on Bernies H a l l i c r a f t e r s . . . . . .
! . PAVE THOUS-PROCTORVILLE 0. IDM has DX f r o m "La Cac Bat1 corning up,but an e r r o r in time-n3t .ironei! ou t -as ye t -er ror I h r betwcen the. time they g ~ ~ v e and! ours . Quoted it in.E\VT.yet so n u t know ff i t w i l . 1 change t o EST o r not . May also be 'ovcr FI8AI3 on SW. Fcw v e r i e s i n , ~ ! K E ~ ( a l s o l e t t e r from CKLN and Miss' Jomi O r r ad&d t h a t . she was n o t t h e O r r g i r l Ilr2 r:~et i n r a d i c work i n Toronto and v i s i t e d few yea r s aga; CKLN a l s o going t o DX akain. She re- ceived severaX rpts tho f r o m NHC-DX on 28th. hpts a l s o in WVTY nnbv been
discont inued and taken aver WXLJ i n Cold Bay lilakka wi th 25 wat t s . MFDEL- AQN-JCPA-CFQC. Who r e c the NRC Prize on ViXLQ DX which wes offered??? Saw i t w2S o f fe red bu t who won??? No DX p a s t week t o mention, busy and away pert of t i n e . WSYB hrCL 10-11 o the r eve tho. laqL2Q been hrd ,ver i f ieC, sending p i c t u r e s of s t a t i o n and panphlet of 190 kw experinental. s t a t i z n . lJlissed CJOC on 9 t h but VJPAT was f i n e here on f i r s t DX. Looking farward ta CKPG. ALFRED E BBUCE-PHILADELPHIA PA Heard WCOL Colunbus Ohio Fob 6 th and they cane i n he re very g,iod. (OK Bruce, . kbep going, your v e r i e s g e t t i n g high.)
NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 8 TIPS and LPO REPORTS Februarz 16-194i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NORJB--~&-G-U-I-R~~&~~fdtfdtSTk~\iiFOFCD CQNN- J u s t t o g ive your boys a reason f o r mgr absanse f rom DXing t h e p a s t 2months. Las t Sunday 2/3 w e announced my en- gagement t o Miss Paul ine Per ley of Por t Washington,NY. Have been spending most of xiy weekends down t h e r e and a l s o most of my spare time, However hope t o g e t back t o some r e a l DXing soon as P h i l has been pul.J.ing them I n a lit- t1.b too f a s t t o s u i t m e , and It11 have t o rea l ly work t o ca tch up, Few v e r i e s i n from RFdio S t Pierye as well. as KALL 2nd might happy t o have em, (OK N o r m and congrzitulst ions t o you both from allcof us. 3 STm EORSS-BUTOHD M&S. 2/4 \VBZA t e s t l;l5-1:20 f o r new one; AFN-Munich ----- j ~ s t l i k e a I - ~ C H I . a t 1:25: WDSU t e s t l O O w Aux xmtr,s/off 1:30; WAOV t e s t a t 2; KFGQ a t 2:30-2: 5 f o r 2 new ones; WINK a t 2:45; KROD a t 3; KGMB f o r 4 3rd nevi one z t 3:30; er ies f r ~ r r i XET-KPOF-KTHT. 2/5 Veries from XERB-KALL- WMFX f i n a l l y go t a self addressed stamped envelope and addressing them as \Y&tEX Transmit ter BI.dg,Quincy, ,Mass; 2/6 Verie from WSJS by P h i l Hedrick; 2/7 KCOR t e s t i n t h i s AM a l s o WIZE a t 2 ~ 3 5 ; WKVM a t 3; WAGC a t 3:lO; WATN f a t 3:20; KVOP a 3:20 also and WlGA, nothing new; 2/8 Veries from KOCA-WNAD WOLS, WNAD sa s the. ro I hrd i s a new time f o r t h e i r r e g t e s t , hrd - P here 1/26 ti1 2:32 h, by John 1 Dunn, D i r . e /9 Veries from WCPO-VWEL- CFQC on DX. ( ~ a y b e WAD 4 t h TUES?? s o t r y *y both 4 t h TUES and 26th of FEB boys) That i s needed by a good many of us. BILL STONE-TQRO?dTO ONT DXing very poor f o r p z s t 5 days clue t o sun spots . m d g e t WPAT t h i s AM i n s p i t e of heavy fading;2/5 CXCC t e s t on 1250;???? on 1450,not WAGC,Cicl not g e t c a l l ; 2/6 W J D X ' tes t 1:20-3; WNHC on r e g s/off a t 1:30; KUSD with Special DX 2-3; CHaE'test 2-2:15; 2:30 WKVM on 1230 kc; W I G M on top on 1490 2 ~ 1 5 - 2 ~ 3 0 ; KCOR on 1350 a l l AM; 2/7 F i n a l l y g o t KFBC 1:50-2; WIZE test 2:30-2:45; Someone behind WCPO/\VITH on 1230; KTRB with 5 R 7 sig a t 3:30-3:33; wXGA on t e s t ; WnGC a t 3:35; WSSV 3:55 j 2/8 A wash- ou t except t o south & SW; 2/10 No DX awsy; 2/11 WPAT on NRC DX,fine show* Veries coning i n n ice ly; WEM-HOK ( ~ t t e n t i o n Pop w i t h E-\V antenna) WLOG- WWX with best l e t t e r h e a d y e t except CKTB way ~ ~ C ~ - \ V L A V - K C O R - K G ~ V * Firs t r p t from Canada i n years . In looking over bcb con tes t , n i c e going boys, Dick w i l l . keep Pop running and Batson a i n t r e s t i n g a s y o u t l l no t i ce . Lots of fun and hope t o catch up militti%& anyways.. CARROLL SETH-ERIE Pq Since acqui r ing t h e new SX-25 have l i t t l e t o show f o r my e f f o r t s . MisseC a l l the juicy specials-Greenland-kZgiers-Nowfoundl~~nd and Ecuador, They j u s t wouldnt come t h r u f o r me. However,received my v e r i e today from HOK as hrd on the o l d GE and never have I had a confirmation on such a lousy r e p o r t . B i t f d i d hear HOK.and am very happy t o see they found enough f o r t h e i r s a t i s f a c t i o n . Havcnt haC t h a t DX get-to-gether w i t h Hal Wagner y e t due t o some troub1.e with t h e car and a l s o t h e sun spo t s d is - courage6 us, but when we do. .&Concerning t h a t poem,we$l I w r i t e s i t , t e a r s it up and s t a r t s cgain* (OK C r r o l l and w i l l be wai t ing f o r t h a t poem) JOE BRAUNER-NILLIMSVILLE N Y,-'DX Could h ~ v e been b e t t o r lately,maybe too much sun spo t s . Pas t 2 weeks have been poorest of t h e season. Nothing new addeC i n catches but a few v e r i e s in,cheap cards from CJAD-KAKK an odd form v e r i e from KBNE 2nd n i c e o l e t t e r f r ~ m KUOM. Spent too much time work- ing on probzblc Mexican behine W U T t h a t I missed HCJB, hrd s i g n a l on 990 .but d i d n t w a i t t o identify it. No luck with CJOC and WPAT was n o t very gooc here,have had him b e t t e r i n daytime on Sunday,years ago. 2/12 J u s t caught end of last announcement f r o n s t a t i o n on 13&0 w i t h a t e s t a t about 5:28, he then used carrier oihly, Wes in Pa and very strong,probably WKRZ(1t was) 2/8 Tried f o r WENT but was poorest AM of winter , n o t even a t r a c e of WEXL a l i t t l e of WHAT bu t nu WENT. (Sow w i l l w r i t e that l e t t e r soon--Pop) LEO HEFiZ-CHICAGO ILL Sent r p t s t o WSPD-KSTP-WTOP and v e r i e reported Last week was KSKY no t KGKT, Caught you again Pop, Labor Day i s Sept 2nd, So NRC Convention will be AUG 31-SEPT 1-2nd. (OK Leo thanks f o r the correc- t i o n , I need p lenty of them. So boys remember t h a t d a t e f o r NRC Convention. To SCHMOCK, write me at 723 Ca1.iforni.a Tcrr. Chicago 14 I11 a b t S-41-W.
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BOB SPElNCER-BUFFF,LOO N Y S t a t i o n s t h i s week end were p r e t t y well covered by rloice anc! f o r some queer reason Jacksonvil le ,Fal came i n good; WMBR on F/C on 2/9 and VIJHP hrd breaking t h r u on l.Oth i n evening. I muffed CJOC,got Up
, a t 4AM $hat AM f o r WPP.T,thon real.ized t h a t 9 t h was an e r r o r i n l a s t b u l l e t i . b u t too l a t e t o hear CJOC; WPAT come i n swell on 2/10,hrd only l a s t half a s I go t up l a t e . Only r p t s t h i s week WMBR-WPAT. Nice l e t t e r v e r i e from WHAI-WED has thc worst v e r i e T have seen j.n long time; WDEL has unique \ " i dea of using a - n o t a r y publ ic type s e a l on s i m p l e but n e a t p r in ted card. '
PAT REILLEY-JAIUEJTOEN N Y 2/5 Too noisy t;o DX; KECA w i t h a MDT Mood pro - s t i l l going s t rong a t 3:57; Had very p leasant v i s i t from Tom Carberry to- n i g h t and a real. DX chin f c s t f o r about 3 hours; 2/6 No DX,noisy ane my knee bothered an6 r a i n i n g hard outs ide ; 2/7 KCOR mentioned my r p t a t 3:16 KVOP a f t e r 3 and mentioned Addy-Batson and o t h e r N R C e r s f a r r p t s of l a s t month; WAGC on top of WDC a t 3:20; 11.rMGA badly VRIUed by KVOP,blizzard noisy; 2/8 Sun spo t s c e r t a i n l y r a i s e d d e v i l wi th DX today; WBEN hadC1.y aud- i b l e a t 3:23; 2/9 No DX today; 2/10 KGER o f f a t ,$:O2; WHN a t 4:35; KGIR at 3350; WAGC most a11 AM; W G W a t 4:18; L Spick on 1460 t h a t sound& l i k e XENR on MR a t 3 but s t a t i c bad; 2/11 WPAT wzs swel l a l t h o noisy hereeTIPG i s ori1.y new v e r i e i n over a week here. Correct ion HOK by Jose Jaen y Jaen. AL BARTHOLOMEW-CORNING N $ Very 1 , i t t l e DX l a s t week,reception lousy-sun spo t s I guess. Radio Lyons 1393 caught & rp ted on 6 th and no TAs hrd s ince . FRI AU WENT hrc! s o l i d on test al.tho r e s t of band al.most dead. That one f in - a l l y c leans up N Y S t a t e f o r me u d t i l some of t h e new ones come on a i r . 2 very swel-1 v e r i e s i n r e c e n t l y 2TM-3HA,nicecletters. Overslept SAM AM so no
, DX,then on a pa r ty SAT n i g h t u n t i l sl.most d a y l i g h t SUN AM so again no DXe T i s AM up a t 1 but r ecep t ion lousy,very bad buzzing n o i s e so back t o bed. ~ B u g h t Monte Ceneri 1-1:30 AM TUES AM. WKRZ t e s t i n g 1340 kc a t 2 AM on. JIM DAVIS-ROCHESTER N Y I ts g r e e t i n g s again a f t e r almost a year of i n a c t i v e r epor t ing . Have r e t i r e e from bcb DX e d i t o r s h i p of VRC and now I f i n d t h a t I have 1 - i t t l e o r no time f o r DX due t o my co l l ege days immediately ahead, Plan t o be Arch f i g . Hope t o P e t t o DX with a11 you fe l lows a f t e r I set- t l e down again. Now 18 and have DXed s i n c e I was 12, never d i d any se r ious DX u n t i l I joined you f e l . 1 0 ~ D X e r s i n 1942. boost a mere 300 v e r i e s but t h a t has been caused by my time spent a t VRC Ed i to r . Hope t o keep i n con- t a c t with a few of you from time t o time and may drop i n t o s e e you a s I tour about the countryside, i n my l i t t l e 1926 Chry Biz Cp. So long now gang an2 thanks f o r everything your have done f o r m e and b e s t of Luck t o al.1 of you till w e meet again. Renember watch the Rochester Royals. (OK J i m and good l u c k $ you i n your education, and g e t p len ty o f it-pop)
.t BER.NIE DUFFY-STATEN ISLAND N Y I: wonder if any of you fe2l.ows can h e l p on t h c 2 s t a t i o n s l i s t e d below. Who were t h e Spanish speaking s t a t i o n s w i t h t y . typical. i n s t r mental and vocal Cuban tunes on 1240 kc 2/5 from 2~30-3 AM E and on 1350 k s on 2/7 f r ~ n 3 till a f t e r 4 hP. Any'help appreciated. VINCE STASEN-PHILADELPHIA PA On 2/6 hrd KUSD t e s t i n g and QRDl from KFPY; KCOR hrd t e s t i n g 2/6 and sounded l i k e a s p i c k with Spanish music and ann ouncenents; KABC hrd t e s t i n g 2/7 and asking, f o r r p t s and promises t o taerify 2/9 WMPG hrd t e s t i n g 1:30-1:45; W I L M hrd! on F/C 2/11. and W I B G . t e s t i n g 2/11 a t 1:dLZ; WTOC hrc: s /of f a t 1:50.A&! on 2/11 must have been on t e s t ; WPRT
- had f i n o b iz on DX s e n t r p t . Conditions he re lousy,got a 2n hand SX-24, - i ts OKbut condi t ions a r e awful, hope t o be able t o g e t soxne decent t i p s n i these l o c a l s but then might he lp some of t h e gang. What Engl ish s t a t i o n i s on 650 kcs before WSM s/on ( ~ i ~ h t be ~ Y A ) T a t 650 kcs seems t o be giv- ing ne a l o t of t rsubl-e , b e t t e r g e t something khru.
IYIEMI3ERS SERVICE FUND On hand D ~ c 27 $1.0/15; Donations from SGT an Gmeiner $3. Doc Kirk $1. Ed S l a t e r $1.. Leo Hcrz $1. J i m McGregor $2. Stan Morss $2, Renewals of John Forbes -~ob ~rown-JackBQuintrell-Bill. FTn~firo-Pnlil Ksrv-A1 M n l u ~ r - S U a n r v Pranlt-01 - Tntnl nn hnnd Feh 16 $6.15
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REDLEY SIWIMON-DS-HAMILTON ON? Last: r p t the o l d log stood a t 1372 hrd and - 1268 verif 'ted, now is 1.393 hrd and 1288 ver i f ied . S ta t ions a s KCOK-KIUP- Kl\lkK-KBNE seem t o have nothing t o Co with my antenna, a l s o WXLS-FQN-CKLN- W.EQ-W@BU-HOK-CJOC~WNHC-KCR66VLrNAB13C J C J-KIPS-CJOR-WINC-Algier s-CKRM-KPOW- HCJB a lso pass me by- Have had some good ones and they are KVOP-KALL-WGKV- wMEX-CIvIHK-WPG -CFAB-CFQC-KCOR-ClvIliB-KTW-KFXPdl and the s e who have aLr eady verif ~~~~WLEE-~'PTK-WK:EY-'W~~tAAWOLSCBv'KM~F-K~~~-~(1GK~-~W4C~-WLI~=~~R-KVJI,~1 . Of those long overdue are WALB 10/28 & 11/25; C~~ 1X/7; WDAD 11/13 & 1/5; "SJIEX 11./18 and f/up 2/2; XELO 11/3 and f/ug 2/2; WCHS 11/23; KVOP 3.2/6 & acknow?.edged my r p t over a i r accorCine; t o Batson; IULL 1.2/8-9; WGKV 1.2/2 ChwK 12/20 and 1/28; IaIHIT 1/10; W;PG 1/28; CFAB '1/28; CFQC on DX f a r from good with N I P on one side and CKEY on other; W i l l be 1,ooking fo r CJCC on thc 9th and WPAT-CKWX-TGO-WHGB-KPQ. KWLh1 hr6 1/23 was retune of xmtr andl answer was had by 1/31, f a s t nnswer by Clinton Vli Knapp,ce/ WHNC hrd 1.1/25 7:30-7248 SUN AN ve r i f i ed again by new CE Lewis E Hiland, didnt know my r p t was already ver i f i ed . RLIB logged s/on 1/31 SUN 7:15 f o r about 20 min and nice l e t t e r back by Frank E Knzack, Tech Dir. Sv~el l l e t t e r from WLEE fo r SUN 12/2 6 :29 s/on till 7 by George V! i:CcGuigan,ce. WKEY hrd 12/9 S U N 7t28 s/on till 8 and ver ie i n longhemd by Ear l III Kcy,Owner & op. tvho ScyS no sked F/Cs A l i t t l e HELP; 1/9 Hrd on 1590-1600 2~40-2: 56 AM with popu- l a r records and ann i n bpanish. On 3./13 on 1240 kc 3:40-3:43 AM and soun- ded l i k e KGRE O r KTRC with equipt t e s t ; and what s t a t i o n on 1350 kcs opens a t '7AM with Rev Ful le r Revival Hour WORK?) 1/22 on 1250 kcs Spanish ann and popular recor2s a t 4r10 AM; On 2 > 4 a t 2:45 AM ??? i n hlo on 1490 kcS t e s t i ng with numbers; On 2/6-1280 kcs 3-3:21 AM t e s t i ng with 1000 cycle modulation and sane t i m e musical numbers played and were cut repeatedly but could not i den t i fy and on 2/7-1240 kcs 2:37-2:48 with c l a s s i c a l nos and no ennounccmcnts; ( s t a t i o n 1/23rd on 1240 was W I N N a top Tyler Hotel.) (About a Who Was It Column Hedley, would l i k e t o b u t i f we did, there woul.2 not be much room f o r anything e l s e rnd I bel ieve i t would$ lead t o qu i t e a b i t of carelesness on the pa r t of DXers who would keep a co1,umn l i k e tha t full thinking that they could ge t answers without much tuning) NOTE-D COOPER-CJBC ST JOHN N B Dont l i s t t h i s i n log books-ERROR-CJBC is key network station i n Toronto fo r CBC on 1,010 kcs, CORRECTION DICK* WALT BISHOP-RENSGELAER N Y, gun spots bad and put stop t o any t e s t of my nea 100 f t entenna. Latest s t a t i o n s logged WBYN-WAAB-WGBF-CJBC-WHEB-WSBA-WK- WDillCL-WTAG -WQAN -WEN T-CMBQ-CMBC-XEB-Cm-CMBL-CMCY .-WFAA-WJLB-WDOD-WDSU . Ver- i es i n from IVTRY-WFBR-WTAM-GUL-WFIL-WWSW-WBBR-fv, Best DX here was PVLB on reg sked; Loa now 163 with 70 ver ies ; LoggeC WTRY which isxabout 5 n i l e s up the road on and rec ve r i e 2/2,must have went via Chattanooga, Hope I ge t b c t t e r r e on others,59 of e m , Sure hope t o make the 46 ,conventio-
, STATION INFO ' by Phi l Nic$clc 1230 KOAL Price,Utah Lo go here fro12 1450 kcs. 1230 KODK Kodiak, Alaska with 250 watts u l t d 1230 .... Jopl in , Mo A i r Tine Inc 250 watts u l td 1230 ,.., Burlington, V t 250 watts uLq 1230 ,.,, Casper, Wyo 250 watts ultd 1 0 0 . Eugene, Oregon 250 watts u l t d 900 e r a , Birmingham, kla 1 fCN DAY oCC t o 11 PM, 640 HOK Colon, Panama La Voz De Frent 5 6:55A-10:20P 730 HPSC Panana City Ra2io b l i rana~ V A U nsptina
1089 HOA Panana Ci ty ' RaZio Panarncriczna Kalle H 57 6:30 A - 10:30 P 1250 HOQ Pananla City Radio Nacional Central 96 1358 HP6J Panam City Central 169 La Voz de Panama ( ~ h e s e by Steve Mar' 1440 HOC Panama City La Voz de Voctor Brid 8 6:55A-l0:20P occ 11PM4 W e l l boys t h i s i s the works, ALSO i t e n appear ing 'a t end of FREQ FROLICS 18s week PEETAINED t o items f o r FREQ FKLO~CE ONLY. So please be guided. Thanks,
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NOTICE N9TICE NOTICE FEB 20 WHNC Henderson N C 890 kcs NNRC 2: 00 -- 3:.00 AM EST
~ g i s program was arranged and Lewis Hiland, ce of WHNC s e t t i ne and 8 a t e . --~-----,.---,,,,,,,,,,,,,,-,----------- JOEN L'ONG-&'&TT-O-rJ GA No CKLN f o r me he re 1/28 o r CFAB. Hrd M r b igh te r wi th hi.S DX f o r IIINRC, Then on 1/90 CFQC came i n with very gooG s i g n a l except f o r a c a r r i e r on pa r t of t h e time, Trice fo r KOTA but; didnt hear them t h i s month, Konder i f they f in i shed DX season? ( ~ u e s s so John as they s a i d they d i d no t know if they ~0u1.d be on i n Feb,) Hrd CbMK DX on 1/28 sent them a cr rd . H r C seve ra l of t h e boys narnes identioned. L e t t e r from HCJB date2 12/: tc1.bing about t h e i r DX, wonder if any of boys heard them- Car r i e r on VFM- ing tWkAT most of tine from 3 t i l l a f t e r 4 , Veries from CKEZM-KCOK-CJP-L on DXes- Whitebread i s ce a t CZXI, s a i d Terry Sands l e f t 15 months ago. No go on CJOC too nuch stat.i,.c. i4rd KCUR severa l AMs th i s week t o s t i n g . Nice l e t - t e r from & Hoskixls of CFQC a l s o WATN. Says boys likec? dedica t ion and navr askeC for another program Mad 29th. Nice card from WCPO f o r my thank you card sen t them f o r s tznding by, Hrd WPAT t h i s AM,fadel badly a t t imes, LWLRY YARNES-SAE CARLOS CALIF T e fo3.lowing heard;- 690 JOBKl Osaka a t 7:35 AM on 293; 970 WFLA Tanpa F l a a t 7:45 AM 2/3 730 JOCK1 Nagoya a t 5:46 AM on 2/7 1305 WTQ AFRS i n Osaka 5:25 A 2/2 780 JOPK Shi.zuoka Sr47 AM on 2/7 1350 KCOR San Antonio 5-5:15 2/2 960 XEFE Nueva Lareda ?:LO-?tb5 AM 1240 WLAG Lagrange a t 6Ab.f s / o ~ * J A C K SCWOCH-LUDIMGTOi\1 b l I u Well I go t my Skyrider Jr o r t h e S-41-W and i s she ever n danCy, Can l i s t e n t o WmZ 60 mi les away and s t i l l have sone vol.umn t o spare. Havent been a b l e t o s t a y up mornings with i t ye t c a m e of school but 1 t h ink I can have a l i t t l e DX session with i t on Frinite & Sat AM. Playing h round 10 meters znc have hrd west cocs te r s , any NHC mem- ber a r i g on LO meters? i f so l e t me know your c a l l & f r e q and I w i l l l i s t en f o r you. Hope t o have my own 100 w r i g next winter . Wanted t o put up a goo2 antenna and asked an o l d f e 1 l . o ~ down t h e s t r e e t t o l e t me put a pole on h i s house, but he says no I Cont want anything t o 20 with your il- l e g a l broadcasting anC no matter how I exp1.ai.n it t h a t I only want it f o r receiving, he s t i l l says no. RAY EDHE-BUFFALO N Y flat much DX l a t e l y account of n o t too much time and then when I did, the noise was t e r r i b l e anC s i g n a l s n o t so h o t , Received v c r i e s from E(r;LL-HOK-i(UJ-KILO-WHOTT4"JEI~-h~~~-~~T t o br ing my t o t a l up t o 924. Underlined new ones, WPAT hrC well and overs l ep t on WENT t e s t . WHhZ hrd on TUES AilJ a f t e r n i s s ing them S U N an2 they no t being on MON AM. WHOT signec! by Stan-Neubrecht, eng an2 says have F/C F;C' !XEE THURSDAY AM 2:15 to 2 : 30 Aii EST. Reports s t i l . 1 iiut t o WPDQ-WW-CKGB-CFBK-KGOR-PJPAT-VKRZ-WHIZ W J N O . WHIZ a l s o came i n swell on F/C-Dx, Ire11 maybe condit ions w i l l g e t b e t t e r and a l i t t l e more time t o l a n e these new ones coming on t h e a i r .
I n regarc? t o t h a t i t e n a t t h e end of l a s t weeks Freq F r o l i c s . I should have mentionec t h a t it on1.y per ta ined t o i tems sen t f o r that Colum. -Your r p t s have been swell but i tems f o r Freq Frolics have taken a t rend toward any kind of in fo , whether i t was thin@ t h a t hze appearee a week or two before or j u s t goss ip which was of no help t o t h e DXer i n regard t o logging and ver i fy ing a s t a t i o n . That c o l u ~ m was s t a r t e d f o r the purpose of read i n f o that w i l l h e l p rnenibers Log s t a t i ons . Daily Skcds-Reg F/CS that are known t~ be 3n every month-Studio locations-C.E & Engineers names e tc have no place i n t h a t colurm. A l a t e s/off o r an e a r l y s/on of sone hard t o hear s t a t i o n is swell. Verie signers f o r s t a t i o n s hard t o verify i s also wel- come, S t a t i o n Addresses EXCEPT FOHEIGH a r e n o t a t all necessary as your rpt is sen t 1st c l a s s nail and i f n o t del-ivered w i l l be re turned t o you. W, wantvto g ive you r e a l i n f o i n FKEQ FROLICS s o i f y3u fel-lows w i l l t r y t o conform with these ideas , you w i l l be helping a l o t , both NRCers & me.
CALL ASSIGNED KTNC-1400 kc Jd!cAlester, Okla, KFBI 10mV t o sS/Z KW Night.
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