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J O S E P H J, BECKER. SR.. PRESIDENT R A Y 8. EDGE. EDITOR

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and Fu l ton B. Creech JY-Park:: k i z C,oi.lsge-:&~*st S t . Lcrl .z is , ILl as new nera- be re , and t h e rel~c-,?:val.s ni Y.-?;rbe?t; Cla~pSel,'!.-G.8, Jacques ahqng wi th t h o s e of Stephen Mar?.n 2nd K a r s t iir:i,?rra,i. f ' .~:>ri clu!: S e r v i c e IdenGers Fund. May t h e y a1.L r e c e i v e a 3.ob of' p!.eas~zrc f r q r c tl:lni~-4 msr;lbership,

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DATE----- CALL- -LOC),TIOM ----- - --.-.- ,-.- .. .KIC.S---CLUa-----fiL TIbIJIE aFQ----- SEPT 1 5 WCBI C~r,bur~?bur; 1 ; I . . - ?ISC 3:30 - 3:40 AM

20 \VJBO Baton Hougg Lf 2 A 7 -.. 7 5 3 N R C 3:lO - 3:10 AM 2i ! VIGIL Sa lesburg 1 21.- ;.!,.07 N , C 4:OO - 4220 AM

OCT 1 3 JB Jn111z s t own 1 1.1 6, 7'1-..1!,39 1:J H C 2r00 - 3 :00 AM 1 2 VFiiBL C3iumbus Ga 1-23) N 13 C ~ : O Q - ~ : 0 0 AM 1 2 ZiiGCU bJ*ilsndan TJ D 12'70 N H C L+a4O - 4 5 AM

NOTES- Checkcboth CreqIs on VKBX and KSJB, KGCU t iate i s t e n t a t i v e . - .---- IfiTCBI-ldr Maxel.1 Will- ians, c , c , . has very kind1,y con.sented. t o d e d i c a t e h i s

frn_q. checks t o US again this season. It i s hoped you .members a p p r e c i a t e what t h a t means Lo u s . It g l v e s our prograns a g r e a t dea l of publ . ici ty, and al,so g i v e s your c lub a (3h::.1?.1:e t o g e t new members t o h e l p t a k e t h e p l a c e s of t h e val..uabl..c men. we l?a':re temporari1.y g iven over t o Uncle Sam. A sugges t ion on t h i s s e ~ i e s , ~ . n . l cz3.so th.e s e r i e s of o t h e r s t a t i o n s dedi- c a t i n g t o u s each month-why n o t en.close 1.0$ i.n c o i n on t h e f i r s t r e p o r t which w i l l , cover t h e ~ ( 1 s t 3.f r e t u r n ca.rd postage f o r al.1. prograins of t h e season. This w i l l e l- iminate t h e bot ,her .of enc los ing r e t u r n pos tage each t i x e and w i l l s a v s t:be s t a t i o n fror, going t o t h e a d d i t i o n a l l a b o r of ver- i f y i n g by l e t t e r . We a r e sure a card w i l l do f o r al.1 as i t i s t o o much t o expec t 2 l e t t e r v e r i e . These s t a t i o n s a r e doing enough f o r u s a s i t i s , L n t l s coopera te f ul.l.atv?rs. Please ,even i f you do n o t e n t e r t h e BCB Con te s t don t f o r g e t t o send repoxats t o i'v'C3I and t h e o t h e r s each month. And w e thank Ur. Williams f o r h i s wonderful coopera t ion w i t h u s . A r r - J Becker.

WJEO-VIJBO as you know Veteran D X e r s used t o b roadcas t r e g u l a r 2 hour DX progranrs twice a moxlth f o r u s , Th.ejr wil.1 be happy t o d e d i c a t e t h e i r r e g u l a r Van Nostrand check t o u s a t the ssme t i ine each month and t o re2.d our t i p s . M r . Wilbur T . Golson,c .e , s ays he would put on more of t h e s e 2 hour programs,wex5e i t n o t t h n t t h e I n t e r x e p t e r Couiniand of t h e i r a r e a has reques ted t hen n o t t o b roadcas t a f t e r inidnight unl-ess absol-ute ly necessary So-WJEO vvi1.l be w i t h u s every month. They may even t r a n s c r i b e t h e program i n .advance, i n t h e s t u d i o , so t h a t our Theme Song ,National. Embl.em March might be inc luded , they n o t having f a c i l i t i e s f o r p lay ing r eco rds a t t h e t r ansmi t t e r , f rom whence line p r o g r m s w i 1 3 . o r ig ina te . Thanks a r e i n order c e r t a i n l y f o r Idr. Golson. Also on2 DIXvlE. Arranged by E Cooper,

IVGIL-~i is s t a t i o n w i l l 31-so coopera te w i t h u s a g a i n t h i s season by ded- i c a t i n g t h e i r checks t o u s a o n t h l y * WGIL i s t h e on ly on s o f a r which h2s a cl.ear channel. f o r t h e i r pro&rams,makj.ng them easy t o h e a r . Le t t s make s u r e we al-I. 1 - i s t en i n and r e p o r t . Dont f o r g e t t o send t h a t DIME t o WGIL which wi1.b cover t h e i r pos tage b i l l . f o r t h e ckeclcs. The i r new o p e r a t o r i n chergc i s M r . Raymond Bevcnour, t o wl:~or;, w c doff our h a t s and say,Thank YOU 2nd nay you have aerly f ine r e p o r t s , Arrsnged by E. Cooper/ --. - - -. - . - - - - - --...- nv-- T - + n -1 -I + o l r n +-:mn n*,+ m m d n n n n m f m l ? o e l > l Q ~ ~ T T . 7

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX MEWS BCB Page 2 FREQUEi'dCY FROLICS September 4 1943 -.I - - - 4 L - - . - - - - - - - - - r - - - - - - - - - 1 - - T - - - h - KCS CALL RZBURKS 570 WMCA New York C i t y v v i l l . h s w t o be sold s i n c e t h e i r p rksen t owner

bought WJZ an2 t h e B l u c Network. {E c o o p e r - ~ r o a k l y n , ~ .Y .) 630 KXOK S t Louis seeriis t o h a ~ e ~j .ven up a1.night b roadcas t ing . ( ~ o o p c r )

1230 KPIIO Phoenix,Ariz- Ne-$1) p p a ~ t onner-SGT Gene Autry. ( E cooper) 1240 WSLS Roancke,Va new f r q f ~ o m 1.490 kc. (E cooper)

nyj~i; Roanoke,Va hrd tzstl.-(:!g cn t.liZs frey. ( ~ i c k cooper- itt tanning) 1280 VfOV Nevr York C i ty i s !ci.xsd up i n a f o r e i g n 1-anguage embrol ic , The

I ta3- ian pr0gra.n ct2as9r i s r epo r t e6 t o have censored a p o r t i o n of t h e "Lords P r a y a r f i ;E / C o o p ~ r )

1400. KSJB Jamestown,i\l .D. Back on. t h i s charmeJ.. (E Cool~er) %[ELL B a t t l e Crcek,Nich checked 8/1,8 f ~ o ~ 2-2:30~11v1 3rd Wed? (E C )

1490 ???? Whc checks 3 r d We3 2-2:1.5AM wi th marches? ( E cooper) ,li'iKBB D~bl_zquc,La hrd t e s t i n g 9-6 fi-om 4:30--4:4~AlvI by D Cooper and

Edge who we?c DXLng 02 Lsbor Day norning dur ing t h e I+ man Con- venti0;i , VJICBB covej:ed both \fiJfJSVj-V,j JEK very n ice l ,y , -.-- ----.- -~ - ~

9'70 . . . . t fLa Caruna fs i n Spc?.ln i s h.cazd a t t i n e s . (van ~oorhoes-11Y) 141.1 . . Opporto Po r tuga l i s h e r r d a l s o , good .. (van ~oorl lccs-BY)

- . . . . --- - .--- P l e l l members t h e r e tu rned o u t L O be a little g a t h e r i n g h e r e i n Buf fal.0

d e p p l t e t h e d u f f i c u l - t i e s . C ic l c Coo2er a r r i v e d Saturday evsnlng a f t e r a br ie f ' v i s i t at P a t K e i l i e y l s !lor;;c i n Jai;~csto~;,~n. i5unday a f t e rnoon we drove t o ~ ~ i l l i n a s v i ~ l l - e and had a s~~cll v i s i t w i th Kay, Jokm ( ~ i l c p y ) Ka1,nbachfs wi fe . John rsf course wasnt n o w and i t i s bel.ieved. that; HE: i s stj-3.1. o u t t r y i n g t o f i n d Hamburgs which he 1.oves so dearl-y. Anyiiz~y Sunds.y evenlng t h e Kal.mbcrtc'ns carie t o tine Edges and, so a swell v i s i t was had by a l l . We kept looking for- J i x n Wederrii'er t o t l r ~ i v e b u t up u n t i l Tuesday noon no word has been r ece ived i'zorn him af-though he ili?:s supposed t o have carfie hcre from Toronto. (Iiope ~ iohhing hzppened Jifi) Af te r t h e Kal.nbac:hs deper ted for horne Dick sat dawrl a.nd he r e a l . 1 ~ gave Kcnnyrs Hal.>.-~craf-ccrs, SX-25 a r e a l work ou t an5 koth c f u s s a t u p u n t i l 5Al~ljlonday ~ o r n i ~ g . DJI wasnt so h o t bu t w e d.id mana.ge t o h e a r W B B cover V;~,TJSU\~-V~,!JBK cor;lpl.el;si.y and it was t o our s e t i s f a c t i o n tha t s t a t i o n s c c n he hcard d e s p i t e t h e s e 2 el-1- n i g h t e r s . S t a t i c was r e r t l . 1 ~ bad and it i s hhped. t h a t i t c l e a r s up by t h e 15th. Going to bed f o r a w e l . 1 e~:~rned r e s t , we d i d sleep but a t l o t 3 0 AiiS Rayis wi fe ( ~ ~ ~ t e ) wus pounding Oi l t h e bedroola door tel-Ling u s t h a t some NEiCer w i s down s t a i r s wal t i l lg , We tllought i t v s ~ ~ s Sim Ili,liede:i:er b u t i t w2.snt.

we g o t down s t a i r s mrnrc d i d n t h o w hini and ~11.1. t h e informz.t ion t h a t he wou1.d g ive was t h a t he j u s t ;arrj.ved from Brookl.yi~ after v i s i t i n g Lef ty Cooper. We t r i e d t o guess but t o no avail and f i n a l l y h e zdi3itted t h a t h i s hand le was Eugene F ranc i s of D!?tr~)it. We1.l. t h n t 'wes a s u r p r i s e and both Dick and Hay c2.n seg t h a t they were very pl-ensed t o have one of ou r newer members drop i n . We .had 2. swel.1. v i s i t n.nc1 Gene l e f t l;.ter i n t h e a f te rnoon . H e t c o would have l i k e d t o have been ab le t o s ee J i m , We do want t o l e t Lef ty Cooper Imow tha t w e were 1,ooking f o r him e1.so as he wrote Dick tel.1-ing him t o be s u r e t o g e t t o buf fa lo . We now t h i n k t h a t he stcyed. honie t o see t h e Dodgkrs I.ick t h e i i f zn t s and then bruck even wi th t h e Braves. Oh wcl l t h a t s 2 Dodger fan f o r you, Dick d i d n t 1-ezve Buffe lo u n t i l 10:30 Monday evc::ning as WE thought t h a t J i n might have been

qdel.nyed, snd ~vou ld z r r i ve , 'but he d idn t . So hers it is Tuesd::ty noon end 'Q

t h e bul1.et;i.n being f i n i s h e d and the convantion over f o r ano ther y e z r , y However i t i s be l ieved t h a t a f t e r t h i s war i s won we wil.1 hcvc a l a r g e r ',kNRC Convemtion,cne t h a t will . t o p thorn all . . Dick-Gene 2nd John can be s u r e k t h a t t h t i r v i s i t s h c r e wert' mure thzn walconc a d t h n t -1.though we d i d k n o t g e t t o st.- t h e niany o t h e r s , t h e co~aing seeson iiill c r e c t t n 1.ot of ~ i i n t e r a s t j.n DX t h i s ccming season, cnd thzLt 211. mer;ibers who v v i l . 1 s t a y st

, . Whome rrvill s ~ i p p c r t t h e i r cIl.ub cad c o n t i n 7 ~ e t o i n c r c a s e t h e Se rv i ce Fund p s o t h a t our rnTL;iy rilexbe;rs irr t h e Armed S ~ r v i c ~ s wil.1. be t'!ssurc:d of t h e i r

cont inued ncmbcrsliip: bb2r1y tkisnks t o you 21.1 cnd good wishes. R . Edge.

NATIONAL R A D I O CIJUB DX NEWS September L$ 1943 TIPS and LPO REPORTS BCB Page 3 DAVID THOldA3-P.ROCTORVILLE,O WelX here is the answer t o my c o u r t s u i t . flThe cour t has h e l d f o r the P l a i n t i f f i n t h e case of David Thomas vs J * W. Brooks. The defendants claim i n t h e property involved i n t h e a c t i o n i s bar red and t h e p l a i n t i f f ' s t i t l e i s quieted as a g a i n s t any claim by the defendant. You see I was the p la in t i f f as I f'i3,ed s u i t , do not know if more ac t ion will. follow,e,i. Appeal. through another c o u r t o t n o t h u t s ince I won i n Cor:imon Pleas Court he rnay n o t take it on up. Already r a n i n t o considerable sun,when e n t i r e c o s t of damage would n o t have exceeded $ 5 0 0 0 , now c o s t both o r us ovcr $100, and if he c a r r i e s i t on, s t i l l more, And a l l t h i s over a r a d i o aer ial . cesminal and one s i n g l e c u t wire* ( !~e l - l gd0d l u c k t o YOU Dave and l e t s h ~ p e i t i s f i n a l l y s e t t l e d now-H~Y) DaIIALD nllI3YER-BOSTON N .Y. I raceived one v e r i e t h i s suil~rner i n late July -I- - - --- .-- from V a I R , a I - e t t e r and card f o r n repo1.t of l a s t October.. The c . e . sa id r e p o r t was received and promp.~ly m?-:laid, hz pra ised t h e NRC r e p o r t form, Hope the r e s t of t h e NRCls farmers h2~7.2 ?jeeil pleased more by Mother Nature then those o f u s i n the Boston H i l l : ; , only onc good cropHay, tho Spuds look good. Rzin and Sunshine just Cant 2c:t together . Noticed recep t ion b e t t e r s ince mi6-August, Couldnt persu*? r ~ ~ y no l, hobby t h i s suruner and t h a t of following the F a i r s with sllan ~,,tl-~rl, No F a i r s , Have always made money a t t h i s ilcbbg inst-ead of sp$ildj.n? : t - i l l . (li~ell. Don you can g e t 1.ittl.e s a t i s f a c t i o n by DXing th i s season. n n p e you can g e t t o those F a i r s next surariier and maire up f o r t h i s p a s t onc-Rzy) FRArJK JOHNdOil-PITTSFIELD, i\l& 1i;'el.l a s t h e f l ights are beginning t o grow -- coo%er, there comes t h a t o ld feeling--DXing. 1 havent done any DXing sin- ce l a s t !,b.rch,but received v s r i e s from WBIR--KOIL and s h o r t wave NfLVIO which were 3 t o 8 wontiis overdue. 1 hope t h e CPCfers have a n i c e l i s t of s t a t i o n s f o r us t h i s ;?ear and t h a t a]-!. muy c c t c h thcla, They su re d i d a swel l job l a s t .year, ana I'm sure wel l1 all- do our p a r t t o keep our c lub going. (OK Fr=nk and you can be su re t h a t we will-Fiay) ULLIAM (BILL) E. BAI1RETT-1145 RACE ST. , -DE~IVER$COLO. I have been DXing f o r about 2,- years 2nd- ar.1 16 years o ld . Have 2 l o g est imated rougl~7.y at 350 t o 425 s t a t i o n s w i t h ubcuk Zl+,d v e r i f i e d . U n t i l r e c e n t l y I have spent I . i t t l e time flNight Owlingff so rriy log does no t inc lude koo mciny 100-250 wat t s t a t i o n s . My equiptnent here inc ludes a HalLic ra f t e r s S-20-R, Sky Champion rece ive r , a 12 f t mast on our roof which overlooks a rct l ler l a r - g e park, by t h e way and a poszzble Royal typewri te r . Taking a glance 2 t my r e p o r t s I include 2 shee t s of i n f o r m t i o n . From t h i s X hnve received r a t h e r good r e s u l t s , By 2 shee t s I near1 1 log s h e e t anci t h e o the r sheet wi th t echn ica l information, Here a re a few t i p s on d i f f e r e n t informztion on equiptment and e t c . K G F I i n Los Angeies according t o H Duke Haneock, manager has been on t h e a i r cont inously 24 hours da i ly ,7 days a week s ince e a r l y p a r t of 1.927. They use 1-00 wz t t s , KGER uses 2 element direc- t ional. antenna. KLX sends a purple EKKO s t amp and a f r i e d l y l e t t e r as QSL, KFSD a l s o sends very beautiful . Verie stan1ps,3 of then. Frcnk Ni Ken- nedy i s CE a t Q5LA and KHJ . K.4.5L.A f i r s t went on the a i r Aug 11 19Lk1, I i $ V i n t h e i r ve r i e s t a t e s they hnvc been broadcast ing s ince 1912,with 2 way comnunicntion by voice an2 occcs ionzl ly m s i c ( p r e s e n t n t i o n of ) between San Jose and Ean Francisco, It was on December 9 1921. t ha t the c a l l KQU'nere assigned and were used on the xmi t te r t h a t had beer1 i r ? op- e r a t i o n over 10 years previoas1.y. The f i r s t l i c e n s e i ssued t o KQVi was f o r 360 meters wi th no power spec i f i ed . Verie signed by Fred Ruegg. KTMS uses d i r e c t i o n a l antcnna up ~rn3 dovm2 the cocs t . KPRO v e r i f i e s wi th glos- sy post csrd shewing theii: xm?: t.t,e;- and antennn. KFRE uses the o l d KARM f a c i l i t i e s . KIT: a l s o v e r i r i e s t-;ith zt unique card. Well enough f o r Gal-if- o rn ia but ~ 1 1 1 hcve more rrcecx in.?o on r a d i o s t a t i o n s from other s tn- t i o n s soon i n the fu ture . I sou ld be very glad to correspond w i t h D X e r s preferg9l.e Q e s t c r ~ i ~ . . . . aces. (~vTe',!. bi1.7. A , we - ive$coiie you as 2 riew member and

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BCB P a g e ' 4 TIPS and LPO REPORTS September 4 1943 - . - I - - - L C - - - I - - . - - - - - - . - . . - - . - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - FRANK CORYJ3LL+CI,tEVELFdND HF.XGg]li,g PJel.1. i t s a 1.ong t i a e since I ve r e3.11~ -- sent i n z'rndr=ty repor't,yo:i Irl~o7;f i t s en i n t e r e s t i n g pa,radox horn summer can be both 2 bzfie cnd .2 bl . e ss j .ng ,espec iz l l~ t o a DXer. The bezu t i f u l ~ h e r blue skies,the'.comfortin: .vt.a.zi.l?th of the rrtidday sun,the t enn i s 8nd s w i m - ing,a . l l tvou3.d be wili.ing1.y sacrif iced. f o r one uorning of real. good c r i s p DX weather. One s t a y s u p u:l t i l ail. h0ux.s on the qorning and spends un- countable aching pcricd; drape* a~ound the set,afld then c ~ n hardly b02St of more then KPI. I t s st . ,~+i- . in2 t o g e t nz,I even f i nd myself hoping f o r school i t s accurfipayi;:f: DX wer-i;ber , a d . when t h a t s t a r t s , sorilething is r e a l . 1 ~ wrong. Clf coc rss the fe l - las i n the Army c;.,nnot even take advan- - ~

t a g e . o f t he bes t wsatl?er,so' i t wi1,l be up t o ils a t home t o a t l e a s t fur - n i sh them with some real. DX r epo r t s t o read about. I g I'm not jumping the puck,I venture t o make t h e predicttbbn t h a t t he coming DX season w i l l . seal1.y outdo i t s e l f , e s p e c i a l l y the TPfs. The only o ~ i n o u s s ign I can See i s the do le fu l p red ic t ion of the astronomer t h z t sun spo t s w i l l s t a r t t o p u l l DX s t e ad i l y down s t a r t i n g i n 1944'and cont inue u n t i l 1953 when the re jus t wont be any,af ter which they wi1.f diminish ancl DX v~i1.3. increase ag- a i n , Personzl.17 1 dont take rnuch s tock i n spots ,but one never can t e l l o To ge t down t g DX,L1ve spent on t only about n ine r epo r t s 31.1 sunrncr as f 01-3.ows ; WrAI!il-KG IR-MrCOS-V/PRA-WSKB-Ifi:ELL-VrPAB and- TGVU' . 03 SIfJ I sen t r epo r t S t o A3.giers -Leopoldvi l fe-Aust rc l ia , "lso sen t f 011-ow up t o ZNS on long del.inquenf, Verie, I want t h a t one, TGW can be heard al.~nost n igh t l y on

. . 643 with innYimba m6sic and bngl.ish znliounceraents a s Cbout 11 FM. Couple rnorlths ago I herrd CX6 s-off on 650 a t 1:20 APiI with R-7 signcLls,but tu- ned i n too 3.2te f o r a r e p o r t , I heard them a couple t i n e s l a s t season so I a m out t o ge t elii t h i s time. Anybody know the Spicks on both 660 and 1039 Bcs i n e a r l y rilorning?. The Van kiostrand t e s t l i s t i s f e i r l y accura'te and h.elped a l o t , I irnrgi.ne w e ' l l soon be seeing repor t s ' from sorile of our super DXnrs about how they;er hearing KII\IY every morrring with t h e i r SKTV, I wonder i f ' I ~ l l . ever v e r i f y ~n AZssknn? Rel.1 h e r e f s hopei.ng f o r everybody(s all-around success i n the couing season,bo-t;h i n k i l - l ing Jeps and Nazis 2nd logging some of those s t i c k l e r s . --

"YANKS I N THE HANKStf & E & Q ~ - ~ _ U 5 E z 1 ~ ~ 2 f l . 0 ~ - ~ O O ~ f ~ ~ ~ I -. End_ ZIG DE BR,B@R~CKG 13-3 5 C T C

A l i t t l e r epor t from the west cozs t a f t e r being A C&l:lg KOHLEE~CALLF, - s ta t ioned here f o r t h e pas t 2 mcntk~s. During my s t2y here I fo r t una t e ly got out v i a thumb anci v i s i t e d the f'ol.lowing s t a t i o n s i n t h i s v i c i n i t y ; K~m-KROY-KFHE-KARbl-KGO-KPO-KFBK-XWCI-KIiOTUZ'. I hzve added 25 new s t z t i o n s s ince I entered t h i s camp, The l c t e s t ve r i e s I received z r e KHUB-KRE- KHSL-mYC-K3RO-KJBS-KFRC-KROY-KYCS. These were 6everal s t a t i o n s wlliclrl refused adniittance but I had a g ~ o d perzcntage of l e t t i n g ~ i c i n 2nd see t h e i r s t a t i o n , I t s I.ots of fun d i a l l n g these west-cozst s tc . t ions.

SERVICE FUND On hand l c s t r epo r t $ 1-8.50 Tot21 on Hand $<1-9.60 From Herbert Cernpbell 1..00 Renewal of Stephen Mann 2,OO

To tu l . $ 19.60 Renewal. of '"orst Krumrei B.00 Tota l l e f t on Hcnd $,15.60

Manp thc.nks t o .you : 13. f o r your continued donat ions . t o the above fund. With more of our rnenbers who a r e i n serv ice , and dues fzll . ing due, i t w i l l be appreciated i f any 05 you f e e l bs i f you can donate z. l i t t l e again t o keep t h i s fund well stocked,

Word from Lefty Cooper shows t h a t CBS i s h a l t i n g t h e i r co~apla in t on the n ight servide o f WNYC. Also t h a t M r . E1amm l o s e s h i s plea fio recind the s a l e of s t a t i o n WMCA.

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IVcll boys the DX season has s t a r t e d so l e t s go, nake i t 2. good one. I n I.2.st i s sue we s c id the NRC! s 13. S e n s n n . A c 7 i <t:llra Thi c i c n l i w 1 l + h

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5900 lLRS1 Buenos Aires,Arg?ntil?ia "Radio Splendid\! hrd bet'ter than ever a t lOPY i n paral. lel with LRS on 9320 kcs (wedewer-washington)

6180 HJCT Bogota,Col.urnbia 1fRad.io Minis ter io de Educacionfl r l O W On this freq t i1 . l . 1.1PM w i t h good s igna l s . (wedewer)

6480 TGWB Guat ema1.a Ci ty , Guat emala operating here now QRMing H I ~ T (wed) H I 2 T Mos. Nou.e-I.,Con.Re~. This tovrrl i s givern i n a l i s t a s the loc-

ca t ion of HI2T.It I s not on the map however. (wedewer) 7012 XEOI Mexico C;ity,Mex, H a s anyone heard t h i s one recentl-y? (wedewer) 7053 CDdZI Havana,Cuba now operating here,of t en R 9 s ignals . (wedewer) 7058 COKG Santiag0,Cuba. ~~Radicernlsosa Orientall1 heard here ~c3veral. ni-

ghts x i t h weak signals . (Wadewer) . .

,7140 HCLkFA Port-oviejo,Ecuad~r hrd a f t a f bt. , ing.inaudible several :1?0rlthS, with the best s igna l ever heard from i t . (l~edewer)

' 7163 COU 5 . NEYf HaT3ana,Cuba r'Pal.azio P.?ecj.dencialff operates frolil about ' . ZJ-OPM night ly with good s igna l , s , Spa:qlsh & English a - ' u k X m C e -

ments . Only rausic i s f eatu:r:xl. [\Vedewz~) '71-75 YSY San Snl- ado^ ,El Scilvadas no-;I c3 ;his fri2q x i t h @.ood s i g n a l s

. . t i l l . ri??i_diiig!i-t .. (Yedewe2) 7266 HCIBF Quito ,3c.1~.ad?~ f18ad.i.o Comern,:i:;,l:f b;.lck 0% the. a i r again a f t e r

a l-cng absence with .gzmC slg:,;lls ,;.claying HClE3-1304 kcs (wed .. ' . 7550 ---- l~loscovs,T:iSSR ivj-i.th i'Lu;;sS.avl Neas a t 9 ; 10Bhl-R4, s ig s , (wedewer

,$t>;l? TYA2 A l g i e r s ,,1?l,geria i s cco1,re2.1; call. (wedewer) This siiation hr.3 througl.!.c!~t the afternoon and evening and a.lco on 1.2j.20 kcs rimst of the day , (ROY ~ h r i s t o ~ h - ~ r i e ~ ~ e n n j

C;11k5 HAT!+ Budapes-1; ,Eu)ngary brd on t h i s i'req alnos-i; conti.nual.ly f o r the past 3 .ilrkeks. ('&.edew~r)

9:l-?fj CUY L i s b o n , ~ c ~ t ~ z g a l hi.d v?ry .well a t 7PM with i t s multi-note in- terval. signal. which s ~ u n d s l i k e a reed instrument, (~edewer)

9250 COBQ, Hava.na,SuQa YILa ~ o z cte Cuball hrd aga i :~ a f t e r a years absense. It was " i t to t ed cn :Lugust 29th and h3.s transmitted and c r y s t a l i-.ro:n',>l.c o2t.cn shifting t o 9150 Ircs,and then back and going 02' .t;iii; sir oS.tzflc Signals a r e gaod though and announ- cements Fn Snglish an3 Spanish. It re lays CYCQ. (~edevter]

9410 OAX4.W Lima,Paru if2adio A ~ e r i c h j ! hrd gPM t o 12 MDT. Harris-Mass 9465 TAP Ankara,Turke~r hrd w i tll an 34 signal.,signing o f f a t 4: 55PM on

Sunday August 29-t;!i, (~iedexer ) 9535 SBU Stockholm,3w.~dcn 111-2 f3i.r. a t 3:35PM with riusical program. It

faded out about 4i1AL.. ledewe ewer) 9540 VLG2 Melbourne,~ust ra l ia hrd (t-8:./+5 Ah1 no t PbI (~arr is -M ~ d a i n s , ~ a s s ) 9570 KWIX San Francisco,Cal.if h rd evenings i n place of WID. ( ~ a r r i s ) 9660 H V J Vatican City hrd from '7:30-82M with messages t o Venezuel~.

Signals were excellent Sunday,August 29th. (,wed ewer) 9835 EAQ M~ladrid,Spain opercJ~es 6157 t o 7:15PM t o Morth America and

frorn 7~25-8PN t o 5 a t i n America. Signals bes t t o N .A. ( ~ e d e ~ v e r ) 9860 ,... Moscow,USSR hrd with t e r r i f i c s igna l s with Japanese a t 7:30

t o 8FM. French a t 8-8:30PM and Ukrainian announced a s IfRady- anska Ukraina" f r o c 8339-8:45PM sign o f f . The Ukrainian which i s beamed t o Morth America I s by fa r the bes t reeching 59 plus a t t irne s . (~Xedewer)

9875 ???? Mysterious Spanish speaking s t a t i o n ' w i t h new from 7~30-7:45 PM and signing off a t 7:45PM. (wedewer.)

9897 VKIU New Yark City hrd weLL by Roy Christoph i n Erfe,Penn. 10000 ThriVV Beltsv:i,ll,e,l4aryland announ.ces i lz voice every hal f hour , on

the hour and haZf hour on 5,000-10,000 2nd 1.5,000 k c s , The 15,000 kcs i s only i n the daytine. (l~~edewer and Christo h) in I just checked aga?&n and the above i s correct-.Edge f

10080 XBDH Mexico ~ i t y , ~ ~ ~ s x reported hrd a t noon by Gil Harris-N dams)

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB SHORT WAVE NEWS STfl Page 2 EASTERN VJAh T I I U TIBOUGHOUT Septerfiber 4 $9~53-

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FREQ CALL. REWIRKS 1.1725 JVW3 Tokoyo,J~pan reported by Roy Christoph b u t no t ine given. 11.830 R1V96? Moscow,USSR a i s a reported by Roy Christoph. 13875 ZAP1 Asuncion, Paraguay hrd we1.l a t 9PM. (wedewer) 11970 ..., Brazzavi l le , FEA hrd wen1 a t 7:45P;vl i n English. 15105 JLG4 Tokoyo,Japa2 hrd with news i n kingbish at 6:2DPM. ( ~ a r r i s 15190 WLIO Mew York Ci ty , new c a l l f o r VJ1QC.X (Wedewer( 15220 . . . . National Congress Eadio hrd f i n e f ron 12:15-12: 55PM. ( ~ a r r i s ) 25310 GSP London,Englancl bea;,ioci Lo I\T ,A, frol:~ ri~ori-iing t i 3 . 1 5PM carry ing

the General Overseas Service i n English with FB s ig s (~edewer ) 15465 2R024 Rome,Ital.g hrd signing off a t l2:4OPN. ( ~ a r r i s ) 18135 YDA Batavia,Java hrd 11.:15-!.1:51 Ah! with good signa1.s i n Eng l i sh

t o Ind ia . Signs of f a t 11:51 with CW and i s heard a s follows; 11:15-11:20 AN News i n English 11:20-11:25 AM Music 11:25-11:50 Ah1 Talk i n b g l i s h 11: 51 AN Sign off i n Continuous Wave. (Gi l ~ l a r r i s - M ~ S S )

P.S. YDA cannot he heard a t anytime i n ~ r z s h i n ~ t o n - ~ e d e w e r ) --- Well now t h a t sumrier i s prac t ica l - ly gone and the days a r e ge t t i ng

shor te r I am ,going i;o be very cluch disappointed if our 3.ist of sho r t wave r epo r t e r s does not increase by several, neabers ,regu3.ars. G i l Har r i s reported severnl itenis d e s p i t e being gone on a vacat ion t o Vermon% and Roger Legge a l so being gone oa vacat ion , thc r e p o r t s received were scanty. Reception is inproving gradual ly in the af ternoons now as noted i n t h e shor t wave notes . So i t$ up t o you boys,l.ets have n swe1.l sec t ion s t a r t - ing with the next i s sue and beep i t up fro111 now on. J i rn Wedewer.

NOTE;- Roy Christoph--Please send your address so I can answer your questions-Jim. ( Roy E. Christoph-460 East b18th S t . , E r ie , ~ e n n . )

NOTE;- VLG6-15230 kcs w i l l car ry a program n igh t l y beginning August 31st from lOPM t o 11:25PM; VLG4-11840 kcs w i 1 . i c a r ry i t from I.1:lSPPd to 1 : l O M . It i s beamed t o North America and r e p o r t s should be sen t t o -, Austra l ian News & Information Bureau-610 F i f t h Ave-New l o r k City, f o r the a t t e n t i o n o f t he Direc tor , W. Bailey. -----

MEXT BULLETIN GEPT 18th . REPORTS Iil TO ME BY SEPTEdHER 14th. NO LRTFB. - - - - - - - - + - - - - I - d - * - - - - - - - - - - d d - - d - - - - -

\ilrrell jus t cLs Ray hod zbout givcn up hopc f o r rlly c r r i v ~ l I $oppt-d i n ~t his p l - ~ c e . It a v s ccrtain1.y u n f o r t u n ~ t e t h t t I - o i d not crrivc: 3 dsy sooner t o g t t i n on t h i gr ther ing herc . The t r i p through f u ~ ~ b ~ c and Ontario vTas very ,jl.easent ano I on1.y b i sh i t cou1.d ht ve b ~ c n 1.onkcr I s:w the stutl ios of C ~ V in CI - i~? t i~u Frontonzc i n Gu,bcc ~ n c i ~ i o t i c e d the CKCV builciing ~ l s o .

I 8Iii vcry o c c u ~ i ~ ~ d ;.1;?;.re 1-ooking over kI;yt s hundreds of vi;ries, SOlilc of which I hzvc: been t ry ing Tor ye::.rs to. hezr ].ikt CKPC, PbTA, CFCO, 2nd othcz-s i n t h i s d i s t r i c t . I t c~rtair i1 .y h::s put the D:: 'bug back i n t o mt: r f t ~ r - seeing thzsi? verics. As soon ::.s E-i:::y r!nd I cnn nicnogc VIC : : i l l . t r o t o f f t o N i z g ~ r n . F ~ : . l l s f o r my f i r s t J.outi. k b t t,ncn, sor,letning t~ihiclrl. I have ?.l.s~rays vvircnttld t o 60. If they ?<re 7il.l. t~iciy s ~ y tncy zrt;: I won' t be; sur:pri'sed i n th;: l ~ a s t . i3on.i of' the otrlilr 23-; c c s I hzvc v is j - t sd i n tilt pxs-t V ~ ~ . , - ? C .,tJL k:i:rt3. S t e . i.i-ln2 de bc-:-:.upre, lulontrilorency 1 P c l . l . ~ ~ Cuebtc, Trois Rivieres , k0iitr5~1, Toronto, l i ~n i l . t on . tom or rot^. I vi l - j bc;: ge t t ing b::ck t o Y;E-shington ::nd b::ck t o CXing v.hich c?,.r-tr.in1.y shou1.C. open up t h i s r;iolith :. i t h the :~<.v;.nt of cool-t;r v;$t;tl.l~r. Ti].]. t n w , 7 3 s , Jiu:

RULES AND REGULATI.ON3 OF THE NATIONAL RADIO CLUB 1. Headquarters of t h e Nat5.onal Radio Club i s 325 S h i r l e y Ave-Buffalo 15 N.Y. The o f f i c e of Eiito:::---Treasurer shall. be h e l d by t h e same person,

2 The Treasure? shsl.1. e v e ~ y 3- rr,onths,send t o t h e Board Chairman a comple- t e f inanc ia l . r e p o r t of t h e 'C!:ub,,and a l s o a condensed f inancial . r e p o r t t o tb.e :>*kher Boar5 Uercbers and Cluh ? r e s i d e n t .

0 . . ... , :;. . The a.nnua1. el.ectior, f o r C1.~b O f f l c e r s (p res iden t & Board ~ e m b e r s ) s h a l l be:he?.c! i n Jv-ly of e8ch. year , Tarrr~s of Oi'fice shall, be from Sept 1st t o

. , ' ~ e p t I s t the fol lowing year . Tha TEN (1.0) r ece iv ing t h e l a r g e s t number of vo tes w i l l then v o t e among thc:r?sei:v~s to e l e c t a Club Pres iden t and Board Chairman fro&' among them. The Board w i l l then e l e c t t h e fo].lowing Of f i ce r s , Vice Chairman who UU8T b e a boar^ Nenber; A V icePres iden t -Zec re t a ry - EGitor a.nd Treasurer, ' al.1. who naed NOT be Board Members. No Board Chairman i s E l i g i b l e t o Succeed hirnself .

4 To be e l i g i b l e fox el-ect ion t o Cl.ub P res iden t o r Board Member, a meniber ;rl?lst be in his SECON3 (2) consecut ive year a s an IJRC Member whith h i s dues P.11D. There will. be n o Honorazy Memberships,

5 I f a t any given l o c a t i u n FOUR (4) o r MOKE IIRC members r e s i d s , t h e y may f>>?rr: an NRC Chapter and haTre t h i r Off icers ,and they NUST abide wj.%h all . N13C Rules and can c n l y a c t f o r t h e i r own chap te r . If a goodly number o f l;i3C xembers r e s i d e i n a given l o c a t i o n and chef^ i s no NRC Chapter or Of- f x c i a l zmong them, one of t h e r e n u ~ b e r can be appointed as IIRC represent - ai, lve and. O f f i c i a t e i n t h a t rnzmler .only,

b P . 1 1 Board l!lembers inc luding the Ctnairma.~ shall . be e n t i t l e d t o vo te on a].% mat te r s . The P res iden t v o t e s only i n case of a t i e . Any member has t h e r i g h t t;o submit questions t o tine Cosrd f o r c: vote providing h.e submit sanie t o the Cha.irrilan 0:' the Board. In cases of a vacancy t h e next h ighes t on t h e l i s t i n tlie ~ r e c e e d i n g e lec t ior l w i l l . be nariied t o t h e Boa.rd of Di rec to r .

7 The Ooard o f i l i r e c t o r s only have t h e power t o change Rules o r add new oi?e.T. This may ~nl . :~ be d-cne by a 213rds ma jo r i ty , A l l Contests m u s t be appiov2d by t h e 3o;lrd of D i r e c t o r s ,

8 A3.l. corresponda~?ce received. by ANY OFFICIAL o r MEMBER of t h e NRC with t h e heading OFFICIAL BUSIEEGS must be he ld s t r i c t l y c o n f i d e n t i a l . Any in- f r a c t i o n of t h i s Rule ? ~ i 1 2 be d e l e with by the Board of D i r e c t o r s ,

9 The Board of D i r t c t o r s ONLY nave t h e power t o remove o r expel OFFICEBS .and X;;iEW3fi:RS. This must b~ done i n a f a i r manner and a copy of t h e compla- i n t must be sen t t o t h e e f f e c t e d person by t h e Uocrd Chairmm.

10 Should a rneniber inc lude i n his.T>X r e p o r t any i tem which t h e Ed i to r be- l i e v e s would no t be f o r t h e S e s t i n t e r e s t t o t h e NRC i f published,he has the r i g h t t o elii.ninrLte such f t c n bu t mus t g ive t h e men-bcr h i s reasons . I f t h e i:.;ember i s n o t s c t i s f i e d he may appea l t o t h e Board of Directors,whose dec i s ion l t ~ i l l be f i n a l .

13. The S d l t o r has the r i g h t t o appoint zny a s s o c i a t e Ed i to r he sees f i t a,nd who would b e n i f i t t h e National. Radio Club.

1 2 The CpC Chairran i s only sel.ected. when t h e p resen t Chairizicn e i t h e r wisk i es i;o r e s i g n from h i s assign:;ie~:t o r hen t h e Bozrrl f e e l s t h a t a change w i . 1 1 b e n i f i t t h e NHC. The CPS Chairman does no t need be a Board Nenlber, The CPC Chei.rmnn arrd Ed i to r shcl.1 work hand in hand. 2nd t h e Board s h a l l ,not i n t e r f e r e un le s s they feel. t h a t the CPC i s no t being conducted i n a busirlcss l i k e manner o r h inder ing 'the N,zLtioncll Radio Club,

1 3 'Dues of t h e NRC s h . s l l be $2.00 per ye:,~r and s e n t t o Club HQ when due. ALL OFF'ICE;P,S an2 l/I3I\;IHER,5 are requirecl t o pzy dues which e n t i t l e s then t o 34 i s s u e s of t h e O f f i c i a l Club Eu1i.eti.n known as "DX NZWS" which s h a l l be published 3 4 t i g e s er:ch yc2.r b ~ r the E d i t o r , In cases of lllar o r i n s u f f i c i e r :na tc r ia l o t o ther encrgcncj .es t h e E d i t o r w i th ,pe rmiss ion of t h e Board of Dj,rectors m a y cha.ngc the nu.nlber and t i n e s of i s s u e s which normal1.y a re weekly from October t o the ].as-i Sa-turday i n ldarc?~,Twice i n and Sept- ember and once &month each i n I~ky-J~ne. -Jul .y-kugust , When an OFFICER o r Menber fai l-e t o pay ,dues he w i l l be remolseli fronl t h c rne~nbership r o l l s of t h e jynC 2.nd t h e nX N j W , ? ~~n,rill. no t be s e n t !.lim.'

1L. ~ 1 1 OFFICE;RS c?:rid I;IF;lBE2S p lzdge- themselves t o .uphold 213. ab.ove Rules ,

RULES FOR THE 1943-l944 N R C BCB CONTEST

This c o n t e s t sha1.l. be known a s t h e 1943-1.944 NRC BCB Contes t . It S h a l L be a milage syste~i l , i i l vihi.ch any broadcas t s t a t i o n i n t h e WORLD O n 540 kc's and up t o and i r l~I .~d . / i~ i l ; those on 1600 kes T~~il,l. be e l - i g ib l e t o be en t e red i f v e r i f i e d , r e g a r d l e s s of milage. However if a c o n t e s t a n t - v e r i - f i e s ai2y of t h e s t a t i o n s which are i n t h e same c i t y i n which he resides they wil.1. be counted as being b liiile dkstanl;. A11 NHC Specia l Programs w i l l be e l - i g i b l e and t h e i r nilage.wiil be counted as twice t h e i r o r i - g i n a l d i s t a n c e and they can bc v e r i f i e d a s many t imes as they have Sp- e c i a l Prograrils which a r e dedicated. t o t h e NRC, and if v e r i f i e d f o r t h o s e s p e c i f i c programs. These s t a t i o n s can a l s o be v e r i f i e d a t an0t2l- e r tiriie b u t t hey wi1.l. on ly 'be: counted as their r e g u l a r rnil.age. A17. s t a t i o n s submitted. t o .be e1,igibla f o r t h i s c o n t e s t must be VERIFIED f'or r e c e p t i o n on o r a f t e r Octo'ber 1 1743 niid u p t o and. i nc lud ing W C H 33. l94IC.. However any FOREIGd s t a t i o n and- t h o s e broadca s t i l l g a SPECIAL

, P1.OGHAJA and IIEDICATED t o t h e NRC on or a f t e r G3PTI32iiE:Fn I I943 wi1.l 'be e l i g i b l e , HoT;uever t h i s does n o t incl.udc v e r i e s froril s t a t i o n s i n CUBA -i TI ' . -+ LYLXACO and CANADA f o r SEPTDIBKI? u ~ l l e s s they a r e lJRC S p e c i a l s . %ARCH 31. 1944 w i l l remain as t h e c l o s i n g d a t e f o r all s t a t i o n s . Con te s t an t s v ~ i l l be all-ov~ed u n t i l Ju ly 8 194.1k t o get; a?_]. t h e i r e n t r y s i n t o the Contes t Manager f o r t h e final. r e s u l t s which w i l l be publ ished i n t he b u l l e t i n of J u l y 1 5 I944 along w i t h t h e winners. No v e r i e s w i l l be accepted a f t e r J u l y 8 3.944 t o be e l i g i b l e f o r t h i s c o n t e s t .

The Contes t Manager shall . be Fred Van Voorhees, 166-16 37 th Ave., 'flliitestone, M.Y, ,and any a s s i s t a n t t h a t he may d e s i r e t o appolni;. H e wi3.l be s o l e Judga and may a t any t ime dur ing t h e c o n t e s t o r before the f i n a l r e s u l t s are determined t o c a l l j.n any o r a l l v e r i e s that he may d.eeri necessary i n o rde r t o determine t h e i r e l i g i b i l i t y .

All. persons who are members of t h c Nat iona l Radio Club a r e e l - i g ib l e , and who i s i n good s tanding ,v~hich he rnust main ta in through t h e e n t i r e c o n t e s t i n o rde r t o be e l i g i b l e f o r a pw' , lze.

A 1 1 nlembcrs enterir ,g t h i s ont test niust send t o t h e Contes t blannger Twenty-Five c e n t s ( 2 5 # ) al..ong w i t h h i s n o t i c e of' p a r t i c i . p a t i n g i n the c o n t e s t and i t must be r ece ived on o r be fo re November 1 1943. I n Cases where a new member wishes to e n t e r t h i s c o n t e s t tliey w i l . 1 send Twenty- F ive c e n t s (251$) along with t h e i r n o t i c e of p a r t i c i p a t i o n t o t h e Con- t e s t Manager n o t l a t e r t han T h i r t y Days ( 3 0 ) a f t e r t hey have becollsc an N R C Member.

A 1 1 money t ake i n f o r entrance fees w i l l be used f o r P r i z e s and a l i s t of them w i l l . be publ ished a s soo:_l a f t e r rVovember 1. 1.943 as poss ib l e . A l l m n s y r ece ived from n e e members jo in ing &hds c o n t c s t a f t e r t h a t d a t e w i l l be added t o t h e P r i zes . The F i r s t P r i z e shall- n o t exccde Two Dol-lard ($2.00). Any member wishing t o rn?.lce a dona t ion toward t h e P r i z e s can do so and it wil-I be great1.y app rec i a t ed ,

Standings w i l l be publ ished once a month i n !jDX NE1VS" and the f i n a l standings wil.1. bc pu'bl-islled i n the July 15 th o r J u l y 22nd 3.944 i s s u e of t h e Bul- le t in .

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Our CPC Chnirman suggested t h a t w e count the NRC Specir3.s t h a t riiight be broadcas t dur ing t h e month of A p r i l 1941+, Your E d i t o r f e e l s t h a t this shoul-dnt be done sccount 3f t h e weather cond i t i ons du r ing t h a t month which seem t o p r e v a i l every y e a . It i s n o t knovm whethsr any o f t h e s e s p e c i a l s wif.0. be heard 2nd t l l ~ ~ s t h k s $ a t i o n wou1.d n o t g e t as many r e p o r t s u s they woi.llrl if t h e prograa wou1.d have been broad- c a s t e a r i l e r * Also t h a t ano ther 30 days would be r e q u i r e d f o r c lo s ing .