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GET LETTERS Robert L. Cummins, Urbandale, Iowa wrote asking f o r missed DX News copies, which were g ladly forwarded. Robert was one of s eve ra l members .accide- udropped" dur ine t he move to Louisvi l le . 'de hope fu tu r e i s s u e s w i l l not be delayed.

J . 'n'. Brauner, Punxsutawney, ?a. wa? t i sappointed with t he May 23 i ssue . A c o l l a t i n g problem a t t h e p r i n t e r omitted pages 3, 4, 17 and 18. H~ d i d n ' t g e t IbXC o r DEXD, br ief a s they were. He d id f i nd the c r y s t a l s e t a r t i c l e i n t e r e s t i ng . A replacement b u l l e t i n has been mailed. He a l s o indica ted g r ea t e r support of t he members was needed. he , of course, agree. Lle would much rather use " t i p value" ma t e r i a l than c l i pp ings t o br ing t h e page Count Up t o t h e number needed.

According t o Richard Evans, Lakeside, Cal i f ., a new group has been formed, The Radio Prograrmne Co l l ec to r s Association. The c lub i s devoted t o t h e co l l e c t i ng and Preser- va t ion of r ad io broadcasts of t he pas t , present and fu ture . Samplcs of t h e i r b u l l e t i n a r e 40e. For i n f o m t i o n wri te : RPCA, 10514 C-nito Bayxood, San Liego, Cal i fornia 42126.

Gerald Koske, 10204 Thayer Road, Wonder Lake, 111. 60097 t e l l s us he has received a new batch of f i e l d e f f e c t t r a n s i s t o r s . They a r e matched p a i r s of 2h4416A FETS, ava i l ab l e a t $8.00 per pa i r , postpaid F i r s t Class.

One " t r ad i t i on" of former Publishing Committees l i v e s on, hi! I.iost of O u r mail goes through without any problems, but the Pos t Off ice has been re turning some fix News copies which should have been forwarded. Also, most of our members have no t i f i ed u s i n advance o f address changes, but we have had a rash of changes without any p r i o r not ice . Each address change not ice fron? t he Post Off ice a s a r e s u l t of our legend "address co r r ec t i on requested" c o s t s us 2 5 ~ . I f t h e Fost Off ice i s slow, we may g e t 2 o r 3 no t i c e s before we can g e t the address p l a t e changea.

Need equipment? In aud i t i on t o our own CXCHANGL, s eve ra l o t h e r sources of comunicat- i ons type gear include: Ham Trader "Yellow Sheets", i:. G . box 311, Sycamore, Ill. 60178; buyers S e l l e r s , i'.. 02215 and am Exchan~e LuUet in , I'. 0. 60x 1826, Lubbock, Texas 79406. ijuyers & S e l l e r s i s a brokerage, t he o the r s l i s t equipment ava i l ab l e d i r e c t l y from indiv iduals . Ye caution a l l t o exerc ise care , however, when purchasing any equipment. The above is not an NRC endorsement but you may f ind s0rr.e good equipment a t reasonable p r i c e s .

Charles George of Ieallas, Texas has s en t i n severa l c l ippings f o r DX News. Thanks. vie need more t e ~ h n i c a l / ~ r a c t i c a l a r t i c l e s a s wel l a s m r e f i l l mater ia l . We urge you a l l t o keep supporting DX hews. Clippings used in B, by t h e way, l i s t i n g no cont r ibutor , a r e from LPC.

Mack i s sue s needed by Russ Edmunds f o r t h e spec i a l l i b r a r y co l l e c t i on should be s en t d i r e c t l y t o huss a t 48 Lakeside T r a i l Las t , Kinnellon, N . J . 07405. Keeded a r e s i ng l e copies from Volumn 41, i s s u e s 19, 23 ard 25. Sane volumn, i s s u e s 22 and 30 a r e needed i n two copies. From Yolumn 40, s i ng l e copies of i s s u e s 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 1 0 an3 2i .

tiot going to make LIlvCOLN but still want t o cont r ibute t o t h e convention's success'! i t ' s easy. Send i t e n s f o r auct ion with a f r i end o r mai l them pre-paid t o t he Neil S. Zank, 2445 "E" S t r e e t , Apt. 6, Lincoln, Kebraska 68510.

Ken:bership renewals go t o the h'er.bership Center, P. 0. box 118, Poquonock, Corm. 06064. Checks should be made t o National Radio Club. Outside t h e U.S. members should send a money order payable i n U.S. funds. Yearly dues i n t he U.5. and Canada a r e $15, f . irmai1 t o Kexico and t he Caribbean is $18, Airmail t o o the r a r ea s i s $22 and Surface mai l t o a l l o t h e r a r e a s is $18. New member f e e is $1.

a 0.y IN.] communication fa- ' ~ ~ $ : f e . " ~ , " , ~ I , " , n I " , :;: C H U R C H I L L . M a n . The phaslng out meana ci~ity.

Z ( ~ t a f 1 ) - The Churchill that 0riglnal prOgr~IOmlng Northwest Territories.

2 Ecouncil hassenttelegrams to will be dlscontlnued. The Douglas Ward, CBC's He "Id news crPws W d

raprime MinisterTmdeau and statloo will carry nothern services director. he stationed at Thompson

2 >premier ~d Srhryer of Man- programs but with the possi- said the statlo" - CHFC- and La

Howard P .itoba asking that CBC's bility of some local broad- was costing a lot of money Mayor B m m of .d C-planned closing of the radi@ casts reduced by CburchUl and did not fit Into me net-

Curchill "I've never Rstat~on b~ reconsidered. vo iunkrs . worb's new northern Poll- seen our peo le so worLcd

4 CBC oHiclals say the st* In the telegram, the m n - CY. UP. We've t e e n kicked >tion would be reduced to the eil obj&ed to the fact that Ward smssed 'hatthecor- a lot with t b g s me

staim of a network transmit- CBC mq.'. Ule decision with- pOnnon !chmlly the demOHuon FOR chur- ter this {all. out p&r :onsultaeon witk more money ya $e north by

chill. We've had'-

Chuck Hutton

INrERNATlONRL DX DIGS a114 Myrtle Lane no. I Decatur. QA 30033

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ALGERIA Oran t h e b e s t TA o n 5 / 1 9 ; f a i r w/AA mx a t 0400 . ( C o n n e l l y ) PUERTO RICO WKAQ d o m i n a n t o / g r o w l w/WKAQ j i n g l e , t h e n r a p i d f i r e SS t a l k ; WTAGjFFC u n d e r 0413 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) CUBA S a n A n t o n i o d e l a s V e g a s CMW a t o p WEE1 w/man i n S S , t h e n c i r c u s t y p e m x , / / 6 0 0 , 6 4 0 , 7 2 0 ; t h i r d s t a t i o n b e h i n d (WARM o r C o l u m b i a ) 0 4 1 1 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) CUBA S a n German CMKV n o t e d w i t h mushy a u d i o , b l o c k b u s t e r s i g n a l ; man i n SS 0 4 1 0 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) CUBA La Habana CMQ / I 7 4 0 w /George H a r r i s o n s o n g , t h e n S S mx 0257 5 / 2 2 ; R . L i b e r a c i o n ID a t o p s e c o n d LA a n d CBN 0 3 3 0 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) UNID h e t o n low. s i d e o f YVLHIWSM 0 4 2 0 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) VENEZUELA Maracay YVLH i n a j u m b l e w l f a n f a r e , S S promo f o r s t n , t h e n f l u t e o r p i c c o l o d a n c e mu 0332 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) COLObIBIA R . S u p e r , HJNX M e d e l l i n n o t e d o n a l l n i t e MM 5 / 1 6 fm 0745- 0 8 1 0 GMT w/WOR o n OC. Anybody know i f t h i s i s t h e s ame s t a t i o n t h a t u s e d t o b e on 6 7 0 w i t h t h e s l o g a n " R a d i o T r i c o l o r d e B e l l e " ? I h a v e a 1 9 6 7 v / l f r o m t h e m w i t h t h e c a l l s HJNX. WRTH lists t w o HJNX's now, o n e o n 6 7 0 , t h e o t h e r o n 7 1 0 , b u t i n t h e f r e q u e n c y l i s t t h e 6 7 0 is shown a s HJPX i n M e d e l l i n . ( C o o p e r ) S o r r y , no i n f o . (CH) CUBA CMGN C o l o n l o u d w/messy s i g , o v e r m o d u l a t e d a u d i o w i t h c i r c u s t y p e steel b a n d / c a l l i o p e mx, t h e n R. Habana ID a n d SS t a l k , 1 1 6 4 0 0405 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) VEKEZUELA YVNC R. h f a r a c a i b o a t o p CBL w / I D t s 0438 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) SENEGAL D a k a r f a i r w /ma le AA t a l k i n g a n d c h a n t i n g 0 0 0 5 5 / 1 4 d u r i n g p o o r c x . ( C o n n e l l y ) CUBA CMJN Camaguey l o u d w/comedy d r a m a i n SS 0 2 5 5 5 / 2 2 ; d u l l s o u n d i n g t a l k o / S S mx ( p o s s i b l y C a l i ) a n d o t h e r LA'S 0403 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB B o n a i r e a l o n e o n c h a n n e l , l i k e a l o c a l w/EE c h o r a l v o c a l s 0402 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) DOIIINICAN REPUBLIC HIJB S a n t o a o m i n g o d o m i n a n t , # 1 h i t "Canson d e Amor" p l a y e d , t h e n SS m e n t i o n s o f D.R. 0 4 0 0 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) VENEZUELA YVLT R . S e n s a c i o n is now AN'ing-may b e o f f M M ' s b u t n o t s u r e y e t . ( C o o p e r )

8 3 4 BELIZE B e l i z e C i t y good w/SS pgm 0 4 1 7 5 / 2 2 . ( C o n n e l l y ) 8 7 0 CUBA CMDN Guantanamo way a t o p WWL, S S t a l k good a t 0 4 4 0 5 / 2 2 . (Con ) 9 5 0 VENEZUELA WKG R . V i s i o n C a r a c a s is AN-7 a n d g i v e s d o m e s t i c s f i t s . 1 0 0 0 VENEZUELA YVNM R. M i l , Moron ( c i t y , n o t t h e a n n c r , h i ) s e e m s t o h a v e

upped h i s p o w e r , a s t h e y ' r e AN ' ing a n d b a t t l i n g M e x i c o ' s R. M i l , o f t e n w i n n i n z . ( C o o n e r l n s t t w o )

. - ~ - ' - - - > -- 1 1 6 0 COLOMBIA ~ r a n d new R . S u r a m e r i c a n o t e d A N ' i n g h e r e o n MM 0824-0851,

a n n o u n c i n g a s i n Bucamaranga . ( C o o p e r ) 1 4 0 3 GUINEA Conak ry f a i r w /ma le v o c a l , v i o l i n a ccompan imen t 0 3 2 0 5 / 1 1 . (Con ) 1 5 0 0 COLOb!BIA HJLJ R. T i g r e , C a l i , n o t e d AN ' ing WM 512 0750 -0817 a n d r e -

p o r t e d , b i t I d o n ' t h o l d t o o much h o p e f o r a v e r i e a s t h e i r a d d r e s s a n d o w n e r s h i p is t h e same a s t o u g h i e HJED 8 2 0 . ( C o o p e r )

B r o u g h t t o you b y . . . . Mark C o n n e l l y , W . Ya rmou th , Mass . R e a l i s t i c TRF E r n i e C o o p e r , P r o v i n c e t o w n , Mass . HQ360 ( 2 1 8 0 1 s ) , SM2, Bohac A l t a z Loop

FEATURE MATERIAL

BOLIVIA CP 1 7 9 , R. M u s i c a l , S a n t a C r u z La S i e r r a is a new s t a t i o n o n 1 5 1 5 a n n o u n c i n g a s 1 5 2 0 . C lo sedown is 0 6 0 0 , power unknown. ( A r c t i c ) A s h o t a t ' B o l i v i a ! H a s n ' t b e e n l o g g e d i n US s i n c e Ben D a n g e r f i e l d h e a r d 6 8 0 i n t h e l a t e 6 0 ' s , i f memory s e r v e s ine c o r r e c t l y . (CH)

VENEZUELA YVZB is a new s t n , a s o f A p r i l 1. F r e q is 1 5 0 0 , power 1 0 kw, l o c a - t i o n is B a r q u i s i m e t o . ( A r c t i c )

ECUADOR HCIC6 R . Nuevos H o r i z o n t e s o p e r a t e s o n 1 4 6 5 . ( ~ r c t i c ) HCMP:! R T . ~ , ~

P r e n s a , Q u i t o is o n 7 7 5 . ( A r c t i c ) HCBAG R. Ambato o p e r a t e s o n 8 4 5 . ( A r c t i c ) HCRS6 R. S u r c o s is on 1 0 1 5 . ( A r c t i c ) HCPV6 R . C e n t r o is l i s t e d o n 1 1 2 5 . ( A r c t i c ) HCEM6 Ondas C a r c h e n s e s l i s t e d on 1 2 5 5 . ( A r c t i c ) HCFR2 R. G u a y a q u i l o p e r a t e s on 1 3 2 5 . ( A r c t i c ) A l l t h i s t a k e n f r o m t h e i r LA I n f o r m a t i o n S e c t i o n .

4 ~ d i t o r : E r i c R i t t e n h o u s e

DOMESTIC DX DIGEST 77 L i n a r i a Way Menlo Park, CA 9L025 CJDV DRUMHZLUR, 4/11 a t o p w/C&W w/KNEW o f f 0620. (DM-CA)

CFAC KPOD kKCY

CALGARY, 5/17 W/KOOL;( KABL off 0300-0400. (DKK-CA) CRESCZNT C I T Y , ex-KPLY. 4/11 a t o p 0628 W/SID. l i t e ~ ~ . ( D K K ) HARRISONBURG, 5/14 s/on 0600 w/sSB o/WAVZ/WFBR. (Rjd-NJ) TRENPON, s/on o6om O/WKCY w/no SSB. i n t o S o u l . (R.iE)Date?

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Hi A l l , W T N J UNID WEB0

v l 4 G v e r a l rnents i f NC. ~ b s p e l f r m t . s/on 0630 . - ( i ( jE) O1;lEtiO, 5/16 s/on. no SSB, i n t o MBS nx 0601. ( R j E )

DE GRACE. 5/16 s /on 0602 i n t o UP1 nx, no SSB, a t o p V,'EaO and UnID SSB. (RiE-NJ)

F i r s t o f f , note t h e Summer a d d r e s s above. P l e a s e send a l l r e p o r t s t h e r e , u n t i l f u r t h e r :.otice. Excuse t h e t y o i n g Sob on t h i s e d i t i o n ; t h e t r u s t y S r i t h Cnrona h a s had ano ther s e i z u r e , and t h i s i s t h e b e s t I could do1 Ye Ed i s j u s t r e t u r n i n g from a long of sun and fun i n Los Angeles and e n v i r o n s , s o i f I seem hnzy,

F * . - - * . . ~ 4 - k t T +,,st s tenoed o u t o f t h e c a r a f t e r f i v e hours of d r i v i n g , 2nd I

NASA

PROY, 5/22 s /on, n o s % 0603 u/;uPOh. (RjE-NJ) K Y , 5/22 s /on, SSB 0604 U/WPOU, o/vdHAZ, i n t o H r . of D e c i s i o n . (RiE-NJ)

.., .... - > - - - . . t h i n k I may have ~ e r m a n e n t l y ben t myself... T h l s h a s i t s advpntnges i n t e r n s o f t y p i n ~ DDW, b u t o t h e r w i s e , i t i s o r e t t y w i n f u l , h i . The doldrums of surmvr seen t o have h i t a few DXers o t h e r t h a n ECR, i f t h e s i z e of t h i s column i s -ny i n d i c z t i o n . Remember, t h e beach can be a g r e a t g l ? c e t n DX Prom, hi . S t i l l , s t - t i c i s n o t impocs ib le t o l i v e w i t h , s o .:hy n o t d o a l b t t l e l i s t e n i n g , and send me a r e ? o r t . To t h o s e who have s e n t i n Changes from Broadcas t ing , e t c , thanks . Some a r e n r i n t e d t h i s week, and I w i l l t r y t o keep un w i t h t l t r , - n ' I r t l r ? h c , t t e r I r t h e f u t u r e . I haws .rl~_^1>:s~>d : i l t h t h e LPC t h e idea of 1 p ; t i t u t i n g n s e o e r n t e c-1- :~*er inq

1350 WNLK C'r BORWALK, 5/17 on RS 0528, sked s/on i n Log wrong. ( R j g ) 'WRNY NY m, 5/17 0643 ID weak u/mess. ( R i d ) WCBA WALK

-- CORNING, 5/17 0600 s /on , no SSE o/G GHWH. ( R ~ E - N J )

P.4ICHOGUE. 5/18 a d , ID 0555 U / I < ~ K A . ( R ~ ~ - N J ) -- ROCXc'sTER. 5/18 0548 I D S i n dT/OC, a l s o 0532. (HjS-NJ) VALLZYF IELD, 5/18 s/on 0 ' Can. 0600 U/~!FXA/;I'ALK. (R .d-NJ) LLON.~RDI?O!?!N, s /on, no SSB 0601 o/u !~YEA/~ALK. (RdSj 5/18?

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changes on ly , and t h e idea Is being cons ide red . I n t h e mean t ime , 1 '11 t r y t o :kceo t h i n g s r e a s o n a b l y un t o date. . . Seems t h e t h r e e week b reak l e f t n e i r i t h a

In! PAZ POTI'dTO!.'N, 5/18 s/on 0601 U / ~ ~ E E ~ / W K I K . ' i n t o Ac rxi, n o - S ~ B . FREUc'RICK. 5/18 s/on 0602 b r i e f l y o / a l l . No d S b . ( R j E ( R j E ) ) LLLZNVILLZ, 5/18 s /on, c h o r a l dSB 06024vZYd. t h e n a t o ~ . ( R - -- - l o t t o say , h i . Anyway, on t o t h e r e a l s tu f f . . .

WRSC PA 2 i i l 'S COLLEG~'. 5/4 s/on w/Cat ~ t e v e n s ' "~oi=nin&Has ~ r o k e n " w v o i c e overed anncments 0600 o/u bLAN kEOK/lviifjL. ( R j d )

MKLP YVV i(!YidR. 5/4 s /on hdB f o r AM&M 0605 o / I mess. ( R jd-NJ) 140C XLLH MA L0:;ILL. 5/23 a t o p 0020 w / r r i n t o l e l s p o t . (PRM-NJ) 1410 NHAG MD m y . 4/26 w/AiNx t o s y n d i c . E e l . pgm. 0345. Not Ai

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Cnanges :

:&SO XRaN MT 1270 J3L: N\ 1230 :;RCP. CO 950 KMTX HT 1070 KERR KT 1400 XPRY FL 1140 KCTE NO, 1600 YCGS 'R 590 KTHO CA 630 WSAV GA i u o aqE7 TN 1250 ---- I!T

change SH to 0630-1900 ?~LT wtdays, 0800-1500 t'LT :un. (RjE-NJj CP: 5kv days. (RjE-NJ) Steamboat % r i n g s , on a i r . !RjE-NJ) Helena, on a i r . (RJE-NJ) Polson, on a i r . (RjE-NJ) ?e r ry , on sir. (RjE-NJ) S o u t h v e s t C i ty , on a i r . (RjE-NJ) CP: 5kw d a y . (RjE) CP: 2.5 kw day. (RJE-NJ) Gran ted UKBX. (RjE-NJ) %ran ted change bach t o 'JJ.J;\i(. (RjE-NJ) Rooseve l t CP req I(NEV. (RjE-NJ) ,

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day of International B ' c a s i n g " 0545. Sked NSP p e r L o g . ( R j d ) 1470 CBQH! PQ POINT6 CLAIRE, 4/22 0528 o/(.SAN w/ID. (RjB-NJ) (RjE)

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The McKay-Dymek OR-22 Receiver A Preproduct ion Review

H. JOE?: i.LIF.',EP;TS

A f t e r reading Bob Foxworth's review o f the McKay-Oymek DR-22 (Vol 44 # 14

2-7-77), I thought DXers might be i n t e res ted i n a review o f one o f the

prototypes which George McKay brought t o a Southern C a l i f o r n i a DXers

meeting some t ime ago f o r us t o look a t . This meeting has been t r a d i t i o n a l l y

he ld i n a downtown motel and i s somewhat noisy. For antennas, we used a

Dymek amp l i f i ed whip and a 50' quickee longwire. Overal l , I would say I

was q u i t e pleased w i t h it. I n judg ing a r ece i ve r I consider the f o l l ow ing

fac tors w i t h importance i n the order l i s t e d : f r o n t end i m u n i t y , selectivit:!,

readout, and conveniences. I usua l l y ignore s e n s i t i v i t y s ince i t i s so eas i l y

obtained. I t ' s on ly when there i s too much o r t oo l i t t l e t h a t you need t o

be concerned about i t . Front end i n ~ u n i t y ( t h e a b i l i t y t o w i ths tand over loading

from s t rong s igna ls ) , t o me, i s the most impor tant s ince s e l e c t i v i t y and

readout a re worthless i f your f r o n t end i s clobbered and f i l l e d w i t h

garbage f r cx 50 kw l oca l s . Good s e l e c t i v i t y i s a must, bu t if the f r o n t

end c a n ' t take it, then you c a n ' t l i s t e n c lose t o powerhouses which i s

one p lace where you need s e l e c t i v i t y . S i m i l a r l y , good readout amounts t o

a frill i f you are hearing two adjacent s t a t i ons . Bear i n mind t h a t I am

reviewing t h i s r ece i ve r w i t h h i gh performance BCB OXing i n mind-not casual

l i s t e n i n g o r OXing on shortwave.

SYNTHESIZED TUNING

The f i r s t t h i n g t h a t h i t s you when you t u r n i t on i s the b i g LED readouts. As

I remember, they were about 3/4" h igh and you can read them 10 ' away.

(The rea.?out on the R-390A i s on l y L" h igh) . The tun ing i s exce l l en t bu t

takes some g e t t i n g used to. If you are n o t used t o d i g i t a l readout, i t can

be awkward a t f i r s t , bu t once you are used t o it, i t i s r e a l l y nice.

Synthesized tun ing has been i n d is favor by those i n the know due t o t h e i r

experience w i t h the m i l i t a r y R-1051. This p a r t i c u l a r rece iver requ i res

two hands t o t u r n the knobs because o f the h i gh torque requ i red and makes

DXing very t i r i n g very qu i ck l y . The OR-22, though, had a v e r l y l i g h t touch

and al lows z ipp ing around the band as some DXers are prone t o do. One

of the n i ce features t h a t r e s u l t s from synthesized tun ing i s t h a t the BCB

band i s no t broken i n t o two bands l i k e i t i s on the R-390A and SPR-4. It

i s such an annoyance t o have t o change bands when you reach 1000 khz and

then retune down t o 1000 khz t o cont inue where you l e f t of f . Also because

of the h igh IF , there i s no prese lec tor t o tune. Synthesized t un ing can

make f o r fas ter tuning. Turning a knob one p o s i t i o n can pu t the rece i ve r

from 550 khz t o 1550 kh.2 i n L, second. Try t h a t on your R-390A o r SPR-4.

On the otherhand, t un i ng from 995 t o 1000 khz requ i res t u rn i ng 4 knobs. 7 The DXer who plans h i s DX and knows where and when he w i l l l i s t e n w i l l f i n d

the DR-22 a great help, whereas the DXer who j u s t scans up and down t he

I band w i l l pay a s l i g h t penalty. For example, going from 790 t o 800 khz,

the DXer w i l l t u rn the "9" t o "0" which w i l l pu t the rece iver on 700 khz.

Then he w i l l t u rn the "7" t o "8" p u t t i n g the rece i ve r on 800 khz. Soing

from 790 t o 700 t o 800 khz can be a b i t confusing a t f i r s t , bu t t he LEOS

t e l l you exact ly where you are. I feel t h a t in termedia te and advanced

DXers w i l l r e a l l y go f o r synthesized tuning, b u t beginning DXers may f i n d

i t somewhat o f a hassle.

SENSITIVITY

From the connnents I hear, most OXers t h i n k t he publ ished s e n s i t i v i t v o f 2.5

uv i s t e r r i b l e s ince the SPR-4 has a s e n s i t i v i t y of 1 uv. Any OXer who

I knows hos s tu f f w i l l t e l l you t h a t as long as the s e n s i t i v i t y i s below 5uv,

knowing how t o OX and knowing where and when t o l i s t e n i s vas t l y more

important than t h a t ex t r a m i c rovo l t o f s e n s i t i v i t y . Remember the R-388 has

a s e n s i t i v i t y of 15 uv ( ! ) and the R-390A has a s e n s i t i v i t y of 3 uv and you

know how good they are. My R-390A was measured b.v a Swan engineer as having

1 uv s e n s i t i v i t y from 500 khz t o 30 mhz. Although you can t e l l the d i f f e rence ,

i t c a n ' t hear anything my R-388 cna ' t . 2.5 uv i s mre than adequate and a t the

motel we were l i s t e n i n g t o WliVB-60 khz coming t h r u the power l i n e noise.

FRONT EN0 IMMUNITY & SELECTIVITY

Here i n the Los Angeles area, I have some quick t es t s t h a t I run on every

r ece i ve r t h a t I use. If they pass, they are i n the good t o exce l l en t category.

If they don ' t , they a r e n ' t worth bother ing w i t h f o r ser ious DXing purposes.

The f i r s t i s t o tune i n XEMMM-800 i n Tijuana, Yexico. KABC-799 (5 kw), which

Puts i n a Potent s igna l , produced l i t t l e s l op and no cross-mod as I would

I. expect from a good q u a l i t y rece iver . (NOTE: I used the 4khz f i l t e r . The

8khz f i l t e r i s worthless f o r 0Xing.J The next i s t o tune t o 990 and 1000kh.z.

XECL-990 Mex ica l i and K!<LO-1000 Chula V is ta were received weak, bu t c l ea r . a

I n t h i s case KFWB-980 and KGBS-1020 (now KTNQ) produced l i t t l e in ter fe rence.

The l a s t one I ran was t o tune i n 1050 khz. I n t h i s case, KBBV-1050 B ig

Bear Lake and XED-1050 Mex ica l i were f i g h t i n g i t out weak but very readable.

I n t h i s tes t , the combined effects of KFWB-980 (5 kw), KGBS-1020 (50 kw),

KNX-1070 (50 kw) and XEPRS-1090 (150 KW) can bother recept ion of 1050.

The OR-22 passed i t we l l whereas my SPR-4 i s bothered not iceab ly . Aparently,

having a double balanced mixer, 30 mhz I F , and 30 mhz c r ys ta l f i l t e r r e a l l y

cleans th ings up. I usua l l y fun these t e s t i n the daytime s ince t h a t i s when

8 everyone i s on w i t h t h e i r lmaximum power and p rov ides a w o r s t case t e s t . I

chose these s ta t ion . because t h e y a r e n e x t t o s t r o n g locas and because they

r e p r e s e n t t h e l i m i t of dayt ime DX. S ince t h e y a r e weak, any cross-mod o r

e x t r a s l o p due t o poor s e l e c t i v i t y w i l l q u i c k l y cover t h i n g s up. One t h i n g

I w a s n ' t a b l e t o do was t o t e s t i t w i t h an a m p l i f i e d l o o p on i t.

SPURS & SUCH

Q u i t e p r e d i c t a b l y , I c o u l n ' t any cross-mod even when l i s t e n i n g c l o s e t o

50 kw l o c a l s . N a t u r a l l y , when t h e Rockers whent i n t o a drum s o l o o r t h e

Mexican s t a t i o n s went i n t o t h e i r M a r i a c h i music,, you heard i t 10 khz away,

b u t t h i s r e c e i v e r r e a l l y makes you a b e l i e v e r i n s t a t e o f t h e a r t s o l j d

s t a t e . I c o u l d n ' t f i n d and spurs o r images b u t then I w a s n ' t about t o l o o k

t h r u 6000 channels f o r them. There i s a day t ime spur on 830 produced by

two s t a t i o n s (KMPC-710 & KPOL-1540) m i x i n g i n t h e f r o n t end and appears

on even t h e b e t t e r r e c e i v e r s . However., i t was absent on t h e OR-22.

CONVENIENCES One t h i n g McKay-Dymek d i d r i g h t was t o separa te t h e BFO f rom t h e s e l e c t i v i t y

f u n c t i o n . If you want t o use t h e BFO independent of t h e s e l e c t i v i t y o r

v i c e versa on t h e SPR-4, you have t o m o d i f y t h e r e c e i v e r , which i s p r e t t y

r ~ e d i c u l o u s f o r $600. However i t i s o f f s e t by 2.5 khz from t h e c e n t e r o f t h e

IF . The v e r n i e r t u n i n g overcomes another o b j e c t i o n t o syn thes ized t u n i n g :

n o t he ing a b l e t o tune inbetween 5 khz s teps . I t w i l l be no problem t o g e t

1 khz readout ( j u s t t a k e a f e l t pen and mark t h e f a c e p!ate) and w i t h a

l i t t l e p r a c t i c e , Lkhz o r b e t t e r readou t shou ld be p o s s i b l e . Also, t h e r e i s a

j a c k f o r r e c o r d i n g , which s h o ~ l d be on every r e c e i v e r . The knobs a r e n i c e l y

l a i d o u t i n a row i n s t e a d of be ing p l a s t e r e d a l l over t h e f a c e p l a t e l i k e t h e

R-390A and R-388. A lso t h e r e a r e no unnecessary knobs.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Tne f i r s t t h i n g t o remember i s t h a t McKay-Dymek i n no way c la ims o r i m p l i e s

t h a t t h i s i s a DX machine. They e x p l i c i t j y s t a t e t h a t i c i s f o r t h e H i F i

Enthusiast/SWL. S ince we a r e n o t t h a t ca tegory of people, we c a n ' t f e e l

t h a t t h e r e c e i v e r w i l l n e c e s s a r i l y have t h e f e a t u r e s we need. I f e e l t h a t

t h i s shou ld be s t ressed s i n c e some r o t t e n rev iews of t h e FRG-7 a r e t u r n i n g

u2 by members who bought one w i t h o u t r e a d i n g t h e specs. A r e c e i v e r w i t h

h khz bandwidth i s go ing t o make a f a i r domest ic r e c e i v e r and a v e r y poor

o l e f o r s p l i t s . The DR-22 w i t h 4 khz s e l e c t i v i t y w i l l make an e x c e l l e n t

domest ic r e c e i v e r and a f a i r t o good one f o r s p l i t s , depending on what

You a r e t r y i n g t o hear . I suggest any p r o s p e c t i v e buyers make arrangements

\ : i th Ralph Sanser ino (8422 Crane C i r c l e , Hun t ing ton Beach, CA 92646) t o

yank t h e 8 khz f i l t e r and r e p l a c e i t w i t h a 2 khz ceramic o r mechanical

f i l t e r . Ralph i s a l r e a d y do ing t h i s w i t h t h e FRG-7 and he may be a b l e t o

make arrangements so t h i s would n o t v i o l a t e t h e war ran tee . Also, be ing :

a h i f i r e c e i v e r , t h e aud io response i s good-- to good i n f a c t . Dymek

c la ims i t goes down t o 30 hz which i s a no-no on t h e broadcast band s ince

a l l t h e low f req h e t s and rumbles w i l l come t h r u . I suspect t h a t chanqing

a few c a p a c i t o r s i n t h e aud io s tage w i l l f i x t h i n g s . S i m i l a r c o n s i d e r a t i o n s

app ly t o t h e h ighs . If you have an Autek QF-1, then t h i s w i l l s o l v e t h e

problem. There i s , u n f o r t u n e a t e l y , no no tch f i l t e r i n t h e I F . Hammarlund

users w i l l miss t h i s , a l though you c o u l d add one e a s i l y s i n c e i t has a

455 khz IF . I t does have a 5khz aud io n o t c h f i l t e r , b u t t h i s i s o f dubious

va lue on t h e b roadcas t band. If you a r e u s i n g 4 o r 2 khz f i l t e r s , a 5 khz

L e t i s n ' t going t o make i t t h r u ve ry w e l l . Wi th a l i g h t weight , s o l i d s t a t e

r e c e i v e r l i k e t h i s , DXers a r e go ing t o be tempted t o take i t on DXpedi t ions

and Beverage p a r t i e s . I t h i n k t h e r e may be a problem w i t h t h e c r y s t a l f i l t e r

a t extremes of temperature. T e m p e r a t ~ ~ r e s r a n g i n g f rom 30F t o 115F a r e

n o t uncommon d u r i n g such events ( a t l e a s t he re i n So. Cal . ) and I doubt

if t h e f i l t e r - i s designed f o r t h i s k i n d o f range. 30 mhz i s ve ry h i g h f o r

a c r y s t a l f i l t e r and they d r i f t a l i t t l e w i t h v a r i a t i o n s i n temperature.

A 5 khz d r i f t a t 30 mhz i s ve ry sma l l , b u t i t c o u l d p u t t h e s i g n a l o u t s i d e

t h e passband. Th is i s , of course, no problem a t o r d i n a r y room temperatures.

SUMMARY

My p r e l i m i n a r y t e s t i n d i c a t e s t h d t t h i s r e c e i v e r i s wor thy o f s e r i o u s

c o n s i d e r a t i o n by t h e s e r i o u s DXers, b u t any p o t e n t i a l users shou ld c a r e f u l l y

weigh t h e fea tu res before buy ing and remember t h a t a few changes w i l l

enhance t h e a l r e a d y superb performance f o r s e r i o u s OXing. I r a t e t h e OR-22

a g a i n s t The B i g Three as f o l l o w s :

Using 4 khz s e l e c t i v i t y , t h e DR-22 c o u l d t o t a l y o u t c l a s s a s t o c k SPR-4.

The SPR-4's s e l e c t i v i t y ( 5 khz) i s t o o w ide f o r s p l i t s and i t has r o t t e n

aud io . A l s o t h e SPR-4 has t h e disadvantage o f hav ing t h e band s p l i t a t

1000 khz. Al though good, t h e SPR-4 f r o n t end i s s u b s t a n t i a l l y i n f e r i o r

t o t h e OR-22's.

The DR-22 shou ld r u n neck i n neck w i t h t h e R-390A. The mechanical f i l t e r s

w i l l p r o v i d e s l i g h t l y b e t t e r s e l e c t i v i t y s i n c e t h e shape f a c t o r o f t h e

ceramic f i l t e r s a r e n o t q u i t e as good. However t h e OR-22's f r o n t end w i l l

l e t l e s s crossmod come t h r u and make up f o r t h e d i f f e r e n c e . The R-390A

has a ma jo r advantage w i t h a 2 khz f i l t e r which he lps a l o t when t h e go ing

ge ts rough. The OR-22 can d r i v e a loudspeaker d i r e c t l y and has p r o v i s i o n s

f o r r e c o r d i n g whereas t h e R-390A i s r a t e d t o d r i v e a speaker t o 4 w a t t

maximum and r e c o r d i n g must be improvised.

10 The DR-72 wil: compare favorably aga i s t the R-388. The DR-22 wi l l have

b e t t e r readout s ince the R-388 tends t o l o se l i n e a r i t y with age.

The DR-i2.i s e l e c t i v i t y ,:,ill a l so be b e t t e r . However, the R-388 has a

more apnropr ia te audio response and i t has a c ry s t a l phasing notch f i l t e r .

DATE

11 Afr (prev. 10 da.) Highest dur. 10 prev. da.

which i s a big p lus .

There you have i t and, as the man says , i t s a n ice radio

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(beginning of storm) 15 23

Iiollowii~;: a thorough r e sea r ch inc of a l l of the l o g g i n ~ s of Urumchi-1525 repor ted t o IDXD i n DX7I between January Of 1973 and Apr i l of 1977, :.everal t h ings become increas- ingly apparent. Ear ly i n t h i s per iod , both t he author and Ebb Fofiorth noted zhat the be s t recept ions of t h i s a t u t i on could be had during b ~ r i o d s of moderately a c t i ve geo- moc~,ctic condi t ions , o r unse t t l ed conditions. The s t a t i s t i c s , f o r the most pa r t , bear out t h i s observation. I n perusin4 the loggings repor ted , no e f f o r t was made t o evalu- a t e the recept ions q u a l i t a t i v e l y on the b a s i s of audio q u a l i t y o r s i gna l s t rength . The Frcsence of a d iscernable s i e n a l was deemed t o be su f f i c i en t .

I n a 1 a r ~ e number o: the chses, the index of geomagnetic a c t i v i t y , A , showed val - ues of 10 o r more. I n an Even 1;cri:c.r number of cases , t he averare off!he va lues of

takcn over t he t e n days p r i o r t o t l ~ e recept ion showed values i n excess of 10. The :%?lest inc!ex recorded during t h z t m r i o d was u sxa l l y 18 o r more. 11; a major i ty of the recept iocs , a t l e s t one, and usurilly t*lo o r t h r ee of these f i gu re s were i n gen- e r a l agreement a s t o being :~!:ove the previously-described levels . I n i s o l a t e d ins tances , a l l t h r ee va lues were below 10.

These f i nd inc s a r e not genera l ly su rp r i s i ng , however, with the exception of the l a t - t e r statement. The r e s u l t s of t h i ~ studf tend t o genera l ly subs t an t i a t e t he rxpected t rends , but a r e not s u f f i c i e n t l y d e f l n l t l v e t o be grounds f o r any hard and 1 )st s t a t e - ments o r predic t ions not couched by a d isc la imer o r two.

It is a l s o i n t e r e s t i n g t o note t h a t a l a r g e r proporation of the recept ions a r e during the months of November and March, which a r e ,conceded by many t o be those months which border upon t he Mid-Winter Anomaly. The next most frequently-appearing month is Oc- tober. This da t a seems t o i nd i ca t e t h a t recept ions on Trans-Polar pa ths may very well be adverse ly af fec ted by t he MwA.

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W D I N J Ti'J 2i N J 17 IIJ 9 P A 23 bM 25 ON 11 MA 2 5 I.lA 7 PA,tiY 17 F A 17 i i Y 22 PrY 22 :IY 15 PA 2 F A 6 vn 3 Ft! 1 ;' PA 0:) (1

Other comments of note inc lude one made by s eve ra l DX'ers, t h a t recept ions of Urumchi tend t o p a r a l l e l recept ions of Vinni tsa , Ukraine on 1%6 kHz. Vinnis ta is one of the more nor ther ly of the European TA's, and fu r t he r da t a on recept ions of it would be r e - qui red before any co r r e l a t i ons of any meaningful na ture could be drawn. A s would be expocted under unse t t l ed or moderately a c t i ve geomagnetic condi t ions , many DX'ers noted t h a t Urumchi recept ions d id not tend t o coincide with good T A conditions.

The f indings d e t a i l l e d above do no t , however, shed any l i g h t on t he propagation mode responsib le f o r the Urumchi receptions. Logging da t a supplied by a number of the in- d iv iduals r epo r t i ng these r ecep t i ons d s o do not provide any subs tant ive information Many r ecep t i ons were noted with no bearings a t all, while t he ranpe of those bearings which were repor ted var ied from 0' t o pO. Given t he range of rece iv ing loca t ions , t h i s range is p r e t t y much acceptable f o r a Trans-Polar path, a s opposed t o ore u t i l i - zing an ionospheric tilt (chordal mode), which might be expected t o y i e ld a lower range of bearings. There is, a s was noted i n the o r i g i n a l Tram-Polar DX a r t i c l e , a paucity of information on the subjec t o ther than of a t heo re t i c a l nature. We know t h a t the phenomenon e x i s t s , and t h a t under c e r t a i n condi t ions s i gna l s may be propa- gated by it. There has been, t o da te , no information a s t o t he c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of the bearings of such s ignals .

A s an appendix t o t h i s report . , j .s a l i s t i n g of those r ecep t i ons which were the b a s i s f o r the study, a s well a s t he r e l evan t da t a concerning A f r a s mentioned above. Also included is the s t a t e ( o r s t a t e s ) i n which loggings were made on the da tes given. Inasmuch a s t he A is compted on a b a ~ i s of UCT ( G K C ) , and the IDXD r e p o r t s were l ikewise , no adjuiFments need be made t o compensate f o r the time d i f ferences .

Additional da ta , obtained from indiv idual DXfers, much of which d id not appear i n IDXD, o r whici~ r ep re sen t s add i t i ona l da t a , w i l l be s tudied a t a fu ture da te , and w i l l be t he subjec t of another repor t .

Ernest R. Cooper

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KARL JETER - 2816 Front ier T ra i l N.E. - Atlanta , GA - 3 0 3 1 l t l s been a while s ince I gave Ernie ' s typewriter a workout, so herqgoes.

F i r s t of d l , ap010r,ies t o Ci l fcrd Rogers, from Stone Kountain, ;A, who was a t our GTG, and whose name I forgot iq .v l a s t V'Jse. DY has h e n o f f , a s expected, l a t e l y but I have tmen f i l l i n g up the s lack with a renewed i n t e r e s t i n i Y DX. After read$% 30b Fornorthla ex- c e h e n t a r t i c l e "Successful Lon<-D~stance Reception on the Class IV C h u ~ e l s * I picked up some i i e a s and h in t s t h a t have helped m s hag a few. Bg the wzy, t h a t a r t i c l e i s known a s "2-13" i n r ep r in t c i r c l e s , a rd is n c c o m r r l e d . Does awone know who the Japko on 1240 mirht be? (Yes, Karl, i t ' s H e r b Jepk0, hi1 -EX) I 've heard it of ten a f t e r midnight, but never any IDS. There a r e probably nore ttlar. one on t h a t channel - does anyone have a l i s t ? The recent iY DX includes: YBIA-1330 Eugueta, GA f o r GA 4137 on 515 a t m i d n i ~ h t u/ID popping i n , weak s i g ~ l . ilM 5 /2 b r o q h t I W - 1 3 4 0 in C Jam ii, I D , one minute of NX, ?hen rr, t o 3:02. This w , local WE0 nulied (but t ney 'm no problem a w a y ) . G o b a back t o Apr i l , i ) WYG-1230 3ublin. GA heard f o r OA 4136 on 4 ' 27 11 ;27pm Yi s lo f f , a l s o weak. Best recent G Y log was k'NMa-1240 Ke lbu rne , FL 411 1 @ 6:313m w/m. i n t o spo r t s pro;:ram, ending @ 6 : p Other DX: Tantative on UOi-143-TEST PiM 5 /2 wiTT 4: li' D s noted, very vnak a t s ~ e d t h . ( 4 No voice IDS neard. SSS on j / 5 was productive, .ij'JiCSV-1270 Guntersvi l le , AL heard B s /o f f i a b 8 :M. no SSB. Ther. hT1L-1270 Fulton, KY noted w/e/off 8 9:Olpm. Unn KADL-1270 Pine Bluff. AR was heard very well a f t e r 8:05pm. So much f o r recent DX. A few veri9S ham f i l - t e r ed i n : WKRh-1340 w!v/PP form. WADO-1280 v q , KRYT-15% holdout f o r l a s t year ' s TEST, v / f (Thanks, iqaynel) an3 WKAZ-95C, v'q. The b u l l e t i n i s l o o k i k good. Louisvi l le , a rd keep up t he good ~ o r k l looks l i k e the t r ans i s ion was smooth, and the Club i s i n g r ea t shape. I t ' d nice j e t t i n 5 D% !.T;;S a t t he ke.:innin.; of the week, a l so . J e l l , a l l ta lked ou t f o r now. I nope t o have some more SY t o repor t next time arouml. This D:!er w i l l be h i t t w the BCB d i a l s a l l Summer lon>;l 73s f o r now. (Way t o t a l k , a r l l -WC)

PARRY ::ELMS - 1$8U Cedar Post Lane - ROCK ilIl.1, SC - 29730 Tne b i , news here l a a va s t l y improved FRG-7 thanks t o the e f f o r t s of G i l f e r . .

The e l e c t r i c a l problems rmntioned i n my g r io r Musing have been corrected. and t!,e s e l ec t i v - i t y i s va s t l y improved. G i l f e r m e a s m s ti:e s e l e c t i v i t y of an unmodified FRG-7 a s 6 kHz @ 6 db ard 20-22 kdz a & db; S i i f e r i n s t a l l e d a ceramic f i l t e r t h a t now gives selectivity of 4 knz G 6 db and IOfiHz 6C db. That 's not a chal lenje t o an HQ-led h r t is e a s i l y enough t o d ig out s t u f f l i k e Surinam-725 with ease every evening. On 5W I can s p l i t R. Nacional ~eru-6012 from Ceutsche Welie 's Antigua n l a y on 6015 with no problems. AVC ti^^ was a l s o modified by A i l f c r . ; i l f e r o f f e r s the FRj-7 with t he new f i l t e r i n s t a l l e d f o r s l i g h t l y over $300 and i s wortti investi ,atirq-: if you're in the m m e t f o r a n SW RX. Perry F e r r e l l of , , i i f e r does not advise u s i . ~ tne FR?-7. o r any other Wadley loop RX. a s a BCB DX RX. The FIG-7 1s i n sens i t i ve when using an I W on the BCB but s r f o n n s f i n e with a Space Nagnst. There i s some cross-mod. hovever, I inagine the problem g e t s worse i n orban areas . In summary, if you buy an FIG-? be s u n t o have it modified f o r s e l e c t i v i t y and AVC t h and buy It from a reputable source such a s ; i l f e r o r iam Radio Outlet - your se l l - dealor is responclble f o r warranty service . On o tn+r notas , 1 nave an a r t i c l e on fore ign PCB DXing i n the June issue of popular Elect ronics , wlth anotrler D X i q a r t i c l e , t h i s time on CW u t i l - i t i e s , scheduled f o r t r l ~ July i ssue . I knew t h a t degree -n Journalism would come i n handy f o r somet..ini: sone day, h i . I a i s o rave two mom awaitin, publ ica t ion a t Elemntary Elec- t ronlcs . Everjone have a nice Summer. 73.

STETPIN H . POSJER - Box 22635 - Fort :Jo:.th, TX - 76122 Hello again1 I gent home t o Bossier City. LA, f o r Mothers' 2ayl he re l s

what I heard while home: 5/6- KFKJ-1050 with m i i g i o u s program B ;:02pm; WJDX-620 ulKhT~ :- i :35; XSD-59 UI'KTSA; XZJW e? 10: 10; KFJZ-1270 on top B 10:Y; WIBV-1260 on t op O/KGBX/WNDE 5 C" la :&; '&;1)E-l2o0 coverini; XIBV Q 10:45; &:.lF'-1250 ( i n nu l l according t o NRC Log) domimt- 1 : @ 1 j/7- WETC-540 t t l r o q h s t a t i c B 5:lOam; WR.,O-680 toppino: channel B 5 : N ; WAX-770

. in the c l ea r L 5:45; Woio-1190 t0ppi.q O ~ K L P / K A Y Q c 6:05; WGAR-1220 in the c l e a r B 6:15; ? X3NS-146Ci dominant O / I ~ X O K 6:20 ; > ~ - 1 3 1 0 U;NIS NX 8 6:36; WRBG1300 a l s o WINIS NX B 6:50 ; KXVN-8h0 sur,-rls-ly strong i 5:1 5pm; KXKW-1520 covering 'OYA @ 5:53; :DIA-1070 U / Y ~ I B 3:1;4; KRYS-1362 ~ 0 0 ~ o!KXOL d 9:40. 519- 'MC-970 U'KSYL'WAVE *. 4:5km; KROF-960 g o d u l KIF','KCIJ A 12:10; WESY-1580 olKLOU wls!off 2, 9pm; K W 1 5 7 0 U, Monster 3 'i:02; WIKV-1490 o/ Y K - c 3:57; WCA'J-1210 o/K7fl 2 9:55; WX-1290 o!WtiIO lO:l5; KXOL-1360 good O/KRYS 10:22. La t e s t ve r i c s : vl* : iC.'AM-930 (w;cM); ~ ~ ~ - 1 4 q o ; KYXX-920. vrq- RFEQ-680. KLRA-1010. Now t n a t school ' s out , I hope t o be a t t he d i a l s more of ten . C U i n 141

. ,. *ARP.SN ;REEftnJEK - 145 Cottage Road - Hest Roxbury, MA - 02132 Nothing new here s ince the l a s t Musirg except t h a t 1 received a vIq from

.<dl f r m when : was in F,orida l a s t December c January, n lus I received Ti f i r s t vIq from my tri:. t o ouroim. This wa= from the ~ ~ e d Forces Radio, Europe. SO t n a t ' s a l l f o r the H~sili.; beca-se t , e y want t t n a t much nsr.

A2 T :EY1PJ ;.4II!C I N TOROWTO. "C1IN"-1540. "CONmNTION ZOUR &5 fGEAhX1 SURE TO !:Al(?, T:i,'S< PTLA,iS FlIGRT NCn', ?OR Yo!] bxj~ : IA.~ TO BS INCLCDED I N T:E rillOOP-TESD31

-0 MONFERINI - 8 &-ti S t r e e t - 20158 Hilano, Italy 13

2/28 till 3/8 bas t m s u l t s r WERJC-1300 Q 8 p EST; UTIC-1080 9 9830; CKLX- 1570 @ 8r28, WLW-700 Cl 8:58 wi th int.rferenws from ~ r o s n l a n d r Radio which closed d m . 9: l o p EST; CBNM-740 "1 9:50; R. Bobi Kampala. ugandp @ 10: l 5 p ; ~'GY-810 d 10120pm, WH-8% 43 7:LKlpm & WHAS Louisvi l le W 8:20pm (both these thanks t o thsfsilent per iod of R&I Ram); Bobi UganJa409 was hem a l s o on 3/12 after 10 :05p EST. After 3/18 a l s o h e m was noted St. Vincent-705 @ 8:%pm EST s / d f with good p a k s . Prom 3/18 tfll 3/23 w e n NA openings, aad usual8 s t a t i o n s were noted, among them G I U M - I ~ ~ O 7:W)pn EST w t ~ from WHN; C3AF-1300 d 9:15 p. New period of NA opninl : was 3/31 till 4/4. CYW-1280 &? 8:l)pm; WABK-1280 O 9:05 ( t h . sams night! ) , ' ~ I O - ~ 2 9 0 Dayton @ 8:Wpm. H-mr the most exci t ing day was t h a t 4'11 Q 8t35pm EST, w i l l I mst the most exo t i c s i gna l of zpv?. V i q i n Is lands , accord- t o it$' tap recorder t h y I D lFke "Radion remrbsr&ted b m p a t e d f i v e tims. After 9pm a prograu from ZI)K was over t he air , but a f t e r t h a t da te CX ham k c o m very poor and only usual LA s t a - t i o n s has teen noted. QSLs received from precedent nusing: cxm-1000. CJBR-900. R. Lerida- 1520 S p i n i n f o r m i x they now have 5kvl Dutch p i r a t a l ku "Tom C , t RadioM-1322; V i l ~ ~ I u s mri- f i e d rqy repor t of Kaunas !IS-15%. WLW-700, KY-810, R. Antilles-930 v/l, Oroenland-700 with n i w f o l d e r ; a c o n t r o w r s i a l l e t t e r from Carib-can Radio ~ i ~ h t h o u s e - 1 1 6 5 wr i t i ng l i k e a St. Thomas "I w i l l v e r t f y only if you wi l l sard a t a p d casse t te ." Mayb he don't l i k e I t a l i a n DXers??l H i . VEK-590. CKLC-1380, a r e a l unexFecta~1. a f t e r 210 days. I h a w a f i n a l nota to say about that..DX season which is approaching t o s t o f f , a l s o here concerning NA recept ion. It has been very good & the l o g g h ! of KSO-lM0 3 WC-1280 shows the l i m i t s of recept ion a m s t i l l t o ta traced. Spain from Apri l run GMT + two hours. Thiglril l be till the f i r s t m e k i n October. I t a l y w i l l have "JHT + two hours from the l a s t Sunday of May till the l a s t Sunday of Septembz, so remember RAI I t a l y s .on Z 0430 GMT. llpm EST, on a l l f requencies af - t e r t h a t date. East wishes f o r coming holidays ? r i d an3 see a l l us more l a t e r .

SAM DELLIT - 23 Lor- S t r e e t - Mansfield. Brisbane, Aust ra l la , 4122 Not much D I h e n l a t e l y , hmevar I managed t o get away with fe l low M4 DXers

Chris Martin, Ernie Plnm and Merv Joyce t o Sauetel: in Northern NSW f o r a three-day DXpe-i- i t i on . Thme un te rmi~a t ed bsvarages were erec ted in a l l 1,000 f e e t t o the E f o r t h e Carri- bean a d Central Africa - our mainstay with 600 foo t e r a t o the NE & 4 a s backups. F i r s t n ight we a r r i ved a t lam loca l t ime & s t a r t a d l i s t e n i x on the XE beverage l e f t tmhinl from a previous t r i p . Some i n t e r e s t i w th ings irere heard, stron;::st being Lusaha-818 u i t h "Beat Scene" 17% GMT .? Kampla-908 u/"African Top 40" @ 1800z (shorthand f o r GKI'). Others not= ad around t.r .c-r. time were Nairobi-61 1 , Dar e s Salaam-656, Nairobi-746, Buteba-728, Mon- bas-791, Asmra-944. Mogadishu-963, t r ace s a t t i m s of Guecla on 998. Aroun3 5pm l o c a l t he 300 mile drive got the b e t t e r of u s so we h i t the sack. Next day tho Carib=an a e r k l was e n c t e d - a r e a l beauty, we l l o w r 1,000 f e e t S: averaging 251 high. That evening our e f f o r t s were rewarded with Colosal-1005, Voz Csntro-1055, Cubans on 590 d 6 0 ~ . a l l r e a l m r - i t i e s from Austra l ia m e r e only a handful of La t in s ha e keen heard. H k h l i g h t of the t r i p tho%h was Caymans, the OC we heard B 10502 seemed too s t r o x f o r l0iw @ 9.000 miles , but B 10582 lady announcer with " A t t h i s time Radio Cayman in the CaymanIslan3s 'begins anothor transmission." Armchair c o p with rapid fadeolit Q 11252. Thus f o r t i f i e d we weatnered t he cold a l l n igh t , the CaribiBan a e r i a l had a narrow sidelobe on Borneo, enabling us t o 105 Sabah-665, Bmjalmasin-11%. Pontiniah-1233 while waiting f o r t he Africans t o a r r i w . :4hen Sabah s /o f f @ 16002 b u n i o n was a l ready boundin; in % sho r t l y a f t e rna rds ~ o r r t s t s i d e - 6 8 3 w/ BBC NX @ 18002. G o d repor t on Seyschelles-1331 w , ' ~ y s c h e l l e s RounJllp" a 17302 though he t s from Japan-1330 2. RRI-1334 vere annoying. Next n ight a f a i r o%nin: on t h r t o p end - Com- ores-1088, Malagache-l%4 e 1502 wi tenta t ively swaziland-1376. A l l i n a l l a w r y enjoyable weekend & shows what can ta dolie when yod g a t away from the l o c a l s (no Fd MLg a t dL1 wi th in a r ad ius of 53 miles). Equiprent used vas 4 Drake S?X-4's. probably not a pinch on your HQ -1801s tut with 500Hz frequency madout & 6 wat ts pover consumption. j u s t t he thing f o r s e t tin;: up on a s t oo l m the hack s e a t of the car . I for;ot t o mention our l a s t logging, Lord House Island-1490, 30w 5 330 miles durin: the daytime1 Recent QSLs from KXEL. KCRG. VOA- Marathon, 4M. 4WK. 2CN. 73s % good DX.

MLKE W S T E R - Box 2.723 - USNAVREGMEDCEN - FPO S e a t t l e , WA - 95778 There was mantiol recent ly over l oca l FEE653 t @ t the U.S. Posta l Service

is requesting an increase from 136 t o 16k f o r F i r s t Class Mail, k permission t o e l imirnte Sat* de l i ve r i e s . h i s s t ruck m4 a s bu.~orous i n a way (bein, 27 p ab le t o r e c a l l 4# F i r s t Class l e t t e r s ) in t h a t the -service continues t o de t e r io r a t e a s the r a t e s go up. I t ' s a s-imple matter t o 2ri.m about somethi%: (pos t a l r a t e s , delays i n receiving the 1977 IJRTH). b.ut how many actualiy do a n y t h i w besides ? r i p ? Not t oo many has bsen my exp r i ence . However, it might be i n t e r e s t i r g t o see how our Senators and R e p ~ s e n t a t i v e s r e a c t t o re- c e i v i q complaints over present m i l service ' the E q u e s t t o r a i s e r a t e s . The present sug- zested r a t e increase i s 23.1% my ~acalcu:ati@nS a re correc t . 5. if such is ?rejected ac ros s the board, t ha t r a i s e s i n t e r a a t i ~ n a l a i rmai l a s well: 226 newsletter t o 27$; 25( a i rma i l t o 316; 31d a i rmai l t o 9 6 ; e IRCs from 426 t o 524 each. Again, t h i s is assuming t.r~e r a t e in- crease is the same across the voard. Now a ~ u g c e s t i o n ( a m wrlat c o m p l a i n t i s any good without a suggestion?): on the domestic l eve l , ins tead of cnargint: 16# per ounce, how about 8+ :ar half-ounce? In ternat ional mail i s cllarged on the -'r ounce bas i s , so why not domestic n a i l ? k l i e v e it o r not, a legal s i z e enve lop . stamp % two sheets of regular :xper w i l l go f o r about + oz. LC two s h - e t s a r e too neavy, use one sneet % wr i t e on both sides. C o m n t s ? V e r y 73 % best of Dx. (How about eliminatirri J3NK mail. ?like? - E ~ c ) NEXT DEADLINE I N PROVINCECOdN FOR MUSIN;S IS 3RTRDXT,JTLY 2. AS TSEAE IS NO MAX DELIVERY ON MOLDAY. JULY 4. ;ET T!:SSE WSIN;S I N P.IGk'T NDX A N D BE SURE TO BE ON TME FOR T'ID NEXT ISSUE1

14 M C W 5. BISCHOFP - olden West DX Ass1n - 420 Longfellow Awmu - Deerfield. IL - 60015

Now t h n t I'm been outdone by CLP and EP mwral t i r a o w r , it 's ti f o r nu t o s p n d 134 to put my 24 worth in, hi . DX has been absolutely incredible over tho p s t W i n t e r season, probably due to the ro t t en YX e p r i e n m d around these parts. WC own- i n g ~ vare par t icular ly good, most of the new l o g g i q s caw from t h a t d i r so t ion with a tu rn tack towards the E l a t e l y with the a r r i v a l of Spring. A s of l a t e , I haven't doae too much new Dxing, jus t clearing up a l o t of outstanding reports. Also. atmospherics am k i l l ing everything, I can ' t even g e t WLS c lea r ly l a t e l y (which may be more or a bless* than a curse, h i ) d. S suburban s tu f f is next t o impossible. . Totals a r e how dras t i ca l ly up from l a s t time. with 669 heard. 364 w r i e d , 48 s t a t e s & s i x provinws heard-verisd. I j u s t mod AK & H I now. looks l i k e 1'11 ha u t o wait u n t i l next Wintsr f o r them). So f a r , the follow- ing results in from CWDXA TESTS of t h i s season: KNWS heard in 12 locat ions , including OR & WA (with KIKi on7 It can1 t be I ) , a s f a r S a s CA, WWX heard in almost the aame spots , o b viously more reports from the E due t o direct ional . I understand WIVS *co-TESTedVor NRC & GWDXA. & was heard i n Frisco. I 've got ta hand it t o you WCers, you certainly haw good ears1 Ei ther t h a t or you use KCO1s towers a s your antennas1 WCMY had in 22 places, f a r - t hes t being FL. This. by f a r , was our b e s t r u n TEST of the season; special thanks t o CE Delnar Dayton. F i r s t r e s u l t s from KVOX haw 14 reports in. NE being f a r t h e s t W due t o KTLK, P a l l you Naw England toys t o the E. If you haven't sent in y e t , f o r a taps, KVOX w i l l send a ra ther wild poster w/verie. That WJX TEST r e a l l y makes nm look t ad , here I t e l l everybody they won't even v e r b e a guy from MI gets them t o TEST twice1 So much f o r my c rad ib i l i t y , hi. Actually, per c a l l , they've got a new CE who's in to DXing. Sta t ion is a l s o back t o programming on FM, a l l e thnic on AM. A good season f o r TESTs t h i s year ; l e t ' s see more fo lks involved t h i s coming year - jus t think of the r e s u l t s If every membr arranged ONE TEST1 Speaking of TESTs, anybody ge t a CJCX v e r b yat? Methinks they've pulled the sha f t on everybody again. I sent them a 10-page l e t t e r , with every ID v e r b a t b l It took me eight hours t o copy it a l l down, too. If the ver ies a re ou t , does anybody know who won the f a r thes t DXer prize? gave a g o d DXing Summar (no such animal, h i ) if you can. I w i l l not be outdom by other DXers' cute phrases. I w i l l not lower q y standards of high qualit?. 91s.

PHIL 3ERSMA - 15570 Clewland S t ree t - Spring Lake. MI - 494.56 Time f o r a Musing1 I ' m thinking w r y ser iously a b u t attending the LINCOLN

Convention, IF my boss w i l l give me four days off1 Sounds l i k e it'll be a r ea l great con- vention - I rea l ly hope I can make it. Local WKJR-1520 had an open house on Sunday 5122, & I went, P ran into an old high school f r iend of mine who's now an announcer a t the s ta t ion. Anpay, he to ld me t h a t WKJR has ap+l ied fo r a nighttims operating permit, b they would bs u s h SEVEN! towers. 3e d idn ' t say what power they have applied f o r , but with a seven-tow- e r array, it just might be 5 or 1Oku. WKJR current ly operates with a daytinn only pfmer of 20kw fed in to three towers, producing a f a i r l y sharp N/s pa t tern , with sharp nul ls t o the E . IF the nighttime ?at tern gets approved by the FCC, it would be the most complex DA in Western Michisan. It w i l l go s t r a igh t N , too, so XKJR might not be much eas i e r a DX catch f o r DXers outside of MI. Well, I just had t o l e t the ca t out of the bag, hi. I am cur- r en t ly tapesponding with persons from Louisville .% Kelowna, BC, if anyone not in those areas wants t o near some of my l oca l s , drop me a l ine . I use casset te only. 73s.

MIKE WHELAN - 1654 Bathurst S t r ee t #401 - Toronto, Ontario - M5P 3J9 H i Suys, gals. and others - i t ' s been a month or so since the l a s t Muse so I

f igure i t 's time f o r me t o wri te in again. I am presently on a s o r t of cacation in St. Lambert. Quo. f o r f i r s t e v e r t r i p out of Toronto since I moved tnere from England when I was three , so I guess i t ' s about t i m I got awajr fror? the big town. Ihen I l e f t , I remm- b r e d t i a i I fordot t o check the membership l ist t o see I f any NRCers a re in St . Lambert. Too t a d , but I doubt t h e m are any. S t . Lambrt is i n suburban Montreal so I l e f t Toronto looking foward t o some nes DXinz experiences. Unfortuna-mly, i t ' s not too dif ferent ex- cept t h a t the odd s t a t ion is e i t h e r a l i t t l e weaker or stronger than it i s i n Toronto. Bas- i c a l l y there a m the same dominant s t a t ions on each frequency P t h a t was the disappointment. For som mason. I have l o s t the DX tug, therefore I wi l l concentrate on ra is ing my s t a t ion / verie p e r c a n w e . It is current ly about 40$ with 540 s t a t ions heard. Slowly but surely the Toronto Area DXers (TAB) a r e g e t t i % t o know each other. There arp now seven of us who communicate regularly and belong t o e i t h e r the IRCA o r NRC P of course them is Mike OIShaa % George Semko in Buffalo who a l so keep i n touch. If we ge t maw more ( there a m s t i l l 10 o r so ) , we may have good reason t o hold the NRC Convention hem - W o w l BY the way, has the NRC ever had its convention near Toronto? (Yes. Buffalo, and Montreal -ERC) For the next feu weeks, T I 1 1 haw l o t s of tima on hand t o m i t e reports. I ' m i n a cast f o r s i x weeks from fa l l ing off a skateboard - two days before out c i t y track mt. Oh Well, t ha t ' s t he BREAKS, h i . NOW they t e l l me you shouldn't skateboard if you're 6'4'. Thanks go Out t o a ? l ?3C members f o r inakitg t h i s Club what it i s , and t o Dario Monferini f o r h i s l e t t e r . I'll phone CH" when I :et back. 73s e 'bye, a l l .

CHAIRES 3EORSE - 6407 Houard - Dallas, TX - 75227 I ham received only one v e r b recently, P it vas from KFEQ I had plnk~at

z i w n up on hearin: from them. ~y ground on the SM-2 broke off SO now I am using the ground tha t I use with my outside ante- f o r l i s t e n i w t o the Sd. I n a way I am s u T r i s s d that there i s llardly a w information on wx compared t o Sax. I was a l so wondering why R t3elize uses morn ?wer on t h e i r XR than on the sw m. I even found t n a t owners of the e l -

m WNNELLY - 52 h d e n S t ree t - h l i n g t o n . VA - 02174 15 Musing/Eastern DX Forum. ~ o s t r m ' s only I%W ou t l e t , WOOP, has dumped its

country format & WWP &; the new call heard on 1150 l a WACQ, w/a format of C U ~ - F ~ U ~ h i t s and oldies of tho 60's & 70's svsnly mixed. ~nnouncing, while l i ve , i s kept to a m b h u m - the f o m t s t resses non-stop jukebox-style mr r a the r than persomlity-oriented announc- ing. I f i r s t logged i h i s on 5/21 on the car radio a t West Mnnis &oh; a t f i r s t the strange call & format WstFPied me unti l numferous Boston msntiona f loa ted through. The slogan "The new Q" is used; t h i s is reminiscent of numerous other "0" s t a t i o n s such a8 UU@-910. Where the heck did t h i s fluky Q-callsign business or iginate , anyway? ( I think a t n13-Q,"WKTQ-1J20. Pittsburgh -KRC) I t s significance somhow escapes Im. PSAs re- ferred to a s 'Q Tips" a ~ a o t i w of questionable e t h i c a l propriety, considering the f a c t t ha t a well-known manufacturer of cotton svabs user tbt brand mm. WACQ remains under the old ,COP owners, Plough, Inc., R t h e i r XR s i t e is still in the clay marshes off of Con- Cord Avenue, Lexington. MA. V m g n s s i v e country" is offered on WTTK, the FH side of WAW: t h i s appears t o be the only var ie ty of CeW t ha t has a chanm i n the Boston area market. Soma i n i t i a l technical ?roblems a t WAC4 include "tin-can' r e s t r i c t ed , overly-wmpressod a d - i o on some commrcials X the aud ib i l i t y of only o m channel on s tereo records; on "Down on Main Streetn by Bob Seger, the gui tar comes through f i n e but the vocal is vary weak & sounds r eve rb ra tad . Well. f o r now. 73.

RUSSELL J . HIMUNE - Box 127 - Boonton, NJ - 07005 Greetings once again. Looks l i k a I ' m get t ing t o be a regular in

these pages already. I guess a f t e r being regular ly in almost all of the 111 prerious ones with publishing and som 120 o r so bsfore tha t with DXDD, it ge t s t o be a habit. Not much new since last Muse, ttiough a few, a d several new tapes. New logaings follow ( * means new): 5114- WKCY-1300 .% WTNJ-1300 w '6 & 6:01 slona. 5115- I noted WSAN-1470 on through l i s t e d SP, so nothing new there , drat . 5 / 1 6 WBBO & WE%-1330 Ci 6801 d 6102. Also an u s ID SSB d 6 buried by these two. 5117- On 1350: WNLK B 5:30 u!RS. so l& l i s t e d s/on i s m l - so wrong. WZIX mostly on top wjWHWH, but I got s/on of WCBA i-3. 6 a t h a t was it. 5/18 on 1370: WSAY tes t ing w/OC Wi IDS 5:32 4 5:48; WALK s/on 5:55. CFLV slon w/OIC @ 6; WKM @ 6 :01, quickly buried by hFA2 SSB 6:01:30, then WZYQ* d 6:02, WELV d 6:03 w/choral SSB a f t e r AM-8% s/on. 5121- I caught WCFT-1500 sis:on w/ j ingle , annonncement o,'m 8 h way u/WTOP. then WFIF s/on 6:06. Sked notes, changes, e t c . other than above in DDD. No SSS o r for- eign s tu f f e i the r , I've been doing jus t s!ons. Trivia deplt: Do you know when the l a s t tims we had an Afr of ZERO? Would you believe 12/18/73? Ani t h i s is supposad to ba a min- imum, h i . Seriously, since t h i s i s the change in sunspot syclss , we can ' t expect things t o be l i k e 1964-65, but e w n in 1970, we had nine zeroes in Afr . We'w had only ten n l l s ' t since 111 $731 I ' m busily compiling a l o t of analyses of the A-index over the past few years f o r e i the r DX NEMS o r monographs, a t LPC's choice. Spaking of monographs, the lists a m now available, and an announcement should appear from HQ shortly. In the man- time, w o n e wanting a l i s t , send an SASE w / B postage to m B I'll ge t a copy out. If you've ordered one before, you ' l l get it automatically, h i . T h e r e f a been s e v e n 1 changes in format of it so read the introduction t o the list carefully. Anybody interes ted i n any s o r t of propagation research, e t c . please contact me, and maybe we can ge t something going on that . 73 a l l . till July.

DAVE SCHMILIT - 43 Chelwynne Road - Castle H i l l s - New Castle. DE - 19720 verie t o t a l is stuck a t 889. these a re the l a t e s t onor back: v/q- W m -

W-6 2 WGRG-1110 (says c a l l s changed t o WUPE 5/11, W - 1 4 3 0 . WRIC-540 d WDDG 1430. 1490 (PA WZAP 690 s WHIM-1 110 scribsled a l i n e on the bottom of !by report and shipped it back. WZAP the r e s u l t of a f up. To the DX dep't: 4117- WURL-1500 12:50-1:06 am & on w/ET, rr. & OC. They gave WTOP f i t s before s 'off. WHIM-1 110 in the c l ea r w/WBT off , 5:0>5:1&m W/CW m. 4122- WGRG-1110 12:1>12:25am ET w/m d OC o / u WBT. 4125- KBCQ-1020 TEST notmi, mostly U/YDKA ET 2:06-2:25am w/?T 5 mx. "Pl! was readahle a t one point while KDKA was running nur. heir old f rc was often heard in the suw manrar, but never EL able . 4!22- A 10% shot on an r l c from W - 7 1 0 , DT u/WOR's yak-y;lk 1 :33-1 :W)m, p r ths f / c list. 4129- Local evidently having l i n e problems and a l l audio was l o s t from tho NISfeed, so u l the i r OC, WPAR-1450 ending NX, then s/off 1:05-1:Oh. 513- WCYI-1340 12:16- 12:31am w/rr , Ray Height Show. Mav mentions of Unionto~II being d e a lso. 516- Shocker. w!UFOY-l2liO f / c .12:17-12:2km way atop w.TT R IDS every minute, not l i s t e d on the f / c list. 519, f i r s * of m y s t a t i c v M H ~ t o come, but a report shipped t o CKSO-790 12:25-12:3&m, weak, but atop. I believe new p s t CHIC is off MS. WTA.R may have been off a lso. WSGW-790 was a l so noted running a POP a t tho Sam tims CHIC was heard w/one vary weak ID mtad 12:33. Radio Bishops noted loud on 900, giving C'WL f i t s @ 1 :loam W / r r . Is t h i s an outlaw o r may- be one of those Canadian net hookups7 ( I % ' t i 3 CKTS, Dam - ERC) Uron l i s t en ing to WAX5 since going N3T, I have found them poppine on and off during the day on Konday, evident- l y switching between the main snd AXR t o do work on the main XR, e tc . . since they dropped t h e i r Mil SP. Their bi:::est l o s t programing e f fo r t is still SM, when they start t h e i r gar- bage programs a t 4am and run them s t r a igh t through till noon. Someone on the FCC should sit d&n-and l i s t e n t o the mess they've created, hi1

Easterners - do West. Westerners - go East. Southerners - go ~ c r t h . horbnsmsrs - s tay in your t e r r i to ry . ALL may thus a t b n d the NRC Convention in LINCOLN. NE~RASKA over Labor Day weekend. Thehime is gettini: close - there a re only TWO MORE DX NEWS~S between now and Convention time, so make those plans and reservations pronto. Uonlt miss the fun!

ectronio s to res do not kncu much about Mw Dx. 73s.

16 ~m corns Jr. - 114 C M ~ pin - Bo- munt , n C - 27881 welcoas t o Kentu* P u b l i s h r s o d t t e e l I p s s a re-intro L in

hare. I ' m 32 yeorr old, wrisd. & working in my father 's business who I s pes iden t of a

brick w u i a o t u r j q p u t . 1 was f o w r l y a studio tcchniclan. 1966-70 f o r the U.C. Nws Net (WRAL-Fn m p i n mloy stat ion, Falelgh) w d to be TI4 (TO~PCCO Id I X a t ) . U s o a pode ner for & Wny W i l s o n ~ l m G a r i n r & Bpdio R.E.I.-@ ~ a . Elass '71. biggost de- s i r r i s t o o m a pw8erhous~atation om day1 I w i l l soon go take tho technician amat.ur radio license or g e m d , depending on how !W cod. v e d is a t the t h l I was ex-WNI(A.CB (1973) ud e x - W a I (1962). l i s t e d in both adllbooks. A DX t i p f o r 1280 kc/s.: W, rr, Scotland mck, NC. 5ku, has been signing off &Fly (seven days a w e k ) 8 6~an r igh t a f t e r NC NX nst. @5:55p. Slogan is Now Music People. WPAL. Local switched t o the new studio s i t e on my. 301 souti) w/a nau 148& towar. & Gates )(R (they vare m m t e control). Also a m using the old XR fo r standby. l i s t e n out on 1490k. UP1 NX on top of hour. & ~ o ~ / r r / o l d i e s format. Local WCEC is now v e r i i m reports t h a t a r e correct. with mturn postage. WCEC is MoR, 810k. lkw day, & features NC NX Net. Not much DXing here. W Y . Clayton. was on MK $ 12:15nn w/a TT. ET, mc & IDS. A good possibi l i ty f o r a DX TEST from t h i s om? Strong signal here o/WAKR (usually dominant on 1590 here). Only om verie in from k'C-159, says mine i s f i r s t report from NCI It was f o r b s t on 3/28. I heard them using jingles wing "Reaohhg out touch You, i n (name of tcwns). Crawfordsdle. I3. f i r s t t h hearing t h i s one. I have / s 8 ; ~ ~ & surplus receivers, ard Kenwood w 6 6 6 , Allied SL-190 Sd RXes f o r sale. Write of interested & please watch DX-Change ads f o r info. Also, I ' m looking f o r a good I1Q-180. Il' you've got uly tips.' o r technical questions regarding anything about the DX hobby, va l l qy DX Chat Line. a w n days a week, from midniaht t o ?am EDT, prepeid (no col lects) t o 919-447-7282, a l so correspondenoe ard exchanging caset tes o r ree l s of a i r checks most walcome. Peace P 7:s.

D2N KASKFT - 386 Geary Street - San Francisco, CA - 94102 D X a during the 1976-71 season was limited. mostly due t o my wife of l i t t l e

more.than a year frowning s t ~qy spending the wee hours out of bed. Understandable, though. I did mnage a g o d b i t of foreign DX during SeptDac. 8 a smattering of domestic DX since t h n . I spent the l a s t several months1 spare t h putting my DX records i n shape. Very interesting t o note tha t during the p r i o d 1949-1953 I heard 1.815 s tat ions, veruying 1.450 of them from my Galva, I A 8 Omaha. NE locations. I had a combined log due t o the proximity of the two locales. This included 47 of the then 48 s t a b s . Only Vermont was missing. It also included seven provinces and only ten countries. Fast uore mven from H I . 4YA N.Z. % ACA. 8 200u HOL from Panama. Texas led tne s t a t e s with 168 heard. and Ca1. had 106. I DXed brief ly from Kyoming. Texas and Iceland 1954-56, then t o California i n '57. Log here i s 1.043 heard i n 20 years. not quite a s impressive a s mh Midwest log. hi. Only 41 s t a t e s too. But quite a few more countries - 28. Frequencies am so crouded f o r domestic DX t h a t i t ' s hard t o hold my enthusiasm. I did note KPOD-1240 i n Crescent City. CA, ex-KPLY w/An progressive 4/11 U/KROY @ 6:28. Also KYTE-970 in Portland. ex-KOIN on 5 / 2 3 11 :48pn. I wil l be taking a t r i p to the Midwest i n August & hope tamake Kansas City during it, so I may contact so- K.C. DXers. Best catch of the past season was stumbling onto KNOM-780 Nom on 1/21. 73.

GENE ALLEN - 134 Brat Harte Way - Vallejo, CA - 94590 L i t t l e DXing here a s most of my time i s spent D w tkA Ham M s . KXQR-790,

Clovis. CA i s now on RS, verified i n 7/76 while on ET. Verie in from R. St. Vincent-705 f o r a nau country. Hank Wilkinson d myself get toge~her about once a month t o rehash DX. stamps, Dov Jones. and play a l i t t l e samba. Very l i t t l e BCB DX due t o too raaw U s , TVI, power noise, etc. which do not bother 15 z 20 meters. Good luck t o all.

STAN SrlEDD - 1433 F i r th Street NW - Calgary. Alberta - T2M 3C1 A couple of brief announcements. CKSW. Sum Currant. a s k . has f U l y nude

the move. 'hey are now on 570 w/l0kw. They put a r e a s o ~ b l e signal into Calgary daytime. but some QRM from CKEK is inevitable. Oh the wonder of the CBTC. Cross out regional in your N3C Domestic Log under 570 and u r i t e in "localn, hi. The other item i s a planned get- together hem i n July. Rather than s e t a date. I thought I 'd throw it out ud ask f o r mg- gestions. That way if anyone from out of town can make it, us can f M a date t o accomadat. them. Just drop ms a l i n e or c a l l prepaid 2@4-1996. If you l i v e i n Calgary, I'll t r y to get a b l d of you, but 5f I don't, please c a l l me. T i l l next t h e . 73s.

RICH EDDIE - 152 West Rose S tmet - St. Louis, HD - 63119 A big hello t o a l l m u members of NRCI Also greetings to members who have b a n

i n the Club f o r a while too. he biggest news i s tha t I ' m closing in on 1.000 veries - only nine away1 Mayb by the t i n r t h i s mas pr lnt . If11 how tb thousand w r l e s . The other mws i s tha t semi-local KIRL-1460 St. Charles, MO i s going nighttime ~ ' 5 0 0 ~ . SO f a r they haw not b a n heard a t night yet. now ars a s follows: Stations: 1,299/991 for a 76.2894535 verie la turn, s t a tes 49/49 fo r 100% - I s t i l l need Alaska, prorin-s 615 f o r 83 .S and countriss - 23115 fo r 65.2173914. I am m a m y a donustic DXer. For those who wonder which s tat ions w r U y bettee, KS or WS, here a re totals : K-calls: 48713% for 79.26078% 8 W-calls, 6931550 - 79.3650798 AS you can m e there is not much difference b t w w n them. Not much e l se i s new so I w i l l =/off for I plan on being in LINCOLN f o r the Convention over the Labor Day weekend - w i l l you to there? Good DX 8 73s.

NEXT MUSINGS DEADLINE I N PROVINCETWN IS SATWAY, JULY 2. IT WOULD ROWULY BE HONDAY 7/4. BUT IT LS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY AND T H m IS NO MAIL D n m y ON THAT DATE.

_M-O-T-H-B-A-L-L- -HHEEMnOORRIREESS 1.7

MPTER LII - 'RIE FIPTDS R&-VISITED - AGAIN" -by RON SCH-. Thia is the way it was in 1954-1956 mr Musings of the NRCers: Lincoln HE -..-- --

,der Ken h r p h y received NOW-~ngland ver<; ~rim W ~ B & ~ A C E . b t h i n Masaachumttsl Fort

Wayne's Don Roller heard h i s s U h Puerto Rican - WNA, as well a s f / c s from Idahoan KCID- 1490, a W-rs KSF'E & KPKW, GYs a l l 1 Jim Critchett. then of San Diego, noted h i s 34th v e r b from 36 3x0s that season (out of 96 scheduled), a l l by WLYN (MA) & KPOT having verified. he York PA DXer. J WaITen Routzahn, reported Mexicans XEAA-1340 & XEK-970 as well a s ERs (Election Returfis) l r o m hr OY- 1240 Fla . , WCLT. 1430 & WHBS-1550. .&la.. He ? I both logged KBTA-1340, Ark.. f / c b y 1 rol l ing over Milwaukee' s UEwt Seymour, Conn. DXer Hal Williams reported h i s 35th Ontario v e r b t o keep h i s reported record a t 10@ f o r the pravinca, CKSO- 790. Scooter Seagraves. the Stut tgart . Ark. D J - D : ( ~ ~ cauaht the WSIG-790 DX run by fellow NRCsr ~ h i l Potter a s well a s ~ o n o l u i u ~ s KPOA. Sooner s t a t e DXer, Buddy Giles of Oklahoma City, noted Peace River. Alberta's CYK-630 t o p p w the above-mentioned KPOAI Then in Bd- fa lo (though fortunately NOT fo r the Winter of '76/ '?7) , Joe Brauner reported KLGR-lq0, M M . & xEHD-1435 both f/cing. Stan Morsst l a t e s t included 1YZ e Brazilian PRHZ one February MM Q 4 & l a t e r , W C K I . SC ETing b offering a prize fo r the fur thest l is tener . vermont*? Hank Tyn- dol l thought KLGN's 1390 DX a tough catch ? prized h i s verie of ~ ~ 1 0 6 . July 24th, 1355 was the scene of a GTG of ERC. Bernie Duffy, yours t ruly. Pete Taylor (then of Miami, FL) a t Hal Williams1 home. Lsn Xruse, the 4,000-+ Dubwue. I A w r i f i e r , wrote of KBRO1s 1 4 0 WA DX, KE-1450 ND f / c . & W, the 100-watter in OKLA on ET a s well a s (above) Scooter's DX l'rom KAMO-1390. thanks t o WFMJ's stand-b:.l Oklahona was a l so represented i n DX NEMS by Oklahoma City's Hank Mard, verify- Alaskans K I N Y Juneau, SI KFt2D Anchorage1 Fellow O k l a h o ~ n Bus Boatman of Stillwater o b s e m d KBOI. doise, a s well a s British Columbians CKNW-1320 B CJVI- 900 on h i s PHILCO CONSSOEI The DXer from Schuylkill Haven, PA. Ted Weiser, caught both WABL, Fla. +WAY. Ill. through then-pest XERF, formers ETing. And a s a sequel t o Len Kruse's accom?lishments, 1/16/56 saw him log f ive of the s i x scheduled Dies: XUX-1280. Del.. KYES-950 Ore.. WU-960 S C.. CFRC-140 Ont., Sr KBRG1430, Wash. Not a bad morning's DX- ingl Meanwhile, Houston DXer ?like Ferguson, noted tha t though CMCO normally dominates 1230. he'd managed t o squeeze WNOR. Borfolk. through 'em1 And - THAT'S THEWAY IT WAS - in the MID-FIFTIES I

WE A G A I N EXHORT THOSE OF YOUtWHO GO BACK A FEW YEARS IN DX TO SEND I N SOME OF YOUR MOTHBALL HTCMORIES FOR THIS COLUMN. VITHOUT S2CH CONTRIBUTIONS, THIS COLUMN WILL HAVE TO DIE. WE HAVE THE LAST CARROLL SET3 POEM .;ET FOR NEXT ISjUE, AND THEN ONE MORE FROM OLD-FAITHFUL RON SCHILLER ASOUT DX IN THE FIFTIES. AFTER THAT - 1 7 7 IT'B UP TO YOU VETERAN DXEXS IF YOU XANT TO CONTnUE THESE NOSTALGIC TRPS INTO YESTERYEAR1

J. W. aRAUNER - R. D. 1 - Box 153 - Punxsutawney. PA - 15767 (Members, change Joe's address (h number) in your master address l i s t i n

tha 2/7/77 issue of DX NMS - ERC) Tina Lo wrap up another 3X year. '7L177 was not too bed. considering CX, ANs. etc . The log i s up,' 5,463 t o ; 5.521. F i n were logged via CPC TESTS, many more as a d i rec t r esu l t of hot t i p s i n DX N H C . About a dozen via that very useful f / c l i s t , including s i x from Kentucky. Veries from a l l those reported on TESTS. A l - so from a l l others reported except WVFC, on a rather meager report. Since 5/1 very l i t t l e turiing was done, so l i t t l e effor t , l i t t l e reward. I t r i ed f o r the KBCQ TEST on 1020 4/25. KDKA, a s usual, had i t s ca r r i e r on throughout the half hour. In addition they modulated with mx much of the t h . A lucky break @ 1:15 l e t one defini te YBCQ ID get through. After 1:jO some weak mx was heard, but s e e d l ike ly t o bs from al. On 512, the KAOL TEST was h e a d for a nsv om. The CIDs were easi ly heard, but the voice did not make it through the m. In Closing, my sinceru thanks t o a l l the edi tors and the NJPC f o r a g n a t job in keeping M1C Sr DX NEXS Out in front of the crowd. Sappy h m r t i m e t o a l l . 73.

&PEEN FRANCIS - Yaking 1620 Lo&-e it through Street the - Alcoa s t a t i c TN crasies - 3 701 l a t e l y ham b e n WAZL-1490 PA w/ID '@

1:29im 518 during Philles' WC game; WSFC-1240 KY u'local WalR u 500 cycle TT $ ID 63 4:i5un on 5/14. r /c . 5121- WCT1-1530 !.ID IDed as the superweak SSB heard all month 63 5:45am U/WCKY. MM 5123- WKXY-930 FL f a i r u/h';N~ 3:30-3:38 w/ET, IDS every couple of minutes, musta been OC only. A t 8 : 4 5 ~ , WLCi-1250 KY ~ b b d wls/off ~ 1 % for FM-99.3. 5126- Finally, WEMB-1240 TN brief ly O/WLET 7:08am'u/iocal spot. D-1 Q 5.000~, a t 92 miles, only took seven years to hear i t 1 Closest unheard (38 miles) i s s t i l l MBHN-1590 NC. Their bein.; on the other side of a 6,6031 mountain range probably has something t o do with it, hi. W.1 5130- WWWE-1100 noted off f o r about the eighth consacutive MM, so hopefully they're back to a regular SP. 5131- "WJJJ, Christiansburg" taped ID by woman heard a 8:30~m on 1260; 1 presume the t a i l end of t h e i r s/off although m,ps say 8 : l i . See you in INDIANAPOLIS.

TONY LAGATTUTA - Bax 6291 - Portsmouth. VA - 23703 Cree t in~s . The foliouini: may b helpful. The Norfolk area has two nsw

c/w mx stations: WOKT-1270 (ex-!+TIO), daytime. DX reports should be sent to Mr. Pat WLLson, OM. EOKT Radio, 553 Michigan Drive. Hampton, VA 23669. !+'WE-1350 (~X-.&LX-XIS), AN. IDS frequently as "Honey Radio." DX reports should be sant to: Mr. Bob Sinclair. Mgr.. WHm Rad- io, Box 1350, Norl-olk. VA, 27501 . RAY ARRUDA - 48 Woodlawn Street - New Bedford, MA - 02744

1 hooe Lveryone i s enjoying the Summer months. No L)X here i n qui te some t h , so very l i t t l e t o Muse about. I t r i ed fo r KDUZ-1260-TZST 5/10, which was not heard - t h i s p r ERC'S phoned t ip . Three veries wen received the same say are b a c ~ from .fij0-1080, K~IOX- 1280 S. WXY-1560. I mentioned KYm-1080 as being ve-i:'ied not too l o n ~ ago fo r the i r 2 21 TEST. ht they have not yet answered Iv reports, so may* a f [up i s in grder. See yau a i l in

18 (Arruda) in t h e Pa l l . LINCOLN and YAD ara ou t f o r t h i&aa r , ht a good p o s s i b i l i t y f o r 171

1977 PITTSEUFiCti PIRATE RADIO NETWORK Courtesy of B i l l Richards, Public Rela t ions , KDKA Radio 1020

Submitted by Richard J. Mozlack 19

THE 'NEWn STYLE WOK OUT FOR THB ViRIE-SIGNERS COLUMN, wi th FOUR votes FOR it, and NONE aga in s t it, and 700 ABSTAINING, h i . LET1 S HAVE THOSE R E C E ~ E R I E SIGNERS. PLEAST BRIAN VERNON a l s o s en t i n t he TORONTO 8LUE JAYSf network. MIKE WHELAN v r i t e s t o say t o re- move CKLEIj50 from t h a t network; they am carry ing the Montreal Expos. in English.

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Greensboro Pair Wed V I P a m COIGIUN,J~.

During Radio Program The 1977 annua l conven t i on o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f ?:orth American Radio Clubs (ANARC) w i l l be h e l d J u l y 15-17 a t Schaumburg, I l l , home o f t h e Woodfield I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Club n o t t o mention Woodfield--the w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t shopp ing ma l l . A l l DXers o f any age , b e g i n n e r s t o advanced, a r e i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d , meet t h e i r f e l l o w DXer8 and h e a r prominent s p e a k e r s a t t h i s a l l - r a v e s e s s i o n .

GREENSBORO (UPI) -A couple was married in a radio station studio Fri-

'day in a broadcast ceremo- n y that left at least two lis- k e n e n in a nearby office in 3ears. " In what statian manager h m Miller called a revival &f the old "bride and :groom" shows that wereon 3adio for about 25 years, s a r o l y n Jones of Greens- boro and Kenneth B. Dead-

.man of Atlanta exchanged :nuptial vows in ceremonies ;broadcast by s ta t ion T G B G . - Miller, who gave listen- Fen a play-byplay account k f the ceremonies before' Durning the microphone 3Ver to the preacher, said _about 50 secretaries in an adjacent office listened to

bhe ceremonies. He said he ::walked into the oifice fol-

lowing the marria= and found two of the girls in tears.

" E v e r y t h i n g w e n t beautifully," said Miller. "We wanted to avoid the circus atmmpbere."

The brlde and g m were In format attire and were accompanied by a k t man and bride's maid as they walked down the station's hallway to the strains of five of Miss Jones' favorites pop songs. The c e a n o n y took place shortly after 8:30 a.m. under a magnolia trellisset up in o n of three studios. The couple was married

by the Rev. Nelson Hodg- tins after Miller's com- mentary on the proceed- ings. "I pulled theold bride and grmm trick," Miller sad, "(he bride is reaching the eL.pl. Uut kind of

thing. After the short ceremoa-

ey. the two were whiiked away to a reception in 1YR silver Csdillac o d by a woman who pulled ap a t the station and v d m teered her services.

The reception was d w t - ed by a lwal hotel and ILa the couple embarked on a one-week honeymoon do. mted by the Myrtle Bench Chamber of Commerce.

About 35 persons attend- ed the wedding.

Fo r more I n f o r m a t i o n o r r e s e r v a t i o n s , c o n t a c t t h e Woodfield I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Club, P.O. Box 95073, Schaumburg, 111. 60195. P l e a s e e n c l o s e a SASE, min t Canadian s tamps i n Canada o r t h r e e 1 ~ ~ s o u t s i d e Nor th America.

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Miller orginnted the idea, and went on the air asking for volunteen to be married. "Within two weeks. more than 20 cou- ples volunteered. They sent partfolivs wilhpicturesand s o m e t h i n g a b o u t themselves." he said.

Miss JOM said M o r e the wedding that she had always "been a private person." But added. 'Thir has been so fantastic. I'm meeting so many p d people."

20 -"-E-R-I-E- A - Nei l Zpnk H - J. Trochimozyk B - Ron S c h i l l e r I - Dam Schmidt C - Ray Arruda J - Harry Hayes D - Jim Cr i t che t t K - Ron Musco E - unsigned L - Stan Morss F - Steve Ponrler M - Mike Bischoff G - Mike Tuggle N - Ernie Cooper

WRIC 1 C. D Lawson, GM C Jumbo I n P. Meyer. Dir. Gen. E CFNB q G . D Love. TD I WIBW n q u/u F WCHS qu D. Newhouse. CE H KCMX N E lfiitman. CE H i.ISTJN mq Stanley Y . Jarvis, ACE M KWSD N David H. Roes, M. CE H KHCW q George Voeel, CE F WMAJ f W E . Neubrough, SuprTechOp F KFEQ q Donald E. Moss, Cop HF . E X I n Glor ia E. Parada, S de Dir. F KYME f Tom Hotchkiss, GM D .YRG fm Ty S t i t a s , s t u Su n KXA l u W i l l i a m G. Shephard, CE H WSGW lm Rick Rclcher, OpM K WLAD q R. Cehok. CE E KHIS l u k n Kuhns. M H KOAqu uiu H WJW q u: u M WRFD q Harry W . Jackson, CE M WDSF q C. G. Wi l~ i ams , E A IrrCBI 1 R. E Leach, CE E K Y X X 1 Sco t t James. FD F 'AJAR q i y a t t . McDaniel, CE H KITN ru E Whitman, CE H KLIK fm Tom qolmes. E M .#<IT1 lm Roter t Kohlmyer, CE M kXES l u Oarall b g e r s H WEER q Donald N. Lange, TD H WCSii f Herbert id Crosby, GM H 'WESO uq Richard L a 'Jallee. CE H KOIN l u Herbert Davidson H CFPL f n i l 1 Brady. PM M CKEX q Brenda A . Bolton J WAM m B W Travis, CE MF WHO0 fm E . Mll ler . CE G KLRA q Blande Perry. CE F WE' q U / U F XEG q H S Schwartz M WQIO Jon Beete Truman. Ass0c.E M \%WIT 1 Alan T. S t e rge r . CE C !%KQ 1 (Robart Meyer, NxD C

(Sco t t Davis. CE C !.IIID m u,'u M WILD 1 R.obert Wotiz, CE CH WLUL mq Rowlad Kraft . CE M WGPA 1 Arthur :! Holt , 0 K- KREX q (A1 Ladage. CE M

(Car l Arderson, GM M (Rex iioirell, Chmn of Bd. M

KPOP l u Wes Yeyers, OpM H W!<RA 1 Jinnoy Dale. I1 M KL L'C q U.U F KNAB 1 Ebtie 14. B i l l y , CE F KAGO l u Ed Tomlin, E H WLvA fm Janes S q a r t z l e r , DOE KM W J 3 q Don J e f f r i e s , CE M WKRS fm Verne Buland. CE M KEY.0 urn Kathy S h u p , OM H KSPE uq Steven Mull, CE H 'WAYX 1 S tua r t Sraham, CE J KAAA 1 1 .~18 C . henry, CE D "OW i Jim Simpson B KBCZ ul Johnny Walker, CE B %YC1 1 Jim McCaLi. GM D KCLV m l d5llia.m R. I!ays. CE F

-S-I G N E-R-S- 12k- WATN ml (G. Harry Righter. P

(Donald S c h r p e r , CE 1260 WNDE f h (Ronald P. Hyer

1 (Bob H y a t t , E WEZE q Barney Lyon. CE

1270 KBAM ulm David Peterson, PD 1280 CJJD frn Bruce Dinguall . C.E.T. 1290 K D M S p John P n t t . GM

KHSL ur George Wmsw. CE 1300 GITNJ 1 Barry E. S t e in s r . CE 1310 CKCY q S t an Harrison, CE 1320 KCPX uq (Ui l l iam E. Wright. SM

ul (Rachelle Gibbons KLAN ur W. H . Sadler . Jr.. P. GM

1330 WJPS lm John Buck, CE 1340 WEPM 1 G Miohael Hurst. Mx D

'WTRC 1 Allen S t r i ke . PD KLBK 1 C.luck Spaugh. SM

1350 WLLY p b y F raz i e r , M 1360 WNSR l h Rick ievy. CE

KDXI p B. Strange. GM 1370 WZYQ 1 lioward C. F isher . CE

YA?a p 3onr ld Boriielon. CE '@DZ p ulx. P KESN ul G e o q e D. Snel:. GM

1380 XAOK L Ivan Miles, SZ XS'JL IJ Ben Kni.:ht, P3 KJET p Lloyd Jones, PD

1390 KCRC 1 P a t Murphy. W WTJS f Car l Martin, CE

ll@O irX!.IK 1 Jack Rseo - K I U N u l B i l l Hubbs, 0 XOND fhm T. McNally. TD SJLB p Thomas Chr i s t i e , CE

1426 hY<PR f Kenneth Byla 1430 ' a X O 1 H. In'. Xinstead J r . . GM

WCMY f Kent Hauthorne KARM ulm S c o t t Dean. DE KAOL fm Mike Thayer

1U.I WNCR 1 MichaeWMarcy, CE KMED ulm E l l i s Fe ins te in . DOE

i450 WIBE! 1 John ir. Cooley. CE KOEO ul Zoss W F o r k s , Op M

1460 WBUC q Michael R. Betler. CE 1470 WSXO 1 Robert Lupien. CE

CHU.4 1 Larry Holleran. E 1480 KYOS ufm George Srneade . CE ' 1490 KBRO u l Ron Roeerson, SM

KVVIC 1 Greg Givens. Trf D XRNR ul Gregory K . Johnson. CE WAD 1 Lawrence C. Maier. CE WMRB l r n William Arrington, M KNaW i W a p Hardin. TD

1500 WIF f Alex F ra se r , CE .vAKE 1 John 5. Bowker. NRC

4 5 1 0 XJIC 1 Bsn Ferguson, CE 'fll!O l m M . Thomaston, S

1523 WOE f R. Nicholson, CE 1530 KFPK q Dale B. Harry. CE

iJCTR 1 Robert Na fz iwe r , PD, CE WDJZ fhm J a m s Elmore. ACop

1550 KOQT 1 Ronald Cowell. IriMOO 1 XLlbur H . Goforth, GK

1560 WBUK 1 David. C. Doubleday. CE KIPS u l Fran Y'hon, S

1570 WTW u l Susan L. ~ i s h e l . C o d H WYtiI l m Steven S h i l t s

1580 KTLU r Bob Rogers. GM WANB 1 Abe Albr ight . GM

1590 WEHH 1 Frank P. Saia. GM WMIM 1 Ed Rumance. M WC& 1 cindy L . Secres t . Cont'y

1600 KBBB ml Gayland Darnall KUBA l u David Hamond. )IE

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AN - ~ l l n igh t mARC - Assoc. of North American Radio Clubs B C - 6 r i t i s h Broadcasting Corporation t)PC - Former Lioston Publishing Cormittee cBC - Canadian aroadcas t ing Corporation CE - Chief Engineer CH - C r i t i c a l Hours; period when some

s t s t i o n s change power o r antenna,

c l - C ~ a s s i c a l music C!4 - Coveraee map; showing primary &

secondary coverage a r e a s CP - Construction permit; new s t a t i o n CPC - Courtesy Program Committee; hmC

group which arranges s p e c i a l t e s t s from hard-to-hear s t a t i o n s .

c/w - Country a western music CX - Reception conoi t ions CA-1 - Sta t i on with unlimited hours of

of operation; sane p a t t e r n day and n ight .

Ek-2 - Unlimiteo hours of opera t ion; but d i f f e r en t pa t t e rn day and n ight .

LA-N - Unlimited hours; d i r e c t i o n a l pa t t e rn n igh t s only

CF - Ci rec t i on fi i lding LOT - Department of Transport (Canada) L U - Lown under (Ailstralia & N. 'i.) LXN - L A News; magazine of the hr3C 6dU - Eurqpean 6roadcasting Union;

s t a t i c n list produced by them. 3 - Quipment t e s t . FbIS - Foreign broadcast Information

Service; radio arm of t h e C I A F/c - Frequency check FCC - Federal Comunications Comnission FFC - French Canadian s t a t i o n Freq - Frequency f/up - follow up recept ion r epo r t ; a copy

of i n i t i a l repor t sent t o a s t a t i o n a f t e r no response.

GCP - Great C i r c l e Path GCIB - Great Circ le I n i t i a l ijearing GM - General kanaeer ;ST; - God Save the Lueen iiet - iieterodyne I b - Sta t i on i d e n t i f i c a t i o n I9C - I n t e rna t i ona l Reply Coupon; form

of r e t u rn postaee ava i l ab l e from t h e Post Office.

kiiz - kiloHertz; same a k i locycle Kw - ki lowat t ; 1,000 wat ts LA - Lat in Americacn) LFC - Louisvi l le P u ~ l i s h i n g Com~i t t e e ;

volunteer group responsib le f o r opers t ion of NRC Er production of LX liews.

LANGUAGES:

X A - Araoi: I1 - I t a l i a n I;D - Cutch PP - Portugesl XI: - English RR - Russian FF - French SS - Spanish T;C - German

A - Approximate frequencq M - Eieasured f-eq.~?ncy 7 - Frequency va r i e s

LPRT - Low Power Relay Transmit ter ; 20 o r 40 watt remote & unattended Canadian s t a t i on .

Lid - Longwave; band below 529 kHz MM - Monday morning NOR - Middle of t he road music IM - Medium wave KX NARbA - Music - North American Regional Broadcasting

Agreement ND - Nondirectional antenna p a t t e r n NJFC - Former North J e r s ey Publishing

Conunittee NRC - National Radio Club NSP - No S i l en t Period NX - News o/ - Over OC - Open c a r r i e r ; no modulation PD - program d i r e c t o r POP - Proof of performance; t e s t conducted

by s t a t i o n s upon reques t of FCC ?PC - Prepared card; v e r i f i c a t i o n card

prepared f o r a s t a t i o n t o s i gn & re turn .

PSA - Presunr ise author iza t ion; spec i a l provis ion allowing s t a t i o n s ign on before l o c a l sun r i s e with reduced power.

QRM - In ter ference QRN - S t a t i c , n a t u r a l o r man-made CSB - Fading QSL - Veri f ica t ion of recept ion LTH - Location vc - Regular monthly check FtR - Rock and r o l l music RX - Receiver SA - South ~ m e r i c a ( n ) SASE - Self-addressed stamped envelope SC - Top l,O record survey list SM - Sunday morning SM-1 & SM-2 - Space Magnet antenna on - Sign on S/off - Sign o f f SP - S i l e n t Period SFiS - Sunr ise sk ip recept ion SSB - S t a r S ide Spaneled Band Eanner; a l s o Single

SSS - Sunr ise sk ip recept ion S tn - Sta t i on sd - Shortwave ( a b v e 1620 H Z ) TA - TransAt lant ic TC - Time check TP - Transpaci f ic TT - Tone t e s t TVI - In ter ference produced by TV receivers ;

sounds l i k e a buzz every 15.75 kHz u/ - under unIli - Unidentified Unn - unneeded s t a t i o n v/c - Veri f ica t ion card, typed v/f - Veri f ica t ion form l e t t e r VJ - Vane Jones s t a t i o n list v / l - Veri f ica t ion l e t t e r v/q - Veri f ica t ion card , pr in ted VOA - Vqice of America v/s - Veri f ica t ion s igner w/ - with WRTVH - i lorld Radio TV Handbook WV - Standard time and frequency s t a t i o n 'vlX - Weather XR - Transmitter YL - Young Lady 73 - b e s t regards

Eootleg - See p i r a t e Loop - Loop antenna f o r broadcast band reception; a l s o means d i r ec t i on f inding. Pa t t e rn - Map showing s t a t i o n power in var ious d i r ec t i ons ; see hRC Night Pat tern Book. P i r a t e - Unlicensed r ad io s t a t i on ; some a r e commercial offshore s h i p operations. Primary coverage - The area of s t rong groundwave recept ion from a radio s t a t i on . Ramadan - Moslem holy month i n l a t e f a l l ; many Arab s t a t i o n s s t ay on t h e a i r a l l night.. Secondary coverage - Area wi th good recept ion a t night v ia skywave. // - P a r a l l e l opera t ion; s t a t i o n s car ry ing i d e n t i c a l progranming.

SPECIAL TECHNICAL TLpXS:

dFr - Fredericksburg index of geomagnetic d is turbance; t he bes t measure of h i ~ h l a t i t u d e auror33 condi t ions .

>.urora, au ro r a l ova l - High l a t i t u d e region of extreme absorpt ion t o Mediw. Xave s i ena l s ; r e l a t e d t o t he Morthern l i g h t s and ma'metic stcrms.

beverage antenna - Spec i a l t y ~ e of antenna f o r Long Vave & k>: 11X recept ion; very long, low, s i ng l e wire with spec i a l ground cornections.

i region - Region of ionosphere where d a y t k ~ e f.?h s igna l a b s x p t i c n occurs ; Height: 40-100 kilometers; involved i n auroral disturbances.

Z l aye r - Lne of t he pair. r e f l e c t i n g l aye r s f o r Ms s i gna l s a t n igh t . Hejght about 105 km. I

620 - Computer program to p red i c t dawn-induced fadeout t i n e s of spec i f i c s t a t i ons . ?ET - Fie ld e f f ec t t r a ~ s i s t o r ; used in ampl i f ie r f o r a F% loop. FZT !,A; loo;, - FET Altazimuth lcop antenna; high ga in and very deep nu l l i ng c a p a b i l i t i e s . F l aye r - hain r e f l e c t i on l aye r along with t he i. layel-; res?ors ib le f o r n ight E:t,i LL r e c rp t l on .

lieight ~ a r i e s from 260 t o LC(! km. Srcnagnetic - ?e r t a i n i% t o t he Ea r th ' s m g n e t i c f i e l d ; s t rongly a f f ec t ed oy au ro ra l d is turb-

2nces. 3roiinc' Save - s igna l component which t r a v e l s along t h e surface of t h e ground; most daj.light

recept ion i s by t h i s mode. t ieterqdpr- - Audio tone produced by two s t a t i o n s c lo se i n frequency. .h:ectar.ical F i l t e r (MT) - Elec t ron i c component which produces improved r ece ive r s e l e c t i v i t y f o r

separa t ion of s t a t i o n s on c lo se MK frequencies. Mu!. - Midwinter Anomoly. A wel i es tabl i shed phenomenon, which produces days of unexpectedly

week s i gna l s during midwinter m o ~ t h s ; most evident during high sur.spot a c t i v i t y . Null - Lirec t ion of minimum s ignal pickup from a loop antenna; the a c t of e l iminat ing recept ion

from a s t a t i o n with a loop antenna, e .g . , "'hAbC was nul led out" . SLE - Subaudible heterodyne produced between s t a t i o n s so c lose i n frequency t h a t t h e beat-note

tope i s rlot audible; sonetimes shows up a s the wavering of t h e S-ceter needle. Skywave - The s i g n a i r e f l e c t ed from the l a y e r s of t h e ionosphere; primary mode of 14: recept ion

a t n ight , a s d is t inguished from gmundwave. Splash, sidevand splash - Crashing sound produced by programming of a strong s t a t i o n On a

nearby frequency; reduced o r eliminated by mechanical f i l t e r s , a loop antenna, or m t h .

Radio Station Could Lose License By FERREL GUILLORY

WaShinstM CorRlPM.nl were wrong" but contended thal the prob broadcast. lems have been cleared uo. Re~re~ent inR Hankin, atlorney Vincent

WASHINGTON -The Federal Commu- nications Commission (FTC) isexpected to rule In three or fuur months on ehrther to r?\ok? th? llcense of Raleljih radlo sWtlon H LLE for allejied fraudule~t b ~ l l ~ n g prac- tlres

WLLE, whose programs are oriented to the black community. would be forced off the air if the FCC decides to revoke the license.

A year ago. FCC administrative law judge Ernest Nash ordered WLLE to pay a 610,WO fineafter ruling that it falsely billed advertisers in violation of commission rules. However, the FCC's Broadcast Bu- reau contended that the fine was not a Strong enough sanction and appealed to the full commission to takeaway the license.

The commission heard arguments in the case Thursday, during which a represenb- tive of WLLE ownership admitted "rpe

According to John T. Kelly, a Broadcast Bureau legal counsel. WLLE billed 120 ad- vertisers for $@.OM worth of commercials that were never broadcast and also en- gaged in double-billing of theGulf Oil COT. These practices took place in the period 1971.73, he said.

A central issue in the arguments before the commission was how responsible should Wallace Hankin, principal owner of WLLE Inc.. be held for theimproper billing practices. In calling for license revocation. Kelly charged that Hankin "failed grossly to supervise the employes of the stalion."

Hankin hired James H. Dulaney to be general manager of the radio slation. The administrative law judge found thal Dula- ney had pressured another employe. Bar- bara Daughtry, who handled program logs. into preparing false infornabon about vbetber commerc!als had actually been

A. pepper told ?he commission that the fraudulent billing "occurred not because of Mr. Hankin's direct knowledRe. Trust was placed in two employes and that trust was violated." said Pepper.

Hankin's attornev said corrective action w a r e r n taken rbctltubon has been made . . to the adver t~cen Dulanry was fired and new management prweddres were IncO- luted to p a r d agalnst 3 repetltlon of fraud- ulent billing

Pepper said WLLE agreed that;'a-fine is approriate" but asked the commlsslon not to goso far as lo takeaway thelicense from Hankin and his company.

Following the oral arguments, eommib sion members went into closed session to give instructions on the preparation of an order in the WLLE case to the staff. A final FCC ruling is anticipated in threedo four months.

1977 NRC LINCOLN CON- TIO ON FEGISTMTION 23

W i l to : Neil 0. Zank, 2hL5 "E" St., ~ p t . 6, Lincoln, Neb ra sh 68510

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I p l an t o a t t end the Convention

I w i l l s t a y a t t he motel.

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I w i l l / w i l l not (Circ le one) take p a r t in the buffet-barquet.

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a t (date, t ime, f l ipht number, e tc . )

LRC Lincoln Convention r e g i s t r a t i o n fee is 8 d.00, including cos t s of refreshments,

h o s p i t a l i t y room, meeting rooms. de urge you to p re r eg i s t e r no l a t e r than fiugust 7,

1977. I a t e r e g i s t r a t i o n w i l l open a t 3:00 PM Fr iday September 2, 1977 a t t h e motel

Convention s i t e .

iJe a l s o urge those of you who a r e in teres ted i n a t tending the Convention, but who

do not have t ranspor ta t ion , t o write. de w i l l do our b e s t t o t r y t o a r r a w e any

carpoolicg t h a t may be possible.

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c i t y S t a t e zip

FLoom prefereme: One person - 3 18.00 per d;ry

Two persons - $ 23.00 per day

Three persons - 26.50 pe r day

nddi t ional Derson - 3 3.50 p r d&y

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