VOLUME 40 S E P T E M B E R 29, 1973 NUMBER 31

" T h e NRC i s l ike D r P e p p e r - habi t fo rming - t h e m o r e you have the m o r e you need. 'I (Stan M o r s s , Mass . ) *

IN THIS FINAL ISSUE FROM BOSTON: A

A Brief H i s to ry of Radio F r e e A m e r i c a t o Date - Gordon Nelson Deta i ls on the New Publ ishing Commi t t ee - R u s s Edmunds

NEW HC2 ADDRESS******NEW HQ ADDRESS*******NEW HQ ADDRESS******

Effective immedia t e ly t h e NRC HQ a d d r e s s i s : Box 127, Boonton. N. J. 07005 Al l bus iness f o r m e r l y t r a n s a c t e d th rough Box 99 should now go to Boonton! ! !

NEW HQ ADDRESS******NEW HQ ADDRESS******NEW HQ ADDRESS******

1972-1973 DX'ER O F T H E YEAR AWARDS ANNOUNCED.. . T h e following m e m b e r s have been chosen t o r ece ive this y e a r ' s a w a r d s fo r outstanding contribution to the IDXD, DDXD sect ions , a n d t o t h e work of the - Courtesy P r o g r a m s Commit tee . T h e s e a w a r d s a r e m a d e by t h e IDXD Edi to r s . the DDXD Edi to r , and the Cha i rman of t h e C P C a s a m e a n s of public recog- nit ion of outstanding suppor t i n t h e p a s t yea r .

INTERNATIONAL DX'ER O F T H E YEAR - Glenn H a u s e r DOMESTIC DX'ER O F T H E YEAR - J i m P o t e r b a CPC 'ER O F THE YEAR - Wes Boyd

T h e engraved a w a r d plaques a r e in the hands of the N J P C and wi l l be ma i l ed shortly. Congratulations!

. DEATH CLAIMS LONGTIME NRC MEMBER..

I t i s o u r s a d duty t o r e p o r t t he pass ing of Bob LaMot te , ' o f Mart inez . Calif- ornia . A s those of u s who had t h e p l e a s u r e of mee t ing Bob a t the Sac ramen to NRC Convention and a t o t h e r ga the r ings know. Bob w a s a pa rap leg ic fo r whom DX1ing w a s a pa r t i cu la r ly rewarding hobby. Our deepes t sympa th ie s a r e extended to h i s family.

ELVING Fh? ATLAS AGAIN AVAILABLE,. . Since many of o u r m e m b e r s a r e a l s o in to TV and F M DX'ing - especia l ly i n the "off s eason" - we thought you'd be i n t e r e s t e d t o know tha t t he FM equivalent of the NRC Domet ic Log, B r u c e Elving 's F M ATLAS AND STATION DIRECT- ORY, i s again avai lable in a new Edition. Avai lable f o r $2.50 (book ra te) ; $3. 00 by f i r s t c l a s s f r o m F M Atlas . Box 24, Adolph, M N 55701.

RAMADAN, the M o s l e m month of fas t ing, p r a y e r , a n d all-night radio b road- c a s t s , begins S E P T E M B E R 28 t h i s y e a r !

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THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY TRUCKED I T AWAY.. . Prodded along by the subtle u rg ings of WOJX, the N J P C i n the f o r m of E d m u n d s ~ Tay lo r , Bohac, and Sampson a r r i v e d Sa tu rday fo r a v e r y ful l day of conferences , d i scuss ions , a n d loading of the some 1.500 pounds of equipment, r eco rds , and suppl ies tha t w e r e p a s s e d on t o the new Publication Commit tee . Following a week of sor t ing, packing, and cataloging by the BPC, we w e r e in a posit ion t o provide the N J P C with a f a i r ly good ove rv iew of the p r e s e n t club operat ion and position. S e v e r a l h o u r s w e r e spend in highly deta i led d i scuss ions of the in t r i cac ie s of f inances , p ro jec t planning, and the opera t ion of mai l ing s y s t e m and by about 2 a m the l a s t sl ightly dazed N J P C ' e r s depa r t ed into a driving r a in s t o r m (hopefully not a n omen, hi). . . According to ou r r e c o r d s , a l l o r d e r s f o r Logs . P a t t e r n Books, r ep r in t s , and s ta t ionery have been fi l led; l ikewise we brought t h e mai l ing s y s t e m up t o date by mai l ing r enewa l not ices effective t o October 1st . I t ' s ou r hope tha t th is ' l l provide the J e r s e y guys with a few days of breathing space t o ge t s e t up be fo re the weekly crunch hits.

GOODBYE FROM THE BOSTON PUBLISHING COMMITTEE.. . What can we s a y ? Af te r 162 i s s u e s of DX NEWS we find we've produced, a d d r e s s e d and ma i l ed a l m o s t 4 mi l l ion pages of DX NEWS; l icked ove r 140,000 postage s t amps ; produced and ma i l ed 3 Edi t ions of the Domes t i c Log in 4 pr in t ings , t he L a t i n A m e r i c a n Log, and the P a t t e r n Book. M a r k Katz h a s ma i l ed out m o r e than 25,000 pages of r e p r i n t s and a t l e a s t 4.000 sample copies have gone out o v e r the pr s t 5 y e a r s . Somet imes it w a s fun.. . Somet imes it ' got pre t ty g r im. . . But the B P C w o r k e r s hung toge the r through a l l the t r i a l s

and t r ibula t ions and we've got a whole baokshelf full of DX NEWS tha t p rove i t i s poss ible f o r a l o o s e l y s t r u c t u r e d g roup of volunteer w o r k e r s t o produce a

.weekly magaz ine i n t h e i r s p a r e t ime . . . T h e NRC r e q u i r e s two types of w o r k e r s t o function: t he sect ion ed i to r s and the background worke r s . The E d i t o r s have the significant advantage (and I speak f r o m exper i ence ) of having t h e i r signed handiwork show i n DX NEWS . e v e r y i s sue ; t h e f ac t t ha t a n E d i t o r ' s e f fo r t s s h o w week-after-week i s one r eason we have n e v e r had difficulty i n finding Ed i to r s . T h e work of the background HQ w o r k e r s (which often exceeds the t i m e inves t ed by the Ed i to r s ) - mail ing s a m p l e s , keeping the a d d r e s s s y s t e m s t ra ight , mai l ing DX NEWS, working with the p r i n t e r , etc. - f requent ly goes unnoticed and unappreciated. In ou r l a s t f ew l ines of B P C space we would l ike t o re in t roduce the w o r k e r s whose background e f f c r t s dur ing the p a s t 5 y e a r s have kept t h e NRC rolling along week a f t e r week and y e a r a f t e r yea r : Composition and Coordination: Big George Kelley, Rardy Kane, Cary Pal l . Our T r e a s u r e r s : Ray Moore and T o m Holme s. Mai l ing s y s t e m coordinators : Randy Kane, T o m H o l m e s , Chuck Rossier . Repr int manager : M a r k Katz. Publication worke r s : a l l of the above plus: B a r t Cronin, Stan M o r s s , P h i l Sullivan, Geoff Fox , H a l Robie, Greg Carr ington, Dan Kahn, Lynne P a l l , F r a n k Waldron, Bi l l Bai ley , Mark C o n n e l ~ , Ruth and Diane Nelson, H a r r i e t F e l l , J ack ie Ross i e r . John P i r n a t , G r a c e - Anne Stipe, Hank Slade, John L o m b a r d - with apologies to any we've overlooked. Two individuals d e s e r v e spec ia l mention: m y wife, Ruth Nelson, f o r to lera t ing t h e c lu t t e r and disrupt ion of sha r ing h e r home with NRC HQ a l l th is t inie; and o u r p r i n t e r , Mike Gers t e in , of COPYCOP whose good h u m o r and specia l e f f o r t s have been of ines t imab le a i d t o the NRC.

We wish the NJPC the b e s t of luck and will continue t o give t h e m the s a m e s o r t of cooperation they have given u s in the past . And now, back t o DX'ing.. .

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N?TES &c FROY TIE IVORTII JEHSY PUBCOMI?. . . . . . 3

The hJFC i s proud tn annnunce f o r those of you who were not i n attendence a t t he Boston Convention t h a t t he new t r e s su re r f o r the NJFC w i l l be Zohn Sampson. Johri has been a member ;f t he NRC f o r over 15 ysars, and has recent ly noved

1 t a ck Lo lvorth Jersey f r o n the South.

1 The t en ta t ive schedule f c r Volune tiLl c a l l s f o r our i n i t i a l i s m e t o be the masthead d ~ t e of k t o b e r 15, 1973. Edi tors now h v e the e n t i r e projected sched- u l e along with t h e i r 7 e q ; i ~ i t e deadlines. S t a r t ing a t t h a t ~ i a e , DX hews w i l l resane weekly cperat'_ons through April 1, 1974, with skip? f o r Thanksgiving, Christnas, and il; mid-r'ebruary, where, i n the Lortheast, s t l e a s t , we have t o work around o f f l c i a l holldnys f o r Lincoln's and 1.iashington1s airthdeys.

1bJFC i s a l so pleaced t o announce the former IDXD ed i to r 7505 "Foxy" Foxworth w i l l be handling r ep r in t orders f o r us. A l l o rders should be addressed t o the KJFC HI1 address l i s t e d a t t he bottom of t h i s psge, and proSally elsewhere ir. t h i s i s m e . ke w i l l process t.he orders and send anounts, &c t o r'axy, who

w i l l f i l l the orders. Log 6. Pat tern Bock orders w i l l be handled th ru HQ also.

Fceaking of the i42C LqG, we muat. -Innourice that. due t o 2n unexpected increase of ~ b o c t 1005 in the cos t of obtalning government information on U.S. and Can- edian changes from the FCC's contractor in mburbqn Ueshington ( see DDXD in DXL #30), we w i l l be forced t o increase the p r i ces of the IiRC GOMESTIC LOG by $1.00. Inasmuch a s the occuracy of the log i s dependent upon the t imely r ece ip t of s t a t ion data , we hope t h ~ t you w i l l agree with us tha t t h i s nominal

-5Rry. increase on a s t i l l bgrgain-priced item is nece-.

FOR THE FIRST NJFC ISS.m, we hope t o have another LX Jm)kTER,.and perhaps . a specia l f ea tu re or two, and a preliminary "Sta te of the h3C" message from

- B J R , wherein we w i l l a t t enp t t o l e t you know where we th;nk we a re , hi.

I4embers of the NJFC w i l l be t r ave l l ing t o Boston l a t e in September t o sssi-st i n the composition of , end more importantly, learn some of the p i t f a l l s and t r i c k s i n the compositioll of t h i s issue, t he l a s t B E DXK. We w i l l be re turning t o kor th Jersey some thousand or so pounds heavier ( the weight of t he NHC upon our shoulders, so t o speak) with logs, PBs, r ep r in t s , HQ supplies, membership f i l e s , kc, so PLEASE BE PATImT WITH US DmIIUG THE TdANSITII3N PERIOD, a s we w i l l be busi ly learning how best t o cope with our new r o l e s i n l i f e , and t ry ing t o

I discover the most expeditious means of deal ing with the vnrious HQ functiocs. THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE DELAYS in ordered materials, membership changes, and most of a l l correspondence ur.til n f t e r t h e f i r s t i ssue i s p.lt t o bed, and pro- bably continuing s b i t t he rea f t e r , so PLEASE BEAR NTH US.

AND Nth', Ti& EVENT YOU 'VE ALL BEEN WAITIEG FOX, HI, THE UIWEILIIU'G CF THE 1Ed NRC HQ ADDRESS:

---- IiATI'2IU'AL RADIC CLUB, B3X 127, BOONTON, K. 2. , 07005 -------- This locat ion, although it. m y look r b i t strange, i s the most convenient lo- ca t ion where we could obtain a F.C. Box of the yize needed, and with the access requirement? we need, and i t i s nearby t o both nyself and t o PT.

The new, o f f i c i a l kXC Hg phone numbers, e f f ec t ive about the time you read t h i s , w i l l be (201)-335-9182; and (201)-838-5721. Ei ther number w i l l get you in touch with N J P C , a s both w i l l be ar,suered i f there i s anyone hcme t o answer then. WE BEG IHDULGENCE CN o ~ E POINT: please do not c ~ l l HU a f t e r midnight or before 8:00 a.m., unless it i s on absclute emergency ! !

djE f o r KJE

JEFF FALCWER - BOX 63 - Clinton, ( h t a r i o - NCM - IILI Not much new t o r epo r t except l o t s of s t a t i c . I have heard a far

ones l a t e l y which i s unusual a s I am usually completely i m c t i v e during t h e Sum- mer. h r e n i w of 5/5 brou&t WGLE w/E!I' u ~ i n ; : c a l l s from mers . W?XR was o f f , of course. 5/28 brought WKPG fo r c a l l change (ex-WJ.\S), a s wel l a s t v o new ones on 1340 which I ~ h c u l d have . l a r d before, WUV Cmnd Rapids, and WILIT Philadelphia. I a l s o heard another graveyard- t h a t n ight , WKYG-1230. I have been r a l l y get- tirg gzavea rde r s l a t e l y a s WFZC-1400 m s heard 3:2%m 7/24. Ch 8/14 I gut WIITRV- 1550 w/f/c C 3:10 w/excellent sj+yal. Well, t ha t ' s about it fo r W. I 'n r e a l l y impressed with t h e new Domestic Log and would love t o see b y b t t e r n Sook when releesed. Recent ver ies : v/q- Wfil: v e r i e $2, WBKC WKMF WPCN KKD4 LFLO WFIZ KFBK WHEQ SFS. v/f- UI'Z W L B R CFCO EYL WPJD. Keep your ea r s peeled throush t h a t s t a t i c , ycu never knov h t you might hear. Best of Cummer DX t o a l l . &y- be see ycu i n BCGTQJ. 73.

BRL4N VEFiNCN - X)1 Furbjj S t r e e t - Kim-ipeg R3C ~ 3 6 - h n i t o b a J u s t a few l i n e s t o he lp compose a l a rge r btnsiqs section. I did

a b i t of DX i n Ehglsnd on my t r i p back the re , t h e recent mtch s i g n i w of t h e Stmusburg Treaty doesn't seem t o have been a b l e t o move K. Northsea or a new one t o me a t l e a s t R. Seagull- Tne l a t t e r b r a d c a s t s on t h e old O r o l i n e South f re- quencf lie?:, 259 meters. I t r LUs a r e John, Hugh, h d y znd Milks or X lk , sane- t h ing l i k e t h a t . Address t o wr i t e t o : DJs, Caroline Hcuse, The Hapue, H01Lmd. F o m t ranged f r m c l t o ac id rock, but mostly rr. Sked was 2100 t o 0050 Br i t i sh . Sumer Time (4pm t o midnight EI~P) and b r a d c a s t from t h e sh ip M i Plmigo. I can't add much e l s e a b w t logzings i n Fhzbnd - I l e f t my log there , hi. I found s m l l a r t i c l e s i n t h e magazine ' h c t i c a l Wireless" about medim wave l o ~ i ~ s , very he lp fu l back there. &ck here in t h e Jun-Jul-.%ug R. Sotrthern I-kni toba sked (CFAM . /CHSM) there ' s ment im of a new s t a t i o n being b u i l t i n Boissevain, Man. on 1220k. They hope t o have t h e s t a t i o n on t h e a i r ea r ly t h i s Autumn. Sked w i l l be a s CF.4M plus some l o c a l and a r e a programing. Recent ve r i e s from Thanpson, b.: CHSM WOO CJCA KLIZ CKX K X I J KPOE CHAT CFSL KSEl KGB CBR W E M . Frat Toronto: WIRE WEEN WAE WRIE, a l l very l a t e a r r iva l s ! I had some very usef'ul i n fo from KTOE, K<FI and semi-loosl ( i f you l i v e near ~ o r m t o ) WUSJ. The CE t h e r e sends a l l re- por ts around t h e s t a t i on . He wrote back t o say t h a t D3 k v e Peters w i l l s t a r t t ak ing speech lessons t o rake su re I'll get h i s mme ri&t, hi! Well, CX haven't been t o o good recent ly , s o no domestic IR t o report . I hope your typewri ter does- n ' t a e t ru s ty t he re , - a l l t h e bes t & 755.

JAMIS E. CR'ITcKETl' - 1103 North S t r e e t - Yreka, Chlifornia - 96097 As you were no t i f i ed , I was not a b l e t o s ee ycu (ERc) on 8/13

no r w i l l I be t h e r e 8/30, nor 9/2. Diabetic ;rouble while v i s i t i n j f r iends i n El- bow L k e , Minn. caused rqy hosp i t a l i za t ion f o r e i & t days. A t t h e recotmendation of t h e doctors I returned home, a r r i v i n g 8/18. My c m d i t i o n has about returned t o n o r m l , but I w i l l nu t a t t end t h e Convmtion. I am VP.? so r ry I wac not a b l e t o v i s i t ERC - I had looked f o m r c ' t o doing so. I hope a l l goes wel l a t t h e Conven- t ion . I wil:. read a b m t it i n fu tu re DX NEWSes. Best wished. CX have improved in my two weeks of absence. WNBC-660 ILkd c l ea r ly d 3:30am E T t h i s morninz, f o r t h e f i r s t t ime s ince moving here, and g iv ing me a t l e a s t one on aach frequency.

E. BRUCE REWOLIIj - Ebx 3082 - HQ Far & s t Network - A P O - San Rancisco , 96267 Hi. I ' m f i n a l l y back i n t h e know a f t e r nut receiving. W NEWS

fo r s w e m l u*s. It tu rns out t h e P.O. m s t o blame. They stamped one of qy bu l l e t i n s PO Discontinued" & thus I was n a t u l a l l y cu t off by H2. Three cheers for t h e P.O.! Regarding an item I noted i n one of npi mal..e-up t u l l e t i n c sayin3 k m - 1 4 5 0 i s bsck NU., they were indeed o f f completely, a t l e a s t f o r a while, a: I

in JoPlin l a s t June & they k d been s i l e n t abcut a week a t t h a t time. This i r qT last 1,lusine from Japan, a s by t h e t ime you read t h i s I ' l l be en route S t a t e s ide and heeded fo r c i v i l i a n s t a t u s once again. Please address a l l correspondence t o

addresg: Rwte 2, Warrenzburi:, Mo. m 9 3 . I hope t o ~ e t back t o m i n ~ a- & h i ~ e 1'11 be a b l e t o wel l :upport t h e n a r publishers, whomever tilej- m y be. ha t 1s off t o t h e current WC f o r f i v e y e r s of excel lent e f fo r t s . It ce r t a in ly hasn' t gone Unnoticed. 73.

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mm cOIJJ% - a 2 1 *in S t r e e t - St ra t fo rd , Connecticut - 064q I am leaving IWICC-600 t o accept a pos i t ion with t h e Associated

P rms i n Hartford. Good ness f o r N.Y. /~onn . DXers, WICC i s discontinuing .a op- e r a t i m & w i l l operate 5:30am-12pm beginnin3 i n September. This marks an end t o

2 1 years of .Gin;. HPW-950 discontinued :JI back i n i u m s t , & now s /o f f nifJl t ly g 1; t h i s was done a s a n econorq;. move. Let's h ~ p e t h e t rend of . IN & ITSF opera- t i o n i s be i rq reversed. In other r ad io news, WSUF-1580 Patchogue, L.I. which has been operating on low pcwer s ince 1/73 re turns t o t h e f u l l 10kw on Iabor b y . 41so on t h a t &;, WSUF switches t o c/w. Ckl 8/29 KCK-12X) kmden, Conn. n s o f f

f o r about a ha l f hour b e g i n n i q C 4:30pm; iJGI?Y Newbursh, Y1.Y. was coming i n with a f a i r s on1 & W / ~ J ~ S N Y nul led , GIZIB-1220 Providence could be heard weakly w / k l k & then c x G 4:45pm. F h r E c r i n t h e Summer, XTH3-lj20 Wineola, L.I. vas oPf 8s I was a h l e t o hear another s t a t i o n rn in t ly . I didn't ~ c t a pos i t i ve ID, but from t h e b a r i n g , I bel ieve it was WCRE: Chester, Fa. & 5OT 'IISLT Ocean City W.J. which night be expected because of watermth. Occasionally d u r i n ~ t h e Sumner I have daytime DXed t o cce &t I could hear ur.der l oca l s on poundwave. I dlscoverec!

it i s poss ib le t o n u l l WVNJ-629 & hear a s t a t i o n fa in t* under it t h a t plays rr. I suspect e i t h e r WVVi? or WHEN. About t h e fu r thes t t h a t c-n be heard m ,-round- wave i s WOBR-1530 W c h e s e , W.C. whlch can be heardw[~lJIl4 M.J . nulled. In t h e o ther c ' irectlon, i.;Ul%-930 N.H. caz be heard U/;,~FIH Pa. by t ime roundw wave DX i s in teres t i r .5 8 challenginc. I rarel;- i f w e r s ee L t ddiscusssed i n DX NmS. The

Yale 7B Get w i l l c m s i s t of i4ICC-600, w=-99 & W;Cj:J-159. It i s s t i l l not cer- t a t n whether :J?OP-1410 . d i l l Cake Y a 1 ~ t h i s :rear. KFMC-1560 has joined CBS. The FCC has bc:;un hearin; two appl ic%tionc i n t h i s area , one f o r R. Rldcefield, Inc. which seeks 850, l lw D-3, 8 one f o r ' )u imipiac Valleji L?rcadca:tinj, which seeks 8 3 , U w 5-3, n t idnllin;:ford, Co.n. The FCC i s ;o iw t o grant one o r t h e other, but not both. General &cad~3z t lnz , Yorktown Heizhts, 1J.Y. which had proposed 850, 250-3 .mr eropped i t s appl ica t ion . >;a:rne Count;. ? r c e d c a ~ t i ~ , 850, Hmes- dale, W. i s c t i l l pendin..;. I have t o vorl; Iabor &y i.l.'ekend. 73.

RCBERT Z. FISCHE:, - Box 9 - ITemrk, Delaware - 19711 E i i news he re i s I'il moviri; t o Fairbanks, Alaska, i n a few

weeks (aid-Sept.) t c t ake a new jab ns a i r poll,&!o3/fire weather forecas ter a t -

t h e :.'airbanks :!ather ofr'lce. I'll he Up North fo r a t l e a s t two ymrc . IISC LGi: &

V J zuides s h m onl;; '!ve locals i n Fairbanks a r ea - KF?~-c60 I(FE(E-90 KTZK-970, plus two \FEZ s t a t l onc on l3CO E149. Both '1.33'5 r t a t i onc run SOW. Next c loses t st3tiOn i s !.XLbmO, lo&, In 31;; Delta, about 70 miles t o SZ. Fairbanks h3s j u s t one 3.! cta t ion . Other than the re , daytime d i a l s my have s l i n plckinzc a s Fai - - bankc I s enclosed by ncuntains i n a l l d i rec t ions cxccpt a 450 sec to r t o t h e ;.l. 2 t l a s rap- Zndlcate .lnchora;e s t a t i o n s ma;. be wel l blocked out eurin& daytime. 1:i~htt irne DX m y be in teres t in- ; with J a ~ n e s e a:ld I7ussi1n s tx t ions zood poscibil- itLee. RXes ~o in : rlp w i l l ge t h e 9PF-4 and SM-2 antenna. and l w i r e , and a s m l l :;or.;- \M-FM portable. I l s o a a r r ad io In my Vr: bu:. I ~ronder i i 'nnyone in X3C has ever ilXcd Zrm thLs a r e 3 P; i f ' 2 0 what they heard most of t h e t ime?

K1SRV I ! IYE - 3 H a r y S t r e e t - \ . l i lkes-brre , Pennsylmni l - 18702 I Ifere i s mg hst tlusirq fYom t h i s area. I ' m w r i t in,: t h i c time about ' two exeepii-1 U days, 8/29-30. The 29th f e a t w e d m unusual :unncr openin;

i n t o t h e lower prt of t h e 5and. The 30th an a s t e r n K.Y. s t a t e mid%ftern30n Op- ening! e/29, 'Ln Foconos: It s t a r t e d around 61x0 when my fa the r had \.nIYT;-730 on h i s vlnta;e 1950-or-so RCA t ab l e top LX. The s t a t i o n b e s n t o su f f e r fad in^ dis - t o r t i on . q t 5:52 I tuned i n & disco,!vered ~~514-740 N.Y. M i c h was fady a t f i r s t then excellent. I jurrped d m . t o 730 & found UZCZ: bh.bsc. about even w / ~ I \ E : C 7pn- 7:l l , :.iIJx-540 K.Y. IIow t h a t ' s an t ~ u s t r a r i t y ! By 7345 :;,ICZ was s o dominant t h a t iflI,~K m s completely inaudible! 8prc s,/off of sRI.:K, t h m 'ii\CX, & f i n z l l y a weaker VPIF:. %?ore t h a t uiy f a the r who has l i c t e n i x t o h i s f avo r i t e bX7K out on t h e back porch swltched t o ;.ICEi3-8% i n dis,ust of t h e "poor" CX. I joined him l a t e r & bel ieve I h e n d WRFP~BO comin~ i n w/rr. %t 's nut t o o common i n Sumcr e i t he r? 8/30- It s tn r t ed t h i s time when I noted bi7.~:-1510 way o/;llW (: 4pm or so. N o w t h a t ' s odt wven i n idinter. BePore I knew ~t MS happen?n,- I was pr>ductive- ly DXin;: on a Sumner arternoon! 4:57pn! WTm-1520 1I.Y. i n very s t r q o/usual HCHE w / l i KC. 5:05, 'd?LV-1370 N.Y. fady. 5:10, limN Pa. & WCRV 11.J.-1580 f i f t i n s . SCRV i s t h e us ia l . I can't i i z u r e t h a t m e out. 5:17, WICER-15OC 00- J. u fk l l e t i n B a r d in good. 5:23, ~~:JR-1430 o/usual M ~ E . k \ ~ n t 1 @ 0 WCM-1480 WWX-1380 51.2D -1280 a l l i n a t n i&t t ime l eve l s E 5:hOpm. 5:49, ~Dl.I-142C Feckski l l N.Y. i n very

6 strong and a newie. By SSS, t h b g s were cookinc a l l over. WFl43-129 5. ve2y strong w / r r g 7:n. 7:30r WCCC-129 C m . new. 8:13, WOFlJ-1110 Seneca Falls, N. Y. new. 4150 on 1110 playing old timers C? 8:15, WNZR off, by 8:30 s/off time, W B T faded in so tha t was quelched. I added sevem stat ions these two days which ain ' t too bad! I hope s l o t of you other Wers got in on these unusllal openinzs. Total, 508 heard. FX, Zenith Trans-Oceanic, '66 tcodel. Next report f r o m Ehlti- more. Have a good Winter season, a l l !

GR4Y SCRlMGECUR - 2338 Woodbnd Drive - Vancower 12, British Coluubi3 CX have been spotty (i-e., li-ke a d q some ni&ts, h i ) but there

have been a few DU o p e n i w ~ on weekdays mostlg-. 8/9- CBC on &'Ok c srn EDT U/CFPR (not // a f t e r 3:03amj must be CBUE i n Hope. Heard several times since, too. 8/11- cKBX-1240 U / C K ~ with spots f o r Quesnel and the a r iboo . I t ~ m i i a n s KGU-760 & KO-650 in @ 4:1%m Tmga-lOX, even w / K ~ , & 1E-W frorr 4:35 t o %m (six p l s heard on the hourj. 8/12- MS4-1080 clear B 4:30am; WqR-6@ heard Q 4:37an w 4 9 s t A n MI 8/13. ICFQE-750 w/religious promm C 2:81 EP. Neither 9laskan heard since. IEQ-1350 E 3am //-CBUE-8& but a;'ter NX, p& //- CBU-69. I t ' s CBRU-1350 i n Squamish, heard during the d a y t i ~ e *ile d r i v i w t o Pembcrtm, where CBXK-U~ gets out a l l of four miles. The mountains here i n B.C. mke m s essent ial for onny isolated t-s. HNL on both 8/15 & 8/16. 8/16- ICZW-13bO (~-.4+e-N) w/~ood mx after 4am. MM 8 / ~ - KUDL1450 w/f/c d 31m. KO3L & 1YZ both in. 8/22- KFYR-55C I? 3:30am, RX, for f i r s t s ta t ion IDed U/K!RI. 8/23- S~ems Auroral, w/only Cniuzo being heard t o the E. EIo NYC, Boston, o r ml. 8/24- ICIIIt1590 3:O'j'am s/off U/KULRI. HNL, & few eastern ztations. 8125- DU stat ions good. TOW-1020 a l l alone @ 3:lOam; Hawaiians on 830 & 870 about ev- en W/WCCO & WWL. 880 had acaentcd EE & c l m from 4:05 t o 4:4am, r o presumed t o

, be 1YC. ~alavs-844 g o ~ d , & 1YZ-860 in. SM & 8/26-27 were bbh. I should have gone t o bed. Feu DUs, & no new stations. There have been no lsians heard yet. Tots1 s t a t i m s nov 184, plus a l o t more spurs of Vancouver stations I k d . WX here fias been ideal since we came a t the end of June. Drou*t conditions a r e - r a r e in ~anccuver! (bly two daus of ra in in two months. B e s t t o everyone.

BRUCE WINKEWiN - Ap lachian Regioml Hospital - Nan, West Virginia - 25635 8FS I m g time, no Muse, so here Zces. Please note t h e new ad- dress above. I graduated from t h e U. of Iransas w/a BS i n phanmcy in k y , passed the Kansas licensing exan i n lhy a s well 8; promptly moved t o W.Va. I w i l l be takine the W. Va. licensing exam 9/17-18. I am currently employed a t thc ::3s?:<.n! r s a phanmcy intern u n t i l I m s s the vxam. mou& of tllet - on t o RX. site interest ing t o IX here - much differant from Kansas! New lo,? r t ~ r b e d - up t o 236 s tat ions l o a e d , mostly locals, clears, dmil]il:ks, &c. Ecwever some interestirqc; things have been heard. 7/'19- \lG.n;Ix-lflO W/D/SSB 8:58p; WCRtlS70 w/s/off ID/ SSB & 9 ccinplctely i n the clear a f t e r the res t had s/off. 7/27- NI-1110 W / ~ ~ O - rno for new studio, then s/off F 9:30. 6 / 1 9 KFIJF-920 - I thir?k I a u & t an ID i n a NX remote l2:58am but tha t vas a l l a s WGST m s real ly ~ i v i n , c problem, so not l o ~ e d . b& kin@;dm for a recorder, hi. 8/X,- WVM;-1440 w/f/c 12:36am completely covering the frequency W/DI d S-9 plus20 w/very 3equent I=. WMIR-1550 W/TT here l:l%m, on/off intermittantly t o I D 6 1:24 in the clear; W'i4Y-1550 here W /

WMlR t e s t w / t y p i a l rr DJ; Wm-592 a t a good level w/ad for rock concert l:kjam, good t o hear t h i s one as a t least I know tha t tha t WI-t of t h e country i s possihle from here i n t h e mountains. 8/25- I.EEG1570 d 8:30pm w / l ~ / p r w o i n the mix of SSB /1Lk/1m etc. a t t h i s time; WOICZ-1570 s/off 8:59pm widefinite TD heard twice i n the clear. 8/%- CFGM-1310 W / P S ~ , ,,for " ~ i g b o t h e r " program 1:5bm, I D G 1i156. 8/28- 'flat49 W/ID, s/off "Dixie 8:38-8:30pm, slogan i s "Volce of Dixle. Hor - izon blockage a problem here - biz mountain 3M)' t o the 'vl of here, s l s o mucho el- ec t r ica l noise from color TVs/tr-nsforner located neerby. Congats t o the newly formed N n C and the new editors, Wes & Slan. I ' m sure they ' l l do a gat job - in the NRC t h d i t i o n . &st 20 More later , 732, good W and a l l that .

THTS IS THE IAST ISSUE HINDU;. 51 THE BPC. WE K z I L TI^ FOX :.. T ~ E ~ I B I D ~ JOB, .?liD IT XIS BEEN .4 REtL PX&ZL;URE 4IJD HalOR TO H:VE WOFKED W l W 'I'Im,l FOR TEZ FIVE YCjK;. . m D HZIL TO THE N ~ C uw, ~ l g D WE HOFE T I C Q ~ I I W E TE FINE RLUTI~GHP WITH P I m E m!. .UiD DO CUPPORT 'MJsINGS OF THE FZMBmj " A5 OF YGRE, MI3EiERS!

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Km ONYSCMJK - 12934 P a ~ e C a r t - Blue Island, I l l i n o i s - 60406 My mother-in-law's family went back t o Wales for a three week va-

cation i n l a t e July t o mid-August so I dXed i n t h e i r CBk Iawn home. (Xlly thing t o report was an unexpected daytime Csmdian, 8/5, ~ ~ ~ 0 4 3 0 Chattam, Ont. in KXCK n u l l from 11:35am-l2:05pm. Signal was s u r p r i s i q l y clear fo r midday. Their MoR sounded bet ter than KXCK's rr anyway. I got a l e t t e r from Gary, Ind. 's Rick Zvans m r l i e r tha t week advising me of an IBC,I Convention i n local Hammond, so I gave John Zondlo a t WYCI-FM i n Hamrnond a c a l l as Rick mentioned John's number i n h i s l e t t e r . I had a sood t i n e a t the studio & had an even bet ter time a t my f i r s t radio club conventi.on. Unfortunately my time wasn't a s available as I desired so I MS only ab le t o attend P i d a y night & Sat. afternoon & night 8/12. I m e t some great DXers and shared some t e r r i f i c info. They seemed t o real ly be inter- ested in ny NRC Kight h t t e r n Book. I certainly look forward t o znother cmven- t i m when I have l i t t l e more free time. A re-intro - I just turned 25, rmrried, w/a seven-week-old son and am a cabinet assembler a t Coe Isbozatories i n Akip, just 2.;- a i l e s from home. I had t o get two different baby s i t t e r c uring the convention since I couldn't take rpi baby boy with me. Howwerflde i s an in- crease in female convention attenders my wife my be a lit more willing toeome. bQ nearest vacation date i n next . lpril , probably t o Pittsburgh. I would l ike t o attend more conventions but my wife, not tha t DX-conscious, has other idens for vacations. ( ~ i k e Pittsburgh??? -kW) I w i l l have more dope in future l e t t e r s . I ' m looking f o m r d t o a cha l leq~ine DX season. 73.

TIM =OOT - 34 Cross Street - 'rieston, Ontario - MW - 2B9 UnusUa1l.y hot weather dur iw the f i r s t week of September made DXing

very uncomfortable, but I am now preprrred for a plent i ful IX season. In the SUE- mer I bought a Realistic W-1504 RX. I know t h i s se t has received some unfavom-- b le publicity, but none of the criticisms seer. t o apply t o t h i s particular set. Mine i s very select ive and quite sensi t ive a s well. It brings i n CBEF-540, WGY- 810, WEE-1500, plus several d i f f i cu l t semi-locals a t hizh noon. This season my g a l w i l l again be W.l~E-15&, rqy mostlsanted station. When C E S moves t o 1600 .

they should become audible (actually I am pretty sure t h i s i s t h e QRM on CRRS days). DX so far: 9/3- \INST-1.600, 7:@-8:O~am, nice signal. 9/8- wW~-1140, 9:11-9:3&m, now a daytime regular. GJa~-860 now IDS for i t s IPRTs, but just, m e a t each I D , i.e. ' h d i o Qnada .a Tormto CJBC-BCO, a Blind River, CBEJ-1010. So IMng those IPRTs rni;;ht be easler now. 73.

ElWEST R. COOm7 - 438 East 21 Street - Brooklyn, New York - 11226 h e nide acd s o d a unexpected v/ l , HJKX-1370, R. Mundial, i n

Bogota, a 1 kw gooGie, fo r 36th Colombian i n the books. Cklly m e new addie, and that ' s ZNS~-1060, on M-5 9/10 6 2-2:30 with WHN-1050 off, and a l so apparently so was PJRP-JO~O, and the only interference was the Qs t ro i te with c l mx on 1060. This i s a weak one, boys, so don't think they ' l l be a pushover t o log! Well, my Convention and vacation plans were shattered one day before depsrture & t e for Eoston when ny mother f e l l e t hane, victkm of the excessive heat and humidity we had had for about a weck. She fractured the 12th vertabra, and injured her whole system, and a t 82, tha t i s nut good. 9t t h i s wi-itiw she i s i n her 15th day i n t h e hospital. So, I have held q nine vacation days for l a t e r use. I ' d l ike t o use some cplce here t o express q hearfel t thanks t o the Boston-area boys who d i d so ~ u c h for NElC i n t h i s l as t half-decade. Without t h e i r extremely valuable ef- :orbs, there probably would nut be an IJRC to&y! IIice work, a l l of ycu, wen i f we didn't a lmys see eye-to-eye on every thin^! ITcrw, Bostoniar?s, le t ' s hear from you as t o your DXing, now t h a t you're o ~ t from under! ~ u e e ? And, here's best wishes for success t o t h e New Jersey lads who a r e n m taking t h i s monumental job upon themselves. T I those who dm't know these fellows, l e t me assure ycU the NRC i s i n good hands! These a re earnest, hard-working, and NRC-lwl'r~g f ine DX2rs and gentlemen - I urge everybo* t o give them lW of y m r support u n t i l they prove unworbhy of it, and th i s , l e t me assure you, w i l l never happen! I a l s o want t o ask evenbod;' t o come back t o Musiws. I think you'll find your words ~ e t t i q out ?'aster i n Volume 41, and 1 am hop in^: t o win back scae of the ~ u y s who didn't write i n l a s t year. EW. please t r y t o concise it up a l i t t l e , w i l l ycu, fe l l as? Spsce could be a t a premium. :lso keep sending in your v/s, and I ;lave a lot Of them here now, but with my work and v i s i t i w the hospi tal w e r j nizht, time just has not pernitted me t o se t up a v/s psee or two. Please bear with me, and the nex deadline for MUSINGS w i l l be Thursday, October 4!

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JIM P6EEU - 949 Queens Drive - Yardley, Pennsylvanh - 1906,7 & s ince re thanks t o whomever m d e t h e f i n a l decis ion t h a t I should

get DDXD AwarB - you cnn i m g i n e rq,~ s u r p r i s e when I cal led Fhge m y l o r t o inform hi111 of R. Free America frequent: (692k) 81 found cut I m s t h e winner - but t o give c r e d i t where c r e d i t i s due, I extend thnnks t o Joe Fela, Ir'es Bqd, I sve Schmidt, 'I'm Smdstrom, ERC, & Page Taylor - I would never even have come c lose were it not f o r t h i s f i n e ~ o u p of s en io r me=. I n filct, I uouldn't have joined i f it wasn't f o r Wes Sr Joe! Thnks! m: 8/22- KRVN-880 i n we l l 9:30pm, KSOC- 1140 9:25pm. 8/23- I(RGI-1430 r / c i n 2:053n, IQUI-1560 s /o f f 8:58pn, Pr TIJC-675 f o r taped repor t ll:30pm. 8/24- m ~ d - 1 4 7 0 s / o f f j u s t a f t e r WJDY C 8pn. 8 / 2 6 ~ ~ - WAFI-1560 a t o p t h e r e 6:17, & M - 8 0 0 ( l oca l ) s/on l a t e W/XR t rouble , s o we had WZ;\D Cmn. i n a lone W/MOR. Mf4 8/27- Tenta t ive WGR-15s 7 9 2:33, unID Venezuelan m 1023 12:30-1 fadeout - who i s he, EIIC? ( ~ h e r e ' r e t h r e e of 'em on 1023, Jim - a t t h a t hour, I r e a l b don't kncw which me! -WC) WKm-1550 (ex-WBZZ) w/ET f3 3 :30, ws3-1060 f i n a l & heard //-1540, do they n u l l t o protec t K N , Ran S c b t z ? WJDY-1470 r / c 5, & possSble kTIt5-14&3 r f c 6 5:30. M- KLTI-1550 Ma. s / o f f ~ i v i n ~ WGXR a b a t t l e 9:13 m. 'R. en sac ion" was i n on 8X) I assume t h i s t o be YiW per T r a e r report . 8h- WWS-1150 a top 3:2pm, Es-655 i n wol l 11:13pm, W i E - 6 9 b e fore pa t t e rn change 8pm. 8/29- {nm br inzs W - 9 9 0 s/on u/WIEG, then SICEF-I050 s /of f 8:29pm, WETI-1580 s /of f 9. 8/30- wCJli-1140 ufi2V.4 6:30am, k.Wl-1590 ./off 9:Ol. 8/31- WW-550 7:55pm, Va\-800 s /o f f 8:14, WFW-1390 8:23-8:?0 w/tape copy of a l l announcements (we a l l know what happens t o MRCers who send poor re- por ts t o s t a t i o n s i n ~ o u n ~ s t m ! ) hCLZ-963 a l l alone w / ~ f o r t roub le w/water supply @ 8:48pn. 9/1- WBZG-1170 E?:k 3:55am. 9/3- WCBI-1140 El' l2:4Oam, KKJP! 1550 noted AN f o r J e r r y Lewis Telethon, CJCT-630 a top 2:3O, w f i U 3 0 a lone 1:30, was W H 6 of f , o r was apt. Clotz del iver ing peper t o cur new DDXD ed.? F i m l l y , CBY-W b l a s t i n g amjr f o r Nfld. & t? 4:30 s/on w/740/&3/5b0 Ilflds. a l l in. 9/4- Looking f o r Wm-600, 6:03 brings s/on of WV.ZR W.Va. 9/5- WCR-8iO r / c 5:55am, & WFRM-600 f i n a l l y s/on (95. That wraps it up- watch 692 f o r R. Free America.'

RaJ4I.D F. SCIIATZ - 510 N.E. 158 S t r e e t - North M i a m i Beach, Florida - 33162 ~C305-945-4915. W e t h a t rat race; I cculdn't even get t h e

weekend off t o a t t end t h e &abridge Convention! I hope a l l had a eood t ime up there. Please nute my new address and phone, and t h a t ti* w i l l permit me t o an- swer N O mail except from close f r i ends & o f f i c i a l business, s o t r y ca l l i ng a t a r easomble hcur - thanks. Well, t h e hhamas were independent a s of 7/10, by: t h e ZNS c a l l s a r e s t i l l i n use, even on f r e sh ly recorded b I B . Wd-840, o r 'k , has increased power t o a t l e a s t 50kw. MCI-823 has weakened mince i t s mwe from 830. 820, by t h e way, i s McIntyre's bes t be t f o r RF1, s o watch t h a t a r ea closely. lccording t o "&cadcasting" l o c a l WCM>l223 has c b w e d c a l l s t o :lEl'O, then t o war?, supposedly i n r eac t ion t o 04, Productions, a l oca l Cuban reco .ding s tud io which amed t h e o r i g i n a l (34; i n H-ibana (now R. ~ i b m c i o n ) . Whatevor t h e scan&l WCM; has N d changed c a l l s nor w i l l it. Locaj; " & ~ n Padio" VmI-1450 i s now 24 hours i n SS, but keeps t h e EE,slo,pn & plays good mx. For you SKers , WRIZ- 1550 w i l l run a l l SS soon a s hd iocen t ro . " 0.r respects and bes t wizhes go t o Russ & Page f o r volunteering t o handle an inmense and thankless Job with so l e ly s p i r i t u a l reward. They have !q obedience and support, & I hope yours. Please d m ' t bother them with s e l f i s h & p e r s o m l nn t t e r s and problems.

Hopefully conin;, soon t o DX NBrlS, plans f o r b u i l d i w thi? WI-2! 73 & bes t of luck f o r t h e new season ahead.

F;Q: MUSCO - 16 m e s t r u t Drive - $indeor, Connecticut - 06095 How much did Rwg get tht case of Dr. Pepper f o r ? iJk?r. I asked t h e

c l e rk i f t ~ e pool was on t h e roof, he r a i 3 nc, t h e s i p :z. I f you didn' t .~-!<e Peant- - you missed somethin,. Lice medin2 Face, Iiuss, .XI ZE, GR: aaLn. IIX kis been ex i s t an t , t o w i t : 9/2- LNIJJ 8: MLE heard between 9 & lip, one or b7th cf then w/cl nx. IviWP p i r t k l l y nulled t o ze t t hese two. 9/3- F/C from w3~7-l4ca 12:30-E:~O end, i n t h e c l e a r a f t e r WIXC'S s /of f . 0/8- kin; ; a lit- t l e l i s t en in& before z o i q t o work a c:u!,le of hoursc~sr lg- ne t t ed l ~ z ~ - 1 5 8 0 ask-

for repor ts on t h e i r t e s t 5:05-j:07an. lnnouncer ro:d 'IT E mx were played. Then to 003 for t h e old t r y Tcr 'm but a s u s u ~ l nothin: t he re from b i n e but a zoodie i n CFCH 5:18-5:22 w/p-ornoe, zpots, Pr c/w mx. F i r s t new h m d i a n hmrd s ince 3/12. Anyone i n Fhrtern Phzr. know WT;T'S z/on t ime? Sane ver ies : PP/C: W Z I U wan{. v / l - WXI r rcw vssc WBCB & I-ISKI. v / r - WIRV. 73.

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CEIRLFL W - 34 Garrison >.venue - Leamin@on, CMtario - N8H 2P2 ERC, I ho e i t ' s okay t o s i w l e - s w c e a postcard. (yes, you a l -

most hsve t o , hi! -EX!$ I haven't reported i n f o r about s i x months s o I won't l i s t a l l DX, but I do have a few c h a ~ e s t o report . Call changes: ~BUK-15f3 (ex -.~TPs) heard 6/30 Q 2:OTarn emding CT; WCLiZ-1230 (ex-VJEF) W/CE NX 7/18 4 a m so it': probably .lN. Ilex s t a t i ons8 VTIT-1110 Pikevi l le , Tenn. :Xi on 3/17 w/flood repcr ts ; !?SUM-1000 hm, 0. El'/CC 4/15 W/ID E b m , n a m RS. WBLB-1510 Pulaski Vs. m/mx on 5/14 W/ID 6 2:13am; KY'IM-1060 Silmer, Tex. religious mx 5/28 .AN; XlCST-1%30 t l i l ton W.Va. E ~ / o c / w 6/2 W/ID Q 2:Olam. .ZN s i t ua t ion : WERE-1300 0. now seems t o hzve a regular MM SP from 1:15 t o 5; WE2lS-11& 0. has a shor t MM SP from 1-1:30 approximtely , and on 7/23 WTAZ &id a MM SP from 2-5am. W E EPs have been SMs i n t h e past. W X A noted running -43 w/VT.\Z off , s o i s probably AN-7.

WVE SCHbIIIIT - 8 B l l e y Terrace - 'ipt. 9 - WiLmlngLon, &lavare - 19802 Greetings! It m e gaod t o s ee Joe Fela & J i m Poterba a t Joe's on

7/5. Recent ver ies t o repor t : v / ~ ~ c - WY-1320 WBVM-1550. v/c- WGTC-1370, and v / l , WVS-1470 (ex-jlFG~).~ost recent IX i s W-1460 1:53-2:Okm on 7/16. 7/22- ~JLIs-1423 6-3:14am, and t h e lonx- scu~h t wV~-1430 on 7/23 8:32-8:Wp. WVCH-740 has joined t h e 2BC Si net , XIIM-1450 i s now completeb UPI audio EX, w / ~ u t u a l be- ing dropped completely. I s it r e a l l y t r u e Stan Morss has Dr . Pepper bo t t l e s f o r i n su l a to r s on h i s longwire? -d8! Dr. Pepper s tock must be doing well.' Sorry t o say I won't be a b l e t o m k e t h e Convention t h i s year. Better send me t h a t b o t t l e , Stan, hi!

THCMiS R. ClJlIDSTRCM - Box 235 - jlillingboro, mew Jersey - 08046~ichard Wayman Jr. Richard Waymn Jr. of V i l l a Park, I11 asks some questions

about t h e Rea l i s t i c DX-l5OB and t h e jlorcester SM-2, i n t h e 7/11/73 DX NENS (re- ceived 7/30!) Frankly, I l i k e my DX-1502 a s f a r a s it goes and given t h e p r i ce of new equipment to&y I th ink I t ' s a r ea somble t l adeo f f f o r qual i ty received. It should be noted t h n t I cannot use my SM-2 with my DX-150A, and I bel ieve t h i s wculd be t r u e with any loop on any of t h e DX-150 se r i e s . The DX-150A has a fer - r i t e loopstick wired i n band 9, t h e standard ECB. Zs such, any n u l l s a r e blunted by t h e mi pickup (well, almost.') of t h e loopstick. I ' ve not yet bothered t o dig i n t o t h e W-1504 t o remwe t h e loopstick, but it does not appear t o be a mj- g r job judging by t h e s chemt i c . Waymn would have t o undertake t h a t job i f he were t o u se t h e DX-15OB with a Space b g n e t . And a s l o w a s he has t h e RX opened up he ought t o add t h e t ape recorder jack t o t h e hot s ide of t h e volume control . Couldn't cost more than 30#. Inc identa l ly , Padio Shack corporate headquarters i n Texas can su%ly s e m i c e manuals f o r t h e DX-150 se r i e s ; f o r t h e IX-1pA it %as catalo:, r$Z3-1j0 4 $1.20 i n c l u d w postage ( they ' l l invoice you). I t ' s a worth- while expenditure f o r t h e booklet; de t a i l ed pa r t s l i s t and component values, easy -to-read schemt i c , d i a l cord s t r i q i n g d i rec t ions , alignment de t a i l s , etc. 73.

KEITH BIRILNMIIR - Route 2 - Box 20 - Elkhorn, Wiscmsin - 53121 Here i s a question t o kick around for a while, and which might

even net some s u p p r t f o r Musings, h i . The question i s : What a r e t h e merits of m i x ? Now, I ' m not t a l k i n g about enjoyment - i f you're reading t h i s , you a l l knov a l l abcut t ha t . I ' m t a l k i w a b h t f i nanc ia l o r other merits. In my own case, f inancia l ly , I am poorer, but have a l o t , and t h i s i s a course not t a u ~ h t a t school, h i . I consider it a s m l l p r i ce f o r t h e knowledge, but I would l i k e t o see others comment on t h i s . U n t i l then, i f I don't kee l over from s l eep le s s nights and exhausting days, 73s.

RICHiRD WOW - 7410 Scuth 127th - Skyway, SIashin@on - 98178 Jus t a quickie t h i s go-round. 1've been l i s t e n i n s t o 550 f o r t h e

l a s t couple of nights because i t ' s been a mystery frequency. KQ'iC-550 Conrall is , Ore. domimtes when they ' re on, but w-ien they ' re of f , reception depends on t h e Aurora. *en i t ' s low, CKPG Prince Georee, E.C. i s on top. When i t ' s hizher, t h e E i s on top. K9Q.I usual ly domimtes, but sometimes I th ink WYR, Bismarck, N.D. i s under t h e r e and others under that! CX t o o bad t o get any IDS l- t h e weak ones thou*. Would it be poss ib le f o r anyone t o s e t up TESTS w / ~ ; & 1 4 ~ 0 m e m n , & W ~ - 9 6 0 , Bsker, Mont.7 ERC? (HW a b w t RIl? -EX) Was the re an i s - sue of IX NEMS pr in ted between 5/23 and 7/11? Of so, t h e P.0. ripped mine off, hi . Thanks f o r t h e apce, ERC. 73.

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Greetings. Since t h i s i s f i r s t ed i t ion of IDXD I guess a brief in t roduct ion is i n order f o r those who don ' t know me. I ' m 33, s i n g l e and work f o r t h e Post Office a s a Route Examiner. I f i r s t joined t h e NRC i n 1958 the same year I s t a r t e d ser ious DXing. muipment i n use includes a HQ-18OA, HGl29X and SPR-4. Antennas used a r e a modified 35" NRC loop and a SH-2. Tota ls , f o r those who care about such th ings a r e 1,421 ve r i e s from 87 countries. No major changes

a r e d e f i n i t e l y planned a t t h e moment s o keep r e p o r t i v a s you have previously, Conditions continue t o be very poor and the re i s n ' t much mater ia l on hand. Here i s what has been received thru Saturday, September 15.

Report from Spain-Gregg A. Calkin-Flnbajada d e l Canada-Apt. 587-Wdrid-1, Spain

5L8 - CLAND&TINE;/ALCERIA-A Voz da Liberdade, quasi-clandestine Portuguese program v i a Oran a t 0020 tune; a n d a y s only and // 890.

557 - INTEXNATIONAL WATERS-Radio Veronica, with pop music announced i n Dutch a t 0130 tune. QRH from IBA te s t ing . ENGIAND-IBA/L~~~o~ t e s t i n g wi th l i g h t music and c l e a r I D , 0131.

566 - EIRGAthlone, news, weather and s /off with anthem a t 2250. Good level .

620 - CANARY ISUNDSRNE Tenerife , good from 0102 7/15 a f t e r Vila Real s /off . 719 - ENGIAWIBA London a l s o t e s t i n g t h i s f req . With music and I D ; noted

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0145 tune and a t b e t t e r l e v e l than 557. 728 - SPAIN-R. Peninsula de Camp de Gibra l tar last heard here 6/26. Now on

1007 s ince 6/28. R. Peninsula de Wlaga, formerly 1007 is now on 728. 773 - EGYPT-Cairo-Abis I with Arabic music a t 0311. In the c l ea r but weak.

. 791 - GUB2&VOA Kavalla I, VOA s ignature tune and ID 0245. Fai r level. 980 -BRAZILbdio Nacional, Rio, Portuguese announced music, time check and

c l ea r I D 0331. Signal i n t h e c l e a r and no QRK. Unbelieveable!

989 - GJGMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIGRIAS Ber l in-Bi tz , German music // 6005 shor t wave. Good a t 0340.

1007 - SPAIN-See 728 r e switch. 1050 - CANAM-CHUM Toronto, neus, spots and c l ea r mention of Chum with time

check G W -L a t 0422 7/22. Clearly readable. U*WHN, NYC, br ief fade over CHUM a t 0406 with c l e a r I D & music. 7/22.

1070 - CANADA-CBA Moncton a t 0250 with Antholog, CBC I D 0300 and nat ional and Maritime neus and weather. 7/22.

- AZEIJTIHA-R. EL Nndo, LR1, k e n o s Aires, SS programming, ads f o r t h e Banco Social de Cordoba, f a i r l e v e l a t 0309 B%% CBA. - PORTUGUESE GUINFA-Bissau, g u i t a r music, ID i n PP 0100. Poor.

1180 - BRAZILR. Clobo, ZyD65, Ftio, sambas 0351 7/22 and c l ea r I D a t 0355. 1187 - INTERN&TIONAL WATERS-R. Seagull with l i g h t music a t 0230 tune; 13 a t

0301, "You a r e l i s t e n i n g t o Radio Seagull on 259 meters on your radio d i a l thingt1 (!) k s i c t o 0400 s/off. This i s on board the " M i Anclgo" according t o c a l l t o Caroline House i n The Hague. Sked i s announced a s

2000-0400 CUT dai ly . - HiW€jAfl-Szolnok with IS, anthem and s/on 0325. Weak t o poor.

1205 - p~~~ND-Krakow/~zeszow with news on Watergate i n Polish a t 0233 tune, // 1259 which was heard bu t weaker.

1250 - LIBYA-Pipoli, radio play i n AA with AA music a t 2315 tune. 1280 - BRAZILR. Tupi, Rio weak i n PP with m s i c and ID OGOO 7/22. l s l n - I I . U - W ~ b s t o n a t good l e v e l a t 0212 tune 7/22 with ad f o r f r i s b e e - , . - - -. . . . - -

competition on & s t i n Common. . .

1540 - INTEWATIONAL WAT!2XSVoice of P a c e , f a i r l e v e l 8/2 with AA programming a t 2015 tune; het from DIP 1538. B g l i s h program begins a t 2130 d a i l y

u n t i l 2300 CYlT s/off. 1546 - ENGLAGR. Br i s to l , l oca l ID and Radio lko news a t 21W. Fair l e v e l

and dominates channel here with Vinnitsa under.

Gregg a l s o reports veries from 19 s t a t i o n s including 11 Spainiards, Andorra 701 and 818, OR^ 710 and 719, Saar - 1421, CBA-1070 and two Br i t i sh locals , bndon 1457 and Br i s to l on 1 5 ~ . We look forward t o more repor ts from Spain.

13 655 - EL SALVADOR-YSS, R. Nacional doing well 9/11 O412+ w/classical music and

occasional SS eas) l i s t en ing m s i c . Steady Sic, some WSt.; slop. (RF-Ohio) 945 - HCNDUMSHRYW, H. Panamerica, Teccigalpa a su rp r i se on 9/10 0503-0520.

Q p i c a l SS mx, ID O 0512 & 0518. Had YL ancr (what a voice, sigh!). Sig mostly steady and f a i r l y s t rong with one o r two fades l a s t i n g 30 seconds each. WRfi l i s t s t h i s on 95C - n w f req o r d r i f t ? (RF-Ohic)

998 - RHOIjBIA-Station here i s i n Gvelo, heard i n South Africa. (DSWCI v i a RJE) 1OOO - BRAZIL-PRB9, R. Record, assumed t o be the one hrd hcre i n PP, YX 7/23 a t

0815. Very weak and i n s t a t i c . S t i l l noted a t Oe35. (JO-0nt) 11CO - BRAZIl-PRC9, R. Nacional, S?o FSulo. Tremendous s i p , bes t ever f o r a Bra-

z i l i a n here. Hrd UM 7/25 0800 t o 0830 when Wh:;E s/cn k i l l ed f req . FFU4 fm Wh'i:E OC and occ fade i n s of one of the HJ Reloj Is, k n ) . IL1s. (JGOnt)

1180 - BRAZIL-ZYD65, R. Clobo, Rio, hrd 8/26 w/clear I D a t 07Ci3, 0730, 0755, 0803. Poor t o f a i r and f ight ing the hum on the l r e q a t times. Clraned up lD1s f o r tape f i l e . (THS-MJ)

1180 - DONINICAN REF.UUI.IGHIEE K. Mil, SLi with music from tune i n a t 0630. Very deta i led s/off a t 0655 f o r tapc. Fai r t o pood sip. (TItS-NJ) 1190 - COI~~IRIA-HJCV, R, Cordillera, Bogota u/ID a t 0 i l 5 on 8/27 i n midrt of

severa l announcements, fo lo by mx, h o d on peak:, WOkiC of f . (THS-NJ) 1196 - GERT,AN FEZEhAL REFLbI.ICVOA k n i c h very s t ronc u i t h b e a k f a s t Show i n EE

0420 9/8. No t r ace of other c a r r i e r s but SAH equipment not available. Heard on Mark Corulallyfs K790 i n Arlington, KissP (CI'N-Pass) MOROCCGAgadir very strong and c l ea r with typ ica l AA mx; s/off X00 with no anthem. Ereq measured as 1195.9609 + 0.2 Hz. No SAH a t t h i s time, 9/7.

1200 - VENEZUELA-YVOZ, R. Tienpo, Caracas f a i r i n WOAI null 9/10 a t (C1.N-Mass) 0620t with l i v e l y SS mx, wny IDts, TC1s, frequent mention of Caracas. Assumed the OC on the f r e q t o be WOAJ, accordiw t o DF. (RF-Chio)

1358 - G E W N DMOCM'IIC KEI'UBLIGBerlin assumed t h e strong TA c a r r i e r here on 9/9 a t 033W. Occ mx audible but no anmts. Fa i r TA opening t h i s date but very noisy. This s t a t i o n not usually heard here. ( M )

1375 - St. PIERRE EI HIQUELLIN-ORTF loca l l i k e s i g 0102 9/7; man and womn a l t e r - . nating i n FF; f r e q measured a s 1375,0061 + 0.L Hz; cha rac te r i s t i c shor t term f r e q f luc tua t ions , mostly t o the high side. (GPN-Nass) If t h i s was st i l l on a t 0102 it i s a sked change, fomer ly s/off O W .

1376 - hXWAZI1AWSked of t h i s one is 1600-2200 with 5 kw. Adr i s Box 99, Amster- dam, Pansvaa l , South Africa, &ants repor ts i f you should be lucky enough t o hear t h q , (LJL~CI v ia RJL)

1421 - G W N FIZiEKAL REPUBLIGSaar now ruminp 1200 kw. (DSYCI v i a U E ) 1484 - DE;NMARK-Station formerly here has been deleted, (DLh'CI via aJI) 1546 - MALTA-DW relay a t Nigret with 20 kw, i s t e s t ing here ex 1570. (DCKCI v ia

This has a l s o been reported a s b e i w the old LitC relaq- a t Ikli- ME) E r a Point now being used by the klta govt t . Some confusion here (M.)

1570 - SOUTii KOflF.3-HLEA Chcju Island opened here i n July u i t h 250 kw. Iroeramming i s i n CC J J HH and hX. Adr i s 1I.C Eox 3935, Seoul and ve r i f i ca t ion i s by card. (DSYCI via itJE and I a r s @den, Japan)

An addi t ional note f o r you geography buffs, thc cap i t a l of Gambia i s now Banjal, fomerly B t h u r s t .

A few ver ies have been reported but they w i l l be held u n t i l next i ssue ,

Reporters

RF - Richard Frcho, Cleveland, Ohio (3 ) H&18LA, S;-1 CPN - Cordon P. Nelson (6) (Welcome t o the NHC Gcmon. Whx don't you wr i t e i n

to h s i n g s and introduce yourself t o the members?) JO - Jerry Qsborne, Ottawa, Ontario ( 3 ) SX-133, Y:l and W Tfi - Thomas H. Sundstrom, Killingboro, N.J. HQ-150, HblLOX, UX-150A, SM-2, W DShCI - Danish Shortwave Clut In ternat ional v ia Wss Rirunds

Thats a l l the material t ha t i s on hand. k a d l i n e s w i l l be Saturday, except f o r t he next issue which w i l l be Friday, &t. 5. l e t s hope condx improve i n the next few weeks. Look f o r a good TA opening the f i r s t h a b of Oct.

73

A SHORT CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY O F RADIO F R E E AMERICA

*Gordon P. Nelson

The following is a f i r s t a t t empt t o t r a c e the confused h i s t o r y of C a r l Mclnt i re ' s Radio F r e e A m e r i c a operat ion f r o m the DX1ers viewpoint. We

have drawn upon the following s o u r c e s in a n a t tempt t o untangle the many contradic tory and confusing r e p o r t s i n the p r e s s about t h e station: L a r r y Magne, who's been i n daily contact with t h e McInt i re operat ion, and h a s spent considerable t i m e a t McInt i re HB a t Cape May i n mee t ings with Mclnt i re and h i s staff a s a technical consultant; T o m Sundstrom, who's a l so been in frequent telephone contact with McIntire and staff; t h e au thor ' s own phone conversat ions with Mclnt i re and s t a f fe r s ; r e p o r t s i n NY T i m e s and P o s t , Philadelphia Inqu i re r and Bulletin, Washington P o s t , and t h e Chris t ian Beacon.

*April. 1965. F C C gran t s l i cense to right-wing fundamental is t Rev. C a r l Mclnt i re f o r WXUR-690 in Media, P a . and admonishes the owners in advance

to obse rve t h e " F a i r n e s s Doctrine". *August, 1966. F C C re fuses l i cense r enewal f o r WXUR because of c la ims of

violation of f a i rness ; WXUR continues to ope ra te pending final cour t actions. *June. 1973. With t ime running out on WXUR and t h e r e fusa l of the Supreme

, Court t o h e a r the case , Mclnt i re announces he will s e t u p a n offshore p i r a t e station if the F C C goes through with i t s plans t o c lose WXUR on Ju ly 5th.

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says the ship wi l l come on the a i r within two weeks of t h e WXUR closing but does not specify AM o r FM.

- *July 5, 1973. WXUR goes off the a i r . *July 11. DX NEWS c a r r i e s a n i t e m on McIn t i r e l s proposed operation and

suggests 1160 a s the b e s t channel if they go on MW. *August 30. McIntire announces tha t h i s ship, a 136 foot wooden-hulled WWLI

su rp lus YMS minesweeper , h a s a r r i v e d off Cape May. During i t s t r i p f r o m

Flor ida , the ship made a s e c r e t docking on August 27th t o fi t equipment. The

Philadelphia Inqu i re r r e p o r t s operat ion is "expected to begin today"; McInt i re s a y s the operation will be 24 hours on the M W band but r e fuses t o give the frequency f o r f e a r of poss ible jamming by the FCC. Russ Edrnunds and Chas. Clayton i n N. J. r e p o r t hea r ing a n open c a r r i e r tes t ing on 640 kHz which they believe i s Mclnt i re ; they r e p o r t d i rect ion finding consis tent with Cape May. Th i s l a t e r t u r n s out t o have been a l o c a l c a r r i e r - c u r r e n t college station tuning up for the new school year . The f i r s t of s e v e r a l reasonable f a l se a l a r m s .

*August 31. T o m Sunds t rom ca l l s h i s l o c a l newsstation KYW t o s e e if they have m o r e informat ion on the supposedly soon t o begin operat ing RFA; he ends up making a taped interview a i r e d l a t e r i n the day in which he suggests tha t

the best f requency for McInt i re would b e 1160 with 1610 a s a second choice. Meanwhile Magne, who h a s been in contact with McInt i re , c a l l s the NRC Convention in Boston t o a s k us to suggest poss ible channels fo r RFA. The Convention-goers decide tha t 1160 kHz i s s t i l l the b e s t f i r s t choice, followed with a channel like 16 15 out of the band and a s f a r f r o m WWRL a s pract ical ; 820, 640, and 690 a r e a l s o mentioned. A spokesman f o r the FCC announces that under no c i r cums tances will the FCC jam Radio F r e e Amer ica . The Coast ~~~~d boards t h e ship t o invest igate r epor t s of a n ' 'o i l leak". *September 1. Magne notifies Convention that McIntire plans to t e s t l a t e afternoon - earlv evening; frequency undisclosed but supposedly " in bot tom half of band". Nothing heard. *September 2. M~~~~ informs that technical p rob lems prevented the t e s t f r o m beine aired: thev ' l l t r v again today a round 1500 hours on 692 kHz: a l t e rna te - , - f requencies a r e 1160 and 1613 kHz.

15 *September 3. McIntire announces f r equenc ies t o p r e s s ; ma in channel to be 692 with a l t e rna tes of 1160. 1613, and 1500 H z i n that o r d e r . The ship i s dedicated "Columbus" by Mclnt i re but the t r a n s m i t t e r i s s t i l l not ready.

*September 4. Sundstrom in fo rms u s that he ' s observed what appea red t o be a c a r r i e r on 690 during the afternoon; l a t e r t u r n s out to be BRM f r o m television se t - t he second fa l se a l a r m .

*September 5. Intrigued by the FCC's public s ta tement tha t Mclnt i re ' s operation will be the f i r s t U.S. off -shore bootlegger, we r e s e a r c h down the deta i ls of RXKR which operated off L o s Angeles in 1933 ( spec ia l thanks t o Stan Morss ) . Mcln t i r e says this precedent m a y help to support h i s position in court.

*September 6. McIntire changes f requencies to 1160 a s p r i m a r y channel with 1613, 692, and 535 kHz a s a l ternates ; 692 h a s been dropped because of the heterodyne p rob lem a s pointed out by Sundstrom, Magne, e t a l . Operation expected shortly.

*September 7. Magne and author detect c a r r i e r on 1159.022 ( m e a s u r e d by author) around 2000; Magne checks with RFA engineer who says t h e r e have s t i l l not been any t r ansmiss ions . C a r r i e r t u r n s out to be a n LA - another f a l s e a l a r m .

*September 12. FIRST ACTUAL TRANSMISSION FROM SHIP. Open c a r r i e r comes on 2345; noted by Sundstrom and o t h e r s in N. J . ; t r a n s m i t t e r being tuned; frequency repor tedly drifiting s e v e r a l Id-Iz. About 20 minutes of mus ic played before ship 's c r e w comes in a t 0200; no announcements yet. Shielding and grounding p rob lems have caused s e v e r e overheating of t r a n s m i t t e r and a s m a l l f i r e h a s been s t a r t e d during t h i s t e s t period.

*September 14. Defective c rys ta l supposedly replaced; t e s t s , scheduled to r e s u m e tonight,postponed a f t e r ship l o s e s anchor in s t o r m ; ship r e tu rns to por t to ref i t anchor.

"September 16, Second t e s t per iod begins r ight a t midnight. C a r r i e r goes off - and on; t r a n s m i t t e r obviously peing tuned. Frequency m e a s u r e d by author a s 1160.0021 2 0.4 kI4z with excellent stabili ty. Continuous s t r ipchar t recordings made by author show RFA about 20 db s t ronger in Boston than WJJDfs peak signal e a r l i e r in the evening. T e s t l a s t s until about 0500 with mus ic towards the end; no announcements.

*September 17. McIntire repor tedly elated to h e a r that XFA a i l1 probably dominate WJJD in New England. In ag reement with M d n t i r e , Magne s e t s up an impromptu phone network to collect telephone reception repor t s on t h e f i r s t day of t r ansmiss ion . Since QSL c a r d s have not yet been pr inted, f i r s t day telephone repor t s will receive a specia l USL; r egu la r r e p o r t s will have t o wait until some future date fo r verification.

*September 19. REGULAR TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN 12:20 P M on 1160. Some technical problems during initial hour; ship i s c rus ing 12 m i l e s out back and

fo r th between Cape May and Asbury Pa rk . Daytime groundwave c a r r i e r just detectable in Boston 1630 f o r frequency check by author. RFA using longwire dipole antenna; ERP based on f ie ld s t rength in Boston es t ima ted to b e 1 - 2 kw. Signoff about 2200. Telephone reception r e p o r t s received f r o m a s f a r a s Bangor, Maine, and Pittsburgh. Some audio taped by Dave F i s c h e r in Hickory, N. C. Fur thes t inland penetra t ion s e e m s to have been Youngstown where Boyd r e p o r t s c a r r i e r but no audio. As expected, coverage i s bes t along the Coast with re la t ively poor inland penetration. L a t e afternoon McInt i re receives i r a t e phone cal l f r o m WHLW-1170, 5 kw D3 in Lakewood. No J. (about 90 m i l e s dis tant) , complaining about QRM.

*September 20. Without consulting technical staff o r engineers , McIntire ca l l s p r e s s conference and announces h e will change channels to avoid in te r fe r ing with h i s "neighbor" TVIILU'. According to tlic T imes , he s a y s he u4ll simply :hange channels a s " the re i s no dea r th of wavelengths, and we do not want to n te r fe re with any other station" ( ! ! ! - author). Ije says he will move to 1613, ' that ' s way up a t the top of the band; the re ' s nobody up there"; expects to be on

16 new channel within about a week. McInt i re and Magne go over telephoned reception repor t s ; of about 15 r e p o r t s a l l but pe rhaps one a r e definitely verifiable. Although RFA was h e a r d o v e r a l a r g e a r e a , r epor t ed s ignal s t rengths a r e re la t ively low and the r e s u l t s a r e judged general ly disappointing.

*September 21. I n a ca l l f r o m McInt i re ' s Adminis t ra t ive Ass i s t an t we ' r e informed that the F C C h a s been g ran ted a t empora ry r e s t r a in ing o r d e r by U,S, Dis t r i c t Cour t Judge Mitchell H. Cohen (Camden) b a r r i n g RFA f r o m operat ions on 1160 because of complaints of in t e r fe rence f r o m WHLW and KSL ( ! 1 ! - author). A hear ing i s s e t f o r October 1 s t t o make the o r d e r permanent .

*September 23. A McInt i re employee ca l l s author request ing s ignal s t r eng th and frequency check f o r b r i e f t e s t on new channel above 1600 kHz. T e s t s on th i s

channel scheduled f o r resumption Sep tember 29. ............................. .............................

And that ' s a br ief outline of the s to ry t o date. T h e r e a r e many fascinating

aspec t s of the RFA s t o r y which we haven't even ment ioned - legal , h i s to r i ca l , polit ical, philosophical, f i r s t p e r s o n and even sub r o s a a s p e c t s - and m u c h of th is will be appear ing h e r e i n DX NEWS i n f u t u r e i s s u e s . Much of the

in te res t ing deta i l h a s been dug, f e r re t t ed , and gleaned by L a r r y Magne and Tom Sundstrom and we ' r e s u r e they'l l b e tell ing t h e i r s t o r i e s in the n e a r h r t u r e . What we've t r i e d t o do h e r e i s give a chronological overview of the bas ic events of the per iod a s b a s e d on a l l of the informat ion which h a s come t o u s a t th i s t ime.

Regarding f requencies : many a n hour h a s been spent in the l a s t two months on the f requency problem. It should b e obvious t o any knowledgeable DX'er

- t h a t t h e r e a r e just NO f requenc ies avai lable f o r a New J e r s e y operation which will not cause QRM t o s o m e o t h e r station. T h e t radi t ional "bootleg band"

above 1600 kHz would be p re t ty good except f o r WWRL on 1600; by the t i m e a station l ike RFA goes high enough t o avoid WWRL they ' l l be outside the tuning range of m o s t r ece ive r s . 1500 kHz i s out due t o WTOP; 1200 because

of WCAU. The b e s t channel, 1160, i s natural ly out because of that m a s s i v e in te r fe rence to KSL and WHLW, hi. The 1040 a r e a i s out because of 1020,

1030, and 1060; 880 r u l e s out 870-890. Another poss ible - 820 - goes because

of QRM to and f r o m WNYC-830; while McIIlrremight buck the F C C what chance does h e have aga ins t the City of New York? Hi. The old WXUR channel of 690 i s probably a l l r ight during the day but CBF and WCBM will real ly do a job af ter dark. The p resence of WNBC will kil l 650; not to mention the signal f r o m WSM. There ' s a b i t be t t e r chance f o r 640 although the Cuban i s p re t ty bad and WSM plus the Regionals l ike WPRO and WMAL would kill a l l but loca l coverage a f t e r dark. Out ofbandoperat ions below 540 kHz l ike 535 a r e out

because of QFW t o the navigational beacons down the re .

Regarding m K R : practically eve ry p r e s s r epor t on RFA f r o m both McInt i re and the FCC mentions the f a c t tha t RFA i s the f i r s t s ta t ion of i t s kind i n the U.S. xn a very real sense th i s i s definitely not the case . . . Readers of DX

NEWS probably noticed a reproduct ion of a QSL f r o m RXKR on page 6 of the July l s t , 1972 i s sue ; t h i s 1933 shipboard operat ion off the coas t of L o s AngeIes was the predecessor of Radio F r e e Amer ica but ne i the r the F C C o r McIntire 's lawyers did thei r homework wel l enough t o dig out the m K R story.. . Since it may have some effect on t h e McInt i re-FCC cour t s t rugg le i t b e a r s retelling.. . I t s e e m s that RXKR was a bootleg station operated f r o m a ship of Panamanian reg i s t ry (that may be important; COLUMBUS i s r eg i s t e red in the US) owned and operated by the Panama Broadcasting Company b a s e d in L o s Angeles. The

17 ship, the SS CITY O F PANAMA, se rved a s a combination floating speakeasy- brothel-bootleg radio station-gambling den which docked in L, A, every day and sai led out beyond the 12 mi le l imi t eve ry night to allow t h e i r pa t rons to forget the Depress ion f o r a fern hours . . . RXKR operated on 815 kHz with a smashing ( for those days) power of about 5 kw; in those days of unselect ive r ece ive r s they effectively wiped out WFAA, WBAP, WCCO, WIIAS, KOA, and KG0 according to p r e s s r e p o r t s a t the t ime. They were h e a r d f r o m Hawaii to Nova Scotia but the U.S. Government did not d i rect ly in tervene with the operation. Since t h e r e was no FCC at the t ime (the "The Communications Act" did not come into effect until mid- summer of 1934), the State Depar tment complained to the government of Panama and demanded that the ship's regis t ra t ion be lifted. Panama said that i t would but, being i n the mids t of one of the i r perennial revolutions, apparent ly never got around to i t (a t t h i s point the r ecord goes dim and i t ' s going t o take a vis i t t o the National Archives to get the end of the story). T h e operation supposedly went broke due t o lack of financial backing in the f a l l of 1933 but the r ea l s tory i s probably much m o r e interesting.. . F o r what i t ' s worth, RXKR i s indeed a precedent of s o r t s , although with some important d i f ferences f romthe McIntire operation.

*GPN

.- announcing.....

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trr. Gordon he lson 4@ Hardy Avenue i a t e r t m W 02172

Radio Free America Chr i s t i an Admiral Eeach :: F i t t sbu rgh Avenue Cape Yay YJ OR2W September 17. 1973

Dear Gordon,

Ihank you f o r your telephoned r e p o r t concernin: recept ion of an open c a r r i e r from 0500-0508 & 0530-095 G:"T on Septercber 1 6 on 1160 kuz :.?I. Thank you, a s we l l , f o r re lay ing information on recept ion of an open c a r r i e r f o r t h r e e hours on t h a t save frequency i n 13ew J e r s ey around 0330 C!4T Septevber 13.

The information i n your r e p o r t ha s been checked hy "u. Car l !.:cTntire and ; r. Thoras i.'eckes. Jn t h e i r opinion. it corresponds exac t l y with t h e test in^ done with t h e "riadio Free America" t r an smi t t e r . Yours was t h e f i r s t co r r ec t r e p o r t recpived bv them and they a r e d e l i ~ b t e d with your f i nd ine s .

"Radio Free America" was ope ra t i ne Septe.ber 1 3 from a poin t 3 t rr i les o f f Cape Fay, b u t due t o a broken anchor it h a s been o ~ e r a t i n v from a po in t rouehl:? t miles off Cape ?.:ay s i nce Friday, Septevber 14.

- Eroadcasting is due t o commence tcda:? ~t lbcO CI'"; on 1 1 6 ~ k:lz (very exac t l v , a s you suggested in your repor t ) . "Radio Free America" i s opera t ing from a 10 kw Ti"uk t r an smi t t e r using a fundamental-frquency c ~ s t a l . The antenna i s an invertyd-'J wi th two main l obes and a cons iderable sk;yria-.e compor?ent. T'hc s h i p i s a 150' converted ( T . wid I1 C.S. minesweeper, wooden-hulled.

Your f u r t h e r r e p o r t s , a s we l l a s those of o the r 1 ;a t iona l h d i o Club merbers, w i l l be welcomed and should be addressed t o t h e above address , c / o :

Dr. C a r l ! 'cIntire c /o I rene c lDe l l

Reports w i l l l i k e l y be v e r i f i e d by a QSI card depic t in . t he ship.

Again, thanks.

lawrence E. :!a~ne act in^ f o r "Tiadio Free America"

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Blake Lawrence Centenrial Towers, Rm. 410 1770 South Will'ams St . Denver, Colorado 8C210

Delayed by busy schedules, seven-day work weeks, and E d i t o r i a l apathy, h i , DXtras r e tu rn s f o r t he l a s t time. Yes, a s mentioned i n a r e cen t (?) musing, I am r e l i nqu i sh ing DXtras e i t h e r t o a n i n t e r e s t e d member who wishes t o continue it, o r t o the NRC Hal l of Fzme i n whlch D X t r a s czn q u i e t l y become ex t i nc t . A r y o ~ e i r t e r e s t e d 1,. t h e former should wr i t e HQ, whcrever i t is by now, and/or Yours t r u ly . And row, a wcrd from our r epo r t e r s .

-"WFIL, Pa. d a y & n i g l , t " (John W . Base!lorc,, Yrchar~j c s b u r ~ , ~a.) -"Day1 WHBL-Tn. Nichtr $!FBq O,~JLS-w.v." (h1~ldon C h i l d ~ r s , Carbcr. H i l l , la.) -"Day KWTO-Po. o r WHBC Trr~l . Nights 'rltiBQ - K I - Z - LLVI." (Rlch Mdi r , S t . ~ o u i s ) -"Day I CPOS, wt~i4 s j f - . S::S I CJKL,/WIS/WHBQ r?rd sometirres WJ1.S r d WQTF:. Apt v a r i e s , but ore of CJKL, WFIL, WII-l, o r CKCW J ? u sua l l y on t o r , with WHEQ gener- a l l y i r therc: sor:rpl; re . " (Tim Kcrfoot, Wes'cri, 0ntar:o) -"Days - Nothin?. Nights WIE.D/WEHC/KL:/'I'K?~O?: - not n r l . e s s a r i l y i r t h a t order." (MOT: SO)^C?~SFTI. C d ' s Nal-rcws, Fani t o t e ) - " b y - WE'IL, WHY?: Ni rh t Wfi'II," (R.R.Snnr-y, Connecticut)

-"WVAI", %a. day & n iyh t & WYhV, Pd. days only" ( h s e h o r e ) -"Day1 WRRG-A1. Rigt.tr WS?!O-Tn. o/WIRE-In." (Chi lders ) -"Local WII, Mo. KF- Ci(E'Ij pest!" (Eddie) -"50kw loca l CKF'H b l a s t s i n a l l the time. I f by somr: ~ r i r n c l e CK?H is ever off , WIPE and WEKE usua l l y df~3.inate." (Kerfoot) -"Days I Nothi nc SSS- GFH Fight- CKFH/KOSI/WIL" (Sorer sen) -"Day - WKJH Night - XPJR - Q(FH1' (Spew)

1590 kHz

-"ilC3G, Fa. day & WAi,.E, ~ h i o / ~ ~ m ' , Md. n ight" ( B s e h o r e ) -"gay: WVMA-A1. Nikrht: WWLIN-Ms. o/wAI(R-O~." (Chi lders ) -"Days KCLU-Yo. - WAi): I l l . Might.s WUR Ot,io" (Eddie) -"Day 1 nothinp. SS5: deper-2~ very l a r g e l y 011 condit ions. Sorwti mes WAKE is on top, but can be o b l l t e r ~ t e d e a s i l y by one of WCEG, WQQW. YCCO, WSPA, o r a co:r.tination the?:f-c>f. WJSO doi!innl.es i n aurora l condit ions. UI92 heard twi ce. AN1 WAKR vqry s t r onp , hut 'JCBG a r e WGQW scmctin:es heard tlrrcluph fades." ( ~ e r f o o - L -"Days: Noth!nq. Kii;ht? I YAXR usua l l y on to?" (Sorensen) -"Day WQ9W Kipht WQQW" (Sper.ry)

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N3Sr Yo.~rs t r u l y is now at. t.he U2iversi ty of Denver l ln t i l 1 r:et s i ck of study- i ng ; new address above. Good luck t o t t e nEw KFC pubcop= - t h i s being swt t o New Je r s ey i r hopes of causini- l e s s confilsion. Thanks f o r your r u p ~ o r t of DXtras these two year: ... i t ' s been fun! A f i n a l note t c B3C: Tho Encyclopedia Br i tannica World A t l a s v ~ r i f i e s t h a t Dee a r i v e r i n Scotland. What i n t e r e s t - i n g info is Fained frc:r ca r e fu l exarr.iration of DXN co\~r~xs! 73 d o BWi..

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