RAY B. EDGE. PRESIDENT 3 2 5 $HlRLEY AVE. , '

' BUFFALO 15. N. Y.

HAROLD F. WAGNER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

R. D. I . LAKE CITY. PA.

ERNEST R COOPER EDITOR "MUSINGS OF THE MEMBERS-

4 3 8 EAST 2 1 S T ST. BROOKLYN 28. N. Y.

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FRED VAN VOORHEES. EDlTon INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST''

BOX 132 : LEMOYNE. PA.

Volume 23 - Nunber 34 Cancludin~ our 23rd Season A m s t 11, 19% REhSX'~S HIS DUES A D S W S I N VIEnS

"Xave jnst sent my dues i n fo r another year, my f i f t h . DX would be n i l n i t ~ ~ u t N3C with a l l i t s timely t ips and CPC; Krusef s Conditionof Frequeniy List , f / c l ist , ?;id others too numerous to rr~ntion. Since s ta r t ing to DX with the NRC I b v e v2rif!f-?. at l eas t 1,000 BCB stations. Great club, boys. Have met many w e l l fellows ?.nd families. Xope to ba with NRC s long t irde,a -Ev Johnson, I$endotn, I l l i no i s

ALT CCNTEST SUGGESTIONS? (?&airman 30b Gorsuch would appreciate i t i f you would .think up a contest f a r us t>!.s c.;ez.sons If you have any ide% on the subjeit , Bither send th& to Bob Gorsllch di- , ..-.>,s.;;ly, . .. o r if you are coming to the Convention, bring them zlong with you,

IFEhRD SINCE LAST ISSUE ?GO 7 11 I C IJonroe. ILichi~rtn 1320 V C; N A Now 1,000 D-1, P I- 23 7 F S T ~ariba;, ~\iiaine C30 ';I J D B Tb~masvills, Alabama

K V 0 D How 5,000 8-2. 740 K T R -Y Bew nighttime DL$.

-.7 B A 1-1 Now 500 D-1, 910 IC 0 R D Pstsco, T!zshington

033 J T B F &-1490 kc/s. 180 R Ih I N Grants, New IvIexico

'.060 K R B (3 Lns Vegas, Nevda '.I50 R D X F 3%-1280 kc/s, L B O K R D G Redding, California 1260 V TI D C NW;J Daytime DA.

W A L I1 Nom 1,000 D-1. 3.270 K H E 1.I Big Spring, Texas 7-310 R U z W Tles t l,lonroe, Louisiana Y300 K 0 L Y fdobridge, S. D.

1350 K D I 0 ~ r t o n v i l l e , . :.iinn. 2 1360 7 H 3 G Harrisonburs, VC, bT 1380 ' R U L Muleshoe, Tex. .d'

1390 R D 15, IJ ' De Queen, 'Arlc3.~sa~,i\i' n c ~ ? ?? v

1410 R I$ R C Now 5,000/1,000 U4Y 1430 K B K C Ndw 1,000 U-2. E' 1450 ? Y R 1 Test VI3n;lick, TJ N 1480 Y i M A X NOW 1,000 Dm1 N'

,. 1490 K 0 77 L Bi,ioa, California P " . 1570 n B 'E E EOW . l ,ooo D-I. I?

1570 R N r) Y ' Marysville, ;%nsar:?; 1580 fJ P nli P Novr 1,000 D-1 F

CJ 3 H B : 1.7 N 1590 iTS S T Hillsboro. Ohio IT 1450 V B L A Eliznbethtomn, KC F 1410 T! P 0 P , Ex-?JGTH. li

THE END ;T,;t real ly just the end of our twenty-third year of ' the National ~ a i o Club. ..lz .... !:.s .. p a r t i ~ ~ l i . r season star ted off rather slo&, so f a r a s !DXNNECGSIf is conce~~ned.,' '.L-3 towards mid-season, a f t e r many pleas from your Editor,. the reports s tsr tod cor-.. : :-.,? in.much better. And th is summer, the reports have s t i l l - b e e n coming i i ~ fine, h:::

:,.-: :looks a s thaugh our twenty-fourth year could e2sily be our very best. Yon 0x4 '.: !isrs probably are saying you've heard that before, but i t . real ly does 1001.; tho.,., 7ir-2:.-

';i-:~.Lcs t o so many of our newer members who have joined i n becoming regulzr ropr'-. ..:-::? YO our "DX lE7JS" an3 to our many fa i thfu l old-timers. Te urge a l l of you7;v'ix .;c.-7a 3een doing so splerdidly to do your best to continue to do so, 3rd we. also !7-.:7i;! ,I..ss~, of you nho haven't been sending i n reports, to try t o make n New Ysar's Rhac.. :.ution ( i t ' s the beginning of our BRC Year you lcnow!) t o report with frecpency.

c o ~ ~ m om iIr.7.r l ae t cknce t o invi te sou (211 to come alad to bring your friends. LC t s of thi3 f hcl t w i l l be t h r e , and vie certainly ho: w.t il then, o r u n t i l ourSEP~I~Bm 10 and

pe that 22 is?

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590 TJ 01L7 - '7. J. Kotera, DOE LC 1260 IZ 5;T I Q D. Setterberg, 13 B 600 m lL T - &oree .i!. Hixenbaugh CE A 1270 K B 0 lfi R. Barnett, CE CD 610 K FcR C E. G. Unde~.vood, CE B 1290 T7 HqI 0 Ernest L. Mams, CE C

D .A F V. D i Bella, E A C IC S L R, Turnpermy D 620 R F( 17 S John M. Johnson, TD il E; 0 I L Jerry Keist CE A 630 C R R C A. 7. Hooper CE A 1300 K G L 0 Roger Sawyer, (27 A 640 R 3' 1 - H. I?. McDonald, OpSu B 1320 L 0 Lester C. Froke, CE A

0 I - Keith X. :;etcham, CE A AuG F Ju l ian Smith, mi1 C 650 7 S 11 - George A, Reynolds, VP 1330 g V i7 L Glem Bohlen A 690 R U S D J. Prusha, CE A 1340 K S M 0 7 . Smith, M, CE D

X 3 ,I C Sa l iv~endoza B 7 A K 3Z heorris Jones, CE D 700 tl L 7 - R. 3. Roclmell, VP, DOE A 1350 R H D ester A. ne;=e, c~ C 720 7 G I\T - Carl J. Meyers, DOE A 1370 R D T B Donald R. Abitz, CE C 730 1T 7 0 A Clinton :?. Knapp, CE A, ;il GcH N R. Sblpnitt, CE E

7 Fi2 I\T A Charles Lingafelt , CE D E S U M Larry Lav~son, CE A 750 3 S 3 - 8. A. Holbmok, CE A 1380 K C .I M Eugene H. Reiff , -4s?t;11,~2! 7'70 R U 0 i'i 71. G. Benson, Jr., CE A K S R V Geoffrey A. Gass, CE 3 780 7 J A G l,!l~3eLe6, Off iceofM. d A 1390 V C f i T C. Vateman, CE 790 R V 0 S John :'I, Price, CX B 1400 IC G F L R. Heneke, CE R

KE' G O L. J. Lorenz, CE A K V 0 P Hugh V. Smith, CE R 800 7 D U X W r t h N. Bo~vker, CE D R 0 N G Leon X. Jones, CE I3 820 F -4 A Karl LLmbertz, PD A K R U N 3 . C. Relley, CX R 830 7 C C 0 Carol Chader, Prom Dept r l X 7 N A 3. Reid Ross, CX B 850 E 0 -4 - J. A. Slusser, CE A fJqG AuP Henry l6cDonald Jr., CE 2 860 If N U J Valgene Alwin, CE A 1410 7 K B H Alvin Leanan, CE: CiL 8 70 :7 7 L - A. Ylindmeyer A 1420 R T 0 E D. Linder LL 890 7 L S - Tomas L. Rowe, CE A 7 0 C - Paul .lrvidson, CE G 900 K J S 1 Milo Kincaid A 7 A M R. Carter, b4 n

IZ F L D -,7illiam Highfil l , CX C 1430 R R G I I\[. Haines, PD 3 X E 7 - Gloria GrLmadoe C K -1 R 1vI Elbert E . Dean, CZ B

910 71 S U I Jo'm Ebert, CE A 1440 I< FuD A 7ili im Stu l l , C 71 Su3 A Louie J . Appell, P C 1450 B R O X C. D. Graves, CE 3

930 R S D N George E. Crocker, CE A K B P S HaroldF. Pottzr, CE 13 970 Y! D A Y J. Id. Hetland, TD A 7 QuS N , E. H. Iceown, M C 980 V P B C Mrs. Bedcy Ann StetvartPDA 1470 KBul\4X E. Davis, E C 9:?0 R .A Y L Robert L. Lcunb, CE A i7 TuR 0 E l l i e E. Erdmr?n, VP, C% 3

J3YJ K T O IC CliffordM. Ensum, CE A 1480 ' IT]Y~ZE(R. Grcznvllle, GI1 f!

:13:i0 R S i : N Hubert J. Marshall, CE A ( ~ l l e n Pierce, A DE IZ C H J C. H. Jones B 1490 ICB E R Russell C. lilyer, CE Z

,1280 7 0 - Reed X . Snyder, CE A 71 LqD B Leroy Bremmer, GM E 7 I? 0 E A, .J, Bourgeois, CE A 1570 K N D Y G. G. Vadmais, CE I.

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7 R C V PT. L. Mase, Su C T! NpL P John P. Foster, %,I I . )

?.(I70 R 9 5; 0 B. Prtrrish, (33 A 1580 K D S N J. A. Petterson, CE T, :.%O E R L D B. B. Honeycutt, CE A K T M L J. -Jestoh, CE C3.l 1C90 K 17 ;7 S A. Dale Golding h 1590 K UuD U J w e s ifi l l iams, PD 8 .

R T H S B, G. Robertson d TI A B V Mildred Allen 6 3 110 K F A B A. Bates, StuSu A 1600 T;J S I I L R. E. Lunsfordl PD V

7'130 :'1 D G Y Kenneth E. Larsan, X9u A K L G A Jmee J. SVychor, CE, M Cf! R ::' Ii; II H. L. Hogan, M C

5,140 K G E l d Ivlerrill J. Skinner, GNI B A-BobPorter;Ivlarcus, Iowa. 7 X V -4 7 a l t e r R. Bishop PubRelD A B - Roy Millar; Issaquah, ;7asilington

:~1.50 I< I1 Y 0 Tad Jones, CE B C - Evarett Johnson; Mendota, Illinois K S A L D. A. Engelhart A D - Len Kruse; Dubuque, Iowa

;I60 K S L - J. 3'. S W , Audio Su A E - Lefty Cooper; Brooklyn, Na-J York :# %3O R P R L Dale 3. S c h a r t z , CE B

!C 0 B T Hub \Tarnor, CE B This cleans up a l l the v/s tire have h p m i 7 B 0 !-I Mr. Reich, Tochnicim C i n Brooklyn as of 8/6/56. 7Je Cia& y 7f E E X iqelson S. Rounsley, GI$ E f o r serding them, and also t W c t h c ~ .

1 240 R 2 X L Leo 71. Ree tz , CE B who ~xpressed pleasure a t seeinz t 3 i a 1260 'J SpU D R. id, Hardin E l i s t back again. Keep them corning!

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Harold S. ;;iilliclrns - 50- Thi rd Av3riue - Seyr~our, Conn. ------. F i r s t of a l l , congr~tu ln t ions to 30b Gorsuch on beins chosen Board C b i m i f o r the fourth consecctive time. Secondly '~:e m a looking fonmrd t o meeting many of yo11 i n Har r i sbu r~ over the Labor DLay weekend, f o r even though ve had tha misfortune t o have our car s.1;~sheCL u2 on the mornin3 of July 9 when bur son was home on lYbertg fro@ the U. S.Bavy we e q e c t to be in Harriskurg arpvzy if m t by car, we w i l l mdce i t some other wa>-. I t w i l l be 3 pleasure t o asain meet thdse members I met at the 1952 Cc~vention i n ~ u f f a l o ~ ~ i l l i m s v i l l e tznd also to meet I hope, f o r the f i r s t . time. If I . ~ t half a s much pleasure as I did at tha t session I w i l l be more than happy. 1Ton t o my limited DX doings since last report: 6/11. 7TCTZr-1570, Tcvson, Md. on liS 6:3-7:30 p.m.. f o r tne f i r s t new catch since 5/27, 6/21- VZY-1580, dlberLnrle B. C. ETinc c11 Niii with S 4-6 si@ial. ~ / 2 5 - TIShrIf3-1350 h , ~ v Orleans, La. l o s ~ d S-4 from 12:23-12:45 with T19C s i len t . 6/26- CKSL-1290, London, Ont, on AN 1:lO-1:dC) with c o s s t a t tone Q,RIul. I loqced h i l l b i l l y music from 1:56-2:45 on 1420 ~ rc / s . Af- t e r EL 49 minute period I found it was !'JV(DT, 'ililson N.C. slnd not needed., bah. 7/7- TISTZ?-1595, XIillsboro, 0. on ET l2:45-1:05 i n et 3-5 and V Z M np;,zin ETinz 3.~3 askina .@ , :or reports, 7/10- TJDXlT-540 Clarlzsville, Tenn, f /c-TT 12:00-l2:10 with X2TLJ11. Imh. .

IQliIL-910, Shrib~.ult , hlinn. 12 :52-1 s/off toppinz '.VORY f o r a re31 s m e r t i m e s-2q)rise. T!CFV-1230, Clifton Porge, Va. f/c-TT under WNOR. 7/11- TJCAT-1390, Oraree, :Ass. a surprising S-2 on RS 5:50-6:02 z.n. f o r regort #1853. Jus t three veries were re- -- ceived. ..!TO~ sent back ny NRC report with verie note on c p la in piece of -$per, xhi le ';lTaCY sext a nice l e t t e r fo r t he i r 6/21 ET. TSli.'iB-1350 nice QSL card fo r 5/25 RS. I a;:: gettint: EL KcLllicraftors S-72 portable nnd I am i n hopes tha t I ail1 be arb- l e t o t.>!ze it t o the plant whare I war!< (two blocks from hone) arid p e r b p s log some -.. , CPC s p e c i ~ l s t'mt are schbuled mornings nnen I :vorlr from 10 p.m. t o 6 a.n. .!lth th i s addition c-nd nix n8::i loop mtennn, I expect t o EX i n a b i g ;my t h i s sessou, hi . Several requests f o r info on rrgr new loop havs been received frorn HRCers an6 to those interested I b v e a, se t of plzns vhick I w i l l mil you i f you w i l l serd postage ani promise t o retilrx them promptly i n coed condition so I csn forwsrd them t o some oth- er member ;:jl~ may siant t o use them So till Aups t "DX ?Z,?S!I 73.

J, Howard Elcardins - 498 Sunser View Erive, South - Ncron 20, O h i ~ ----- . . Greetings from t'ne Ifto quote Lefty) IIDX Hot-Bsdfl. i:hy ths nme, Lefty? (02 zccount of sever21 n w members there, Eioale - Ed. ) Ret-nned ?/2 from a :;onderful t r i p Test, narred only b-y t:ie f a c t that, due to circ~msta11ces not planned or?, I w a s ur .ble to meet a v of t>e XRC mombers i n the afore-rfisntioned area. Bonsver, I $ope to W:re a re turn t r i p ' , ~ i thin the mt-too-far-distant futuro, Now t o DX. I t was v e q rood, especially i n Ringnan, I<ansas lvhere I zot ICSTP-1500, I(FnL-95m0, KT=-1090, ETGL-1000 XEFCF-1570, ?;XD-l@O a d KSflI, (1150). About t k i best catch was I<XEL (1540) zlso i n Icing--an on 61'18. . 6/19- KOA (850). 5/19 ( D u r ~ n ~ o , Colo. ) - ICgBC ( 12401, ICOB (7701, EGGX (610). 6/21- H a TY s e t i n room a-id t r i ad soma TV DX but only $0 t locais XJTV (2), XFIT (4) cr,d XSL-TV (5b. 6 / 2 4 - ( ~ t i m b a t Springs, Colo .) - EIOIJIll (1529), RTUL (1430), iCVOfl (1300), KTLR (1290), XEG (1050). 6/25 ( ~ e n v e r , ~o1o.b - KF-'D (1110), ~~31.15 ( 123 0) , YZ {RF (1570), RGVB (1590). Eorth P la t te , Neb. - Im33 (?go), Gr.:nd Is- land, i\Tab., 1r;HLlS (l230), Atlantic, Iava - i2H.B (?lo), KCMO (810). Adel, Im-> - YO1 (640). I l i . - - J I Z Z (l250). Xenia, Ohio - 7030 (1190) and :;TIi:.kZ (1150) . l%e cnrbove s r e onLy s ta t ions not l i s t e d on my l i s t made before s t a r t i ng the t r i p . Count- in8 these, I s o t 240 s ts t ions, none of ;-ihich a re counted .on the repplclr log, iIoward Timp, did you get my l e t t e r ? I would l ike t o corrr.;ct a s l igh t mistake Roll Dellail- gelo m2de i n l a s t mcnthls issue. I have 496 s ta t ions, not 493, as he %id, And Ron, are j.cu cbsolutely sure and def ini te ly posit ive you have 600 s ta t ions? &-re it isn' t closer to 530 d r 5501 Also Ron, w h a t 7,v.vas t h i s business zbout Ad,2ms bsii::; a- heed of :na a ~ y back i n June? Xnat about that , Ron and Norman, n&? And i?omnC1, hoW about some indic2tion you' r e s t i l l v;i t h us, l i ke a report tcj t11~4usink_s~"l Hey, Tom Johnson, yolcl s t i l l l i s tzning, o r have you forsotten how to turn on tha t S-.%O3? Or i s i t Lof tyt s address? holc i n the upper r i@$ head corner of the f ront p2@ of nDX hT,v!Stl - i t l s there, hi! 73.

Stan IJIorss - R . 3 . 3- Bradford, I I . ~ ~ s s 2 c ~ ~ u s e t t s Veries, 7YZ" 1480, Atlanta, l l l len Pierce, s t a f f amowcer ; T!&.N 7 ' V m. Also no DX since nid-.A-pril, nor vri 11 there be u n t i l cf t e r Labor Dqy . (7ho i s v/s :-2V5i~-~d. )

3-X- -1J-3-71-3- 11. . Potter - Y I ~ W C - 7inchestar, Vir:'z.nia ------.-.-----.---.---- Phi 1 ---

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my DX .%id correspondence duricg . tile last gem, b ~ t zs I haw wr i t t en 'oefore when spend a l l d ~ y v:cr!;in~;. at . t h i s 'businass I ilsuzlljr l i k e t o forget i t till the next day. Sort of l i k e tne mai'man' vho t.:i!res 3 w a l k c.n h i s day o f f . ' I am goin2 t o t r y to DX at l oc s t once s week t 3 i s season, msrbe mo re, i f I hear a q t h i n g worth vrhile. Some i t m s r,f i n t e r e s t f o r some of ycu DXers. 1;IZUl, Fisher; V.fi'n., (690 kc/s., 500 :vatts dayti?.-.e) scli~duled to go on -111,;ust 1 if we get the bugs ironed out. Tislier is the srr:a.liest community In the U. S. t o have s cornrr~e.rciaL rad io s ta t ion , Get o u t yow ii;D;pS 2nd look ha l f i ~ y befJ7€!9n !.lcr r e f i e l d and Petcrsburg, ' ard i f . you1 r e r e a l luc lq tb r s x i11 be a nicroscopic dot whicb w i l l be e i t k e r Fl sher of a f l y speck. Please d o ~ l l t worz7--' a'oout.1;: :.myone 5s put",ng a radio s t a t i on t b r e - i t m y loo4 c r 3 ~ j but i t is31 t. A t l e z s t wa h o ~ e not. ';!onderful news &out the Convention cornills t o 77 anrrisburg, - t ha t ' s one I can m a h and i'lILT,, so , . Fred, scratch my. n~me doi-ri on your i i s t . 1.,~^~ve r e l a t i ve s i n Emp. H i l l we can s tay - .-~ith, ao I don8 t need aqy accomo- d::tions, %ally lookine fosrfard to it. As -a person w b has been a DXer of so r t s since 1939, ciid i n the radio -mairiess' since 1943, wi th time au t f o r service, I think il: hzve a f:?*irly sood perspective of ho:~ s ta t ions f e e l t o ~ ~ a r d s DX m i l . I a 1 enclos- i n g an edi.i;orial - o r c a l l i t what yku v ~ f 3 l - t a t m i g h t be helpful in improvins the perspectivs- of some D X e r s w b lcnov~ only one sida of. .the story. I f I t 's of i n to re s t tlis ed i to rs r::?,ji use it, i f not, my f e e l i n p won' t . be hur t , as i t s content8 a r e actu- a l l y qui-te obvions. . I see many axusing things i n the ' cc l le t in which indicate to me tha t m s q ? Dyers dus t don' t un2~ers twd a s tn t icnf s feel ings . toward DX. Lefty, you must h2ve ?pssed throu@ ".:rinc:iester on your vslcstion - why dicing t yo= stop i n 3 d d

say hel lo? X i . (7e d id , Phi; - nrzuxxl 4 a.m. 3oinq arid 1 a.m. rzturning? Gd.) Tad Vcs3i1o~ou1os - 2681 Gyeeaf j,eld Avsnue - ',lest Las An~e lae 64, Cdifo,p.ist

A mos i; t-sr:Li;le m o ~ t h , F i r s t I am cntecorized as on e ~ l i n e - an obscure one to say ths leas%, secondly an insidious hsinuaticrn i s cas t i n direction. I have become a rnarrizce brol-er. 3ut t h i s saa jof t ~ o u b l a s i s c.t t h ha l fmy mark, zlas. ltl&ii~ Cnracaslf 753 kc/s. heaps Pacif ic upon At lzn t ic and the seven seas become one mzd$ maelstrm,~. Their vorie v:hich came nf t o r s i x mon tks v n a f o r t!leSrr $2 ou t l e t mII and I w i t b u t a SJ s e t s t . the time. Send i t back? T!hy 09 cours3, 'and i t i s suck a beau- t i f u l card. DX here a t s s t?*ncis t i 11, only t'& hi gn. pc;.rert?d Lfl.ussies and New Zeahnd- e r s , n fw :1871 Puerto Ricans, a d a s2inklirzof Cubans. It d l i k e to oention that some lacv pu::ered "Down Unde&f s e r e heard 'iut I %TI afraid the '8es t Coast bops v~ould- n' t believe it. Despite the lachrynoss tones of the sb?ve, i Mve good news. . -kt moat of t::e surplus s to res thccushout the country, i t i s possible to bay f o r $4.95, a surplus 2Tcvy raceiver z incs ljovmr pack that w i l l do sil the BC 312 e t a1 n i l 1 do. RRX-1 i s Kie BCB nomencl~tura, one RF stage, two IF and an excelie-nii d i a l . I be- l ieve w i t ? t3is receiver the younger nembers of the club, the backbone so t o speak, w i l l 1 1 ~ ~ 3 , a S e t t e r chance of : ~ t t i n g the r a r e r ones, thus put t ing them .on a nore q- -qua1 basis :;:it21 the o l d timers. If jrou have any .questicns on t h i s type of receiver don't hasi ta te . Have c h ~ ~ n g d jobs. Back on nights, at a mroscope factory. Snag- ging DX t :~rse hu.rs a week i s Iiarlly conducive to sa t i s fac tory resu l t s , besides i t pays more noneg t o work a t nl ght . A few more changes around here. Eound zbout Fov- ember 1:re expect t o have n small DXer .?.round here to keep d?Ldy comp,my while 21 DXes. Perhaps !:ith ;L l i t t l e ingenuity I can devise a ma11 corcputine device which I v i l l prorr~t;Ey zano tEe l,!IMIAC. I t s h o ~ l l d be able to feed the baby, turn && (;.re hope) 3- ver, chanr;e Lirr:, renind k i s fa ther a riel;! Emai ian can 5e h e a d on 11-- kc/s., turll the d i a l s for me, adjust the bo t t i e xarmer, wri te the 1-etters to t3e DX s tc t ions , and turn off the tape r~co rdez . T c ~ e recorder - p3clzoo1cs, vv'hat m I tpinkirg? .. . .

1-_ .lcll{;er I. C;3T.d:,r -. 518 u'acl-zson iiven-x - RI.;l..='r F37:es t, 3: J-l.;j.nr,i.s - - -.-- --..- --- . .

J u s t a- l i t t l e 116%-is to report . 8'iost Srnpo:rt.?~~~'l; k s ri~y rt?coipt af vzr i f icz t ions fram YSDF, for ~yjr receptio: of 11/2~/53, and 'i.:I?B, Srzn Jose, - C o B f n Rica, These add two countries t o 337 l i s t . lu;~on,y the rscoption of dornestic stS.tions for the s'UlnJne,r sea- sex so f c r , ::.ith those =zsteric!ced al.ready v e r i f ~ d , are : KDOE3-1330, Tyler, Texas; ... i:!IOL*-1630, Clcrlcsdale, I,iiiss, ; ,C?.4J3*:-92Ol Camahxey, Cu-ba; 7 5 21;, 1600, Eminence, Ky. ; KU"JFi*.-lSOO, Cus h i n . ~ , Okln. ; EZ9K*-F:O, Fort Dad,@, I c:aa. ;- ',-!KK!*-W, Louisvil ie, ICy . ; XSX! - 159 0, 'iji li sbo r o , Onlo ; :;I)TJV-!.% 0, Pv-laski ,- ?la. i KJl';h-1606 ~21g93a', Io'.:a; I<Ti.il;*- --. 15b6 ;jar!= d Tree, Lrjc. ; ::'KTL.l570, i(.~nd.?~ilsvi l l e , Id. ; 7lDO-R-910, 9-turgeoi~ %Gy, , 1 ~ 8 .

.,I$ d J4:?O 0 & ~ 5 ~ ~ : ! , : & ~ F ~ v ",gp?ierful tirne. at the Ccnvent ion, boys. ' I v i sh ~80;18 zL . L ~ X -, ~ O L .

-4ugus.i; 11, XI56 -E-x: -l~-l-Tf-?+' Paga 5 !lank Yard - 404 Ncrth 1tti.L- Pon-@-isi-iy. bk13homa -.-

I want to tharils everyone who voted me to serve ng~xin dc the Board of Directors of the goad o l t N E . V i l l s t r ive, as ahsrays, t o :r&p ttie N"RC tops i n BCB DX. I '_-now th is I1thcnlr youll is comin~: through a b i t lato, but th is household has been beset with i t s problems leading off with the death of my grandfather and a hasty trip, to D. C. t o help vhere I could, them returning h0rr.e to f ind my wife i n the hospi tcl, Fortunately t'ha l a t t e r was not too serious tnough she i s s t i l l t ied up st home c i t h a leg concl i t io~ that keeps her off her fee t . So, 1'- been kept pret ty busy. 110 - time f o r DX w t i l following a, l a t e TV show Sunday N,4. 7/15. I stumbled onto 2 most welcome ~ d d i t i o n i n the person of KITEN 1590 Henryetta, Olclshoma, with a special t e s t , Tilissed the i r ETs and since KVGB Great Bend covers 1590 here, w a s most hany to hezr them the 15th. S t i l l need KCCO -ton on 1050 which i s covered by YJIU Tulsa. Joe ?;imck and I are both nursing our hopes and plans t o be i n Harrisburg. And, Fred Van Eoorheee, no need t o send Brr i sburg c i ty map now. Passed Ear:-istnlr~ on the Pexisy & route to Ponca City and the Penn-ISarrie stands out on the horizon l ika the Eif-re1 Tower, so am m e I ' l l have no troubla nosinp; the Chevy t o the f ront door, hi. So long ? m ~ , and 73s to all! (seaond report) Joe Knack I are laolc- i;ig fon-rzpl to tile big Tabor Day Conventionand sure hope no thihg turns up t o ljrevent oat at tending. :/el re 'bringing a l o n , ~ sdme thing special, so everybody that CLX, plan to attend! Beeb lreeging a weather eye on W , Alva, Okla. *to catch t h e i r ETs but so f n r they just aren't on, Iiqonby 7/23 netted some new catches foll6;-:in.; a, tremen- dous electr ica1 storm Sunday f i t a d rain a l l day. Came up with I(LGA 16CO A l ~ o m , Ima; KTCS 1410; ,Fort 'Snith, ,Irk. and the new E!QN 1390, DeQ,ueen, Ark. on ETs . Also heard ~uesdlo.~' bra6 KGNC 1150 Znglemoob, Col. and KSIV 1450 -Joodward, 01~15. on f /CS

but not zeeded. 'KDQfl v?3s s t i l l STinp;. So, sudr i s ing ly enough, folloiviny heavy VX - CX here, DX was be t t e r than usual. Just never b o t v w h t o flinp; at the d ia l s n i l 1 turn up. T w e hppy t o get XDQN since k i d , less than 60 miles a-~qy, tvopld cover once they coce on, About i t from here. 73s and h p e t o be seeing you a l l 5n Har-

. A:-2 don, t forset - 9oncn C i b i n '57: i s * - . . . . - . , -- .- . . . . - - - - - RlDLO STATTORS AW DX . .

(fir EDIT9RI-U - by PHIL POTTER)- , . .. . . . . . .

A l l of us DXers like t o f e e l that hob* i s kiorK!';ihile, important and useful, a8 well as fxi. And i t i s , but for d i f fs rent remons than same DXers seem to thirk, I have bear, i,? the ccmmercisl r d i o business fo r 11 years and have !vorlred md. talked with scores of engineers ard program people, who usually receive DX mail. ;ion$ non- replies to 2 X x n i l resul t .;;he;? v:~iting to ~ F B smaller stations (some exceptions, of course.) This is usiialLy bec~msz m a i l i s handled i n a casual manner, t i i th DX replies goinp; t o an announcer, the offico z i r l , or t o . an e~g inee r . A l l of these people a m very busy 7-!ith the i r dut ies t rying to rn&e rrozey fo r the i r s tat ion, They c?:~ioimce, write corn. ercials , f i l e racords, fix equipment, etc. a l l day and are not l o o k i q f a r extra vork. Unless they are interested i n DX themselvas ( a s I an) the rapores me-gm , l i t t l e t o t3ern, f rml:ly. Som don' t epen know tvhst they are. (I remember one eta- t i c n that rnqt;her than l l ~ e r i f i e d ~ ~ a report.) Nav', why aren ' t DX reports real ly important? The anstver i s tha t the only cover@@ a s ta t ion is interested i n is i ts l;rouncl nr-ve s i p a l ard the commercisl potential i t serves. Skip distznce re- ception i s v;lrelinble anG means nothin- as f a r as$ s stati'on i s concerned. 4-:so, before a st.-.tion goes on the air, i t s coverage i s sccurctely computed by r a d i o en- zineers f o r subnission to the F.C.C. before a, grant i s made. The coverage is chec!ced a f t e r they are on the air, and coverase ri,i;rps are made for d is t r iba t ion to spmsors. Tkzt is the only coveras that has mo?.ning to n stc-tion, excapt f o r spec- i f i c indivi6u?Js who are interested i n DX. . Here are my me;gostions: 7 r i t e a friend-. ly , easy t o r e d l e t t e r s t ressing the fac t you w i l l appreciate the i r tcC1ciq a uozent to reply. I personrmly would seni the l e t t e r to the mameer of the stdtion. He is often more cciicerned v ~ i t l - ~ audienee mzil thLm otherfs. Enclose return pos tnp . Tell how happy yo7:. were to hear the progrrm and how fine you t b u z h t it sounded, :;nd a prepared card ;-:ill l ikely +t Better resul ts . b t f s fact9 i t , the stations .are doing us n favor i n r e ~ l y i n g . List local nmes, commercials, etc. Do n& bother I.og3ing music t i t l e s (excopt on DX shows) or recappsng a newecnst. practical* stations keep thzt dotciled a record of mhzt weint on the air, I am not debunkinq Xing - i t ' s qre?,t, 2nd I love it , but i f you want replies, face the f ac t tlint you are ask- ing the courtasy of s reply.

Pagege' G J-L- _EJEJEEy!--SS ~ u , p s t 11, 19 56 Ev ?031Jnson - 504 lGth Street - I\kiidota, Illirrois

VW very :nuoh piecsed with tne f ine rosponee to Jy~ly issue of' lrDX h%!?S.lt Ihch larg- e r than sone of the sbasonal ones. Keep up the reporting, fellows. Only c fav more weeks and hope t o sge many -new faces 3n.d faces 14.~3 zlre3dy met. \?e should hzve .a big tmrnout at Harrisbv.rg, Vell, tc DX. Nothifig, to brag about. On 7/14- T.TCi3R-1410 on t i l l .la* f o r a l l 1tll~ra;kee basab-zll Enmas, ee-ecial ly Satuday. KThIIII-1580, $larked Thes,' Arl.:,. saying .;;hey w9uldbse;in .ES i n the AM a t 6:30. \RID-1503 f/c-TT 1:15-1:30, IQnY-1570 Maaysvibla, Kcr.aas figntine; i t oizt XXX37. KELO-l.:520 RS till 2:00, 7/15 IGRT-730 tbsf 1-50,-2: 00, music. K Y L ~ N . - ~ ~ ? I C Xenrge';"u, Ikla . ET. X3L;Y 1500 f / c a t 12:65.. 7/X- T!HTI[P.-1360 f/c-TT 2:45-@. V J F - 1 ~ 4 0 f/c-TT 3:15-3:30. ':?ECO 1450 f /c-T? 5:3CLZ :45. - KiT!M.-1430, ex-1260 t e s t TIP 2:3"2:45. 7/21.- 7!HHIi-1440 RS till 1:OO. :XRV-1630 s / i f f at 1:00, s/on 6:OO. i<UDU--:1.390 HS ~t lr30. CKG'I-800 off at 1;.30. IZOU-1530 RS ti11 past 2 ns?xing f o r mil . 7122- ~fk~-f490 Decatv-r, -4l.a. i~ clear ' n i t h s / d f at X:OO. CJOC-1220 RS till %:00. K5GA-1500 EY. 7/23 - P:W&-SGO Sari 1:-nslo Tex, m. T!m+,$s a l l the .UX here, but a fecv veries rece1.7ad: 'JSTL-LGCO, 17EQt7-123r3 (DX-1430 'PTZZ3-1430, TEB-129 0) these three were Q3L cardg, the re &c , le t- ters . 7RBH-1410, ~ < D ~ - l S 8 0 , Zil;%l600, XUDU-1590 from reports 'of Septembei. an< Co- vember 1955 and ICL'DY-1570. T o t a l , 5,304,. Guess that 's i t and hope you zI.1 have Setter JE in Acgns", E,. Sen Patch, how about another race, hi. Best DX - 73s.

Roy K , Millnr - R a ~ t e . 2 . .- Box 6704 - JssAqua&, '2.f3!-;Sinp:ton - One EX date i n . . J U ~ J ; the 23rib, wi{;li t h ~ e new s*;Scionc &doe.; my best L V ~ since 315 w?in I, added three to rriy log. New ones 7123- EXIC-1340 Missoula, %nt, log\y3d from 3:45-4:07 c,.~.. s/off with sponsored progrm; ';!&1i!-1460, Rzdfard, V3. I D at, 4 : s as ET; m d ~~F:?G-l"-.O, hz-qmy Sprtngs, N.C, s/on at 5 a.m, Also heard, on 1340 but not needed wore XPIC'I Pasco., 8ash. f / c 4-4:15 a.m. ; F313R-1340,. Worth Bend, Ore. ET, I D at 4:41 a.m. Zi:d off at 5; CJOB ::iirmipog, Nan 'conin: i n q@te well v~hehever i n clear, a t i l l on 13<0 afid s t i l l fa! Ozly thing else of int6rcst i s $hat I<CdN, Oro@;pn City, Ore. is- now (?/28) on RS on 1520 kc/s. and putting i n a pretfy f a i r DT s i g m l here hear Seatt lo. New verics : I:OE'GI45O, Visalia, '~al ,; lPE1C-610; KUSi'I- 1600, C-,:-shine;, Okla. ; ~OTcS590; XGEM-1140; K!TlP-14COJ Plsinview, Texsa ; XTIIq-,1260, Noses Ldre , mash. EGFL-1400 Rosr~eli, N.X. . and. K9Jlfi-63.0. G l d . t o soe l i s t of I-/ s i n July 21. l1DX l ISt l . Am send in^ 3long a couple months' accumul~tion t s "Lef tyI1 v:i';h t h i s report. Jus t .

received t q e recording fro= the July 21st flDS Vostern Convextionft .at i.Icoi2'; 7iL3cin- son's ; a rec l t h r i l l th hear n i l tho f; l l m v s do1;;ri Sou.t'clern, Cz li fornia may, as :;re11 as t h e i r hoilored _+est, Joe Lippancott, 1'11 t ry t o s e t a cqpy of t h i s t,??pe t o the NRC Conventioi; at Earrisburg; t rus t there. w i l l be n t:%,a reco,der availnble t'nsre with daal track and 3:. IPS s a . that llsours truly" can be prasmt on tape i f not other- wise! Have. already had my !56vacation; jns t pot over t o tk.0 Cblsn-Ohamgsn country of :!lkslrington. and Br i t i sh Columbia, i m d of such as ?XOT-,5J-68?; CICOrZ-800, CBRP-850; CICLN-1240; CEK-1270, e tc. GJ t no nearer to Spoka-ne thzn Chief Jooeph Dm, C;ene! S t ill no varies f r a m DX proErms of T?JV3 7RGS ';!FIG REgL. 73.

'Ckarlie Coziley. - 338 lv%rke t Btreet - Lemnne, Pennsglvan@- Each ti iri deydlins comes arowcl I want t o get o b i t of. blarnsy to .you, N r . Sdi tor , evon though I Y~va nothing to rsport, i n .the way of DXiil?, Dateline comes up' - I f orgee,, so there I am, .st:,nding on a corner watk3.ng f o r a bus, .>iii.i;'n no e:;c=use. Nota, I see by t:le -7orld Fmaus ffDX NGrSfl via niy superscnic an i~~ 'n5or Frsd Vm Voor:loee that I mi su$;osed to ppt . on the social end of onr H n r r i s b ~ ~ r g Conv3ntion (~1hic11 1 hope you-?.ll a i l 1 attend, ~ldv.) Frnyllrly, I hope i ; ~ hee'L; up n i t h a l l of you ipss ard .+ls I've 'ilrrii the pleasure of mee$ing a t the several NRC Conventions I've attexied. Ho~vever, ail1 haw3 our daughter . a d f rm i l y ot our hwe o-rsr the Labor @j nez>:sild (fzmily i-ncludes two ho t-rod grandchildren! ) T h a t elimhntsa invit.3.ng any of 2g S X friends t o shack up a i t h us. J.noth73:r dr~?.tvb~?ck i s the f ac t t h a t .tho d2y a f t e r L ~ ? , ~ o r Day, Gr3ndrm re turns t o her school teaching chore ana w i l l be tesr iag aromd clean- ing up a f t e r the kids. 'Eowever, I hope t o meet v-p ~ ~ i t h y'a33i at leas3 on Satvr&,;r night and possibly .Sunday of the Convention and hope "5 aa-reilge a v i s i t to 7:IQ.D fo r those who -.;lish to see it. I f e e l l i k e a doe; in so fa:: as 3 cant t zeturn the hospi- t a l i t y sl~u:.n me by several of you a t the Conventions Lrv2 attended but, the 1es.i; 1 can say, !;:el 11 try f o r a session of whatever may, be d6.sirs2 oYi Satu~clay n i ~ h t . 'L,'b.?n- eves you get in , W!RKTHIS c a l l me e i ther C%ar 2--Y!:lC):3 {t8f1&c?s) 02 CDdar 2-7?57 (home). Be a-lookin8 t f e r y' se! (Note . to Sid Ro sen'oaun - leave your hossei at , home - no tr~c1f here! )

A u s s t 11, I956 -x-E-J-s- Page 7 G. Harley DeLeurers - r Egs-t 8 t h Street - F!lourt ed Route 21 - Hobart, Tndima

Loggins since 7/12 \verb few, 3JEF-1230, Grand Rapids, IAich. was received on 7/12 from 9-9:15 a.m. ~~-~~ operates on 93.7 mE/s , JEAR-8'70, E ~ s t Lansing, i.:ich. ori 7 -Ikm-3T6 i s on 90.5 me;/s. XIIhIS-1290, 21 Dorado, Ark. was f/ci-ne; OR J l y 18 f r m 2:30-2:45. KOPdO-1llQ0, Seattle, viith c, tone from 4:25-4:35 on 7/23. :7EOB-1450 Test Point, LIiss, wm having a f / c from 4:45-5 on 7/26. XEDIb'i-1580, Haxmoeillo, Son. (3ox 55, Nosales, ~ r i z . ) , RCHh-1580, Charles City, Iava was heard f/cing on 7/27 from 1:30-2 ni'c'n l o t s of Q,Rng from XFfZF-1570 and mM-1580. T?CRA-1090,'Effi-n&an, Ill. as hmr3 on 7/28 at 8:30 with Y.QNS QRM. . CJJBC-1230, BlooMn~ ton, I l L , on 7/30 from 5 : 3 C - 8 : N a.m. Reports were sent to TJB,-1230, KOMO-1000, TIROB-1453, and ;.'JBC- 1230. C a l f i r r ~ ~ t i o n was slow, too. A l e t t e r from KRGI-1430, Grand Is lani , Ihb. s t a t ing t;isfr new sked i s f r m 5:OO-midnight. A l e t t e r from F;ICaCa1470, Anderson, I n . 4- l e t t e r from T.W-740, Newport, Ey . postmarked Cincinnati, O., 7T1ilDH-1450, Ifmilton, 0. verif ied at t'm bottom of qr report. A QSL card from mZE-1480, -4tlsn- trz, Ga. Jb report tvas out since 3/19/56. IfRcdio I$oscow~ 11910 verified :;ith a let- ter , a QSL card, e.nd a tranmiosion log, 7CPO-1239, Cincinnati 6, 0. tvzs Ykte f i r s t si;ation to be verified on 1230 kc/s. 7RR-1310, Dallas, Tex. s tated I received t i is i r s ta t ion ;-:her, they had a directional antenna t o the ,soutk3nrest. A l e t t e r f m .!nu- 1390, Y o u ~ I ~ s ~ o ~ , 0. ~IW was t31e f i r s t s ta t ion t o verify on 1393 kc/s. r?nd it is t3e 44th NBC s tntion to verify. The following waa taken from the A u p t issue of llibody ldo~thla : .~ "An increase i n powe frorh 500 watt8 to 5, CX10 watts was assured for missionagr s ta t ion ROXO isa- City wh9n i ts Eosrd of Directors at a recent meo t ing c"y3roved the purchase of a two-acre taranemi t t e r s i t e on tb c i t y f s cu tsk i r t s . Construction of the f ive k i l w t t t r x n m i t t e r i s d r e w under *nay, accordin-; to SM A r t Zylstrz, and HOXO w i l l soon be ~e?&.ing grezter P m a City's quarter-rdllion populrttion v i t h a s t r o b e signal " i f funds continue to become available -:~it3&u-t in- terruption!! i n the current advance p r o q m . (on tbe air BiIQlhthe gospel since 1949, HOXO llT'ne Voice of the I s t m u s ~ ~ new bro~i-lcasts 17 hours a day with a s p l i t slrcd of EnrlOsh 2nd Spcnish programs t o reach the large 7es t Indian, Cam1 Zone a d Pam~an- ian l i s ten ins auaence i n greater p a m a City. The s ta t ion has t b brtckin,p of low1 Chris tim croups and serves as a unifyin? a,uency a&& w.llying point f o r interdemodn- at ional , ac t iv i t i e s . HOXC operates on an assignsd frequency of 769 kc/s.lf , . . .

Bud* Giles - 2844 Guilfor d Gne - Oklahoma Ci ty 15. Olclahma H i L@ang! Ho;;e everyone enjoys tl-E cdming Convention. I .mess i t w i l l be Ponca City and '57 before I ,set to attend tlie renowned event. DX here l i g h t and resporse l ike- wise, 3'/uPs b v a brought i n a f m : New leggings here were: 7/23- KDQT-1390 2:15- 2:40 a.m. 7 / 2 4 KF%L-970 2:17-2:45 cam. 7 / 2 5 J3US-1480 ET 2:47-2:55 a.m. 8/1- KVFA (ex-IIGPII) 690 RS 12:25-1:05 aim. T i s ,a12 - with the EEEL ver ie a l r e ~ d y in. They must have received , c i t e a few DX 'reports. V e ~ i e s received here l a t s ly sm: 7TIV-dx, --r.''Jirl 17E!B ';JYZE KLGA iD!D.'I-1400 and EiEL. Enough t o keep the XXX spark zlive. Used to tLii- swner was tize easiest time t o get veries, Is i t ever easy 3qmore? ' J i m C r i t c b f t : ZCoep trying m !-!JVB - recei-ved Tone; l e t t e r here a f t e r numerolls re- ports. Premks you're s t i l l a f t e r last year's DX. XBVM i s Lmcnster ca l l . Head here, too. iVo verie yet. Glad t o see v/s list. Good luck and iho t s of DYL to cll-.

Bob IaivIo t te - 6035 Euem Vistcdvenue, - Oakland 18. W l i f o x n i L -

Looking bac!: o n the calendar and a f t e r digsin5 under a p i l e (1811 h v e &d ~ e t i n and clean i t up! ) of debris I c ~ m e up n i t h my lns t few l o ~ g i n g s that I made back i n :iRy, Due to sorr,etlxlne; that happened w'dch I m i l l divuLge i n ct fetv minutes I b v e not done a v DXiag since iJay 6th. These are as fol lor~s: 5/5- KOVO-960 at 2:35 s/off, IGVP- 990 2:30-2:45 f /c, 5/6- RI1PL-1400 3:OO-3:30 f /c , ETA-1400 3:20-3:25 ETin,a, Sent -?

report out t o IC--rNA and got a. nice verie back. Chn:rces are th is will be the last DX- ing I t v i l l be doing: f o r the next two or three mo~ths, =be longer. I n tile :lear fu- ture, t3ose wedding bel le me going t o be rin9ny: i n q pare, Yep! B u r s t m l y is get t ing r .?c~r?ied pret ty soon. Tho days la te r , on the 8th.of I&y, I met a l i t t l e gal i n a ~ r h e e l c ~ ~ ~ i r who real ly caught my eye. So to the r e s t of you, here i s wishing l o t of good DXng throu,&out the renninder of the summer. ( ~ e a r t i s e s t congratula- tions t o tlie both of you, Bob, but don1 t forget these pages of ftIlX IJmS1l Qh? -zd.) DON' T FORG3T !?FLIT THE S-TTENSBXR ISSUES GILL BE DATED SEPmviBm 10 AND EIEP!EZ LEER 23. DlUDLIbDlS IiT 3FOOKLYP TILL BE SATURDAY, SEPTEPBER 8, AND TUESI FIRST O C ~ B 3 E : ISSUE '-'ILL B3' OCTOSEEI 6 , THXT '7mKLY PLGAIN R E G 3

Prn-BEI ITH OCI

THE 10.

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h closer deadline t h i s mnth end ro thin? mch to .report h t liere zoes. I .!6uid say the % s t Coast Qas mizhtjr vie11 represented i n the Drily YIX 3rE;;ISII v i i t h over 25$ of the reports being from the Pacific Cozst st2tes. gecY-;toietiler at. Hank ~liU:insoi~ls ' on J u l r 216% to g;reet Joe i;iPpencott 7:r3~ sure nice, As I &ve said to others, t'nis was the largost bunch of DXers I have hal the $rkvi'Jege of meeti% at one got-togeth- er. EVT I ha= hopes of seeing more i n i957 at Poncn City; Guess the p g o f f t'mt aueninz at H A r k l s was his tening to the f &pe Roy Millar sent down ard recordin; 0% . t o RO back t o him. I J m afraid the Southern California boys renlljr gave Roy a bad time dr. his o n t q e . 03 tke ",t3 of Juiy I heard 4YC on 780 brut not enoug!~ fo r 2 ?.e;jort but n2wrtkeless rare reception f o r me i n mid-smer from 3 Trms-Pacific s ta t ior ; Received n p o r card f o r report t o 1090 and nice l e t t e r f i n a 1 l ~ ' f r o m ' P ~ ~ f o r f / c on 1340. I evidently fz i led to keep a report on my 105 of ICDJI 1270 hecrfi i n i,Iaj- nnd a s I have not heard f ram them, wf 11 hsve to try and l i s t en a ~ s i n th i s xonth f a r the i r f/c. f >vrote to EZUN 1270, IICVL 1480 3rd K E D 1450 for f / c periods butt t5e only 0i;e I rsceived a regly from was KCVL snd ther s t a t e they do r.ot have t3eir frequency checked outside of the i r rdplar hours but manager sounded 3ike he i-Aght be prevziled u?on t o put on a DX r ~ x t winter, i f Len Eruse nould care to b ~ v e or- of h i s CPC 3 2 ~ : ; follorv up on th is station. I mentioned to Raleigh Biss at the got-to- gether at :bikes a b q ~ & d t ' ~ i n g to get RCHV 970 t o DX f o r us t h i s winter. Elis om i s rouyh i n So-~.t'iern Caiifornia s i t h 1CI;IS usnally on t W t channel but I sug.;est i f you need t h i s s t s t ion t o drop a card t o Xaleigh a t 484 lqnrcus Road i n Falm Sgr in~S, Cal. so he v i l l Pave something t o go on ?vFen he contzcts th i s s tztiori. See you i?r Sep- tember, I b g e ,

C. C, Smi.h - 4618 Ivisin S&troet - Jacksonville 6. Florida The past I lmoris l Dq: i s n. d3y Ellat I truly 5-:ill 3>:.nys rerr~smber. Hnd the pleasure of meeting z ~ d enjoying the one a d only Pop Edge, .his lovely d ~ ~ ~ ~ & t e r J z ~ i e t t e (oh, i f 1- only nzs r ycung fellow ngzin, sure cvduld ,@iirs' the other c y s a b i t of conpeti- tion), tlie ckaiming . . Nrs. 'I2dg6 ;md that grand mother of. his. The mornin5 was entire- ly too, short, the hours too few. So %any things, thpWt I planned ,to ask hia were forgotten ii? the excitement.' DX DX h r e .during svanmer months hre.s,uch 'tkd I ,just carno t pt ovor the back j a r d fence. I a o E i ~ 1or:Jard ' to 'better -OX. Due t'o a ~ m - vious con:.-.ii;xent, w i l l not be able t o a t t e n d the Rarrisburgshindig. ';!auld l ike -to' ' be there as a 1~07m~ii t tee k a r i n ~ for . Eonley s lrozf, 2co ld kure hxb'ooard. , Have fUn,

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CIfzr3;r 11olSsook - 4710 aawmdsr L C ~ B #203 - 3e.thesda 14, ~ ~ ~ a v l a n d ---- ~ ~ s t a s h o r t masing. t h i s month 3 3 f r e a J 1 ~ ~ ~ I T S CO. gX of ~ i q y Gesc~ipt ion t o report. lPiy l.ast 1oz:;inp: qas ?!lay 5th 1:flhen I heard D L I C 1250 ::c/s. Ute. one -evening ?::i.th a :

baseball 2amR.., The g ~ , - 1 2 9 - ~ . is i n the shop un.Terq~irig a. thorough tune wp bzfare , , '

the ,s tsrt of tke comins season. 140st o f July wcrs s p h f ,sending out f /ups,< Zrad r i t h . , qach report I onclosed .a se i f adiressdd prepared card. In my booke one f/ui i s e- - ,

nough work. 3urprisirigly i t 1001~s ,.,as though several s tat ions intend t o pass up mg se l f addressed czrd .and not. reply at a l l ; -;:hat i s th i s hobby cornin$ to? Each year repl ies ?.re beccsving more d i f f i cu l t t o obt5in. Fjups have zone to the f01lo~::ing stntians i n July (asterisked are n o ~ i verified): "HJDZ* 1070. (also sent nice CXdOA* 1390, PIE-2 600; XEL 1260, CNJS 1580, Y/GAF* 910, '1?LEX '1300, XIAD 900 for Dl!::;. TIOHS* 730, If:lOA 730, TVCLS*' 1580,' UB1R 1460; RGIIS* 1590, 'KDEX* 1$0, VGm* 1350, ';i:i!:'T * 1290 DX, ~'IIV;D* 1220, ~IAPG* 1480, ,TIC'Lh 1296, ;':GGA* 550, TBGC* 1240, VPNX* 1460, E'ET* .1480,. LTER 1a .0 , 7,iTSP 13G0, BEV.4 860, IZOPN 910, WSEV 430 DX, CRY 5d0, 7GKP* 570 (no;? ~CAS); :&ids 1090 and VTCN 1280 kc/s. Other veries t o be received of li:.? include CiiDB CI.!ZHN CMHG:and TRZE.' Am iooking forward to . the fun at ~arrisbur,a.. I' ::?::-

ably w o g f t n&e i t - u n t i l 9:30 o r 10:OO p.m. 'safGday night ae I have to ~ o r > = . :'%AT time is the direcfors1 meeting? '.('Usu;llly Sunclay morni und noon -Ed.) '.'!el:, tha t l~ 311 from here. Hope you a l l are doing be t te r Z t h m yours truly. . ?

r : a~- i4so A P~FJ\ .~LY PRO;;^ A clipp5.i~~; received from ~ i r n i e Duf f y describes :!3ILY. The etation i s located i k e p-rkyte (pthe'.,basasament) ard 1s staffed ant irely by Chi and. his Jn Y of a v;i e and the i r cnildren. One of ;(ELYI'g sernihes > s t hunf,:rs

fi.sbmer. pet. 'L seven yenr 61d son t m p n up schedules, . I

notner, .nine, ut':?% tge oarpo 10. ,loca the m l w t e a r s;

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>?EJ STATIONS 970 Aberdeen, Ma@land 500 D-3 '

990 Ridgecrest, California 1,000 D-1 1220 Chel=, T!ashin@on ' f,000 D-1

' Caden, Tennessee 250 B - L 1230 Nadison, Florida 250 a-1

h2cev i~ , Oregin 25'3 U-1 1240 Ridpcres t ,' California /$/Q90 D-1 1250 BqT City, i,:ichigan 1,000 D-1 1260 Hol12,iyd, Iliichigan 500 ,D-3 1280 Phoenix, -Irizona 1, p00 D-1 1290 Niles, i i ichien 500 D-l 13 10 Idrrdisonville , Kentucky 500 D- l 1360 RiS~ccrest, California 1,000 D-1 1580 Holdreze, Nebraga 500 D-1 1440 L i t t l e Rock, Arkansas 1,000 D-1 1450. South ;*?illimeport, &PEL, 250 U-1 1480 Joncsville, Louisiana 500 B-1 1570 ';fard Ridge, Florida 250 D-1 ,

1580 I~&ic2est$r, Tennessee 1,000 D-1 1600 Ferriday, Louieims 1,000 D- l

Oneida, New York 1,000 D - 1

H D.A I? .Eureka, California TI '! L L' Vilmineton, Nawth Cmolina K A I 14 Honolulu, ifmaii - - ' K G E C Palm Spr ine , B b f o r n i a V J D (3 Columbia, Tennessee- ,

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K B M 0 Benson, rninnosota T7 A G E Leesburg, Virginia W M A B Mimising, Nichigan K A R T Jeram , Idaho TI C Y N CynChiana, Kantnclq 57 A L Y Hexkimer, Nmv York Ti N R Y 'Ifecn, Ksntuclrg B M P Y Saiist,ury, llc~rylc-nd K 11 I R Tucson, Arizonct 57 M 0 0 Milford, iitlassachusetts Ti T V B Aub-le, Florida JI t7 I C Salt Lake City, Utah V F L R Dwdee, New York

1320 7sraD Y7 t l 3J 6 Szlisbury, I\4aryland 1580 TIBUG A PIT B flaynesbOm, Per~rB. , 1590 TIX$ OF G E E Indianapolis, In&.

FAG ILIT JES- 580 K U B C irqontrose, Colordo, to 5,000/1,000 U-2 fron 1260 kc/s., 1,000/500 U-2 610 7 S L S Roanoke, Virginia, to 5,000/1,000 U-4 from 1,000 fJ-4, no cbnge i n *

nighttime DA. K A V L Uncaster, California, to 1,000/500 U-4 from 1340 kc/s., 253 U-1.

860 7 N A TI To Great Barrington, Nassachsetts, from ITorth Adms, ?:ass. 250 D-1. 960 7 E L I Nevv' Haven, Conn3ctic~t, to 5,000/1,000 U-2 from 1, OCO U-2, no cImng;e

i n nightt im M. 7 B 0 C Salisbury, Pdaryland, to 5,000/1,000 U-4, from' 1,000 U-2, no cblge i n

n i~h t t i r r i DA. 980 !7 P R X Prairie du Chien, 7Jisconsin, 500 D-1, frlorn 12g0 kc/s.., 500 D-1.

,1050 7 J S 53 Crestvimr, Florfda, to 1,000 D21 , from 1490 kc/s., 250 U-1. 1150 IZ I Y I Shelby, Kontana, t o 1,000:500 U-2, from 1240 kc/$,,. 250 U-1. 1280 ;7 E I i i Fitchburg, Massaclasatts, to 5,000/1,000 8 4 from 1,000 U-2, no

change i n nishttitne DA. 1290 J T U X 7lilrllington, Delarmre, ta 1,000 D-1 from 500 D-1.

1 J E F Jermiqqs, Louisiana, to 1,000/500 U-2 from 500 U-2, no chznr;e 'in niehttime M.

1330 7 14 E iT Tallahassee, F l o r i b , to 5,060 D-1, from 1,000 I)-1.

1340 X'D L 11 Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, to 250 U-1, f r ~ m 1360 kc/s., 1,000 D-1. K F G T Fremont, Nebraska, to 100 Specified Hours, from 100 U-1.

1370 K F 5 Ili Grand Forks, North Dauts, to 1,000 D-1, from 1440 kc/s., 1,003/500 SharBng with ICILO.

1440 IC I L 0 Grand F O T ~ S , Korth D&ota, to 1,000/500 U-1, when RFJM goes to 1370. 1470 R S E i'I I,bses Dke, Tzshin~ton, to 5,000/1,000 U-4, from 1,000 U-2, no change

i n nighttime DA. 1570 I( 3 I C W l t Lake City, Uta11, t o 500 D-1, from 1470 l ~ c / s ~ , ~ l , O C O D-1.

J P1 E E Harvsy, I l l inois , 1,000 D-3. Minor .change9 in di recat ioml mtonn&. THIS I S OUR LhST CHA-iJCE TO, mIIND YOU JBOUT THE P-CQIIING 3 1 G 1T.R. C. COKV3i\?T~OI; I N HARRISBURG, PEMTSYLVANIA. 'FIEa& DE1SlILS OX I T ;;ILL BE ZOUiJD ELSEWRF: IiT THIS ISSUE AnlD ':I& C!JTf T URGE YOU ErilRD IFOUGI.1 TO IIfC1;UI)E TrSS BIG GET-TOG%- I N YOUR XOLIDT PWNS. XV'ERYgNE I S Gt'nRh~!EE3 A E2RRIFXCi1LLY GOOD TXhUX, SO IF AT ALL POSSICLE , ' NOT CUT YOURSELF I N ON THIS FUN? COrW 11LONG AI\D BRING. YOUR FWILY AM) FRI:?IDS.

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1101 '7111iLms - 59 Third .4venne- .- .Segiur, Connecticut I almos t f o r g t about tne B-.rlier issus- of I1DX iWIiSjt so i r ill send th$& SAsciz l De- l ivery s o as to make sure that i t reaches t l ~ b . d i . & r p !Potvnv .by fiesbay. b s t neath it

seems that my report did not get to Brooklyn u n t i l Vednesday althou* l e t t s r s ;ntL a postal mailod at the samd time reached Camden, N. J ., Philadelphia Pn. &-;.ling- ton, V t , on Tuesdzy so the delay i s i n the Broolclyn Po st 'Dfice and not up here. (~roaklm mail Foes t o New York and is rerouted there and thatr's where the delay probably occurs -Ed,) Je are going to Bar r i eh rg and we sina8relg hope to m e e t many n m faces as well a s to greet those whom we have previously met. F$ DX 'has been on t'le meager sid'e, but three additions were nnde since last report. aro nmA-730, Gre tm, Va. with ET/M on 7/20 logged. a solid S-5 fmm 1: 00-1:45. AS of 8 /1 :'1POP-i410 Eartford, Corn. came on under new ovmiership a d a report sent. It w i l l be intorestine: to know if Rosers B. Holt'aa CE w i l l s ign the verie as :le' d id f o r the former c a l l l e t t e r s which were fiGTH ;YONS S;'lIfD and 2NBC since 1935. 8 16- KHIW-1590, 1fe:lrye t ta, Okla. heard on ET 7;:ith S-4 signal 3:OO-3:45, v e r j xoisy 7sut - easi ly rec-dcble. Veries received are CESL-1290, Illr3"I-1100, thanks to Everett Johm- ' son's v/s ; '-GAT-1390 (they have :z novel and a t t rac t ive latterhead) and a l e t t e r 2nd coverap ~ a . 2 from iRQU-730. Letter from B i l l Stone claims i t was HOT f o r t'neir f i r s t ET ' b - ~ t they aminounced i t as such and also so stated in the v / l . I k v e so much correqondence to answer that I w i l l cut t h i s shrt and try to get some replies out. C a r d as received fromLefty and l e t t e r s from Len Rruse, B i l l Stone, 3v Johnson and Joe B r .crier and three requests f o r info from NNRC members. A s I alcr2ys TRY t o keep my co-respondence as nearly up t o dcte as possible I dl1 have t o get at it. I also must send a report to KHEN. I t was rumored that :/POP-1410 was going on%-hour sked but ES of notv they have not bow so. I have hLd #o Itoff ic ia l" word as to !-?ho was elected as President, Vice President and Vice Ch iman of the Board excapt that the new ms t hecoxls carried IfPap11 Bdge as President. Congrctulntions, Ray. Inci- dentsl ly I l i k e the blsclc ink for a change. Until Hamisburs, '73.

FZ~lph Johanns - 72 E3st Genesee Street - Buffalo 3. Neri York Radio have been strangers fo'r the past three months. The veries 'are 0.ro-and 1,460 wit11 v / l by David L. Cknnnley, CZ of KITOX (1310) snyiny sked i s 6 2.m. (suxday 7) to midnizht CST. *:ient from 1403 lrc/s. to 1310 !cc./s. i n 1954 and most power to NE a t nizht ? i th trsnsmitter s ix miles from Grand PorIcs, N.D. He also sent me a rod printed v/cnrd. ~ / 1 by Lucien Sim~rd, GE of CJMT (1450) 365 Rue Rscina Est, mi- coutimi, Cpe. mentions then was on with ddnce mslc, French. V / 1 by Dale J. Schwartz CE of IPRL (1230) !!The Voice of the Almond Empirell, 32nd arA Oak i n Paso Robles, Cal. V / L by (3. P. Brown, GM of .I"ITIA (1230). This Buffalo s tat ion is sssoc- ia ted ~ ~ v i t h 7~11~ (~oches te r ) and he mentions that openln~; w i l l be when pemlission is ,gznted by FCC. The skedl 11 be S:30 a.m. (Sunday 8 a.m.) t o 12:30 a.m. EDT. I guess OIS 2,nd I ?re only 06 s nho have t h i s v 11. -4- mimeo-f i l l - in ' v/b %y Staff -In- muncer (,Illen Prence?) 8f ;?YZE (1480). Noxico has a new 29 s ta t ion network called flR,dio &.isoras de Ihex3rc0~~ o r for short, "Hedl1 Xviexico. For the NRC Convention time a nav Lcl.bor Das~ camrr.eaorative stamp, 3$ w i l l be out and Sept. 24th the nen l e v i l s Tower 34. Don' t forget to order your 'Jeyrich Log Book and get to the NRC Co:-ivention.

Lmrence A. :?hitman - 2206 Audley -4;veme - bTew Castle, 'Pennsyibmnia For the 1 s t b:do issues I have verified nothing but, locals and semi-locals hxt t h i s time I lztched onto some halfway decent DX. To be namely, these are KDLR-1240, T!JNO-1230, TFTL-1400; 2TIX-1450, KICK-1340, c~nd 'JTXL-149 0. KDLR' s verie i s nri tee-? (~;&th an e l ec t r i c typmri te r ) on my'reception report. I guess they just 8onf t h a - 7 ;

a pretty secretary t o type the verific3tions, hi. 71JfT0 sent a postcard *:fitl a p i c - ture of the i r studios on and verified scribbled on the back. 'JFTL i s my freakiest reception as 1 w a s l is tening to QnIJ at 9:03 and rqq receiver drifted. A t s ta t ior break time I heard ftllnd now news from the :'IFTL news raam.tl and m s follovfing. ;YTIX KICK and TIT,% were heclrd on the 30th of July when a fr iend and I had a DX ses- sion. Also, I took a log on TITH and KLRA. I heard an a l l goofdd up -8 /off on 95 0 at 1:05. Tkey played Wha Pilgrims' Hymnm and other such music ard signed of i r i t h ffhnericn. fi I$ apo1og;ies t o ID1 ?lilliams and Ev Johnson . Last issue I s?.id gal m a the man iin I@r,dota that logged ifiiLP due to HNL from my friend (and champion ches? player) Tom -illitin? --B a member. Ev must have been the persr- IT? o thsr DX. 37 ;-

and best DX to a l l DON' T FORGEP TEi;: Dl CI FOR ISSUE HERE T i SPTBEiER 8 1 THE FII IST SIZ

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he;ust 11, 1956 -D-X- -K-E-T-8- , Pce;e11 Barry Fgote - 6 0&land~treet - Natick, hlaeedchua.ett#

E$ wife and I are pret ty y e l l se l t led now here i n Matick after a worderful-ueskls s tay at. Vacation Vzlley, 'Echo Ldce, pa,' 7% are located about e ight miles from Veo- ton i h much: the same country-like swroudings. . I have made several changes i n my '

DX'eet-up. The, BCB and FLI section are i n operation with the TV reaclg to go up soon.. Everythin3 i s together i n the l iving robm mounted i n a cabinet my father hilt f o r me. Yle are s t i l l using the NC-33 with a preselector and Gnreeter f o r BCB and a Zenith 7H918 seven tube Rd s e t with an a e t a t i c bdoster f o r Qoth FM artl 'PV. Going to txy a i4" GI3 Po r t z l l e f o r TV DX. Ant ennas inelude a 121 vert icgl and 2248 wire i n cLbaut~ && l s n ~ t h s to f i t in a 90, space, and a S w e r Congeal Yagi with 11 elements on a rotor 30' hi& f o r Fhl a d TV DX. Reception on BCB has varied only s l ight ly f ran that of .;.ieston. Co-channel QEFjl from local transmitters is lees and for tunataw, there i s no local noise. AS to FM, Ilm p t t f n g t e r r i f i c recepti6n;(stexIy 200 mile rzdius every day) so TV 9 X ought to be quite interesting. Havent-t had much of a chance t o ,?et s t a r t ed i n DX yet, but I did-add f7MS 990, PlDRF 1590, TlZKY 1580, and the new 7RPJ 1450, All were on RS except mRI which $8 on daily t e s t s and announ& ing to be s;hen m ~ l a r broadcast6 begin: Best wishes to you a11 at the Conven- tion, Hoye to gat to one n.sain$soon. M ~ b e i n bvo gears. ?3s,,

Hark ';!ilklnson - 6620 North Beeman Avenue - North Hol,.lgwood, C a l i i o r n i ~ verie from HJKC, 840 kc/s,, Bogota, Colombia f ina l ly came through on r e ~ e p t f o n re-

ports of lcst February, Joe Lippencott wae hers last weekend and he got the op-por- tuni ty t o meet m a q y of the Southern c a l i f a h a gang of W who gathered at rqy home on Saturday evening, July, 21st f o r an old-fashioned DX Gabfest. =le i& Biss cme up from Pco~h'i Springs; Jim Critchett carneeup from San Diego; John Boase from Sr.rxb

John Alesj-nder, Ted Vasilopoulos, Don Reynolde, Phi l F$rikle, ~ o r t d lbehan (vrho went r ight home ard tuned i n m N ! 1, Mike Christie, Karl Raymond and a nice t ~ ~ p e -, ,

f ram Roy iiillar. nf ter l is tening to ' Roy' s tape we then got together and sent him a tape thot he. should keep f o r Psster i ty . Joe ~ i p ~ e n c o t t was greeted l i k e an old friend by everyone mi I know that Joe really elljoyed himeelf immensely. Tnese are the things that make our hobbjr'one of the f ines t i n the xorld, I would li'lse t o thanlr a l l those fellow DXers who attended so as to mAce Joe's v i s i t tha t much more enjoy- : able. BJ t'ne way, Ted V., eaid i n part f tHarr i sbur~ i n 956 - Ponca City i n 157 - the Golden Sta te i n 158!n Itbybe this i s not an impossibilityt, 7Iho Itn~ws? Don Regnoldo gave m e a corld rnap 4x6' and I've alreay'mounted it on my north wall of r q don. Thank6 agaiq, 3on. To Gene Allen, Bob LaPhtte, ~ r n i e Michels: 11 11 be up ' E i s c o way i n ths l a t t e r pa r t of Auqs t o r September. i l l a l l Only seven pojnts s q e r - s ted Roy iiillar 2nd Don Reynolds from first and second plauee i n tbe Contest! :'latch out, Roy - you cent t win next season, h i .

Len Kruse - 816 Zuclid Street - Dubuque, Iowa . Since mg report i n the last "DX EEiSn, I have added a half dosen new s'tnOio?ls to my DX Log. On 7/20 Station TiMl7A (730) Gretna, Va, was ,haard on ETs fron~ 1:ZO to 2 a,m, i n the clear. Then the brcmd n&v KFEL (970) ?ueblo, Col. was heard on 7/24 frror.~ 5:35-6 a,n. no11 i n c o m ~ ? of tha t frequemy, with no sign of AN PC!SPI. S t ~ t i o n VBLR (1430) Batesburg, S.C. w a s he~rd on the i r regular aeelrdw s/on a t 5 a.r;l. o n - "

7/30 w i t h , only s l f s h t trace of QRd f ram TfV-4hI who came on one hour earlier !-:i th i ts RS. My f i r s t l a p i n 5 i n August were m a d e on August 1 with ETs fromKOLY ( 1 3 0 ~ ) Nia- bridpp, S.D. from 3~50-4 a.m., well over La? R'ERE, a d from 3:47-4:01 a.m, , St2tion INZN (1310) 'Jest Monroe, La. with ETs, having QBd from AN VEhfH. ~gen rpg next l o ~ i n g w a s on 8/3, the f /o of Ti3?md (1460) De l$miak Sprines, Fls. from 3:09r3:@ E~,:.I. with a f z i r s ibpal , Latest verifiedrtion, l e t t e r s from KDAL ICLY)M KLGA Y!TdKA aSL IWiL 3373s and cards from RYZE and TlGHN. T h i 8 brings my total veries to 2,888.

J; 3. nPatfl Roilley - 226 ~ r o s s r a n Street - Jmestown. .New Yo& Veriee aro CICSL *JYZE KTTLG 'JIB3 XLGA :'IPHB XGHN V!OICI (out a year) T M 'iJFBS and 28 re- ports s t i l l rmt. 7/16. UWm on 1390 at 2:13 but-no vo&e heard-when I qui t at 2:40. TJ'D, 1320, t e s t at 2:40. 7/17- VBEJ, 1240, 5:01 aslring f o r mail, -JTCR,1420 f / c a t 2:11, TIHiriB, 1420, ET at 2:2OCfor a new one. 910 had tone h t no c z l l at 3:19 t o 3:40, 7/18- KDBIS, 1290, atop mess an f/c at 2:26. The nationvide a l e r t put n e i a mind of DXing 2!5 years as0 but the Canadians beins on mL?ds it a few nore. tlmn vie heard t ; l en 'h t bad e l e c t r i c a l storm spoiled any DX e f for t s . 7/21. E'JDOR, 910, tee t at 1:4% .LY, 1420, t k s t at 2:24. 7723- KLGA, 1600, ET at 2:13. VGR, 550, t e s t a t

3:22. 7 / 8 - TiINI , 142.0; t e s t at 1:51. Uri?no!;m. tone on 790, f o r past (continued p.12)

rom P. . . .. @ 12 -?l-X- -IT-3-J- AUSUS~ 11, 1956 at Reilley, c verzl d~jrs . irbrnd ~6 trritn CR. 7/30-

1390 a d 1410 .-Iitn vorceless tone testing. ? / f s ~ - lay0 tos ter on aqnin a l l :*.~miilg. 8/3- YTJS, 1390, EB ~t 2:W. XUii l , l!%C), El' at 2:55 f o r second report to tlim. 814- CHRJL, 900, A?T t h i s AM: 35'3, 1480, t e s t a t 3:i6 f o r c". nea one. 8/50 7JCE3, 1350, . t e s t a t 1:23 f o r new one but elact i rcl l l storm .spoiled DX to&ay. Ses you a l l i n Fbr- risburg st Convention.

3e rnie Duf fg - 77 Livem.ore Avenue - Staten Island 2. New York Tips from Lefty led me to the fey: new.catc'lies that I've l o g q d since the previous eclition of tDS NIC7Se - T ~ e y are 7CBGC1590, logged atop TJBRY many evenirqs, j- st pr io , t o t he i r s/off a t 8 p.m. EST, and tha new ~lTEF, Troy, A h . dominating TZTS;T 'JJ?X as the forner ET$d 817 at 2:30. Recent veriee are l e t t e r s from I<TI:'ilr 7CPC JTOC z:d RKD, and a nice glossed card out l ining the G i l a Network i n 9rizona, verifyin,- f o r RCICY, a s we11 as a business card f ram 7YB. I regret that rt marriage i n our f mils on Labor D q precludes my attendin5 the Oonvention.

B i l l Stone - 112/540 Dundas Street East. T 6 ~ m t o 2, OnC2r& Diling on* -;;hen avi=ke. Doctors have me doped t o ears . Are in jur ies are out of con- - - t r o l . f;~.clc a;.:ain on,;lugust 17 to Vet@' Hospital - Eye SpeciBlist at 9 a.!2., ~Icuro- Surgeon nt 1:30 p.m. ; so may6e. 11 11 be banged i n on 17th. I f so, no IBrris&r,r f o r -?

me - :and I z ~ t iq- r~jservations bwk too, neirtzt +lug. 5- 7 E R C 1390 ( ? ) ET/H 1:15-2; some statio-r, on 1380, , h t as it comes time :for. .SIs. (at half ' k o ~ r s ) he 'pul ls .mitch. 1400 ~'S-VII Z T ~ ~ A 2: 00-2:20 s t i l l ,ping. 4/80 X L X f /c-IT 1:05 on; ;-'S?D 1370 ET/oC only; 7CBY 1240 f /c-TT '3 :Q9-3:30 sqar monthly; 900 CHIKG on ~lhT with specinl prozrm.. 3/8- 1560 '2Q.m E?/OC; '1603 rdmovrn he3vily QRied by -;FiiFTt, KATZ SIed at i2:07; 1590 CII;:O~I zood, s4;ron~ 'car r ie r clso on, no SI heard; 14'90 .s,trong TT, off air 12468, FS,

S I ; 1350 BG off ard on, no SI; .all JN. 1480 CNHX eesy at 1:15 on RS; OC on 1480, i?o SI; RINS heard s/off 1:02 a.m. Aqone know who birdTon 1410 with s'tzady TT is? E e o ~ on f o r txo weeks now: 1580, OC, l ike ly ;!JRB at 12:45, no 31. 1570, our f r i e d with OC. 31/7 - 3 A C 158.9 cinch a t s/on 5 ?..m. ; 1380 TT, i n t e h i t t a n t 3133-4:02; 1570

.T!.'IFLT! p / ~ - m 5-3:16; ~ R F off to 3: 10. 1360, ::'I~I RS §/off 2 2 0 . . 1463 ?:rmo 3T,i:4, best s i p a l on BCB, got a l l power off and s t i l l R-7 solid. i600 s tat ion fighting :'.t out with T;KIn, went on ca r r i e r only at 1:47, ua l i c pr ior to this. 790, CKSO TT/Ih/IZT 2:35 on. 800, anyone kno~:r, who? . Third morning i n rov;, modulation i s poo.r, qeech and music zccrlled, sma time, 1:20-1:30. SO/?, .;.TRC 1360 ( ? ) s /on 5 A.m. ; 1470 and 1590 TT carr iers , hever an S I ; 2:30, on. 600, my friend n p i n 2:05-2: 15 usii~g LP . record, p v e S I at 2:15 but broken up, h i s mixing i s !vay off . 1330 s t ~ t i o 2 using TT behird CIjiCB, zbout. foukth s t r ~ ~ i g h t m o r n , no SI . 29/7, 830 TT dnd car r ie r 2:15 on, s t i l l at 4:30, no SI heard; 1420 VTCR L'T/l;I 3: 004:15; 1450 JTS? on RS, . rea l power- house. l8/7* t o 28th, aeception' funny ac t iv i ty ; no trov-ble Lo mG; XED (t~r,zf:s to unlmovm carr ie r ) o r T!TC9D bmsing through, 23th s ta r ted t o elear up. 26th- 1353 Y!iBG f o r new one ET/N 1:45-2: 10, also 2'7, ~ l s o 28th. Say Lefty, on XZRF .on 26th, they go t some t'nine; ciilled WPouhds Off 11, caices off ei,zht .pound.s overni pht , 7CFJ on 13X- on ET/IJ, hzvenf t heart to write him. This boy1 s got so much trouble with h is ri.:.. , .

not funny. :lxinzr s of f , parasytics, garbled, eta.. S::os on 2-5th, 24th. 2 $1~- - i - ~ r w x ..',

on ET/M 1:30-2; .;!AJ?B 1460 f /c-14 2-2:15 per l i s t ; TQXR ET/TT 2:45-3. 24/7 md 22/':': v~c~shaut. 20th) 7IhtNA ET/L!. ;-!Em 1590 ET/TT 1:OL.

Lefty Coopar - 478 ---- %%st 21 Strest - B r o o l c ~ ~ 26, New Ycrk Verie t o t a l i s 2,691 here now, with cards i n from YYZA 2;d T!G%J (?.cc~';er in an o n ~ ~ ' : - . . ope), and l e t t e r s f r m ~EllH-ij90, ?!TKO-1470, WOD-780 &nil .~!i3~lL-lk:), I t ve been 3%

the d ia ls q i t e a fevb times during the early morr,ing hours, but the only thing 1 got was 1 : ~ thing, h i .' ' Seems I had ~;lTBF-970 on 8 /6,, as Barnie heard 1 emthe fo llo~,rj?: I+

morning, I took a third repor$. on 7PCT$350 which is heard quite well here to~;a.s:;.- their 6245 p,n. August s /off , overriding 1'iN1;Ii ( the da;~.f;j.me semi-local here), 'JOXX iiiid ;'!LNH, tho l a t t e r also signing off a t 6:45 th is month. Of lato ' , there has beer?. a d i s t u r b l r ! ::?avcrin~: buzz on my d i a l every 25 minutes o r so , , and Lasting f o r nbv..? $ ~ n minates a t a cl ip. Sounds as thouqh i t could be a faulty e l ec t r i c refrigeraf;;.xs. .- . !.-I, comes i n ?-:i.t'n equal volume, even v i t h no .antenna, s9 must be cnixlng throuch tkp L.'i.ra, and ao iC from the pure Brooklyn ozom . Yell, I ' m hoping to see all you birr17.- a.y.: the X a ~ ~ i s b u r g f e s t i v i t i e s . And weld like t o thadc you, for Ericlr Johnson, fc:~. 21.~3 wonderful, neighborly response you produced to 'ou r s ~ ~ ~ ~ c c t i o n of some get-weli- qcick cards. A t t h i s *::riting, he i s s t i l l i n the hosp! i a l , bat i s feel ing mch bst- t e r now. I-Ie was deeply moved by the thoup;htfulness of so .many of you l o p 1 XECer'J.

1 A l l I~erns ~c - - i.azanoury 11, oox L--, - - j s z a ~ r ,,,..? Ontario, Canada A l l Times are EST

San Antonio, Tex i s Al? (LK) 1 W I L ~ N A Gretna, Va was on ET both 6/20 & 7/20 (BS)

840 KFST Fort WStoclkton, Tex l i s t s FC a s 1st Tue but no time given (MR) 900 KALT Atlanto, Tex has 1st Tue 0545-0600 (MI) 910 KLCS Baton Fiouge, Ia i s AN (IK) 920 KECK E e s s a , Tex bas FC even numbered months 0610-0625 (YR)

1010 KCFIJ Delano, Cal w i l l be t e s t i n g each Sat a f t e r 0200 (W-M) K L R A L i t t l e Rock, Ark is AN (LK)

I150 'C\JCUE Akron, Ohio on i s 0400 (Bs) 1230 WCOL Colimbus, Ohio is AN (LK)

Iv7rIV.F Wausau, It!is i s AK ( I K ) 1240 WCBY Cheboygm, Nich hrd on r e g u h r FC 0309-0330 842 (1s t ~ h u r ) (ES) ill,

i s t h a t the date? You d idn ' t de f in i t e ly give it) 1270 'GTPAZ Pottstown, Pa on 14 i s 0500 (Bs)

KVCL Winnfield, La heard on t e s t 0200-0215 7/13 (2nd ~ r i ) , may be E (MR) 1280 KLCO Poteau, Okla has maintanence t e s t s on 1 s t Mon from 0100 on (MR)

XEAV Wonterrey, Mex probable off is 0127 (?a) WSAT Salisbury, N.C. i s AlJ (LK)

1290 CKCL London, Ch.lt i s AT?, c a r r i e r only on Mon BM (LK,Bs) 130@ K O i Sea t t l e , Vash wkday sked i s 0800-0600, Sun 1000-0200 (MM) 1330 KDOK Tyler, Tex has FC I s3 Mon 0615-0530 (fm) 1340 K V I C Victoria, Tex h s FC 3rd Mon a t 0530 (im)

KBTK ?lissoula, Mont off 0400 7 days a tree2 (WM) 1350 KTXJ Jasper, Tex gfves FC a s 3rd TIE bblit no t h e given (1lR)

KCAR Clsrksvi l le , TBX has FC 4 th Mon s t E3S5 0545 (PB) U.00 VBIK Chrksburg, V.Va is AN (LK) 1420 WTCR Ashland, Ky w i l l have FC 8/21 a t 0210 $' (BS) l430 FrPCF Panama Citv, F k w i l l hzv? FC 8/18 0030-0045 (BS) l4.50 WREL Lexington, Ky hrd on FC/T $/6 (1st on) 0450-0500 one hour e s r l i e r

than l i s t e d (Rs) 1470 WRGA Rome, Ga on Ls 0530 (MF1 l.480 KGKO Dallas, Tex has FC every 2nd Sat a t 0645 (la) (IS t h a t the 2nd Sat of

month o r evcry other s a t ? ) Cm Cicnfuegos, C71h off i s 0200 (3s ) KLQ Lincoln, l k b off i s 0102 (Bs)

1550 F'PTR Albany, 1J.Y i s on a t l e a s t till 0100 (BS) ( ~ n d they're on DST) 1570 I F ? Monticello, Ly hrd on FC/T 7/31 0300-0310, XERF was off then (BS) 1580 IiEVA Shamrock, Tcx hzis FC 16th of each month 0115-0130 NR)

\PAC Pachogue, N.Y. on i s 0500 (BS) 1570 WAKU Lztrobe, Fa has FC 4 th Tue 0l4.5-0215 (JT&TJ) 1590 KCBD Lubbock, Tex has FC 2nd Tue a t 0200 (MR)

1dS1,Jld P l a t t e v i l l z , Wis. When t h i s stathon t e s t s , it i s on Wed ,IM a t 0100X(3,.1 1600 \XRV Ann Arbor, Mich S/off is 0100 (Bs) 1:mJ STLiTIrnS 1300 KOL'f McBridge, S.D. ETing 8/2 (Bs) 1360 VHBG Harrisonburg, Va ETine: since 7/26 (Bs) 1390 ???? Charlotte, Mich Em on 8/5 (BS) 1420 !.'ED Erwin, Tenn ETing 7/17 (3s) l4.90 KChJL Bijou, C F ? ~ ETing $13 (RYM) 1520 KGOPJ Orcgon City now on RS (RHM) 1570 ICKDY ivbrysvillc, Kan ETing 7/17 (BS) EEOETFRS 9s B i l l Stone, RiIM Roy H . M i l h r , MR M ~ r v Robbins,

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know what f s p l . n n s d f o? yCu. 3 ' 1 ~ 3 k : '.;!l.~e?e. 1s It1? pF,Nfl i'-:Ai3RIS i-:OYIEL, Fi'llR:!IS:,. Tj i?G, PZT.j'rJSY.L'\i&iIA, in t h o C-overnor ' Perm i-:arpja Hote l .:'i:: a t 2nd Gn2 7G,.tlilut S,l;rcet::' ln dov!ntowu I?:: burg, 0ppo : ; i . t~ ..t;ne-:Pt;nns~~1vai1i:l .'S-ta't'c Cap i to l* .. The (!ate8 are Sopt 1-2-39 1956. i .

If you. !lave not y e t r1on.e so , w r i t e ' innneillat 'cly t o .Fred LI VXQ - -. Voo~?hses , ox P:32., -Lomoyne, POD^^,, t e l l i n g hfp. . that ;?oix F%re con1i.n

how many i n .you]r3 part;^' and. how you a re corn$ngr , .If by 'bu.3 o r tm9ain o r nlr*, tcll hj.r!l what time yo11 v r f l l a r r i v e . s o t'llat noi-reone ' c a n mce !jour SLnce t:ii?e is skqrt, if you c v a n t hotel rcserv~:l; ions, b e t t c r t e l l Elred, s o 'chnt h r : can rfl~ke them for your Ifa-rdly e n m ~ ~ h tint t o son.d n cal~d. t o you Tclr you, t o return t o t h c h o ' c c l , 3f .yo11 w.lJ.2. n0.k ~ . r l ~ I v e b c f o r e noon or1 Saturdciy t e l l Fred hovs*m:~ng 7!71i11 he entin:; 2.t

th.3 S a t ~ l r d ~ g lTl.gl?.t b a n q u e t , a8 h& .must; n o t 5 f y . t h e h o t o l tholie - . 1-!.ere then, i s .the , p r o g r m 2,s' ~ r r a n g c c l so far :

Sat1x1~3a.y 9 A;: R c g i s t r a t f o n i n t h e ~,oGrr~or' s i3oom. 1% .Lunch on pour own, p l e n t y . o f pla.c.cs, Good shopj,-?l.lig

f!lcllitj.i:x for ' t h e ~ X ' t e r n ~ o i i . ' 3 I T i i s i t t o citlu:;? :?iC2J3 o r WlF, . o r ai.o2;';-ior i'n~.:11..~,~.

G : 30 P1.Z A i - m a 1 S : ~ t u . r d a y Sight B:m.ciuct, coinvlctc . wS.th quizz, C o e t . .of t h i s ? n o d r t l l bc :,:;3*00 pe'$ p l a t o r A t t;hc ilot c;l.* . ,-

E : 30 FP'I Soc i .al Ei7cniri!~ 2.t t h e ho t e l l . un.cler d i r o c t ? . o n o f Co-F[os$ C. 2, Conloy,

.. l:.o:lrd.' of D i r c c t n r s 2 , l e c t i n ~ ~ Suncl :~y A7.I iiotkling pl.snned, but churlches o f a I I f ~ri.tbs are

rcacl:?,ly c.vaf .labl.o L f c ~ K b l o c k s from ;!our hot a l . 12: 30 PI4 Sunday Woon Zanquet a t the h.0 tc2.. 2-11 P1:I 'Uit'li t;irnc o u t Tor s u p p e r * .

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-3rr:i3nac: of dug for socinl; ' c o n v e r ~ s r l ~ t i c ; i ~ ~ The . .. .mnual 3~7rrts1:)1j.~g KLpona (l?/nter ca~n iva .2 ) i s on..

i n the' hf tornom o i i lg 'bwo b l o c k s T r o r ~ t h e hot el,.

You ? ~ e i n ~ i t c c l t o comc, br ing your ~ t ! r i f i c a t i o n s , i d e n s , and p r e p w e f o r a r c d goor?. t9mc cupone; -f cllows who t a l k t h i ) RRTG I m p

' u3.g" a s . yon dor ~061; ov'or t;hc cl l isci~ssioi i topic:: md pre!?are sornc q u o s t ions t o s h o o t nt the Chairman. If 7011 have idc:ts, prcpcrc . thcm for di s c u s s i o n , C1.1.lhrlSc Con.lcy and F r c d VtlnVoorhoes bat11 s i n c c ~ a l y hopc t h a t t h i s w i l l , Tic; tho best; convc;n.tio-n cvcr , nnd nc: hopo t o h avc a s u r p ~ i s c gues t o r two, So f u r 48 'hzvc . iiid.icni;c;cl that t h e y wf 11 bc on hmd, ~ n y ~ l o r c ? -.

r~:1,1 ~ ! ; i c q ~ o r suggc.;r,ts t h a t I mention to you t h ~ t t h c r o i s 3. Figcon Ilolc Pwk in;^ f z c i l i t g r i p l i t n c x t t o t h c !-!otcl, and jus t next t o It I s another pcrkinrr gar9C;c w i t h a . l o t ncxt t;o : i k I . s o t 'ncrc 9 r c plenty. of places for go,ur ca r ve ry hardy to' thr : iq-otel* The r a i l r o a d s t ? - t l o n and bus ctc-pat g rc just 5 bloclcs from tlnc: b o t c l * Thcrct It is, o.nd about all ac hcrc i n t h e 1-Iarrf sburg n r c n c:ln do i s t o v a i t t o g r o e t you 211r I f you a r r i v c on Fr iday bcforc: 5 ca l l . Brod a t CcAa: 4-0163 o!? C h c ~ r l i c ::'i, Cedar 2-7003, f f n f t c r 5 Pi.;, call -5Ycd a t - FZgcnt 7-2559 ko . l c'c; Liri.:~~ I:ncw T ~ o u 2.r~ i n t ocm. lii?-1 bc on hand n):

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