WELB DONE & WELeME Well done and welcome...it seems somewhat f i t t i n g t h a t a s we begin t h i s f f r s t e d i t i o n of DX Flews from T,ouisvil.le, we o f f e r some thanks and ask some a s s i s t a n c e . The thanks, of course, goes t o t h e f i n e f o l k s a t ?JPC who managed t o meet t h e weekly dead l ines f o r pub l ica t ion f o r t h e pas t 111 i s s u e s of t h i s magazine. I?hile we i n L o u i s v i l l e a r e j u s t beginning, we r e a l i z e t h a t g e t t i n g ou t such a public- a t i o n f o r a s long a s I!JPC has done is no easy t a s k , and we wish t o s a l u t e t h e f o l k s i n Rew J e r s e y who answered t h e c a l l and did what had t o be done f o r t h e p a s t few years .

But onwird, upward and moving r i g h t a long, a s they say, and t h a t means we're ask ing f o r t h e h e l p and cooperat ion of every PRC member a s we begin what we hope w i l l be a s l o n g and a s success fu l a t enure a s Vew Je rsey . We ask your pa t i ence a s we a l l f i n d our wings f o r t h e f i r s t few weeks, which may mean overlooking an occas iona l e r r o r o r misplaced item. 'Je ask your h e l p i n support ing t h e e d i t o r s who w r i t e t h e columns which a r e t h e bread and b u t t e r of t h e club. Ye a s k those o u t t h e r e who have not con t r ibu ted i n t h e pas t t o do so now. And, we ask those who have sugges t ions and comments t o send them a long t o , u s .

We hope t o be responsive t o what you, t h e membership, wants t o s e e i n T'X News, and a t t h e same t ime i n t e r e s t e d i n what you f i n d wrong and overdone. I t is our goal t o s e e i f we can ' t f u r t h e r expand t h e F!RC t o inc lude more i n t e r e s t e d people i n t h e hdbby, while a t t h e same time we hope t o b e t t e r se rve our p resen t members.

Yle r e a l i z e t h i s a l l sounds g r e a t and you're l i k e l y wonderinp, "what do they have i n mind?" We have some ideas , bu t t h e major i ty of i i reas must come from you, t h e T'Xers who a r e read ing t h i s . '!le a r e now working on a "reader survey" which w i l l appear i n a i'X Flews shor t ly . B e l l 1 be ask ing f o r your op in ions of p resen t columns and f e a t u r e s and w e ' l l a sk f o r comments on t h i n g s you t h i n k we need t o add o r t ake out.

Xhile we won't promise t o change every l i t t l e th ine , we w i l l use your r e p l i e s and move from there. D U t t h i s one survey i s n ' t a l l we're plannine t o do--we a r e a l s o ready t o l i s t e n and read what you send us i n t h e m a y o f sugges t ions and comments, and we hope everyone o u t t h e r e w i l l w r i t e in . Lot only w i l l i t keep our s e c r e t a r y busy f o r t h e next s i x weekends and o f f t h e s t r e e t s , bu t We'll know what you waat and what we need t o do.

So t h e r e i t 16-the beglnnlng. Where r e go from h e r e is up t o you,our members. Thank you f o r your confidence i n T.oulsrille--we hope t o j u s t i f y it!

-UTE TEST-Tuesday, April 12-KDUZ4260- Hutchinson, h. 0200.0230 (%it). Stat ion is 1000 watt-D-1. Expect 1 kHz. TT and poss. mx. V-s Darrel Gander, CT, P.O. Box 37, Hutchinsoh, L!inn. 55350. Prepared cards re- cuired f o r 3L. Tests am.: Neil Za.&.

2 C P C" TEST SCHEDULE

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This t e s t w i l l be prerecorded (no phone c a l l s ) . TT, j ing les , ID6 and mentions of

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i n atmosphere, t e s t - w i l l be resked f o r 0300-0330 Eastern CAYLIGHT time 4/25.

V/S Steven Terhaar, CR, 4000: S. 8 t h Avenue, Moorhead, Finn. 56560.

Test a r r : ~ i c h a e l E. Bischoff.

WPDKPSPAY, 'APRIL 20. - 001 5-0030 WATN-1240 Watertam, K.Y. 1000/250-U NRC

An extension of t h e r/c. Code I D S , a "key word" and possible d i s t i n c t i v e music.

Veries t o WATN, Box 12, Watertom, N.Y. 13601. Test a r r : Ken Chatterton.

PONDAY, APRIL 2 5 - 0200-0230 KBCQ-1020 Roswell, N.M. 50000/10000-0 NRC

Kay run t o 0330. Test format unknown, but w i l l have many -Ds . W i l l use 50,000

watt day pa t te rn . V/S Mike M. Vendi t t i , CE, XBCQ, Box 670, Roswell, N .M. 88201.

Tes t a r r : Paul Hart.

TKEY'RE SORRY........

The CE a t WDJZ, Bridgeport, Conn. i s aor ry t h a t he was unable t o make the March 28

t e s t . LPC has received an apology from t h e CE, who assures us a fu ture t e s t

da te is being arranged.

PLEASE NO%----ALL TESTS LISTED HERE ARE GIVEN I N EASTERN LOCAL TIME (ELT)!

DOMEglC OX DIGEST .... WILL NOT APPEAR THIS WEEK. DUE TO EDITQR ? R I C RITTENHOUSE NOT RECEIVING NOTICE

OF THE LPC DEADLINE, GDXD WILL RETURN NEXT ISSUE. THOSE WHO REPORTED FOR THIS

WEEK'S EDITION, PLEASE STAND. BY. THESE REPORTS WILL APPEAR NFXT TIME!

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Srrtlm Mmqn Rod Lolldrn aid him euly -Y after 4U&-E h m * fm =W&! had happened to the W o n ' a dbe bckw.

"The PQG + 5 o m c y n o wmq Mtb gw Dl.' aad 1 C.l& h e t b h g s Mth all my LU'I."' M Lddm who accompnled an ontcer to the ndW rutlou

DLx l d q t Chuck Erpm bad fallm.arleep, 1 on tbe tmmabla Louden safd

Louden said Brpson r p a ~ worklag hls d mldn~#t-b6 am shut aftm a full day of WIQ g@Prnent at the statlon'a tranamimr site. Brymn in ' L L e o m e W m m g t a ~ l ~ ~ l d e n s ( l l d

Bryson WM muva~abk for comment

Statbn VPAP-FM In Panama Cjty, RWdaws, Wrts that one day after phyb "In the Mood" by the Henh- FL Plus Too, a rmdltion of the G i a ~ Miller classic that IS Clucked by chlckem they nceived a phone call from a iarmer who said he hsd brrn workmg m the yard wltb hls radlo On. HIS group of German shepherds went berserk when they head the song, tore d o m the fence around the man's chlcken coop and blled 10 07 hv, 12 chickens.

The stallon ylld it was Cmider. ing dropping the rong from its play- lief. . . .

Decatuc. CIA 30033

I t ' s "break i n t h e new guys" week. My d e a d l i n e go t pushed up sever - a l days a l l o f a sudden s o i f you a r e n ' t h e r e t h i s t i m e , t h a t ' s why. The n e x t d e a d l i n e w i l l b e A p r i l 11 and s u c c e s s i v e ' d e a d l i n e s w l l l always f a l l on Monday, due t o t h e new p u b l i s h i n g sked i n e f f - e c t w i t h t h e L ' v i l l e t a k e o v e r . And l a s t l y , goodbye t o Alan who d i d such a good job o v e r t h e y e a r s . On t o t h e show.

529 ALGERIA Ain Beida i n w e l l w/AA pop mx wjmale v o c a l and V ~ O -

l i n s , resembl ing t h e I t a l i a n t a r a n t e l l a , 2325 3 /19 . (Connel ly) 545 DOMINICA Roseau good w/LA mx on p i c c o l o o r s i m i l a r i n s t r u m e n t ,

0021 3 /14 . (Connel ly) 548 ALGERIA Oran f a i r i n s l o p w/AA c h a n t i n g and v i o l i n s , 0020 3/14.

AA v o c a l p o o r l f a i r w/heavy CFNB s l o p , 2329 3/19. (Connel ly) 647 ENGLAND Daventry BBC s t r o n g i n EE wfman-woman speaking . WSM

s l o p v e r y t roublesome 0520 3/20. (Eckman) 648 GAMBIA ( t e n t a t i v e ) c a r r i e r a t good l e v e l bu t a u d i o n i l , 746

and 764 i n a t t h e same t ime, 0005 3/22. (Connel ly) 655 EL SALVADOR Good s i g 0330 3 /16 w/mx by Wagner, Hayden, and MO-

z a r t . (George) 665 PORTUGAL Lisbon 3 /27 a t 0330 w/PP a n n c t s , ID, and i n s t r u m e n t a l

mx. F a i r wlmoderate s l o p from WNBC. (Gianninni ) W/sof t mx, femme anncr 0105-0200 3/17. 4 p i p s and g a r b l e d ID on t h e hour . I s now NSP a p p a r e n t l y , c o n t r a r y t o t h e 77 WRTH. (Edmunds) T h i s h a s been NSP f o r a good w h i l e (CH) Lisboa very good w / l i t e mx 0206 3 /20 w/slow SAH on s l g . (~ 'ckman)

683 SPAIN/UNID S e v i l l a q u i t e good w/mx and a prominent SAH c u t t i n g up t h e a u d i o q u i t e w e l l 0207 3/20. I f n o t Yugoslavia t h e n per - haps t h e West German. (Eckman)

701 ANDORRA ( t e n t a t i v e ) Rock mx h e r e 0016 3/14. (Connel ly) MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun poor w/male AA v o c a l th rough s l o p 0006 3/22. (Connel ly) ST. VINCENT Kingstown good w/ca lypso , f a d i n g down t o f a i r by ID t i m e , 0059-0100 3/20. (Connel ly) PORTUGAL Nor te f a i r f g o o d wfPP t a l k ofWGN s l o p , 0014 3 /14 . (Con) SURINAM ~ a r a m a r a i b o a t monster l e v e l w/reggae mx, jaImIing ad- j a c e n t c h a n n e l s 0013 3 /14 . R e l i g i o u s sounding song i n unfamil- i a r l a n g 2337 3/19. Good w/rock 0055 3 /20 . (Connel ly) ISBAEL/SPAIN Tuned i n h e r e a t 0340 3 / 2 0 and n o t e a a S t r o n g c a r r i e r which I t o o k a s Barce lona . S tuck w i t h it anyway and a t 0341 I s r a e l ' s FS I S bombed t h r u a l l a l o n e on t h e channel . I S c o n t i n u e d t o 0345 b u t became p r o g r e s s i v e l y weaker and a l s o s u f f e r e d from Barce lona QRM which faded up and was e v e n t u a l l y dominant on t h e channel by 034.5. F i v e s h o r t and one l o n g t i m e p i p s d i d g e t t h r u a t 0345 from I s r a e l bu t Barce lona was w e l l on t o p a t t h e t ime . An a b s o l u t e l y t o t a l s u r p r i s e f o r me a s it is probably v e r y c l o s e t o l o c a l SR a t t h e t r a n s m i t t e r site t h i s t i m e of year . Managed t o g e t t h e whole t h i n g on t a p e a s w e l l . (Eckman) SPAIN Barce lona noted w i t h female SS v o c a l 0012 3/14. Very loud w/c l g u i t a r mx 2336 3 /19 . (Connel ly) UPPER VOLTA? T e n t a t i v e l y t h e one h e r e w / b i t s of FF a t 2325 3- 26 b e f o r e WSB s l o p got t o o bad. Very weak but b e a r i n g seems good, gone 0000. TA cx h a v e n ' t seemed t o o good t h e

p a s t week s o w i l l t r y a g a i n . (Edmunds) Amen on cx.(CH) Ouaga- dougou had t o be t h e one h e r e w/man and woman i n FF and unid l a n g , t o f a i r p e a k s , 0008 3 /22; 8 minutes p a s t l i s t e d s / o f f . PORTUGAL Lisbon t o good peaks w/c l mx 0010 3 /14 . Loud w/cl p i a n o and v i o l i n mx 2338 3/19. (Connel ly , l a s t 2 ) SENEGAL Dakar good w/chants 2330 3 /13 . N a t i v e mx a t weak l e v e l 2339 3/19. Poor a l t h o u g h f a i r l y c l e a r an hour b e f o r e l o c a l sun- s e t ; FF t a l k and n a t i v e mx 2213 3 /21 . (Connel ly) PORTUGALIUNID Miramar q u i t e good w / t a l k by man 0028 3 /20 w/pro- minent SAH on s i g a s w e l l , p r e s u m a b u from t h e \V. German. (Eckman) Miramar good w / f l u t e mx 0011 3 /14 . PP t a l k and j i n g l e s

4 good 0003 3/20. In a t f a i r l e v e l w e l l before l o c a l sunset w/PP t a l k 2215 3/21. (Connellvl

818 MOROCCO Rabat a t f a i r l e & l w/emotional t a l k i n AA, poss ibly a p l ay , 0006 3/20 Good on R e a l i s t i c TRF 2340 3/13. ( ~ 0 n n e l l y )

854 SPAIN Murcia 3/27 a t 0415 11683 w/vocal mx and moderate 850 KOA s lop . (Gianninni)

880 CUBA CMAF 3/21 a t 1030 w/Radio Progresso ID'S followed by Sin- g l e chime and news. Heard i n OC of KRVN. (Lobel)

890 ALGERIA Alg ie r s good t o exce l l en t and t o t a l l y a lone on t h e channel w/slow FF male vocal 2220 3/21. WLS SAH appearing under a t 2225. (Connelly)

935 MOROCCO Agadir a t s t rong l e v e l w/male AA chant 2227 3/21. (Con) 1016 TURKEY I s t anbu l x c l n t w/OC/TT 0233 3/20. IS began a t 0255 and

was repeated t o 0300 when an anthem was played. Several t ime p i p s on t h e hour and man speaking. Xclnt w/mid-east t ype mx (sounds AA t o me) va r ious t imes between 0307-0330. (Eckman)

1034 PORTUGAL Por to Al to loud w/&ueen r eco rd , W Z nu l l ed 0034 3/14. 1043 E. GERMANY Dresden supposedly t h e s t n here w / l i t e mx a t x l n t

l e v e l 0236-0300 a t va r ious t imes . Noted man i n GG 0301. New f o r me; I would have thought t h a t KYW would e f f e c t i v e l y block r ecep t ion of t h i s one but apparent ly not so . (Eckman)(Con-above)

1052 UNID Perhaps S t a r t Po in t was t h e s t n w/some audio r i s i n g out of t h e KYW 1060 sp la sh a t 2344 3/19. Not enough t o make lang ID though and gone soon af terwards . WRTH lists s / o f f a s 2348.1

1061 PORTUGAL Norte f a i r w/soft mx 0033 3/14. Good w/cl mx (Eckman)~ 2255 and opera a t 2355 3/21; b e s t TA above 1000 khz a t t h e time. (Connelly)

1088 ENGLAND BBC x l n t throughout evening of 3/19 (3120 AM UTC) w/EE pgm. WRTH lists t h i s a s on t o W. Europe from 2115-0445 i n EE though I had thought t h a t they weren ' t on evenings. (Eckman)

1106 EGYPT?, presumably t h i s was t h e one here W/xlnt c a r r i e r 2337 3/19. Recheck a t 2358 revealed a t rong AA thx. Tape a c r o s s t h e hour revealed no breaks i n t h e s ing ing s o no def ID. Noted again around 0015 3/20 but not l a t e r i n t h e evening. Batra is t h e only reasonable AA-speaking s t n on t h i s , f r e q but i t ' s a r e l a t i v e l y long pa th and cx have not been very good p r i o r t o t h i s evening which makes me wonder what I received here. Anyone else hear t h i s one? Th i s is EgypMhey have r a i s d p o w e r t o about 1000 kw, a r e NSP, and program mainly i n AA but some EE. Noted by me l a s t f a l l wi th amazing s ig-audible w/no s e l e c t i v i t y . (CH) Bat ra poss ib ly t h e s t n here w/male AA chant , unusually s t rong consider ing t h e pauc i ty of o the r high end TA's a t t h e t ime, 0030 3/14. (Connelly)

1124 YUGOSLAVIA Zagreb presumably t h e one he re w/xlnt s i g a t same t imes a s 1133 i tem below 3119-3/20. Had SAH c u t t i n g up s i g arnd 2345 3/19 and a l s o probs fm an LA on 1125. (Eckman)

1133 YUGOSLAVIA Tovarnik presumably t h e one here w/xlnt s i g s a t t imes between 2336-0000 3/19 and a l s o 0252-0430 3/20. Played o l d i s h type mx and was d e f i n i t e l y / / I124 when both faded up a t t h e same time. Something was on t h i s f r e q a l l evening but it may have been t h e Spaniard r a t h e r than Tovarnik t h a t was he re between 0000-0200 3/20. No def ID hrd fm e i t h e r . (Eckman)

1200 VENEZUELA Caracas 3 /21 a t 0758 w / f a i r s i g , mx till 0800 then Radio Tiempo ID. Suspect WOAI was t e s t i n g w/hi-lo TT and no I D , was o f f by 0758 when W O Z surfaced. Perhaps some of you Texans can t e l l me i f WOAI was indeed on t h e a i r t e s t i n g !

1268 W. GERMANY D L 3 N e m s t e r f a i r 2326 3/19 w/mx occas iona l ly aud ib le wedged i n between R. Pa rad i se and 1270 domestics. B e t t e r a t 0336 3/20 w / l i t e mx. (Lobel, above) (Eckman, t h i s )

1375 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON FF t a l k f a i r i n s lop , a top he t fm 1376 2243 3/21. (Connelly)

1385 UNID F a i r c a r r i e r here 2324-2345 a t va r ious t imes w/no audio d i s c e r n i b l e . SAH noted a l s o when c a r r i e r peaked. Th i s 3/19. (Eckman) Both TA's and LA'S here . (CH)

1394 ALBANIA Tirana vy s t rong w/SS pgm w/femlae speaking 2308 3/19. Presumed s / o f f 2330 a s not noted immediately af terwards .

1466 MONACO TWR Monte Car lo x l n t w.r lg pgm i n EE 2301 3/19. Also vy s t rong 0440 3/20 w/TWR IS and s t i l l potent a t 0515 s /o f f a f t e r end of GG pgm. (Eckman, l a s t 2 ) f a i r w / r lg mx 2359 3/21.

1475 AuSTRIA/UI?ID Vienna good a t t imes 2307-2359 3/19 (Con, above) w / l i t e mx;some SAH bother ing s i g throughout per iod, perhaps an Ibe r i an s t n . (Eckman)

5 1586 W . GERMANY WDR 3/27'from 0450-0500 w/ l ight mx. GG anncr 0500

and ID w/nx. Moderate WAKR s lop - th i s one always e a s i e r t o hear when WAKR has CBS Mystery Theater. (Gianninni) WDR Langen- berg s t rong w/nx by man 2300 3/19. Usually not in t h i s wel l a t sunset a t t h i s l oca t ion . (Eckman)

1602 W . GERMANY, BR Munchen s t rong w/man i n GG 0334 3/20. Eckman)

The r e p o r t e r s f o r B i l l Bai ley Mark Connelly Ern ie Cooper Richard Eckman Russ Edmunds Bob Foxworth . Charles George Roger Gianninni Harry Hayes Albert Lobe1 Randy Seaver

t h e l a s t two i s sues . . Holden, Mass. W . Y a m u t h , Mass. Provincetown, Mass. Phi ladelphia , Pa. Kinnelon , N . J . New York, N . Y . Da l l a s , Texas B e l l e v i l l e , I l l . Gouldsboro, Pa. San Diego, Ca. Chula Vi s t a , Ca.

R390A, TRF, SM-2, 37 m wire 2 HQ180A1s, FET loop, SM-2 HQ180 modified, Sanserino HQ150 " , 4 ' FET AA loop HQ150, 4 ' loop SS;:l, SM-2 R390, 75' wire R390A DXlSOA, Sanserino loop HQ180A, Sanserino loop

Next time- v e r i e s , f e a t u r e s t u f f , GMT t o l o c a l t ime conversions pe r r eques t s , FBIS l e t t e r , e t c . And s i n c e I have t h e space here , is t h e r e anybody out t h e r e who wants t o : ( 1 ) ge t r i d of pre-1973 DX News, (2 ) s e l l same, o r ( 3 ) l e t me borrow and Xerox what I want? Please ge t i n touch.

f r o m t he "Washington news le t t e r " sec t ion o f

ELECTRONICS, Vo1.50, No.6 - 1 7 March 19779 Tests of a-m s t e m In the drive to get Federal Communications Commission standards se.t for

In a new consumer market in a-m stereo radio by early 1978, the National a-m Stereophonic Committee will begin six weeks of field tests on May I.

1978 market seen The committee anticipates development of a major market, particularly in auto radios. Test signals wiU be broadcast over the facilities of three commercial stations-wcus in Betheda, Md.. WTOP in Washington, D.C., and wez in &rod-over periods of four to six hours early on Monday mornings when the stations are usually OR the air. S~gnal measurements will be made by Atlantic Research Laboratories. Alexdn- dria, Va.

At the same time, three a-m stereo systems submitted to the committee by Belair Electronics, Magnavox Co.. and Motorola Inc. will undergo laboratory measurements of transmission fidelity through precise signal- encoding-and-decoding equipment and also with specially built a-m stereo radios.