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HAROLD F. WAGNER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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lume 24 - 1Tmaber 23 Our Went~-Fourth Year March 2, 19 57

CIXEDITS 'I'm DT.R.C, - "1 wish to give ali TQ c red i t from DXing to the 1,vonderful NRC. I c 0 u 1 ~ ~ t g e t :.long without it." * Leonard Lockwood - Route 10 - Box 792 - Olympia, Wzs:lin,gton.

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Lo ca t ion Pnnxsutawmey, Pennaylvariia Kenedy-Earnes City , Texas !4ontgomery, Alabama OakvilLe , Ontario South 3ai .d Paul, !!Jimeso ta i14adi son, Flor ida Southbridge, P3ascachisette Freeport, EUTevi Yo~k The Da.lles, Oregon P i t t sf i e l d j ?dassae*sette Columbus, iviississippi

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Mar. 18 T,' N 0 P 740 Nowport, Kentucky 1,300 4:00 - 5:03 4z.X XST 19 E 1 ? U J 860 Nevi Ulm, kk'Iinneso.ta 250 3: GO - 4:00 2:3? EST 20 I.: T 1.Z 1370 Vero Eaach, Flor ida 1,000 4:03 - 4:30 4::': EST 23 IC IJ R E 730 Vlarrento~, Xissouri 500 4:00 - 5:00 5:OC CST 25 T i Pi F S 1260 Chattanooga, Tennessee 1,000 4:00 - 5:OC) 4:32 XST

Apr, 6 iZ 1.f 0 G 730 Ogderi, Vtah 1,000 4:OG - 5:00 2:00 ;,'IST

YOTJB C~3tTHTESH P%:OGIil\XS Cm ITT TEE RF,CT3ESTS A- jT'AVOR - - ------.--.- -- - - W i l l everyone reading this amzouncenent waste nc time i n s e d i n g a card to Mr. Zic'hard Veaks, Prozrir.: Diractor, Radio $ t a t i on FRR, Dallas, Texas, tha~aking the3 f3r "c:lrir courtesy e;zt;a~ded t;ie XRC. J ~ s t rscen-ily ',;TIE bdgan a i l night 24-bur progr ;-?..A:;.,- on the 1313 spa t, illcluding i.:~o-r,day rm~nings. Tne morning of inonday, 2/18, was the f i r s t time Bm nzs zlc tod with all.-night progrmming, aria imnediately your CPC contacted the statioi-1 askiii~ f o r a stmd-ny the f o l l o w i ~ g )Jonday mmrning 2/25 f o r a por t ion of Sta- t ion IiARYts Test (1310) Pmsser, Tash. Sta t ion F!W, readily agreed t o s t a ~ d by f o r the f i r s t 1 5 i:lixc-tes, even thaugh they are conipletsly comerc ia l dzming the time. The l e t t e r i n rqly follows: f%RR will be :..;;-.i-,y to stand by fo r f i f t e e n iniriutes f rorn 2:OQ AIld t o 2:15 4 2 , CST, Idon- day, F a b r m r j 25, 1957, so tna t you can make y o 7 a DX Test from I'ARY, Prossar, ',lash. me are 51~~3 to h . 0 ~ thak V f R E i s doing so wel l i n your s ta te . Ye ~ o u l d appr.-ciate any comnents fl-0. yoxr members as to our rece2tion i r _ the d i f f e r en t s ta tes . Ve are sorry t ha t we CXP:~O~ re l inquish the f u l l t h i r t : ~ minutes; but lnre do lave the en t i r e iligkt sold and c x only ~ & e arrangmants to leave the air f o r f i f t e an minutes as a courtesy to your PTatioi~cl Eadio Club. '1 (signed) Ricnard Veeks, Program Director. So w i l l eva:aolle kindly drop a, card to VR;S at once, i f t h e i r sign-off helped you o r n not. I t i s ganemus of the s t a t i on to give us t h i s time, so ~ h y not thank t h a ~ v:ith a card? Tne NRC CPC, s u b ~ i t tad by LenKKruse.

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540 Ii; E 0 iC S.'il'sur Flaherty, CE B 1270 K H E 18 E. L. Neeks. CE F 550 I'r G C1- A I i i lbert ~ a r r a c o t t , CE B 600 T! P D Q Z;rxtst E . Haralson, CE B 630 T:J S A V Harben Daniel, GM B

F;I J D B Cecil GooSreau, GIvI E i40 C 3 N E. D. Fiitherstoize, A r e a E G 230 Ti E S C J . HaroldTVhite, (323 B /30 IC T R Y Ckarles Ferre l l , CE B 790 C :I:?S 0 !!. 3. Poodill, GM A

C I ' i C Ei: I. A. Gourales B TI P I C Fm11ci8 Leo OaDell B

800 K D E i i Yurt 3. Ooliphant D 810 C I,E H ?'I B n e IQrr.ero Lopez EJ 850 TI iC I X frgryrgel4. Velverton, AGE B

t7 1 L D Ray Lowery , CE I 860. R F S T !I. Dennie Fisher, ?A D 900 TJ IC X V Robert L. Goodman, CE I 910 W R 17 L E. V. Wolstenholne, Jr CE I 930 \7 I< X Y Robert Zohlmeyer, CE B 935 Txi-ior d. De E0urr.e t , A h . D e l . F 940 ? I 2 !". Xolic, CE I 956 ii C C Dyla J. Ii'iller, CE B 950 C I< \7 S 3. Cobb, CE B

1C G I: 1; Le1::is 0. Seibert, X D 970 I< 33 C 3 Albert Schheider, CE D 990 IC T E T Thomas Vlallace, CE D

1010 I7 X A A IIlalcon S. Koore, CT B T! I i? 3 Ruth Goldstein, Eng.8. B 17 C S I Ilax Codcley, CE B

1050 VJ L 0 W Dennis Long, CE B K L i: 0 J. I(. Jackson, CE D

1060 "' N 0 3 A. J. Bourgeois, CE B 1230 Tr J 0 3 Cbrl Hapiorth, CE B

YI J 3 16 Edv)nrd C . -Carlson, AQA B i< Q I :i SiS Roach, GM D

1 W SQA T Earold 7i theagaon I 1290 W H i( Y Thomas E. Long, CE . I

W T !d C Jar,les R. Bailey J z l , CE E U20 K L 1T N E a r l S. SmJbye, C3Z B

. K D Y L DalLas Williams, CX B E I 8 dames E . Kari*elSon, CX C

T: I L S John A. ??hitacre, CE C 1330 VI 13 E N David Wagenvoord, PD A

V R R R George H, Reynolds, CE E 1340 W R I T FalphM. Ingr&c?r.l, CE I 1350 C K 3 11 A . I.!. Bishop, CE F 1360 W 14 C K Charlee N . Ylliita, CE C 1370 K A W L Ervin Siemoneit, CX B

K D T H Donala R. Abittz, CE D 1390 P! F B L John I?. Claary, B

W R I V Robert Houston, Sd G 1400 W IpC K J. D. Pettinato A

K A R T Herbert Everit t , GIi D 1470 W L I S JosppfiP. Tr~n t ino , P G 1440 P I< L X Li~icoln A . Mayo, GI B

W A B R B. H. Gunckal Jr., GI1 J V! H H H Robert E. Hardy, CR C

146G V! C iL B Erin 14. Barrie, CE B W P V L C. 6. Lee, CE B

1470 IQwk Werton , CE K T C B H I J P? OqI C W. N. Bridges, CE I

1480 K G K 0 Buddy Harrie, M D R R I V Donald R. Nelsox, Ti C

1490 Fi L 0 X Zruce C7. Jons;, A I 1550 C B E Alex Acuitland B

K %qN T L. J. Carlson, CC I 1570 W N C A Jcunes C , Jone;, CE D

K L L A B. R . Stokee, CZ I 1580 LT: I R T Robert F. Pool, Gil CD

B C U i.'; 2m.es SimTjson, CE E 1600 tS B L Y Carl Egbert, CX B - -

-9-R-3.J- 1-'J-7- A - 0 . T,;!ilson C - G. SGtson' E - H. FlilLi~r,s G - VI. Betzendahl I - r'.. CeLsurere B L ! t i D - F , N i t c l e r 2 - 3 . P.eilley 3 - H . Sci.lrock J - 2 . Cooper

-wm SIYCE ?&T,.LIST~:~:G. f~mxj~!s_~. 4 1 0 K E P R E:;-IX.'IE PJRC &. 1355 T*' H I Ibvell, M i chi , ~ n FCC ,-74.0 I 3 E;;-r;;f;m tTX 1380 K P E G Spokane, ~as ; l i rg ton i?RC

950 B F 3 S i<cw 1,000 9-1 FCC 1410 Vl D 0 X Ex-WFCB STRC '.-? I( A z Cx-'LTr>,-A FCC 1440 V A B R Now 5,000 D-1 lTRC

990 X A i: L Zx-ZNX NRC W Z Y X Cowzn, Tennessee 1CR 1010 C J BTOW 5, @r3~/1,33i rJ-4 NRC 1450 E U D I Xx-ICBGF E'CC

,/I250 K G O L Golden, Color~~50 >?RC ,-1580 X I R T iuission, Texae NRC ,,I229 R D 1.: S iiiovi 5,000 3-1 .. !SRC ',- V? ?I S R 1,Qenckee t e r , Texlesaes I!RC ,1310 ':! T L B EX-T/GA.T

4, FCC t,x,1590 I? D A T Scath Daytona, Bla. TZC

DE3iCATIO'i"S :l'@ CCI~VB - - . ---.-.. *.. ..-- March '3 - Icxa, : ~inneso ta, Tiisconsin. >$arch 23 - Canada.

18 - '-:ou';h, Nest of the Xississippi. SO - A l l new menbers of I!RC, April 5 - A11 overseas members.

Res2onse ' x s 'ceeu, sood in . soae zress, not so good 5-n others. VJe heard from ssveral so far nix ksve rm t a r i ttdn i n very of ten. We beg these fallows not t o stop n::. , ht to keels oil reporting.. Some' szy they don't have time to seport in. There i s old proverb, r;:d Ino..; $rue i t rings, too " I f you i ~ a n t something don3, ask a bus:.. can." To improvs yovr 2lu3 and i t s menbarst enjoyment, can't you take about 15 nix-tes a weak, or e v q - l x o v;eelzs, to wri te in a report? You a11 get pleasure out of re:C~ir~g X>X lll3lS, so 5.cnlt you f ee l i t i s up to youat l eas t a l i t t l e to im~rove DX?q. . 'S . I a

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w p- E ' - ' p ~ f f ~ u ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ , p~hb~SyJ,v&fIA :. - -.- -- - - - --- - --- - - -- - - -- - - - - - -..- - - -.. .. - - - . . - - i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . JOSEPH RELT~TIER, CHI^ E N G I I ~

This wi-11. d k'd-hou= hs t 'broadcas't , en the on6 inorning of the week thst KIZL t e s i l t . ihwever, XFOL w i l l . %e 02, >ut w e hope tha t most of you w i l l be n t l e t o ;'h%a,r(:tl!i,$ s o r t of special program, f o r Joe ~ e l l e t i e r i s a member of our cl.-~lz, c.nd m a n y :of :us lui~?'~ h i m pe'rsonaLlg f rorn pervious . KRC Conventions. And ev9rybod.y !ZIIOVTS o r knom%:bf "&i$ 3n.und,eT.'and nis wonderful wife., ivkwty, who will a l s o be oil hiad a d c i i l l have sBid'!-i'j'rds to say over v!Pia of i n t e r e s t to us all; so l e t ' s be sure lve ~cIont.t for- ge t to?:!%,md.''ik t'his" b ig VW1liE DX show, in?omatfon coming from Joe Eramer via Sid R,

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-----d------------------------------------ ED C. BALTHROPEs STATION hr&.iAGYZ A . i i . t k e over a gear ago, t h i s st%t,ion, than known as I E 3 J , p u t on a DX Test for our club, : v i t 3 8xe i t l en t , r6&llts . On :Febiuary 1 of t'clis y e w , they changed to IX.3 , e.rd under . t l ? s e :IS;: call" 'si~gns, thwj are. again going to run a t e s t b r o d c a s t f o r E:e club. PAJL i s klii'.i;: as '!The Toice of Iisrzies Co-wty", and ulcier these l a t t e r s , just about every on2 of om club members neeas ?ZAI$%, and the channel i s expected to be cie+r fo r t h i s t e s t . Cv-r thanks go to X r . Sal%iurope f o r t-his courtesy, md l e t ' s all .b2 .,-:re to tuna in, c.;._cI t o , bo5ibai.d hixi wi th lots of DX reports . en. rase.

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- . --me--..------ -- - - - , - - --------------------*- ROB IMB IJSOld, SEP3PAL J'IQ\TAG3R Here s a'fic t:~o;. ~ l d f 2ier;ci of t3.e DXe rs -ahioil has &.st racarltly cizl-wed i t s c=.l!, l e t - t e r s , and 8 s ~ ~ o v s , ' everdone needs t h i s s t a t i on -~vlder i t s new am, and hex i s t'ilat chance, ag,?i:., - it;: a clear chqr,e.I envisioned, .eveqrboqy ha8 a f i n e ~ h . . ~ i ~ a of rsi.king t h i s new logglng. 1.3; Robillso;; is awaitizg t3is issue of DX igFS eagsrly, .an% :ie is a lso . awaitlil;; the r e s u ~ t s o f t h i s ;lali'-hour DY, check. The f u l l ad?irsss f o r T!iiIN is : T'HHY, Box %S16,,'Cl'~ve,rlaxd P.O., blofitgornary, Ala.,bana. -Let!s all 'be sure to ';...l;lo in and to ss:i3. ::.~oa.e DX rkqorts to- Fr. Robinson, whom we thank., St :n ~',IGTs;

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..-- ----- - ----.- --- - .----.-- ------------- ----- HOVARD C: CAILI, P ~ Q I E ~ N T .B: G32T.,'p.Tj ITGR, This i s a ne-:: ~ & ~ t i o c , on the a i r only f o r a few wonths, .and consequekitly, ;;;%-I>- :I);':ers are i n ne?d or" 36.3 n3w Sar,adian ou t le t . VhbJP, Iiiilwdtkee, has been asked. t c sL:..;ld by, but t h a i r ilecision js not kn0n.n to us a t . t h e tim, of t h i s writ ing, so we cxll. t t 5 1 ' you i f 135C i:.ill be cl'c,a.r or not, but we cer ta inly hope it w i l l . ' ~ t any rc.tz,, bb ~ ~ 2 . 8

to tuns t o t11- ir sgot a d t ry to, log them: X r . .Csine says he.would be very ~::~'-dll in-, t e res ted in I g - r : ~ i ~ ~ g our , comiients on the s ignal of CSFO, so l e t ' s be sure :.lo hears froii; us vo~.~=.'iizp~sly., a11 over tpg cowltrr. s t anJ .~o r s s .

W 1 S - STjrRI St".nJT pA~UL, ]~j,II<~,~fjO?A ' ....................... --------.----------- ----- ---- - - . - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r - - . - - SA&I SffiTAN, PEDGBAId DIRECTOB . . . This iijill bo ~i q.ecla1- t e s t pro:ram fezttzring t;~,ped excsrpts from "Bob an3 'i?z;-" s'now~ ,' with stat5.01; i d ? ~ t i f i c a t i o n to accur roughly every f i v e minutes. This s ta t io i l 2160 . had a c a l l c:z.nge not too long ago, and so again, most Dyers need them ~ 1 4 8 ~ t:..zir -sew ins ignia , so h e r e ' s tha.t ck~ance. YjAKIi has been contacted in t3e hope, of a r:tzid-by,. .

but bere ,?,::,in, at press ti.n;,e, :.ie do ?lot ha,ve tile r e s u l t of thi's attampt, 39 Ye cr-m't say ahs?,4er tZley w i l l be on o r not to -bot'ner FISK. 'The fu l l ,address: FJISK, 158.21orth Ts!:'hite Eazr Averme, St. Paul, Minnesota, and o w tharks to Mr. Sabean,. Pa.te J2,cobson.

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"1 wouls?.ll",et cp before 5:30 f o r a s ick gra~~dmother~' says Mr. Shaw, but f o r i.I.R!.C., he, 11 be ;r.x r e th:m lia~;>y to comgly : v i t'n. a.:,pX . t9s.t. He did t h i s f o r US a yzar back on TJJE34-175Q, i ! ili;'idosta, Ga. ehe,.e !;e then;.worked, and r,o;v he i s repeating on I';5.m, .:a new Fl~ri l , i&il . iie i i itnts tc. soe c u r bulla ' t in a d to hoar about o ther s t ~ t i o . 1 ~ ... :l!f ch. might i n t e r ? sre. lZW, Pe~~saco la , And kJ!iTGB,. .&o~*folk, are expected t o int6rf ere, 'a WFAR m i ;?it x w~%l by. '7ifO9 says t3ey ca~??o6 ... Su'e to coiine PC ial, comni tme E ~ S . A i ~ ; o ~ e wishin,; to ?:lone dv-ring the sho~~il, c a l l mJntsr 3-6333, Ihadison, Fla . S t . x ::orst3

N E,:il S - D L - - -- - I\aarolr 2, 1957 . - M ~ S ~ l y S - O ~ - T ~ J i ~ : ~ E @ - - r.10 r- - . ,.. i i ew i r e - 1ra0 Col-m-bin Drive N.E . - Albuxerque, Eew Mexi% .. --. 4-.--.-.---...-.-- -.-. .-- .---------- -

Am now bml_ t o l.ork a f t e r long period of i l l ne s s , Feel b e t t e r than I have 1;:. :-ears and f a s l t l r c ~ t the t r i p to Davengort, Iowa, was most bzneficial . However, r;..$ DXing 1ms bear: v e q sparse t-ms far. 2Ly second worst seciso~? to da te and not a single ile'.: fcr- e i gn st 3 t i0i5 added. My ve r i e s include : iClir0X X?XS ' KD'iJB t'lPXii KBOM IUDN G X D 2XOH iBhN K W R WIC0.A YJCD L ~ C L EHRT VELD XQ.IX K@\!S PH!3P and BSEV. 8ShT ver ie from last ;.aart e DX

: spec ia l , ovgr a year to get the verie.. Some ' repor t s s t i l l out include: ICL3;L I'JE-dx , NIRUR XM-d:: irTQO KYTE KIET (1580) WJIia-dx and CmS-dx. Very pleased to receive GJJRD- " dx as have be:.n a f t e r t ha t e ta t ion f o r :years. Best reception 'was KLOH i n Pipestone,

ii? a?..rly af tern002 through VG. Loss 'of q 200 foot Nor tln-Sout'n mtc;ma has been f e l t t h i s season. They a r e buildiw- a new house to the south o f us, so do:?n cm.e the anterum. B%k to my o l d 8 s f o o t North-South skytvlre. 6 i s h to thank th s ~ ~ 5 7 WRC

members ;7Lc :lave Seen s o co-o e r a t i ve wnen asiced to ~ s s i s t in p r e p r i n g a r t i c l e s f o r the .fort:lco~~.i:;g DX Booklet. TDfdnf t irncv, you r e r o ill, Norm - glad you're f i . 1 ~ m w ! - ~ d )

P? ;I rJilkinson - 6620 Been'an Aveme - Yorth H011y~vooS Ca l i fo rn i a - . 2. r - - .-. - I sent my crtler in to Gil fer Associates last Iovember f o r my 1957 ed i t ion o f fq-lovJL Ra- dio Es~icibooBf~ aild receivad my copy fr0.r t h e i r !Jew ~ o r k off i ce aboat a norit:: aso. I t is a verx ir&luiable adi t ion and even thcugh some of you fellowe have expori.?nced 3 de- 1a;r i n ga tti:?; $curs, it -ill be worth your :.j'nile when you recaive your cppy. DX at t h i s den hr',s been q ~ i t e good since Ci~~~stmas. I 1mV6 ragorts out to: HOU PVi.3' IJFX YVOD HJTA IIJCZ 1?0PL4 ZFk' RCCG RJCV PJA-10 1YC W.TT! VP4RD WEY WEE HJAV "Lz :'oz de la Resleccioi?" :;?.I!.; PJC-2 an3 t3at XT&! I eaw an item i n the flNe~: Zeal-2nd EX Timaaft ( jus t rec Avad b r a ) t ha t I.;FRB, Sm kc/s., Fairbanks, Alarka, put on a half ' r - c . ~ CX program f o r t h s DXers of Ke:: Zealand on Feb:xary 17th. I believe that t h i s i s "cis second tii:e t>.at the boys i n the U.S.A. didnlt get any ,&vance notice of E: ;??oy:.n~S from st.atio::s t k t .are hard to get. I woulJ 1il~e to see tha t these Ittipslf ,-st t o 811 the DX Clv-trs ir, tirfie. TOO bad i;hat t h i s wasn't caught i n tim. Itn? sure t'.at l o t s of fellows naed I(FR3. It wsen't a last minute deal EM it was published i n the Jczrn21-y i s sue of S?e ;TZDXL T~rnes. No li+ck y e t ou t -here on tho Dutch Guiana s ta t iomr : 929 kc/s. Haven'Jt bezn :.'ole to catch anything i n HoLduras, B r i t i s h Ho:idut,rae, Niaara,m o r Janai- ca. Looks like Don R~ynolds s t i l l has the upper hand i n the Foreigh DX Coiltest. 36-

msrnber, I offered a f r e e yes r ' s membership to anyone who beat him t h i s y a u . f Z m a- bout you fe1lo:-s back East? flm v i s i t i n g Don tonizht (2/16) t o see if no's csil-:.; any- thing a-nus-8--al in h i s ~ ~ i n g . I unserstand t h t Boy Xillar i s so disappointed i:-. Kle iVortht~es t 2:ri:'is CX t 8 . I ~ seasor, tha t he' s moving to Southern Cal i fornia next S >ntz.;ber.

r i H i , Boy. i d s . . . Ores Yilson - 226 North Fourth-Street - ~eading&ennsylvania

A- ..-. ----- ------ ----- Verified lis",y D:i Seasons: 1930 - 17; 131 - 31, '32 - 261;. 8% - 126; 934 - 11; '35 - 3, '36 - 13, '37 - 106, '38 - 36; '39 - 22, 1940 - 19, 141 - 22, '42 - 1; t.1-3 - &; 144 - i3 , 145 - 5, 146 - 26, '47 - 52, t4e - 33, '49 - 43, 19-50 - 15, '51 - 22, '52 - 39, ' 5 3 - 20, '54 - E , 155 - 20, md in 1956, 33 so far. B o t , ~ : 1432 originall:.r was 275, but ~Zre-ve3 f l sd the 14 difference i n l a t e r years. Total: 1,165. 1330 sezson ver i e s : Y,iLp I ' .FAA, TI'32W P I 0 YJBC II!IIiAQ !;'OAI FOCL l~!;;'TE30 33x3' ICICK DX ICOA K W E E XTf C Z t S and XEW. D35: i3LZ KOIL .and 150, The 1945 season: WBAC lT!HF3.( l'tTTig TXblC)X a d :;?IIAT. More l a t e r . A l e t t e r from YiI!ZN-lSO "Voice of the Capitol City", a PP oard from !;TKO- dx on 1~)/29. 1.2. A r t Lsyne klist .>ave l o s t i n t e r e s t i n us, a f t e r put t i ~ g on a nice program. Ssn t , r epo r t , f/up c a r l , another report , than tinis or".. How 50 you l ike t h a t ? Also, BICX-1400, a E card. Just one Ln a w b l e week.. Have seven out. 73s.

Fvt. J o h A . Callarma~ - U.-S. 56 262551 - Co ,.., 87th Id.,. APO 16,.--Xej1r _Ypr:, NY After many plan ckranges, I f i n a l l y rmde i t to Germany. I was s t i l l i n iira;:r Yzrk ; .k i le processing as done a t Ft. Ord, so I d idn ' t ca tch the boat t ha t l e f t the lo t2 of Jan- uary, I finally flew ou t , o f Ord to For t Dix, K.J. on ths 31st, and got e ~ n t u a l l y to G e m n on l?e'onit=zy. 7, after iz two-aay wec~ther stop in tne Azores. Unr"ort-~:~:.;~b, I had t o san3 the.-Zenith Trans-Oceanic hme i n order t o make weig3t f o r tha f l i ~ l l t but it w i l l bs co::~ii~g. Eeoeption CX seem to be good -. a t i e a s t there 's a s i iqal s v ~ z y nTne k i lo . ;~c l e s a n the radios I' ve checked, and marly di f fe ren t l ingoes a m spo:.ren, natura$lY. I 'm way behind on l e t t e r s ( I wanted to wait , u n t i l ... -I got a ,perr iBn~nt d- dress) -sok ..-:ill; :.close now. More. l a t e r . 73. CALJjIRG 'ALL *TESTERIT SOUTIZ3f;NERSn FOR THE irIARCH 16 ISSUE OF "DX ?Q??JS". THAT' 1 JAfii!S ALL YOU'IADS Xi: OiiL&EO??.A, ARYAESAS, TEXAS, and its! M W C O . L3Tt.S NA.KE IT 1OO$ - ET-I?

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. Leon S . T?ebloci:. - 302 \'!ast ~iiatn: SW -....-.-- --. -.. - -- noxvil ie, . I l l inoie-- , . - . . . . r,eP, I, - \i:'BX'lSsO.f/c 2:15 to.2225. 'JfiilE3T-1330 i / c ~ ; d o to 3:33. '.These t::o L-aally ba t t l ed for a.::.'n$le, wi th a l lexican f o r &b.rheastx~e. TXIN 3.470 RS's/off'3:@. "V/BOD

, ..,1310 RS 3:65 t o ,4.:01. .Feb.. ,3 -:Wpm L440 f : / ~ :l:30 to s /off 1:40. NO. ID, '510, t e s t t'r;ro~.s': 3-.. :.ISBA .l:45. to.2:.22. -WXA 660-RS 2:25 t o 3:OO. XVOD 630 RS a:& .to 3.:7-5; Wh3R 1260 RS, :>si:s fcf. cards., 3 : s . PITRY 589 PS 3:30 t o 3:35. Feb. ,4 - V!JBC i430 ::D 1:40 t o s;off 1:50. ECTX-1510 ET 1:55 s /o f f :2:15;-'on BS 8:30 a . ~ . WY@-1480 S;xcinl t e s t

:. .2:50 to of:? S:3G. KJLT 970. t e s t 3:00. ti, '3~2.2. Feb. ' 5 - ~ m - 1 0 5 0 ' ~ 3 1:,59-2:(?0. XPBM t , ?43 ' f / c 2:0%s/off 2:15. KICD ~240.f/c- .250' 'watts 2:15, s/off 2:30, Feb, 6 - 1'1-4PL-

1570 t e s t i :Qr_-2,: 25 really 3ioughed X ~ ' . , u i l & e r . Feb.. '7 - YHD.1,1$80 tes't, 2:30-2:30. VTJC 1590 f /c 2:30, s/off 2:45, faded bitdig, 5-4 t o 3-9. ., T?J01-1340 t e s t , YIzT QEJ

. 3:00-3 :15. . ; : S ~ - l l 7 0 Diract re;sor t o f ' ' r iot , , 6:452:55. Feb. 9 - KilC-980 t e s t 2 :oo-2: la, V~~LT-1410 t e s t .tiurough 'r;i'IXG 1 :40-1.2 50%'. XJ?EI$-ilSC tes , t through Y/RVA 1 : 50-

' 2:00. . B?o I D 14.10 t e s t through.'F?QOK 2.:03-2:30. .Feb, 11 - VRRR ,1320 f /c 3:4&-1.:3G. KS'dA RS 550:'4: 15-4:30. m ! n l l l ~ ' t d s t 4i.25. , ' P!Fl?C-gGb. Rs..4:$j-4 :45. ~ E c 1430 f /c

... '2:;00-slof? 2:15. .:ZR!?+ 1010 ~S'43r3%2:50. i[8UE 930 ~~'3':'-5-3.:35. ;Feb. 12 - I:CBR-1350

. . f/c-.~.:&-2:32. 'ICUVX-1589 ~~'- '2i15-2:38. Feb. 13 i cB~.rn"l:4&s/off 2:05. Fe'i. 14 - FIRAD-1460 f / C E:30-~/0ff 1:45, P ~ B G R - ~ ~ ? O f /a '1 :48-sj0f.f 2:OCb'. . . KgTC-1420 f /c. ~ : z - s / o f f 2:40. ,~~Q/13c\~F1530.f/c 2:ilO-s/off 2 : s . :CIRT-~$O ET 2:SO-3:16, 'Vsrie6 iil, czrds:

' irhOX UCn EICD i,-I!TSIL&C P'WI IXX ESL BTRy.,< u t t e r s : - J:/oRZ vcB$ %f&'~ imD 17:WL \IBSC KSGN ;<G.ili TI';SC!L TSm ECSTP : . 1

. . Carroll' SeSh - 154 'Pa,rkridge .- B-ii_ffslo 15, 'N&vYurk, , .

. - .- - -. --- 1 5 ~ ' lona os:.iz tliis wiliter i s a dnndy - m, '-Cali, CDLofibia,' -verifying a C O U X ~ ~ ~ i;bich had rBsisted 31-1 ni$ r e?o r t s ' s i r c@ 1930. Brazi l i s ' t h e , l one hood~o and 30:ib dz4- 17111 be ovarcor-.e. I raw have 4EI cow-triee verified whib2i. ,&6ni2t 'baa a s the I d s t 30 nere gathered in 3id.-city' w: t h poor antdnna !v?iich i s .'DXi.ng,$-itd -on8 ha@ t i s d ':&hiid the back. El-?ve:*. c o ~ r t ' r i e s heard remain unvertfiad; ZFr (s50). i s t b -11th as lo:z:.ed t h i s morning - f i r s t 'crack out d f the box and ail a i m s 1 'report, on the way f o r c yood, so l id s i y a l on a ten-aeter dipole'an'te;nrlb .:<getairs. ' ist tan in^ to the 'auuste~rs qu,ite s b i t ::;.it11 iiav juicy- catches. heaid .ad sen;ling.out l ~ t s of r e p o r t s t o then. O- .BCB

. .DXing, since sencling a ,'t&.ntative report to a s t a t i on ' th t : hadnt.t . , bu.i l t i t s tra::si'zit t e r ye t , I llko 60. be sure' of my q w r y . . Mentio n of Al.aska Power, a ~ i Lisht .:?iii-.l t justify

' I a repor t to 1G'A.R nor aid'. piugs f o r Seat t i e * s tbrea i.ri '1349 mian a report t o i-.~o :'Ll&e~an , I) . ..

on 550 &lKlouz?,~ thst'f s where .t'I?ey bhop: A~ '6 . i~ - foo t mtenna las't 1~:inter d i s ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ g 3 . 6 ' a repor t to rcat ;my .have b w n ' Ind ia .Y. i t h dznce. m~s'ib'. . ' I n a b i l i t y to s?e& !j=--i:;:~ -ae- t e r s se fro;:: sv-zge$ting a st2t i'on heat% undei. four ' .dt l=rs nikkht ;be a rmo ts Eo livian provi me slcrJ:in& Cie pure Cast'ilian ~ i t h a *touch of r iver . 'bottom. .I mus,t be :?=.re,

' DXing. A. 5it 02 verse i s enclosed to. explain. . the:absen~'e~ of a Conmntiori, po.em. . I t . , :was 'a nice Coilve~t ion., too ! - . . a .

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. . . . . Some months ago,. I wrote. 'a poein :. - . ' I t '@ew t o such- usrvhldy '13nQ th : . About the Ins t ' Convention : - . ;;.y (lanay i i t t l e piace o f r l e , % '.

,And.everjr h y o r s o - a t hme . . . . , - - I feltl.im~eiled & t h a l l my stre;?:-:tk

. : , . ., . TO' k i l l k t . of? .before its . t ee ! Rernm'bered ::ore t o :'ont ian, ' ) .

- f . . ..., 9cro ld 6 . 3c'hrock ';.' VJW -. R.R #I' 6 Pax+m 1liino.is3. ___ _ ...__ . - - -.-.- - L i t t l e to r a m r t i n the DX liilee till r3ae;itly. 2/49 IDGQ 1260 f /& per list. ' 'i!yZE : ' 1 4 0 t eu t i : ?~ , :aAIT-&x fair , , 7!,m 1 3 0 f /c, 4. CKLT-il* poor. CLO. Cali IQO 'cd- ;.DE 1690 Medi l l in , Colombia teacons .ilesrd as we 11 as. u c a l U: 1600 Xonduraa ?ir.l RU 1613 Gua$en:ala. 2,'s- w r y teugli cn3.ie XEERF. 216- . ~hLZ?-dx . good bn to2 of 211 2/9- fj),-;o , u n a beac(jis M)R 1727 and WUR 2669 log&d 0 Who? ' 2/10- Logged D O % , 1840 and

~ ' ' ~ [ ~ 1190. 2/li- ,skec B&jg n6-eood.. .C;IOK 800 t o s / o f f 3:10. XTCB 1470f0r I,9TRC mod* C H R S - ~ ~ ~ o o d . ZFY 660 gold, 4:40.. i r inida,d 8%35 f a i r a t 5. Avo re 920 loolad: f o r %.but unheard i:; C,T<.i ~t 4:4C. The rlew I aRT 1 S o , ?hi~sian"TexaS heard all n;orrlin~. ' n% 1310

d e r 3, T~.ZG 920 5:30. !Y;BNS 1460 s/on 'e40. ' 2j19- KGhI a.113. KSFA n::3p: f o r b n t k zoob. 3rand aair T.%s& 1530 Ma~~chestar , Term: t e s t 3 a.m..4le~ amtho? brand

,. , , :, ner be, i:;ZT]; >4<3 C ~ V J ~ I , Tenn. t e ~ t ing 't,d 3:%, KIRT 1580, tes t ing ' :ag$tL 'YJJPS '

'-1330 f /o o?2 :~ovr ea r l i e= than i n f / c l i s t , . . namely 2:453. Also KHIL . 800' . f / c a t '61% ' farent t i r e 2llr. l i s t e d , n m e i ~ 3 :45-4. ZTJLA 690 nice o igra l 4 z.m..', VBLR l G . 3 ' $/on : .5 . 2/23-, ~ 1 s ~ 1580 a i l rcorning. umovm t e s t e r on i43O 2/19 .riK1 i'~:+:&iar c a r r i e r o r ';o;?o logged 3:27-4350 ~ d . t ; l no I D . Any help? Qui te a few ver ies roc@ved:

[ C J ~ T y ~ f , y i:rnJ :,-~sy "IW K<(LX l z y ~ l*T~m l:Mhv y;yZ~ WSEV ( f o r DX o f February 1 9 5 ) C i T S RROTJ I:TD CI.ET1 CI<,"PT XDAI? IGU,

Page 6 - a , -, -A- " - IT-E-?/-$- K&rc:= 23. 1357 Xal T/illiarns - 50 Third Ayreime - Seymour. Connecticut

Hello, rq f.3ll& N e w Ecglarders a d .fellbw mpnbers eveqvhe're. Thought I ..lo-~.Xi have a b i g DX rqor.'; for thi.s .issue but not.riiuc'n luck. My DX by date l ine: 2111- ':-ill s:on- ders .nsver cease? I fourd XERF-15?0 s i l en t at 1:30 a i m . on .lrionday, hope i t ill %e a regnlztr habit, h i , X2DM was going strong on 1580 i n English. !!IGZC-?580 Co;lterville, Miss,. hzaqd S-3 ' r ; i t h . m s i ~ ' ~ and of: at :6:18, - 0 w c a d . a ~ an ET, Listed i n f / c l i s t as 2: 15-2:30. , I would .not .ham logged. them 'except for,:the f / c l i r t ; and I &.ess that XEDM must hc?.lrc! &off . at. 2: 00 as thay were not . h a r d t;h'rou&' WGLC . '. . . Notea thzt TIADC- 1350 i s not s i len t Mondays. VITH-1230 a/off :st 3 but ViVOR imneilhtely too?: .over and

VCNR was m.t haetrd o.n scheduled DX. A ser.ies of 'tone beeps .on 800 f r .m 3:104:25 M t ,could not 1.a as the .re eded \'!DUX_ DXing f o r N i E C . The not needed CIICK-620 DX f o r InTRC w a s poxerhozlse at.. 3-6 plus. Noted tha t YJICC-600 was s i len t th is AM. Hops Kr;y a re s i l en t 3/"-. for the7.TST scheduled DX if WFST comes on this time. WRRR-1330 Rocl:ford, Ill. on f /c-TT 3:.27-4:00 over ChICB f o r a long wanted logging. KTCB-1470, ! ;aUe?, ?do. not heap3 on IuZ\'RC. DX, too much T<SAN. Sometbing tvas heard on 1410 from 4: 304 :20, In- striierntal ::=sic and announcaments in language, so .no EUEN,. I went backto 1470 sad got 0.~0 good I D S frorr...KTCB 4:16-4:25, enotght fo.r a . f a i r report, I guess. T\!al:: for. the DX mail bag. : 2/11 - The ekcsllent. 2/53 ,issus of DX NETIS and l e t t e r verie f r o m flDB-630 also. a l s t t e r of apprecistian f r o m CFCW aner,t t he i r 1/28 DX. Another veria . ls t t .er from YJBCD-1430.Dalton. Ga. ThatIs t w o so far 'out tha ttprize" I was supposed to 11cve won has. not bee;?, raceived. 1/13,. No verie, 'tut a''swa'd1 l e t t e r from VgW-1280- ii:.reply to my t'rLa:Bc-;.cru no ta for tha LXRC DX of 12/3/56. Mr. Bare, S t ~ t i o n f!hmger, .?,sll~L KIEI

t o send a copy of my tiinanswered re2ort o f 1/19/50 and he will .check their log ;Lnd sii11 verify, if fouxd co.rrect. You can be 'sure that I' wrote him at once. 2 / 1 5 Fino v / l from VCCIC-1430 f o r a flood report. , Verios now , t o tax .1;726. I Pave just ax-9l.e ted my new se r ie 102 an2 i t sure daes look good but it was a rea l job., With sorr,a nice, :c7:es coming ug~ oi? the l a th , 19th and 29th I hope I w i l l - log sorne as I am off - thoso .&.is.

G. 'dir~y Qg:Lf!-~~_r_eer--l~astt&_St me t - IkTount ed ~ o u te 2 1 - Ho bar t,JqQtana _,. ----..-

Accorlinz 50 ':lie 2/16 issue, of DX NETu'S I ,forgot t o mention that, .I logged KLLI\--i573, . Leesvills, IP.. on the i r r / c from, 6: 05-6:15 on 2/'5. Now f o r t h i s past weekt s DX. 2/15:

CMCH-790, I.Ia'uarra, Ilab~na, Cuba, on RS. frm.. 9 :03-9 :15 p.m, Vsries. Prom KTSA-550, San Antonio, ?ax. a le t te r ; WSAT-1280, Salisbury, N.C. a QSL card; IBIdT-15.50, S?zsve?ort,

- L a . a QSL c a ~ i , end 'SLLA-1570,- Leesville, La. a le t te r . 2/16: OBLY-1600, Springfield, Ohio, from sjon a t 5:30 u n t i l 5:40. .\\rS&,4-1400, Saginaw,, Mich. from s ton a t , 5:@ u n t i l 6 : VL'DN-3490, Midland, Idich. from sjon at 5:58 u n t i l .6:05 with POPA i 2 l ; l . A . .

I?iYHI-1230, 3reinhm, Texas on RS from 7:OO-7:05 p.m. x i th some TRCA-1270 QRd. ?i.QSL card from T.TOIC-1470, Columbia, S .C. Letters fran KTCB-1470, :@lden, Nla., '$-TIID," 5C, Eirrcfnghc?;~, -.!l.>.. and 7?KXV, 900, Knoxville, Tenn, 2/17: CI<SL-1290, &onJon, h.?.t. tlirough KOIL from 4:bd-4: 07. KFiXT-1373:; .: Boonville, m. on DX f o r X;RC froni 4: 10-4: 30. 2 / 18 : 61EBB-920, Z~~i-lir?gton, 1! .C. fran $/on at 5:33 u n t i l 5:36. '.A card frarn WINZ-940,. Eolly-. wood, 3'1s. 2/19: ICGTJB-1420; Ks:; Eraunfels, Texes on f o r b?lTRC from 3:15-3:45. IiSFA-. 860, hToacogdoc;~es. , Texae also. .on f o r lnm froin 3 :454:05. R l e t t o r f r o m VZI<Y-1580, Albemarla, 17. C. 2/23: FiTJISR-1580, IJ;anchester, Tenn. ETing from 3: 00-3:25. '~~JO%1570, mard Ri.dga, Fla. frorr, 3 :45-4:OO. Four l e t t e r s fmril lV?RY-1290, Bickory, N. C. ; ?'LOX- 1490, Biloxl, Xiss,, WRIT-1840,. Ivlilwequkee, 8 ,. Vlis;, . and WRNfi-910, Richmoild 13, % V. i t h a QSL a&. 2/21: i\Jot?~ing. . V / s included ~ x ~ t h th i s report. Also , IJJD doesill S s/off from 8: 30-8 :15 any more. 73s:

Law: ?hi-ban. =~206-&~d_1y-~~enue - N q i as t 18'L~_e_gi6y lvania a I'n! stretc'i~ed f o r t i n e so t2iisrll be s?.~ort., Veries are TEAS 1010, GdCH 790 (Used four

: stanpa incl.cy:i;rrg the one I gave him), TXQE 1060, RGGA 560, via Ray Edge, Cm8 950 f o r . , . DX, unsked, rxi KWi 730.. , On the 18 t h I got up v;i $hut. sven knocking the alar.1. over, ., horrors, & x u s t be weakening/ Got ,RLb 1436, EXYO! 1410, WJRD w.ith DX f o r t i e Xitional ' Radio F a Club (they! 11 never hear the end o f i t ) , , CHEX i430,, W R R '1310,-. I thi& that

ICYTJ3 t- on as 1 E 0 was a l l clear. Tried to get, up .me-sday but reverted to , pld :

habi.ts, , ki, : C+iiexous UPDQ 60Q sent me a l e t t e r an& sche.iula effect ive ;,:arc:? .l, , I f in- a l l y got, the c r y s t a l B e t working ard I. logged two g t a + t i ~ n s on it, WKST and iUX31. ' VV:'hat t e r r i f i c DX! I ! a t e myself bscause I cannot buy the, H&llicraf ters . l i s t e d i n the-.bul- :betin o f . t;lo I6t;i. To end. - I 'nave been getting &gite. a f & Californians but fey1 LAs

..?daybe th3y are ,bein,.: smogged out. I see where. .someone logged WhVA on t h e i r 10:00 p.~. : sked whsn they. are- d~ytime . .- . . . .

' LET! S BT ?L'S.Z, YiE;: hE$ R FmM ALL Om It,BFGm I:;I I;Fa SOUTH fiD '&'EST OF . THE N I S ~ ISSIPP: . .

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~ r c n t S a v s v r ~ - Shennb~~ - R. 1 - Westfield, NdW ~ d r k ' ' . _ ,-_. . _ . _ - _ . ___- _.p___l_i_ -. . . . , . Guess $ou , .y~ys thought I vai:ished. Bope - too nuch DX ,a& not :,eriough sleep. ":?sx goes. Si;ic$ 1/12, 46 reports and 44 .wries (&A). ,XFDQ-itx heard +ej'iy :;!ell,, ' ;1/1 TTKQA-dx flor NIX. aid .K~CVE, DX also f o r good ,repbrti; 1/13, PIIVY 5:31-6:03 am. l,-*w- KIiIL f l o 2 : 4 5 4 , . a.~. , TmXL-dx on ~$8q.~kc,!s; on .1/&6 .'veq. good. 3'igdred V:-@G f o r f /c but turns2 ov-t)& M ., show 4-5 a.m. b i 1/19, ~ / ~ ~ - . ; T O & % T / Q O E ' . ~ W f d r proga% as I qesded t h i s one 2: 33-3: q5;a.n1. FHIH-dx .. . , on .:123? kels, Qn~<~h" 'Por ' .fair report 3 : 03-3:30. a.m., a1 so T!HEP-dq on + $310 ,met Q,$iiI, .+t hea=dj3 :304 : 00 a.m, : .~,qiised $HRT program 6n 860 .kc/s 3:30-4:03 z.n. ir, my report :but O X on t:? i r DX show. ' 1/22, : for ' lack .of ma se t o .do, logred CXCY on 1900. kc/s. 3 i00-3:30 a.m., \VSPN-M on 900 kc/s. gacd 4:30-5:00- till 1, CHML took,oyor v:i:tk $28- WLCd-dx ok1320'~l~c/s . met QRJT'$ut heard 4:02-4:31 a.m. 1/29. I ~ ~ A L P - ~ ~ ; well. .~o.v~r 5-9-.45 6.k. , ' 1/30n. Aiother tyy'withbWHPB o n 139~'!5c%s. Beltbn, S. C . 5: 03-5:32 a.m; a d ' 6; 2/1 'WKIN, on,, 1320 kcis. 4:54-5:30 a.m. ' (F'ift:? .:re- por t and noyr,, the i r ?,ST, he*. ). 2/2,. tdok.-report' on.TI?CV 5:a-6 ' a.,rp, fo r nx; cz1i"on 1060 kc/s, 2/3i'$JUv t e s t on' 1480. , kc/s: .,.. Camas, :.V?ash. ' 5: 03-5:ll. a.m. .Also, sa^s'.day FILS on 132G kc/s. 65:~O-6:05 a,?l. .,&LA: 111H13~' on, W 66. kc/ s.' 7: 01-7':15 a.a. cif s/o,n;' MAN- dx v?ell : l e n d here 3:33?4-apm. CELY-&.met gtat ic 'and , . W ? 4-5.a.m. How maii11y.of3:gu have heard. ,?he$ nav RIRT, tes t ing 'on 1580 kc/6. ' - seem to 1 ham a Spapisn: ?lllio8z?ce,r:: too, Verie back. 1.1 11 list' vsries m w :and. resme' t s n e x t week: , Veries here.:. !Z:D. VZKY YRXL T7BA YJC!LB, %3DY TLTC \BNb ~T~P{E$ C;JTX' IWSP KGUE' CBO TKOA ~ R C D KHIL I?RET I%VR CKTVIR CBAF KAPG m ?!HIR $ECR RQOE PJOE mIw ~ I , R FGY m CJBJ ?!i<i~ v;m ',;IRCV T~ILS XDAN I.'iQ:IICK ' ;C . :XV VISEY ( l a s t . year.? s D ~ S FJILA.. C ~ i E N ICRIV $PDQ KIRT, . . No t ice d as Lef ki'said XEFD was off last week, 'a.'@ndy.. chacce. for y e w ~ ~ e r i ' to. Jog C;XTB, hea@ here over S-9 f i r s t ili$t, hot needed $ere, tho-+&. 'XIRT testing eve; a.tve& bi.tt ckqsses s.to.m path between hem .elid thore as eta t icz is 3u'ite bad:, at times.? WLrty l ines 'iie3rI.y up; T i l l ano thar . > h e give' sbme e l se a chanze vi$h ,nm-$.. . .

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es.nci@ H. .---. it t l e r -- - 2205 south Wnco.ln t - Denver 'lo; colo-& *.. 7

DX fair . hsrz 241d I. have 3. few now catches..tp repp.l't. : Cn '2'/17 W i Y (1250) l~cCo$3';--I:4iss, was heard ;:i t s /on a.t. 7: 32, &,I so ztld'ed yias '@ZC': f 129,0) '~ i '~ahach ie , -Texas :.':i tl-r. :&,:&I 6.n;. . s/on. b;? 2/18 the bnly tL70 nepr.. ad3i tidns tvare RPTE-1290 in yell. on. DX ,c-:.:d'hlso T!JIW herrd emily w i t n s,ome .sideband, Q.F3% fron KSL., : On 2/19 the t v g o N'NRC .D!<es, 'f mm &FA i<GIBr?ere bdtll hear.l hero and 'r.eportbd. ' ?hey were neithelr new tb my lo,g.tis both were .logied' back before I stai'teii &nding out repor ts to s'tat$ons, . Also heard and in- ths .sL3m& c+tego'r$ was K'CIU. J.(1030). Cslario ,. Calif; .to' s/a ffL at 9200' .and a2parent- ly now on f i i l 1 t i p basis. t e r i e s ckrnein Geiy v.51-I tkiis we:k as I added KQIIC ( 1 ~ 0 ) ,

,. BGKL (969 ) ,- KTICT .(920), ~ E E (970) Fi'HEB (1430)' &D?H '(1'373) :(ODY (.1240) WNCA ( i.570) Q B M (800) :~I&Q (1050). K R O (1480) ani ' KIBT 0 : i9,arn writing th is a day ez r l i e r than usual , ( !!Zrl;l.rsday) as. 1, a;: dr iv ing .back to Gene'va, Eebr .. , tb spend the weekeyd v:i t h my folks ?;id. o$ co7uss w i l l e.~Joy cox.pri.ng veriest with li.'i&ukiceS,' ' Hope t o ba bcxk ,Nin-

. day morni;?_~ f o r tha me11 D X e a . . . a ~ d want fo . . wish . e v e ~ o n e . .._ 'good' ; $. ...,. luck with tho rerlx?.ining DXes on t k i s :xear'.s calen4ar. 73s ,. , ,

. . . 333 IWkitsy!!, ~ e i b l e r ' - .179 ~ a i n ,~tre$t :- p ~ e l l s h r g , ITeqiv'.-~ork . . -

. :No t muc?i t c rZ.-- ,ilor.t i n ths l i n e of DX,,.as Iive. beer! f a i r l y busy on t h e farm &ice w. four waalc vacL:tion, S t a t i o n s heard since .last report ,.are BRl!?L 910,' ?ATB 1320 Tf%!39 1330, VASA 133.0, W!iJ 1i90 BBIf '1420 I'BSN i420. ~e 5 6 s are i n from VSEV 930 f 0 % . . r i k o r t .

of Jamcry 1956, CFGT 12?0, . -b~tk ie-tters. and I guess that's a l l ' for the vsrieq. :.I thought.1 !sT2s roing t o have to' V , O I ~ C 'ni\&ts taking care of the boi ler f o r thres o f four weak8 . b u t , .51ze ,boss changed i i s . mir,ri wihch. is., f i rk with me. I don1 t c a r d f d r YF$I?

work. I just got . this tygwri.te r to&dY ctd' .m 'l,ecking maf'v, it11 the one f ijqa'i:'sy.S- .. .

tern. I n3zicl.er.if anyone hae a v c r i e . f r m ITJED Lmd hob71 long i t took. ,73. .. ., ,. 1 - . , '

2844 Gzilf or2 - O K & ' 1 1 , Oklahoma B*~-Eibs2 --.----..- .- .. - -- DX has b3.1 PL1i]iljr ? c I ~ I here i n s p i t e of CX. Stati.c h s be?n bad. A couple of '~exans :have besli added: ,&IRT i$i6ch pQasib3.y everyon? has ' iogged, and at long 13s t, I m T . 1240 on t h i d S c ~ ~ . y d z y f /c. Logged.: thi$, A?Ln:'I were:, :'KVFC .135i) f / c 1:30-1:40 (2/18 ), . RC:OL' 1250 2: 2 )-z:,$; a.m. f /c, XYTE 1290 ~X"weak,~.'but OI?, WJED-Bx on 1153 strong. A couple annc~uncer;.3nt s on the I ~ L v - ~ x :,13,40, WW 1080 AN,, IlBAX 1140 ,2:40-3 : 05, dif f hit through s tz t ic . N O , luck'with c H E ~ o r .CDS. T h i s :%s be3rii a,.poor season fror; slat direction. Varies . : ., 'IC13PQ II(PAN-CI.X XRErY, iiiid. KLLA-ilx. 'iiIF/IO .was logged a8 per irf 4 ',iri . .. ~ .?? . ? i anh :~ . ' n section. oood here. .Best of D X . t i and hope fnour DX CX"e ,

b,etter., . .\YE AGlIb? BEG m_F: .C(jUPLE OF Y O U Y ~ H O S T T L ~ . ?$!D YOUR RVORTS IT? 'LI%ZCIE @U"13D PL??LZSE TO D0iJBL.E SIACE .Tmi !R) I\UXE IT EASIER FOX 'YOUR ;&DI TOR TO COPTr '""*'%OFF!

8 - D - X - -h-d-d - s- March 2, :35? Ernie Kichels - 180 Palm Avenue - Sax Francisco 1. C5lifornia - - --------- -.-..---

Veries 'ILtve bezn cozing i n very ~ l o ~ , ht here's a report of my listening, 1/31- KKlP 1310 from 3:25-3:45 on t'neir special DX; KUW-1600 from 3:52-4:05 with the i r AiJ yrogram KBLI-1490 4:13-4.:32 on the a i r ki.th an IKD program. 1/23- VlATE 620 from thz i r sI1on at 5:00 u n t i l 5:13 n i t h a very strong signal; 10FJ-1590 from 5:29-5:53 on RS. 1/28- CFCW 1230 3 :433 :59 on f o r the NRC;. WE-1230.4:01-4:13 on the air x i t h their f /c broadcast; WEAR-1230 5:OG-5:11 on their RS AN broadcast, with a very weak signal; lTl~i~~l-lSGO at t h e i r s /oz a t 5:30 v ~ i t h ffDixielf played u n t i l 5: 37 when they fadsd o ~ t completely. 2/4 KDAhT-790 3:35-;5;48 on with a t e s t programand KBXS-1240 from 4:10-4:17 with tkeix tes t . That i s tile' second stat ion 11 ve heard i n Ridgecrest, Cal, and haven' t received a verfe from ei ther as yet. 219- ETCB-1470 4:024:21. on'with theik s p c i a l f o r the NTRC and KVOY-1400 f;-om 4:25-4531 '//off v:ith f /c. 2/11- 17H00-990 5S2-5:42, thanks to a t i p from the tTRC bar le t in and VIOR-1150 5:#-5:59. WNCAr.1570 was heard on th3ir s /oqfat 6: 01 tv i tll a strang 'si.p+l and was very surprised that XEKF was of$ the air. 2/17- EJJRT-1370 4:014:16 .on t l ie ' a i r for the NfIiC: WG-1550 4:G-4:55 with m s i c 2nd adver- t i s ing t'ne ,Yo rGign Club, 2119- .KYTE-1290 3: 05-5:20 o n the i r Speoial fo r NX ; XIRT-

,1580 on a l l ;ornfng with a testlbraadcaet, and see that they are a nsw s t n t i o n ; TIJRD- 1160 4:08-4:25 ad giving the..i\JRC a ~plug.before they faded out. completely on ne, -2/19 ECSFA-860-3:17-3 :38 OK fo r the NiL'RC, and at 4:02 u n t i l 4:13, K,GNE-1420 was llemd :ith a 6 tronger sis?.E?l t5an the other T e b s 8bt . ionr 1. have wri t ten - t o UIM and Y!fEU already tcfice, ziic 3av~21! t received a verie as yet. : How does om do i t ? T i t t s iku..", all from here, '73 S, - . i

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- -.-A,-..-----. -- - ---. The nDX Tala": Fe%. 9 - K ~ T - 1 2 5 0 Phdera, Calif., 1og;;ed 8:30-3:45 p.m. s/off giving KVSC il. soo9#pn. Feb: 11 - KNOR-1230, Norfolk, Va. ileaid wit'n a faFr signal from 3:.30 u n t i l 4:30 a.c:.., b ~ t m.bldn9t mako out.anytlning pr ior to 3:30 a.m. for a re-?or% to WChrfils DX. I doubt very much' i f 1dEXVe DX.on 14l0 was on from nearby Wsilatc;les, Wash. although I nas.not on 1410 f o r the f u l l hour. of the i r slced. Feb, 14 - KGETii;'s f / c on 1370 fro21 '&lare, C41. borne8 i n 4:15-4t30 a.m. Fe'o. 16- Added new KEPH-510, Eeune- wick, V?m1,. (e -KT71~) to logs 1:vith.a report. from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. F25. 1.7- Noted RBIs i s s t i l l Bakersfisl3, ~ a l . ca l l on 970, not -XBlB as Veyrich Logl-iotsi ID a t .4 :30 iz.ii:i. ; iith severe QIZii; not KH3IC, as they s /off equal to IDIS a t 4 d.~, 3eb. 18 ICYTE-dx oil 1290 logged easi ly; WJXI-dx on 1150 logged zrith some di f f icu l ty , -?oice f a i r , m s i c no good; ICPAL-1450, Palm Springs, Cali ID at 3:55 a.m., but cauldntt t311 Sf on RS, o r a t s s t under an unID tester. Feb. 19- NNRC DX from KGNB-1420 seriously QXuled

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KSTN u n t i l l a t t e r s/off at 4:02 a.ri., ' then 'not much bet ter as plagued by TTar (p-o;bab- ly HSTN, L ~ B tl-iey I D as tes t ing at 4-:53 .a.m.) and by an unID LA; XGlB off a t 4:31 'a.m. ERR-13 10, D:.llas , Tex. I D at' : 5 , &.m; , appar snt 13 AN. Veries at hand : CFCVl-1230-D:'., RRDG 1230, Rel.iix::;:;, . Cal., DDQ-800-DX, KDAN-79C-DX, KIJ?T-1600-DX, KSFO-560 ( says hours except s i l en t i.b~.day. &fie 4-8 a.m.). IPLC-14'70; RW-1140; KFOT-1250 Madera, Gal;, BILD- 850, ICTBS-'(10, and KENT-1550, l o ting Lef ty!s comrne~t in Gene Cameron' s "I:I~si---.s~~ A&O , i n Feb. 9 DX XETIS cibout tape recbrders, l e t me hasten to say tha t t'nis methoj. of DI:ing is hardly a tii2o saver; ra t lxr , it simply givas an opportunity. t o do some limitad l i s ten- ing at :%-ours that or,e ot:.~erriiiee could m t DX at. '!lorking the hours Gene does, I dont t thiqk a rac-i-der would be xuch.l?elp; .what he needs is an eighth-day of the week! I can spond so;;:e %i: t o 20 .hours a vfeek a t DX and associated endeavors, but these 21cqz?s %do not i n c l u b any t ine bet7::osn rriilnight and 7 a.m. LST, sd 1 make heavy use 3f m;T k o re- corders. Iiave ?ad a very i n t a r c s t i r , ~ phor,e conversation with a David i,!lcCord :.'::o l ives about tzo rdlos f romme. He heard the ;(PD&,DX and sen& a card to NRC sviiici was for- warded to ns, Believe I sold h i m on club mmborship, so, risking a ma11 flbcgbo" I ' l l say 'Velcoxz .to the NRC" r ight here. and WV'J! Dlere i s mo ther ECB DXer eve? ir; Seattle that:I hope n i l l ' s e e f i t t o ja in our rank8 eoon, Underatand he i s g e t t i ~ g an SX-100.

-771'.- Yard - ,404 Nor th 14th Street - Ponca City,' Oklahoim LE2..:. .----------.--.-. --...-. Gotta 'get ixCo W KfD!S f o r the- Dixie dedication! So, tb ie out from a busy sc::.:5-~.le to repQrt to s Baan'a next t o nothing season as f a r a s 'the DX Specials : 2 2 ~ 3 ,cone, but been a ,$od y'5ar for me as far a s logzing ca l l s 'here . .Have ga tb red ir, i36 of sam x i t ; ~ 96 vzr iee r ~ c e i v e d to date, Tv~elve away from t h e 2,000 mark a n d . b p o t o 'nave that i n tize f o r t ~ e . TIEestern t i e r of the Southern States issue! Hope NRCer 302-iz ]:a@- k e t t gets ~0;'~s nard 'down soon &out the WCKB veries. .Wina t f s tb f lash, - John, 2.:"~ hcpe of same? D i t t o . for ' the TFXO and XSL2 DX sllows. . HOT about ' i t , CPC, any 1170~3 cf ,:::kit we can e::poc.t on them? OtEzer DX Spscial .veries -holed:ag sorib place are (con'd. 2 , 9)

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12, 19 ,D,X_ _N-E.:T-S- p a ~ e 9 c Ward, ;JAL ~Ai!:O- XfiD and Y!BBNo.. 'f r some ' sor t of so-

. L L L V I ~ ~ w i l l uo ..":$zed OLU. "LA ~iae Contest, i f we :tave.oii6, rogarurrig s t a t i o z s verif ied ard then D:lir1g ii: the saxe season. . I'm ,against re-veri$ying f o r any reasor; oiz t;le be- l i e f t h a t i t hur ts the hobby i n t'm long run jus t to make points, i n a contast, ' 8 . d

doubly repulsive t o do so twic.e i n ths seme season f a r ' those. , t h a t do re -vs r i fy . for , the . sake of a co:?test! Like t h i s neck, ICDBM wd, Y I V V vsr.ies receimdl';. .they D:: i a the im-' .

mediate i?ub~re, screly t hey would think, b lack. thoughts i f I.. asked. them for ' 2nc thr! So, t h a t i s t o po in t s . l e s s fo r a e , i n th8,Contest .since I do c o t Lintend to eusl:,for sec- ~ n d s ! For DXer s ir, the future.. who might hear therc, o r o thsrs under s imilar c i r m . s s t a ~ u e s , i3 couJd be rr.o.s.t, considerate o$..,us., , : a~d w e do bandy tha t thought aro;und. qui te a b i t , to be le.ss ent3usiasti.c about racki,ng up poifits in: a aontes t aYld inore abol-t . .

courtesy, I 20 hope. tha t any, who, do .re-verify f o r contest purposes does so -:iit:l a PP card zild oq:lana$ior. for i t s use ,. - $ut', I think $t'would' be more: p r o g r ~ s s i v e tkink- ing to so lm t3is-I l i t t 2 a thought within. our ranks .and l i ' m i t such DX to . ra-mrt o f r ecep - t i on a ~ l a t';=an!+srou and .a notation t3at re-veri,fica.tion i s not.reque.stea! Cel-,tcuinly d i b l t iiiecii to &d~ ; to r i a l i z%, bat it.,. ju$ t c'iiue. out, if. i t i b f iilgs. . for th so;:.e s o r t :of .

a so lu t ion f o r fu tu re contests, t?ien I ' f e e l i t was worth t n e , e f f o r t . . 'As..Cont9st I..anac. ger, i t is w,tify.ing to note that a. nymber .of blCers in1 the: 'Contes.t.':do f o r s d ~ e p i n t count f o r . cocrt&sy and I . pay a special tr ibtl te :!to . those fellows.! - Well, . i l e ~ r i n : :;hose . . ,

30 l ines , so t>i& i t over :kd r r i e a recomenclation to the Board of Direttci-s. o r CPC. 739, gan&! . ~ o i l c a ~i ty i n ' 1 57: - .. . . .

~tan ' ! io ras - 2 . ~ . r f o i t ~ m s a c ; ~ u s e t t ~ , ' . : , . --.-- -...-- . .

2/13- EIRT 1530,, I:liission, Toxa-, ET 2:10 a.m. XEm :back on th i s . qM. 2 / l L I?PW t e s t i n g 1:36-1583. ZIHT s t i l l on XT. ' ,@e, WHEP-dz. ,2/16- YNOG tast ing-1273- at 3 : S . :: VIV(jS at 3:39 on. 1C.IO. VLIV, t e s t at 3:31. WSIL'1B. searr!?; t o b e , the A N under B,'ADC. . TliIOO a t , . . 4:B$, 990. XIRT'ET again. 2/17- ET frm.,F%iSP3Iaaci.les t e r , Tsnn. , 2 : 54-s lof~ 3:OC to r e turn ::.i~?r:i;l;t, RKOG 1270 tes . t iag. agqin.. YNBP Sower; up and. l i& ted s s of 14th.. so should be 0:: fcir l . jsooa. Transmitter Ijuilding, nqt ,,*3p. y e t buk i f good WX k2~;>zus, it shoul*:;' t $22:~ tern long. 2/18- WAO ~ r r a n q u i l i a 1265 kcla. -2:.33 aim. ne.:. r-.:-crt, Ftit no ad.2iess.. ICYl3 1290 RX 3:L5-3:34, s,/c\f,f very weak, .but got..two t i t l e s so hops Eor ..

the best , :<IEP 158C at 3:40. CHEX f a r h?RC at 3:49. '. Somqone a l l A14 "under BC-4.i: ' '

Couldn't picl:,,o-kt c a l l , though. CW DX Test yary good, . ';!SRD 1150 a u a q zLc3 show. They m s t S ~ v e gone to a , l o t of t r qubk . to- put. . o h such an.ela'borate shw. A ~ 3 2 7 n ice l o t t e r f ron L..i..Bishop of CIm rernin4ing n e . that I w,as . the f i r s t .'to-- report -%& sis- t e r stat&oh CFAi3 IjacQ i n Ioverr,ber 1945. 2,/19.- GZYX Coqan,: .Term. .I440 on .F .;:ildbr'WQOEC. a t 2:43. , TZiST, X!:T 1580 at 3. XSFA 860 ;\Ta.cogdicl;es -Tex. NNRC Z)X 3:,15 :a.:I.I. ' KInT .1'58O . ET i n Spznish. ?/20-.T'i~4S~ 1580 ET 2:.21.: V!TUP 1380 Tupelo t e s t l n g a t 2:s. ' JL2 1127.0 Cambri3p, OLio t e s t 2 :38. ZJOE-cb tcugh. under XEBJ?,, but e p o 9 ~ h for . f a i r rcyort, to , .

4 : W . EXLO S~IO'~~F tqpgjing 680, 4:C5. . . . . . ,

C . 3 . Gerstlier - 9353 Gscmab-a ~ i e n u e -. Chicsgo 17. I l l inois- . . -----------a

Very l i t t 1s axing t1;i.s Ieason, .3ut. :of late have been doilig considerable d i ~ l t:!idclling. A t o t a l 02 12 !;:en5 oxt Zr. $he p a s t - t i r e e cl@s,. mo.rethan the wtiole of Ja+=ary. Lates t v ~ ~ i e s , IrUN I!'XEP i:TCB CS/S arid D G R . Following are some r e su l t s at the S&%li'

62/18- 3: 1 L 3 :.53 1230, kI"YW, DX very we&-, )3:35-4.:30, 14.3 ), . .CHEX NNRC DX vaiy zood. : . 4:05-4:33, ,1090, CXRS .DX fsfr. 4:31-5:35 -1150 VJRB DX a, povferhouse overridi:?.; --A1 s / on at 5:00. 2/19? 1:47-1:55,, i420:ZT;FY f /c., 1:57-2:30 14.40, FIm, Cowan, 3..i3..-., XT :

mo tbsriiig T!I!OK. 2:45-2: 50, TT, on 1380. 3204,-333.0 1420, PCGNB NFJRC DX we& z?d ?,~Med $. KSEi a112 EEZ Lh. 3:38X:00 BSO; I<SFA a l s o on f o r YNRC strong atop CF.-'LBL. 4:%-4:15 950, WJ;OF f /C-TT toppixLg i;I;:iq +nd con iga~ . d/20 - 1+70. KG.HiVI in./c, 'iu'SAN r-d. 2: '3.0, :

1320, I.KL0 s /off . , 2:X-.2:15 1800, GKBJ f lc. 2:2Q-2:25,:. loud. TT. on 980 did 860. : 2:32 -2:45 a/o;":: 1580. TTUP t e s t prQmis.ing to verify,. , A fragnentaq- report to ':'JO.T 03 DY;,. heard b e h i 3 3ZRF. Rosa to, spend. much rno .*e f ime at the cli.ale f ram. now on $3,. s&zd more repol-ts to bkqings. In t@,..n;eqntimo, best of DX t o all; , 73.. ( l e .-.lope. :30 toa.!:~dS

Xoxald ~ r c o u r t --- ----.- - 225 H2e . - St ree t - ..- ..--. North --a- - Port - - Hope, Ontario: , . . '

(forwarded by Hbl ??aper) Please.. f i ~ d enclosed.$4 f o r a one-y e a r supsorip t ion, t o 'tbg' . h'RC's DX IlIXS. I heard about the c l u b o n a DX program from CmX, ,Y:inghmi-, G:;tcxio?in . January. I:;. best s t a t i ons ( i n distance) a r e C@lW Rev~,:l~ieotmins$er;. B,.C., .i(NX Lo.s An+, geles, Calif . ax2 7EAQ San, Alan, ., P. R.. - I-. have a standard 'six-tube .r+dio w i t k loo1 aer- > - 9 T!~est i ; :~l i~-~e. I logyed ZFY on;Feb.:18.. (Walcome to the club,. Ronald,c-4 VlirC.

! .-Ed .) rope f o r soce D:'. reports f : ' ?ORGZT IT' S 30 LIhZS OF I i PRIXT TO A C U S T O ~ R , NO' I~ATTER THO AE: IS! ' ,

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Page 10 -. T W S -b-x- -N, -&- - - March 2, 1957 Tialter Betzerldahl - 310 Colonial Ridge - Moorestown, New J e r s q - . - . -. .-- --- -. -

Rate t c have to rmI:e this adrr.ission, but t h i s i s ny f i r s t report to tine lli2:.;.sisgs' s ince I at ::o-:.ded the Convention i n September. Have been doing some DX, but C:; hi beon gena2,:l:;- very discouraging all season, i n f a c t , as bad a season as I can rc ber. A il.:-id: resume from September 9 to December 3 1 shows 44 ~ l t a t i ons added to the l o g as ;;call as 31 assorted verieg. S p c i a l s logqicg duf ing t h i s period were I-;PD FSHE HJAL WTS4!:I CJTT EU'T WHBN WANI WCBG IIWRD ECIIX CJNB IVPivDl md Ix!JCD. Since Jslri..iy 1, the foliow ing have beeil added: 1/13- WCB-1443 on 6 : 04 s/on. 1/15- P:HR!l-860 DX, T?DI:Z- 1460 on 5:04 RS s/on, 1/16- KB@N-1270 till 4 a.m, %/off , RIVXL-1580 DX. 1/20. CIS-640 on top fYom 8 :30 to 9 :45 p.m. f o r jus t about the most wanted s ta t ion . 1/25- T:lSPIJ-900 DX, VJIVV-1370 sn IIS 5:00 s/on. 1/28- CIICO-1320 DX. 3/1- C'JDDY-1420 ET at 1:21 u.r . 2/4- CR7;'!-910 X very tveak; ZFP-660 on 4:40 s on f o r one 02 the season* s best. 2/10- CHW-1250 03 :)orf pe; L a f t j t s t i p , NBLU-1480 RS 6 a.m. e/on ( ~ i n a l ~ got zzo7~:d to t rying f o r tXs one). Also logged OIRIV-1390 or. ear ly S-mday morning progrc*;;? ard won-

. d e r of -?!0;16ers, a f i n e l e t t e r ver ie back i n e i sh t days. Also caught lTLIS-1420 on ?:00 a.m. s!on f o r a new one. 2/11, logged KOYN-910 on r /c and KTCB-1470 DX vzry good through BSldT. 2115- !THPR found i n the c l ea r on RS 5 a.m. s/on f o r a new one. 2/18, throe ca7 s t a t i on l , KIRT-1.580 El' 3:16 t i l l a f t e r 5, CHEX-1430, DX very good =L ?,noth- e r ,mob4-~%nted .stttMpn, _ and f i n a l l y CHRS-1090 DX also good.' 2/20- TJMSR-1580 !<T 2 :54 QEkd by ZI3T-158G ~ 4 ~ ~ 2 3 c a lso on ET. VJOE, very tough. on DX throu.gh ponerhouse XERF. F o ~ r o t t o ;zar,tion on 2/7 picked up v ~ ~ ~ - 1 5 € 3 0 on r / c f o r a neid one. Veriee s ince JraiT~aq~ 1 m b e r 25, including l e t t e r s from WJCD-ax, !7TM3&1370, CnT-1450, DBC- 1457, FI14~E-15-?:I, VZkY-1580, B!T!31'3-d~, V!HRT-d;r WAPG-dx WARE-1420 fo r f/up, CBPT-640, VtFMlV

.... -dx XU'T-Zx ., ITJ-1570, Vi'LIS-1420 to e o ~ c ~ l e te Comacticut again, VRER-1430 for f /up, VSPK-dx ICTCBcclx T>iTUC-1580, TJRIV-1390, and c a d & from VI 'BRB-~~~O, WBi-1450, I33OI:i-1270 P'BOS-1600 ~ l i 5 a prepared card from IOEX-1590. That ls a3out i t and good DX to r.11. (Ve welconz your report , K a l t , , and w e a l l hope you1 11 join the regulars! -25. }

E r n i e IhIffy - 77 Livzrmore Avenue - Staten Islaild 2 Yew York - . - , - . - - I - - - . . - --.-----...---- A-----.--

Addit ions t c r,y 105 are: WZYX 1440 heard ETing 2/23 at 2:30, inidst VQOX' QBlli, ?::d %!CLM 790, the 0:ll.J s c h e U e d DX of 2/25 tha t CiL'iTie through f o r me, h'ew veries are l e t t e r s from VJKE:I! l.-rIDZ? a d KAGE, and vaxy a t t r a c t i v e cards from CKCX and I<LAR, I t was 2, t i p from Frmk Johmon of Netv HampsFdre that to ld me of WZYX Cowan, Tenn. t es t ing , I'm hoping soneo:?= cc.n t e l l rrie who ended a, t e s t on 1 S 0 kc/s. @ 3:05 2/25. 'J!CAi: v?as 6 i -

hilt at lec,st f r o m 5:00-4: 15. that nlor~iing, pu t t ing WRR i n the c lear , v ~ i t h no dz f in i t e s ign of I',9.TCYl s DX. A seeming S raz i l i an was strong on 1300 C3 3 :03 on t h a t ao~iliilg. No s ign of ICDBI-; cnd IQ<!OO DXee. , Sunday mornings WEEX i s strong and i n the c l ea r i i z Lke Netv Yorlc, C i t y area, and afi unlmown North Carolina s t a t i on dominates interfoPelice on 1220 f r o i ~ "/:4.5 &.rr.. on, tha t day, here. Rarlio s e m s more popular t h ~ n . evw, as per s tory ail3 s d e clmrt i n l lSrodcasting" magazine, tha t shows fiore non-car r%Jios were sold &s.ri:>; iS 5'7 t'izan i n ;Lny year befors, so TV hissnlt hnned i t , I was sur~3rised to hear \OX Ifplcglf IGIB Dalias as a good s t a t i on t o listen to frequantly. It cxised ne - to wonder F f t?ieg Ynink i t commnplace f o r the average 1Tob-f York l i s t e n e r t o b ~ n e i n Texas sts';io-rts. R9ception is a most imaertain thing, ae per my being rnia'c2~ to lzear the DXes of CI!RD ETIA and T!IfOO, yet they were heard ax'ar!

-L!.esber t Carni3bel.L - Box 20 - .-R *D 2 - -.&.hgq~, Pennsglvanja Js12rabile 'rick-! A S~eci.51 D X ha6 vdrified, PSPIT, J e r r e t t Xenry, CE, ver@?yi?I~ k$: re- tu rn mail a r s2or t t o the new ;@EG, hearddon 1380, on ET, says, "You ars 0-13 32' t3e very f el?! i>eTsonS t o hear a male voice on the s t a t i o n a s KPEG i s an a l l g i r l s$:-.,kion.l1 They mlst 'oo cwf'ully nice gsls! Halls c o n t r i b ~ t i o n on .antennas and. grou?rls v?as a f i n e f e a t w e . 523 old timers rill s h a r ~ e n t26eir wits and the younger generation jc3.t :lave nsvsr h d aczess t o the magazines azd bndbooks of ea r ly days. 'JJith the co;;lirx~ of the all-wave ~ z c e i v e r , antenna^ cane near to being b ig 'rmsiness. Somc, l i k e Lplch o:;ld Brach, pxt oat f i n e products, and you c i n M spend a l l the money you wanted too, on wortk.,le?s gadgets. Toclay, I know of but one published source of infomatio;l or; $ 1 ~ - ments o f r.:-Xo, sntennas, phonss, grounds, etc. I t i s published by Modern T2u-tio 3;ab- orator: as, i z Re&~ood City, Calif . i n the i n t e r e s t s of c ry s t a l s e t buil : iers, -:/Lo really know t h e i r e;z-l..c~mas.. In passing, I r e c a i l d h0116d v.n'.~~l,. up to ve.ry reca,?t yei:rs . - had one of . t h s o trf ck mtannas, high o r the peak. I t w a s a ; large s i lvered ball. . .soybe the idea.~?rs.50ri.ovi@d from old 2x0. But f . s u s F e ' c t ~ ~ ~ ~ h a t . . i t . . tvould have'pici2;i up as much

DX had i t >!or skaped l i k e a d i l l ~ T I S 2Lm m:,IqIr.Sp Z ~ O ~ T S 3 ws, .m, a :(TO "30 LINES, , i\$~ PWE DOUBLE-SI~XCX r i a d l

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It 's besil -2 t0il.2 time since I've reported. The reasons a r e obvious - poor spas:-abic reception, not ;:.uc'n new i n the l ine of DX; hence nothing to t a lk about. T' l i r~ season has bean t e ~ ~ i b l e i n ray estii~iation. I've s e t tha slam less tfiid year tizm i n t:ie pas t f i v e p c r s , I 've los', sleep many rrornings all i n vain. 'PA receptioii i s fair one mrning, m::t ,orzing ~ o t h i n g at a l l . Wast Coast reception has bee3 r - i l - l i t 1 *::ven the Mi&vest sts.tions being received weakly here. 5218s CX ra i ses a question i i l r:;r rind. Are the stl-bions using antennas which don't radiate rruc'n beyo& the i r loca l ,?reas o r a r e t h e m SO XI^ other reasons f o r poor d i s t an t reception? I've DXed since l!331"=zd I d o n f t rm?,ll c~ljr other seas a s poor as t h i s for d i s t a n t reception inconsista~.cies. I have :heard TAs since l a s t August. :mly n fe-li; of the most powarful ones a t r -kk.:c and not r e , ~ l ~ , z l j r at any one period. ' I 've heard F=-ance on 1376; 1554, 1349, Gz:mi;,- on 1586, ki~.lte CLL-lo 1466, BBC 1457. I lhatrs therr a l l var i f ied from pnrwvious ysars. Re- ception 02 t:-isse old r s l i ab l e s was fair to rotten. TIN sour:ds at t ines as i f the>,. are using t s ~ 7.-:?vtts ir; the h i l l s bf Asia. To be t ru th fu l I 've been so dejected -.:i-;;h the r e s u l t s 02 iq~ e f fo r t s that I do21 t have m c h "get up and- go" l a f t. I have given up re- porting to U.S. s t a t i ons bscause of poor returns. I don't believe, as soma 'lo, to con- t inue to bo;l:bc.rd theae not v e r i f y i ~ g inmediately with up t o a dozen reports dc;z~lding verific8tioi:s. In rriy opinion i t ' s bad business to db&nd a reply snd make rz-?c?t af- t e r regort 2or ~ e c e p t i o n made ~aor,ths ago. Take yourself f o r instancsc If so::-30x0 needled you sadlessly f o r something, w'hat ivouli your reaction ije? Proably, t o Xsck v!i t n them. I 8orr.e o f . our s t s t i ons have ta?ren t'nis a t t i t u d e for tine rezsons Ken- tioned 3i13 sn becorm mn-ver i f iers . I believe in a courteous report , a flu: . . - i th in a reassna7ale .tirile ai;d i f no veria i s fo'rthcomiing I t ry t o log t b m again 3,115 sand a new report . I think being courtemxi t a c t f u l and undh'anding while enclosins ail accur-- a t e raport i s a11 a s t a t i on asks. The n a t t e r of re turn postage shouldntt 33 overlookd. I think :mch c z i be done to improve our hobby by the DXars themselves and ;+lost of them a r e doin3 j c s k t h i s , a 3 i l e a fm, I'm sura, a r e spoil ing things f o r the reat . I have found ir. racz-it geazs the percelitage of ilon-verifiers has incraased. I have t e r r i f i c power l i i le noise here u n t i l 2 a.m. We a l l haw ANs on nearly a l l frequenci2s. .. . ..

Petoi. L . Jacobsen - 5217 South Portlan3 Avenue - Minneapolis 17, INin.g3.,z.c>ca ----- - . .. ---.--.----.----. He310 ag:"ix. i.iore l e t t e r veries. IIGC%;; Albuquerque, N.16. A s I mentioned b e f o x , a QSL card, l:,vk.t you should see the splendid coverage nap, complete his tory 02 Al-mquer- que, a l so a :.-q of a One Day. You heard me r igh t , one day drive through A1b.lc!~-ei~que, zlso pict~:rcs an& many ot!ier things, Vould take an NRC bu l lh t in o r two todo 1:11 c f i t o r evan to-~cl. t3.e higI'lights. I 'mean the hole bui l ta in , not jus t 30 lina-;. D:om my goo; fri-.nds at KI-jAidi dlbuquarque, Soutiwastern Eroadcasting Co., Box 12.2, si7s is soae info. ftT',ey hzve no QSL cards or coverage maps available a t preseant. Eq~$i;~>zi~t i s a Gatee Tr:n~::it.tsr and ran i tors , Vestern E lec t r i c Audio equ ipen t , and the ~nts:..~la i s 2GOI. F/C i s not s e t f o r regular as yet . A s soon as vie kmv; at KHAi!4 and as soon as I know I n i l 1 l e t you know." I qwtad par t s of l e t t e r a s well a s some of my own tlrcwn in . i(GGT.4, ,GI0 !rc/s., CES 5 W e , antenna -X, 5kw. unlimited. ICHAM i s ABC non-direct4 ional 1 !w. daytha only but ear ly s/on. Both can be heard very v ~ e l l a t J . ;&-n?a l l 'cut I<FIAh'i i s ver7 vzqr good. Yet t o hear KHA!!i here at bG.?lriea@lks on.RS but I ici:c..r i t can be done a115 I a~r. :lot going to st02 u n t i l i t i s done. Could stay wf t h KGGhI -xi ~~~ f o r hours , t y ~ ? i n ~ out info, kv.t Lefty would want my neck afid I might nead i t fo;. some strange ra:,so;~ o r other, so leave us get d.om to beeswax, explanation buainsss. VTCR, llTovtn .md Zomhtry Nett~~orlcfl Connie B. Gay1 s owner, P .O. Box 648, Ashland, Ey., ~letvork ofmajor s ize , none, daytixe only, 5 hi., non-directional I quote from l e t t e r , ?,.'llich I f e e l shocld be printed i n i t s en t i re ty , "Dear Sir . Congratulations on ths Iog~-.ing of our s&z,:ior., TlTCX, f01lMhg is , the information you desired. Our transmitter: i s a Gat28 BC-:% c ~ e an3 f ive M.,. oper t i ng on f ive h. A l l monitor equipmert i r : ra tes , as ;yell as our s;.esch input consola a$ Asfilmd, Ky. t'iTe broadcast out of HujztF:~gton, 1'1. V a , payt 02 each day, I3uhtington being approximately 27 milas from here. Tle have an RCA co;?sole there. We are a daylight operatin5 stat ion ni t h authorization to 5. ign a t 6 a.m. 211 'Lzo ?Ar, ch2ch we do, except Sunday w'nen we sign on at 7 a.:x. T)ux c a l l l e t t e r s .~ver:> for: e r ly EVRO. Our main studios and transmitter s i t e is locatod s i x milee out of ~ '~shland, I*. on U.S. Route 60. We a re a member of the Connie 3. G?y o r - ganization, - 5 e Town and Country net!:ork and fea ture nothing but country mvsic, : ~ e w B and r e l i y i m s ?TOgm.S. No other net. . s r k afi"i1iations. We operate on the ssr:i:ned frequency of I G 2 C kc/s. non-directional ~.:lith a 180, guyed se r i e s excited ailtr,:?a. Cur f i n a l bei; :~ a 3X2500F3 tjat i s number 3 the last number. Ivlodulators the s a ) ~ . " . . . . .

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~ x c e l l a n t is.s?;er and cam verzr lcazzon.. back 2/18 I rom llRadio TriniBadff tes",trilsr; +-*- ' ter, 540kc / r ; . , ~ / o n 5 a,x. EST.. .S igper%is R: I. Kenyon,-Slaney, PD, W ~ ~ O - S ~ Y S t:: pemanent'~i-it~vslang.th for . . th is , transmitter, 1.-;hich,uses 20 kt;.,' s t i l l i s un3ecided. This was ::esxi 1/30 and succeeding days cuti;ing,. s troligly into KE'I. Also 1 / ~ 3 5 r o ~ . ~ ~ ~ ) P~A-10, 655 ?zs /s . , excepeent signals m3. rsgorted. 8 A J returning here, ' noted espec- i a l l y 2/18 ..::lcn I , t r i e d for DX progrms.. T?JR?-llB0,well 'heard, others impos7ible. Also 2/18, YaCC-950. through.static, 1:15 EST, : I C C U J I : - ~ ~ ~ and' Kim-1580, !,f;lission, ~ e x a s with Els. I thoro~ghly enj6yed the a r t i c lgs or. ae r i a l s 8nd on ve,rifying st.-'.tions. 'If

. . aGone tail ;:iw lrie some. raore specific imfomat ion, I? d ,appreqiate.~ it. Efijeci&l.L~, . how much. !:fire -should be ws'ed in a Loop,. e,tc.-- Another, quastion' along 'tlh s l in3 - I .:=ave a small GE Portr;t;l'e ,?:;.hit%. .i's remarkhbly. di rectj-onal and has strong pulling 'po7:ier. !%is a e r i a l i s . mc;i ~:ore. 'f l l ive" than the loops,. .~. .have used a& s t i l l jus t as direc t ioml . ~ o e s anycne k o t :,herd I ~ i g h t . 6 q j . on3:lf. . ~ e digect ional +widXs used i n the l;oTta- baas and aiiqii .it . for my HQ-1201 . . .

EcJ :;'ill-icims - 50 Third Aveaue Seymour,, Connecticut '1. -- .- --- --. I rea l ly " s o f edll. on .the .report for the. 2/23 issue. I mailed my re;port t o L?f ty on Saturday :xd on :Wssday i t was retwned :to m e by .the ~ r o o k l i n post Office. I er i id ir i 'ad-lressi i~~ i t to- -23.0 irs tead of 438. East :21.. ~tree t , : ' : ao I mdssed the "Na:? . 'i;*.lzl?dl~. special, hi . TLis 5s being v.;ritten -on V?ashington*s Birthday s o no m a i l @as received today k t 1:1~511 hold . th is for Satnrdayts delivery bsfore mailing it. I was sc3~duled t o :?ior:i S-z~ic?,o-~- r,ight fro= 10 pa. to 6 a.m., iflonday,jbut I have arranged t o d:rx@ ..

s h i f t s .:!i ", cons of q rllen so I em-. 'have.: a;.&-+rice to l og , s o ~ e , o f those e x c e l l e ~ t s tat ions l i m d up bs ' t3e CPC fortFeb. 25. ..DX by. .dzteline: 2j18- \*m-1580, Mznchestv?r, Ey. on For some. ar:e;.;ency and. off at 3~00. .,Announced eanergFbcy ,power of LOO0 na t Ls. ~ [ n v - 1570 Xoilticello, ICY.., f,'c-TT 3:Q0-3.:X5 as per f /c l i s t . , . I f KYTE-1290 , j was on. $ 5 . sked they d id no t a how kier 8:. A: brief tone on 1230 at - 3:l.S.. (only 4 5 secords) and ::i.';;i S$e .'

@ p i l l ove;. f;.6r:. CTiAVZls ca r r i e r or- 1303 and han AN:Kwq jar.sey: p ' s t . on 1280, :x,t,r~&ch could ic betv:een:. The no% needed CRETc1430. and aiso. hot, needed CKRS-l(BO re2Jly . bbamed i n .:~er?. CHRS.' at S-8 plus. - If tfrq-, neede3 ~ ~ ~ ~ l - 1 3 4 0 ~ w a s ' oh' for tlie ITXC, they, too; iid not show. : L/19, . the .IKGXB-l$ZO. New ~l?iiunfa.l,s,: ~ldxar;' DX .for tile iu'lT3C :;;-d IEZA' 860, Nsco~dbc:ies, Texas a'lsc Ni!W D X , ~ v s r a bqtb,hegrd 'f"irig.~~:ell f'or ttvo i lS1 o::es. 1Q3.i-1G20, ITzi Bedford, ~dass..-$~~~-'neard .for the firs ' t .tirr,e' on 'RS, f ro r 6-5:3Q 2.c. . .

pow f o r tke I):; :.ail- bag: . F i r s t I want. to, s.incerely vmlcnme ,George. and J-;ne !?eSsSer, Dick ~ a c o b s , oxd , . .S/Sgt.. 1Ge.l: VeldkuhOan t o th,s..forer.mst, B.& DY ClyB ,,in the ..l:orld. Send inycu<D:: r ~ 2 ~ r t ~ , and y.ou, .to.o+ s i.11 -g9.t l o t s o$ good 'tips from the best 13C> ~- ;cbl i - cation, the E: i\%13, soon to: s t a r t .i.ts 25th jreg; of se'rvi'ce 'b BCB' DXers. ?,G:.:: Live '

thq. .?TRC! Ira- i e e received, .lett:ar.q, .Y~i:mAC-1290, ~ J C U ~ V L - ~ ~ ~ O , ,K$CB=L470 fo r the lLT% DX on 2/11, . . th is 1-12s f o r a poor, poor r e p o r t of 11 nl in~tes only,., wi,th only three ~re~2cs . . ~ 0 1 3 - your - c?onf t . s t a d up - ;a 1e.tte.r ir, ~fEnglishf5 . f rom ChlEZ?!-810, S-nta Clarq, L. V, Cuba :;as 'received f o r . t3e evening DX for :he NRC on 19/9/56. ' Letter :ms bleen . '

s&t to Fred Van Voor5ee~1. , See .Irite.qat,$onai DX Digest. ' I t . w a s such a vsry ;-,o,qr s'e- t h ~ t i d i 8 Z?O t ev3n antar it .in n;y rey)orted log . b i t i t 1 6 there now,' and how.

Letter v;:*ie, FIiRR-2330. ..Verie. tot.al, 1,731. 7$3. . .

L-.PCv Cooper - 438 2P.s t . 2 1 S v e e t - - ~rodklyn 26, 11s~ York Ver ies roc?iveb !=re. f ram CiJT:-1910-8.x in. .priceless :Ezz,zlish, ICTCB-dx, and \~tXBR-i/40, k i t h coTEr.:ge 1 ~ 2 2 of. t i a i r ; oJd .1,000 watt. tr&n.sr,iitter., Oce 'of thaee days 1 1 11 get . the veries w v%tod up,. &d le t . , y ~ u h o w ;ilow we ,s tandthere.. lad,: t d 'welcome Brooklpi te Dick Jacobs, :'.ild LOIT :Islander bob^, Reck .:to our ranks. Here? s 'hoping they rep0 rt of ten to these :lellosed 'pagds, 'Lilce L e a f e out- in. f owa, r added f f ve to ry l i s t this noek to'o, . bu t t-ley'rb* different . ones from h$e, v i z : 2/25- 9nly X, heard waa mIi.5-790, good. 3Qt log;& t : o otILe.rs - ~rAXE-1340, . A t l , m t a , AN, and WS-~.%O, E l Dcrado, Arl,:. on ET of nevt 5, C30 ?a t t equi.pment, behind, a ;louder OC an3 t-hrough FiHBIfs s)opover fror.! 1280. 2126- Sea 30.:: Reck predicted a:.fine DX gaming, put- i t &ooks a8 though he p3.t a virhm- mie on us, a s I't was l ike m i ~ - ~ ~ e r r during a thundebs tom, and no VEIJD-3383 x ~ ~ 3 . e i t here, 'but ' i71S (i10 kidding'!.) was heard on 1380. But YIVV-137C m a d e i t , arid i t 5 0 u - " - ~ l i ke the Old Fsshioned Revival Hour t o th9se ears, almost s - l i t by the statiC; Elr l a s t ney l o ~ . i n g !:.as of WZfX-l4qO, making an ET-f/c-&-! and sl ight ly over VQOK 11Qre. agree m o s t - ~ i : ~ ~ l ~ a t i c a l with .the r a j c r i ty , t3at. there As only one way to get a v e r ~ ~ - send a; 3005 rqo . r t , a courteous, Trierdly l e t t e r , +return postage. Any f o r a va r i e cn 'YRC s tat:ionery..CQWl Wan dismissal., f rorfi tlse club, you know, . . . . . - . . .

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. -, -6s b ~ 1 r ere C 3 N PDQ, "Radio Africa Tangern KTEE3A. 2418- VIFiSR, 1580, ET at 2:30 f o r a nea one, An mhovm I T also on-1580.'until .af-ter 3:00 but no voice heard. WLW, 1570, f / c at 3:C5. Heart! one announcement on KYTE at 3:19 and;that w a s all. RIRT,, . 1580, ET a t 5:35. CSB-dx OK f o r a new one: WJRD4x but anol i t ie . "Radio D m @ r W n OK at s/on. '790 had an unknown TT at 5:07 5ut coudlnft catch:weak c a l l when ~;~~.iounced. 2/19- V?J,43R 2m.d XIXT, 1580 ?xi th E T s at '2:30, KW-dx OK here at. 3: 12. 'KSFA, 863, t e s t a t 3:24, a my! one. 2/20. No, DX, off work three nights with a ter r ib le cold. ':!ife~' came home fro;.:. ~ a l i f o r n i a , today,' so had a good homecooked meal, Beautiful QSL card 4f9x8@ froz "~liadio Africa Tangier" on 935 kc/s. heard here Bn-Xeblvary 4. '212 rttld.mss is i n Int~:-.?.atioml DX Digest c ~ l m ~ n e . 2/21- Unknown Spanish qeaker on 1270 s.eve?al days la te ly . TJCOA, 1270, t e s t at 3:19. I hope d l1 t k t whistk&ng aJl ovar tho1 d i a l i sn ' t Lefty Cooper ca l l ing hie tlo'gs 'home-. 2/22; I'JPGC, 158Q.,. .ET, t ' 2 : 5 9 . JKJSIC,, 900, t e s t a t 3 : %. TXS9 and KIRT, 1580, at 3 :49. WiPAt, '730,. .,p?o.oT ,:of p:erfom.znce .tsst' ,at 3:48. 2/23- BWS, 1430, t e s t at 3':25 f o r new call md,Lefty s t i l l cnlling'i i is ,dog8 over the d ia l , 2/24, no DX, l a t e cornpaward a l l co'ugbed uqt bx, bad cold. :2/25-'Ro KDBM nor IQ?LRY heard, 430 and tern i f ic no8ses today. . . KRR anci:.,a. TT ton 1310 at ItURY-time. FKU!! copisd OK k t fade9 badly i n spd ta , a ~iew one f o r me,: No CFGR nor V,?dGO :ieard ,here

ecausa o? t:le meas on both frequericies. BLAB, .740, at 4:25, ~ o u l a n t t pick u;? a :car- r i e r at a l l bn 900 on OFSFE mheyeae ~ 1 ~ ~ : w a . a . loud *din 9-20.. : "&dio, Demararaff zood a t

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Robirt' ' (~ob~-I?$clc - 98 Revere R e 0: 1VIanha~se tJ . N ~ V york . --. -.

Here! s rny i ' irc t column being that I am' a; new member of the, NRC but It v e had severc?.l copies of t i la ,bul let in con:e my way'. i n the past. Now getting tne NRC DX NB'IS a f mi days b e f o s the t e s t s real ly helps. "0J.a~; up Moilday niomas u s a l (2/25/5?) ,,a33 logged X E F ~ ~ ( i o ; l c t b.liderstand Spanish but copied b i t s i f En:;lish,. music, etc.?. SXle For XELG-680; t?lsq. pnID Iaazi~ctn on 1170 kc/s. o r so a t 2:36 a.m., m y help o n , i t ? A%r&o FEVE f /c, ?:LS,V/I';R \;:H~L?',. ~ e 1 u - i ~ ~ lvania s tat ion teseing ,at 1230 .kc /s . at 5 :13 SST' on 2 /25 , !-ny ilslp'l: . -.(NO t I';HOL, , Bob, as they ' re on ' 1 ~ 0 nQw -EX. ) WAKX-1;340, V/XI1iiL..790. came i n c l e w ';erz fo? one ' of my f i r s t 1 6 ~ ~ i n ~ s :of. an .NRC;.tc?q t; . I - 1 1 VIONE980 ' test- ing at 4:45, 17CXR-1260, 'mHP~-i390 f d r ' some '.~'/o.ns i . Betng a ,,new member, .. DXi;?g a5out one year, I ;lave 468 : s t.+tions ,logged to date and abdut 2W perif ied; today,, vD?O ~ : ~ A " a n d . . 17GPC. .So02 1'11 have my kecorder back from' oervicing .and. I ' l l s t a r t to recoid r:ir DX again. I 1:.s3 . EIallicraf te rs S-58-D f o r DXing.; brand new;: so I! 11,:haye to pol:@ around inside to. i3u-t ?:~7~exter21a'l"s~eaker jack on it: Thst way..I vonrt .have to use d ?sL~c?, cord on to, t:;e phone-tipi,'. 1 1 1 1 be up again this morn, fox I1rE,ND,and VIVV . . t e ~ t s . ' PBIX i s

. . clearing -LC SO i t .;i'ikl te ' t&s blen DX ke matin. 7 3 ~ and ,goo.dsDX t o all. (17s2coii?e to

. . . : the NHC, Bob, and i t t s i o o d t o see' a near-neigh)or .among ua tw!,; -%,) '

.Si6 Rosenbaum - '806 ?,@rket Stxaet - F h e b l k * T!es.t Ti-r~iriia , . . - . . . -- - ---.

DX slow hers., ?To., I ~ ~ G J ve rigs' the pait-.beak and only. two. new e t a t ions added t o q r ' log. On 2/15, iBEZ (1439) f / c , .1:45-2:~0 and WJdH (1490) f/c:, ,1:45-2;0;1,' but. n@i$:~er need- ed. ,2123- ViIGR (1290) ET, probablj trying out nav ,p;ier .tncreose, only oh f o r 17 minutes. 3/24- q ; q X (1440) CO~VL:~~, ! Tenn.' w i t B ET sfon at .2:lOand s t i l l on at 3:00. !!rTRX (1290) Eollairs, dm has m,ved studios from Eel laire 'trctnsinitter to. Hota:! .icClu= i n W;leelii:<, ;,.. it12 daily s/on at 5:55. ibise ieval nigh h6re on most l i s t an i i l ? sessions and d id no! stay up fo r early morning tries. Thile nat.~as,.active as i n pas.:; seasons, I enjoy reL:.r!-i;l~i.-;hat ot5ers arb doing. PX'F@!ArS isis1way.8 top m a i l here.

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Lec 1.ruse - 816 ~ ~ ~ i u ~ ~ . ~ o e t - Dubuau e., .Iowa- Five n m str,tio.ns wel;e>,added t o q y DX Log. the -past .week, ,. On 2/18, ' the brxzd :lev: ,sta- t ion WXSR (1580), i!laribhes te r , T 9 q . .was heard : ;~:ith-its eacond ET from 1:49-2:21 a.m. with only alikht .aBi{;l.. . A l ~ o on 2/18 the t'nree Diles eclbsduled for the NRC wero C?J~ heard f airly:.;.ell",at, this den, %o of the -three .tvei.e new to my DX Log, n~mgly, RYm ( 12'301, ~6ce.tel'I,b, Idaho,,' '&nd CHRS (1690)~ S t . dean, Quebec, ~ k e v e r , a reprt t;mS sent to. T!JID ( 115.0): !i'uscalooea, Ala. although verif i ell sogii $.ears ago. . ' Than on 2/20 another i02<?,,ijd nev. st;-.tion in' .Tanrri3ssea was hema x i t h ETs, and this w a s VZYX (14.-0)

. . , Cowas, .Tei-.:I, f r o 5 1:32-1:5~ a.m., well over AlJ IBQ,O'h'. An3. the f i f t h s ta t ion m s lleard on 2/23, :i-:::>:in I lieafd. a te s t , w i ti? t&e, from Station \YSR (1250), I?r::mklin,' V F ~ be- neath VB.F's ni\' program; a t 3:05 a.m. f o r ' a new logging. 0nfY three verificatiori l e t - te rs wero r2ce'ived t ~ ' s we-ak, and 'they came fr& ~C:ICENpdx,. WSPN-dz, and 6V:r'IS. LET'S 3 T 7 2 TIMST EiPORTS COIJIBG I N , GATJG, AS T!E CLmE IB ON ?:ATTOTHER DX s ~ A s o E ~ . *

14 * -D-X- -N-E-'Y-S- March 2, 19 3 DOING3 I B DIXIE, 'ELLST OF TYE fE'fISSISSIPP1 RIVER .

~5. l fs h t o n - R e t e 1 - Box 161 . - Elizabeth City, ,-North CarqGna- - . - - , . - --- -.

tireetings fro;:. the South, East of the hissi is sip pi. Some spots of the cou.n.2ry 5rag about tk2ir -:o&erful c l ixates and abundance of , sunshine. Here rye recently co; ;~lcted 20 days o f -rair, vi i t h very l i t t l e sv.nshi.le, Ro m( here since the .well rscaived 2rcgram

: fr'm' 4VEC 1195 .arid air m a i l verie received. -Other veries are n?$BI 1110, TLTC l370, CKOT 1510, ICiIFl 1270, IiDAY 1580 and WAVY ,l3 50 o u t some two gears. Getting 0-kt of the- Elacksmith business and back i n faming. Smia 15 years since I l e f t the fam and i t i s 'going to be 'very nice to return. Too much wofk has l e f t no time f o r DX b-.-.t, hope t o get 3%~:; b e f o r e too long. What l i t t l a I have l i s t e n d . early evenings and sc:e i n t.!.~e ear ly i ~ o ~ i ~ i ~ g , conditions didnt t seem too go,&. Rave used the clock raXo ?.nd ll,~CKY to. ~2 "vr?.c! out of bed fo r past ssveral years and at times t h i s s tat ion i s ::ot even readable., "ore.LA or CA rdally ~vorks YCKY ovar a t times. Jus t have to give :3123 a try this -;.Io:~di?.: i,.omj;ng as s h o r t of I~or~tana s tat.ions. Looking ahead to th2 DX f rox:, WGBB. %'is is oris of the worldts oldest rarlio s tat ions o r so they say at 3igi.l Oi l . If Wi7 i s the natior,fs sscond s ta t ion atxi WJF;! the, f i r s t , ' where does KD;CA cmls in? S t i l l looking f o r q- first s t a t i an fro% Best Australia and prospects don1 t look too 3r i@t . Hank H ~ l b ~ o o k , ;lave heard no Japs o r Asiane. Be back i n one week., DX o r no..

Peter ~ . . T m ~ l o r , §A (OC) 2620-275 Ca, G-31 U.S.C.G. ~ e c e i v i n a Cantar,-C-:~.$BX NJ -- - -..-- *-- (pe ts i s f TOT.; Coral Gables -Ed. ) I have been here a week o r so, since Febn~aqr 6. I real ly i m t t see ho~v yail put up with this cold tvesthor,. ice, st=. An - bad: to Flor- ida f o r ns, a-rgl day. I v v i l l be here for. anotfier ten daye and then on to Ne?: Lsildon. No D X i l g f roc.hore, as 'no radio. They occasionslly play the rPdio through Xle cafe- t e r i a ' iou8s:;scl:;er sys tern, and I have ident i f id Y@PG FChE and I'JDO!' so f a r as Z ccm t e l l ' thro-LG:I fluorescent l i g h t noise. W i l l have a radioat Nevi London. 73s fi-or-

. Cape I@y! 30ibro.ok - 4110 Edeenoor Lane-#2CG - Batkesda 14 'Wglar~d- , . - 2 -- - --*dl

Gree tiags, to . t: e. gang from t'm OLD L I A ? 6 t a t e nhich claims t h a t three of i t s no:>nla- i o n of '2,34-,~01 o r 1,781,000 are cctive NRC DXers... Our clan consista of Steve Jchn- 'son, D X i k f r c n name 6e Grace, Larry Rindel who . i s a nwrconer from Silver TiKing and yours t rul;r. ' Our 10,57,7 w g ~ e miles ara blessed w i tn an abundance of NA SR i ~ d TA signals . ; r i t : ~ an-qccasiona~.~Down Under" station, but, a las , nary an. Asian -;i:;:.~,l car- esses our r5~3Ive'rs. . Out s ta te motto, Wanly deeds, wromanly : ~ o d s 1 t i s ~ ~ 2 c t i c e 3 . here a t the H ~ ~ b r b o l ~ hwsehald - Hank DXss during the wee houre v~hich you must 3Lrr.ii; i s most cef3t~LirAy a rnanlx Geed, and TmlIkry Ellen u t t e r s typical ~romnlx words ai~ov.t -such gdings on. 02r s t a t e flaiver i s tho Black-$ye& Su.ecm and my ayes are sure .;'llc2rlovred a f t e r an 111 ::ight session; Here i n Aparbent 203, our dinette i s approxiAi~ift313r 7' by 7' a d asied 2:-or,; a drop'1ea.f dining room taB13 we have (rather I have) a bosl:c:..se f u l l of v x i o s , logs, etc., a desk on which my IIQ-129-X an9 RBL rece imrs 'ros 'G, plus a typejvri t e r :.:l,en I ~ E corresponding, a record c a c h e t with my seven tube Sie;:lelts (com- bination >110i10 and radio Xi pi) atop. Aleo bvo, antema8 leading from, the st t i c through a 'closet i x the l i f ing room and through t'ne i i ~ i n g room to tb. a h v s men%ioiled recei- vers. Ca-ctt -cxtlersttind i t , 5ut 511sn feqls we're crowdea. 30 ivetre irnvhg a- corsa thz > ~ l i t o a two badroom apashnar~t tv'ners I . w . i l i have one room f o r a l l s.i;i rsdio paraphsrnaiia, Viil l s t i l l be able to use both a t t i c antennas and' them i s a130 it wire fence approxk.ctely 150 to 200' long which runs N-S a couple of s to r i e s b ? l o ~ ~ , -..-Lkch might n-dce ai excellent antemla. "It's a good tiling ni l father-in-law owns Sle house,

n W. Don't lmoa i f thereis eaou.gh' b r a to fill out the last ten l i nes o r iiot. ~ / 4 - m M E-srelza, '790 v:as f a i r on their DX. CICLY DX was received f a i r l y well. Sta5ic was bo tZlersone tb t f i . 5 . An in'Jereeting L\? s ta t ion logqed that A?J w a s IfCYhn, South Caicoe ~ e r o n a u t i c a l Zeacon, Bal~rna IslaTada on.26.3 kcfs . 0x1 2/10 WSR Fr;%nklig V I I . 1250 was w e l l - h s a d on :/c. 2/11, CTG Wrtagena, Colombia rm ~ronau t i ca lbeazon ivas logsad on 1610. XTC3, : :clden, ?&a. on NI\rRC DX on 1470 h a r d f a i r l y well., Then RLAK LSOO !-:as ad- ded on their ;:CY.Y AN skad. V J d 1 rccaived from 4:35-4:50 when .local TilIIT'X turi1e.j. oil ' t h e i r carrier. Bsa.con RAB, Rabinel, Guaaemala 1613 w.ell head 5:27-5:52 on 5:15 15th so logged 3i:1 i -e~crted, Veries at 1871 (33 LV?) i n '72.-countriee. Best DX fx*om 3ere. . ..

John PaFJ - Rout@ 4 - Box 292 ---Gaine sv i l l e , Florida --- -----*-- --- (forwarded '0;r I:al !:agner) S t i l l l i s t e n to radio a l o t , bust no time f o r DX. One more gear . and I'll Be out of school and have more .time.. - ,

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. T ~ s E . ' ~ ?I.Z CIGY ~ D O R T S \TIE ~ C E I V E D , mrii TKE. EAS-~R:. HALF OF THE SOUTII. ~ r : :!OPE TO SEE BETTER 7FdL.m XEXT VThXK FRO';II IQITA, ~ ; ~ X K ~ ~ S O T A and VI SCONSIN. TI1!() WEEKS, D;7liT:BlEST.

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any v o r i c s , ~3urc l .y you must t..,?.vc 2.1; :Los.st ono f o r c i m verir: for t h e si::..son, L e t ' s rnr.kc an f:f fort t o g e t an c;~t;ry ?ram ov;ry co ; . l tcs tn l l t bp tkir: .(;lm!3 nt~lr:tl4.n~i.s cLre a,c2in ~~ublf shod f n tllc f i r s t 5:ssuc of ii>?rll, R%;-r!l i ,~~'bi=i~, TTOU 1i0.v~: :i.?.~.til L p r l l 1 5 t h this y e a r t o c o l l o c t youp ca tc l ics .

..h:.~l. n.oT:! 7: p u c s s we kc!-1 b ~ t t c r s e e what t h o m:r."Lln?an h ~ . s b ~ o u g h t in : 'r.2 ~r.r:ly 0.f 9): rc;porte on new s tb . t ior i s , c l i f f e r c n t ones , and 211 t h e 7n::tcrl.aL T ~ ~ u .,t?rntr .

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cntc;rc.d 2,s no::iti.v<:: :i.ri !:llis lop, but :: l .s v c r i c I s qu-j.. tc q~ms: i . t lvc and In En.,gl.ish, a b i . t :::?.l.c? t o u n d d ~ s t ~ n d , ( S CJiiCIi (660) h e a r d announc- i n g :.i :: "i?ad.io $a?c,i;;. SCI?~;:!.'' ,?t '223.5 on 2 / 7 , (liSi'i) CIYRC (1199) c o p i ~ d :?C',56-2120 on. 2/8, ~innnuizct;d a s :.!::~.:ltl:~!p:o ,,dc C1.1bn.. i ~ n y $-?A o r more . inf 0 an th;. 5; olli;? ( :-'"':'::) L ~~!I‘r10 rln t C: s tj i;~r,.t 01.m @~.LTL) 3 .~1 :IT s 1; s 0% ~ ~ t d r i t ~ d . 7 0 - 1 * 1 ~ d . 1 d s o n o t c s :: s'o.bkion on 1040 Kc$. ... o. t ;.:IS0 on 2/8 a.nnour?cing r.s CTJX?? ~ n d w=;nJ~ n 3ri.t'oy-.;?:!.t,l. on., . ' ,~ l .o t f i c~ Cl.zl171.1 ,v;trr:ic is r o p o ~ t ed. -in from CI'XCR, i+fiv:ina, ::; iprlcrl. by I. i~. !:ournlcs, no t t t l c , ~ i v c n . . S logan 1s I t -, 11:~1:9.o C Z ~ ~ - : ~ L ~ 1-ir>.~;~a~1a.'', nrlrlthc acldrcss Is: HrLc3:io Cadcna ,.fI2b3na, Rndf- bore\, S, .i., :P;!.:l:!.e $-o D i : 1 !?c.1.1.tr?o (;allc<yo, S9.n J'os c 104, I;~htlns, Cuba, Ver:i.ci 13 r n l ~ ~ ~ o , ~ ~ t ! ~ ~ l . l c ' ~ r ? ~ 5 . n Sytcnksh. (TJ:,i/]

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(72;8\, "ii~.ciJ.o ~ : i ~ i t ' r : ! l " , with pooc7,'::i.,vnal. rnoi:~, cvc:nlnps b u t too much - - . .. C i : . ( .:IJ:,i a l s o r c p o r t s vc,-pl..o LD. f r o m jlJCZ (710) "La Voz dc

i I C o . F . , 1-cldrc;:~:: 3.3~1c. r:; 3.n 1957 F6EIH from r c p o r t on 1/15. J.iJiVli ?I-::o 41::s ;I v c ) r i ~ f r o m T-TJFX (11170) v t ~ a d . i o i ' ;(:i~j\ ' t,lgnj.z,zl.cs on pr of 12/24, 9i~!:1!-;r c.3 mcnt f o n d by above. -

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on 785 ?'i;:cs, Poss:?.blg ti lJcnozi-~c;lcul o r ' o t h e r X n e b u r n x& Gi;, i c y hcl-p? F:Ti:P Ofi TIERS . .

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arch 2 , 1957

Send A l l Items To; C.M.Stanbury 11, Box 21E, C r y s t a l Beach, On ta r io Times a r e ZST

8Co XDEH Sweatwater, Term has FC 3rb Tue 0100-0120 ( L K ) 900. YLSI P i k e v i l l e , Ky has FC 4 t h Fri 0510-0520 (EJ) 960 WFTC Kinston, 1V.C.. i s n o t A K , S/on i s 0400

1260 KXOX , Baton Rouge, L a Sun S/on i s 0700 ( L X ) XbFS'' Chatanooga, Tenn wkday S/on i s 0500 '(LK)

1316 KTYL Vesa, Ariz S cff i s 0205, b e s t Flon AM (LK) 1250 YSj04: Lonroe, La ~ ; n S/on i s C ~ ~ C J , , good i n midwzst (LK) l l i - 4 ~ F&LB EIonroe, L a sked i s 0600-01CO ( 5 J ) " :

1570 CFOR O r i l i a , Ont S/off i's 2345 ( 3 J ) . '

CHUB IQsi'amo, B.C. S/off i s OkC;: (EJ) NIL0 F r a n k f o r t , Ind wkday S/on I s 0730 ( E J j 1.dHLP C e n t e r v i l l e , Tenn wCrdsy S/on i s 07b5 (EJ)

,1580 I 3 I A Columbia, )to Sun S/on i s F730? good i n rnTdwest ( L X ) bTS:z? STATIONS 129'2 E3MS E l Dorada, A r k ZTin.5 with 5 K1;J 2/25 ( L K ) 13. 60 Olean, N.Y. -1 I3;i Dayt iae i s a new CP J u s t i s s u e d l a s t

,a by the FCC (CKS) we"!' RZF OET3RS LE; Len Krxse EJ E v e r e t t Johnson

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TI?P-PX YOU CARDS S>lould go t o Radio S t a t i o n ;dl?,R (1310) ! lz l l as , Texas.

Th i s s t a t i o n s tood Sjr :or f i f t e e n m i m t e s duzin~ t h e K1iI;Y DX t e s t on gebruary 2 5 . (Len S P r u s e o f t h e CPS)

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OFZ5:ATIOF; pIOp.zE4 II?nk Iiolbrook has compiled t h e fol lowing conp le t e LW Sand Xsurvey.

150 t o 200 K C / S ' B e s t band Tor LW Tii s 'cat,ions. There a r e onl$ two bzzcons i n the U.S. opsrs-t ini? he re so -the band. i s wSde open,

2C(3 t o 235 Kc/sL Crowded w i t h low powered r:-~r.ona.utica1 Seacons ffiost of which nave w a s t l ~ e r ' b;..oa=i,cs.st s i n voZce rl; 15 and. 45 . . ninut :?s p a s t t hn hour. 2 i s t a n c e i s very d i f f i c u l t ;

: 117,ere. 235 t o 225 Kc/s 1,iarine bescons, -211 cw, o p z a t e herye. A f ew .

0 p e 1 ' ~ t z C O ; C ~ ~ I P . U O U S ~ ~ bid% tl1e ma jo r i t y a2.e s i l e n t p ~ r i 0," t i le !;:me, 1,;oc:t have LO-,,^ powei. bu t Gls tance ~ I ~ c ~ ~ l d br-; possibLe as t:;e Sand i s not, t o o crov~dec?. T ? : e y ~ a1.e pl ; .~Sably t.7~0 broadca.st ; t ;zt ions i n 'ihe TJC:m? ' lc~-pe a . 1 - r

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