VOLUME 40 APRIL 1 8 , 1973 NUMBER 24

"Find enclosed a check t o renew my 1 8 t h y e a r i n t h e NRC. I t ' s hard f o r me t o b e l i e v e t h a t I ' m an o ld - t imer b u t ' f a c t s i s f a c t s ' and I must conclude by s a y i n g t h a t I ' v e enjoyed every

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moment of my membership." ( G . Har ley DeLeurere) THE E N D

NEW DOMESTIC LOG I N THE MAIL

By t h e t ime you read t h i s y o u ' l l p robab ly have g o t t e n your new NRC Log i f you o r d e r d e l i v e r y by F i r s t C l a s s m a i l ; Book Rate can t a k e anywhere from two days t o s i x weeks depending upon what have always appeared t o b e complete ly random f a c t o r s , h i . Remember t o send a l l c o r r e c t i o n s t o Ron Musco, 16 Chestnut Dr . , windsor, Conn. 06095. We w i l l run a Cor rec to r f i r s t and then resume t h e Updater s e r i e s . Hopeful ly t h i s E d i t i o n w i l l have a s m a l l e r Cor rec to r than t h e 2nd Ed i t ion : i f i t d o e s n ' t i t ' s n o t f o r want o f p roof read ing e f f o r t , h i . The t o t a l amount of t ime devoted t o p r e p a r a t i o n of t h i s . new Domestic Log by t h e HQ crew came t o about 200 man-hours ove r t h e l a s t two months: a s i s t h e c a s e wi th a l l NRC p r o j e c t s and o p e r a t i o n s , any p r o f i t which may acc rue goes d i r e c t l y i n t o t h e NRC t r e a s u r y t o h e l p underwr i t e Club o p e r a t i o n s and t o pe rmi t us t o b r i n g you a l a r g e r DX NEWS each i s s u e . P r o j e c t s such a s t h e new Log would b e imposs ib le wi thou t t h e f reely-given v o l u n t e e r e f f o r t s o f t h e membership.

SCHEDUJX FOR REMAINDER OF VOLUME 40

I t ' s t h a t t ime o f y e a r aga in when c x go t o p o t , DX NEWS goes o f f i t s weekly schedu le , and t h e HQ crew g e t s t o c a t c h up on a l l t h e t h i n g s we've been fo rced t o n e g l e c t d u r i n g t h e g r i n d of weekly p u b l i c a t i o n . The schedu le f o r t h e remainder of t h e Volume is: #25, May 2: #26, May 16: #27, May 30: #28, June 20; #29, J u l y 11: #30, August 8: #31, September 5 ; #32, September 26. These a r e t h e masthead d a t e s ; c o p i e s of t h e d e a d l i n e s a r e be ing s e n t t o t h e E d i t o r s .

AURORAL DATA WANTED

We're s t i l l v e r y i n t e r e s t e d i n h e a r i n g o f "odd" r e c e p t i o n s on n i g h t s wi th heavy a u r o r a l a c t i v i t y ( say w i t h A above 30 o r 4 0 ) . Of s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t a r e " s i n g u l a r " r e c e p t i o n s ( f o r example, Canadians be ing a b s e n t excep t f o r one s t a t i o n ) , f requency s e l e c t i v e e f f e c t s (only s t a t i o n s above o r below a p a r t i c u l a r frequency b e i n g a u d i b l e ) , f a s t

I o r slow deep f a d e s , e t c . C a r l D a b e l s t e i n s e n t a long some ve ry n i c e o b s e r v a t i o n s which w e ' l l d i s c u s s i n t h e fu tu re -Send d a t a t o GPN a t HQ, p l e a s e .

*GPN & BGK

mrnNN.1T1 R E E B%SEBrZu N m O I M sent in, unsigned 3

CARL JUtm - A p t . # 74 - Melbeth Dt-ivz - Creenville, Ohio - 45331 Well, t h e big new here i s t h e move t o a new c i t y and a n e . j o b . I

here, UBK @ 2:05 i n very well, k KLEB which did not even m k e it here l a s t year u l s h e r d very well w/CU IDs. N m l , y , ZFB1-960 urs heard @ 4 W/EL, & I D f o r both AM & FH. Tg( f r o m Creenville now. 3/4- 6:45pmJ ~Cbt~-l)tlO W/WINC ulled. A l - so, KNBY-12BO B 7:15 s/off. This chnnnel urs formerly u n w b l e due t o WHIO w e r splash. 3/7- KFMJ-1050 @ 7:30 s/off, & a t en ta t ive cm KnsW w/ads for Plain-- viev, k c/w. I m i l l send a tape and rep rt t o t h e s ta t ion. .?/off urs @ $m. Thia would be my t h i r d most d is tant 250v catch, W/~(RI]S & KPAN rsnking #l & P. Total leggings now a t 1, a 2 . Host Tg( w i l l now be limited. t o SSS, w/M4 out due t o vork shed. 7 3 k C U N 14.

JCBN A. C A W - 1122 k p & St ree t - kunt Vernon, I l l i n o i s - 62864 5 l k about f rus t r a t ion - I t r i e d t o Millarize my DXing, a t

leas t p r t i a l l y , and s e t a t ape recorder t o turn on autonat ica l ly just before ; g m 2/26, with my HQ-180 feeding l6Ook in to it. ~t 2:03, t h e tape jumped t h e t+&, & shut off t he recorder, a s I s lept thrcugh t h e whole thing. I did get two good Im f o r uBK on i t s TEST, and a l s o taped KIAK & WWRL on F 6 IDs fo r t he collection. T h t afternoon, I worked 1500 f o r t h e KWN s /off B 6:45 with J i m Reev~s ' "My h p - e l " a s t h e closing tune, & @ 7, KVX s / o f f - ~ ~ ~ & b n e Eddy's "Dixie. This left a mnchero-playing SS w/Mujonrl and other commercials i n wak*, & I said 'nuther day. KYAL-1600 u l s noted with I t s "~oun t r~ -~mer iann" mx till 7:15 S/off~ & then I skipped t o 1540 h e r e two s ta t ions were fighting a t e r r i b l e buzz- h e had sports w/a Texas slant; t h e other m s i n SS & u t s tenta t ively IDed a s KEW. Nicaragmns prevailed on 540&20-%5, w/TNM very strong O/WSUN, & no ~ i @ of Usu- a l l y d mlmnt METE, so there must have bean a pnrticularly deep Aurors fo r a time. YNW, R. kmgua, is using t h e term "~econstruccion" i n i t s slogan- I have given up on the poss ibi l i ty of verifying my BCB W catches. I ' m going t o have to be sa t i s f i ed with collecting tape-recorded 1Ds a s momentoes of my reception- Note I do not r e f e r t o a tape a s a "verle" - t o my m y of thinking ver i f ica t ion by def- i n i t i on must c m frcm t h e setation. My apologies f o r not acknowledging t h e mny N-rs *o passed on Joe Worcester's address per my uery. But since I won't be 0 v e ~ f y i n g any stations, I don't need the stamps! (I 11 play uour game, Ernie!) (I don't get it, J&n - I ver i fy (or t r y t o ) my catches, foreign & doraestic:)

-mc mRfCMAS R. SUNlXXRCM - Box 205 - Willingborn, New Jersey - 08046

Greetings t o t h e troops. DX has been h i r l y good fo r a change. On t h e evening of 3 / ~ , ktt Zahner of LBltimore called me t o s l y t h e Rus- s inn station, Vinnestia-1546 i n t h e Ukraine, t a s bombing in . It had a f a i r l y good Sigral, and I taped an I S B 7:30pm which Fhge Taylor & Fuss Edmunds listened & said Y E - f a r s new country. I thought I h?d some audio on 1525 too, but the s e t s i n t h e area were doing a job here - it ra s very weak. FOXY, i n a subsequent

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INDIANA: Anderson Corydon

Crawfordsville Jasper w i s o n khncie Portland Richmond

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k d i s onville TFXNESSEE: Ia Fol le t te W I A F - ~ ~ ~ k y s v i l l e WllM-1230

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phone ca l l , said the re w s a t l ea s t a ca r r i e r a t h i s place, so mybe I did have Chlna. It s h a l l beer mtching a s t h e A-indices continue abnormlly high (over 35) a s I vrite.~%his on 3/26. I have added another "new" old RX t o the shack - an immnculate H Q - ~ ~ O X f o r $25. ~ l l ~ p e n t of t h e i . f . section i s s t i l l good e- nough, a s i s , t o inhale YSCF-1155 Salvador t h e wming l f 3/24 on a n Iw, & t h e c rys t a l p k s i n g does a nice job i n cleaning u a l l t h e hets on-1140 W/WINA off , leaving t h e Quebec s t a t ion i n t h e open (on 3&). ?he r . f . section i s f ive t o ten kiloHertz off thou, and s h a l l be worked on l a t e r . (BY thee? -EX) And fin- a l l y , despite a h i@ A-fr t h i s AM, v i r tual ly a l l T m s except WBIU-910 were hmrd including good s i g m l s on KN-1460. In a telephone conversation with KRNY's CE, he to ld me he has surprised I could hear him in N.J . and tht h i s XR u t s i n the middle of a smmp h i c h requirmhip-ders t o service t h e t h i . WFIN-900-TFST, incidentally, WAS on la te , a t 5:50-5:5%m, jus t pr ior t o 6e.m 2 o n . 73.

mN WEEDY - Box 31 - Ehcinitas, CBllfornia - 92024 Another tqc t l e s s adventure in to radio t h i s morning, and vhat t o 10'

vonderlng ears should appear but: 4/2- KCUZ-1493 Clifton, Ariz. r /c 2:15-2:3hm, Km-1450 St. George, Utah r /c 2:15-2:30; KZ00-1210 Honoluly, 2:37-2:5&m plaging ins & outs v l th t h e HNL. xEXR-1140 Monterrey, N.L. 2:42-2: 53sm w / ' b Nueve M-R" & MoR ranchero mx; KRI-1450 &la Springs, CBL surmci 2:5%m I D & MORJ KSRO- 1350 Santa Rosa, Osl. 3:Oam b a t i n g semi-local KCKC's ?w, KDEPI-1490 Dillon, k n t . 'IT & CW IDs & voice IDs 3-3:15, said on f o r speclal f /c so mybe not r /c . (KDB did a three minute ET %n t h e midst of t h e i r AN 16) which brought two g o d voice IDs and "test" i n CW - every l i t t l e b i t helps). XER'X-800 Cd. Jmrez, Chih. noted pff 3am, leavirg PJB, oh well. K P U R - ~ ~ ~ O Atmrill0, ET 3:45am, xEIZ- 14.440 Mexico D.F. '>z" IIB when KPUR went awy , KCBC-13w Des Moines h m I D with noise; KCUB-1293 !lUcson, 4:0%m, louder than semi-local M, K----1540, San An- tonio, Tex. rr & I D 4:l l . Y J says W, t h e I D sounded l i k e KDES(F). So, whoozit? KVOY-1400 Yum, 5 s m I D w e r everyone (oughts be, they ' re only 143 miles a w y , h i ) , KIRO-710 Seat t le , ID , MoR 5:1%m U/WC 012. The good s tuff i s in IIXD Any "ichthus " people out there? %mnatha & 73 !

I R I W R D IAUEE4D - 591 W - Co. Rcad 3 - Saint Egul, Minnesota - 55113

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Deadlines: Fridays of each week- DX phone: 201-838-5721, but please only u n t i l 2200 ESP(ELT~; aging process taking i t s n a t u r d t o l l on late-hours phenomenon-can no longer remain "afloatn a f t e r 2200, h i1 Interes t ing IDXD t h i s week, due t o geomagnetic a c t i v i t y 4/2-4/4...

TICAL, "R. Rumbo", Cartago; f i r s t time I ever s ta t ion on m y Sony portable as the Lafayette

won't receive below 530 kHz. qui te good and some noise a t 0410 on 3/26, (0bjf0, B a d , hminican Rep.)(Welcome back C&S=)

595 Dominica. Radio Dominica presumed the strong but shallowiy- modulated s ignal here with a dramatic reading beginning a t 0132 3/31. Thunder s t a t i c too strong f o r log, despite S F 1 5 signal, (Callarman, 111)

**670 Ar~ent inq, Posadas, hrd MM 4/2 0840-0851 w/news br ie f s inberspersed w/short masic selections occasionally used a +note I S pr ior t o nx br ie fo IDS as " 2 ~ 4 (eh-leh teh cuatro)" Buried by YVLL OC a t 0851 but s t i l l audible, Outstanding s ignal with no one e l se on the f req u n t i l WLL. (Garcia NY)(Nicel Ed.) Peru. *ID s t a t ion hrd 2/17 a t 0140 with long p o l i t i c a l m. (Trower, England) (OCY~A, 3. Est re l l a d e l Sur, Canete, 10 kw, l i s t e d '73 WRTH. Geoffo Ed.) Brazil. ZYI22 ~ a z i o ca6ugi, Natal hrd f o r f i r s t time on 2/18 m 0 , usually Porto Eegre . (Trower, %gland) Ar en t in LV6 Radio Nihuil, Mendoza hrd on Election night -51 5 f i r s t logging. (Trower England) Colombiao HJh, R. Nacional de ~olomgia, Zambrano hrd 4/4 with ; , h e pips (5 short , 1 long, European-style) followed by -!- Big Ben-type chimes ( ou know, without the other "bong- bo6-bong-bonen, hi) a t O l b X %hen complete R. Nacional ID. Sounded l i k e El' ra ther than nS. the TC fanfare a t a ridiculous time l i k e :48, hi. (Taylor, PJ) Zaire. Radio Kinshasa peaks 0220-0240 with French and ver- a a r ; the best and only deep Southern African on a regular basis. rower %gland) Colombi ? Stat ion hrd 2/2 0279-0231 with female announcer i n $2 g%ng news? ID as "Emisoras Enidas". Considered t o be HJAN, but no c a l l annow.ced.(Crabill, Md.)(Probably. Ed.) Dominican Re ublic, KIZ, Broadcasting N~ciona l Santo Domingo 62 7 4 w-owing 3 or 4 cuts of l i v e l y H music, both mAe 2 female vocals. (Edmunds NJ) Venezuela. YVNC, Maracaibo 3/13 6925-1001 with LA music, 58-9 Gives ID a t l e a s t once every 10 .ninutes. (Stone Ontario) Venezuela. YVQQ, R. Puerto l a Cruz hrd w/ID followed by sof t

nstrumental nusic 0241 4/4. (Edmunds, NJ) Solombia. HJCY, Re Sutatenza %got6 On 4/2 03&0305, male SS ancr*, loudest non-Cuban &S s ta t ion logged; not the f i r s t t i n e f o r t h i s one. (Crabill , Mo) Cuba. C K A R. Corddn de l a Habana. This ID was given on 4/2 - a t 0132 a f t e r some nice Cuban ~ u s i c , promos fo r an April 3rd event involving Czechoslovakia and followed by a "Concert de favor i t as de l a Gente Joven" ~.ri th instrumental version of "One, Tm, Three" as then. Nothing // on 8300 Now t e a r s up WBAP on car radio here even on non-auroral nights,(Callarman) 4

Dominican Iieaublic. HI^, Santo Doningo hrd 4/2 0459-0503 SS music mainly vocal, with coments by male announcer. peceded by chords on a celeste-1i:re instrlment, with a

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El Caribe, l a emisora que mas de ojos, de l periodico que mas de ley." This was followed by 11 or 12 very bassy gui tar chords, then "Transmitimo de l a frecuencia ochenta-treinta ki lociclos onda media, y noventa cinco punto megaer tz en frecuencia modulada". More gui tar chords, and " la primera estacidn te lefonica de Zepublica Doainicanatt.(Crabill Md.) Honduras. mSP, R, Fbderna Tegucigalpa hrd 0659-0730 3/25 with male announcer, many varying IDS including Ro Moderna, R. Agrande (Agu&?? Ed.), R. Comayag!iela ; m a t 0730: "H-R-S-P, ComayagUela en Honduras", (Stone, Ontario) (Program feeds from other s ta t ions? Most interes t ing reception Bill1 Perhaps HRSP has moved and changed s l o an, a s l i s t e d 4eguci- galpa i n l a t e s t WRTH. Anyone bow? Ed-7 Dominican Re ublic. HIIR Radio Clarfn Santo Domingo; 0322- 033 2 h a n c r . Slogan lard W ~ r m a t i v o ~ ~ repeated s e v z r z limes; a lso what appeared t o be several commercials or slogans. (Promos? Ed.) These included one with ra ther coarse male voice, and a singing commercial, propeller airplane sound e f f e c t s and TCs. Just before news a t half-hour ( l a s nueve y veinte-nueve) the slogan %nte-Carloft was given by the a for~en t ioned male voice and repeated by the singers. The end of the news broadcast was s ignif ied by the ID l%, clarfnvn" then a bugle call . A l i s t of about a half dozen c i t i e s and associated s ta t ions was given. This wassumed t o be HILR, (you're sure you aren't being too t en ta t ive i n counting t h i s one, Perry? H i , hi1 Ed.) Location given was not Santo Domingo but a short name, which may be Madrid. Repeated tape laybacks do not seem t o help on this. (Crabill , I.Z1.)(WhewI ~ d . 7 Dominican Re~ubl ic . RICB Santiago 4/2 from 2346 dominant during severe aurora w/news-sports type t a lk i n SS; l i s t of DR s ta t ions including t h i s and R. Comercial given a t 2358; . ID a t 0007 was "diga con nosotros, somos l a voz de l a Hispaniola" and in to program //to 1010.(Feidt, Ml.)(Nicel Ed.) Colombia. HJFZ La Voz d e l Centro E l Espinal was solid, steady s ignal 3/31 0120 t o 0130. Eaught me f o r a moment when one comnercial was directed t o "para todos Peruanostl. Lots of

t h i s easy s p l i t . (Callarman, Ill) End, Grand Bahama i n good on new frequency a t e s t ) //ZNS-1 and ZNS-2 w/Music T i 1 Dawn

program 4/2 0648;D a t 0700 as "The Bahamas Radio Networkt1 much strcnger than ZNS1. (Y~amer Ill. )(Welcome Bob1 Ed.) s ain. EFE19 voz de Castellon l a t e l y signing of! 0210 approx~, h e only one on a t t h i s time. (Trouer, England) S ain. EFJl9, Eadio Juventud Le Murcia much the strongest h e sir:?-off 01 57. (Trower, England3 unID Mgxico. 4/4 0150 clear mention of "AguascalientesN - folio-y TC {hora de >Wrico1lO (Edmuhds, NJ) Cuba. CMAD radio iirterdsana, Artemisa- Separable from 1160 - mess 3/30 h305 t o 0400 s/off (with time out t o check other channels) Has very short time check and tune introduction without s t a t ion narc between each record, A t sign-off, s t a t ion name appeared t o be Radio ~rternfsana, not Artemisa, nor Artemisana. (Callarman, I l l ) Colombia. HJME, Maicao R. Peninsula; heard potent SS here, frequent mention of ~ o i o n b i a and Maicao, not sure i f ID heard; PT sez TLadio Peninsula ex-Emisora Vi l l a de Cespedes; W i l l have t o replay tape t o make sure. 4/4 0139. (Ed~uhds IJJ) &d 4/3 0017-0033 very strong w/lively vocals znd f d l ID a t 0029 .w/both c a l l end Be Peninsula slogan mentioned5 also gave Al4 and FM freauencies power and location; sure wish a l l the Latins ,.rere t h i s ansy 40 ID1 ( ~ e i d t , ra.)(Alas & alacklEd.)

conttdo HJME noted alone and very loud 4/4 0135-0138; had comolete slorran and c a l l I D including FM a t 0137 between c u t s of n ~ i n z y n . (Taylor, NJ)

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Dominican Reaublic, R. Monte Rfo, Azua. New s t a t i o n now i n oneretion: n s s i ~ e d frequency i s 1200, but heard d r i f t i n g &ound 1195; ju s t guessing a s it i s no t over R, Tiempo o r R. Cord i l l e ra both on 1200 and 1190 respectively. Heard on 3/25 a t 0180. (Objio, Bani, D J L ) Colombia. HJN!?, "R. W 1 Doscientosn Ca l i new f o r me, 3/19 a t 0400. (Trower, England)

CMGY, pe/rico, t%. Ve in t i se i sn hrd with spor t s broadca %?7/590, 780 among others. 4/4 0136. (Edmunds NJ) Dominican Re ub l i c HIAU, LV de l a Llbertad, P&O P l a t a

ear w ID- amongst music, bad het . (Edrunds NJ) Lit:. &if. Haitierme 4 ~ m , Port-au-Prince f i n a l l y heard much t rv inn 4/4 0202 with shor t ID bg man followed

by easy-l iste-niG music; very weak. ( ~ a y l o r , NJ) Venezuela. R. Crono-Eadar YVKH Petare qu i t e probably a change of frequency (ex-1300. Edo), a l so heard on por table i n Bani. (Objio DR)

,2 unID. ~ A A heard here with Calypsos deep-voiced male ancr 4/4: not sure i f SS of EE. t h o w h t heard heavily-accented

EMI EE ol; t h i s stn. A r e a l ~ u z h e . (Taylor, IJJ) Venezuel YWL R. Cabhas heard w/ o s i t i v e ID 4/4 0135 -by &-Seltzer ad, then ta fk by male ancr. O/u low hets. k a k and mucho Q S ~ . (Taylor, NJ) S t ~ t t i . R, Paradise heard s ince some time ago. It was re& s t rong on 3/26 a t 0421 when l o c a l R. Vision-1260 was off on Sunday night , playing records f o r l i s t e n e r s i n the . -

area. (Objio, Ht) B a z i l . R Iracema de For t a l eza ZER7 and R. Tiradentes, m r i z o n t e 20% about 1 kHz. apa r t equdl s t r eng th - -

around 0200, (Trower, mgiand) Puerto Rico. YrPV Vieques Is land 4/3 0058-0100 a l l alone h e r e w / e n d o f Back t o t h e Bible pro ram and c l e a r ID i n EE. Rot new he re but needed f o r *ape. f;Feidt, Eld.) Ecuador. R. buayaquil, Babahoyo HCFR2 hrd with Andean mx ~ m 3 0 , e a s i e s t Ecuador. (Trower, England) Venezuela, YVJD, Puerto Cabello; presume t h i s one dominant 4/3 0045-0057 w/lively La t in rhythms and many promos f o r some s o r t of happening i n Puerto Cabello & ASP TCs; t h i s super-strong a t times with second Lat in i n backgromd.@eidt) C ton Island. WXLE noted a s e a r l y a s 0736 4/2, KGW-1390

W u c h tho...by 0930 i n sol id ; t h e i r D J t s voice has o t t o be t h e mildest ever hrd here,..talk about low- keye&rogrammingl Scrounged a couple good IDS around 0950 and then a t 1000 announced t h a t l i v e programming would end and re-commence a t 6 am ( l o c a l t ime) followed by what m u l d seem t o be automated ~ o R , & a s ~ - L i s t e n ~ n ~ mx pgmrWIn t h e S t i l l of t h e Ipightn...said was f o r l a t e n ight and very e a r l y morning l i s t e n i n g , SO maybe AN..ratsl Another frequency shot by greedy AN UJadio s t a t i o n owners...mayk WCers ought t o wr i t e FCC and lodge a t l e a s t a token rotest..(Sheedy, Cal.) a. A t f i r s t , an unm tuned here 0145-0200 with Gospel nus ic program, light-voiced female announcer i n EE seemed t o s/off 0200. Next day, 4/4, f i r s t tuned 0045 v i t A more GOS e l m, retuned 01 55-0200 t o hear ID a s "Voice of Saba (,&-buh) pJS1 on 1445 lciloHertz medium-wave" followed by s/off and ca r r i e r c u t leaving Colombian. (Taylor NJ)

@ a l t e rna te ly with Eospel and MoR 0045 4/4 a g a L 0155- 0200 to mt badly hashed by IIJGM did hear b i t s and pieces of fen& ancr give f r e q a s 1 b 5 r Apparently a more t o avoid Ins ip id Kelkboom. (Ehunds, HJ)

9 14.45 Colombia. HJGM, Sogomoso heard 4/4 f igh t ing Saba in -

0203 a f t e r Saba c a r r i e r cut , frequent d s amongst indigenous nusic; modulation average-at bes t a s very muddy. (Edmunds, NJ)

**I493 France. ORTF Bayonne with Magazine f o r Southwest France and 3, phone-ins 0645, plugs f o r O R T t s Spanish p ogrammes. (Trower)

1514 unm LA SS hrd wi%h weak audlo bearing 1& OW 4/4.(Edmunds) TE3iaps PNCZ? Ed.)

3 1520 ;olombiq. HJLS R. ~ o p a y f i heard with l o c a l ID mention of ARACOL a f f i l i a t i o n i n LA mx pgm 0030 4/6. (&mas, NJ)

1520 Colombia. HJLI R. Lat ina Bogoti o/u VRdI/RJLS 00 8 k/4 ' m v e r a l mentions o? Bogota before f ade-out.?Edmunds)

1520 Colombia. HJMZ Ecos de l a S ie r ra F lo r , Sampues shockingly a op with c l e a r and taped ID 0128 4/4 th ink it t o F O G Y easy Re Minuto1 lD followed by HOA SS m x 3 T a y l o r 9 NJ)

1520 Puerto Rico. WRAI, Radio Aeropuerto International caught m w a d i n g u over HJMZ f o r c l ea r taped I D but unn.(PT)

1530 unID b o p s l i k e ~ D / Z R E with l i g h t MoR, 0900-0430 4/2, e m c e m e n t s very low and poss ib ly accented EE.,.Any AN USA on here? f ~ e l i e v e KCGO. Ed,) With DU condx so good, I ms toying with the idea of 2VM Moree, NSW...wetll see maybe next week. (Sheedy, Calif . )

1560 Australia. 2RE Taree NSW good with regional news 0902-0906 %/2, couple IDS 0904 and prono f o r " fea ture on 2RE a t 5 pas t 9 t o n i ht:*Days of Future P a s ~ e d " ~ played i n and out 'ti1 1000. f - 2 ~ ac tua l ly weaker than t h i s a t times.(Sheedy, Ca l i f )

**I560 Colombia. HJLP R. Especisl , Tulud ( i n Andes Mns* 80 miles nor th of Ecuador) noticed on 1560 3/19-3/25 approx 0555-0630; ex-1 555. (Stone, Ont )

1594.8 Nicara u YNKS Radio San Cr is tdbal Chinandega, I concur d c r l s rb of the rrealr s igna l here. Fadey s igna l 3/30 between 034-0 and 0350 with music s t a t i o n slogans and comm- e rc i a l s . One announcement said: f ' ~ a d i o San ~ r i s t b b a l " was " l a primera de 10s oyentestl and "Ahora con mas potencia". (Callarman, I l l )

Overlooked- 1133 Brazil. Radio Alvorzda de B r a s i l i a ZYP58 very good t)/ 0

m i 3 1 around 0300 nusic and news. (Trower, England3

Reporters:

John Callarman, Mt. Vernon, I l l i n o i s (5)HQ180/SM1, Palomar Elect, 5 ,cHzo Freq Standard

Perry Crabi l l , Bladensburg ?!do ( 4 ) R ~ l l 40' wire ~ u s s ~dmunds ~ a r s i p p a n y , f i ~ (1 19 H Q ~ 50, 4' loop B i l l Fe id t i a ~ r e l 1.ld. (4) HQlkOX/SMl Angel ~ a r c k a ~ l u s h i n g NY (1 HQ180AC/SM1 Bob Kramer m i c a o d l i n o i s (1 ) HQ129WSMl deluxe C & a r ~ b j d , ~arr58 bominican Republic (4) S o y TFM1000UA Dan Sheedy, Encinftas Ca l i fo rn ia (3) SFT /Sanserino loop B i l l Stone, Toronto, bntar io Page Taylor, Butler NJ ( ($1 1 S~130/SMl Geoff Trower, righto on, Sussex, ENGLAND (1 0 ) 2-AR88Dts, phased ants.

Back of t h e FJ le- -~ ~- CQsar Ob fo "Here a re some t i p s heard l a s t Saturday on a t r i p t o 7T.r an ,-my *: ome town, where I went with my Sony portable. This doesn't mean I am back ac t ive , a s I am too busy b u i m n g a house and r i g h t now I am l i v i n g qu i t e c lose t o many l o c a l t r a n s n i t t e r s which prevents 1 me from hearing w e l l , besides I have no space f o r assembling mgllloop;

F I hope t o be i n my new hone very soon and w i l l be ac t ive again.

REPORTEDLY IN OPERATION

TURKEY, The new superpower s t a t i o n a t A n t a l y a h a s begun t e s t i n g and w i l l go i n t o r e g u l a r s e r v i c e t h e f i r s t week o f A p r i l . The s t a t i o n i s c u r r e n t l y t e s t i n g o n 8 8 1 kHz w i t h 600 kw b u t t h e power w i l l be r a i s e d t o 900 kw s h o r t l y . Should b e a u d i b l e i n Nor th America n e x t f a l l I s u s p e c t ; t h e r e ' s n e v e r b e e n a v a l i d l o g g i n g o f Turkey h e r e b e f o r e a s f a r a s I know. (EDITOR)

IRAN, A new 800 kw t r a n s m i t t e r a t Benab began o p e r a t i o n s on March 2 1 s t w i t h a l i m i t e d power o f a mere 400 kw; t o be i n c r e a s e d s h o r t l y . F r e q n o t known f o r s u r e b u t may b e 710 kHz. ( E d i t o r )

THAILAM). A new Radio T h a i l a n d s t a t i o n was o f f i c i a l l y i n a u g u r a t e d on March 27th: l o c a t i o n i s Nan P r o v i n c e and t h e 50 kw s t a t i o n o p e r a t e s o n 1037 kHz. Schedu led t o o p e r a t e i n T h a i , h i l l d i a l e c t s , and Lao 0600-2300 GMT, ( E d i t o r )

TRUK ISLANDS, WSZC, t h e "Voice o f t h e E a s t e r n C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s " h a s moved t o 1300 kHz from the o l d c h a n n e l o f 1500 and h a s i n s t a l l e d a new 1 kw t r a n s m i t t e r t o c l e a r u p l o n g s t a n d i n g m o d u l a t i o n and ha rmonic problems. Began new c h a n n e l 4/2 a t 2000; sked s t i l l 2000-1400. They a s k f o r r e p o r t s from t h e o u t l y i n g i s l a n d s t o be r a d i o e d i n v i a t h e government s t a t i o n KUP67 o n 5205. (Bob Bundy, T ruk)

ZAIRE. The h i g h powered s t a t i o n a t K inshasa on 692 o p e r a t e s 24 h o u r s NSP a c c o r d i n g t o SCDX; s h o u l d b e a good b e t o v e r t h e summer months .

EGYPT. Two new E g y p t i a n c h a n n e l s a r e 1562 (//818) and 1586 ( / /818) ; power n o t y e t known. EBU

USSR. Accord ing t o a S o v i e t DX'er , t h e 300 kw s t a t i o n on 1439 i s l o c a t e d i n Odessa; t h e new s t a t i o n , l o c a t i o n unknown, on 1196 i s n o t e d o r i g i n a t i n g i t s own programming a t 1915. Accord ing t o a l e t t e r from t h e s t a t i o n , t h e w i d e l y h e a r d s t a t i o n on 1586 which h a s l o n g been l i s t e d a s b e i n g i n T a r t u , E s t o n i a b y WRTVH, EBU, and FBIS, i s a c t u a l l y i n R iga , L a t v i a and o p e r a t e s w i t h 50 kw. ( A r c t i c ) The l o c a t i o n o f t h e 1196 o u t l e t i s b e l i e v e d t o b e Minsk. ( E d i t o r )

MASIRAH ISLAND. The BBC r e l a y h a s b e e n o p e r a t i n g o n 1412 kHz from 1410 kHz s i n c e 2/1; sked 1615-2115. (DSWCI v i a Kocsan)

ALGERIA. A l g e r s 111 i s c u r r e n t l y o p e r a t i n g o f f c h a n n e l o n 1423.5. ( A r c t i c )

CANTON ISLAND. Accord ing t o a member o f t h e NZDXRL, W E - 1 3 8 5 was h e a r d t o announce a power o f 25 ,000 w a t t s , The NZ DX Times i s some- what s c e p t i c a l and s o a r e we; 25 kw seems k i n d o f h i g h t o c o v e r a p e r f e c t l y f l a t i s l a n d 5 m i l e s l o n g , h i . ( ~ d i t o r )

CHAD. R e p o r t e d l y now o p e r a t i n g o n 1169 kHz w i t h 1 kw. (ARC)

MADEIRA ISLANDS. P o s t o Emisso r d e ~ a d i o d i f u s a o d o Funcha l , 1 kw o n 1529 k ~ z now f e a t u r e s programs i n German, E n g l i s h , and Swedish f o r t h e t o u r i s t s ; beware. . . (SCDX)

LATEST EBU MONITsSRING REPORT DATA...

755 Radio Campus, L i l l e , F r a n c e d r i f t i n g a s h i g h a s 758. 764 Jamming, o r i g i n unknown, no ted i n F r a n c e 845 Czech s t a t i o n n o t e d i n Belgium and F i n l a n d 897 Unid A r a b i c s p e a k e r n o t e d i n Belgium

1524.980 Pek ing measured h e r e 1525.000 R u s s i a n s t a t i o n 1525.002 R u s s i a n s t a t i o n 1528.890 Russ i an s t a t i o n

CHINA. Some o f t h e E a s t C o a s t members h a v e r e p o r t e d what a p p e a r s t o b e a power o r p a t t e r n change a t 2200 GMT f o r t h e C h i n e s e o u t l e t on 1525; t h e s i g n a l seems t o t a k e a d r o p a t t h a t t ime . We asked Bengt E r i c s o n i n Sweden t o check on t h i s and h e r e p o r t s no i n d i c a t - i o n o f a s i g n a l yhange a t 2200 o r 2300 though h e ' s checked c a r e f u l l y f o r it. T h i s d o e s n ' t mean t h a t s u c h a change d o e s n ' t t a k e p l a c e though n e c e s s a r i l y : t h e y s u p p o s e d l y h a v e a h i g h l y d i r e c t i o n a l p a t t e r n and a p a t t e r n a d j u s t m e n t which produced l i t t l e change i n r a d i a t i o n toward Europe migh t have a much g r e a t e r e f f e c t on t h e GCP t o Nor th America (which p a s s e s North o f E u r o p e ) .

CZECHOSLOVAKIA. The new s t a t i o n on 1016 i s l o c a t e d i n N i t r a , an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c e n t e r 8 0 km n o r t h e a s t o f B r a t i s l a v a a c c o r d i n g t o a r e c e n t QSL. The power was n o t g i v e n . ( E r i c s o n , Sweden)

PLANS, GOSSIP, AYiD RUMORS...

ST VINCENT. Plar ,s t o b o o s t t h e 705 kHz o u t l e t t o 1 0 kw soon . (D'CI) TURKEY. A 1 , 2 0 0 kw s t a t i o n i n Mudanya w i l l go on i n August . ( E d i t o r ) . BANGLADESH. A 100 kw s t a t i o n p l anned f o r Khulna. ( E d i t o r ) QATAR. A c o n t r a c t f o r a new 750 kw MW s t a t i o n h a s been s i g n e d . (Ed.j SOMALIA. A new 75 kw s t a t i o n i s under c o n s t r u c t i o n f o r MW. ( E d i t o r ) AMERICAN SAMOA. WW-1120 h a s been purchased by t h e owners o f

KHVH and a c a l l change may b e upcoming. (NZDXRA) F I J I . P r o j e c t e d ! : t a t i o n s i n c l u d e Labasa-950 2500 w a t t s , Lautoka-

770 2500 w a t t s , Suva-1090 5 kw and 1500 kHz 1 kw. (NZDXRL) BRAZIL. B i d s a r e b e i n g r e q u e s t e d f o r a 500 kw s t a t i o i n B r a z i l i a .

( s a x ) IRELAND. A new 500 kw t r a n s m i t t e r f o r 566 kHz i s b e i n g b u i l t b y

Nippon E l e c t r i c a l Company i n J a p a n . (MWN)

CURRENT DX CONDITIONS: AURORA!

I n c a s e you h a v e n ' t n o t i c e d ; c x have been h i g h l y a u r o r a l f o r w e l l o v e r a month now ( s e e A F ~ p l o t e l s e w h e r e t h i s i s s u e ) and i t ' s q u i t e u n l i k e l y f o r good TA Cx t o r e t u r n u n t i l n e x t f a l l . A f r i c a n , P a c i f i c and S o u t h American r e c e p t i o n c o n t i n u e s q u i t e good a t t i m e s and w i t h t h e summer manths r a p i d l y a p p r o a c h i n g t h e y ' r e t h e o n e s t o c o n c e n t r a t e on . The good West, Sou th , and E a s t A f r i c a n s such a s Nige r i a -1358 , Gabon-1554, Angola-1367, ~ o z a m b i q u e - 7 3 7 , and Dahomey- 1475 a r e t r a d i t i o n a l l y most l i k e l y t o b e a u d i b l e d u r i n g t h e summer months and t h e same g o e s f o r t h e Deep Sou th Americans s u c h a s Chi le-1180, e t c . F o r t h e a v i d i n t e r n a t i o n a l DX'er t h e r e a r e p e r h a p s 20 c o u n t r i e s t o b.s added t o y o u r t o t a l s d u r i n g t h e summer months which a r e i n a u d i b l e d u r i n g t h e r e s t o f t h e y e a r . Brave t h e s t a t i c and y o u ' l l b e s u r p r i s e d what what you may h e a r .

OMESTIC - EDITOR:

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Greetings again, peoples! After two r a t h e r p a l t r y c o l u m s , t h i s one i s a b i t l a r g e r , hi. &st be cx have been l a r g e r , hi.

changes + 710 WPAGSC NET: MB + 800 CJIX-ON Off a i r & o f f i c i a l l y de le ted a s of 3/31. (Brian Vernon, ON) + 980 KVLV-NV NET: M + 1060 KYW -PA SCH: 2l, hrs. SP MM 0100-0530 (TRS)

1190 CP -MS I n i t i a l dec i s ion f o r 5000 Dl a t Bay St. Louis. Becomes a g r a n t e f f e c t i v e 5/14 i f no opposing p e t i t i o n s f i l e d WDCC by then.

+ 1240 KFLY-OR C a l l re-assigned t o new ownership of de le ted f a c i l i t i e s here.

WWW-WV WNBF-NY KRWL-NV WHLT-IN WHEP-AL WKAP-PA WEBB-W WDAT-FL K0KO-H0 WKTQ-ME

Eot y e t rn a i r , bu t expect it soon. NET: M NET: M NET: ME NET: M - ~

NET: M SCH: 2,!, h r s BP MM 0005-0500 ( m s ) NET: M NET: N NET: M Req. WKTP

+ 1510 WKAO-FL NET: M . 1550 CP -MO I n i t i a l dec i s ion f o r 500 Dl a t Spring'ield. Secomes a g ran t

e f f e c t i v e 5/11. i f no opposing p e t i t i o n s f i l e d W/FCC by then. ~. . + 1560 WSDL-LA NET:-M + 1590 WHET-NC New c a l l : Clayton CP.

r /c's

CHANCES: Delete: WPCF-lL7O on - . IS kd-@! only. ADD: WMCC-TN-1L5O w/ DT 01L5-0200 4 t h ~44 (JS) ADD: WRG-1510-NJ W/TT 0030-0045 F r i AM fol lowing 1 s t TH. Uses both

powers, both d i r e c t i o n a l p - t t c m ~ . (TRS)

too WTAC-MI ~ o o d 3/20 201 1 O / WCAO-WPD? w/ M a (RF) 620 WHJB-PA Mostly a t o p WINR 3/23 1818 v/sx, 1819 ads, 1820 vx & l o c a l nx. 910 WBRJ-OH Buried i&'?TlF 3/20 1700 V/ID, c&u. F i n a l l y hrd t h i s much-

1 LOO

WBZY-PA wPI'RX-:4T WRAB-AL

WMS-NC WBTC-OH \!;m{-',:I

wanted one. (RF) Not unus l~a l but very s t rong a t o p WHvA 3/30 t o 1830 d o f f ( JMP) Atop 3/27 1936 w/talk show (RF) Comine t h r u p r i o r t o WAVZ s/on !900 w/ KBhX w / " W ~ ~ - k a b " j x . seeme: t o be- rr. (J!P) Atop channel w/nx f o r area. N e w here, qu;te s t r m g w/l i t t , le of usua l nes? (I;ICK/X'E?T/W~XD/~.'YSL) 3/26 1832. (im) "* 'XYST, i e usua l by you ??? -3jE

(JM71

J u s t ~lbove no ise l e v e l ufi0K0 nu l led w/ d o f f 1845 4/1, no SSE. SSB a b t even w/l_ocal VXIO 1329 5/25 ( J S )

fie-ed t o be t h e one w/"~ank of Burlin@onl' Spot 3/21 1914 - WLIJX said my report, t o them c o r r e c t except f o r t h i s . BelTel has l i e t i n g f o r t h e hank i n Bdrliin@m, a b t 20 m i from Lake Geneva. We ' l l see what happens w/rr.y rept.. (JW) *" Sourds l i k e from

13 t h e WLUX r e p l y you may've had both s t n s nixing, o r e l s e your "Bank of BurlingLon" i s r e a l l y something e l se . In view of these p o s s i b i l i t i e s , I ' d no t even be incl ined t o count e i t h e r v e r i e or not. -2jE

1560 WCNW-OH Doing wel l ~ / W T O D s/off w/ s/off &QXR j u s t a b t 30 secc. a f t e r WTCD 3/27 1845 (Jw)

1570 'JBEE-IL Nice s i g s w/ s/off by YL anncr w/ no SSB 1900 3/27, semi-aur- o r a l evening ( JMP)

** 1580 WKUN-GA Gn emergency operet ion 3/31 21 15+ a t o p b!CLS-CBJ i n much QPJi w/bad ux advisor ies , M-the-spot st.rom damage r p t s , CD info, e t c . EL m between. Couldn't p u l l ID u n t i l 2135. hew. (RF)

1590 WGGO-GY S/off w/SSB topping WAKR 1815 3/25 (JS) 1600 MINX-MD U/much power l i n e no ise 3/27 193L w / D , rr . New (RF)

KCkG-IA Good 3/27 1907 a t o p W/ID, wx, Ma. New (RF)

midnighl lo sunrise 570 LKYX-KY Atop WFAA 3/20 0255 w/ "2001 Space Odyssey Theme" t o 0259

s/off. WKBN i n SP. (RF) WFAA-TX Great 3/20 0300 a f t e r LXYX s/off w/ID, l o c a l & s t a t e nx. Wx

o?o/. ( R F I -*-- .--, 600 KCLS-AZ Hrd 3/23 0100 s/off no SSB u/Wm (RK) 610 WDAF-MO F i n a l l y 3/23 0227 ~ P T V N w/ID, many ads, 0229 "Top 40" mx.(RF) 680 KKYX-TX Hrd ~ / 2 01 12 fair-good w/ wx. Some WPTF QRM & a l s o QRM from

an unID SS. (RK) ** Unid l i k e l y XELG -RjE **** 860 unID Atop KONO 3/22 024O+ w/talk show, phone # s f o r CA. 61 aud-

iences, Fm TCs, ux f o r S a l t Lake City. Too much WJW splash t o p u l l I D . Buried by 3. C l a r l l 0302. ~ h o i z z i t ? ? ( ~ F ) ** F m m t susp ic ious ly l i k e "hi tecap" now M KSL,WHAS,KSP. KSL origin- a t e s it. A wild guess might be KTHB, but I doubt it-RjE

900 WAS-GA TEST 3/20 0205-17 way o /~uban & CHML W/TT, ID every minute i n phonetics. Wish o ther s t n s would do t h a t ! (RF) ** Likewise, bu t s ince when i s an AN CM here? More l i k e l y XEW -RjE

WLSI-RY TEST 3/26 040L w/ c&w mx, some CHML ORM and WLS s l o p (RK) @ TEST hrd 3/26 a s per sked. Few I D S and lou modulation l e v e l M

vojce. Surpr i s ing ly poor w/ had a M from LV de Cali .(Pi(H) @ Topping CiL'?L most of time 0403-0433 3/26 w/amusing r u r a l aMCr.

Good s e s t except f o r l ack 01' a c t u a l IDS. ( JS) ( RF) 910 WID TES ' Ihe rea topKGLC3/210027-0102w/T '1 ' , c&wm.koIDgiven .

\!OK)-SC Hrd a t l a s t 3/21 0107 b r i e f l y e t o p KGLC w/IC. (RF) *** Could t l l i s no t have been t h e unID ?? -2jE

WSJA-PA Br ie f ly a t o p KGLC 3/21, 0141 w/ s tn. promo (KT) ++ kISUI-IA S/off hrd n i c e l y 0130 3/26. h m c ' d aked a s 0730-0130, so guess

i s no longer ZH, rn ther i s U. (PKH) bXNL-VA Good 3/30 01 14 o/yi' ,KGLC-DSBA-WORD W/EL mx (RF)

950 WRYT-?W 3/19 0133 on i )X t e s t 500 watt psa pwr i n f a i r . No sign of u- sua l dominant KIM" mixing W / ~ J K A Z k :<PRC (RK)

11 WLOP-FT, CN a l l i4M 4/2. !Ias been off past 4 iC4s. h'hnt gives?? ( J P ) 970 WWDJ-NJ Superpest u a s off iP4 ~ / 2 nost of morning. : "&%t s-RjE) Wr)JSkr

& !.!FLA 1 ~ i * t . (.TMP)

:oeo WKLO-KY ++ 72LO KPXE;-KS

KIUL-KS * 1280 WKSI-PA

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r ' jna l ly hrd here W/L~Z~GJ of f . % l y bn:rSrl t o cor,t.end with, and e n s i l y looped nut. Running ET w/,X, j s s t b r ie f I C 043@ L / ~ ( J ~ . I P ) F4 ir 3/31 0200 o/u ~A'RC-LI~P~E-CFPL W/ID, rz (ii~) Fai r o/u brO1\E-CFPL 3 / a Olj,!, w / r r , ad f o r Custom Hi-Pi shcps(W) TSST hrd f a i r 3/26 0201 a t o p t h e lhxican v/ID, YT, off 0206. (shoi-t.! !) i h c h wanted here. (KT) *'* Are you sure ~/.%xican or was it CM here ?? -RjE Fa i r 3/23 C220 u/KilLE-k3'IC w / l D , r r (FJ; Ikst be kSP now 8s on Ah if.! 3/12 (PKII) ET, TT, X 3/12 f r o % ard 0200 t o OLOO. Few m.s, low 2nd. (PKH) boted hack on A?4 0315 ?/2b w/pop TX, m n y o ld ies . Th is one t a s t o win t h e inconsistency pr ize , t h e i r Ah show seems t o come 8 go l i k e t h e kx, and w/?variety of formats. (JS)

1310 KOYL-TX WBm-PA

1370 unID

WALK-NY

13% WOK-NY 1400 UBA'I-IN

W OND-NJ

1UO WJAB-ME

KRNY-NE

W B I G N C 1LBO W E - O H

W J I C - N J 1530 WCTR-MD

1550 WOKJ-be 1560 WWGM-TN 1570 UHII-IG

Q 1590 WGOE-VA 1600 Wh'kL-NY

Anyane needing t h i s one should t r y f o r 0358 s/on MMs w/SSB. In c lear here. (JMP) ET, TT, CC, Western mx from bL 0333 t o ard OLOO 3/26 (PKx) ET/TT noted 0505. much CC. then in to l i s t e d f l c 0528 3 / 2 6 ( ~ ~ )

was KPOS, too , ra ts . (RF) Atop here w/ L.I. nx, seems t h i s may be best time f o r them a s l i t t l e 3% SM 1/1 0700 (JMP) O/U Wm-WAOK-WLCY 3/31 0236 w/ s tn promo (RF) 1/2 s/off 0100, noted w/CC atop freq. t h u 0150 when an unD dumped t h e i r CC on too. (TRS) (TRS) 4/2 t / i n 0050 w/ET-TT-oc thru 0206 when f i n a l l y ID'ed. o/WFBL. Fair 3/28 0302 o/u t o t a l chaos w/nx, I D , wx (@) Atop c h n n e l &/I, got ood r p t t o them on minor South Jersey opening here ard 0600 TJMP) Quite a surprise atop w/rr & j ingle 'WO-Augusatn, nx 0330 MM 1/2. Gives me another cap i t a l c i t y , big deal. ( J m ) L/2 DX i f on not hrd here. ETs normally dominat* freq., but cx bad -- A=37. (TRS) 1 / 2 00393 w/PSA while t ry lng f o r WJAB TEST. In r a i r l y well a t times. (RK) 4/2 0050 t / in w/ET-TT-CC atop freq. thru 0150 when IDed f ina l - ly. (TRS) "* Tom, c a l l i s a s noted. Changed from msny aoons ago -RjE TEST in l i k e a ton of bricks 3/26 02004330. Ear l ier f/c a l so i n well. Hope they get l o t s of rpts., CE & en t i r e s tn crew were vy interested i n t h i s broadcast. (PKH) *** By r p t s here, they should be qui te happy, h i -RjE Doing quite well on IZST W/TT, IDS, march m 0210+ 3/26 (JS) 3/26 0206 bombing in an DX TEST w/ TT, CC, march mx & plenty of IDS. (RK) ~ / 2 noted i n passing 0105 promoting i t s AN show, now NSP?? Goodbye 1470. (TRS) ** Believe it has been f o r awhile-RjE Briefly atop WMBD-hlOHO 3/29 01 53 w / w , ID. hew (RF) 3/31 0100 I D noted o/WDAS momentarily, then in to rr ~ / W H ~ M nulled. (TRS) 4/2 DX TEST not on. Happened t o be in immediate area on busi- ness l a t e r t ha t day, spoke t o Acting CE Jim Heras: Xzrtin i s DOE, forgot t o remind them about l e t t e r on the wall tha t was overlooked, sorry about tha t . Short on s t e f f now, would be wi l l ing t o ve r i but no QSLs or forms a t present, plenning t o

e t some, i n meantime, PFC appreciated. Send rpts. t o Iieras. YTRS) *** What happened t o a l l the v / ~ ' s they had printed af- t e r the l a s t DX TEST ?? They couldn' t have used 'em a l l , or I wander i f former SM Kevin Koughan has left.... -RjE S/an 06L5 L/I w/nice sigs, no QRM f o r some reason. (JW) All alone u/MoR SM ,/,/I 0625, never hrd hL tho' a l y 65 miles avav (.IMP1 ---, .~ - , Atop 3/20 OIL9 w/soul m, many IDS (w) 3/28 02004230 s/off w/ET-TT-a, toward end = BLTI f/c (TRS) ~ / 2 noted w/ID. verbal L code U/CKLM 0139 on DX TEST, abt -, same s ig a s noted on f/c l a s t month. Don't understand how ERC ~ o t L/b from t h i s , a s 3 3ther people rptd L/2 t o me f o r lifiR~T (TRS) In f a i r l y well w/TEST, CODE IDS were 100% readable and some voice IDS came thru, ba t t l i ng CKLM 0135 ~ / 2 (JI.iP) ,!+/2 0131 ryl DX TEST i n s t r a g e s t ever (RK) 3/26 0032 on DX TEST o/u W A K R (RK) Pest was off MM ~ / 2 , now why couldn' t it have been 2/26, hi. Re11 ETs a f t e r 0330. Seems whole chnnnel was c l r t h i s AM (JW) Foted u/ s/off 0200 t o re turn 0603 M1.I &I/ W L off ~ / 2 . Also an unlD s/off ~ / 2 verses of SSB 0158, and had been running 8

comedian-type show (you know what I mearl), any ideas?? (JW) us* I do know ? ? ? and no - no idea: a t a l l , hi -RjE

15 1600 WAR-AL Almost surely tbe one w/ R&B type format u/WWRL ETs 0315, loop-

ed SE and w/the channel apparently c l ea r except of t h i s t o the Rockies, who e l se could it be?? (JMP)

XEPORTERS THIS ISSUE : b E b$6TL\NC : (%el)-335-6377

(TRS) - Tom Sundstrom, k'illingboro, N.J. - HQ-150 w/SM-2; HQ-110 v/ LW, DX-150A ( JS) - Jerry Starr , Young+own, Ohio - Hg-1BOA w/ I' NRC loop.( ( ( ((w/ LW - Richard Frcho, Cleveland, Ohio - HQ-lBOA, Halli h%-1500, w/ 100' LW ( JMP) - J i m Poterba, Yardley, Pa. - HQ-200 w/ SM-2 (RK) - Robert Kramer, Chicago, IL - HQ-129X w/ 514-la (** Welcome - RjE) (PKH) - Paul K. % r t , Ft. Worth, TX - 9-28A w/l4Fs, L ' loop; Fisher 90T w/SM1.

This week's i n s ip id i ty award goes t o the r.C.C. f o r even bothering t o consider seriously the outrageous and t o t a l l y unjus t i f ied requests f o r superpower w. c l a s s 1-A cleers. Anybody who th inks i t ' s needed e i ther has rocks in h i s head or i s so parer-hungry... .... If the F.C.C. wanted t o increase service t o out- lying areas, be t ter it should t r y more FMs, or even more LEAL AMs, not super- power. Talk about pollution.....

73, de RjE

4-7-73 CCNGRADUUTICNS t o tho NXC Publishing C r a w f o r thm b s t APRIL FOOL'S gag yet1 ';hat's .van uorsm. a faw NRC'or6 in t h i s a r u BELIFVW IT1 That's romlly fanfastic....

A s Stan Morss would nay:

'I likm thm NRC b th r than I l i k e Dr. Pmppmr'