-3 - | Home of the National Radio Clubnationalradioclub.org/DXNs/V44/DXN44_09.pdf · 2019. 7. 9. · editor.. We8 Boyd 2699 W. Liberty St. Ext. Girard, Ohio 44420 Hello group, Kinda

We are happy t o announce tha t we a r e once again able t o obtain geomgnetic inform- t i o n f o r publication in the bulletin. A t present, we have only planetary indices on hand, but expect t o have the Fredericksburg lndices . available shortly. We w i l l not revive the familiar graph f o r t h e A-Max u n t i l we have t h e Fredericksburg data a hand, however, we w i l l publish the planetaryirdicim in t a b u h r form in t h i s issue f o r t he month of October. Therein l i e s t he drawback in t h i s current system: we w i l l not receive t h e data un t i l some 4 weeks a f i e r t h e erd of t h e month covered. Oh well, a t leas t we've got something, hi.

We have a number of photos from t h e convention on hand now, and we hope t o get them a l l in to t h i s issue, but i t ' s k w a doubtful. We'll a l so be running some other pho- t o s soon.

The NI(C fNTNN6 MANUJL is , as previously noted, OUT OF PRINT a t present. We are cur- rent ly engaged in updates of t h e m t e r i a l in terms of prts ava ikb i l i t y , and w i l l be running in to a seed, revised printing, hopefully in February. In t h e meantime, PO NOT p b c e orders with t he Publications Center f o r t h i s item.

ON THE INSIDE .......... Domestic nX achievements - Charles Wolff

* RF3 Ietin % l i t List - Ron Schats * Verie Signers - Ernie Cooper * Convention Photos - Various

NEW MEMBERS * B i l l b r s c h , 27 Olive St., Galesburg, IL 61401 (re-joins)

Chorles Zlpser, 100 300th Rd. W, Yr ie t t a* GA 30060 (re-joins) * Russell Jalnes, 3 Kadana S., Oak Park, Victoria 3046, AUSPdLIA * B i l l ?&Gerry, 2 1 0 Peninsula &I. 4325, Dward, CA 93030

Rick Nawmnn, a 7 Cherokee Ave., 4 s Vegus, NV 39121 * Cerl Yna, f i l l , 5777 Ridgeview Dr., W; Cedar kapids, I A 5&4 * Jim B r i l e , 33 Cypress Rd., WMsor Locks, CT 06096 * 3rian Goslou, 45 1;. Pshland St., Worcester, i.IA 01609- * 4ts Andersso~, bongatan &, 752-38 UPPSALA, SJEDEN

RENEWALS F. Eordquist, M. Knitter, J. T u l l , X. Genry, G. Houdek, R. Iasar, R. Segalns, E. Allen, P. Crocker, S. Kaedy, li. H. Cooper, S. Besilla, P. Barton.

P i p Fabelstein ( ~ S B V ) Rnnounces another hW has confab, not a net, but a check-in on 3900 kHc, @ 0200 ELT Xt's, t o exchange l a t e t i p s . Ross Hansch, (WBG) w i l l a l so ba in there. Eon-ham (or non-lowband hams, hi) a r e invited t o l i s t e n in f o r WO,

Lirda & d s W notes tha t IIarrison Electronics on Long 1~1and currently has two He 180's in stock. h e i s md3fied somewhat and i s $225, t h e other i s $300. No further info ~vo i lnb le , but if you're interested, c a l l t o see if they're s t i l l there.

editor: Alan Merriman O3 international dx digest P.O. BOX €3

C. P. C. TEST SCHEDULE

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0000-0200 * I?XR-1340 * Hanover, NH 0300-0330 * WG* 740 * Huntington, BY 0330-0400 * WECC- 940 * Wartburg, TN 0000-0200 * WJK-15 * P ( h t e m o -3 FA- 0 2 3 4 3 0 0 * WNNO- 990 * Wisconsin Pells , UI 0 3 0 - 0 3 3 * KOKC-1450 * Warrensburg, MO 033-0400 * KO@-1550 * Bellhgham, WA 0 4 ~ 4 5 0 0 * Kh'HO- 860 * Salt b k e City, UT 01004400 * WBiE-1340 * Wilkes-Barre, PA 023-0330 * WGLB-1560 * Port Washington, W I 033-0400 * WPNG1450 * Anniston, AL 0100- * KWBC-1550 * Navssota, TX 03004400 * KAJC-12'70 * Grant's Pass, OR 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 * DUi!-ll+IlO * Green Bny, W I

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RETAILS:

WJK - POP. C&u m y poss. Ccde Ins, a d a PX'er a t t he mike. bad: 9112 %'West- nedge, 49081. Arr: 9. Robins/B. Whitncre. (GL~XA i s Great Lakes nX bssn)

WNNO - No pgm. details . V/s: John Taylor, Box 990, 53965. Arr: Geo. Davis 111.

KOKO - 1 kw. C&w m y TT, voice & ccde Ins. Prepnid ca l l s n t (816)-747-9191. V/s: Bruce Reynolds, Box 398, 64093. Arr: aeynolds.

KOQT - Gospel my l?ls rjpprox. ev. 3 mins. V/s: %on Crovell, Box 1550, 98225. Plesse send prepared csrds. brr: N. Hall-Pntch.

KITE0 - No pgm. deta i l s . No v/s. Mdr: 512 E. 2nd, So; 84102. Arr: Hall-P~tch.

WGLB - No pgm. details . V/s: Richard Bludorn, CE, Box 347, 53074. Arr: Dovia.

I.mNG - Selections by Bert liaenpfert Grch., Glen Campbell, V/s: Robert F. Crandnll, CE, Bax 1450, 36201. P r r : r. Leuis.

WnCR - Tones, Gordon Lightf oot m y 171s. V/s : Jordan Roderick, m, Box 957, 03755. Arr: Suron Waterman

VECG - h'o pgm. details . V/s: Carl E. Stump, Dox 100, 37887. Prr: Scip Dabelstein

WGSM - N o pgm. d e t a i l s . P r e p a i d c a l l s a t (516) 423-6740. V/s: Alan D. K i r s c h n e r , Box 74, 11746. A r r : D. B a l l .

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Phone 703-3542135 Before 2200 ELT 'All Times Are GMT 'Deadlines Are Friday'

Greetings. We're going t o start out this tiae with a report from Jlm Yomg of Vrlghtwood, Califomla, which I ' m going +,o run seperately fm the reat. "I must aay thst unbelievmsble ex haw dstsd fm the YCNA s w i n g 12/3, w/=

dominate. Since being in Cnlif. (14 yra) I have never hrd a rsiL bonlfied a u o . I think this is worth noting in the collmn; observing the stn on Petrosavcdsk, and finding it // to 4780 *as strange, f o r I found no p o l u

f l u t t e r a s normally noted. Albanis on 9 5 7 rss strangely QSB h, ad l a t e r in the evening, MAN in Antarctica on 6012 was unusually QSB free. During this t h Us were noted on both LY and W i n quantity1 lhis was noted on 12/3, but was to the 8ars degree on the next awning. My ffirnt TA logged a f t e r noting the lack of QSB on the SV stns, was Morocco on 209 khc. Strong and clear1 later France - baaing in on 164 khe. S u p r l J l W

164 -IPRANB N l o u i s a t W26 t o past 0511 W/FF ax, ~ t a , TC at 0500, ID, l i n l y .x all on tapel 12/3 and Z. -USSR Yahutsk, RR talk by m voice a t 0801. Hrd to past 1017. 12/4. -USSR BLagoveshchensk. gxtremely strong a t 0534 U/SFI beacon atn. Strength improved to past 0817. -st c lear of beacon then. El7 singing, tdlking, d i f ferent format than UU outlets. if182 khz. 12/4. -MOROCCO &iM, M anmts by m voice a t 0206, typical u t o past 0236. hrnts a t 0239. Strong aad on tapel 12/3 and 4. -USSR Yeniseysk, here at 0925 w/ghabarovsk ~ / R R talking on 12/4. -MONGOLIA Ulan Bator, R. Hoacow IS a t 0930 wfiongolian Service (relaw by Ulan Bator a t this t h e ) . RR s tn a l so here and stror4pr. 12/4.. -USSR B i z M y Ihgll, m m i c e in RR hers a t 0928 ofiongolis. 12/4. -USSR Irkutsk, hrd w / l h g a d m at 0933 w/cl u on 12/4. -USSR Ilagadan, singing nx o/~rkutsk a t 0937. F voice in RR at 0946. Hrd past 1143 when still vy strong. 12/4. -USSR Qlita b e l l e d here at 0939 w/RR tdlking. 12/4. -USSR Novodbirak a t 0 9 3 noted, but this still could be the Wesker p o l l e d PR stm in BiroMdzban. Who cares? Signing wsakly noted on 12/4. -USSR Yuzno-Sakhalinsk a t 0943 w/f voices talking in RR. Terrible qFEl f. bacon s tn GUF. 12/4.

647 -ENGIAND Iaventry, &er noted here without aui io in ICPI splash a t 0435. 12/3 and 4.

773 -MOROCCO Sidi-Benuour listed in back of YMW; AA dnging a t 0610 12/4. 1 doubt this is on - never been reportad ECNA and I've never seen it mentioned in any European bulletins. There is a p p o a e d stn here. AA a@er reported here is Csiro, but 0610 wodd seem t o late. (ED)

818 -USX)RFfA Sul Iladio, assumed a t 059 . Li te u and sac tdlhiag, doubt Lgypt. Hml on 12/3 and 4. Egypt- here is all M. ($D) -MOROCCO k b a t , here a t 0255 w/ehanting AA u //209. 8nd unts a t 0259. ID and .arching anthem and off at 0301. 12/3 ad 4.

827 -nomcco oujds, M sing~ng a t 0614 on 12/4. n m i c e in M a t 0618. llmrs is still some question t h a t norocco is using this freq. I have c o d i o t i n g reports from two DXers, who supposedly got tbsir Info f x m the erne source - one s a ~ s they are still here and //el8 and the other aays def in i te ly not. . . iwie-your pl&~ (ED)

845 -ITALY Rome, seemed l i k e the end of a nxcast at 0 9 1 . n/f mica in 11 (?) ud l i t e u at 0544. Strong f o r only r Saw nina on 12/3. Weak on 12/4.

RUb -SPAIN RNE here w h e m het a t 0542. Other TAs .ake Peru unlikely the stronger. -* . - - - . - - In f a c t most I&. 'ky wesk this ewning. 12/3.

863 -W= Parls-Villebon, PP tslking a t 0616 12/4. 881 - W S Yrshford, seems pe lSE a t 0544 w/pop u t.lking on 12/3. lhis not

sked t o s/on til 0620. (ED) 899 -ITALY Hilaa, hare a t 0% w/pop u ud f voice on 12/3. 975 aOROCCO Mir, M mx at 0620 w/othsr Morocco stns good. by m voice - <-

a t 0629. i2/4. 1816 -=Y I ~ t s n b d , W s h u a t 0414 12/4, m -1- in langusgs a t w17.

-NEST QUiUNY Ilaine, possibly the one>w/mx a t 0333 a w/~urkey on 12/49

Verie from

Gregg C

alkin, London, England

editor.. We8 Boyd 2699 W. Liberty St. Ext. Girard, Ohio 44420

Hello group, Kinda smal l s ec t ion t h i s time around, guess everyone is wai t ing till

Er i c takes over. O r t he USPS is a t it again..In any case, I ' m holding t h i s s e c t i o n an e x t r a day t o allow f o r the slow mails t h i s time of the year. I f you s e n t a r epo r t & it doesn' t appear, blame t h e PO.

SPECIAL NOTE:: 1550 KWBC TX w i l l conduct annual POP i n Jan.. most l i k e l y a SATURDAY morn..

poss ib ly 1/15 o r 1/22. Should be on s h o r t l y var ied 'ITS & such. (FM)

Ch-Kes.. . .from the FCC : : 620 WRJZ TN ex: WETE 1310 HIBMK GA seeks WZZZ 910 KDEO CA seeks WK 1340 WOOK DC seeks IFAN CJCA Building, 1150 WKKN IL ex: \WIT3 \WRZ PA seeks \Yon 10230 - 108th Street, ....... from repor ters : : Edmonton, Alberta 820 WAIT IL on 12/6 went "personal i ty radio" (KO) T5J 2x3 1020 K a S CA still us ing t h i s c a l l 12/6, ou t t a hBC nx ( JS ) 1100 WHWE OH indeed is now NSP..(JS) (FM) 1440 KSGR AZ ex: KDOT, changed 11/22..now is "Solid Gold Radiol'..RR oldies. 1480 WHBC OH is ANing again, seems AN-6 w/ Mbl s ~ - - " ~ E ~ e r Soul 76" (m) 1490 KUGR WY Newie i n Green River i n RS s ince MAY, CW format (FM) 1590 KEND TX dropped NIS, now modern CaV, s t i l l NSP (FM) 1600 WCGO IL address: 3313 Chicago Rd, S. Chicago H t s . , 111.--60411(KO) r c'a

A NEWIE:: (FM) 1400 WON OK per v i s i t , r c is 4 th SUNDAY 0117-0130 w/ IDS @minute , uses TT.

Others : : : 1st. MM:: KGHL790 per list, w/ lT, LOUD (JS)

TEST RESULTS : : W K R K RADIO 910 KBGN ID not hrd: (HWB..JS..RA) 5000 WRTTS 1320 KC

1150 WTAW TX not hrd: (HWB--JS--RA) Hrd: (SF) BOX 22 MURPHY. N.C. 28906

1450 WNAT I 6 not hrd: (HWB--JS--RA) 1390 KJAN SD not hrd : (JS) 1400 WOND N J HRD: (RA) not hrd: (JS) d idn ' t t r y (HWB) aunaet & evening 550 CFNB NB 12/6 Super loud 1715 w/ nx-local ads,= & C&W mx (AI;YB) 560 WFRB EID 12/2 U/ WFIL 1610 w/ FM promo, SX promo, l o c a l AD, and i n t o

r e l i g . pgms. (RJE) 600 WFRM PA 12/2 In VICC n u l l , o/ \VCAO 1549% w/ID & TC (RJE) 740 WPAQ NC 12/2 Hrd. w/ CW & I D @ 1640 ( R E ) 1000 WOK GA 12/1 Noted a top c h a m e l a t 1730 w/ s /off annct. ( R E ) 1270 BQIT 27 12/1 Who is t h i s ? ? Got good I D taped 1627, g iv ing TC & freq.

but I can ' t f i n d any referance t o such a c a l l ! HELP! (RJE) WRTU ?? 12/1 Another one!! Good tape 1629% with t h i s c a l l . EGAD!!

b y b e a r e FM c a l l s , but no idea of freq.!! (RJE) 1290 WQIN PA 12/1 O/u WKNE/WFBG 1631 w/ l o c a l ads & I D (RJE) 1370 WEIF W 12/5 Ibd. o/ WJWS 1656 w/ I D & promo (RJE)

UNID ?? 12/5 S/off 1657-58 w/ chora l anthem "This is God's Country", suspect WJWS which was i n p r i o r t o ImIF (RJF,)

1380 VBIC NC 12/5 Noted 1654 w/ l oca l ad, SID (RJE) 1470 PTZE VA 12/1 Thia hrd. a t o p freq. 1715 w/ s /of f (RJE) 1580 WANB PA '12/2 W/ ads f o r l o c a l t ruck dea l e r & TV shop 1650. F ina l ly

bagged t h i s one, thanks f o r p w increase FCC!! (RJE)

**(So much for t he s ec t ion devoted t o "former DDXD ed i to r sN)* '

J u s t r ea l i zed t h a t I somehow l o s t a r epo r t from SF..musta got ten l o s t i n t h e "Christmas bhdness" around here. That doesn' t happen very of ten , and I ' m q u i t e sorry. Since t h i s is my l a s t s ec t ion it would do l i t t l e good t o f i nd it f o r t he next issue. By now rqlr k ids o r t he dog have destroyed i t 1

mihight to e- 09

710 WOR NY 12/6 Noted OFF!! Strong OC t h e r e 0145+, maybe them1 (JS) KIRO WAS 12/6 Loud, ~ W D S M , W/ WOR off.. noted 0015 i n r e l i g

f u l l ID 0030 a f t e r a r e a rx & a r e a temps., t o more r e l i g . (&ym*' 12/6 W/ ID & CBS nx 0200, another I D a f t e r nx, t o re l ig . (JS)

WDSM WI 12/6 Noted this w/ m/off 0200, no SSB (JS) CJRN ON 12/6 Pop mx, I D & l o c a l rx, noted 0230, (JS)

+910 WGAF FL 12/6 Noted ANing, seen0 NSP, w/ RR 0240-0300+, "Mx Leader f o r S. Ga. & N. n." (Hm)

KPOF CO 12/6 Suprise of t h e morning, u/ WGAF1s RR i n WSBAve deep f ades 0240-0335+ w/ l i g h t EZ mx, mostly instrm...couple de f ina t e '%FQF8* mentions, very l i t t l e yak by anncr.--0300 "wx f o r Denver & v i c i n i t y M t o 15 min. nx o r t a l k show w/ female, same female at 0332-0335 w/ a newscast 1 (W )

980 CKRM SA 12/6 U/ WRCne nx, o/u KWZ..no s i g n s CFPLnONE 0202-0230 w/ CBW mx, couple l o c a l rx w/ a r ea temps..ID 0202 as 'TtM-98" (RRB)

1010 CBR AB 12/6 Nice #uprise, 0302-0308 w/ WINS off. Thia u/ CFRB/wNS OC's, very weak w/ rx, mentions of CBC then #/off w/ GSQ. Not sure but might have played both anthems (RA! Very n ice , I .till need en1

1230 CRVD PQ 12/6 Atop freq. w/ FF MOR nx 0440-0455+ (JS) (Im)/ *1240 WKOY WV 12/6 Already i n RS w/ RR 0452, noted 0520+ (JS)

CJWA ON 12/6 Loud 0430-0440, r/ CJIC 1050 pgim, female anncr.(JS) 1400 CKCB ON 12/9 S/on 0459 w/ i n s t r Oh Can..then r e l i g . pg~s . ( JS )

Well, t h i s is one of t h e s h o r t e s t midnight aec t ions I can remember11 Aeld t h e s ec t ion till 12/10 ( t i e 1:00PM now!), and can ' t hold a W l0WOr i f it 's t o get t o HQ on time11

Should r e d n d you about DXing a b i t on Christmas Eve..- s t a t i o n s are on l a t e , some AN even, w/ s p e c i a l programs.. EXCEPT f o r WWVA 1170 which has i t ' s annual Christmas Eve. SP s t a r t i n g about 0100 o r so..

REPORTERS: : : C A CLAY Adatason LcRo7,NY RA Ray Arruda New Bedford,MA KA Kelly Andre- Richmond ,VA JWB Joe Brauner Ruueutamey,PA Bu l l Tom Bu l l Washingto~,DC JAC John Callerman Mt. Vernon,IL FD Frank Dailey Preston,CT HQ180 Loop M) b r c DeLorenzo Centerrri 110 ,MA RJE Russ Edmunds Kinnelon,NJ HQ150 h o p e tc . SF Stephen Francim Alcoa,TN TRF JF J e f f Falconer Clinton,ON Co l l in s 51J-4 SM U KDF Karl 4th. V i l l a Park,IL HQl6O SM MH Michael Hogan Highland, I N TRF SH WH Wayne Heinen Colorado Springs ,CO HJA Harry Enyes Gouldmboro,PA BInkth T-0 SM Ross Ross Hansch Ehdison,WI HQ180 h o p RJH Bob Hlivak Brunsrick, OR TRF CH Craig Aealy Cumberland,RI Navy RBB Loop KJ Karl J e t t e r Atlanta,GA HQ150 SM ELK Edael Ferndinkla Bum ,NU r c v r ant. dm FM Frank Merr i l l Toledo,OH Dtk Dave EtCourt Williamaport,PA HQl60 h o p KO Ken C~yschuk Hazel Crest ,IL RBS Ron S c h i l l e r Dalla8,TX R39OA SM TRS Tom Snnds t rw Willingboro,NJ l o t s a s t u f f DS Dip Schmidt Gnu Casket, I D EQ180 Looped BV Brian Vernon Mimibridge, W Dr. Tom Tom Williaeson Guelph,ON M i i c e h o r n unknown1 BW Bruce t h e Wink Greensboro ,NC HQ180 pill#.. CAW Charles Wolff Cas t ro Valley,CA NC200 Wedge loop NZ Nei l Zank Lincoln,NE HQ160 SM AB A1 Bedom Krenjyland, NM TRF hccom JS J e r o m Vielo Eubbardddd,O-HIGH-0 m1BO FRIED S i l l y John S i l l i a a n hbaata(Subarb) ,OH Z e n i t h a m IMB C i v i l i a n Bofl P lanet Ear th S h r v m nmm 1.n 1

THE liFS LATIX "SPLIT" LIST! ----- 11

November 1976 9 Ronald F. Schatz 10

Would l ike t o thank a l l of you tha t have supported t h i s section over the l a s t few years. Do hope you'll eont ime t o support W I C a s he nor i. i n charge of th ie mss. The list of reporters includes those that have given the most support over the period I 've been ed i to re i f I had included a l l the reporters t h i s thing would have had 3 pages of nameg!

Without having t h i e section I ' l l now have time t o catch up on the nine million favors I m e people. Should a l so have much more time t o devote t o the pat tern book and some a r t i c l e s fo r DX Ners. And best of a l l , I 'll have some time t o rea l ly do some Dung!!! With luck I hope t o get a beveridge of s o r t s up, and maybe get back on the HAM bands.. Should any of you be unlucky enough t o hear W81IC, g ime a call..or i f you hear HBBUJS give him a ca l l . Well1 both be dom i n the novice CW sections!!

"And now..Iadies & Gentelnmn..the r e a l JOHN SILLIMAN".....

This i s the second DX season of the Latin "Spli t" Lis t , whose l a s t edit ion was received exceedingly well, especially by DX'ers overseas.

Again, t h i s list is based ent i re ly upon recent reception here i n South Florida, and what may exis t tha t I have not heard does not appear herein. The basic assumption i s tha t you are not l ike ly t o hear what I cannot.

Format is i n order of frequency ( i n kilohertz) , computer country code ( t o be used i n the upcoming LA ~ o g ) , and s ta t ion name (i .e. , slogan). Bids are l e f t where information i s lacking, convenient fo r f i l l i n g i n l a t e r by hand.

A supplement l ist w i l l aqpear soon based on additions and correc- t ions posted t o : Radio Millon - Box 542814 - Miami, FL 33159.

Where's dm when you need him!!! 526 CR R. Rumbo 535 G R. Grenada

DM R. Jumbo 2 CR R. Libertad

1045 . PN Ondas-Canajagua 1055 C Voz de l Centro 1059 CU R. Revoluci6n 1075 CR Faro-Caribe

There, tha t should prove he does exist!! The f i r s t correct anewer sent t o Silly's ham w i l l win a prize of no value a t a l l ! !

I 'd leave a apace for Starr , but he's gonna have a nice long wait on him beer..that's enough!!!

'Listen, Report, WSE, ea t a grape, anything..but support the club*

Z I Z Radio Cuc6 R. Dominica R. Para T i Gran Colombia

R. Reloj R. Aeropuerto

a w s i l l y S ta r r

V.-Costa Sur V.-Atlhtico R. Consigiilna 0s. Orientales R. Artemisa R. Progreso Carib. R. L'house R. Casino R. Sonora

R, Omega

Oa . ~uevedeLas R. ~aaguazd Y S S M i Preferida

(the three stoogiez...)

RT Sonora R. Relo j V.-Colombia Voz de Olancho R. Columbia S.R.S. R. Melodia R. ~ u a r a n i R. ~mer ica Latina Y S K L Radio Uno R. Mundial Radio Yoro (?I R. l i t a n i a R. peninsula R. Belize R'. ~ u a i r & R. Nacional R. Monumental Z J B R. Artibonite ~ a d i 6 p o l i s RANI R. Juvenil

V. -Centroam&ricu Radio Cayman R. Mor6n Radio Coro ( Juigalpa) Radio B B

R. Paradise Radio Cima R. P la ta R. Paraguay R. Majestad Voz d i Aruba R. Pas Bien R. ~ a n l f R. Universal R. Siboney R. P-au-P R. Hoyer R. Musical Nac.

ACCORDING TO YOUR DATA, YOU

MCEWEO STUDIO B OM 1349 kc.

P CR MT El!

El! N A CU RD cu

- H E CU El! PN CR

R. Panamerlcane RadIFESA

R. Progreao R. Carri l lon 0. Po~ulI3.r

ls C N El! RD

R. Caribe R. Eco-Brumae Palonegro

Voix du Peuple

R; ~eGtroamericana 0.-~acif ico R. Expreso R. Suceso R. Colosal Y S C R. Reloj Fides Voz del Bani V.-Piedecuesta R. 4VEH

R. Angullla R. Progreso R. Columbia R. E l Sol V S I R. Cayman Voz de l Guabo R. Columbia R. P6mina

14 CHARLES A. W F

domestic dx achievements 2025 FRANCISCO, APARTMENT I BERKELEY, CA 94709

Sane new l i s t i n g s t h i s time, but I had t o drop a few who d idn ' t update t h e i r t o t a l s , s o we remain about the same - 48 regular l i s t i n g s t h i s time. Remember, i f DON ERICKSON can be dropped for not updating, so can you! Thanks t o Wayne Murphy f o r ' t h e update-by-phone, and t o others who sen t i n t h e i r to ta l s .

The next two deadlines w i l l be: January 1, 1977 (ver i f i ca t ions) and February 15, 1977 ( s t a t e s + provinces heard). The l i s t below i s by Tota l Domestic S ta t ions taped.

DOMESTIC DX ACHIEVEMENTS

November 15, 1976

YR NAME & GENERAL AREA

63 BOYD, Planet Earth ( 7 ) 67 BOWKER, near Chicago (IN? 75 McCOURT, north c e n t r a l PA 70 FORTH, Chicago 64 DUNNING, NYC (NJ)

73 MURPHY, Louisv i l l e 68 PIMPER, near S a l t Lake City* 74 MOLANDER, near San Francisco 70 BUEHLER, near St. Louis 40 MORSS, near Boston

69 HOGAN, NW I N 75 DALE, near Spr ingf ie ld , MO 30 WHEELER, NW PA 73 HANAVAN, near San Diego 74 WALKER, Louisv i l l e

73 MOUNT, NYC (NJ) 66 SMITH, Johnson City NY 21 HANSCH, So. W I 74 LITTEK, near Toronto 62 ATKINS, Louisv i l l e

73 O'SHEA, Buffalo, NY 75 LEWIS, M., near Indianapolis 69 WARDELL, Port land, OR* 62 HUSCO, Hartford, CT

DICKERSON, near Washington D.C.

60 RUGG, near Montreal* 70 HAYES, NE PA 69 HARDY, N., NW WA 71 GOOD, Detroi t 73 WOLEF, near San Francisco

74 KIlT, near Kansas City

Heard Taped TDH TDT ST PT

Apologies t o Harry Hayes fo r ge t t ing him out of place. .... PLUS: THOSE WHO DO NOT COLLECT TAPES:

ALLEN (2,996); ARRUDA (1,037); BUJAK (253); ECKERT (249); FALCONER (1,191); ELEISCHAKER (567); FRANCIS (1,752); IMPRESCIA* (1,432); KAY (213); PISTEK (1,189); RITTENHOUSE (488); SALLY* (361); SCHEEL (569); STRAUS (1,083); TROCHMCZYK (477) ; WESOLOWSKI (2,035) ; and WINKELMAN (533). Numbers i n parentheses a r e Total Domestic S ta t ions Heard.

To a l l those with * by t h e i r names - i t i s time for you t o send me an updated s e t of t o t a l s fo r t h i s column, or suf fe r the same f a t e as the aforementioned DE. To submit your DDXA t o t a l s or updates, send in : The year you s t a r t e d DXing; your name and general area; t o t a l domestic (U.S. + Canada) heard, s t a t e s heard, provinces heard; t o t a l domestic taped, s t a t e s taped, provinces taped; and t o t a l domestic v e r i f i e d , s t a t e s v e r i f i e d , and provinces verif ied.

I received one late-breaking s e t of " a l l locat ion DX t o t a l s , " so , r a t h e r than wait fo r next y e a r ' s a l l locat ion colunm, be it known by a l l t h a t Dan P h i l l i p s began DXing i n 1958, and has s ince DXed from Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, 'and has racked up 1,700 domestic s t a t i o n s heard (48 s t a t e s heard) and has v e r i f i e d 570 domestic s t a t i o n s (46 s t a t e s ) . So be it.

One other note, unless HQ decides i t ' s s t i l l a sec re t : Er ic Rittenhouse i s caning! I can say no more, but don' t say I d idn ' t warn you!

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SSB, & Is heard a f t e r WWhL s through @ 2. 2:15, TT-1440, lkhz, over rr & another TTer. I ' m not t h a t much of a t e s t ?ambling man, h i , but I s tuck wlth i t , & it proved i n t e r e s t i n g . The TTlng s t a t i o n never I D through ?: 30, t u t t h e r t c k e r was WQOK, SC, c a l l i n g i t s e l f "The Q" szmetlmes, o r QOK. 3:00, A l l you need t o know on WWSC & WSC-FM Glens ~ a l l s " a t NX t ime, o/what sounded l i k e WLPT. WSC's a MM p e s t . CJCB-1270, Sydney, NS In w e l l enough & lonh enough f o r a r e p o r t , 3:lO-3:34 w / r r o / ~ u b a . Here comee t h e s t o r y of hurr icane, t h e WX t h e DXers came t o blame. It had been r a i n i n g (and t h e hur r icane p r e d i c t e d f o r t h e a rea) so I thought it a good t h e t o t a k e up RIGS' t i p of doing daytime D ~ , s i n c e ground con- d u c t i v i t y is i n c r e a s e d i b r some good reaeon. Looking f o r a r e p o r t on normall weak WQTK-1310 Parsippany, I found WJLK Asbury Park w/thelr usu- $ a 1 H i t a rade ins tead , so a l o g taken on them & s e n t , 1:52-2:09. I asked f o r a CH & SC i n my r e p o r t - t h e map s e n t , but they mistook mx survey f o r audience survey. They were one of my c l o s e r unverPied s t a t l o n , r a r e l y heard, except a t SSS, they came I n f a i r w/no QRM but a l o t of QRN. Next, I f i n a l l y heard WGNY-1220 Newburgh, NY. This s t a t i o n is always audib le a few miles f, but u s u a l l y wiped here by WCAU & s l o p from s t r o n g WFbS-1230, heard 2~17-2346, t h e y ' r e a chicken-rock type s t a t l o n . S igna l was f a i r - poor , w / l i t t l e QBM I l o t a a a. Down t o 1110, I kept my Idea of t r y i n g f o r those e t a t i o n e n o t q u i t e s t r o n g enough no;mally, Warwlck NY c r e p t la, 3~13-3:30pm. Their format is more contempk2;'9w/a l o t A i l o c a l spo ts . Warwick i s about 30 mi les away, 60° M of W of Teaneck. WBRW - 4 1 7 0 Somervi l le was s t r o n g enough t o brdak through WNEW/WLIB, 6: did so 3:30-4202. I c a l l l e d & spoke t o CE who r a n t h e TEST l a s t year. Ge men- t i o n e d some people, inc lud ing one from Chicago had send second f/ups be- cause eomehow they rece ived no v e r i a . He a l s o s a i d they p r o t e c t WHLW, WWL3 & WWVA, eometing l i k e 145O o f f , & t h a t he was going t o t e s t a t t h e ene o f September. I sen t CPC l e t t e r , no answer. More t o come. 73.

BRUCE BOOMER - 108 Norma Avenue - Nut te r F o r t , WV - 26301 That a x t r a co ld e a r l y Wintar has brought wlth it a few

n i c e DX ca tchee here. Back on 11/15 I found CBN-640 at- 4:44am f o r my f i r e t logging of Nfld, f i n a l l y , a f t e r l o t s of looking. The only way CBN a 8 IDsd wan by comparing with t h e SW//-6160. Oh, t h e advantage6 of two

'ecelvore, hi. The next goodie wae on 11/22 i n t h e form of S t . P i e r r e e t Miquelon-1375, ano ther one of those e l u s i v e s t a t i o n s f o r me, @ 4:51-5:llam w/a woman making very s h o r t FF announcements & FF pop mx, f i g h t i n g Toledob i n e i p l d one a l l t h e way. Then on 12/2 Turk 'eland Radio appeared on 1552 0 8:Jl-9:Olpm w / r r & D J . I couldn ' t t e l l i f t h a t was t h e s /off @ 9:01 s l n c e t h e CBE &RM was g e t t i n g worse t h e n but nd s i g n a l was noted a f t e r t h a t . I a l s o rece ived a l e t t e r from IIYME-740 expla in ing t h e i r XR problem r i g h t before t h e i r 10/25 TEST. Wasn't it s t r a n g e t h a t s o many people haard CW o r TT d u r l n ~ t h e KYME TEST when they d i d n ' t uee any? This i s one i n s t a n c e proving we have t o be c a r e f u l i n IDing j u s t on t h e b a s i e of TTe & unreadable code. So many time8 another s t a t i o n comes n dur ing t h e TESTe '

J u e t t o mess up t h i n 8. KYME r e p o r t e d t h e on1 d i s t a n t r e c e p t i o n of t h e i r TEST wae i n ~ o d e s t o ?apparent ly M*e ~ a r d e s t e r f & they " w i l l be g lad t o conduct anotther TEST l a t e r i n t h e Winter i f t h e r e 1s s u f f i c i e n t i n t e r e s t . " Here is anotbar chance t o ge t a TEST from Idaho (and I f i g u r e most of ue cou ld uea a new Idaho logging); Tim: t; g a t back t o t h e d i a l s . 73. A8 THEY SAY I N CHARLOTTETOWN, CHTN. GOME HITHER TO NEBRASKAA. 9/1-4!

17 EDWARD A. SGULE - 1500 Sparkman Drive #33E - ~ u n t s v i l l e , AL - 35805

Well, he l lo aga in everybody. A l i t t l e Insomnia l a s t n i g h t , o r r a t h e r e a r l y t h i s yarning 11/28 tu rned i n t o a p r o f i t a b l e time o f DXing. With CMQ on 640, thought t h a t J u s t about shot any chance of WC r e c e p t i o n here i n Alabama, but l o and behold, what t o my wondering e a r s should appear, but a t l:lOam, on my l i t t l e R e a l i s t i c t r a n s i s t o r RX, but NX-radio KNX-1070, with rac ing r e s u l t s from Hollywood Park. Shocked me t o death! I couldn ' t get them i n t h e Fargo a r e a due t o WTSO/KDFI. And here I am l e s s t h a n 100 miles from WAPI & W n I , & with a l l those oth- e r s a t 1070. I am too new t o t h i s r e c e p t i o n a r e a t o know i f t h l s i s nor- mal. An i n t e r e s t i n g s i d e l i g h t , about t h a t time t h e temperature i n Holly- wood was 48O, and on adjacent WTIC, t h e Hartford temperature was 510! On 1080 U/WIC'S t a l k show & ~ D ' s NOR t h e r e was an album countdown show, s o r t of l i k e AT-40 & American Country Countdown, 8 1:20am. Does anybody know i f t h i s was WKLO? A t 2:15am, s t i l l 11/28, surpr i se ! I caught a t e s t on 1410- KCLO, Leavenworth, KS, w/two spoken I D S , a ment ion about s p e c i a l l y au thor ized t e s t w/5,000w, then s e v e r a l tones , but not code, & gone. I don't know i f they were on more than t h a t o r now - good s l g n a l , though. I have never g o t t e n I n t o v e r i e s , but w i l l probably send f o r one t h l s time a s soon a s I ' m done with t h i s Nuse. I guess ' , tha t ' s i t . U n t i l I ge t more f a m i l i a r with what i s normal f o r t h i s l o c a t i o n , it Is hard t o t e l l whether what I hear i s s p e c i a l enough t o w r i t e abbut. See you again.

DAI? PHILLIPS - Route 1 - Box 476 - Jacksonvi l l e , AL - 36265 November DX has added n ine new ones br ing ing t o t a l s t o

1,715 heard. 11/4- KVSA-1220 s/off 6pm. 11/5- WF'nZ-1220 s /o f f 5:45. I have r e a l l y been h i t t i n g t h e jackpot on 1220 recen t ly . 11/12- KCTO-- 1540 over frequency 8 6:05pm. KRXV-1540 Q 6:15 f o r a new c a l l . This was f o l o by CaymanIslands with t e r r i f i c s i g n a l 8 6:15pm, us ing t h e TRF. 11./15- KKYx-680 @ 2:15am f o l o by R. Lighthouse-1165 Q 5:15am on Song TFM- 1600. 11/18- WKJZ, I b e l i e v e t h a t was t h e r lgh c a l l f o r 620, ex-iiATE, WROL,etc, new, bouncin.:, screaming, rr. (WRJZ, Dan! -ERC) 'It was grea t t o have Park Barton v i s i t r e c e n t l y - f i r s t t ime i n 12 years . Since t h e ;irst IRCA Con en t ion on Daulphin I s l a n d where Ed Krejny was named t h e

Mysterious Big Bar Mystery Man". dow, h3w t ime f l i e s . I a l s o worked YfBoANT, ?<ark Frankl in, durin: sweepstakes. For NRC hams i n t e r e s t e d i n t r y i n g t o get t h e l a t e s t t i p s b) amateur radbo. Beginnin- on 12/19 (sun- day n i g h t ) @ llpm EST I wilI$e on 3.85 mhz c a l l i n g CQ N R C T Welcmrne. 73. (Aren ' t most NRCers ASLEEP a t llpm Sunday n i g h t , p r i o r t o DXing MM? -ERC)

WILFRED R. RITAYIK - 1408 Valencia Avenue - Eolly H i l l , FL - 32017 Always t h e s t r a g g l e r , t h a t ' s me! no use r e p e a t i n g

Monte Carlo except t o confirm midnight EST pickup. 1190, 11/22, 3:22am CXTX U s . 1560, 11/25. 3:07-3:lOam e/off , U i C . 850, 11/29, 5:42aa, who1# orazy? we o r t n e y t Three L&C d-Kah-Ah-~00'8 - d i d dKAy t r anspose f r e q ~ ~ e n c v of me my b r a i n s ? I doubt a harmonic R S LtC - d i e 1 read 850. ( T h e i r harmonic would be on 1160 - twice 580 -ERC) I'n: s u r p r i s e d Stephen Franc is can hear anythlng from 1140 wl th t h a t h o r r i b l e jammer. I ' ll svvap t h e Cubans he e f o r most anythlng! Por to Rlco is s t r a n g e l y d i f f i c u l t here. To you a l l , b e t t e r DX than mine. Ha-e a EIerry & a Happy! PS- 11 30 today - R. J~mbo-545 5:30yn: LdC but noisy. WOO-1550 6pa U C . WLU/X-i550 6:Olpm L&C. On 670, two o r t h r e e SSe s & 7pm. 1'11 work on

them. JEFF COHEN - 1110 Tanbark Lane West - Jackson, M I - 49203

DX is keeping up i ts pace here. A f t e r two weeks I hsve 291 s t a t i o n 8 heard here i n M I , bfcause I have been l i s t e n i n g d i l l i g e n t l y . DX: 11/21- F;XYZ-1320 8 midnight It ' s 11 KXYZ NX", promo f o r Rockets. 1:40, KINK-950 w/a te le thon . which ended O 2. Thev made fi28.000. 3:31. 'KIBW- 580 w-[ID f3r Rock-97 (WIBW-FM); 4:05 ~ 0 ~ - 5 9 0 " w / r r . '11/22- l a m , - l i k - 6 3 0 X/ET; 1:34 V E R C - ~ $ O "9:-WC" ID; 1:37 "R. 96, CFAC W/CFL scores ; 3 , CFCN- 1060 w / " ~ a d i o Wes ID, CBS NX; 3:38 KFJZ-1270 w / r r . If anyone has any used ham equipment w r i t e me about i t , a s I am looking f o r somethlng t o s t a r t out with. f hope t h i s DX season i s a good one. I found out a- bout CJJD-1280 - I expected t h a t . For t h e f i r s t t ime I have l o c a l s t h a t bo ther me - WKYi-970 & WIBN-1450 a r e both 24 hours & have spurs a l l over t h e d i a l . They do no o f f MM; though. More DX next Fquse. 73s, ~ o o d DX. AS TEEY SAY I N MatOND, IND. WJOB'I* "WE'LL JUMP EN t h e ~ D W A G O N " - - ~ ~ ~ ~ - ing f o r LINCOLN next LABOR DAY WEEKEND? FAKE TEOSE LOh'O RANGE PLAITS ROW!

18 JOHN A. o A L ~ U ~ W N - 1122 Maple - Mount Vernon, IL - 62864

More DX i n Southern T l l l n o i s . J u s t In case IRCA was r i g h t , I s e t t a p e on"540 11/22 & found WYKN TEST w/good s i m a l , & l a t e r an I D f o r "Horl;zonte i n Bogota f o r thd c o l l e c t i o n . (During t h e KDLT TEST two y e a r s ago R. Mundial" was heard w/RCN program, & l a t e r , WRTH showed Mundial-1370 under same ownership a s Horizonte. 'n'hether they were exper-

BFI & another mx-maker. I f i n a l l y got a WFAA I D @ 3:59 i n t h e i r new ILK format. 11/30 found CX s t range . WKAM-1460, WBEL-1380, & WMEE-1380 were i n a f t e r SSS & before 7pm, when I had t o s k i p out & thus miss out on some o t h e r r a r e , shor t range r e l o n a l s who po in t away fro: M I . Vernon. CHOO- 1390 no ted l a t e r ( l l : ~ l p r n ~ W/SID "CHOO-Choo Country (Eha t ta Choo o r Nooga ~ h o o ? ) 12/1- WCRJ-1530 newie beard i n r a r e WCKY n u l l @ 4:59 & be- yond W/CMS - Chris t I a n Radio, Jacksonvi l l e . WMTN-1300 8,,5:14 s f , & 15 minutes l a t e r - ~ ~ - l 3 0 0 - l e f t t 6 e a i r a f t e r B n progam; Sa turn jq i renade from way Down South where Beauty Begins." CFGN-1310 noted W/WX Q 5:30, so not r e a l l y AU. Even r a r e r WLBC n u l l on 1510 brought KAGY from 5:48-5 s /o f f . Some audio noted on 1466 @ 6:lO; 1403 has produced a s t rong het w/ occas iona l audio f o r s e v e r a l n i g h t s , but loops moretoward Carlbbean o r B r a z i l t h a n toward Conakry. Frank M e r r i l l & I noted t h i s e a r l y SM when we looked f o r KWON-1400 u n l i s t e d f /c . (We found TT 1:15-1:30). KXYZ-1320 l o ged O 8:02, t h e n we tu rned t a p e o f f & mlseedtlUrJOJ I D . R. Cayman good B g:30, s t a r t i n g "Adventures of ahdrlock Holmes on 1555, 11.63 s t i l l y i e l d s "R. Para i so" seperab le from Antigua-1165, I s t i l l need my f i r s t RA from hero, but I haven't t r i e d t o o hard. I v e r l f l e d 1 3 TA count r ies from t h e Texas Panhamdle In t h e mid-60's. Keep up t h e good work, ERC.

MIKE K I N G - 6541 Anvers Boulevard - JacksonviLle, FL - 32210 Well, I ' m back aga in wi th a l o t of DXlng t o r e p o r t . L e t ' s do

t h a t f i r s t . S t a r t i n g on 11/4 t h e f i r s t of my f o u r new c o u n t r i e s heard. 1114 @ 9:30pm, YNX-750 came In f o r country # l l . 11/8, two more new coun- t r i e s : YVOZ-1200 O 7:36pm & HIBQ-1160 O 7:20. 11/9- WOKE-1340 broke through W/ID O 7:58pm. 11/28 O 5:45pm, WACD-1590 w/s/off. 11/30, @ 6:24 pm WIR-960 W/ID & ads. 12/1 O 7:01pm, R . Cayman-1555 W/ID f o r country #l6. 12/3- WOSU-820 w/ID @ 5:5Apm. 12/4, @ 1:33am, WMAC-1360 w/f/c. A t 2:05, KO=-1550 w / I D & ads, & l a s t but not l e a s t , O q:30am KTSA-550 W/ID. I had a n i c e l e t t e r from ERC concerning WCRJ's address . Contrary t o Info i n t h e new Domsstic Log t h e address i s : 5900 P i c k e t v l l l e Road, Jackson- v i l l e FL 32205. Phone I s 783-1530. The o t h e r new s t a t i o n WEXI, i s loca- t e d a t 5621 Commercial S t r e e t , J a c k s o n v i l l e 32200, phone 744-1280. I hope t h i s w i l l help you. It has been a p r e t t y good season so f a r , but w/school & o t h e r a c t l v l t l e s my time i s l i m i t e d . Recent v e r i e s inc lude v/qs from WBAP-820, WFTF-680, WRC-980 & WCFL-1000. ~ / l s from WV-1540, WCHL-1360 & WFOY-1240. One v/f , WJVX-970. T o t a l s now s t a n d a t 387/47, 29/24, 2/1, 14/2. I am eager ly awalbg t h e Christmas season because of t h e days off I ge t . Best 3f DX & 73s .

RON B. SCHILLER - 7657 La Bolsa Drive - Dal las , TX- 75248 Verles: v/ l - XEVIP-1560 KTW-1570 KXEU-1010 KTBB-600

KVYL-1370 R. Cayman-1555. v/f- KXXO-1300. V/PP/C- KKIK-1010 KHBR-1560 DRE-1250 KFYN-1420, l a t t e r Texas #76 (How many you go t , E R C ? ~ (148 -ERc) La tes t doings: 11/22- KSAL-1150 noted l lpm on c a r rad io , so I came home & logged 'em! 11/23- WIXC-1140 o/two SSes 7:23-7:33 w/c/w & Tennessee Net NX. 11/26- KNCK-1390 7:1;57;19, l o t s a l o c a l spo ts . KDMS-1290 7:47-8, l o - c a l s p o t s & A T NX. 11/27, unn WTJS topping 1390 7:33 on. Unn WVOK top- p ing 690 @ 9am. 11/28, KCMC U/KCBS 3:15-3:31 c/w non-stop, probably t h e only people awake I n Texarkana a t t h a t bour, nary an ad, j u s t makes you wonder WHY! ( I t makes t h e FCC happy, Ron -ERc) No s i g n of KVWCl-1280-TEST 11/27. 11/28 produced t w o newlem: r30 v/c/w F eal W k KYW-11160 v / r r 4-

19 ( s c h i l l e r ) 4:16mixing w/um & WXOK. KYSN-1460 was heard oreviously I n e i t h e r ' 65 o r '65 when t h e y - d i d n ' t v e r i f y f r ~ m a DX TEST (from NJ). That evening a weakle on 1205 s u r e seemed t o be //-1555, l i k e l y t h e new Cayman lkw. o u t l e t . The HR on 1537 was p r e t t y s t rong t h a t eve. 11/29, KTSM-1380 noted s/off 3:06, f i r s t Pasoay here, though v e r i e d KINT-1590 from Jersey i n 60 's . LO20 had Los Angeles t a l k show, dunno i f on new c a l l o r s t i l l KGBS, I never d id hear I D , t ough I l i s t e n e d of f & on f o r over a ha l f hour. Unn Cals. KFI-mX-KPI,C-KFBK wwre a l l s t rong , d i t t o WCAU-WTIC. Note: Local KRLD has been OFF recen t MNs so no longer NSP. 73.

ROBERT E. HACKETT - 1931 Steves Avenue - San Antonio, TX - 78210 I n a l l my years of caaua l & l a c k a d a l s l c a l DXingd've

never logged a European! When I read In Alan 's IDXD column about t h e TAs "boomine: In" a t "monstrous" o r "blockbuster" l e v e l s , " k i l l i n g " t h e domestics on o r near t h e channel, I get t h e f e e l i n g t h a t I ' m do ins some- t t? ing wrong. O r perhaps j u s t not doing enough r l g h t ! Anyway, t k l s sea- son I ' m t r y i n g a l i t t l e harder. Ky l o c a t i o n l s not a s good a s t h e ECNA & t h e l o c a l no ise l e v e l i s p r e t t y high, but perhaps p a t i e n c e & p e r s i s t a n c e w i l l r e s u l t i n some modest success . b!y e f f o r t s during t h e pas t week have a l ready brought s m e r e s u l t s . F i r s t I made a list of t h e most promising Europeans based on r e p o r t s In IDXD. Tken I s t a r t e d checking t h e chan- n e l s d a l l y , using an o s c i l l a t o r and freqoency counter t o spot t h e f r e - quencies accura te ly . With t h e RX BFO on I have so f a r l o c a t e d weak car- r i e r s on 1088, 1376, 1439, 1551 & 1586. This is encouraging, & I f CX i m - prove maybe I w i l l get some audio soon! 73.

EARL B. JOHNSON - Box 48 - Carp, Ontar io - KOA 1LO I ' m I n t o my second y e a r I n NRC now & t h i s i s my second

Muse, so you can ' t bea t t h a t f o r r e g u l a r , hi! Now t o get t h i s o f f before t h e Canadian Post Off ice goes on I t s annual four-week s t r i k e . Since com- ing here t h i s Summer, I ' v e r e a l l y found out about QRM; c i t y no ise & l o c a l NSPers make l i f e tough. The wo s t a r e 50kw CFRA-580 & CFGO-1440, t r a s h - ing up some prime f requenc ies . ' d i d l i t t l e l i s t e n i n g during t h e Summer, due m ~ s t l y t o a b a d . l o c a t i o n , but a move across town and t h e onset of cold weather have helped. DX t o da te inc ludes Nelodia-730, ZDK-1100, Tlempo-1200 & Musica-1570 (probable) . Not a s n i f f of a TA. An SM-2 i s a p o s s i b i l i t y a s t h e AL-4 box loop w i t h t h e SPR-4 does not seem t o have adequate n u l l s f o r c i t y work. The 42'' f e r r i t e loop sounds g r e a t but not a l l t h e p a r t s a r e r e a d i l y a v a i l a b l e here. Now I f J i m Hagen can come up wi th a k i t , h'mnm. I f anyone has seen t h e new Dymek DA 100 whip antenna It would be i n t e r e s t i n g t o do a comparison t e s t wlth an LW - t h e speca sound almost too good t o be t r u e . Las t ly , I would l i k e t o hear from any members I n my a rea I n t e r e s t e d In pass ing out h i n t s , DX s e s s i o n s , e t c . Now, good DX t o a l l , and t o a l l a good n i g h t .

LARRY FE;. ABRAHAM - 3839 Sherman - Bridgeport , M I - 48722 Having been i n IRCA f o r nine years , I thought I ' d g ive

a trx, so I joined a couple of months ago d e s p i t e not being l i s t e d among t h e New Members." I use an HQ-180A Hammarlund & am a member of NASWA s i n c e I am i n t e r e s t e d mainly i n SW t h e pas t few years . I s t i l l do look f o r fo re igns on BCB though. I ' v e just about given up on domestics wl th a l l t h e NSPers, mtc. I ' v e DXed s i n c e 1960, b i t p m l ~ s e r i o u s l y s i n c e '67. DX t o t a l s a re : s t a t Ions 1350/550, s t a t e s 49/48, provinces 10/10, coun- t r i e s 43/33. Best domestics include KUPD-1060 AZ, CYEC-1090 Alta., CHUB- 1570 BC, KZIA-1580 NM. Best foreign: Em.ABC-1250 Colombia, R. Amlstad- 1090 DR, 2219-645 Paraguay, R. Union-1035 Panama, LRA-870 Argent lna , p l u s many Carlbbeans. On t h e persona l s i d e I am 30, married w/two l i t t l e h e t s , & am head of math department a t a l o c a l high school. I a l s o do some TV DXlng during t h e Summer, c o l l e c t beer cans, & l i c e n s e p l a t e s . I f any of you has an e3plred p l a t e t o send, p l e a s e wr i te . I look forward t o many years W/NRC and enjoy read ing t h e logglngs and comments by t h e members. 73. (Welcome t o t h e NRC, Larry, and w e ' l l look forward t o Beading your loggings & comments l ikewise! -EN)

THERF: WILL NOW BE TWO WEEKS W I ~ ~ O U T A PX NEWE, SORRY TO SAY. THE N E X ~ DEADLITJE Tm PROVINCE TO'^ f o r XOSTNC)S 1 s THURSDAY; DIG- 30. MUSE!

20 RICHARD T. EDDIE - 152 West Rose Avenue - S t . Louis, MO - 63?9

Greet ings fe l low members of t h e GREAT NRC. I f i n a l l y decided t o Mase a f t e r a long absense,from t h e s e pages. Not much DXing i s be ing done except f o r mostly MM & DX TESTs on o t h e r days. Now t o what DX t h e r e has been s t a r t i n g wi th t h e most recen t & working back: MM 11/29- No go on KWG-1280 P e a r s a l l TX TEST, only WGSO New Orleans & WGBF Evans- v i l l e f i g h t i n g it out between 2 & 3am, but I d i d g e t WRJZ (ex-WE-620) Knoxvil le from 1:38-2 w / r r . Sat . 11/27, I had t h e WHIE-1320 G r i f f i n QA i n weakly between 12:19 & 1:35am w/much IUYZ-1320 Houston & s l i g h t WILS- 1320 Lansing QRM. Tues. 11/23, l o c a l KXDN-1010 St . ~ o u i s / F e e t u a Mo. wae t e s t i n g 1:33-1:44 w/maln XR & disco mx. This would be f o u r t h Tues. I w i l l check t o see i f i t an r/c. No go on,KMBL-1450 Juncton TX TEST on MU 11/22 but t h e WYNN-540 Florence SC made it i n 3-3:15. Also MM 11/22 KRMG noted t e s t i n g 1:52 on 740 from Tulsa but unn; WCRJ-1530 J a c k s o n v i l l e FL noted t e s t i n g 1:33-1:42. UnID TT on 1530, 1600,.560, 850 & 710 on MM 11/22. DX TESTs from WPHB-1260 P h i l l i p s b u r g PA, ICFLA-1310 Scot t Ci ty KS, WMBQ-~-'L~O M i l l e d g e v i l l e GA, KVRN-980 Sonora TX & WATZ-1450 Alpena M I a l l were heard. Also heard was U - 9 6 0 Klamath F a l l s OR,bbut unn. Only t h r o e v a r i e s In l a t e l y : WPHB, KF'LA f o r TESTs & KXEN f o r ET. Tota l s now a t 1,256/903, 49/49, 6/5, 23/15. Equipment used i s Navy surp lus RBM w i t h 11 tubds and tunes 200 t o 20001k i n f o u r bands w/a 3 ' a l t i -az imuth loop.

enjoyed t h e Convention i n LOUISVELE & a DX ge t - toge ther 11/6 a t Skip ~ ~ b e l s t e i n ' s . Thanks, Skip! . I hope t o be I n Ltncoln. At t h i s tlme ! want t o wish everyone a super Christmas & DX & a v e r i e - f i l l e d New Year.

HM2 MIKE HARDESTER,,USN - NAVREGMEDCEN - Box 2723 - APO, San Francisco For now, t h e above address w l l l s u f f Ice, 2 9 6 3 3 1

bu t ano ther change w i l l come around t h e end of 2/77 when t h e Navy assumes command of t h e Army Hospi tal . That switch should be t h e f i n a l address l w i t c h u n b i l June-Ju ly '79 when I r o t a t e back t o t h e S t a t e s . DX here has been very sporadic . I ' m i n a bar racks wlth f luorescen t l i g h t i n g f i x t u r e s (wi th a t l e a s t ha l f needine: new s t a r t e r s ) & a QffM l e v e l you wouldn't be l ieve . S t i l l , I d i d manage t o l o g & QSL t h e l o c a l WA-1178 ( f u l l d a t a Capi to l ca rd) . Ser ious ly , i t s signs? S of t h e XR s i t e i s only f a i r a t b e s t . Talk about d i r e c t i o n a l antennas. For those who haven't logged o r QSLed VOA-1178 on Okinawa, you'd bes t be doing i t soon, because t h e VOA is prepar ing t o p u l l out of Oklnawa w i t h i n t h e next few months ( o r so t h e y say) . Local AFRTS s t a t i o n on 650 i s pushing l O k w day/night , but f o r t h e most p a r t , t h e programmine is poor, mostly o l d i e s , but l o c a l daytime is a mixture of junk. Only my opinion. S t i l l , when you're t h e only EE s t a t i o n t r a n s m i t t i n g on t h e i s l a n d , you're more o r l e s s a c a p t i v e audience. Serious DXing won't occur u n t i l . i a f t e r t h e f i r s t p a r t of t h e year . My gear , loops , e t c . won't a r r i v e u n t i l Feb-lar- '77. A t p resen t I ' m t r y i n g t o ge t organized f o r my w i f e ' s a r r i v a l - a b l t more important t h a n DXing! Best o f DX, & 73.

ERIC FADER 23-35 B e l l Boulevard - Bayside, NY - 11360 H i a l l . DX here is d e f l n i t e l y 'not much". F i r s t , an AT-40

updater : KKSI-1130 I A , WQDE-1250 GAY WPXE-1240 KY a l l new 11/27. Oh yeah - from a few i s s u e s ago, when I mentioned t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s of my unID "Powerlinen on 1470, It was because I have a l i s t f o r t h e Eas te rn p o r t i o n of t h d US & no s t a t i o n s were l i s t e d . So, I f i g u r e d s i n c e WKMF & KLCL a r e n ' t i n t h e E, one o f them probably c a r r i e s i t , but i s not on my l is t . Does t h a t make sense, ERC?' (Does I t ? -ERc) Here's DX: F i r s t , CKLW k i l l e d 800 by 3:45pm 11/27. f i c c h . W'EEU-850 got i n t o t h e l o g twice - 11/27 ~ / ~ o o d s i g n a l , s e v e r a l I D S & l n t o NX O 6pm, then on 12/2, w/excel l e n t q u i e t band CX, they were hear5 t h e f i r s t t lme e v e r i n t h e faytime 63 12:40pm. 540: semi-local mIX, someone played N e i l Sedaka's Lau h t e r . g i n t h e ~ a l n , ' v7ry weak. Unn WDMV MD i s assumad p e r format. That s some grbundwave. This was ll:30am. L a t e r ,WCAW-680 was relogged w/a good s i g n a l Q'4:58, w/an I D . That about does It f o r now. 73s.

NEXT ISSUE I N T I ? ? WEEKS, WITH PROVINCETOWN DEADLINE OF THURSDAY 12/30. WE SUWEST TO CPCMKN I F YOU GET A TEST OKed THAT'LL NOT APPEAR I N TIME THAT you w r i t e o r phone them f o r a monthds postponement.

I I ~ x " 21 - Univers i ty of Malnitoba DX-SWL Club - Room 517 - Box 131 Univers i ty Centre - Winnipeg, Manitoba - R3T 282 A f i r s t Musing from UNDX, prompted by a long-planned experiment

wi th a Beverage antenna. UMDX was founded about f o u r years ago & has s l n c e grown i n t o a l a r g e organ iza t ion with 50 members, an o f f i c e & moni- t o r i n g post on campus, funding from t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' s s tudent union, and, In a b i g s t e p forward, l a s t weekend got use of t h e u n i v e r s i t y ' s research s t a t i o n l o c a t e d i n t h e S end of Lake Manitoba. This r e l a t i v e l y i s o l a t e d set-up i s l o c a t e d i n t h e Delta Marsh & consequently a f f o r d s an exce l len t l o c a t i o n f o r a Beverage antenna. Sat . Nov. 27 s i x UMDXers, headed by Dave McBride ( i n whose name our membership i n NRC i s l i s t e d -ERC) put up a 1 kilometer antenna be r i n g about 1750, feed ing t h e c l u b ' s SPR-4. The two hour e f f o r t proved t o be rewarding. Unfortunately a l o c a l hydro noisg problem was i n evidence, severe ly i n t e r f e r i n g wlth SW DXing which was t o have been done on another SPR-4 and an R4B. The 100' LWs y ie lded l i t t l e MW DX, e s p e c i a l l y t o L a t i n America. The Beverage managed t o p u l l I n numerous La t ins over t h e no ise , many which had not been heard here be- f o r e . High l igh ts of s t a t i o n s logged & IDed include R. Nacional de E l Salvador-655, R. Uno, Costa Rlca-775, R. Belize-834, R. Colosal , Colombia -1Q05,R. Super, Colombia-1040, M i P r e f e r i d a , Nicaragua-660, XEX-730 i n t h e c l e a r from CKDM, on 750 a Caracol Colombian, La Febulosa-1010, Mexico, Nueva Victoria-1225, Costa Rica, R. Casino-1177, Costa Rica, p l u s unIDs on 825 & 765, t h e l a t t e r probably from El Salvador. Nueva V i c t o r i a C M i P r e f e r l d a probably would r a t e a s t h e bes t catches. The many unIDs l e f t us w/a p a i r of Beverages, one f o r LA & one f o r Europe; I n which case an- o t h e r Elusing w i l l be f3rthcoming. (Hi, gang, and welcome t o t h e NRC, & we'd l i k e t o hear about your BCB DXing a c t i v i t i e s regu la r ly ! -ERC)

STAN MORSS - Route 3 - Bradford, Mb - 01830 12/4- Winston-Salem on 1550 i n w e l l O 5:lOpm - c a l l d idn ' t sound

l i k e WPGD, but ads & WX a l l ment ioned Winston-Salem. 12/6- WKBW o f f a l l AM. Someone t i l l 2 with Alcohollsm d iscuss ion - I couldn ' t get an I D . WOR a l s o of f 6: f o u r s i g n a l s t h e r e @ 2:10 - ono SS, one FF, one i n EX w/female evange l i s t & a good mx s t a t i o n - I took on t h e evange l i s t & i n t o 1

PSA'S 8 3:05 with one f o r Washington S t a t e H i g h q s & WX r e p o r t f o r Seat- t l e so r a r e Washington In KIRO, unn, but f i r s t t ime heard s l n c e e a r l y 50s l n t o CBS NX @ 3:10. Evident ly FF should be CIPC - should have taken t h a t , I guess. CHVD-1250 - very loud & announced a s lOkw - I can b e l l e v e , i t ! CHWO-1250 w/a r e a l crummy type rr show. WICK covered 1400, no FF a t a l l t h i s AM. Veries , WJIT on my r e p o r t , & Cayman I s . f o r a new coun- t r y . 'UNH ETed 10/2-3-4 OC & I D S but not on RS ye t . WXIV heard a couple of times butWKXL too much f o r a repor t ye t . Local ly a Hi ldre th Broadcasting Co. had a zoning hearing i n Merrimac MA f o r a 300' tower f o r a broadcaat lng s t a t i o n - no a p p l i c a t i o n f i l e d , but w l l l h a v e , t o be AM (no FM channel is assigned) . (S tan phoned 12/10 w/lnfo WVNH i s now f i n i s h e d daytime ETing & expec ts t o go on RS Mon. Dec. 27, 5,000 D-3 -ERC) ( l l l ~ k )

M-0-T-H-B-A-L-L- M E N 0 R I E S- CHAPTER -- ODD-BAU DXer r s c i i l T s - ~ b ~ ~ B i L ~ STATIONS

Many of t h e younger DXera have a t l e a s t heard about W8XO- 700, Cincinnat i . This was t h e c a l l used by WLW between midnight and sun- r i s e i n t h e mid-30's when they t r a n s m i t t e d with 500,000 w a t t s experiment- a l l y AN. La te r on, KLY used 500kw r e g u l a r l y 'round t h e clock, but they had t o g i v e It up due t o numerous complaints, l a r g e l y from CFRl3, then on 690, of i n t e r f e r e n c e . Another "numbered" s t a t i o n was W3XDD. This was t e c h n i c a l l y no t "a" s t a t i o n , but c a l l s used t o t e s t new t r a n s m i t t e r s be- ing b u l l t by t h e B e l l Tel Labs i n Whippany, NJ. They'd conduct t e s t a much l i k e new BCB s t a t i o n s do themselves, but a t t h e s i t e where It was b u i l t , r a t h e r than on t h e s i t e t o be used by t h e new s t a t i o n . They had t h r e e f requenc ies permit ted by t h e FCC. The n ly one I r e c a l l d e f l n i t e l y i s 900, f o r t h a t i s t h e frequency of my v e r i f i c a t i o n of t h i s unusual s t a - t i o n . There were o t h e r "numbered" s t a t i o n s t o o , some have been mentioned here before, l i k e t h e experimental s t a t i o n s W2XR, New York, WlXBY, Yater- bury, CT; W6XA1, Pasadena, CA; and WgXBY, Kansas C i t y , M O O Then, t h e r e was KE2XXS-1240, a c t u a l l y WGBB Freeport , NY, using t h e s e experimental c a l l s while they t e s t e d (on RSI s i n g l e sideband t ransmission. ERCooper