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We welcome Harry P El1,icott Jr of Atchison,Kansas and Charles Mouzis of Milwaukee,Wisc as new members and t h e renewals of Ralph Joha ~n Mey il Be3 .d P h i l Nichols. Good DX t o a l l of you.

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13+-0R Worland WYO L90 N 3:39 4230 AM l*KDTH Dubuque Iowa 370 N 3:OO - 3230 AM L~-=KENO L a s -Vegas- Nev LOO N 3:15 - 11-215 AM 23 WFIN Findlay Ohio 330 NNRC 4:00 - 5:00 AM 24mVRL Woodside N Y 500 NNRC 1:OO - 3:OO AM 29-KGIW Alamosa Colo C50 NNRCC 2:30 - 3:30 AM 25 WLBZ Bangor Maine 620 NNRC ~ : O O - 6:OO 2 m ~ G Palm Beach F l a 1340 N R , C 3:30 - 4:30 AM 2WWATN WuteYtown N Y 1240 NRC-ALL 2:00 - 2:30 AM

APR le'KVAK Atchi Kan ' $50 N R C 4 - 5:45 AM 6 XET Monte N. L Mex - 390 ALL-DXers 4:OO - 5:00 AM -

KWOR-WORLAND WYO M r . _ - 3 , Erns t , Ovvr~crtr and manager of KWOR s t a t e s t h a t . tests commence Feb 28th and asks NRC t o give h i m p u b l i c i t y on these tests. H e w i l l wire sked of reg f r e q checks as soon as arranged, I suggested a DX f o r March 13th f r o n 3:30-4:aO AM EST a t which time WWSW & WJBK should be off f o r t e s t s of s e v e r a l o the r s t a t i o n s . I n a l 2 . p r o b a b i l i t y KWOR w i l l be on a t th i s t i m e but t h e r e i s no t enough time t o get an answer back f o r t h e b u l l e t i n . Suggest i t be l i s t e d as z probable DX and s t a t e above f a c t s . The channel should be a c l e a r 4-4:15 AM and only WWSW from 4:15-4:30 AM so w e should hear KWOR. Information by Dick Cooper. KDTH-DUBUQUE I A This promises t o be a very i n t e r e s t i n g DX for our club. Len Kruse whose home i s i n Dubuque,has arranged t h i s one f o r u s and i t i s q u i t e poss ib le we may g e t t o hear him on t h e show, This s t a t i o n has always been - f r iendly- to the- D X e r s and l e t us . show them we appreciate t h a t , by the way of providing a goodly s t ack of r epor t s . We thank herewith, Mr. Don Abitz, Engineer, who OKed the DX. Arranged by Len Kruse. KENO-LAS VEGAS NEV On t h i s DX which KENO i s cledicating t o t h e NNRC, two p r i z e s a r e offered. The one most h e l p f u l t o t h e management w i l l be a one year membership i n t h e NNRC. The o the r w i l l be 8 Box of Candy t o the re- por t e r from the g r e a t e s t d i s t ance ; M r . Harold H. Haas OKed th i s DX sp w e imagine r e p o r t s should be sen t t o h i - Arranged by Arnold Gerrard NNRC

WOX-MERIDIAN MISS Mr. Bob McRaney, a1 Manager a sks t h a t a l l members tune i n VIUOX and repor t , and a l l correcL r e p o r t s o f - r e c e p t i o n w i l l be ver- ified. mOX i s now conducting equiptment tests fron 2-7 AM EST and expect t o go on t h e a i r with Program Tes ts about t h e 7 t h o r 8 th of March, af ter which they w i l l conduct frequency t e s t s f o r aproximately two weeks a f t e r 2 AM EST. So l e t us g e t i n t h e r e a r e rt, swe l l 1 head,

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WGGA-GAINESVILLE GA_ M r . C.M. Cal l ico h ief engine SGA a: u raenbers send i n your i d e a s of a v e r i d according &sign- you want on i t e tc . Af ter over a l l s e n t i n he w i l l have a card made up t h a t wi1.L incorpora te ideas. So t o you boys who ' l ike card v e r i e s , he re i s your chance t o ex your i d e a s and i t should r e s u l t i n a swe1.l v e r i f i c a t i o n car2 f o r VJGGA, 'lnis information received by R a l p h Johanns .

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 FREQ~ENCY FROLICS March 9 1946 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KCS CALL REMARKS 550 WSVA Harrisonburg, Va sign on SUN at 7 AM EST atso son-westfield NY) 580 KMJ Fresno,Cal 24 hrd daily ex MON s/off 3AM-W N Wallace,ce. Johanns; 590 KTBC Austin, Tex has F/C 1st SAT 3 AM on and also on 3rd SAT t %atson) 601 ..., Rabat Maroc. Verie from here out since 2/44, Power 15 KW and

" QRA-Cabinet Civil, Service de la Radiodiffusion, Le Regisseur de Radio-Maroc, Rabat, Maroc, urn ham-~loucester, m ass) 610 WSGN Mobile, A l a s/on at 6 with 5 min news, hrd thru WIP-WIOD(L~~~~) 850 WHDH Boston, Mass vs Edith Howard, Sec to Mgr. (~ohznns) /(~efty) 854 O W A Lima,Peru vs J Soria, Secretaria. QRA-Av.Petit Thouars 447. .990 XET Monterrey N L Mex. Escobedo-834-Altos Rogelio de la Garza,

Depto de Cont'dr This i s la tes t QRA and English OK (~ohanns) 1180 WLDA Jacksonville, Ill next test 4/5 at 2:35-2:40 EST. This station

does not play music, just reads Ppts etc (~c~amarz-Claremont NH) 1230 WBLJ' Dalton,Ga hrd 3/1 4-4:10 AM, tnk this is reg f/c (~ohanns) 1240 CKTS Sherbrooke, Que has been testing, may be on reg sked now(Left

WJNC Jacksonville, N C checked: 2/28 1-lrl5, said reg(& THUR ?) ( ~ e f t y 1260 KFGQ Boonu, Ia hrd 3/4 2:30-3 AM. YL arm, religious muSic (Johanns

CJOB Winnipeg,Man. Call hrd 3AU on 3/3. Any more dope ???(Sohams) 1340 WJPR Greenville, Miss F/C 4th WED 3:15-3:45. Horace C ~olby,ce(Johann:~.

WDAK Columbus, Ga usually s/on 5:45 AM EST atso son) WBAC Cleveland,Tenn sign on SUN AMs at 6, religious prograrn(~atson)

1350 NrSMB New Orleans,La s/off 3A.M daily ex TUES AMs,then 1 AM ~~~(Johann:;; CMKY Puerto Padre-Oriente,Cub~ Avenida de la Libertad Apartndo 39,

R E Lopez adr/mgr Foreign Dept. usesx250 watts. s/off 10~~(Johr 1376 WSAY Rochester, N Y Gordon P Brom,ce & Gen Man says antenna

ectional to protect WSPD, wants WSAY and 1370 kc reports Maybe WSAY will verify this time, rpt of 3/45 unanswered

680 San Antonio,~ex hrd 4:30-4,250 and asking for rpts on 2/25(~im) 1450 wr;r;u Rocky &ount, N C hrd test ???-3:20 on 2/25 ( ~ i m ~c~amara)

\\XEU Griffin, Ga hrd 2/25 3~30-4Md, try rpting as veries coming(~im) M E W STATIONS

1240 .- Harrison, Ark, Harrison Broadcasting Corp 250 Ultd - Jasper, "lnbama Walter W Bankhead 250 u l t d 1300 Lexington, Ky Kentucky Broadcasting Co. 1 KW 1450 .- Albuquerque, N Mex Rio Grande Broadcasting Co 250 ultd - Savanah, Ga Carter C Peterson 250 ultd 1.490 ,-. &sx%sx%xlm Alexandria, L& Central Louisiana Broadcasting Curp;

FREQUENCY CHANGE WP 20 kce

CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED 1240 KCRT '.L'r1nidad,Colo l Z 8 U KSFT TrLnidad,Colo.

LEFTY COOPEIi-BROOKLYN N Y Veries in from CFAB-WHNC-WROX-CniZKY letters and CJAD-OAX4A carGs to make total 1094, OAUAs care in a honay,red-whih and I got it on Manns Spanish letter and an IRC. CJkDs card takes the booby prize so far this season,but at least its c deflnite verie, Rpts to WTBQ-WGAC- WCMA-CKTS-VMOX4l3UR. CMCK listed in my rpt last week on 1250 kc should be CMKC. 2/25 WTBO tested on 1.450 at lr10) may check 4 MON 1-1:35j WGAC was on late,off lr18; Cuban on 980 at night doesnt seem to be CMCK,ann several call: and Ive hrd CMHO mentioned twice, Anyone know tvho this is? I think CMCK is on 1260; 2/26 Up at 3 for WATT but WATN was on instead testing; WCMA coming t h ru NCPO very good for new one; 2/27 Looking for WJEF, not hrd but WJNC tested 1-1~15. T en CKTS came thru and s/off at L:30; At 2 WMOX rather weak- ly with lots of $totic; 3/1 Dragged KBUR thru 1490 with difficulty for my 1st new one on 1490 this season, had marches; 3/2 trying for WAYS or Wn,fUR at 6hil s/on but got WIOD-WSGN behind VlLP, Congrats and welcome to Harry P Ellicott of KVAK who j i ons aur club today. By thc way what has happened to mv n g m f i q g b n + = U.i +Cov-,n4r\n 9 9 9 9 9 O ' > 2 7 - f i - 4 - d - 'I - A n 2 - 7 - n

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RALPH JOHANNS-BUFFALO N Y Where thank you card weather ,is in the makeing again and sure sorry to miss the nice 1- hour program of WATN on 3/1 as KICD long test till after 3 plgs WMOX-WBML let only a few parts come thru so hope 3/29 will be OK. Guess Harry needs a KONP Fir-pole antenna-Hi. F/C by WHLN and WMOB for f-ups; WCOV as sked; 3/3 Hrd CJOR Winnipeg call thru 1340 mess and VRC says they are on reg sked by now; WDOD still on after 3; WAGC hrd at 3:20, also WMOX-KGVL testing a t 4, QRMed by another K; 3 / 4 WDAD

" $tarts at 4:06 a F/deviation test-phooey but KUTA on 570 kc came in fair as WMCA is silent MON AMs; ?? on 750 at 4:45-5 and no calls; KTmI thru pest) F/C 5-5:30,then hrd WOL very strong, must have their 5KW in- crease on already, also F/C by W G Q came thru KYA pretty good here; 3/5 KPKW got a thank you card ancl nuts to WEXL for a WAAT stand by, altho WHAT was off this AM. Received new type verie card from KMS, Fresno Bee Station for 2/23 rec 3/2,0k Duggan he type6 V/S this tirne. Fast reply from XET in English and OK for 4/6 ,$AM DX; WHDH for 2/29 letter and program, s.off is 12:05 AT3 daily; WPAT by Tec? Webbe sends Varga Girl calendar but does not acknowledge phone call on mimeo verie; WSPR nice letterhead,also Wute Girl11 blotter for 2/27 F/C, ce says he will answer, sked 7AM-MDT,SUN 9AM-ll:30PU P.O. Drawer 661; WhMN by W E ~orrison(~8~~~11 ce; WSAY says sig is suppressed toward Buffalo anC woulc like comparrison rpts on 1370 kcs, attention Spencer-Brauner-Stone, Nice Spanish letter signed b$ both Pro- Dir Pedra Zacca Cheda ahd R E Lopez by reg airmail says many thanks to NHC-NNRC for l/lb,a1~0 WSW on till 3AM hold back, they use 70 meter N-S 70 ft high Ant near coast of the Orient Provfnce. ERIC. WHITWORTH-DUNEDIN N_,Z. Loggings on bcb arc XERB at 2:20 on12/15 and KGCX-3:05; KOVO 2:40; WOW0 6:Ol; KFAB 8214 AM; JOAK-2 on 870 kc 6:31 AM; AFM-Tokyo on 590 kc hrd closing at 9AN on 12/27, all others hrd 12/15 ; both lctter ones mention& hrd well here. By the way,note to ALL. New- Z aland time is 17 hours ahead of EST, Here are loggings since above,12/27 V ~ ~ T R 590 kc Tokyo at bAM,s/off 9AM; 12/28 KXLA at 8:30 AD1; 12/29 KTYW at f 2:50 AM; WASK at 3:08 on DX for NZDXRA; KFVD at 3:45 and XEMC at 4:24; KSAI at 4:,$O; XEG at 5:20; SCMO at 5:58; KWTO at 6:28; WKWF at 7AM; KWBU at 7:48 WVTK on 1510 in Leyte,Phillippines at 8:30 AM; KSRO at 8:58 AX; KUJ at 9:45 AM; CBR at 10:15 AN; 1/1/46 VUW on 1022 kc in Lucknow,India at 8:08 AM; WVTM on 1300 kc in Manila at lO:20 AM; VUL on 1086 kc in Lahore, India at 10:38 AIL1 ~ncl W B on 1231 kc in Bombay,India at 11 AM; Think it would be a swell ieea if all clubs would use the 24 hour clock for reporting. It would save a fel.10~ from wondering if it is AM or PM even tho they are mentioned, as mistakes can be made; All above times are EST that these ska- tions were heard; Here are the present closing times of the main New Zea- land stations, all in EST, Below are.non-commercial stations of NBC, 570 2-YA Wellington 6.20 AM 880 1-YX AucklanC 5:30 Ah1 650 1-YA AucklanC 6:20 AM 920 2-YN .Nelson 5:OO. AM 680 4-YZ Invercargill aprox 5:IOAM 940 3-ZR Greynouth 5:10 AN 720 3-YA Christchurch 6:20 AM 980 2-25 Gisborne 5:OO AM 750 2-YH Napier 5:OO AM 990 2-YD Wellington 5:OO AM 790 4-YA Dunedin 6:20 1140 &-YO Dunedin 5:30 AM 810 2-YB New Plymouth 5:00 AM 1200 3-YL Christchurch 5:30 AIvl 840 2-YC v!ell.ington 5:30AM 1250 1-ZM Auckland 5:OO AM

Commercial stations listed below and use 1000 watts. 1070 1-ZB Auckland 7:00 AM 2.400 2-ZA Palmerston N. 5:00 A$ 1130 2-ZB Wellington 7:00 AM 1430 3-ZB Christchurch 7:00 AM 1310 4-ZB Dunedin 7:00 AM (KNX likes to play with 1ZB. While 2YA is most powerful station in New Zealand. So go to it boys & hear em.

ERIC BRISTOW-CHICAGO ILL Rec Varga Girl Calendar from WPAT; Hrd 1st FRI tests V~BLJ-~~~COV-V~Ciir"IA-PJGACCVu1120X. Latter 3 are new for me. Back to work now and will. try for Blar 5th DXes. Have over 320 points in contest and veries n ~ x m - t n n i n clnw A h m ~ t 7C; r ~ n r > ~ l t . s o i ~ t that w i l l be new if they answer.

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BOB DUGGAN-MAC0.N GA, Reports out t o CMJN-CMHI-CMKV-CP-3-CHUM-YVlRA-CMBG- CmS-CblHK-CblBF-WMOX-WTRC . Veries i n from WPAT-IniDAD-WJRD. TGO not hrd be- cause of t e r r i f i c QRN tho TGOA was hrd; CHUM tes ted 3-4:15 AUl 2/21. Weak s ignal from CP-3,QRMed by another xmtr on 1390; YVlRA s/on 5 : 30 AM-2/21 with weak signal . CbiBF i s d e f i n i t e l y on 740 kc, CIvlBS puts i n n ice s i g in evenings desp i te 100 w a t n igh t , WDBO hrd on 1300 occasionally tho also on 580; TnNOX tes ted this Abl 2/27 with strong s igs , VS of WJRD Dave Overton, PTE J O H N FORBES-ALBERNI B C I l r n back on the wes$ coast again and expect t o be out (not discharged) on a 6 mos leave i n a few days so a t l e a s t may be able t o tu rn a hand t o t he old game. Sure hope so, havent had an ear ly morning session f o r 2 years so am hopelessly out of date on the doings,tho the bu1.letins were always read and r e a l l y appreciated tho of ten a month to 6 weeks l a t e , Want t o thank a l l the gang f o r kecping them coming, Here i s some info on CJAV-Port Alberni,B C 1240 kcs w i l l o f f i c i a l l y go on a i r Ap- r i l 2nd. The CE not decided on a s ye t , Tes ts should commence about March 18th. W i l l t r y t o l i n e up a DX i n near fu tu re mcybe before offilEial open- ing. Antenna i s old fnshioned NW-SE between F i r poles s o coverage may not a s good as KONP-CKNW, who a re l i k e 1KW s t a t i o n s here. CKNW s/off 3AM EST but have a habi t 'of overl.apping i n t o next day by 2 or 3 minutes and maybe you boys i n ea s t can ge t them some TUES AM, (OK John and good luck and by the way keep us posted as t o you l a t e s t adcress-pop) VINCE STASEN-PHILADELPHIA PA Well. DX h a s been 1.ousy f o r over a weelc(what Vince only a week-boy sone guys are lucky, been lousy f o r over a month i n ~ u f f a l o ) and got u p once or twice and hr6 too much noise. R p t s out t o KTBC- KXOK-KVOD-WOWO-'SlNOX-TnJWDC-WMOX-KNLOX. Veries up t o 207 and from WORK-WSAR-WAG. KFAB-WSAU-lnJTSP-WOW-lnJDElO-KABC-VJPkT-~V~ON-WIND-WBM-WCOS-KFH-KYUM-WD~WDOD- WGR-KXOK-KTBC. I f noise dont l e t up guess If11 t r y SW. ( I t s OK vince if you can understand e m a f t e r you tune em in-pop) But guess I s t i l l be t t e r s tay on bcb and shoot my ver ies up. Like t o g e t about 300 f o r t h i s season and then Itll c a l l i t even till next season. BOB BROWN-GOSHl3N IND Veries i n s ince l a s t r p t a r e letters WDOD-KIUP on DX- CKAC-iVI11AN-rlibKWF-KWSC-WN-KSKY and cards from KTKC-KICA-WFBL-CBDS-WCPO who ve r i f i ed my tnx note. Slipped i n a l i t t l e info about t h e i r own s i g s i n t o the l e t t e r thanking them f o r standing by f o r CKPG anC said I didnt want a ve r i e as I already had one, di6 sEme thing t o KGER, Rp t s out t o 1YA-tVKY- KIDO-KQV-KFOX-KFXM-WLT-\KIX-WBAC-PIINX-WFEB-KVOD-KARK-CKSO-VJHOT-WATN -1VBML- KICD-ViAIM-WAGC-VJBIR-wR.1OB-~VCMA-KIUL-BC-MOX-XES 2/21 WKY s/off 1AM; KIM 1:18; KQV s t r i k e news a t 1 ~ 3 4 ; KFOX a t 2:05; WINX f / c a t 3; WFEB f / c 3:07 RIUL f / c 3:32; KABC on equipt t e s t on 680 a t 3:50; KFXM a t 2~30; WKZX F/C 2:46; WBAC F/C 2255; 2/28 KARK 3.2:08; CKSO 1 2 ~ 4 6 ; KVOD 12~56; V!HOT 9:I.l. AM. 3/1 WATN a t 2:l.l; KICD 2 ~ 4 4 ; IiVBML 2:50; lVAIb1 3; WAGC 3:12; WBIR 3~3.9; t\%!OB- 3: 30; ViCMA 3 ~ 3 3 ; \\UOX 3:48; XESM 4: 24; WATN-WBML-KICD copiec? a11 same time. See new FCC Chairman says a l a rge number of new s t a t i ons i n next 6 t o 8 wks. TED SbLING-ESTACADA ORE Not much DX, a l i b i same as always, so wont repeat i t , Eptd t o KECA on 215 on t h e i r ex t ra hour pro t p 4 AM s /off ; KCMJ t e s t i ng 4:05-4:I.B; KHSL s/off a spec f /c a t 4 ~ 4 4 ; CJAT with cur l ing match 3-3:38 on 2/6; K I T f / c 4:15-4:30 and 2/11 KGCM on DX 4:10-4:30; KNET f / c 4:45-4:50; KRBC F/C 4:50-5;05; 2/14 2BE 4:17-4.~30; 2/19 CKPG on DX; 2/21 KVSF on DX and EON0 f/c 5:15-5:30j T h e CKPG DX only one able t o connect with turC t ha t was f o r z very poor r p t thru a l n i t e KOOS-KGFJ, unable t o hear CP-3 and I worked th ru TGO, Veries from ULLL-KBNE-KRIC-CFQC-WTJS-WKEU-CJAT-KHSL-WE- KECA-KCMJ, t o t a l 215. KCMJ s t a r t e d reg sked 2/12 9:30 AM-3AM EST da i ly & no d e f i n i t e F/C sked ye t , CFQC says on daily till. 1:30 Ah1 EST and ve r i e from ICXLA f o r r p t t o them when s t i l l KPAS, FRAN BURNHAM-GLOUCESTU3 MASS DX has been ro t ten . Loggcd WCMA 8/26,also t p r s t o KODY-VI,:LAT-~~J%bl-\fiII~OP-II',TTOI,-CHUb1-XESP. Veries f ran IVKEU ( Dec F/C ,no signer i n i t i a l s VE" -HOK-KTRB-KTMS-KRIC~KVOR-V~LC-PIRNL-CFAB-~~~C~WCED-WJ~~~I-R~~~~ on 601. kc. More info on l a s t one i n Freq FroLics.

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BILL STONE-TORONOT .ONT All. tests unless stated otherwise; 2/26 WATN-3:03; W C U 3:1093:3Q easy; WAGC 3:05; Carriers on 1340-1450-1490, on 950 at 4:10; 1300 at 4:2O; XEBB testing at 1!:35; 2/28 VJJNC 1.-L:l5; WIBU & WMOX 3:30-4; WTSP at 4:08;5R7 at.4:lO WMOX, weak carrier on 1400; very strong carriers behind WWDC & on 1490; 3/1 WATN on DX very poor,it was noticed all grave yard channe1.s ,choked after 2:30 AM-bed; 3/2 WMPS 1:30-1:45; 2:15-WMOX in clear; WJBO at 2:20; WYN a t 2:25; KXEL with alnite pgm 232; WLOG on F/C 2:37; .3:05-KVGB, lad to .verify,send in all. rpts you want(0h for cooperation always like this7 WMGA at 3:35; WZM dt 4; w S A U ' ~ ~ 4 : 0 2 ; WHAI at 4:lO;bKLA at 4 : Z O ? Strong carriers afain on 1Lk50 & 1490; 3/3 CMCF on 910 in clear( may be reg s/on at AM) CMQ on at 6:30 with program in. English,station s/on same lenguage; j /b W B L S ' ~ ~ 5; ,~ried for WIAC at 5; nuts, CKEY came back at 4:58,amen,=Will get letters to youse guys in time, hold on, AL BARTHOLOMEW-CO.R.NING N Y ~othing new hrd here since 2nd test of WMOX. Have tried several times from KROP and dont believe they are on yet. WCMA r. now.on reg sked, Veries.sti.11 very slow, however njxe one from Sottens sent to Embessy in Washington and reply back from Berne. Very definite letter verie.rnentioned date-station-freq.etc. Verie in,today from BLAl signed by Shepard, have 2 back anyway out of 13 rgted, Lucky stiff Maley has his SBV and HJCB and I l r n still holding the bag on both. Still no luck on CMHK-CNLKB verie either. Glad a few of the boys caught TCO on special even if I fail- ed, Congrats to friend Brauner on even the little he eaught on CP-3. Have another good one coming up from CB-138 on May 1st. Sorry*the date is So late but they set that themselves. Asked for date in Feb. Maybe we will get a break this time 2nd all can hear them. Boy I sure would like to myself, as would be a new country. Hope the mixup on VOUS in freq doesnt let my- one miss this catch. Am fairly sure myself it is 1460 kc so I came there first. WKRZ copied for rpt, no sign of KCW 4-4:30 but KPKW hrd and copied 4~24-5 AM. Too bad WEXL didnt sign off as then KPKW would have been easy. GRANT BA'I'SON-VIrE3TyIELD N Y Logged a bunvh of new ones, W M O X - ~ / ~ ~ 3:31-3:47 and have been testing every AM since, 3/1 WDAK 5:45-5:55; 3/2 l?rHYN-1.400 2:27-2:50 AM; KTBC 3:06-3:41 also WCOC on 910 7:26-8 PM, one I have been after over 5 years; 3/3 WSVA at s/on 7-7:20 AM; Veries really were stingy this time. CFAB on DX and airmail letter verie in English and apanish from CMKY and beat this one if you can, KWOS for rpt of 2/8/45. A swell Desk Calhendar from WPAT, does.WDEV on 550 kc ever have a F/C? 33 rpts out, And does KGGF on 690 kc verify?' LEN KRUSEA-DUBUQUE IA Station WMOX was logged 2/27 and hrd every Aid for next 6 days,soog sig, WMOX 3/3 testing till 6 :30 AM. If a DXer hadnt been too active of late and happened to be dialled in 3-3:15 on 2/28 he could log three new stat ions namely WCWL-WAGC-ViBlOX all testing, Remember DXer s KDTH will DX at 3-3:30 AM March 16th.,Rpt's submitted on this. station will be verified by 'letter,rpts go to bb, Don A Bitz, engineer. WALT ,BISHOP-RENSS-ELAER N Y llot much in way of DX to rpt here again this week, Weather here has been lousy, rain-snow-sleet and just about evcry thing else. Up SUN 3/3 to catch some sign ons but only managed to .get V\INEX and WLIB for the only 2 new stations this week. 8 veries tho, XEB Adre Dupact?; WNAC Bar-bara Spragye; V1WD Earl INinger; N W L Weidmeyer; U'NYC John DeProspoj CDM Card by L'AlLicrj CKnC Ciaire OI, iverj WBT 2nd r p t l.3 J Minn, ce; Now have 179 stations logged 2nd 98 .veries, LEO HERZ-CHICAGO ILL Did not rpt Xast vbeek account of having nothing new. Dissatisfied with my S4lW and have placed an order for a better set and will trade the present receiver in to dealer I bought it from for either a Hallicrafter SX-25; Hammarl.und HQ-129X or RME-45. Veries in since l.zst report are KPRC a letter and card from hU3O. h p t s to WIRE-WI\riBD-WHFC.

To all;- At present we have no more Report $oms on hand, and only 400 Letter heads. When a new supply is availabfe it will be published here,

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TANDINGS Ad OF 3/2/46 & LPO REPORTS March 9 1946 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . 1 EDGE Reg-WHOT-KUTA-KUJ Spec-IIVEIM-CFQC-HOK 694

2 D COOPER Reg-KOVO-WSSV Spec-CFQC-WIIvl-WPRT-WHIZ-CFAB 98 3 BATSON Reg-CFOR-IVDAY -KOVO-VIIHNCCWDEL-VII?JC-\fii'D,1T

Spec-HOK-KCOK-CKRM-WINN-CFQC-WPAT-\\XI . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . 4 KRUSE Reg-KVAL-CHSJ-vJDEL-KOTA-KVSF spec-CKRM-WPAT 384 5 STONE Re g--\l"VIPG -WBY N -1VDEL Spec-WATN-WINN-WEIN-HOK . , . , . 382 6 REILLEY Reg-PIHOT-IVDEL Spec-WPAT-VEIM-CHLT-CJCJ-WHIZ-CFAB , . 360 7 MORSS None added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 9 8 BRISTOW Reg-WSSV dpec-WINN. CHLT-CKRM-W KIZ-CFAB . . 322 . . . . . . . 9 STEE1,E Reg-WDEL-CVHOT-WALB IM-IVPAT . . 318

* . * . . . . . . 10 TEWELL None added 293 11 NICHOLS Reg-WATT apec-CIU . . . . . 266 . . . . . . 12 VAN VOOMEES None added . . . . . . 228 13 GORSUCH Reg-WJPA-KDFN-CFOR-KOVO-WSSV-KVW.U

Spec-KOTA-KOTA-VJKLA-riVPiTN-CKBI-CFGP-WISR-C KRM-CKFI . . 211 14 E COOPER Reg-None Spec-WPAT-CFRB-WHIZ . . . . . . . ) . . 2 0 3 1 5 VaEELER Reg-CHSJ . Spec None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 . . 16MAGUIRE None added . . . . . . . . . . . .v. . . . . . . . 1 3 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SULLIVAN None added . . . . . . . 104 18 YARNES llone added -101 . 19 SPENCER None added -,+ 20 hlEYER none 32

21 E T none -3 22 JOHANNS none -1, No cntrkes from Burson-Gerrard Hovl r Seth, Next l i s t i n g w i l l be on April 13th have l a t e s t additions in r i l 6th. Winner of BONUS prize of $1.00 for leading on t h i s date, Pop Edge. Remember h p r i l 6th for l a t e s t additions.

S/SGT AL DIIALEY-HIGHLAND FALLS N Y 3/3 Baranquilla,Columbia a11 over d i a l s HJAT-1275 kc a t 1 A M ; HJAJ-1.220 kc from 1:30-1:55 AM; HJAH rurining R8.plus a f t e r 3:30 ARl on what sounded l i k e t e s t ; IVMOX also on with strong sig,pro- bably ran a ln i t e ; My 1000th verie i n today i n the form of an airmail. l e t t e r from CbXC,Santiago,Cubc, they were rpted 2/23 and verie back 3/4. "irmcil both wzys works wonders-hi, They ignored an Oct r p t 08 mine and t h i s time I wrote a whole page o f English on back of my Qpanish worded report,tel.l- ing then tha t i f they keep asking for reports a l l the t i m e , they should answer them,as most DXers dont bother t o wr i t e Cubans because of t h e i r re- luctance to reply. That ve r i e bounced r i g h t back-Hi. H J A J may bc on u n t i l 1:50 o r 2AM ecch Sun AM and are worth a l i s t e n . HJAH generally s/off rt 2 but VG'HN makes i t impossible to hear them here. I ts a good thing they ran l a t e or I wouldnt have been able t o hear them. ( ~ o n g r a t s on tha t M verie) FRED VAN VOOHHEES-FLUSHING N Y Not get t ing much DXing done l a t e ly . One verie from CWBM mnking a t o t a l of 584. Only 16 to go for the season. There i s some hope ].eft. Finally got up 3/3 2nd hrd WJZM tes t ing a t 3:55 and WSAU w i i & ffSugal Blues" a t 4:03; Hrd on 1240 2 s t a t ion I couldnt ident i fy Played There's No Youn a t 3:24 an2 "Thats For iQe" a t 3:27. Believe he an- nounced every 1 5 min but i t was garbled. Can anyone help on who he was?? Also an apology t o Kermit Geary for my f a i l u r e to send him the dol lzr he won with the Best Report t o W a Q on their DX. I t t l l be coming very soon, Kermit, To Johanns a belated T,-ank You fo r the B u f f a l o Bank Calendar. GENE "NO H A I R n ALLEN-VALLEJO CBLIF DX past week on folks 12 tube Zenith; 2/22 KICA 3:19 on reg FRI AM; ?'?PkB off F/c 3:40; KTOH 3:49; KGU R7 a t 4; KORE s /o f f weekly ni tco lw band wegon pro from 3-4; IVFiOX F/C 4:03; KPOF F/C 4-4:30; J O A K l 870 kc xokyo 4:16 with G I Pro; K S A I a t 4:22 with serni-elzs- sical pro; SBBK1 on 1090 h r t f a i r 4:32; KELA 1:15 and KGA with good sigs a t Reeeley Ca1, 25 m i s af Fresno; 2/23 KVSF 4:45 zsklng for rp t s ; XET a t 4:48 & gave QRA 834 Escobedo St; XEK 4:49 R7; W H O 4:54 F/C; WORD a t 5 AM s/onj ViWSW on t o p a t 5:13 on 1490 kc; KONP 5:15 sending audic~ freq of 100- 5000 kc, hrd them a l l ; KABC a t 5:21 on 680 kc; KSLM ct 5:23 tes t ing; Radio O t Shea, Havana hrC a t s.on 5:30 AM. 110 s igs hrd from TGO-CWK-CNIHB on 2/24 No TOGA on 6497 e i ther . Rpts i n from WIU"-WNEL-WLAY-WHIZ on reg sked. Try- ing f o r KPQ on Pat%erson this AM. Any data on RCA AR-88?? Hams sav it #?ooC.

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TIPS and LPO REPORTS Page 51 March 9 1946, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - rn - - , -.+ - - - BOB SPENCm.-BUFFALO N Y Got t n x l e t t e r o f f t o WCPO-WFBL and KGE;R l a s t week, Was too s leepy t o rea l - ize WCMA was something unusual even a f t e r n o t f inding i t - i n l o g book, Have received 2 l e t t e r s from CFAB, f i r s t time writer ver- i e s my r p t but nex t i s form and i t does everything swell but ve r i fy . Wrote them a n i c e a i r m a i l and requested a more d e f i n i t e v e r i e and explained t o them what a DXer l i k e s t o g e t f o r a v e r i f i c a t i o n and why, So heres hoping. Other v e r i e s a r e l e t t e r s from WFBM-WPAT-IWBR-VJJHP. Now have 2 over 200 mark, hurrah. This AM brought a l o t of mai l and a l a r g e envelope from WPAT w i t h n e a t deck(Varag G i r l ) calendar nnd l e t t e r saying they a r e sending em out t o t h e 10 most d i s t a n t repor ters , lucky f o r me they d i d n t g e t ou t f a r . W i l l t r y f o r WKRZ i n AM i f I can wake up, i t s 12:30 AM alreayd. (OK ~ o b ) , PAT REILLEY-JAD.E8TOWN N Y Not much D X , w i f e i n h o s p i t a l ' o i e r a week now. --cw one,very noisy today; 2/28 WCMA and W O X a l l AL, noisy lagain and weak; 3 / l K I C D a t 2:32, no WATM hrd t o d a y , s t i l l weak and noisy. 3/2 WMGA on F/C 3~30-3;40,was on f i r s t THURS l a s t month; VfMOX again but noisy; 3/3 Who i s Bpaoish s t a t i o n on 1050 till around 3:15 o r so, l a s t 2 l e t t e r s sound l i k e R and C o r J but lousy no i ses again. 3 / 4 The Spanish on 1050 and o f f a t 3:22; TVAGC F/C 3-3:15; WASK on F/C 3-3~30, they used t o be on 1 s t THURS; CFAB and WHNC i n f o r new s e r i e s and 17 r p t s s t i l l out , JOE BRAUNER-\VILLIA&lSVILLE N Y DX has improved a l o t l a t e l y . Not much now, WMOX hrd very nrc.L1 several. times l a s t week, YVlRK coming i n a t times be- tween 5:45-6AM on 1250 kc. WKRZ good on DX z l t h o WEXL was t h e s t ronger one here, KPKK must have a f i n e r i g , 2 announcements hrd i n p a r t behind WEXLs announcements and could t e l l what type of music he was playing most of t h e time, WEXL appaqent ly, instead of s tanding by, decided t o push his m o d u l a t i ~ t o the l i m i t during these l a s t 2 DXes f o r h i s signal. q u a l i t y was very mushy much of t h e time, r eve r se cooperation f o r he d i d n t have a s i n g l e commer- cial . o r even khaexk a newscast i n KPKWs e n t i r e hour , to j u s t i f y r e fus ing t o stand by. Only one v e r i e , a s e l f prepared card re turned by WMOG, one who has been refus ing t o answer s i n c e 1942, WHTB-KSAI-KCOR a r e now overdue. DAVE THOPAS-PROCTORVILLE 0 To SULLIVAN-Your s t a t i o n a l s o hrd he re Q5 R 8 and easy t o cc;py a t t imes, You su re i t s 1570 o r about 1580 kcs. As-CFPL comes i n he re a t same time j u s t below him, Seeras t o be on about 1/2 hour each t i m e , Have h i s QRA and c a l l a s he gave i t ( o r sortle c a l l & ~ R ~ ) . a n d have r p t t o him but i f he i s outlaw I w i l l n o t g ive i t f o r I would n o t want h i m t o g e t i n t o t roub le from any checking of mine, Like t o g e t h i s v e r i e bu t I ques t ion i f QRA he gave i s cor rec t . Think t h i s i s s t a t i o n Kirk hrd and asked about seve ra l t imes, H e hrd a couple a m ane I hrd mine t h i s week, Rcc a Varga G i r l ca lendar from WPAT so he must have n o t reached ou t f a r . To LEFTY-OK on WXLQ, I knew i t hrd i n Greenland but d i d n o t know i f WXLQ ever r e c t h e r p t , On CJCJ,nThanks f o r d e t a i l e d report--your surmisecis c o r r e c t , t h a t the marchcs(names them) were from VIJNO and many repor ted thesc s e l e c t i o n s , t h o they were no t on our G A I L BEYER-CHIWGO I L L A l i t t l e l a t s tar t DXing t h i s season but as I have SAT & SUN n i t e s t o myself I may uu a b i t of n i t e owl prowling. J u s t bought an FUE-45 and i t works p r e t t y well. F i r s t n i t e logged ZNS on 640 f o r 25 min till s ign o f f a t 10:05 PM. T ey over-rode TGW very wel l a l t h o t h e l a t t e r i s pret)y s t rong. Cubans on 230 and 660 hrd a couple times ant: a few Other upanlsh ones y e t uniGentifLed, One is XEN I believe, ON E N bands t h e set i s prb&by hot. (OK G , i l and l e t s konw how that RME works.) JIM MCNAMARA-C-LARWON N H See I arn t r a i l i n g q u i t e a ways, have 24 new Verics anC a few <ups. 9 are cards 2nd b e s t ones f r o n KGIR-KSL and photo card from CFBR, Most t reasured v e r i e from WUMS with notary s e a l . Cant g e t ou t of back yard w i t h S4lW and usexei ther t h e Emerson o r Fada t o r bcb DX. I n shack we have a ~ a l l . i c r a f t e r s and DX on 28 negs. Have copied S Afr ica No Africa-Russia-Fin~land-~~o~way-~7rvee~en-3elgiu~-~ermany-~rance-England and S Am.\ But can t t e t west c o a s t on i t n o t even KOTA w i t h t h e S41W. - . - r - - n n l A - - t - ~ , ~ l TKL: c.. P. ..,h4 +fi P. n - n , > ~ r C a r n o cat 1177-

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RAY EDGE-BUFFALO N. Y S t i l l nothing much ill regard t o DX here. Received swel l l e t t e r v e r i e from WWPG and you l a d s be s u r e t o tune them i n on t h e i r DX f o r us as t h e i r 1 e t t e r h e a d . i ~ r e a l l y swel.1 and wel l worth having. Also v e r i e i n today 3/7 from CHNS. Reported them on Nov 12 1942 when they were on a l l n i g h t with music and i n s t r u c t i o n s t o a plane, d i d n t v e r i f y , so on

, 3/1/46 sen t a fol low up arid l e t t e r with d e t a i l e d r e p o r t and v e r i e came back very prompt, explaining why they wers on tha t morning, Their sign off i f at 11:15 AM EST da i ly .0 the r v e r i e s a r e from CFAB on DX which i s OK but could be more definite-KIUP-to make t o t a l now 927. Rpts out t o KCOR-WKRZ- WKEY-WCM-VlMOX-WATN-WCOV-IIUTAS VJKRZ wasnt too ho t on t h e i r test-DX. WMCA must be s i l e n t MON AMs as KUTA was i n c l e a r on t e s t . KPKW may have been heard th ru WEXL, b u t d idn t g e t up till 4:30 f i g u r i n g WEXL might be off . Music and announcements heard but nothing very d e f i n i t e . Hope condi t ions a r e b e t t e r f o r CJOR-VOUS DXes. W i l l be i n t h e i r l i s t e n i n g f o r KJEH-Len.

' Good thing WATN only have t o test on Marcli 1st once a year , t h e o the r ones on 1.260 c e r t a i n l y made a mess of him. Well b e t t e r luck on Mar 29th. NORMAN. KERN-ODLE-N.SALEIv1 I i l D Well I f i n a l l y made i t and am a rookie c i v i l - ian . It r e a l b y i s strveli t o be out and back home agqin. Taking a 6 tube r a d i o t o se rv ice man tomorrow and w i l l be doing some DXing soon. If only t h e season were s t a r t i n g . Received the b u l l e t i n and sure are a l o t of now names. (OK Norm and good luck t o you from us a l l . That l e t t e r ' w i l l be on i t s way one of these f i n e days, seems t h a t I j u s t cant g e t enough sleep)

OTHER ITEMS A good Radio Log has been put out by one of t h e o the r DX Clubs , It i s a mimeographed a f f a i r on 86x11 paper. It l i s t s US-CANADA, i n f a c t a11 North and South Americzn s t a t i o n s . I t s p r e t t y w e L 1 up t o d a t e and s e l l s f o r 504 t o non members. Anyone wanting a copy send 50# t o me and I will see t h a t one i s s e n t you. That i s t h e i r p r i c e t o non members. A s t o t h e Loose Leaf Dick has suggested, info from Dick says t h a t he has been unable t o buy t h e metal , so u n t i l D ickfs plans are d e f i n i t e , it i s suggested t h a t you buy one of these mimeographed l o g s t o hold you over. However i f you want one, dont wai t , send i n a t once. I w i l l wai t u n t i l March 18 th before send- ing i n f o r you who order.

A Freq F r o l i c item, 1250 kc CMCK Santiago, Cuba. apanish a i r m a i l v e r i e i n 9 days f o r record. V/s D r Pau l F Rubio C, QRA Diego ~ a l a c i o s , l 7 2 ( ~ a l e y ) Johanns says hes sor ry , l a s t week he s a i d WIZE on 1450 kc, should be 1340,

, a l s o v/s of WSMB i s H Wheelahan, Mgr. MEMBEBS SERVICE FUND

On hand Feb 23 1.946 $ 1 Renewal of B i l l Davidson and donat ion of $2.00 by Gail Beyer leaves it as being 8.15 on hand Bs of March 9 1.946. Thanks t o a l l of you who donated ~ n d you can be sure t h a t the boyscin the se rv ice r e a l l y apprec ia ted i t A l o t .

ALFRED BRUCE-PHILADELPHIA,PA received v e r i e from V W l N , came i n sw&ll here.

GENE ALLEN-126 OHIO ST-VALLEJO CAI+ Any techn ica l da ta on RCA-AR-8811 Hcms say i t much b e t t e r than SX-28-A with DX-20 even when no p rese lec to r on Ni-88. Kould 1.ike any dope on this s e t any of you boys havc, Wri-tc direct .

1d the March 30th i s s u e of DX NEWS you w i l l ' f i n d a l i s t of members eJigible t d be el-ected t o t h e Board of Direc tors and Club Pres ident , I n order t o be e l i g i b l e , a member must hzve s t a r t e d i n h i s Second consecutive year 2s an NRC Ivlcmber with h i s dues paid, ~ h r e a r e no nominations a s aL1 members compl.ing with t h e above a r e nutomatkcally Lis ted . The 10 rece iv ing t h e highest number of votes w i l l then choose one of the t e n as Pres ident and another as Board Chiarman. Anyone wishing h i s nane be with held from t h a t l i s t can do so by dropping a card, reques t ing same t o Club HQ before 3/25