National Radio Clubnationalradioclub.org/DXNs/V17/DXN17_27.pdfT.J. Shriner ,Owner and aangger of Stat ion KTJS-H-bart ,Okla. Stating: 'Tie will. run a Special Test Program Tuesday

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Volume - 17 - Xuiurcber 27 - I~b.rch 25th,1950 -EX ga_ale@gr-

EST ~ p r i 1 3 KSUE-1240 S u s a n v i l l e , ~ a i i f . 250 ~JFG 3 :oo-~:oo,A~~A

48: KJiZI% 1260 i :cI~?innevil le , m e . 1000 NRC 6: 30-7: 00 .12 '.VIAH 1360 'Nashvi l l e ,Tenn. 1000 t e s t 2:OO-2:15 1 2 KBST 1490 .Big Spr ings,;;Pexas '250 NIRC 2:35-3:00 13 'YKGP.! 1340 Knoxvi l le ;Te nn . 250 NfBC 4:;O-4:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"'sr ite Up I s I' . . KSE-Susanv i l l e ,Ca l i f . Quote"KSi.E w i i l be pleased t o confirm a

Apr. 3 3-4Ai:EST T e s t P r o g r a m f o r A p r i l 3 r d . O u r r e g u l a r h r S Hal Hous-tin-Chief Enaineer of b roadcas t a r e f m m 7AE: t o 10Pi.: week

124 Okc--250 '7attn days and 7AP: t o 123;: S a t . and 9AK t o 7Pli ' on Sundays .We a.re ope ra t ing wi th 250 Watts

i t i t 0 a 150 f t %incharger Tower. :!!e hope t h a t many ibf the f e l l ows w i l l be ab l e t o pick tap our s igna l - . -End Quote. Here's a good way t o end t h e c u r r e n t season by logging t h e f i r s t of two s w e l l s t a t i o n s on f o r t h e WC. S p e c i a l Thanks t o Hal Houstin CZ of KSUE and t o Hal S t e i n f o r a r r ang ing t h i s f i n e S p e c i a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FLASH FLASH FLASH 'fiord has been rece ived from Crr i f f ly Gruff No. 1 (Derek Xharton)

t h a t 'fl6DC YILL s tand by 3:30 t o 4:60 ~ B i f o r t h e KSUE DX s o l e t s a.11 send a Card of Thanks t o i;s. Kotnour of TZDC f o r h i s kind Co- opera t ion. Also Thanks t o Derek;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KE~CM-1260kc 14c$"innville ,Oregon Quote" We w i 11 be more t h a n ha.ppy

A p r i l 3 r d 6:30-7AF;:EST t o c o o p e r ~ a t e v r i t h y o u o n t h e s p e c i a l ' George "Skipu Hathaway-CE. ,DX T e s t a s it will g ive us a chance t o

1260ke--1000 Ta t t s check our Equipme nt bo th on d i r e c t i o n a l and non-directional .The f i r s t 15 minutes

of t h e broadcast w i l l b e t r a n s c r i b e d music on a power of 1000 Watts w i t h ~ n o n - d i r e c t i o n a . l . A t 6:45 we w i l l s i i t c h t o d i r e c t i o n a l ti1 7AIvI and t h e n s i e n off.However we w i l l leave t h e c a r r i e r on ti1 7:15 and t h e n r e t u r n t o t h e a. ir w i t h our r e g u l a r monthly FC v i t h Roint Rey: End Quote. 'Tell fe'llows t h i s program.w:ll be a l i t t l e t o o l a t e f o r Bi many of us e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e e a s t but h e r e ' s hoping KKC; . w i l l .be hear by a goodly many of t h e members and other Dxers. Perhaps. next F a l l KKC::,can be-.persauded t o come .an a l i t t l e e a r l i e r s o t h a t DXers i n t k Z a s t can have a b e t t e r chance t o Log t h i s f i n e Oregon s t a t i o n . Thanks t o George Hathavray C% of .K$CB,i ' a n d t o Hal S t e i n f o r a r r a n g i n g i t . - - - - - - - - - - - , - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NoEice: Arrived t o l a t e f o r l a s t B u l l e t i n was l e t t e r from I.&. T.J. S h r i n e r ,Owner and aangger of S t a t ion KTJS-H-bart ,Okla. S t a t i n g : 'Tie w i l l . r un a S p e c i a l Tes t Program Tuesday Morning Idarch 28th @ram 3:30 t o 4:00 A); EST. End Quote. Do hope t h a t many of you fe l lows t o o x advantage of t he Notice i n t h e l a s t DX News and heard t h i s f i n e Oklahoma S t a t ion and s e n t a r e p o r t t o ilr. Sh r ine r . - - _ _ - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Xote :KTCE-1420kc >'!anbat o,i

I' NATlOiiAi RkljIO CIJB L)X NZ!liS / March 25 1950 -. TIPS and LPO REPORTS Page 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TOM CARBERRY-22 Louvaine Dr-Kenmore 23 N g Has anybody wondered what hap- pned t o Carberry? I doubt i t , but a s a paying Ifguest" of t h i s club I ' m going t o tel.1. you anyway. I have p rac t i ca l l y given up the hobby of DXing f o r the present time but intend t o re tu rn some day. Many things caused the above decision t o be made. F i r s t , I ' m taking a course i n radio which kakes care of my evening hours. During the day I am more or l e s s t ry ing t o carry on my Dad's business so t h a t takes care of most of the daytime hours. A s f a r as taking care of my money,believe it seems t o take care of itse1.f. I am now i n the process of having a home b u i l t which takes more of my time (of which none i s l e f t ) and takes a11 of my noney (of which the re wasn't much i n the first place).Vde expect t o be i n the new place on or about May 1s t and everyone i s inv i ted t o t h e burning of t h e mortgage ....... on May 1 1975. I have s en t no repor t s ou t t h i s season and have received one ve r i e which i s n t a bad percentage f o r the year. The ve r i e was from Hope, Ark. sodyou can s e e "where the re i s n ' t any l i f e t he re ' s s t i l l Hope". I read the bull.etin q u i t e throughly and keep i n contatc wkth some of the boys (pop and I a r e s t i1. l on speaking terms). To Sullivan; The real. r e a son - I gave up DXing i s because I am the only o f f i c e r t h a t was ever impeached and now I cant s ign r epo r t s w i t h a t i t l e on it. Dirty po l i t i c s , h i . See you l a t e r . MURRAY LmNT-22 P a s s g r e Crsscent-Dunedin N Z Veries a r e i n from VPAM KCN I-VIFGM-WTNT-IVICH-KktRO-KYOK-KGST-VIFBR-WIBC since my 1.ast notes. Of thes WFBR-KWRO-IVICH-VdFGM-KCNI were sen t air-mail a t 25@ each. They must appre- e i a t e repor ts . VICH &V{PAhT.both sen t newshaper wr i t e ups from t h e i r lo- c a l papers about my hearing them. WFGM sa id they had.af .ew repor t s from Canada and the middle w e s t s t a t e s but were amazed t h d t t h e y could be heard ou t here. The~manager a t IiWRO, I r Walter Rea.d asked, me t o send him l i s t s of s t a t i o n s out here a s he o f t e n d o e s a b i t of DX.' &'.Bud Craw- ford, President of KCNI i s a l s o a r e a l f r i end of DXers a s he a lso 'was i n t e r e s t ed i n DXing some time ago. Conditions out here a r e jus t packing up now a fo t e r one o f t h e bes t seasons ever f o r me.Loggings have been 2;1.3 WAFB-2: 26 t e s t i ng new 5KW xmtr ; KVFD TT-2: 35;. 'KOCA-3: 19 F/C; KERG was coming in with t e r r f i c s igna l on DX a t 3:06; 2/14 WJNO, TT-3:33. On 2/17 KCRV ET-2:27; ICCNI F/C-3:41; WHRV with easy t o log commemtials a t 4:05; 2/20 KWBM-2:30 TT; WIL testing-3:24; KXOC with DX program a f t e r 4 2/24 VlLAP-2:03 TT; 2/27 KRSN-2:10 t e s t i n g with K C Mo; IJ3W S/off-3:00

KBIX-3:05with TT; KXLQ-3:4O F/C; KNED with 1s t ET,.perfect. s ignal ; KAVR 3:34 TT;WGNC-4:OO witin very 'entertaining F/C; 3/1. KSIX.closing reg a t 2 WTHI TT-2:06; WGYV F/C-2:3O;WXAL F/C-%xS$ 2:46; KBLF F/C-3:21 with band music; 3 / 3 KUBA cl.osing r eg a t 2; KXLR TT-2: 1.7; WDLB F/C-3:14; 3/6 WHSC TT-2:02; KREI TT-2:ll.; KCTX DX program 3:09; KULP DX-3:ll; 3/7 KNAK S off reg 3:09; KYAK F/C-3:16; 3/8 KGLU F/C-3:18 (Good going Kurray-Pop GENE S ALLEN-102.3 ~ar&osa St-Vallej.o,Cal A l e t t e r today from WORZ a t

i Orlando, F la informes me Raleigh B i s s of Banning, Cal won t h e i r prbze of a c r a t e .o f s e l e c t c i t r u s f r u i t f o r the g rea t e s t d i s tance on the Dec 25th broadcast. hiy repor t even though 300 miles fa r the r ,d idn t win. The com- mi t t ee admitted they made a mistake but a r e too cheap t o award a dupli- ca te prize-Hi.. Hope yo,u a r e enjoying grapef ru i t Raleigh-Hi. Made a t r i p t o Modesto l a s t week end. Stopped a t ICSTN,Stockton studios a t Hotel Clark. but d idnt see Ken Hol.l..ingsworth,CE. He wi1.3. ve r i fy so they say a t studios,but. i s very busy doing work f o r other s t a t i o n s as . well a s KSTN Studio. equiptment stil.1. incomplete a t KSTN,wil.l. make another s top the re i n 6 , months and we'1.b probably need our v e r i e s then too. Recent ve r i e s i n from CJNB-WBRM-VIABG -KLIF-KERG-JOFG-KGWA-rOn%L-WIORZ-2XG-lYZ-HI3T-XBSXI 3YC-KVOR-KELS: AM of 2/26 good f o r TP DX with r ano r t s sent bib ~Fc-610: . ~~ - - - - ~~ - ~ - --- - , - & - - - ? ~- ~ -..- .- .- 3AR-620; ~CO-670;. Since 2/:6 ~ h a v e reported t o ~OR-&-WDSR-WNER-wk~d ~AB-WPKY-KNED-KCTI-WDIG-lzP~~C-WPAT-~~IJB-KLYN-JOVK-JOHK~JOKP-KTRN-WNAT KMOD. Lather heard AM of 3/10; (continued on next page)

. . , .. : NAT.IONAL RADIO::C~JB- 3~ I~EY'G L page. 3 . . ..'T-IPS" and IiPO- HEPORTS . March 25 1950 .---i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - GENE ALLEN " ~ o n t ICMOD-1369 Nodesto, Cal on ET 4:.05-4:30; KRTN Raton N 1490 on reg F/C as per l i s t . WNAT Natched, Mi'ss u 5 0 adj-xmtr a t 3:35-3:4 3 : L S : Watched f o r XEOR from t i ~ s i n bu l l e t i n . WHJB hrd on TT a s per t i p 7-, ~ ~~~ -

from Ralphie. KLYN new cal.1 f 0; kmari1l.o; ~ e i a s . on 940. dome help want- ed on these. . ].st A i p i c k ; o n 1.420 s/off a t 3: 57 AM t o , r e t a t 10 AM EST and s/off i n E&gl.ish-but h,as Spanish rel. igious broadcast; 2nd Help from So Cal.if-T&xas .of. N Mex DXers,. who. i s Spanish s ta t ions , on LA60 kc €?Wing KIhlA-KD0N.a.t 8: 15-8:45 PlVI (EST) Sa1.1. fo r . now . 73I.s.. . . . RALPH JOHAgNS-6L E H ~ ~ O G ' ~ t . - b u f ~ ~ l : o ~ ~ ~ ~ N 'Y ~FMJ-1390 F A %ier inger(hes stil.1. CE)' v x says sked-week1.y .: 1 ; ~ u n 7-Mdt . iuioved. from 14.50 2/19/50. & now 5~~11,have 6 ;towers,400 f t high fr n i tes . & ,use -1 only f r days,no reg t e s t period. i!fCnlCDI,-1.230 v / l by Bob A ~ ~ ~ I S ~ W ~ F D H ) c/e sa s sorry f r delay. WERC-1230 v/l. b$ Ken iiestor c /e(no dope f r 1260 given "; KFEQ-680 v l l by .J Wesl.ey Koch .c/e says no reg t e s t s ; iCWBET145O'v/l. Sam Engle, c/e, no reg t e s t - sked 5: 59&l(Sun 6: 59) -113. PNl CCST , ( ~ 1 . ~ 6 Va1.J.e~ 6g C o Inc PO BOX 567) VIJBK-3.490 v / l Don Hein Asst ice . says opt& 24 hrs;3/1.3 SILENT 12:Ol.-6AM MONDAYS; 3/22 1260 WDOK 3:25-3: 32 lT/c then Wc~E-&2-50 . fol . ld ~ / t s t - ( I l i s t e d WDOK on;1.250 & sounded, l i k e he s a idDay ton Ohio) 3:20;WEOK/Spl sa5 a ~ / d ( l l be sent-WASA. ,133.0 r / c he he sa id twice 1530 kc(corrected once) 5.3.5-5 : 30. i n t o WFCB.! s s/on) 3 : 1.8 on ,1320; KXYZ TT/c'>: 23-3: 56 & a t 4~: 1 5 KXBO. came .with, M/c. t r u CKNIV ti3.1 4:14 off . s p dx. by PPRS 1.590 s t r g M x qrri & what s o d d e d . l ike WXHF & Los't' em 3: 58 i n WKBWs kietero-Ih.RLI/sp squeezed da...bananas f o r Len Kruse& o t 1;ost at' 5 :51 i n near dayl.ite. 3/x9 d .so a,,.i$panish s t ' on 1449 6:00-8:15 who was i t ? 3/17. CKMO 14-10 reg strong. t i l l . &:Oh/off t o pe t a t 6:25(their tlme), WHAY 24 h r d on 910 KCNI 1.490 M/c - a g a i r i ~ \ ~ ~ bl/c a f t r MUON'S .etc e tc . Wishing..:,you . a speedy

: ,G ~ ;. .'. : . . I ' :recovery LEFTY, sor+y Oifi. . .. . . . . , BERNIE DUFFY-68 watchogue ~d-~_t&?n"fk . N : , Y . M r hrd ] i s $ now numbers 1833 by- means of having added the f ol.l.owih~ L. s i n c e ni~~' 'tjrevious r e ~ o r t . WPEP-.

F@HI-WPM-1~1~~0 on-1.450; Got ' t he i.st 3-by ' a c t i ng bn' t i p s . t h a t were i n the bul.letin. The l a t t e r e a s i l y dominated. WOE' on 3/12.: t h a t same AlVi I got an unknown t e s t e r on 570 a t 4:0&; Reqsnt' ye r ies ' are l e t t e r from WIBB- ,WCON-j1[l!rSPR-WBEC DXes and cards covering' same of \WER-WACB-CKSF. I n my de- : l igh t ,of , having f5nall.y heard &. ver i f i ed a Hav!aiian I . of t en re-read my

. ,q . t t ract iye l e t t e r ' from KHON, KLSo h e a ~ d re.ce$Ay P O R and a l e t t e r v e r i e from-.mGIU'. 3/,1J,:KGBC-KBOR-WBGR DXes well. received but none of the N Mex h e a r d . Once mtire .'.I heard the same-uniden-tified NECer dominant-128'0 2: 30-I MEL OLIVER-67~4 .peerless St-H6~iston ,21.. Tex :Very ] . i t t i e i n f o worthy of report ing b u t hive sent n few r p t s i n - t he pas t 3 v~ks~severa l . of which have al.ready ver i f i ed . Veries fromM-KRSN-WRJVf-WELR-iaJIBC-WGRA-WPTF-

."'KDET-KSPI-INCCO Tcith r p t s a l so going t o WlQKI-WBCO-UTIKOP-P:HOM-WGTU-KPRS- WBCU-WJAY. Altho p robab lyrp ted previousl~y..~lBCO i s nev! one-on 1450 i n

, Bessemer, A1.a hrd t e s t i n g equipt .3/12; 3116 .WKBP was hrd , fa i r l .y on spec a s was WROM,but.thejr. had -to..buck'~i'iOR and occasional1.y IIVilB. 3/1.7 KTAR-620

: onrwi th spec tes- t a t 3; 3/20 KPRS'J590 tesk ing a f t e r . 3; KOBE' 1450 with FC a s l i s t e d using Tone; ' WBCU i460 hrd. nice1.y .on DX. and \?JAY 1280 apparent- l y beginning- days Crork a't ~ ; . ! ~ E N T seems.tohav,e s e t t l e d on 1.5.50 now and

.- lIJG2rGTM 5.90 looks l i k e another al.Gighter. Has;.been Some confusion on KLIF 1190..iThey a r e in-Oak C l i f f a.s-epkrate municipality but ac tua l ly a p a r t

. of DaIJas. Local KATL 1590 w&nt t o 5kw-.las~tweek; A b t 20 years ago I did

. somk. BCB DXing and had several: n i ce ver ies j which have 1.ong been l o s t in ' moving: around.. &ow I had one 'from PVlX,Havana and several. o ther Cubans & Mexicans. Bel.ieve I al.so had ;WOAW the 0maha~'station which i s now VVOW,be- fore. another s t a t i o n qu i t ar id. t l~ey acquii+ed. t;he..@resent 'cal.1. Have for- gotten, .w@ere the f i r s t NrO\I: -wS.s :;l:oi!cated, Ju;st' iaemories now thougki. . ,. . POP EDG&-325 Shir lev ~ve-BfI.0, '15.' .N Y We].$: :50ys ,n6 DX a t all . except d id

. . get' up. t h e 1.9th t o nail, VJHL.Ii Very'nice l e t t e r ;ve+ie bgck today t o make . .. tokal 1703. Other let- ter .veri 'es.are from ~&TB-KOVC-WIBC replacing old

cards. New ones from ,VICDL-lJLCi.$-KDET-KCRV. ~ o u s e coming slow but sure, . . . .: . . . .

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 4 TIPS and LPO REPORTS March 25 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . SID ROSEXBAUM-806 Market St-Wheelinil W va unfavorbaiy r&ceiuin&condi- . ' t20ns meld down ac t iv i t i es - . Heavy s t a t i c near ly a l l week. D X N 3, l o s t . . i n t h e mail, a n d d i d not a r r i v e ti.I.3 Friday. 3./1.6 WIBC hrd 3:15-~~YD-1440 on ET 3:i5-3:35; WERE ET 0345-0400; WKNK on with NZ DX. 3/17 IWiZV! FC; KCNI FC 0345-0420; WHAY Reg, a new a l n i t e r f o r me; WSIP s/on 0430;WFMH . t e s t ing ; WSB-, s/on 0515; 3/19 WIRL on with basketbal.1 game, S; off -245 WTMV FC 0200-0215; KXLY Reg i n c lea r with House Party a t 0200,nide s ig WKID on ET 0300-0345; V&OX t e s t 0330; l J B K must s/off SUN M ; a t -0300. 3/20 KGGM FC 0115-0130; WOK on t e s t 0100; VJJLB d o f f 0200; WNAT FC & ET 0210-0245.topping WRFL and WU'NR FCs. WROX FC 0230-0245; BIKRM,FC 0230 0300 with March. music; KTTR FC; -0HS DX d i s to r t ed but copied'. .Did not hear-VinK a f t e r 0200. WBCU DX 0402 with tone & music and i n wi th , s t rong sig. S t a t i c eery heavy-as morning'.wore on. Veries i n a r e l e t t e r s ' f r o m , WTNB-KDET-KGCX-hNW-KaON . - Cards were KSTN-ECuTEW. KXLY has been coming in^ dl.?. ?week with n icc s i g despi!e s t a t i c . VlNAT 3.450 Natchez, Miss,was h rd with FC 3/13 0215-0230 and on 3/20:with FC& ET 0215-0245. Anybody know.^ who code s t a t i o n i s on 1.300. kcs. usual^^ heard on wionday between 0200- 0400. Tha tdoes it f romhere . . . NONTY hlONTULET-Elberton N J 'Tough week i n here.Sinus and schomlifig w e Grey made DX nigh on to impossible. Guess t h e s t a t i ons from whom I ' m expkcting. r e p l i e s were in . bad shape tbo f o r meek was painful1.y slow. One a d a y f o r Mon-Tuesand Wed.,\ letters KVET-VJHHH-WN0P,phooieThu~'s. F r t 3 cards, CKNB-KDET-KNEM. Sat K I C I with l e t t e r f o r my 2nd repor t . 1427 needing 73. This 1'1.1 pever g e t i f I dont perk up on DX which slowed. down too. 3113 W3GR-1370, and, VfKBO': poor1.y on Specials. 3/14 KEVA 1580 0215-03.30 FC; .TiJBlA 1340,Q130.-0200 ET; KFI\fO 1240 0230-0245 FC TT; 3/1.5 KSDN 930 0415-0445 Special. 3/:.9 KRLC 1350 t o 0200 s /off . Hope I ,ii;l-. prove next week. Does anyone h a m a nevi l i s t on' French frkquedcy'chaig- es?'Ones on 642-860-1205 come on wLth t o n e a t 0015,then s/on a t : 0 0 3 0 0 r . s o z i t seems i n here tho f a i n t n o w . h o r e next week and heres-hoping Wey-- r i c h i s 100% again., Oh @or a new, log. I f m going out now t o find.myse1.f. Hope i f I r e tu rn during my absense Kay .reminds ine t o s t i c k around u n t i l I ge t back. (Sinus does things l i k e t h i s ) Y/SGT FRED ANDERSON-50L-D Idaho Ave-Ft Lewis. Wash Well. the weather i s perfect and think tho f i s t wi1.l bo b i t ing soom. S ~ r i n g i s around the cor ner I know I saw it. Be]-ieve it or not the r a d i o h a s been p e r f e c t except f o r the al.nighters. When NrCBS. puts i n a read.ib1.e s igna l out here a t 10 PM I think i t s good. IVell.recent ver ies a r e i n from KSKVi(NRC) l e t t e r , I(TfiIRC letter,'Russel.l Fel-tinger, CE. s t a t e s Quote.. Thanks f o r the repor t and. t o my knjwledge t h a t i s tht? bes t andmost d i s t a n t daytime report . . ' Very glad t o receive repor t s l i k e yburs and especia l ly from members of .,: the National RnCio Club. P e he re a t KVmC 1.ook forward t o such r e p o r t s . . (DX) I am returning y ~ u r p ~ s t a p ~ ' T.S we gained Some informatian fr'om your

. . repor t , more thcn ensugh. Again tnx anc? do not h e s i t a t e t o send u s a : : card i n the fu ture , hoping you hear us again 73s--Unquote. That i s pa r t of the l e t t e r - I rec f rou IiliIRC,; P'enfileton, Ore. 50 you see some s t a t i ons ' r ea l l y look forwarc? t o r epak t s providing they a r e t r u e and contain some val.ue and information. They 'even sentj brick the stnnp enclgsed p1,us t h e ' one it cos t t o send the; l e t t e r . Other' ve r i e s i n from KSL-card- KERN l e t - t e r ; KXRO 1320 l e t t e r 2ne.rdcent loggings 2nd le t ' te rs ou:t t o the fo1.- lowing; 3/1 KRCO 690 kc' [announced) s/off 0215; 3/2 KXRO' 1320 a t 1950; 3/$-.CHUB 1570 Nanaimo B C 2200; 3/9 KGDN 1140 0017; KOOL 0300 with FC; WKY 930 FC 0358; WSB 750.-s/on '051.5;: WDEF s/on 0530; 3/10 WCBS 2 t 0100 t i g . 1 s/pff . KNEC 920 .Rei sBed sfof f:, :.0304; KELP 920 FC 031.9 and ann the I FC a s 2nd .SAT 0300-3315 AM EST,, K A T ~ . 13 .4~ .-335 ,+d on a l n i t e -ex MON; KYNO, 1.30(j 0350; KPRL 1239 Fc ,0433; ~SC6 . /680 Testing U435; KOH 630 t e s t - ing , 0458 wi th nusic; 'KING 1099 $./of& 0590,'-ex; .?ION then Mdt. KLPb1 1390 . .. FC .p515 ~5.th: qusic. 3/11 CHFZ''DX no ? i c e heye. Vie11 basebe1.l here again t h i s y e a r ' w i l l be able t o h e a r s&ei of the': anes as'we have 2 s t a t i b n s . 7 2 7- L 7 L - 3- LLrr-. .--^ P n T *QT . g,_,.+ nm .,,*..b0,

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NElVS Xmch 25 1.950 TIPS and :LPO REPORTS . . . , Page 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M/SGT FRED ANDERSON cont 3/13 KLBill 1450, FC 0315; KF30 Reg 0330; KXLQ 1.450 FC 0345t0403. WeJ:1 1 giiesb :'that g a c ' i t , tomoFYQw i s and'thercwork- ing day. Best of DX a n d n o soap on any of,DXes on the 13th. 73's. . HEDLEY SI~DIONDS-~&~ airfield Ave W-Hamilton Cariada Rec very n i c e l e t - t e r of v e r i f i c a t i o n from W G ~ A f o r DX progziam . o ~ ' N R C - N N R C on 12-4-47 af- t e r severa l attempts. 'CE Wil.l.ia~ R Atkiqson has b e ~ n with WGBA s ince 1./1/49 and a p o l i g i i e s t o me f o r .not g e t t i n g v e r i e before t h i s time. Wrote t o the new WGBA now on 1.460 kcs ,wi th the resu1.t t h a t I nqw have ve r i e f o r WGBA 620 'kcs. Columllu's, Ga. Hc,wishes no t o inform NRC-NNRC t h a t he has over 1000 l e t t e r s on f i l e t h n t h a v e no i nd i cz t i on ' o f being ver i f i ed o r not. Say t o t e l l t h e boys .they 'kil l . receive ve r i f i c a t i ons 2f they wr i t him and t h e i r r epq r t s agree. Says pe r sona l (former) did not teke care of r epo r t s e t c . and' he wi1.L cndonvoarto answer a l l cor rec t repor t s if sen t t o him. So pass ' al.ong the word t o payone no t receiving rgg1.y f o r repor t s on the old blJGBA 626 kcs . However h s a s l r s t h a t the-bays-be p a t i e n t i n the wait ing f o r r ep l i e s . An now on n igh t workso mot much t ime. . HAROLD W I L L I A ~ ~ L ~ C J 3rd iir&-Beycour . Conn Y . .~ , w i n g the pds t week s e n t out 9 r o t s 2nd 3 f / u ~ s end r&e'l.i; v e r i e s t o .bring t o t a l t o 372 f o r my firs* - * ... year of i in^.' 3x13' v e r y - b a ~ s t a t i d t rouble 2nd from th; n i ce list f o r l o n only got I.; VXBO 1230. 'being given bed time by v O R . However I got enough t o s e n d a ' f a i r r p t cn NRC'DX. 3/1.4. C o n d i t i ~ n s s t i l i too tough so gave up and went f o r some s leep a t 2AL1; 3/15 WONE 980 FC 0207-0215 and WKOP 750' on DX coning i n fair1.y s trong desp i te UVJR over1.a~. WCDT-1340 FC 0347-0328 thru WEhLlP-WHAT. KSDN930 on DX,very f i n e except f o r sad s l a p over from su r NICE new al .ni ter WiAY on ,913 5KK about 28 miles from here. WKTG 730 onDX c1445-35WJ,bcing g i v e n a bad time by WGN? powerful overs1.a~. 3/1.6 on1.y .l but a f i n e :pro CKCL 140q on DX coning i n here so s t rong and cl.egr I had t o tone ,fio~vn a b i t . Friday no soap, long on noise and shor t on sl.eep. Baterday d i t t o . 3/3.9 ~JVIRL 1290 t r m s c r i b e d rebroad- c a s t ofhIIT basketbal l game between Brqd1.e~ end CCNY fromMadiscn Square Garden from OI.q5-i1245 w i t h WOA 1290.on with a TT 0117-d1.30 , a s both were easi1.y read, sen t r p t s t o bqth. ver ies , won with the wel.come NRC bulle- t i n and n i c e l e t t e r from wFHL.157~ v e c i f y i n g d a y t i n e repor t . KFI l e t t e r & W O stamp and CJCH 920 nice l e t t e r as I had no Canadian Stamps when I sen t the r p t and then sent I R C they sent me beck 7& i n Canadian Stamps with t h i s l e t t e r signed by A R UiacV!ilI.ians CE. Tncnk you f o r your recep- t i o n repor t hereby ver i f i ed . I t any i n t e r e s t y o u t o know,you a r e al.most exact ly i n cur rad ia t i3n .pc . t t e rn ~ 8 x ~ ~ x w t u r t ~ x ~ ~ x 1 p p k ~ x x That' f a c t plus the d i s tance frm us makes i t r a t h e r surpr is ing %hat ycu shou1.d pick us up. We~..shal.l b+_gfad t o hacir f ~ o m gsu a t any t i ne . 3 /14 KVET &3;1(, L e t t e r , f o r DX and WDLB 145" l e t t e r on FC. 3/15 \LNA 1420:card f o r DX; 3/16 WSAY 137i Le t t e r f o r 3rd r p t reg pro. .'WILZ 1ZQ5ri s t e n c i l 1.eCf.e.r.f~r FC, my f i r s t v e r i e from De3.av1nre-Hi: 3/1?:VifC,DL 1232 s t 6 n c i l ' l e t t e r f o r ET 1.124. CKNB ~ 3 r d f o r DX of 3/l; 3/16 no -g$il .except the r p t fq rns from Hal ane the FC l i s t s I sen t f o r a l s o t h r appl.iment. This i s without exception the nos t complete a n d , b e s t F/C l i s t i t has been my. p1:easure t o see and I know it took many h c u r s o f tir'esoiile work t o c o m p i l e i t . H 1 1 i n a11 I an much pleased with 12y membership ' i n the NRC, thanxs t o the suggestions of Jeff French. Writing t h i s wh i l e \l'istgning t o Yankee-Red Sox ba l l - erne so pl.ease excuse q r o r s : :Kind regards t o all. the NRC bzys. h hanks laro3.d f o r ycur swel l coments , lit i s these t h a t mckes us go on and try. o do our bes t a t a l l :times.,Popwho as pinch h i t t i n g forvLefty can as- q e you t h a t Lefty is , . . glu.uttpn $or work P ~ C I r e a l l y loves t o s ee those, $por ts swanp him, tlie .,more t h e b e t k e ~ .Lefty 1.ikes it..j( , . , . . . . .,. - - - ...'f. . ,-. - ,- . . - - - i - .. . ;ember boys t h i s i s . t h e . i ~ ~ $ v % e k l . ~ bul.letin, next i s sues wi3.1 be on

an.2 22nd. Lefty 's cle~:GLine .wiWl: be- A p r i l - 5th & 19th/ Deadline f o r th! ? s t i c contes t e n t r i e s i s Apri l 5th a t 325 Shir ley Ave Buffalo 15, N Y f o r the Foreign (&test A~rkl~-I ;9 tb , sane QRA. So l e t s have em.

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX hEWS Page 6 TIPN and LPO REPORTS March 25 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE BRALINE?-23 .Howard St~Wil l . iamsvi l le 21 N Y Nothin t o r e o r t here ex- - ceo t a few s t a t i o n s loaned through t i p s i n the DX 3/1g added KEVA a f t e r qu i t e a tuss1.e with WKBW,h&d t o - s h i f t tubes a r o u n ~ t o g e t him, & 3/17 brought WCPM whose f a i r l y easy every Ahf here a t 5:30 AN, a l so WLEW f o r a few minutes,signing on when WJBdO got off t o a l$te s t a r t and l e f t 1540 open briefly,normally WJIllO seems t o cover V&EW 100 $ here. Inci- dent ly W I N D seems much stronger these days,anyone e l s e noticed t h i s ? A n d WHBQ evident]-y o f f 24 hours f o r heard him come on one AM a t 6 oclock. More good news f o r us i s the r e tu rn of WJBK t o 24 hours on 149G,said every day. Didnt ge t anywhere near ny goal on 1490, been some time s ince I heard a new one the re and of those heard no l.ess than a dozen e r e s t i l l unverified. Present VdJBK Goes no t seem a s s trong a s he used t o be, one morning KTYL $ave him a r e a l going over. Veries come from severa l t h i s week, l e t t e r s from WC:CDZ-KEEY -KVET-TK~B-~AKXY-CKLB(S~~~~ 100 watts) and n i ce cards from KDET-KNFU-WLNA.

WVVbV-WLNA-KBRS-EIBOR-KDET-VfPCF. %st of -ay DXing involves t h e DXes' and the NRC F/C l i s t so I dent have much i n the .way of news. IVNAH & WELR both on 1.360 02~0-0230 3/8; 3/9 W J J U F/C 0400-0430. then WSIP reg s/on 043Ujboth 1490. KBRL jus t ebsut unreadable on t h e i r 3 / 1 0 DX and gave up on KBRL with too many on 145.0. 3/11 CHFA 68Q noisy o n t h e i r DX with in- te r ference from KABC. 3 /13 'UVUGR 1379 good o n - t h e i r DX but KRSN n o go her f o r QFUI. 3/15 WKNK 16.00 sqdeezed thru ImOM & WHRVS KSDN 930 i n very good on t h e i r DX; 3/1.7 Tr:i:ed f o r IUCOR 930 but g o t C J V I t i l l . 0306 then logged, a l n i t e r CJCH 930 and foundWiJQK hogging 1499 al.nite again. Hope another grave-yard cpens up next season. Maybe sone of these al.nighters w i l l wear out over the ,summer. WAY al.so 24.hr on.910; WJHP seems l i k e 24 h r on. 1320 a1.so. This m~rriing 3/19 WHLI t e s t & d fram 506, number f o r Len." Kruse. Well t h a t s al.1 from here. Eecep%iqn ,declined during t h e pas t wk with s igna l s dropping off anL n o i s e picking, up. However t h e r e a r e o f t e n very good mornings through A p r i l so guess I'll keep out the mothballs. HEEB CAMPBELLR3ute 2-Athens. Penn Tine f o r a r epc r t covering a c t i v i t i e s s ince New Years. Listening f n i r l v good i n s n i t e of 1.imited sked.hearing - a coup1.e ~ e i I ~ e r s , s u p ~ d s e d T ~ , : 'an$.-% t h e way; Verie s i t u a t i o n r a the r sickly,season may be qy poorest f r o n present ind ica t i cns . Since 1/1 ver i e s on dedicated prcgrams froo! WPXO-IVWF'F-KGST-WWHC-WJPG-WJPG-WKRS-KPDQ- 'WLNA-KEPO-KNOR-I~ ;COJ- 'U~IDD(~U~~GU~) KTUR-KSEM-KDET-WIBB-VSPOR.. On F/Cs a r e KAWT-WALD-VVULA-IIVTBP-KfiTN-IYCRS-ViCRK-KOVC. On reg Xmissicns WBRK-WOBS and on ETWLOH. Repsr t s out 0n:dediccted prograns t o WAPF-WPBC-KCLW-WNER- WKXY-WACB-KCTI-KCTX-KITE-liVICB0-WBGR-VJHLI. On ETs the re a r e VIAFB-KNED- VJBCO. F/Cs age wSIP-KTKT(~~~ even an excuse) and WEED while VVNOW has b e reported on ,reg sked: DX 'NEWS has featured va1.uabI.e in forna t ion t h a t co,uld be b e t t e r tf pridted cn onexside of the paper f o r cu t t i ng out atld placing in' a:very accesib$el Spot. 1nforia.t icn o n ve r i e s has been very.,.complete and g o d ' (night -especial.iy nenticln A 1 'oldings repor ts ) New aiimeo i s sure ly , responsible f o r a l o t l e s s eye s t r a i n then i n for- ner seasons. Neglected t o repor t thatflSkunk Cards" have been.filer3 i n l i e u of ve r i e s .on -DXes f ron WAC0 wd WMLS aBd reporks an reg skeds t o 'IZICBA-WBUX and IVJOC. (OK Herb, guess I need some of them too-pop) --Tr . - . - .- , - . , - - - . - . ~ This a r t i c l e s Z < , i n b y : ~ e n e -.Al.l;en; Wethiids of AvoiCkSrig' S t a t i c on Your Rhadio" If you have been having rad io i n t e r f e r ence ( s t a t i c ) l a t e l y . the - *roublecl;lay be. i n -ysur .oqm -hc?ne. .To help. assure, good reception bk'sure your radio s e t Q , i n , " o o ~ ~ c o n ~ i t i o n ' b e f c i r e blaming other ' Bactors. I ~ f , y o ~ s e t i s OK check your el~ctric~app~ianc~s,for,,lo~se connections,worri corc defec t ive .p$ugs, i f lanps a r e Loese,-tighWen then f i rmly in- sockets.

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March 25 1950 TIPS ' and :LPO BEPOHTS Page 7 - - - - - - - - d - - - - - - - - - . - - _ _ I _ d _ _ _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . . . . Item cont. Wen there i s in te r fe rence and. any appliances a r e being used t u rn them o f f t o s e e i f the no i se 'Stops::C2,a'A6~..ca.~ses o f . t rouble a r e a heat ing pad thermostats-tropica1,fish tanks hea te r t h e r m ~ s t a t s ~ r e f r i g e r a - t o r s tracumn cl-eaners sewing mechincs el.bctric razors fl.uorescent ,l.ights I.oose f ~ s e s an? bad switches. Because in te r fe rence i s t ransmit ted i n t o the aia ,noises t h a t a f f e c t your radio may come from other homes i n your neighborhooZ,so, i f you have el.iminatel your home as a p3ssibl.e source. : of the troubl.e,check with your neiehbor. A: - - - - 4 - - - - - LEN KRUSE-81.7 Wi1.son Ave-Dubuaue. In, DX a c t i v i t i e s 1.imited a t t h i s den t h e aas t week. 3/13 1.orrcr~il FBCO lL53 Bessener. A1.a on ET 3:lL-4 with S1.-

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i g h t in ter ference . Fo].Xowed rt 4 i i i th the DX ? e s t from WBGRfor 30 min. Nice job on arranging t h i s o n e Leo. DX from WKBO ?].so on 3.1.3 was hrd thru heavy QWl. i n f a c t o n e bf the toughest s t ~ . t i o n s t o pull. i n th is . . sea- som. Th~nks t o Fred Van Voorher's ?.nd Charl.ie C;onl.ey f o r t h e i r p n r t of t h i s DX f o r NRC. Tried f o r CKCLs DX 'oat impossible with s trong WLJINS al.ni on 1.400. An6 speaking of DXcs, hecrd VELI .&gain on 3;3.9 with i t s 2nd. DX TEST f o r the cl.ub,but.unc?er bad recep t ioncondi t ions . The same morning 3/1.9 h r d the , FhCof WTNJ 1.300 Trenton N J from I.:30-1:45 with voice on1.y. and QRll- was had: froH KTJOR o a l t s reg sked. Ver i f ica t ions t h i s -pas t week - incl-ude 1.etters from VVBEC-DX-KSGN EX-CHFA-DXp WSPR D X - F C R D X a l s o card KBRS-NQAM. Cards were f r c n T:KBN-WIBA DX;\VTOR DX 2nd KELT who sent a s i c - t u r e pos ta l card of t h e i r s t e t i s n . D3 hci:e t o heer 3 f i n e DXes from the west coast , nane1.y KOkRV-KTUI-KSUE..Pl.ecse, everyone send WDC a card t o thank them f o r 2gein ggreeing t o s ' t? .n~ by forc30 n in during the KSUE DX on April. 3rd. S ta t ion WEDC, Chicago. is;;trul.y a f r i end of the DXers. GRANT BATSON-Sherman Rd-Westf i e l d N' Y - Not so much i n DX t h i s week. 3/12 WCO 3.450 ET 4:13-4:36 f o r new 3ne; .!IXLI 11.00 5-5:35 f o r tes t ;3 /1 .3 WBGR 1.370 DX &-4:32 and ')"XI30 on l23i) DX a ;?@or r e ;x r t due t o WNOR QRhf.Cou1.d barely meke c u t a scznty r p t . i'Jo n o r e h ia l ing- till. 2 : 56 Plll Sa t and log- ged HER-5 on SVi. "ot f i n a l l y r e s t ed up f r s n my t ruck t r i p s t o Hanover Pa Found .>ut where Al.' l i ve2 anc2 ro1.l.cd i n the re abcut 5 : 30 P I Tues and, en- joyed the f i n e hospitzl.i ' ty of A]. and Mrs Bartholomew f o r the evening and n igh t , had one grand DX g~sb' f e s t with Iil. an2 i t wns i n the wee sma1.1. h r s of tho norning before r ' e t i r lng , sure Tins grand t o be able t o see ' them. Deserting almost col--p.ctel.y- v e r i e s nere1.y trick1.e in. WGRA-WTOR f o r DX WSPR-VbZNA-KSGN-KDET, Ye's 3/19; t ho t I ' d DX a b i t ar?unc? 4 AM but a sham b a t t l e of s t a t i c i3ct al:c~,ost every stop c.n the bane except 1.ocal.s l i k e WJR-lURVA. fcuncl s u t l a t e r i n netis' ccists thunder .sTi:rrr.s' i n nie-west 1.ikel.: caused it. Now f o r a s u r p i s e ,b?ys.. I guess my $ r e a m i s coning true.. Tolnorrow 3/20 1" t o geet ixy ngw 195irChevy c?r. an?. boy I ' m beaming a i n t I

. . . Yaybe I-can g-et-around more.-Ncpe IFm ecing t o -keep o d ~ M i n g y e t so dont th ink it wi1.1. go t o my head. DONALD FREY-351.1 14 ~ ~ ? l s t e ~ - ~ h i c ~ ~ o 1.3. Ill. H i gang, no bu1.l.etin today, h. - hsae t h i s h i t s the Wed dcaCl.ine. z c t t6 net t h i s s u t f a s t so heres info. 3/j.3 KGFL NNEC DX 2: 58-3;L13; BG~~U-DX. TT 5 : 30-3:44; WBGR NRC DX 3: 59-,/+:I.& 3/1.4 .KSGN NRC TEST 3:29-3:49; WHAY s th r ted 24 h r sked and was logged a t 4:1.2-4:45; 3/1.5 TFOP NFIC,DX 3:l.Z-3:31.; .IiP.SI NNBC DX ET 4:C4-4:23; :KSDN N RC DX 4:25-4:41.$ 3/3.9' VJHLI cn with TEST, noisy. 5:05-5:45; 3/20 KPRS ET M & V 3:05-3: 52; IVBCU F/C TT &:GI.-4il$ t h e t l n i r C 1.ittl.e Griffy-Sniff missed h i s spec ia l . I woke him up a t 3 'and he had the NNBC E/T logged before so he went bsck t o be? 2nd woke u p a t 5. Griffy-Sniffs # 1 & 2 - f o r IIBCU though, fol.lowing ve r i e s this.week; 3/15 Le t te r s from WFGM- KBIX-VVGNB;' 3/1.5 cnrd from WNA; 3,'l.b. cn~cl fronKDET, 1-e t ters KGRS-Vm;

,3/1.7 l e t t e r s VvZEC-VfCMI) carc! f r s n KPM; 3/20 cards fronWTOR-IZbifijB-WGAU ' l e t t e r : f ron Vi'GAC 5.n2.. t h a t s nl.1. f o r now, 73s 1'1.1 B C N U - - - - - A + - - - - - - - - - - -

.~eme~ibbr 'we hcve o u r cmnnual. e l ec t i on next nsnth, AND ALSO'RE~~E~~BER i t s y g u r duty t o c a s t , your vote. So \$hen. y>u receive your b a l l o t , VOTE AT. once t o be sure. L e t s hz.ve t h e na j o r i t a of 3ur membership c a s t t h e i r ,bal.- ., , ,, .~ . ~~3~ ~ .- rl. . - L: ... 2.. n ..-2 7 8: 7 7 ..C .̂.+.̂ ".?2

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TIPS and. LPO FiEPOHTS March 25 1.950 Page-8- - - - - - - - - -. - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -.- - - - - - - - XN(L FiAYiJOHD-I.I.I.L. N Har w r Ave-Lo3 W B e s L-6. Cal, Rumor i n LA paper vesterdav t h a t KENO 1 . 1 0 ~ kcs r e c CP f o r 5KAf on 1160. mavbe a t 1.ong l a s t ihi's ~hannel. wil.1. be c lea r fpr.awhi1.e do& west he re , t h j t i s of scme 0th- er joker doesnt pull. t h a t a1.nite s t i n t . EVIOD 1360 goes on reg sked 3/21. S:30-3:00 AM EST; Ii L K~.rrel. Jr i s CE; For A L B KSPA ver ie s igner from 6/48 i s Dona1.d L Warreni.CE; Le t t e r ve r ies i n f ron KhlOD-KSET-KBRC. Cards from WOW-KSTN. Rec 2 l e t t e r s . a n d one ccrd from one r p t t o KSET, they wers f r o a 2 d i f engineers whi1.e some other s t c t i c n s wont answer a t al.3.. 3/1.0 No t r ace of KEHL on DX. TT on t h e i r channel cl.1. the time but em sure i t wasnt them. KBOR on DX but no t until.' 3.:58 w h c n s m e unlmown 500 watt s t - opped ET,they were Qmled agcin 1.nter by unknown TT ~t 4:l4; KMOD 1.360 ET & T & V 5:Ot-5:41. ?mounted cn 1./2 hr . 3/1.1. No sign of CHFA on DX, perhaps they wernt on o r were using a. good DA. KSDO ET 1.1.30 asking f o r r epo r t s V & M e t 4:30; KOH 630 on ET V a . t 4:35; KFRC 67.0 ET V 4:35 aiid KSCO 1.080 ET 4:35-4:48 V&bl; Have r p t out t o them 4-1./2 months so gcing t o send another. 3/-1.2 KCLF 1400 on ].st ET V&bl 5:1.7-5:40;.Had F/C with KC dsing TT a t 6; KFLE 940 ET Hit% TT&' f ron t r ans s i t e a t blunson Ca l i f . 5:45-5: 58; 3/1.3 K G B C pn D X with wenk. s ig . KENE the on1.y N Mex I needed d i dnt show .l.ikewose on' the WGBR &DX. WTAlV DX ha KSRC, c a u d t KPAN 860 FC with Austin ~ e x ( n o t a s t o ge t hifi,,,a.~~,1..s_g.~$~~&rn~Tdter him f o r over year KRUL FC'agaln a s per 1 . i s t . KBUN FC 1.23U a s per 1. FC tinie 2nd &ION 4:1.5-4: 3"; 3/1.4 XSGN on DX with on 4:uO s/off with E/7 s ig .~UniCent i f i ed t e s t e r o too loud t o be ViKNK; 3/15 Signs of the t i n e s , no new DX jus t KSGN on t e s t who evilenta1.y decided t o ;,lay it sa fe and was on both- IS. None of the 311.5 DXes showed here K H J t e s t i ng aux until . 4:27 and then FEuM fror what I t h i n k w a s Al.askn queered the IiSDJ DX'and I sure Manted them. 011 3/1.6 XEIT l.460 on reg 1.3.:1.5 PU -l.2:32 AM giving KDON a rough time and v ice versa. 3/1..7 CEEC 55G a t 5:30 s/on ti1.l 6 when KFRM took over; Noise Level p re t ty high ani! the W signal. was q u i t e weak. For. BOB BROWN I f o r one have the 01.6 KITE verifiec! and gl.nd t o hsve it. S t i l l . no ver ies from ho1.d outs KTUS & K ~ Q ( t h e s e k i l l ne) and it 1.ooks l i k e i t wont be long be- f o r e 181.1. have t i n e t o s t a r t con~i1.ing a long ho1.d out 1.ist t o write t o from t h i s seascns DXing. Ernest how a re you going t o enjoy the so call.ed vacation f ron s t e n c i l cut t ing??? 73s t o a l l ... KYlON 560 FC i s 2nd THURS' no t 3rd, same time. in fo s t re ig l i t fram nonitoring s t a t i cn . ~

JOE BECKER SH-Ll5 So 1.lth St-Harnil.ton Ohio ( F i r s t off Joe your S ta t ion 01 1550 kcs - i s XENT. J u s t r e c 1.etter v e r i e back- and my repor t wzs. sen t t o XENT Laredo, TEIY\,S-PO~) Stil.1. DXing. a 1.ittl.e. and snagging a new one now and then. La tes t n r e KORN -KICO-KITE-bVNAH-IPCF-KXOC-\VI3CO-l~AT-\VDUN-WGBR- WHAT-KBDN-VIUSJ-CJNG ancl the 1c.g reeds 2364 heard an6 2330 ve r i f i ed and 3 4 r p t s out . was surpr i se6 a t s i c of K I C O . liM tops WHHPhere; KRMS a t Ruston La was good on. 3/7.5 VSOY. c m e thru sv~el.1. and was VlrXTG. KCOL s a id q u i t e a few DXers stil.1 nentianl4CG k c and KCOL se id a e * e n t t o 147.0 kc on 1.2/22/49. heception been pre t ty good but frying and-s izze l ing noises i n t e r f e r e s with soroe DX. WSIP s igns en a t 4:3u AM EST. Received a ve r i e from XEPK fo r t h e i r NRC DX of 2/23/48. However t h i s i s the s e t up. Send a dupl ica te r epo r t with re tu rn ~ q s t n z e t o s e n o r Hector J Vnzgues Cal1.e de Hidalgo # 79 Pachuca, Hidal.go, I~lexico. Do n a t send it t o the statior: a s they wi1.1. n o t s ign i t . It night work so i t s worth a t r y t o a11 of you s t i l l looking f o r your ver ie from thn t DX.

' ~ r j n . S t a t i o n 'ICKLB sent i n by Bernie Duffy. M r . Bert hlcCol.lun, Chief Engineer wri tes Bernie thn t a confusioh i n the da tes resul ted anc! we i ; u t ~ n the DX show the n i g h t of Feb 2uth ins tead o f the, ea r ly norning of t h a t Gate. Next t i n e you request a DX, we w i l l be on our toes an:: g ive .you a real. top notch performance. . . . . . . 80 t h a t s why CKLB wes no t clll a s sche?.ul.ed. The l e t t e r goes nose i n t o d e t a i l , but f e e l t h a t giving,you the r en l r a s o n wi1.1. be s u f f i c i e n t . Thanks f o r sending

"it al.ong Bernie.

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1 9 Fi Johenns 1.9 C i lustoe 20 Alan Arnold 21. F Wheeler ~ ~

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CONVENTION NEWS The fol.howing >Ian was suggested by airs and Joe Breuner and Pop Wge al.01 wi th afew o t h e r thought it was icea l . , so l .ets hcve y3ur o i ~ i n i o n s .

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Musines of t he Members -- - - .-. - - - - - Kermit Geary R D 2 WalnuFp;r'f, Pa. E a t e s t v e r i e s have a r r i v e d from TYZ KBR~TKT'L~~ KL&B TnT RVETT - A 1 1 were n i c e personal l e t t e r s except ICSTN which was a mimeographed ca rd t e l l i n g t h a t we DXfers had t o wai t f o r our v e r i e s became-we d o n t t h e l p t o b r i n g i n t h e dough. KFLW en- c lo sed a card with t h e i r . l e t t e r . A n i c e f r i e n d l y l e t t e r i n t h e a f f i rm- a t i v e t o n e was rece ived from t h e BBC f o r my r e c e p t i o n of t h e Clevedon and Bar t l ey s t a t i o n s on 1384 kc. and was cons ide rab le s u p e r i o r t o t h e "acknov~led~ement s" rece ived from some American s t a t ions . These s t a t i o n s changed t o 1457 kc on March 15 th . :Best of a l l was t h e fu l l -page a i r m a i l l e t t e r from 1YZ. It s t a t e s i n p a r t : " ~ t was astonishing t o u s t o r ece ive a r e p o r t from so f a r ac ros s the S f a t e s a s lJfalnu.tport. We had consider- a b l e p l e ~ s u r r : i n conf i rming your r e c e p t i o n of l Y Z , Rotorua, and it may be of s a t i s f a c t i o n t o you to l e a r n t h a t you a r e by f a r t h e most d i s t a n t po in t where 1YZ h a s been reported!. They ope ra t e w i th 10 KIN on 800 kc. and use a 500 f t . v e r t i c a l t o w e r , ' t h e f i r s t v e r t i c a l antenna i n New Zealand. They commenced o p e r l t i o n s on A p r i l 27, 1949 and t h e prev ious most d i s t a n t r e p o r t had come from, Caroy, Ohio. (Tewell ,?? ) Outgoing r e p o r t s from he re were l i m i t e d t o : only 3 due t o poor r ecep t ion cond i t - i o n s occasioned by sunspot a c t i v i ? y and magnetic d i s t a r b a n c e s . They were logged on 3/20 and went to t h e fo l lowing: WREL on r e g u l a r FC from 2- 2:15 AM, VJNET on Equip T e s t a d FC from2: 12-2:45 AM and KPRS on i t s DX t e s t from 3 A!'! on. KPRS VJaS s u r p r i s i n g l y good th rough t h e Mexican wh i l e W3DC Was p r a c t i c a l l y i naud ib l e on 1240 kc. VJith t h e end of t h o weekly b u l l c t i n s , I viish t o add tny a p p r o c i a t i o n t o t h e E d i t o r s of o u r f i n e b u l l e t i n f o r t h e tremendnus amount of work they have donated i n i s s u i n g t h o s e super- R u l l e t i n s on schedulo week-aftcr-week throughout t h e DX season. Thanks, and n i c e going, fe l lows . (Thanks t o you t o Kerm) Pat R e i l l e x , 11 I r v i n e P laco , Jamestown NY.6 Receiver used h e r e f m DX - -.- - -9- - Ts-a-l?J3T ~ h ~ c o - w T t E i l - tEhcs .. Sew v e r i e s i n a r e WLNA KBRS KSTN KORB. On 3/14 WJBK 1490 & WHAY 910 on tho 24 h r l i s t now.WIOD a t 3:39 on t o p of lJ!IP-KSQN heard but bad f a d c and very no i sy today. 8/15- very n o i s y WROM and KSDN heard o n t h e i r l i s t o d DXcs- WHDII 850 on t e s t 4:,04 - U S 1 1430 a t 4:08, K N V I 550 s/off a t 4-KPOA 630 was good a f t e r 4:13-VKTG a l s o hoard on t h e i r D X . ~ / ~ ~ - ' ~ I G T I U I 590 a t 3:30- KULA 690 good today-CKMO pounding i n a t 3 :50, CKCL-KIJV not h e a r d he re because of o t h o r s on t o p on t h e i r DXes-too no isy and q u i t e a r l y . 3/17 K I N G came i n f i r s t t ime I ' v e ever' hoard tkcm, K C N I on FC a t 4:16 vcry no isy today and t o bed e a r l y . Say Hal Wagner, Hal S t e i n t h i n k s you a r e i n t h e Midwest, I ' m only about 40 mi l e s a i r milo Prom you and I t h i n k wc a r c i n t East o r am I mistaken(Eot f a r enuf East Pat t o g e t i n t h e c l e a r f o r a f to rnoon TA r e c e p t i o n , h i ) bu t Hal S t e i n , WJZ i s on a11 AM back .Eas t on 770 and when BJZ i s off Xondays, thenkVJR s l o p s over onto 770.(Socond s t r o n g e s t s t a t i o n he re P 7 t , CBL,740 i s s f r o n g c s t ) V h n t down under i s on 620 and 780 now s i n c e thc: r c s h u f f l i n g ? ( 3 ~ R & 4YA,~at )3 /18 Too no isy t o DX. 3/19 1nlKID a t 3:02- WJHP 1320 a t 3: 19-WLaX on El' a t 3 :23 on t o p o f WJBK-KSTN s a i d t h e y were s o r r y f o r thc dolay but t o o busy t o v e r i f y before . 3/20 Too much lousy n o i s e t o DX wL%h and vrcnt t o bcd c a r l y . Th i s has becn a vcry no i sy waok horo f o r DXing. Donlt know when it has been a s noisy a s t h e p a s t x~eek, c a n f t hca r t h c 50 Kt! l o c a l s some t imes i n t h c morning. S t i l l have 50 o r mdrc r c a o r t s out v e t . This KORN-made the 36th .now v e r i e ~ - - ~ - ~~ - from 1490 k c , t h i s ooaso;~. 73 and goo;. DX and l e s s s t a t i c . ( ~ m c n ) Hal S t e i n 432 S u t t e r S t . San Francisco C q l . Vcr ies i n t h i s week from ITITD-K~Y-K'~~E~~~ K S W - ~ E ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E ~ . - R F ~ S P T S - O C ~ - ~ T K O H K O I O WBZ KDYL KFJZ KLIF and WG1lfD. This week has produced t h e l c ? s t timo f o r mo t o do any DXing. 3/19 WGVD w i t h a wesP , s i g n a l a t 5 AM EST. KFJZ a t 5:30 , KLIF a t 6:10 AM KOOS a t 7 AM. Heard BIIEDC f o r a v ~ h i l o bu t they were QRNIfd by KOOS.

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- - me1 Ol ive r ~ o u s t o r i , ~ ~ ~ x a s . $he Mexrnn s t a r i i m s seem t o h&e a INBY - - of jtim~iiig-aFotin?I,-but lTs7 night I hcard t h e s t a t i o n on 1.550 kc i d e n t i f y a s XENT. Nuavo Laredo. P o s r i b l ~ t h e change l i s t e d i n t h e b u l l e t i n of 3/11 w i i l be made l a t e r , but it i s n l t t h n t way now. A susp i c ion c reeps i n t o my mind t h o , a s I r a n a c r o s s 1140 k c y e s t w d a y a f t e rdoon , be fo re dark , and I hes rd whs t sounded l i k e a s t a t i o n of t h c XENT t y p e the ro . Could they be changing f r equenc ie s a f t o r dark? The Cubans a r e a l l l o s t too . One i s r u i n i n g iriHAS, 840 kc . n i g h t l y : mentions RHC Cadcna Azul, an 6 t h e r e a?G a l s o Cubans on 880 and 890 k c , Vor ie from W C C O says t h e one on t h e i r frequency h a s beon g i v i n g them l o t s of t r o u b l e l l t e l y , but t h e y hope t o ge t t h e s i t u s t i o n s t r a i g h t e n e d out soon. 3/11 b u l l e t i n a r r i v e d - heEo 3/26, 9 days enroute . . . Bob Brown 721 S. 9 t h S t Goshen,-Indiaya. . Well, n o i s e has cu t i n t o - - - - - - - - - - _ * _ -- my DXing here . I tfii%k someone is usYnt., 3. r d f e c t i v e h e a t i n g pad--I know t h e y ' l l moss up m d i o becasue 1 had onu when T had t h e mumps my l a s t semester i n co l l ege . The l a t e.s var.%e s ' a & l e t t e r s froin VIBEX KSEM ViDEV KSFT liiBEC VlCON. WSPR KIRX KB& KFDX RGTG and IVWH. ca rds from WTOR IGFL4 C J N B WNER VBPZ WLNA < ~ ~ ' V I H T C . ates st . sopor t s o u t t o 3/8 Y3PJFT 620 on FC WJPD 1240 on FC 2 : 15-2: KIRX 1450 on 'FC 2: 45-3 and KFDX 990 on FC. 3/13 KGRC on -DX, HCLL 1400 C l i f t o n - h r i z on ET , +~Bc;R .on DX . 3/14 --KSGB very s t rong a t t imes on DX. 3/18 A s t a t i o n t h a t might have been lBEL on 1380 from' abou t 2 ;to 2: 23 with 'c? r r icr and tone but no announcements. KAVE 1240 was on 3/18 from 3-3:15.'and annnunced a s r e g u l a r monthly FC.

D i t t o f o r KIGB 1240 on 3:19 a t t'hc syme time--1 see BJBK i s w i t h u s a g a i n on 1490 and I s t i l l d i d n l t ' g o t KTOH log-ed. One paragraph i a a l e t t e r from Ban ie l H E l a , Chief Engineor of ,VJEDG, .Chicaco w i l l be of i n t e r e s t t o t h e gang. Vie have rocoived many , c a r d s and l e t t e r s from members o'f t h e Nat ion^ 1 Rsdiq Club i n reg.ard t o our standby on Feb 20th and we a r e g l a d t o know t h a t i t v ~ q s s o genura l ly .~pp*ec ia t ed and t h a t our h s l f hour of s i l e n c e holped a s v ~ e l l bunch o f DXers l o g an o t h e ~ w i s e impossible o r , t o s ay ' t h e l e n s t , d i f f i c u l t s t a t i o n . " " May we con t inue t o m e r i t such goodwill-- By t h e way, my thanks note t o KEDC and accom- panying r epo r t n e t t c d me i l e t t e r v c r i e t o r c p l s c c the ~ 3 r d from back i n 1841 so I ' m way 3hwd on t h e yhole dea l . That ,abaut sums up t h e DX a c t i v i t y h e r e f r o ano the r .week: Frqnk l lheeler , -~ox 174,R-D-5, E r i e Penna. ' Nothing s p e c t a c u l a r h a s ~ a p p ~ n z d - h y r e a n r KeTe i s my l u c x i i . h ~ h - t ~ o s p e c i s l s s i n c c my Feb 22nd mus inn. 2/26 WACB, WHLI not on. 2/27 KDET WBPZ VJBEC ,VJSPR 3/1 KSGN 3/6 @ O R KITE 3/11 CHFA t o o toueh'hcrr: 3 / 1 3 . . \ ' ! ~ ~ ~ 'NKBO 1Nas badly messed by WNOR 7~h.o f i n a l l y covered him. Others roce'ivcd as' follovrs. 3/2 WIFE a t 1:15, KSFO s t 1:45, WHAPat 1 : J O ilPPBF a t 4 :15. 3/5 WCON a t 1:50, -3.17 VILSIPEat 4:53 3/8 WELR a t 3:~18 3/10 NDEF s t 4: 10, a l s o. KDEC .with IQfiJLC but d i d n ' t count a s a now on0 a s it i s hooked up l ~ i t h WiLC vihich i s a n o ld one with me. 3/12 WTkC a new Dc~ytirner. 3/14 KPRE . a t 3 AM s /off 3/15 KDSN 4:35 .AM. A l s o hoard E r i e on 740 kc l i k c Wagner but it was WIKK announcing. New vcr i e s i n from WNOW KCH: K I O KNOR KEPO VJACB KPDQ K KPHC WMDD VVGRA ViBPZ ITTOR 'JiKXY WEN2 WIBEC WLNA ViiKON KG'ICR ICDET ~ - - - .. . ~ ~ - -- . ~ Ernes t R Coo e r 438 Eas t 21s.t STA ~ r & k l ? , n 26, N.Y. Ver ies i n from ~ N ~ H - V i ~ B ~ IV~KB-KEETJ . ~ P C F - a ~ d - i r f ~ ~ ~ , - i ? ~ ~ ~ ~ 70s 'Eivrl?gEt DX . A l l l e t t c r s b r i n g i n g t o t a l t o 1904. S ince my nee idont I have H c l t l i k e DXing only once and t r i e d an hour on Sundqy 3/19 and addod 'iJJIF(L vlith t r s n s c r i b e d b a s k e t b a l l game, and a l s o heard KRLC s t 2 AM with woith'or r e p o r t s . Quick ly wont back t o bed. For Grant Bat son,, your KONG must bb KRMG Tu l se ' on 740. For S id Bosenbaum- The IDXS was a c'lub o p e r s t o a ' b p Davo Thomas', but about 3 y e a r s ago it was abo l i shed , I r e c a i l p r i n t i n g a whole psge du r ing 'my f i r s t or second y e a r a s E d i t o r about i t s d i s s o l u t - ion. To a l l , a s we end t h e wcskly per iod u n t i l October 7, 1950 I wish t o ' thank each, and every one who d id s u c h & sp lendid job i n sending in . r e p o r and inform9tion du r ing t h e s e 6 honths . - f ' n c l s o so r ry t o h3vc t o l e t you d o w n ' l a s t xeek.. !,ftcr my f hU', i n which I h i t my head and blacked both 'eyes, my ches t muscles were . ~ l l . p u l l e d and sore . I t r i e d t o typo & - . - T..--- L~~~~~ +:i nnn nnmO.

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s /o f f ( ~ o u t z a m 1250 TiXOW York,Pa . I s runningl,a 30 t o 60 day t r i a l b rdc t from 0400-

06OO.Programs a r e Send u s a Buck" type (Curgan) 1260 TiDOK Cleveland, check hrd 0315-0332 on 3/22 (Johanns )

WERC E r i e , P a . NO longer a d v e r t i s i n g soon t o be h e r e . ~ a y h a ~ s have h i t a snag?? (Wagner)

1290 WIRL Peoria ,111.Basketball b r d c t t il 0245 on 3/19(~osenbaum) 1300 WERE Cleveland,O. Tes t h r d 0345-0400 on 3/16(~osenbaum) '

- - . ~ ~ ~ ~ C u l l l n a n , A h . Tes t h r d 0345-0400 on 3/17(Rosenbaum) 1 3 6 KXRO Aberdeen,~ash.Check hrd 0400-041,5 on 3 / 1 8 ( ~ o h a n n s )

% ~ " ~ H o u s t o n , T e r I s . check hrd 0323-0356 on 3/18 (Eohanns) WJHP J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a , Seems t o be 24 h r s now (Routzahn)

1340 1FJKRM Columbia,Tenn. Who were burned out 2/14 came back on a i r 2/23, Hrd on t e s t 3/6. Verie r e c l d 3/9 and akked me t o n o t i f g Dxers a s t o wbat happened t o r e p o r t s of 2/6 DX (Curgan)

1390 WFMkYoyngstown,O.Sked 0600-0100,Sun 0700-midnite, (Johanns) 14 TN Geol.getown,SC.FC TT 0430-0445 on 3/20 (Rosenbaum) 1 4 2.'ncouver ,BC:. Reg 0404 s/off h rd 3 /17 , re turn 0825( Johanns)

KCLO Leavenurorth,Kans.FC 1 s t Mon 0200-0300 (Curgan) WFCB %nkirk,NY.Sorry about be ing on a day l a t e and s t a t e s w i l l

have a n o t h e r one f o r XRC sometime i n f u t u r e (Curgan) 1440 KEYD bl inneapol i s , l inn . Tes t h r d 0315-0335 on 3/17(~osenbaum) 1450 KWBE Beatrice,Web.Sked 0659(Sun 0759) t o midni te . ( Johanns)

WANE F t .Wayne, 1nd.PC 3 rd Wed 0215-0230, 500 cyc l e t o n e , vo ice ann. a t s t a r t and f i n i s h o f check

WNAT Natchez,Miss.FC & ET hrd 0210-0245 on 20 (Rosenbaum) WVOP Vidalia,Ga.FC T & M hrd 0245-0259

1460 WFVG Fuquay Springs,NC hlusica 1 check hrd 1490 WJBK D e t r o i t , l i c h . S i l e n t per iod Mon 0001 -0600 per v / l t r ( ~ o h a n n s )

VJJM Lewisburg,Tenn.FC h r d 0400-0430 on 3 / 9 ( ~ o u t z a h n ) VVLOX Biloxi ,Miss . Tes t hrd 0330-0400 on 3/19(~osenbaum) INMGR Bainbridge,Ga .Reg t e s t i s 3 r d Wed 0215-0230(Curgan) lNTMV East St .Louis,I l l .FC TT 3 r d Sun 0200-0215 (Rosenbaum) VWVjl Fairmont,VVVa.TT check h r d 0400-0459 on 3 / 2 3 ( ~ o h a n n s )

1510 KCTX Ch i ld re s s ,Texas.FC 1st Mon 0200-0215. Verie r c c ' d 3/20 s t a t e they a r e going ' t o change f requency and n i l 1 have anoh te r DX Test when they chango,did not g i v e new f r o q . (Curgan)

1580 'JJKID U r b a n a , I l l . Tost h rd 0300-0345 on 3/19 (Rosenbaum)

Q * 5:- L e t t c r from Broadcast ing magazine.

D e a r M r . Edge: Weld be g l ad t o have t h e members of your o rgan iza t ion t a k e advantage of ou r group r a t e s . Our only s t i p u l a t i o n i s t h a t ' a l l must be en t e red t h r u you and on one order . It i s t h e saving of bookkeeping and b i l l i n g cos t : r e s u l t i n g from a s i n g l e invoice cover ing m u l t i p l e s u b s c r i p t i o n s t h a t enab le s u s t o o f f e r t h e s e spoc ia l p r i c e s .

Rates a r e : 10 o r more s u b s c r i p t i o n s - $5.50 each 1 5 o r more s u b s c r i p t i o n s - $5.00 each.

P.S. The 1950 Yearbook o f f e r exp i res . &larch 31', but w i l l g l a d l y extend it a few weoks f o r you- t o g ive you t ime t o c i r c u l a r i z e your membersliip.

Signed. John P Cosgrove It appears from o t h e r p a r t s of t h e lott e r a s i f t h e s e p r i c o s w i l l a l s o

. - h o l d when t h o s e s u b s c r i p t i o n s a r e up Yor renewal, ' t h e only s t i p u l a t i o n i s t h a t a l l payment must come from Ray Edgo i n one amount. Now Ray has

. w r i t t e n Broadcasting. t h a t ho w i l l n o t i f y them by A p r i l 8 t h a s to-how many of you want t@ sl lbscr lbc . So i f YOU a r e i n t e r e s t o d i n t h i s weekly magazine about t h e broadcas t ing s t a t i o n s and i n d u s t r y w r i t o Ray Edge, 325 S h i r l e y Avc,, B u f f a l o , 15, New York immediately and t e l l him so and whether v o u a r e w i l l i n g t o pay t h e $5.50 i n case less than. 1 5 rmpond.