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VOLUME 43 2 FEBRUARY 1976 NUblBER 15 "I would l i k e t o thank
t h e e d i t o r s and p u b l i s h e r s f o r t h e i r hard
work. Thanks t o t h e t i p s found i n DX NEWS, I ' v e r e c e n
t l y added my 43rd S t a t e and am n e a r i n g 1000 l o g ~ e d
. " ( J i m Wallace - OH)
ON THE INSIDE .......... - A Review o f t h e Worcester
Lonp-Distance Medium Wave Receiver - - An A u s t r a l i a n
DX-pedition - Bob Padula (typed-Foxy) J e r r y S t a r r - Cl ipp
inp Corner - Various Verie S igne r s - Ernie Cooper NEW MEMBERS *
D r . Gerald En t ine , 6 S i l v e r Lake Ave., Yewton, MA +
Douglas R . Juen, 136 Rober ts D r . , Apt. # I , No. Tonawanda,
NY
14120 ( r e - j o i n s ) * Andrew Nar inkovich , 2001 S. Alma,
Apt. 2 , San Pedro , CA 90731
Gregory Reams, R R 5 , Box 103, Melbourne, FL 32935 RENEWALS G.
Scrimgeour, E. Soule , K. C h a t t e r t o n , J. S loan , N.
Riordan, R. Seave r , H. Woodworth.
FLASH TIPS & SUCHLIKE l/25r WDXN-540 n o t hrd a t HQ by
RGS, on ly t h e Nex. 1/221 WB00-740 was on f o r DX TEST e r c a l
l from S t a r r i n advance. Hrd by HWB, n o t by RjE. 1/26,
WGOM-g60 n o t t r i e d a t HQ. WRIB-1220 h rd by RjE, RGS, Foxy
w/ march mx, code and v o i c e I D S o/u WGAR. WQBX-710 h rd by
RjE, RGS, bu t n o t Foxy. Vy weak u/ WOR's junk w/TT, IDS. Also
ano the r TT, maybe t ape r e p l a y w i l l y i e l d a n I D wi
th f i l t r a t i o n . CJRW-1240 n o t hrd by RjE, RGS, Foxy.
WWNS t e s t e d 0300-0330, and a n o t h e r t e s t e r
0330-0400, ID'ed a t end b u t no t a p e r e p l a y (RjE) .
WJJJ-1260 n o t h r d by RGS, Foxy. 1/19; WSUB-980 n o t o n , p e
r Dai ley . 2 members t e n t a t i v e l y r e p o r t e d h e a r
i n g it, s o e i t h e r t h e y d i d n ' t o r Frank 's p e r i
o d i c chekcs missed them. WRBJ-1580 hrd by Schmidt, n o t by Dai
ley . KACO-1090 hrd by Hansch (TENTATIVE). Not by Da i l ey ,
Schmidt.
Rolland Lindblade n o t e s t h a t WWST- 960 t e s t s f r e q
u e n t l y F r iday AMs w/ c l a s s i c a l mx. He's hrd them i n
t h e 0130 a r e a . John Sommer r e p o r t s t h a t WTWN-1340
has a check w/ Cambridge on t h e 4 t h S a t AM a t 0015. Late
word from WFTN-1240 i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e y w i l l be on
weekly un- t i l f u r t h e r n o t i c e from s /o f f t o 0300.
C a l l s ( p r e p a i d ) a r e i n v i t e d . See f u r t h e r
i n f o i n CPC L i s t .
FLASH...... Foxy phones i n that:CJRW-1240 WAS NOT ON 1/26. CE t
h o t ' twas Non. m, p e r Foxy's c a l l t o him. Did n o t go on
t h e n e i t h e r . W i l l be re-sked s h o r t l y , s o keep
watching......
NOTES &c FROM NJPC P e r NNRC's J anua ry b u l l e t i n v
i a ERC oomes word t h a t WRTVHgs founder and long-time p u b l i
s h e r 0. Lund Johansen d i e d a t age 83 l a s t F a l l . We
seem t o remember P e r r y F e r r e l l mentioning it t o u s , b
u t we neve r made no te of it.
Radio Nederland's "DX Juke Box" w i l l have a n o t h e r o f i
ts s e r i e s of t e c h n i c a l cou r ses s t a r t i n g TH
3/4. Each s e s s i o n w i l l be r epea t ed once s o a new one w
i l l appear e v e r y o t h e r Thursday. Course has 12 l e s s o
n s . Reouests f o r t e x t m a t e r i a l s shou ld be addressed
t o Radio Nederland,
uke Box" P.O. Box 222, Hilversum. Oh -- t h e t o p i c i s t r
a n s i s t o r i t r y , a follow-up t o l a s t y e a r ' s r e c
e i v e r s course .
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02 C. P. C. TEST SCHEDULE
editor: Alan Merriman 03
MONDAY FEB. 02 - 0300-0330 - 0300-0330 MONDAY 09 - 0100-0130 -
0115-0215 - 0200-0300
- 0300-0330 - 0300-0330 - 0300-0330 MONDAY 16 - 0330-0400
THURSDAY 1 9 - 0045-0200 SATURDAY 28 - 0000-0200 MONDAY MAR. 22 -
0100-0200 EVERY MW - 0030-0230 WONDAY FEB. 1 6 - 0330-0400
KSOA-1430 - Ava, K O KPIA-1480 - I ronton, MO 500 5000 WJIC-1510
- Salem, NJ K N U J - 860 - New U l m , MN 250 1000 WBRW-1170 -
Somervi l le , N J 500 KPsO-1260 - F a l f u r r i a s , TX 500
WAYC-1600 - Bedford, PA 1000 KAOL-1430 - Car ro l l ton , MO 500
KKYN-1090 - Plainview. TX 1000 WKFD-1370 - Wickford, R I 500
WPEP-1570 - Taunton, MA 1000 KSEK-1340 - P i t t s b u r g , KS
lk/250 WETN-1240 - Frank l in , NH 1000 KWIP-1580 - Merced, CA
1000
D NRC D N R C D NNRC D N R C D NNRC D NRC D NRC D NRC 1 D NRC D
N R C u NRC/IRCA 1 U NRC D N R C I
I DETAILS I
KSOA - No program d e t a i l s . V/S R.L. Woods, CE; Box 386,
65608. A r r . 8 Skip Dabels te in .
KPIA - No program d e t a i l s . V/S Walter Helwig, CE: Box
437, 63650. A r r . : Nei l Zank.
W J I C - Code IDS. Prepaid c a l l s a t (609) 935-1510. V/S
Ben Ferguson, CE: Box 132, 08079. A r r . : Tom Sundstrom.
K N U J - Polka & l o c a l a r e a mx. No TT o r code. V/S
J.W. Thomas o r Gerald Walston. CE: 510* 3rd North St . , 56073. A
r r . : Ron :dusco.
WBRW - I D S & TT. Reports t o WBRW, CEI 08876. A r r . :
J.W. Eckerd, Jr. KPSO - Karch mx. lkHz TT. I D S , poss. code.
Prepaid c a l l s a t (512) 325-2112.
V/S Raymond Creely , Box 309, 78355. A r r . 1 Ernie
Weslowski.
WAYC - TT & IDS. V/S Jay B. Cessena, Box 236, 15522. A r r .
1 Dave Schmidt. KAOL - No program d e t a i l s . V/s Dan Davis,
CE: Box 254, 64633.
A r r . : Dabelstein.
WFTN - W i l l be t e s t i n g eve ry MM u n t i l f u r t h e
r no t i ce . Format1 0030-0035: Talk on DX ( r e p o r t s e t c .
) 0035-end:cart W/IDS, phone nos., & code IDS. Ca l l s
welcomed a t (603) 934-2500/934-5678/524-7273. May extend t e s t u
q t i l 0300 i f phone response is good. V/S Chuck Morgan,
Eng/~rod. D i r . ; 401 Cen t ra l St. , 03235.
international dx digest P.O. Box 6 Fairfax, VA. a2030
Phone 703.354-2135 Before 2200 E X T 'All Times Are GMT
'Deadlines Are Friday'
Another s l i m column - what happened t o the DX? Here is what
we have . . . . . 595 -DOMINICA This one has been noted i n the
loca l FF patois around 2300 o r there-
abouts, so is not 10% EE. (Schatz) 610 -TRINIDAD & TOBAGO A
t times have noted t h i s one s/on w/"Yellow Bird" a t 0900
w/local WIOD nulled. Congrats t o Foxy. ( ~ c h a t z ) 640
-CUBA CMQ Havana 1/15 0805 probably the one i n SS barely audible
and i n KFI
nul l . Heard w/male ancr. ( ~ o b e l ) :680-HONDURAS ~ e b a i
~ a l p a and San Pedro Sula, but which i s which?? Noted 1100
1/15. both e ual ly strong and //. (Schatz) -CUBA CMGN 1719 1005
most l i k e l y SS i n WGN nu l l U/(DWN off t h i s MM. Heard
mention of Cuba. (Lobel) -MEXICO XEX 1/19 0515 decided t o send
another report t o t h i s unverified pest when I noticed they seem
t o be verifying now. Heard male/female ancrs ta lk ing about
Mexico City followed by organ mx and same ancrs followed w/full XEX
I D a t 0552 then varied mx s t y l e s i n SS w/many I D S a s La
Ekees and Canal 730. (~obel) -MEXICO XEROK 1/19 0730 w/OC allowing
good CKLG s ig . No sign of PJB a t t h i s hour; however, PJB
audible l a t e r . (Lobel) -NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB Bonaire h a s
been suffer ing frequent microsecond breaks i n t h e i r ca r r i
e r , noted night ly i n mid-January. Perhaps a loose cable?
(Schatz) *1/19 0847 i n PP w/religious p@m and IDS i n both PP and
EE. ( ~ o b e l ) -UMD CA? distorted audio and typical CA f a re .
A "Radio . . ." something, noted eves during mid-January. Picked up
frequent "pname&s", but a l s o Honduran provinces. S/of f 0500
w/out anthem. ( Schatz) -COLOMBIA HJCY 1/19 0920 plus 0935 w/"Radio
Phonetica de Bogota" I D a l so Radio Sutatenza I D and man
constantly saying "Buenos Dias". S9 s i g almost constant and
nothing e l se on f req . This is the best I have ever heard t h i
s s tn . Many chimes hmi. Not new; but never ver i f ied before so
report out. (Lobel) -UMD 1/19 0545-0610 w/my 3-1 directed E-W I
heard Spanish-South American type mx f a i r l y c l ea r but t he
female ancrs voice was too weak t o be u n d e r s t o o d . ( ~ m
) -COSTA RICA Ti tania i s gone; not noted all month ( t o 1/17).
Assumed routed by Peninsula which i s a l l alone here now.
(Schatz) -BELIZE R. Belize i n much c learer than usual 1/18 and
1/19. ( ~ u r k e ) -bEXICO mO 1/19 0415 w/classical mx and male
ancr i n SS. Depart from usual re l ig ious f o m a t . Recheck
0745 and back t o re l ig ious format w/religious mx sung i n
Country-Western,,style. ( ~ o b e l ) -MEXICO XENL Monterrey, NL
1/21 1215-1245 i n SS. Fine l eve l w/mmantic vocals and Radio XENL
en Monterrey IDS plus a few spots. Very s l i g h t KONO &RM. A
few Radio Recuerdo IDS a lso . (~ank) -COU)MBIA HJGB R. Eco - alone
0613 1/19 while looking f o r WIPE check. Many IDS and SS mx. ( ~ u
r k e ) -MEXICO XEG 1/19 0800 w/ID "You are l i s t en ing . to XEG
Monterrey, Mexico . . . Post Office Box 28, Saint Louis 56,
Missouri". Evidently they have never heard of " M r . Zip"; t he PO
hasn't used zone numbers s ince 1960. (Lobel) -COLOMBIA R. Reloj
extensive ID 0645 mentioned R . Reloj 3 times. ( ~ u r k e )
-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Radiolandia 1/18 0647-0710 was heard pl i te
strong, but w/ occasional fades. 2nd SS speaking s tn i n the
background. (~ rown) -COSTA RICA Limon, R. Casino, TIQ i s the one
here now, mostly i n EE. TIBB-1175 has been off here since
mid-December, per PFM's. Stand by f o r a l o t of mis-IDS on t h i
s one! ( ~ c h a t z ) -0UBA I s l a de Pinos, CMBM is the Reloj
Nacional here, ex-I080 khz. Briefly on 1165 a while back too. ( ~ c
h a t z ) -COSTA R I C A San Jose, TIBB first noted back here 1/17
0343. Apparent1 the new C.R. f req a l locat ion scheme i s n ' t
receiving 10% co-operation. (Schatzr -CUBA Florida, CMJI i s now
carrying C. A-onte, // 910 and 860. (schatz) -COLOMBIA Cartagem, r.
Canoa IDed 12/23 2200 tnx t o t i p from Cesar Objio. Has YL and
US-type "Background" mx, e a s i ly confusable w/~n@i l l a , so
watch out. -EAST GERMANY ( ~ e n t a t i v e ) Man ta lk ing i n GG
1651 in to semi-cl i n t e r - / ( ~ c h a t z ) lude a t 1658,
pips a t 1700, 4 o r 5 short and 1 long and in to what sounded l i
k e N( a t 170+. Equal t o and U / ~ I t o about 1710 and out. Burg
I hope. ( ~ o r s s )
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04 1586 -WEST GEBMNY WDR Langenberg. Was t ry ing f o r the CPC
t e s t 1/19 o r WRaT on
1580 and picked t h i s up. My Grundig S a t e l i t is not a s
se lec t ive as a Hammar- lund but Langenberg completely covered
1580 and 1590. Have a tape from 0615- 06112 of a sol id c l e a r s
ig . Could have continued but t r i e d f o r Munich on 1602. Them
was a het against 1600 but no audio. (~rown) + 1/16 0655-0745 GG t
a l k by wonan, time pips on the hour, possible nx by man t o :15
followed by i n s t mx w/female ancr. Fa i r s i g w/occasional
deep fades t o 0745 t/out. ( ~ a n k )
The repor ters f o r this issue . . . . . Kenneth BROWll -
Salisbury, Maryland Grundig S a t t e l i t Lynn BURKE - Newport
News, Virginia DX-160, 31-2 Albert LOBEL - EL Cajon, California
DX150A, Sanserino loop, IRCA loop, 1.5' longwire Stan MORSS -
Somewhere i n Massachusetts using some kind of equipment Ron SCHATZ
- H i a m i , Florida ~388/Ul?R, LSCA-2 Neil ZANK - Lincoln,
Nebraska R388, HQ-160, longwire, 31-1 Thats it. See you i n 7 when
hopefully, support w i l l be be t t e r . . . . . . . . . .
Cubaradiogives ? Another after those frlnge AM frequencies 7
time each minute 4 The frequencies just above and below the AM band
have attracted some attention in
By IL.pu
For the gat 28 years, Radio Reloj (Radio Clock) b been telling
tba time every minute round the clock, filling the place d a
telephone time service and mm@ 9 hW& to the many Cubans who own
a radio but rm wriaaatch.
During eech minute. it broadesrds national and internatiooal
news. with a- metrmome g ig &ch s s o r d in &e
backgyd.
Aod five eceonds bdm everv mmute: "To be Gnhnued Nat~oaal dock .
.," two b i g , the mmute, and rnoreoeras
When the end of the o ~ ~ s item falb short of the 5s+%ond
swm?Ilt, the apatm lpgc listeners to write and tell wbst they Uunk
abou+thestath-ortheyquotepropaganda slogare.
Every bow. before the nears ia given, thin signal is broadc8st:
"This is Radio Reloj. br-dxmti i fm Havana, Cuba, free tern- tory
in America." mk etgignal, teed by all C u b radio s t a h
Pnd hoth national television channels, was Iirsl h.orjca9 ~n
Jankrv. 1959. when Fidel Car- tm - wernllas took over the Cuban
captal
T* pliemllmclandestm "Radto P"*lde" (Re WIO) wed to report tk
ad*"_nee d Its twps toward TJavana by deserlbrn2 every c ~ t y
ccotured from government tF om ea "free t - l t n r y m cub '
When the late "comandantes," mnsto " f i e ' Guevara and Cam110
Cienfuegoq en- tered Havana, the slagan became "Cub, fual free
terntory In Amenca "
The word "W' wss later dropped - m e ssybecarrmeof
Mexicanprotests
recent months. First there was the FCC's proposal to use 530,
1606 and 1612 khz as Travelers Information Stations (BROAD.
CASTING. OC~. 20, 1975), and now the commission has received a
proposed Iplemaking to use these frequencies for
community access noncommercial sta- tions" . . . . . -.
V. Tobi Kanter, a University of Denver
k mass communications graduate student, 2
has q u e s t e d that stations be licensed to community groups
and that the program- ing be 90% locally produced. The stations
5 would broadcast with 250 watts during the day and 100 watts at
night. In add~tion
5 there would be provisions made to allow local residents afcess
to the stations' facilities. 31
!MESTIC -Q 960 W. BOY^ Liberty 05 G i r a r d , Ohio 44430
Boyd 216 545 4543
ItEST S t a r r 216 534 1394 BCB has been r o t t e n of l a t e
, s o I ' v e been he lp ing out a few buddies on
p ro jec t s . I f any of you t r i e d t o reach me & I
wasn't home...I was f i n i s h i n g a n A0 model t r a i n ' l a
y o u t , and he lp ing start ano the r (and grabbing l e f t o v e
r s f o r my own th ing ) . On t o p of t h a t I loaned out my
"low band" s t h i c k t o g e t ano the r buddy back on the novice
bands, s o anyone ca t ch ing a ve ry s loppy " f i s t " on
3718-3720- o r 3744'(WN8UJS) give him a shout , o r whatever11
Now t o t h e th ings at hand... It seems I ' m no t t he only
one t h a t doesn ' t seem t o be hea r ing anytbing new. S t i l l
no comrnents from anyone r ega rd ing the 1520 unid, & 1350
unid t h a t RLK & I hear. RLKthinks the 1350 might be NM, bu t
w e both heard mention of 1,000 wa t t s n igh t , no t 500 watts.
Oh wel l !
RLK a l so ' i n fo rms me t h a t h i s t e n t , on KUMU 1500
a few weeka back is no longer tent.1 He s e n t a t ape , &
Roycroft s ed t h e tape confirma it! So t h e r e is ano the r
Hawaii s h o t f o r those without KSTP problems.
Cary Levine s e z t h e NW: p i r a t e is now on 1625, ex: 1620
& 1618. That is a g r e a t h e l p i n here , was b e t t i n
g k i l l e d by "LORAN" s t u f f o f f t h e lake. Sez power is
100 watts, with s t u d i o s & t r a n s m i t t e r i n 2
locat ione; Also t e l l s of s e v e r a l Car r i e r -Cur ren t
t h i n g s on 590 run by "Univ. of NC' ,or"C~lumbia~~. they run
8AM t o lOPM (6PM FRIDAYS) d u r i n g s c h o o l seasons.
S t i l l no s i g n s o f . l o c a l W W ETs ye t ; s t u d i
o s a r e t o be "Penthouse---- C e n t r a l Tower Building,
Youngstown 44501". 900 AM 97.9 FM ahangee 900 KFNW ND s e e 1170 i
t em below...(ES) KFNW.RADIO 960 \YELI CT s e e m , NSP. . now
ANing too (ELK) Mid-America's Inspirational Network
WFIR VA Sked: S/of f 0030, s e z s/on 0500 (BW) Fargo, Dakota
58101 1170 K F W ND To move he re Mon. 1/26, o r Tues.
1/27..Temporary power of 488
watts till antenna is f in ished. Sked: 0700 t o sunse t (ELT),
wi th some ET dur ing t h e next few weeks. (FS)
TEST RESULTZ: WFTN 1240 Hrd: (RM) (DS) YSW 980 Tent.
(Starr--Ross--) no: (HWB--RM) WTBJ 1090 No: (P~M-HWB--~tarr) KXYN
1090 no: (WR) KACO 1090 No: (Starr - -RK-Elk-- ) Tent: (Ross) Hrd:
(RLK) WDSL 1520 ~ r d : (ELK--JAB) KJAS 1170 Hrd: (1ljR) KNIC 1550
Hrd: (ELK--JAB--HWB--S~~~~-~~~R)NO: (FS--P~M) WBRJ 1580 Hrd:
(HWB--Starr--RLK) (m) Hrd: ( P ~ M ) (LEB) r C'S 3rd. MM:: WRWH
1350 pe r l i s t - - - ( S t a r r ) KXEO 1340 p e r list (RLK)
3rd. TUE: W P E D 810 p e r list ( S t a r r ) WAHT 1510 p e r list
( ~ t a r r ) WFIG 1290 pe r
list ( S t a r r ) WPEH 1420 w/ f i d d l e nuc, p e r list ( S
t a r r )
NOT HE:/ CHANGES:: 2nd. MM:: UNID, RR mx, ending 0328 on 1550
Khz, anncd. f / c - - ( J ~ B l 3rd. 1lM:: WORV 1580 l i s t e d
0200-0215, has akways been 0300-0315 be fo re (S ta r r1
WPJD 1550 not hrd. i n almost a yea r now(StaPr) 3 rdo TUE: WEAS
900 not hrd. i n Jan..(HWB--Starr)
WABH 1150 0015-0030 i n o ld list, no t i n newie,
dropped?(Starr )
While were on f / c s t u f f , t h e fo l lowing a r e l i s t
e d & n o t hrd. i n many many moons : : 1st. 1IM KUPK 1050
3rd. MM: WAAO 1530 & #PJD 1550 1st. TUE WIOS 1480 & WEE0
1130 3rd. TUE WOP 970, WLOV 1370 & KBRX 1350 1st. FRI KES 1410
& KVOX 1280 3rd. FRI WLET 1420 2nd. THU lVONS 1410 3rd. SAT
KAHL 1410 2nd. SAT KEDD 1550 4th. TUE iYHOL 1600 & WHMT
1190
4th. WED: WCFR 1480 & IYGE.4 1150
I ' m s u r e t h e r e a r e o t h e r s *e should watch f o r
, but t h i s might g e t some of you s t a r t e d . Give a l i s
t e n , maybe they still exist!!! Sure c a n ' t hea r them he re
anymone!l--HWB
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Now still more f/c s t u f f ( i n today's mail.! ! ) : : 2ndo
KFGo 790(J0hn) 3rd: SUN: WYLA 1400 TT 0100-0115, IDS @ 3 min. (MjR)
KFBW 1230 a/ I D a t
end (MiR) 3rd EM:: WO@ 1570 IDS @ 3 y'n. --- KAJN 1560 I D S d 2
min E. R) Mike sez this one mxght be monthly.? TENT: KOLS 1570
maybe, endei-6&!8 l b l j R )
W#H 1350 ended 0005, TT , on just b-4 midnight even (DS) KXEO
1340 w/ TT & I D 0014 (DS)(Huh??---HWB) WBBQ 1380 W/ TT -- WDIC
1430 W/ 'IT--& KWKY 1150 w/ TT.. ( a l l by DS) 3rd. FRI:: :WB
1490 w/ TT (DS)
3rd. TUE: WPED 810 per list (LEB) iWNA 1590 w/ '*Dixieland mx"
(LEB)
NOT HEQRD: 3rd. MM: UlLSC 1570.. . ..
Final ly: : not sked: KHBEI 1430 on 1/18 (3rd. SUN) 0657-0700--
(MjR) pypu I * 1 - sunset & evening 1060 WGTR MA 1/16 In w/
steady s ig. a t 1545 i n KYlV null , RR,local ad(HjH) 1090 WILD MA
1/16 Good 1556 w/ WBAL nulled,soul mx, slogan seemed ItW I L D,
the music mightytt (HJH) 1530 \ V F W VA 1/18 Relig. 1708-1'714
then s/off w/ C&W SSB. , ment. attfreq.
of 250 watts"...in s/off...HAPPY BDCSTNG. CO., & Top Shot
Country Sounds (DS) You sure hear some r e a l winners --HWB
WVFC PA 1/17 S/off 1715 w/ SSB noted while a t Dave Fox's (DS)
1580 WCRV NJ 1/17 Poor, w/ mx, then i n t o s/off a t 1700 (SW)
midnight to sunrise ( LEB 1 590 WPLO GA 1/19 A t 0112 w/ "night
request l i n e # I t , & B r i d a l Fa i r promo 950 K1E.N CO
1/17 U/ \WJ & unid ETer 0100-0200+ a/ RR mx (John) 980 WRC DC
1/19 Atop mess 0255 a/ " a l l news", I D hrd. 0300 (SW)
WONE OH 1/19 In well w/ C&W mx, I D 0320, mixing w/ \W (SW)
1/19 Ard. w/ CM, Nx a t 0230, "Gem City" ments. (RLK) 1/19 Fa i r ,
o/ \YRC w/ CBdP 0334-0349, Ment. contest w/ $9.80 i n jackpot--Now,
t h a t s a r e a l low budget show! (PrM) Considering the way t h
i s was hrd. E & \V, and the normal DA, might have been ET on
day pattern---HWB
1220 CJOC AB 1/5 C&\V o/ a l l 0407-0424, gave a d i s tan t
"request l i n e t t a s 327-2125 (JAB)
1230 WNOR VA 1/19 ~ a i r / g o o f o/ FFer 0202-0247 w/ RR 8 DJ
ttRandytt. Said it was her l a s t night , asked f o r ca l l s , e
tc . (PrM)
1240 WJTN NY 1/19 ET w/ 'lT 0026-0040+, I D 0030, female
anncr.,strong (DLi) WBAX PA 1/18 Fa i r a t 0122 w/ wx report ,
then i n t o RR mx (SW)
1260 KMCM OR 1/5 ET w/ mx 0500-0505 s /o f f , KYA off (JAB)
1270 BGUY CA 1/12 Noted on ET w/ NIS NX, during eked WVOY DX (JAB)
1320 WKPQ PA 1/19 W/ t e le - ta lk pgm 0108, u/ KL\W OC, talked
about the Super
now1 & such (RLK) 1330 iVRIE PA 1/19 W/ PXlR 0033-0045, o/
Youngstounte Bubblegum Etrchine (DS)
Jus t wait till we get the SKU n i t e s ruming. . . thatql l f
i x you--HWB WARN FL 1/19 Noted 0012-0015 w/ loca l nx, then
OSMONDS MX (LEB)
1350 WSW LA 1/12 Easy u/ XRU: w/ MOR mx & WSMB "Spotlight on
Africa" 0343- 0403 (JAB)
W I O U I N 1/3 WSLR off again, th ia w/ RR, I D 0059, l o s t
0102, much CKIB & KRNT QRM (ELK)
1380 WAMS DE 1/19 This loca l on ET 0255-OalO+, w/ RR n u (DS)
1390 KENN NM 1/5 This was on till 0500 w/ & ttEarthquake in fof
t (JAB) Bet
t h a t "cracked" you up! !--HWB 1400 KRE CA 1/12 0/ a l l
0443-0458 w/ RR & Jazz, anncr. "JOAN" (JAB)
WICK PA 1/17 Loud 0329 w/ I D & loca l spot i n "nitecap
show" ( S t a r r ) 1410 KRML CA 1/14 ET 0230-0315 w/ TT &
C&\Y mx, I D 0301. Tis a no-= , was
before loca l midnight & he's a daytimer (JAB) 1440 \ M E FL
1/19 This one noted 0101 w/ NIS net , unn (LEB)
WHI1Y AL 1/12 Fair , 0038, RR, several I D S , seemed alone on
freq.(HJH) 1450 iN 1/20 Surfaced 0110, loca l nx, I D a s "KIP", m,
& gone (JAB)
\YIBM MI 1/3 Logged w/ RR mx 0153-0155, nx 0155-0157, on top
(ELK) KPSI CA 1/9 W/ bfLlTUAL nx 0300, then i n t o NITECAP 0305
(JAB)
1490 W A B J MI 1/12 Beautiful s ig . 0210, Soon gone t o BUSS.
Local ADS, ax, & I D , faded before I could iden t i fy mx
(HJH) Tis schmultz MOR-HIVB
WAJF AL 1/12 Often a top w/ m & trclvelers advisory
0056-0102, s/off w/ SSB 0102-0103%. heavy QRFl (ELK)
WFAD VT 1/16 Noted endinq of s/off 0011, W/ SSB. Was looking f o
r h"l%'L f/c which netted only a unid TT ending 0029 (FS)
1530 KNIE WY 1/19 W/ UP1 nx 0201, ends 0205, then s/off o/ ine t
r . m x & t o choral SSB (RLK)
1540 KZRK AR 1/19 On POP 0210-0505 s/off , much OC, some TT, a
few promoe, IDS ment. t h i a was POP (RLK)
1550 WCTW I N 1/19 Loud on ET, got I D u/ WAAY 0430 (RLK) 1/19
Loud on ET-'IT OC-ED( 0350-0450+ ( S t a r r )
WNTN MA 1/20 ET-MX.& conversation of the "try'renoving that
capacitor" variety., anncr. t a l k i n g t o mtr. o/ phone, ment.
power output a s 9900 watts.. noted 0110-0150t (JS)
1560 KKAA SD 1/18 In weak. w/ C&W mx. got f u l l I D 0130
(Sw) 1570 WQlW PA 1.120 Noted a t 0600, good.for a 300 w t . PSA
(John)
WOBL OH 1/20 Ments. "Tri-County", C&W mx 0610, a s usual ,
no s i g n of l o c a l WIFF I N , wonder why?? (John) While on
1570 1'11 ment. t h a t w local-WlCL has been s/on 0602-0603'for
unknown reasons! !---HWB
*1580 CBJ F'Q 1/19 This was the TTer 0430+, went d i r e c t t o
0500 s/on, which is an hour e a r l i e r than i n log1 ( S t a r r
j
KLOU LA 1/17 Atop a l l , WCLS weak, i n a l l AM, ad f o r
"Mother Devine, S p i r i t u a l Seer & Advisor" --HEAVY ( ~ t
a r r )
WANB PA 1/17 0/ KUN 0120-0200 on ET-TT-OC-MX, good f o r my 8 t
h annual t r y a t a v e r i e l (S ta r r )
1590 WEE2 PA 1/19 Fair/Good w/ RR 0007-0038 w/ request l i n e
#, m n y P S h * etc.--sounded low budget! (FTM) Mybe t h a t s
because they arel-HWB
REFQRTEFts : JAB Jef f Brasier Northridge,CA HQ129X W( Bob
Keeney Lawrence ,KS HQ180 SM DS Dave Schmidt New Castle,DE HQ180 SM
ELK Ed Krenjy Middleburg Htm.,Ohio HQ18O loop dm BV Bruce Winkelaan
(;aeeneboro,NC AQ180 loop - .. MiR Mike Ramirez San ~ n t o n i o ,
~ X . --- - ..-~~ -- LEB Wnn Burke Newport ~ e w e ,VA H j H Harry
&Yen Gouldeboro,PA Zenith T-0 SM
S t a r r J e r r v S t a r r HuBbard,OH HQ 180 loop - . ..- -
John ~ o h n Somaer Ft. ~ a y n e , ~ N R M Paul Mount Teaneak,NJ
Ameco R-5, o r R1551
Sharon Waterman ~ ~ 6 0 0 LW Rose Roes %n&ich Ehdieon,WI
HQl8O Loop
FWB Ye honorable ED Girard,OH' HQl8O very poor loop
ES Ed ~ o u l e Moorehead, Y ' k,,,,cY' Later & ad DX.
ONCE-Q METRO BROADCASTING COMPANY. INC. P. 0. BOX 101 GUAYNABO.
P.Rd~00651
-- _. . . .., -.>- WPPl Takes Air
Stayskal at Large CARROLLTON. Ga.-WI'PI, a
. , 5Wwatt Top 40 station, has goneon I the air here; the
station's signal also - serves the 6.000 students b f West
Georgia College as well as this town of 50.000 persons 50 miles
w a t of Atlanta.
Lamar Canup isgeneral manager. He did lhe ninht air shin at WPLO
in Atlanta wh;n it was a rock station and most recently was
technical di- r m o r at WS&TV in Atlanta. Jack (Jack Anthony)
Saoggs, a fonner air personality, is rales manager: he'd beco
general managcr of ' WJGA in Jackson. Ga. Larry 0'Neal is program
director; he came
. . from WMAZ in Macon, F a . Steven -* Knight is afternmn drive
penon.
allty; he's from WWCC in Elreman,
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A N AUSTRALIAN DX-PEDITION
(This i s an account of a DX-pedition conducted i n September,
1975 by four mem- bers of the Australian Radio-DX Club. It was
written by Bob Padula and i s reprin- ted i n DX News by
permission. Retyping by Bob Foxworth)
It appears that we have now found a suitable location for
serious MW work. Some weeks ago, we travelled around the Phillip
Island - Wonthaggi area, southeast of Melbourne, and which resulted
i n a holiday house being discovered i n w h a t appeared t o be an
ideal DXing area. The f i r s t big t e s t came a while back when
the James brothers, Robert Hanner and Nick Langmaid rented the
place for a weekend. The resul ts appeared i n recent ADXN's. On
the weekend of 12-14 September we went dawn again, but th i s time
with Robert Hanner being replaced by Bob Padula, due t o Robert's
involvement with University studies. The effor t was dramatically
success- fU, with even me ( ~ o b ~ a d u l a ) finding a few new
things t o report, forcing me out of retirement, once again. The
place i s about 150 km southeast of Melbourne, a t Inverloch, a
small fishing town. We have established rapport with the proprietor
and the house i s generally available on demand a t off-season
periods. Based on the two t r i p s t o date, the location i s just
about ideal - man made noise is d r t u a l l y absent . . .
power-line radiation i s very low . . . neighboring TV sets are few
and f a r between ... and there are no fluorescent l igh t s t o
trouble us. It i s also handy t o the shopping centre.
Four persons appears an optimum crew - more than that risks the
success of any fi- ture venture, due t o crowding and problems with
catering. On t h i s occasion, the Friday night opening session
extended right through un t i l about 5 AM. We then went t o bed,
rose a t noon, had breakfast, then, lunch, tea, then had another DX
session u n t i l about 9.30 PM Saturday evening. To bed for a nap,
and up again a t l l .30 PM and through un t i l about 5.30 AM.
Back t o bed, and up a t Sunday about noon!
The long DX sessions were vir tual ly continuous, with two
"positions" operating. By th i s , we mean that there were two
manned receiving positions. We used Trio 9R59DS receivers with box
loops. This involved two people - the th i rd was the frequency
measurement expert who would be asked t o give spot checks on
frequencies fo r e i ther position, using the BC-221, and who was
also a reference t o unID1s. The fourth person was a gene&
knock-about, preparing snacks, drinks and re l iedng ei ther of the
operatives when necessary.
Other gear on hand included the big Sony multi-band CRF-160, the
Realistic DX-160 which we had along for a user assessment and two
cassette recorders. We also had a long-wire antenna, about 45
metres long, and 6 metres high. Some of our results follow follow,
and are somewhat revealing. The limiting factors were not noise
(which was vir tual ly non-existant), but our own willingness t o
sort out masses of signals.
As for reporting, each person was assigned (by mutual agreement)
part of the overall reporting chores for writing t o the various
stations ...all logging notes and basic reports were prepared on
the spot i n t r ip l ica te , using carbon copies, and subse-
quently added t o by "translation" of our tapes, which were made
for most of the rarer stations. I was also assigned the task of
compiling the huge summary.
We are proposing that future DX-peditions be made t o Inverloch,
possibly around November. This should give us a chance t o real ly
study the North-American recep- t ion pattern, which has i n the
past been *ented md limited t o a few superfi- c i a l observations
made when noise levels are sufficiently low. Efforts l ike these
require a team approach, a willinmess t o share, a sense of
dedication and purpose, and a mature and responsible at t i tude t
o the task a t hand. A l l of these things were demonstrated, and
of all the DX-peaitions 1 have been involved with, t h i s one wi l
l take a l o t t o bet ter it.
-- Bob Padula, for the team (ARDXC)
DX-FEDITION REPORT 09 Bob Padula, Nick Langmaid, Russell and
Robert James, a t Inverloch, Vic. (about 150 km SE of Melbourne, on
the weekend of 13-15 Sept. 1975. Equipment: Two Trio gR59DS, two
box-loops, one BC-221 freq meter, two cassette T/R, one Sony
CRF-160 and one Realistic DX-160, and one long-wire antenna. (Times
GMT, Dates omitted-ed.)
Khabarovsk. 2nd pgm of Radio Moscow, RR ta lks 1440. Yakxtsk.
Home Svce around 1450 with choral mx. Quazvin, Iran. Farsi anmts;
play 1835-1900, Farsi I D l9OO then local mx. Very strong signals
on 9/13. F i j i . Suva with Fi jian hymns, anmts and well heard
1815. N.Z. 2YA a t fade-in around 0605 with play. 2BH. Reception
noted ALL DAY on 9/12 including football preview 0l25-0135 and an
interesting reception from 500 miles. Not audible back i n
Melbourne a t t h i s time. 4QR with good signals during day,
Net-1, ballads 0120-0130; 600 miles. Reunion. St. Denis with FF
talks 1625, under Sri Lanka 9/13. Sr i Lanka. Talks i n national
language (~ inha lese) 1600-1605, always strong. Nairobi with ta lk
in' Swahili, good signals 1625-1628. Radio Peking with t a lk i n
CC 1428-1430. U.A.R. Cairo with discussioos, i n AA 1700-1705.
Pyonaang (Haeju l i s ted) . KK ta lks i n Home Svce 1425-1430.
Radio Moscow, Far East s i t e , Ovrs Svce with Korean ta lk
ll45-ll50. Japan. FEN-Tokyo (Ed. note-This has always been Okinawa,
no?) EE pops and M e ancr // 6155 khz 1620-1625 9/13. Tanzania.
Dar-es-Salaam with Swahili anmts by a lady 1815-1820. 2YC H r d as
early as 0559, into EE News 0600 9/13, would not be heard t h i s
early i n the day i n Melbourne: USSR. F i r s t pgm, I D S 1630, i
s i n Western Siberia, x-ed St. Pierre 9/13. Reunion. St. Pierre
with FF ta lk 1625 // 602 9/13. Mauritius. Forestside with pops
1550, FF anmts, excellent l eve l 1600, sigs i n early 9/12. Oman.
BBS Masirah Island, Arabic, very good level 1620. F i j i . Suva i
n Hindustani Svce with Indian singing 1820-1825. Pyongyang i n HS
with KK ll55. 9/13. Uganda. EE news a t 1818-1820 by man 9/12, also
i n Vernaculars ( ta lks) 1740 Cairo with General pgm i n AA
1645-1648, l a t e r QFM from Israel. Jerusalem with EE ta lks
about PLO 1810, ID i n EE 1815, then into FF I D and FF news 9/l2.
Japan. JORR with JJ talks by man and lady 1530-1535. Nairobi. Song
t o the tune of "John Brown's Body" 1815, EE anmts, then into
further mx 1816. USSR. HS with RR ta lks 1635, l i s t e d
Karaganda, Kazakhstan 9/13. 46$ with Net-1 pgm 0130-0140 with
modern mx, interesting daytime signal. Aden. Play i n Arabic
1640-1645. Sudan. Omdurman (presumed) with t& i n Arabic
1805-1810. India. AIR-Simla ( l is ted) . National ta lks
1620-1625. Cairo. "Middle East Radio" with songs i n Arabic a t
fade-in 1625. Pyongyang (Hyesan l i s ted) . HS i n KK, 1505-1510.
Pyangyang. Good level with HS i n KK, ta lks around 1210. Mombasa,
Kenya with Swahili cmtry 1805. 2EA. I D i n Turkish a f te r l ight
mx pgm 0730, as "you are tuned t o Radio 2EA Sydney, and Melboqne
broadcasting i n the Turkish language" 9/13. Easily heard with 5RM
nulled t o inaudibility. Abu Dhabi. Singing i n AA 1820 with QFM f
r o m Skopje i n background 9/12. Cairo. AA svce, with national mx
1705-1710. S. Korea. HLCN, Kwangju, well hrd with t a lk i n KK
1440-1450. Thailand. Bangkok. NBS, strong level with Thai
discussion 1436-1438. China. CC ta lks 1210-1215. Tarawa. Anmts i n
Vernaculars around 0808-0810, and some island music. Rome. I t a l
i an news items read by man and lady 1805-1815, then mx.
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USSR Presumed). What appeared t o be a Radio Moscow Asian svce
1710-1715, was // 944 where a l so heard 9/12. Saudi Arabia. Damman
" C a l l t o Prayer" i n AA 1715-1720. Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian svce, songs and anmts 1435-1440. S r i Lanka. In apparent
Indian s t y l e language 1640-1645 9/13, r e su l t of a t i p
from Adrian Peterson. S. Korea. HLKB, Pusan KK t a lks 1640. F i j
i . Lautoka with anmt i n Hindi, 0810-0820 x-ed 5AN p a r t l y
nulled. USSR (presumed). Apparent RM Svce i n // 872 f o r Asia,
1710-1745 9/12. Ethiopia. Harrar with HS i n Amharic, t a lks and
nat ional mx, x-ed USSR QRM, 1745-1750 9/13. (Ed. note: x-ed
apparently means "looped") u n I D M sta t ion, 1750-1755 with mx
and ta lks , possibly Omdurmm or Tunisia. Singapore. Malaysian svce
with t a l k s noted i n passing a t good l eve l 1524. Malaysia.
Malacca, W a y s i a n svce with l o c a l songs and anmts
1502-1505. USSR. Asian langs from Radio Moscow, probably B a k u
1715-1725. Iraq. Babylon. New high powered mtr (Ed. note: Reported
2000 kw), Arabic songs 1625-1630 a t ear ly fade-in 9 / ~ . In
teres t ing t o note t h i s freq. usage- t h e European-African
freq. plan accomodates s ta t ions on 1034 and 1043 - seems l i k e
Iraq i s making i t s own ru le s f o r a "spl i t" operation!
Hawaii. KHVEI with EE news read by man 1500-1502 - one of two
Hawaiians heard- the other was KPOI-1380. 1YE Kaikohe. Pop mx p p
0922. Turkey. Diyarbakir. W k i s h ta lks , various s ty les of
national mx 1710-1730. unID Thai s ta t ion, t a lks 1410-1414,
then children's choir 1415. Singapore. Chinese Svce, t a lks by man
1540-1550. 1ZB Auckland. b!x around 0800 with loca l pgm, looped
2RG. There was absolutely no sign of KNX a t all on both nights;
neither any other NA or Mexican. (:-ed) USSR, Krasnodar l i s t e d
, mx around 1650, IDS f o r Pgm-2 1700. USSR. Taldy Kurgan l i s t
ed , HS around 1420-1425. Cairo. FS i n EE 1630-1945 good l eve l
both nights. Libya. el-Beida AA svce, t a lks around 1710 9/12, a
lso 1640 9/13 AA ta lks . India. Calcutta, Indian vocals 1420,
anmts i n national lang. (Bengali? Hindi?) Japan. JQR, Japanese t a
lks 1450-1455. Kuwait. Well heard with Urdu i n Overseas Svce
1630-1700. Malaysia. Malacca EE svce with cu l tu ra l discussion
1540-1545. 2ZW Wanganui. Early fade-in 0730 with ID f o r "2ZWt',
talk-back pgm. Japan. JOOR with t a l k 1600-1625, was over 4x0 and
~ K Y . 4x0 Dunedin. Early fade-in with TC a t 0737. Tirana. Ovrs
Svce 1720-1730 i n Bulgarian with ta lks . 1ZE Kaikohe. Early
fade-5n 0740, with ta lks . Marshall Islands. WXLG hrd with popular
songs 1810, i s land s ty l e mx 1829 with Hawaiian gui tars , ID
1830 as "WXLG Radio Marshall Islands 6:30 AM" then, "National
Headlines" and i n t o more pop mx; had 1ZE nulled. (Individual
com- ment from B.P.- t h i s w i l l count as Eastern Caroline
Islands, a country al- ready ver i f ied , unfortunately; WSZO ~ a
j u r o ) (Comment from NRC - This probably can be counted
separately from both E.C.I. (Truk, Ponape e t c ) and W.C.I. -ed.)
Vidin with mountain s ty l e European mx, anmts i n Bulgarian
1730-1735. Rhodes. VoA re l ay s/on 1629 with Yankee Doodle, l oca
l ID i n ?B then in to Turkish. One of the strongest Middle East s
ta t ions audible, even though the power i s r e l a t ive ly low,
as compared with the l a t e s t 2000 kw monstrosities... 3XA
Christchurch. Country mx show a t ea r ly fade-in 0740 with 2TM
looped. Radio Seychelles. Br i l l i an t signal from tune-in 1540
with "~eychel les ~ a g a z i n e ' then an a d d . f o r Br i t i
sh Airways. Then, anmt, "...and t h a t ' s all for t h i s week.
Br i t i sh Airwws invi tes You t o tune i n again next Fridey a t
7.30 PM when t h e y ' l l b r i n g you another edi t ion of
Seychelles Magazine. Until then, your producer and presentor ...
wishes YOU a l l a very good week and good night. They continued
with t r i - l ingual Pan i n E E / ~ ~ / ~ r e o l e u n t i l
1600 featuring African s ty l e mx. This i s our bes t catch of the
DX-pedition 9/13. Kuwait. Early f / i n around 1440 9/12, wa in ,
the 13th throughout the night. USSR. Radio Moscow Mongolian svce,
1420-1425. Singapore. cc svce, t a lks by man a o u n a
1540-1545.
11 1380 Hawaii. KPOI News roundup i n EE 1505, weather 15&,
jingle ID 1510.
Announced a football game on KrVM and hotel adverts fo r a
"midni@t breakfast" and IDS as "This i s KPOI" and "KPOI on
1380".
1385 Canton Island. W. Light music a t excellent level, EE anmts
a t 1436. This one was one of our "marker" stations fo r the two
nights . . . more of a rrulsance than a DX catch. 3ZM Christchurch.
Pop mx p p 0640 x-ed 2PK a t early f/ in. 2YM New Plymouth. Under
2KO Newcastle NSW with national pgm 1015-1020. BBC Masirah Island
EE with relay of World Svce t o Asia 1705+ 9/13. (I take it they do
operate on both 1410 and 1412, no? -ed.) USSR. %yak pgn G t h IDS
1830 after mx p w . Monte Carlo. Fade in with FF ta lks 1823. Fiji.
Raki-Raki with Hindi svce around 0812 with 3MA looped, next night a
t 1808 with local mx. USSR. RM 0s i n unID European lang 1735-1740.
(Wonder i f t h i s i s the same one being hrd ECNA? -ed.)
Philippines. DYLA Cebu back here now, from 1555, Tagalog ta lks
1450. France. Nice with pop songs, 1748-1900 both nights.
Switzerland. GG discussion 1735, mx 1745, nx t o 1750 i n GG,
hetting wlth the N.Z. s ta t ion on 1560 but separable on peaks.
This one not often heard here:
1575 China. Chekiang province, regional p w with CC drema 1440.
1575 United Arab Emirates. Sharjah. AA chants and armrts 1645-1655.
1586 W. Germany. Langenberg. GG ta lks around 1825-1830. 1602 W.
Germany. Munich with GG discussion, same as 1586 and about equal
level.
S t r a i t
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The Worcester Long Distance Medium Wave Receiver, A Review 'by
Jerry Starr, WHOT Radio
The new Worce~ter, a product of Joe Worcester of Frankfort, New
York is the first state-of-the-art receiver in decades designed
specifically lor medium-wave DXing. This receiver, which was
introduced in great technical detail in the 11/17/75 DX News,
carries a price tag of $800, and only six were produced, however,
it is believed that more may be available in the future. This
article is not intended to be a technical lab test since there is
no reason to doubt that the spec8 in the 11/17 article are faulty.
The purpose of this review is to provide a general "hands-onw
evaluation of this receiver's value for day-to-day DXing purposes.
The most asked questions are "Is it really that much better" and
"1s it worth the price?" We will attempt to answer these. For the
majority of DXers the specs on the printed page are not nearly so
important as performance under actual DXing conditions. When it was
necessary to make a performance comparison, the author's Hammarlund
HQ180A receiver was used. Nearly all DXers are familiar with this
receiver which is probably the most popular of the "high priced"
units used for DXing today. This particular rx was modified with
mechnical filters but this was bypassed for comparison purposes.,
rendering the 180 virtually stock. A switching arrangement was set
up for instant back-and-forth audio switching between both units
and a second pickup coil was wound on the author's unamplified
altaz loop so both units could be compared simultaneously. The 180
was recently checked and aligned, the Worcester was about six days
out-of-the-box.
The most obvious new feature of the Worcester, herein-after
shortened to the WMWRX (Worcester Medium-Wave Receiver), is the
digital frequency readout and it is really slick. The frequency is
read in kilocycles up to four digits, when you're tuned to 1330 the
readout displays 111330". The readout does not show tens or
hundreds of cycles but this is judged unnecessary for nearly all DX
purposes. The display is bright LED-red with 5/16th inch characters
and is easily read at a distance in bright room lighting. One
advantage is the ability to "pre-setn the rx to any specific
frequency even before the station you seek is audible, just park
there and wait for fade-in. No rx with rotating-disc or slide-rule
dial can be set this accuratly on the split frequencies. Whereas
much consumer-oriented gear today has digital readout as a cosmetic
Selling feature, on the WMWRX it is a definite plus.
TUNING: There is no bandspread on the WMWRX,it is not needed.
The vernier tuning provides more than adequate fine tuning. For
example, on the 180, one complete turn of the tuner starting at
1100 takes yon to 1190. On the WMWRX one turn from 1100 takes you
to only 1140, effectivly expanding the space between the
frequencies for better tuning control. This also has a certain
disadvantage which will be covered later. The W R X we used for
this article tuned from 528 to 1626 khz. The tuning knob has a
spinner attached-for more rapid band scanning. One disconcerting
thing at first is that this is the only rx I have ever tuned that
increases frequency with counter- clockwise rotation. Getting used
to turning"domU to t u G v is very difficult, old habits being hard
to break.
CONSTRUCTION: The workmanship seems to be good. Of course, it
looks like it ran hand made because it is. The chassis and cabinet
seem to be substantial. The unit is somewhat larger than the
impression one gets from the DX News photo, it is fully as deep as
the 180 cabinet although about one-third the Size across the
control panel. The dial
markings and owner's name are silk screened rather than
"engraved" as stated in the original article. The flat black and
brushed aluminum are pleasing to the eye.
STABILITY: There js no problem here. We brought the WMWRX into
the house from a cold car and turned it on. not touching the
tuning. It happened to be tuned to 1254. After an hour of warm-up
without any touching of the tuning, it still displayed 1254,
rock-solid, a real advantage for DXers who have a set-up with a
timer for recording while they sleep.
SELECTIVITY: Here, in actual practice, the specs are not quite
as impressive as they are in black-and-white.
Frequency-for-frequency
b. the Wd'A'RX has an audible selectivity no greater than the
180. This, however, is not bad since the 180 is well known for
selectivity, but we were somehow expecting the specs, which are
better on paper than the 180, to realise some audible difference.
This is not the case. In actual comparison local station slop
disappears about the same place on the dial on both units. With one
exception, 881, we weren't able to copy any splits on the YMWIlX
that weren't just as audible on the 180. In our opinion this is not
a fault, but not a plus.
IIAGE REJECTION: This seems to be excellent. We had occasion to
fire up the WMWRX at the U'HOT transmitter site which is surrounded
with the towers in the DA system, an area of extreme RF levels.
There were no birdies or hets and only one image with WHOT (1330)
mixing with WFMJ on 1390. The rest of the frequencies were free of
mixing products. Not many receivers can do this. A plus, especially
for DXers in urban areas with many locals.
METERING: This is an area we felt uncomfortable about. The
S-meter on the WMWRX seemed to have slower or more sluggish
ballistics than the 180's meter, evidently there is more damping in
the movement. When peaking the loop with a quick movement of the
loop tuning, the indicated peak lags slightly behind the audible
peak in the earphones. This takes some getting used to. With no
signal at the antenna input, the WWRX meter shows about one-fifth
scale reading at a "1" and the strongest local signal produced only
a "7". or about three-quarters deflection on the scale.. On local
signals, the difference between full on and full off RF control,
the meter moves only about one-half inch. We feel there is--room
for improvement here.
HUMAN ENGINEERIKG: This is an area we feel is weak on the WMWRX.
The antenna selector, which is a really handy item, is poorly
marked in our opinion. While the terminals on the rear are marked
A2, Al, L2 and L1, the coresponding selections on the front panel
switch are marked A, B, C and D. We feel there would be much less
confusion if the front switch was also marked Al, A2, L1 and L2 to
match the rear inputs. The earphone jack is another problem.
Although there are large unused
"reas on the front panel, this jack is sandwiched between the RF
and audio gain controls, making it necessary to "reach aroundu the
plug to operate the controls. The obvious solution of using a flat
right- angle plug is not pratical since there is no room, the front
panel is too deeply recessed in the aluminum escutcheon that
surrounds the cabinet and themst of the area around the jack is
surrounded by the knobs and meter face. A location near the power
switch which is unused is a much less clumsy location for this
jack. The tuning knob was unnerving at first, it feels loose and
about to fall off. It turned out the knob is fastened to a very
flexible, rubbery-feeling
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16 editor: Ernest R. Cooper musings of the members 5 Anthony
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17 ;.mrS mINTUd - 5509 Yalgine ?lace - Rockville, Yaryland -
20851
A sunmaw of 3: over the l a s t f e u months: 9120- :!53S1260
8:08sm a/ l?rovincetown, MA. 08657 NX N X ? IDs, iID5L-1590 s/off
bn tbp
of mess, 8pm. 10121- '.?JS%1490 f i n a l l y hear3 5 1 :36am
:r/TC 3 I D , com2letin; Atlantic City area iraveya$ders f o r me.
10127- .!CFV-1230 Over : r i 5 i x semi-local ;\'IT3 >:/local
announcements, 8:15m. 10/30- A f a n t a s t i c SSS evenin;.
:;JS;L910 w/local-like s iznal
The opinion. exPrMUd in &is column a n t h o u of ms
indivdual msm&n, and d o -rilV m f l a c t t h a of th. d i t o
n , fie publishan, w ma National ~ . d i ~ club, z/2. Tenn. area
:.FA; never neard before. CK:!:(-920 jooi si ;nal w/local NX,
6:15?n, ;.I/
usual ~ e s t s ;fiL,?l, :3:ZL, e tc . absent. i~11:-lj3C w'TC
fr I3 T. 7:05pm, very ea r ly recen- t i o n f o r them. Then cane
a bi; surpr ise ;:/!CR;O-I~:O s!aff 7:4jpk, com~le i e ly
rionin:
STAN MORSS - Route 3 - Bradford. Yassachusetts - 01830 a n t
:?/$BE looped out. The phases locp system rvr2.s used t o n u l l
C33 ::it:iout nilllill: 1'7- W'I'TT-I430 fabulous @ ssoff 4:kJpm;
never heard a s well. Sel- ~ 3 0 a t the same time. me systex also
uas ver. ef:2ctive in pullins in X S ~ L
don heard peeking through 1570 JIIE: @ 4:58. Nice photo of the
Good Doctor &inkley i n 890 on 1117 2 t h e i r 6:30pm s/off.
XS'3JCE were almost com?letsly eliminated. !:ith Sroadcasting t h i
s week - a l so f igh t in= Bob Shuler, .% s t o r i e s on KGEF B
KFKB. Verie. only one loop, nullin; M S sroduced :iJCS, & vice
versa, .': no $5173. 1119- Very severe :.ISCP, PP/c i n f i v e
days a f t e r n3tansuering l a s t year. I wished them luck on FM
appli- Aurora. but only new thing heard was IQPD-1430 dominant i
8:15pm. I was hoping f o r ca t ion - mybe t h a t helped. 1/10-
hJRCN-1570 Riverhea;, N.Y. topling ' m P w/no CKm some d i s t a n
t ~ raveya rde r s but a check of the f re lu-ncies produced only
seni-locals ? t o 4:45pm. 1540 then had two - one with old-time pop
f avo r i t e s , Sc one w/c/w Sc race weak SS on 1240 3 1400.
12115- A s u p r PO.:. CHs810 dominant on fre2uency w/local r e s u
l t s - both s/off S 5 P 'ITRCP was only one I B d . WW;M I D a f t
e r both went off . announcement 4 P.O. Box i n Calgary, then I D ,
3:40am. There was some other s tu f f on 1520 had a s t a t i on
with Lawrence :.Ielk Show t o 5: 15, but fadeout ,t s /off . 1340
had the 810 spot a t t he time - wwdlS $30, KCO, and/or the nev
.,innipeg s t a t i o n be on a t r a r e CJLS l i k e a bomb
givin?: road conditions @ 5:23. 1112- 990 had XET easy over a l l
the time? 30w about t he new N.B. o r Bahamas s t a t i ons? I xcnt
back t o 810 a f t e r 4am ,$ 1 :06am. .FP-1330 Ft. Pierce A N o/u
a Colombian f o r a report t o 2:25am. A weak TT b found 9JCY
completely dominant a f t e r t h e i r s/on, s o no f: lr ther DX
here. .,bile look- C 2:jO on 1550 1 hum but I could not ge t
anyt2ing e l se , B other two T3STs were covered ing f o r t he
KXRE1000-TEST (which I think :?as in there , but very weak) I heard
YO:z:O- by our f r i end ly (1) Canadians CKFd b CJCB. '.~Ko-680
noted off 4 4 , but a l l SJAPAICFTR. WOO ET @. 3: 30am. 73s. PX,
Venezuelan over a l l on 1350, 5-6:15?m, but it faded out jus t a t
the wrong times. and no I D so t ten on it. ROS-I 280 locals1 LYqe
the OEIE S. ALLIN - 134 Sre t 3ar te :Jay - Vallejo, California -
94590
l a t e s t ver ies i n from WNRI-1380 f o r my second R . I .
ver ie P KWE-610. KRKE w3. s heard 12.29 ' ~ : O ~ A F : !:RILS
LOCAL KF3.C was o f f . Other n8w logzings i n ad- d i t i on t o
KRKE a r e :bZV-810 8:32am 12/21, WAF-880 2:59am 12 (22, WCCP-1560
3:54am 12/22, ~ L D - 8 8 0 5:55am 12/27, -850 4:43am 12/29 P Y S Z
M - ~ ~ O 7:59am 12/30, I have wri t ten t o iiammarlund t o see
what they have i n RXes but probably too l a t e if the info has
been out since November. Congratulstions t o Jim Cri tchet t 3c h i
s new bride. CX very poor here t h i s :{inter due t o only 3"f r a
i n since 7/1 & l o t s of fog creatfng e l e c t i r c a l
leakage. Again I s t a t e , there i s no such t h i r g a s a
"Leaky Transformer* unless it leaks Pyranoll
man says, i t ' s no'i t h a t theyt;; near o r f a g they s t i
l l ' count f o r each 500 award cer- t i f i c a t e ; nuff sa id
l I a l so neard ihJYIL-680 c/w CJR-650 ( 7 ) 12/13- CXL':!. 12
114- In$ -700 ( 1 ) //-m,i-1060 11-!ZS-890. 12 115- Cm5900
//-'JETE-620 //-'..1~~8-930. :4+1&93 TT 4 I D O 2:13-2:jOam.
Tentative I D a s of 12/15 f a i r t o poor qual i ty ; was good f
o r about s i x records, 5: CFi(E1010. 12/20- :rlS2-750 //. (3aniel
. / / rneans p a r a l l e l t o another s t a t i o n - sane
3rogram - ERC) Very l a t e Season's G r e e t i n ~ s t o a l l t
he mem -- hers of NRC 5 t n e i r f a n i l i e s . I l n ~ l a d t
o see we have members overseas1 I heard a saying a long time ago
"KiwiesN (Xew Zealanders) a r e made of good stuffmatel I can say
the same holds t rue f o r our club! I am glad a l so to see we
have a couple of young l ad i e s who a r e D:-ersl Too many times
I 've heard t h a t hobbies t h a t a r e normally male oriented a
r e j u s t f o r males. if t i e r e a r e nen t s garden clubs
(and there a r e l ) why not female DXers7 I say welcone ladies1
Rernsmber :uys : '3 you don't agree, and
SOXALD K. K A S m - 386 3esry S t r ee t - San Francisco.
CaliforniZL - 94102- keep t h a t s t a t i o n locat ion; c a l l
sizn. + time mi;ht be i n HE9 !,fusing i n t ne Clubt$ Time for
hrnpoifb. It seems I j c s t sent one i n but upon checking
magazine. Best wishes t o a l l f o r a healthy, Safe and g rea t
CX i n '761 73s f o r now.
I f ind t h a t nv l a s t one was somewhere around 1969 o r
1970 - h' nun. hou time f l i e s 1 . . Iv locat ion the l a s t
two years has been downtoGS.F. B CX a r e most de f in i t e ly
timi- ble. I hope f o r improvement t h i s Spring a s I plan on f
i n a l l y t i e i n g the knot which w i l l bring a move t o t
he r e s iden t i a l area near the ocan f away from dwmtown QRNs.
Cnly DL of l o t e l a s t year was KFAR Z KFQD i n l a t e
October, B Peru-854 B Tarawa-844 in December. Few other unusudl
ones f o r me but t he same thing everyone e l s e is nearing out
here. CX according t o iiCers r ea l ly f e l l off a f t e r the l
a t e Oct. opening. TPs p re t ty weak t h i s season. D.', NEiS
has maintiined B improved i t s qua l i t y f content 3c qr vote of
thanks soes t o a l l those res2onsible. S.F. i s bidding f o r
IRCA Convention so if successful we ' l l hope t o see some of you
j3 in t members ( 7 7 -EX) t h i s Summer. I w i l l be back in t h
i s column when I land sonewhere s ignals can be heard. 73.
CART =VINE - 98-01 67th Avenue - Forest i I i l l s , New York -
11374
-DANNY HLRL,EY - Route 1 - a x 209-AB - Jefferson, North
Carolina - 28649 Since t h i s i s my f i r s t !.:using, I111 tl?~
t o t e l l you a l i t t l e about
myself. I am 16 and a Sophomore a t Ashe Central Xigh School. I
s t a r t ed D,9w i n September of 875. us i rg a Stewart-Warner RX
t h a t runs on a s i x v o l t car battery. I changed RXes about a
month l a t e r , since keeping the bat tery charged kept me busy
most of the time. I f anyone knows where I csuld get a converter t
n a t runs 25 t o 30 amps. t e l l ne. I n the meantime I 've been
usin2 a ?amsonic AI.I/FM casse t te RX So f a r I ' ve got a
hundred loggings out of it. I ' m looking forward t o the
Convention i n LOGIS'JILLE t h i s year. I guess I had b e t t e r
go do a l i t t l e more studying. See ya next time, 73 B plenty of
D9 t o a l l i n 176. (!;'elcome t o the BaC, Danny, and please
send your >:us- ings t o our Provincetown address a t the head
of t h i s sec t ion - often1 -WC)
iIerels more on the Brooklyn p i r a t e ~ ~ C T R . Tiiey b r
ig ina l ly s/on 1615.9 t : m e we eks ago. They have since moved
up t o 1625 t o avoid WWRL. Tiey're on about
JO;34 SOMMER - 1022 Catalina - Fort !Jayne, Indiana - 46825 From
a ver ie of "Cheer Radio* I deduce: 1 ) C:iIR i s C3YR-7, b e ~ a u
s e
three hours from 1l:)Opm Fr i . $ Sat. nizhts. f i r t hes t c a
l l s have come from Me & Ky. I received a v!q which I sent t o
3: f o r Brintinz i n DX NZiS. Anyone in teres ted in
CHYR B E3YR-7 a r e sho.+n i n equalent posit ion, one with " 7
5 one without. 2 ) CXYR710
tapes of ::C?R send me a casse t te (no Cr02 please - messes up
qy tape recorder). It I s D-3. cardiod. five-tower NW/SE. 3 )
CIMd7-730 i s 5 0 0 ~ . C i R $ C:TfR-7, Box 70. seems t h a t C3
radio people have two theme s o q s w/1434's re lease of
C.51,McCallts !'Con- Leamington.
:.JJAZ-960 Ga. ' s address i s Box 505. not 545. ?hone no. i s
nor? 43209181.
voy'l (61 99 1/10) (??7 -33.C) nz 'Jnited A r t i s t s t Dave
Dudley singing "Me 5 Old CB.* bIAGN-1340 Mich., KSIa1340 Neb. a r e
measured on daytme. :.!GA!T-1340, Sa. i s n ' t meas-
ured a t a l l : "lie check the frequency of both s t a t i ons
(:.TGA:! % :.INX-F::) with a counter. Bow about a theme f o r AM
BCB fans? ?layb-' IRCA should re lease John Denver's ''Late Nite
Radion from "Windsong*. I f fConvoyn makes no sense t o you send an
SASE t o WHN f o r a
1340k i s too crowded and no one could ;ive us a r ead i%.a l l
the t i m e . n Now rea l ly ,
CB zuide. Tinis week all-NX:iTNS w i l l probably announce i t s
a f f i l i a t i o n w/network o r 1 crowded! TWc, WEEKS FRO# THIS
ISjUE IS A;iCT:m SKIPPEDJEEK. PLEASE DC NCT SEND I N T.\'O MUSILKS
Nx service. NIS on 'YNIS-FM has bombed i n the r a t i ngs 4 there
i s t he poss ib i l i t y KINS TO APPEAR I N IT. iEXT DEADLINE IS
T.!L?LSDAY, FEBX'TARY 12th. I N PROVINCETOWN. -ERC E%?i
?$!n2Pf%sa%f:F'%o",e ~?$&'%%~go$€ 3 P%!;reA%%~%3&fi~~n
+9.have
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18 3.9. TCY T&L4?1SOX - 43 Forest B i l l Drive - Suelph,
Ontario
r e e t i n z s t o a l l , I rizs shocked t o see t'nat it was
?.lay viien I sent i n my f i r s t Xuse. Time f l i e s quicker
the older you are1 Well, despite the Post- a l ? t r i ke here, it
has been a ;ood iJ< season so f a r , though CX a r e not so
good a t t he moment I ' m writ ing t h i s (911). I have again
besn enjoyinz the CPC TSSTs, hearinz IiSXG :;'US :!:!RI ( a l l ver
i f ied) ; k iJIC , :,XCH, !:2YX, r.YTR, ;.!AOL, :iNNl' % WdidS (no
ver ie from any of these - has awone had anythin;?) I think the pos
ta l s t r i ke may have cost me a v ? r i o r two since :.;CQ9Ifs
card vas returned t o t'ne s t a t i o n marked "service suspended"
and they kindly mailed i t aga i n l a t e r which is more t:han
one misht expect1 Other ver ies received t h i s season ar?: CJ32
';.4:?E RZdB ::W,i $NAK C':TN YJTZ !;I19 :~I;.l?L '.?,iSC CKCY ( t
h i r d t r y l ) ::SIG :PAL ?sSA ;:S:Jl.I viJ333 ;!AiiX :iPR!J, a
l l v / l , and KSO '..KT2 K.IA CRSO . :XI ,I:.IC3$i ::'BAi.I :FIC
XSA:; :i;l:JS;,I C:IYR, a l l vlq. I know t h a t there i s r e a l
l y no s t a t i o n t h a t SSVa vz r i f i e s (77) but 1 wonder
whst members tinink about listl- d i f f i c u l t sta- t ions? I n
older days socne magazines used t o l i s t "V2F!I-SLaJ1' s t a t i
ons t h a t were no- tor ious f o r poor 25L re turns o r lon;
delays. Also the Swedish DL clubs, a t l e a s t on Sd, l i s t
"black"&ations t h a t a r e of s imi lar yroblom t o the kean
3:Xer. I th in! l i s t - in2 s t a t i ons trhich f . i l t o
answer three or more 5003 re?orts mi;ht be valuable, what say7 I
would nominate .'SEA :JA AY ';,'310X :iTh?i li3ZY :Y;.-T ;: :La
2:TIX -JCLS iKST i n t h i s c a t e ~ o r y . Only loca l ne:.:s
here i s t:ut s ~ p e r - p e s t CJOY nor? shuts off i t s c a r r
i e r soms 12.3 arounl 12:15-12:35 allowin; a l i t t l e D:: t o f
i l t e r throui;h. It used t o lA OC a l l t he time, and s t i l
l t e s t s ;.r!rr a f t e r 1 :30 o r t :~ereabouts; otherwise
Ali-6. Ihe, had,somb?&?antastic frl?nis!l i>s i n qayji
countries j:is', fro:? I]:{ r e p r t s -''re . r r i t ten t o s t
- l i ons an- individcals. Out of q a c e ncx, 73s t o a l l .
(Tom, :EC has ~ ~ : : B J s been l o n < azzins t black-list in;
s t l t i o n s per s e - could ;:t .JS i n to trouble1 -3T.C)
:,'Am ':-:;I>E\T - 1028 ii!cc p i v e - solorado Sprin;s.
Colorzio - 80904 A l i t t l e D.! now t then bet-:em r rorkie ?ays
3c eveninzs. 1/10 goes
dorm a s the f i r s t TA day here. Only one, but I was
surarised a t t h a t 'cause t h e ana l l loop I ' m usin: i s not
t h a t grea t . ?lLR-1586 was heard i n ;: out f o r over an hour
with l i z h t !3oR : fe:-iale i n GG. We:: 1o:;in;s include
R39I-1530 on f / c 1 :14-1 :I9 ?: on; KINE -1260-T3ST 2:33-2:45 i
on, CF.93-1260 2:2Z-2:30am, ~~:IO-1260 w/f/c 2:lk2:21am o f f ,
KBTA-1340 w/TT, 13, F. zone 1 2:50am. l a t e r t h a t day
;EW-1260 5:40-5:50pm lo?king f o r KSNO. I 've found it qui te
strange t o be located near these mountains. 33ytime Dl! (:>hat
l i t t l e I 've done) seem t o corn.? only from the plains. : j r
bidgest llprouemlf spot i s 1500-1440 v':ere KIIJ-1490 'r ~ ~ 5 ~ -
1 4 6 0 sgend a l l t h e i r time slopping a l l over the place.
lYSN i s def in i te ly t he worst. They take out 1470-1440 almost
a l l t he time. As soon a s I z e t myself s i tua ted a new loop
w i l l ge t bu i l t . I s t i l l have UV 6,000' of $20 insulated
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20 IdAAYNE ?WRE"3Y - 141 1 ?hy l l i s Avenue - LOUISfILLE,
Kentucky - 40215
There* s good news from tine Sluegrass! iQ R-390, o n the blink
f o r near ly two months, is f i n a l l y running again. A s it
was apparently the victim of a f a i r l y comon probbm, I'll d e t
a i l i t s symptoms and solutions f o r the benedit of any iiho
may be a f f l i c t e d wit" it in the future. The tube (ac tual
ly a thermistor, though a layman l i k e me couldn't t e l l the
difference) RT-510, a l t e rna t e ly known a s 3TF7. has a
tendancy t o blow ra the r ea s i ly , i n wnich case there w i l l
be a t o t a l l o s s of RF gain (though a bckground NL w i l l
remain). Tne tube is extremely r a r e 4 t he only place I know
r.rhich handles them is the Amperite Co.. 600 Palisades Avenue,
thion City. N.J. 07087. The tube can a l so be replaced wla 42-50
ohm. five-watt r e s i s t o r stuck in pins 2 & 7, order 3TF7.
Those who own R-390'~ would do well t o keep t h i s b i t of i n
fo handy1 I ' d l i k e t o thank a l l those who helped in any way
throughout nly d i f f i c u l t i e s , without whom I ' d be up
the prove$bial creek. A vicious windstorm whipped through the area
1/13. doing qui te a b i t of danage. Among its casual t ies was my
iW, Ted Fleischakerls TVfm "antenna farm" a s well a s t he towers
of semi-lo- c a l s VSAC-1470 4 WKCi4-1140. WSAC was off f o r a t
l e a s t three days. & I ' m not sure hou long '&CM was
off , a s I didn' t even bother t o check. A s f o r Q? LW, I don't
even use it very much SO i t 's no big loss . Also, t he rope
holding it up broke ra ther than the wire i t s e l f so t he r epa
i r job w i l l be minor. Not too much DX l a t e l y , though I
keep lo,;:lng s t a t i ons they a r e mostly TESTS, f / c , &
an occasiondl SSS aatch. & the l a t t e r seem t o be get t
ing fewer & f a r t h e r betwem. CX were Auroral around
1!10-12 & sev- e r a l new ones uere logged then though2 appa r
en t ly missed the best of it. Totals have nudged up t o
1.277/43/6, countries, 23.- I hope t o get somewhere between 1,300
& 1,400 by season's end. & 1,500 by 12/31.
JOHN R. SALLY - 29926 Truman Avenue - Wickliffe, Ohio -
44092
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J Patterson. CE B 'd IqS D A n e l l , CE J W SqB A J R Shadle, E E
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Hurley. CE G W J A Z Mr. Ducas, CE E i iH A K H Klann, GM E K X R B
L Anthony. PD B W SpC P J H Hann J r . F X FqL I K Poteet. E E C
k,A R R a u l i e s E HnJ 6qG u/u K C YqU M G Jones. E E iq A U G S
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PD I$ R B X G Gravit t . PD :4 5 H 0 C R Sanders. VP K N B I D
Tucker, M K N B 0 J Cameron, CE K BfU Y u/u SJ T K H R Feutz. CE
CBqE M Piche, W 9pY E K Sandage, CE W CpC P R E Liverance, CE W M L
0 E 'd iiorne, Cop K PqM C G E Dattecson, CE 'ii S B P R Fleetwood,
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Antonietta Fuscaldo K LqO U D Chimend, CE K :i E Y V E Rush 111.
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5 i s i s a l l the v;'s we have a s of 1/19/76. Plense send i n
your l a t e ones, but weed out those whlch have a p e a r e d here
recently. :se our abbreviations, and ?lease double s.sace, and l i
s t frequency. Than:; you! -S?C
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMlSSlON F I E L D O P E R A T I O N S
B U R E A U
January 21, 1976
ADORLO tlaLI TO:
230 S. Dearborn St . , Rm. 3935 Chicago, I l l i n o i s
60604
Mr. Wayne blurphy 1411 P h y l l i s Avenue L o u i s v i l l e
, Kentuckv 40215
Dear Mr. Murphy:
Your kind i n v i t a t i o n of January 16 t o speak a t your
annual Convention banquet i s appreciated but the i n v i t a t i o
n must be declined. The pressing demands of h igh p r i o r i t y
work on the l imited s t a f f of t h i s o f f i c e prevent the
assign- ment of a speaker t o a function of t h i s type. We have
from time t o time met indiv idual ly with members of the National
Radio Club and are aware o f the i n t e r e s t i n recept ion of
d i s t a n t broadcast s t a t i o n s . Perhaps a t some other
time we can jo in you a t one o f your meetings o r
Conventions.
Very t r u l y Yours,
E. J. M i n e Engineer i n Charge
