STATIC WOM H Q The r ecen t NRC Lincoln convention was a good one and a l l t h e r e repor ted it was a fun weekend--thanks t o t h e Lincoln Convention Committee f o r t h e super job: Along t h a t l i n e , t h e convention voted t o change t h e method of s e l e c t i n g f u t u r e convention s i t e s - - e f f e c t i v e t h i s yea r each c i t y wishing t o hos t w i l l submit a wr i t t en ( 2 pages 8 ~ x l 4 " ) p r o p o s a l by Nov. 1 t o headquar ters . The proposals w i l l appear i n t h e f i r s t November DX News and a l l c lub members w i l l vo t e on t h e s i t e , with announcement of t h e winner i n January. So f a r two c i t i e s (A t l an t a and San F ranc i sco ) have expressed i n t e r e s t i n t h e 1978 NRC Convention--are t h e r e o the r s? I f s o , send i n your proposal (what a c t i v i t i e s , room r a t e s , e t c . ) i n t h e next few weeks and may t h e bes t c i t y win: Sadly , we record t h e pass ing of Buyers & S e l l e r s , t h e equipment exchange. They inform u s they ceased bus iness a s of 9/16 due t o o the r committments and a bus iness dec l ine . L a s t l y , p l ea se muse and a l s o support a l l DX News columns. This t ime of y e a r , when t h i n g s a r e s t i l l slow and most members a r e busy, c o n t r i b u t i o n s a r e e s p e c i a l l y needed, so don ' t f o r g e t t o send i n your con t r ibu t ions : Also, our congra ts t o Zrnie Cooper who r e c e n t l y was made an Admiral i n t h e Nebraska Navy--long may he wave!

CPC TESTS Thi s is t h e f i r s t t e s t schedule f o r t h e season--we a l s o remind anyone who is th ink ing about ar ranging a t e s t , but h a s n ' t y e t done s o , t o make has te!

Sept . 24 0100--? KSEO-750 Durant. Okla. 250 w. W i l l use lOOOHz tone & I D S eve r 5 minutes. V/S B i l l Coxsey, PD.

Oct. 10 0005-0205 WAEN-1590 Honesdale, fenn. S O W . W i l l u s e TT and contemp mx. May a l s o t e s t aux. xmtr. dur ing t e s t . V/S Linc Nickerson. GM, WAEN Radio, Box 1590. Honesdale, Penn. 18431.

Oct. 16 0300-0330 WSFD-1280 Seaford, Del. 1 0 0 0 ~ . W i l l use TT w/voice I D S evelyg minutes, poss . code I D S . V/S Allan R . F r a z i e r , Operations Manager, WSFD/WSUX-FM. 1039 S. Dual Highway, Seaford , Del. 19973. Prepaid c a l l s t o : (302) 629-6636.

Oct. 24 0630-0700 KCTE-1140 Southwest C i ty . Mo. 250w. W i l l use c&w instrum- e n t a l music. V/S Don Williams. CE. KCTE, Box 258, Southwest Ci ty . Mo. 64863.

Nov. 20 Time TEA CJGX-940 Yorkton, Sask.. Canada. W i l l be another s p e c i a l program f o r DXers. similar t o one l a s t season. More d e t a i l s t o come.

THANKS: To Ron S c h i l l e r (KSZO)$ Harry Hayes (WAEN): Dave Schmidt (WSFD): R r e t t Hanavan (KCTE); and Kel ly Andrevs (CJGX), f o r arranging our

f i r s t t e s t s of t h e season:

IOOK INSIDE I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Digest. ..................................... 3 I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Achievements............ .............,...... 5 Domestic DX Digest . 6 CPC T e s t s Time Conversion Chart...-..........-...............8 Reprin t and NRC Pub l i ca t ion List...... .......................g Musings. ....................................-..-............. 17 Graveyard DX Achievements...... .............................. 20 Verie Signers . ............................................... 22

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890 F I J I R. F i j i I 1 Lautoka 1028-11104az. (Maguire)

930 ??? AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND Comedy s k i t , e l e c t r i c i rgan mx, reedy mx under US QRhl. (Maguire)

960 NEW ZEALAND 3YC Chris tchurch 1154-12022. KABL QRM. (Maguire) 1000 NEW ZEALAND Touranga 1 Z D t h e b e s t and most r egu la r DU on MM's,

? 7/18 good fm 0745-0926, 0800 nx, 0900 w/"R. New Zealand News", i n t r o , wx, many o ld pops. KOMO off ( a l t e r n a t e MM's) wi th TT and no TT. (Seaver) INDONESIA Jayapura I r i a n Jaya probably t h e e x c e l l e n t c a r r i e r 8 /18 a t 1216, 8/22 a t 1055 wi th some audio. This is l i s t e d a t 1 0 kw, but is t h e c l o s e s t Indo (7000 mi l e s ) and t h e most sou the r ly pa th - LSS is about 0835 i n Sept . Excel lent f r e q s e l e c t i o n f o r US. INDONESIA Banjarmasin only a weak c a r r i e r 8 /22 a t 1045, LSS a b t 1021. Th i s is 50 kw on Kalimantan. (Seaver , l a s t 2 ) CHINA powerful s t n (Kumminp 500 kw?) wi th l i v e l y f o l k Songs 1318- 1323 918. No use logging-they d o n ' t v e r i f y . (Wilkinson) l oca t ion unknown, f a i r 1240 912 w/CC opera . (Tomer) bTTSTRAT.T.4 2KO Newcastle, NSW 1330-14552. (Maguire) . . - - - - -. - - - . . - - - -

JAPAN JOWF Sapporo 1124-11522. (Maguire) EASTERN CAROLINES WSZD Ponape, 1006-11302. Another r e p o r t i n hopes of ob ta in ing a v e r i e . E a r l i e r r e p o r t p l u s two f o l l o ~ - ~ ~ S ha;e y ie lded no r ep ly . (Maguire) PHILIPPINES FEBC Tagalog 0943-10002. (Manguire) SABAH Kota Kinabalu 1113-11412 l i k e a l o c a l . (Maguire) R. Malay- s i a Kota Kinabalu i n Tagalog (probably) 8 /18 a t 1127 tune-in eXC f o r s e v e r a l minutes. Th i s is my key f o r DYLA 1555 and Indones- i ans . Th i s s t n is p o s s i b l e every AM-not heard every AM but pOSS- i b l e due t o t h e low path-297 degrees. (Seaver) tTQSI? Khahxrnvsk w/eood c a r r i e r and c l m x dur ing 1315 fadeup 8/31; ------ . , - heard t h r u s t rong domestic s lop . (Tomer) AUSTRALIA 2RE Taree NSW 104101100~. Lookint f o r lZH, N.Z. (Mag) PHILIPPINES DZHH P h i l . A i r Force Radio 1154-1231. (Maguire) SnllTH KOREA HLDA Cheju I s l and a t tremendous volume 1324-1330 --- - -- ~ --

9 1 8 . Gave c a l l l e t t e r I D a t 1330. (Wilkinson) THAILAND VOA s t i l l s t rong 19452. (Maguire)

FEATURE FILLER . . . . from NZDXRA-the USSR has e r ec t ed 1000 kw on 647 a t Iman, 500 kw on 1079 a t Kyzyl, and 250 kw on unk greq a t Ulan-Ude. Via Arc t i c Radio Club ... England BBC is broadcas t ing a "Open Univers i ty" pgm on 647 a f t e r Radio Three closedown. France t h e new address f o r Li- moges 791 is 32, rue Jean J a n r e s , F - 8 7 0 0 m g e s . Guadelupe a new MW t x of 1 kw a t P i t a n S t . Rose is t o be completed l a t e r t h i s year . Morocco t h e EBU r e p o r t s Agadir 935 on 936 and t h e new 773 s t n on 774. However t h e e d i t o r r e p o r t s t h a t they a r e both on f r e q a t l a t e s t check. Niger ia address f o r t h e new 10 kw on 945 is 78 Lantors Road, PMB 1084, Abeokuta. V / s 0 . 0 . A p a m p a . U new powers f o r R. Lumiere s t n s a r e 660 5 kw, 720 1 kw, 740 1 kw, 760 20 kw, and 780 . 5 kw. Panama L.V. d e l Baru 1025 now 3 kw. Colombia 660 HJJM now RCN, ex Todelar , same HJES 980. HJTM R. Sonar 1260 ex 1100, HJLM 1310 now 1 0 kw, HJBV R. Canoa 1520 ex 1540. Paraguay R. P re s iden te S t roes sne r 885 ex 900, R. Paraguay 1305 power 25 kw. Via Dis tance of Umea DX Club, 885 Paraguay above heard a t 0333.

T h a t ' s a l l f o r now, hope you WC'ers were s a t i s f i e d wi th t h i s column.

Norm Maguire Honolulu, Hawaii SPR4, Sanserino Loop Randy Seaver Chula V i s t a , Ca. HQ180, Sanser ino loop Randy Tomer Arcata , Ca. HQ180, Sanser ino loop Hank Wilkinson Santa Rosa, Ca. HQ180, SP600, Sanserino loop

INTERNATIONAL DX ACH I EVEMENTS 2877 KALAKAUA AVE., APT. 703

HOWLULU, H I 96815

W DXer Location T.V. CTYS Por. Oceania Best ? W. p o v l y v 3 177 WXLE 1385 25OwCantonIs.

36 N. Maauim Hawaii 2561 71 5M 154 WWO 690 I lor Walcmnal

3 C. fieman California 157l 67 368 62 2W 1530 500w 34 H. ~ustafson n l i n o i s 849 106 303 60 ~ E E 1480 iO0w 32 A. Wllklnson California 394 70 370 53 WXLE 1385 250v 78 R. Mersoll. VireMa 1448 105 514 48 !MJ

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33 D. Reynolds California 1366 84 4% 43 9PA 1250 2 kw P a m 53 B. Dangerfield. Pennsylmnia 430 117 353 8 2BL 740 58 E. Wesolnnki Nebraska 1 8 9 24 168 7 4YA 780 N.Z. 58 R L-m"* Ohio 3 4 47 114 3 R. Turn 844 31 P. Wheeler Pennsylvania 1694 24 189 2 1 U 760 N.Z. 33 R. S p s m Connecticut 1669 42 249 2 KHUI hlnii 61 A. Impresda* Neu York l U 4 64 135 2 2YB 800 N.Z. 64 B. Reynolds Missouri 1103 28 12l 2 2NA 1510 51 R. Schiller Texas 2094 86 360 1 KORC 650 I k d P R. pistaw* n i i n o i s 1000 n 108 i zco 1020 ~abg.

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O d best xlthout country shown a e Australia. H = Ibu s t . T.V. = T o m veries. (**I These mben w S l l be dropped frcm sM*s utUsss they updata their toMs. When updating, flews give me the totals for iu cntagories. Thank you. Illlding Gustafson added Banin fclr a nsv cmmtrg. 'I managed to add Kuwait. Romsnia, Vatican, Rhcdes, Momco, Antigua lad Ildonesi.. Next issue wlll feakab South A m a r i c u r t o m s .nd best r e r i m . Goad health a d goal DXing during the cming seaon.

NRC Cat i i ica tas

' ha National Radio Club issuss tuo series of certificates Prsa t o iu mmbers, based on t o t d vsrificrtions a d t o t d countries S s d .

The t o t d verification certificatas m e issued in increenta of 500 M e s (500, 1000. 1500 etc.) This a d i s issued on the honch vtm.

For the country certificates (issued for 25, 50, 75, 100. 125 countsies verified). please send the a d s manager a l i s t of countries verified plus data in. any station verified Prm that country.

The awards manager raserves the right to ~ u e s t any clafied verie (or copy of the verie) if thhm i s any doubt that a member h s a s t a t i a n reritied. To data, we have not had to make q raquests for proof of verification.

........................................................................... DX NEWS i s s u e number 1, volume 45 w i l l appear on October 1 0 , with another i s s u e on October 24. The rea f t e r we a r e on weekly schedule u n t i l Christmas/ New Year hol idays . Ten ta t ive ly , an i s s u e dur ing the ho l idays i s planned. Contr ibute please!!:

ERIC RITTENHOUSE

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Another month has passed, and another nerve-wrsching e d i t i o n 0: 2 x 3 ii: upon us! As it s t ands r i g h t now, the next colunn w i l l be done by an impostor, a s ECR w i l l be vacat ioning i n the nor thern :iild:: of Kodiak, Ala.;ka, and w i l l be unavai lable f o r comment... P lease :end s t u f f here. a s u sua l , but be. s u r e t o put "93XD" on the ou t s ide of the envelope, a s I they w i l l be forwarded by a non-gler , who nay not know a DSX2 r e p o r t from the r e s t of the junk I g e t ... Not much e l s e new he re ; OX is a t a s t a n d s t i l l , and impending school w i l l keep t h a t from changing very soon. . . Anyway, on wi th i t . . .

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MEMPHIS, w/5:03 CJT TC i n rr 6/18 0, ~CN/etc . (RjS) ZDMUNDSTON, 8/16 s/on w/O1canada 05u&, .A ,,,nets, wk audio u ,ILICA. (RjE-NJ! Nice, maybe i f you change your name t o 'iUss Fairbanks , you can g e t Alaska, h i . . . I wonder if t h e r e a r e any s t n s i n Rittenhouse Square i n Phi ladelphia?? BETHESDA, 7/12 ET/TT, 13 0200 U/,,MCA. (JK-NJ) ZCR KAMLOOPS, 8/22 gd W / ~ O R w/lcl KFRC o f f ,0423. (BHa-CAI H i B i l l , g l ad t o s e e a r e p o r t from t h e i+C. ZCR . (RjL) KNOXVILLE, 7/29 f o r new c a l l 0355 o/u .;TIviJ/.tH~ w/AR nx. FILHER, 7/27, newie w/s/on 0600 o/u CBF. no SSB. (m PITTSBURG. 8/25 0125-013: vy wk w/aRI\! f/TTer and o the r s t n , faded i n f o r I3 0131 dur lng p lug f o r pgm. (3E.d-MA) ST JOHN, 7/18 T-40+albumc . ;am u/<sPAT; I D 0130. (JK-NJ) DL3 DIOINIS. 8/25 T-40 wk w& s t n s , 014). (JK-NJ) (JK) LITTLE R O C K , 8/22 CB; nx, I D 0205 vy wk u/,rIN;. Immed. f ade . 8 6 , C a w i n t o EBS nx, vy Southern Iviountain accen t 0600, no o i e l i s t e d f i t s both f rmt and ne t / ;i~liH/;ihl~V/;~i~S poss . (RjE)

C H I C A G O , e 16 0220 off f o r vy r a r e ;P leaving C H O ~ a top . . , : 8 x 6 Ok06 loud -/;'?/TI. 11. ( g j i - I L ) LO:.ZLL. 8/1 f r i n p i l e s w/rr, rJ 0225-0230 ( p r e t t y long i'C. h i , ~ C i i ) , l c l spo t . nentz c i t y i n rr 0231. (FKI;,-NJ) COA'?Z4VILLL3, 8\19 ;/on 0600, not 041r0, w/;;L. ( R ~ s - N J )

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TITUSVILLZ, 8/17 ET/EZL mx, I 3 0230 good. (JK-NJ) NATICK. 8 10 ET/MoR mx. I D 0140 f a i r o/u K I A . (JK-NJ) (PRM) 1 TITUSVILLE, 8 1 gd o/schmaltz w / r r 0320-0325, I D s a i d ET. MIL:AuKri?~ 8 A vy wk u:.N3 W/T-40, 12 0200. (JK-NJ) (JK) MINNEAPOLIS, 8/9 wk U/.,NZ.I w/T-40, I 3 seconds a f t e r . . I A N . FAYZTTEVILLI. 8/18 XT/C&J mx good 0130. (JK-NJ)

I UTICA, 8 22 a l r eady on m! (3j2-NJ) m N G T i N , 8/22 s/on 1:h: e! (Rjd-NJ) BOSTON, 8 22 f r c a l l change w/rr/oldies 0545. I D . (RjE-kJ) ,

BOSTON 7131 wx on 7iEZZ i n Boston" p a s t .i.iDC 0025. (PRP) BALTIIfiORE, 8/21 s/on SM 0500 o/d,$RZ, unID, w//Rev. hoody of . KC, IiO, and NA;A pgm "The Space a t o r y " , un13 rr , and unID j

1210 WKNX Mich. SAGINAW 8/26 U/WCAU w/ rr mx, wx, mentions of Saginaw2040. 1360 WMNS Ny. OLEAN 8/27 u/WDRC hrd w/s/off a f t e r WHBG a t 2016. 1370 WKMC Penn. ROARING SPRINGS 9/3 v.gd w/long s/off 1930. 1380 WMLP Penn. MILTON 9/3 f a i r w/WVIN w/s/off 1915. . . - > -/

MIDNIGHT TO SUNRISE: all from RjE except 1560 i tem. 1270 CJCB N.S. I D @ 0505 9/4

WCBC W OKT WABK WEIM WROC WT OC UnID WIG WCCC WQIN WAGE CHRM UnID WHHO WLGM

WICO CKEC WHBG CKBC

WOTT WOK0 WCMB WKND 'WCFR WADR

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- - ,, M.D. f o r new c a l l w/s/on 0600 w/SSB i n t o CBS nx 9/4. Va. f o r new c a l l w/s/on, no SSB 0601 9/4. Maine s/on 0530 8/24 wel l o/WADo. Mass. Hrd. a f t e r power i nc rease 0545 8/24=wAB~. N.Y. s/on SSB 0600 on 8/24 O/WABK, W E I M . Ga. Atop channel occas iona l ly 0450-0530 8/28.

FF in/out w/WTOC 0450-55 8/28 CHRM? L i s t ed s/on 0600. S.C. w/ID i n t o MBS nx 0459 on 8/28. Conn. s/on 0600 on 8/28 and i n t o c&w, r e l . O/WICE, W I o , WTOC Penn. s/on no SSB 0603 8/28 w/ann. & s inging I D . Va. s/on no SSB very weak u/wCCC, W Q I N 0605 on 8/28. Que. must s/on e a r l i e r than l i s t a s s r tong FF here 0445 9/l .

s/on w/3 ve r se s cho ra l SSB 0603 9/1. N . Y . s/on 0600 w/no SSB on 9/3 Va. s/on w/tinny o r c h e s t r a l SSB and ann. a s " S p i r i t of

Lynchburg" a t 0601 on 9/3. M.D. s/on a t 0602 on 9/3 followed by SSB. N.S. w/ nx & I D and TC 0500 on 8/25 u/WKTQ. Va. s/on no SSB 0530, way u/WDRc 8/30. N.B. Presumed t h e one he re w/FF a s sometimes have, s ince

C J V L sked on 0600. This a t 0515-45+ on 8/30. N . Y . s/cn a f t e r u n l i s t e d SP 0455 on 9/2 i n t o YL DJ show. N . Y . on a t 0445 i n RS on MM 9/5. Log says MM s/on 0500. Perm. Ap a r e n t s/on I D MM 8/29 0530 o/u WOK0 Mac McAuliffe Show. Corm. s f i n w/fanfare & ID i n t o mx 0555 8/27 0/WLEE. !4JIT, CHRD. V t . s/on no SSB w/annct. 0600 on 8/27=WKND. N . Y . no SSB and i n t o c&w 0601 on 8/27 O/WCFR, WND.

3 SUNRISE: 1560 WCNW Ohio FAIRFIELD, 8/28, weak w/s/on 0604 i n t o c&18. (SZiq),

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CPC TEST TIME CONVERSION Konstantine Rychalsky

The c h a r t below was designed by myself t o he lp decipher CPC T e s t s . Time, l i s t e d a s ELT, is u s e l e s s t o anyone l i v i n g i n a d i f f e r e n t time zone. Conversion t o Each L i s t e n e r ' s Time i s necessary .

A t a g l ance , t h e cha r t below

w i l l he lp , I ' m sure .

Last season, t h e r e were a number of West Coast t e s t s run towards sun- r i s e t ime. Any chance of t h e t e s t being heard i n t h e East was n i l due t o s t a t i o n s who had a l r eady begun t h e i r broadcast day.

Likewise, a t e s t i n Ohio

a t idn night w i l l have a hard time reaching t h e west coas t s ince s t a t i o n s t h e r e have no t ye t signed off t h e a i r .

I n conclusion, t h e i d e a l t ime t o schedule a t e s t would be 0800 GMT, t h a t i s 0400 EST, 0300 CST, 0200 MST o r 0100 PST.

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ANTENNAS

A 3 H I G H PRECISION DIRZCTION FINDING ON THE BCB, PARTS I & 11. G.P. Nelson. Pa r t I uses Maxwell's equat ions t o de r ive t h e equat ions desc r ib ing MU d i r e c t i o n f i n d i n g with a loop. P a r t I1 i s a non-technical d i scuss ion of how loop antennas opera te on t h e BCB and how t o g e t t h e most out of a loop

A4 A ZERO SHARPENING DEVICE FOR A BCB LOOP. T. Holmes. I f you ' re having t r o u b l e obta ining sharp n u l l s with a s tandard loop, t h i s simple device may help. The 1965 forerunner of t h e P a t t e r n Control led Loop.

A 5 A VERSATILE LONGWIRE ANTENNA COUPLER, R. Foxworth. How t o g e t t h e max- . imum amount of s igna l from your longwire.

A7 ROLL YOUR OWN (LOOP THAT I S . . . ) . D. F i sche r . Loop won't tune t h e e n t i r e band? This a r t i c l e desc r ibes what 's wrong and how t o cure it.

A 1 3 LOOP DISTORTION: WHY GET SKEWED? G.P. Nelson. Discusses t h e o r i g i n of d i s t o r t e d loop p a t t e r n s . Unique t e c h n i c a l ma te r i a l n o t a v a i l a b l e e l s e - where; a must f o r those i n t e r e s t e d i n des igning MW loop antennas.

A14 PATTERN CONTROLLED LOOPS, PARTS I & 11. G.P. Nelson. In t roduc t ion t o t h e theory and p r a c t i s e of p a t t e r n con t ro l l ed and cardioad loops f o r t h e BCB DX'er.

A18 THE FLORIDA BEVERAGE. J. Conrad. J e r r y desc r ibes t h e f a n t a s t i c r e s u l t s with a Beverage antenna and compares it with o the r s he ' s used.

A19 THE CARE AND FEEDING OF THE WAVE ANTENNA. J. S t a r r . P r a c t i c a l constructio( h i n t s f o r a Beverage antenna.

A20 DOWN TO EARTH GROUNDS, G.P. Nelson. H i n t s on making low r e s i s t a n c e ground connections f o r t e rmina t ing a Beverage antenna.

A22 A CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE. F r . Jack Pejza. Another a r t i c l e desc r ib ing t h e spec tacu la r r e s u l t s obtained with a Beverage.

A24 THE SUPER SIGNAL SNATCHER, D. F ischer . This a r t i c l e desc r ibes t h e theory of t h e Beverage antenna. Includes equat ions , t a b l e s and many diagrams.

A25 THE VERTICAL PICKUP PATTERN OF THE MW LOOP ANTENNA. G.P. Nelson. Helpful information f o r t hose doing hor izon blockage experiments with a loop antenna.

A26 USING TWO ANTENNAS TO GENERATE ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVING PATTERNS. I. Levin- tow. Shows and desc r ibes a simple way t o skew your l o o p ' s p a t t e r n t o e f f e c t a n u l l t h a t w i l l permit r ecep t ion of a s t a t i o n impossible t o r e - ce ive on a f i g u r e 8 loop antenna by i t s e l f . Reading of r e p r i n t s A 1 3 and A14 a r e a requirement f o r t h e understanding of t h i s technique.

A28 A NEW MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR LONGWAVE TA'S. C. Clayton. I n s t r u c t i o n s on how t o bu i ld an inexpensive loop antenna f o r LW.

L A29 REVIEW OF THE DYMEK DA-3 ANTENNA. Pe te Taylor , with n o t e s by R . J . Bdmunds. Evaluates t h i s r ecen t development i n BCB antennas and i t s a p p l i c a t i o n t o MW DX'ing.

A30 MORE ON BEVERAGE ANTENNAS, Wes Boyd. An update on Beverage antenna theory and app l i ca t ion .

A31 AN FET LOOP PREAMPLIFIER WITH COAXIAL OUTPUT. James Hagan. This a r t i c l e desc r ibes a h ighly e f f e c t i v e balancing ampl i f i e r f o r t h e a i r core loop, useable with unbalanced r ece ive r i n p u t s , and f e a t u r i n g power tapped from t h e r ece ive r and switchable a t t enua t ion con t ro l s t o prevent overloading.

A32 A WHIP ANTENNA COUPLER FOR USE WITH PORTABLE RECEIVERS, James Hagan. A simple cons t ruc t ion p r o j e c t t o i n d u c t i v e l y couple a whip antenna t o t h e i n t e r n a l f e r r i t e rod i n many p o r t a b l e multiband r e c e i v e r s .

A34 NEBEr THE NEBRASKA BEVERAGE. D. F i sche r , C . Dabels te in , R . Mi t che l l . A

d i s cuss ion of t h e Nebraska Beverage and t h e r e s u l t s of i t s use .

A35 THE LSCA-1. Ron Schatz. Complete cons t ruc t ion p l a n s f o r bu i ld ing t h e Loop Sense Cardioid Array. NOT A PROJECT FOR BEGINNERS! Th i s antenna svstem is complex t o b u i l d and ope ra t e . Should y i e l d a u n i d i r e c t i o n a l -. G c e i v i n g i f opera ted proper ly .

- A36 A GOOD LOOP I S EASY (AND CHEAP) TO.*=, J . Tul l . Const ruct ion p l ans with :

photographs f o r a simple loop a m p l l f l e r system. P A37 THE WEIEE ANTENNA. C. Wolff. P lans f o r cons t ruc t ion of a r evo lu t iona ry

a l t e r n a t i v e t o t h e f o u r f o o t box loop f o r t hose with l i m i t e d space .

A38 A STURDY AND EFFECTIVE FLOOR STAND AND MOUNTING ARRANGCMENT FOR LOOP ANTENNAS, M. Maloney. S t i l l another method f o r mounting a i r core loop antennas.

A39 A LARGE APERTURE FERRITE CORE LOOP ANTENNA FOR LONG AND MEDIUM WAVE RECEPTION. James Hagan. D e t a i l s and theo ry f o r t h e cons t ruc t ion of t h i s new type of DX antenna.

A40 A NOVEL APPROACH TO BUILDING YOUR OWN BCB LOOP, M . Maloney. New i d e a s f o r improvements i n t h e ease of ope ra t ion and s t u r d i n e s s 0; loop antennas .

STATION LISTS

L2 FREQUENCY CHECK LIST, J. Fela. Many U.S. s t a t i o n s run equipment t e s t s a t r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s and t imes r t h i s i s a l i s t i n g of frequency checks t h a t w i l l permit many new loggings . Updated yea r ly .

L6 THE CUBANAITIEN LIST. R . Schatz. A l i s t of all t h e MW s t a t i o n s i n Cuba, Jamaica and H a i t i .

L14 BEACON STATIONS. compiled by F in l ands DX Club and t h e NRC. L i s t i n g of CW

a i r c r a f t beacons ope ra t ing on o r nea r t h e BCB.

L l5 THE TICA-TECA LIST, R . Schatz , K. Simon, G . Hauser. A l i s t of t h e s t a t i o n s on t h e BCB i n Bel ize , Guatemala and Costa Rica.

L18 A SURVEY OF LA SPLITS, Ron Schatz. A l i s t of a l l La t in American s t a t i o n s p r e s e n t l y ope ra t ing on s p l i t f requencies . Updated yea r ly .

L20 BRAZILIAN INFORMATION, R . Vel tmei jer . A cu r r en t l ist of a l l MW s t a t i o n s ope ra t ing i n Braz i l .

RECEIVING EQUIPMENT &D TECHNIQUES

R 1 SPURIOUS SIGNALS AND SPURIOUS SIGNALS REVISITED, R . J . Edmunds and G.P. Nelson. Many DX'ers hea r s t a t i o n s on f r equenc ie s where t hey d o n ' t belong. These a r t i c l e s desc r ibe t h e causes and cu re s of spur ious MW s i g n a l s . Es- ,,

p e c i a l l y va luable if you have powerful l o c a l s t a t l o n s nearby. ! R2 SINGLE SIDEBAND RECEPTION ON THE BCB WITH MECHANICAL FILTERS, G.P. Nelson.

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Few commercial r e c e i v e r s cover ing t h e MW band have adequate s e l e c t i v i t y 1 t o cope with BCB i n t e r f e rence - - e spec i a l ly i n t h e presence of powerful l o c a l ,' s t a t i o n s . Th i s a r t i c l e exp la ins how t o f i t mechanical f i l t e r s t o an e x i s t - i n g r e c e i v e r f o r t h e u l t i m a t e i n ad j acen t channel r e j e c t i o n . This tech- nique i s widely used by many top MW DX'ers.

~3 SUBAUDIBLE HETERODYNES ON THZ MW BCB. G.P. Nelson. D e t a i l s on a technique which permits t h e MW DX'er t o d e t e c t and cha rac t e r i ze s i g n a l s t o o weak t o hea r a t t h e t ime; a l s o a l l ows t h e DX'er t o count t h e number of s t a t i o n s on a channel; even i f no programming is audible and permits d i r e c t i o n f i n d i n g on channels with s eve ra l stations presen t .

R5 THE TRACKING PROBLEM AND HOW TO CURE IT, G.P. Nelson and T. Holmes. Many e x c e l l e n t r e c e i v e r s a r e poor ly deisgned f o r MW DX opera t ion; t h i s a r t i c l e desc r ibes one of t h e most common design f a u l t s and how t o cure it. Very use fu l i f you have s t rong l o c a l s .

R6 ELECTRONIC VERNIER TUNING, R . Moore. Deta i led i n s t r u c t i o n s on how t o f i t a v a r a c t o r t o a MW r e c e i v e r t o provide f i n e bandspread.

R7 MECHANICAL FILTERS FOR THE HQ-180, J. S t a r r . Complete d e t a i l s on t h e conversion of t h e popular Hammarlund HQ-180A r e c e i v e r t o mechanical f i l t e r opera t ion . Order with R2.

R14 UP THE CARRIER, 1. ba i l ey . Dig t h e weak DX ou t of t h e mud with t h i s form of e x a l t e d c a r r i e r r ecep t ion .

R 1 5 PRECISION FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT. Ron Schatz. How t o use t h e f requency counter . an ins t rument now wi th in t h e b idge t of a DX'er.

Rl7 THE FMS-3 FREQUENCY MARKER STANDARD, R. Poxworth. A review of opera t ion . how t o make t h e proper connection t o t h e r e c e i v e r , and some mod i f i ca t ions incorpora ted by t h e author t o permit f u l l use of t h e u n i t ' s c a p a b i l i t i e s .

R18 SINGLE SIDEBAND RECEIVING ADAPTERS, T. Sundstrom. How t o sharpen your r e c e i v e r ' s I F bandpass u s ing a B&HI #370 r ece iv ing adaptor .

Rl9 REVIEW OF THE AUTEK Q-BOX. T. Sundstrom. Descr ibes t h e u ses of t h i s new no i se f i l t e r i n g device and i t s a p p l i c a t i o n s i n MU DX.

R20 REVIEW OF THE HEATH SB-620 SPECTRUM ANALYZER, R. Foxworth. A comprehensive and d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s of t h e u n i t ' s opera t ion and uses a s r e l a t e d t o MY DX ' i n g .

R21 THE WORCESTER LONG DISTANCE AM RECEIVER, J. Worcester. A s t a g e by s t a g e d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e cons t ruc t ion , theory , and c i r c u i t r y of a new type of AM DX r ece ive r .

R22 BUILD YOUR OWN AUDIO FILTERS, P. Su l l i van . A somewhat t e c h n i c a l t heo ry and cons t ruc t ion a r t i c l e on inexpensive homebrew audio f i l t e r s f o r t h e DX'er.

R23 THE RUSTRAK R-88 RECORDER, R. Schatz. Expla ins t h e opera t ion and use of t h i s v e r s a t i l e c h a r t r eco rd ing marker and i t s a p p l i c a t i o n s t o t h e s t u d i e s of propagat ion i n MW DX'ing, and ga in ing i n s i g h t s i n t o p o t e n t i a l loggings .

R24 A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE AUTEK QF-1 A U D I O FILTER. C . Hutton. A non- technica l review of t h i s new no i se and i n t e r f e r e n c e f i l t e r .

R25 A FREQUENCY COUNTER FOR RECEIVER TUNING, R. Foxworth. A very thorough paper on t h e new d i g i t a l r eadou t s and what t o look f o r i n t h e v a r i o u s models. Discusses t h e t e c h n i c a l t heo ry of t h e s e dev ices and provides c i r c u i t r y t o enable t h e experimenter t o bu i ld a counter f o r use a s a " d i g i t a l d i a l " . Very thorough.

~ 2 6 FURTHER RECEIVER HOT RODDING HIATS, C. Hutton. T e l l s what you can do t o f u r t h e r improve t h e performance of even t h e b e s t commercial r e c e i v e r s , and some problems with t h e o l d e r r e c e i v e r s being used.

R27 RECEIVER/ACCESSORY INTERFACES MADE SIMPLE AND CHEAP, R . J . Edmunds. A d i s - cuss ion of methods of i n t e r connec t ing DX equipment.

R28 THE LYONODYNE CRYSTAL WIRELESS RECEIVER. R.W. Tuggle. The concepts O f v in t age c r y s t a l r a d i o a r e incorpora ted i n t h e s e d e t a i l e d c ~ n s t ~ c t i o n p l ans f o r t h i s simple r e c e i v e r , o f f e red a s a "spor t ing" a l t e r n a t i v e t o modern r e c e i v e r s ; y e t it has t h e p o t e n t i a l f o r r e a l DX.

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DOMESTIC DX -- D l 1570-1580 STATION LOCATION MAPS. Two maps p inpoint ing t h e l o c a t i o n of a l l

domestic s t a t i o n s opera t ing on these two superb sunr ise /sunset sk ip chan- n e l s . A va luable a i d t o t h e sunr ise /sunset DX'er.

D2 IT TAKES TWO TO VERIFY, PLUS HELPFUL HINTS, J. Murley and R . S c h i l l e r , r e s - pec t ive ly . I f you a r e unhappy with your domestic QSL r e t u r n s , read t h i s a r t i c l e on t h e s t a t i o n ' s a t t i t u d e toward r ecep t ion r e p o r t s . Also, ve t e ran DX'er Ron S c h i l l e r g ives some u s e f u l t i p s on inc reas ing your r e t u r n s .

D3 CANADA'S WILDERNESS R A D I O : THZ LPRT. P. Taylor. In depth s tudy of those 20 and 40 wat t Canadian s t a t i o n s t h a t you hea r , but d o n ' t understand. A must f o r t h e domestic DX'er.

D4 WHAT I S A PRE-SUNRISE AUTHORIZATION? R . J . Edmunds. Some U.S. s t a t i o n s a r e author ized t o opera te with powers such a s 14 .3 wa t t s dur ing c e r t a i n hours; t h i s a r t i c l e exp la ins why.

06 CLEARS AND CLASSIFICATION, M . Co l l i n s . Expla ins how t h e FCC a l l o c a t e s channel assignments and s t a t i o n power i n accordance with t h e NARBA t r e a t y .

D8 NIGHTTIME LISTENING. M. Co l l i n s . A v a r i e t y of programming can be heard on t h e high power c l e a r s which cover most of t h e na t ion a t n i g h t .

D9 NETWORKS, M . Co l l i n s . Expla ins how t h e fou r major networks opera te .

Dl0 THE NSP SITUATION, J. S t a r r . A look a t t h i s problem from t h e b roadcas t e r s ' s i d e of t h e fence .

D l 1 DX FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE. P. Su l l i van . For va r ious r ea sons some s t a t i o n s a r e aud ib l e a t s u n r i s e o r sunset . Th i s a r t i c l e t e l l s t h e reasons.

D l 3 GRAVEYARD DX. R. Foxworth, with a d d i t i o n by M. Levintow. Th i s a r t i c l e t e l l s you how t o DX those c l u t t e r e d l o c a l channels and g e t r e s u l t s .

FOREIGN DX -- F3 PORTUGESE FOR DX'ERS, R. Schatz. Descr ibes t h e impor tant and unusual

f e a t u r e s of t h i s language; a must i f you DX Braz i l .

F5 HUNTING THE LATINS BY MUSIC, R . Schatz. Describes t h e va r ious t ypes of La t in American music indigenous t o va r ious c o u n t r i e s and t e l l s how t o I D LA'S us ing t h i s informat ion.

F8 BOTTOM DX, Clarence Freeman. Q u i t e a number of s t a t i o n s opera te below 540 khz. Th i s a r t i c l e t e l l s how t o modify your r e c e i v e r t o hear them and l i s t s t h e s t a t i o n s .

F10 TRANSPACIFIC RECEPTION DOES EXIST, J. Murley and G.P. Nelson. A h ighly ex- per ienced West Coast DX'er g ives a f u l l rundown on how t o hea r , i d e n t i f y , and QSL t r a n s p a c i f i c s t a t i o n s ; much p r a c t i c a l informat ion.

F11 D X ' I N G POLYNESIA AND BEYOND. J . Murley. Very d e t a i l e d account of t h e s t a t - i o n s i n t h e P a c i f i c t h a t can be heard i n North America.

F13 THE ODDS ON EVEN TA'S, R . Schatz. TA's can be heard on some of our 1 0 khz channels! f i n d out which ones and when t o l i s t e n . 1

F14 D X ' I N G RARE AFRICANS ..... SYSTEMATICALLY. R.J. Edmunds and Page Taylor. A country by country rundown of where and when t o l i s t e n f o r t h e hard t o hear s t a t i o n s i n Afr ica .

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

M2 LOCAL SIDEBAND SPLASH: HOW MUCH IS T O O MUCH? G . T . Nelson. Many MW DX'ers complain about c e r t a i n l o c a l s t a t i o n s overmodulating and producing 1 amounts of QRM. This a r t i c l e desc r ibes t he f ede ra l r e g u l a t i o n s whic govern permiss ib le sideband r a d i a t i o n on the Xd band; a l s o desc r ibes t a i n types of s t a t i o n o r ig ina t ed spur ious r ad i a t ion .

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K j MODULATION ARCING, J . S t a r r . Descr ibes a f requent but r a r e l y d iscussed cause of BCB i n t e r f e r e n c e o r i g i n a t i n g a t t h e s t a t i o n t h a t can wreak havoc on t h e MW band.

M4 SUNRISE-SUNSET TABLES. G.P. Nelson. These c h a r t s permit t h e DX'er t o de- termine accu ra t e t ime of sunset and s u n r i s e a t any po in t i n t h e world on any p a r t i c u l a r day. Very u s e f u l f o r i n t e r n a t i o n a l DX'ers.

M5 QUASIMONTHLY PATTERNS I N ATYPICAL MW DX RECEPTION, G.P. Nelson. A l a r g e body of d a t a on TA recep t ion gathered by R . Wood i n England. Information i s analyzed i n an a t tempt t o prove o r d isprove t h e Lunar Phase Theory.

M7 UNRESTRICTED RADIATION. G.P. Nelson. Discussion of c a r r i e r cu r r en t s t a t i o n s and how t o hea r them.

M8 RF POLLUTION, G . Hauser. General d i s cuss ion of t h e r a d i o i n t e r f e r e n c e problem and s t e p s necessary t o con t ro l i t .

M9 PATTERNS. PARTS I , I I a AND I I b . P. Har t . An unders tanding of t h e d i r e c t - i o n a l p a t t e r n s used by North American Md s t a t i o n s i s v i t a l f o r t h e a c t i v e domestic DX'er. This s e r i e s of a r t i c l e s exp la ins i n a u t h o r i t a t i v e d e t a i l what p a t t e r n s mean and how t h e DX'er can f a t t e n h i s l o g by unders tanding them.

M27 PRECISION FREQUENCY ANALYSIS, R . Schatz , with no te s by R.J. Edmunds. A d i s cuss ion of t h e technique of ana lys ing t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of a s t a t i o n s frequency over t h e l ong term a s an a i d t o t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o r e l imina t - i on of s t a t i o n s a s poss ib l e DX ca t ches a t any given t ime.

M29 MORE ON HOW DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA PATTERNS ARE PRODUCED, Wes Boyd. Supple- mentary informat ion t o t h e a r t i c l e s conta ined i n t h e 1975 e d i t i o n of t h e N R C Night P a t t e r n Book.

PROPAGATION

P1 MEDIUM WAVE SIGNAL PATHS, PARTS I , 11. I11 AND I V , G.P. Nelson. Discusses Great C i r c l e Pa ths , seasonal abso rp t ion p a t t e r n s , a u r o r a l e f f e c t s , and t h e Midwinter Anomaly.

P2 SOLAR CONTROL OF DAWN E BLANKETING ON THE MW BCB, G.P. Nelson. Expla ins how t h e p o s i t i o n of t h e sun c o n t r o l s t h e f a d e m t t ime of t r a n s a t l a n t i c and t r a n s p a c i f i c s t a t i o n s .

P3 EAST-WEST SYMMETRY AND THE FADE-IN PROBLEM. G.P. Nelson. Expla ins how t h e sun c o n t r o l s t h e f ade - in t imes f o r MW s t a t i o n s .

P4 SUMMER RECEPTION ON THE BROADCAST BAND, G.P. Nelson. F i r s t a r t i c l e des- c r i b i n g t h e seasonal p a t t e r n s i n s o l a r te rminator l o c a t i o n which makes summer MW r ecep t ion from deep South America and Af r i ca poss ib l e . A must f o r t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l MW DX'er.

P6 AURORALEFFECTS AND THE 1969 TRANSATLANTIC LISTENING TEST, G.P. Nelson. Br ief but simple d e s c r i p t i o n of how t h e geomagnetic and au ro ra l phenomena con t ro l TA recep t ion from va r ious s t a t i o n s . Best gene ra l i n t roduc t ion t o MW a u r o r a l e f f e c t s .

P7 THE AURORA OF NOVEMBER 6-9, 1970. G.P. Nelson. Traces a c l a s s i c MW a u r o r a l a t t a c k from i t s o r i g i n s on t h e sun t o i t s e f f e c t s on MW r ecep t ion ; a must f o r unders tanding t h e a u r o r a l e f f e c t s on t h e MY band.

P9 SKYWAVE OR GROUNDYAVE RECEPTION? G.P. Nelson. How t o t e l l whether t h e s i g n a l from a s t a t i o n you a r e l i s t e n i n g t o i s a r r i v i n g v i a a groundwave o r skywave o r both.

P10 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO THE IONOSPHERE, Fr . J . PejZa. Radio Wave propagation i s inf luenced g r e a t l y by the cond i t i ons i n t h e ionosphere. This a r t i c l e exp la ins t h e processes which change t h e ionosphere and t h e e f f e c t s of these changes on r a d i o waves.

P11 THE LIMITS OF MIDDAY MW DX, G.P. Nelson. Comprehensive a r t i c l e descr ib- i n g t h e f a c t o r s which in f luence r a d i o wave propagation and r ecep t ion dur ing t h e l a t e morning and e a r l y af ternoon hours.

P12 LIMITATIONS I N TH6 USE OF TH6 A-INDEX, G.P. Nelson. While t h e A index i s a valuable t o o l f o r MW DX'ers, it i s e a s i l y mi s in t e rp re t ed . Th i s a r t i c l e shows why.

P l 3 BCB RECEPTION DURING PERIODS OF H I G H AURORAL ACTIVITY, G.P. Nelson. Descr ibes t h e a u t h o r ' s r e sea rch i n t o t h e e f f e c t s of t h e au ro ra on MW propagation.

P14 SKYLINE BLOCKAGE. Fr. J. Pejza . Mathematical d e r i v a t i o n of t h e formulae needed t o c a l c u l a t e t h e e f f e c t which t e r r a i n has on s i g n a l s .

P15 SKYLINE BLOCKAGE. SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY. G.P. Nelson. Takes i n t o account t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of s i g n a l propagation by some l e s s common modes which a r e s u b j e c t t o blocking by t h e horizon.

P16 HORIZON BLOCKAGE: CAN FRZSNEL DIFFRACTION BE IGNORED? G.P. Nelson. No, it c a n ' t . This a r t i c l e shows how s i g n a l s t h a t should be blocked by t h e hor izon can sometimes be heard.

PI7 TRANSPOLAR DX RECEPTION, R . J . Edmunds. Are you looking f o r Asian DX more e x o t i c t han Urumchi-1525? This t e c h n i c a l a r t i c l e r e l a t e s t o t h e t r a n s - p o l a r r ecep t ion of c e n t r a l and e a s t e r n A s i a t i c s t a t i o n s a t sunset i n North America.

P l 9 OBSERVATIONS OF TRANSATLANTIC MEDIUM WAVE R A D I O SIGNALS, C.W. Bai ley . The r e s u l t s of a l eng thy survey of TA r e c e p t i o n s made over a one y e a r per iod .

P20 PROPAGATION AT MEDIUM.WAVE FREQUENCIES. P. Su l l i van . Discusses some a s p e c t s of t h e f a c t o r s t h a t c o n t r o l s i g n a l r ecep t ion on t h e BCB.

P21 FACTORS OF MEDIUM WAVE PROPAGATION, F. Dinning. Fu r the r d i scuss ion of t h e n a t u r e of BCB propagation.

P22 DOMESTIC PROPAGATION-ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, R . J . Edmunds. A b r i e f d i scuss ion on some of t h e propagat ional f a c t o r s t h a t a f f e c t domestic recept ion .

RECEIVER REVIEWS -- RR4 HEATH GR-78, R. Schatz.

R R 5 BARLOW-WADLEY XCR-30, M . Hardes ter .

RR9 A NONTECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE WORCESTER LONG DISTANCE RECEIVER, J. S t a r r . A u s e r ' s c r i t i c a l commentary on t h i s r evo lu t iona ry r e c e i v e r .

R R l O MCKAY-DYMEK DR-22, J. Clements. A d e t a i l e d , non- technica l pre-production review of one of t h e "new breed" of r ece ive r s : mentions f e a t u r e s , pe r fo r - mance and how it measures up t o t h e r e c e i v e r s now i n use .

PRODUCT SUMMARIES

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K 3 ONYSCSUK - 16771 Shea Avenue - Hazel :rest. IL - 60429 H i again, :.ang. Sumer '77 i s about over & I sure a.: looking forward to a

productive 3X season t h i s Fal l . I jus t got the word Thursday tha t I ' m f ina l ly going to re- turn to the f i r s t s h i f t afte:. 16 mnths on second. %ck to normal again, SRS I SSS DXing. I ' v e got plenty of targeis to l i s t e n for . Recapang the S-er, the ANARC i n Schamburg. I L was the only GTG to mention. It was nice to see Alan Meyer (SW), Rich Eddie. Gary Atkins, Mike Good, Rich Tistek. John Sondlo. Mike Hogan i l u s a few others I can ' t rmanber. It was a r e a l comb of AM-FM-SW-TV etc . 90 you had to f i s h around f o r W DXers. It was ?lent7 siarm. too. with the humidity well i n the 70-80% rmge. I spent my S-r vacation i n Galena. I L & Dubuque, IA, where I enjoyed f ive days of sight-seeing B d i a l twir l ing. D a y t i m e s t a t ions B s ta tes : IA-24. IWI-25, IL-28, MI-3. KN-WCCX). SD-'WAX. Dubuque s ta t ions WDW-1490 & KDTH-1370 play a l ive ly type of mx. '4Dm i s T-40 w/the XR on the Miss i s s ipd River shore i n & s t DU- buque, IL i n s ight of our motel 12 miles East, near Galena. IIDTH, serplng the Tri-State area is sort of Uptemp NOR with auch i n t e r e s t i n loca l SX. ?heir ISS pattern change was very ob- vious a t the motel. T'ney protevt WSPD % four others. No wnder I ' ve heard 'an only once. L a b r Day weekend ; took my f a r i l y up to Milwaukee f o r two days. Our m t e l i n Xest AUs was practicnlly next &or to soul stat ion WMA-1590. Their two towers run E-W. I had a pleas- ant visit to b b Wessulowski's Satunlay night. He mentioned his problems with the Chicago s ta t ions u here. I was rea l ly stunned to hear WJPC-950 WON-1390 so strong up there. Wiscmsin has several f u l l t i n e s tat ions. m r e t h - n I l l i n o i s I believe, but man are they diffi- c u l t back home! Sundzy n i jh t 914 after WJO51230 s t o f f the only thing I could make ou t of the mess was N9C MY a t 1 . Only m s s i b i l i t y was IS)NN-FL, though m SID was heard. So I'll be SRS 3Ying on2e a -ain t o m r o w M. I ' m hgppg to say. Only tuo subuay cars of 754 l e f t to go f o r ' .Y.C .T . A . Amen. I don't believe Pullman Standard w i l l ever have as big an order again. Oh well. Looking fordard to mor . frequent DX NEiSes as time r o l l s on. I sure l i k e the new b o k . So, best of DX from the Ukranian v i t h the TRF i B e t Pepsi. 73s.

MIKE HEPPE - Ebx 7 - Houston. MS - 38851 A few weeks ago I asked "What i s an FRG-77n Jus t by bgincidence I received a

spec sheet from Yaes.~. Thanks to the member who put qf name down o r thanks to Yaesu. It i s a mod looking r i g Bov s o m n e t e l l me how it performs. by Huslng. l e t t e r . Domestic DX. o r Internat ional club lo,o l i s t i n g . I have m t yet received .g E-392. I ' m get t ing hacked o f f . I haven't y e t been able to t r y out a DX session v i t h my T W but I d id pick up Ibulton. AL t e s t u/'dCi(~-1530. I work a t night and when I get home. I am d. I turn on the EL mx to put me to sleep. Dog-gone rock mx vlll have m e dancing i n bed. Ibw many of yau t r l d out the calculator t r i ck? It works, don't i t ? I don't have a copy of the internat ional logs ye t . h a t s t a t ion i s on 650 announcing "R. Seiscenta.7 I have l o s t M r . SanserFno!~ address, if someone would be so kind ard give it to me. God catch, 5 0 0 ~ . E l ?am stat ion. When is the nest But & S e l l colmn coming out? b we can clean up our shack f o r more s tu f f . Friday mrning I received my 2-392 and got my SF'-600-JX out of the shop. The R-392 is great f i r s p l i t s . Hy DX o r r a l i s building up. I have (2) R392, SP-600-JX. TRF. 91-1. and many bird traps. I mean, antennas. 3 's .

ER"IE COOPER - "The Cape Tip DXern - 5 Antbny Street - Provincetoun. MA - 02657 617-487-9337 :;ell, I had two great times. a t the I R C A and the NRC Conventions, especial ly a t

ours, and a tremendous job was turned i n by the NERDS, PIxl thanks to than f o r t M s wonderful weekend, including ferrying me to and from the' airport1 You were WW, gwsl DX and veries are a t a s t amis t i l l , a las . I ' ve been a-tunin', a s follows: HM 8129- Urn WJDY-1470 r/c-TT 12:15-12:33, strong, on top. UnID-TT -1450 12:31. And. e S S - 1 4 6 5 a 12:43 u n t i l 1 :51 s /off , but not lo& enough to get the I D o r even the country; I suspect ' b a s Costa Rica. I4auritani.a-1349 noted s 2:99n but too l a t e to hold 'em f o r a report - they had U-chanting. 8130- LnID poorly-maldated SS on a b u t 1413kc/s. 3 12:48, s o n l o s t to s t a t i c . UnIDing TT on 14t0 1 :07-1:10.'n a nother one on 1500 4 1 :15-1:31. no ameuncements. WKW was off around 1. E/jl- X K 3 4 again o f f . also .iCSB-970 seems to have qu i t Axing, hooray f o r them1 UnID-TT-1470 8 1 :27-1~32. they IDed but I couldn't catch i t here. 918- Low-pitched hum on 1560 & 1 :20 k on. 9110- GM CM?-583. XIELL. atop 580 . 2:43am - they I D only a s " C W , 580." S 9111- TT on 1143 : 12:43, a u l d .lave been ;RVA wnich i s s i l e n t S fs mu. A f;m3-raiser mted on 1490 giv- ing t:le pho3e nunber of ?L;-8033. I Sdlieve Itwas only '.:SPer XBC3-FA. MM q112- The Empeans were i n th i s -omin:, rut r o t ~ r . . new noted. UnI3 TT- 1033 U/;.ITIC 3 12:37. Joe Fela, who coliej. up Sattda:; n i h . , ~ r e d i c t e d .fXEld ,n .:SP - ue l l , the Svami of k u t h Plainf ield h i t i t r idat on the schnozz - .,.:A-66; iias indeed A;; t h i s .cl Just what fjYC zeeds. of course. 4 3 4 -15;C's L; :&L w 3 5 beg~ing :or shone c a l l s and resortinz to playing r - ~ n l s a t 1 :12; they had s 'off by 2::, , next look-i:: c:: t.1~: ~ i ~ a n n e l . ,,pda ran tin 2:j: Loday, then o f f . i;nn ~(RPIc-

7-3 E~, '~"T/o: , x I D - 3:37- .:. A.>ro~uerto-l 163, recently verif ied, has gone Ail, an? had KSL >reti:; .<dl s~lb j~ ,a tzd t n i j C: 3. 3, a fortnight viti? no new ones. I read my 'obitn i n l a s t i:sue - have no fea r . -.=:. - Ilvo had tnis f o r s o x ten Year3. only j ~ s t now i t has been I J ~ ~ by the 10-21 s3w33?75. 11:: l c t ~ l l l y be t t e r off f o r I have nedicltion to help a l l e v i i t e the wni i t ion . I1-. ,onna have .v GTG ea r l i e r t!liS rjinter to avoid religious holi- dws ~ ; i %inte r snow s:li ice Zi* e n d - l t d l l be on Sat. 11 *26, two days after ~ h ~ ~ k ~ d ~ i ~ ~ l

W- E. CFdESBWG - 145 Cottage Road - West ibxbury, PU - 32132 A s o f date I s t i l l havdn't heard the s t a x of V e m n t except whe.. I was

passing through Vermont on my way back from Niagara F a l l s and Upstate iieu 'iork. &Ale i n QY I d idn ' t got a chance to get any DX done. but when I was i n Atlant ic z i ty . J J . I got some DX done. While i n New Jersey the RX I was using uas a Real is t ic Patrolman. ihe following s t a t ions were heaxd: WW. WJJD. 'JFIL. WBZ. WOW). :{AX. 'VICES, .fiBC, CGF, :.i3, ;;TIC, n u , .Cis:S, & CW. X i t a n the past f e u weeks I s ta r t ed get t ing back t o BCB DX & leaving the VHF DL. This S u e r on VHF the re wasn't t na t many new s ta t ions heard. The RX I use i s a aearcat N four-bmd scuunr. The only n w s ta t ion t h a t I got uas the Brooklyn, NY ? i r e Department one night f o r several burs. (Huata bmen a beaut of a f i r e , Xarrenl -ERC) They were cooring in w/a good si@ r lgh t over the h v i d e n c e RI Fi re Dep't. But ' a s i d e s the 3earcat IV f o r DX I run it f o r monitoring the local f i n deplr taents . a s follows: Ch. 1.2,4,5 Dedham-Needham- IUlton-Quinc). f i r e . Metm F i r e Control. Somerville f i r e & h r l d e n c e Fire. I was thinking of codng to the Cape f o r a wooked this S u e r but a s of date I haven't had the chance to get tbre. But a~~stiu in the near fu tu re I VFU be get t ing t o the Cape. Sta r t i n g t h i s ooling T h u r h y I w i l l k going back t o school & tha t viU be cut t ing down on my DX time a t night omopt on R5d.j & S a t w nights and once in a uh i l e on a Sluday night when there i s a thne-dy m k o n c . So u n t i l t he next tiu. 73.

H U K UILUli3DIi - 5028 W d e n L.n. - S a n t Rosa, CA - 95405 Wall, v 47th DX Soawn has arr iced B I have plans t o spend m r e time a t t h e

d i d 8 tkls . w o n a f t u . le t t ing upm a bit the l a s t half of l a s t seawn. I have noted an in- c r m u of foreign s t a t ions i n the Pacific. Asian and Latin-American areas tha t a re on 'oddn & 8 p U t froqumales so t h a t mean8 an increase in the ~ 0 s s i b i U t i e S of snagglng a f eu new ones. G a e Ill.n b a t me qtdb bdly l a s t season by verifying f i v e nav countries; DDn Reymlds got four nw o m s ; re: I got one am3 tha t won't dot I have some catching up b do. 8/22. 915 & 916 - rather g~od f o r TP reception. Detai ls were sent t o Chuck Button. There soems to k pro md con-opinions i n regards to the newer %dernn receivers and noldiesn such a s th SP-600. W-180, 388/URB. RO/URB, etc . on BCB performance - especial ly on sens i t iv i ty and solnct ivi ty . I ranld appreciate hearing from any BCB DXer who uses ( o r has used) an BOA IliP, o r a 5154. I hrl a surprise v%dt fmm Don Raymlds on htor Day. Needless t o say we h d a firm f o r d @ b u l l u s d o n . Ibn used t o win m s t of the NRC Foreign Contests back in the 50's .Id 60's. T h e e were randdul days1 Don can c rea te a l o t of enthusiasm i n this bbk7 uhm he prtidyoks. Cood health and good DX t o all. 73s.

JAKE3 B. CEXTCIIW - 1635 WrlbrLdge Stmt - Red Bluff, CA - 96080 Choking fregruncies to f i l l i n the Zbbour log i s bringing m e o the r

s ta t ion8 m t IDd plrrlously . Tuss. 8/23 6:32 EDT on 1130 bmught ole WlM f w I X w/'CI(Y1(. A t 7 on 1020. KEQ ./on w/50.000 day & lO.W(k nights; CP f o r 50.000 nights i s not completed. IJo r a l e mt fmm their 4/25 DX TICST. Back to 1130. ;SIDV using ARL NX 9 lOr3Oam 8/23. On 550. IP)Z -8 off a t a b u t 3:15u each night except Honlay; not heard then, 915. Sat. 8/27 4 Slm. 8/28 I v u in Trek. f o r Clarence F r o m ' s daughter 's wedding; he DXes occaslodondly. MI 8/29 on 580 4x13 I h e u d mYitecap' with the N e w rork l i n e open; p s s i b l y HIW. No. 500 f o r F&d muff was Km-1370, Tulare, CA 9 :59 Thu; 911. IP)U)-920 usas NEC NX; same AH. On 1350 Icau: lurd UPI 3:W. 912. When CBQ-690 s /off 1 4 : 0 3 the tone s t a r t ed . w/XFTRA. On 540. the same tone was h o d +3 4:04. Sat. 913 B 4: 12 on 1388 KZilL said 'testing'. off 4:17. Tra n w ones on 550; a t 8:47 CKPO. Prince George. B.C. on top. then B i:01 i(HVI s t a r t ed the TP su80n. A t 9834 on 690 KKU? II)ed, w / X E E d . Sun. 914 O 3:35 on 750. KFc@ IDed S. gave tine a s 10:35p. A t 9 ~ 3 1 on 700 there was ax; KBYR ( 7 ) o r JOFB ( 7 ) . MI4 915 on 1080, KWJJ eas still on 3:53 & 4:12; mt off 8 3. On 1110 KEND had a l o c a l Muscular D y s t m p b program @I 3:55 S 4813. From 9130 915 I hea* foreign languages on 700 (JOFB?), 770 (JOUB?), 840 (HLKY7) & 880 (JOPK?). Tues. 916 0:06 on 860. CFPR. Prince Rupert. 9.C. IDed clear ly; o f f r 4:08, on ; 9 , u m u n c d . TOM went on when they went o f f . Come on, you West Coasters; tune those s e t s on mtnd 5:30 PST. catch those TP's, report t o Ernie, so we readers can t r y fo r them als,

RUSS mDYDS - Box 127 - Fbonton. NJ - 07005 Greetings & solutions. I have been back a t the d i a l s a t SRS again, but most

stuff is oxoept f o r new tapes, and c a l l changes. I did add the UAIN-1270 r / c on 913, though. md WLOII. Lynchburg. VA. the sa8e AH. & few t b k h t s : Maybe we can make CPC be t t e r by eshb l l sh lng a f d f o r donations f o r postage so tha t those of us uho have the time and de- sire but m t the mney can withlraw f o r postqge expenses. I 'll be sendlng a batch out soon a t my own expense, but when they're o u t , t h a t ' s it f o r f inancial reasons. Another idea: If there 's suff ic ient i n t e r e s t . I'll sponsor and manage contests t o confirm r!c1s per the l i s t & work ou t a scoring system to go with i t t o determine a :dnner. 61% maybe one devoted to logging the ACTUAL s/on times of Jaytirners. o r to provide sked change info f o r the Iog o r f o r m a r s . m u ' b u t i t . gang? h thouahts? I won't w ahead uniess I knor there 's some in- t e res t . The l a s t contests I ran Wiped out f o r lack of i z t e r e s t . I don ' t consider thee o r four people per contest worth while, & i f there 's suck a LIY x~dswel l 3 at there , let s set. some act ion, h.1 On amther note. uhat eve. happened the days *;..cn t:;o o r t k e s loca l 5 ; m ~ p ~ of Diers CQnmTD i n Musings f o r tile knventior. ;i , "~ 'Aic i ty f-r ri.o FC~.Q.,I::: year? .rclve had lu, serious competition since 1971-72, 1. s-vcr,.; t l ~ t . 5 '.'?eye ;%s s p y 0::- a i i .d.ler. we got to the hnvention. Let 's think amut rhat f o r ::I: 1?7: 'o::i?r.tion. Anfad;. vant to s t a r t v i n r f o r It TIOW? 77's. - - . -

!97/-1978 &R..i,i5iCY,.CliZCi; -i.IjT JOE FELA. 150 Robert ?lace. South Piai~:ieid. ..J, ~ e 6 7 . ~ a - , t s any a d a l l a r r e c t i o n s , ad- di t ions. delet ions, d changes to tne .;RC,IRCA Fre-;cency :heck List, 38 he i s 3 j 3 u t to pre- pare th i s valuable piece of DL informatior.. L T :ID; iOjOW OF 111 C94WSS TOP l@PW OF ::O.{l

O T A L 3-3-0-R-I-Z-S- : = - 7 : 2 : . i . 5 L L T 2 3 4b.S 15 '';A95 CW. :.-,rcb of In;:>, a s 2 1: :.ear slA '5egnr.ing 3 a r , I happened t o hear FJNV

zitinin;- = n or.? jcnd-.; rurnine. A week l a t e r I hap$ned to be l i s t en ing a t the same time to t h e i r s/on again. ;his time :;ter naving sent t h e m a reception r e p r t . I was surprised t o hear the mmun:er, 2 u c k Tzylor, s z n n g , 'I want t o say hello to ncf only l i s t ene r . Dan Ph i l l ips , i r , Cl inio:~, Pen ... )an, i f you're l i s t en ing c a l l me long dis tance collect. ' XOU can imgine surprise. ,and yo2 c3rr ina&ne my parents1 surpr ise when I awakened them a t 5 a.m. to ask f o r pemission to use the p b n e by t h e i r bed to c a l l an anmuncer long dis tance w l l e c t i n Jonesvilse. L a . S b r t l j . thereaf ter 1 received t h i s ve r i e from YIPV: -Dear Dan, Just received your most irelwno rece;;tion report and t i u g h t I lauld drop yDu a l i n e . A l l the in fona t io r l which you sent was w r r - c t and I d i d have a h.. . of a time get- t ing the SSB on. Of course a t t h a t time of morning I have a hard tin doing M n g . We

a r e a 500 watt daytime s t a t ion and i f you promise you won't t e l l pnyone. a a n t h a@ we were not get t ing out 40 miles but we hooked our ground lead onto a 200 f o o t d.ep w d l with a metal casing a d since then we have been receiving l e t t e r s from Texas. hbw. I m m i 8 . and m u from you. There was not a great demand f o r a sbov t h a t early bily but I shall wntinw t o warm the airwaves with sounds s t a r t ing a t 4100 1 CST each S d a ~ v l t h t h e b p e s th.t I have a fd th fu l? l i s t ene r i n Clinton, T~M.. Yours. Chmk Taylor.

)nother of t h e fascinat ing DX wmts occ-ng i n y l i f e d h g th. 50's =a8 a visit from a wel l h v n internat ional DXer lapun a s Lefty Cooper. bZv hd wm to vldt me i n Clinton, Tenn. while a f r i e d of h i s v l s l t ed i n Kmrr l l l e . Tennes8ee. Y e d e s s to s s j I was t h r i l l e d t o have an in te rna t iona l D.ar of hpm repute to v i a i t u. I hur mw t h a t I wuld have the o p a r t m i t y to ask hi!d personally if it was t rua t h a t h. hd lrrlly hurd RI i n Brooklyn. N.Y. As we s a t a t the dials I was aaard tha t he wuld d e r s t u d Spmidl. B. wuld t e l l me what DX we went hearing. A couple of days l a t e r we took an axourdon to rldt some of the nearby s t i t i o n s t h a t he nnded ve r i e s from. The beat rldt we hd -8 a t UUR i n Athens. Tenr.. The a m u n c e r . Johnny Perkle. t t a r put on a special DX program f o r U8. Other v i s i t s were to 'WEAC-1m Cleveland, Tenn. Ird UDEH-800 i n a w h m t e r . Tam. This Ma- it. a t dinner time, was especial ly interesOing s ince the D J was eat ing dinner. PLJlrU re- w d s , ta lking t o us with a mouthful of food, ard ansuering the tele-ne. Yes. b s e ru'. the m d o l e days. 'What ever happened t o ~ h f t y Cooper? The r l m u r x'unni~ r n p a n t mnda7s i s t h a t he i s the a l i p s #Cape 'lip DXerm. Could it ~ o s s i b l p be t rne? - DAM W P S .

NEXT WEEK rrw LL m m m A MUSING mn DAN PHIUPS FROH THT DX NWS or 11/14/59.

JUAN GUAIDA - 241 N.W. 179 S t m t - Mi&. FL - 33169 I jus t got back from S i lve r Spring. HD. The DXiW up tb- Ta8 ptv ppod

but I h e a d the same s tu f f up the re I did Qm hero. A f w dy.8 .g, .D-- b my TRF. Some g i r l s I h e u had some water balloons ord threw them a t r. I h d tL fU in my hand. The water bplloons hit me ud got tho TIO ord u J1 nt. ma I tllnwd i t on. a l l I h e a d was a f a i n t cfackle. I f e l t very d e p 8 . d . I took it .Frrt a d Md it o f f but i t s t i l l d idn ' t work. But t h e next m m i n g I turnd i t on and i t up-. I u u v U 7

hapw. m a y here's all t h e new s ta t ions h d x YBIL1090 YIUI-lbOO -14d0, YCIO. WR, WABC all heard i n llaryland i n t h e day. Well, I haven't h e u d too muah b.oal1.. I h v e n ' t l i s t ened since I came back from Mary-. Well I ba t t e r get going. 73s till & tiu.

RUSS IWUUDS - Box 127 - bonton. 15 - 07005 Well. t he thunderstorms have a b a t d wlsvha t , but not much in nr 8tati.w b

r e a r t . Only goodie of note was WAGE-1290. L.sosburg. VA under the mess a t */on 8/28 6105. l b s t of t h e rest has been n w c a l l s f o r o l d s ta t ions. I b p e weryone onjoyad tlm Co- t ion. a d sorry I couldn't be there. Ds?ending on where the naxt one i s . I upsot to d that . assuming i t ' s East of the Mss i s s ipP i rpd mt m r e than 800-900 d l e s a u v . hi. Zb.

197677 DX Season ended 8/31 w/a p re t ty goal h v l n g from t h i s shack &ll th i rys o o n s l d d . -st a l l were e i t h e r SRS o r SSS receptions. Total new s ta t ions h e a d 8 85, n u verles- 3 (oh well. hi); new tapes: 117; new s t a t e loggd : 1 (WX); n w eountrl.8 loggdr C m . O r a - ads, Sta. Luciai and three new countries taped. With a bit of luck. I y won w.d t h a t

t h i s year. Time pemi t t ing . I'll even ta back t o Da) hi. B.8t t i r r f o r F n W - tional DX unfortunately don ' t c o r n s p o d with .y o p t i n r t i m a k abl . t o DX a t this

mint. To dl those vho have the new m m g a p h s list, bswue, t h r m l r m e r ro r i n th. do- scr ipt ion on 2-142. It simuld read 'A compuiwn of 2 of the w8t ppull;r mta~u. . . ' . That means NRC 4 ' . 2 ' , and Space Magnet loop. &fortunately t h a t OM rczd 3 0 8 a blg d i f -

ference, hi. I guess I'll now get back t o logging sols w r e of t h e w o a l l 0-8 on w r f a i r l y regul+r regionals and SSSstuff, hi. 73.

IINDFSl F. RUGG - 663 De Gaspe - Aot. 408 - I l e des Soeurs. OruW - A71 1R9 No new IIX tc r e ~ o r t . On 8/24 the ahrr roke ma i n plenty of t i m 8 f o r tho

6: 55am f l i g h t to Dolbeau. I t r i e d 15 minutas of DXing from 4145 to 5. 't 41% 1 think I had needed ,DEE-1500 but they were drounee out by WOP's 4:58 s/on. On mC'8 t i p I trid f o r AN CJLV-1360. but there wasn't a peep beneath the ubiqdtous m- Uith d l the c l l l chanzes i n New England (XAC~, YUF'E, nXY, 1kMX.B) 1 s b d d have sOme new Om# to . . . - . - - report next tyme. 73.

PETER V. TAPLOR - 2614 Jackson S t t ee t - Sari Francisco. CA - 94115 KFAX-1100 i s now 5 0 k ~ U-4; SP T w d a ~ s @-Baa EDT. I n Denver. I h.ud

K ~ P - 1 0 1 0 , mush. Colo. on RS. Cheers. AS THFY ASK I N i.lVAKNAH, TENN . . "A0P.M"-1010. % m ' R E OUR REGULAR HUSHIS?"

:<;;I925 deadlines are exactly .P;JO ..=AS before the masthead d a ~ e s l i s t e d i n the l a s t UI XE, except fo r the November 7 issue. -rhich Ins an advanced dealline date i n Provincetown 0;' sa a c t . 22, due to the Federal holiday on .%n.. Oct. 24 (Veterans' Day), on wnich no m d l is : livered. Now, i n t h i s issue. we have exactly T-E-h !4usings f o r you, fmm 700 members, EL-.. i s a rzgresentation of a b u t 1; of the membership1 AS Editor, I f e e l very Sad about sendin; i n so l i t t l e copy to Loldsville Hd, but I can't give you whar, you don't send me, so I 'a ask- ing you, as a loyal NRCer, won't you please t r y to deyote atout a hal f 'now to your Chb by submitting your l a t e s t dial ings i n the fonn of a double-s>acefi SxingT' To ge: only ten Tar an issue which i s two weeks a f t e r the l a s t one i s utterly ridiculous. don't you xgree7 5 0 , l e t ' s see i f you're i n t e r ~ s t e d enough i n t h i s Club to do a l i t t l e somathing Tor i t a d your fellow members by Musing f o r the next issue &ter you read this1 ;IILWONE w b i s iQT i n t.usissuehasLGTTXENIZCK)M. UpwithI:K, i ;pwith>iusin~s,menl L e t ' s g e t w i t h i t l

GET-TOGETHW. We are planning to !~,ve o x here a t 5 .4ntbny Street . Provincetown, Mass. a t the Tip of the Cape on the Saturday a f t e r U.S.A. Thanksgiving Day, which i s

Sat.. Nov. 26, from noon to 6 p.m. o r thereabouts. Zverybdy w i l l be welcome - a $2 donation f o r re f reshen ts w i l l be gratefully accepted. Please l e t EiliJE WOPES know i f you are com- ing to t h i s pxwow. and fee l assured that YOU are most welwmel

FRE4UENCY CHECK LIST. We mentioned it a t the foot of one of t U pages. but we want to em- phasize th i s . Joe Fela. who has been preparing these f / c l i s t s f o r t i e past many years. asks that i f you b w of any checks not now l i s ted , o r see some that have changed. o r rote others that no longer apply, to please l e t him know very s o n . He also s u ~ e s t s you c a l l your local stations to find out when they run the i r frequency checks, so they :y be i n c h f o r your loca l ' i s somebdy else 's great 3 X catcn. you h w . Wen if you have only one s t t ion to nention. i t w i l l be valuable information f o r Joe. , t is address i s 150 Robert Place. South Plainfield. NJ, 07080. Do i t now, l e s t <,cu forget. He who hesi tates i s lost.

Text of s p e c i a l c i t a t i o n p r e s e n t e d t o E r n i e Cooper a t NRC Convention.

NSN G r e a t S e a l of t h e S t a t e o f Nebraska NSN J. James Exon, Governor Theodore a. Metca l f e , Chief Admiral

THE GREAT NAVY OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA

To a l l who s h a l l s e e t h e s e p r e s e n t s GREETINGS

Know y e , t h a t r e p o s i n g s p e c i a l t r u s t and conf indence i n t h e P a t r i o t i s m , v a l o r , f i d e l i t y , and a b i l i t i e s of

ERNEST R , COOPER and knowing him t o be a good f e l l o w and a l o y a l f r i e n d and c o u n s e l o r I have nomina ted and do a p p o i n t him a n Admiral i n t h e G r e a t Navy of t h e S t a t e of Neb- r a s k a . He i s t h e r e f o r e c a l l e d t o d i l i g e n t l y d i s c h a r g e t h e d u t i e s of Admiral by d o i n g and per forming a l l manner of t h i n g s t h e r e t o b e l o n g i n g . And I do s t r i c t l y c h a r g e and r e q u i r e a l l o f f i c e r s , seamen, t a d p o l e s and g o l d f i s h under h i s com- mand t o be o b e d i e n t t o h i s o r d e r s as Admiral - and he i s t o observe and f o l l o w , from t i m e t o t ime, such d i r e c t i o n s as he s h a l l r e c e i v e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e r u l e s and d i s c i p l i n e i n f o r c e d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d of h i s good b e h a v i o r , and t h e p l e a s - u r e of t h e Chief Admiral of t h e G r e a t Navy of t h e S t a t e of Nebraska.

Given under my hand i n t h e C i t y of L i n c o l n , S t a t e of Nebraska , t h i s 1 2 t h day o f August . 1977 i n t h e y e a r of o u r Lord .

( s igned) J. J . Exon. Governor. S t a t e s e a l a f f i x e d .

I h o p the brand new !5d season i s t reat ing everyone well. The new season should get everyone i n the mood t o go a f te r those c h s s U s m d get those new reports or updates t o GY Achleremnts. The oolumn has turned up a few new faces. p r b s p s a t q urging from last tias. * denotes pre-1960 logding

d. IXer & 100.

2625 Gene ALLEN Vallejo CA 2583 Gene U N Vallejo CA 2410 Ernie COOPER Brooklyn fl 2370 Ernie COOPER Brook1.m NY 2300 Stan MORSS Bradford 2304 stan MDRSS Bradford M.4 2225 Bob KNOX Newton NJ 2200 No- MGUIRE Albuquerque Nn 2140 Frank WIIEELeR Erie PA 2130 Frank WHEELEX Erie PA

.urblan & loo. WUPB f i m l FL* WCTC Nsw B r u n d c k NJ* KONP Port h g e l e s WAD KPM Puyallup WA* KONP Port Angales WA* KPW Puyallup WA* KUCB Blythe CA* &W Bangor EIE* KONP Port Angelem WA* KBFS Porthnd OR*

1860 Noram WAGUIX13 East Hartford CT 1860 Bob KNOX Newton NJ 1795 Geoffrey PARRISH B e r f i e l d IL 1600 Ron SCHILLER Honmonth Beach NJ 1470 Don KASKEY Galva IA 14K) Don KASKEY Ouha NE 1235 Jerry STARR Hub- OH 1210 Andy nm Point. C h i r e m 1135 Ilichaal SCHEEL Davenport IA 1055 Brett EANAVAN ChuL V i s t a CA 1055 Paul WUNT Teaneck NJ l W 5 Urn IHPRESCIA New York HX 1020 Tom SUNLGTRCW Wllllngboro NJ 995 Brett U A V A I I Chuk Vista CA 960 Tom SMDSTRM Ulllingboro YJ 945 Geoffrey PAWUSE Dserfield IL 930 Andy RDW Poiate C k h PQ 910 Uls IWRESCIA I w York NT 890 Ruaa BnmWR3 P u a i p p u ~ NJ 865 Neil DICKE83ON Shuptoun IID 860 BFU M I ~ E ~ b m r d w UA 860 Nmey W Abmrdwn UA 845 -mu LACKEY Kingaville Tx 830 Ron RUSCO Windsor CT 8L5 Rnra PMUNDG P u s l p w YJ 815 Jmmy STAM Hubbard OH 795 B i l l EARDT Abmrdeen WA 770 Forest OSBORl Hooker OK 765 Be11 DICrrwsOR Sharptom IID 770 Jeff FALCm Clinton Cdl 720 Paul MOUNT Teanook NJ 715 Jeff FLLCOLlER Clinton Cdl 675 Format aSBORN Hooker 01; 645 Rieh BDDIE St. h u l a BJ 640 Ymoy W Abordoon WA 630 Michael SQEU h w n p o r t IA 610 Rieh E l U B St. Louis LY) 600 K u l JETEFt A t k n t a GA 595 Ron BIJSCO Wiadsor CT 580 Hurg B1;Tr) momhurat PA 560 Staphen POW= Fort Worth TX 570 Hamy FUE3 Thomhurst PA 480 M e hmKmlAu Gm.naboro Iic 455 m l l LACKEI KingsrFu . Tx 455 h r e scHiYIm u w h a t l . Dg 440 h v e SCFMDT New Castle Dl 435 Bruce WDKEUU Greensboro NC 425 Bob W O M S K I Uwaukee UI 355 Bob WESSOLCYSU Illlvaukee UI 325 Karl JgPER A t k n t a GA 290 John BOUIER Vdparaiso U1 195 John HNKESl Vilpua iso U1 175 Jeff KOSEZTT h r l e s t o n W 1% Jeff KOSNETT Cbrleston W 140 Staphen PO= Fort Worth TI

KOAT Albuquarque N P KO= L s Cruces NM* KBED Eugene OR KLM Clayton NM W B M l a n l l n* rm Coquille OR* K M X Clayton IiM W J Lhytona Beach FL KVSL Shaw Low 12 ISNT Snyder TI KIXO Wurensburg LY) USPB Suaso ta PL KOgO Wurenaburg Kl KXIL h e m a n Iff KuFn West P k i n a m ~ C l & o n Y L I WQSU Chuleston SC WDIG Dothan AL W J hytona Baaoh FL USPB Suaso ta PL M X U St. Goorge R KDIV St. Gmorge R KOPO l'ucwn 12 WVG lWlad#erill. GA WCVS Springf i e l d I L UWJ D.ytOru h a a h ?L KTIP Portervi l la CA mL Bassun m wKa Dgeraburg Tl lMVG Mlllmdgerill. GA YlIVG 1Il1Ldgerill. GA KOKO Wlmnsbar# Kl KmU St. George R YFTB Front Royal VA lCLST S m Fruolmoo CA VRILL L a h g t o n VA KATC Bu-nt TX I(XO W ~ n o b r y Kl YIBn Jaekaon KI UASI Laf.~etto IR KFUI U b q m r q m IM m c B.rt.ru SC WWJ worn ah n W U X Natoh.8 K9 YIBB M p t l o h a o h SC WIW: Putari1I.e SC YW h c l m Shoila AL KOKO w m ~ b q m WfW Jefferaonvllle DI UXW JeffersonrFU. II IUH C.du Rapid. u W S Springfield IL W4CH W t o n OH UJPA W a a ~ t o n PA rcn TX

It h k a lik. I & a d 10 chance to iqra w awn standing In th la colma by d o - s h out on th. KCKO t e a t h a t auson. Aa you can sea msvarrl mcords wem ae t in t h i s colrrrm by t h a t station. W . y h e k when.it seem lik. KONP o r KPUY w m the a h - t ibns to hear f o r those on tha east coast. UiRI ge t out m l l fo r Nom II.qnhm d e n they w e n a &areyuder. Now I m't even h e u them f r m Gouldsboro vh.n they ur on 1250 and 5 kw non-direotionill Woll. I gusss that 's how things hare cb.ngd. fkt daspite a l l the Interference problem of the pmsent day s w o r d of you a n uMng som really Incmdibla records. even t o the point of beating s o w of the pre-1960 m - cords. Keep up the good DM vork a d send in those updata. t o m.

For new contributors, a rundown of the r u b s again. Send In your two fa r thes t logging8 on each of the six grareyud channels. These can be f r o l an. or w m lm- tions. Only stat ions In thm U.S.. C w d a . Mexico, Cuba and the Brhrus. l r l th 1 kw of powsr or l ess , a t the tia of raaeipt. arm eligible. Also. the t o t a l s column 1 s h v - closer. To old and new contributor al ike, send i n the t o t a l number of s k t i o n s you hare logged on each graveyard channel and the SUM of these. 1;Lso Include the year yon began ming a t your location If you cam to. n e r s ay not be l i s t e d more than tvice In t h l s f h l column'of the year, that i s , you c m send In two different loca- t ions you have DXed f r m , but no more.

ENDLINE here i n Gouldsboro for 1490 is s a t e . October 29. 1977. The deadline fo r the to ta l s column dl1 probably be a month a f te r this . %re on t h i s next time. Go after 'am everybody and contribute1

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StVincent u/u, M CJRN f HuTp Pmssey, E WW q Woodrow R. C y e . CE CHYR? f u/u W C 1 Kenneth Amspaugh. CE WMK 1 P5mrge R. Ramsey. CE KHBJ p Michael A. Russell. CE WHEB q Antonio Vaccaru. CE WABC q Qinston H Ioyd, CE WPIC Ih Charles Ring, CE 'm 1 H. T b r n Greenwood. CE WSVS m Mary Ann Silve-. OilD HJED cn EdcluPldo Rueda Santos, G WCaJ lm ulu WRAP c C. R. Mills J r . , CE KTAC qu Randy J . Pugsley, CZ WTEL 1 Theodore F. K k t t . CE WHCU lm .Martinn. w CKTS q M w .u/un. S WOKK r R. K. W a l l . CE WRKL 1 J d f m y Baksr, CE KXLY uq T. 0 . Jorgenson. CE C* a M M o r r l s ( 7 )

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q (Dulley Bulloch. E 1 (John J . Anastasia

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- H o n o l u l u Star B u l l e t i n v ia N o r m Maguire KHVH, KPOI to

Change Frequency The FCC said Ule change involver no monetary

mnstderatlon. nor exchanges of Property. equip- ment or assets.

om Honolulu resident objected lo the change ae FCC repofled. but II satd 11 relected the pcb. ban filed b! Wtlaam Taeupa slnre he d ~ d not dlr.

the Issue under questton. Tagupa ob*rud to the stattons. equal emPlo?ment opporturury pro crams and bald mat BPOI'q proerarnmlng d,d ,,, , meet the need% of the rommunl.,

The FCC iald Tacupa'< un:ert!ons r o u ~ d b, 'aken up w h e n the atauonr' I:rrnses corne up lor reneual next FrS I

WASHINGTON - Thv Fcdpral ('ommunlrallonr Commi.s!on ha< approved the T C ~ U P I ~ S ~f two Honolul,~ radm stallonr KHVH and KPOI. lo chaw? frrqurnrlrs The rhangrnvrr Is rrpwlrd 1 r I ,k.- (>l.lrr ulrhtn

f ~ v e week' KHVIl Ilonnlr~lu - ""1, nrvs radm station. wtll rvltrh from Iril,' khl 1 . r QW. rhl le KPOl will assume YIiVli - 'rrqut.nr) of Imo KPol nou oprrdlrr on IW" kh?

54?3C 'f Joseph S; d in te r s , Op X h'L'NR 1 nlil.iam 3ar te ls . TD

A- .iteve Fonder D - Kelly ~ d r e w s . B - Jusrzen Trochi.nczyk E - ].;el -ernste in

-WC C - Larl J e t e r F - Srnie h o p e r S t i l l mn comin~l Great support, gang!