DX NEWS. · -COLOMBIA Cali HJM fair (only slightly o/a jumble of others, many co-channel stns also hets believed to be from Dominican Republic-698 and ~orocco-701); R. …

With t h i s Lsue , we commence Volume 44 of DX NEWS. We a re happy t o announce tha t our d e a a t r a l i s a t i o n process i s working well a t present with t h e Publications Center ard Membership Center fmctioning Nlg a t locations remote from HQ here in NJ. We do wsnt t o remiad members t he t we a r e changing operations on membership expirations s l ight ly as announoed in prior bulletins. We w i l l be sending out ONE RENEWAL NOTICE AND ONE DROP NOTICE PER MEME(ER1 I We fomer ly s a t two of each, but t h i s ia a luxury which in these times of inf la t ion we cannot continue without increasing the costs of membership, which we do not w n t t o do. Therefore, we ask you t o please heed these once- only notices as you receive them, aod t o PLEAS FWEW PROMFTLYI If we have t o process a drop snd then a subsequsnt re-join within e few weeka, and then as l ike ly as not a request fo r t he in-between bulletins in back-iasue, we a re doing TRIPLE WORK!

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WPHB - 1000 Ik tons; country music. v/s Deaa Slarplesa. Mdr.: BOX 361, 16866. Arr. Jim Hopkins .

gVEC - W i l l use couutry rmisic, fiequent IDS, and w i l l mention IRCA. Steve Herman w i l l put t h e program on nnl aFr checks can be s a t t o him a t KVEC, Castavays Hotel, 89109. Calls (prepaid) t o (702) 735-8644. h. Karl ~ Y U D D ~ .

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KPLA - 1000 Hz tone, gospel music, o d e IDS. v/s Chllde Van Horn, CE. Mdr.: Rte 1, Boa 6, 67871. Arr. Rob Keaey.

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Lets s t a r t r ight out t h i s time with whats been heard . . . . . 529 -ALGERIA Ain Beida AA chanting 0004 9/15, poor w/fades. QFU4 de beacon. ( ~ r o d s k ~ ) $0 -MEXICO XEXA San Luis Potosi, SLP 9/27 a t 0235 I D and talk by man. ( ~ r o d s k ~ )

-VENEZUFU Qracas. Call??, definite location ID a t 0113 9/24. H r d an EE jingle and a EE top 40 song, otherwise a l l i n SS, backed by high pitch noise, fade a t 0123. (was it Caracas)? ( ~ ~ c h a l s k ~ ) Cazacas has a s tn on 550 so they defi-

k n i t e ly wouldn't a lso have one on 540. Two Y V ' s l i s t ed on $0, could have been either. (ED) -DOMINICA R. Jumbo, Roseau so strong 0215 10/4 tha t they were in the clear on a pocket AM-FM. SID's w/some so r t of electronic ef fec t , s/off by YL i n FF a t 0219. (Hutton) Ove wering adjacent domestics; man i n FF, then disco-mx, 2322, 9/25. ( C o n n e l l r Usually wiping out 550 domestics w/het. (Brodsky) -USSR FES 1024-1107 i n p r r a l l e l w/575 a t Kuilima. (Maguire) -UNID 10/4 a t 1000 w/FF ancrs and 3 tone IS. Didn't get an ID because of frequent deep fading, but suspect t h i s one t o be R. Jumbo. (ponder) Si , ED. -a(%?IA Oran vy weak i n 550 slop w / i khz f i l t e r , W/AA mx, 04.17, 9/16. (b lconer)

5-UNID Weak SS 10/5 a t 04.15 - 'I?SBJ returned? Not noticed before i n sp i te of much time spent from 550-600 khe recently. (Hutton) -CUBA R. Bebelde CMHI excellent w/local WMCA nulled. Man i n rapid SS w/speech on communism and many mentions of Santa Clara 9/27 0020. (bodsky) -USSR FES 1110-1116 a t Kuilima. (Maguire) -AUSTRALIA 4QR Brisbane 1100-1115 w/musical pgm. (Maguire) -PUER'D RICO San Juan UKAQ good w SS ta lk , "WKAQ Mas Musica" jingle, then MoR mx, o/u 2 other SS M a s , 0220, 9/16. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) /(Falconer) -SPAIN RNE Madrid weak W/OM i n SS surfacin from time t o time 0407 9/18. -USSR FES (~vobodnyy?) i n J J a t 1014 on 1074. Some long fades but was vy strong when returned a t 1101. Reported d i r ec t ly t o t h i s stn. Have hopes. ilkin ins on) -COLOMBIA HJCR R. Sutatenza 9/13 a t 0500 w/ID u / m ; must be t h e i r new 100 kw.

- never hrd before. WPLO off. (Hutton) -CUBA Habana CMW strong l i k e bull 0106 9/24. (Rychalsk~) -UNID Definite ID "R. Libertad" a t 0053 9/24 vy f a i n t w/~uban stn. ideas?) (Rychalsky) 'Ns HJHJ Barranquilla, 50 kw. (ED) -NORTH K O m R. Pyongyang out le t hzd w/selections of oriental mx and vocals by group. A t good volume from 1032 t o 1038 on 10/4. Was i n // t o 655 a t 1010 on 9/20. ilki ins on) -NORTH KOREA R. Pyongyang out le t w/long winded talk from 1041-1059

yet? (Hutton) -WID Poor t o f a i r SS 0200 10/4, non-descript mx. Has anybody IDed t h i s one

-WID TA Likely Sprin putting strong he t on 640 0415 9/18. (f i lconer) -CUBA CMQ Havana 9/20 0%0 most l i ke ly SS i n s l i gh t KFI null. Religious broadcas t o/KFI jus t too much t o get a good nu l l on KFI. ( ~ o b e l ) -VENEZUELA Puerto la Crvz YV@ good w/"hve i n the Shadows", then Onda Por t eL ID, then slow SS f e d e uocal; potent and to t a l l y dominant, 2325, 9/25. (con) -UNID Metdl drums mx 0010-0030 9/24, vy fa in t , no idea of I D due t o Havana's blasting musical ID. (Rychalsky) -CHINA Beijing, 10/3 a t 1224 w/mn talking. ~ o o r / f a i r . Some KFI slop. 9 18 I300 w/time pips ans 1s followed by talk by m. h l n t l y audible. (KaskeyJ -USSR FES s tn hrd from 1058-1100 on 9/27. R. Moscow chimes I D a t 1100. Also ixd a t 1107 on 10/4 but not a s strong. (Wilkinson) * A t 1338 9/29. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -HAWAII KORL Honolulu a to 1135 9/11 and oftimes since. Never w/much of a powerful s i g tho. (Kaskeyp -NOR'lX KOREA Pyongyang 9/26 a t 1331 weak/fair ~ / ~ r o u p Singing; be t ter by 139. 10/3 f a i r a t 1226 w / m talking, S4, KNBR no help. 9/11 a t 1135 f a i r l y weak but audible: 9/18 1302-1310 w/fair sigs; 9/19 1356 f a i r but fadin ; 9/25 weak to f a i r 12110 on and laying mx f o r a change. . this a regular. @askey$ * A t 1253 on 9/23. (~ loche r f * Like a local here most AM'S from 1030 t o 1400. (Wilkinson) -NEW ZEALAND 2YC Wellington 1140-119 tkru KORL. -UNID 2 or ienta ls hzd a t same time from 1307-1316 on 10/3. HIXM has been hrd on t h i s freq on occasions. A ~ S O Jap w/baseball game. W i l l follow up. (Wilkinson)

-PORTUGAL Lisbon good aga ins t WNBC and YVLL W, 0150, 9/25. ( ~ o n n e l l y ) -VENEZUELA Caracas YVLL loud slow male SS vocal, then numerous ads and men- t i o n s of Rumbos and Venezuela, 2333, 9/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -SPAIN RNE S e v i l l a surfacing a t times w/cl mu 0335 9/16. ( ~ a l c o n e r ) * Tentative- the l i k e l y source of h e t on WFXO, 0200, 9/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -COLOMBIA Cali HJM f a i r (only s l i g h t l y o/a jumble of others , many co-channel s t n s a l s o h e t s believed t o be from Dominican Republic-698 and ~orocco-701); R. S u b t e n z a Cdli ID followed by brassy mx, 0213, 9/26. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -ECUADOR HCJB m i t o c l e a r 0600, not needed. ( w i r e ) -JAPAN JOFB/JOKD ~i rosh ima/Ki tami 9/18 weak a t 1305 but cu t t h m KNBR s lop 1748 f o r b e t t e r s i g /770-NHK 2. 9/19 vy weak a t 1355; 9/25 f a i r s i g 1350, a top another LIFO. 9/ la a t 1336 readable t o f a i r . NHK-2, t a l k , t a l k , t a l k ; 10/3 poor/fair 1315 w/mucho KNBR slop. Be t te r a t S4 by 1327. ( ~ a s k e ~ ) * Unable t o determine which one (NHK s tns ) on 10/3. NHK chain a l s o uses a musical in te r - lude s i m i l a r t o a slow version of the song "Honey" a t 20 a f t e r and 20 before the hour. (Wilkinson) -UNID I n EE, l i k e l y Jamaica, running AN W/MOR and vy few anmts. W ~ L W looped, they a r e a top the channel, w/some QRM from the Costa Rican AN. (cooper) -SOUTH KOREA D r i f t i n g HIXA 9/26 weak 1339 but b e t t e r a t 197-1400 gave time pips -3 low-I h i (d i f fe red from 2 low I h i hrd 9/25 a t 1300), still w/fair s i g 1417; 10/3 f a i r a t 1231 w/talk, up t o 55 by 1313 but faded out e a r l i e r than 9 26. -WID 9/25 noted o r i e n t a l 1253 w/YL ta lk ing , sounded CC o r KK. Brief kKaXa+Ley) mx and more t a l k .. 1300 had c l e a r time pips..2 low 1 high followed by 2 chimes and YL talking, then organ mx (severa l bars) and man talking. He went on f o r 10 mins i n w h a t could have been newscast. Up t o S5 by 1302 .. still noted w/ f a i r s i g a t 1350. Not much l i k e l y l i s t e d i n WRTH. An ideas? (Kaskey) Pre- sumably t h i s was HLWL which you subsequently IDed. (EDy

708-SOUTH KOREA Seoul HLKA hrd on t h i s f r e q on lO/3 and 4 between 1300 and 14PQ. H r d KBS ID along w/"KLKA" a t 1400 on 10 3. Stn has varied pgms of mx, plays, e t c . S. Korean s t n s verify. ilki ins on -THAILAND 1120 w / b d s p l a t t e r a t Kuilima. ( w i r e ) -SURINAM Pdramaribo SRS u l t ra loud ( b e t t e r than most domestics during aurom) , pgm of calypso mx, then tdLk i n unfamil iar language, 2315, 9/25. Again be l t - ing i n w/"%turday Naightl' by Bay City Rollers , 0206, 9/26. ( ~ o n n e l l y ) * I n w/excellent s i g n igh t ly . a rod sky) -MEXICO XM ID a t 0105 9/25, b las ted i n q u i t e quickly 'cause no sign of it 5 n ins e a r l i e r a t 0100. ( ~ ~ c h a l s k y ) -ECUADOR "R. Melodia", Guayaquil, has been i n w/fair s i g s 0500-0600 s/off , w/ w h a t I presume is t h e i r NA, played by w h a t sounds l i k e a m i l i t a r y band. (cooper -VENEZUELA Maracaibo YVNC W/SS ID, then slow romantic mx, 0208, 9/26, ( ~ o n n e l l ~ 9 / 2 6 w/ID a t 0100 "R. Maracaibo mas musica", rapid fade. rodsk sky) -JAPAN J O I B Sapporo 9/26 s o l i d l y a top KXL a t 1413 W/EE NHK2 pgm; l0/3 f a ~ r / ~ o o d th ru KCBS-740 s l o p 1235 but KXL eliminated them a t 1300. ( ~ a s k e ~ ) * 9/20 1000. Only tud I pip. Ancr s a i d ",..news and comment from NHK". News was i n EE. Sounded l i k e EE lesson following news broadcast. J J followed a t 1029: not an ID 2 donl ' t know w h a t was said! 1 0 9 , back t o EE lesson. No d e f i n i t e ID; but nothing e l s e f i t s this descr ip t ion , so must be JOIB. (Lobel) * 1125 a t Kuilima, not needed. ( ~ k g u i r e ) At 1248 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -NICARAGUA YIa on 10/4 from 0243 w/definite ID a t 0300. Lots of "h Equis" IDS and some funny multi-tone "beeps" throughout. (ponder) -WID Could be As ia t ic of Phil ippine, 1130 a t Kuilima. (I.bt.uire) / ( ~ o n n e l l y ) -SENEGAL Dakar the b e s t TA during mediocre cx, man i n AA s t rong a t 2310, 9/25. -JAPAN JOUE Akita exce l len t 9/26 a t 174.1; 10/3 way u/KOB 1238, barely audible t h m KXA/KOB a t 1310, f i n a l l y U C a t 1407. Usually l a s t TP t o fade out. ?his one a real powerhouse around daylight . Noted 9/12 a t 1740; 9/18 a t 1309; 9/19 a t 134.0 and 9/25 a t 1310. Always destroying KXA. NHK2 Pgm. On 9/25 StaYeGf i n u n t i l 1435 abbut hours a f t e r dawn. (Kaskey) * W i n g KOB out a t 1130 a t Kui- lima. (Maguire) * A t 1256 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -SPAIN RNE f a i r a t times w / m and woman a l t e r n a t i n g i n SS w/some s o r t of d i s - cussion. Het de tec tab le w/'TIW-775. (Falconer) -COSTA RICA "R. UnoW TIW, Sari Jose, i s a l s o logmble some mornings 0500-0600, ~ / ~ r o ~ m m i n s imi la r to t h a t of TIQ-1175, only i n SS whereas n Q ' s EE - USA type rock, s$off a t 0600 w/no anthem. Reported f o r 10/6 reception, w/slop from Cuba-780 and he t f r o m sp in-773 . (cooper) -BRITISH VIRGIN I s m s Roadtown ZBVI well a t o p Cuba; r e g e e pgm peaking up well, 2336, 9/25. (connelly)

800 -NETHEWS ANTILLES PJB Bonaire a t masher l e v e l W/SS talk and r e l i g i o u s mx, no t r a c e of any o ther s t n s on f req , 0140, 9/26. ( ~ o n n e l l y ) * 9/20 0807. A l l a lone on f r e q i n PP. Some WI (s lop) from KABC-790 but vy l i t t l e . Male a n c r S9 plus s ig . ( ~ o b e l ) * 0430-0500 a t Kuilima. (Maguire)

810 -COLOMBIA HJCY Bogota 9/20 0900 W ~ R . Sutatenza" ID and Colombian mx. Was mak- i n g a b ig p e - s - t of i t s e l f 1 (Lobel)

820 -AUSTRALIA 2GL Glen Innes a t 1105-1115 w/news. (Maguire) -SOUTH KOREA HLCN a t 1300 on 9/23. (Blocher) -UNIDS 2 TPs noted 139 9/26, dominant had o r i e n t a l mx while o ther had KK type talk, both i n f a i r l y well but KG0 t h r e w OC on a t 1355 destroying both. Neither hrd lo/? but KG0 on at 1300 also. (Kaskey)

827 -LIBYA Assumed 9/24 from 04.20-8424 w/weak chanting. F ina l ly go t some audio from what has been an exce l len t c a r r i e r so f a r t h i s season. ( ~ u t t o n )

830 -HAWAII KIKI Honolulu w/pop mx and l o c a l a d s from 1240 t o 1250 on 10/3. JOBB buried him a t t h a t time. ilkin ins on) -JAPAN JOBB Osaka S5 s i g 1356 9/26; mixing w/KIK1 10/3 from 1243 up t o S7 a t 1308 and 1330 bu t deep fades would bring KIKI a t o p often. //770 w/NHK2 pgm: noted same d a t e s as JOUE but not a s good s i g , usua l ly mixing w/KIKI. Sometimes r i s i n g t o good s t reng th bu t general ly a poor cousin t o JOUB. on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -MEXICO XEVQ Culican, Sin. 9/20 0 9 3 W/R. Musical ID buried i n QRN and WCCO nul l .

834 -BELIZE R. Belize w / d a i l y messages 9/27 a t 0030. Good. rodsk sky) 835 -CHINA Nanchang vy s t rong a l l morning on 10 3. Best hrd so f a r t h i s season.

Noted that powerful CC on I(!&€ was no t i n /$ at t h a t time. ('ifilkinson) * 9/26 weak/fair s i g 1357; 10/3 a u d i b l e j f a i r a t 1 2 w w/woman talking. S3 a t 1245 and improvm,b. Be t te r a t 1307 and still f a i r s i g a t 195. (Kaskey) * Fighting KIKI-830 a t 1135. ( w i r e )

840 -JAPAN JOQI( Niigata a t o p 10/3 a t 1306 / / J O H K - ~ ~ O w/NHKl. ~ o o r / f a i r s ig . a as key) -SOUTH K O F W HEKY a t 1303 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -UNIDS Noted 9/25 1300-1400, several s t a t i o n s (see 890 l i s t i n g ) . (Kaskey)

844 -GILBWT ISLANDS Bar ik i 9/6 wlnative mx and talk at 0757, weak but there . (~askey) 845 -ITALY Rome strong w / ~ t a l i a n t a l k , i n t o MoR mx, 0745, 9/16. (Falconer) 850 -CHINA Dominant a t Kuilima a t 1145. (Maguire)

- G U A ! I B U TGX Guatemala City 9/20 0905. Had t o be t h i s one w/mention of Guate- mala and Central American mx. Sounded l i k e a conversation between two men following the mx, Too much QRM t o be r e a l l y c e r t a i n of t h i s one. ~ o b e l ) -H*lAII KHLD H i 1 0 a l l evening a t Kuilima, seldom hrd i n Honolulu. [Maguire) -mrm Oriental noted 9/26 at 1355, still i n a t 1408 w/lotsa talk and domestic W. as key)

8 9 -PERU 0 ~ x 4 ~ lima was i n a t f i n e volume a t 0948 on 10/4 u/fast rythym str inged mx se lec t ions and several "Radio Nacional d e l Peru" IDS. Was the morning of 10/4 good a l l over? ilki ins on)

860 -CHINA Dominant a t 1145 a t Kuilima. (Mapi re ) 863 -FRANCE ORIT Faris weak W/YL i n FF i n t o mx. Noted i n p i ss ing 04.34 9/16.(Falconer) 867/868-LlNIE Oriental s t n here. F i r s t time hrd a t 1355 on 10/3. Woman singing or i -

e n t a l songs. No ID - possibly Nanchang, China? (Listed i n WRTH on 865 khz). Couldn't r a i s e on MI of 10/4. ilki ins on)

870 -JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto, poor/fair 10/3 a t 1249, l o s t when KIEV s/on 1300. 9/18 f a r beneath KIEV a t 1324 w/NHK2; 9/25 c u t t i n g KIEV apar t a t 1356. as key) * At 1310 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r )

875V -NORTH KOREA Fair/poor 10/3 a t 1250 talk but improved immensly between 1300-1405, beat ing upon 880 s igs . f a i r si 193. n %lking. Good s i g a t 1358, seemed t o be about 877 o r (Kitskey& * Wonsan 9/20 1103 male/female ancr i n KK. 1110 march mx followed by 3 chimes, female ancr 1115 then a t 1120 male/female ancr (same a s a t 1103). WWL s lop too much by 1127. (Lobel)* At 1308 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) * 1028-1114 same s t n repol-ted bv Wflkinson and Wise- blood. (Maguire)

880 -AUSTRALIA 4BH Brisbane 1035-1057. (Maguire) -JAPAN JOFK Shizuoka w/play following NHK M x in te r lude a lo/?. (wilkinson) * At 1332 on 9/23,. ( ~ l o c h e r ) ~ -JAPAN/UNID JOFK Shizuoka and m i d 10/3 noted 2 TPs a t 1 9 2 . Uoml&&~A not //~0HK-890, w/talk. Both ~ / ~ o o d s i g a t 1400 when tuned in and hrd dominant s t n give 5 low I h i pips, immediately followed by 2 mid-scale 1 lower p i p (possibly p r t i a l time s i g drowned ou t by the Louder one). Secondary s t n then noted running // pgm t o Jom-890 so suppose it was JOX. Dominant s t n jus t talk.

-SOUTH KOREA HLKI a t 1337 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) -UNIDS Several o r i e n t a l s noted here 9/19 and 9/25 between 1300-1400. Fade i n and out and mixing continuously s o hard t o ID. Time pips hrd 9/19 a t 1400 but couldn't ID off this. (Kaskey) -MONTSERRAT Plymouth ZJB f a i r w/song " I ' m Your Vehicle", then 16 before 8 TC by man i n s l i g h t l y Caribbean accented EE, then a song i n SS, 2%. 9/25. (con) -JAPAN JOHK Sendai. 10/3 NHK ID UC 1257 a f t e r mucho talk. Time pips a t 1300 but tuned i n t o the middle of them. Kad general ly good s i g u n t i l a f t e r 1415. Another stn f a r below but JOHK a t o p the e n t i r e time. (Kaskey) * At 1331 on 9/23. (Blocher) -IJNIDS Several noted here 9/19 and 9/25. On 9/25 dominant s t n was // t o 8Lc0 s t n . Had informal talk between men and US rock se lec t ions 1320-1330 and spo- r a d i c a l l y 1330-1400. 'Nme pips a t 1400 were 4 low and 1 high. E i ther HLKY and H U B o r JOQK and JOHK I suppose. (Kaskey) -MEXICO XEW on 10/4 w/"Ia Hora Nacional" pgm a t 0350 w / ~ o / s ~ s i g and plenty of . "La Voz de America Latina" IDS. (ponder) * 9/20 0307 ~ / ~ o o d ID and news. Some KDEO-910 s l o p but good XEW s i g a t S9 lus . 0310 organ mx and what sounded l i k e a r e l i g i o u s pgm i n SS w/female ancr . YLobel) -COLOMBIA ( ~ e n t a t i v e ) Screeching he t aga ins t WJAR l i k e l y t h e Colombian noted here on previous occasions, peaking up a t 2356 on 9/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -VENEZUELA Caracas YVKG the new potent R. Vision o u t l e t here, ann ih i la t ing UPEN/ CHER/UAGM; SS talk by man and uoman, R. Vision IDS and fanfa re , l ist of phone numbers, 2355. 9/25. (Connelly) -UMD TA Someone here w/strong c a r r i e r de tec tab le W/BFO 0350 9/16. Don't r e a l l y know w h a t ' s u sua l ly hrd here. ( ~ a l c o n e r ) -COLOMBIA M a w e HJHN potent (way o/low he t from assumed CHNS) w/fast SS t a l k and audience sounds, possibly a spor t ing event; one Sutatenza mention a t 0146 on 9/26. (Connelly) -HAWAII KSAY Honolulu? Evidently outlaw i n Honolulu a rea , using tone u n t i l b r i e f anmt a t s/off 0900-0920 (various days). From Alan Roycroft t i p . (Maguire) -MEXICO XEFV Chih* (Ituda6 Juarez 9/20 1200 W ~ R . Rancherita" IDS i n n u l l of KOMO OC. ( ~ o b e l ) -VENEZUELA Moron YVNM noted o/others a t 2350 w / i i n ~ l e "R. M i l - - Venezuela". then man i n SS mentioning R. ~ i 1 and ~ o r o i ; si'&lufading i n t o bad jumble by- 2 3 9 , 9/25. (connelly) -HOLLAND? 2 note I S vy weak 0443 10/5, stopped 0445 and then t a l k . Sked f i t s Holland but t h i s is not t h e i r IS. (Hutton) -WEST GERMANY S F Mainz strong w/pop mx and some GG talk, 0355, 9/16. ( ~ a l c o n e r ) -VENEZUELA Asuncion YVRS t o t a l l y dominant w/Winston c i g a r e t t e s ad i n SS, R. Margarita SID, then stream of f a s t SS talk, 2 3 8 , 9/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -sPAIN/UNID Two s i g s here MM 10/4 c i r c a 0530, one w/some vocals i n FF; the o ther seemingly i n SS. One is undoubtedly San Sebastian, but the other? (cooper) -UNID Or ien ta l noted w/opera mx and singing 1353 1013 w/poor-fair s i g . Tried t o f i n d a // on CC and KK f r e q s but 1030 had faded out by 1410. (Kaskey) -HAITI 4VEC Cap Hait ien w/non-vocal r e l i g i o u s organ se lec t ions s t a r t i n g a t 0953 on 10/4 a t good volume. Not t h i s s t rong here i n years. (Wilkinson) * Good w/ man and uoman i n E w/a discussion about schools, 0007, 9/26. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -CHINA Shanghai g o d 10/3 a t 1338. vy loud a t 1353 and holding strong a t 1413. 9/11 WHO a t 1145. 9/12 weak a t 1 3 8 ; 9/18 strong 1328; 9/25 f a i r th ru KOFY s l o p 1409. ( ~ a s k e y j * 9/20 1055. Fa in t voice U/WHO. Barely audible. Ian- guage was no t recognized but d e f i n i t e l y an o r i e n t a l language. ( ~ o b e l ) / ( ~ o n n e l l y ) -VENEZUELA Valencia YVLB f a i r / g o d , s l i g h t l y dominating o/several other LAs (bad growl present) : La Voz de Carabobo j ing le and SS talk noted, 0158, 9/26. -ENGLAM) BBC overpowerin 1050 at 0520 10/4; s t rangely enough no a d i o from the other BBC s ta t ions . 7Hutton) -WID Tremendous h e t 10/5 a t 0035, weak mx of Mor ~ s i e t y . Everything l i k e l y should be off. (Hutton) -EX.OMBIA Ia Voz de Cucuta, HJBC, e a s i l y a top a l l AM MM 10/4 W/SS MoR f a r e , D i n g a s "Caracol" and reported. (cooper) -MEXICO XFSRS Tij- BC 9/20 0 3 5 w/middle e a s t mx. Pgm was "The Armenean Hour". Male/female a n c r i n AA (why would Arabic be used on ?he Armenian Hour? ED). Female ancr gave spot i n EE f o r Persian Qravan. Phone #s i n Los Angelas and San Francisco Hem given. ( ~ o b e l ) -ANTIGUA (Tentat ive) ZDK Fobable here w/steel band mx a top gmwl of low he t s , 0005, 9/26. ( Connelly)

1115 -PHILIPPINES VDA 113-1243 9/11, Announced VOA, Wash, DC. VOA ver ie s ta ted VOA Phil ippines on 1140 khz. E i ther o f f f r e q o r t e s t i n g another f req . (Maguire)

1120 -VENEZUELA Maracaibo, YWF f a i r o/rough h e t ~ / ~ o o d "Ondas d e l Lago" ID, then f e s t i v e SS mx, u/male vocal and brassy instrumentation, 0155, 9/26. (Connelly)

1178 -JAPAN VOA Naha 10/3 good s i g 1341 th ru KLOK/slop. Was programming i n J J . Gone a f t e r 1400 tho, p t t e r n change? Strong s i g 9/18 a t 1333 ~ / C C language. o as key) * A t 1344 on 9/23. ( ~ l o c h e r ) l oxw worth)

1180 -CUBA Reloj Nacional a top 0603, 9/26. New s ta t ion? No sign of Rio ton i te . 1200 -VENEZUELA Caracas YVOZ r i s i n g up t o gocd peak o/low rumble w/fast SS talk

and Radio Tiempo ID, then LA s t y l e disco-nx, 0217. 9/26. (Connelly) -WID Weak but audible o r i e n t a l noted 10/3 a t 133. Man ta lk ing , e t c . S ig had faded out when returned a t 1355. ( ~ a s k e ~ )

1210 -JAPAN/CHINA JOOR Osaka and Chinese s t n a l t e r n a t i n g a t 1352 on 10/3. (Wilkin- son) * Tune i n lw 10/3 found CC a t o p w / t a l k and JOOR u/w uptempo mx i n J J and EE l y r i c s . Continued t o a l t e r n a t e w/each o ther u n t i l fade ou t around

I 1415. JOOR f a i r s i g 1413 9/25. %lk and some rock mx. (Kaske~) * At 1320 on 9/23. (Blocher)

5 . 2 time

had one of .na on e a r l - - - , . . . .

' the Russj . i e ~ than 1

-UNID Spanish o r Portuguese, 1st at 104: pips a t 1100. (Magare) -ALBANIA Tnought I'might have .ans 9/29 a ta lk i n unid lang but it was j u s t T im ;he WRTH &... -. -- >f shor t trumpet fanfare from 0329 t o Ojju. (nut ton) -UNID Been hearing a pgm of l i t e mx ( i n s t ) way past l i s t e d Spain s /off . 10/5 I ' m almost s i t i v e he went off a t 0130, el iminat ing Bulgaria. Who could t h i s be? (Hut tony1 would suspect e i t h e r S p i n on l a t e o r Bulgaria s /off f o r some reason. Nothing e l s e r e a l l y l i k e l y unless a d r i f t i n g LA. (ED) -BAHAMAS ZNS2 a t o p here on MM 9/20 a t 06% - 0645 w/MoR and plugs f o r Bahamas a s a year round vacation paradise. Watch f o r t h i s one on any a u r o r a l morning, and be surprised when you l o g them thru a l l the USA and Qnada ANs. (Cooper) -MEXICO XERP R. Mexicana 10/4 from 0700 t o 0750 usual ly u/WJRP. sometimes on top. Loud "R. Mexicana" IDS before and a f t e r every record; more mins of IDS than mx. If WRTH can be believed t h i s i s only 100 wat t s and a noce catch. Don't remember ever seeing thos reported but it had qui te a decent s i g a t times. (Hutton) Mexi-Glenn list a l s o says 100 watts. Did you a c t u a l l y hear ca l l and/or locat ion? Maybe one of the o ther XEs here is now using R. Mexi- cans name. (ED) -GUINEA Conakry hrd around 0 9 5 MN 9/20, f a i r l y good s i g s and d e f i n i t e // 4910 SW. oxwo worth) Presumed. Have had a weak c a r r i e r from 9/30 t h r u 10/4 between 0100 and 0400. A few mins of readable audio per hour; always male and female talk - no nx h rd yet . Almost d e f i n i t e FF a t times, o ther times unid. ?he WRTH says t h i s is the only p o s s i b i l i t y l i s t e d on a l l of the e a r l y AN and everybody e l s e off. Best so f a r 10/5 0200-0330. 0200 end some s o r t of sing- song chant, the r e s t of the reception was male/female t a l k d e f i n i t e l y not i n FF; sounded African t o my i m w i a l e a r s , h i . (Hutton) Check 4910 if possible, should be ab le t o t e l l t h i s way. (ED) /(Falconer) -ALBANIA Durres vy strong (70 db) w/chimes i n t o nx i n m i d lang, 0400, 9/16. -WID 9/28 a t 0113, seemed t o be GG speaking. QFU4 from WNAB-1450. I t possible this is 1465. High p i tch tond audible. At Oil5 a few b e l l s chimes) then a time tone, then i f disappeared. Car r ie r noted again 1 C (1 '11 watch f o r t h i s one. Anyone e l se? ) ( ~ ~ c h a l s k y ) My f i r s t guess w Monte Carlo-1466 but they a r e not sked a t t h i s time. (ED( -SPAIN Taped Spain s t n s hrd seemingly w/s/on format 0600-0603 severa l mornings l a t e l y . On 9/28 hrd one w/what sounded l i k e R. Popular de Sev i l l a . Before 0600 a l l I ever hear here is O C s , sometimes a vy gocd l e v e l , and I a m not sure t h a t Sev i l l a is on a s e a r l y a s 0530-ish, though it is possible I j u s t haven't been ab le t o hear it here. oxwo worth) None of the Spaniards a r e sked t o s/on here before 0600. Usually Poland is hrd e a r l i e r . (ED) -COLOMBIA R. Minuto, Barran u i l l a , has been S9 the l a s t 2 MMs, 9 27 and 10/4, w/WKBW s i l e n t . (Cooper) * 9720 a t 0819 many IDS. LA ( B d s k y i -SPAIN ( ~ e n t a t i v e ) Reception here MM 9/27 and 'he M 9/28 W/WXBW o f f ( they have been of f a g rea t dea l l a t e l y ) . Sigs hrd mixing W/R. Minuto, HJLQ and domestic t h a t seemed t o be KOMA, though. m i a r d s around 0600 both mornings, but no t enough l e v e l t o ID. Typic low h e t s present. ( ~ o m o r t h ) -VATICAN STATE Has been superb j u s t a t sunset , i .e. 10/4 from 2330 t o 2400 w/non-stop i n s t and qu , one of the bes t Ms . (Hutton)

t to-be Sp s l mix of t h i s f a l l

l e t vocals

; is ( 01

)/I. rould be

-UNID A vy weak SS is AN here MMs, not icable only on aurora l days, but.who is i t ? H r d 9/27, 0627. (cooper) -UNID SS noted Wed AM 10/6 a t 0433, but soon l o s t i n WPTR s lop - about an S7 signal . (Cooper) Used t o be a HJ here - I can' t remember which one. (ED) -UNID Noted strong but unstable c a r r i e r here a s ear ly a s 0440 on 10/10. SAH a l s o present. Suspect a couple of the Br i t i sh IBA s t n s , but unable t o r a i s e any audio. (ED) -FRANCE ORTF Nice strong as usual, 0100 9/16 W/OM i n FF. Usually when t h i s one is i n so is WDR-1586, but no sign of him yet t h i s season. Are they still on 1586? (yes, ED) (Falconer) -SPUR (Phoney Cayman Islands) Noted a weak c a r r i e r 9/22 around 0200 r i g h t on 1555. MoR mx, talk f i n a l l y IDed as EE. A t 0500 (I think) i n t o CBS Mystery Theatre: I had received a WCKY spur on 1 9 5 before s o I checked and sure enough was WCKY. I wasted 3 hours on y&*$ WCKY. ( ~ u t t o n ) -COLOMBIA R. Principe. B a m n q u i l l a , has been vy loud d a i l y on its AN sked- t h i s HAS t o be more than l i s t e d 1 kwl (cooper) -WEST GERMANY Langenberg thrashing WQQW w/bodacious het . 0230, 9 25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ )

0201 ./man t a l k i n i n GG, fair/good. Again on 9/16 a t 0019 w h p u and man i n GG. (Brodskyy -JAPAN JOKB Okayama 1012-1015 nx i n EE. 1015-1054 EE/JJ lessons i n // W/JJ

on 1590. JOKB c learer , but weaker s igs . Aussie QJ?N on both freqs. (Maguire)

A few ver ies . . . . . . 0 -NETHER

-NEW 2.E 0 -PHILIP

Novembe

801 LANDS ANTILLES PJB Bonaire, QSL and l i t e r a t u r e . (Maguire) ALAND 2YB Wellington, QSL and shortwave sked. (Maguire)

l O i ~ PINES DXXX Zamboanga City f o r reception from Hong Kong and Bal i last r. V/S i s P h i l A. Qbreros, Eng. Manager., Kanlaon Broadcasting System,

Inc. ?hey don't indicate power. ( ~ a y l o r ) IOLK) -NEW ZFALAND 4ZB Dunedin, 10 h, R. New Zealand QSL. (Maguire) 1100 -BRAZIL "Radio Nacional" PRG9, lists Radio Excelsior, ZYFi59 on 670 and 9585

khz, and R. Nacional PRG9 1100, 6125 and 15265 khe, but spec i f ies PR9-1100. Blue p r i n t on white card, unsigned, received i n an envelope. Address: Rua das Wlmeiras 315, Sao Paula, Capital , Brazi l . Received i n 16 weeks f o r mint Brazil ian stamps. This country's not too famous f o r its ver i f ica t ion policy so try t h i s one 1 (Cooper) /(Maguire) . 1115 -PHILIPPINES VDA QSL cam3 confirming my reception of VOA Phil ippines 1140.

The repor te rs f o r this i ssue . . . . . Hany BLOCHER - Boundary Bay, B r i t i s h Columbia %'-&A, I' AA loop Linda RRODSKY - Rosedale, New York R388, 34-2, 66' longwire w/tuner Mark CONNELLY - West Yarmouth, Massachusetts Westinghouse RBM3. 75 meter dipole Ernie COOPER - Provlncetown, Massachusetts HQ-180, SM-2 J e f f FALCONER - Clinton, Ontario 515-4, SM-2 Bob FOXWORTH - Nineola, New York HQ-150, SM-2, 2 longwires Chuck HUTPON - Decatur, Georgia R ~ ~ ~ / U R R , Sanserino loop Don KASKEY - San Francisco, California Albert LOBEL - San Diego, California DX150A, Sanserino loop, 2 longwires Nora MAGUTRE'- Honolulu and Kuilima, Hawaii SPR4, Sanserino loop Ztepnen FUNDF3 - Ft . Worth, Texas GC-IA, Wedge loop Konstantine RYCHALSKY - Bridgdport, Connecticut Pete TAYLOR - San Francisco, California Hank WIIXINSON - Santa Rosa, California HQ-180, SP600, Sanserino loop

h t s it f o r another one. Some fea ture type material on hand - w i l l catch a l l of it up next week. I 've ac tua l ly done some DXing the past few days and w i l l be on leave next week so hope t o spend a l o t of time a t the d i a l s . Nothing r e a l l y ex- c i t i n g hzd a s ye t , even though cx have been good f o r TAs. Had my receiver modifiec and Overhauled by Steve Bohac, including i n s t a l l a t i o n of a mechanical f i l t e r and mlxer trimmer and it makes a l l the difference i n the world - its l i k e a brand new receiver . Now I 've got t o @t busy and see jus t what it w i l l do. Also have jus t purchased a SB-620, but its w i & f o r the Drake IF, I 've got t o rewire it f o r 455. J o i l s on o d e r from Heath - hope they still have p r t s f o r this model since i ts been discontinued. According t o my calculat ions we should be weekly a f t e r t h i s i s sue so we can use a l l the support we can get . If you a r e DXing, l e t us know what you are hearing. Cx have been exce l len t f o r the most p a r t the past month o r so and l o t s of g o d DX has been M. Lets see YOUR name here often. 73 - DX . . .

editor.. Wes Boyd 2699 W. L i b e r t y S t . Ext. Girard, Ohio 44420

930 CKNF ON new st<tion i n A 1 ona o r such, noted 1945 on S0/7 o/ WBEN e t c & // CKNR & CJRN (Si l ly+

1280 CJJD ON ex: CHAM..is RR w/ many IDS (JF) noted 9/23 1300 WERE OH now runs t h e Jebko n i t e c a p junk ( S t a r r ) 1440 WNCR is now CBS n e t & us ing t h e new c a l l s as of 9/2: 1450 WFMT IL ( o l d \WON) n o r ANing w/ c l a s s i c s , // FM s t u f f ( S t a r r ) 'Ihis came

on 10/5 a t noon CDT w/ // FM atuff..ID WFMT Chicago & WFMP Cicero(KDF) WATZ KI t h i s is now ANing w/ MOR mx ( S t a r r )

n e t , weak

l i g h t i m t o p iano I .

Ohio & a I

WLKR i n a' ner ican R . - . .

it anncrs. ID ( S t m .- . .

I 1000 WSUM OH t h i s noted back i n RS w/ r e l i g i o n about 9/25 (HWB) 1320 WOBL OH noted @ 2PM w/ C&W s t u f f o/u WKTQ ( S t a r r ) s t i l l seeme +- ha

o p e r a t i n g as a daytimer...new 1Kw DA-2 under cons t ruc t ion . At is running 235 w t non-DA (HWB)

+ TEST RESULTS : : 1150 WSKW ME n o t hrd : HWB--S~~~~--RA--BW) Heard: (TRS--CH$S)

came on l a t e , about 0050 o r so..couple CW IDS b a g ~ e d i n GA by La.... r c's ( JS) 4 t h / l a s t bCM: WOND 1400 a/ TT & ID @ 2% min...0001-0028..list s e z 0015-0035 1st. SAT: KSIM 1400 Good w/ TT 0252-0300 o f f ( J S ) 1st. MM: KIUN hrd.....but KEEE 1230 &KNIT 1280 not hrd ... (RBS) sunset & evening 900 WLSI W 9/24 good s i g . 1939 a/ C&W..s/off 1944 by female (HJH) (HJH)

WATV AL 9/24 t e n t . w/ s / o f f 2000, c o u l d n ' t be s u r e c a l l WATC o r WATV / 1050 WGAT VA 9/19 Nx 1937, t o b l u e g r a s s / r e l i g . nu t o 1945 e /of f (BW)

WSEN NY 9/29 w/ s / o f f 1915, p lug F M 102, l o t s a QRH (HJH) WADC WV 9/24 Hrd. w/ RR & many ADs t o 1930 s / o f f , good d e s p i t e WHN(HJA)

1070 WKDR NY 9/28 Atop 1915 whi le looking f o r IYINA, w/ C&W..s/off SSB, good s i g n a l (HJH)

WSCP NY 9/23 Hrd. w e l l 1913 w/ C&W mx, s / o f f 1915 (HJH) 1320 WHR W I 9/26 iV/ FACE t h e Nation 1947, JX ID & CBS nx 2000, 1 c

2009, good till 2015 par. c u t ( S t a r r ' WGET PA 9/26 AM-FM ID a f t e r h t u a , back t o r but c l e a r

d u r i n g CBS pauses on WFHR ( S t a r r ) CFTJ ON 9/26 Continuous piano mx, s t r s . W/OI , 2005--

2030, then 1 5 min. church pgm.,back ox t o 210( - r ) 1470 WPDM NY 9/23 Surfaced 1900 w/ f u l l LLI t o Ai nx & 1905 AI s x then to

s / o f f a t 1910 (HJH) 1510 WLKR OH 9/23 TEST., ADs ment. NE 1 nention of Norwalk. Looking

f o r WLGN, seemingly impossible, bu t I t 1935 (HJH) 1530 WTTI GA 9/23 RR mx 1938.."Great k id io" s logan , s / o f f 1945 by

YL ment."advert isers , without whom.....blah~blah~blah,etc." (BWI 1540 KIUN 9/23 First hrd. w/ nx 2000 a f t e r CDT TC t h e n Ft. Worth o

Was b e t t e r 9/27 w/ c a l l , TCs, A l l Nx 15, etc. . . lotsa ADs,vxrsx 2 a/ WPTR/KXEL weak o r gone. (BW)

1550 KQWB ND 9/27 F a i r i n CBE n u l l 2016 w/ RR & ADS, n o r p e s t s t a l 1560 WWGM TN 9/22 ~ o u d 1947 o/ \VQXR w/ r e l i g . nu & " S p i r i t of Lovew s l o g a n

4 1580 WRDI NJ 9/12 0/ WPOC w/ EZ mx, AM-FM I D s , 1922 S/off a/ NA(RA) (BW)

WPGC MD 9/12 S/off..no SSB 1915, U/ \MI 1850-1915 w/ RR (RA) 1600 'XARU IN 9/27 Weak i n hash w/ s /of f 1959, ment. FM 98.3 & owners(JF)

KATZ MO 9/27 Fair i n CHNR n u l l 2805-2010 r/ RR & couple JX ID8 (JF) w mLST WV 9/27 Fair w/ C&W mx 1940, b r i e f ax, more C&W t o 1 9 4 3 s / o f f ( ~ ~ )

midnight to sunrise 580 CKY M3 10/4 Fair 0225-0305 r/ RR & "KY 58", promos e tc . o/u WHP-&

s l o p from WECA (PRM) 610 WTVN OH 9/27 This weak 0100 w/ r a r e WIP SP, hrd. nx-roc t h e n RR (HJH)

WRUS KY 10/4 S/on 0701 a f t e r SSB, t h e n C&W W/ 2 annCrS. (SF) 960 CFAC AB 10/4 F a i r , u/ CKWS w/ C&W and t a l k 02113-0329 f u l l ID (PRM) 980 WILK PA 9/26 S t r o n g 0031, l a t e r i n b a t t l e W/ (KR)

CKGM W 9/27 C l e a r 0110, no 'RILK-WRC (KR) 1030 KlWO WY 9/20 Tent. 0143-0201, weak/poor Siga. W/ much QRM-QRN & IOBZ on

ETing. Noted NOR, q l e anncr.,etc.--gone a f t e r 0201, pose. a /of f (RA) 1050 CJIC ON 10/4 Good o/u CHUM r/ EZ MX, ID 0400 t o nx, WHN o f f (PRM)

THE SCOTT ROSS SHOW AM STATION L I ST

WYRE lWB0

WGAW

WGRD WUUN

WEBC KMAC WHLB

WVMI

KTGR KICK

WOW KBRX

WRNU

WHVW WALL WRP s WAXC

1240 U N E LA 10/3 S/on 0600 r/ SSB (RBS) KTAM TX 10/3 ET r/ Elton John cu te 0610-0850 (RBS) KCLV NM 10/3 This surfaced momentarily 0600 (RBS) WTAX IL 10/3 Excellent sig.. 0600-0607 r/ CBS nx (REIS)

*I370 WISK G4 10/3 S/on noted 0700, a SUNDAY MORNING. (RBS) YlFDR G4 10/4 S/on noted 0600 (RBS)

1390 WVON IL 9/27 RR EX, con te s t promo 0216-0219 (CH) WFMJ OH 9/27 ET r / l K TT 0205-0215 ID, gone 0216 (CH) WCSC SC 9/27 RR ~x, "Rock of Charleston", 0220-0305 (CH) WLAN PA 9/28 "WLAN h s i c *chine", I D 0030, JX I D 0034 (CH)

*1400 WINC VA 9/27 Noted @/off a t 0029, no SSB (S ta r r ) 1420 WKCW VA 10/6 ET-OC-TT, & Mddle a 0220-0320+, loud &way o/ WHK(Starr) 1430 WMNC NC 10/2 On ET w/ TT & OC 0152-0210+, way o/ a l l (S ta r r ) 1450 W I L M DE 9/26 a300 ID monte. NIS, then s t a t e / l o c a l x u (SF)

W G N J 9/28 AM-FM ID 0300 i n t o CBS nx (SF)

ALABAMA Tuscaloosa

MARY LAND Annapolis Cumberland

WTBC 1230 Sun Sun 7 AM Sun 11 AM

ALASKA Anchorage Fairbanks Nome

KEN1 550 Sun KFAR 660 Sun KICY 850 Sat

MASSACHVSSE'TTS Gardner Sun 6 PM

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Marquette

ARIZONA Tucson

Sun 6 AM Sun 7 AM KIKX 580 Sun

WID 77 9/2B'Someone here 0307 r/ Jebko AN-stuff ,nothing i n any lists outs ide of CA...HELP!! (SF)

, ARKANSAS El Dorado Siloam Springs

MINNESOTA Duluth Saint Paul Virginia

KELD 1400 Sun KJBU 600 Sat KJBU 600 M-Fr

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*I490 WMFX M I 10/4 Seems ET, f u l l I D pop. up 0338 then OC, mx 0332 ( S t a r r ) 1530 ImK CA 10/4 k y b e t h i a , f a i r , w/ NIS 0412 & gone 0430, no IDa, o/

WCW ET (PRM) You go- hate yourself...sea next items!!--HWB KRNK WY 10/4 ET 0257-0314 w/ s h o r t TT burs ts , ID @ 40 sec...MUO..ras

using NIS feeds 0420-0430 (SF) 10/4 ET-TT-S9+, lot- IDa..0305-0320+, a t 0400 r e n t t o NIS audio W/ OC during l o c a l breaks (S ta r r )

1550 WIRV KP 10/2 ET-MX, I D 0250, off 0308 ments. 0745 s/on s o evident ly no PSA power...is t h i s a f/c 77 ( S t a r r )

*****KOKA LA 10/2 Noted t h i s w/ s /off 0251, very odd time. (S ta r r ) KRGO UT 10/4 O/u IMHI & a t o p a f t e r KKHI s/off 0259. --Deep voiced I D

aa "KROO &anger, Rocky Mountair, TE,ountrf8 t o CM mx.."CARGO" s logan(Starr )

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MISSISSIPPI Biloxi HOXO 760 Sat Sun 7 AM

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport New Britain New London

MISSOURI Columbia Springfield

WICC 600 M-Fr WKOB 1200 Sun WNLC 1510 Sun

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NEBRASKA Omaha O'Neill

FLORIDA Cocoa Eustis Melbourne Orange Park Pensacola St Petersburg W Palm Beach

Sun 8:30AM Sun 2 PM Well gang, s o endi th still another in s ip id DDXD... Very s t r ahge wx cx of

l a t e & r a the r Hh'Ia but DX is still there. KRGO is gonna r e a l l y be an easy UT as the season ge t s moving, should make the EX without much trouble. Now t o ca t ch 1090 c l e a r enuf t o t r y KBOZ...

REFWRTERS : : CE #2 CBUCK HUTTON Decatur, GA R388 Loop phone b i l l RA Ray Arruda New Bedford, MA SX122 TRF SM SF Stephen FYancis Alcoa,TN TRF JF Je f f Falconer Clinton, ON Col l ins 515-4 SM LW ICDF Karl 4th. V i l l a Park, Ill. HQ16O SM H J H Harry Hayes Gouldsboro,Pa Z e ~ t h T-0 SM CH Craig Healy Providence,RI Navy RBB Loop dm although he has moved, he a t i l l doesn' t ex i s t ! l ! PRW h u l Mount Teaneck, N J TRF KR K. Rychalskj. Bridgeport, CT RBS Ron S c h i l l e r Dallas, TX R390A SM TRS Tom Sundstrom Willingboro, N J HQ150 SPR4 LW etc. BW Bruce \ V i inkel 1-n (ireensboro, NC HQ180 looped Si l l g John S i l l i l a n Rubbard, OH Zenith T-0 poor ea r s S t a r r J e r ry S t a r r r r r r r Ohio Home f o r Ineane HQl8O Loop EIF Everyone I Forgot l o t e a places l o t s a s t u f f HWB "lil old DO" Girard, OH HQ180 semi-looped

nd jus t t o keep HQ on it's toea..." I@. but that. only t r u e on Tuesdap & thurrldaya!

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BY TIT F F,ICCHAKI;R

For The !.A1 S

It was a b o u t 11 p.m. S e p t e m b e r 6 a s I was wav ing good bye t o F r i c R i t t e n h o u s e a t

t h e a i r p o r t h e r e t h a t I r e a l i z e d a s o u r l a s t v i s i t o r l e f t t h e whole c o n v e n t i o n was

f i n i s h e d a f t e r a y e a r o f p u s h i n g , begg ing , p l e a o i n g , s h o v i n g and l o t s o f work,

b u t s p e a k i n g f o r t h e !,A!S--we e n j o y e d e v e r y m i n u t e o f i t !

I ' v e h e a r d i t S a i d t h a t t h e I:RC i s s o m e t h i n g ljke ari 0 1 3 car- -you know, a I

bunch o f n u t s k e p t g o i n z by a few c r a n k s . T h a t may be , b u t i f t h e r e were a n y

c r a n k s i n o u r m i d s t t h i s y e a r i t was i m p o s s i b l e t o f i n d 'em, and anyway, who

had t h c t i m e t o l o o k ?

Thc: c o n v e n t i o n ( a l l modes ty a s i ~ e f o l k o ) was a r e a l . s u c c e s s , which i s o b v i o u s

by h a v i n ~ t h e b i g g e s t r e g i s t e r e d a t t e n d a r c e eve r - -74 g e o p l c , which manages t o

j u s t edge o u t t h e 72 who showed up i n H a s b r a r k H e i g h t s , 1:J ( w h e r e v e r t h e sam

h i l l t h a t i s , anyway) i n 1970.

The c o n v e n t i o n d i d h a v e i t s m0rner . t~--s tep back w i t h me i f you w i l l t o r e c a l l

t h e s e famous s c e n e s from o u r n o t - s o - i l l u s t i o u s p a s t :

--The expression o n a n uncamed "?Ccre f a c e when h e found t h a t t h e b e e r had

gone f l a t somet ime i n t h e wee h o u r s o f I:onoay mornin&.

--nhe s h a d e o f r e d Rob Walke r t u r n e d when h e was a d d r e s s e d a s " :orman

'Na lke r ' s l i t t l e b r o t h e r " d u r i n g t h e ST & T t o u r .

--The s u p r i s e we a l l had wher t h e b u s d i d n ' t b r e a k down.

--"he l o o k on e v e r y o n c ' r f a c e when t h e y d i s c o v e r e d t h a t Ray A r r u d a ' s w i f e

had somehow won t h c 3X q u i z ( a s ! e e p e r i f e v e r t h e r e was one ! )

--The a n a z c m e c t i n F ' r i c g i t t e n h o u s e ' s v o i c e when h e s a i d h e ' d been t o a n o t h e r

s t a t e by w a l k i n g a c r o s s t h e C h i o Z i v e r b r i d g e morc t h a n h a i f way t o s e e I n d i a n a .

; Too bau 7 r i c t h e r i v e r a l l b e l o n g s t o Yentucky, b u t you were c lose . . . .

--The s u p r i s e d l o o k ' r n i e Cooper o f f e r e d when h e was h o n o r e d f o r h i s 3 0 t h

Year a s Y u s i n g s e d i t o r n o t o n l y w i t h a g i f t from t h e c l u b , b u t w i t h a s i g n i n

l i g h t s on t h e motel marquee which r e a d " t h a n k s i , r n i e f o r 30 wonder fu l years!"

--The l a u g h s we a l l g o t from t h e s p e a k e r when he t o l d u s h i s CB h a n d l e was

" I r i s h Fairy."

--The poor C;. a t t h e WAXY t r a n s m i t t e r who e x p e c t e d u s two weeks b e f o r e we

showed up ( b e t h e t h o u g h t t h e bus b roke down!)

--The l o o k many o u t o f town ;'TiCers hau on t h e i r f a c e s when t h e y found o u t

what F a l l s C i t y Beer and f i g b a r s w i l l RKAT.LY do t o you...

There were a l s o t h e l o o k s o f h a p p i n e s s a s t h e beverage performed up t o

s p e c i f i c a t i o n s and showed up w i t h enough w e s t e r n s t a t e s t o make t h o s e o f u s *

who missed i t weep ( n o , f/ayne, you c a n ' t l o g KY3Z from t h a t ! ) , t h e l o o k s o f

concern a s c l u b b u s i n e s s anu t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f KRC g e t t i n g l e g a l s t a n d i n g (I

b e f o r c t h e FCC were d i s c u s s e d and t h e l o o k s o f m i s c h i e f a s I came o u t o f t h e

motel t o f i n d 10 o r 15 WA:'R ( w h a t e v e r t h a t i s ) $ t i c k e r s a l l o v e r my c a r ( t h a n k s

c u y s ! )

S e r i o u s l y , i f we may be s o f o r j u s t a moment, t h e c o n v e n t i o n was, a s

Gary S i e g e l w r o t e " a gas" f o r a l l o f u s t o p u t on h e r e i n ' . o u i s v i l l e and we

'hope i t was a s much a g a s f o r eve ryone who a t t e n d e d .

To t h o s e who d i d n ' t , you missed : welcome k i t s , food, b e e r , l o t s o f b u l l

s e s s i o n s , fun , en joyment , mee t ing new f r i e n d s , s e e i n g s l i d e s o f Ed Krejny

a t t h e 1966-67-68-69-70-71-72-73-74-7-75 and o t h e r c o n v e n t i o n s , s e e i n g Glen

H a u s e r ' s amazing s l i d e s o f 'I'V i X , h e a r i n g some s u p e r s e m i n a r s , b i d d i n g a g a i n s t

i o n F r i c k s o n a t t h e a u c t i o n ( i s i t p o s s i b l e ? ) , n o t s e e i n g anyone t o s s e d i n t o

t h e motel pool ( arl :%RC conven t ion r e c o r d ? ) , and w a t c h i n g C h a r l e s T a y l o r measure

t h e f r equency o f WCPT-940 i n S h e l b y v i l - l e and t h e n t r y i n g t o f i g u r e o u t where

Shr ; : ~ y v i l l e was.

For t h o s e who d i d s e t he re - -we ' re g l a d and t h a n k s f o r coming. For t h o s e who

d i d n ' t , any ! , o u i s v i l l e i n ' 3 2 movement you h e a r i s wrong, s o you 've missed a once I

i n a l i f c t i m e o p p o r t u n i t y - - t u n e i n a g a i n n e x t y e a r , & & a s t h e motel marquee s a i d

Sep tember 6----ST:: YCU I): !,I::Cnnr!!

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f l e i s c h a k e r / c o n v e n t i o n r e p o r t .

THOSE WHO ATTEK1:P: THi' I.CUISVI?.!.T COE:VF'F!TIO.'. (RF,GIST:W~~ ) ;l:ln: :

Ralph Walker , C h a r l e s Hut ton , P a t H a r t l a g e , F'd G e h r i n g e r , ' i c k Truax, I :

Green, Gary A t k i n s , ! ave F e t e r s , Mike ;,ialoney, ' o u B u e h l e r , i4oger G i a n n i n i ,

J o h n Ca l l a rman , Marty Wr igh t , Coyle N i l l s , J i m ' o v e l l , C h a r l e s T a y l o r , C h a r l e s Wolff , S t e v e F r a n c i s , Jim Hopkins, H a r r y Hopkifis, Ted F l e i s c h a k e r ,

Kent Willis, Bob Walker , 'Ylayne Kurphy, !on E ' r ickson, Rich ":ldie, P:ike Anderson,

E r i c R i t t e n h o u s e , John Clements , John Aoogerhe ide , t'd Krejny, ' a n I- 'yers,

Rob Keeney, S k i p I . a b e l s t e i n , I : e i l Zank, J o h n S a l l y , Seorge Greene, '.'lalt

B r e v i l l e , Kar l J e t e r , Glen Hause r , J i m ? : a l l , Russ i'umunds, A 1 !,:erriman, Frank

D a i l e y , Bob S t o n i e r , i r n i e Cooper, J e r r y Bond, r a v e 'Lhatmou~h, Frank : . e r r i l l ,

Bob Shaw, Mike Good, P a t F lanagan , a v e Xammer, Gary S i e g e l , John ' v a n s ,

R ick Fvans, Wayne P l u n k e t t , P?r. Nrs. Qay Arruda, Yr. & Yrs. J e r r y . ' t a r r ,

Y r . & Y r s . Ken C h a t t e r t o n , Mr. & P r s . Gene ? l o v e r & son , : a n F h i l l i p s , 'an

R o l l e r , J.B. Watham, : a n 1 u t z , John Q o b e r t s o n & b r o t h e r , " e ? o r e s & -ar .ny

DOMESTIC DX'ER OF THE YEAR: HARRY HAYES

INTERNATIONAL DX'ER OF THE YEAR: MARK CONNELLY

CPC'EROFTHEYEAR: CARL"SKIPMDABELSTEIN

CONGRATULATIONS, FOLKS,

AND MAY YOU CONTINUE IN THE COMING YEAR.

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WHATEVER IIhPPENED TO RADIC FIILI,ON?

Ronald F. Scha tz

T h i s i s t h e s t o r y of t h e b i g g e s t h o t p o t a t o i n b roadcas t h i s t o r y , and of a U . S . co rpora t ion s t r u g g l i n g i n quicksand t r y i n g t o g e t r i d of it. T h i s i s a f i r s t - p e r s o n a r t i c l e , s i r ice I was a d i r e c t l y - i n f l u e c t i a l f a c t o r i n t h e f a t e of Radio ~ i l l 6 n and probably s t i l l am. Other per- sons involved with t h e s t a t i o n w i l l remain nameless s o t h a t a g g r e s s i v e DX'ers w i l l l e a v e them a lone .

A s background (and t h i s is a r e a wi th which I an: no t exceea ing ly f a m i l i a r ) , t h e o r i g i n a l mil l ion-watt Costa-Rican s t a t i o n was b u i l t by Cont inen ta l E l e c t r o n i c s , I n c . , f o r a chap named blindcor on b e h a l f of t h e C h r i s t i a n Broadcast ing Network ("700 Club" t e l e v i s i o n show). Due t o trercendous Hemisphere-wide o p p o s i t i o n t o such an o p e r a t i o n CBN aban- doned t h e p r o j e c t , l e a v i n g C o n t i n e n t a l ' s p a r e n t corrpany, E Systems, t o repossess t h e f a c i l i t i e s . S ince t h a t t ime E Systems has sought d e s p a r a t e l y t o s e l l t h e s t a t i o n t o v a r i o u s goverrimert and r e l i g i o u s b r o a d c a s t e r s , bu t without success . It was f i n a l l y decided t h a t E Sys- tems i t s e l f would opera te t h e s t a t i o n a s a commerclel e c t e r p r i s e i n an e f f o r t t o g e t a r e t u r n on. i t s o r i g i n a l inves tment , and t h a t l e a d s

, us up t o t h e p r e s e n t .

It i s c o i n c i d e n t a l t h a t t h e c o n s u l t i n g engineer h i r e d by E Sys- tems ( v i a Cont inen ta l ) happens t o be an NRC member, and t h a t ' s how I got involved , due t o t h e unusual l o g i s t i c s of Such a case t h a t only

* a DX'er can handle p r o ~ e r l y .

S i n c e t h e frequency of 625 kHz was subsequent ly assigned t o a d i f - f e r e n t s t a t i o n , Radio Omega (TIXE), d n r i n g t h e %egawat te r1s l e n g t h y s i l e n t p e r i o d , a new frequency had t o be found f o r i t s r e i n c a r n a t i o n . My choice of 1560 kHz was accepted. But before any th ing e l s e could proceed t h e s t a t i o n had t o be p laced on t h e a i r f o r "observa t ion" , and t h a t was t h e purpose of t h e h i s t o r i c a l 8-March (1976) DX TEST.

The two 500 kw p a r a l l e l D0hert.y a m p l i f i e r s were not a t t h e i r peak dur ing t h e t e s t , and t h e t r a n s m i t t e r r a n a t only some 80% e f f i c i e n c y with 50% modulation; t h e t ransmiss ion l i n e was blamed. S t i l l t h e t e s t got o u t , and r e p o r t s a r r i v e d from Lima, Per6 , ar.d Western Canada and a l l a r e a s i n between. A subsequently scheduled s e r i e s of t e s t s f o r t h e weekend of 27-29 March never made it due t o nodula tor problems; none the less , my r e p o r t t o Cont inec ta l a p p z r e n t l y p l e a s e d them so much t h a t t h e y decided t o abandon f u r t h e r p re l iminary t e s t i n g and go ahead with t h e frequency converslon.

The massive, and c o s t l y , conversion inc luded a l l a s p e c t s of re - b u i l d i n g t h e t r a n s m i t t e r f o r o p e r a t i o n on 1550 kHz, i n c l u d i n g cozpo- nen t replacement , tower moving, and p a r a s i t i c hunt ing and e l i m i n a t i o n . New s t u d i o s were b u i l t i n San Jos& and l i n k e d by FI4 t o t h e t r a n s m i t t e r i n p a r a i s o , t h i s mainly t o p r o t e c t employees from RF r a d i a t i o n and t o s h o r t e n commuting d i s t a n c e . Fu ture nanagement of t h e s t a t i o n was or- ganised i n t o a Radio Mil lbn, S.A., i n t o t h e hands of Costa Ricans.

it t u r n s out t h a t t h e 1T.S. Government got wind of M i l l b n ' s re- v i v a l , and they d o n ' t l i k e i t . It wculd cn ly t a k e n siI@le p r o t e s t from t h e USA t o t h e Government of Costa Rica t o keep t h e s t a - * ion off t h e a i r , acd t h a t may have been what happened. A t any r a t e ,

Radio M i l l & h a s been d e s c r i b e d a s p r e s e n t l y be ing i n a "holding pa t - t e r n " a s E Systems t r i e s t o f i n d a way ou t of t h i s mess.

What; I cannot be c e r t a i n of i s whether I, myself , am t o blame f o r informing t h e Federa l Government nf t h e e x i s t a n c e of Radio Mil lbn, a s my c o c t r i b u t i o n t o Docket No. 20C'~; ( t h e FCC "super-power" c a s e ) r e f -

erenced t h e s t a t i o n a s my a u t h o r i t , and experience on t h e s u b j e c t . No one i s up i n arms, t h o ; Waskiington would have found out sooner o r l a -

, t e r .

I was wondering why a c e r t a i n Washington a t t o u r n e y was t a k i n g an - "

i n t e r e s t i n my paper on 20642. A t e lephone conversa t ion with him re- vea led t h a t he k.ad a c l i e n t who was q y i t e opposed t o t h e super-power t h i n g and he was c o l l e c t i n g "evidence t o support h i s case . The s t range co inc idence , however, was our mutual s u r p r i s e on l e a r n i n g t h a t t h e p r e s e n t Radio ~1i116n was t h e one end t h e same t h a t he helped g e t on t h e a i r i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e a s Windsor's l e g a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e !

t i o n ' poss i t i o n

And t h a t i s how t h i n g s s tand now with Radio Mi l lhn , a corpora- s red-hot p o t a t o caught between t h e d e v i l and deep b lue s e a , and

.kly a major fac;or i n t h e FCC's c r i t i c a l d e c i s i o n on t h e ques- of "super-power . Bulletin-exchange c l u b s a r e urged t o r e p r i n t t h i s a r t i c l e i n

r e s p e c t i v e b u l l e t i n s .

THE RLETRAK-88 RECORDING AMMETER

Ronald F. Scha tz

The new e r a i n medium-wave DX1ing h a s seen a parade of s o p h i s t i c a - t e d " a u x i l i a r y " equipment come i n t o use by a minor i ty of t e c h n i c a l l y -minded DX'ers; t h e s e i n c l u d e t h e o s c i l l o s c o p e , t h e spectrum a n a l y s e r , and t h e frequency counter . S t i l l ano ther i t em has enjoyed l i m i t e d pop- u l a r i t y i n r e c e n t y e a r s bu t h a s r e c e i v e d r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e p u b l i c i t y i n t h e DX-club b u l l e t i n s - t h e c h a r t recorder .

The inked-stylus r e c o r d e r s most commonly a s s o c i a t e d w i t h polygraph and EKG equipment, i n c l u d i n g t h e Hea thk i t IR-18M, a r e of r e l a t i v e l y lit- t l e use t o t h e DX'er. Unless one wants permanent r e c o r d s f o r orthodox r e s e a r c h an o s c i l l o s c o p e wi th P-7 phosphor CRT i s much more convenient

r and economical f o r SAH s t u d i e s and t h e l i k e . Such r e c o r d e r s a r e a l s o u n s u i t a b l e f o r long-term s i g n a l p l o t t i n g and propaga t ion s t u d y , s i n c e r a p i d f a d e s , s ideband s p l a s h and atmospherics t e n d t o overwhelm and smother t h e graph. For such purposes a " s t r i k i n g " r e c o r d e r must be used. .

A s t r i k i n g r e c o r d e r o p e r a t e s by pounding a meter need le a g a i n s t coa ted graph paper , s c r a t c h i n g t h e c o a t and r e v e a l i n g t h e b l a c k under- s u r f a c e . The s t r i k e o c c m s a t r e g u l a r , rhythmic i n t e r v a l s , such a s once a second. S ince t h e graph t h e n becomes a s e r i e s / l i n e of t i n y d o t s , rap- i d i r r e g u l a r i t i e s due t o s t a t i c , e t c . show up i n unconcentrated form so a s t o be a l l but unnot iceab le . A s t r i k i n g - r e c o r d e r graph t e n d s t o resemble a s c r i b b l e wi th a b l u n t p e n c i l .

The r u s t r a k (minuscle " r " ) Model 88 i s such a s t r i k i n g r e c o r d e r . It i s a p t l y descr ibed a s a " r e c o r d i n g ammeter" o r , i n one popula r use , a " r e c o r d i n g S-meter". The rus t rak-88 i s a smal l , handsome i n s t r u - ment l o o k i n g almost l i k e a min ia ture t e l e v i s i o n s e t . It measures only 143 am. ; a l l by 92 mm. wide by 105 am. deep. It h a s a range o f one mil l iampere DC, meaning t h a t it can be d i r e c t l y s u b s t i t u t e d f o r t h e S meter of most r e c e i v e r s . Mounting t a b s a r e p r e s e n t on t o p and bottom, o r t h e 8 8 may r e s t a t an a n g l e on t h e bottom t a b s i f p r e f e r r e d

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The rus t rak-88 comes i n two models: one f o r 115V A C , t h e I 'or 28V DC. S i n c e t h e l a t t e r w i l l r u n on much l e s s v o l t a g e a t a s: r a t e t h e DC model i s recommended; t h e a u t h o r ' s 88 i s doing f in1 6-volt p w e r supply.

The rus t rak-88 i s a v a i l a b l e used b u t i n e: c o n d i t i o n f o r a p r i c e range of $45-850 US (1976), i n c l u d i n g , r o l l of graph pi- p e r .

The ammeter n e e d l e i s e. s l e n d e r aluminium t u b e of extremely l i g h t weight , s i n c e t h e e x t r a l e n g t h r e q u i r e d i s u n s u i t a b l e f o r r e g u l a r nee- d l e s , which would weigh do?, t h u s d i s a b l i n g meter opera t ion . A f t e r y e a r s of c o n s t a n t s t r i k i n g a need le may be ben t o r even broken o f f . An e x c e l l e n t replacement i n such a c a s e i s an 8-cm. l e n g t h of t h e f i n e chord t h a t comes wi th c r y s t a l ea rp lugs f o r t r a n s i s t o r r a d i o s ; anything

' e l s e i s e i t h e r t o o heavy, magnet ic , o r n o t r i g i d enough, and won't work.

A s h i n t e d p r e v i o u s l y , t h e 28-VDC model w i l l o p e r a t e on much l e s s v o l t a g e t h a n t h a t , and, s i n c e graph v e l o c i t y i s d i r e c t l y p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e v o l t a g e a p p l i e d t o t h e DC motor, t h e use of t h e maximum 28 v o l t s i s cnnecessary and was te fu l , e s p e c i a l l y of graph paper. The DX'er should choose a v o l t a g e t h a t i s most comfortable t o work with; t h e au- t h o r h a s chosen a 6-vol t power supply (Radio Shack). A t any r a t e , avoid u s i n g b a t t e r i e s ; t h e y w i l l d i s t o r t t h e graph r e a d i n g i f they r u n down.

The graph paper used wi th t h e rus t rak-88 i s s c a l e d a t one inch p e r hour wi th quarter-hour l i n e s in te rspaced . Even a t 6 v o l t s , however, t h e paper p r o g r e s s e s s l i g h t l y f a s t e r t h a n t h a t . Unless y o u ' r e lucky (hav ing found j u s t t h e r i g h t synchronous v o l t a g e ) , it i s necessary t o l o g s t a r t and s t o p t imes so t h a t t h e " r e a l " hours may be i n t e r p o l a t e d and marked on t h e paper once it has been removed from t h e instrument f o r s tudy . A pocket c a l c u l a t o r i s handy f o r t h i s purpose.

For use a s a r e c o r d i n g S-meter t h e rus t rak-88 must be connected a lone and d i r e c t l y t o t h e r e c e i v e r S-meter c i r c u i t . I f t h e r e c e i v e r S meter remains i n t h e c i r c u i t t h e 88 w i l l n o t r e a d f u l l s c a l e . A rec - commended arrangement i s t o employ a SPIYT swi tch f o r uommuting between t h e two meters .

The rustrak-88 can be s u r p r i s i n g l y va luab le t o t h e DX9er. With one a DX'er can l e a r n t o :

1 ) Determine t h e mode of p ropags t ion of a s i g n a l (ground-wave, sky- wave r combination t h e r e o f , c i n what p ropor t ions ;E- layer o r P- l a y e r ? .

2) Detect and p r e d i c t LSS fade- in and LSR fade-out t imes . . 3) Determine t h e RANGE of an unknown s t a t i o n !

4 ) Est imate t h e number of ionospher ic s k i p s t aken by a d i s t a n t s ig- n a l .

To i l l u s t r a t e some of t h e s e uses f o r t h e rustrak-88, n o t e t h e s e t of graphs on t h e nex t page:

"G-1" i s t h e f i r s t h a l f of a complete n i g h t wi th PJB (800 kHz). The low, s teady s i g n a l before 7PM (EDT/AST) i s r e a l l y no s i g n a l a t a l l b u t a c l e a r , open channel . LSS occurs i n Bonaire wi th no e f f e c t on t h e graph. But n o t e "Es" a t T M ; a l s o n o t e t h a t Es i s l o c a t e d e x a c t l y midway between LSS-Bonaire and LSS-Miami. This i s t h e p o i n t where LSS occurs i n t h e r e f r a c t i n g p o i n t of t h e ionosphere midway between t h e two l o c a t i o n s . The c r i t i c a l p o i n t Es can be used t o i n t e r p o l a t e t h e LSS of an unknown s t a t i o n , t h u s p i n p o i n t i n g t h e l o c a t i o n of t h a t s t a - t i o n w i t h f a i r accuracy with t h e a i d of a loop. 5 The s i g n a l then te.ces some t ime t o b u i l d up and l e v e l o f f - a t l e a s t an hour. The s l i g h t drop i n s i g n a l d u r i n g t h e B r a s i l i a n s e r v i c e i s n o t over ly ap- p a r e n t on t h i s graph. 5 Note t h e s e r i e s of r e g u l a r , deep f a d e s throughout t h e graph (7:35 & 10:CO a r e good ones) . These sharp f a d e s a r e c a n c e l l a t i o n fades caused by m u l t i p l e S i s a l p a t h s , and t h e y occur sur-

r i s i n g l y r e u1ar;y - almost p r e d i c t a b l y . 5 A t midnight t h e mysterious 'madrugada e f f e c t s e t s i n , b r i n g i n g a s t r o n g e r , s t e a d i e r s i g n a l . The "madrugada e f f e c t " , f i r s t d i scovered by t h e a u t h o r , i s much more nota- b l e on weaker, more-dis tant s i g n a l s ; it r a y be r e l a t e d t o t h e "2300 phenomenon" noted on t r a n s - A t l a n t i c pa ths .

"G-2" cont inues t h e graph of PJB, which i s o f f t h e a i r from one to 3:30 AM, l eav ing t h e combined f o r c e s of CKLW, X-ROK and R. Centre. 5 Many good examples of c a n c e l l a t i o n fades a r e p r e s e n t on t h i s p a r t of t h e graph. 5 A s t h e e a s t e r n sky s t a r t s t o glow over Bonaire PJB9s s i g n a l s t a r t s t o drop a t 6AM, t h e n more s h a r p l y a t LSR-Bonaire, f i n a l - l y dropping i n t o t h e mud f o r good a t "Er" (Had t o t u r n it o f f t o go t o work t h a t morning).

These graphs of PJB a r e an e x c e l l e n t example of normel LSS and LSR occurrences wi th a s i g n a l making a s i n g l e s k i p of t h e ionosphere. Mn1tipl.e-skip s i g n a l s w i l l n o t have Es and Er e x a c t l y midway between t h e t e r m i n a t o r s but i n o t h e r mathematical p ropor t ions . These p r o p o r t i o n s may be used t o detemaiae t h e cumber of s k i p s t h a t a s i g n a l i s tak ing . A d e t a i l e d a r t i c l e on t h l s gemera1 s u b j e c t should be forthcoming.

t "G-3" shows a p l o t of Radio Liberac ion (CT'iHQ) i n S a n t a Clara. This s t a t i o n i s a l o c a l - l i k e dayt imer i n M i a m i . The s t r a i g h t l i n e , repre- s e n t i n g a t o t a l l y groundwave s i g n a l , b reaks up a f t e r LSS. I n s p i t e of t h e v a r i a t i o n s a f t e r LSS, i n c l u d i n g many c a n c e l l a t i o n f a d e s , t h e long -term mean s i g n a l i n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e groundwave com~onent i s s t i l l dom- i n a n t .

"G-4" was j u s t genera ted a t p r e s s t ime and was n o t o r i g i n a l l y in - tended t o appear i n t h i s a r t i c l e , bu t t h e graph i s t o o r e v e a l i n g t o ig- nore. T h i s i s t h e fade-in of WBAP i n Dallas-Ft . Worth a s "viewed from Miami. The s u r p r i s e i s t h a t t h e main r i s e occurs a t "Es-2", i n d i c a t i n g t h a t t h e dominant mode of p ropaga t ion is a double E-skip - with a " re - f u e l i n g s t o p i n t h e Gulf n e a r New Orl6ans. And t h e au thor alwavs ss- sumed t h i s was a s i n g l e sk ip :

The rus t rak-88 i s obviously a u s e f u l ins t rument , t o s a y t h e l e a s t , and t h e low p r i c e (compared t o frequency c o u n t e r s and o s c i l l o s c o p e s ) b r i n g s it w i t h i n reach of most DX'ers.

The 88 has one annoying problem, however - i t ' s loud. It sounds l i k e an extra-slow metronome, and it can be a s i r r i t a t i n g a s a d r ip - p ing f a u c e t i f you have t o s l e e p i n t h e same room wi th it, which goes f o r most DX'ers. A sound-proof box i s recommended i f you. p l a n much a l l - n i g h t graphing.

E, as used in the foregoing represents that point where a bounce point coincides with where refractiom starts t o take place in the ionosphere.

It w i l l rot always be possible t o determine the number of hops on a - g i h si@al path due t o several variables rot herein eaplained. The pssage s h m give the impression that, tmder certain circumstances, the listener w be able t o so pre-

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These clarifications per cmers t ion with the author, @ember 1976 - RjE

11 February , 1976

Mr. Pe t e r V. Taylor C/O KFOG 900 North Point San Francisco , 'CA 94109 U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Taylor,

We received your reception repor t dated 12 December, 1975 radio station DXXX on 1010 khz.

Yes, we confirm that the Station a s mentioned i s DXXX broadcasting f r o m Zamboanga City. Philippines. P lease r e f e r t o your map.

We a r e glad to know that DXXX i s being moni! wel l heard in HongKong and Indonesia.

is v e r y

Our Antenna System i s located on land m a s s utilizing 2 towers with Antenna Number 1 a s the hot side and Antenna Number 2 used a s a reflector. Yes of course we have a considerable power to s e rve the Islands of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan in- o rde r to dissiminate news and information to the people which i s the pr imary objective of RPN Radio and Television Network.

Thank you so much for your reception report .

Wish to hear f r o m you soon t o monitor DWWW on 620 khz. another RPN Station f r o m Manila.

Engineering Manager

K ANLAON BROADCASTING SYSTEM ,TRIG EROAC€*SI PLAT&. aUEtOW CITY. mlLIPCINES ?EL 077.561 TELEX 7227101 CABLE: KBS BROADCAS

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BILL COLEMAN Jr. - 114 C i r c l e Drive - Rocky Mount, NC - 27801 ~ / q & v / l from Was, Beckley, WV, l e t t e r , da ted 9/2,

says " T i l l now, we had been s ign ing o f f Sunday n lgh t f o r t e s t i n g , and s t a y i n g on t h e a i r 24 hours p e r day t h e r e s t of t h e week. However, s t a r t i n g on 9/5 we w l l l opera te 24 hours, seven days, now t h a t we have an U. We were using our daytime 5kw power output during t h e experimental p e r i o d when you heard us ." NOT N C H I N THE WAY OF TESTS HEAliD HERE THIS p a s t MU 9/27. WCMS-1050 was d u p l i c a t i n g t h e FM of WCMS-FM, & was on f o r a s h o r t t e s t (15 minutesj from 12:50 t o 1:05 am. I noted t h a t WHAS-840 has f i n a l l y taken Herb Jepko o f f ( i n t h e p a s t two weeks), & now a r e doing a l i v e show, & phone c a l l s . What's happened t o Mr . J e ko 's show, anyone know? (& NRCers know, s i n c e our l a s t I s s u e , h i - E R C y I have w r i t t e n o f f t o s e v e r a l of t h e 50,000 w a t t e r s & have been r e a l good about sending me progrhm guides, photos of announcers, r a t e cards, e t c . Response from so f a r have been WSM, WOR, WBZ & WBT. On t h e l o c a l s , WCEC-810 w i l l soon o r d e r a new t r a n s i s t o r i z e d XR, & WRYT-1490 w i l l soon be moving t h e i r XR t o t h e s t u d i o on Hwy. 301. Right JW, WRMT's s&gnal a t n i g h t i s weak & d i s t o r t e d . WCPS, Tarboro, has mov 1 i n t o new s t u d i o s a t XR s i t e on H q . 64. My DX Chat Line Is always st111 open t o enyone, anywhere ( r a d i o n u t s only!), hours midnight t o 3am d a i l y . Ca l l pre-paid (no c o l l e c t s ) : 919-443-7282. I a l s o have WDX4DNO SWL QSLa f o r swap, & s t i l l exchange c a s s e t t e s of a i r checks; AMs & FMers. Correspondence is always most welcome! 73s & Peace!

CRAIG HFALY - Box 182 - Cumberland, RI - 02864 I not iced W(3AR e i t h e r o f f o r on low power on 9/20, so WRIB

was put on from 2:15-2:52 f o r a TEST. No music, J u s t code & voice I D 8 a t uhor t I n t e r v a l s . We got one r e p o r t from Tennessee t h a t I v e r i f i e d a l ready . He d l d n ' t mention being In a DX c lub , but It was a good "pro- f e s s l o n a l " r e p o r t so i t ' s probable. I r e c e n t l y added another RX here, a Navy surp lus model RBB t y p e CRV-46147. It was b u i l t by RCA i n 1941 and r e s t o r e d In San Diego In 1961. It ccvers 500k t o 4 mhz in f o u r bands. Wbat I need despera te ly l a a manual t o e i t h e r buy, o r borrow t o copy. Any information deeply appreciated! I a l a o picked up another surp lus RX t h a t covers 15k t o 600 k , but t h a t ' s a s u b j e c t f o r ano ther Muse. Since I have t h r e e POPS t o run t h i s year , they w l l l a l l be l i s t e d in t h e CPC co1i:mn. One of them, WGNG, has app l ied f o r 5,000/1,000. The day pa t - t e r n is t h r e e towers I n l i n e & a maIn l o b e a t 165O aimed r i g h t towards Bermuda. Some power w i l l go r i g h t down t h e EC so SSS should be possi- b l e . The n l g h t p a t t e r n i s f o u r towers In a paral le logram shape with a main lobe a t 1300. I t ' l l be b e t t e r coverage a l l around because t h e or ig - i n a l p a t t e r n Is too t i g h t . We cnuld g e t more power n i g h t s , but Cuba has a Class 1 - C Clear Channel p r i o r i t y according t o t h e NARBA t r e a t y . One f i n a l thou h t . Can I w r i t e my own v e r l e a t o t h e p laces I work? And, I f so , do f have t o w r i t e myself a r e p o r t ? And t h e p o l l t l c l a n s In Wash- ington th ink they have c o n f l i c t s - o f - I n t e r e s t problems, hi! 73s t o a l l . (HI, Craig - can a d e n t i s t f i l l h i s own t e e t h ? ? -EZC)

HdRRY HELMS - 1 7 8 U Cedar Post Lane - Rock H i l l , SC - 29730 Here 's a l a t e DX t i p f o r you. WSOC-930 i n Char lo t te has

g o t t e n t o t h e NBC NX & Information S e y i c e network (NIS). I hope y o u ' l l honor u s wi th more "Mothball Hemories t h i s DX season, dea l ing with your persona l DX experiences & ~ e m o r i e s . How was t h e v e r l e s i t u a t i o n ? What about f o r e i g n DX? ghat were t h e r e c e i v e r s & loops l i k e back then? I par- t l c u l a r l ~ effJoyed t h e chap te r l a s t season about how you got s t a r t e d in t h e hobby, i n h e r i t i n g " It from your f a t h e r your t h r i l l a t hearing KFI f o r t h e f i r s t t ime. Could you a l s o run some NRC History? (Wil l try!-ERc

JERRY STdRR - WHOT Radio - Youngstown, OH - 44505 I t ' s DX t ime again! I a r r i v e d home from t h e Convention

a l l f i r e d up & ready, ran I n t o t h e house & tu rned on t h e RX b e f o r e even t h e l u g age. The RX was s e t a t 1490 & I ~ i m r n e ~ i a t e l y bagged a

new one in WMRN W$ID i n t o UP1 NX @ 8pm i s t h i s a s i g n o i a good season? The new KCJJ-1560 may be on (Iowa c i t Y j a s they had an ad f o r a i r people i n t h e l a s t Broadcasting, address is 402 McLean St . The new KRO-1550 n igh t opera t ion is now a n i g h t l y v i s i t o r , s u r p r i s i n g s i g n a l f o r 500111, f i g h t i n g KKHI t o t h e i r a /a f f , then u s u a l l y domlnant o/a looped WBAY. I wonder I f t h d y ' l l v e r i e now? They never d i d f o r t h e i r formerly frequent ETs. T:- .eyl l l probably be swamped wi th r e p o r t s & v e r i e chances w i l l b e worse than before. Usually loud WSUM-1000 is s t i l l s i l e n t , a l lowing a chance t o c l e a n up some 1000 s t u f f , new WRNJwas no ted loud w/lengthy a/ o f f B 7:15 on 9/8 & s e v e r a l t imes t h e r e a f t e r , WIOO dominant a t tmes & r e - repor ted now t h a t they v e r i f y . WIQT a l a o q u i t e s t r o n g some days @ SSS, much a s in pre-WSUM days. No WRNJ v e r i e ye t . WEBR-970 is about t o go all-NX In mid-October 6am-7pm, then NOR t o midnight s/off weekends, jazz & PSA & s p o r t s weekdays, hoping t o go AN soon. Has anyone a v e r i e from 5/24 WKOX-TEST? Otherness: Attendees a t t h e day-before-the-convention m i n i - Y A D included Ray & Arlene Arruda, Alan Merrlman, Frank Dalley, Rues Edmunds, Bob S ton ie r , George Greene, Wes Boyd, John S i l l lman & a s s o r t e d s p l r i t s . i f you want t o know what went on - ask them! LOUISVILLE was e x c e l l e n t , thanks t o a l l t h e LADS f o r one f i n e time. We have a l ready made p lans f o r LINCOLN '77. 9/25- WSKW-1150-TEST d idn ' t make it here, d a r n i t . Thanks t o t h e NERDS f o r t r a n s p o r t i n g some new a d d i t i o n s t o my b e e r can c o l l e c t i o n t o LOUISVILLE. Our s t o c k c a r r a c i n g season has ended. We d i d very w e l l w/a number of wins & an over -a l l second p l a c e po in t f i n - i s h f o r t h e y e a r on our c i r c u i t ; now It 's t h e f o r some s e r i o u s DXing. Two v / l s back so f a r WIOO 6 WMRN. L e t ' s everyone ge t th60e RXes on & DX - J O I N THE c.P.c.! 7 3 & good DX.

PAUL MOUNT - 471 Emerson Avenue - Teaneck, B J - 07666 My l a s t Musing d l d n ' t cover t h e WM in Wyoming, OH ( a couple

of mi les N of t h e Cinc lnna t l l i m i t s ) so here goes: 7/5- XERF-1570 W/SS, 12:50. KKJO-1550 Mo., 12:57, f a i r . KCRG-1600 Ia. '1, w/rel igion, f a i r . CBL-740 1:07, s ign ing o f f . WPTR-1540, a s u r p r i s e 1:14 w / r r f a i r but u/a ,

loud TTer. WBBY-1550 Ala. 1215, f a i r w / r r ; 2, WMED-1470 Ill . ending t e - l e - t a l k ID. They seem t o have a n u l l t h i s way, shows PB. ( p a t t e r n Book? -WC) WOHO Toledo good when WMBD was nul led. WROZ-1400 Evansv i l l e 2:20 w/c/w, good; VSPD loud, more than WhiSPereD t h e i r c a l l s O 2:40 w/c/w. WSLR, t h e o l d Whist ler next O 2:40, a l s o c/w; good. KFH-1330 "13-KFHn fair-good ~ / ~ r o m o f o r Kei th F o s t e r Show 2-6pm, & i n t o rr 2:42. UEIC-1270 good 2:49 w/love is Alive. Semi-local WNDE-1260 O 2:51, good. CBJD-1250 Sarn la good 2:53, WTAE o f f I guess. WKDA-1240 Nashvil le f a i r , 2:55. ,# WW-1220 O/SS, i n t h e i r n u l l here , 2:56. WCAU-1210 & next-door WOAI s ign ing of f , mentioned WBO-558 on 947 mHz, maximum power of 8w. KSL @ . 3:10 on Jepko, c l o s e l y f o l o b y CKOC good, & mynlocal WNEW i n wel l too @ 1 WBT a l l a lone 1110; then "10-90 ?&press was heard in EE w/a good s i g n a l o/unID QRM. Semi-local WIBC & WTIC followed, then WNOE-1060 a l l a lone, rocking w/a b i g n u l l t h i s way. Former NRCer & 99x s t a r Cary P a l l Is repor ted t o work here. WHO CFRB WNOX WWSW & WIBS l a t e r , came WERC (hooray on t h e c a l l s ! ) W/NX Q 3:59, good. 3ometimes i t seemed t h e r e was only one s t a t i o n In t h e ha l f of t h e country on t o be heard, I heard It, l i k e 1 , 0 0 0 ~ WFNC-940 w/c/w"41 4:15, Big Ben from Buffalo W/NX 4:15, tnen a gust of ( t ) W brought WGST-920 e a s i l y . WsM-910 s u r p r i s e d O 4:35, then a bunch of c l e a r s p l u s CMAF-@80, Wm-790 & I forgot on 1000, two SSes, one W:01 s a i d iR. Colombia ~ a c i o n a l " & then a Sexy-voiced g i r l kept say- ing "que suave. SS-750 4:50, but no ID B 5 due t o WSB s/on. Somebody rocking on 600 wekk but almost alone. 590 f i r s t found WnK 5:23 W/&RM from WOW ( f i r s ; t ime I ' d heard t h a t s t a t e ) 5:27, then CMW sur faced a s d i d WKZO. 55-570, WKRC-550. Then came more fun, machine-gun s t y l e . I n N J I t ' s hard t o do SRS s i n c e i t ' s l i g h t out when f u r t h e r west s t a t i o n s s/on, o r t h e l o c a l is a l ready on, & t h e r e ' s n o t many a v s i l a b l e from New -%gland f o r me. But here I tuned t o t h e upper 15008 & heard XEFP-1570 s/on-ss @ 5:50, WQTW-1570 Pa. O/XERF QP 5:58 s/on good, then mXR-1560, l o c a l WCNW. zonklng them & WKFI Ky.. WLBN-1590 ended t h e g r e a t morning. 73.

JEFF FALCONER - Box 63 - Clinton, Onta r io - NOM 1LO Hello fe l low d l a l sp inners . I haven't mused f o r about a

year so here goes. Las t season was one o f t h e l e a s t p roduc t ive of my DX- i n g c a r e e r , quant i ty-wise anyhow. Some good ca tches made it through. Three new s t a t e s were heard: Maine - WGAN-560, Nevada , KLUC-1140-TEST, & Hawaii, KORL-050, b r ing ing t o t a l t o 48/48. I s t l l l need Delawate & of course, Alaska. Some of my b e t t e r ca tches were: CJBC-10-1110 (LPRT), WAVS-1190, KOKK-1190, WCPR-1619.5, KNIC-1550, WHGC-1606, WPEP-1570, KSEK- 1340, ObX4H-854, KREX-1100, WROD-1340, KSLM-1390, Turkey-1016. This season ls s t a r t i n g t o shape up with s e v e r a l TA's heard. I hope It doesn ' t l e t up f o r t h e e n t i r e season. Recent DX: 9/14- llpm, Turkey-1016 on t o p w/wailing AA-type chants . 9/16- Midnight, Albania-1457 I n w/block- b u s t e s i g n a l w / ~ e k i n g IS, then i n t o NX. Algeria-548 weak in 550 s l o p w/ chant ing. I n o t i c e d yesterday, 9/24, CHAM-1280 i s now CJJD. This season I ' l l probably have more tlme f o r DXing & w i l l make it a hab i t t o Muse regula r ly . 73. hat's a PROMISE, J e f f , r i g h t ? -ERC)

KONSTANTINE RYCHALSKY - 22 C a r r o l l Court - Bridgeport , CT - VbbV7 Now t h a t I ' m an NRCer you may ge t s i c k of me (One

hobby is w r i t i n g ) . I hope t h i s f i r s t &:use w i l l be a-mse-lng t o y ' a l l . My d r i v e r ' s l i c a n s e denotes my age a t 21 & my f l r s t QSL was WKBW 3/20/70. I have 190 v e r i e s ; 29 s t a t e s , f i v e provinces, f o u r c o u n t r i e s , two beacons. L a t e s t v / l from WOWW-1380 Naugatuck, CT. I hope t o t a k e an auto DX t r l p t o c l e a n t h i s s t a t e up. Reports sen t t o l a t e s t catches: CKEC-1320 New Glasgow, N.S. 8 lam & CFGF ( o r is It ~ F ~ ~ ) - 1 3 1 0 Richmond H i l l , Ont. @ 1:15, bo th 9/16. Also WMMW-1470 Merldan, CT ('second t lme) . I d ia l - tune every day. In spare tlme I ' m an a r c h i t e c t u r a l en i n e e r (AS degree) . Reading RBS' muse, my e a r l i e s t p o s t a l r e p o r t is 3$10/71 - can anyone bea t t h a t ? Only two ever bounced: WLIB & CFOR. I keep a l l NRC I n t e r n a t i o n a l ca tches on Index cards by frequency. Anyone know o f a publ ished l i s t ? Going on seven years in AM I found DX has i t s p i e c e of Junk mail (0.8.

, r e p o r t t o R. Caracas-750 r e t u r n s R. Rumbas f o r SW frequencyi repor t t o Cuba-690 r e t u r n s from "El Institute Cubano de Radiodlfusion f o r "Radio Ehclclopedla") . Anyone know why v/q from WVNJ (NJ) , sen t t o CT, is post- mzrked VT on back? I t h i n k I hold most ancient QSL, from WMA& f o r 2/8 in t h e y e a r 197 (can anyone b e a t t h a t ? ) 88s. (Not even I go back t h a t f a r . Konstant ine - mine's from 1933, h i , and WELCOME t o t h e NRC!- ERc)

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i n hat prevt t h e ECNA during Lab- o r uay weerena. r r was one o r r n e bes t & longesr openings t h a t I have witnessed. Fami l ia r TA's were no ted on almost a l l channels across t h e d i a l s . q/4- 7:38pm, MI-899 one of t h e b e s t on t h e d l a l was a newle here. It was exceeded in q u a l i t y only by ~orocco-818 & an 872 In SS, un- I D . 9/5- ll:35pm, Andorra-818 predominant, ~ a v e n t r y - 6 4 7 e x c e l l e n t , in- t o rr @ 11:45. VOA-1196 Kunleh very ' ood a t m l p l g h t , then FF-1205 :x- c e l l e n t - Carolina-1187 good w/mx; 1088 p lay ing S t ranger in Parad ise . 8' 3, 854, 845 in very well . 9/7- Ramadan s t a t i o n 8 s t r o n g on 548, 575, 611, 818 & 935 between 7:50 & 8:30pm. Before 8 , e x c e l l e n t s i g n a l s from ~ a k a r - 7 6 4 , Spain-773, 737 unID, Spain-584, & 755 d o f f @ 8:02pm. E a r l i e r woman speaking ln ~35 on t o p of 611 M speaker , unID. 9/8, j u s t a s good. w/782 t h e s t r o n g e s t on t h e d l a l moat of t h e tlme from 7:30-8:30pm. 9/10- Czech-1286 t h e b e s t @ 8:40pm. Who c a r r i e s t h e mx on 1223 a f t e r 9pml 9/11- I heard 7:15pm s/off of WVLV;;940 r i g h t in t h e middle of t h e i r broadcast of t h e Notre Dame game. Tune in toforrow morning f o r t h e re- s u l t ! We a r e now r e q u i r e d t o l e a v e t h e a i r . S u r p r i s i n g number of AN Tb's heard s t l l l on a f t e r lOpm on 584, 728, 737, 818, 827, 881, 899, 1016, 1142, 1322, 1268, bu t not s u r e who. MM 9/13 e x c e l l e n t CX remained w/854 probably t h e s t r o n g e s t s i g n a l . Mx on 1304 good @ 12:14, but unID. At 8:30pm, CX were very good. Two audib le s i g n a l s On 575 ( t a l k o/mx) & on 665. I ta ly-845 readable through super- local WDH s p l a s h even! Morocco- 863 w/~amadan. 9/15- Low & mid frequenc>es e x c e l l e n t around 7pm. 73. SEND YOUR FREQUENCY CHECK I N F O N-0-W TO JOE m, a t 150 Robert S t r e e t - South P l a l n f IBld, N J 07080. THE NEW LIST WILL BE OUT SOON I N DX NEWS!

W. JONES - 9612 Atwood Road - Vienna, Vi rg in ia - 22180 I was very s o r r y t o have missed LOUISVILLE which was

due t o s e r i o u s i l l n e s s i n my family. I am looking forward t o F a l l ' s DX Season W/CX Improving here. R. Jumbo on 545 , SRS Surinam, 725, XM -730, R. Sutatenza-810, R. Titanla-825 San Jose , C.R. & R. Belize-834 regula r ly put I n good s i g n a l s during t h e l a s t month. On 9/19 8 10:55pm ~ l g e r i a - 5 2 9 "Ain ~ e l d a " came up ou of t h e n o i s e w / M r e l i g i o u s chant ing & faded out abrup t ly @ 1l:lOpm. $he Arab country s t a t i o n s s t a y on t h e a i r longer due t o Ramadan andth l s was my f l r s t North African logged here. I have put up a new 400' LW in a d d i t i o n t o t h e 135' i n t e r t e d L antenna & w l l l t r y us ing It a s a beverage f o r highband TA recep t ion & European DX on t h e 160 meter band. I would l i k e t o a r range skeds W/NRC ham members on 75 meter SSB. I ' m K4FIC. 73.

RICK BRICKIS - 31 Lowell S t r e e t - Ashevl l l e , NC - 28803 D I T ' S about t ime f o r .another Muse f o r t h e s t a r t of a new

season. I hope everyone had a good t lme i n LOUISVILLE. As f o r me a p a r e n t a l v i s i t prevented my t r l p . A s f o r DX, here goes. 9/23-I WBH~, Black Mountain, NC, a l o c a l I forgo t t o l o g l a s t year , 1845. d m - 1 4 2 0 Tenn., 7:03pm. 9 / 2 5 WIBV, Ill. u/WNDE 12:07am. WHIO-1290 12:30 w/

8 Clnci BE. CKGN-720 Cuba, a l l over WGN. PJB-800 O/CKLW 1:05am, going from Er: to 38. WTOC-1290 Ga. in f a i n t U / ~ S E s lop. WIJTC-1280 Mlnn. l:3lw/a bank commercial. F i n a l l y WABD Ky. 1370 w/f/c. By t h e way, my o l d l o g r e p o r t a WABD un For t Campbell, Ky. My Rand-McNally says t h e r e ' s no such p lace . I s WABD indeed In Fort Campbell? ( I t ' s i n C h r i s t i a n Co. S of Oak Grcrve, on t h e Tennessee border , by my Hammond's Ambassador World At las - ERC) I a l s o rece ived on 900 12:45-12:55am a T ~ ~ ~ w / v a r i o u s tones. Any Ideas? 9/20- KDKA Pa. no t logged l a s t year f o r a f reebee" . 1150

12:lOam was a rebroadcast of a Buffalo B i l l s FB game, any Ideas? WIMA- 1150 OH s /off 12:12. WJBO-1150 LA w / r r @ 1 2 : u . WGOE-1590 w/f/c. This was a very unusual t e s t wi th t h e Habitual Dental H i l a r i t y Hour, and program music. Very s t range . No s i g n of t h e 9/26 Maine TEST here. 73s t o a l l , from Dixie. (Thank you, Dixie! -ERC)

FOREST E. OSBORN - 202 North Jackson - Hooker, OK - 73945 Very l i t t l e DXlng has been done l a t e l y bu t I hope t o

ge t t h i n g s f i r e d up dur ing October. B e l i z e Is I n very good n i g h t l y but too much JRN f o r t h e r e s t of t h e U s . It Is almost s icken ing t o see t h e TAs and TPs l i s t e d by t h e coas t guys whi le I l i s t e n t o t h e Mexicans g e t louder every n igh t . I would l i k e t o remind everyone t o renew h i s mem- bersh ips e a r l f In o r d e r t o keep from miss ing t h e DX NEWS r l g h t in t h e middle of t h e DX seasoh. I f t ime permi t s , I Intend t o g e t Joe Fela some of t h e frequency checks of my l o c a l s t a t i o n s . This Is a l s o some- t h i n g everyone can help on & I n t u r n w l l l help your own l o g s grow. I guess I J u s t c a n ' t he lp g e t t l n g a l i t t l e e n t h u s i a s t i c a f t e r a r a t h e r drab Summer. KGYN's owner says t h a t due t o h i s small s t a f f , he w l l l not .ver- i f y any r e p o r t s . I guess t h a t i s b e t t e r than no t g e t t l n g a r e p l y t o my l e t t e r a t a l l . For now, 73 and good DX t o a l l .

NCR!'AN L. MAGUIRE - 2877 Kalakaua Avenue - Apt. 703 - Honolulu, H I - 96815 Correscondence and S.R. columns have been a t a s tand-

s t i l l s i n c e I had some surgery i n e a r l y August, f o l o with problems wi th my l e f t eye which have no t been cor rec ted a s ye t . I a t tended t h e SAROC Convention (Amateur adl lo) a t Kulllma Hotel a t Kahuku P o i n t , N.E. corner of Oahu on 8/29-29-30. I took a l l gear , inc lud ing Sanserlno Loop. DX was fabulous, but no Guam s t a t i o n s . Many Mainland U.S., Canada, Mexico, e t c . were r o l l i n g in . Reports went out t o KCRL-780, KYXI-1520, & mHI- 1550. Verles ln from KCRL & XYXI. I ' m hearing more Mainland DX from here in Honoluly t h e s e days, vack t o Chicago and Cincinnat i . I have n o t heard t h e EC a s ye t . Most DXlng t ime i s spent looking f o r f o r e l p s t a - t i o n s . I enjoy DX NEWS a s much a s ever dr I j u s t don ' t know how you man age t o put out Muslngs, I s sue a f t e r Issue. I 'm-also g e t t i n g involved with NZEDXL'S gang i n New Zealand and Aus t ra l ia . Hasta temprano. (we wish you w e l l in recovering your s i g h t i n t h a t eye, Norm -ERC) HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FREQUENCY CHECKS NOT I N OUR XLST? LET JOE FEU KNOW IY!'EDIATELY FCR TEE IENFJ N.R.C. FREJJJENC~! CHECK LIST!

STEPHEN H. PONDER - Box 22635 - Fort Worth, Texas - 76122 This i s my f i r s t Muse s i n c e I have been a member ( a s

of 10/1/75). I guess I ' m l a t e a t t h l s work, but b e t t e r l a t e than never. I guess some i n t r o d u c t i o n s a r e In o rder , now t h a t I have committed myself t o be pu t i n t o p r i n t . I am 23 years o l d & am a graduate s tudent a t Southwestern B a p t i s t Theological Seminary, s tudylng t o get my Religious Education degree. I have a degree from Louisiana Tech in E l e c t r i c a l Eh- g lneer lng , so f t r y t o put a l l thap t e c h n i c a l bus iness l n t o my Job on cam- pus a s an audib record ing technic ian . I have been DXlng on MY only s l n c e about 1973, but b e f o r e t h a t I was an SW addic t . Now t h a t I have a WEDGE antenna t o go wi th my Heath GC-1A communications RX, I hope I can t r y t o update my v e r i f i e d vs/ heard r a t i o . Not much I can do in t h e way of an o u t s i d e ahtenna s l n c e I l i v e In t h e dorm, but t h e WEDGE works l i k e a charm on t h e lns ide . I hope I can ge t t o Muse more o f t e n now t h a t t h e I n i t i a l shock Is over o f b e i n g p r i n t e d In DX BEWS. Oh yes - anyane out t h e r e know how o r where I can get a c o n t r o l u n i t f o r a Bendix MN-26 G Radio- Compass RX? I f so, t e l l me. I hope t h e new DX season w i l l b e good and t h a t we ALL can f l n d t h e t ime t o devote t o our hobby. (Welcome t o t h e Muslnes s e c t i o n , Stephen, & we a l l hope y o u ' l l keep r i g h t on Musing! ~ E R C )

RON B. SCHILLER - 7657 La Bolsa Drive - Dallas , Texas - 75248 Recent v e r i e s : KGVL-1400, KFYO-790, KWB-1340, KTXO-1500

WAMR-1320, KOY-550, KITE-930, KQYX-1560, KNIN-990 KRBC-1470, KEES-1430 & KIICK-650, a l l v/l. Heard s i n c e l a s t r e o r t : 8/41 KEES-1430 RS 8:24-8:37 w/c/w ( v e r i f i e d ex-l icensee KSI5 in '5517 8/16- R. Jumbo-545 so loud @ 3 t h a t I thought I had an image t i l l I heard FF! KORL-650 unn, weak, same hour. WJBC-1230 through t h e muddle but not enough copy, 3:15am. 8/21- Unn WRAY-1250 s/on @ 7. 9/3- KIxZ-940 6:53-7, midst WIN2 & others . A 920 s/on @ 6:59 sounded l i k e WGNU. I copied semi-local KGNC-710 7-7:ll . KHOW-630 b l a s t i n g f o r t h over a l l @ 7:22-7:30 w / ~ o p 40. 9/11- ME-610 , Bea t les e t a 1 5:lo-5:17, p len ty of WDAF QRM. 9/16- Unn CHML-900 a lone @

, 5 . 9/22- KTWD-1030 wel l O/WBZ/XE&R 9:13-9:19. 10/1- E ' e r before heard ( e i t h e r NJ o r FL) KRVN-880 @ 10pm. KGWA-960 topping an XE, same tlme. UnID 98-1340 @ 10:30. 10 2- XEGM-950 Tijuana R. 95, 8:03-8:17, excel- l e n t u/KDSX. KZM-690 w k l a c k programming 8:&1-8*48. KTBB-600 w/many

, l o c a l ads 8:52-8:57. 10/3- CX seemingly b e t t e r . KCLV-1240, Clovls, NM sur faced @ 6, bu t qulCkly l e f t WTAX-1240 i n charge (unn), then KTAM-1240 w / ~ o p 40. KANE-1240 s/on @ 7. KIKS-1370 b r i e f l y ln ( 5 0 0 ~ ) 7:05. 10/4- WFDR-1370 s/dn :n 6 w/NA. KIUN-1400 Pecos, Tex. r / c 6:17-6:26, good. 73.

TOM FAWCETT - 785-47th Avenue - Lachine, Quebeo BCB DX has r e a l l y opened up here s i n c e 9/1. I b o ~ g h t a

R e a l i s t i c "TRF" AM RX, & so f a r t h e only problem wi th It l a d i r t i n t h e volume c o n t r o l , whlch g ives me a c r a c k l e every t lme I change volume. My t o t a l s t a t l o n s i s 331 in 1 3 c o u n t r i e s , Including Senegal, Algeria , and Dominca (R. ~umbo-545j. On 9/17-18-19 new s t a t i o n s : CMW-590, CMKV-600, CMAF-880 In a r a r e ( ? ) WCBS SP; WNOX-990, WADO-1280 ( a r e a l pa in when y n t ' r e LA ~ ~ i n g ) ; WIOO/WRNJ-1000, YVKE-550, CKGN-720, HJCX-700 U/WLW, C!4JN-780, HIJB-830, HJED-520, YVLT-830 & YVMX-1020, a r e a l s u r p r i s e , In KDKA's n u l l . A l l t h e above bu t YVMX were heard a t our c o t t a e between 10:30pm & 2am. Georg;aphlc coord ina tes of t h e c o t t a g e are: $5025' N; 73O45' W f o r t h e home 20". I ' m r e a l l y g lad I ' v e f i n a l l y s t a r t e d hearing those TAB & Us. I was beginning t o develop an I n f e r i o r i t y complex, hi. P r o t e s t a n t t e a c h e r s a r e on s t r i k e here t h e s e days, so have t lme t o ge t t h l s Muse done. I ' d b e t t e r g e t i t mailed quick befofe t h e post- i e s go on s t r i k e again, hi . 3 ' s , 8 '8 , and WAITH t o a l l . Ask Brent Taylor about (3walth). ( 1 ' 1 1 ask YOU, Tpm - what 's Gwaith?? -EF(C)

YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR N E W NRC LOG, SO GET THAT g6.50 I N RIGHT NOW, TO: N.R.C. PUBLICATIONS CZICTER - BOX 401 - GALES FERRY, CONNECTICUT, 06335. DON'T PUT I T OFF! DO I T RIGHT AWAY * IJC DXER SHOULD BE WITHOUT!

M-0-T-H-B-A-L-L- b!-E-M-0-R-I-E-S- CWTER XXVIII - X HISTORY OF THE CUADI~~N BROADCASTING COWOFATION

(from t h e 1972 booklet CBC: A Brief Hlstorv ond back- -.- " - ground. " ) -- by GORDON FENDERSON, Jr .

Broadcasting began in Canada with experimental XWA Montreal (now CFCF- 600), l i c e n s e d in September 1919 by t h e Marine and F i s h e r i e s department. xiJA broadcast a musical program t o t h e Royal Society of Canada I n Ottawa which was heard c l e a r l y . The second comlcercial s t a t i o n was CKAC-730, )!ontreal, t h e f i r s t French-language o u t l e t . Even t h e Canadian National Kailway, i n I t s p a r l o r c a r s , had i n - t r a i n broadcasts . By 1929 over 75 s t a t i o n s were ln business . The sovernment s t a r t e d c o l l e c t i n g $1 yearzy l i c e n s e f e e s , r a i s i n g $300,000 In t a x revenue. The f i r s t network was s t a r t e d by CN from Ottawa, Moncton, and Vancouver, and a dozen p r i v a t e s t a t i o n s l eased by them. It began i n tlme f o r t h e 50ti- Dominion Day c e l e b r a t i o n on 7/1/27. There were a number of problems In e s t a b l i s h i n g a n a t i v e rad io s e r v l c e , though: s t a t i o n s w y e loca ted only % t h e c i t i e s , l eav ing sparsely-populated a r e a unserved; frequency-hopping l e f t only s i x channels exc lus ive ly Canadian; t h e r e was severe i n t e r f e r e n c e ff;om Mexican and American powerhouses, and it was e a s i e r t o use chea p Am- e r i c a n shows and recorded music. So, on 12/6/25, a Rayal Comiss lon looked thoroughly l n t o t h e s l t u a t ion, and dec lded t bat Canada's people w a n t a n a t i v e broadcast ing s e r v l c e . A f t e r arguments, recommendations, and proposals ap len ty , a three-man comrnlssion was formed t o r e g u l a t e program and t e c h n i c a l a s p e c t s , ob ta ln ing f ~ - ~ n d s from l i c e n s e f e e s and $lmlt- ed adver t i s ing . This was f i n a l l z e d i n t o t h e Canadian R a d k B r o a d c a s t l n g Commis s lon , on 5/26/32. M o r e t o c o m e . I n c h a p t e r m .

ERIC FADER - 23-35 B e l l Bmulevard - Bayslde, NY - 11360 H i people. Add t h e s e s t a t l o n s t o your AT-40 l i s t s : New

9/19- WZ00-710 N C , WATT-] 240 N I , WBEX-1490 CH, WKSN-1340 NY, WKIX-850 NC. New 9/26- h'EEO-1130 PA, & add KFAB-1110 NE & d e l e t e KOIL-1290, same market. 1\To DX done a l l month, schoolwork has been J u s t t o o much & I d id send f o r t h e new Domestic Log, however, and am looking forward t o rece iv ing i t a s my o ld one has been in s e v e r a l p i e c e s f o r a very long time. Xaybe when I get t h e LO,S 1'1) f e e l l i k e doing some DX. Last DX catch 3f any k i n d m s WHOM-949 strong. ( 1 7 -ERC) I l i k e t h a t new DX NEWS , cover! Nice work, Cal Craig, whoever you a re . Anyone have a comment on t h e NRC T-shir ts? Does Mount have h i s y e t , h i? 73s. (Ask him -ERC)

ERNEST R. COOPER - 5 Anthony S t r e e t - Provincetown, MA - 02657 Well, my quatro-centennial v e r i e has a r r i v e d , jus t

before t h e t h e o r h e t i c a l s t a r t of t h e new DX Season! I spent a recent r a i n day f i l i n g away a l l my l a s t y e a r ' s v e r l e s , and fo jnd my count of 3,999, repor ted l a s t Vuse, was incor rec t - I had f a i l e d t o c a r r y over t o t h e cover of t h r e e albums t h e updated c o r r e c t number of v e r l e s there- in, and my count a s of l a s t Musing should have been s t a t e d a s 3,9991 So, # 4,000 a r r l v e d , r a t h e r in -exot ica l ly aa i t were, i n t h e form of a PP/C from wSHY-15601 Too bad #4,001 d i d n ' t ge t here a couzle of days sooner f o r It was a goodie - a b l u e - ~ n - w h i t e " v / ~ from PRG9-1100, Sao Paulo, f o r E r a z l l l a n #13 v e r i f i e d , but t h e f i r s t i n t h e l a s t decade. #4,002 was a v / l f/up from WSGA-1400, whlch i s where we s tand r i g h t now. DX: 9/14- CIGO-1410 seems AN sporad ica l ly ; they were AN-c/w today, and f i g h t i n g hard with '&'POP f o r t o p spo t , y n . A s t r a n g i t y today - I heard a seldom- heard song "Tallahachee Bridge on CIGO 8 2:06, & one minute l a t e r , a r - r i v i n g on 1590, t h e same song from 9/17- Unn m s - 1 3 6 0 on f / c - ~ T 12:55-1. 9/18- Report sen t t o BBC-647, Daventry, good s i g n a l . MM 9/20- UnID MoR on 1530 (no t WCKY) 1:X-1:45, weak, on a noisy AM, somewhat AU too. Report on ZNS2-1240, topplng t h e r e @ 2:34. 9/21- Tenta t ive t o WKZA-960 on f/c-TT @ 12:18-12:24 o f f . 9/25- WSKW-1150-TEST made It u/ WCOP & O/CHSJ, but an hour l a t e noted f i r s t @ 1:03, mentioned NRC & used Morse code IDS; new here. MM 9;27- ulICK-1400 a top here @ 1:30, unn. Dave Gleason's "Once-Q" I n f a i r on 1140 (WQII) 8 1:18. My mystery weak SS on 1530 heard again today, unID. Report On HnL-61°, AN, W/WIP seemingly a i l e n t today. 9/28- New WNCR-1440 (ex-WU) 1 s AN-EZ mX, logged today. 10/1- Another newie i s WQIQ-1590, who's IDlng weirdly a s "1600-1-8" way ANlng W/MOR, but not heard s ince ; thanks t o s t a n Morss f o r t h e I r c a l l s .

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DX NEWS. · -COLOMBIA Cali HJM fair (only slightly o/a jumble of others, many co-channel stns also hets believed to be from Dominican Republic-698 and ~orocco-701); R. …