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Estobl~rhed 1933

VOLUME 37 JUNE 6, 1970 NUMBER 29

"Enjoy and appreciate DX NEWS and thank you and the ent ire staff fo r your ha rd work, I know your problems a r e endless and mos t of the t ime it i s a thankless job. "

(Ken Davis. K3CCN. Md. )

I N T H I S I S S U E :

LATEST VENEZUELAN LIST - Cesa r Objio SUPREMACY RATINGS - Norm Maguire NRC CONVENTION '70 NEWS! - Russ Edmunds a

M O R E N E W M E M B E R S !

*Ed H. Parkinson, 121 1 Brandford Rd.. Baltimore. Md. 21228 *Ronald Phillips, 1925 Balt imore Ave. , Kansas City, Mo. 64108 u us sell Hill, Bea r Hill Road, Hollis Center, Maine. 04042 *W.R. Coleman. Jr., 2622 Broadwell Dr., Raleigh, N. C. 27606 *Karl F. Schulte. 1504 Wilson Pt. Rd., Middle River , Md. 21220 *Edward Racis, 3166 Tilton St. , Philadelphia, Pa. 19 134 *A. J. Bloomberg, N 8 7 - ~ 1 5 7 8 6 , Belleview Blvd., Menomonee Fal ls ,

Wisc. 53051 *Virginia Lyle, 3050 3 rd Ave., North, St. Pe te rsberg , Fla. 33713

Welcome to the NRC, ladies and gentlemen, your New Member Kits a r e already in the ma i l on the i r way to you. We hope t o s ee your contributions often h e r e in the pages of DX NEWS!

R E N E W A L S . . ,

Geoff Fox Bob Duggan Dough Myers John F. Wilson

N R C D O M E S T I C L O G A V A I L A B L E S H O R T L Y . . . The long-awaited 1970 NRC Domestic Log i s now being printed; full informa- tion on the handiest, mos t useful and complete domest ic station log ever produced i s contained in th i s i s sue of DX NEWS.. .

D O N ' T B L A M E T H E P O S T O F F I C E T H I S T I M E . . . The delay in delivery of the las t issue of DX NEWS was due to printing delays resulting from our decision to hold the bulletin until ERC's late copy arrived; since commercial printers operate on very tight schedules and a r e usually booked up weeks in advance, if we miss our deadline we're stuck until the printer can find a place to fit u s back in the schedule. In the future we will be forced to go to press a t the predetermined publication time whether o r not al l of the sections have arrived! It's a choice between producing a late bulletin or an incomplete bulletin; judging from the mail and calls received here at HQ, the lat ter i s preferable.

A call to ERC at deadline time for this present issue revealed that he'd misunderstood the deadline date for this issue; held-over Musings will appear next issue. The Quasiapocryphal Foxworth's IDXD section has also not arrived this week; i t too will appear next issue.. . We once again apologize for the delays in delivery and wish to emphasize that that these problems a r e TEMPORARY - we will (indeed we must if we're going to avoid a hopeless logistical tangle) be back on a reliable schedule by the end of this Volume when we once again go weekly. Fortunately our recent problems have hit during a period of protracted poor DX conditions.. . J O H N L O M B A R D J O I N S HQ C R E W !

The publication crew wishes to welcome the newest regular member of the publication crew - John Lombard - who's already put in a lot of work for the NRC during the past couple of weeks - the volunteer efforts of Boston area members keep the NRC in operation! And by the same token we'd like to say goodbye and thanks to 4 of the original BAD guys who've departed the Boston area for greener pastures: Bart Cronin and Bob Karchevski - both regular attendees of the old "crank and collate" mimeograph publication sessions - and former NRC Publisher John Callarman (to WMIX-940) and former IDXD editor Peter V. Taylor (to head Kaiser Broadcasting operations from San Francisco). Each of these members has put in hundreds of hours for the NRC and their efforts should go remembered by us all!

O U T S T A N D I N G NRC P R O J E C T S UNDERWAY !

A number of great NRC projects a r e slowly but steadily nearing completion. The fabulous new 1970-1971 NRC Domestic Log i s now being printed and

proofread by the HQ crew.. . Paul Hart of Texas (who recently spent a most enjoyable evening chatting here a t HQ) has a very interesting and useful project in the works to make available to the NRC membership antenna pattern information whichlll indicate how much power a directional station really puts in your direction. Here a t HQ we're preparing a number of unique maps which'll show the DX'er just which stations - both foreign and domestic - will and will not be audible during different levels of auroral disturbance. Howard Fountain reports that he's in the final stages of completion of the comprehensive NRC Latin American Log containing complete and up-to-date information on all stations in South and Central America. And once the HQ crew gets the NRC Log out of the way we'll be making available the kits for construction of the FET Altazimuth Loop.. .

G I V E A H E L P I N G HAND. . . One of our newer members, Fred Wilson Jr., 435 High St., Berlin, N.H.. 03570, recently wrote HQ requesting that we terminate his member ship in the NRC because he'd just gone blind and was no longer able to read the bulletin. Fred's been incapacitated with an incurable and progressive disease for some time now and has been forced to curtail his DX'ing a s a result. We know

that many of our members a r e active tapesponders and this i s an ideal chance for some NRC'ers to bring a little cheer to Fred. Can we find some volunteers

out there who would be willing to transcribe the highlights of DX NEWS onto tape for Fred so he'll be able to keep in touch with the hobby? If you'd like to

devote a little of your time to bring a lot of cheer into Fred's life by taping the highlights of DX NEWS on a regular basis, please drop us a note here a t HQ! We'll see to it that Fred has a tape recorder and we'll pass along further details to interested members.

Our active and enthusiastic member in Australia, Chris Hambly, would like to tapespond with NRC members. Chris i s particularly interested in hearing

domestic sign-on and sign-offs, some typical programming from southern U.S. stations, and some programming f rom L.A. area stations. He'd also

like a tape of KING'S l't.hrushll interval signal. Chris is using a cassette

recorder and'll be glad to swap tapes with anyone in the NRC. His address i s

47 Chessell St., Box Hill Nth., Victoria, Australia 3129.

The station Manager of 3UL in Warragul, Australia, has also written to NRC HQ asking assistance. He'd like to hear some a i r checks and on-the-air

promo's from U.S. stations and i s glad to reimburse for postage and tapes. Here's a chance to start an interesting correspondence; write Colin McL. Cameron, Manager 3UL, 43 Victoria Street, Warragul, Victoria, 3820. Tapes should be 3-3 14 on two tracks.

F O R S A L E S E C T I O N

Want a rea l bargain on an HQ-180C? Lew Collins, the NRC's Number One

Equipment Sleuth reports that there's one available for only $190 from an acquaintance, Stan Pope, 511 Washington, Cramerton, N. C. 28032 (Phone 704-824-1883).

S P E C I A L T H A N K S

T o Lenny Goldberg of Brooklyn for a couple of fine plugs for the NRC in the magazines " Rock1' and " Storpy Weather ". N R C T I M E P O L I C Y S U R V E Y

The results of the membership preference poll on the times to be used here in DX NEWS indicate that most of the membership doesn't care enough one way or the other to bother to respond. For the International section, feelings

have run about 5 to one in favor of switching to GMT; beginning next issue the IDXD will therefore make the switch to GMT. The feeling for the Domestic

sections i s not quite so clear-cut; a t the moment the majority has indicated that i t prefers Eastern Local Time. We'd like to hear from some more of you

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r.1. edmunas + ~ 7 0 :.~ILI~-I:J New c a l l - Lakewood

I101 946 + ~ 9 0 i:XY+Eo Kansas City, new c a l l

IGEST * 12110 uLY-Or PsC r e v o ~ e d l icense, i s pendin; sale, tho' i t ' s unce*aib wayne. n.1. 07170 a t present when str.. i s to .:o off air.

. e + 1270 ;LIi(-Tn CP i s on. (Dick Truax, Charleston, T.fl) + 1340 ;JIRY-lX CP i s on. + u 2 0 =UP-Tx ex-X??E

!Jell, folk, I have no idea rihen thisl l l be read, a s today (6/1), I lve + a g o Y E T O - F l ex-YJBS s t i l l n o t received. the 5/16 bul let in , and due to t h a t itern, plus the f a c t + 1530 i;C30-?@ CP a l te red to U 6 t h a t cx have been r e a l l y bad since the l a s t week i n April, this111 be another + 155c IPPBP-T~ new c a l l - Parsons s m a l l colum, thot there a re qui te a few chanzes to report. + 1560 :(E.;-Tx Granted CP f o r D-1

+ 1570 :aSA-'ja Sranted CP f o r increase to 5000 D?, and to chance location ( a l l DX sections ( A, B, b Clare l i s ted . tozether this t h e ) to I I O ~ . ~ , ;a. 30260

+ 1dOBL-Oh new c a l l - Oberlin * 900 CXTS-a Hrc! w/ bfontreal. -0s E2 BB 5/ll 2200, so add t h i s to , X)C ~ 0 0 x?TIJ& sane da ta as f o r :PLY-1240 above. 3 B Net l i s te r ! l a s t 2DXD (5/15). ( R ~ E )

l l 5 0 ?Tr.IA-Oh Fxl well atop :.KO?, w/ r e s l a r %SJ not audible 2352 5/2& 1230 TIIIUC-IH Final ly ba;:e? t h i s a t s/off 5111 2225. (RjE) (9jE) zmrs please correct l i s t of aasebal l >?et Feed Stat ions f o r

+ IBPZ-?a !:sd w/ nx, e/off o/u ICTH, others 0015 5/25 (2jE) X.C. ~ o y a l s : It's :2Bz -9%. + \=I-RI off hrd 5/25' OC07, which i s d o f f a l l 7, per an?&. ( R ~ E ) 1&0 WSIX-IJY Final ly ba:.-:ed t h i s atop ;T.:CO1s III 5/25 0033 (;ijZ) have a bunch of PSXI s Z Bet changes, but w i l l hold f o r Updater

+ 1340 'ZL!!Y-I.TY Ikd a t s/cff 0100 5/25. SP is :? 0100-C500 Z T per annct., sche6cled f o r next issue. which also sez i s now 1000/250 Ul, so 2P i s on. ( I l j ~ )

lJ?Z%-?a Stranaely atop channel 5/25 O l h w/ h? & spot. ( R ~ E ) ~~d some ~ / ~ f gc one ~~A~~ i t e x f r o 3 ?a;e T u l o r , which I go t on the phone U 5 0 ;,dZlIZ-Va Well atop channel 3c not nul lable even 5/25 0126. lird also l a s t eve., and then intelli:ently f o ~ o t to bring to work w/ ne*

6A 0035 o h WNAB, & one other. ( R ~ E ) CINC-3r. Per Paje Taylor t i p 1o;ged 6 A 0007-0013 s/off w/ q o r t s , 3e safe yead the Convention [Jews careZully, and l e t us h O 1 i Ff w e t L L

wx, d e t a i l l e a annct., a f t e r >.CTCts d o f f 0007 (3j3) see you there. + a 7 0 CFOX-a 13 on 1.3f1s, hrd 5/ll.. ( B i l l Stone, Cla re~ont , ht. ) + CF3J-its Is on "71 s, hrd j/ll (Stone) h n i ; P q e t s r /c 's I renenber were: ;.t?T-kE-730; K-970.

1590 ~ ~ T - ~ ~ d .W w/ ad f o r barber shop 8: Briole 3% 212& 1/29 (IIarl: Katz, Arlin:ton, Ila) still waitjne on ? p ~ ~ - l s l O jSLls f o r TEST. Cards hadntT come in a s of

l a s t week. AS soon a s they do, t h e y ' l l 20 Out. But, manwhile, where a re the ver ies from tile 11T3'-P5C TEST ??? $

ALL TEES ?OF? XBOTE 1p.2 3.D.T.

call auulicalions ~ l ~ ~ t ~ ~ it from here, and l e t s g e t soxe more 3Y happenin; out there*..

600 KZIX-Co 9eq. K I I X 73's de XjE 930 lJSA2-1.Y Req. TJIIIIV

_ _ _ ^ ---I-. -.-..--- 1 - - .---- . - - - . -~-,- - 1170 CP -I!J Sonerville, 9eq. K:JJ 1240 :m,$O-Ca Seq. :a?: * p w a. h W e been r* r r e n e i &- ip- +ke 136C CP -Xo Caneron, Xeq. GEM mon+hs - he witC\ h ; ~ h R q ~ @ ~ d ' , ~ &+;ex , a 9 0 1336-3~ Req. KAUL 1590 XTOD-Tx Req. K I X Y &Q&'I \ e k For n o r i d , MJ hb' 1600 CP -91 ;JdL~er, &q. :ILLR ??? CP? - A l York, Req. \TYLS. (Anyobdy have a , ~ info on this???) mere f l c c ~ ' d a q d j u s t ~.ddvtnl' e ~ ~ ~ l r p e ~

changes "9 + 590 ITHO-Ca Granted GP f o r incr.:ase to 1000/500 + 850 CCID-Ca :Jew C a l l - Thousand Jaks "3 * 880 t;RVN-IITb Is expected on by 6/30 ( ! : a m Garber, Lincoln, I&) + 910 ILR2V-hc SC?: 2 b h r s . * 95'0 SIXLX-I.!d. Is expected on by 6/30 (Fhck :'am, erstwhile of e a t t s -

v i l l e , I,id., but by now, of Ponona, Calif.) % 1000 'il&,?-VI ex-;E?B + 10c0 ifOK<-Ia CP: D-1 + n 3 0 VCZGPa New c a l l , bJaynesboro

CESAR , . OBJlO Venezuelan Station List

kW call name location

YVOV, YVKE, YVLX, YVMJ, YVKL, YVQB, YVSE, Y VNO , Y VKA, YVSL, YVQO, YVLH, YVNA. YVLL, YVMR, YVMH, YVKY, YVQR, YVMT, YVNC, YVKS, YVQQ, Y VKK , YVOD, YVKC, YVLP, YVSH, YVLT, YVMY, YVLD, YVOL, YVKU, YVMP, YVLW, YVMD, YVRQ, YVQX, YVLJ, YVNN, YVKG, Y VRB , YVSS, YVLR. YVTS, YVTB,

R. P e r i j a , Machiques R. Cultura. Caracas R. Rumbos, Villa de Cura L a Voz de l a Fe. Maracaibo R. Continente, Caracas R. Sucre , Curnana R. Cr i s ta l , Barquisimeto R. Libertad, Cabimas R. Nacional de Venezuela Caracas R. Nacional de Venezuela, San Cris tobal Ondas Por tenas , P u e r t o l a Cruz R. Gi ra rdo t Maracay Ondas de 10s Medanos, Coro R. Rumbos, Caracas R. Barquisimeto, Barquisimeto R. Popula r , Maracaibo R. Capital, Caracas ( fo rmer ly L a Voz de l a B r i a ) R. Cumana, Cumana R. Universo, Barquisimeto R. Maracaibo, Maracaibo R. C a r a c a s . Caracas R. P u e r t o l a Cruz. Puer to l a Cruz Onda Metropolitana de l a Radio Nacional d e Venezuela, E c o s de l T o r b e s , San Cris tobal Valencia R. Difusora Venezuela, Caracas R. Ochocientos Diez (R. 81 O), Valencia R. Guayana, Upata R. Miranda, Los Teques R. Juventud, Barquisimeto R. Valencia, Valencia R. Junin, San Cris tobal R. L iber tador , Caracas R. Lara, Barquisimeto R. Amer ica , Valencia R. M a r a Maracaibo R. Aeropuerto, Maiquetia R. Nueva E s p a r t a , P o r l a m a r , I s l a Margar i t a R. Maracay , Maracay R. Punto Fi jo, Punto Fi jo Ondas Popula res Caracas R. Monagas, Maturin R. San Sebastian, San Cris tobal R. Central, Maracaibo R. Isnotu, Isnotu Exitos Novecientos Ochenta (Exitos 9 8 0 ) . Maracaibo

YVMQ, YVRT, YVTA, YVNM, YVOB, YVPC, YVQF, YVRS, YVMX, YVTD, YVQY. YVON, YVLB, YVKZ, YVNU, YVLN, YVOE, YVMA, YVKW, YVPF, YVQJ, YVPB, YVSZ, YVOP, Y VSN, Y VQT, YVXR, YVMF, YVRU, YVPY, YVMU, YVSM, YVOO, YVMV, YVQD, YVRR, YVSD, YVQV, YVOR, YVMB,

YVRE YVOZ, YVNH YVMN YVQZ YVRD YVTX, Y VPH. Y VNT,

L a Voz del T igre E l T i g r e R. Tropica l Caracas R. T r i c o l o r , Barquisimeto R. Mil Moron L a Voz del Tachi ra , San Cris tobal R. Aragua, Maracay R. Bolivar , Ciudad Bolivar R. Margar i t a , L a Asuncion, I s la Margar i t a R. Calendario, Maracaibo R. Valles del Tuy, Ocumare del Tuy R. Guanare, Guanare R. L o s Andes, Merida R. L a Voz de Carabobo, Valencia R. Nacional de Venezuela Caracas R. Caroni . San Fel ix R. Guarico, San Juan de 10s M o r r o s R. San Cris tobal , San Cris tobal R. Zul ia , Maracaibo Ern isora Vargas , L a Guaira R. Cordi l lera , Betijoque R. Barcelona, Barcelona R. Yaracuy , San Fel ipe R. Comercial d e Venezuela R. Occidente Tovar R. Angostura, Ciudad Bolivar R. Carupano, Carupano R. Mia, Valencia Ondas del Lago, Maracaibo R. L i t o r a l Naiguata R. Amazonas, P u e r t o Ayacucho R. C a r o r a , Carora R. Nacional d e Venezuela, Merida R. F r o n t e r a , San Antonio del Tachi ra 0 g d a s del Caribe, Punto Fi jo Ecos del Orinoco, Ciudad Bolivar R. Industr ia l Guarenas R. T u r i s m o , Vale ra R . Acarigua, Acarigua R. Maturin, Maturin R. Fuente , Ciudad Ojeda

P e t r o l e r a , Maracaibo R. B a r i n a s , Bar inas R. T iempo, Caracas Ondas del Esca lan te , Santa Barbara del Zulia R. Coro, Coro La Voz de Anaco, Anaco La Voz de Apure San Fernando de Apure R. Machiques, Machique s R. Vale ra , Vale ra R. Barlovento, Caucagua

10 1240 1 YVLQ, L a Voz de la Victor ia , L a Victoria

10 YVSF, R. Caripito, Caripito 1250 10 YVPZ, R. P u e r t o Ordaz, Puer to Ordaz

1 YVML, R. Cabimas, Cabimas 1260 1 YVRY, R. Nirgua, Nirgua

10 YVMR R. Impacto, Caracas 1270 1 YVOU, Ondas Panamer icanas , E l Vigia

1 YVTR, R. Tucupita, Tucupita 1280 10 YVSQ, R. Nacional de Venezuela, San Fernando de Apure

1 YVNB, L a Voz de l a S i e r r a , Churuguara 1 YVPZ, R. Zaraza , Z a r a z a

1290 1 YVLF, R. Puer to Cabello, Puer to Cabello 1300 10 YVKH, R. Crono Radar , P e t a r e

1 YVNS R. Reloj, Maracaibo 1310 1 YVPG R. Tinaquillo, Tinaquillo

1 YVPX, R. L a F r i a , La F r i a 1320 5 YSVG, R. Colonial E l Tocuyo

R. Rubio, Rubio 1330 1 YVOV, R. Los Llanos, Calabozo

1 YVTL, L a Voz del Sur del Lago, Caja Seca YVKT, R. Metropolitana, Baru ta

1340 1 YVQU, R. San Carlos , San Car los 1350 1 YVTJ, R. Cumarebo, Cumarebo 1360 1 YVNG R. Vision, Lagunillas

1 YVTW, R. Occidental Chivacoa 1 YVTL, R. San Rafael , E l Mojan 1 YVTZ, R. Guaicaipuro, Charavalle

1370 1 YVLO, R. Difusora l a Pascua , Valle de l a Pascua 1 YVSV, R. Portuguesa, A r a u r e

1380 1 YVOW, R. Bocono, Bocono 1390 5 YVTT, R. Terepa ima, Cabudare (Barquisimeto)

1 YVZA, R. Cultural L a Voz de la P a t r i a 1400 1 YVSS, R. Compas, E l Sombrero 1410 1 YVNY R. Difusora Oriental , Guiria

YVST, R. T u r e n , T u r e n 1420 1 YVOP R. Trujillo, Truj i l lo 1430 1 YVN J R. Exito, Bachaquero 1440 1 YVFR R. Orituco, Altagracia de Ori tuco

1 YVTY, R. Secesos, Tar iba 1450 1 YVOJ, R. Universidad, Merida 1490 1 YVTL, R. Merida, Merida 1500 1 YVT C, R. Cultural Polltecnico, Barquisimeto

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I N O P E R A T I O N

SAN ANDRES ISLAND. Conflicting information has cropped up about this smal l Colombian-owned is land in the Caribbean which counts a s a separa te country fo r DX purposes by vir tue of i t s greater- than-50-mile separation f r o m the mainland. They've been l i s ted by a number of sources a s having stations in operation on the MW fo r a number of yea r s now; l e t t e r s to the l is ted stations have el ici ted negative responses , Caribbean-l is teners have been unable t o hear any t r a c e s of the l is ted stations, and, though the stations have been l is ted, it 's general ly been assumed that the stations we re inactive a t best. Now comes the f i r s t information t o indicate that there may indeed be an act ive station on San Andros. Ross Hansch, W9BG, recently worked EKOBKW on San Andres who r epo r t s that there 's a Radio Morgan i n operatio.n on 1260 with 1 kw; according to h im they operate 0900-2000 EST with a 45 foot high longwire. So who'll h ea r them f i r s t ?

ANTARCTICA. Ross a l so recently worked KC4USV a t McMurdo who updates the information i n the l a s t IDXD; according to h im the only station i n operation i s WASA on 600 kHz operating NSP with 50 watts; antenna is a 40' longwire and power i s derived f r o m the famous McMurdo "sinking" atomic piles. . . INTERNATIONAL WATERS (ENGLAND). Radio Nordsee vacated the band on 4 /30 following a shor t t e s t period on 1385; on 5 /15 she began t e s t s on 1232V and resumed regular operations on 5 /15 . Schedule i s 2330-2000 according to Ken Brownless; r epo r t s f r o m other sources indicate that Nordsee i s still being jammed by the Bri t ish Government.

YUGOSLAVIA. Radio Capodistria (Radio Koperin in Slovenian) has been heard in Italian on 1169 i n Italian around 0600; this i s the only commercial operation in a Communist country. (SCDZ)

MOZAMBIQUE. A new 50 kw station will soon begin operation f r o m Lourenco Marques on 1007 kHz; this one will be just marginally possible f r om North Amer ica this summer. (Ed)

P R O J E C T E D O P E R A T I O N S

M A L T A . Deutsche Welle, the West German federal station is expected to begin operations f r o m h e r e with a 600 kw t ransmi t te r in 1972. (SCDX)

CAMBODIA. An Amer ican f i r m (no doubt based in Virginia) is rushing t o put a new 1 megawatt station into operation f r o m Phnom-Penh; f req unknown but the station i s supposed t o counter b roadcas t s f r o m Peking and Hanoi. (Ed)

SAN MARINO. The new commercial station on 1484 i s expected t o begin operation shortly. (SCDX) Lots of luck, folks.. .

RCl l.4L P USTRALIAN AIR FORCE

Headquarters ? U F Contingent VUFG TAU UF'O 3 GPO STEk'l 3SW 2890

26th February 1970

!. ;1 nave just rcceived a l e t t ~ r fron :.adio Bus t rd ia , which contained reley,ln% ~:e::lls irou: jour rad ic reception report sent t o t b a .

2. 'L'nur rcy;.rt,, t!.e cnt , . : m d l i c e spwiM.ed was c o r r w t r~::lrdirz yrg!.:rmne a ? r ! fre.~urr,cy.

-. 3. ! : ~ e ?o-3;icn fron ~ h l c h your report originated r e d l y . b s our Lec::r?icd rc.prrsentz'.ives irtri ued. They cannot qu i te understad how you - . , - . rop:r o i c ion t Korei, Frrcx thouqh a< poor uhen p?i1: 5 - i : ~ 5.?-.r no luck :?: a l l ? A.r w e run 500 watts t.0 a toploaded 100 f m t vert.ical >. '::LC v ' ! Z , i fc rr!~l?:' C S T . ~ O ~ e?n<.?t t 3 reach P!W:: i-::G with a usea;.le l r v f l :f sic.-.d.

I -. . 7-;i . s>srl:?.- :ns es t~bl i s t~c : ! vitt f m d s ar.2 c . j , . i~:3~nt. rionatar: tj: t.t.a a2~t.rc;.:i9 p1i;.l.i:!. ' k e eiin of ?k? stet.ion is to r,rovidp entpr+ni:.mer',, SFOX'% l ! t i - a.j.9 of w! 2.usirelimt ori-i i l t o our senicecar , ststionpc; SOUt.\ ; E LneT..

5. As you C.,? sec fro:.? our DI-9grmXE7 a c.3~:- ~f which is elclosed, : l w c e seyrent of s u r p .x re rnes p r e direct.1.y r n l ~ e d f r m ?.&o i~:trr,lia. .he;- e r e identil ' icd a t least, ever). :lour as heir..: relnyed by .;FP.'J.

6. Any further reception reports (part icular lv any iqrovw;ec t or de-erioration of s i g r : d ?urility) would be of Ereat i n t e r e s t t o us, end ca:: Sc sent t o the above address.

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Tab le contalnlng all operat ing Short Wave Stat lons of t h e World. and of course t h e lists necessary for every Shortwave Listener:

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Radio Geronimo on Monte Carlo

I BY RAY DOWNING LONDON-Three years after the pop ' pirates were forced off the airwaves,

I Britain at last has its fim all.legal, all / above board progressive music radio sta- tion. Run by a group of Englishmen. Radio Geronimo is now test-broadcasting

! two to four hours of continuous rock, classical and eastern religious music across Europe, from the transmitters of

I . Radio Monte Carlo from midnight every 1 Saturday.

Transmitting on 205 meters in the medium waveband. it's been testing for seven weeks and hopefully will eventu- ally go out four hours a night, seven nights a week. When that will be depends on how soon enough advertising can be found.

"The rrsponse has been fantastic," says Terry Yason, a former pop music public relations man who started planning the station last year with pop journalists Hugh Nolan and Goeffrey Bass after he'd returned from the States where he'd turned on to FM radio. "We've been get- ting 200 letters a week from all over Turkey. Czechoslovakia, Poland. M o m - co, even Nigeria. It's an international sigh of relief."

The concept of the station, says Yason. is to break down barriers of prejudice with rock music. "We've found a way to get a legal alternative to the BBC's [Brit- ish Broadcasting Corporation] monopoly, and we're completely free to play what- ever we want. We aim to use rock music as a bridge-to get across to people."

Which means a continuous program of Rolling Stones. John Coltrane, the Fugs, 1. S. Bach, Tibetan religious chants, Judy Collins, the Who. whole albums if neces- sary, with no gaps, no DJs on ego trips, "just intelligent information, as little talk as possible."

When the station gets underway every night, Yason hopes to dot in about four minutes of ads an hour, wilh no jingles. "Again, the ads will go out as straight information."

Geronimo is Yawn's second attempt to set up progressive radio from a legal European station. The first was Radio Andorra, in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. He abandoned it when test transmissions to England proved the sig- nal to be too weak, and so started look- ing around for another station.

He found Radio Monte Carloowned jointly by France and Prince Rainier- and secured the financial backing of rec- ord producer Jimmy Miller and manager Tony Secunda. Radio Geronimo was on its way.

~t the moment, program tapes are made in London, air-expressed i:o Monte Carlo and put on by French t~hnicians. Yason h o p to have some live shows in the future, but everything depends on the advertising. There's been no big capital outlay, as with the pirate radio ships. Running costs are about 200 pounds a week.

With a 400 kilowatt transmitter-the largest in Europe after midnight-recep tion in England is, not surprisingly, good.

What is surprising is that it's not been done before.

FWVX 5/23 6'1d_, via Jcml Stmw:

LOS ANGELES- A stereo broadcasting transmission sys- tem for AM radio has been de- veloped by a Long Island firm. A local middle-of-the-road o p erator, XTRA, will be the first station in the country using the equipment. XTRA's transmitter is located in Mexico; no U.S. station yet has an A M stereo broadcast permit.

Developed by Kahn Research Laboratories of Freeport, L.I., the new transmitter now allows an AM operator to enter the do- main of two-channel stereo broadcasting which heretofore has been the forte of F M broad- casters.

There have been some AM stations, like WQXR in New York, which in early experiments

programmed stereo by broad- casting one channel on their AM frequency and broadcasting the second channel on an FM out- let; usually their F M counter- part. (WQXR-FM is now stereo.)

17 The new system involves a

special AM stereo transmitter which allows the station to send out two signals by the use of two sidebands. Thus a teen-ager can now hear s terw at the beach by placing two transister AM radios six to eight feet apart and having them both tuned to the origina- tion Once station. the radios have been

spaced far enough apart to ob- tain stereo separation, the listen- er tunes in the station on the right radio and then off-tunes that radio slightly to the right. He next tunes in the statmn on the left radio and then off-tunes the station slightly to the left.

As Bob Young, an executive with the McLendon Pacific Corp., which is the sales agent for XTRA, said listeners are picking up two signals on side- bands adjacent to the. station's prime frequency. XTRA broad- casts with 50,000 watts, with o m transmitter in Tijuana, Mexico. The station is owned by Mexican interests who lease sales and programs rights to the Mc- Lendon organization which pre- pares the two-channel 7!/2 inches-per-second tapes in ~ t s Dallas facilities.

All the music is played on au- tomated tape players. There is no interference of the prime sig- nals when heard on only one radio.

Since beginning its s e r e 6 broadcasts May 2, XTRA has been promoting the new sound by pointing out that no adapters or special receivers are required as in the case with FM multi- plex. Just how strong the AM

s te rw signal is received depends on where the listener lives, Young said. XTRA's stereo sig- nal is particularly strong, he said. in the southern regions of Los Angeles. Orange and San Diego counties.

XTRA.'s MOR programnrlng is stereo 24 hours a day. McLen- don's F M station. KOST-FM went multiplex two years ago with a similar format.

Kahn Research, formed in 1952, specializes in the develop ment of communications and broadcast equipment. Its parent company, Electrospace (AMEX) of Westbry, L. I., manufactures the transmitting equipment.

18 SUPREMACY RATINGS

Norm Maguire 1420 Columbia Drive NE Albuquerque. N.M. 87106

Location T.V. South America Best

41 L. Kruse Iowa 4035 36 N. Maguire h'ew Mexico 2839 52 E. Johnson* I l l i n o i s 2759 40 G. Allen Cal ifornia 271 5 59 S. Drake Pennsylvania 2371

? E. Holbrook Maryland 2273 31 F. Wheeler Pennsylvania 1613 33 R; Sperry Connecticut 1600

7 it.Andersol+ Virginia 1434 60 A. itugg Quebec 1368 33 D. Reynolds California 1330 39 C. Freeman California 1323 58 A. Memiman Virginia 1249 54 J. S t a r r Ohio 902 34 H. Gustafson I l l i n o i s 81 8 64 B. Reynolds Vissouri 783 64 D. 'rhatmough Ontario 652 68 3. Waldron N e w Jersey 644 67 R. Wood Hawaii 553 58 D. Ph i l l ips Kentucky 552 59 A. Slate+* Gnglanrl 534 62 C. Mohr N e w York 521 63 G. Scrimgeour* Ontario 486

? D. Erickson Cal ifornia 442 62 T. Davisson Ohio 436 58 3. Dangerfield Pennsylvania 407 65 R. Richman Wew York 406

-65 R. Iiays Kentucky 373 67 R. -die Missouri $2 64 M. Sorensen* Ontario P o 65 D. Carlson I l l i n o i s 720

7 3. XLkinson Californ'la 304- J. Keff i?m York 23 0

39 9. iiobie Massachusetts 254 66 !,I, :;ortham* Oregon 253 65 9. Raczko Ohio 240 62 3. "hunds** 1:ew Jersey 226 63 D. 3gpert Indiana 202 67J.Renfr tar Connecticut 186 68 J. Pejza Cal ifornia 189 63 P. Kilroy ' ijashin$.on,E 169 63 J. Conrad Florida 167 67 C. Reno Connecticut 1 06 67 3. n o d e n Ontario 93

3. Karchevski Cal ifornia 3 3

XCJB Ecuador HJiABN 1190 2 5 0 ~ OAX4A Peru XCJS 974 1kw HCW-1 1145 WOW ZYB-5 1270 1kw LR5 Argentina 830 CX-28 Uruguay HC2LA C3-73 Chile 730 ZYX-9 Brazil 1270 1Okw PRG-2 Srazi l 1040 ZR 760 i O k w PRH-9 840 c a i p 5kw LR-3 950 PJ3 3onaire 800 R. Trinidad 730 CX-140 1400 10kw HJKL Colombia 605 ZP10 Paramay PJB 800 CP-9 3ol ivia l0kw

11. Trinidad ZP-14 PJE HJAI 1040 PJB 800 PJ3 800 R. Trinidad 730 HJCX l k u R. Trinidad

U J T 1210 R. Hoyer, Curacao 1500 5% SXS Surinam 725 50kw PZX-26 725

:.Jelcme back t o 90b Karchevski who i s s t a r t i n p a new log frm California. i d indicates ysar s ta r ted Dlinq. Eope you fellows with t h e * or ** w i l l br ine your t o t a l s up t o date durinz the summer so t h a t you w i l l not be &opped . f r m the l i s t i n r . I;ext month w i l l feature Yorth America t o t a l s and bes t veries plus "heard" s ta t ions and countries to ta l s . 3ave a good summer.

Aloha from Manond 9ead. 73, /-- & + . -

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