;'SATIC 1 ROM H Q f A f t e r t h i s i s s u e , we '11 have weekly i s s u e s of DX News March 27 and A p r i l 3

a f t e r t h a t we begin sk ipp ing weeks--please s ee your e a r l i e r DX News f o r d e t a i l s ! I n o t h e r s t u f f . . . a b e l a t e d hayy b i r thday t o LPC member and s e c r e t a r y P a t Har t l age ( i t was S t . P a t ' s Day and t h e r e s t of u s a r e g reen ... wi th envy!) d o n ' t f o r g e t t o Muse and c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e v a r i o u s columns i n DX News through t h e spring--we s t i l l need c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o keep t h e b u l l e t i n a c t i v e ! We g o t a no te t h i s week from Sigvard Andersson i n Sweden which e x p l a i n s wha t ' s been happening t o t h e mai ls . . .he s ays "A couple weeks ago I found a l e t t e r i n my DX News. The l e t t e r was mailed i n L o u i s v i l l e , and i t was addressed t o ano the r p l ace i n L o u i s v i l l e b u t i t took t h e way v i a Norrkoping, Sweden i n my DX News! "

CPC T E S T S *'

Mon., March 27 WXAP-860 A t l a n t a , Ga. 0000-???? Same format a s t h e last t e s t . Reports t o : Dan Dunnigan, Chief Engineer , WXAP Radio, 1111 Boulevard SE, A t l an t a . A r r r Chuck Hutton.

Mon., March 27 KNWS-1090 Waterloo, Iowa. 0200-0300. Tes t w i l l i nc lude t o n e s and IDS. W i l l use 1000 w. non -d i r ec t iona l p a t t e r n . C a l l s (p repa id ) w i l l be accepted a t r (319) 234-2658. Ver i e s t o r David J . Dobes, Chief Engineer , KNWS Radio, Northwestern Col lege , Waterloo. Iowa 50702. A r r : Geoffrey L. P a r r i s h . GWDXA.

Mon., March 27 WAMS-1380 Wilmington, Del. T h i s i s a r e g u l a r check on t h e 4 t h Monday of t h e month. The check i s normal1 1000 w., bu t f o r t he check on 3/27 and f o r '4/24 and 5 3 9 a t 0230 they w i l l use 5000 w. The s t a t i o n u s normally NSP and t h u s t e s t s a r e du r ing r e g u l a r schedule . They w i l l i nc lude t o n e s and code I D S f o r 5 t o 10 minutes . Ve r i e s t o r Ron S c h i l l e r , Chief Engineer. A r r : J i m Hopkins.

Mon.. A p r i l 3 W(0W-14-60 D a l l a s , Ore. Eddie Ryan of GWDXA.arranger of t e s t . c a l l e d NRC HQ t o inform t h a t t e s t scheduled j/6 d i d n o t run due t o t r a n s m i t t e r f a i l u r e . The t e s t i s rescheduled f o r t h i s da t e a t t h e same t ime. Fo r add res s , d e t a i l s . check your back DX News i s s u e s .

S teve F r a n c i s informs u s t h a t KDWN-720 i n Las Vegas h a s an equipment t e s t every Monday morning from 0200-0800 f o r 30 t o 60 minutes w i th 50 Kw non- d i r e c t i o n a l . He says t h a t t h e f i r s t Monday of each month t h e t e s t r u n s 5 hour s , w i th open c a r r i e r s , music, t o n e s and I D S . Ve r i e s t o r M r . Messing, Chief Engineer , KDWN Radio, 1 Main S t r e e t , Las Vegas, Nev. 89109.

LOOK INSIDE AM Switch........................................................2 Domestic DX Diges t ................................................ I n t e r n a t i o n a l DX Diges t .......................................... 7 Michigan S t a t i o n Report .......................................... 10 A L e t t e r From t h e John Alex Disco Freak Show.....................ll Nos ta lg i a . ....................................................... 12 Musings .......................................................... 15 ......................... In The Land of Nod--Joe Donavan . . . . . . . . . 22

A N SWITCH BRUCE WINKELMAN 3 3 2 4 KETTERING PLACE GREENSBORO, N.C. 27410

Yes, V i rg i n i a , t he re i s an AM SWITCH!! Herewith another e d i t i o n o f goodies and t i p s from the e x c i t i n g wor ld o f BCB OX. My apologies t o one and a l l f o r t he t ime gap between the l a s t column and t h i s b u t a business/vacat ion t r i p t o Las Vegas l a s t month as we l l as a bout w i t h t he Russian f l u p u t me on t he sk ids f o r a wh i l e ( a t l e a s t I t h i n k i t was the Russian f l u - - i ns tead o f l i t t l e b lack spots i n f r n n t o f mv eves. t he re were l i t t l e r ed souares--oroan!! Don ' t blame me--that 's Red ~ k e l t o n " < l i h e , ' h i h i ! ! ) Well, enough o f t h i s s t u f f and on w i t h AM-SWITCH. - I STATIONS NOW ON THE AIR:

1140 KVLI-CA 1260 WXCE-WI 1450 KBFI-ID (BHy) 1540 KKAP-CA 1250 KNEU-UT 1470 KRDZ-CO 1510 MGC-TX 1540 WtILM-MI

CALL LETTER GRANTS:

860 WQXZ-NC ex-WSTH 1310 WWKR-MI ex-WNIC 1480 WUEZ-VA ex-WBLU 1150 WAYY-WI ex3AXX 1340 WBCS-WI ex-WRIT 1530 KWOK-OK ex-KJEM 1190 WXGR-MS ex-WPUP 1400 WJJK-WI ex-WBIZ 1560 WUME-IN ex-WVAK 1230 KEAN-TX ex-KNIT 1410 KEYN-KS ex-KBUL 1590 WYIG-MS ex-WWUN 1240 WPJL-NC ex-WRNC 1440 WRDD-MI ex WBCM 1600 WJZA-TN ex-WHBT

1460 KLTC-NO Dickinson CP 1560 WYZO-NC Dobson CP 1530 KAWS-TX Hemphi l l CP 1590 WXRS-GA Swainsboro CP

CALL LETTER APPLICATIONS:

810 AL Jacksonv i l l e CP seeks WJXL 1290 KSNN-ID seeks KISU 950 WRYT-MA seeks WROL 1320 KCRA-CA seeks KGNR

1010 KHCS-AZ seeks KWEG 1470 WWHY-WV seeks WKSD 1220 KMR-CA seeks KLIT 1470 KANO-MN seeks KTWN 1230 KISD-SO seeks KKRC 1490 WLRC-MI seeks WHTL 1290 KWNS-KS seeks KWLS

CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION

600 KGEZ-MT CP: U4 5000/1000 810 KOIN-WA CP: 0 1 5001 810 W~JQ-WI CP: 03 100'00/ 910 KMJC-CA CP: U4 5000/2500 9811 WI On-FI TP. 114 75nn/clnll

1290 WRRA-VI CP: U1 500/500 1380 WIZO-TN CP: 03 5000/ 1410 WSRC-NC CP: 03 5000/ 1440 WJBQ-ME CP: U2 5000/5000 1440 WCHB-MI CP: U4 1000/1000 --- . - -. . - . --"", ---

980 KDSJ-SD CP: U2 5000/5000 1560 WBUK-MI CP: 03 2500; 1000 WSPF-NC CP: D l 5000/CH:100u 1570 WCLE-TN CP: 01 2500/ 1010 KCMR-CO CP: D l 5000/CH:2500 1590 WLTO-IL CP: U2 1000/2500 1060 WKNG-GA CP: 01 5000/ 1590 WJSO-TN CP: U2 5000/5000 1090 WFWR-IN CP: U4 1000/1000 1590 WISZ-MD CP: U4 1000/1000 1110 WBCATAL CP: 04 ~ O O O O / C H : 2

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS GRANTED:

570 WFSO-FL CP: U4 500/500 1130 WAMG-TN CP: D l 2500/CH:1000 680 WRNG-GA CP: U2 25000/10000 1360 KKBJ-MN CP: U2 5000/2500 970 KBSN-TX CP: 0 1 1000/ on:= 1570 KUXL-MN CP: D l 25001

1090 WCMG-FL CP: 01 5000/ on:@

NEW STATION APPLICATIONS:

740 MN Zumbrota D3 10000/ 850 TN Fa i rv iew D l 500/ 950 WA S e a t t l e U2 5000/5000

1080 PA Huntingdon 03 1000/ 1140 VA St . Paul 0 1 1000/ 1190 VA B l u e f i e l d 03 10000/ 1240 AZ Globe U1 1000/250 1250 AK Homer U1 5000/5000

Tha t ' s i t f o r another month. The m a j o r i t y o f t he ma te r i a l t h i s t ime around came from t h e FCC, very l i t t l e from the members. Only 2 o u t o f 700t members repor ted t h i s month--surely t he re a re more changes noted o u t t he re than t ha t ! ! L e t ' s r epo r t ! ! My thanks t o t he repo r te r s t h i s month f o r he lp ing t o make t h i s AM SWITCH possible. A very t e n t a t i v e look ahead a t deadl ines f o r f u t u r e AM SWITCHES, nex t dead l ine w i l l b e m i t h subsequent ones on 5/9, 6/6, 7/4, 8/8 and 9/5.

1470 CA Coalinga D l 500/ 1500 CA Burbank U4 1000/10000 1530 AR Harr ison 01 500/ 1580 NC Camp Lejeune 01 10000/CH:5000

AM SWITCH page 2

OTHERNESS FROM THE MEMBERS:

920 KVEC-CA format i s now MOR, 24h SPU (BHY) 1060 KBGN-ID now on here ex:910 as of 9/30/77, s/on va r i es from 0800-0830

dur ing the year (BHy) 1250 KYAC-WA now U2 5000/5000 and i s NSP (BHy) 1250 KWSU-WA may be U1 5000/5000 w i t h new sked of 0900(1000)-0300 (BHy) 1440 WRDD-MI ex-WBCM now on w i t h CWM format and "B ig Red" (JR)

I know t h a t a l l o f you ou t t he re are g lad an eas ie r t o read type i s back i n use here on AM SWITCH. Maybe now I can r e t i r e the o l d Smith-Corona ( d o n ' t ho ld your breath tho, h i ! ! ) . U n t i l next time, adios-

THE DYI(AMIC DUO:

BHy B i l l Hardy Aberdeen WA JR J e r r y Robertson Croswel l MI

L o u i s v i l l e , I hope you've go t some f i l l e r ! ! ! ! 73

T o l d ya n o t t o h o 1 4 yaw b r e a t h ! l I J u s t k r d my l o c a l VBIG-1470 anno lu l ca n e w s k e 4 1 ? 4 h SF8 WK 0000-0500. Tt.at makes a l l 3 ~ t s t l o n s i n G ' b o m w i t h u n l i ~ I t e 3 l i c e n s e e s no,i o n 74h ~ l t h SF o n ki.1. W m % r k c v lanq t h a t will-

&.- l a s t b e f o r e 2 4 h ;<SF a r r l v ~ s ? ? ?

DOMENC DX DIGESI' RAY ARRUDA 47 BURT STREET ACUSHNET. MASS. 02743 ( 6 1 7 ) 998-3958

I

1250 CA Grass Va l l ey D l 500/ 1290 PA Fredericksburg D3 1000/ 1320 W I Kenosha 03 50001 . .. .

i460 MN Th ie f R iver ~ a l i s D l 2500/

& goad o o l r w this ismum, s o lat'm ra l l . . . .

', Tha fol loulxg r/08s ware heard on 2.6 IP[ a t tha t iara l i s t e d for

I l a t l4H This is the 8ecornd consroutire month t h l m has happornad, s o th.chmge appear8 to be pamumst. U1 had Ooda ID. exoapt W X .

A b r i e f note regard ing t he 900 spot i n Nashua NH(where WOTW i s o r used t o be depending on the exact l ega l s ta tus o f t he s ta t i on ) - - - - - - - a t l e a s t f i v e ( 5 ) d i f f e r e n t broadcast ing corporat ions a re a f t e r t h i s a l l o c a t i o n . W i l l be very i n t e r e s t i n g i n t he nex t few months t o see what develops.

2nd Mon. 3rd Worn.

phonatio IDm (KVJ) Wnur-1410 Ira) KVJ) K-lbM 1*8{ [BE) WUO1-1450 IIH WHSO-1450 (KVJ) WGSR-1570 (HE)

WHPB SO BELTOH - 2/21 female anncr c los ing show, l n t o 1815 d o f f w/ma1. anncr. (KV.7)

KOLY-1300 ( m ) WBRO-1310 Fre uent I D S , mx WMLT-1330 (m? KBRX-1350 (m) WBW-1400 Bot heard (RJE!

Ins tead of TT. (MH) (KVJ)

~ - - . - - - , 1400 KONG OA VISUI* - 2/19 2019 I D then promo f o r s t a t i o n t d l k

ahow, b r i e f l y atop. (1PB1 KTRT CA TRUC@E - 2/18 2002 t e n t a t i v e I D , 2012 p o s l t l r e I D

a o t u a l l y topping mesa w/good s lg , then Rock mx,, back up loud W/€%pot f o r Oentury 21 Real Esta te . Dominating again Send 'em 2/19 a 1925 recent ion t o 2100 reanrt! off f u l l W/TL DJ t h a t d q . (BE)

= --c---- . -I LEAVENWORTH - 2/18 took ma by aurpr lse , w/clear I D & s t i l l day l igh t here. I D followed by PSA. (KVJ) PIORGUTOWH - 2/11 1803 w/local nx & I D . (MT) MOWT VWHOH - 2/18 1835 end of Am lu, I D & wx, @ 1836 i n t o BJ Thomas song, good w/PBLI nulled. (HH) IWIIOULEE - caught on BS w/SS pg. 2/15, s /off 2200 I n EE...Hore Murphy's Law - s t a t i o n s eked f o r Om Teat*

Ei:-1560 (RJE) YSHG-1450 Bot heard (RJE)

3rd Wad. 3rd ThW. 4 t h non.

- . - - - - - w i l l be b a r d on RS e i t h e r r i g h t B4 o r a f t a r the t e s t data. (OH)

HOT BA

KURD: ROSS KTEL W L U i WALiA - 2/16 I D @ 1959. Sports, l e al ID 8 2000. Br ie f ly on t o p f o r a couple o r minm. (IB~ RED BLUFF - 2/l9 2001+ I D between Rook s i n g l e s & Albums, 0/KSYO, KRHB, & others. (BH) CALDUELL - 2/18 19w a t o p jumbla w/ x. a f t e r UP1 Audio nx, then i n t o U O I f ea tu re . (BH? WIBASH - 2/19 nice catoh W/ID 1753 before YLIO fade-in, good s i g n a l f o r 250W! (KVJ) BEWTOH - 2/8 1806 on emerg. BO w/"~PTB" ID.. ( W T ) GREENVILLE - 2/10 1745 I D & e/off ( ? ) not sure. (m) CObTbTERSVILLE - noted on l a t e f o r snow emarg. 1/27 1905-2000 s/off. ( IZ) HOBBSDBLE - Some confusion on new c a l l , has been report - ed an WDHH, but l a t e s t l o g updater saz HDHIY. Which i s i t 7 (KA)

Tent. by ASL, HEARD: BH, MH, HBlRD: BOSS, KE, HOT W : KSARD by BZ Tent. W/TT by If? HEARD b r BH NOT HXARD: BOSS, HEARD: ASI NOT HBAFtDI ROSS, HEARD: AE,

KBLF

W T LCBZT YPUT

WAY T

WHTB WBZQ WCBB

1170 O I I X OB OOBBYU - 2/18 1500 EX-OPHL ueing new c a l l . (AR) 1350 LPRT1sBO 2/24 0400 r /off //oBU-690, then 0 Oanada & QSQ,

followed by immadiate pausa and then l k h r TT oama on. Some, o r all of the t h r e e 40-watters r e lay ing OBU appear tn hr tha aourca of t h e m D TT Or h e t Some DXers out hare 1600 WXF FL KEY KEs? - noted i n 8 2110 on 2/26, Spot f o r Black

Angue Rest., mx. no l e g a l ID. (OH) ---- UMD -- 2/19 1801 p a r t i a l I D heard, soundad l l k a KG-- w/slo&u, *your Voice Of The val ley" (?), adrW ax. (KVJ) I sonahow nisplacad the f requencr on thls one K a r l , whila c u t t i n g & past ing, srl. (EA)

- - - - - - - - . - m a baen hear ing MI l a t e l y . (BE)

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u\fl~@ I m o M !

3ufito- 41;1v: i , i C I ii it 7~ p 0 631 . ~ y n n , Massachusetts 01903 TO.. TI;(OU.-.D. From Dario Monferini VIA Steve Bohac:

WANTED: DXERS I N THE USA TO SWAP/ EXCWGB STATION OOVERAGE UPS, BUMPER STICKERS, OR SURVEYS. WRITE TO: DARIO XOBFERIII, V I A DAVUZATI-8 ,

WJMQ cJ5 7L 20158 HII&!TO, ITALY. NORFOLK COUNTY BROAOGASTING COMPANY INC

P 0 BOX 1170

620 W V N J IJ HEHARK - 2/7 2059 w/B?L mx. vers. * ~ e s t e r d q . * (n") 630 OMY PEI OHULOTTETWH - 2/19 2318 way a t o p channel. ( U ) 720 KDWB NV LAS VEGAS - good 2/19 1926-2015 attem/power chan-

ga, UGH r e r r l y non e x i s t e n t . (HZ? 730 OHYR7 OH LJWIBGTON - 2/11 2315 o/u OKAC w/mx, I D s , e tc . (MTJ 810 K U E BH SMTTA 373 - 2/24 1940-1945 poor t h r u KOMO w/O&W mx IUDIJIGHT AT THE OASIS NORFOLK. MASSACHUSEiTS OM56

i n t o s /orr . (HZ) 890 WLS IL OHIOAGO - 2/26 2310, "Music & Peogla* Interview. (DO) 920 WBBB 190 BURLINGTO0 - 2/14 1758-1800 *B-92 I D s , rr, r /off . (MT)

KTLW XX TEXAS C I T Y - 2/17 f a i r w/Ftock mx. a ~ o t s . 1905-1915

680 KKYX TX SAX ANTOHI0 - 2/20 0035 good w/wx & O&W ax. (HH) ( ) KFEP XO ST. JOSXPH - good w/PSA 0147 t o winter ize your c a 3

690 W T I X LA NEW ORLWS - ET/OC/ID B 0405 on 2/27. (MH) 2/20 910 WGBI PA SO98NTOB - 2/27 0110, a f t e r an hr l i s t e n i n g , "Country

soundn I D 500W f i n a l l y heard, OBS nx. (DG) 920 CKCY ON SBULT STE. W I X - 2/27 0120 powerful s ig . $/weaker

WJU w/*Ontariols most l i s t e n e d t o s t a t ion . ( D G ) 930 WPBT BJ PBTERSOB - 2 27 0158 BFL ax w wx & I D , good s lg . (DG) PG

UBBB F1 BUFFALO - 2 A 7 0159 Pop W k D & both l o c a l & EBO xu. K H J CA LOS MOGELES - 2/20 0455, ET w/sweeplng tones W/KSLI

under. (ASL) W J B Y AL GOSDEH - 2/24 0700 d o n l n t o Mutual News & Goepsl

. - . - . -

~ / o f f . (HZ) '

TXYAFiKUA - 2/20 f a i r w/O&W mx & Horse Race Resul ts from Oaklawn Park 1847-1900 d o f f w / ~ i x i e . (Bz) BOSTOB - 2/10 1814-2100 on emerg. BO w/talk, anncts & s /off . (WT) SHOW LOW - 2/21 1929-1950 f a i r w / s p o r t s / ~ Z ~ mx, AH-FH I D # . (HZ) KA3iSAS C I T Y - 2/19 1836 "98-KMBZ* I D , con tee t promo, CBS Hews pgm. (KVJ) MObTaTOH - 2/13 2120 OBO pgm *nost ly nusic" (HZ) BLWFIELD - 2/16 "Super KOYn I D 2118 i n t o wx. DJ was

KID0

WRY T

m n KNBt

950 WWJ WPH WKIZ

960 WFIR 1060 K 4 U

t o 0710 fade. (HZ) . DETROIT - 2/27 0225, all Bewe format, OBS lfet PHILADELPmA - 2/27 0226 on ET w/ID. (DG) CWESTOH - 2/27 0235 poor s ig . w/T40. (DO) R0AEOP;E - 2/27 0255 w/Pop mx. & some fading. EL PAS0 - 2/27 0230 probable u/CJRP w/TT. (HJ Their 4 t h MH f /c ? (Fa)

Mark----. ( K ~ J ) (OH) THOMASVILLE - nabbed 2/21 63 2331 W/ID & T40. G I #l51. ROOSEVELT - 2/15 1949 wx, I D then John Denver eong, good w/KYAO nulled. I f t h l s can make it t h r u l o c a l m, should be heard i n moat places west of The Rockies

WPAX mu

I ' d guess. (BH) SKITIIFIELD - 2/10 1800 r e l i g i o n , then s /off . (HT) HARRISOKBURG - 2/13 1800 w/c&W ~/HFBR. (HT) HOPEYELL - 2/10 1805 A 1 nx. then l n t o l o c a l nx. (m)

Sounded l i k e OJFS o r KJB w/rr & phone 1586-1060. Doesn't match w/l ls ted # I s f o r CJRP, KGFX, W X L X , WdWX, WBKP, so.. ..0245 2/27. (RJE) Check the phone book again, I th ink your UBID Is WHOE-1060 LA running 1KW BD, while they a re r e f u r b i s h l n t h e i r antenna system, hss been widely heard. (RAf NEW ORLEANS - 2/20 0028 good s igna l w / ~ o p mx. (MH) PHILADELPHIA - 2/20 noted w/Hews. (Mi)

WWPW WKCY WHAP WOD

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LYICHBURG --2/23 anaouncinu power/pattern ohange, mention of FW' out le t . (MT)- AKER ~ l l y haa e a r l y s/off arolmd 1?11 W/SS i t In fo may he lp someone ge t am, hi! r ~ r u r

WISK 1cus - 21 B. Unn t I r m , \

'21 usua Lere, b~

WBOE &xu

6 1070 WPLI TB LOOKOUT XOUNFAIB - 2/27 ve ry s t r o n g on ET/OC/- 0228-

-0233 & on.. .ID@O23O sez they were on 50Kn day power. (RA) 1180 WHU4 NY ROCKESTER - 2/20 0310-0315 i n s t r o n g w/nx. Thought

it was KOFI on AN u n t i l YL s a i d UHAM & gave EST TC: C o m ~ l e t e s u r ~ r i s e . s ince cond i t i ons t o $0 have been r o t t a n . (BH)-

1240 K4KE KS WICHITA - 2/20 0040 f a i r t o good W/ID. (MH) 1330 KFH KS WICHITA - 2/21 0019 good w/Mysteq Theater. (MH) 1340 WFU DC WASHINGTOB - 2/21 0558 s/on W/SSB. (MT)

UROD PL DAYTONB BEACH - noted AN 2/27 w/nice I D a f t e r T40 8 0425, l o g change. (CH)

1350 KIVM HI LIHUE - 2/24 0359 s /of f wishing u s "aloha*...no l o n e r 24 hre . Avg. e ig . o/B.C. LPR'E1a W/KRLC nul led . (BHf

1400 UHID -- s/off 0000 2/21 w / " ~ u l l a b y e & Goodnightn wh i s t l ed over acoompaniment, somebody must recognize , t h i s , h i : (RJB)

WTSL NH WOVEB - 2/21 0005 s / o f f , l o g change. (RW) 1440 KVOH OA NAPA - 2/19 0900 s/on fo l lowed immediately by SS pgn . (B~) - -

1450 KOXP HA PORT AMGELES 2/19 1018 ID 8 end of song, i n t o Ronnie Wilaap song, a t o p b r i e f l y j u s t before l o c a l KBKW s/on 8 1028. Been a f t e r t h i s one f o r months. 1 8 )

1480 KOBI UT SP~arsEl Foar - 2/19 09254 w/coney Radio ID, O&W mx, IBH) S a l t Lake C i t y Ii'x heard 8 0907, f a i r t h r u KYOS PP p m .

1490 KSPO OA YEEKA - 2/19 03021) ending nx w/temp..fair t h r u OFWB.(BH) WXIT M CWELESTOB - 2/27 0047 s t r o n g s i g . w /~ook mx. (m) WPhD VT KIDDLEBDRT - 2/24 0009 wx f o r Middlebur7 a t o p mess. (RJE) W I C Y NY HALONE - Probable on f / o 2/24 0000-0015, l o o p favored

t h i s O/WIKE sked, & W I O Y has been heard he re on RS whereas WIKE hasn ' t . L a s t month TT l a s t e d on ly about two mins. (RJE)

1540 WROP PA PHILADELPHIA - 2/23 l o u d TT, ID 0127 heard while w r i t i n g t h i s rpt:.....how lucky oan a DXer ba! (RA)

(KVJ) 1550 gPHI OA SAii FRU01~00 . - 2/27 0220-0230 CL mx, I D 8 0230..*~our

s t a t i o n f o r g r e a t mueio, KKHI SF." (FD) l i c e goin. (RA) 1560 WQX BP llEW YOEK - BTi~lg w/OO 2/22 0155-0200 & 0240-0300 -

K O J J IA plum. (RJE)

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IOWA OIR - Too many O&W8 he re , f i n a l l y I h d 0228 a a t h e ~ - c i l l O&W osr he ra o/u KKAA/KPMO

LSS, tho.. . .heard a g a i n 2/24 0300 & on. ( R n ) a f t e r K K M s /o f f 0200. Funny sked, t h a t 0015-

S t i l l nard ' en hare . (RI) ABERDEEB - 2/27 m, C&W u n t i l 0200 8/0ff. (FD) BAKERSFIELD - 2/27 0239-0300 -. t o 0300 OBS EX, 0305b wx t h a n s /of f 0306-0307 w/IssB. (FDD) (U) PT. LAUDERDU - 2/27 0200 & on...had t o be dap power/ p a t t e r n , Super loud. (FD) Ii'oted by (RA). TULADEGA - 2/23 0151-0201 e /off & I D , on ET ~ / C & W f a i r e igna l . (BIZ) ALBANY - 2/21 0115 good s i g n a l w /~ock ar. (m) CEDAR RAPIDS - 2/27 0210 s t r o n g 00 mixing w/UTZ & WlbUP nx, 0215 s t r o n g s h o r t ID noted then more OC. (m)

Welcome t o ill first time r e p o r t e r s . Thanbe go o u t t o t h e fo l lowing c o n t r i b u t o r e a

bD ?rank ~ a l l a j , P ra s ton , OT HQ-180, SH2, LW R ~ u u s ~dmunds , K i m a l o n , PJ HQ-150, ~ ' A A FET Loop DG Dan Goodle t t , B e r l i n , ROSS Ro8s Hansch, Madison, W I HQ-180, NRO Loop BH B i l l Hardy, Aberdaan, WA HE-30, SMl l7H l anc rHard r .Aberdeen .WA HE-30, SMl MB ~ i k e - ~ e p ~ e ; ouston on, k~ OH Convention Homt, Decatur, GA R 390A, 1900 mi l e Baveraga K V J Kar l J a t a r , A t l an t a , GA HQ-150, TRF, SH2 ASL Albe r t S. Lobel, Son Dlego, CA DX-150A, Sanser ino Loop AR Andv Ruaa. Bun's I s l e . P4 Oanada TBF Ii'Z n e i i za*; Linooln, ~ RA Rocket Ray, Aoooooznet,

DIGEST . .

404-633-1198 (BEFORE 2300 ELT)

' imes a r e GMT. F o r ELT s u b t r a c t 5 h o u r s . D e a d l i n e s a r e u s u a l l y Momjay.

Error department: Paul Hart and Monsieur Ghoti correctly point out a mistake in tha item a few issues back about the t x on Pitcairn Island. An they say, a double aide- band t x w/carrier limited to 50 watts maximum w i l l have an effectire AH powr of a few kilowatts.

Arctic Radio Club liewe: Great Britain keep an eye open for G9 BOS. Hae been on the air during Jan- on 95Tand-e on the air during the spring. ( I haor M idea what G9 BOS i s , unless it i s one of the BBC t e s t stations that usually operate a t the very bottom of the BCB-CH) Iran 1188 Teheran i s now 300 kv. lietherlands Antilles the 800 khz PJB t x i s now off theair due to operation costs. ( ~ o t true, sa we all )mow. Nevertheless, the rumor i s popping up e v e m e r e these days t h a t this one i s not long for the air waves-CH) R. Luanda reports that the m l a n gov't ham taken over the Catholic Broadcasting Service, i.e. R. Ecclesia, and has declared a govexmaent mmpol j on all news media. West Ge AFN 872 i s nondirectional the folloving timee: Feb 0800- 1600, March 0700-1700, A-00-1800. May 0500-1800, June 0&00-1800. July Ok00-1800, A u g u s t 0500-1800, September 0600-1700, October 0700-1600, November 0800-1600, IRcePfer 0800-1500, aand January 0800-1500. Lulea 182, S u n d s d l 593, Oatemmd 719, and Falun 1223 all w i l l cease operation on April 1. 1978. United lrah h i r a t e s according to the Qatar Iiew Agency radio in Sharjah will be integrated with the Voice of the United Arab Bnirates Radio in Abu Bhabi. Broadcasts from Sharjah will come and the studios w i l l be tuned into production centere for the s ta te radio. the Smrdlorelc regional e t n i s now on 281 ex 227. on 0155. A l ~ e r i a 575 now carries the Voice of the Free Sahara 0000-0100 ex 251 and 890. 890 now carries R. Algiers l b t emr l Senoce in EE and SS from 2000-2100 and 2100-2200 respectively. 251 mu carries the Prsnoh Do- mestic Service. Lebanon Voice of Lebanon i s nov 0555-2200 on 886. Emsco Jens Prost (editor of WR!l'H--it& WR and the CE verifies they are u s i n g F k v on 701, b d to Italy. Seems incredible even i f the reception in I ta ly is good. Fbi l i ines nar are 690 D Y E BACAIOD, 1020 D W of Eagle Broad-ting. 1040 DXML Dogoe,-Cebu, snd 1490 DYAB Cebu. Senegal the new stn on 12@ haa been heard by the EBU wnitoring Stnm i n Europe. (Long since heard by the English DX'em. They should get the i r new from the DX clubs-CH) SJC& R. Popular de Bilbao w i l l increase power so as to be heard in Bor- deaux. Broadcasts i n French and Basque. USSR Vilnius 665 nov 500 kv. Colombia 1200 HJIJ R. Colibri traaemlts 1200-0700. 13s- R. R w a now a 'PO&=&l0 &TEI power i s 5 kw per etn. 780 HJZG R. Sono- ex LV del Pais. (Mote Kr. Portser e t a l ) 870 HJLA now RCN ex TODELAR. 1020 BJDQ now Todelar. 1370 HJFT now TODEIdB. 1470 HJM i s LV de l a Muaica, ex R. Musical, ex R. Ya, ex . . . (1111 stop there, hi-CE)

Via Medium Wave Club- Czechoslovakia 1500 hr from Topolna i s due on the u r 6/1 on 272, 24 houra a day. Ce both Saarlouie 180 and the E. Go- on 185 mwd to 182 1/5 but vere back on t h z r e q a 1/12. R. la M t o m testing on 800 ar 7LO. USSR the new ll&? B.,lbscov Brtenral &mice d e s EE 2100-2230. - F r o m Distancer R. Clube de Luanda hrd on 1 3 2 a t 0057 in lioruny. B. ~ h i l e m o e s not s/off a t 0500 but switches over t o a 1 kv tx. R. lhlleco i s on 1335, l i s ted lh90. Stne on the Mineria, Agrinrltura, Cooperativa, and Portales nets do not carry pms from the maother stns. Colombia 670 R. Calidad. ex R. Sport. Also RCN, ex Super Net. 1530 R. Cine, ~edellin,-bri net. According to press items and n ~ ~ u r a RCN w i l l take over the Super Net a f t e r the presidential election8 l a t e r th is year. Peru R. Nacional has issued a verie, signer Edna dlmandez H. - 527 COSTA RICA C a r t e TICAL R. Rumbo in l ike a local everg ni@t with LA mr, low

key anncts. Anyone extract a verie yet? ( ~ o b b i t t ) They've ignored 2 mports from me, and I don't recall any recent veries from them-CH

540 MEXICO XEWA San Luis Potosi vy good ~t Oh53 w/a pm about the Mexican kW, 2/20. (objio)