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. .. .RAY e. EDGE. PRESIDENT 3 2 5 S H I R L E Y AVE. B U F F A L O 15. N. Y.

HAROLD F. WAGNER , EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

R. D . 1. B O X 1 9 4 L A K E CITY. PA.

E,RNEST R. COOPER. EDITOR M U S I N G S O F T H E MEMBERS"

4 3 8 E A S T 2 1 S T ST. B R O O K L Y N 26. N . Y.

FRED VAN VOORHEES. EDITOR I N T E R N A T I O N A L DX DI.GEST"

BOX 1 3 2 LEMOYNE. PA.

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Znclosed fiiid money ordsr for xrgr third gear's memberehip i n the f ines t ~ r ~ , ? ~ n i z a f i o n >n th i s ecrth, I have anjoyed the 2ast two years imr-ensely and plan to enjoy znany years. I 3onlt 'have time to send too many verifications, but thie v a r i f i c ~ ~ t i o n t o . N.R.C. i s s mst once every year." -Leonard Lockwood, Route 10, Box 792, Olyn~ia,V!arh.

N R-C- -D-X- -C-A-L-E-IT -D-A-R-. - - Date CalXs. KC/S Lacat ion Watts A.M. EST. -.-. StstionTim . -

Fed, ~ / 1 1 V 1i.E S La60 Olean, New York 1,003 . 4 h 0 '- 4:30 4:C)O EST Sat. 12/14. K 1 T N 1440 Olympia, 1Vaahington ' 500 3 :00 - 3:30 12:Ol FST

!'I Z Y X lWO Cowan, Tenimssse 1,000 3:30 - 4:00 3:30 EST Ibn. .12/16 R S .f .I 780 S t i l lwater , Okl'ahoma 250 &:00 -4:. :30 . S O 0 CST

- - ': ' 1 7 B H ' C 1270 Hmpton, SouthCarolina 1,000 3:00-4:00 a :O,ST V G 1.I A 1320 HoLlyv~ood,' Florida 5C0 3:30-4:00 3 : 3 0 3 T V I 0 D 1360 Sd~fom, Florida '500 4:m - 4:30 4:00 XST W T L B 1310 Utica, Uew York, 1,000 4:dO-4:30 4:OOZST.. W S T L 1600 lbinence, I

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690 IT X L D Ximberlw Johnean. M B 1390 B E A M DonaUE. Holt. CE F 710 K E .r: L Rujly ~ok;leon, CE - F 740 Vf 1 R J Howard Byrium, OM B 790 X I3 R C Joaquin Carrarraa C 930 H 3 A F I'orberto Elguedo, ContadorB 960 '1 D P John Nordine, CE B 970 W V 0 P Fi. C, Gilaeath, M B

V# E I? 11 John kot t , CE B W T A I i \ r i l l i a ~ r . Owene, CE: B

990 K C@, P David ~hsproan, M D 1010 1; R V I? R. 3. Bitner, CE H . 1220 C I( C 72 T. H. Towner, M A 1230 W C F V Clmde B, Joner B

W I A Alex C. Nagy, XE G 1260 F V P P ? ' i l l iam Terry, Cf B 1270 K Yf E B A l a n Kennedy, CE Q 1290 K B i i O Dala Schulz, CE G 13W W lli T TT Jamer Fljming, CE B 1310 R T Y L Benjamin Smith, CE A 1320 K D Y L Dallae W i l l i a n . ~ , H

R B L Tf ' I7f l l i s rm Cate H 1330 C 3 H Jack McAndrew H 1350 R C H R 3. L. Byrd, CE B

1400 C Q 8 Daniel Bruce, 61b E W 0 rcl D John Struckell , ;'I H

1420 FI C 0 J Louis N. Seltzer, CE A 1430 B R B John Brookbank, CE B

I?! 3qD B Leuire W m s , !'3l;?en1r, D D 1443 K P 0 K Richsrd GilSert, P A 1450 K C S R Villiaa: Finch, CP B

'rY T S A 6d Somere, CE B K P I G Vbyne C . Con i l s , C 2 B

1460 K E I ? O KarryAnbrtson, CE . A - 1476 X T 6 B Mack hwerton, CE , B

' V d Il J Robert Bolling, A, Libn.D i480 W H 0 M G A Steiger, CE B 1500 C H U C D. B. Williamson, P.=cg.E I 1505 P J C7-3 H. E. Hoyer, 0 B 1530 W C K Y C. H. T o p i l l s r , CE H 1560 K P: C 0 Jack L, Pink, GI!! F 1570 K W I C Thomae Ivory, GM E 1580 N C R V Janes Beattie, CS C 1590 Vlr D 0 G Robert H. Burr, CE B

K P B A Robert )heador, CE D W I L 2 !!'illiarr D. ~ G ~ A D J , CB B

1360 r! F L 1: Ralph V. ond dell, CE B W A K R Irwin L. I?nopp, CX H -c R-E-D-1-2-8- '

A - Bili \IJ;rcklurd . D-- BaLl Prater Q - Pa t B i l l e y E - B i l l Stone E - Bran N i t t l e r ' H - J o r p ~ e t l l e C - Stan liorsrs F - Len Kruse I - Lef t37 C~cper

CIIAN(X5 IN STATIOT\T DATA - F.C.C. rn; CALLS? -

910 3' E S ; I Hayward, Wioconrin 970 K Q A Q ust tin, - ~ i n n e e o t a 1250 W'L C K Scottsvi l la , Ka~tucky 1220 !'{ Ll: L ET Tlillington, Tenneesee 1480 !7 R E M ' Remren, New Yo*

cA&L CHANGES 910 ';i H Y E TfRB;E Roenoks, Virginia 1343 K.0 M Y

1300 \i F T ~ e r r e Haute, ~ n d i a & (WF~VR) 1370 V! A x E 1330 W I C U TiIfCK E r i e , Pennsylvania 1470 'Jl J D Y'

HEAW SINCE LAST I ~ S ~ 1010 T.71 li: L :< Charlo tt eatrille, YirginiaBlCC 1220 :;' A B 17 .Tow 1,000 D-1 1TTiC 1290 K L I Q 1260 Y? E Z X Ex-VVDA (1,2/2) F C C 1590 'E.1 L 2 1270 W C G C CZoii 1,030/ 503 U-;2 fJRC 16~0 K B B B

HHUB Watsonvili 3, CLl if. V!NTM Vem Beach, Plorida lBMl?Y S a l i s bury, i;,;.xl;tland .'..

Portland, Oregon URC ' St . ~ e t e p e b b g Be:~ch N X Borger, Texae FCC

Left!: Cooper - 438 Eaet 21 St ree t - Brookl., 26, N m York.- Only one vzrie received all weak, and i t cane from CHUC-LSQ, a nice latter cover-

-7 J * . age mp. I c;t~A'rlz men ha6 happened i n the way of DX around theee perto, e::c:pt f o r the h~on33.y momiq DX Testr, of which I bagged bvo out of five. WFAE.1473 c me in very nicely un t i l 2:59 vtllen WSAN carne on, blocking them gut. 80 s i g n of TIU)UZ-1263 here, only a succeszian of strange-sounding urhietlec and noiee, anb the Spanish s t \ t ion just below 1260 heard here. ?1NEPfBs slop-ovey prevented xqr getting into 1150 to try f o r Xf YI, and no sign of KUEN here. WATP-1436 aami thYough vely well and had TrIOl? for compa:ly i n the badcground. lduat have been a rspe'at check, for thay nonnally cl%uk, on the last ;i02-. And that has been all, except fo r a phone c a l l from H a l 'L- l i l l f as. The reports have been coming i n pret ty 'well, gang, but we can do even be t te r if mom of you i f i l l j o i n the renke of active reportem! We'd l ike 'to have you do sol llnd i t certainly looks like a furious dial-twirting eesrion i s coming up next E40n9~y, &Z/16, w i t h a11 t3oee DX Teeta t?mt morning! Vet 11 ,haw earn w r i s t s from f l ickin3 b;l&: 6hd . for th. Poor Roy IWlar - which c l . ~ ~ n m l r will he s e t hi8 three receivers on, id! AT- way, l a t r s itope it i a LL good mrnii?g for reception, Jrd t h t We all really go out a d bag a nice bctch of naw one9 then. See you next week.

A L. . a d A.

December 6, 195'7

90 ZrrI;F: W ~ O ST..h.Tlvri rfinwNiwL l?EXEIYING THIS ISSm: Ve are somy so many programs seem to occur at the same time on Nbnday mrnin:., Decens ber 16, but this i e how thici happenr. We have servers1 cam3tteemen who igri.'cs f o r these programs, ard the only 'morning mosi frequencies are suff icient ly u l e ~ l r f o r a m- cessful DX t e s t is Monday morning. iv~arpr such la t t e r s are not anawered, ad others are answered i n t;ra negative, but eometimee, as t h i s week, a whole bunch of f ine station6 have a l l accepted, We hope you w i l l go through with the program a6 sche3ule8, and you may rest aeeureff our members w i l l be dialing back a d forth, f o r they want to log al l these f i i e , courteeus stations. our thanks to a l l of you lhginmre, Man,zgers, ~wtd Pro- gram Directare fo r putt fng on these tes ta , ard we wish you the 'best of rece;>tion.

K 1 'p N -1g40 O l ~ p i s , Washingbn. Sat.. i2/14, 3:00-3:30 $ST,. E e n n S t u & r _ t A ' ~ r & . . This s ta t ion went gn the air f i r s t back i n October of 1956, a d since they do not

have -ugr e.:rly morning fraquency check period, moe t DXers have newr been able to hear them. This chmnel i s expected t o be c l e a ~ coast t o caast f o r th ie progran, ad aa eoon a s t i ~ y s i g n o f f , WZYX w i l l come on and follow t b m on the eame frequency. Mr. Stuart i s looking forward to p t t i n g your report8 on t h i r t e s t , to consist of recorded music, infor; a t ion about Olympia and the s tat ion, e t c . We hope you w i l l a l l be able to pick UT, tYsir 500 watt signal acroes the lard. FRAbTCIS NITTLJB

W 2 Y X -- l4kL--O Cotft~n, ---- Terrz1nsee. Sat . . 121 14. 3 :5&4&d EST. James F . S J B S C - ; ~ _ ~ ~ iigr, As s o ~ : ~ as HIDI is finished, RZYX w i l l turn on tnair power and will follovl t ' i th

a m t b r E'. Test on the um.e c b m e l . 1.1r. Spencer Bays he considers i t a to make t h i s t e s t f o r us, and they have a policy of a l w q e answering the i r D3 ::ail, a8 we w b havs ;zearcT t'-an before know. WZYX, too, w i l l be playing recorded music, 2,1d caking frequent bredis a d w i l l probably t e l l us something of the i r c i ty and the i r st-.lion. WZYX opmed i n February of thie year, so maw DXerr have never heard them, mcl ne hope a11 of our mxbers are successful i n pulling i n t h e i r 1, OW w a t t o . -FRANCIS iT1TTL;ER

K S P I 780- . St i l lwater, Oklahoma. Man, . 12/16,4 : s 4 :30 EST. ZewJs--qea~ce,- @'I2 Here is CL s ta t ion on the air for several yeare, yet not heard by too m a q y DY(ers.

They are 253 w a t t s , mn-directional, ard have an estimated antsnm height 69 350t. hQr, Pearoe -.;ill be the hoet on th ie tes t , and pe rhap -wr good member#, Bus 3oat~.an and John Bry~t'?.t -.:ill be there to say a few 'wo Ids - we dong t know sa yet , Lett s hapa tha t KSPI reaches out well and t h a t a l l our rr~j.;cbers w i l l be able to log t h i s st:,tioa, e.nd we wish t o fkantr tt:r. Pearae for honoring us in th i s way. It i s believed the cl~mxiel w i l l be corn2lztcly clear f o r this t e s t , so l e t ' s tuns in! BUS BOATMAN a.13. 503' ERYANT T,VBBI,T has agreed t o be s i l e n t f rom 0415 to 0430 EST for K S P I W B H C 1.gPP - Bmpton. South LWrolina. Mon., 12/16, 3-4 EST. Villiarn ~oILi j i~ ' ;~~-~or th ,M

nT!e Bnil6 Hmipton Countyn is what the ca l l l e t t e re represent, and this frscfuency i e ' expecte8 t o be cle3.r coast to coast f o r t h i s ~ p e c i a l test broadcast. VBHC 1v.s been on the air olily since September, and belong to the Blue Ridge Ne.t;work, consistiil;; of WSNW, Seneca, S . C, , !7UV Barnwell, S. C . , il/SSC, Sumter, S . C. , VIBBV, Abbeville S. C. , ~ ~ - 6 3 . l-'UA, Isfayet te , Ga. Look fo r music a d information and p l a t y of s tat ion i&entifiwUtiono throughbut the hour of th is broadcatat, a d we hope everybody will have no trou'ile in tunin.: i n Cris new fr iend of the DXere of the v;orld. wC13 NI?i'T!KZR

FI G NI A- _1_320_ JHollgwo od. Florida. Nion,, 12/16. 3 :30-4:OO. Fred J. Whee_&ebn- Jr..P.M. Another seldom-heard DX etation i s W@,iA, which was once known ae VJBJD, h3ving

changsd t o tilo resent s e t of l e t t e r s wgty back in 1954. M r . Vheelehan e q s ~ I Q ::ill be very 'happy to conduct t h i s test, and he is- anxious t o know how BGMA gets out. '.:e ex- pect a c l e w channel f o r t h i s s tat ion, too, and that means their 500 w a t t s s3ould be unimpeasd svx2~:here. Their mailing address i s P.O. Box 539, Hollywood, Fla. be hope t n i s s t c ~ t i ~ ~ ~ i n t ~ i b Sunbnine ~ t a t ' e vrill s ~ b w d 80- sunshine among our DXiw f r~dterni- ty, and , l e t t s a l l be sure t o be tuned to 1&O kilocycles. STUM ~J~ORSS

o r 4:30 t o 5:00 P! I O D L3G3 Si-nford, Flwida. Mgnm, 12/16, 4:00-4:30 EST. Lonnie Padron. C.E.

lh. Pam-i-i i c looking f o m sd to seeing th is copy of DX NEVJS and also to seeing your DX reports a f t e r h i e ' t e s t p e f i o d for us, They ,are.going tu t e l l all t;s l i s ten- e r r about this Club, and the program thus should be of epecial in teres t to us. ( P. 4)

9 4 2-x- - P E W I S -- - - . Decernk ID, f r c ) This f r e p n c y hae one all-ni, n i t i n the 1 - i r i Y 0- - - , CLL, mt 6 incd t#3y dra VdQ Ilrrecr;~ombi, u~e I e e l E O S ~ of O W ;.i3..DBrB

w i l l hava llct rrmcl! trouble i n pickilig up b I 0 . Their &dress is: iViei~ch ?luildi%, Sanford, Florida, and we wish hIr, Padron good reaeption. STgT SICRSS

V! T L B-J3_1_O_-Uti., Net? York, 'luion,, 12/16, 4:OG-4:30 a.m* Thomae E. -Jf$:t_inLl,J1, T1/TLBts ~ c r n i n g perecnality, Jack F!iurph;t, w i l l aricce a b i t e s r l i e r th i s zirning to

be at Y:TLB at 4 a.m. to conduct t h i s half-hour l3X program for uo. \!rTLB, foimezly FJGllT u n t i l Febrit.?.q of thie year, hao juat cmple ted the ins ta l la t ion of f,arrr new Strtinlee8 200' towerrr and a complete neb-/ ground sys tern, and they are anxioue t o get a p o d c b c k on t h i s f i n e I I ~ J ,ecuipment. !!re expect th is test w i l l 60 h e non-directiohally, so we should have i t eas ier to make th i s lagging,- W W i n Camden, h d W R R i n Dallas ;:ill undoubtedly be .on, but l e t ' 0 all try for and log PITLB! LEF KRUSC. 'VJRR h n s heon asked t o s t andby f rom 4 t o 4:15, no c o n f i r m ? t i o n y e t W S T L 1 3 0 K 3kIinenae, Ibnhcky. Mon. ,, 12/16, 4:004:30 EST. Paul D. 21$l~L&3A . .

14ilby says, "This t e s t prograni w i l l c ~ n e i s t of recorded rnusia, ;irith st2,tion . i l s 'k t i f ic t ion bstv;een each selectioh. The teat w i l l last approxim-~t3ly thir- ty'mirrutes, Cood Luck i n your DXing.1' ?lell,.we nope M r . Milby has 903, luc:: i n t h i o DX ' t e a t too, i n rscelving tne DX l e t t e r s from dl of you luehbers. UAK, a:-:poPe, w i l l be oil to give some of o w Western members a rough time of it, but moat of us shouli s ti11 be able to land !'ISTL xi tliout too rriuch diff icul ty. Any:.~ag, bs cv~re to tune to the top of the d i a l and hear t h i s lttbpW etatioran KSTL. BOB SEIFERT

K 0 Y B Ez-- Cottage G r o v ~ . OreRan, ' ~ / 1 6 ~ ~ . > ; 4:00-4:30 E~T. Rod ~~+l. te . r~, .~igr , Vith several all-nignt s tat ions on ' 1405 i n the East, thie grogram i s ai;:xA :.t our

Western merbers, vihere recaption of KOIvB snould be. eaey, They b v e , been on the cir sinc e 1963, ' 2nd have never had an early morning f req~ency check, M r . Walter sc id it wag m e t iilteresting t o receive our l e t t e r , and he is happy to oblige : i i th IM.8 DX broadcast.

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For me I guess i t 1 s s case of long time no has, . I' ve been terr ibly busy at e&ool (Case Ins t i tu te of ~ & k ? o l o ~ ) and ro have been ratnor pressed far ttim3. Ths Thankr- giving hobicPy i s at hand, though, and so with a 2ew s-pre momente I thousht I'd drop a line. BY >as st-- into high gear once again for me. This means weekends only, but CX are prat ty favorable, o r at Least thay &age bean so fa^. Nineteerl nell; 3tLtf;ionti have besn lc- ged so far i n Novm~bsr including: I'ERC KHiX W J ICBBL WLRP ?!ETISv;22?S KNED RYNO KVIX ISPL WHOTI EFJI and RTXD bringing my t o t a l q~ t o 1,154 heard, Wi$h the ad- d i t ion of vsries from CmC ( f ina l ly , d t e r much confusion for last year1 s mf ), VEUZ KHEY KGlB TK,'PF PrHSC 'SVSG$- and WEAM mong othera, my vdrffied to3al n ~ w stailas at 441. - FSiti beciao . r i 115h count2y varified, In my l i s t i n g of new stat ion@ heard you' 11 notice Kl.QlS =IN ICSPL and I1!HOPJ. These were a l l h a r d on the i r Spocial DXes for ITRC and NTSRC. IOhRS was logged from 2 :05 t o 2:30 at about S-4, KVIN is tentative but I f e a l SUTJ it Y6ZS they I heard (1'd forgotlei1 about WSUrs sjon, hi!), KSPL WAS also heard with difficulty, but tha IjX f r ~ m VlIIOt'b was i n so3ii4 arxi logged from 3:33 to 4:00. Tried for PJC-7-3 arid LTUT but couldnt t pull tilem throu&,, Aeide t o B i l l Star,c: I ' m pretty ces.tain your 1360 mystery s ta t ion i s VFLW of Ivlonticello, Q. I hewd them on 11/23 fro;, 3:01 t o 3:+3 on ET. Theybe m&tred from 1570 and now use 1,000 sa t t s . 73s.

C a r l h~mnden - 419 W i l l i a m Street - Coboc-r.f, Ontario This is m:r f i r s t repm t to tile NILC. I haven't &t a t ~ ~ e w r i l a r 80 1'11 try to pr in t plainv. I '?r.ve ap~;ro%bateXy 500 stat ions logged but 3ontr; 'sother w i t h v3rios. Of the Novs,.iber 25 DXas, f g o t o n b YJTLG under sloyover f rom WGN mad carr ie r , czsd 'llI3l-B barely re-,da'ule under the Akron Q. powarhourse. As some of yiht; mmf know I a.. a con- t r o l roorn o ~ e r a t o r at CKJC Cobourg, ant. If anyone neecle a verie, send me your report but not t o tile swtfon , but t o q home addreet please. Here i s a b i L of info on CHUC you m q ;rant $0 hoti . &ned and Bperzted by United Counties BrQdcas t ing Co, -.:i th stc- dios i n Ih t f i c ld Iiall, Cobowg, "The Voice and Choice of the United Counties." Tke transmittor i s a 1 kw. Callins 2W; two towers a50 out of phase, 1'70' high direct ional to N, E, Ti. T?e console is a custom I\'lcCurdy ins ta l la t ion made espesrally f o r our 6t&- tion. Odr CX Dor. Dilliamson is a Consulting Engineer for the 3egartxent of Tmspor t and is pre t ty L-usy and idnl t around vary of ten, so no use w~13ing x sport to :ih. Well I guess 1111 say 73s and t e l l you I'm glad I Joined the NRC, a real. helpful orgc~niza- tion $or a l l BCS DXers. ( ~ ~ a a n ~ c r for the n b e words, &rl# and velccme to NRC! -Ed,)

Tril!.ia;-. C. A s k 3;yLn&ast Wil l ianf l SO160 - PO Box 551 - kount AiryJ N. C. --- ----- DX by dabaiine: 11/20- I d id i t - f got rCF1 a f t e r 19 months of t rying ( m i my l i t t l e old two t r m s i s t o r radio Bid it with a 501 vzr t i&l antenna). ll/21- KOB TMTJ zld D . 11/23- TlRCA. 112/4- T m TJAICEl Wd PADC . 11/24 QGBR yrDBM BOA. 11/25 ITJ.AS at 1@30 i n the m x i n g ! li/23: Edition of DX E?EtJS arrived. I noticed two iaistd:as in the NRC Dl; Caleadar. MPVA ie l ~ s t e d as 1260 kc/s. It &s Id93 kc/s. This i s ona of t b Epperscn stctions. I ork for &PA(& another of the E p p rson stations. ( ~ ~ a a i z d e r ' forvrardad 7;y ml 6ag~er) . Just a li t t l e somethin? to f i l l up DX NENS. V/S for :'PA% 740 kc/s. ID 5 5 . , ;lliount Airg, N.C. i e Ralph Deaard Epperson, Owner, Managsr, ara3. Chief Engineer. a l so i s pzelident of fll'iie Epprson Stations11 Inc. The Epprson stat ions are: WAQ, 740 kc/s., i C ku., Xount Aim, N.Y.; VDRG 1050 kc/s., Lynchburg, Va., Yi~VA l290 kc/s., 5 kt., ~ebesebur~/~icinnond, Va ., PdPNC, Plam~uth, N. C. (CP - po.idr a d f re- quency unknon) a d an applic;$"Jon for 1353 Ip: /s. 1 hv. i n Kilson, N.C. H o p th is fn- fo w i l l n3lp som DXer . 73 a m 88. -

C. B. Gers t r m r - 9853 Esce.mba Avenue - Chicago 1'9, I l l i n o x - A few v j r i s i n lately, namely ;:AIL !'";dLS and WHYE. Some l o g ~ i n g s over the- ~ : e ::ierd were: 11/24. "i:56-5:30 %'f;1W 1380 with Procf of Perfannance; 5:35..6:05 CRDi.3 730 Slied. 6:m-6:15 !!i.iTA ay.~ar.;;ntly .st i l l an but snowed under B. '\TJKY on 1380. 6:.28-6:30 back t'o 730 zc/s, t o ' D CKDM; hsard'?l\JA s/on. 6:35-6:46 \.!'LOR wifh news on 1430. 6244, VSVS s/on,on 800 along with an unID station. 7:00 s/on with NA on €80 ide*i t i f i& a8 CKGB o/on. 11/25 Batting average .C30 in regar3s to DXes. Thought I ilearc? XTKC once. HUEN W d 8 ruiiied by ;a tes t from I W G , Odessa, Texas. VQSN and \?TIX bat tlitlg far SGprm- acy 'on 1430 :. ith no sign of KOKO. No s i g n of WTIIG on 730 with fiGN's tone spilii;=g O- ver badly. T!EHE i ~ a s probably the weaj stat ion behind WAXR which wes barrel l inz in. 1.1/27- TT ,on 145C from 3.t.351:40 but cauldnt t ca tch call l e t t e r s , 1:55-2: 30 s/of f, P!BIL 1460. 2301 local w7rlCA.- s/$f on 1270 a f t e r which f / c of VJJJC wae logged. That1 s all the dope frorr. Slag Valley Headquarters f o r now. 73.

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Robsrt per r im - 38 Masorl-Qiye +-bIanbsset, N*-Yo-r& - - ----. . , H i once. &;::in. Km~est DX: Brom recent t e s t ; W E E ; '.CFAE-1450; PrIBC-1070; I'!C?;R-510; wCAX~rj20; ?.'.ITSA-345 0; P P ! H G ~ ~ ~ o ; b'~~0~-1320; iCVOl)-630; BRRLI?,A-?30 i ' . ~ J O L - 1 1 2 0 i ?JBI:-lrC 0 ; WKRC-550. . Conconing t ips , CFAB i's AN. Call i s given as I-Blifax although l i s t e d , f o r W~ndsor, 3 . S . l.TSA =/on i s 4:16 fo r thoke' o e i ~ e i v h o need Yurnlcnt (~ ra t t l3boro) . WJBK, hno ther Detroit possible i n Long Island area sometimes just before they shift t o a nighttima DA ~ a t t a m and 1 h. f r m 1 0 b . daytime non-directional. Raad,in another issue SNneOil~ hears C W C on l a s t hour of d.%ytirrie HS,. also under I:'!lDP-1530. !!SVA not mentioned z-bove , i s best i n these. part6 'arorind'4:30-5!00 on 550 on Monday AS14s. I no- ticed eoae complcinte about QWcT, bad CX, eta. Eo troxible here, only d i f f icu l ty i r TRCA and VCB3. ha.~.:ering away on 650-E83 and 860400 respeatively. RememSer the t ine I rose especially to '-:ea~ bmd duririg sun-epo t period? The worot 'QRN I ever- h.sard, hi, Bob; The l a s t i s m e a€ DX NZWE m o t have been shuffled i n the mail or e l se the naik.an i r s \secret DXer - h i , 1.Y. Ifailman. . Reason: I recdived it Nov. 2'7, paetmarked I&:e City Nov. 18! 'Daes nryone know about TlBBO-780 Forest City; N.C., i f they're s t i l l on the air? Havex' t heard them since f i r e t loggihg back i n March 8 57 on f /c , first 9.cday AM of eabh :nar,th 5:2%5:3C 3.n;. EST. They verified my report on April 18, 1957. Wed- l'ese.."to say their 3 b y , daytime s i w 1 scored up here on clear 780 spot :;\rith 7,BBli .a$- '1bnt.- Bill Stonb mntioi?ed through L. Coopert s column 'about a ESLW. Coulrl possibly you have TSLV Pbnticello, K$.? You see they were once on 1870 with 250 v~atts daye, ; then' ;.:or3 nzvs yassed they were t o chdnge to 1360 n:ith 1 kw. daytime. bozer c:z.nge War made but t;l-eg rai-aine a on l.570. perhaps nocr they r e going to L3 60 - and ~vhd t y o q i~eaxd war an ET? I see my 25 l ines are ribout 'up, Anthony L: I took a look f o r a :To e l 2 ,Car- olina s t a t ion urder nFederal Broadc stingn but no 'luck i n entire, s ta te . Bye f o r ngw, . .. ,

Jorge Batl le - 597 Hu;?t%ne - Manhasset, New Y o g k - .---.--..-- ~--+---- . . ..The l a s t isgce of the DX hBIl3 wae graat! I &I writ ing th i s report at 5:35 a.;:l.' a h i i e "Dxing. Rigkt now XXEL is steaming in on 1540 lro/s. ClN3 io 9-7 on 960 kc/s. .So .mch f o r the 25.~1,- I use a Hallicrafters S-39D. I have a large antenna array i n ",hs e t t i a feeding the radio, I have been DXing fo r a year, My beet cs.l;chata are ICVAS-L?SO., iip/e. itnd CBB-13.53 :;c/s. I have logged over 330 statione. and I have 200' verified,, Last.;.aumn ' itlsr the r ~ d i o and I spent OW t im DXing fs the A d i r o n d m of New York Stat?, r e I log@ m a q new s t a t ions and copied maw' old ones. Every Sunday night I, .?0-2.l$ : try ,

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trnber 6, 1957 -DDxX _NXEE~-$- Poge 7 Frr.ncrm n. L -...----- - --- - 2335 South Lirlcoln St ree t - D .--- Color&o - -+..

nere i t is t b ~ e f o r anower report, I hope evergone had a nice xnankstjivirig. f?lite a b i t of DX to rcport. On 11/25 t r ie9 f o r the DXes wlth f a i r resul ts , KTNC heard f ~ i r l y well on the i r DX vJith some KNUZ QRh4 but very good fo r 100 watts. RRIG tested z e s t o f the time IWXN was on DX 00 not heard here although not nee&& and not sure t :my were on. No ICOIZO e i ther with KYNT, Yankton, S. 0. tes tine; a l l morning on 1450 kc/s. but th i s was a n w ce.tch so no complaints. QITLCZ came ;Cn quite nicely a l l the way fo r a nice catch. 170 T ; M H as ELAK jus t too much f o r them. Other new logging wae X O U (115~) QuEuleh, Tame on RS at 5:20 and apprenf ly has s/on at 5:00 EST. On 11/27 f ad&d KUBE (1050) Pondleton, Ore. coming i n quite nicel;). about even cvith XEG on tne i r rfc, Aleo -he%-d YIPPV1? (1220) Stillwcttsr, Mfnn. testing new 2,000 watt tranemitter zrd askiq f o r r"3ports erd added CJOB (680) ex-1s0, tn'innipeg on ,W &xde Also at sunset\ addeda KGYW (1190) k'allejo, Cal. from 7:49 to 8:- pjrn. eloff fa r a -grea t catch, a a t v a l a or- e r r id ing iCLIF. Others heard but not needed were KWVBII KRBO KVSM on 1050 with :3G a9par- ently of: :rid s t i l l not on at 10:30, W E on 1570, etc . Veriee i n th i s :re82 f r o m . KQX (9601, XEAE: (690) BiIC (1570) and duplicate fmrnKTUT for DX. I ' ll sure be l i s ten- ing f o r all the DXda couins up on 12/2 a6 every one of tnexrr i s needed nero. The best of DX ro xe lyom. 7 3 8 .

Pat Reilley - 226 Crossman Street - Jameetown, New York Veries are 'CNS ;3O:i, with 21 report8 s t i l l out yet. Seeme my veries a r e delivered here on Tne;dc.ys and Fridays only, 11/17- Neither KP4NS o r KHES DXe8 wers 'ne2.d here t-day np to 4:15 si th I went to bed. 11/18- Noise level aery high today. b a r d ona select ion 2nd tkree announcements from RVIN but XESd too loud for them. Di9 not hear any of the others, The tone ard FiVDA too strong for KSPL. 11/20- WMGY, 800, t e s t a t 2:48, hoi~e they verify second rqr t , 940 had unknmn atop W I N Z , 3:08 t o 3:45 nu- s i c but never a c a l l given. VMG, f / c , 1470, heard 4263 t o 4:lS behind WWT. 11/21- Heard Bo'm on SCHB, 1440, tes t ing at 3:52, to 4:15 when I t o bed, No verie yet, John. TT a l l over C i a 1 and no c a l l s given. Trae s t a t i c was m e g m b l i n g to myself. 11/22. 1260 ha3 CWJ- under WmDR at 2:23 k t no I':CLC b a r d at all. Wm, 1270, t e s t at 2:34. WCOA, 1370, t e s t at 2:45. \7l?Ak, 820, t e s t a t 3:06 and dozens of TT with no voice. 11/ 23- A blank to;2ey. TTs on 143 ', S 4 0 , 1370, 1270, 920, 1320, a l l tones but il t a c a l l on any of them, so to bed.

T i l l i q 3. Prater - Grimsley, Tennessee No DX NEyYiS ir. liere a t all t n i e past rreea, $bonder w & ? On l lr18 we were i i l h e t i ids t of heavy tintuderston;~ and DX was almost impossible, but I was amazed when KSPL I250 broke through or! their DX. Even the locala were having trouble vdith t b static. 11/21- WOC 1310 Prstr::burg, Ky. was on ET at 1:G. MAR 1570 4:30 f/c-TT f o r a second r q o r t . PrWB 1583 5:CG &&ily s/on for a second report. XERCN 1110 on 11/22 at 12:45, ;=FnB off temporarily, 11/22 ad60 brought me ICAMD 910 f /c-TT 1:92 t o 1:06 s /off , XCqort to XEX 730 and X-RC 790, 11/24*. VCCN 1370 ET 2: 41 ta 2:53 s/off . KEYX 1440 heard at RS s/on at 7:05 2.z. t-Lough 6QOK. Veriee now ' t o t a l 3,202 with new ones i n from WLYC 1050, WYSR 1250, YCHJ 1470, KIK)K-dx 1310, and KC=-990. A l e t t e r in from 'ICPBA 1593 to 9e- place PP card. Also a nice Q,SL cdra i n from WSDB in addition to recent l e t t e r . 11/19- KCLP 990 P/C-m! 1:30, said regular. 11/21- V@RY 1400 f/c-T1! 2:00-2:15, said ro,yd.ar. XEOK-930 using Engl ish on r / c f o l r t h Friday 2:00-2:30. 51/23- \VFZT! ETing on nwr fre- qtlency of 1360 kc/s, WLYC verier s q s r / c with 750 cycle tone on secorvf l?~.idw at La15 Guess that' s th is week, 73.

S t a n ?lIorss - R. R. 3- Bradforj. Mmoachusette 11/22- Tester under VlWP last l e t t e r of c a l l R, EO must have been WGBR, 2:07. ~ J m T 1270 t e s t w i t h selui-clasuicd ausic d:45. Vdries EIBOZ z o r DX with fo laer on lialvern, 11/25- CX soLie be t te r with six new ones logged, D E F 1150 with music and tone to 2:16, QRJIed by ~ ' 3 1 ~ t h r tone. KRAK 1140 2:18 to 3 :25 easy while WNlBV off to 2:31, tlren spotty with mET! s l o ~ o v ~ r . Couldn't I D anything as KTNC on 1233 one of three stations, not sure of i::icS; -.i t h semi-hillbilly, probably \?EAR o r some other AN. KUBl did$ft again t hie time RRIG cn v i t h a t e s t , S-7, no KOKO, a l l VQSN and WFPG. WTLG 730 DX ec.sy f o r a new one, 4:Ol. GiEHH 1590 also a cinch, F U R signed on fo r them a f t e r being off a11 AM. No XEAG :lead ci there with Iobdian or Arabic m i c 4:35. WWVf 1520 s/on 4:44 f o r another try t o fade out at 5:03. WHPB 1390 RS 5:04, presume other w a s VAVP - but ~ 0 % copied as one h i l l b i l l y s ts t&&n at 3 t&e is about the limit. WLTC RS 5:25, 1 1 / ~ - WHIY 1270 Orlmdo 2:41 a.m. TT f o r a ndtv one. IHLN1410 teoting 5 kw, MU 991UUC; 094 - \;ho said they were off? 3:15 a.m. WWIY on again tvith polkas, 3:35. WREB 930 at 3:t53* Vd:IR 1270 uader FmR, 4:18. VRM f / c 4:31,

D-X- N-EJ/J-S- D e k n Xmee - 816.Euclid s t r e e t -,I I , Iowa

iorniny of i cnday 11/25 with f i v e DX programs agenda founa OLUY three c mque on the

t2lsm beiw ;tea;-d on rw H-llicraf ter receiver. New to my bX Log were these S13eciale: KTNC (1230) Fa l l s City, Nebr., VTLG (730) Bowling Green, Ohio, and ?'SEW (159 3) ~Wira Heights, l T . Y , .Stittion RRIO, Odessa, Texas, was on with a t e s t on tixi 1413 s.,ot dming the tirne cf tlie kXEN a, signing off f ive tainutes before the end of the sch.ekCed DX, but aoubt if XUEN wae on ae believe it was CFUN on s i t e AN prograx+xing. h d as f o r the KOKO EX (1430~ Warrensburg, No. again I doubt i f they were on acs planned, as XYNT, Yankton, S.D. vJas Iton topn on tha t frequency with a t e s t during that period, I vae happy to lo,n 100 watt KlVTC-dx wcs well over AN KNUZ most of time. TnLGdx was cQple t3 ly i n the c lear and with a ,good signal at thia den, But the WWIi-dx vscs heard with d i f f Lculty bei2;oth AN YJAKR; glad to have them stay on f o r 8 f u l l hour f o r thec l a t t e r period reception w a s much be t te r for oome reason. On that morning !.'N:E!TIGs off f o r main te~ame till 4 3.n. ard returned to the air at the very time that I1MX care on with i t e DX. On 11/28 VHW (l270) Orlardo, Fla. was heard with a f /c from 2:3 >-2:45 a.m. f o r a :is: catah, followed by an hour-long tes t . Also on 11/28, KILE (1493) I'al- veston, Tex. vras heard with a f/c-TT from 3:OO-3:15 a.m. ard with a f a i r aigml, Ver- i f ica t ions very slow vrith only two l e t t a r s i n t h i s week, cming f r o m V ? M M hnd,UEL.

Everett Johnson - 504 16th Street - Iflendota. 1lliz;loia DX not too b~zd lately. Up four mornings trying ny luck and found the follo-;ring: 11/23- 690 TT at 12:43,r/.listened 20 minutes, no ID . 14i)3-RTRU, Columbia, DB. s/or'f 2:30, Xn'PC-860 f / c per l ist. TI' 1600 laad TT 1:35-1:43 and o f f , then back to 1603 aid fcund KHLL tes t l i~gr DIE-1400 f/c per l i s t f o r #2 r e ~ o r t , no verie l a s t year. S m t PP c a d , HANS-l=8O JlT. iJov. 24, found 1570 TT but XE2B too strong to hear call. WPTR i n Al - bany, N.Y. on 1540 , wae on thme mornings, so the man said. KCCN 1370 fi i i l 1.eills- v i l l e , at 2:304:00. T'QOD-1300 on f o r Telethon. 1320 had ICmW Lawrence IrL:tcn, S.D. and they were testing. WTLG-dx f a i r l y qood but faded q-dte of ten. 3EiE :.as t f.8 best heard although NAKR in strong. IVCOL-1230 s/on 4:55 . oadaye, otherwise AlT t;w r e s t of the week. WQOK11440 s/on 4:55, and t h i e Thankagiviil&, DXed f o r two 'noxrs and foxxi RBOR-1600 at 12-12:30 RS, then KOGT took over. aY%XI-lS"O good signal at z idn ig l~ t , f o r report #a. KCAE-1250 RS at 12:30. XmT-695 betvveenVL1i VR'EZ. 3 C'XRC-3330 t i l l 1:OO. mrw1420 copied fo r half hour. XEXX-1420 a t 2:30. TT 1560, no ID. 1-iLOR-1480 f / c per l i s t . WillL-1430 e /off at 2:30. 1420 had music,played "Gypsy Lovs Son,-'1 but no I D at 2:23-2:27, Someone behind WAKR with m a i c at 2-2:55, gava ID but " . T X too strong. ?EVD-l330 off 3:OO. KGHI-1250 off at 3:00, !!B:&1L40 AN. 623 11-5 :?usic 3:35-3317, no ID. Rot a tterie received since the 21et, sp ilone to report. I no:. 'mve 79 reports out since'9/1/57, 33 have verified. So the ;;ail box should be : v i l soon. Eest DX and hope a l l %d a f ine Thanksgiving. WHIY-1270 Orlando Fla. ET, f/c f o r Riveriles3 2$354:46, also forgot to l is t '-R&O on 1470 i n Everpeen, A l a . ET at 2:37-2:15.

I R o n - 9 th t - a = , Caif fornia Well, 11:e lmard the National Emblem Piarch piayed by G u y Lmbardo 01: a DX p r 0 3 r ~ ~ 2 60 I p e e s I've - 3 rd everything up to data. me stnt ion doing the honors WAS ICWT on the i r DX. I ;-ecoived the card Prom 1Urv R bbins re la t ive to the 3XOQ DX on '730. US- tened f o r %lo;. but they were not an but tuned i n the next morning on a 99- ioO c'nwce and t'mre t ;zqr were. I missed th.ern Laat. year, so was g W to add thie ca l l . Even heard then ::.antior; Marv, h i . Did not try f o r N\:IIK as being on i r ? the midr l b of the week and iBFO on basidee I believe on that c7mnnel. Re turned hme too l a t a t a kaar mIRTS a d s i n c e t'ney a re highly clirecfional probbly no go at t h i s locale qf. .ay. On the 38th ccvld not pick up PJC-7-3, ZMRX is akvays loud here;. As f o r K3PL on lZ6O DX a f t e r RGIL ? / o f f K!iA tested with TT and O'J ent i re per'lod. of KSPL DX but heard -.: cpuple items so asl l t report. . hfo veries s i ree last report and you can t e l l from this !:bat re- ception .;as becii. ~ o o k a l ike a repe t i t ion b f last season. Oh well. I ' m sli;.:itly con- tended .riK-. hat l i t t l e I can hear. S t i l ; . no answer from KYNG f o r ET, in s ~ i t e of sev- e r l f /ups. TYoder i f amone & a , a yerie from 'BARY, PP cai3 o$otherwise)for DIC of last winter. H i L ~ ~ i l f t >sd t$e c m ~ t to send them a f /up as tye tr Also- s t i l l i?o xisvzar from K V X for racz; t ion on sr-1 e+rly Ah p r o g r a 8 several wntkovago. (con'd on P a ~ e 9 )

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Deceaber 6, 1951 -DeX- -h- ' E - OF_3- Page 9 (Earl R@yiho:-~, conr d fro Hey Raleigh! Have you heard ESOK yet? E:lo=h of this

.dr iv&l f ron here. Hope ux smpes up a l i t t l e out this vray. Missed the KgXM D:; due t o l i s t i n g i n the DX W l S . Oh well, so goee it.

Har&Pfilkinson - 6620 Beeman Avenue - North H o l l ~ ~ o o d Calif omi-a- - - - - - - - - --,----, 2 So far t'lis season there hasn't been too much ac t iv i ty i n foreign Dung among the Soatham C ~ l i f o ~ x i a Clan zarnbers. I t d l ike t o hem from John &ace as I1 ve :ritten several times i n the psett f ive month8 with no anewer, A l Lenr of Livennore ard C l a r - ence Fremsn of Clearlake H i ghbnde, Cal. seem to be snagging a f e~ good ones. 1To- thiog fro?: Jokq Alexander. Ted V. has done some DXing but I don' t think he is report- ing any. Don Remolds has an ace i n the hole already tiils season. He has been very busy 1:tith his business tn is gear but I f e e l that he w i l l land i n the Hfirs: t':reell any- how. I 'nwvo 2" f e i r seasori so far . I have h l rqqorts o - ~ t with four i n that I f e e l . quite procd o f . TRIIA, 1070 kc/s., Arecibo, P .R. 300 w s t t a v e r i f i e d within oiskt days. HJKt?, 1258 ::c/s., Bogota, Coivnbia, varified in 11 dws. HOT, 985 kc/s., Paim-a City verified i n 11 Ley8 and TGRL, :'Radio Landivarn 2100 kc/s , , Qlio'laltenango, Gmfrsm?sa, verified i n 22 dcys. $cn~e r e p o ~ t s out are to HJER EIJ:;? YVOA U I KZPA YNLU aad ZiJAT. I bel ieve t h ~ t P327 opurates on 1055 kc/s, and not 1O1O kc/s, Awone wish t o h ~ l p me on Lhis? Tile Suracao s t ~ t i o n an E95 has been heard here eevaral times i n wlj. ewm- ings (S~i1@~7s). B e i n g that I advertised. the WAsian Logsw in the NMRC I now lw*t-o only s5x %nf t. B i r s t come, f i r s t s me&. I dilnc t know that there were so l~laq? Tlast Coast NMiC rxmbe2s ~ ~ l i o EXed f o r foreign stuff!. Fhen I read that Czrroll b y r i c h Iwd t o give up hi^ yezrly Log i;f The Americas and Islande of tks V&r~ibdan I falt that 2x0- ther pnge of kjrgone a+-s i n DXang had bean torn out of tne boolr or' wonderful ~.'g;..iorieS of ou-r hoblqr. By the way, I have just received word that the new issue of II?lorld Rad- io 'ian3booktt v i l l not be issued i n Rovember of 3957. The next issue w i l l be out i n January or' 1958. If John Callerman and Pete Tciylor k ep knocking off thooe foroign veries 1';; zoixs to s ign up with tb Merchant Marine, Wk.

Leon S . NtjbLoc? ---8,1 Xatee Street Gale ~'91r.4, f llinoQ- -----A-

Nov, 22 - 17DZ 1050 TT 1:23, s /off 1 ~ 2 5 . ViX4S 1019 TT 1:29-1:3G. K~JJIQ 1010 RS s/of f lr33. KTHS 1C90 RS 1:55. 32'9 1.330 IiS 2:00. Wov. 24 - l?CCb 1Z70 ET 8:30 §/off 2:5c?+. VZlL 1340 RS 3 : 35. EE@s wvJG3 1430 ET 1 :20-1:50. V X C 1310 ET over WCAM 2: 03-2: 35, telephone Prestonburg, Xy. 2333. FiQ3N 1450 AN 2:45. V93i?S 1240 ET 2:s-3 :05. 'C53 1240 RS 3:00. ICTNC 123C DX unheard u n t i l 3320-3:30 s/c#*f, KKiG 1410 TT 3:3C, s//aff 3:56. Nov. 26- XDJf 1270 performance c b c k 2:26-2:45 s , / ~ f f . B/on 8:00, a re2.l sur- prise. V~ries few, but a l l le t te rs . WSLM KFEQ KAFA KbX. I am proud of W A as tho CE said tile zouultains f o m a barr ier throwing the signal t o IJorth and West zid I co.-*?d concrid~r i t ai? l'impoesible catchn for t h i s area. Nov. 14, DX %IK unheard. Nov. 17 DX KIXS baralg heerd here. Wov. 18 DX al l out becauee of ston. Nov. 25 DX, XTEC neard r~a& t o s t rong from 3;du-) :30 . ~~1 b i o c u d by IXRIG. WKO, too uiuoil Llterfer- ence. Didnr t n ~ i t for YjTLG/?'!EIIH. Sent t h n k you earns.

h)resJj.lson r. 226 EJo~th 4 3trae-i - Re~dfng, Penhprylvenia r 11/29 - T'ze lC:?-,.ist as rush is on! Some excitemeut downtown here, a s per us~al. A PP cad came from Y!CPC-1320 and a beautiful QSL card fro3 TJADP-dx, "The Voice of the Sen- eca Eighlands . Av:ai t i c g YXGC !7COY and FKYR. I haven' t kbad a verie from jersey since 1950, yvht ~t i s r ight next d3or. It was from IVW-620, IQ' longest holdout, neatly b:to ye&rsI w a i t far a reply. To BS.11 Stone - Yell, IfPostien was r,till going a t ~ o r g s i x r.~nthsr ago, hi. Bob Perrine - look for WFLll-9OO i n Janua~y o r Fabrmry - ecrly i n 1958, Supposed to s t a r t up then, daytime only. Now have 690 l e t t e r s and 530 carits so i 2 ~ ~ t add ten cards to even i t up. Since we just W a DX f r o m C1;mm hers are same facts on it. A l m o s t everybody speaks Englf sh there besider Dutch and ~ y ~ i s h . It i s the largest island i n a group of s ix, off the c o s t of Venezuela. J l - , i l L s : ~ t & is the capi ta l of this isiand grcup, the NetharlanCs Antilles. Just opened is the now Interr=ontinsntal Rotel, 125 r.joms, plus ELM non-stop plane aervice from I?~';J Yorlr. Tnis info ti> the Surday paper, 739.

John R. Boass - 1426 h1mjon Nay - Santa Ana, California --- your rrysterp stc3tion on 133d kc/s. was boorriing in nerd iast Sunday &at and : - 0 i 3 ~ d!M er/off a t 3:32. I waei looking fo r an i t e m in one of the back issues when I car~o zcrosr the jnfomatior, ard got rr;y l e t t e r off to him. DX WJS 10/1.9/57 from Don Reymlds an Page 12 PP card from XEQR (1030) signed Radio C~nt ro , signature not mail~bh. Going back & . l i t t l e furthe Roy I J i l l q j.$ , t h w r e i p ?i.gest 12/15/56 e p r t a PP co d fi 5 p ~ slperunreajsbfe iwe: 1s r t ~ r u l o 123, $0. 96 ~ e x i c o 1, 6 .F.

l g k ~ e n r i $ndal; reports i n the Foreigx seotkon 8/14/54 a verie signed by W w l S. Lopez, Gerente from XmQ. (18 it XEQR or XEN, John -most say X P R . - ' '

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24/11 0 TRY 1386 5t5q L, ,--. ULAM 900 f/c- -...... ,-,-, RAIL 1460 RS l : G $ - l ~ & i 22/11. WICU on RS 6:30-5:50 a,mr :slet- Very poor f o r bX. WEER' on f / c 3:9&3:15; %'RAY 1460 !FC E!F 3:15-3x30; ( ~ 2 n d ) ; 19th- BIADP on DX; W U Z 1590 ET 2:0&2?30 Id; T A G S on MI 3:04-3:30 ; L3RB 143 0 RS 6:15-6: 30, mur t s t r r t BS at 6: 00. 18 th- W T ~ 1300 on ET using Morre IDS. T B l W on DX OK, "Radio Hayern on bX OK; other DXos, no dice, ccr-iore on withBFO. 17t:i- TrYOP 970 6:50-6:lS Lopping chanrrel. Veries In are: TYION :';SJTlJOT KCHR FCFV ':':&XI2 WPJIl3J- 6TSA V!ERH TJHY9 ','lPVL VQOP: WEIS ~ V P 3 VWQ KTCB WSDB TrTAIil PFBHB KCSR and IIHOIT. Getting my share. Tht*tro r ight Pat, thcse i n i n om week. , Got a kick out of Lefty l i s t i n g KURA as neard i n bul le t in NRC. Sure eae, I got my verie foq September 1956 reception i n December t66. fleek has nc% been a good one f a r I3X, sun @pate, 8ton:s flaode, etc. lxlt very good f o r verie'e. Ten Pat on 25th, best AT\! frw ' H J A 3 930 f o r llth, mi* WTLS* V?ILZ* W V O P bPIG WiJLaP* WA3P CVMTbV. 28th- In c3me VAVP '' I gwes s 1 ao'rltt got oranges, Ted. 29th- PJC-'I 1505 Ira ~ e r i e for DX, naye re,\or ts from San Diem, Tittsbarg, Cai., Providence R. I. and mine so far Mt j t h aorrect rsports and PrCLC*. Starred nev; stations. U .S. ldail Service, phoaitr. Maw, your aard gut here on dJth, arrived Toroqto 0:3d 19th. Thea on 2?th, raport (1-etter) returned CJISO, ro se-t FAST/T~ISO l e t t e r o to PivI Gonem.1 Washington and Niarvl s card aeking why. You ass rzdio s ta t ions axs kinds pemarient instal la t ions. DX new - ll/24- W'KY 1380 s/an 5:58, TI&$ 903 f / c a8 i n list. 25tn. I'ITLG on DX OK. WEHH 1590 Marches and tom, ICTI?C no dice, ICOXO, s t one ID. Say bf~ys, on these DXee on graveyard frequencies, o r p m o r ma-rtial music please - outs QRi eas ier , Didn't try for m N . CXFH covers l?i9&1410, WD03 1310 ~ ~ / i i . ?:mnc)d f a n r 26U- T8JXL as per f'lc list. Pr:JOK s/on, tkel;? notes out. Tel l you on verie srr ives. 27 th- \,GI@ 1540 f / c - ~ ~ 1:i5-1:30, was dead on 1330, had CMCB @&!i o : ~ a very poor morning. Eoy doing a l l tke tes t ing on 1260 i s VCDJ, 26th and 27th. 28th- TGTO-810 emearing R'GY at times 2:14-2:44 (a re t h y AN? Sacon& W.8 had i n ten i q s . ) TrFUL f/c-TT 1:lL+1:30. WILBX f/a-TT 2t4.i-3, b6bh aa i n f / c l is t , 29th-

WGSW 1350 s,on 5 a,m., all sl0;le t i l l 5:15, 30th- 1373 kc/s., boys, there1 s at l e u t eix etat ions s/on 5:30 a.rr.., P T i D one of tiPm. That's i t , Leftg,

. . , fkthony Lafsatutta- 371 Z i ~ h t h Aronue - NQW Ycrk, T ! ~ N York ---. - ~ i ' gang. DX at t h i s den i s a t a con;p?.ete s tandot i l l , and the calendar Sq76 8Tovc 28, , ! Donrt risk 7-e nrkiy, ?.ht no ZIX stat ions come i n a f te r sunse", now, not evenl.fTOP o r , XKEVI. This ;;asQOctober proauced a f e w good &qs, espcrially Tor twilight BXlng, The tither n i ~ i r t , the only onas tna t cm:e t h r o q p were XEmA CJUS ';/LEI .ICWY CFBIL, tht;tls all. C a n i?q?one explain why DX CX are eo poor? Ie i t on account of. the s-mspo,';s? -, . . Tharks, !l?e0 ?'@iser, for the t i p on TrTRB-1579, Ho~ever, I don't think .tnia 0.m could - have corns i n so loud, ewn if i t was a good October day, hi. Maybe VTEP TJi31:X '.':.Xi? . : B'TOm o r ~V-C~I. 3ince F!?iTC, Eatontown, N . J . ie ab le 'h .get into t'nis ro t t en location, -1 ma7 h v e a u:mme to get WRAB, Ba%lon, N.Y. when 'they ,,q on; The other s t a t i o n o n - . 1290 s ched~~ l sd for Babylon ""ill be 1 kw. and disecti*al.. If they must protect C'CCC their si3=1 r i l l ~.eak a t the N.Y. C. area. .The 540 6ne ia f slip I Nn! t tn i ik -:/ill

,reach this loc&t.ion, T bet te r &rry a& k e . ~ WDVI\II verified ,anpat.. Note, hefty, V2%Elf, he:-alo, ca:.se ir; during the d w behind WP.STle mlb at Huntinkt~n, LSI, ! f e l l , 73, gang and go63 il:.slth to a l l t i l l hext report.

-23l.- ~~i_c~t~;I , .=54 P i ~ l t r e e t Sough - Port Hope. ' --- ontar lo I .haven1 t r,x;orted to nPG:usingstt now f o r nearly a mon'th, exarcs ar6 coming and i tq, jT. . . i9

:f i!rst . T l ies~ exms f in i sh Deceniber 10th. I have managod tb 106 'only 31 more ~tat ioncl . FdoLt e,pectaculc".r onse to me a re FAPI-1070, XZNO-1460, KiPYf,-IZlO, Vt5'JRI-1450, CFGT-1270 CJCB-1270, ILYEIC-790. Only .DX progrwe received b r e are HBOKWRC, CVHYE-KRC, i.ITLG-N,RC, O RAivi-NX , ';G;;.ZS-IJNRC aa liHOW-RrlJRC . Tnert, always aaeri.s to ' be a ld t of QFhi i n P o r t Hope aroun%. 3:E to 5:00 a.m. every iilionrtay,n,os.tly from 1000 to 1600 icb/$d" I wa8 av~we of the c;lmze i n ca l l l e t t e r s from P m to ':'hi as I received than the Saturcgiy Before the DX. v : r i e s are i n froni VLIB KIIIJO KTYL KBOK WHYE tNLS WKLZ, ~ o u r t e a n ragor ts m e out t o data, Bast of DX t o , a l l , see you regularly a f t e r examr. 73.

~ M . S ~ t . ~ J a i ~ . . p . - - j & t w a - U S Wissi:3ntq Mnduras - c/n U.S. EhbsyY .- T ~ ! ~ , c I @ & P & ~ H o ~ . " Fi2st f mv ~:i~?v.tes of B;VS-620 DX was covered up by, &@X till they, signed off, then XMNS w a s pre t ty zood till about 3:30 when they faded down into tire very high ndee- le-?el. Got enough for a. report so i t was. seqt. Cauldntt ,he& ICRES-1.550 DX-IJKRC. S:d;~zish ~ epeabr w ~ s Jminating frequency hem. KGGF-690 juet barely breaking 'th.o@l CI .32 fbr a f a v rabmbta at 10 p.m. Today Q,SLs arr ived from HMS-580 and CSLI-330. I iave la ' state. ver i f ied so far. Texas leads ~ l t h 11 r & r i e ~ , ~ Louimiana 4, I l l i n o i a 3 , e k s t a t w lave t;wo ~ 2 . 1 nine hs;ve one each. Bsrier : ?VC!KR-610, KV00-1170, KOffi-1290. (c mtd P.. 11)

nber 6, 1957 , , - - - - N E PI S- Pct~e 11 k Hathar~cy, c ram P. ov. 24- PCCO-830, 4 a.m.; PJDUI-1070, si;;;lc!d on at . IVAKR-1590, 5:,-. llbVE146cl, 5:50. Nov. 25- Couldnat hear H T ~ C . KITUZ or;:imn+

here. Did ~ i c l i up KFSD-600. Cmldnt t hear K W . Strong s ta t ion on with nb ID. f a r have picked out WPB and RTTX on 1450 .but no KOKO. Station on 1410 turned au be KRLG, Odessa, Texae with ET. 73 and DX.

Ted Vleieer - 19 Fairview !Avenue ,- Schuylkill Raven, Pennsy lvsn&- --- -. Tbnkr to the nerd f/c l ist I received four n w stations. Ben Patch real ly did a f i n e job. It1 e easier t o read than the old list', .J' ve been b u y cheaking the one3 I need t o v-erifjt tlren I et3t the %lam i n hapee of a+ least catching a few, I have t o :Bi; up at 5 a,=, -xizing the week so when I ee t the a l a m f o r D X i n g I most alwaya' catch som- thing nan. CurdLay ancl Monday AM I DX m 8 t . o f the night which web9ly r e l i a f deya on mg job which I clainad on tb milroad BO -1 can enjoy t h i s fine hoboy , hit A f e:! WPiet! are- i n such as Vl?IL1290, WHYE 910, WINE 1089, KBOK 13U0, WSDB 1430, b hich were l e t t e r 8 except. WSDB which was a patal. The, folloviir,g .by PP cards REPG 9 10 and FiB\IIS 1090, the l a t t e r f o r re;,ort of December 1953. Some DX doings were: 11/16- WNIL U90 on f/c. 13/17. KHEY 690 on RB Sunday:qM, YiIaD 1360 ~ i t h Sunday AM RS. 11/20- WTCB 990 on f /c , FICCN-1370 n f t h a f /c . 11/24- W f W D 1090 on RS 6:45 a.m. ,. also, head through YDAL up till 7:45 a.r;.. 1 1 / 2 5 VDOC 1310 with ET.-at 3 a.m. .They signed off at 5 a.m. BIEH on DX with l.'JdER QIM on A590, ,WTLG 730.on DX, very direc,tional indeed with only Just three IDe an3 an3 l.usical selection l o @pd &re. No luck with K0;103 1450 became of CBi from VIQSN an3 i%PG. Cjomeqne mentioned anslbis i s atation..???? - now we contin- on : , i tn more music, ImG hesrd on 1410, kc/s. . but no aign of XUEN DX. No thing on ECTMC 1230 here also. 11128- SWX 3870 ,with a fko, a l so RRLCBX on f / c with QTM from PEVD on 1330. 73.

I2gcUy-G&es - 2844. G u i l f o s Gave - OklahonKL C i t y 20, Oklahoma Ham fall@?? baizird i n reporting, but not- in DXing. Have given a l l the Spscials a try, Ae B i l l Sto;?o 7robabl.y knows now, h i s ISZW m e t have bwh PTW, !fanticello, IV, &ang- ing i t 8 fre~vei1c~- to 1360. h v DX has been:.,WAIL 1460 f i n e here on BX. WlHfE 310 DX Ck, s l igh t W.i fror,. GAS here. XLAN logged dt same t i r re . 11/1?- KRES 1550 strolz;; 011 NNRC DX. KIiQVS 620 DX wa8 readable niost ,of the .tire.. OKCK were on the f i r s t f ive minutee. !

Pa@ - - - D X -k-~-~-3- December 5 , 1957 &iv B. Edge. - 325 Shirley Avenue - Buffs20 15. K e w Yorlc-

Very l i t t l e D:'ing done thia p t week accavunt of norking drtyr, but i t coneis ts of: 11/25, 9101YPFB s / o f f ~ t t 1;16 j 664CU s/off 1:SO; 666, unknowr~ S w i e a s,~oYl:er heard well but my la& of Spanish languerge keepa me in the dark i 730-CKDM s / o f f 2 : s but not good enough f o r report; 630-XVOD for report, asking f o r l e t t e r to replace nld v/oard; 630-HXOX on t e s t ; 1230-KTNC heard on DX through ths 1230 mere; no luck on :CUmT tZOK0 WEHH and -.:ondering how many reported hearing KUEN on DX only to f i r d it vras K R I G t r t e s t ? 73WJTLG a powerhouse on DX. 66--ZFY heard but too weak to report. 110 verier In past week. Jus t a rewinder that the holide~i. a re coming up and mail will be *wed up, SO ll&r not send Hal Vlagner some money ox 3Q stamps to have your DX NIP116 sent , i r s t Class u n t i l the January 4th 1958 issue. Best of DX to al l .

. v, HeLl l i l l i r P n 8 - 50 TaiH LV -. S-m. C ~ n n e c t i ~ a L ;. . . he' p e t -:mek has been the wo r a t , DX-wiae, %? I have axexpsriencad duf$ng tk, D X W a - son. On 11/25 api expected, KTNC-lZ3O did not make i t through WNOR and WZ!FH :.-ith m, RUEH was not needed so I tuned 1450 at 3:20. Here too I did not expect mKU W gat throu& tne conglomration on 1450 and they certainly d id not get 'Iqr W P G l.vho seem to have replaced VCTC AN. I then tuned back f o r KtEN 1410 who got i n here af te r a f ash- ion with a fnir t o poor signal. I did not etay on 1410 a8 I thoaght I n s m l G m v c a l l on 1-150 but it proved to be PFPG witn d different announcer. PJXXH-l590 i n about breaking evan . . i t h WAXR but Pi3XE was not needed. A t 4:00 on 730 I got a good signalr iron CU"FbQ f o r t 5 e lone nerw ca l l f o r Fbn3ay morning. *he *o station8 that I did not neod tvere h2ard f a f s y well with but one of the three needed ome heard, Tne DX l l i l Bag wao a cor~plete f a i lu re this week with mt one verfe eeceived t o wind up t l a %orst month of Movei'ber I ever expereienc ed with but nine new additlone and exactly eight verier f o r a grznd t o t a l of 1,821 i n one month short of nirm years. Two l e t t e r s and f i r first 1957 ChrBtmae card were received f mm Jack and Marian Btbaway, i n Xondurau, a nice l e t t e r from $v Johnson, e~ l e t t e r from Casrall Keyrich with the REALLY GOOD NIB'S that Rank Ward and Ken Borden are going to run the s tenci l8 off f o r Carroll %xi t-~e w i l l have his alwayr eacellent BCB Log to use shortly and a nice lie t t e r from our Boa* Chairman, _'IarCc Ward, who by the way is certainly "on the. balln and laet but not leaot the M[ KET!S r-ailed inLake City at 9:30 a.m. on 11/23 was received toby', 11/30. It must have 3-18 via the Panama C a n a l , hi. I would again remind you loyal NRCere to be mare old se:d t k a t "thank youw card to Nlr. P a t Uliano, AM Supervisor, 14!ICC, Bridgeport, Corn. even If you do not hear QIFST on 1219, A whole hour s tandB i e quite a rrrity, these days. Ii? 11 n-onthe of 1957 I lagged but 102 new ca l l s and received 123 vzrier and unless I ,+th,r i n q u t e a fevv i n Dewber, 1957 w i l l prove to be my poorest DX year, I& . .if e, OUF grandbaugh+*er and I went to Long I eland yes terdag and b e f o ~ leav- ing fo r hor.:e I tsU;ed 1~lith Lefty Cooper cn the phone, Sorry I did not have t i x e to run over and say nl:elloR but I 'had to get up 4 4:30 th is morning f o r wbrk. I hope to have sonre m c h h t t e r reporfa in before t4 J c e u end.

Pat Billey - 2 2 3 3 C r a 6 ~ n S t r e e t - ~smesbmh. New YO& r. Veriee baok are Y E U iQi\I;O KFI3B. 11/25- Picked pp a b i t on KTIICdx, a rn One f o r se.

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WEHH-dx copied behind tliAK33 vho were o f f ear l ie r . KRIG, 1410, spoiled chances f o r KUEN here, Too ::.my on 1450 t o copy $OKO. Didnr t need WTLG, eo copied MERH ins tecd, 11/ 26- V.%L, 1580, f /a and ET at 2:30. W l F G, 1410, is s t i l l AN. WHYS, 1370, ET at 3:26. KSTN, 1420, 3:50, thought they signed at &:30 each Tuesday? W, 1430, loud sit 3 :35. KDON atop IfEJO, 1% 60, a t 3 :37 with no WAC0 heard. KSL was se l l ing Cuclmo Clocks today but beiw a DXer I'm cu&oo enough hithout buying one of tmn. 11/27- Down to 210 to - day and noisy, WPB), 630, t e s t at "2:20. Unknown on ET on 1156, plenty of data but noise spoiled sell, i n C.S.T. zom and off at 2:50, VrAIQ?, 1220, ET f o r nety tr nsmit- t e r at 2:55 f o r r .8~ call and asking for mail. Didn't get a peep out of XERF after 4:00 Are t&ley :,oii?;, of2 oarld e e i n ? li/&- VJfbYB, 1220, on f / a as listed, p l w CJRL a$ 1:55 WPFA, 790, Proof of Performance test, a t 2:47 f o r new c a l l , WKIY, U70, tes t a t 3:25. 11/29.. Re21 kigh atdttic leve l today, only one unknown heard on tee t , 3:40 to 4:15 but never caught all on 1430 because of noise. 11130- Two on with XED, 1570, at 2:40 but coul9nf t catc'n c a l l on e i t h e r one. One was i n Virginia. WFLV, l.360, ex-1570, were on E!L' \vitll 1 ,OCO wat t o again, real noisy. AE Ann T e w says, "Calf ekine id&-e the best shoer, kt banana skins m a k e the best slippers, so save them thia winter t o slip into FinBlay, O!zlo for next onv vent ion."^^ need f o r cutting that, .Pat - i t 's too weak t o l i ve very long anyway - h i -Ed. LETIS mm T;ESE: DX REPORTS, GMTC). WE WANT TO REEP ~ E S E DX ~ S E S FULL OF mi5 AND IlE!EI1ESTIRG, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR REPORTS. TAKE A QUARTEEi HOUR OUT W! AND DASTi O I T Om

Dec. . .

DX NEE3 NCY LATIN AMERIC.

The ~ r a b u a r v w rlavc: all e ~ b n e r been r epo r t ed I n tne b u l l e t i n o r bee heard by me (Hal 'Yagner) s i n c e Labor Day, It i s noted t h a t a good of t h e more common s t a t i o n s have not been r epo r t ed i n t h e b u l l e t i n it i s ??oped a l i s t i n g of t h i s s o r t w i l l h e l p t h e new comers, f o r i t appears t h e o l d t ime-s t ake a good many of the s t a t i o n s a s conmon, 585 T I J C San J o s e , Costa Rica f R a d i o p o l i s f 607 ?? Brd by HW on 12/4 625 TIDCR San Jose , Costa Rica ( l a s t y e a r a t 5:30 AM s/on 655 PJA10 Aruba, Ne the r l l nds West I n d i e s , h r d e a r l y evenings . t o o . 655 YSS San Salvador , u s u a l l y on t o p of PJAlO by 7 pm. 665 YN? Nansgua, Nicarauga, a new one f i r s t heard t h i s f a l l , 695 XEN Mexico C i ty , Mexico, o f t e n w i t h b e a u t i f u l c l a s s i c a l music, 711 ??? Announced a s San Jose , Costa Rica on 12/5 ( T I N E I ) 716 o ? ? Erd by HV? f o r pas t 2 y e a r s , peaks about 10 pm/ 735 T I R A San Jose, Costa Rica t b d i o America Lnt ina l 755 TIT!? San Jose , Cost9 Ricz 'Radio C i ty ! 817 ??? Perhnpa TIRU? IIrd by X?? 12/4 845 HROV! Teguc iga lps , I-Ionduras (Radio Monserrat ! 854 OAX4A Lima, Peru 855 TICS Ssn Jose , Cocistci Rita, (La Voz de ~ m e r i c a ) 864 PJC2 Willernstad, ?:ether13 nds West I n d i e s 882 ? ? ? ? Believe t h e Venezuelan YVKU 935 ? l hnsgua , Nicaragua 965 HOF Psn9rnq C i ty , Panma ' 0 n d ~ Popular f 991 ??? U s u s l l y j u s t 2 hetrod-yne on 990 bu t sometimes breaks t h r u 992% CM?? Cubqn, hrd snnouncing 11/23 994 ? ? ? ? Normally R het rodyne on 995 but sometimes brco,ks t h r u 995 TIFC Snn Jose , Costa Ricz 'Fare Del C s r i b e f Engl i sh c t t t imes ,

1015 ? ? ? ? 3 r d by IT! 12/4 1035 ? ? ? ? 3 r d by Hsnk Kolbrook i n October, s t i l l here i n December 1065 T I G G San J o s e , Costs Rica. lR?dio E x c e l s i o r ' 1075 YSEB San S? lv?dor , E l S3lvqdor 1085 TGC G11at2m.tls C i t y , Guatctmla VR~dio Cr i s t s l f 1125 HOJ C h i t r e , Pnnsn~s 1135 ? ? ? Hrd by Iirm 12/4 1145 ??? Radio Cziribe, Por t -au-Pr ince, H z i t i r epo r t ed by World R. H. 1175 YSCB Sonsoi??te, E l Sa lvador . 'La Voz d e l P n c i f i c o f 1187 CM?? Hrd i n Sspt eniber . 1258 HJKN Bogota, Colombia, f Rsd i o l!cr,etl?opolitqna 1 1265 ? ? ? ? Hrd by TFjir 12/4 Last year w n s TGAQ 1295 ? ? ? ? Reported by HJW i n 11/23 b u l l e t i n 1325 4Vn! For t -au-Princ e , H3 it 1, ! Rzdio R s i t i f 1435 ? ? ? I lrd by BlJ 12/4, l i k e l y PJA5 Or?njes tad , Arubs, N.lIV.1. 1475 H J F K P c r e i r a , Colombia, 'Rctdio Cent ine l2 An a l l n i g h t o r 1505 R?dio Hoyer 2 , Willemstnd, Curac90, n o n - c o m ~ e r c i a l , odd hour 1592 CP'iJS Ciego de Avi la , Cuba.

Uncloubtly, t h e r e n r e nqny more but t ime docs not permit me t o d i g them out and q 1 1 i n t h e b u l l e t i n s i n c e Lqbor Dqy srs l i s t e d . A word o f c s u t i o n t o t h e beg inner , L a t i n Amoricans a r e no to r ious movere and a s t q t i o n rnibht bo on 1015 one n igh t and 1025 the next s o t r y t o ge t t ho i d e n t i t y before r e p o r t i n g . Alse, s e v e r a l L a t i n s might be on one froqu- ency snci depending on your l o c a t ion and r e c e p t i o n c o n d i t i o n s , you might be heq r ing sny one of them, Fo r examplo

965 YNLU Managus, Nicarriugua 'Radio Msnagua f c a l l , l o c a t i o n and s logan hcnrd q t ll:.i2 pm 12/5 whi le t y p i n g t h i s , s / o f f 11:57 knother LA on 965 o f f q t midnit e , l a s t off o r faded 12;02

The Spnnish ~ e p o & Form b l c k from Jqck Hsthaway i n Hondurns and we nk t h q t ' t h i s i s it f and t h q t it i s resdy f o r p r i n t i n g . ( H a 1 W?,

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I hope Fred w i ha t ed t o see a I n t e r n a t i o n a l by the- members

11 f o r g i v e me f o r usurp ing h i s p o s i t i o n t h i s week but I b u l l e t i n go out a t t h i s t ime of t h e y e a r tvithout any

Naws. With the l a t e d e l i v e r y o f t h e b u l l e t i n s be ing noted t h i s may be t h e b e s t time t o l i s t the Christmas La t in s .

Christmas i s a t inle of f e s t i v i t y f o r our L a t i n f r i e n d s and a good many s t a t i o n s a r e on a l l n i g h t Christmas Eve b roadcas t ing Prom nighh c l u b s , e t c . Unfor tuna te ly , sorcet irneas it appea r s t h a t t h e announcers j o i n t h e c o n v i v a l i t y t o o w e l l f o r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n s ape sometimes f a r f a r a p a r t . T-Iere i s a l i s t heard-or r a t h o r publ i shed l a s t y e a r of' s t a t i o n s t h a t have been heard on Christmas morning f o r t h e p a s t few years .

TI& Puer to Limon, Costa Rica t o 0300 HO%1 Panama C i t y , Panama t o 0200 ??LDCR San Jose , Costa Rica t o 0400 TIFA San J o s e , Costa Rica t o 0430 T I J C San Jose , Costa Rica t o 0430 CTJCB Havana, Cuba t o 0300 BJDK Medol l in , Colombia t o 0400 YVOB $an C r i s t o b a l , Venezuela t o 0530 I i l L Ciudad Tm;l i l l o , Dominisan Republic t o 0500 CMCH Havana, Cuba t o 0230 HROW Teguc iga lpa , Honduras a t 0430 CMHD Santa C la ra , Cuba t o 0300 TGJ Guatamaaa C i ty , Gua'tarnala a t 0320 TIMACHO San Jose, Costa Rica a t 0330 CMKB Cuba a t 0300 CNDD Bayamo, Cuba t o 0200 CIiIDC Holgx i n , Cub3 t o 0300 XEHF Nogales, Sonora t o 0400 X E O X Ciudad Obregon, Nexico a t 0410 CMKZ Palma Sor iano , Cuba t o 0310

-Perhaps Fred made up a list of t h o s e heard l a s t yea r which he w i l l p r e s e n t i n t h e next i s s u e o r so. In a d d i t i o n , we would like t o p o i n t ou t t h ? t i f c o n d i t i o n s a r e r i g h t , L a t i n s w i l l be heard on almost every domestic channel o v o r r i d i n g semi- local s t a t i o n s . This i s every ovening, not j u s t Christmas. So watch f o r them, and be sure of your i d e n t i t y .

VJEXRICI-I LOG Answering ou r reques t two i s s u e s ago were seve ra l NRCers. I don ' t have t h e i r names h e r e bu t Hank Wsrd 'phonoB Car~n31 M i Q t e l y and Hank and Ken Bopden a l r e a 3 y have t h e l o g mimeographed. As soon a s envelopes a r r i -ve from C a r r o l l tile l o g s w i l l be mailed. I don' t know how many e x t r a cop ie s were made bu t if you d i d not o r d e r before suggest you wr i te C a r r o l l immediately a t P 0 Box 1363, Balt imore 3, Maryland t o s e e i f he h a s an;r e x t r a . The p r i c e , $1.25 f o r t h e AM sec t ion .

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The Foreign Broadcast Informat ion Logs of BCB and S W s t a t i o n s o u t s i d e t h e TJnited S t a t e s , f i r s t a v a i l a b l e 2 y e a r s ago a r e a g a i n a v a i l a b l e from t h e (tovcrnment P r i n t i n g Off ice , Washington, D. C . Aga-in it i s i n 4 p a r t s and t h i s i s s u e i s c o r r e c t e d t o 1 June 1957.

Broadcast ing S t a t i o n s o f t h e World P a r t 1 $1.50 (coun t ry & c i t y ) P a r t 11 1.50 (by f requency) P a r t 111 1.25 (by s logan ) P a r t 1 V 0.75 (Ffvl & Tv)

No U . S . s t a t i o n s a r e l i s t e d i n any of t h e l o g s , even FM o r TV. I c a ~ f t : f i n d any c a t a l o g number i n them so i f you order g i v e a l l t h e info ab

wuAAa A L L 1T;ems t o ; C ; . ~ . b t ~ n b u r y 11, Box LA,, , rystaL ~ e a c h , On ta r io A l l Times a r e EST

526 B Z , QB These two beacons a r e being hrd on t h i s 3CB frequency Regulare ly f o r a couple hours a f t e r sunse t . Locat ion- a r e a t p r e s e n t unknown (CMS)

563 ~JIIYN S p r i n g f i e l d , Mass Sun S/on i s 0728 (TW) 1183 MIAM Rochester , N.Y. i s now s i l e n t Sun A?: (CMS)

Radio Jamaica, Montego Bay, Jamaica i s i n t h e c l e a r Sun AM a t 3603 on (CMS)

1238 WCOL Colunbus, Ohio i s w i l e n t XNon AM when they S/on a t 3455 (EJ)

1243 MBF!L Macon, Ga i s now AN ( E J ) 12513 XGI-iI L i t t l e Rock, A r k wkday S/off i s 0230 (EJ) 12613 W!UU Greenv i l l e , S.C. wkday S/on i s 0533 (LK) 1270 M L I K Newport, Tennwkday S/on i s 3590 (LK)

KBOM Kandan, NOD. S/ogf on Sun AN i s 0207 (EJ) '~I'I3IY Orlando, F l a hrd on FC 11/28 ( 4 t h Thur) 3230-0245 (TW)

1 WHLI\J Har len , Ky wkday S/on i s 0539, b e s t ):on AM (LE;) 1379 WLTC Gastonia , N.C. S/on i s 3530 (BS)

WCCK N e i l s v i l l e , N.C. hrd on FC 11/20 R ( 2 r d Wed) 0245-0393(TW WINS Orlando, F l a Sun S/on i s 3733 (EJ)

1 YaYE Perrytown, Tex has FC/T W X H on 22nd of each month from 0225 t o 0240 ( E J )

ETRU Columbia, No wkday S/off i s 320a (EJ) 1420 WCLT Rewark, Ohio Sun S/on i s 3733 (BS)

WENE E n d i c o t t , M.Y. Sun S/on i s 9733 (BS) WIL S t .Louis, KO wkday S/off i s 0230 ( E J ) \ B L R Batesburg, S.C. wkday S/on i s 3533 (LK)

14-49 WQOX G r e e n v i l l e , S . C . l 3 o n S / o n i s 3 4 5 5 ( E J ) WBCM Bay C i t y , P!ich wkday S/on i s 3533 (LI;)

1453 bJNOI3 H a m i l h n , Ohio wkday S/on i s 05Xl (LE) KOKO Warrensburg, Mo was probably NOT on t h e i r shhedvled DX/

1363 IiDiLR Eor th L i t t l e Rock, A r k was NOT on DX sked (LK) / (LZ) 1573 T;JkI\XJ La t robe , Pa hrd on FC 11/26 ( 4 t h Tue) 3139-3115 (TW) - - - - - - - - NET!] STATION 1473 :ABL:! Zver j r een , A l a Eying 11/28 (3J)

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FCC RECGGNIZES SUWS3T SKIP This i s what has happened i n t hecase of

Radio S t a t i o n WPAQ (7 ' t ) Fount Airy , K . C . During Deceaber t hey ope ra t e w i th 2 EN from 07'3 S/OM XH S/on u n t i l 2915. Then they up t h e i r power

t o 10 iW. A t 1515 they go back t o 2 iCvJ and cont inue w i t h t h a t redu- -ced power u n t i l 1730 S/olf . (INFO FSOM lrlilliani C ,"Sweet Wil l iamflkshley) - - - - - - - - QUESTION BOX 1450 Vho had TT o r FC he re 1.1/1> a t 9135 (Xarv Robbins)

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REPORTERS (For l a s t 2 weeks) ?LR Kurt Ransey, LSN Leon S.Neblock, RH Ronald Harcour t , BTdD Ben tlWhiteyH D e i b l e r , MCB Mil ton C .Bay, PJR P h i l Bobbins, LK Len Kruse, J C Jim Cri tckie t , JWR J.Warren Routzahn E J Ev Johnson, MI? Marv Robbins, EC Left$ Cooper, BSW I?arald S.;r/illianrs, R3 Raleigh Biss, BS B i l l XStone

TW Ted Weiser " - - I - - - - .

DEADLINES For t h e December 21, t h i s i s Tuesday December 17. Arld f o r

tine December 28 i s s u e , t i p s rilust be i,n,by Monday December 22. For a l l o t h e r i s s u e s , dead l ine i s t h e T3Jednesday b e f o r e Zate of p u b l i c a t : ion.