We d d i c a t e t h i s issue t o t he memory of longtime member Leo Alster of Rahway, NJ, who passed away in May 1976. We just received notice of t he sad event. Although we were geographically close, we a t HQ never met Leo, who ran a hardware s tore on a 6 day week. His contributima w i l l be missed.

Cn a brighter note, we take great pleasure in announcing the formal acceptance of t he publishing tasks of DX NEWS by the Louisville Area DX'ers. We have received a l e t t e r s ta t ing tha t they have ironed out most of t h e i n i t i a l l og i s t i ca l problem which had impeded t h e i r takeover, most importantly, t he arrangement of printing contracts a t a competetive price. The LADS w i l l assume publication of DX NEWS in April of 1977. Inesmuch as we have separated the membership and publications as- pacts of club operations, they w i l l only be faced with the not inconsiderable task of gstt ing the bullet ins out, but a lso of overall club management. Editing and pub- l i s hing of manuals, forms, and books w i l l remain hare in N J , cmrdlnated through the Publications Center and the new club HQ. This w i l l rel ieve addit ional load on them, and w i l l leave us with a s i p i f i c a n t contribution t o t h e club here, but one which w i l l rel ieve us of the day-today and reguhrdeadl ines aspects. We f e e l t ha t t h i s additional de-centralisation of club operations w i l l be an aid t o a l l future publishers, and not just t o t he LADS. We a l l give them a hearty, vote of tho& a d good luck. More on t h i s la ter .

DXN SCIEDULE FOR EARLY SPRING: We've already publish& (V.43 # ~ , ~ 2 ) a schedule taking us up t o Christmas, but have been faced with a dilemola about when t o resume, due t o t he poss ib i l i ty tha t we would t ransfer publications a t t ha t time, and a lso due t o t he fac t tha t Christmas and New Year's Day f a l l i ng on %turdays complicate our schdul ing even more. Past experience has shown that mailing of colunms or bul- le t ins between Dec. 20 and Jan 2 can l e d t o p r o b l m , especially clue t o t he oversize nature of t he editors ' copy sent t o HQ. We a lso must reckon with postal holidays, business holidays and keeping our editors from having t o do columns on Christmas or New Year's Day or Zve. With these factors in a, we have no a l ternat ive but t o schedule a 3-ueek break a t tha t time. We r ea l i s e f u l l well tha t t h i s w i l l cause Un- due delays in valuable DX info reachlng t h e membership, but see no other viable a l - ternative. Thus, we urge you t o get DX info and TEST info in m r l y t o imke up fo r t h e long break. We also urge members t~ subscribe t o t he NRC Flash A l e r t Service t o be sure you a re notif ied of l a t e breakbg TESS. Send several selfaddresse3, stamped postcards t o Dan .%era, FAS Co-O~$inator a t t h e address of t he back cover t o enroll. The schedule then i s :

The schedule for t he remqlning period before t he LADS take over w i l l be publish&-as soon as it i s formulate3.

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-ALASKA KF@ Anchorage i n f ina l ly 10/27 a t 0933 o/WS and slop. Noted nightly thereafter arnd midnite local time. (Kaskey) -JAPAN JOIB ll/l 0855 w/JJ; 54. Mixed w / W S blocking pips on hour. ( ~ o b e l ) -POETUGAL/UNID Lisbon extremely loud (local level , S9 plus 40 db) w/cl mx, then PP ta lk ; 3.2 hz SAH present and occasional Slavic ta lk by woman audible under during quieter passagas of m on Lisbon, 2230, 10/25. (connelly) -SENEGAL Dakar 2213 on 10/26 good carr ier low audio, WABC splash. (~ lemp) + Vy good on Realist ic TRF; man i n AA, 2150, 10/26. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -JAPAN JOUB Akita. Per R. Seaver t i p I tuned f o r "Music BOK" s/off and caught 10/30 a t 1500 w/clear EE ID sMort ly followed by 2 mins of "Music Box" s/off theme then OC off. (Kaskev) -SPAIN Qceres e t a i fairWk/man in SS, 1.6 he SAH present, 2112, 10/25. (con) -COSTA RICA TIW R. Uno 0320 on 10/6. (Klemp)

,I-NICARAGUA R. Mundial TC's ca. 0945 ll/l . not too strona. ( ~ c h a t z ) -PORTUGAL M i m m a r good w/mx, then &n i n k, then 3 long-time pips'and one short one, 2058-2100, 10/25. (Comelly) * 10/24 0411 YL ancr, then lovely "Tlck, Tick Tock" song i n PP, perhaps singing about a clock, h i . Ex s ig , blocking WBBM. -COLOMBIA HJCY Bogota ll/l 0920 w/~9 sig. Many IDS and bells . ~ome'/(~ernon) QAM. (Label) * R. Sutatenza, s/on 0856, easy on MMs and gives calls and freqs of a l l the Sutatenza stns. (Cooper) -AMK)RRA Sud Radio genemlly dominant o/Morocco, woman in FF good on TRF, 2152, 10/26. In l i ke a bomb, well atop Morocco 2255-2302 (s/off) , 10/26. Loud w/mx followed by FF ta lk , 2150, 10/29. (Connelly) -MoROCCO/EGYPT Rabat dominant w/AA ta lk a f t e r Andorra s/off o/Batra w/female AA vocal, good, 2 05, 10/26, ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -LIBYA (Tentative? Ultraloud AA mx atop a f a s t SAH, 2154, 10/26. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) -JAPAN JOBB Osaka ll/l 1350 w/all EE lessons u/wcCO. (Lobel) Identical t o JOUB s/off w/Music Box 10/31 a t 1500-05, (Kaskey) -MEXICO XELA 0504 on 10/8. (Ritayik) -UMD Radio Colombia, 0640, who? Barranquilla noted but could have been i n nx item. Straus or anybody, who? (Htayik) -BELIZE R. Belize ll/l 0530, just a carrier. Thought I hrd occasional audio. F i r s t time this season. (Lobel)

2-PARAGUAY Villarica, Radio Guailb, taken f o r jus t another exotic Ecuatorlan, but the QaguazG-like mx didn' t f i t , and the "5r40" TC a t 0840 10/30 clinched it. Qulte unexpectedl ( ~ c h a t z ) -AZORES (Tentative) Vy c lear w/lively vocals and worm i n PP 10/29 2350-56, abrupt fade k i l led positive I D . (DeLorenzo) -JAPAN JOQK N i i g a t a . 10/31 U/NHK pips 1400. Clearly rcvd a t time but f req was jus t a low rumble most of AM w/ l i t t le d is t inc t . (Kaskey) -USSR Spassk Dalniy w/chimes and 6 pips O/IIIKY ( . .-) a t 1400 10/28. (Kaske~) -ITALY Rome f a i r w/man i n I1 2335 10/29, d i t t o 2250 10/30, YHDH no here. ( ~ e h r e n z o ) * On 10/28 a t 2300 w/time pips, worn i n 11 w/ID Fb% m, f a i r w/deep fades. Disappearad by 2315. ( ~ r d s k y ) * Tentative 0139 10/2 w/lm audio. mme doesn't agree u/WR?X. Sked change? (Klemp) lhis is AN. (ED? -MEXICO XEZF Mexicali, BC 11/1 1356 u / m y "La Rancherita Contenta" IDS by male ancr and ranchero mx. ( ~ o b e l ) -SPAIN Murcia f a i r ~ / ~ u i t a r mx and man i n SS 0512-22 11/2. ( ~ e h r e n z o ) -MEXICO XEUN 0135 on 10/21. I S of 6 notes. lDed a s R. Universidad de Mexico. Time given a s "8t35" which doesn't seem r igh t since tha t would be EST I think. Pgm mainly c l and jazz selections w/no interruptions. ( ~ r d s k y ) -MEXICO/BRAZIL XEMO Tij- and Radio El Mundo f igh t it out here PMs amurd 0630- 0800 - XEMO1s i n EE, with religion. (Cooper) -SPAIN Zaragoza atop low growl w/woman i n SS s l ight reverb noted ( a s If ancr was speaking i n a large hal l ) , 2313, 10/26. [connelly) -CHINA Foochow time pips 10/31 a t 1500 (---- ) weakly JAPAN J O X Shizuoka noted atop 10/31 a t 1410 U/NHK-I, -AXERIA Algiers f a i r w/man i n FF 10/31 2156-2205 way U/AA male vocal and f l u t e accompnjment, atop unid US -JAPAN JOHK Sendai atop f req w/pmr cx 11/1 a t 1300 - NHK pips well rcvd. a as key) -ITALY ( ~ e n t a t i v e ) Milano l ike ly w/whop ing het on 900 Canadians, Occ. b i t s of c l mx surfacing, 2315. 10/26. (Connellyp -MEXICO (?) XEW presumed here u/end of telephone call i n pgm which ended a t 0305. Followed by uhat sounded l i ke stock market report and nx or commentary mentioning Nixon and Watergate. No D e f . I D but Mexico mentioned many times and cx favored Mexicans tha t evening (10/21). (Bmdsky)

-SURINAM Nieuu Nickerie, RANI believed responsible f o r the almost dead ca r r i e r here early evenings; borne out by DF. ( ~ c h a t z ) -BELGIUM (Tentative) Possible Y a m w/wcal mx in to DD? nx a t 0600 f a i r sig on 10/25. ( ~ t l s u s ) -UNID Mush mx (~arry Yelk s ty le) fair/good, no ID, 2218, 10/25. (~onne l ly ) -MEXICO XEQ 10/21 0100 excellent w/TCs a f t e r eve mx selection. XGQ IDS. F l r s t time here as CBH usually dominant. (Bmdsk3 -FRANCE T d o u s e falr w/FF talk and mx ln UPEN slop, 2216, 10/25. (Connelly) -MEXICO XEGM l'ljuana, BC ill1 0 9 7 w/extreme modulation; 512 on a scale of 10 (estimate); my poor S-'eter. surprisingly enough, sideband spaltter was not too much. (Lobel) -UKID SS 11/3 fm 0050-0100 w/off. Only Canarles l l s t ed on but one should take VRTH skeds w/a grain of salt. ( ~ u t t o n ) -COSTA RICA TIRS R. Atenea a t 0129 on 10/25. (Klemp) -UMD Slow (almost funeral-style) c l mx here, 2318, 10/25, ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) / ( ~ o o p e r ) -VENEZUELA YVKA Parquisimeto, R. Tricdlor ( p e n ? t ree color!) is AN ms, w/ tremeladous s ig s on MM 10/18 and 11/11 i n the c lear and S9 on iI/l, i n fact1 -UNID Same mystery IS is being hrd 0445 except 10/29 when noted a t 0 9 5 . Sounds l i ke a doorbell w/2 notes. ( ~ u t t o n ) -TUI1KEY Istanbul 10/24 0328-0339, YL singing i n mid eastern s ty le to 0330, YL ancr, breif IS, dunno if per URTH, then group singing in wailing eastern s ty le , 0330 plus, tremendous s ig , local level f o r 10 mins, GG QFH after 0330. (Vernon) -TUKEY/WEST GERMANY Istanbul aominant and potent w/male chanting a t 2120, 10/25: Mainz-Wolfsheim r is ing atop a t 2122 w / l i t e mx. (Connelly) -COLOMBIA F'ledecuesta f i n a l l y IDed 1014 11/1 w/"Viva Santandern before NA a t s/on. Nominal 1030 khz. ( ~ c h a t z ) -PORTUGAL Porto Alto beautiful s i g w/~ou Reed song 2228, OM takes phone oall 2231, a t 2232 under I hrd an EE OM glvlng the temp in Celcius Eor various E. European capitals. Any ideas? 10/29. ( ~ t r a u s ) 2314 10/28 man in PF', guitar selections. Audlo vy poor and muddled but s i g good and eas i ly seperable frm UBZ slop. a rod sky) .? Good w / m in PP, then slow lush orchestral mx, hetted by weaker 4VW-1035 and slopped by nulled local superpest YBZ, 2316. 10/25. (Con) -EAST GERMMY Dresden 10/24 0325 song "Grenada" then femme ancr in GG. Palr

ln Barcelona and Puerto la b. U mx. Domestic semi-local YTIC nulled. 1st time here too. (Brodsky) -HONDURAS R. Aeropuerto, f i na l ly got in u/a def in i te I D and reported. Log Uowrsd 10/19, 059-0631 and IM 10/25, 053b-0602. lhey begln every anmt w/B few s l ides on a harp. (cooper) -ENGLUD BBC ex s i g w/0M nx in progress a t 0620 10/25. (Straus) -UMD AA chant (o r Morrish SS mx), then wman talking. o / k d low g m l of hats, f a l r strength, 2259, 10/25. (Connelly) -MOROCCO Ouarzazate a t od pak level U/M chant by wogan, 2.4 he SAH possibly

connelly) fm I t a ly , 2259, 10/25. ? 4TIcUA Caribbean M o Lighthouse vy g o d 0 9 5 10/25. (~lemp)

Possibly USSR' s megawatt here u/ripping het on HJ'NU/YYVA, 2235, 10/29. (con) -DMD Sueden o r Spain here w/potent carrier, occ operatic vocals, 2256, 10/35. - C U U The Cuban Minute Man is here, k i l l i ng 1180 on SMs, UHAM's day of/(connelly) rest. Now I know why I hawn't hrd Globo l a t e l y - they've moved t o 12201 Good- bye forever. (cooper) -INTERNATIONAL WAIERS/HUWCARY R. Caroline w/strong c s r r l e r i n CHaJ slop, male vocal noted a t 2255, 18/25. Vy strong w/nelanie record atop 2nd s tn w / ~ m g a r h n o r slavic talk by woman (~zolnok) , approx 3.5 SAH, 2312, 10/25. (Connelly) R&R mx. DD DJ. ads. ex sin. 0630 10/25. ( ~ t r a u s ) 10/24 0315 plus rock recolds i n c lu i t e r s of 3, OM not&-0358 i n .v subdued voice w/mx t i t l e s and ID. Fair s ig , voice anmt barely audible though. ernon on) -UMD On rainy 10/26, somebody here w/anmts in unid Language, but USA sounding mck. Is this a m l i n e , a d If so who's she serensding now? (cooper) -MOROCCO Good ( ~ 9 ) , dominant U/M vocal and slou finger picking on banjo-like i n s t ; lou audible hat p m s d to be from Munich-MA and associated jammers, 2 2 9 on 10/25. (Connelly)

1196 -WEST mRMANY VOA Munich 10/24 0314 w/talk about Hungary i n passisng i n EX. Ex sig. (Vernon)

1200 -YENEZUEW YVOZ Qsacas ll/l 0940 w/R. Tlempo ID and YV mx. s9. ( ~ o b e l ) 1205 -FRANCE Bordeawr @air level w/man in FF, on Realist ic TRF: some WCAU slop,

2157, 10/26. (Comelly) 1210 -JAPAN JOOR Osaka w/vy clear EE ID 10/27 a t 1000 - J.O.O.R. - rcvd on top of

a s/on w/presumed NA a t 1000 but couldn't identify new arrival. (Kaskey)- 1214 -ALBANIA M i l i t a r y mx lo/& 0300 and t5 seconds, missed IS but ON/YL alternating.

This noted w / t m p e t IS a 0 0 a t similar level, though 0300 time nat noted i n W R Z H , uas possibly AA ta lk a t tha t time. Excellent level. erno on) -GREAT BXITAIN BBC f a i r w/man i n EE, then rock. Slopped by WCAU, 2310, 10/2 .

1223 -SPAIN/UNID Madrid g o d W/SS ta lk , c l a, u/a pouerful OC (possibly Bulgaria?, 2.6 hz SAH, 2252, 10/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ , l a s t 2)

1250 -COLOMBIA Emisora ABC, Barranquilla, logged w/a f i ne S9 s i g a t times, MM ll/l. 0739-0812, on an AU morning, w/scant QRM fm anything stateside, (Cooper)

1268 -WEST GEXMANY DLF Neumunster strong sig, but poor overall merit due t o 1270 FFC/CJCB/WTSN uproar: GG ta lk , then mx, 2232, 10 29. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) 10/24 0508 OM i n GG, tones a t 0510 YL ancr then choir mx IT/-. Fa i r sig. (vernon)

1286 -cZECHOSLOVAKIA/UKID Prague-Melhik loud w/cl a, way atop s tn which sounded SS or PP man talking i n a monotone drone, 1.4 hz SAH, 2325, 10/25. (Connelly)

1295 -ENGLAND Crowborough BBC poor w/talk o/lou audible het, 2250, 10/25. ( C o d ~ l y ) 1300 -COLOMBIA Unid w/~odelar chimes noted atop a t times on SM lo/& in AU, w/help

of WBR being s i lent . H r d 0733-0800 fadeout. (Cooper) 13050&PARAGWLY Asuncih, Radio m y . Not IDed 0 8 9 10/30 but played mx a la

CaagwzG, the D F was r ight , Guai&-835 was logged a few mins previously, and found it conveniently l i s t e d i n WRW-76 u/"1306". Quite an anticlimactic shock a f t e r 835.2 above1 ( ~ c h a t z )

1349 -FRANCE Nice lo/& 0522 YL singer i n FF, OM ancr and YL talking ra ther M e n d l a t 0523, YL singer agn a t 0524. Sig destroying KRNT w/incredible het. (Vernony

1375 -UNID Probably St Pierre on 10/31 a t O3OO w/s/off anmt in FF, not c lear on "Marsailles". Definite on freq and DF a s per a - 2 seemed

1376 -FRANCE Li l l e f a i r / god w / m i n FF, het fm weaker St Plerre-1375, slop de YFEA/WDE&, 2247, 10/25. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) + Is by f a r the strongest ??A consistantly here t h i s season - they make it even when it is A m r d l . (cooper)

I* -ALBANIA nrana w/man in SS a t 2314 on lO/30 interspersed u /mi l i ta r i s t ic choral singing. %Bed about socialism i n Latin America. off w/"Internat- ionale" a t 2326. (Brodsky) * Lushnje w/OM EE nx 2207, not nearly a s good a s 1457 although t h i s one is usrrally hrd bet ter here, 10/29. ( ~ t r a u s ) Good u/ woman in Slavic sounding language, 2&5, 10/25. Booming i n w/excellent s i g on Realist ic TRF w/woman talking, taking out adjacent domestics, 2158, 10/26. ( ~ o n n e l l ~ ) + 10/26 2206 YL u/nx in EE, ID a s "This is U o Ti-", commentary a t 2210. Talk a t 2219, could not read the t i t l e , all by same YL ancr, s/off 2226. Carrier cut 2227 and 45 seconds, returned a t lower level 2228 and 15 seconds w/trumpet IS repeated man times afteruard. Excellent s ig , though YL ancr not always readable. (Vernon7

1412 -W Violin mx O/SAH, 2.230, 10/29. (~onne l ly ) / ( ~ c h a t z ) 1415.9-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Unid w "pambichao" mx 1003 ll/l and mentions of country. 14% -LUXEMBOURG lo/& s/off w/M ancr 0245, femme singer, then anthem, silence by

0250. d erno on) + Noted a t 2228 on 10/29. (comelly) 1457 -ALBANIA Durres ex s i g W/GG nx a s per WRTH, OM/YL ta lk 2204 10/29. ( ~ t r a u s )

W/big s ig , f i r s t just heavy OC, then trumpet IS a t 2227, 10/29. Something e lse , possibly England, way under. (Connelly)

1465 -COUMBIA Lebrija, Radio P a l o n e p ID and E 0238 11/2, cumbias, weak.(~chatz) 1475 -AUSTRIA Wien strong w / M d o / w , 2226, 10/29. (~onnel ly) IIC'(5.I-HAITI P-au-P, VoFx du Peuple u/Creole speech 0 9 3 ll/l, so t h i s one's back

AS YOU CAN SEE, cx ARE EXCELLENT. IF mu ARE DXING, IXTS SEE A FORT FROM IN THE NEXT ISSE OF ]Dm] LET EVl3RYBODY KNOW WHAT YOU m N G I I 1 I I I I I I

1555 - C A W ISLANDS Radio Cayman, tes t ing w/variety of mx before 2200 11/2. NO ID hmi. Stmng, but audio somewhat distorted a t peaks. ( ~ c h a t z ) Per t i p fm Cordon Nelson, R. Cayman was noted w/good s i g w/anthem a t s/off, OlM, ll/l. (Connelly) * Noted li/l 0100 t o 0503 s/off. Sigs good a t times, peak- ing a t IO/S~,. some long slow fading; 80% of the time, very l i s tenable even w/bandpss on HQ-150 wide open. 0200 voice ID "Here is Iladio C8-" by so f t spoken female, 0300-15 BBC WS nx. Otherwise mx all "Hueak type" orches- tral/some chorus of semi-cl, and show tunes. Het de Nice-1554 noted 0445 plus. off anmt 0500 " to return a t 6 AM" and NA 0501-03, OC t o 0506. M e in 11/1 2250, BBC WS nx 2300-15, stable S9 s ig , in to mx. No anmts of mx t i t les /any DJ ac t iv i ty . (SundstrnJ 2315 10/31 w/end of "Bulletin Board" , address in Georgetown, anmt by YL i n Br i t i sh accented EE. In to NOR instsp Also 1230-0305 ll/l w/end of re1 pgm, in to "Carmen" and other opera. 0305 anncd " t e s t transmission from R. Cayman". Vy loud, WC should have no trouble. ( ~ u t t o n ) + 10/31 noted w/vy strong s ig s 2250-295 u/cl mx IDed 2305 w/mention of An on 1555 and Fn on 105.2. Excellent a d i o . (schmidtj (Time i n Dave* s report is EST, ED) + The "piece de Resistance" of the week was the logging of t h i s new country/stn on Sunday eve, 224.52330, w /~9 s igs most of the time- they have l o t s of folksy local i t e m s , organ r ec i t a l s , etc., much l i ke USA radio of 3 decades hack! and BBC nx a t 2300, fo lo by local nx. (cooper) Had some soul mx on 10/24 0050-0112 w/vy poor modulation and unintell igible EE anmts. D i t t o on 10/24 a t 2320-2340 w/a l i v e sounding fo lk mx performance. F'irst def in i te reception was on li/l a t 0053 w/cl mx and a c lear I0 a t 0100 in to the BBC Presents "My Music". Good reception on ll/l a t 2316 w / n , dinnertime mueak pgm, comedy, and pop mx. This one f a i t h fu l ly IDS w/4 tones and anmt every hour and half hour. (~oomer) Also had @one reports on this one from Ron Schi l le r in Texas and Linda B d s k y . Noted here u/excellent s ig s on 10/3l-Il/l 295-0035, ?here a in ' t much doubt they're on the a i r now1

1578 -ITALY Is t h i s s tn still on, used to be regular here in p v i o u s sessons, but - . unheard here this season. (straus)

1602.6-=CAN m L I C Santo Domingo, h d i o Fdna now up here fmm nominal 1600. ( ~ c h a t z )

One lone verie . . . . . 580 -F'lERTD RICO ~/1 in SS f o r follow up. Said a s-3 enclosed but not there.

V/s Rsinaldo Royo, Jr., VP y Gerente General. (Haunt) !he reporters f o r this issue . . . . . B r u c e BOOHER - Nutter Fort, West V i r g i n i a Hg-180. 300' 1ongKire Linda BFQDsKY - Rosedale, New York R ~ ~ ~ / U R R , SM-2, longwire w/tuner Ha& CONNSLLY - Arlington, Massachusetts R S O A , SM-2 Ernie COOHEt - Provlncetawn, Massachusetts H*180C, SM-2 MamSDIELOEENZO - Centervllle, Massachusetts HQ-100, SM-2 Chuck m N - Decatur, Georgia R388, Sansarino loop Don KASKEY - San Rancisco, California HQ-14OX, SM-2 Davld KIEMP - Plantsvll le, Connecticut SPRIC, SM-2, 90' longwire Albert LOBEL - San Diego, California DX15OA, Ssnserino loop, 2 longKires Paul UOUNT - Teaneck, New Jersey. TRF Wilfred RIMYIK - Holly H i l l , Florida Hg-160, SM-2, longwire Ron SCHATi! - Miami, Florlda ~ 3 8 8 / m , LSCA-2 Dave SCHMIDT - New Castle, Dela-

v E l l i o t STRAW - Asbury Park, New Jersey Tom SUNDSTROn - Willingborn, New Jersey HQ-150 Brian VERNON - Manibridge, Manitoba DXISOA, 400' longwire

lbat is it. 73. &

editor.. wes Boyd 1.1 1 :6EST 2699 W. Liber ty St. Ext. Girard, Ohio 44420

216 545 4543 Hl group,

Hope a l l of you have had g rea t DXing. I got a b i t i n on 11/3 f o r some "e lec t ion coverage DXing", and noted 580 WCHS Aiiing, 940 UMAZ ANing, 1240 WBBW ANing, & WLKS 1450 ANing..This q s a t l e a s t a t my check of 0345.... Had an unid u/ WVON/iYFBL a/ Elect ion s t u f f , but CHOO ANing ruined copy.

TEST RESULTS : : 960 KLAD Hrd: (SF--bm--Starr--Silly--HIIB--RBS) Not hrd: (TRS) 970 KVEG Not hnd: (Stam--WF--Stam) Didn't even t ry! (HWB) Not h r d ( ~ ~ S ) 1260 'IVPHB Hrd : (MH--Stam--SF--) 1310 KFLB Not k d : (Starr--SF) 1450 WATZ Hrd: (Starr--Silly--RWB--WF) Not Hrd: ('IBS--SF) 1350 MTNVA Tent.. TT only, no IDS (TRS.1 changes 1240 W J I M MI Noted 11/2 r/ CBS nx 0500, log s e z NBC ( S t a r r l 1310 CFGM ON MM SP ends 0545 w/ quick s/on..no anthem (Stan-)

*I450 WXVW I N Weekends runs RR o ld i e s , D J named Beth ( ~ t a r r ) . . This is the UNID NITECAP noted by many, runs M ~ ~ . - F ~ ~ . - - ( H w B )

1470 \WAR PA This now is PROGROCK Mid.-GAM ( S t a r r ) 1490 WMGW PA NOW is "24 hrs. a day" ( S t a r r ) - - - - - -

S t a r r noted CKKW 1090 playing "Blue Oyster Cult" the o the r morning,then went back t o r egu la r CW s t u f f . Dunno the reason, but don ' t be fooled(HWB) ***Per WERE 1300 & \VXW 1450..Nitecap n e t is now AN bW..(SF) r c'e ***WTNK 1390..verie s e z r / c is d t monthly on 2nd. Thursday between 0200 & 0230. It's l i s t e d 0200-0215, but not hrd. some months..actual time may vary i n s i d e the 0200-0230 period & expla in t h i s . The CE is a BCB ~Xer!! ! (Star r )

4th. IRED: WCOW 1290 TT 0115-0130, IDS only a t end (SF) 1st. )Dl:: WMPL 1580 w/ 8OOHz. TT, I D s t a r t & end only, ends 0556 ( S t a r r )

Now some newies, phoned i n by Rolland Lindblade out i n haha... 3rd. SUN.. 1230 WICLK M'4 w/ 1 K TT 0145-0200 (monthly)

KOAL IPP w/ 1 K lT & frequent IDa 0215-0230 (monthly) And a poss ib le one.. 4th. SAT: KSRC 1290..0200-0215 a/ 1K TP ( f i r s t noted i n 0ct.1 euneet & evening 540 WRIC VA 10/30 Haloween message, s/off 1845, weak (Dt. Tom) 590 KBHS AR 10/29 Good i n WEBS nu11.1945 s /of f (SF) 710 WHB MO 10/29 In WOR n u l l 1930 w/ RR & I D (SF) 730 lWIC MI 10/24 F a i r 1844 w/ s /o f f , heavy \YW s lop (WF)

WJW AL 10/23 Weak c los ing 1855, ment. channel 730 (Dr. Tom) WMPC KY 10/22 S/off 1900,"Voice of Q. Mountain Holiness bssn.lt(~r.Tom) W J M P W I 10/22 Good 1810 w/ w x & ads (Dr. Tom)

740 \WCH PA 10/29 Lush Ins t r . mx 1722, e/off 1729 a s ending it 's 10,436th day of bdcstng., no SSB, O/ CBL ( S t a r r )

760 WCPS NC 10/31 Strong a/ N.C. Net SX 1724, 1730 s/off (HJH) 780 WCKB NC 10/31 P o l i t i c a l ADs & l oca l ADS mentioning Dunn, l o s t 1759 t p

Cuban..No JX hrd.. mx is mix RR/C&W/Soul (HJH) 860 KOAM KS 10/31 KS WX 1829 t o syndicated r e l i g . , TC s e z 7:31..??(HJH) 900 IVCOR TN 10/27 Only c a l l l e t t e r s hrd. weakly thru mess 1915 (Dr. Toe)

WATV AL 10/31 Black Programming, off 1815 w/ AMERICA by Ray Charles, Had f a i r s i g n a l (HJH)

930 WLBL W I 10/29 Fair 1915 r/ s /off ; a n t . "is. Educ. Net" (KDF) IVJBY AL 10/29 Atop 1916 w/ s / o f f , a s 11J-B-Y. .93",after \YLBL s/0ff (WF)

940 W M A Z GA 10/23 F a i r signal 1900 w/ nx (Dr. Tom) 960 WTCH W I 10/30 Noted, poor a t 1900, hrd. AM-FM I D (KDF) (WF)

1080 WOAP MI 10/23 Good 1854-1859, o/ WPOKW/ l oca l Am, ~ ~ , s / o f f &SSB/

07 1170 WBRN NJ 11/1 U/ WWA 1643 w/ l o c a l p o l i t i c a l ADS t o 1645 quick =/off

t o r e t u r n 0715, no SSB (HIVB) 1210 KGYN OK 10/30 Tent. t h i s i n w/ C&W u/ WCAU, KOMA i n wel l same time up

on 1520.. time 1915 e T (HJH) WILY IL 10/30 F a i r w/ WCAU looped, s /of f 1930 (Dr. Tom)

1250 WXOX MI 10/27 Alone a t 1900 s /o f f , sez mtr. i n Essexville,no SSB(SF) WKBL TN 10/27 Good 1930 w/ s /o f f , ment. "Dependable signal"..? (KDF)

1270 \VFUL KY 10/27 Fa i r a t 1915 w/ s /of f annct. (KDF) 1290 WHGR MI 10/23 Vy. Good 1900 r/ I D , looking f o r \WIL (KDF) 1310 WCCW lVI 10/23 Atop 1901 w/ b r i e f s /of f (WF) 1370 WCCN W I 10/29 Noted f a i r 1904 a/ farm co-op ad, Polka mx (WF)

+ 1380 WIZO TN 10/28 Fair w/ de t a i l ed a r ea nx 1907 (SF) WNU W 10/28 \V/ WYNK 1923 w/ OLE MISS FB promo, then 1927 s/off(KDF)

1390 KJPW MO 10/24 Noted th ru WON a t 1931 w/ s /off (KDF) 1420 WSUH W 10/24 Good a t 1930 w/ s /off annct. (WF) 1580 WLIJ TN 10/31 Hrd. f a i r 1930 s /o f f , must have forgot t o s e t t he c lock

4 back t o STANDARD time (HJH)

UNID ?? 10/31 I n t o nx 1900 by YL, c a l l seemed \%M (HJH) UNID ?? 10/31 \Y/ RR & male DJ, s/off 1915..call seemed \YbRS o r WbCS,but

w h a t is a "W" doing on a t that time?? (HJH) KLTR OK 10/31 off 2000 u/ KNIX,thia m e t still have been on DSTtKDF) KNIX AZ 10/29 ~ t r o n g w / l o c a l nx 1954, d o f f 2002 (WF) 10/31 In 1940

w/ CBW & contes t , f a i r level..(HJHf 1590 WNTS I N 10/29 0/ l o c a l WLTD 1900 w/ NNIS, then s /of f (KDF) midnight to sunrise 570 KLAC CA 11/1 Weak 0404-0407 u/ \YFAA/;YKBN w/ JX, CBW, & I D (KDF) 730 CJNR ON 10/27 Found t h i s a top w/ CW mx 0555 (SF) 850 WIVS IL 10/29 Atop WJW/KOA w/ ET-TT & sweeps 0230-0254,then seve ra l IDE

i n a row ( S t a m ) 910 WLAS NC 11/1 S/on 0600 w/ ISSB ( S t a m ) 960 UNID ?? 11/1 During & a f t e r KLAD DX, cont. SYRUP ~ ~ M U Z A K STUFF,

Assume ET, of f abrupt ly 0344 i n middle of selection..hooeit?(Starr) I had s i m i l a r till 0340 t /out , went back 0355 & 0400 I D a s HJ--(HWB)

1170 CFML ON 10/27 F a i r u/ \WA 0723 w/ FF ad f o r something i n Montreal(SF) 1240 WROV VA 10/31 Atop w/ RR 0400, YL d j named MITZI ( S t a r r )

UNID ?? 11/2 Someone 0303-0325+ w/ NIS, who?? ( S t a r r ) UNID ?? 11/2 Strong w/ NITECAP 0336-0357,List s ez only KEVA ( S t a r r )

1270 WTID VA 11/1 w/ var ious TTs 0055-0224, ID a t 0059 & 0220 (SF) 1490 WOLF NY 11/2 A pes t of t h e '60'8, back LOUD 0400-0415+ a/ ~ ~ ( S t a r r ) 1560 WWBK NY 10/27 ET w/ MUZAK/OC 0415-0432 t o I D & off,= 4 CUBAN(SF) 1600 WARU I N 11/1 S/on 0558, followed by ISSB (S ta r r )

Now some c a l l l e t t e r s t u f f : d D D l i ~ t l t i 0 ~ : M T S :

& > .- 1360 KXGI I A seeks KBKB

980 WOO m granted WAYL

1380 KUDL KS seeks KCN\V 1020 KGBS CA granted KTNQ

1580 WHEX PA seeks WCLY 1060 \YO10 OH granted \VQIQ

1590 WHPA PA seeks lVAEN 1340 KM3L WA granted KWWHT 1400 \WOY WV granted WBBN

And f i n a l l y some Canadiqn s t u f f v i a John ~ld?ield. .now i n Vancouver,BC 570 CKSW SA is now here & RS 580 CHLC W has twin on 620 i n Fo r re s tv i l l e ,W w/ 11G1 890 CFRG SA nor is RS here, // CFNS 860..on CBC FF ne t

C 860 CFNS SA nor is RS here, // CFRG 690..on CBC FF ne t 790 C??? NS Application f o r lOKw, replaces CFDR which is now RS on 680 810 CJVA NB is not/has not been/ i n operation o r on RS 850 C??? BC Abbotsford (ex: 1240) is on RS here..not // 1270 anymore..

J 910 C??? ? ? Drumheller has new twin on 1400 930 CKNS ON This (CJNR 730 & CKNR 1340) n e t is supposed t o be off on hPb,

but is AN-6..Eky add CJIC 1050 & CJWA 1240 t o net.. 1330 CKLD PQ moves t o lOKw here, ex 1230 & adds twin i n D i s rea l i on 1230 1470 CFRW SA movcs t o 10Kw on 1290.. 1400 C??? NB Bredrickton v a n t e d lOKw daye/250 nites..EE 1570 C??? ).fl Application f o r l O K w fu l l t ime here (again!!) REPORTERS : OLD John Oldfield.. Vancouver,BC RL R o l l a n d L i n d b l a d e W h a , m S t a r r J e r ry S t a r r Hubbard, OH AQ180 Loop S i l l y John Si l l iman Ihrbbard,Ohio Zenith T-0

8F Steven EYUUi8 Aleoa,TN 'fRF KRP' Karl 4th. Villa Park,IL ~ ~ 1 6 0 $M

f i c h e 1 Hogan Hi@lmd,IL TRF SH HJH Ihmy Bayem Uouldmboro,PA Zenith T-8 T M Tor C(rrod.tra Willingboro,NJ HQlSO SPR4 LWm gni3 RonSchiller Dallas,TX R39OA SM IF?. Tom Tom lf lli-r G u e l p h , ~ ~ HQlSO SE(/ DX130 LW

lem Boyd Girard, Oti HQ180 h o p E?P R e r ~ o n e I Fbrgot All-Oler,USA,eta.

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All-News Radio Service Will Close by Mid-1977 '"?o:?y B BARRY SCHIFFMAN d e w s and In fo rmat~on

Service (NIS), the 21-hour radio news service operated by the National Broadcast- ing Co. (NBC) for the last 16 months, wlll go silent by mid-1977, the network an- nounced Wednesday.

NIS, which serves Hart- ford's WPOP (1410-AM), an all-news station, and 69 other stations across the na- tion, failed to attract enou h station subscribers wi?h enou h Ilsteners, NBC said.

W ~ O P officials refused

wire services and local news from the station staff. He also said alternate features are available.

Jack G. Thayer, president of the NBC Radio Division. sald a year-end review showed that "despite our best efforts to provide an in- novative, national, all-news service and to support it with heavy promotion. NIS has not reached the levels of station subscription or na- tional audience which would make it possible to contin- ue."

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Wednesday to discuss the "There is no long term f u - loss of the service. Thev said ture for NIS as a natinnal

r ear, provides subscribers Ive news, sports and fea-

tures. The service cost sub- scribers between $750 and $15,000 a month, de endlng on the size of the mariet.

Thayer said NIS will work with subscribers to ohase out the service and help them find substitutes.

Peliigrino also said that WPOP's business has been "dynamite," in contrast to the poor showing by NIS.

- - . . - .. . . . -. they wanted to study a state- service.'' he said. ment from NBC and consid- The service was started by Ron Musco er the implications. June, 18,. 1975, about two

ThestationusesNISmate- w e e k s b e f o r e W P O P rlal about 50 minutes per switched to the all news for- hour, but station manager mat. Thayer said NBC want- Albert Pelligrino said the ed 150 subscribing stations loss should be "nothlng that with 75o,oflfl listeners, but earth-shattering." attracted only 70 stations

He said the station uses with 250.000 I~s tene r~ . other material, including The service which cost news from the regular news NBC about $io million a

FCC Receiver No .Repmire frontSoviets- qamphlmttnatntm 1) Mondry.Nlwmhr l.lm

USSR Radio Signal Disrupfive or lnternabonal intcrfmnce Amateur reports ILT Radlo the

powerful. .mysterious r i d l o stgnal, ap$arently enunatlng from the SoVtet Union. has been dsn , tlng cpmmuntca- t~ons throtqtoot the world for months, sources on born ades of the Atlanticmy.

so severe Is thejntemrence caused by , t h e m d i s s i o n s that it has disrupted writime,

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- aeronautical, t e i e ~ o ~ u ' n k i - - the m sterious sign& what tions and amateur ndro open- t oAntei~igence - if any - t ions to the point 'where try a r e carrying out, and certain channels have become what their purpose is a r e all virtually use les unanswered q w o n s , a t least

Since Auk. 25 the F&@ totheFCC. ~ommunicatiom' Commissitw- What is &mi?, however, is has written four complainu tb that the commiss~on hassever-' t h e Ministry of Pos ts and el hundred ~Ornpialnu and that Teiecommunications In Mos- t h e mnsm~sstons a r e h e a r d cow, but so far the FCC has around the world . not had an answer. Colin Thomas, for example.

Precisely what is generating WHO is worldwide coordinator -

u n ~ o n , sat& m a telephone intervlcw from hts home m Leeds. Enalnnd that remrts of interferenze from the& traN- missions have come from ama- t e u r s in Syeden. Norwe, Germanv. the United States &d "The ~ u s i r a l t a source of the pmbl&n

lies m t h e USSR.," lhomas said "There m e thounht to be t h r e e transmitters ~hvolv#?d, but the purpose of the trans-

.missions, this we do nDt a*--... m,,"".

Thomas said all of his intn- ference r e p o p an sent to the British Home Omce, and be understands tha t complaints have been tekgraphed i o the Ruhsians But, as with the FCC

answer. a. THE W OBSERVER Sat , Oet SO. 1976 ' So severe ha9 the interfer- mcs becape - and so unre- I a v e the RusslaFJ

plalnts from other coupmm - that the matter has been referred to the Inter- & F Y S ~ ~ ~ ~ O U S Radio ":" inationat Union ~n Geneva Telecommunrcat~om

I Ron. Fnnra lnr official

Signal Causes Static

Submitted by Ted I

i spoi;s-ma-n iorthe+";Mi*-h'i was unaware of the en t i re matter but added the organ- ization would not make pu anything it might be doin&% m1d. too, the 1TU has no poww to enforce ~nternauonal- ra&a treaurs rgalnst interfcrene. I bu t s~mDIv t r m r to d m

mystenous u.nsmuslonr tU said comspondence had 1 ed to the Rw!am thmz

I I'I7J's lnternallonal ~ r s q - i m q Replabon Board In con*-

h w m k an CoUn fhomaa of Lesda, Englmd, the rorldvyide- 1'0" the matter' WASHINGTON -,A supr-*eflul, mystedcua c o o r d i ~ t o r of interference reports for tbe I n t e r n a t i d

N& Signal - appyrntly coming from the 'Soviet Amateur R d i o Union. said w o r t s have come from .m- Vsio~ - has been dhmpting communications tbrouah- 8 t e m In Sweden Nomav. Germany, the U d t d Sates t our the world for months, aceordlng to sources on both m d Australia. atdeqof the Atlantic The i n t e r f m t e hur bsen = f e d to the fbtmu- Submitted bv Jerry start

The Interference epused bg the tnnsmissions is so tional Telecommunicatla~ Udon OTU) in Geneva, awere It has dtsmded muitime. aemnautical. telecom- rnn~rrr .." munications and amateur radio to the Point where s i i i --'L-$y~aman for ore m add hc i a 9 ma-.%!: chanpels have become vfnualiy useless. the entlre matter but added tbe o r g m i u t l a w d i Since Aug. 25, the F d d comniu~eattons Cornmid- make public anfiing it d p h t be doing. He %

*n (FCC) has m i t t m four ~ p l ~ n f s to the Swlet has no power to enforce international radlo mattes &ion, ; What but k so generating far there has been no answer. slmals, what jnterference but Simply tries mediate such

of tntelligence - if any - they an h y i n g out " " ~ z f l h ~ l ~ ~ . another ITU b g 8 h F$ii Fz~~~~b',"~47a.L~~~ph",",:"V~;.1 Yon does have 8 f i b OII b m sierious transdasions. King Hall, chid watch ofzeer a t the FCC's monitor. * a n d r e d complaints and the ~ s m l s s i o n s are heard ing branch, said the mmmlaaion has been gating com- @np the world. plaints dmO8t dally since e l d y July. H e . d mmpllinu

lad come from basically every short-wave radio user. 'This would include avjetion people lor air-ground

mmmunirations . ..maritime users - shiptashom OD- . . . ..~ eratore as well as shore-to-ship and ahip-to-ship - . . .overseas point-to-point fixed radio servina" auch M American Telephone & Telegraph Co. ( A T W . Intema- tionai Telephone & Telegraph Corp. and RC Global Communications Inc

Although officiaia of all three mmprnlea said they knew nothing about such interference 1 watcN OffiCm a t the RCA ship-shore station in ham. Mass., Mid several channels were completely unuaable over the last week or so because of the interference.

At the AT&T sgtion at Manahawkin, N.J.. an Opera- tor said the interference had been bothersome for some time.

John Berber of Dunn Loring. Ve.. wbo opeI8tn UM- b u r statlon K4DTD, add he was communlcatlng wth a hm In England this week when the Inurfe:ence crma

on. He sald it was a I 'bupr-enormw SMng Jgmk . . . that sounda like a buu-saw." Hall mid direction-finding qu]pmebt show the d p

nals come from the eastern side of the Baltic Ser Al- though at such distances radio direction f i n d m m n ' t precise, another FCC official n l d ,the m w i a s i o n r mlg be coming from the area uound Minsk, about 300 milu aoutheaat of the Baltic.

Those who have b n n amund ndio for some tima have speculated on what the tnnmiaslons mean. Some mntend they may be an over-the-horitsn ~ d u ( n o d ! radar operates only lineal-slght), while others U Y they may Another be experimental theory is transmissions. they may bvolve c ~ ~ m ~ n l ~ l t l o n l

with Cuba because this form of transmielon f ln t Ww heard as long ago .a the 1962 Cuban misslle ffbia.

Alulough the National Security Agemy. normajr monltors awlde variety of mmmuniutlons, 8n UW 8pokesrnm wouldn't comment.

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musings of the members I An+hon~ at. P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o w P MA. one157

WALT BREVILLE - 9127 Coral Drive - St . Louis, MO - 63123 Hap y new DX season t o a l l ! This one got o f f t o a f i n e

s t a r t f o r me, when went t o L o u i s v i l l e a t t e n d i n g my f i r s t NRC Convention s i n c e 1969. I had a tremendous t ime, & I sweat t h a t I ' l l be a much more f requent Conventibn-goer a f t e r t h i s ! The d e t a i l s of a l l t h e nea t & fun t h i n g s & happenings a r e t o o much t o r e c a l l i n t h i s small space, save f o r one unique one. As an e a r l y a r r i v a l , I got i n on helping a few LADS t r a n s p o r t goodies t o t h e motel, & 'wound up be ing t h e hold-down man in t h e back of Gary Atk ins ' 20-year-old pickup t r u c k , an almost lndescriba- b l e experience! With some wi ld luck, we made it , & I surv ived t o come home & t y p e t h i s . The only flaw I can t h i n k of avout t h e Convention is t h a t no one got a c o l o r movie of t h a t t r u c k In motion. At t h e Convention I bought an HQ-145-A RX from J e r r y Bond, who s o l d it f o r a f r i e n d , & a

large M i l l e r power l i n e f i l t e r , w h i c h t u r n e d out t o be a powerful lucky charm. l y power l i n e buzz q u i t f o r goo&jbefore I ever plugged it In! The 114-145's n o i s e l i m i t e r does a good job i n t a k i n g c a r e of t h e remain- l n g few n o i s e pu lses , & t h e Ru I t s e l f d e f i n i b e l y out-performs t h e Drake SW-4a i n ad jacen t channel s e l e c t i v i t y . So f a r it r e a l l y seems t o be a

10/18- X1110A-730, Northin ton , MN, 7:45 P r a i r i e , TX 7:58pm. 10720- KBUL-900 record. 10/21- !.IELO-580 Tupelo, MS 7:50

6:30am. 10/26- CKWS-960 Kingston, Ont. KMA 8:15pm. I am now a r e g u l a r broad-

c a s t e r on t h e airwaves, I have a mobile CB r i g . I f s k i p is occurlng on CB about 6:15-6:30am CST, & you hear "The S ta rgazer" on Ch. 17, chances a r e i t ' s I, r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t s a r e welcome here. Threes t o a l l of youse.

DAVID A. KLEKP a Box 253 - P l a n t s v i l l e , CT - 06479 Well, a f t e r read ing t h e S.O.S. f o r Kusings i n t h e l a s t

e d i t i o n , I decided I ' d b e t t e r get wr i t ing . I ' v e been very busy l a t e l y working towards a ham t i c k e t , so I have been very musy of l a t e . I re- ceived a wonderful l e t t e r from Carp. Ont. with some much needed i n o on my SPR-4. I must say t h e co-operat ion I n t h e Club i s magnif i c e n t ? I a l s p have a new f r i e n d i n t h e o u t s k i r t s of Boaton. I am expect ing an- swering l e t t e r s from botdso they know who they are! E l ! The band has been sporad ic a t b e s t here, some ni?h:s g rea t , Others d i t t o . :[hat e l s e i s new, hi . I would l i k e t o share any i n f o any Club members ray have on modifying t h e a - 2 a m p l i f i e r c i r c u i t . I t ' s noisy anti hag no g a i n 1150- 1230k. Any ideas? I would love t o use an F.2.T. c i r c u i t . V611, 73s & good DXing t o one & a l l . I hope t o gut more t ime i n a t t h e d i a l s .

HEZ2 IICHAEL S. HARDgSTER - 559 80 7072 - Favy Department - V.S. Army Hospi ta l - APO, San Franclsco, CA - 96331 Jus t a shor t E:use regard ing t h e KYIiZ-740-TEST of 10/25. They

were noted here B 3:05-3:27 U/LGBS QE4 xhlch whs on w/OC E. l e t e r TT and vary ing p i t c t e s . 110 C Y IEs o r TT was n3ted from m:E, if used. Besides KSBS, a c/w s t g t i o n , & pose ib le t a l k show noted occas iona l ly . Also I noted an unID Canadian (presumed) s /off @ 3:02 w/announcement of re tu rn- i n g t o t h e a l r @ 5:30, then i n t o GSa & o f f , t h l s 10/25 & on 740 a s wel l . Looks l i k e a f a i r season s t a r t i n g . iis of l a t e , I kave been no t ing occas- i o n a l O C on 845k, & lonce t o l e v e l w/possible weak audio. This usua l ly from llpm t o lam o r so. Poss ib le ideas? iibove l o g s were In ;Iodesto, CA; sbove address i s e f f e c t i v e by t h e time you read t h l s . Fen l o c a t i o n w i l l be Oklnawa, Japan. 73 & bes t of DX. (And bes t of luck t o you, I.:lchael, and smooth s a i l i n g ! -ERC)

13 BRUCE vJINKWAN - 3324 K e t t e r i n g P lace - Greensboro, NC - 27410

Greet ing, fe l low DX f reaks! I had a very enjoyable get- together wi th fe l low NRCers Ron S c h l l l e r & Ted F le i schaker Mon. lo/ 1 8 when bo th were i n town f o r t h e Southern Furn i tu re Market. Any o t h e r NRCers out t h e r e with connections i n t h e f u r n i t u r e business and who may be a t t e n d i n g t h e Spring Market, p lease drop me a l i n e & maybe we can ar- range another DX get- together . I e s p e c i a l l y enjoyed Ron S c h i l l e r ' s memories of t h e "Good o l d days" of DX & Ted's f i r s t hand r e p o r t on t h e L o u i s v i l l e Convention. Sound$ l i k e I missed a good time. On t o DX: 10/13- WEW-770 KO ,O 7:22am w/ads, c a l l I D & promos. 10/14- KOh'C-860 w/ T-40 B 7:lOam. 10121- WCBC-1270 w/WX/mx & ad 6:48pm, t h e n MoR. KAGY- 1510 w / p o l i t i c a l ad 7:llpm, t h e n faded up & down W/WLAC/CJRS, Sermonette" 7 ~ 2 9 , t o 7:30pm s /of f , no SSB. KNBO-1530w/~FLrnx7:38non-stopto 7:44 s /off t o ISSB but not enough f o r a repor t . 10/24- WFIV-1080 w/s/off

' / weakly U/'~TIC/KBLO @ 6:37 pm l e a v l n BFL mx t h a t has t o be WCG but np d e f i n i t e 19. VISN-1130 wlAl NX 7:Of-7:05pm, t h e n pop mx, ment lonlng The new VISN. ME.! 10/25- WFUN-790 w/"79 Nx" 2:56am s t a y i n g & dominant, NSP7 WE-740-TEST not hedrd 3-3:30 durn it! Thass i t f o r now. 73s.

BILL C O L E X U JR. - 114 C i r c l e Drive - Rocky Mount, NC - 27801 I jus t added another RX, a Panasonic model RF-1150.

This one 's got a n u l l t - i n Gyro-loop antenna, & works r e a l good! I t ' s a l - so got a CB. monitor, & covers 540k-30mHz, a l s o FM, & AC/DC. It f e a t u r e s 5-meter, & BFO, not bad f o r $120. Can anyone provide me with t h e cor- r e c t address f o r R. Jumbo-545, & do t h e y v e r i f y ? S/off t ime most every night i s around 10:lOpm EDT. They have a good s i g n a l here. I n o t i c e d WGIV-1600 I s p lay ing jazz mx, @ 1:15. T e s t s heard on F r i . 10/22, WJNJ A t l a n t i c Beach, FL, on f o r XR adjustment around 1:52. On 10/25, I heard 0 2:25, WTFI, Dalton, GA on w/mx & t e s t I D S @ 2:25. A t 2:38 unID TT on 610; O 3, WJJD Chicago on W/TT & I D 3:3O. I n o t i c e d t h e ex-AN man who used t o be on WCAU, B i l l Corsair , is 'now on -#T.IC-1080 Hartford. He mentioned he was i n h i s t h i r d week t h e r e . wasn't t h a t ano ther one who dropped M r . Jepko? (No, B i l l , Y T I C never ctarried Jepko -ERCJ, A t 3:48, unID TT (two d i f f e r e n t s t a t i o n s ) on t e s t in& a t t h e same t ime on 900. One I D was WLSI, P l k e v i l l e , KY, & t h e o t h e r st ill unID, anyone know7 A check 0 3 & 4 on 740, only t h i n g showed up here was KCNC, o/WKIS, & unID LA, a Colombian, who?, & low hetrodyne, a l s o unID TT-590 BD 4:45. T h a t ' s it f o r now; p l e a s e remember t h e DX Chat :Line, p repa id c a l l s t o 1-919-443-7282, from midnight t o 3am d a i l y , seven n i g h t s a week. I always apprec ia te any e x t r a CKs sound surveys, r a t e cards, j u s t anything, so long a s a s t a - t ion 's tail l e p r i n t e d on it! I ' m a 100% r a d i o freak!. Correspond- ence most welcome, too. Peace.

MIKE KING - 6541 Avere Boulevard - Jacksonvi l l e , FL - 32210 Well, how's it going, everybody? I hope t h e new DX season

w i l l be product ive t o everyone. From t h e i n d i c a t i o n s I ' v e had t h e p a s t

f o r S t a t e #29. That t a k e s c a r e of DX t h e p a s t weeks. , I was very happy t h a t I got WJMX. I ' v e been hunting f o r t h a t one e v e r

s i n c e I moved from Florence i n June '75. I a l s o sen t r e p o r t . There 's ! not been anything going on here l a t e l y except WEXI s t a r t i n g operat ion. ' The TRF s t i l l amazes me wi th i t s pickup of s t a t i o n s . I a l s o l i k e t h e way

it n u l l s out o t h e r s t 8 t i o n s . One v e r i e , t h a t from WBAP. T o t a l s now a t 362/50, 29/23, 1/1. Top f i v e s t a t e s a r e F lor ida 91, Georgia 52, Alabama 30, Tennessee 20, & South Carol ina, 19. Well, t h a t ' s it from here. 73s and p~ood Dx. V/S included. (Good! Thank you, Blike! -ERG)

VE R E C I ) : ~ ~ ' D sEIJDIP!G CO1~1OIiATIVE STMCPS AS RETUmJ POST;GE, Al-D ALSO TO USE TEn; OW YOUK C1,fIJ I:fLIL TO RADIC STATIONS. THEY EtICHT FIND A STAW COLLECTOR Ti-:.= AND GET YOU A E R I E YOU OTI'GRWISE LIGFT I'iOT HAVE GOTTEN!

. . LINDA BRODSKY - 245-16 149th Avenue - Rosedale, NY - 11422

To answer ERC's query of 10/18, t h e mat te r wi th t h i s Ituser i s b a r e l y enough time t o DX & repor t t o t h e columns, l e t a lone com- pose a ?:using. In my view, t o dimply r e c a p i t u l a t e t h e i n f o sen t t o Alan & J e r r y ' s columns i s n ' t r e a l l y what a Muse should be & i f we members re- por t r e g u l a r l y t o t h o s e , perhaps t h a t ' s why we don't ?;use so of ten . I s e e Musing a s a chance t o share in fo & opinions t h a t don ' t f i t i n e l se - where. I d l i k e t o hear from o t h e r s f o n t h i s . ( I t h i n k you've got u s confused with IRCA's policies, Linda. - m ~ ) Anyway, ERC's admonition got a t l e a s t one NRCer of f her veranda! CX have been v a r i e d i n t h e ea r - u' l y .evenings when I do most of my DXing. 10/20 brought an AU which was a l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t here s ince 'Fil s t a t Ions predominated, r a t her t ban t h e u s u a l Caribbean & EC LA'S. I heard xEQ-940 @ 9pm & XEUX-860 9:35, both f o r t h e f i r s t t ime. Also t h e evening of 10/27 had i n t e r e s t i n g SSS a DX w/~I[M-590 @ 7:05pm, :rWK-690 at @ 7:15 s /o f f , VCPC-940 MS 'a 7:23pm & CKOC-1150 Ont. O 7:30. TA's have been f a i r wi th Spain-683 @ 7pm on 10/26 & on 584 O 7:50pm back on 10/14. lionaco heard r e g u l a r l y on 1466 but poorer tnan l a s t season. Cccasional ly Algeria-529 Albznia-1457 8: ':!est (Sermany on 1586 make e a l y avening appearances. 548 I s v i r t l . ~ a l l g :rlged out by R. Jumbo-545 rrhich i s a n i g h t l y v i s i t o r , even on my clock rad io . R. ~ominica-595 i s b e t t e r t h i s year a s i s Grenada-535 & Surinam-725. Belize-835 Is a sonetimes v i s i t o r & It seems every Cuban on t h e i s l a n d can be heard here. ;/AP.i & 'lJgAQ have been r e g u l a r s from Puer to Rico. That ' s about a l l f o r now. Good DX!

ERIC FADER - 23-35 B e l l Boulevard - Bayside, 1lY - 11360 Vere 's ano ther AT-40 upda te r f o r your perusa l . New 10/17-

XBRE-940 UT, KGL1;-980 CO, !JCEN-1150 $51 ( d e l e t e sfme-rarket VINO-850, car- r i e r c u r r e n t ? ) 8: KTOE-1420 I4N. A recen t "People magazine had an LTIS l i s t i n g - n o t e t h e fol lowing cbanges: ;EX&1300, not l i s t e d . Add t h e s e t o your log: KNUZ-1150 1;M, KRIX-1530 WY, WEXI-1280 FL, WIBU-1240 M I , -M(I-l52O OR, !JSTV-1340 OH, ;JURL-1500 NC, a l l on NIS network. :fhy i s t h e r e an NIS a f f i l i a t e I n Dallas (!M-1310) AND i n For t ~ f o r t h ( ~ ; ~ ~ ~ - 1 5 4 0 ) ?

r I s n ' t t h a t t h e same market? Kore AT-40 Info - new 10/24: KSIS-1050 MO, XIZE-1340 OH, 'ilROIT-1400 XV, KETL-1520 1.:O, Who i s WFJA, Sanford, IJC? Also new 10/24. T h a t ' s a l l f o r t h i s e d i t i o n . 73s.

, RICH FRCHO - 1208 Htnlett - Eas t lake , OH - 44094 A brand new humungous Channel ?*:aster Quantum deep f r i n g e

TV-FM antenna has been keeping ne busy D x l n ~ TV-J?N t h i s Summer, bu t now l t ' s t ime f o r KW DX. CX have been. ood l a t e l y wi th decent n o i s e l e v e l s & sone good TA openings, t.0 w i t : 10712- KWL-1520 W/ID E 7:20pm p u l l e d from u/'iMEjW n u l l ; R. I+:onte Carlo-1466 L 7:45pm W / ~ l i k e language (maybe ~ u s t r a l n ? ) & mx, I D & IS 7:59, s /o f f @ 8. (Xayve Bavarian? -ERC) Ee has been heard on 10/25-26 a l so . Langenburg-1586 sneaking through a t 8:10pm, unID-545 s t r o n g v/reggae mx & a F 9 u n c e r i n s t rangely-accented FF. Probably Dominica, but no I D . 10/18- :[ZIP-1050 f i n a l l y heard r r / 1 ~ i n mess @ 6:36pm, !fl?RG-940 dominant I n :.IC+RP n u l l w/c/w @ 6:1:2pm, .TIA-900 Q 6:59pm rr/s/off, KBOA-830 a b i g s u r p r i s e a top frequency w/ads f o r Blythe- v i l l e & TC, n 5 WCCO a t a l l ! Tine was 7:15pm. 10/25- CHT1:-1190 BOOKING i n a top frequency w/female announcer, WX, I D 8 2:01am, then rr, super- p e s t NOW0 y f f . I ' v e t r i e d f o r y e a r s t o bag t h i s , but never had a good NE opening. XIS-740 a t o p @ 2:49am W/ID & Carpentefs mx, KmC-740 way down i n mud w/c/w, I D @ >:31am, mentions KTAL-m. had t o r e p l a y t a p e over & over t o I D t h i s . No P;YMD740-TBST heard f o r c e r t a i n on 10/25; I heard only TTs from 3:27-3:30 but don ' t know who. Also 10/25, R. Llght- house-1165 @ 10:Olpm f a i r ~ / ~ o s ~ e l mx, I D @ 10:15, muoh K S L / W ~ A s lop. T h a t s a l i f o r now. 73. -

FOREST E. OSBOW - 202 North Jackson - Hooker, OK - 73945 Well, t h i n g s a r e s t a r t i n g t o pick up a l i t t l e , DX-wise

i n Nestern Oklahoma. On 10/7 3 3:06am, WTU-1240 IL i n t h e c l e a r w/local NX by a lady announcer. A t 3:20 K ~ I - 1 4 0 0 , NV, w/ITIS, temperature of 72 degrees, & I D B 3:30. {rom 4-4:&6am, XlJI~~-1590, HA, w/hits of t h e 50 ' s & IDinc a s "All-Hit RU-16 . At 5am, '1?Ti<Y-1370 KY w/end of TT & I D . Then @ 9:45 t h a t evenin?, R . Ju~bo-545 i n good wi th bongo mx & ?TX i n FF 10-10:14

(osborn) then more mx. On 10/8 8 5am, KEOS-690, AZ, s / o f i by woman. O n 10/1; O 2:25am, TT & ID a s "KVOU-1400 on t h e a i r f o r frequency mclasure- ment . At 3, KQHL-790 MT w/TT & I D a t end of f/c. On 10/12 8 3:30am, KRNK-1530 WY t e s t i n g ev iden t ly wi th 1 0 , 0 0 0 ~ from t h e i r s i g n a l . On lo/ 1 5 @ 1:54am, XEP-1300 w/soft SS mx & I D a s R. Trece. At 2:17, KRTN-1490 NM w/TT & frequent IDS. At 2:30, KATI-1400 WY w/local "Total WX In for - mation". At 2:41,, KRNK at111 t e s t i n g ; a t 9:59pm, l a s t p a s t of song "Be- hind Closed Doors & t h e n s /o f f w/annonnced power of 5 . 0 0 0 ~ but I miesed I D (Any ldeae?) On 10/17 8 8:57pm I f i n a l l y got ~ 0 ~ i i 1 8 0 w/Yankee Dood- l e Dandy & I D 8 9. On 10/20 CD 2: 04am, KEMM-1510, MO W/TT & I D . On 10/ 2 1 0 2:04. WHII-1570 W/TT & I D . On 10/23 @ 1:30am- C.TWW-1770 v / n n f t m x ,---, -- .. - / a - ' . I --- - -- & t h e n Saakatoon WX. At 3:21, KOKO-145;, w / t t & "This i s KOKO, Warrens- burg on t h e a i r f o r t e s t purposes only. On 10/25, I got t o do a l i t t l e SSS DXing & 8 7:02, KLOV-1570 CO w/local WX. A- 7:23, WIL-1430 MO, w/ SID; a t 7:54, ICAFE810, NM w/pli t l c a l a d f o r ~ r b k Bond & t h e n c/w. At 7:57,WAIT-820 w/ad f o r Ford d e a l e r i n Racine, t h e n WX f o r Chicago & a/ o f f , I D O 8 m. On 10/26 @ 8pm, KGRT-570 mM w / ~ i NX, l o c a l NX 8 8:04, l o c a l WX O 8705, I D a s K-Great. On 10/27 from 1:16 t o 1:30am, TT on 1290 probably #COW, but only I D 8 1:30 was unreadable. At 2:15, KLTI-1560, MC W/TT & long I D a t end of t e s t . So much f o r what's-been-heard. I J u s t got t h e new Domestic Log and l t ' s g r e a t . 73 & t h e b e s t of everything.

WAYNE HEINEN - 2603 Paeeo Road - Colorado Sprlngs, CO - 80907 H i once aga in from t h e P ikes Peak DXer. We have our f irst

snowfal l & I only l i k e it f o r q u i e t i n g down t h e airwaves. DX s i n c e l a s t time: For t h e log , KFAB s t r o n g e s t non-local 10/18 8 ll:20pm. 10/22- KBCQ-1020 10:18pm. !$I$ 10/25& semi-local KKAM-1350 1:54-2:Olam s/off now I D S .only a s "Kiddin' Country & is c/w. KTFI-1270 1:Olam W/NBC NX & MoR. L a t e r I n o t i c e d KFJZ o f f AN on ET/TT w / l l t t l e XEIC-1270 sneaking through but not enough f o r r e p o r t . KPDN-1340 on r/c-TT 1:17am. While looking f o r -740 I logged KCMC w/snatches of WKIS mixed In. KCBS was on OC. About 3:30 I l o g ed ICERN-1$10 w / w from WINO (second Ohio r e g i o n a l t h i s year , WAKR f i r s t y . Veries v/l- KHOS-940, WDAF-610 WMIX-940 ( ~ h a n k s , Q a l R. ~ a n n ) . v/q- KRKE-640, KFW-790, KbU-910, K&O-810. Moving 1,500 , miles 1s s o r t of nea t - It s kind of 158 s t a r t i n g a l l over again. Craig healy w i l l have l o t s o f f i n - w i t h h i s RBB. I am looking f o r a n RX t o tune down t o 400k w/a low I F t o l e t me dual-convert t h e RBB (Pre fe rab ly one w/a low RF). I f anyone knows of one o r has one t o aet rid of. area a " - - - -- - - . ---r - l i n e , please. , Tha t ' s a l l f o r t h i s week & I h ~ p e - ~ o u enjoy two i n a row Ernie - we don t want you t o l o s ? p r a c t i c e a t t h e keys.! See you a l l In LINCOLN-77 - ( I ' l l probably win t h e Heinen ward!) 73. ( ~ e y Wayne, no- body won it i n Louisv i l l e ! -ERC)

STAN SHEDD - 1433 F i f t h S t r e e t NW - Calgary, AF - T2M 3m - - - - - / - - Not much l i s t e n i n g here l ace lk : It seems CX a r e e i t h e r bad

o r I ' m employed elsewhere. Last week t h e off-on switch broke. Natura l ly It broke i n t h e o f f p o s i t i o n . hi . Of course no nnn a = u l + * h w h * - h v ---- ..-- - -"-"-,. ",.*"- f i t t h e volume c o n t r b l i n a n s ~ a - 1 5 0 so I now have a new volume c o n t r o l a s well . The next day t h e phono Jack ac tued Up so I had t o open up t h e pa- t i e n t again. You may r e c a l l I mentioned I had b u i l t a loop, but had f e l t t hat I would have t o r e l y mainly on my 19 meter antenna (3/2& i n v e r t e d V) . Well t h e loop works w e l l i n s p i t e of a l l t h e s t e e l i n t h e stucco. How- ever , it does some weird & not always wonderful th ings . For example, on 1120, if I poin t it SE I ge t a good readable ;IMOX & i f I po in t it sw I ge t a good readable lPN@'. But i n o t h e r cases a s t a t i o n may not n u l l a t a l l . O r It may come In a t t h e wrong bear ing & drop very no t icab ly a t t h e r i c F. bearing. Moreover, t h e r e seems t o be no p a t t e r n t o whether it wor:s a s a loop should o r n o t . It may n u l l a s t r o n g s i g n a l & f a i l t o n u l l a weak one o r vice-versa. It m,Y n u l l a ground wave but not a sky wave o r v i c e versa . It may n u l l a ground wave. However, I must admit on n e t it i s o l e a r l y b e t t e r t h a n t b e i n v e r t e d V. That i s a p leasan t s u r r p r i s e because I read somewhere t h a t loops would not work i n s tucco houses. I would a p p r e c i a t e hearing from anyone who has had experience wltb loope in stucco houses. 7 3 t o a l l . (Try a s tucco loop, stan! H i -WC) KEEP THOSE NSINGS ROLLING IN, mus! THE MORE WE GET, THE BETTER! -ERO

16 XZT'? CIflSCHUK - 16771 Shea Avenue - Aazel Crest , IL - 60429

Greet ings t o r a d l o bugs everywhere. I d i d n ' t hear 16/25 TEST from KYKE. I had t h e r x on during most of 4 hour, but nothing but s p l a s h from 'IJGN. I t r l e d a l i t t l e while from 3:15-3:20 on 1590 f o r pos- s i b l e IZUUU, but pesty iliXR atop. A l i t t l e b i t of l O O O k f o r p o s s i b l e KOKO. UnID weakie i n background about 3:25. Powerful TT i n 1200-1300k range during 4 hour, but I couldn ' t even ge t an I D from next door s t a t i o n t o know where I was a t . Bleary-eyed me, h i . I went t o Chicago Stadium Sat.10/23 f o r Bul l s home opener. Driving ( f o r t h e l a s t t ime) back, It must have been a Class "A" AU n i g h t . A r e a l s u r p r i s e on por tab le RX, I heard I D of WAPI-1070 AL @ l lpm car ry ing Birmingham-Indianapolis WHA game. Oddly enough WIBC-1070 a l s o c a r r e s Ind ianapol i s i4HA games, but be- cause of AU, ;iAPI came i n f a i r , in/out. I bare ly caught end of NBA Bos- ton-Milwaukee game on weak WZ about ll:15pm. KOA-850 was wiped out ca r - r y i n g NBk K. C.-Denver game. Sun. n lgk t , 3:iE-1100 Cleveland i n b e a u t i f u l a s usua l ~ , r / ~ a v a l i e r s vs . Abdul Jabbar 's Lakers , a f t e r 8pm. I have or-

dered 1976-77 NBA Guide so I should have t h e complete rad lo network soon. Andy Kwiatkowski i s i n Lercy Hospi ta l , 2510 South King Drive, Chicago IL 60618, room 1007 f o r t reatment of a head i n j u r y on 10/3. I sen t him a card . A Zeni th clock rad io In t h e house broke t h e d i a l cord so I Sent It t o my s i s te r - in - law 's husband f o r r e p a i r ( h e 1 $ i n e l e c t r o n i c s & CB). So, wlth only t h e R e a l i s t i c working I picked up a Lloyds s o l l d s t a t e AC/ DX 12 t r a n s i s t o r a t a garage s a l e l a s t week. A f t e r t e s t i n g i t , it seems t o be 90% a s s e n s i t i v e a s my d i s a b l e d Panasonlc was so I ' l l use t h a t f o r DS purposes. Sun. 10/24 PM, a f t e r l o c a l s /off @ 7:i5 on 955 (WJPC-950) 1 tuned t o 950 f o r a p i e c e of 'WMIX a c t i o n , but no WIIIX, jus t a s o l l d WCPC MS t i l l s /o f f @ 7:30. Oh w e l l , I ' l l s b f f f o r another cold, b l u s t e r y week. Our l a s t snow, l0 / l7 , lady a t t h e l o c a l food s t o r e had t o aak me I f I ordered t h e whi te s t u f f . Funny. 73.

JERRY STARFt - XHOT Radio - Youngstown, OH - 44505 Some good news, some bad. F i r s t , t h e bad: WSUM-1000 has

re tu rned t o t h e a i r wl th b a s i c a l l y a r e l i g i o u s & gospel format, so 1000 i s again shot In t h e a rea . (Cne of t h e b e s t p laces t o be shot . -ERc) By t h e i r s / o f f , WCFL is rock-sol id. The good? CX have been e x c e l l e n t e s p e c i a l l y wl th some unusual Canadian openings t h e pas t few weeks, reg- u l a r v i s i t o r s have Included CW-1230, CHVD-1230 i n FF, CFJR-1450, CFCN- 1060 & t h e new CKNS-930, Espanola, Ont. r e l a y i n g CJNR/CBNR ( t h e l i s t ing of a CJRX // i n t h e 10/18 DX NEWS musta been a typo) , CKNS has a block- b u s t e r s i g n a l n i g h t l y & has been leav ing t h e i r OC on AN. Another new Canuc'x hau been s t r o n g on 900 o/u CHML w/c/w & only g i v i n g I D S a s CHMM, S te reo 97, i n Wiinepeg, ev iden t ly t h e former CJOB-FM, must be a repeat- e r w i t h considerable power. I haven't any record of a CP here but I t ' s here, repor t sen t c/o CHMM-FM but no r e p l y ye t . 10/14- I found KRAD-1590 o/dAKR w/announced POP 2:17am. 10/18- New HCRJ-1530 Jacksonville ETlng w/50,000w DA p e r announcement, I don' t t h i n k he 's on RS y e t , heard 1:40- 2:l7 s /off . 10/20- WmT-1450 dominant most of AM w/fine a r t s programming concertos & symphonic s t u f f , WIX-1450 i n t h e r e t o o w/r/c-DT 3:11-3:15am s /of f . 10/19- WAT-1550 3 : l l & on w/annual POP and super S-9-plus s lg - n a l s - i twould hake a g rea t TEST f o r those who need bZ. ( ~ n d f o r those needing WAT, h i -ERC) Recent v e r i e s : dATZ-1450 (w/info of 11/1 DX TEST) HGET-1320, WPX-1490 & SURPRISE, KRGO-15 0 w/very f r i e n d l y r e p l y , a l l t h e s e v / l . Ted's comments about F a l l s zity Beer and F ig Bars ln t h e

Convention a r t i c l e a r e a l l t o o t r u e ; John S i l l lman is s t i l l a l i g h t t i n t of green and l i v e d f o r s e v e r a l days t h e r e a f t e r i n h i s room wlth t h e funny f u r n i t u r e . , l e l l , enough good space wasted. 73 and good DX. EV- ERYBODY Muse and jo in t h e CPC! Thus '-Tub can o y be a s good a s each of you makes It with your p a r t i c i p a t i o n . Laybe f 4Blcentennlal ges ture even Krejny w i l l Luse? guest ion of t h e #our: W i l l t h e r e be a PAD-77???

ROF a. SCEILLE - 7657 La Bolsa Drive - Dal las , TX - 75248 V e r b s i n from KOCA-1240, KDDA-1560, K7rlRG-1500, & KORC

-1120, a l l v / l . A l l but DfRG a l s o sen t C M s . Recent doiygs: 10/23, unn WJSA-1220 a top 8 6:04am, h i , NRCer Brock Whaley of WSSA. Unn CKCK good a 6:30 on 620. Then two lone-wanted, never previously heard i n t h e East

chiller] by me, WESC & KOWH-660, former good O/XERPM w/c/w 6:;6-6:38 am, t h e n KOWH s/on 7:01 & i n t o gospel. Needed WKBL-1250 @ 8:08 but quickly faded. KBCQ-1020 g iv ing I D a s "Q" 8:21-8:33. 10/2&, HBHS-590 o / D J 8:26-8:31, l o t s a l o c a l ads & quaptet mx. I copied a couple of semi-locals i n t h e PM, li'l KCLE-1120 & KPLT-1490. 10/25, up f o r KYME- 740-TEST, TT heard U/KCNC/KCBS but no I D c i r c a 3:28. Xe too , thanks t o Wes' t i p , KRGO-1550 w / ~ c/w 4:16-4:23. Two s t a t i o n s no ted on 650, top- p e r was an SS, l a t t e r seemingly KORL. That PM, KECK-1530 wl th exce l len t s i g n a l s 6:39-6:47 & heard o f t e n s ince . 10/24, I forgo t a p a i r of Louls- i ana s/pns: KWRG-1500 62 8 , & KCTO @ 8:17 mentioning c/w format. 10/25, 1 took a l o g on XEMO-860 EE r e l i g i o n , W/IDS every 1 5 minutes, tremendous s igna l . That PM, seemingly XTLU-1580 ?/off 7:45; then, f i r s t t ime heard & with powerhouse s t r e n g t h , XZV1:-1560 i.:exico Cl ty , a l l EE (ex::ept one ID), all-I-X a t t h s t i ~ e I heard em, CDS feed & rany I D S f o r U.S. prod- u c t s , 8:17-8:33pm. Then, t h e one so many heard on ETs, KRFX-1530, Chey- enne, i n WCKY's n u l l 8:35-8:41 w/NIS. Couple unns not heard In years , 'KESY-1580 @ 7:25 & XFDF-1580 s/off 7:45. 10/27, &kw XJEb:-1530 u/;lc;IY @ 7:30-7:45am t i l l KECK s/on. A whisper of KLOV-1570 a s they s/on O 8 u/ XERF/KTER. PI(: KGTN-1530 W/TSF NX t ill 8:01 s /off . KBBB-1600 8 ~ 0 9 - 8:15 s /o f f . 10/28, a p a i r of Louislanana vying on 1600, KFNV Fer r iday & KNCB Vivian 7:45-8:25am. :NUN-1590 ~ / K Y o K e t a 1 8 8:lO. 73.

RAY ARRUDA - 48 Xoodlawn S t r e e t - New Bedford, MB - 02744 The l a s t week of October & t h e f i r s t few days of November

have been q u i t e good f o r me DX-wise. S t a t i o n s W of here have come i n w/ good s i e n a l s s e v e r a l n i g h t s & I ' v e come up with some decent catches in t h i s e a r l y season a l ready . Here is a b r i e f rundown: 10/27- 7:14-7:15 pm, .=-I580 w/s/off & mention of day power. 10/28- KRW-1550 f i r s t t ime 1:17-1:20am w/end of c/w f o l o by TX & I D ti? 1:18, deep fades w/no WOKJ a f t e r CBE s/off . S i a n a l was completely gone by 1:30 so not enough f o r e r e p o r t . Over t o 1585 where WVA was ETlng 1:35-1:55am W/TT/OC/IDS w e l l O/$CLS. 'KWH-1350 3:25-3:37am w/Jepko, but t h i r d on channel t o '~KLX/WSLR. S t i l l on 10/28 but PL: WW-1130 mixing w/!+T~:i w/NX & one I D from 5:50-5:55. 'fi1J-15b0 was no ted twice here t h l s pas t week: 10/28 s/off 7:17pm, & aga in on 10/31 @ 7pm, both t imes no NA heard, s i g n a l q u i t e poor. TEST r e s u l t s : 10/25- IZYME-740 TEST was prev ious ly r e p o r t e d a s not heard, but a f t e r chectng t a p e s e v e r a l t imes, a s e r i e s of weak shor t t o n e s sounding l i k e two o r t h r e e consecut ive code IDS were heard very weakly 3:15-3:20am. A t e n t a t i v e has been s e n t . KM 11/1, a l l f i v e TESTS were t r l e d & only one made it: .CHB-1260 came through a top channel 2:40-2:46am W/TT/IDS & v a r i e t y of mx. A 1 1 o t h e r 11/1 DX i s i n Wes' col- umn. I ' m somewhat s u r p r i s e d a t how KRGO's 500w i s being heard a t such g r e s t d i s t a n c e s during hours of darkness . Kaybe KBOZ-1090 w i l l be widely heard l a t e r on In t h e Winter months J u s t a s well . 73.

KO3ISTANTINE RYCHALSKY - 22 C a r r o l l Court - Bridaeport , CT - 06607 The whole world i s t r a n s m i t t i n g & DX here Is not

worth bragging. Congrats t o ERC f o r v e r i e #4,000 - t h a t must be some col lwct ion. Recent r e p o r t s sen t t o CKAC & -2W (both second t lmers) . Recent r e t u r n s : WIQW-1470 v / l ; WILK-980 & CKEC-1320, both v/q. I missed TESTS f o r WSKW & KYMN, Golden Slumbers overpowered me & I DXed my dreams i n s t e a d , no ca tches , hi . However, I d i d ca tch 'dFIF-1500 CT t e s t ing @ 12:33am a few weeks back. I c a l l e d t h e next day, & t h e s e c r e t a r y t o l d me t h a t it was indeed they broadcas t ing & they a r e l i c e n s e d t o do so. I wrote t h e CE f o r more i n f o f o r f u t u r e t e s t s . I r e c e n t l y rece ived FCC In- formation B u l l e t i n f o r Radio S t a t i o n & o t h e r l i s t s . It l l s t s a l l t h e pro p u b l i c a t i o n s . Does anyone have t a p e of W f i ~ ' 8 Bermuda Tr iangle Talk Show's myster ious phone c a l l ? I w i l l swap f o r mAB1s Lundly S t r e e t Home Mysterious Eappenings program. I s t a r t e d experimenting on recording SSes t o make t h l s DX season one t o remember i n t h e sdven yearn I ' v e been DX- Inn. Break a l eg . & 73s. (That ' s s t a g e l i n ~ o . Konstant ine - a r e you -. - - an-actor? -=c) DO YOU W&E YOUR ?TEXT YEAR'S VACATION PLANS WELL I N ADVANCE? I F SO, PLEASE C NSIDER INCLUDING A THRa-DAY VISIT TO THE CITY OF LII?COLN. NE-

t 0 KELLY ANDREWS - 3417 Chalfont Drive - Richmond, VA - 23224

This week marks t h e f i r a t a n n i v e r e q of my renewed in- volvement i n DXin a f te r abbut an eight-year lay-off . Being a confirmed 6 v e r l e c o l l e c t o r I ve been going back over my record8 f o r t h e ' l a e t y e a r and wolild l i k e t o ask f o r some help. I never eend a r e p o r t u n l e s s I ' m sure it o f f e r s unique, p o s i t i v e p r a f o f zw30pLlun-s& t l lwt tp 1s typed w i t h r e t u r n os tage included. Yet e m some s t a t i o n s t b a t have shown up on t h e v/f: l i s t have been hold-outs. I ' d l i k e t o run through a couple and eae i f anyone has aome suggest ions. F i r s t a r e t h e DX TEST8 f o r t h e l a s t season, WNM!i? & W J I C . Did t h e s e e v e r QSL4 Next I s €be group t b a t has rece ived f/upsr in some cases even PP/c's: WEEP, 9fEZJ, WOAY ( p p ' s ) , WAKY, KFVS ( taped r e p o r t a s f /up) , WCLN, WTU & HERC. I n moet o f t h e s e cases I t h i n k they 've shown up on t h e v/s l i s t . And l a s t l y t h e e t a t l o n s I ' v e heard v e r i f y t h a t I ' v e repor ted t o w i t h no response a f t e r a t l e a s t s i x months; WCLN, WSHN, KATZ, a, WQBS, WEDO, KO=, WSU, WKEQ, WPUP, WAPI, KRVN, WDRC, KSFA, WXTN & WCBR. Can someone give me r e c e n t v/s f o r these? Any help on thbese would c e r t a i n l y be appreciated. P lease , no one t a k e t h l s a s a b l a c k l i s t by me. I r e a l i z e t h e demands on a broad- c a s t e r ' s t ime and energ ies and QSLs c e r t a i n l y a r e n ' t a p r i o r i t y . A l l T want t o know is i f t h e r e i s a f r i e n d l y s o u l a t any of t h e s e s t a t i o n s who might b e of help. Thanks i n advance f o r any a s s i s t a n c e . Back t o DX next i s s u e a f t e r I f i n i s h cleaning up t h e book work from t h i e past/season.

PAUL MOUm - 471 Emerson Avenue - Teaneck, N J - 07666 Cont inuing from l a s t Muse, here ' 8 more DX & notes . 7d19 was

Juet abBur a washout, only WICK-1400 PA noted w / " ~ h e Diceo Machine show 8 l:29. 7/24, KSL-1160 i n w e l l W/ID t a p e d 8 4 , s u r p r i e e oonaiderlng Summer. Not t o l e t one DX meeting be enough f o r J u l y , Sun. 7/25 I took P a l i s a d e Park ' s Mort Kasday t o former member Hambrl h t ' s Denvil le FIJ house. We w e n Joined by Malcolm Kaufman, Michael jagh&lan, Mart in fro. Coop City, Chris Hansen, & a few o t h e r s whose names suddenly escape-ma, & t h e p i c t u r e s a r e n ' t back yet . High l igh ts o f t h e day included watching t h e l o c a l acceee t a l e n t ahow on t h e l o c a l c a b l e s t a t i o n , a cookout in h l e monstrous ( b i g ) backyard, t h e f r i s b e e game, Malcofm'e t a p e s of B r i t i s h r a d i o & DX, & my Hollywood Squares & Saturday n igh t t a p e s . I d i d s b a n d scan here, t h e f a c t of be lng about 25 mi les W showed i n r e c e p t i o n o f some PA s t a t i o n 8 n o t s t r o n g enough t o be heard i n Teaneck days, l l k e YVPO-840 WEEU-850 WFLM-900 WBPL-1090 AYNS-1150, someone U/WLIB, WANN euspected, soreone u/l4FAS-1230, two on 1390, one WEOK, o t h e r probably WLBN, two on 1460, WCRV-1580. 'hen again, t h e westernness s t i l l allowed r e c e p t i o n of s t u f f l l k e WINE, WELI, 'WBZ, WO-LI, 90 it 's a l l t h e r e . S t ronges t s t a t l o n e b e s i d e s AYC a r e WBRW-1170, WQTK-1310, WMTR-1250, WERb-1590, WCTC-1450. DX from MM 7/26- CKTS-900 c a l l i n g s e l f R. Bishops again w / r r , no, t h l s is n o t t h e Vatican. That 'a a l l t h e r e . 7/28 I got t o f i n a l l y recounting my t o t a l s . This system c o n s i s t e d of making only one l i s t , s t a t i o n s heard in Teaneck, t h o s e not a t my house marked *. No more 25 miles l i s t , & any s t a t i o n $ ' m no t t o t a l l y sure I heard I d i d n ' t count. The phllospphy i s s o r t of I ' l l Jus t wai t t i l l I hear it again, I ' d r a t h f t r be s u r e I logged them, I ' m not i n t h a t much of a hurry t o add a t a t i o n s . It t o o k a l l AM t o w r i t e down t h e s t a t i o n s I n chronological o rder , & it was a good l ls t - ing, but l l k e any 1,rge ( 1 ) l i s t , some were de le ted , l l k e CHML-900 p e a t , o r WMTR-1250 a l o c a l , which was l i s t e d ae taped & v e r i f i e d bug no t heard. Tota l s come t o 413/34d/6/10 heard, 150--lus/24d/4/8 taped, 212/336/5/6 v e r i f led. 73 .

CURTIS D. ENO-BW6'- 80 Concord,Baad - Wayland, MA - 01778 Inoredible . A month s i n c e I Mused l a e t , and hardly

a n i g h t has gone b t without aome TAB b l a s t ing in. Yet i n a l l t h a t t ime no t one t h a t I can p o s i t i v e l y I D ae a new l o g entry! Almoet ever7 TA channel baa had a readable s i g n a l a t some t ime o r o t h e r during t h e month. 10/10- One of t h e e t ronges t n i g h t e f o r TAe l e f t me w i t h t h r e e channels w i t h unID audib lee t h a t X ' m s u r e would have been new addi t ion8 t o Ey log1 539, 1106, & 1475 (not b u s t r i a ) . A f t e r midnight, 10/11, a s t r o n g female s i n g e r on 1 38 a leo new (Pa g o t t a watch t h o s e e t r o n female s i n g e r s , Cue- i s , h i -EXC5, 863fl836, 539 e x c e l l e n t . That . r e @ 8 r 3Opm R. Prague ID on

8 f m q b e r g ) 1286 ahh l n t o EE NX. At 9pm, 1602//1586, & Italy-845 coming r i g 6 t through WRDH! 10J13- At 12:05am KFI " a t 9:05pmn u/LA SS & Cuba oC. 107l8- HJAJ-750 a lone @ 7:50pm. CMJL-740 I D O 8pm, YVLCY-710 O/WOR k super -s t ronk 59 on 698 O/WLW. 10/19- A t 7:55pm SS on b o t h 895 & 705, unID. 10/25- Another auper TA evening. At8pm, FF NX on 1475, e x c e l l e n t t o 8:03, t h e n gone - Dahomey? A t 8:06, 1106 very good again. 10/26- A t 8:10pm, 827-AA/f818. 10/30- Excel lent piano mx on 566 8 6:40pm, un- ID, gone by 7. 10/31- SSS domestics y i e l d e d s e v e r a l good unna. At 5:05 pm, WCTR-1530 O/WUPR SS mentioning PR. A t 5:15, WKYB-1000 & WIOO/WIQT a l l IDed in shorn order . A t 5:30 WDMV-540 s/.off & WSVA-550 a top W/ID & then l n t o RedskFe FB. 11/1- CX shaf;ply changed w/LA dominant. Theh a t almost 7pm, S t rangers In Parad ise heard on 1555"very loud f o l o @ 7 by I D , "This i s R. ----, Voice o f t h e Cayman I s l a n d s f o r my f i r s t new ID in a l o n g time. 73.

DICE TWAZ - 3003 Qlaeaon Lane - L o u i s v i l l e , ?SY - 40299 It's been a while s i n c e I ' v e h i t t h e s e pages - main reason

i e because I ' v e had nothing worthwhile t o r e p o r t . Neverthelsas , I s h a l l l ist t h e f o u r nemiee Bagged s i n c e t h e Convention beverage. On 9/12, WBCU-1460 S.c.w/ID & NX O 9pm on a crowded channel. How many n o t i c e d WO-O-A-550 @A on 10/24 @ lOpm on W/CBS Mystery Theater & I D , but no s i g n of them on 5505 I got i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e p l o t of t h e p lay & l i s t - ened f o r 35 minutes! I f t h e KYKE-740-TEST was on it couldn ' t make it through t hs HAKY/WHAS spur on 740; did. anyone l o g i t ? 10/28- KSPR-1590 AR s /off @ 7245pm while lookin f o r more e x o t i c DX. 11/1- UPHB-1260 PA i n n i c e l y W/TT 4 I D S e a r l y 8 2:27am e a s i l y w/pest WNDE on, KLAD-960 OR i n f a i r t o good w/marcn IIIX but I had t o wait f o r a loggable I D u n t i l 3:22am due t o a potent WERC superpest . No s i g n o f KVEG-?7O NV TEST due t o WWSW/CKCH combo k i l l i n g t h e channel. So you can s e e have been a t t h e d i a l s , J u s t not very product ively. Local WXW-1450 l a now car ry ing t h e Jepko t r i p s on MMs a t l e a s t , poss ib ly during t h e week though I have ng t checked them. I have a neighbor who has an HQ-140X f o r s a l e , asking j(l30.00 f o r it if anyone i s i n t e r e s t e d , a h a it is s t i l l t h e r e Let me know & I w i l l n e g o t i a t e f o r you. It appeared t o be f a i r l y c lean & unal- t e r e d . I ' d buy it if I had s p e w f o r it. More a s it t r i c k l e s i n .

ERNEST R. COOPER - 5'Anthony S t r e e t - Provincetown, MA - 02657 Two v e r i e s v/q from ZNS2-1240 & PP/C from WYNX-1550,

f o r 4,006. WYNX is Georgia 8148 f o r me, & ZNS2 Bahamas #2, a very a t - t r a c i t v e p i c t u r e v/q. DX: F r i . 10/29- UnID TT IOCer on 1570, f i r s t noted @ 12:45 - they seemed t o I D O 12:54 & continue TTing, but missed. An body ca tch t h i s one? Then on 1530, making WCKY jump (bu t not f o r joyY- was another t e s t e r W/TT & OC, 1:11 & on, no I D @ 2am, & s t i l l on @ 2:30. Bnd, a t h i r d mysterg TTer on 940, very s t rong , 1:33-2:36 & on. A very f r u s t r a t ing morning. SX 10/31, Hftllowe'en, and s e v e r a l had t h e famous Drson Wellesl "War of t h e Worlds on, l i k e WOWO-1190 & ?PEA-1370 1-2

EDT. Somebody on 1560 W/LOR 1:51, & CBS NX @ 2 - I t h i n k t h i s is my NET XEVIP. Anybody i n t h e NE needing CHIC-790, he ' s easy i f you ' re out from under !KEAI?, They a l s o had W of t h e W 1-2 EDT. Then, a s we re - l ived t h e 1-2 hour, t h i s time on EST, we found no th lng new. Odd t hing was our t ime was t h e same a s i n Chicago f o r t h l s hour; while t h e hour previous, our t lme was t h e same a s i n Halifax! That peeyem, I decided t o s e e if any

@ daytimers fo rgo t t o go of f an hour sooner, when I stumbled on to a loudle on 1550, and it tu rned out t o be t h e brand new Cayman I s lands Broadcast- i n g Serv ice - t h l s one w i l l be an LPC f o r Jus t about everybody! They were logged 5:48-6:30pm; t h e i r time i s t h e same a s ours , EST. MM 11/1- WEA-1370 o f f today, so It may be t h e f i r s t MM i s t h e i r SF, a s they were o f f on 10/4 a l so . WHDH1s-850 c a r r i e r as off t h i s AM. Unn WIRA-1400 on t o p 8 1:19 (Fort P i e r c e ) dc WP-1330, same town, l i k e t e n t o n s too. TTs on 1060 & 1070 around 1:30, unID. Old f r i e n d KFI-640 i n O 1:35, a l s o HJBJ-640, La Voz de Santa Marta. but t o o weak t o l o g ( they , t h a t i s ) . I n looking f o r unn 'ifPHB-1260, I noted a s t r o n g SS on 1250, of a l l p l a c e s , 80 I took a l o g & t h e I D was "Emisora A-B-C" en Barranqui:la, which is HJOK, l i s t e d 1 kw, but he s u r e sounded s t r o n g e r than t h a t . ;1/2, Elec- t i o n Day morn - SW on 605 Seems t o c a l l i t s e l f "R. Wacional. Anotner t r y f o r a v e r i e from Eco-940, HJGB. , loud O/WINZ 2:42-3:05.

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California tests set for next year of Aerospace Corp. anti-hijack system The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration believes it has an electronic deterrent to truck hijack- ers and cargo thieves. The efective- ness of the package will be deter- mined next year when its developer, Aerospace Corp. , begins a n 5800,000 year-long field study in metropolitan Los Angeles using 40 trucks travelling over a 400-square mile area:The company put together the security system over 3'12 years under an $81 5,000 contract.

According to LEAA estimates. cargo thefts run at an annual rate of 61.5 billion, most of it in trucking. An Aerospace survey shows that, on the average, the loss per ,truck engaged in urban pickup and de- livery runs to $1,950 a year. Thus, for it to be economically attractive, Aerospace concludes its system should not cost more than $1,000 per truck each year.

"Two separate technologies will be tested in the upcoming program," explains Robert Kennel of Aero- space's Washington office which is managing the program for LEAA. Onc system employs an amplilude- modulated phase-lock technique that measures changes in position. The other is an "electronic signpost" system that provides absolute posi- tion. According to Kennel, one system can be employed to backstop the other. But the user's choice will depend upon the gwgraphy of the area where it is used.

Radio stations. The phase-lock technique relies on three commercial a-m radio stations whose normal broadcasting frequencies have been synchronized via high-precision fre- quency-control units. Thus, signals from the three stations in Los Angeles, KFI, KNX and KPOL. "create a stable hyperbolic elec- tronic navigational grid across the city," says Lester Shubin. develop men1 program manager for LEXA'S

National Institute for Law Enforce- ment and Criminal Justice in Wash- ington. This is much likc the master- slave stations of a Loran system. "As a vehicle moves across the city, its transceiver picks up the a-m signals from the three stations, compares phase differences and relays the comparison back to a base-station computer. The comouter. in turn.

However, because the phase-lock system does not measure absolute position, and radio contact may be lost from time to time as a vehicle passes through a tunnel or under high-tension wires, the signpost sys- tem is added to update position. It :onsists of small t r ansmi t t e r s

~~iounted, like signposts, on utility poles along the truck routes. Each transmitter, which Kennel says costs 6150-5200, radiates a unique identif- ication code over a limited area. As a truck passes, its receiver picks up the wded transinission and retransmits it to a base station.

"The (base station) monitor can tell that the truck just passed the intersection of, say, Fifth and Jones streets." Shubin explains. "If the truck were to be hijacked and go off- route, the monitor would soon pick it up."

Sensors. A computer at the base station processes the data and inter- prets truck location, displaying in- formation on a cathode-ray-tube terminal. It also monitors sensors built into the truck for determining such things as whether the driver's seat is occupied, when a door is opened, or whether someone is in the cargo compartment. There's also a foot-operated alarm that can be covertly operated, and a magnetic movement sensor to signal if the vehicle moves.

Somewhere between 300 and 600 signpost transmitters will be used in the upcoming tests, Kennel says. The exact number has yct to be worked out. In an earlier pitot test completed in Los Angeles in June involving six trucks and 25 square miles, 331 transmitters wcre used, placed about 1,000 ft. apart. But it was found the area could be covered with transmit- ters much further apart.

Aerospace's Kenncl believes that the a-m phase-lock approach will probably be preferable "because it is cheaper" than the signpost alterna- tive. Phase lock "is accurate within 600 ft. and works 95% of the time," he says, which is good enough. He expects contract awards for the hardware and upcoming tests will be made in two months.

matches the informaiion to the pre- Electronlca/October 14, 1976 stored (hyperbolic) grid for an - accurate determination of the truck's location."