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" When I f i r s t heard of NRC, I thought the dues were too high, bu t a f t e r seeing a few sample bu l l e t in s , I rea l i zed member- sh ip i s worth twice a s much I " ( ~ i c h a r d K. Shaftan, bE, NY)

NEW MEMBERS * Mrs. Debra 0. Hidden, 7310 Autumnvale Dr., Orlando, FL 32807 * Sam Del l i t , 23 Lorinya St., Mansfield, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA, k122 * E. 11. Seeliger, Jr., 1 7 1 5 - ~ Edwin St., Shreveport, LA 71103 * Bo Nensen, Box 203, S-901-03 Umea, 1, SWEDEN

Christopher K. Bobbitt, 322 Fores t St., Berea, KY * Frank M. Howell, l.40 N. Clark St., Milledgeville GA 31061 ( re- jo ins) * Donald R. Keirn, 65 Hubbard Dr. , No. Chi l i , NY d51.4 c; Jim Meyerson, Owen H a l l , Box 207, Purdue Univ., W. Lafayette, I N h7906 * James W. Mitchell , Jr., 12 Ninth St., Shalimar, FL 32579 * Richard K. Shaftan, 6.5 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10010 * David Hendrickson, 291 Washington Ave., Saugerties, NY 12477

RENEWALS H. Holbmok, R. Meeden, K. Forth, D. Sheedy, R. Karchevski, M. Good, M. Dilbeck, J. Pa r i l l o , H. Brown, M. Breger, C. Woodward, L. Wyman, R. Anderson, J e r ry Miller, K. Lyon, G. Wood, J. Wilson, D. Bienann, C. Hambly, S. Rundbaken, G. Carrington, '' R. Black, R. Leamy, E. Allen, H. Robie, D. Belanger, J. Gangler, R. Fischer, R. Clark, R. Oiannini, A. Rugd, D. Lewis, R. Lauhead, F. McCormack, T. Kerfoot, J. Wallace, P. Sullivan, W. Ritayik, D. Whatmough, W. Bnbaker.

ON THE INSIDE .......... - Convention Business Meeting Report - HQ - IIelpful Hints f o r ID'ing S ta t ions - Alan Davenport - Clipping Corner - Al Merriman & K . Brownless

FLASH TIPS & SUCHLIKE Je r ry S t a r r r epor t s t h a t vandals s t ruck a t WHOT's n igh t t r ansmi t t e r site (1330, Youngstown, OH) and succeeded i n toppl- a tower. The r e s u l t i s t h a t WHOT w i l l be running with day polqer and pa t t e rn f o r the next month o r so. Lis teners to the \Jest of them should be able to hear them under these conditions, and l i s t e n e r s t o the Ea$t may f i n d them weaker.....

NOTES &c FROM NJPC We have a f l y e r here from member Joe Mikuckis, K3CHP, 6913 Funan Pkwy., Riverdale, MD 20840, describing the I1K3CHP DX QSL GUIDE" which l ists the t r ans l a t ions of common repor t ing phrases, words, and sentences i n t o some 54 languages, from Afrikaans t o Zulu. While we a t HQ haven't seen the booklet, i t sounds q u i t e usefhl. Cost i s $3.95 o* 30 IRC's.

The f i n d i s sue of t h i s Volume yea r XU, be dated 9/30. Edi tors ' deadlines w i l l be 9/20. Volume 42, Number 1 w i l l be dated lo& Kith Edi tors ' dead- l i n e s lo/&. After t h a t we Jeame weekly publ ica t ion with skips a t Thanks- giving, Christmas, and ~ i n c o l n ' s / W a s h i n ~ t o n ' s Birthdays r i g h t t h ru March.

For those newer members wt;o xay not !>.: 1:;ari: 2; t,he s<znificance of t h i s sec t ion of LIY G E E , the members of the %ourtesy ;'ro,;rans ; o m i t t e e trj t o s e t up spec i a l t e s t broadcasts fro!? hard-to-!;ear s t a t i ons . ;'hese t e s t s a r e cchcduled f o r days P: times when %he : P I I w i l l he a t a minimn, and a re genera l ly only schec?uled between October and :!arch t o insure a rninilum of !:2J a s well. They a re a r r a y e d f a r enough i n advance +a allow f o r pub l i ca t ion i n CX I:Y.li; a s well as i n ?XCA1 s 2): I!3:jITCIP. & The 1:ewarlc Xews Radio~Club bu l l e t i n .

Frequently, however, a t e s t may be :;cher'.:ll.!(! o r lenmed of w i t t very s n o r t notice. For t h i s reason, t he 1%:: Flash Aler t Sel-rice was in~au;.urated. :!embers who wish t o be no t i f i ed of last-minute t e s t s simply send self-adclressed, s t a ~ p e d postcards to Flash Aler t and they w i l l be n o t i f i e ? of the te:jts. ?enbers are urged t o nmber these cards consecct,ively n r i o r t o sendin; t he3 t o Flash Aler t so t h a t they w i l l h o w when it i s t k , e t o rep?.enish the sup;ly. Arrangers of last-minute Ti.'ITC: w i l l phone t h e i r i n f o t o ?lash Aler t t o 5e p d t on the cards. The Fie i s operated by Carl Junker, whose address and phone i4Sxnber a r e on the back cover. The C?C is oper- a ted by Jer ry S t a r r , address a l so on back cover.

Now, on to the cu r r en t l i s t i n ~ s ; a l l times a r e ZLT:

:.IOK. Oct. 21 - 030E-C500 * KSHO-1560 Uoquiian, X.? 1000 D IRC,A/I.mC :ION. Oct. 20 - 0306-~500 * KZiiO-1560 Eoquim, XA 1000 D I R :A/iTC

NOTES &c FROM NJPC Once iga in , a new DX season i s a l ~ o s t u?on us, a s the PIYC begins i t s h2nd year on October 1 s t . 'lie s t r ~ n 7 l y uree a l l members t o miup~ort a l l of the funct ions of the !RC. You make the c lub work, and your t i p s he lp o thers , j u s t a s t h e i r s help you. &r newest column, DY-CHk!i.:E, has enjoyed g ~ o d suc'port i n i t s f i r s t two issues. This can be an extremely use fu l column f o r a l l of the nembership, and we urze a l l of you to support it. ;Je a l so u rze the membership t o r e n o r t charyes of schedules, networks, o r f a c i . l i t i e s of s t a t i o n s you hear r e ~ l l a - l y , o r o th rn r i s c know about .to the proper columns. These d a t a help u s t o keep our l ogs up-to-date. :lmf of you l i v e near s t a t i o n s which the 105 shows with i nco r rec t s c b d u l e s . ;ihy not drop a l i n e to Xes Soyd wi th an update of the schedules of s t a t i o n s i n your r e a l

We are s t i l l holding a number of antenna manuals f o r people who answered our ques- t i onna i r e sa;in: the-j would buy one. Tf t h - r e i s a spec i a l messaze i n t h a t re :ard stanped on the outs ide of your bu l l e t i n , you ' re one of the tardy ones.....

The new p r in t ing of the KR.: Domestic Lo? i s due amund the time we 70 t o press w<th the next i ssue . Those of you with orders pending cu r r en t ly k i l l be ar.onz t.ne f i r s ' , to receive your 1 0 ~ s . Those of you who indica ted your i n t e r e s t i n purchasin: copies of the Tog in the ques t ionnai re should ~ e t it together and send i n yo31r orders.

Xehave a l i n i t e d number of overrun copies of t he Xenn ilauser :Iexi"Jenn L i s t of I,:exican At1 s t a t i o n s on hand. Cost f o r these co?ies w i l l be 75$ each t o cover +.he cos t s invol.ved, and w i l l be shipped f i r s t c l a s s t o awone in t e r e s t ed . R.eprints of t he recently-published Cubr;jamaition i i s t of st.atl.or.r; in Cuba, Jaxaica, the :?aha- mas and f l a i t i a re d lso ava i l ab l e a t standard r e p r i n t r a t e s (86 pe r p%:e f o r mc:qkers v i a f i r s t c l a s s n a i l ) . It i s 3 pazes long. Other recent, a r t i c l e s , includin.: the composkte s e r i e s on DX'in,7 ;raveyard frequencies are a l s o avai lable thru Reprints. w e ' l l be runnirq a b r i e f Reprint L i s t s~pnlernent .hortly.

Curl-ently i n our holdinq pa t t e rn is Bob Foxworth's a r t i c l e on the Heath Si!-620 Spectrun Analyzer. We'd l i k e to run the whole a r t i c l e a t once, however i f the 2nd p a r t of the a r t i c l e h a s n ' t been received by p re s s t i ne f o r the next i s m e , we ' l l Eo with Pa r t I only then.

editor.. Alan Merriman P. 0. Box 6

international dx digest Fairfax. Va. 22030

Phone 703 - 354 - 2135 Defore 2206 EDT * 5 A l l Times CI+T Deatl ines Are Sat.

New s t a t i o n s , changes, e t c . . . . DIEGO GARCIA (Indian Ocean) This i s l and now has an AFRTS s t a t i o n opera t ing on 1475 khz wi th 50 watts. (NZRDXL)

PHOFflM ISUEES hXLE Canton Island has t h e following na- aduress : Vr. Elvr Chapr,an, I Sta t ion Director, hXLE h d i o , Global Associates, Box 1276, AFO San Francisco,

Calif . 96401. lk. Chapman i s a :a: DXer himself and a13 co r r ec t r epo r t s w i l l be ve r i f i ed . (Wilkinson)

And now, whats a c t u a l l y being heard . . . -HAWAII KORL Honolulu was 50 db over S9 a t 1040 on 9/1 w/a ~ h o n e / t a l k show.

S t a t ion slogan: I1Badio s t a t i o n f o r t h e people1'. ilkin ins on) -FAIT1 it. Iwniere, Port-au-Prince. /+WE o r i s it 4VI (? ) was S6 a t 1036 on

9/2. Ihn i n FF u n t i l 1015 then followed by r e l i g ious mx. (Filkineon) -COLCkiSIA h i s o r a s Unidas, HJAN &r ranqu i l l a was S8-9 a t 1027 on 9/2. Veri- f i e d years ago. (Wilkinson)

-JAFAN JOIB Sapporo was S5-6 a t 1208 on 9/2. ( l i i lkinson) -1fEXICO XEROK Ciudac! Juarez, Chih., 9/1 0352, Iiiing a s "X - Rock - 80" and

plaxing US rock music. (Jones ) -NETHEKWhTS ANTILLIS FJB Bonaire 8/5 1200. In a s usual so s t rong it could hardly be nulled. b d usual r e l i g ious format. (Lobel) * * 9/1 0400 XZROK.' faded and PJB came i n playing The h c k To God Hour. (Jones)

-KOdCCCO &bat. Nice s i g and a l l a lone w/chanting 0410 8/18. (Foxworth) -JAPAN 5033 &aka was 20db over S9 a t 1133 on 9/1 and same s t r eng th a t 1034

on 9/2. ( l i i lkinson) -EELIZE Radio Belize, 8/22 w/excellent s igna l , noted almost n igh t ly here w/ only minimal QRM from W S 4 4 C . 01 07 EX nx, followed a t 01 10 W/SS nx report . ( ~ e t e r ) * Q Was S9 o r b e t t e r a t 103: on 9/2. S t i l l q u i t e audible a t 1121 on same morning. (Wilkinson) / (Gleason)

-ImICO XFEG Celaya, Gto. noted 8/16 1220-1235. Now playing about 50% U.S. rock. Also using "iiadio Juventud" j i n g l e i d e n t i c a l to t h a t of XEiFPlGh60.

-GILBERT & ELLICE ISGNDS Tarawa was 40 db over S9 a t 1001 on 9/1. He must have increased h i s power o r it was j u s t a very good morning. (Wilkinson)

-1TAI.Y Home w/ibit nx 0350 8/18 ( s a t eve. here, which was convention n igh t ) and g i r l i n I1 a t 0400 f a i r l y good s i g , but faded somewhat by 0420. Nice t o hear lowband. s i g n a l t h i s w e l l so ea r ly i n season, hope it portends good cx l a t e r t h i s f a l l . (Foxworth)

-JAPAN JOGE Kunamato. Copied fro^ 1141 t o 1202 while giving lessons i n EE. Don't have t h i s one GSLed. Report i n mail. (heard on 9/2.) (Wilkinson)

-1.CEXICO XELY Itorelia, 1,Lich. 8/16 1200-1230 very poor. iknchera m x , j i ng l e appears t o be "Es su g a l l i t o , e l favorite". Caught one ad f o r a ve ter inary pharmaceutical house. (Gleason )

-CULTD141A Iiadio Nuevo : ,hdo, TCJ Qlatemala City comin& i n w/a f i n e S8-9 s i g a t 1137 on 9/2 u n t i l WVN knocked him out. ilkin ins on)

- 1 9 3 I C O XETZ Tequila, Ja l . 8/16 121 5 w/mixture of SS mx types, I D a s X E T Z, canal 88. No loncer seems t o use "K. Felicidad" name. TOO$ readable and strong. (Gleason)

-JAPAN JCHK Sendai heard a t SB-9 l e v e l a t 1136 on 9/2. (Wilkinson) - C O U M B I A HJAQ Radio lfiramar, Cartegena, 8/26 0620 good i n K'I'OK n u l l w/many

HCN IDS but no s t n IDs hrd, W/T&, Y ~ O X axounce r s . (For th) * * Nice 58 s i g n a l a t 1052 on 9/2. (Wilkinson)

-CCU)IrllIA HJ-- h d i o Fanzenu, l h n t e r i a 9/2 0545 w/excited announcer t o "paras amigos" t e l l i n g of a l l t he mx he would play, but I d idn ' t hear any. h y Ilk w/mentions of m n t e r i a . (Forth)

-CHINA Peking o ld r e l i a b l e back w/lots of power a t 11 17 on 9/l. (h'ilkinson)

-CHINA In qu i te l a t e i n the year. 8/5 12;C. Cocld barely hear the c a r r i e r , no audio. ( l o t e l )

-KFXICO XED t k i c a l i , BC noted t o be using ilacio International as IC, and takes the l i v e news v i a raicrokxve rrom ,WM i n ;<er.ico City. (Cleason)

-A.WICUA ZDK St. Johns, w/best reception here ye t , 8/22 0059 Spot f o r Dewarts White Label and a vacation c r u i s e (mentioned $318 pr ice e&, accomoaations, etc .) and a t 0100 rin IG loud and c lear . Usually heard only a t 020C s/off.

-VEXZUE.IA YDIF 1.kracaibo 8/28 1010 very strong W/E.IOX o f f , IG / ( J e t e r ) sounded more l i k e la Voz de Iago than Onias riel lago. (Forth)

-BRAZIL b d i o Uobo, ZYD65, Ria; 7/21, noted w/talk, m, t / i n 0555, t h m 06C5 t/out. Bad hum on channel w/WAK off. Needed exalted c a r r i e r technique w/ rx, SSB adaptor, Q-box, a l l tightened up t o ex t rac t anything a t a l l read- ab le (on A:4 nothing possible) . Only thinp t o ID was charac te r i s t ic r i s i n g notes t h a t precede Clobo IDS, one penetrat ing a t 0600. Only 30-60 seconds of audio readable ou t of every 10 minutes, s t a t i c l e v e l t o cope with ds wel l i n long fades. (Sundstrom)

-PANAl.IA (Tentative) HOE91 b d i o Diez, Fanama, t en ta t ive ly the one who played the hnamanian NA, which I 've heard 1OOO times (but not s ince returning t o the US, h i ) and recognized ins tan t ly , followed b) s i lence. This from 0602- 0806 7/27. Fair to good s i g a l l alone w/inaudible announcement a t 08C1 which I thought could be KZOO i n J J till I heard the NA! ( h r d y )

-MEXICO XEPF h s e m d a , BC 8/1 0515-0545 W/SS ballads, I D a t 0530 saying a f f i l i a t e d w/bdio Frogramas de Mexico. This W/KXIV o f f . ID b.) c a l l l e t t e r s only. (Gleason )

-fEXICO (UNID) 8/1 030G-0500 W/SS rock till 0400, o ld boleros till 05C0, w/ K X N off due to e l e c t r i c a l storm. Frequent ID a s "Radio Catorcen and ads had 5 d i g i t phone numbers, MST (or FDT) time checks. Very l i k e l y XEPB, so l e t t e r off to them. Someone was pu t t ing a swell het on 1400, too. About 600 to 800 Hz on high s ide , and I suspect XUiE f o r t h i s a s it went away a t 0500, t h e i r s/off time. (Gleason)

-MEXICO XECU b d i o ihncheri ta , Los lbch is , Sin. (nominal 1470) now here ex 1475, ex 1484. Very d is tor ted but s trong 8/4 0600. (Gleason)

- U N D Strong OC here w/someone weak under I think i n SS 0528 8/19; no change a f t e r 0530. (Foxworth)

-SPAIN Good l e v e l 0522 6/19 and i n a s well severa l nights thereaf te r . 3 o r 4 audios i n , jumbled and l o t s of fade, very low pitched he t , typ ica l of Spain. Defini te SS words picked out a t times. Carrier was heard here a t t h i s time many nights i n July but no audio then. (Foxworth)

-HEST GEiLl.IANY Not noted meaningfully so f a r t h i s year desp i te success w/other TAts . . . too f a r e a s t f o r sunrise/low overnight power? (?oxworth)

-POR'JJGAL CSB+ h i s o r a s Associados de Lisboa, Lisbon has been one of my best TA's so f a r , i n severa l times i n July and was i n C520 8/17 qui te good a t times w/moderate fade, a s well a s was heard many times l a s t winter, usual pop m program. Also q u i t e good a t times 0500-0515 8/22 but poor t h a t tirne on 8/24. (Foxworth)

Thats a l l the l o g ~ i n g t h a t I have. I t s good t o see some TAs and TPs back t h i s ear ly i n the season, maybe it points t o good cocdx t h i s coming year. I have some veries, but am going t o hold them over till next colwnn. I would a l s o remind you t h a t RAYADAN begins t h i s year ear ly , e i t h e r 9/7 o r 9/9, I ' m not sure of exact date. Look f o r Africans and Ifiddle Fast s t a t i o n s on l a t e i f we ge t some good condx t h e next couple of weeks.

The reporters f o r t h i s i s sue . . . Karl FORTH - Vil la Park, I l l i n o i s HQ-160, SIC1 Ebb FOXWOirrH - Eneola , New York XQ-150, 3' a l t a z loop, GFRSC-KXD, IN; h(i-129X Dave GLFASON - Scottsdale, Arizona B~OA/URR, Sanserino loop Bi l l HkRDY - Aberdecn, h'ashington HU0, 3 6 1 Karl JmER - Carrollton, Georgia DX-120, SX-2, I& Albert S. LOBEL - Cajon, California DX150A, Sanserino loop Tom SUNDSTFiOM - Willingborn, N.J. H&I 50 w/SE?520 & SIQ; lIC140X, DX150.4, Ih' Hank WILKINSON - Santa Rosa, California b u g l a 8 JONES - H ouston, Texas Wards Airl ine NZRDXL - New Zealand b d i o DX League * * Thats it. 73, DX and please report!

:,EsTlt flQ editor*- 860 W. = O y d Liberty

D i r a r d , Ohio 44420

IGEST Wes Boyd 216 545-4543

J e r r y S t a r r 216 534-1394

0.K. h e r e we go again. . . First b i t of i n f o is t h e n e x t d e a d l i n e d a t e , which w i l l b e 9/18 f o r t h i s s e c t i o n . T h i s means t h a t t h e d e a d l i n e may w e l l h a v e p a s s e d b e f o r e mos t o f you f i n d o u t when it was.

Couple of you y y s h a v e t r i e d t o c a l l h e r e l a t e l y , u s u a l l y when I ' m n o t a t home. Next t i m e p l e a s e l e a v e a name s o I know who t o c a l 1 , e t c . S u r e would h e l p t h i n g s a l o t on my end.

Developed a p r o b l e m o f s o r t s h e r e r i g h t a f t e r coming home from Toledo. Looks l i k e i t w i l l b e sometime a r o u n d t h e f i r s t o f O c t o b e r b e f o r e t h i n g s c a n r e t u r n t o normal. T h u s l y e x c u s e t h e typos ,unorp ;an ized s e c t i o n , and g e n e r a l mess t h i s s e c t i o n w i l l b e f o r a few i s s u e s . Am a f r a i d I l o s t most o f my n o t e s I made i n T o l e d o , s o i f I p r o m i s e d a n y o n e a n y t h i n g c o n t a c t a n d r e m i n d me o f it.

It 's a l s o l o o k i n g l i k e t h e s t a r t i n g o f a n o t h e r DX s e a s o n , a b i t e a r l y t h i s y e a r f o r most o f us. So tis t i m e t o r e s t a t e t h e p o l i c i e s o f DDXD a g a i n . 1. A l l l o g c i n g s r e p o r t e d s h o u l d b e i n ELT. 2. h g g i n g s w i l l b e be tween 5 3 0 and 1610Khz. ,unless i t i n v o l v e s a c h a n g e i n s c h e d u l e , e t c . 3. Loggings s h o u l d i n c l u d e t i p s on f o r m a t , e t c . t h a t would b e o f a i d t o o t h e r DXers. 4. We w i l l e d i t i t e m s of l o w e s t p r i o r i t y lvhen,and i f , n e c e s s a r y . ( I E : 50Kw w i d e l y h e a r d c l e a r s , r e g u l a r DX, u n i d ' s w i t h l i t t l e i n f o t o a i d i n i d e n t i f - i c a t i o n , e t c . ) . 5. Submi t t i p s b r o k e n i n t o c a t a g o r i e s u s e d i n DDXD.(IE: S u n s e t t o m i d n i g h t , M d n i g h t t o s u n r i s e , f r e q u e n c y c h e c k s , r e p l a r c h e c k s , c h a n g e s , e t c . ) 6. A s we u s e a " c u t & pas te1 ' s y s t e m p l e a s e w r i t e on one s i d e o f a s h e e t o f p a p e r ONLY, a n d i n i t a l e a c h e n t r y . 7. D o n ' t g e t t o o wordy, e x t r a l o n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s w i l l b e e d i t e d whenever p o s s i b l e .

Onward t o a small c h a n g e s sec t ion . . .more c h a n x e s w i l l b e a t t h e end e f t h i s DDW. S t a r r h a s t h e o t h e r s a n d won ' t a r r i v e t o do t h a t p o r t i o n u n t i l a b o u t 1 0 h o u r s from t h e t i m e I d o t h i s b i t . . .Sor ry t o b r e a k i t u p gang. changes 9 2 0 CBO ON s e e k s move f rom 9 1 0 h e r e & power o f 50 ,000 50,000 (CRTC) 9 8 0 WSUB CT n e t w o r k is now Ae (RM) (oh , t h e w i s e guys b a c k again--HWB 1100 WLBB GA n e t i s now Ae (KJ) 1 2 3 0 WNMB MA l i s t e d wrong i n l o g , c o r r e c t c a l l is WMNB (RM)

WINF CT s k e d v a r i e s SM s / o n from 0 5 3 0 - 0 6 0 0 - 0 6 1 c ~ 6 3 0 o f late (RM) 1 2 4 0 CJAR MB The P a s ..went RS 8/1. .// CFAR 5 9 0 & CBC n e t . (DAB) 1 2 5 0 CBOF ON s e e k s power o f 50 ,000 50,000-same f r e q u e n c y (CRTC) 1 2 7 0 CFTJ PQ c o n f l i c t i n g i n f o t a l l f rom CRTC) First s e z is 10 ,000 5 , 0 0 0 U2--

Second b i t s e z 5 , 0 0 0 1 0 , 0 0 0 U 2 (HWB) H E L P !!!!! 1 3 0 0 ???? LA g r a n t e d S h r e . . v e p o r t 500-D. The d e l e , t i o n l i s t e d i n b a c k DDXD

was a s i m i l a r a p p l i c a t i o n f o r same f a c i l i t i e s (AM) Who's she?-HWB * l o 9 0 WKFI OH e x WMVM Wilmington (HWB) 1 3 5 0 CJCR NF C a r d e r T h i s is ca l l p e r v e r i e (SM) & p e r C R x (H'W'B) 1510 ???? SC P a g e l a n d g r a n t e d 500-D (AM) Mr. Dump Hand h imse l f . . . 1 5 3 0 WPWC VA e x WQVA (AM) Send i n a mus ing & i n t r o d u c e y o u r s e l f AM---HWB

sunset & evenine 6 9 0 KGGF KS 8/22 Weak u/ Cuban b u t r e a d a b l e w/ R o y a l s BB 2120-2130 (KJ) 7 9 0 WAEB PA 8/22 Atop w/ a d f o r r e s t u r a n t @ 2048 (PMM) 8 0 0 W A D CT 8/22 W/ MOR t u n e s 2055-2100 s / o f f (PMM) Any E.B--HWB 9 6 0 WHYL PA 8/18 o f f 2101 O/ -..had C&\V,mention c o n t i n u i n g on FM (Foxy) 9 9 0 WVSC PA 8/23 Hrd. 2013-2015 W/ cl. mx. & f u r n i t u r e s t o r e ad. (PMM) 1 0 7 0 WFLI TN 8/22 Hrd. w/ a r e a aoc r e p o r t & RR mx 2014 (PMM)

+ l o 9 0 CKKW ON 8/8 K i t c h e n e r CP f o r new frequency..WaS t e s t i n g W/ OC o / m I D @ 1 7 4 5 ( J F ) Which m e a n i ' t h e y may b e h e r e b y t h e t i rne t h i s i s s u e g e t s t o t h e membership...HWEi

06 1130 WISN W I 8/10 Hrd. w/ nx & wx 2030-2035t. IIavenlt heard t h i s one s i n c e

win te r (WM) Wise Qy, I haven ' t heard them a t a---HWB. 1140 WIXC TN 8/25 W/ MOR mx, sports,^ 1938-1948..IDs a s WIXC c l e a r channel"

Maybe you expected WRVA???-HWB (KJ) 1180 VOA FL 8/25 Noted i n SS pgms 2025, I D i n SS 2030 ( K J )

+1190 CJMR ON 8/19 New s t a t i o n hrd. w/ MOR 1815. P r e s e n t l y a r e u s i n g towers of CHWO till own a r e up (JF) P a t t e r n f o r t h i s shows about % wat t down t h i s d i r e c t i o n , well--maybe a b i t more than t h a t . HWB.

1230 WMNEI MA 8/11 Hrd. AM-FM ID 2331, down i n t h e QRll (ADD) 1260 WNDR NY 8/22 W/ ads f o r "New York's Best Night Spot" 2020 (PMM) S t r ange

they would p lug WABC...HWB 1270 WLIK TN 8/6 A f t e r lVORX 2029 s /o f f t h i s w/ l o c a l wx 2031t (WM)

CFGT PQ 8/17 0/ WTSN/WSPR 21,50 w/ c l e a r ID 2200 & FF mx (Foxy) WSPR MA 8/24 "Sports Talk" w/ Kevin Kel ly 1915-1945. ID 1925 a s "The

aIG LEAGUE STATION OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND" then Red Sox BB. Was o/ u s u a l WLBR (DEF) welcome t o t h e madhouse group--HWB

WMPM VA 8/24 S/off 2000 w/ SSB weak u/ WLBR/\VSPR/WHLD (DEF) WHLD NY 8/24 0/ WLBR 2000-2015 w/ nx. S/off mentioned 98.5 MD & s t u d i o s

i n Ramada Inn...Kan SSB (DEF) 1290 WCCC CT 8/18 S/off 2101 0/ WGLI/\VNBF/;YICE..mentions 24 h r FM (FOXY) 1300 WERE OH 8/7 O/ IVFBR 2347 w/ t e l e - t a l k s t u f f (ADD) You back again?-HWB 1310 W I P NY 5/22 W/ wx & MOR mx 2018-2100 s /o f f (Pmf) 1320 WHHO NY 8/21 "Dial & Dea1"show promo,wx, s/off..2012-2015. No SSB,only

mention o f 105.3 FM o/ u s u a l semi- local WKAP (DEF) 1330 WYGO KY 8/25 S/off 2030 mentioned 3KW FM,no SSB. Had long slow j i n g l e

p r i o r t o s /o f f ( D m ) 1380 WYSH TN 8/14 Good o/ mess 2020t w/ promo f o r Anderson County F a i r t o

be he ld i n C l i n t o n (WM) 1390 WMPO OH 8/14 In f o r a few seconds a t 2029 s /o f f sugges t ing tun ing t o

WMPO FM. Nrst thought i t s a i d WAPO (WM) 1400 WJET PA 8/13 C a l l topped f r eq . 2346, t hen back i n t o jumble (ADD)

*1.440 WPRS I L 8/14 Poor between WIFE & WXVW s l o p a t 2043 s /o f f . Gave F M i n f o t h a t doesn ' t match VJ log , a change ? ? (WM)

1470 WMBD I L 8/23 0/ u s u a l s WSAN-CHOW 2320-2350 w/ Cards BB. B i t s of WOHO a l s o heard (DEF) That w i l l make mYERS very happy I ' m sure-HWB

1 4 8 0 WAR1 AL 8/7 W/ RR & YL anncr., s i g n a l weakened by s /o f f 2045 s o no d e t a i l s a v a i l a b l e (KJ)

*I490 WLDB NJ 8/18 NBC nx , loca l = , t i d e i n f o 2300-2309 then s /of f . Mention of N. bhdison Ave. s t u d i o s (DEF) This be r e a c t i v a t e d methinks--HWB

WROL TN 8/17 iV/ FM type RR format, ID 2059, t hen NBC nx (WM) 1500 WDEN GA 8/20 1st. time h e r e , b r i e f l y t h r u mess 1934 (WW) 1540 WSMI IL 8/8 AM-FM ID 2029 then k t u a l nx. (1V.i) 1550 WXVA WV 8/? Is a r e g u l a r i n Aug. a t 2115 s /o f f . Oddly tis n o t hrd. a t

a l l most o t h e r months l a s t w in t e r (Foxy) WYNX GA 8/9 O/U many o t h e r s 2015-2030 s /o f f w/ l"nspi ra t ional Pgmsf'(WM) WMA PA 8/28 Noted weak u/ CBE/WKBA w/ 2015 s /of f ( J F )

1560 WRIN I N 8/10 Hrd. s /o f f 2045,110 SSB-after U N I D s /o f f (WM) -1570 WGM TN 8/17 0/ mess 2035-2040+ w/ r e l i g i o u s mx. Rare he re d e s p i t e t h e

10Kw pwr. Often blocked by WHEL, who sometimes s /o f f 30 min. t o 1 hr. ea r ly . (NM) Well t h a t s n i c e of them a i n ' t it??-HIVB

CFOR ON 8/3-4 Booming i n , r a r e e s p e c i a l l y a t t h i s s t r e n g t h . CHLO u s u a l p e s t & blocks f req . Where was i t ? ? ? (WM)

CKLM PQ 8/10 "Say-Kah-El-&" ID 2100,then FF nx, no ClILO (WM) WPES ?? 8/12 S/off 2000 a f t e r WBUX, mentioned " f u l l day of s e r v i c e t o

t h e ??????? county area." Then wished "Pleasent Good Evening". ;fro is t h i s one ??? (EM)

1590 WETT MD 8/21 Way o/ l o c a l WQQW w/ pop mx 2030 (PEW) UNID 8/21 Had h t u a l nx 2032, & mentioned an F M on 99.9 (PMM)

1600 WTYM MA 8/4 k d . on LW v/ s /o f f 2102 o/ ---nice t ape (Foxy)

Well Gentelmen, t h a t s a l l of t h i s p o r t i o n of DDXD. We' l l be back i n a few seconds a f t e r t h e s e impor tant words from our sponsor.

0 7 light to sunrise WLO G4 8/25 f a i r w/CKEY 0040-0050 w/C&w (JF) U'SJS iiC 8/5 seemed t o be t h i s wv/s/off 0023 w/llBorn Free" (ADD) CFCH ON 8/18 w/RR, s p o t s 0535-0545 then faded u/ifC~O (DEF) WhfSJ NC 8/4 s/on w/SSB 0658, t hen i n s t mx (Ghot i ) Big deal ! ( J S ) WFUN FL 8/10 f i r s t t ime heard i n we l l , IYAKY gone 0309, z/\V p a th

dead on t h i s f r e q , f r equen t IDS w/lU? (Cihoti) IYHDH MA 8/19 sounds of t h e Night" promam o/u ICOA (DEF) CBH NS 8/5 a l l a lone 0445 w/ez mx f o r NS #2 (ADD) Who c a r e s ? ( J S ) :YOBY VA 8/10 s/on w/SSB 0600, D J Rich Ward and C&W mx (Cihoti) WKJK NC 8/10 s/on w/SSB 0605 followed by SID, c a l l s i t s e l f t h e

B ig K (Cihoti) Who is S i d ? ( J S ) WSBA PA 8/26 o f t e n heard bu t never f o r long, weak U/!'~ORD 0330-

0341 w/RR, nx and few ads (KJ) WLAS NC 8/11 w/nx 0601, seems t o be b e s t t ime t o h e a r them (KDF) KARN AR 8/26 weak t h r u mess 0130-0135 w / S t y l i s t i c s conce r t ( J F ) WKAZ WV 8/10 w/RR 0330, DJ a f t e r eve ry record , f a i r (Cihoti) WPGA GA 8/9 w/farm nx 0635-0645, many a d s f o r farm s t u f f (KJ) KLRA AR 8/21 w/CW 0031 and ad f o r s u r p l u s s t o r e (PN51) WINS NY 8/26 n o t u s u a l l y heard but s t r o n g w/KLRA/CFRB (KJ ) Time? (JS) KAAY AR 8/5 s / o f f 0159 a f t e r r e l i , was 70% readable 0100-0155, t hen

100% w/ s /of f & SSB, r e t u r n 0600 (ADD) Who a r e you r e a l l y ?

8/11 w/pop mx 0508 (Ghot i ) \LBB GA 8/4 s/on, no SSB 0715, t hen r e l i p . 9 (Cihoti) There was more

t o t h i s b u t we c a n ' t r ead Gho t i ' s handwri t ing , h e ' s been i n t o t h e e t h e r aga in , methinks ( J S )

KFAB NE 8/11 !v/\'iBT o f f , had NBC nx and ID, then i n t o i n s t mx 0504 ( G ) WblGi GA 8/2 n e t nx and p o l i t i c a l ad then mx, p a t t e r n swi t ch 0705

a s popped on frequency (Ghoti ) WPUB SC 8/2 s/on w/SSB 0645 (Ghot i ) IYCHX NC 8/3 0645 ~ / ~ r o m o s lW-%sic Radio-C*B8X" (Gh* t i ) NGOW TN 8/5 ET/RR 0124 and a sk ing f o r r e p o r t s (KDF) Which they

probably won't answer. KSTT I X 8/11 f a i r w/RR 0315-0330 u/;'NNA (JF) KV00 OK 8/11 u/:WA OC 0203 w/C&W, s t a t e #34, s t a t i o n ?%00 (ADD) \YGAR OH 8/19 noted s /of f 0000, had un-id FF 0004 W/CKSIII ( E M ) . WBbP FIE 5/14 s /of f 0148 a f t e r RedSox BB, mentioned 250 w a t t s f u l l - .

t ime, t h i s is t h e only one t h a t f i t s (fxrah) CHVD W 8/19 good 0035-0100 mostly RR w/m & FF l y r i c s , FF anncr ,

t h i n k they use day p a t t e r n weekends (CGEI) Foxy seems t o t h i n k t h i s is t h e ca se a l s o , b u t t hen , what would he know (JS)

iVJTN NY 8/16 on t o p 0300-0330 w/RR, s p o t s a l s o (DW) WCOU W 8/14 c l e a r and a t o p w//lVGBB looped, a l s o 8/15 b e t t e r than

heard w/\VGBB o f f i n June, bo th n i g h t s 0100-0300 ( fxv~h) WlIUM PA 7/30 s / o f f 0005 i n w e l l w/\VGBB looped (fxwh) Log change (JS) W F T N NH 8/15 s /o f f 0130 a f t e r l a t e Redsox BB, WGBB looped, has sSB,

is s t i l l 250 day and n i t e (fxwh) WJJC GA 8/9 0654-0658 w/gosple mx and l o c a l s p o t s , t hen l o s t t o

WNBF NY 8/22 W/RR 0128, ID a t 0130 (PEW) WHKY NC 8/10 w/OC p r i o r t o s/on 0452, had SSB 0510, g ives s / o f f

a n 0000. ABC Net loti) Do you know R. S. S t a t i o n ? (JS) -- .-.. 7

WMC GA 8/10 w/SID and CBS Nx 0500, had been p l ay ing s o f t mx wi th few breaks (Ghot i )

KVOR CO 8/12 poor 0200 w/KvET/I~Mo/WFBR, had I D and p o s s i b l e s /o f f w/ "America t h e Beau t i fu l " (KDF)

KVET TX 8/12 f a i r t o poor 0137 w/KXXO, had SIDs and C&W mx (KDF) CKOY ON 8/19 f a i r i n mess W/RR 0150 -0200 nx, s p o t s ( a M ) WFBC SC 8/12 b roadcas t ing from XR s i t e 0112 due t o s t u d i o malfunct ion

(KDF) Somebody t r i p p e d over t h e e x t e n t i o n co rd (JS) KFH KS 8/26 w/CBS Nx 0203, i n t o RR 0206, w i th V i c h i t a ' s Newest A l l

I l i t Ehsic S t a t ion" , loud w/HMOT looooped ( JS) lYho? ( JS)

RENEW YOUR EEFBERSHIP.. . . .OR ELSE! ! !

WHOT PR 8/26 w/Big A 1 Knight show 0220-0300 w/RR, Black Happenings a t 0223, l o s t t o I'JPOIV s/on 0300 (DEF) This s t a t i o n r e a l l y comes i n well here, especial ly a f t e r a few amyls (JS)

WXEE WV 8/13 i n weak w/RR 0250 and w x 0315 (ADD) WNBH MA 8/12 good 0234-0257 o/u WbUD (OCM) WNHC CT 8/19 0220-0225 s /o f f , log sez 0200, s/on given a s 0520,

s/off had, no SSB (Dm) Well, the Log is screwed again (JS) WRAW PA loca l s t a t i o n , now has bM SP 0100-0500 and new tower s i t e

is now i n operation (DEF), WKGN TN 8/26 I D 0403 pouring thru a f t e r nx/wx/sPorts O / \ W CC and

1VOOK's RR, fided f a s t (Dm) WLAV MI 8/26 noted i n RS 0430, log lists FM SP (JS) WEZY FL 8/12 O/U WSLR 0425-0455 w/m, had nx/wx 0430, IDS a s 11Y-135"

and many mentions of the "space coast" (DEF) WSAI OH 8/5 0105+ w/RS, Log Updater s e z off 0000, change? (WM) Well,

IVayne, you can change i f you want to , what would you l i k e t o be? WSAI s/off a s l a t e a s 0200 on FlM l a t e l y (JS)

WDEB ME 8/15 0120 s t a r t i n g CBS bvstery Theater l a t e due t o SOX BE, had mx 0215-0300, loca l nx on %hour, CBS nx 0300, then of f ( f x )

CKPC ON 8/23 noted s/on 0530 then ax and MoR mx, then fade (Dm) WFBL NY 8/23 atop QRM 0120 w/promo f o r NY S t a t e Fhir (PhfM) WROA hE 88/26 w/RR 0217-0250, had Ae nx, loca l nx and Cashcall promo (KJ) Unid ?? 8/14 heard 0020, c a l l l i k e IYKAA-AM and iV5W-FM 97.? (ADD)

Oh, I know who t h a t was. (JS) WVJS ICY 8/9 w/joke-situation xecord then C&W mx 0432 (Ghoti) WRBL GA 8/9 s/on w/SSB 0400, mentions XR i n Phenix City, AL (Ghoti) CJMP F'Q 8/26 surprised t o f ind t h i s w/powerful s igna ls , assumed CKTL

u n t i l ID, female D J , power increase? (JO) Yes, they a r e now 10000 2500. (JS)

WHK OH 8/26 noted w/ET/OC 0420, not known i f regu la r SP (JS) 8/23 w/C&\V a t very good leve l 0231 (PEBI)

\FENE NY 8/21 atop w / m , I D 0025 (PM) WNJR N J 8/9 i n w/RR 0428 (Ghoti) WQOK SC 8/5 s/on, no SSB 0600, male anncr, then RR mx (Ghoti) WKHJ SC 8/5 s/on 0600 i n RSS-filled f r e q w/\VHIIY/\VQOK, a t 0604

"J. Scot t Foster" promo, then C&W (Ghoti) CHEF PQ 8/7 good a t 0101 =/off a f t e r spor t s . On 8/18 s/off 0058 ( f m h ) WDLB W I 8/7 poor w/ s/off 0101 (KDF) CHOW ON 8/2 I D 0032 w/\VbiB~, has "World Famous k s i c " (KDF) 8/7 o /a l l

0230 w/ "Flore Elusic" promo (ADD) WTKO NY 8/7 0244, did they go NSP or AN? (ADD) Dunno (JS) WOHO OH 8/24 u/WSAN/CHOW 0415-0500, surfaced w/bits of t a l k show

on Booze and Pot (DEF) Did they give an address t o send f o r some? (JS)

WFXR PA 8/30 OFF 0235, periodic OC w/lotsa pop-crack-type noise, nothing heard but WOMO t e l e t a l k show, back w/RS 0258 (JS)

WBOL GA 8/5 0630 i n nx w/female a f t e r C&W and male DJ (Ghoti) WFLB NC 8/23 surfaced w / I D 0400 a f t e r IZR, then l o s t (DEF) WFAD VT 8/7 w/beautiful s igna l o/al l a t 0032 s/off w/SSB (ADD) c

WOLF NY 8/17 I D and RR mx 0105-0110 ar:d U A l l Hits A l l the Time" (Dm) WCSS NY 8/17 s/off 0108 a f t e r Sox BB, poor i n mess, heard SSB (DEF) WPOR PIE 8/12 fa i r / exce l len t w/C&W o/\VBCB/\YTXL 0030-0200, had c a l l

from NJ, a t 0101 mentioned simulcast on FM (OCN) +

WTXL MA 8/12 atop 0120 w/s/off, gave 0600 s/on (GCM) WIKE VT 8/7 s/off 0045 w/SSB, normally not on t h i s l a t e , dunno

i f had BB game (fxwh) WTVL ECE 8/14 s/off 0154 a f t e r loca l nx a f t e r Sox BB, l o t s of WPOR

QRM (fxwh) WKVT VT 8/2 regular 0011 s/off a f t e r devotional p p , ( f m h )

\?DEE M I 8/23 w/CW 0319, I D a s the "Big D" (PFDI) WDEN GA 8/26 w/another ET w/c&W, some marches 0400+, e v e FM IDS

only, whoopie (JS) 8/26 ET w/many DEN-FM IDS 0335-0340,

C&W mx, weak w/XERH ( JO)

09 1550 WClW I N 8/26 ET w/IDs e/15 min 0300%-0330+, b b R mx (JO) 8/26 ET w/

a l l i n s t mx 0215-0415+, loud, I D 0230 (JS) WCVL I N 8/28 emergency broadcast 0315-0335+, mdnhunt f o r fug i t ive

Who k i l l e d policeman i n Crawfordsville, he was trapped but people warned t o c lose doors, e t c , had mobile repor t s , e t c , many mentions of beinp; on w/full power (Jo) It was probably Raoul Duke o r some o ther dangerous Gonzo-type (JS)

WDLR OH 8/11 good on ET 0224-0230 w/ICKJO (JF) + WOKJ W 8/5 s/on 0500 buried u/CBE s/on (Ghoti) Log s e z 0600,change 1560 WTOD OH 8/1 noted s/on w/SSB 0600 w/WDXR (KDF) 1570 CKLM PQ 8/12 w/FF t a l k & mx 0104, never heard a t t h i s time b-4 (KDF) 1590 WAKR OH 8/23 way atop 0305-0315+ w/nx and RR (PMM)

%1600 WAGM M I 8/26 ET/TT/~ , mostly Chicago 0250-0400+ w/o \MU., obviously no longer NSP (JS)

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3rd TU 1590 WEHH NY (JF) MM: WJDY MD, I D e/min, list s e z 4th MM ( C M ) The above two a r e from July, a l l the r e s t a r e from August 1st WE: WITN-930 w/lk!lT 0551-0600 (KJ) 3rd MM: WPJD-1550 ( E M ) 4th SA: WHIS-1440 400 & 800 Hz 'IT (DEF) 4th MM: -1480 w/lk'Fl' (JS) WC@-1590 PA 1kTT (JS) WGOE-1590 w/RR and

female anncr

Well, people of the DXing persuasion, That's about it. Wes and I have enjoyed spending t h i s time with you but now we must go. One of the loca l TV s t a t i o n s is showing "Bride of the Burro" and we don't want t o m i s s it. Tomorrow, when the sun r i s e s over beau t i fu l downtown Girard, Wesley w i l l continue t o type upon t h i s page some changes and other s t u f f t h a t you may f ind of i n t e r e s t . Unti l we meet again, remember the words of Dan Myers: !!You guys s a i d you only wanted t o have a PICNIC i n my back yard. Why is the c a t on f i r e ? " A l l of you who attended the Great DDXD Picnic i n Toledo know what we mean. I f you missed i t , you're one of the lucky ones. Background music by Ron Schatz. Missives by RjE. Goodnight. ( S t a r r ) Dr . Gonzo is a l i v e and well i n Samoa (HsT) Krejny b e t t e r pay off h i s auct ion debt (Geoff Fox) Where did a l l the Coors go? (Occupants of Room 130) Nobody s t o l e my c a r t h i s year (AM) 1'11 never play cards with you guys again (Krejny) Wanna see a r e a l l y neat lens? (Foxx) Go play with your wire and leave my daughters alone (Warren Sass) Never again (Richard Young) Help me off the f l o o r (JAC) Send i n Juani ta (DEE) Can I get a room with food stamp0 ? (Daller) Arguhhhh (Ghoti) THE ABOVE FROM CONVENTIONS BOW TAKEN DO\W BY JERRY STARR FOR LACK OF ANYTHING MORE EXCITING TO DO I N TOLEDO. ,

OK group, back again, t h i s time weze gotz correct ions f o r several pas t DDXD noofs:: - 7/15 i s sue : Changes: WRSD 1430 granted WQDI not WODI--Mid. sect ion: WXTL

1490 should be WTXL. A186 an a*lfcation..in Calif. f o r 1490 w/ 250 250 U1, but l o s t the c i ty .

8/19 i s sue : In PSA sec t ion WSYD is 1300 not 1310,WKIVS 1290 is WNLB &WMX: 1430 is KMRC. Midnight sect ion: WRRO 1330 on 507 Main St. should be WRRL 1130 I th ink (he t o l d me a t convention,but I forgetz--HWB)

Now on t o the whole buncha changes I to ld y a t we would have. APPLICATIONS FOR NEW AMs : :

1570 KY blor~antown..seeks 250 D w/ C&W/MOR format 1590 LA White Castle..seeks 1000 D w/ Contempory format.

NEW AM GRANTS: : : And S t a r t Authorized.. . 1070 WSCP NY Sandy ~reek /Pulask i 1000 D--B.Z 158 Sandy Creek-13145 ( s t a r t ) 1090 KACO TX B e l l v i l l e 250 D ( S t a r t ) 1510 ???? SD Plillbank granted 5000 D & seeks c a l l KbtSD (*ant) 1580 WGT'W F l Mt. Dora 5000 D ( S t a r t )

CP FXl"l'NTI ONS : : 1130 \WOO VA Smithfield t o 2/3/75 1320 KCPX UT S a l t Lake City 2/10/75 1140 WJIT PR San Juan t o 10/31/74 1490 KAIR AZ Tuscon t o 2/15/75

1530 WI(IX: IL Elmhurst t o 12/21/74