he, this year, we renembered to change the year, hi...

h e , t h i s year, we renembered t o change t h e year, hi. ;%ny changes, etc. effective with t h i s issue. F i rs t , a l l columns arrived Wednesday noon, so the whole thing i s a day l a t e gett ing t o t he printer. With luck, we can s t i l l get it in the m i l on h- day. Holding pattern i n c l d e s more Corvention pix, DXCHANGE edited a t Ha, and some other stuff .

Please. take note tha t we have n new editor fo r DDXD, Eric Rittenhouse, 2315 ?wight Way, #101, Berkeley, CA 9.4704. As mentioned bdore , DXChange w i l l be edited a t H3 for t he foreseeable future. Libewise, t h i s issue contains t he i n t rdcc to ry edition of our new GR.9VEPARn DX column, edited by Herry Kayes. See inside f o r details .

ON THE INSIDE .......... * The 1977 Frequency-Check List - Joe Feln * Graveyard DX - HFlrry anyes

Clippings - Various * Long Wuve Cmverter Details - Jim IIngan & Bob Foxworth 1975~76 1W Annual Report - 34

* Preliminary Report: "The ' Loaded Beverege ' A n t ~ a " - Frank P ~ ~ i l e y * The 1st Cnymnn Verie - Eliot Streus (Thanks also t o other3 who sent coples)

NEW MEMBERS E i l l Whitucre, 2609 Devonshire Pve., L~nsing, 1 4 I 48910

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Whew1 Tlmt's a g o d load of new members. Welcome t o t h e NRC folks, and omin, apologies t o those of you who have been with us a while, but didn't p m i o u s l y make it t o the front page. That should be the l a s t of our foul-ups result ing from shipping the membership s tuf f off t o Connecticut. KEFriALS, FLASH TIPS, ETC a E PAGE 46. ... . .

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MOXTAY 17 - 0315-0345 * KUW-1290 * Penaleton, OR 0230-0300 * WSIr1560 * Slidell , LA

SATURI)AY 1/15 or 22- 0100- *WE-1550 *l<avneota9 TX ;.R)N3AY 31 0300-0@0 * KbJO-1210 * Grant's P R ~ s , OR m A Y FEB. 21 02004300 * mUZ-1400 * Green Bag, 'JI bDNDAY 28 0200-0400 * KAAA-1230 * Kingmn, fiZ I$3iT)SOB MAR. 14 063-0655 * W O I - 640 * h e s , IA 140IT)AY 21 0200-0PO * WIGIt-1490 * M f o r d , W I

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KLI>m - No pgm. deta i l s . W i l l use NT)A nag pnttern. V/s: Bob Bretz, CE; Box 278, 97801 . Arr: Nick Hall-Patch.

WSDL - h u g 1 POP. No pgm. deta i l s . V/s: George A. l m a r d , P, ,620 Fi rs t NBC Bldg., New Orleans, LA 70112. Arr: Jay Florian

WPNS - No pgm. deta i l s but w i l l use PSA 63 w. 0345-0400. V/s: David R. Baldinger, CE; Box 115, 18235. Arr: Pave Schmidt & Harry byes .

gWBC - This i s a POP, but I can't find any additional de ta i l8 nt presstime, and i t ' s too l a t e t o look and get t h i s out on time, s r i .

r WGLB - No pgm. details . V/s: Riclmrd Bluedorn, CE, Box 347, 53074. Arr: Dnvim. - - TT & v / ~ : &s. &%el Baltimore, Pres., 62 % Frank la l m 3 - krr. H. W e s o

- Selections by Bart Kaempfert Orch., Glen Campbell, V/s: Robert F. Crandfl11, CE, Box 1 4 9 , 36201. Arr: D. Lewis.

& ~ d s d r n r e p a i r s e r o i o e o r i e n t a d t o the HW an8 tP DXer, h a s been opened i n t h e Midwest. C h a r l e s A. Taylor, 936 1J. Pemple Avenue Indianapolis, I N 4 6 m 1 ( 3 1 7 - 6 3 ~ 1 6 4 9 w i l l now acoept B--390s and R--390As f o r r e p a i r . Terms, a s i d e f'rorn p a r t s and shipping oos t s , w i l l be d i scussed on an i n d i v i d u a l b a s i s . C h a r l i e b a s s i x y e a r s o f R-390 r e p a i r expe r i enoe i n t h e U.S. Navy, a s w e l l a s a week o f soh001 on t h e r eae ive r . Other r e o e i v e r e may b e aocepted f o r r e p a i r on a n ina iv l - d u a l b a s i s , s u b j e c t t o t h e same terms a s above. C a l l 317--636--2164 ~ e e k d a y s and Saturdays , from 1800 t o 2300 EST; Sundays any t lme .

Phone 703-354-2135 Before 2200 ELT 'rill Times Are GMT 'Deadl~nes Are Friday'

New stations, changes, dreds, etc. . . . . ALBkNU A new s ta t ion is opent ing on 1156 khs, parer / loa t ion unknown. (DSYCI)

AUSTRALIA XN Caulbourne, NSV is now on 1370 khs t o avoid QlM t o the new YP-1380 Uornington Peninsula (Kelbome) , NSV now on 24 hra w/5 kw. oxwo worth) BELGIUI The BRT is tes t ing a new p o kw t r a n d t t e r a t Yolvsrtam on 926 khs. This w i l l replace the 150 kw t r a n d t t e r a t H a m . (SCDX)

CHIIS CDS R. Presldente ~ b a i e z , Punta Arsnss is now on 620 khz, ex-590; CA&&O is now R. Nacional, ex-Esnemldaa; CA82-820 is now R. Nacionsl, ex-Reglonsl; CA90- 900, corrsct power is 1 kw; CCiOF1030 now R. Nacionsl, ax-Slmon Bolivar, and the correct address is Caailla 117; CA93-930 is now R. Nacional, ex-Coloso; CD109 on 1090, correct name is R. MlnerAa de h t a A r e ~ s l CA126-1260 is now R. Naciondl, ex- Continela d e l Nortel new s tn on 1320 khz, R. Llncoyan, a 1 3 2 with 100 watts, rddress F2nsur iz 221, Cauquenas; CD13'+1?30 now R. Regional, ex-Vicente Peren Rosales; new is R. Sargsnto Aldsa, Casil la 552. S m Antonio, power/all unknown on 1570 khz. '!he following s tn s are off the a i r (numbera aratthoae used in YRTHJ~E, 27, 31, 61, 6.5, 92, 97. 108, 109, 135, 137, 140, 148 and 151. via D a m )

COMORO ISLANDS The island of Ua~a t t e , which in the independence election d@%) remahn Fmnch Territory. wi l l get a new station using 4 kw on 557, 1420 o r 1457 kh..

COSTA RICA Correct p e r s f o r R. Centro on 800 and Bstacion X on 900 khz is 5 kw.

CZECHOSLOVAKU R. Prague was aked t o t e s t a new 1 9 0 In t r a n s l i t t e r on 638 (DSVCI) kha f m il/;? t o 12/29, 0800-1400, 953 khs wi l l a l so get a power lncrsrse t o 200 kw. (sCBX)

ECLUDOR R. Nacionsl Bspjo-550 w/10 In, ex-R. Juvcntudl R. Uambo-9 now 50 kw; B. Sucre-695 now 50 kwl R. Wto-760 nox 25 k * ~ R. Noticia-1OBO now 10 kw and R. Llbslc tador is now on 1235 khe, ex-600. ( m c ) * Corract c a l l f o r R. Tropicana de Cuenu on 1390 khz Is H(PU5 snd power is 5 ku; HCT(Zlrl590, R. Uensaje 18 now I ku md is &ad 1000-1400 mC. 2200-0215. (DSUCI)

BCTPT A ne8 atn is on 1239 khz, pawer/loortion unknown. (DSWCI) . EL SALVADOR C-ct power fur HRHQ-1330 is 5 kw. (DSVCI)

FRAWl;g The Nice t r a n d t t e r s hare switched powers and progmms. France In t e r is now on 1 9 9 khz with 300 kw, ex-159 and France Culture is now on 1554 with 100 kx, ex 9 . m e follonine s tns moved t o new freqe from 1241 khz on 9/20/761 Line-1070, Nancy-199 and Toulouoe-1160. All ca&y Francs Inter. (DSYCI) New s t m are Nhes on 1594 a d St. Quentin on 1484, both with low power.

QLW BEDEW lRPU8LIC k p b No. 1 on 180 kht is t o increase power b 202000 kw. BR on 1602 khz is now T O kw day aod n i b . (WC)

Athens is now 200 kw on 9SO khs. H e m i o n is now on 953, ax-980. (WC)

CM'lSMLk, Correct all f o r R. Frontem on 1@0 is TCdl. (DSVCI)

HONDURAS R. Snan is to resume opslrt ions awn on 560 khs w/3 br. 950 khs w/5 kw ud 1160 khc 11/25 Irw. Antelma tower aod part of tx bldg destro* by a bomb i n July

bbg rebuli t . (DSWCI) + h Voz 1Rangelica, Tegucigslpn is on 1390 khs w/10 kw, ex-1380. (wC)

IRDU .Ha stns/chmges am a s follows: Poona 970 Irhs 1 br: ~oadicherry-1060 khz, 1 In, ex-750: Rohtak 1100 khz, 10 kr; lbdrss B 119 khz, 1 In, ex-1420; B s b b q p 1160 khe l o kw, Jabalpur 1350 khz 20 kw; Bhopal A 1440 khs 10 kr, ex-1520: Kanpur 1550 khs 10 k*. ( D w a )

IRAQ me 2000 In t d t h r a t Babylon Is n w on 1035 khs, ex-1038. ( D a m )

IS- ' W e 1 Zahalw atns a t H.ifa on I N , Beerahelm on 1367 ud Colm on 1367 are t o increase parer h 20 kw, f m m c m n t 5 kw at a lator date. (DSYCI)

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12/11 W/ID wk but definite in WVOK null 1728. Lost to KSTL at 1731 checkbabk. No sign of CBF. (W'ski-WI) 12/10 Noted ending sports, jx/I~, then Xmas mx. (DS) 12/07 Vry strong w/rr 1720. no WSB yet. (DS-DE) 12/10 1602-1604 ending nx, wx w/jx, then C&W. (DS-DE) 12/14 Caught w/ad, SID 1549. (RJE-NJ) 12/11 Fair w/soul to 1745 s/off; no SSB. (SF-TN) 12/19 Spots w/Henderson ments, s/off W/ID, no SSB.% 12/19 off 1730, no SSB. Late?. ('ni'ski-WI) (W'ski-WI) 12/07 O/WSBA W/CW 1725-1727. Rare on SSS. (DS-DE) 12/11 W/ID 1746 into wx/nx. (W'ski-WI) 12/27 Local nx/wx, ski report 1907-1910, inst mx to 1914 s/off w/no SSB. CKNW nulled. (NH-WA) 12/21 Fair thru local WILK w/Cw 1655-1700 s/off w/ ment of Arlington-Fairfax B'casting. (HJH-PA) 12/14 W/ID and mx 1656 ufNTRY/CKGM. (RjE-NJ) 12/18 Atop freq 1737-1828. Wonder if they forgot to change to nite pattern? WONE usually dominant. (W'ski) 12/10 Atop w/rr and Jerry Tyler 1530-1550. (DS-DE) 12/11 W/contest plug o/WHO 1750. (W'ski-WI) 12/18 Out of garble 1748 w/"best mx on KFMJ" (W'ski) 12 18 Rr into ID, spot 1743, then "mid-south wx". Skff 174b aents KMIS-FM 106. no SSB. (Weski-WI) 12/09 W/rr in KtW null, local spot 1623-1630. (DS-DE) 12/08 S/off annc. KMB/WKOK 1628. (RjE-NJ) 12/17 Fair o/WBT 1520. (SF-TN) 12/26 Rough thru WWVA FB, seeined to be* rr, 2 call IDS hrd 1658. Into YCLN regional area nx w/~eNx sounder. 12/08 Wk s/off u/WBRW/~JWVA 1629. (RJE-NJ) (HJH-PA) 12/09 O/WCAU w/local spot and rr 1647. (DS-DE) 12/23 Vy good w/"~e~uiem", then s/off 1731. (KDF-IL) 12/21 Atop freq in WAD0 null W/ID 1555. (R~E-NJ) 12/10 Loud w/rr, "The River City Rocker" t702. (DS-DE) 12/08 Briefly atop w/local spots 1640. (RjE-NJ) 12/09 Atop 1701-1705 w/rr, WFBR in nx. (DS-DE) 12/09 ~/~uickie s/off after WKCY o FBR 1700. (DS-DE) 12/09 O/WFBR w/CW, spots. Long s A f w/prayer and mx "Peace in the Valley". (DS-DE) 12/05 off w/muddy voice and son$ "I Believe" 1645. PT sez is they, and muddy audio is normal. (RjE-NJ) 12/07 Atop freq w/local ads. wx for "the Niagra Frontier', into romo for schmaltz mx. (DS-BE) 12/23 Vy poor u/&EE/KUDL w/s/off 1815. (KDF-IL) 12/18 W/call ID 1609, rr. Believe pattern switch 1715. 12/26 Exc 1458 w/C&W. fem DJ w/ ID as VHMP (HJH-PA) AM and FM stereo, Northampton'. (HJH-PA) 12/07 W/sppt, ID/TC into CBS nx 1659-1700. (DS-DE) 12/20 Local spot, rr 1725. (RJE-NJ) 12/20 Wk s/off annc. u/%INH/WSAN 1715. (RjE-NJ) 12/20 Topping freq W/ID. CkW 1703. (RJE-NJ) 12/14 Good at 1730 s/off w/plug for WKST 100.3, no SSB. 12/19 ~/rr': ments of "Stereo 95". "Super Q". (SF-TN) Lo has this as WLRC, W/FM only as WLRQ. (W 'ski-WI) 12709 w/WCKY semi-nulled, pop rlgs mx, thingie for "J-ville 's Newest Radio Stn". off 1730. (DS-DE) 12/23 Fair/good w/local spot, ID, wx. (KDF-IL) 12/21 Fair w/s/off 1730. "Inspirational pgming". (HJH) 12/09 C W , then s/off 1743-1745. 'When we s/off. even the sun goes down". (DS-DE) 12/18 Tent w/s/off after WAMY 1745 12/18,19,22, 1748 12/21. Call sounds right, and def 250w. (HJH-PA) 12/16 Fair w/s/off 1614.;Em anncr w/rlgs Xmas mx.

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/s' MIDNIGHT TO SUNRISE: 570 WGMS MD 12/20 w/ET/TT/ID o/kKBN 0213. (KDF-IL) 710 WGBS FL 12/20 Clear 0231 W/MOR off & ETing. (KDF-IL) 810 WATI IN 12/21 Good at s/on 0715 o/u wBIW/WEKG, no SSB. (SF) 810 WCEC NC 12/23 Good on 0715 s/on O ~ E K G , no SSB. (SF-TN) 810 WDMP WI 12/18 At s/on just ahead of WEKG/WBW/~MTS. (SF-TN) 810 WED0 PA 12/24 Fair in WGY null w s/on 0716, no SSB. (SF-TN) 850 WKBZ MI 12/13 Fair u/WJLi 0530 WLSB d s/on. (SF-TN) 850 UNID ?? 12/27 0345-0430 o/u Mexican mx in slavic-type lgg,

must have been comedy, as mx, talk. laughter inter- spersed. Announcements sounded FF, Montreal ments 0437. (W'ski-WI) CKVL? - ECR.

930 WKY OK 12/20 Huzzah! KIIE off, this logged w/rr 0212-0229. 1060 KUPD AZ 12/27 0201 w/tlk, phone #, "and you're on (MR-TX)

the air ~/KuPD". (W 'ski-WI) 1140 WAWK IN 12/24 U ~ R V A w/local spots 0747. (W'ski-WI) 1170 WCLN NC 12/17 Wk u m V A 0725 w state nx, local spots. (SF-TN) 1220 UNID ?? 12/16 0024-0027, TT w/iD at end, WREV or WRTB. (DS-DE) 1240 CFLS FQ 12/10 0110 loud W/FF T=40. Still 250w? (DS-DE) 1310 CHGB PQ 12/27 Fr U/CFGM OC w/WNIC nulled. FF tlk 0510-25. (SF) 1310 CKOY ON 12/13 O/WISE/WIFE 0455 w/rr, contest promo. (SF-TN) 1320 WHOK OH 12/16 Fair 0600 W/SSB & s/on. (SF-TN) 1370 UNIDs ?? 12/27 0520-0600. one C&W (WSPD?). one rr. one

MoR. All 3 EST, 2 had low temp, 1 lower than WSF'D, maybe New %land. One rob WCOA, as they had NA 0558, 0600 WFAR s/on ogll. HELP!! (MR-TX) CkW surely WSPD, NE rr poss WFEA - ECR.

1400 WKWK WV 12/20 ANing w rr. contest promos. (WH-PA) 1450 WMAJ PA 12/20 Atop w/!r 0020-0023. Local WILM off to 0100. 1530 WTTI GA 12/20 W/another of their absurd ETs 0157. (Mi) (DS-DE) 1540 KXEL IA 12/20 off 0200 receded by rlgs. (MU-TX) 1560 KRBB OK 12/17 ET around 0t30. (MR-TX) 1570 WGLX OH 12/27 Wk 0600 w/A.M-Stereo FM ID into Ae nx. (SF-TN) 1570 UNID ?? 12/20 W/rr, FF talk, K-TEL Records ad 0142+ (MR-TX) 1580 WRDI NJ 12/17 0004-0007 w/annc, f/c, TT w/I~s. (DS-DE) 1590 WACA SC 12/25 Wk 0600 w/detailed s/on, no SSB noted. (SF-TN) .

That's all she wrote! The inaugural ECR DDXD is about to reach its close... There are small green men dreesed in HWB suits landing on my roof and the hands of the dicit3 wristcl~ck tell me that it's about time to call it a night. It's a night . REPORTERS to this edition of DDXD:

RjE RUSS EDHUNDS Kinnelon. NJ HQ-150, 4ft Altaz, etc. KDF KARL FORTH Villa Park, IL HQ-160, SM-1 SF STEPHEN FRANCIS Alcoa. TN TRF Ross ROSS HANSCH Madison. WI' HQ-180AX, 4ft Loop BH BILL HARDY Aberdeen, WA HE-30, SM-1 NH NANCY HARDY Aberdeen, WA HE-30, SM-1 HJH HARRY HAYES Gouldsboro, PA T-0, SM MR MIKE RAMIREZ San Antonio, 1X HA600A. Short Longwire % DS DAVE SCHMIDT New Castle, DE HQ-180, SM-2. IW (silly) GMS GEORGE SEMKO Bison, NY TRF

I W 'ski BOB WESSOLOWSKI Milwaukee, WI Philco Console ECR Footstool Vomit, ID Screwdriver

Finally, a Happy New Year to anyone who cares, good DX to thoso who still can, and a last big thanks to Wes, Jerry, John, and dear Alphonz . . . .

73 and good DX de ECR....

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GRAVEYARD DX ........... 1230, 1240, 1340. 1400. 1450. 1490 .....

oditer: J. 8.j.s S t u Rout., Box 2260 Gouldsboro. Pa. 18424

Hi ewrgene. Uelcorw t o edit ion number 1 of GYIP Achievomonts. This is not an act-1 column this t h e uound but a list* of the ru les t o be followed when snbadtting r v t e r i a l t o the colunm.

This column is, a s thm mm implies, a l i s t i n g of the best GY catches f e r each submitting DXer fo r t he i r ent i re ming c u e e r . The C k s s IV e r *graveyardw chuunls . a s they are called are 1230. 1240. 1340. 1400. 1450 and 1490. Only catches on these 6 channels w i l l be censidersd f o r inclusion in the l i s t ing .

GYIX Achievelunts w i l l appear 7 tlmes a you . The f i r a t slx columns vill ba coapat l tm. l i s t ings fo r the s ix GY channels. The seventh column w i l l be a .* frmquency* count a d grand t o t a l l i s t - of GY stations legged by each mar. The f i r s t celumh. t o a p p u . probably i n the 1/31/77 R U . w i l l be f e r 1230 khs. fellowed in roughly 5 weks by 1240 then 1340 and so en t o 1490. I will post deadlines fo r submission a s I decide qv schedule. &re on when t o submit.below.

8.w. vhat you should submit. I want your b e s t = catches f e r each GY chan- ne l , t ha t i s the two loggod tha t are fur thes t from your locatien, past e r present. Fer each entry compute f i r s t the d i s t n o e in miles each catch is frem your lsc?.tien f e l l 4 by your lua, and location. then the s ta t ion c a l l le t t . r s . fmquenq md i ts location. Finally. include the date the s ta t ion was logged if av8iLbI.m. The reasen.1 ask fo r the date of receipt i s tha t it is being con- sid.rmd t e hare pro-1960 loggings seperate from the res t . The interferenc. from a11 night s h t i e n s was much b s s in t ha t e r r and would seem t o qualify for a sep- a n t . l i s t ing . This separate l l s t i n g s ta tus is s t i l l d e c i d e d . but 5f I receive many pre-1960 legglngs I vill consider it.

The v.y your submissions should appmar Is below. I ask you t c iac l tde the freqwncg of each catch on each submission and a lso your n a r . I w i l l probably cut a l l i a t e s t r i p s a d m a m g e in the p r e p r erder, thus I don't want t o ais- plaom my.M.

990mi. Jack GLOn, Conehohocken. PA WCNH-129 Quiacey FL. 945mi. Jack GLOTZ, Conshohocken, PA KLIC-129 Monroe LA.

1005mi. Jack GLOTZ , Coa~hohockon. PA WGRn-1240 Greonuomd. lS. ... and so on. A s u p l i n g ef how the column w i l l look is below.

rllrr Daer & loo. s ta t ion & lec. 1020 Bob B L O T Z W , Idabell OK. UEQ( Easton. PA. 990 Jack GLOTZ, Conshoheckan PA. WCNB Quincey,FL. 980 Fi l rore FUTCHEST. Cormrdl ON. WOLS Flomnce,SC. 945 Jack GLOTZ Conshehocken PA. KLIC Monroe LA.

Uhmn 8ab.itting t o the meventh colum or t o t a l s column include the numbnr of 8t . t iensl0gg.d on eaah channel and the s m ef these. Also the y e u when yea 8tart.d IPbg from yem l i s t d locatien. A s u p l f n g ef the column is be1.w. YB IlXer & loo.

F k l l y . the l i a i h t i e n s . A s it stands n w we would l i ke t o includ. stations i n tho Xst lng not e x w d i n g 1 kw. a t tha tirs of receipt. Also.statiens i n the (laitad Statas, W, PLxioo. Buh and Bahamas o e will be considered f o r th. Xmtimg a s t b s e u e the o d , ~ u e a s when G Y s ue -ally GIs . Can re r se l wm flnd it 1rom8suy t o iaclrPd. only contribatere located i n the a b m u s a s . This is dew with siacera apologies t o those outside the u e a s , but most w i l l ada l t t ha t it is m h eas ier t o hear a GY s ta t ion a great distance In m area v i th l i t t l e GY intarfermnce. This brings up the quostion of whether or not t o include Hawaiian loggings ef Xsinknd stations. Tel l .s what you think when you submit. Om other l i r t t a t i e n is tha t m vlnt only two l i s t i ngs per ahanael per DXor. Thus your two best can bm from tvo d i f ferent ming locations but not the two bes t from u.

M a r on deadline8 I would l ike t o sske the f i r s t for 1/20/7? if wm a m to make tb. 1/31 issw. You run submit your t o t a l s individually or fo r a l l 6 ahnne l s , this is up t e you. I would think the kttor choioe would b the v l se s t a s f a r a s v8 taga is o o n o e d . Whatover you do. submlt, w u e looking f e r a big column. -0 u l l l b tho top contader fo r 12301 I?

LONG WAVE CONVERTER DETAILS by Jim Hagan and Bob Foxworth

Here are de ta i l s of the long wave converter tha t i s being offered along with the multi-core f e r r i t e loop antenna that was jus t described in DX News. A schematic and f o i l pattern i s provided below. The osc i l la tor subassembly i s a commercial item, available from International Crystal. The frequency of the crystal may be selected t o su i t the user 's requirements. Suggested frequencies would be 3500 kHz which would permit the user t o tune the f i r s t 500 kHz range on a bandspread range fo r the 80-meter amateur band on h i s HF receiver, or 3000 o r 4000 kHz which would permit use of a d ig i ta l frequency readout with minimum changing of the preset (e.g. 164 would come in a t 4164 on the d i a l ) . The double-balanced mixer i s a commercially available assembly and use of it allows the user t o tune much closer t o the osc i l la tor frequency before undesirable osc. feedthrough effects become a problem. This represents a considerable improvement in performance over typical mixing type LW conver- te rs . The lowpass f i l t e r incorporated around L1 and L2 i s effective i n keeping out unwanted broadcast s ta t ion feedthrough. This converter i s intended specifi- cally t o operate with the f e r r i t e core loop/preamplifier described ear l ie r . Note tha t the operating voltage appears on the input jack. This allows use of a single coax cable between the preamp and the converter. The procedure for inquiries i s the same as tha t described i n the antenna a r t i c l e i n DX News.

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20 197576 ANNUAL REPORT ZI

T H E "LORDED BEVERAGE" A N T E N N A The 1975-76 DX season w i l l be remenbered by NJFC as the year that the de-centralisation was implemented. Reprints, Publicst ions orders and Gmbership functions were farmed out I n i t i a l Report thus reducing the HQ workload sijgificantly. As you my remember, this de-centralisnt ion (Frank E. Dailey) became a necessity rather than R dream for us during the pest year due t o om Treeaurer's =ore frequent absences due t o business, end our h X o m Coordhtor's business comit- While a t t e n d i n g t h e pre-Convention YAD a t Je r ry S t a r r ' a house, ments and impending (at tht time) marriage. .We8 ~ o y d and I had t h e oppor tun i ty t o diacusa t h e g o t e n t l a 1 f o r

what we chose t o c a l l t h e " ~ o a d e d Beverage Antenna . What t h i s The basic de-centralisation of Publications qml Reprkts proved t o be fnir ly msy t o would amount t o i s upwards o f 1333 f e e t of wi re i n an a c t u a l s t r a i g h t accosplish, our only problems being the UPS strike and the resultar& problems h get- l i n e o f 633 t o 753 f e e t . (As i n a c t u a l beverage antennas, t h e longer t ing Logs -out of iiQ; a d our failure t o change the addresses on the re*int l i s t s t h e b e t t e r - but space conserva t ion is t h e premium h e r e ) . I f t h i s themselves. The de-centralisstion of the jhmbership functions ~ f ~ r ~ ~ t e l y met with approach proved p r a c t i c a l , many DXers who d i d n ' t have t h e room f o r more than a few snaPus: missing names of new members on the front mge (our apologies) ' t h e r e a l t h i n g could perhaps use t h i s ins tead . The antenna would missd address changes, snd soma internal confusion, but most of this i s behind us be s i m i l a r t o loaded VHF antennae and i n theory it appeared p r a c t i c a l , now as we're 1/3 of the wpy through Volume 44. b u t would it work a t HF o r MW ( i f you p r e f e r ) f requencies .

Following the rapid grmrth during Volumes 42 and 43, our membership totnl has slacked off a bit, and has stabilized just short of the 700 figure we rwched for the f i r s t t ise in September of 1975. This i s due t o the n o m l at t r i t ion after 1-2 years of men;. bership by those who don't stick with the hobby enough t o maintain club membership combined uith the large nlimber of members who joined 1-2 years ago. No doubt also economic factors play some part in this, too.

Our bulletin content has been the same through Volume 43 as it was for Volume 42 in terms of approxbte ratios of ar t ic le page3 t o column pages, and of the breakdowns of the CO~UIIIU pages. Our to ta l page count for the year was 944, or 16 pages less than our projeotion. Our annual aim for the psst few years has been 20 small issues and 10 large ones, each presumbly 22. or 48 pages. Things being what they are, we fre- qua t ly have t o compromise as we have too much copy for a small issue and not enough for a large one, thus more issues in the 36/@/44 page range (4). Volume 43 also had 3 -ge issues, or , not enough copy on hand for full-sized s m l l issue. Pour support in terms df articles and column support w i l l t e l l if that situation changes

, for the comlng year.

We have gotten out bath a new d i t i a n of the Night. Pattern Book and a reu edition of the MU: Domestic Log during the p ~ s t Voluum Pear, and both contnin more useful. material than ever before.

We have also arranged for the orderly transition from the current publishers t o the new publishers, and in so doing, we w i l l be achieving even more de-centralisation. The Louisville group w i l l have t o concern themselvee priinarily uith only three of the Inany aspects of club operat ians which we took on in Volume 41 : General club operations, b i i e t i n pblicatiorJdistribution, and trmsury. The latter, too, would have been removed from HQ save for a request that it co~ne al- t o Louisville as well.

A t p resen t , I have n o t s t r u n g more t h a t 703 f e e t , bu t it appears promising, and i n hopes of g e t t i n g o t h e r DXers t o t r y it, compare, t o o t h e r antennae ( loops, LW's o r t r u e beverage antenna

l a t e r bu t t h i s i s t h e non-technical, i n i t i a l repor t . know t h e r e s u l t s . Hopefully, Boyd w i l l pub l i sh a techn

The b a s i c concept i s t o run t h e b a s i c lo rqwire but t o "load" it every s o o f t e n t o g e t more wi re i n t o t h e run" so t h a t t h e antenna appears longer t o incoming r a d i o waves than it a c t u a l l y is.

T h i s i s accomplished by t a k i n g a s u i t a b l e non-conductive mate r ia l , ( c l o s e t poles , PVC tubing, o r o t h e r ) i n 8 t o 13 f o o t l eng ths , c a r e f u l l y wrapping yowwire around it (much l i k e a c o i l form o r space magnet) u n t i l you have 83 t o 130 f e e t of wire wrapped around t h i s 8 t o 13 f o o t pole. A f t e r t h i s i s done, t h e u n i t ( 8 ) can be s p l i c e d i n t o t h e a c t u a l l o n m i r e antenna a t about e v e m 153 f e e t . Thus wi th an a c t u a l 633 f e e t 07 m a c e . one can have about-1353 f e e t of l o n m i r e . A sketch -

rr r e p r e s e n t s 103 f t w l r e wrapped on 1 0 pole. 8 y s f ~ e have e 8 ?+$get&

w i t h t h i s antenna ~W/WMAL/WJJD/WBBM/WJR a r e horma?ly r e ~ ~ ~ ~ e a ~ l : a t NOON. Likewise T/A's a r e r o l l i n g i n long before expected. With my 530 f o o t ( t r u e leng th) antenna some beverage e f f e c t s a r e n o t i c e a b l e on t h e h igh end. However~more wire must be added before it becomes t r u l y no t iceab le . But, f o r example, WAXC-1463 has been received s t 2m from Rochester i n t h e a f te rnoon over t h e much c l o s e r Albany and New Hyde Park s t a t i o n s . . . ~ . ~ ~ it has p o s a i b i l f t i e s . * (in Connecticut)

A l l of the de-centralisation proc&s is, of course, desiged t o nake operations My purpose i n t h i s a r t i c l e i s not t o t e l l you we have a g r e a t new smoother sod fastar, as well as t o l i m i t any one person's workload or indispensibili- antenna; b u t , t o encourage you t o t r y t h i s and compare it t o your ty, thus assuring easier transitions in the future.

I p r e s e n t antenna s e t up. I f you do t r y one, p l e a s e l e t Wee Boyd o r m y s e l f k o w your r e s u l t s and o r comments. I w i l l be adding more wire

Finally, we have made arrangements with our accountant t o supply us with balance a a time permi t s and w i l l keep everyone posted a s t o my r e s u l t s and those sheets for pbl icat ion in DX NEWS in the ear f i tu re for Volume 43, as well as the o f anyone e l s e who .eta up a s i m i l a r u n i t and l e t s me know t h e r e s u l t s . long overdue sheets for Volume 42.

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ACWICRIZDQEMENTS : Spacial thurks go t o the following members rho contributed in fo rmt ion on regular checks;

Ernest J. Wesolowski, Ron Muaeo, John Sonmrer, Faceat E. Orborn, Phil Blytheway, Hamy J. ?layes, Sharon Waterman, W 3 .Ritaylk, Kelly Andrews, Bob Walker, Dave Sahnidt, Jam8 Hopkina, B u e e Golden, and B i l l Stone.

Several monitoring ooap.nies a lao supplied a list of t h e i r oboks.

Any addlt ionr, d e l ~ t i o r u , oorrectlons, ahould be sent t o -

Joseph Fela 150 Robert PUoe So. Plalnfleld, N.J. 07080

Th. opinbm n p n c d in *is column a n lho.. of th indirlduml mmbrs. and do not -ih m l k n lhor d th d i t o n , tho p u b l i i n . or th N.tlon.1 Radio Club.

KARL JETER - 2816 Frontier T r a i l NE - Atlanta, bA - 30341 Greetings. I ' m f i na l ly out of school f o r the holidays un-

t i l l/4. Beside8 wyk , I 've got l o t s of DX time - tlme f o r my annual "December DX Bli tz. Last year I got 60 or so newies & I ' d l i k e t o top t h a t , but I ' m off t o a slow s t a r t so f a r as not much new i s coming down the wire. Here's recent s tuff : Cayman-1555 I s ; regular i n the eve & morn here, heard 11/26 well @ lOpm w/"time pips & in to BBC World Ser- vice. 11/27- R. Conora-675 Costa Rica noted well W/SS mx & IDS. Dakar- 764 11/27 a l so @ 12:57a, w/their IS, weak, but there . Whoops, Sonora's

* time was 12:45am. WKKO-860 FL heard W/ET/TT & I D @ 1:58. Also they had mx during that ET. One surprlsing th ing l a t e l y i s that Guinea-1403 i s about the best TA on almost any given night , even when CX a r e off & the regulars aren ' t heard, I can generally get audio, although weakly, from t h i s guy. Nust 've jumped up power, eh? On 11/29, during an SSS t ry , I heard WBUL-1220 AL w/s/off 5:45pm. I th3ught t h i s was a newie unt 11 I realized it was old WBVI. 12/6 brought unn WSGA-1400 well on top of the mess 8 1:13am w/"Gal Friday contest promo. Local NSPer wasn't NSP t h i s AM (12/6) as they were off , but had e i t h e r OC or TT most of time, so same difference, h i . I am mournin@: the loss of WSB's deceased MM SP - R. I.P. Back t o 12/6, Em. Monserrate-650 Colombia heard well B 3:20 w/ WSM off - frequent ment Ion of Bogota. 12/7 AM, KDFN-1500 heard w/s/on O/WTOP & WSB harmonic @ 7. This one plays a Kate Smith vers1on.of SW, also mentions KOEA-FM. Old t e s t f r iend WRBJ-1580 M I in t h i s AM, way o/ usual, 7:llam w/UX. Finally, WTAB-1370 NC noted w/ET/TT & I D B 1:25am on 12/11, t h i s unn also. Further comments on ve r i e returns. In the past , I have had much b e t t e r return. than here l a t e ly . I used t o get a- bout 60-655 re turn even a year ago, but I ' l l bet half tha t now. But I ' m stubborn ( fool ish?) enough t o keep a f t e r 'em as the ones two years ago I t h o u ~ h t I ' d never hear from did eventually answer. Only one ver ie in Dec., KTMN-1530. Have a Merry Christmas & Happy M New year! 73.

BRUCE REYNOLDS - Route 2 - Box 608 - Warrensburg, MO - 64093 Time t o check In aggln, though notnlng much t o report.

KDKD-1280 i s now on S i net & play contemporary mx, formerly c/w. WDL- 1380 us plugging upcomlng c a l l change t o KCNW & w i l l s tay all-NX despite the demise of NIS. DX: 11/14- KICD-1240 s/on-SSB 7:30am. 11/15- gFML 1390 4:45pm w/free form type programming. Strange, I had never noticed t h i s one before,. but heard several times i n the l a t e afternoon since. KOKC-1490 o/mass 7:13pm & KQTY-1490 likewise @ 7:50. Both had c/w mx. 11/16- KCOL-1410 u/WING 6:56pm. 11/17- WEIC-1270 U/WHBF/KFJZ/WCMR Q 6: 35pm W/SX, then rr. Veries' v/q- YIMS-1420. v/f- KFLA-TEST. v/l- KQTY KCOL KAYS KWOS 6 KLWT. I hope a l l enjoyed the holidays & w i l l get l o t s of good DX i n '77!

', BOB S U C K - 18 Coleman Stfeet - 2-B - West Haven, CT - 06516 At long l a s t re turn t o these pages, having recently ac-

quired an ear ly Christmas g i f t i n an HQ-lb5-A. MU I s on a single band with d i a l markings every 50k, & the BFO doesn't work, but it beats using nothing, & excels over the Meissner AF surplus when It worked. Next s t ep I s an FET fo r my loop. ERC, look out - I ' m going on a ve r i e ramp- age. Nice session a t Qoorgei.itass1 recently, especially ge t t ing DX NEWS a week early. Only DX has been WIQT-TEST while se t t ing up new RX. De- cent signal , even U/WCFL'S Rev. Ike. Phoned the anmuncer who sa id he'd received c a l l s from I N & FL a f t e r VCFL s/off. I hope fo r more next Muse*

~PEIL - 2445 "En St ree t - Apt. 6 - LLFICOLH, EIB - 68510 The lPRC '77 LINCOLN onv vent ion goera w i l l be afforded protect-

ion from Injuns through arrangements with the Seventh Cavalry - amen members o f . the U.S. Cavalry. DX from t h i s Homestead follows: 11/5- KIKR- 900 Conroe, TX 6:16-6:31prn NX & i n to s/off . 11/14- KDMS-1290 El Dorado, AR.on GP w / r r & I D 2:35-2:45. 11/17- KWNS-1290 P r a t t , KA @ 7pm I D Into NX, IllLH-1290 Thayer, MO e a r l i e r In day a t s/on. 11/21- WYNN-540 Flor- ence, SC on TEST W/TT & IDS. 11/23- WKST-1270 Prichard, AL on announced r/c-DT 1:32-1:45 s/off , KXTK-950 Forrest City, dA 5:42-5:55pm W/NX & farm markets. 11/24- WLSM-1270 Louisvi l le , MS on r/c 1:59-2:06 w/~uzz tone & IDS each minute; WWW-1290 Sparta, W I noted l o u d . w / ~ ~ & I D a s ET O 1:30. 11/25, a good Thanks lvlng W/KSXW-1290 Pocatel lo, I D 7:05-7:15pm w / r r , spots, dr s o f f . 11726- KSRC-1290 Socorro, NM 6:45-7pm W/SS ranchera mx i n to I. s/ff on the hour. 11126- YEJC-660 noted shor t ly aftma t h e w s/ on. 11/27- KJCK-1420 Junction City, KA loud on ET with counts, OC & ID. 11/28- CJBK-1290 London, Ont. peaked up ANlng w / r r & IDS. 12/6- UTAW- 1150 College Sta t ion , TX fair-to-good on TEST 1250-2:05 W/C/W, TEST I D , i n to Fighting Bggle Band mx. And sorry t o say, t ha t 's it f o r my new DX. It seem8 t o be an u p h i l l b a t t l e fo r new catches wlth me t h i s season so far, f ex TESTs hea U. Veries i n from f/ups: WDBL, KEEY, KPAG K W X , a l l v/ls. Veries i n from new seaspn: CBNM, KBMO, CJRC, CHSM, CFNS, CFRQ a l l c/qs, & KWNO, ma, KTCH, WPHB, WAX, KXRV, ICBUL, KNWC, KIKR, KFGQ, C U D a l l v/l8 6: v/fs. The two biggesh s ized ver ies I have recelved are both from 80 - g g U t a v/q the l e t t e r I recelved today from K(IFX (18"x25"). Season's Greetings to-al l NRCers.

SKIP DABELSTEIN - 8209 Vest 78th St ree t - Overland Park, KS - 66204 A l i t t l e DX t o report since l a s t Muse. Unn r/c from

WIDG-940 heard Q 12:Ol 11/11. Kuch-ranted WAG-1400 Pagosa Springs, CO heard on 11/15 O 2:30 W/POP. Later , KMM-1580 Tempe, AZ heard w/c/w t i l l a/off 7:3O. This 1s the t h i r d c a l l f o r t h i s one, previously veried a s XYND & KTUF. 11/22 brought TEST from m i - 5 4 0 . I bope nobody missed t b i e due t o the incorrect da te in the DX Calendar. It made the IRCA b u l l e t i n OK & I usual ly check both postaafds of no t i f i ca t ion t o the clubs f o r ag- roement but Ruse say8 the NRC card did say 11/26. I d id c a l l t he Nebrae- Ila gu a & We8 Boyd t o get t he word out t o a few. 11/23 brought POP from gDUZ-I260 Hutchinson, MN O 1:30. Two new Xk loggings on 11/29, XEIW-1280 O 2:03 fo lo by XEYJ-950 O 3:15. ~ / q from WNIL-1290 & v/f KFLA-1310. To- t a l s now a t 1,879. Where a r e a l l the DX TESTs t h i s year? I knew my mov- ing the pastSSummer would cut back my CPC time considerably, but a f t e r l i s t e n i n g t o everyone a t Louievll le, I thought sure we'd have a l o t more par t ic ipa t ion . I f ind it i ronic tha t we have l e s s than a dozen ac t ive CPCers in t h e Club, yet some TESTS receive 39-40 r epor t s from NRC mem- bere. This marks my 1 7 t h year i n the NRC & it eeems a s tlme goes on & t he l a rge r w e get , t he less smppof;t we have i n Muslnge & CPC. The problem of havkg a "Let Worge do it a t t i t u d e i s t ha t George ge t s t i r e d too! As f o r t he Lincoln Conventlom, we have a l r e a y l ined up a r e a l n i c e motel & two featured epeakere. I n addit ion t o tbe NRC Convention Labor Day weekend, the Nebraska S ta t e Fa i r w l l l be running; about a ten minute d r ive from the motel. 73s & DX.

JOHN - 2937 West ( f i lber t - Peoria, IL I ' v e been a member a couple of 'months 80 I thought it about

time f o r a Muso. I ' m 18 years o ld a freshman a t Bradley U. & I ' m majoring in bur lmas adminietratfon. 1've been DXing about two years & have hemd 28 statarl. I hove very few ver les , .aomethin,~ S hope t o improve up- on. School's been keeping me r e a l busy here . , Here'e what l i t t l e I ' ve heard: 11/17- WET-1110 5:55pm o/KFAB who usually boom8 in here ( f i r s t NC e ta t ion) . 11/19- WOE-1060 LA a surpr ise fo lo by WXJK-950 Forest C l t

w/fair s igna l around 5145pm. 1 f i n a l l y got ol W/IPI-640 on 11/26 O 11: 40 w/toU. 11/28 found KSAL-1150 8 5:3Opm, then KQYM-1560 M0 u/= plug

(~lemmer) f o r "Super Q Radio". One I forgot WDDT-900 MS s/off O 6pm on 11/17. Anybody have any idea who carr ied LSU-Tulane game on 11/20? I hope t o have more t o report next time a f t e r long Christmas break; time tha t I can spend DXlng. ( I hope!) Good DX & 73. (ilelcome t o the NRC & our Muslngs group, John! We look forward t o much more! -ERc)

KEN ONYSCHUK - 16771 Shea Avenue - Hazel Crest, IL - 60429 Season's Greetings t o a l l members. I had the pleasure of

ge t t ing two Kansans i n one week, 12/5. KKDD-1550 Dodge City w/barely audible I D In mess 8 6:30pm. Then MM 12 113 I had f/c on 1530, KMBI, Nor- ton W / I D ~ O 1:13 & 1:17 as sked w/much s lop from Rev. Roosevelt Franklin on KXEL-1540. Jus t before WIQT-TEST, I heard r / c from WCAZ-990 Carthage IL alone, no CBW o r WNOX, O 1:24am I D . I t had WIQT 1:40-1:55. I got cor-

. r ec t phone number from Karl Forth & gavm em a buzz. Signal was e r r a t i c & pesty XEOY played havoc a t times. NY #20 In my book. I found out l a s t week I ' l l be on afternoon s h i f t through a t l e a s t July. We've got over 256 more cars t o bukld f o r NYC Transit Authority. Those beauties with

, the b ig "Mu on the s ide , New Yorkers. I usually s p l i t qu i t t i ng tlme between l2:3O & 2:30am, thou h a l o t of workers put In 12 hours regularly. I occasionally t r y f o r a f$c when I qet home, but they don't I D of ten e- nough f o r me, very disappointing. I m anxiously awaiting my new Domestic Log. I understand UPS s e t t l e d l a s t week & I ' l l have plenty of updating t o do. I sent my money order i n 9/20 I think. I ' m looking forward t o Bob Kramer's get-together on 12/26. I haven't r e a l l y seen everyone, loca l ly , s ince l a s t June. I t ' s just a b i t d i f f i c u l t wlth my family & work sked. However, I haven't l o s t my in t e re s t . I 've been an AM DXer f o r t e n years & I t ' s a most challenging hobb . I hope t o have another Musing before 1977. By the way, Bob Del Giorno I s sure waking things up wlth h is 8:15-12 morning s h i f t a t WAIT-820. I t ' s a much-needed Improvement. The 38-year0old DJ i s the only "personali ty" they w i l l have f o r t he time being, according t o s t a t i o n management. Merry Chrlstmas, & 73.

DAVE SCHMIDT - 42 Chelwynne Road - Castle H i l l s - New Castle, DE - 19720 I guess t h l s Muse w l l l be the l a s t f o r '76 o r t he f i r s t

f o r '77. hinge have f i n a l l y shaped up & l o t s of new s tu f f has been * heard, t o w i t : 11/26- WCBC-1270 5:lO-5:23pm w/Inform t i o n '76 NX program. 11/29- WAOK-1380 1:02-1:13am w/soul, w/$ocal WAMS on f I ' m i n t h e i r maln lobe, too). Later on, CJSS-.220 5:38-5:50pm W/NX, many spots, even CBS network s tu f f . I a l so noted UJML-1110 ea t ing up WBT @ 5:13pm. 12/9- . WKCY-1300 4:50-5:58pm w/c/w, then s/off. I hear t h l s one i s a roughle t o

, so a PP/C sent with report . Newie WCRJ-1530 5:22-5:30pm, now on gr:&Y nulled, evidently they're runnlng a pop-rellglous mx foma t . 12/10- WRY-980 3: 25-3:48pm w / r r , heard n ight ly but never t h i s early, WEBS-590 4:14-4:30pm W/MOR & CBS net s t u f f , long-sought, & WW-690 4:38- 4:50pm w/c/w. I 've heard WMBS many times i n the past , even se t up a TEST w l t h thep i n '70 but waited s i x years l a t e r before f i n a l l y report ing them h i ! Veries: v/q- CJSS-1220, v/f CJJD-1280, v / l - ~ ~ B ~ - 1 2 7 0 , bringing t h e magic t o t a l t o 844. I ' v e f i n a l l y gotten b i t s of audio from the very ov-

. er-modulatedpirate runnlng on1610, givlngmentlons o f E P A 1 s most l ls- tened-to s t a t ion , and frequency p v e n a s 1280, & I believe the c a l l is e i t h e r WEMK o r WAMK; mention of MK Radio, noted caught I n the rumble. They're usually on a f t e r midnight, sometimes peaking a8 high as -plus-20 on the meter but t he bad l eve l of modulatlon makes t h i s a rough one. I would appreciate knowing I f o thers have heard It. I: my CPC :f iorts t h i s year, s i x requests went out , two NO'S back, one might be and throe , no answer. I 've h i t t he lemons evidently, hi! That should do it from t h l s end from the F t r e t &a te DXOC! Happy HollUJt& t o a l l .

THIS I S A BIG ISSUE FOR OUR FAMOUS MUSINGS SECTION! BUT, THEY COULD W BE NICE AND FAT WITH YOUR C O N T I N U S INTEREST, NROera'. IN 1977, PLEBSE

ALL OUT TO HELP MAINTAIN THE QUANTITY - AND 2UALITY - OF SINGS!

30 BILL NDRBS - 101-25 115th S t m e t - Richmond H i l l , NT - 11419

I have been absent from t h e Double-Spaced DXers' calumn f o r some while , f o r a few reasons, but I am lookin forward t o an i n t e r - 7 e s t i n g , I f sporad ic , season. Reason one Is t h a t I v e been involved ln some research , and reason two is thay my Richmond H i l l l o c a t i o n has been d e l e t e d due t o t h e a r r i v a l of my a l a t e r ' s f l r s t c h i l d , a born DXer I f I ever saw one - I f h i s enthusiasm f o r adJua t lng t h e TV c o l o r is any lnd l - c a t i o n . So a l l my Junk i s out here i n Copiague, f a r enough frore +me h r m r / t a t a l r t o warrant a new l o g b e e a w e QY are so d i f f e r e n t . 90 my AW- ern vLL1 be ~Waed t o a few sporad ic t r i p s I n t o t h e H i l l on n i g h t s when TESTS from Nevada-Idaho-Alaska o r Hawaii a r e sked. The l a s t l o g i n t h e book I s n ' t even from here - i t ' e from a dorm up a t SUC Brockport, where I spent a few days v l s l t l n g my g i r l f r i e n d . Natura l ly , even wl th a c lock r a d i o , a few neededs down here - most Important ly WJAC-850, whose 800- miles-long-by-four-Inches-wide s l g n a l apparen t ly f o e s through Brockport on i ts way t o t h e North Pole. Along w i t h "96 FIR , another needed. Was t h l s guy always !?FIR? (NO -ERC) I f i n a l l y got p a i d f o r DXing - a f t e r a l l t h e s e years . E l e c t i o n n igh t a t WBAB I came I n e a r l y & commandeered an o f f i c e , f i l l e d it w i t h t h r e e RX.s, a loop & two t a p e decks & played National Desk. The NX Department was obviously Impressed by t h e Job we d i d on Hurricane Bel le , where s e v e r a l Nught Crew f o l k s , wl th t h e h e l p of a few RXes, t r a c e d t h e s t o m from 4pm t i l l 6am, & saw about 986 of our p r e d i c t l o n e i n p r i n t t h e fol lowing day i n Newsday. So we got a n encore. J i m Guthrle a t WPHB can t e l l you about t h e Nigh Crew. Once we put t h e carde away we somehow manage t o aound l l k e a r e a l r a d l o s t a t l o n , hi . For t h o s e who asked about t h e R e a l i s t i c TW ($30). It 's worth It i f you l l k e t h e performance of a good c a r r a d l o t h a t 's p a r t a b l e . And, f o r what it '8 worth, I ' m ln f a v o r of more swearing i n DX NEWS t o l end more of a s p i r i t of re-enactment emotions ehen r e p o r t i n g . I j u s t can ' t remember t h e l a s t t ime a 1530 TTer way down in t h e mud was jufjt about t o ID when WCKY un- l eaehed t h i e aweeome ID & I e a l d "Oh fudge. 73.

ELLIOT STRAWS - 1410 Bond S t r e e t - Asbury Park, NJ -

yeare. I logged W B , P.R., Rennee, France; & HJNX, a l l 710, a l s o I heard WQBS I i a m i t e s t l n g , I w1eh.WOR would do t h i s more of ten . At t h e same t ime MM WCBS-880 wae t e s t l n wi th some OC, WINS-1010 wae on OC 8 1:25am, WRL-1600 e/off 0 2 w/a18 t h r e e vereee of SSB sung. P o s s i b l e on 926 wae Be1 ium B 5:15-5:30 on 12/4 W/EE rr & Dutch TX ( I presume lang- uage), bu t 9 couldn ' t understand enough t o I D . Recent v e r i e s : 1058-970, WRIV-1390, WH-1490. I ' v e got ou t 103 r e p o r t s s i n c o 1/1/76, w/54 ver- l e e back eo f a r . I e t i l l h a m hope f o r about 25 though. The R-3908 w/ SM-2 combo Is se rv ing very wel l , I gue8e I ' l l l e t t h e loop go t ill next soaeon, Funny, I always thought I couldn ' t l i v e without a good W but a f t o r i t ' e F a l l I r e a l i z e d t h e SM-2 18 much super io r . HM 12/6 f i n a l l y p a i d b i g dividende a f t e r f i v e hours every MM s i n c e September. 12/6 - Seven new s t a t l o n e , one new country, & f i v e r e p o r t s out . I have a hard time hear lng anything new a t a l l except f o r SSS, SM 6rHM. Well, I guess t h a t ' s a l l t h e new8 from t h e Jereey Shore f o r t h i s Muse, and F e l i c e Nav- idad y Ano Nuevo a todoe.

,TORN HOO(1ERHEIDE - 105 Bayslde Lane - Brandenburg, I& - 40108 I ' m s t i l l concent ra t ing w e t l y on 6W where Thalland-

9654 Is l a t e s t mew country logeed. On BCB only t o t r y t o l o g and v e r i f y whatever c o u n t r i e s s r e not a v a i l a b l e on SW bands. Two BCB v e r i e s i n - R. Cayman i n e i g h t days f o r 1555 & f r i e n d l y FF l e t t e r f o r FF repor t from R. Tumbo-545. They s t a t e d program was beamed towards Martlnique and Quadeloupe. I s u r e hope you BCB v o r l e seepers ge t b e t t e r r e t u r n s than I do on SW - only about 35-406 r e p l i e s .

AS THEY SAYIIN SIECESTON, MO, "KSIM" . "@ZIP EENDING MUSINGE. "

3 I HARRY J. HAYES - S t a r Route - Box 226c - Gouldsboro, P11, r 38424

I ' v e been concent ra t ing my e f f o r t s l a t e l j t o t h e "lower r e g i o n a l s " , namely 550 t o 630. 1 ' v e been neg lec t ing t h e s e of l a t e & am f i n d i n out t h e r e ' s a l o t t o be heard here. 11/29, 10:36pm Cayman 18.- 1555 s$off, i n f a i r W/BBC NX. 11:01, WHOA-870 PR heard w/fair s i g n a l f o r a change w/s/off. 11:40, 1403 s t a t l o n i n w/musical chant ing, assumed t o b e Conakry. 12/2- 5:15, WLIL-730 TN i n w/religion. 12/5, 2am, W ~ C - 570 NC i n w/c/w & NBC NX, f a i r U/WMCA. 12/6- An unID FF on 570 heard @ s/off @ 12:08am. I thought I heard mention of Moncton; a l s o noted by Dave Schmidt. 1:22 t o 2:30, rMTY-580 WI i n w/p00r t o good s i g n a l n / r r . 1:31, WGAC-580 GA on ET, e x c e l l e n t s l -al . 1:46, :C-B&-560 TN good s l g n a l w/~-40. 1: 54, WOW-590 NE, f l r s t t lme heard, w/excellent s l g n a l , o / ~ u b a n , had T-40. 2:05, cBK-540 SA. loca lOl ike s i g n a l . 2:17, a s t a t i o n adver- t i s i n g -0-FM on 860, I take t h l s t o be X m O . Am I ri h t? 5:03pm, WSJS-600 N C eood = /spor t s r e p o r t , f i e h t in^. it out w/WICC$UCAO. 12/7- Up e a r l y t h l s AH t o b:g WDOS-730 Oneonta, NY O 7am U/UNAK'S PSA, w/local NX, "Oneonta Radio MX. CX have been outatanding, a s .vldenced by t h e unueu- a 1 NW opening of MM 12/6. Tota l s tand8 a t 900 even heard, 45 ver loe . I a l s o have s e v e r a l taped but count not up t o date . I r e c e n t l y made a r t a t e

r by s t a t e c x n t & f i n d I have 121 bagged f o r PA & 126 f o r NY S t a t e . I was s u r p r i s e d t o see NY come out on t o p , but I guess a l o t i s due t o those u p s t a t e openines I had i n t h e F a l l . 73.

JERRY BOND - 143 Burwell Road - Rochester, NY - 14617 Greet ings everyone. With t h e DX a e a s m In f u l l swing I

thought I ' d b e t t e r heed & C I S p l e a forLuslngs & send one In. I ' m a t a new l o c a t i o n now & have been f o r about two months & even though I ' m only two miles from my former apartment 1 ' v e managed t o hear over 40 new s t a - t i o n s here. Amon t h e new ones heard t h i s F a l l a r e t h e following: 10/17 - WRYM-840 loud 8 2:17pm s /of f . 10/18- WVON-1390 O 12:Olam. 10/19- WBVM -1550 @ 5:34pm l i k e a l o c a l . 10/22- The new CKNS-930 Espanola, Ont. came i n f o r a few minutes O/WBEN @ 5:48pm. 10/25- Canadians J u s t covered t h e d i a l around SSS t h i s n igh t & f i v e new ones were heard: CKEW-1000 O 5:30pm, CHNC-610 O 5:39, CJSO-1320 l i k e a l o c a l O 5:46, CFCF-600 B 5:58 & CHGB- 1310 w/a b e a u t i f u l I D I n t h e c l e a r B 6pm. Two o t h e r newles heard t h a t evening were WTSN-1270 O 5:51pm & WAD-1490 O 6:27. 10/26- WLNH-1350 i n @ 6pm s/off . 10/28- WJBQ-1440 noted O 5:41 w/a "Stereo JBQ" SID, WEIWB- 1000 O 5:55pm & CJLM-1350 @ 6:07. 10/29- WIZR-930 O 5:53pm o/'WBEN, WTTT- 1430 B 5:57pm w/marching mx, WWEL-1430 O 6 s / o f f , WANN-1190 f o r my f l m t SSS catch ever on 1190 beslde l o c a l -W-11_80, & CFCH-600 I n w e l l O 6:42. 10/30- CJW-1420 i n good w/nlce I D f o r me Q 5:lgpm & WFLN-900 O 6:05. The l a s t week of October tu rned out t o be about t h e bes t per iod of good SSS DX t o Canada & New England t h a t I ' v e ever heard. I n recen t years SSS DX has y ie lded mostly s t a t i o n s i n t h e S & Midwest & i t ' s n i c e t o hear o t h e r a r e a s f o r a change. 11/2- CKCB-1400 O 5:26pm, CHYM-1490 @ 5:29 & WTN- 1580 good @ 5:31 s /o f f . 11/4- WCSH-970 O l0:35pm & WLBZ-620 i n @ 11:04 f o r two new ME s t a t i o n s (both NIS) wi th in 1) hour. Also heard were CJEM- 570 O 11 & CHLT-630 w/an SID O ll:03pm. 11/5- CFCL-620 O 5:47pm & WFAR- 1470 i n 0 6:02 f o r my f l r s t SSS logging on 1470 beslde l o c a l WAX-1460. 11/8- KATZ-1600 made It through t h e mess O 5:21pm. 11/9- KTOE-1420 I n 5:37pm. 11/18- CFNB-550 made It t h ~ o u g h d 8:55pm w/no s i g n of usua l WGR. More next time - good DX, everybody.

MICHAEL HOGAN - 9224 Cottage Grove Avenue - Highland, IN - 46322 The b igges t news here DXwise has been t h e r e c e p t i o n of

s t a t i o n #601, WSMA. I hope t h e next 600 w f l l b e e a s i e r now, but I ' m aure I c a n ' t be t on t h a t . Also I f i n a l l y d i d my l o g over aga in i n ce le - b r a t i o n of 600 a t a t i o n s heard. Tnatead of us ing a notebook, a l l DX in- formation w i l l be put on Index cards. 73s.

O.K., MEMBEZiS - AS YOU READ THIS, 'TIS ALR~BDY 1977, AND IT I S TIME TO THINK ABOUT PICKING YOUR VACATION DATES AT WORK. . WHY NOT MkiKX SURE YOU GIVE YOURSELF VACATION T W AROUND LABOR DAY SO AS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE N.R.C. CONVENTION I N LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 1-2-3-41

3 2 J I M CRITCHETT - 1635 Walbridge S t r e e t - Red Bluf f , CA - 96080

The "Ho ping Cricket i s back DXlng! A f t e r t e n months of comparative i n a c t i v i f y n e a r Anderson, CA we bought a house In Red Bluff & I s t a r t e d DXing 11/21. Over 260 s t a t i o n s have been heard IDlng. a f ready , 12/13. For re - in t roduc t ion , I am 70 years young, & married t o Francea. My presen t r e c e i v e r i s a Drake SPR-4, w/a Sanserino Loop, and earphones, so a s not t o f i s t u r b Frances with t h e no ises . A very good DX l o c a t i o n t h i s I s - Oregon, WaBh. & W Canada s t a t l o n s come i n about a s w e l l a s I n Yroka from 1973 t o e a r l y 1976, and s i g n a l s from t h e E & S a r e b e t t e r . I am wondering why t h e i r l o c a l DXer d i d not r e p o r t t h a t KPLY & KPOD had swapped f requenc ies? The e x c e l l e n t Yreka DXer t o l d me, & I heard KPLY on 1310 11/11, o f f O 5pm PST n e a r Anderson, & 11/30 here, o f f 63 5. My only new s t a t i o n s so f a r a r e KUPL-1330, ex-FSOK heard B ll:13pm 11/24, & KNWS-1280, ex-KNAE O 7:36am, 12/13. No r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t , no v e r i e s . I c e r t a i n l y wish t h a t 1976/77 NRC Domestic Log ordered 11/12 would a r r i v e ! It is badly needed. Season' t Greet ings & bes t wishes t o

a l l . AM2 MICHAEL 5. HARDESTER, USN - Naval Regional Medical Center - Box 2723

D O , Sen Francisco, CA - 96331 Howdy! Aa y e t , no r e a l DX, but good news. My

wife a r r i v e d on 12/7, then a l l of t h e household goods ( i n c l u d i n g DX gear ) a r r i v e d on t h e 1 0 t h . I ' v e f i n a l l y go t ten DX gear & household a r t i c l e s s e t up, and I hope t o be DXing I n a wsek o r so. Only c a s u a l t y In t h e DX gear were two Sanaerino Loops (LW & BCB) which a r r l v e d wi th very very iooae wlro. Both a r e re-wired & ready t o go. For those i n t e r e s t o b , t h e p r e c i s i o n frequency measuring gear a r r i v e d i n t q c t & appears t o be f a n c t l o n l n g withour problems. AFRTS-650 (Zukeran a r e a , not ~ a d e n a ) was no ted on 649.980. We're l l v i n g In Navy housing a t Naka A i r Base (26012' N ; 127O39' E) & from t h e h 0 u S i n ~ o f f i c e publ ica t ion : The w a l l s of t h e new housglng a r e 5/8" p l a s t e r app l ied t o expanded metal l a t h a t t ached t o 3/4" th ickness of i n s u l a t ~ o n . ~ ' So, DX may be fun wi th a loop. Other "bad" news I s my d e c i s i o n t o begin work on a mas te r ' s degree while here , but I t h i n k i t ' s f o r t h e b e t t e r - a t l e a s t I ' l l get t o use my G I B i l l ed- u c a t i o n a l b e n e f i t s before t h e y ' r e chopped o f f . 73 & a Happy Mew Year of

DX. GARY BRODEUR - Box 231 - P l a c e n t i a , CA - 92670 714-996-7686

I ' m 23, r e c e n t l y married, l i v e In F u l l e r t o n and manage a convsnlence a t o r e In La Habra. Since my work hours a r e s e t now, I can r e g i s t e r f o r c l a s s e s aga in t h i s Spring: Radlo & TV a t F u l l e r t o n College. P w i l l keep us ing my w i f e ' s Lloyds Mult iplex and t h e c a r r a d i o u n t i l I r e b u i l d Heathkl t GR-64. 11/10- UnID-780 @ 9:15pm, in te rv iew wi th S i r George She l ty 8. Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Carl l ? ie l son ' s Sym- phony # l , KCRL o r WBBM? 3- KGYN-1210 4P 6:30pm. 12/4- KRVN-880 63 *:39em, l l v e a t o c k r e p o r t , :%ow ha t . ( 1 s t h l s PST, perhaps? -EN) KBCQ- 1020 I" 5:12am w/soft rr where KSWS formerly broadcas t , a c a l l change? (Yes -ERC) 12 63- WHAS-840 9:35-9:45pm w/strong s i m a l , NX & c@ o r rr. At 9:47 l a t e r , WBAF-820, WCCO-€530, WWL-870. 12/11 @ 6:Olpm This i s L;J countTy - KJJJ-910'' mixed W/~CNF#. WLS-890 @ 6:12pm w / r r & S t a r i s Zornn promo. KMLO-1000 Q1 6:20pm; I rece ived t h i s decent lkw daytlmer whose frequency KOLO dominates a f t e r s / o r f . I have heard many unID Mexi- can s t a t i o n s , but v i r t u a l l y no SAs, TPs, nor Canadians. I ' l l probably be slow about g e t t i n g b e t t e r equipment, a decent antenna, my ham t i c k e t , e t c 73s. (Welcome t o t h e NRC, Gary, & p l e a s e Muse regula r ly ! - E N )

KEVIN MOWDER - 5555 Banff Court - Concord,, GA - 94521 With nothing t o do on a Saturday, I thought I ' d break

down and send In a Fuse, vhlch i s a f i r s t f o r t h e WC hi! DX from t h e 10/18- 6:30am, KSJB-600 wi th t h i s one. 8:01am, s t a r t e d p lay lng l n s t r u -

one i s tough i n t h e Bay Area, but r e l a t i v e l y easy I n t h e Los Angeles a rea . Same morning B 7 , KIDN-1350 CA, ex-KKAM was heard s/on U/KRLC. 11/15- Malaysia-1475 very

33 (Nolander) s t r o n g t h i s AM. They were noted p lay lng pop mx. 11/24- R. ~umbo-545 i n very s t r o n g a t about 9:05pm i n FF. About two minutes l a t e r they were completely gone and t h e r e was abso lu te ly no s i g n of them. Do they s/off around t h l s time? (Yes -ERc) 11/25- MA-1180 FL heard w/aup- er- loud s/on O 6:29. A f t e r s/on they went immediately l n t o SS programming BY t h e way, t h l s was a new s t a t e f o r me. CFNS-860 Sask. noted w/weak s/on & "Oh ~ a n ~ d a " a t about 6:55am. On t h e same morning O 8 , I t h i n k I heard KXXR-1440 s/on approximately two o r t h r e e seconds before KPRO signed on. Unfortunately t h i s I s a t e n t a t i v e recep t ion a s my tape r r c o r d e r wasn't running! 11/29 O 5:02am gAN$-1080 AL was heard w/a g r e a t s i g n a l . At 5, they IDed a s "KANO Anchorage & went d i r e c t l y i n t o pop. That was AL #5 heard here. 12/6- R. Clarln-860 D.R. heard W/ID @ abogt 4:30am. 6:22am, WQXR-1560 w/cal ls , c l mx & mention of Unicef 's 30th anniversary, w/poor t i g n a l at; t h i s time. TIOS-825 C .R. heard on 12/9 a t about 1:20am w/only T i t a n i a I D . They played 3s pop mx. Recent r e p o r t s out t o ICNX-1070,

KRLA-1110, KEVQ-930, WCR-1090, KCVR-1570, KRW-1550, KTFI-1270, WCCO-830 XEMO-860, KATA-1340, CKNW-980, WJR-760, KHQ-590, WtlAM-1180, WWWE-1100, KMO-1360, CKWX-1130, KZAM-1540, CHQM-1320, KFAB-1110, CFCN-1060, WQXR- 1560, XVI-570 & WSM-650. ~ / q : KNX KRLA KTFI WCCO CKNW WJR WHAM KMO WAB. v/l- KCVR KE-. On some s t a t i o n s a l l I can manage t o ge t 1s one spot and one s e t of c a l l l e t t e r s - I s t h i s enough f o r a repor t i f t h a t ' s a l l I manage t o hear. Tha t ' s about it from Concord. 73. (We?.come t o t h e Musings & t h e NRC, Kevin, & p l e a s e become one of our regu la rs . -EM)

WAYNE HEINEN - "The P i k e ' s Peak DxerW - 2603 Paaeo Road - Colorago Springe Work load Increases, DX decreases; t h a t '8 l i f e . _ / ~ 0 - 80907

Some v e r i e s I n of l a t e include: v/l- KBZZ-1400, WOC-1420, KWYS-920 ( r / c is l a s t Sa t . 3:45-4:00), KNIX-1580, CJVI-900 KMTX-950. v/q- KV00-1170, KDWN- 720 WOC-1420, XEG1050, CFQC-600, KTFI-1270. v/f- KIDN-1350, gBCQ-1020. Veries s tand a t 592. To DX. 11/29- S t a t e #49, KORL-650 o/u t h e Colombian w / r r & solre commercials f o r a decent log , 3:lO-3:30. KSTN-1420 3:47-4am. SM 11/27- KOFI-1180 hare t o get 0/59 1:33-1:49. 12/6, MM- I got f i r s t few minutes of WTAW-1150-TEST w/s/on about 3:02am & quickly b l i t z e d by KNWZ. Loggings of TPs have a r r i v e d t o , W / U S S R - ~ ~ ~ & N.Korea-655, a l s o TA's on a few MMs. Looks l i k e E s i d e of Colorado Sorings w i l l be a good DX l o c a t i o n I hope t h e New Year goes well . I sure could use t o s e e more v/a & more v e r i f y i n g DXe s out t h e r e . Nei l Zank, could you look l n t o KRVN? Seems t h e y ' r e been slow t o non-existant . Once a g a i n anyone wi th problems on any of my l o c a l s p l e a s e drop a l i n t & I ' l l see what can be done. 73s, a l l .

RON B. SCHILLER - 7657 La Bolsa Drive - Dal las , TX - 75248 Santa a r r l v e d on 12/3 wi th my a l l - t ime record number of

v e r i e s i n one day: ELEVEN! Nine v / l , two v/q: KZEY-690, KCMC-740, ICLHR- 920, KAYK-960, KZYM-1220, KOKE-1370, KNCX-1390, KGBC-1540. v/f- KBCQ-1020 & v/qs from KHOW-630 & WC-1450. Since t h e n two a d d i t i o n a l v/ ls : KdNE- 1240 & KCRS-550. C M s from KZEY gLMR KNCK KAYC KANE & KCRS. Redently heard: 12/3- KWCO-1560 BB game llpm (BIB?? -ERC) 12/5, a t r i o of newles on 1330: WJPR B 7:45, WDAL PP 8 & KVOL s/on SM @ 8:Ol. 12/6- One spot heard from '#TAW-1150 TEST 3:24, nothing a f t o r , dunno i f o f f them o r bounc- ing over, very long s k i p noted with Ca l i fo rn ians i n well. I logged KQBS- 1020 s t i l l on t h a t c a l l , a l l t a l k , O 4. Unn CFRB-1010 Toronto b l a s t i n g l n @ 4:05. KHOZ-900 8:45 w/ong WX-cast. 12/7- R a r d r y a t SSS DX. KAPB-1370 r i p p i n g Gp neare r KFRO O 6:08-6:15pm, KDXI-1360 s/off 6:15, KCOH-1430 loc- a l NX c i r c a 6:25. Long unheard WGBF-1280 topping lWSO,8,9:25. They did- n ' t answer e a r l y 50s r e p o r t , so another t r y . D i t t o s i t u a t i o n w/wIRL-1290 a top a l l 9:33-9:59pm. Unn W-LO-590 topping tihe h b a n 8 10. 12/8, KVLG- 1570 through t h e Mexican Monster 6:15 on, l o c a l KTER o f f a l ready . XAJN- 1560 s/off 6:30, l i t t l e l a t e methinks! 12/9- ~onakry-1403 i n f a i r l y w e l l at midnight Lisbonr665 i n too. HMMJ-750 ~/KsZU 60 8; WSJC-810 O/KGMO/ WBAP s p i l l 6:05 on; KQKO-850 s/on 8:15 ~ / K o A d SS. 73.

ERIC FADER - 23-35 Be11 Boulevard - Bayslde, NY .- 11360 Tim. t o recap 1976 f o r t h e annals , f o r p o s t e r i t y , and'whatev-

o r e l s e we have here, h i . I d i d NOT have a very good DX year . I n '74 f

( ~ a d e r ) hyard 215 new s t a t i o n s , i n '7.5 252 newies, and i n '76 (through 12/18r 68. The drop was a r e s u l t of no t DXing, due t o school work work work, e t c . I n DX, a s i n l i f e , you can only t a k e out what you put h. (Good saying, huh? ~ i ) . I ' v e had 24 Musings i n t h e l a s t 24 i s s u e s - once I miscalculatec¶ t h e dead l ine and had t h r e e In one i s sue . To t h e s i l e n t (non-~us lng) majori ty: A Muse t a k e s only f i v e mlnutes and very l i t t l e e f f o r t . Here's an AT-40 updater : WFHR-1320 W i s . , new 12/4. Per J e f f Cohen's recen t Muse, KIKM-910 is apparen t ly AT-40, so I may have e r r e d in l i s t i n g KIlSN-1590 ins tead . O r , they may both car ry it a s f a r a s I know. And now a re - in t ro : I ' m 17, a freshman a t Queens College (c.u. N.Y.) majoring i n Bio-Premed. I ' l l l i k e l y t r a n s f e r a f t e r next year. I ' v e been working f o r t h e Music Dep't. of WQ.MC-590, and maybe I ' l l ge t I n t o engineering. Other I n t e r e s t s include: stamps, co ins , SC's, rock mx, (Boston, Aerosmith, Led Zep, Fleetwood Mac, A p r i l Wine), b o t l i n g , pool , p i n b a l l , cardplay lng , b a s k e t b a l l , t e n n i s & tournament ping-pong. Now i f I could only ge t more i n t e r e s t e d i n Chem & Physics , maybe I 11 have an e a s i e r time i n school , hi. I ' l l have a repor t on "Dominican DX wl th a cheap p o r t a b l e and no loopn f o r your c o l l e c t i v e p e r u s a l a f t e r a week t h e r e 12/24-1/1, but f i n a l exams begin 1/10. Help! Enough of t h i s garbage. 73.

HARRY W. JONES - 9612 Atwood Road - Vienna, VA - 22180 The t h r e a t of a s t r i k e by Edi to r ERC haa prompted Che

w r i t e r t o Muse again. I have prev ious ly mentioned my r e t u r n t o BCB DXlng a f t e r a l a p s e of n e a r l y 40 years . Both, a s a p r o f e s s i o n a l e l e c t r o n i c s engineer and s tudent of r a d i o propagat ion over n e a r l y f o u r complete sun- spot cyc les , I regard our MW hobby t o be t h e moat chal lenging, t e c h n i c a l - l y , of a l l DXlng p u r s u i t s . I would l i k e t o hear from NRC members who a r e involved i n commercial broadcast ing. During my under-graduate days i n Columbus, OH, I worked a s a broadcast engineer f o r WHKC, WOSU, & WBNS. B i t e r r e c e i v i n g my E.E. degree a t Ohio Skate U., I went t o work f o r Uest- inghouse Radio S t a t ions Inc. wi th engineering dut i e s a t WBZ-A (Boston- S p r i n g f i e l d ) & KYW ( ~ h i l a d e l p h i a ) u n t i l t h e c a l l came f o r a c t i v e duty l n t h e U.S. Army A i r Force i n 9/41. Post-war, I r e t u r n e d t o Westinghouse I n t e r n a t i o n a l Co. and d i d MWnconsulting work f o r Al l - Ind ia Radio, Radio Free Europe, & Westinghouse Group W", i nc lud ing t h e r e s o l u t i o n of Cuban

'BCB 1nterference.problems under NAREA agreements. I s t i l l hold v a l i d FCC rad io te l rphono and r a d i o t e l e g r a p h f l r s t c l a s s opera tor licences, a long wi th t h e amateur mxtra c l a s s l i c e n s e . Reception of Tb s i g n a l s hag de te r - 1oraf;ed i n recent weeks but LA & Caribbean a t a t i o n s a r e usua l ly "armchair

, copy here. A t y p i c a l AU n igh t on 12/10 produced t h e fol lowing s t a t i o n s between 8 & 9pm on my Drake SPR-4 & 135' Inver ted L antenna: R. Cayman- 1555, R. Grenada-535, R. Jumbo-545, CMQ-640, YVLL-670 R. Rumbos, SRS-725 Surinam, PJB-800 Bonaire, R. Belize-834 & XE'd-900. I am s t i l l t r y i n g f o r Ecuador, B r a z i l & Peru. 7 3 & Season's Greet ings t o a l l .

BOB WESSOLOWSKI - 1933 South 33rd S t r e e t -Milwaukee, Wr - 53215 I heard a couple of I n t e r e s t i n f /cs l a t e l y . (cou ld

someone p l e a s e e x p l a i n t h e d l f f between a r / c , fyc , ET & POP?) Anyone have an idea who's t h e p e r e l s t a n t TTer on 10601 I l i s t e n e d t o t h e tone from 1:26 t o 2:32 on 11/28 & checked back every f i v e minutes till 3 & got no I D s a t a l l , juet a l o t of P h i l l y NX from KYW. (YOU s u r e t h a t i s n ' t a '

tbousand-cyole HET from t h e Cuban on 1059, Bob? -ERc)I heard t h e tone a f t e r midnight ;;h12/4 & 12/7 a l s o . I got an unID-1230 t e s t e r on 12/7 8 1:18-1:27 who r e a l l y was p lay ing with t h e con t ro l s . I hea d about f i v e d i f f e r e n t tone l e v e l s including some wowing. It qounded l i k e a f /c produced by Emerson Lake & Palmer. Too bad I couldn t make out an ID. DX NEWS has been more i n t e r e s t i n g l a t e l y wlth more new Eusers adding Input . Maybe i f some of t h e "otd- . fai thful" Musers would t e l 4 us t h e i r f e e l i n g s ~ f o o l i s h / r e l f - c o n e c f o u s - I don't b o w what t b 9ay, e tc . ) when they wrote t h e i r =ST Muse, a few more w i l l decide t o give it a t r y . How about someone e l s e from Yisconsin ~ u t t i n g ~ d o w n t h e i r Pabst and p ick ing up a pen? J u s t i n case anybne c a r a s about m g WHMH'' promise i n my l a e t Muse, it s t o o d f o r "Yri te gany g o r e @ s e e 73s.

MIKE W H a - 1654 Sa thurs t S t r e e t - Apt. 401 - Toronto, Ont. M5P 3J9 H i everybody. A f t e r seeing how easy it was t o l u s e l a s t

t ime, I jus t had t o do it again. DXlng s t a r t e d l a t e f o r me t h i s year , mainly because of school , but s i n c e picking it up aga in f o r t h e new season, my t o t a l s have gone u* 25 i n t h e pas t week-and-a-half & wlth most of them belng reported^! Some of my catches: 12/5- 4pm, WEAW-133C IL, WJPS-1330 I N , WHBL-1330 W I a l l logged wi th in minutes of each o ther . 5pm, i?AWA-1590 W I . MM DX 12/6 s t a r t e d out sJowly but picked up 8 2am w/cFAC-960 Altra. a lv ing t h e NX, WX, SX B 12. 2:3O I had 1460 o f f except f o r WBNS OC. Fading i n a t t h a t t ime was WXOK LA but s t i l l weak. Going back a few days t o 12/3 when WHBG-1360 VA was heard w/f/c @ 12-12:15 w/ I D a t end. 1-1:15, KFVS-960 MO i n good w/frequent IDs. 12/7- WIOS- 1480 M I w/code I D S @ 12:30am. 12/8- CMJN-780 f i g h t i n g it out W/WBBM @ 7pm. 12/9- WIDQ-940 M I i n exce l len t w/f/c & many IDs t o 12:15. WLOA- 1550 PA w/s/off O 5. 12/11- WMTS-810 TN i n g rea t f o r s /off O 5:3Opm. Before t h a t KOAM-860 KA wi th record o f f e r B 1:45am f o r s ta te#36 . 12/12- At 2am R. Cla r in w/mx/talk & f a n t a s t i c c l e a r taped I D a t the hour, f o r country #9. Tota l s here now a r e 407/160, 36 s t a t e s & eight provinces, nine c m n t r l e s , f i v e v e r i f i e d (not s i x a s previously mentioned). I must mail my r e p o r t s now so I ' l l say 7 3 & Happy New Year t o a l l !

GRAY SCRIMGEOUR - 227 Hanna Road - Tononto, Ontar io M4G 3P3 Greet ings, and Season's Greetings. Not much time t o

DX, o r Muse, but here ' s a l i t t l e . JAC: 'T i s L o c k p o r t , N.S. ( c f . CBHC-740 i n ques t ion) ; my p o s t a l records show Lockeport has been t h e name s l n c e 1871 - previously Locks's I s land . 11/13- R. Cayman-1555 7:30 pm I D . 11 14- R. Melodia-730 12:30am. 11/18- WMNA-730 5:15pm s /of f , CKNS-930 ~ - C J N R - ~ ~ O 6-6:30pm, R. Jumbo-545 8pm. 11/29- CKDR-900 u/cHML W/CJRL I D 1:05am, unID SS on both 1085 & 1375, unn CHTN-1190 & CFAC-960 both S-8. 12/1- WFLO-870 4:30-5pm s /of f , WMAZ-940 5:08 W/CBS NX. 12/2- MOK-1070 4pm, WIK-730 4:45 s /off . ,12/4- Conakry-1403 //-4910 SW out- l e t 6:20-7:lOpm f o r country #60 from oronto. Modulation on t h i s one a l a t l i k e TA recep t ions i n ~ a l l f o r n i ' l - weak & fading. 12/5- 99-640 U/CMQ 1:15-1:30am, i s t h e Colombian s t i l l ANing here? (yes, I be l ieve so -EXC) 12/9- WLaA-1550 s/off 5pm, WRBN-1510 t o 5:24pm o/WMEX. 12/11 - 1580, on SS3 I had two unIDa; seemed t o be WWN a/of f 5:30pm, leav ing . WEYY, but not p o s i t i v e ; CHNR-1600 p u t t i n g s t rong but sporadic s i g n a l s on both 1618 & 1582. On vaca t ion t h i s ^ugust, I no t iced excep t iona l daytime r e c e p t i o n a t Providence Bay on Manitoul in I s l a n d - water sk ip , with only LPRT's c lose by. spanola has i t s f i r s t high-power s t a t Ion Manl tou l in ' s f l r s t l o c a l . ~~WN%3ay l e c t u r e s t o give f o r a while , so ,

maype I ' l l ge t s m e midnlebt DXlng in. Best t o a l l .

D I C K TRUAX - 3003 Gleeson Lane - L o u i s v i l l e , KY - 40299 By t h e t ime t h i s sees p r i n t it w i l l be t h e New Year, so a

b e l a t e d bes t wishes t o a l l . DX s l n c e l a s t Muse i s sporad ic but b e t t e r . 12/5- WOKI-1550 TN W/SID & rr O 5:35pm, r ' v e been looking f o r t h i s f o r a long time a s FM is semi-regular here. WTAW-1150 TX on TEST w/polka mx 2:32am. On 12/6, then while hoping f o r ISBGN-910 WRNL Vb was logged w / I D & NX @ 3:03am @ WORD SC w / r r & I D O 3:13. No s i g n of KBGN is it was on. Also I am t h e l a s t t o l o g KRGQ-1550 UT B 3:24am of t h e gonth was a f o u r day t r i p t o Acapulco on wgrk s a l e s program. With t h e a i d of a R e a l i s t i c TRF borrowed f o r t h e t r i p I d i d some DXinr 12/11 & 12/12. 12/11, t h e fol lowing US c l e a r s were noted between l l p m & 12 - KFI-640 WSM-650 HBBM-780 KGO-810 WBAP-820 WAS-840 ( ~ o m e , sweet ~ o m e ) WWL-870 WLS-890 KNX-1070 KMOX-1120 SOU-1200 ULAC-1510. On1 r e g i o n a l noted both n i g h t s a t very good l e v e l was KILT- 610 TX. On 1 2 3 2 it must have been aemi-AU a s Chicago & S t . Louis did- n ' t cut through t h e b e t s , & WHAS b a r e l y made It. Strongest s t a t i o n s both n i c h t s were n a t u r a l l y WBLP & UOAI W/W a very potent second place. I wish I had taken a t a p e recorder & bad more time t o l i s t e n - it i s an i d e a l l o c a t i o n f o r DU DX, but t h e band l a a s crowded a s a t home, only w/ SS from a l l over L a t i n America. More a s it bocomes news.

36 CALVIN AUNSTINE - 3422. Brookslde - Rapid City, SD - 57701

Can you be l ieve . t h i s ? Here I ' v e been a member of NRC f b r e igh t months & here I s my t h i r d Musing. Guess E r n l e ' s empassioned p l e a s have been g e t t i n g t o me, hi . On t h e evening of 12/2 I f i n a l l y got a chance t o s p i n t h e d i a l s a b i t , & r a n r i g h t l n t o a problem. A t ll:17pm ELT I was g e t t i n g a b e a u t i f u l s i g n a l from Alber ta , but t h e only problem was a l l t h e I D S s a i d I was l i s t e n i n s t o CHEC-1090 1.n Lethbrldge. I know t h e d i a l i s not t h a t a c c u r a t e on my DX-160, but t h a t was r i d i c u l o u s . So, I decided t o check wl th someone who would know what was going on, so I gave Wee Boyd a c a l l . T surdenjoyed t a l k i n g wl th him, & I lea rned a l o t from t h e conversat ion. Only problem i s , when t h l s month's phone b i l l c o m e , I ' l l probably have t o hock t h e 01' DX-160 t o pay Ma B e l l , hi . Courtesy of Was, I found out I was l i s t e n i n : t o CKTA-1570 i n Tabor, Al ta . which c a r r i e s // programming W/CHBC-1090, l o t s of good rr mx. I sen t t h e r s g e s t t o Tabor, & got a v / l & CN back i n a week. On 12/4 I was back a t it, & not iced KEND-1590 has dropped NIS & Is now c/w & c a l l i n g themselves KEND, Country Radio-16. They were walking I n s o l i d O 12:17 & stayed t h a t way t i l l I tuned on. At 1 I caught WDXR-1560 W/NBC NX f o l o b/s/off @ 1305 They were coming i n so good they were burying W u n t i l a f t e r they s igned o f f . At 1:17 I fin all:^ found everyone 's new nemesis, KRGO-1550. I had a but of t r o u b l e n u l l i n g out K K J O , & they s t ill ;ought it out everyvlfew minutes. I f you can imagine what KKJO's rr & 1550 Country Cargo & t h e i r chv sound l i k e coming i n a t once, h i . I hope Ern ie r e t y p e s t h i s mess. (How e l s e ? ? -EX) My t y p e w r i t e r doesn ' t seem t o know how t o s p e l l to - n i g h t , hi . As they say i n S c o t t s b l u f f , NE, gome Over t o Lincoln Together. You w i l l a l l g e t t o s e e my smil ing f a c e t h e r e Labor Day weekend. 73s.

STAN SHEIID - 1433 F i f t h S t r e e t NW - Calgary, Alber ta I ' l l t r y t o ge t o f f a b r i e f Muse while wait ing f o r KKIS t o

fade back i n so I can ge t o f f a repor t . I J u s t spent 45 minutes t r y i n g t o I D an FF s t a t i o n on 1310 - no luck. Anyway, KKIS i s back. I r e - ceived a n i c e v / l from KSEN. Hardly noteworthy DX, however., h i s l e t t e r seems t o i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e n igh t p a t t e r n shown i n t h e p a t t e r n book i s no t r i g h t . de d i d not i n d i c a t e what t h e i r coverage was, but was surprisedr t o bo g e t t i n g l n t o Calgary. CX a r e good ton igh t . YNX is i n l i k e Gangbust- Cre. UnID SS on 550, format sounded l i k e Cuba. I ' m going back t o t h e d i a l s & see what e l s e i s good. One l a s t word f o r those of you S of t h e 49th - remember Canadian postage t o t h e U.S. aoes up March 1 - ge t your supply of 126 Canadian stamps soon. 73s & t h e b e s t of DX I n '77.

CERIS HANSEN - St . Joseph's Seminary - Dunwoodie - Yonkers, NY - 10704 Hello t o a l l , i t Is t h e season f o r a l l t o Kuse, f o r any

reason. So, f o r my p a r t , I am sending t h i s Kuse t o Ern ie , Bay-State-way- wending. DX i s slow, f o r s e v e r a l reasons , ' tho Winter 's b e s t , of a l l t h e seasons. My f i n a l exams a r e given t h l s week, s o I am r e a l l y not a t peak: DX l a t a k i n g second-b i l l ing , t o Moral, Church, and b o t t l e - k i l l i n g . How- ever , i n t h e week j u s t ended, I heard a s t a t i o n whlch I ' d tended t o t h i n k t h a t I would never hear i n New 'ork City of p laces near . 'Twas WEEI-590, which, t o me, I s r e a l l y f i n e - t y . I sen t them a r e p o r t pos t -bas te , I hope t h a t they don' t t h l n k It waste and t h a t a v e r i e , new and shiny lands I n my lands i n my mailbox, neat and t i n y . And when it does, 1'11 pass t h e word t h a t from my hometown I have heard. I t h l n k I t ' s t ime t h a t I was c los ing my Nusing, s ince I hear you dozing; however, be assured t h a t I w i l l Muse again, o r by-and-by; and t o t h e Club, my warmest ,wish t h a t every c a l l f o r whlch you f i s h I n airwaves c l e a r , wkich I c a l l heaven, w i l l come t o you In '77. Before I f o r g e t , we're having a meet on t h e New York City DX b e a t i n January of t h i s y e a r , we hope t h a t we w i l l s ee you here. For d a t e and time, I hope y o u ' l l w r i t e and I ' l l d i r e c t you t o t h e s i t e : 73s t o a l l and t o a l l a eood n igh t . H I ! 73s

F'RANK E. DAILEY - RFD #5 - Route 12 - P r e s t o n , CT - 06360 E e l l o aga in DX Freaks. Long overdue In t h l s NSIFGS

Dep't. There 's no t too much DX due t o not too much time a t t h e d i a l s . Bast ca tch l a t e l y has b3en KRLD s n e a k l n ~ i n U/WTIC (50 mi les ; 50 kw) w/

n (Dailey) Monday night FB. Thenks here t o Sco t t S t ren tzsch f o r h i s // logging. Some o t h e r thanks t o Ron Musco f o r RRGO & WCRJ t Ips. The "An- n u a l - ~ v e r y - S ~ - O f t e n " Connect i c u t BTG was a moderate success . Edmunds, S t o n i e r , Kemp, S e l l e c t & our " d i s t a n t " guest E l l i o t S t rauss . Sorry f o r such shor t n o t i c e t o anyone e l s e who would have a t tended i f we could have g o t t e n word out e a r l i e r . George Kass hosted t h e event. I don't know where w e ' l l have them when he moves t o S t . Louis. ( I n S t . Louis , natch! -ERC) B t h e way, G.K. now has over 500 B.C.'s (and t h a t ' s not B r i t i s h Columblaf a l l different. I ' m only a t 101. (We c o l l e c t b e e r cans - a l - most as much fun a s DXing, hi!) Other s t u f f i n of l a t e has been Jumbo- 545, Cayman-1555, SWF-1016 & gbout t e n non-exi t ing domestics. Super-pest WABC of f 12/15 @ 3am. I spent one hour on 770 & no KOB, jus t HOL-83 & HJJX, R- Tequendama, Colombia, & t h e FCC wants KOB t o g ive WABC MORE t lp ro tec t ion ' t - t h a t ' s a laugh. Looking a t NRC Log Updaters ( t h a w J . C . f i n e bus iness ) I t h i n k t h e C.R.T.C. has gone beserk. Many Canadian lkws a r e g e t t i n g 5 & 10, lOkws a r e g e t t i n g 50kw & now t h e y ' r e even authoriz- ing a Nfld. on 750k. Merrlman, I t h l n k they don' t want us t o hear AK - i t ' s a conspiracy! ERC- cong-rats f o r #4,000, I ' m mesmerized by Moth- b a l l Memories - nice . Here & now I s time t o t i p t h e hat t o t h e hyper- a c t i v e , humble, Hubbard hero J e r r y S t a r r , and t h e generous, g e r i a t r i c , Glrard genius, Wes Boyd. Thanks f o r DDXD - both f o r t h e t i p s , and t h e humor. Again thanks and FUST. Happy Holidays t o a l l .

FRED NORDQUIST - 7945 Boxford Road - Clay, NY - 13041 I f ' s been a t l e a s t a year s i n c e my l a s t Musing. I a l -

most d idn ' t ronew my NRC membership t h i s month (Dec.) bu t f i n a l l y docld- ed t o , because BCB DXlng i s s t i l l i n my blood. So t o n i g h t (12/8 @ 10pm) whi le I ' m t r y i n g t o I D a 20/S-9 s i g n a l on 1572k & t h e TAs a r e i n a t 25/ S-9 l e v e l on 1602 & 1586, I ' l l w r i t e t h i s r e p o r t . DX h i g h l i g h t s d u r i 1976 were a s f o l l o s , a l l new t o log: 1/11- HJAH-1070 BBrranquil la , 7 : 3 pm, WLFb-1590 Lafaye t te , GA s / o f f - S S ~ 5:59pm. 3/1- WIOO-1000 U a r l i s l r PA SID/rr 6:10pm, WYNX-1550 Smyrna GA gospel record ad 6:35pm, Cb?KL-1260 Sant ibgo, Cuba "R. Relo Nat lona l" 7:30pm. 3/4- WPM-1450 P o t t s v i J l e PA temperature, 6:58pm. 3 j l O - WLSC-1570 Lor l s SC ./off w / u 6:30pm. l l h 5 - WXVA-1550 Charlestown, WV s/off 5pm. 11/28- WKNX-1210 Saginaw M I rr/ SID 5:15pm, WPEO-1020 Peor ia , I L gospel/^^ s /o f f 5:45. Equipment run- down: RX- H a l l l c r a f t e r s SX-110, Antenna s stem - 28' KW s t r u n g NE/SW @ '

26' AGL, & a 4 ' home-brew NRC-style loop fun-amplif ied) . My new leca- t i o n i s two miles due N of my o l d N . Syracuse address; t h e r e f o r e my DX t o t a l s remain i n t a c t . To ta l s now a t 657 heard, s t a t e s 39 p l u s D.C., provinces 8 , c o u n t r i e s , 31. I ' m g l a d t o see WCFL cut out t h e noisy rr & r e p l a c e it wl th r e l a x i n g EL mx. Time spent on BCB DXing I s being time- shared W/FM DX & e d i t lng t h e Nort h e m FM-DX column f o r t h e WTFDA; a s we13 a s r a d a r work ~t BE, & keeping my wife, 01-10 daughter ( 7 ) . & two son8 ( 3 & 1 ) happy, h i . I hope sou a l l had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year - and keep sp inn ing those d i a l s f a i t h f u l l y . 73.

MIKE O'SHEA - Route 1 - Lowgap, NC F i r s t o f f , apologies t o ERCJ f o r t h e "long t11~; no muse"

bu t , with my relocating t o down here I n tobacco countrytt I have been q u i t e busy. S t l l 1 , I am a b l e t o do a p r e t t y good amount of DXing ln a very good spot f o r It. A l l of it has been done with a TRF. Some recen t DX: 12/6- YOND TEST poor t o f a i r around 1:30 w/a code & voice I D . 12/ 11- WSGA-1400 GA good W/ID through mess @ 1Q:34pm. E a r l i e r , WMK-900 & w/s/off @ 5:59, very good s i g n a l s , no SSB. WGTN-1400 SC @ 10:44pm W/ID, mx, then gone. 12/12- WSIB-1490 SC good W/ID, l o c a l ad. I was a l s o ab- l e t o hear WYNN'B TEST, even though I d i d n ' t know of t h e r e a l da te , thank8 t o waking up a t t h l s odd hour t o r some s t raqge reasons. ( ~ a y b 4 someone Up There l i k e s DXere, h i ) . If you DXWe It, cold & snowy Buffalo a r e re8Qing t h i s , why no t do me, WC, & t h e r e s t of t h e Club a favor & Muso t o show t h a t Buffalo r e a l l y e x i s t s . 739, Merry Christmas, & Happy New Year t o a l l . AS THEY SAY I N SYLVANIA, r3A - WSYT,-l490 "ganna z e e Y_ou i n ~ i n c o l n ! "

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Y2 GARY ATKINS - 2200 Vest Burnett Avenue - L ~ ~ l s ~ l l l ~ , KY - 40210

Thanks t o fe l low LAD l a r k K i t t i n g e r I now have two super BCB receivers. Last year I purchased an R-392 a t a hamfest i n Cinc inna t i but it had a t e r r i f i c powar supply hum which made it operable only on t h e SWBC bands t h a t happened t o be open a t t h e time of use. Since Mark has r e p a i r e d t h a t w l t h two simple ground connect ions, I have been t o t a l l y a- mazed a t t h e s e l e c t i v i t y of t h i s Jewel. It is a f i n e companion t o t h e SP-600. Becauso of Its extreme s e l e c t i v i t y t h e b e t s a r e harder t o de- t e c t but It s u r e producos t h e s i g n a l s . I hope t o f i n i s h t h e year wi th 100 new ones bu t I s t l l l have e igh t t o go and time I s running out . New hero i n t h e l a s t month:11/19- W - 1 4 0 0 6pm. 11/22- WYNN-540-TEST 3am. 11/26- Guinea-1403 lam, confirmed by //-ine it t o 4910 SW o u t l e t , TIOS- 825 R. T l t a n l a , 1:20am. 11/27- TGT-1185, R. Sonora 10:30pm. 11/28- I heard "La Voz do Centro .imerical' I D on 1195 @ 8pm & thanks t o Sharon Wat- erman'e l i s t i n g i n IDXD I found out t h i s was HRW i n Hondurae. 12/13- YSKL-770 h. Cadena hoard W/WBBC off Cb lam, logged previously on 765. l 2 / 20- WVOV-1000 ending TT 8 2:42am, WECO-940 3:30 W/TEST, TILX-725 R. Colum- b i a , 8:50pm, I have been hearing t h l s f o r a long tlme but never bothered t o ID I t . 12/21- WBUK-1560 lam W/TEST & bogglne f o r phone c a l l s . I ' m not p o s i t i v e , but I t h i n k I f i n a l l y got my 49th s t a t e on 12/20 i n f o r form of WDCR-1340-TEST. I sen t t h o s t a t l o n c c d p y of my t a p e of c/w ID8 & one voice announcement t h a t I ' m s u r e was they. I hope everyone has a very n i c e holiday season, and t h a t t h e Muslngs w i l l cont inue t o come i n a t t h e p resen t r a t e . 73.

STEPHEN FRANCIS - 1620 Lodge S t r e e t - Alcoa, TN - 37701 TIOS-825 was heard 8 2:06am 11/30 W/EE MoR & female

vo ice IDlng a s " ~ l t a n i a " over s t a r t of each record . 12/7- WIOS-1480 r / c made it through O 12:47 w/code only - g l a d thoy use i t a s even t h e i r TT i s u s u a l l y Inaudible hero. 12/8- Senegal-764 pushing through WJR/WBBC O 1:07am w chant ing f o r country 433. MM 12/13- CKOY-1310 up b r i e f l y O/WIFE /WISE w / rr & contes t promo; no t r a c e of sked TESTS from WIQT/I(BEC. It hasn ' t been e x a c t l y a banner y e a r s o far w/regard t o TESTs here: t h r o e new ones compared t o 12 a t t h i s tlme l a s t season. But, wi th "exot ics" l i k e gLbD-960 & t h o ones l i s t e d f o r January on 1550, 860, & 1270, who ,noode q u a n t i t y , h l ! MM 12/20- No luck on WGSM-740 TEST, a couple of b r i e f TTB were noted around 3:22 & 3:32, but t h a t was it. Real ly t e r r i b l e CX t h l s AM, completo w/Summor-llke s t a t i c c rashes . o ore too , Stephen -ERC) Semi-local WECO TEST noted poor / fa i r u/super-pest WMIX O 3:46. Country #34 was heard 8 4:34: Montserrat-740 a top f o r about t h r e e minute: w/fast- t a l k l n g FF DJ, "R. ~ n t i l l e s " ID, then FF vers ion of " ~ a r b a r a Ann . I n c i - d e n t a l l y , t h e f i r s t sevon no tes of t h a t 4:15 t o 4:3; IS descr ibed by Ran- dy Soaver i n t h e 12/6 IDXD a r e almost i d e n t i c a l t o 0 B e a u t i f u l f o r Spac- ious Sk ies i f t h a t ' s any help. 12/21- ll:58pm, CMJY-860 U/CJBC W/NA B s/off . 12722- Semi-AU CX brought WCCZ-1550 a top B 6am s/on w/84w P a ; p r o t t y much a t o p f o r t h e next hour w/c/w & l o t s a Daytdna Beach s p o t s . WUCR-860 has been s ign ing on I l l e g a l l y O 7am a l l t h i s month, ge t 'em be- f o r e tho FCC doos. That e v m l n g O 6:15, W/AU s t l l l p r e v a i l i n g , R. Cay- man-1205 assumed w/woman roadlng RX, faded qu ick ly though; up aga in 8 6:24 w/0l ivia Newton-John o l d i e , so I sped t o 1555 & ' twas indeed //. What few s p l i t s (19) t h e TRF & I have managed t o p u l l audio from a r e almost a l l medium-to-high power Jobs, so I was amazed a t t h i s one. Outa spbaco, so 73s & a DX-crammed Now Year t o a l l .

KONSTANTINE RYCHALSKY - 22 C a r r o l l Court - Bridgoport. CT - 06607 How n i c e t h a t t h i s Kuse dead l ine f e l l on my b i r t h -

day! Thanka t o R. Walker f o r IRCs. I not icod i n NRC #6 E.R.Strausl v e r i e f o r WPLW-1590. I n t e r e s t i n g , because I have v e r i e f o r WLW-640 S t r a t f o r d , CT, on 8/?74 w/25w! L a t e s t a r r i v a l s s r o #I99 W60H-1490 CT v / l i n f i v e days & f i r s t f o r frequency; #200 WnI-1070 TN v/q f o r 11/22 t e s t @ 3am w/50h day power; #201 WHEB-750 NH v/q dr CM 11/29 8 7am. I thought DX d l d n ' t ex- ist a t t h i s tlme, two minutos before SRS. WHEB was i n f o r only f i v e m i n - u t e s & I sen t word-for-word r e p o r t . As they faded ou t , WBMD came In. To- day my ropor t re tu rned "address unknown". #202, CFOX-1470 Qua. v / l , 8203

( ~ ~ c h a l s k y ) WQQW-1590 CT v / l w/mention they rece ive t h e i r share of re - p r t s but never one l l k e mine & commonded me f o r i t ; #204 WEE-1500 M I v / l a l s o f i r s t f o r frequency Since WTOP & WFIF never yeply. L a t e s t DX: 11/29- HJU-540 i n f a i r l y w e l l B l:3Oam, taped, & I ' p wal t lng t o send SS r e o r t ; W ~ M t e s t @ l r 3 0 . 12/4- CKSO-190 @ 2:05am w / r r & mention of c~Gx-mP~so a; repor t sen t but s t l l l no r e p l y from C H I C one month ago. 12/19- WQQW

t e s t O 12:05am; CX s t range t h i s n i g h t , 1.e. neodod CHRD-1480 i n c l e a r , then unID booming in . With t h i s I n mind I t r i e d f o r WDCR-TEST and found i t - f i r s t TEST f o r me. Programming was f a n t a s t i c , mentioned c a l l s from ,VB-In-ONT. I taped I D S but s i g n a l wasn't g r e a t . I s tayed up f o r WGSM & no problem w l t h recep t ion . Were they on t e n minutes l a t e o r was I dreaming? I must havo been dreaming 'cause I woke up a t 5 only t o grumble a few words t o have missed WECO, Arggg! 12/17. I n t h e c l e a r was HILR-860 O 3am, taped I D "R. Cla r ln en e l carazon pueblo." ERC, a f t e r years & years of Musings, how many woras do you typs per mlnuto? ( I don't know, Konstant lne - it t a k e s about & hour p e r page -ERc) Remembor, a s l i p o t h e f i n g e r can mlspelf a muze, h i , we l u v ya. ( s i c -ERc) I taped a l l WGSM I D S , anyone i n t e r e s t e d ? I almost f o r g o t , during WDCR-=ST I a l s o took a r e p o r t on WOOK DC w/disco mx (two b i r d s with one s tone) . 73s.

GEORGE SEMKO - 46 Arcade Avenue - Buffalo, NY - 14226 I hope t h a t evoryone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New

yoar . It 'a been a long tlme s i n c e I ' v e Museb, so hero goes. TESTs t h l s year have boen heard from WCWC, WHIE, WDCR, WGSM, WBUK. I t h i n k t h a t WGSM came on a l i t t l e b i t l a t e a s I d l d n ' t hear them u n t i l 3:llam. A l l t h e TESTS t h a t I ' ve heard !his year havo been vary i n t o r e s t i n g , espec ia l - l y when they mention DXors c a l l s . Docembor DX: 12/10- KLTR-1580 i n w s/off 6~14-6:ITpm. 12/11- ISFC-1240 i n w/f/c 4~03-4:15am. KOAM-860 w/

,c/w & many ad8 4:32-4:45am. I c a l l e d them up on t h e phone & t h e announ- c e r d i d n ' t b e l i e v e t h a t they were being heard In Bqffalo. WGRK-1550 in w/r/c-TT from 5: 35-5:45am. 1 2 / 2 5 WZAP- 690 i n w/kutual NX. 6 s e v e r a l I D 8 Q 5-5:06pm. La tes t v e r l e s a re : v/l- KLTR. v/q- WCWC-TEST, WPTF, WHEB 81 WANN. I ' m wa i t ing f o r WHIE t o v e r i f y f o r t h e i r TEST. The only o t h e r a c t l v e Buffalo DXer ( t h a t I know o f ) , Miko O'She?, has moved t o North Carolina. I promise t o keep you pos ted on what 8 hap en ln i n Buffalo DX-wise, v i a Musings of course. Tota l s a r e now 632/17x, 41736. 738, a l l .

JOE BRAUNER - R. D. 1 - Box 86 - Punxsutawney, PA - 15767 A new yoar coming up, & a new r e s o l u t i o n here, t o resume

Musing occas iona l ly . (Welcome back, Indeed, JO~!SERC) For t h e f i r s t go, a r e - i n t r o & a few s t a t s may be i n order . I ' m 72.5 years young & logged my f i r s t BCB c a l l l a t e i n 1926 us ing a homemade nine-tuber , super-het w/2', x 1' box loop. P r e s e n t l y I ' m us ing an A2515 w/3' x 1' loop, backup is a 1955 5X-99 on a 100' LW. I hope t o reach a l o g t o t a l of 5,500 before Boa- son 's end. Around 4,000 a r e v e r i f i e d . Natura l ly Newies come slowly thee. days, mainly c a l l changes l i k e WRJZ, a t c . I had a n i c e Thanksgiving Day present when WVFC-1530 was heard a t s /o f f f o r l a s t u n h o a ~ d a c t l v e s t a t i o n i n t h e Koystone S t a t e , b r ing ing t h e s t a t e t o t a l t o jus t 260. Christmas eve a l s o was good t o me. Noting t h a t Cayman was unusual ly good on1555 8 8pm we gave 1205 a t r y & t h e r e they were with same program but l e s s than ha l f t h e 1555 s t r e n g t h . Another newio t h a t eve was Conakry-1403, in/out , f a i r a t t imes wlth man chanting. No I D heard but must have b e n thoy. DX TESTS of 12/20, WDCR-1340 audib le a l l t h e way v i a TT & code, voice f a i r a t tfmes, but r could not I D t h e o t h e r TESTs . they t o l d about. ( ~ u r n e d out -WBUK was unn. I s t l l l don ' t know I D of Iowa t e s t e r . WDCR was unn but re - por ted , anyway. 'dECO i n l l k e a semi-local f o r a new c a l l . Unn WSM not chocked. 12/27 TESTs, no s i g n of e i t h e r WNNO o r $OKO, both unn. Noisy t h i s AU. Someone on 1530, must have b een Cal. a s it s tayed on pas t 2am notwork NX. SSS DX only f a i r so f a r - I c n ' t g e t beyong TN & AL on 1580. Best of DX t o a l l 111'77. 73.

PAT HBRTLAGE - 9200 Wondell Uay - Jeffersontown, - 40299 12/27 - Ha py Xew Year t o a l l . Best sout hern TA n i g h t s

t h i s year were f o r me l l f i -9 . Unn Por tuge l -665 & Spaniards on 584, 683 &

4Y ( Z w t l a g e ) 737 wero heard each n i g h t jus t before & a f t e r mibnlght. Ovor a t h r w wnek per iod I n Nov. & e a r l y Doc. anllunID SS on 1533 was heard almost n i g h t i y , shout lng, " ~ o l u m b l a , Columbia commercials, & one f o r a photo shop & e l Pacif ico: wero recorded but no f i rm I D . One I D d i d come out l i k e "R. San ---- nothing l i k e t h e R. Comercial r e p o r t e d hem. Guinea- 1403 heard //-4916k 11/29 @ 10:JOpm. A few days l a t o r tt-oy were aga in heard wlth p e r f e c t audlo t unbel levablo s i g n a l . 12/21 TEST of iBUB;-1560 uaa beard w e l l 63 12:30ain. Long needrd YCXN-1480 f i n a l l y added 12/24, l a t e af ternoon. EB?lier 12/24, $? 2:30gm, W%~-l480 sur faced over r id ing t h e frequency W/N?.S & l o c a l ads. FmOL-1120 heard same d a t e @ 4:15pm equal t o mOX. Tedt 07 WFM-1560 heard Christmas Pi 2:1081t1 logged f o r new c a l l . Also, WRJZ-620, :~QIO-1060, & WJYM-730 hav* boen added wlth new c a l l s . No TEBT heard 12/27 AN, but I q a s up ft% only about 30 minutes around 3am. Mp employer wants me waake days so I didn'f; s t a y up longer . A s they say i n Baltimore, WEAL - " W e ' l l 9 A t LINbOLN. 73.

PAUL SWEARIMGEN - Box 500 - Moran, KS - 66755 Herowith i s my annual Muse a f t e r my annual M s e s s i o n

dur ing Christmas vaca t ion . I have moved f i v e miles E of my iormer loca- t i o n , R O w i l l cont inue t o t a l s from previous count. Current ly I have 529 heard, 1 6 c o u n t r i e s , about 180 taped although when I get caught up dub- 'sing l a s t 8ummerR.n and t h i s vaca t ion ' s I D S , I may have more than I t h i n k . Teaching, 4-H, & Jaycee a c t i v f t l e s don ' t l eave much t ime f o r a l e e l e t a lone D'. DX s o q ~ P o n s 1-2/24-27 produced goodies l i s t e d In IDXD ? i f I made t h o dead l ine i . Bast ca tch was R . Jumbo-545 7:14-7:35, 12/25. Next eaaning R. Grenada-535 t r i e A t o come thsough cnl 11:45 but l e v e l was t o o low fo? p o s l t i ~ ~ I D . They had operatic-sound ng mx, SS ( I t h i n k ) ann-

I t r i a d t o coax audio out of h e t s on 595, 675, 725, 944 1005, ?i:gerio25, 1045, 1075, 1155, 1165, 1175, 1185, 1265, 1405, 1555 Isome may ie TV harmonics) 12/25 but no luck ; my F i s h e r 125 won't sepera te s lg - n a l from ad jacen t channels when I use t h e pasaivo boos te r dosigned by Mike Maloney. Next n igh t : same s t o r y with 625 (al though I have taped R. Omega b e f o r e ) , 765, 825, 854., R. National, E l Salvador-655 & R. Bel ize- 831+ audib le , however. R. Be l ize l a always audib le , even during Summer; i t produces a wicked hot even on t h e c a r r a d l o . Daytime DX produces WJR -760, VSN-650, W'AQ-670 & t h e l l k o . I keep l i s t e n i n g f o r VsW-1180 a t noon but s o f a r no luck. 73s.

RAY ARRUDA - 48 Woodlawn S t r e e t - New Bedford, MA - 02744 I waft on t h o phone wl th t h o SM of KRNK-1530 & inqu i red about

my r e c o p t l o n r e p o r t , & he s a i d t h e CE has about 25 r e p o r t s on hand in- c lud ing mine. They a r e on h i s deek ( i n c l u d i n g two from Finland) & he ( t h e mnnages) says he I s s u r e t h e CE w i l l get t o answer them. Those wait- lng i o n 'Ki:PTEvsrias should bo p a t i e n t a s t h e r e p o r t s w i l l even tua l ly b e answered, 9" aesuming. Sorry t o s e e HWB l eave DXDD. He e d i t e d t h e co:Lumzl wl th g r e a t s p i r i t . Good luck t o Fz lc on h i s new edi to rsh ip . Here ai-n some TEST r e s u l t s : MH 12/20 TESTS from WOSM-740, WECO-940 & WDCR-1340 a l l hoard 8. r e p o r t e d , t h e l a t t e r wlth some d i f f i c u l t y I n l o c a l WNBH-1340 n u l l . Tuesday AU 12/21 brought WBUK-1560 TESTthanks t o JS, a f t e r W W s /o f f , Q r a p o r t r d a l s o . MM 12/27- TESTS from both WNNO-990 8 KNWS-1090 were t r i e d but not heard. KOKO-1450 TEST was i n very poorly with much QBH wlth sbvera i code IDS t h e only audlo hoard from 3-3:30am. Taped r e - por t s e n t . Code I D S have helped me I D t h r e e DX Spec ia l s t h i s season. H n n ~ thanks t o those who c a l l e d and/or sen t ca rds & l e t t e r s over tho hol idays. 73.

KBRZ, FORTH - 630 South Ardmore - V i l l a Park, IL - 60181 Docombrr &Y: 12/5- WAIN-1270 r /c @ 4:46am. MM 12/6- WON&

1400 TEST heard f o r t a p e , UYSL-1400 a l s o I n W/IB & rs k? 1 : l O . KSSS-740 W/ID on ET k? 3:5bm, & nQN-?lo-TEST hear& ONE HOUR LATE from 4 t o 4:19am U/KPOF/WSBA. MM 1'11/13- "TQT-1000 f a i r on TEST a f t e r IJr;FL signed off. 12/16- W I - 1 5 8 0 on r / c 12:0fP-l2:08am. MM 12/20, a s u r p r i s e d W / W D C R - ~ ~ ~ O TEST h e a ~ d 1:47-1:55am W/CV I D S & TT, i n f a i r l y w e l l W/WJOL e t c . WGBS-710 W/ET ( ~ 9 2231 while looking f o r KIRO; WGSN-740 poor f o r most of t h e TEST w/

45 (Forth) I D a 2:17am, MCO-940 loud on TEST w/c/w lnstrumentals @ 2:33am. (CST? -ERC) 12/23 brought two new ones a t SSS, WCOX-1540 w/spot @ 5:41prn & JET-1380 weak w/s/off O 6:15. Re J e r r y S t a r r l s comments about poor ,erie rmturns t h i s season, my r e t u r n s a r e only averaging 30-35$ t h l s year as compared t o 60-705 l a d t year . Verles i n t h l s month, v 1- KMLB-1440 WTRQ-1560 VHLN-1410 KBGN-910 hYNT-540 R. Cayman-1555. v/- CHTN-1190 WHYZ-1070. v/r- KPOF-910 WAIN-1270. v/c- ICNIR-1360 & v/q Li l le-1376, b r i n ~ l n g t o t a l t o 956. I hsd hoped t o reach 1,000 v e r i e s by t h e end of t h e season but t h e way t h i n g s a r e going t h a t w i l l t a k e a LOT of r e p o r t s . (Betcha make it! -EX) Best wishes t o a l l i n 1977.

PAUL MOUNT - 471 m e r s o n Avenue - Teaneck, N J - 07666 A Happy New Year t o you, even i f t h i s ?'using Is In September.

A f t e r my l a s t n igh t -t Ginols , we a l l went t o my cous in ' s Summer home i n t h e D e r i n ~ Harbor s e c t i o n of S h e l t e r I s l a n d ( ~ o r t h ) . S h e l t e r I s l a n d I s between t h e N & S peninsulas of E L.I . Eere comes another bandscan: 550 WGNG R.I. l o c a l - l i k e . WHYN-560 FA s t rong . WTAG580 s t r o n g , someone weak u/them, Harr isburg a l l t h e way here? WEE1 & probable WROW W/EZ mx on 590. Two on 610, CT & PA I guess. WACE-730 Chicopee, MA, t h l s seems t o get out wel l i n many d i r e c t i o n s . 790, WEAN dominant, but someone c l o s e under. Two on 860, guess I.~SBS/WTEL. S t a t i o n s not l i s t e d a r e NYC s t u f f , o r CT/M /RI r e g u l a r s , someone on 920 t a l k i n g u/loud WJAR. Two on 930, WPAT w e l l atop. WHPN Hyde Park & WFXT even on 950. Like I s a i d i n Wildwood Vrest NJ & Newfoundland PA, I J u s t c a n ' t get r i d of them, a s WWDJ gave i t s e lec - tromagnetic sermon t o my rece iv ing e a r s , a s t a t i o n undes, though. Two on 990, one Providence, o t h e r e i t h e r P h i l l y o r sou th inn ton . A b i g s u r p r i s e In mIB-1070 S t i r l i n g , N J . Now t o hear him a t hme. WWLE-1170 Cornwall NY In f a i r . Two on 1220, WERI dominant on 1230. 1240 was a n I n t e r e s t i n g one. Beinn on Long I s l a n d I thouaht I ' d ge t them, yet t h e f i r s t s t a t l o n heard was WCO , & second was WOCB, MA. This s t a t l o n I s t h i r d f u r t h e s t away, but almost a l l waterpath. Not much e l s e t o report , ' jus t t h a t WLNG has a p r e t t y poor s i g n a l t o Derine Harbor, only about 12 miles away. I missed L o u i s v i l l e , but co l lege o r i e n t a t i o n was good enough t o be worth- whtle. I met people from a l l over and t r i e d t a l k i n g abouf r a d l o i n t h e i r hometown. And a s t ime went on t h e r a d l o people came along. I was t a l k - ing t o Andy Tanlrenbaum of Syosset , d i s c u s s i n s WKWZ & two Club members when h i s roomm&tr, J i m de F l l l p p i s came along. ~ i m says he 's worked a t both WRAN & WQTK, & seems t o know enough about them l i k e t h e i r format , & d l r - e c t l o n a l p a t t e r n . It was a l s o i n t e r e s t l n e t o see t h e r e a c t i o n s on t h e faces when I name a home town r a d l o s t a t l o n , e s p e c i a l l y from Wenatchee, WA, mEL ( t h e n ) . As f o r DX, I had my TRF i n t h e room, & i t got spurs a l l over t h e d i a l - but I l i v e In Teaneck, so no hass le t h e r e . 73.

M-0 T-H-B-A-L-L- M E M 0-R-I-ELS- CHAPTER XXXVII - JIE CRITCEETT S P - ~ ~ G T

Th; f i r s t s t a t l o n f o r which I l l s t e n e d was WPdF "Where People &e Fre ind ly i n Council B ~ u ~ P s , Iowa i n 1923. Too much s t a t i c , so not heard from Nevinv l l l e , Iowa. I l i s t e n e d t o my former rommmate's c r y s t a l s e t tuned t 3 WHO, Des >!oines i n 1927, from I n d i - n o l a , Iowa. I ran down t h e b a t t e r i e s on a r a d i o se t on a farm near Overton, Neb. I n 1931, while t h e owners were gone. My f i r s t payday on a teaching p o s i t i o n i n 1934 we went t o Sioux City and bought a t a b l e model r e c e i v e r a t Ward's. My f i r s t v e r l e was from KWYO-1370 I n Sheridan, Wyo, rece ived 4/29/36 a t Lincoln, Neb. Second was from WIBH-1370, heard, but not reported. It was a BX Spec ia l . I n o t i f i e d t h e DX a r ranger I had heard t h e s t a t i o n , & ho sen t a l i s t of a l l who repor ted t o him t h e i r recep t ion of WIBM, and they v e r i f i e d from t h a t ; received 5/14/36. Number 3 was from KHBC-1200, a graveyarder, heard i n Univers i ty P lace , rece ived 10/25/36. ( ~ l h u e , Ha- Hail -ERC) My l a t e s t , #l ,624i was from KFD~:1230, Greaham, Ore. heard 11/28/74, v e r i e In on 1/24/?-.

NEXT WEEKl: RON SCHILLER re-VISITS THE FIFTIES! WE HOPE OUR FINE M W E ~ S w11.1. CQNTINUE THIS GREAT WORK THROUGHOUT i g n ! HELD OVER; FOUR "SECO>?D REPORTS AND ONE SINGLE-SPACED MUSING. -ERC

4% ERNEST R. COOPER - The Cape T i p DXer - 5 Anthony S t . -Provincetown MB

Ver ie s : R. Cayman-1205, W V N H - l n 0 , K P ~ ~ - 1 5 3 0 2 6 5 7 WECO-940-TEST WYNN-540-TEST & CCCB-570, a l l v / l , and t h e t o t a l c l imbs t o 4 ,018, b u t t h e r e ' s a l o t o u t y e t . I ' d l i k e t o acknowledge phone c a l l s from NRCers Ray Arruda, S t a n Morss, Alan I m p r e s c l a , Angel Garc i a , C;ay 1555 k ~ 2 ~0 ,000u) . 1205 HZ 11.000~) 6 105 3mHz FM (25b-4 Adamson, Frank D a l l e y , Ron S c h a t z & J e r r y Conrad I n t h e r e c e n t p a s t . DX: e g o Telephone 9 4030 12/9- Unn CHNC-610 a t o p @ 4pm. KM :2/13- Unn WIgT-TEST, good show! An IC* - P o Box 1110

o d d i t y , I hea rd "Wabash Cannon B a l l In FF on CKVL-850 today! And, WIQT- / 3/-7hP\QM G I ~ , , ~ cavrnsn B w I Cables BROADCAST GRANDCAYMAN

1000 i n a g a i n O SSS, 4:ORpm. 12/15- Unn WLFA-1590 ET/TT/OC & c l mx W/ID @ 1:59, & o f f , a t o p . A "R. Miramar" coming u / ~ u b a n Minute Man G3 2:19, unID, 1270. 12/17- Tremendous s i g n a l on 600 from CBNA, S t . Anthony, Nf ld . way o/everybody B 4:55-5:25pm, r e l a y i n g CBY & u s i n g o n l y CBY I D , & r e p o r t e d . 12/18- Who u s e s s e s s i o n s chimes on 1400 e v e r y 15 minu te s on t h e i r AN show? Noted @ 2:15. SSS, WRCN-1570 ex-WHRF/WAPC l o n g e d 4:15-4:30pm s / o f f - c o l d . SM 12/19- Vatican-1529 wreck ing WCXY t h i s AN & r e p o r t e d , 1:16-1:38am, new c o u n t r y , of cawse! UnID SS-1115 t o 3am, weakish . Oops, one more phone c a l l , Gary Whi taker . MM 12/20- A good day, w / th ree domes t i c newies . #1 was KPCR-1530, ET-rr 2:02-2:16, on a ve ry n o i s y morn. " M i A m i ~ o ~ n o t e d i n Dutch w / r r b u t on 1562, n o t 11871 WECO-94C-TEST e a s i l y O/YVNN w/good TEST Xr r e p o r t e d . UnID TTer on 1550 3:18 & on. Unn fo rmer s emi - loca l WQSM was l a t e & a l s o weak. Another new Newfoundlander I n CF'NW-790 a t o p Q 3:50-5:04 r e l a y i n g CFCB-570 & u s i n q on ly t h e i r ID, ):DR. 12/21- WBUK-1560-POP-TEST weak b u t l o a c e d W/TTS U/WQCR'S O C t o 2 , t h e n some f o l k - p r o t e s t - t y p e mx t o 2:21. 12/22- Log on WTGR-520 5-5:15pm s / o f f , i s rr l i k e WXBW. 12/23- An- o t h e r t e s t from 'rRJTN-1550 @ 2:32. 12/24- Amazing TA r e c e p t i o n w h i l e s t i l l d a y l i g h t & r e p o r t s t o DDR-104; E a s t Gerilany & R. San Sebaat lan-1025. 12/25 - IrWVA made a l i a r o u t o f me by MOT go ing o f f t o d a y , b u t I s t i l l c o t a r e - p o r t on La Voz d e l a Heroics-1170, Ca r t agena 2:29-2:40. CJVL-1360 FFC a- t o p VDRC 3:04-3:33. And La Voz d s Cmntro America-1195 i n San Pedro S u l a was ANlnn & l ogged & r e p o r t e d 3:21-3:58. Out o f room, sew s e a yew Inn 7.

22ud November, 1976.

Hr. E l l i o t R. Straus 1410 Bond St ree t Asburg Pa*, N. J. 07712 U. S. A.

Dear Mr. Str&us,

Thank you f o r your l e t t e r reporting reception f h m Radlo Cagman(s new 10,000 watt t ransni t te r on 1555 kHz on the e v a of the 17th Novmber, between the hours of 7:00 and.8:31.

From m a t you report, i t i s evident that you were able to pick up our signal, and we congratulate you,on.this excellent

(continue3 from Page 1 ..... ) RENEWALS J. S. Eovker, C. Koske, G. Herr, J. Hupke, 3. Ruhin, H. Gustnfuon, J. F~lconsr , H. Helms, D. T w x , ;.I. Wright, B. P a n t , 1;. . b p h y , C. Freemnn, J. Worcester, R. White, A. h p r e s c b , C. Holl~ncl, J. Twedie, C. Connelly, M. BreJvold, M Scheel, J. Pejzn, R. Nelson, J. Pesek, F. Wheeler, F. 14erril1, E'. Needlemn, 3. Ridge, G. Siegel, F. Pollard.

NOTES &c FROM NJPC We nre please3 t o nnnounce tht t)is s o a d printing, revised, of t he h'RC bntenna h n m l i s now n t press. We expect o 'mve it reedy fo r d is t r ibut ion l a t e r t h i s month. A l l a r t i c l e s are the some, just up ated parts nvailahil i ty, sncl msde some minor cor- rec t ions.

Alofig thnt l ine, members looking fo r pnrts for the construction of the MLC 2- or 4- foot loops, or the FET nnplifier , please note thnt 4 1 1 of t he prirts not readily nvaihble a t your local supplier m y ba purcbscd from G. a. L?ITMOU% & CO., IEWEZ39 DR., A:C-iERST, W HAiTSHIRC, 01031. Thanks +,o those members who po in td us in t h s i r d i rec t ioa.

SVKFtAL TESTS YITB SHORT ADV81:CE NOTICE WEilF A I R E D OVER 7;IE IiOLTDAPS. :.!OST LT33 OF SUCH m0RT NOTICE THAT LmICLY ISaWES i l ~ ~ ~ ? " ' HAVE BLPJD?). CPN ?CER3 UP3 THE PRXESS SF %V . G EACK TC OIiIO, 33 i~lllh'P I'EONE CALLS hTRE :.WE i3Y ZJERAL IiRC'EFiS, NCTAGI9 CPC C1iAm~2J: JEdU STm ?a PASS THE C m . I.<T LISI TE3i.I IIEilE FCR FtWEREh'CE:

12/21 (TU) 00004200 WBm-1560, Portage, KI 0200-0300 OjWS-1090, \%'rlterloo, IA FLASH TIPS & SUCHLIKE :7(R 02-255 r(Bii!+l&?O, Euffrlo, VY

Likewise the T E S S l i s t d on pnge 2 fo r t h i s AM ( s i c ) 1/10, were phoned out......

Radio Cayman does not a s ye t issue Qn cards, but you may take t h i s l e t t e r a s ver i f ica t ion of your reception, with our.good wishes.

We do hope tha t you will continue t o Listen and enjoy Radio Cayman's programmes and tha t we may have the pleasure of hearing from yau again on another occasion.

R. c. &lop ~ i r d c t o r of Broadcasting

- "The Voice of the Cayman Islands"

WED omnmo my m aonnuutur or rut c r v w Isurns

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