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I We welcome Vincent s t a s e n - ~ h i l a d e j - ~ h i a Penn as a new member and the,:renewals-of K,ernlit Geary and Frznk Wheeler. Thanks t o all..

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. : . DA~E----- CA&--L~CATI~N----------------- KCS---CJ,TJB-------- TIME ALL EST---- J A N 29 WATN Wztertown N Y 1240 NNRC 2 :00 - 2:30 AM

29 WASK . Lafzyette In6 1450 ALL DXers 2:00 - 4:00 AM 30nmsCFQC Saskatoon Sask ' , 600 N R C 3:OO - 4:OO AM

FEB 2*WVXLS Greenland-APO 858 PU N Y 8 5 0 N R C ' 3 k o 4 o r i t o 5 3 W H C J B Qu i to Ecuador . 974 , IDXS 3 :00 - 6 :00 Mil 9 CJOC Lethbridge , n A.lta 1060 N 13 C

. . . 2:30 - 3:3OAiVl 11-WPAT Paterson . N J . 930 N I.i C , ' 4:Ou - 5:00 AM 19 W K P G Prince George B C 1230 N R C 3:15 - 4:15 Rn! 24-rTGO Guatemala. Ci.ty Gunt la40 N R c 3 : 0 0 - 4 : O O A b l 24 ClUHK Cruces . . Cuba' 1380 N I3 C ~ : O O - 5:00 ~1 25 WHGB Harrisburg Penn 1400 , N R c ~ : O O - 5:00 a1

MAR I. WATN Watertovm N Y . 1240 N R C - A L L 2 :00 - 2 : 3 0 ~ ~

WhTN-WkTERTONiJ N Y Here i t is ,kiddiss ,another f i n e show on tap from our good f r i e n d and mcmber,Mr ii ightcr of VIIRTN. Bc s u r e t o l i s t e n 2nd have zn- other enjoynble hnlf hour o r so. henember Harry w i l l dcdicate se lec t ions t o those who repor t . So be in. therr i l istorling t o LONG & SHORT HAIR on the receiving end of it, M r h ighter now v~snts t o know what N.0 HAIR i s ?? WASK-LAFAYETTE I U D Mr. J Bpring,Chief Engineer of t h i s s t a t i ~ n i s a re21 f r i end t o the DXers 2nd he has volunteered t n i s program. f o r .al.l. of us t o l i s t e n to. WV1:DC 'wil.1 bother then f o r many of us,but \7!ZrASK shou1.d cut thru them so 'dont f o r g e t t o . . g i v e them.a good t r y and a repor t , Dont fo rge t t o mention t h a t you a r e a member of t'ne'N.R.C, CBQC-SRSKATOON SASK Here i s a s t c t i o n t h a t most of u s s t i l .1 need, and. t h i s will be a grznd opportunity t o hccr thern i n the c lea r . We ep.prccic2tc t h i s dedicztion and hope 21.1 the mc:nbcrs v ~ i I . 1 bt up 2nd tune6 in;-llr. L.C. HOS- kins, Chief Engineer zgreed t o the broadcast of t h i s spec ia l shL?c s o be sure t 3 address your r e p j r t t o hirx. So,heres hoping f o r good r t ccp t ion M r . Haskins en2 plenty of r epa r t s t o come ycur way. Arranged by B i l l Stone. VIJXLS-NU.RGA3SfiUK GREENLAND WXLS promised t o <o three shows' f o r us if the f i r s t two tverc not hoar2 well. and we fe,el. t h a t they w i l l be with u s again, e i t he r f r ~ m 3-4 a r , !+ -~ ,p r~b~ tbLy thc farmer,3-1!; 50 fitr ' the lu'ck has been al.1 bad i n respect t a c a n d i t i ~ n s on t h e i r da tes- le ts t r y once mare--our l u c k i s due t o a change soan. S/SGT Lyle E, Fenner i s now the s t a t i o n nsn, ager,so sen2 your repor ts t o him. $ IVXLS; RPQ 858 Postmaster, New 'ark N Y If yc;u Samt hear then PLEASE send 2 THANK YOU..CARD.

Word has been received t h s t CKLN w i l l be on January 28th 3:15-4:15 AM EST as l i s t & i n l a s t weeks issue .of "DX NEWS'I A s l l l r t wr i te up appeared i n th8 t i s sue and w ~ ~ s sent t 3 bliss Joan Orr, so t h i s i s sue w i l l n ~ t be mailed t o her e s i t wou1.G n o t reach there i n t i n e . However t d those receiving the bull.etin 1st cl.ass be s u r e to tunc i n and repor t , sen? then t(j IkI iss Orr.

Also wsrd from CFRN t h a t i t s impossible t~ DX but gl.ad t o n e x t season. Plans for a 5KkV j c ~ b 'and s t a f f -shartage reasons f o r nl: DX now. Bill S t ~ n e .

Remember ].isten t o 21.1 DX Programs. If inposs ible send t h a t THANK YOU ChRD.

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KCS CALL REblARKS 570 M C A New York NY soon laay be on 24 hour operations (E cooper-~rookl.yn) 580 KSAC Manhattan,Kan Sked Starts LO:36AI ends 6:30PM No F/C r ruse) 620 3-hR Melbourne,Aust heard at 6:55 &I EST on 12/30 (~arnes-calif) 629 ???? Foreign-Clock chimes struck 11 o r 12 times and i3/off at 5AM on

1/20. Is this one Yarnes rpted in 12/29 FroXics. ( ~ ~ g n e r ) 630 ???? 8pick hrd under above, Tho$ he said Radio---- ,Argent at 5:03 AM

on 1/20. Faded out at 5 t 15 AM (~agner-N Girard,Pa) CKRC 'Viinnepeg,hIan Anyone nccdin verie, G Gaetz is Man, No ton tone) 4-QN Townsville, Aust heard at %:22 AM on 2./6 (yarnus)

695 ???? Been hcaring a weak Spick 10-11 PM since last Biar. ~~~??(~agner) 722 CFRS CAnadian Forces Radio Sta hrd scveral times in Dec 7-7:30 PM

wbth popular recordings* flnyone &low correct urnham) ham) 740 CNlBF Havana CubaltEsquina Hoyal!l hrd wcll eves on this froq (~egge) 760 4-68 ~nlb~,Aust hrd 1/6 at 6:02 AM (~arnes) 830 CLBZ H~vana,Cuba "Radio Galas" hrd wcll eves on this freq ( ~ e g g e ) 85L+ O m Limu,Peru heard 12/29 at U:02 PN (~arnes) 913 . . * . Toulouse Regional., v w i e rec in 45 days. Uses forrficr Toulousc-

Pyrenees xutr at seduc~d potveri40KW. Forlaor privately owend xrntr on this freq de1eted;Vert Ant 120m high-located at Haute-Garonne

I 20 kilo mtrs from Toul.ouse. QRA-Lo Directeur Regional de la Rad- iodiffusion Prancaise, Regionale de Eoulouse, 78 Alee Jean Jaures Toulouse . urnha ham- ass) /(in there listening (E cooper)

930 WPAT P~tterson PJ J had to e t special pernission t o DX for us so be 950 CICNB Campballton N B Sked & 5 5 &!(SUN 7 : 55)-11~IU EST. (~tonc)

???? \firho is the Cuban on this freq behind WPEN (Lefty cooper) Hrd 8:30F 970 XEK Mex City alniter, vs Arturu Martinez L "Lo Voz del Concricon

C p l l e de Jal.apa 51; Has nice 1.etter head (Bob Duggan-Macon ~ a ) WHA Madison,Wisc (6ked $:~O(SUN 1 :30-2:15)-1+:15PM vs R H ~ickhem(Soh)

1010 KSAI Saipan. Prescnt sked is 9Plll-4:1.5Aj f o r AFHS;. 4:30-@ AM t o Japan 1.0 AM-12 Noon fur AFRS 4-5 PM to Japan Belicve EST (UBIS)

1045 1WUR Espirftu Santo, New Hebrides hear2 at fit25 BM on 12/30 (~arnes) 1050 CFGP Grande Prairie,Altacwent on this freq New Years Day (S4nne) 1193 . .. . Lyons or Angers hrd 1/20 2:0 -223.5-setting up excerciees (~ohanns) 1230 CKPG Prince George,l3 C Sked 10 AM SUN ll:30~)-2 AM EST (stone)

WVN1 Arecibo P H hrC tcst 1/23 asking for NHC rpts and will. confirm. QRA P.O. Box 772 R a l p h Perez Perry,Pres, (~uhanns)

1240 KWIL ALbany,Ore said perhaps woulci have pro orlcc a week like the 3/18 pro, so watch for en QEA i 5 - E l i n Sts, (~,ill.ey) Hrd 1/18 (Johanns)

- WGRM- Greenwood,hiiss hrd on test 2nd BUN 3:30-3:45 AM (~efty) 1335 HJCN TO MLEY whats this stations QRA for verie????(~urnhzn) 1340 '$!JOT Florence, fila will start March 1 1946 (~ick Cooper-Kittanning pa)

YKRZ Oil city,~a m y be testing soun, (~efty Cooper-Brooklyn N Y) KHOC hochester Minn test 1/23 till 3: 19 nrilid KWOC-WLAV-NU SVEXL (~ohanns) WTHC Elkhart Incl hrd test 1/23 ct 5-5:15 AM (~ohanns) /WEXL back 4:30) WBRE Il'ilkes Barre,Pa hrd test 3/17 2:34-2t46.9. Any dopeb for vcrie(5oh)

1360 KRIS Corpus Christl, Tex hrd testing 1/18 ane s/off 4:30 (~ohanns) 1385 ???? Hrd 1/16 & 1/17, Z~udest eve TA hrd, S / ~ f f 6:15PbI (~~gner) 1395 ???? Church Service in English hearc here at 6:15- on 1/20 (wagnor 1400 WORD Spartanburg, S C hrcl 1/23 s/on for clay at 5Ahl-oh boy (~ohanns

m S Rock dprings,~yo hrcl test zs sked 1/20 4:15-4:30 ( ~ o h m s ) KT$\\' Emporia,Kan Bkeci 7 : 30 (SUN 8 : 30) -1A1U. Paul H Daniels ,CE (Johanns)

1420 XEF Juarez,Chih TO JOHANNS XEF i s alnite Spick here hrC weakly at times. decins aZnite Bat-Sun AlUs. with American ~iiusic. Their c a l l is lcLa Vuz d e Nor te Anericatt ( ~ u e g m - ~ a ) /Skcciy5: 55-~dt (~ohanns)

1450 WAGC Chattan~ogaJ Tcnn Hotel. Patten; Wrn R Owen, CE (~ailley-~urnh2m) KSbIA Santa Muria ,Calif began 12/20, H G ~hurtl.if f ,CE- ruse) / WDAD tested unr,iodulated 1/22 2-2~15; CFOR hrd 1/21 4:22-4;50 WPOR Portland, Me nay be testing soc~n.'(E~oo~er) TBP 2K T - C e ~ , , . , + + ~ T w A +,,,-,+ ,. /,.no 9-91? -1 w n n r L-. 1 I q - q I A* V ~ Y ~ T / 7 - 3 -.

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l&$@ KBNE Boulder C i ty , Nev h r d 1/10 spec. t e s t a t 4:04 ( ~ a r n e s ) 1490 WKBB Dubuque, I a F/C 3rd WED from 413014:45 AM L 'P. ~ a r l s o n , ~ ~ ( ~ o h a n r , . ---- Bingharnton, N Y w i l l prob g e t a new sta-So Tier Brg Co (D Cooperl

NEW STATIONS 1240 ----Whiteville N C-Whitevil1.e 1190 .... Lexington N C Davidson Brg Co

County Brg Co 250 w Days 1240---- Cul1rnen;Ala Cullman Brg Co 1240 .,,, New Iberia,La New Iberia 1430 ----Coeur'dfAlene, Idaho

Brg CO. Cbcus dtAJ.enc Nrg CO' I. Kw. CALL LETTERS ASSIGNED 1340 WJOI F'lorencc, Alabama, (~11. by D cooper)

PETE CLARIUS-STATEN I S N Y, Well P have logged a few new s t a t i o n s s i n c e my last r e p o r t WNEX-CFOH-CFAB. Vcr i e s have cone i n froin KPRO-WMm, This b r i n g s l o g t o 949 wi th 836 v e r i f i e d , To REILLEY-1lBROADCASTINGlf can be bought f o r - 15# a t most newstands o r - c a n be had f o r $5 per year,you g e t t h e magazine every week p l u s a g i a n t yearbook which i t s e l f $s worth $5. The QHA is--- Broadcast ing Magazine 870 Na t iona l P r e s s Bldg Washington 4, D.C, TO LEFTY COOPEE-Please do n o t t h i n k t h a t I have f o r g o t t e n about your DX g e t t o g e t h e r because I have n o t w r i t t e n you,but I want t o t r y and make it f o r a Sat n i g h t s o as far as Irlknaw I v~9l.1 n o t be working Feb 9 t h b u t will. w r i t e you i n a week and Act you know ~ e f i n i t e l y ana g i v e you d i r e c t i o n s t o g e t o u t t o S t a t e n Island-Hi. (yep boys t h e s e DX g a t h e r i n g s a r e swe l l ) BOB.SPENCEH-BUFFALO NJ WOW 4 v c r i e s i n 1 day, copper s h e e t KGfR-card from KFVVB anci l e t t e r s frorn WDSU-KEX. Today l e t t e r from KSL; Rec airmail l e t t e r from C W K about t h c D X e s on 1/28 & 2/24 b u t they dic! n o t v e r i f y .my r p t . Said on DXes' w i l l heve English announcerients, 60 wrote them Iwould be l i s - t e n i n g and asked ther.i to. inc1,ude d a t a t o v e r i f y r e p o r t s , and my 12/20 one. No go on Pilgires, KCOK was tpugh b u t sent r p t , KFXBI f n t e r f e r e d . CFAB was swdI.1 and CKRM too much n o i s e t o hear thcm s o went t o bed, Heard KWSC s/off on 1250 kcs same AM, (OK Bob and maby a l i t t l e l a t e r t i n e w i l l be plent i fu1. j RALPH TOHANNS-BUFFALO N Y TO MALEY I h r d KABC on 1/14 d i s t i n c t l y with 4 calls 5~41-5:40 on 1450 kcs and z l s c h r d them a l r e a d y on 680 1/$0; Like tes t dope on WfJPG; Ge t t i ng t i r e d of l i s t e n i n g : t o same s t a t i o n s t e s t , o n l y i t s q a d i f f e r e n t day o r t i m e and miss t hose I could use. 1/L7 WMSL t e s t 3 ; WBRE 2~3.4-2:44 f o r ano ther f-up; 1/18 KRIS t e s t off 4:30; CKGB f o r NZDXA t!3.17. 4 :02 ; N I L 4:19h o f f ; WRHI a t 2:15 QhMed by W L ; 1/19 VSSSV f o r NZDXA t i l l 4:01. On 1320 hrp a spec brdg a l s o Spanish t a l k a f t e r 4; 1/20 No ca l l s ca r r i e r comes a u t , WNEX s/on a t 6; KVRS F/C 4~15-4:30; KFXM s / o f f a t 4 AM a f t e r keeping KCOK DX company; 1/23 WJ gave WDBO a backsea t as CKEY off MON AMs till 4:45,guess because it snowed here then; KbDM-3.140 s / o f f 3215 KODY F/C a s sked; KIUL g o t t h e WINK n t 2:38 anC WASK had KOAL p u t on b u t WGL s p o i l e d i t a t 3 ~ 3 4 ; CFOR on tis 3rd MON t e s t made poor s t a r t b u t end- e < ' b e t t e r , s / o f f 4:50 ; CFAB on DX and Mr Bishop dedicatec2 t o Walt Bishop i n NY a t a t e ; 1/22 Yes WGh1B D n age in ; WATT till 3:14 t es t ; WDAD till 2:15 unmo6ulatcd; CKRM Dh n o t easy a l t h o KFWB h r e good a t 4:O2 s / o f f , Hrd ca r -

I r i e r h a r m ~ n i c Jn 990 kc til.1 &:35 an6 WAAT on 970; 1/23 WEXL went o f f t i l l 4t30 so WLAV played unnodulated from 3-3:41 s/of Ann said on anl$ 15 min but gave 2 c a l l s before, ENOC & KBOC b a t t l e d a F/C whi le WKVM gave o u t ho f o r a v e r i e as s /o f f ; CKFI f o r NZDXA hacl E tough job espec a f t e r WEXL was back. Then o u t pops WORD s / ~ n a t 5,NEVJ TIhE? WTRC F/C till 5:15 saved t h e day. :1{20 U.95 kc French s t a t i m haC sittlng up excercises ti11 2:15 s/off

' after giving 4 banC skcd, ViHATS TKEIh QRA?? You TP-TA,feLlows h-ave any? Cor rec t WSAJ-1340 F/C ends 3:30 a l s o 3.00 w z t t s ; WNEL sends ' p i c t c a r d n o t s igned; RKVM l e t t e r f o r 1/9; WAGC by CE; W%A l e t t e r & program; KTSW,let- t e r and YL on Pro was Maxae Graham; WKBB fas t r p l y by CF, nice l e t t e r and P G ~ go t a card; Tnx Steve hlann,I always keep"Mexicann hopes(sone ,as Lef ty) LARRY YffiNS has swell. idea i n h i s wC c o l u ~ i , Where i s B i l l Stone ?????

J i m ~ c ~ r e ~ o r - ~ i c k Jus t av i ck arc bo th horne,. Good l u c k t o you both. .

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TIPS and LPO REPORTS January 26 1946 Pa%e-4-- ... 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - - - LEFTY COOPEH-BR,QOKLylj-N-&. Fipt t o CMKY,veri.e from KPRO) swell c a d ) makifig t o t a l 1084. Vihile reading "DX NEPJS" on subway s t a t i o n Ol dropped 2 pages of i t down onto t he t r acks j u s t as the t r a i n was coming i n , Can anybody top t h a t one? Not much DX t h i s week-L'couldnt ge t CJOR and KCOK showed up as a c a r r i e r only. 1/16 Tuned CMKY and hrd WSW on top and f e l l ' a s l e ep , when WSMB went o f f , t h a t woke m e up and I logged CMKY a good R-7 til.1 he signed a t 3:12; To SAHLBACK,is that WSEF t es t ing time EST o r CST?? Tnx f o r t i p on KPW. The CE of WPAT wrote m e that t h e i r program d i r e c t o r had wr i t t en m e on 12/23 and they were wondering whzt happened t o me . That l e t t e r never did getchere. I cant f i g u r e i t out. They had t d g e t spec i a l permission from FCC t o DX,being a daytime s t a t i o n and t h i s has been granted,so here 's a good chznce f o r you boys t~ Log a tough one. No KALL v e r l e here as y e t . TO KIRK; Your s t a t i o n on 600 was not KFJB i n Marshal l tom, but WS KSJB i n Jarnestom--tut t u t Doc your rad io must l i s p . DOC KIRKts PREDICTIONS (was supposed t o be i n l a s t i s s u e but the boys d i d a swel.l. job of stvamping your ed i t o r , so it was l e f t out) Since o thc r s ere trying a b i t of predic t ion on DX condi t ions here.at ternpt m e . Thrs ~ 1 . 1 1 hold t r u e f o r my own sec t ion ,but wou1.d bc g l ad t o have co~ments from otlicrs on how i t checks out f o r them. For week of Jan 27th-Fcb 2nd Continued f a l l i n g o f f of TA s i g s accompanied by e s l i g h t f a l l i n g o f f of TP s i g s . CA & SA sig wi1.l continue t o idcrease i n s t r eng th during t h i s week, Reception of s t a - t i o n s t o t he nor th will be especiz1.l.y good; VLEEK FEB 3-9; TA & TP s i gnc l s wiJ .1 continue-weak. ;Sqme fa l iming off of CA & SA s igna l s ni1.l be noted. T20- ward end of week nor thern s i gna l s w i l . 1 d rop considcrcbly, Considerab1.e 10- cal. in te r fe rence be noted during t h i s week, rendering unusable many s i gna l s which oddinar i ly will. be f a i r l y good, WEZK FEB 10-16 TA s ignals w i l l improve considerqbly. TPs *;$ill remain a t bout the same l e v e l a s i n previous week. S ignals from CA & SA w i l l . f a l l off considcrably. Noise lev- e l will. increase causing i n t e r f erencc on weak signals. ---Would a p p r e c i ~ t e how accura te t h i s p red ic t ion tu rns out t o be. It was bawd on the same gen- eral. s o r t of cons idera t ions t h a t t n c Armed se rv ices used in predic t ing t h e i r long range r a d i o c i r c u i t s . SID STE,ELE-LOUISVILLEKY Rather slim pickings t h i s wcck; 1./18 found C J R b on fo r NZDXA a t 3 : 2 0 ; KYUM on check 3:30-3:45; KWJB a l s o on check 3:45-4 CKGB on DX f o r NZDXA off a t 4; Only new one was KYUM; 1/20 Reported KGIR on "Future Un l imi t~d" program on t i1 . l 3 SUN AM$. Hope t u g e t one of those Copper Veries. Mine i s a pos t a l card; KNAK f o r a new one 3-3:30; KCOK cn DX f o r c lub was q u i t e d i f f i c u i l t due t o KFXM baing on a lso till 4; These band sel .ections a r e f i n e when y ~ u cnn recognize thexn,but I usual.ly c m t . The Cuban I hrd on 1060 was CMChi and no t CMCK as l i s t ~ d i n bul-letin. Only ve r i e s bzck t h i s week were from IfilLIB-V1rHNC. WHNC expects t o put zln some DX programs soon, accbrding t o t h e CE Lewis E Hiland. Hope everyone r e p o r t s t o the dedica t idn frora WINN on the 27th ,especic l ly yau DXers i n the Northwest and Southwest a s t h e i r CB i sve ry i n t e r e s t ed i n r e p o r t s from thesc- areas and i t a l s o wil-I. count double f ~ r your f e l l b ~ v s i n the contest . TED SALING-ESTACADA ORE Beries i n s ince lzst r p t frijrn IWIS-WJJD-XOOS fox a t o t a1 ,o f 196. KTSW i s t h e only Specia l t h a t I have been ab le t o pick up, DX no t so good here,but n3st o f them cavercd up by ZLlcal s t a t i ons . Rp tS au t t o KROD on F/C 3:10-3:20 AM on 1/7, also KBNE t e s t i n g 4:08-4.226 f.M; 1/8 KOOS F/C 3:30-3:45; WVUR on rEg skod 4:30-5AM L/10 KVOA hrd 3:30-3245 1/11 KRIC F/C 3 ~ 3 3 - 3 : 4 6 and ViKB.3 hrd 4205-4:15; WXLS v e r i f i e d my xmexx&x unable t o hear l e t t e r . Sure a swe1.l v e r i e too, DX spot ty but i n t e r e s t i n g with many s t a t i a n s heard b u t . t o weak Lo iden t i fy . BOB DUGGAN-MACON GAvVeries f r u u l KVOP-WJHY-WGTC-WAT-XEK-WAJR-ViBTM-CBR-Cm- WDNC R p t s t o ~BG-KADA-WAGC-CI\~KY-XEF-WBHP-KOC~L-V\~ELL-KCLO-KFPY-~'ITKPT . C W Y was good a f t e r WSMB s?off 3 N . ?%G was Spick on 1230 kc from 3-3:30 on 1/16 Verie s igners WGTC J i u Mayd,CE; WDNC ~ & l . t e r S Hil1,CE.

NOTE- Re~ember have y x r BCB Contest t o Sid Steels no t l a t e r than Feb 2nd,

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.WY:VLAB-~ORNBLL N Y..Havent, been doing t o o much DX s i n c e l a s t r p t . S t i l l trouble^ with too many, $picks . But when .it comes,'2'o"':th% I want, namely

.HOK',no soap, $00 rgucla.. KFI. ,who .were R-9 plus h e r e ; . Also CWiEi,no soap,an aw- ful. whist1.e there. so.,$.:&o"crqsd :i~,d. ,wgq.t t o 1380 and reported CMHK who were . R A ~ ' pl.us a j .C , ' b u t . .hayoat h e a d , f ~ o m , them.yet : e i t h e r . h p t s . t o CFNB-WASK- CMHKLVI JLD-WGBR-I~FD~T~CPO~~G~-P~HOT-VJGAC-I ' JSO 0 - ~ j IBU -VlPAD-VATN -PiDAD-VJHIT-\GCAT- WOSW-V~AIT-~~~Q~BF-BJSSV-~$K$T-CFAI~, , ,Varies. i n from YV6RE-CFNB-CFCY-WMFD-WAX-

, WGBR-WGRC-NIB$ . , . , T ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - l # ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ -Y~XAT-\~~DAD-WOS~~. I3 ow,. about that Y V ~ R E . -&f you guys : w i l i reigelilber'b8.ck a few yczrs :ago . . to 1/13;/42 and you w i l l . re- 'call, tl.lcy:put. on a. specia3. EX f o r us from.3-4M. I - r p t e d . them st t h a t time anc2.l -t;hey , sen t back :this . card po~trozrked Sept :1I. 194.2 o n d : it wtiS held by

,censor :until.: (3egt;..12 1.945, snd .I recc;ived;it the ,d.ny :before Christmas. Was signed by .L- J :Arreaza klmenar,. ~ i r e c t o r . There i s no QRA of t h e , s t a t i o n on the ,cart:. My ,one. !al6 . o n l y , fo re ign : v e r i e .and t o .h&ck.irsrith the r e s t of em. Did myone else r cce ivc a v e r i t ? fro;;: YVGRE?? -1.2/X2 CFNB. Ii-9 .plus; . l2 /14 CFCY-haS q u i t e a job on t h i s o n e ; 1-2/15 KGCX,?o soap;,;l2/20 C ~ W no SO-p 12/29 PILTN, .Id-9, fell . a s l e e p .O~,I~!AZL-H~ Pdp,. , Illc:nt t r y . - f OT. 'KTSW ' or:KOTA due

' t o change',in.worJiing hdars; . 1/8 No soap on HOK t30 much 'KF'I zinc! , t o think I havL. hrd - ever'y 'Cuban. e x c e p t one &hich i s CblKY, , a m I , 6urfied . up; ' & / l o H'HIT R-9 here;' l /&Didnt 'mke u p f o r KTSYI o r CJCJ.or if!XLlc;;boy I!m s3.ipping;l./l2 vJKAT''~': 34-6 : 57 on t d p everybody; 1./1:3 WOSD; l;/l:4 ..V~RIT ,those l a s t 2 h a v e

: q u i t e a time f i g h t i n g 'it, qut 'all 'c;;ly I.,3ng tiJ.1 s/off at ,6 ': 15PM'; 1/15 8 o go: on Algiers . b u t I ci2 hear ' sqneonti anil i t souric!.ect ' l . i K 4 &n' awful l o t , , l i k e these InCi ans t l ia t I used t o hecr ou t ' . i-n $hem ~ ~ c i f i c .' Who ' i n heck was'. it?? i/19 W s s v .& \\XST 011. l'qr NZDXP,.; 3:/20..No sacp an KCOK 'bebause of overlap of WCPO :and: I ' w i s h 'VCP~ .'woql.rl verify; , 7./21. CFAB. li-9. plus and' q u i t e i n t e r e s t i n g Would like ' t o c:1ngratalate'3il 'f . Stone on t h a t very : f i n e &iradi: :'of cznadians boy they sure 20 7.0~13.; OK t o r,ie and going t o ' t r y ' t o ge tVthkn CLl..'if a12rm c o n t i n u e s t o work. Bay' .what a guy t h i s ' Juhanns r ~ u s t c b e . T Lent-. belf cr~e ;' there.; i s a s ingle t h i n g . t h a t he nisses. Viihnt . c l o he do? : C L I U i , Sfi.TO THE-'FINAL STAGE AND LIVE THE;RE? s$ he ,w:jnt n i s s anything....GCr.t.. t o ...fi1ee~~..~~.1~.:...~r~t?n .,I . g e t ,

, . to Buff E ~ C I Sunday. (OK Ed 'ciricl ws Vu'i.l.1 be looking f o r y9u-pop) ' 7 .

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Pvt CHUCK R ~ m ~ ~ ~ - 3 3 i f 9 3 9 2 9 ' My bull .utins ~ r r i v i n ~ ' iigain,but i n 3i ightly , TROOP 'frEff 214 CPLV RCN SQDN ..' . " haphazard. fashion. 12/22 arr ive?, : &X$k&, 1./3 '. A P O 777 & P.N. 'N ..Y C.ITY. NY' 12/15 l / 4 :?nd '12/8 hzsnt coriie yet.. Sti.l.1

bea t ing the b u s h f i;r .i r$<!io, bu t 1 c r l ~ t g c t :one2 f o r lovd qf : idoney-cii~re- t ts . W i 1 . l hnvo . t . 2 t r y i n Linz s'olaa dunday i f I c a n g e t . off gi!aiii : : l ~ n g en-

. sue-,. t u .. make it; 6ur2 would , l i k ~ .to have: z goo2 rece ive r . c?.nC . . .put up a n c c r - "..

', ' i a l - , on. t o p of c3nG .,,f these .i;nou,rita.ins, 4 g i t l . 1 an ceiiinary .5, tubk"$et with ' o 3 f t ' % & r i a l of ph;nc 'wire :ire> :can g e t -the, P&~is-Lond~n-BruSse1.s : brazdcss t s t 2 t i a n s guring t1i.e 'daytiliie wit11 ga9.d . ' l . ist i ;nini v.2l'umn. H o w E v e r , t h e r e is al.wnys s-ne?ne :el.se l i s t e n i n g 2hC I can , do any ' D X i n g . ,'fib t i d e d E ? i c h l s re- p 3 r t s hearing AFN k!unieh-Stqttgart. They, 'dperate :2 t r c n s i i i t t e ? ~ , : -200 .miles apar t s i ~ u l . t a r i e ~ u s l y ; so ' 1 .tvo~$Zd imagine t k t ,k t .$ ps in t p r e p e i c l i c u ~ a r ' t c t h e a x i s of t h e 2 xLntrs,thcy whul.drc;infqrc& e i c h o the r anC p u t in r prot ty %301 sign+ '?heir power i s . 100 Riii G n 1249 k c s . o r . 260 meters. KOFA in. Lenz should 'be a good t a r g e t ,'fsr saiae . o f , tlie S.catt'-~.::;L'licjr;~.f t 6 r ' boys .' T,&y a r e a booster s ta t ic in f g r . tk i& m i n '.KOFL i n Salzburg., , ant: $.u$ 'sGt a .pre'tty gdd. I.~@xsie;nill. Saw, i n . 8 t ~ i r . s .'& St r ipes ' s ' p i c t u r e of @uf fa13 d i t s l i g h t ,snow.

. . . . . . FRAN BUHNH~'~-GLO.UCESTER U~ASS J.7ls-t '.a. f ,ew 1.ines to Lot yc~u know t M t hlgires 11-76 kc3 hrd. Q-5 R 5-7 ,:snL'. s;ne :fading .. $,~unlan arLniunce.r ;wi3ndcr. if it w ~ s Miss Reis? Cage i n : a t .sk,ed t i u e , 12- 'MDT 2nd 1ut;gei:. s ~ l t . 6 . f ,3r . I./2. :'l~.;ur pl.~y- , i ng populay r e c a r i s . : . V ~ r i e s i n .today f.rr~l:i ~T~~$iGA-K~J"JBp'-rili.Jflo. .(OK FR8n bat- 1;:;hy not; . l e t ..US hesr ,fr.::a yoG,:~n~lr.c +iften,,. yaur .LPO.b~tervnti.:..ns '~:~ust. .l)e.jp~etty g o ~ d ,' ~ s p e c i a l 1 . y frljri the TAs-..-PCP) ; ..,

. . After a c ~ u p l e weeks, I f in i~ l . . l y . . . . . rer.iei&qei' . . . . 't,, infor; ysb boys t h s t fiJunic811 Carberry i s . hme,,, yep: .discharged.. B' .t. ,as tij !fDXtl. ,he, says. whets. tha t? . Sooo

' . .u . you c a n imagine,: 3.n rt f etv yjre~r.s :he: riigbt rtjqi:qbe.r. Anyway ~ q o c i - ~ u c k Ton.

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J WARREN ROUTZAHN-YOIS&& Got home t o s tay 1/12,taking. 2 weeks t o g e t things i n order,then t o work It11 go. 2 ver ies awaited me from a furlough 2 years ago,KTUC-WTOP. Did ray f irs t ,DXing 1/19,logged and wrote WSSV-XET-XERB, I wonder i f Mexicans answer now? WSSV & WKST had programs f o r the NZDXA. On t he 20th logged and reported KCOK on t h e i r progran f o r our club which had a n ice R-7 here. KFXM in te r fe red very s l i gh t ly . Logged and wrote WPIK a t noon 2s they come i n wel.3. a l l day, This morning I logged CFAB a l so with a good program of ban6 nusic and the k y o r on f o r our c l u b , That i s my DX So f a r but I enjoyer?, i t . After I get t o v~orlr 1111 be probably be neec?ing my sl.eep but I have a week t o go. Got c. Stevensons log and sure hope Dick Cooper ge t s out the Log I have been reailing about. Also would l i k e t o know .where I can ge t sciriie Mexiccn starnps fo r sending repor t s , Guess t h a t s 21.1. fo r novi,its good t o be back and I sure enjoyed the bu l l e t i n s and news when I was i n the CBI , 1'3.1 end with Hc1l.o ane good luck t o everybo2y. (OK ll;pr- ren, i t s swell. having you :back and l o t s of r e a l gooZ luck t o you-pop) JOHN LONG-DALTOlV GA 1/4 KTSW DX very en joyable show with a f i n e signal.Then the AM o f KOTA DX,static t e r r i b l e al.1 naming; l / 8 No go on C J C J al.tho I d i d hcar a band se lec t ion once o r twice but nu announcenlents. V\lCPO stood by the l a s t 15 nin. Ben t thohi a tnx card. 1/8 Also no go on HOK,pawer l i n e noise and KFI s t i l l on. WHIT-New Uern calne i n good lilost o f time. Overlook- ing the CJOR DX ant card carae late s3 missed them. Herrr? the F/C \jf WABY 1/14 a t 3ARI. 1/15 hrd KAVE with ~oocl signcl. pa r t 3f the t i n e on ~ / C , a l s o KEOA te s t i ng with 1.-2-3-4-5 over WDC but Zitint e e t I.ocation. Hrd WAGC cn 1/14 with a t e s t . KFlZL hhrd with f i n e signal.. Uothing froi,i Unit~c! ? J a t i ~ n z Sta t ion Cue t o sorile s t a t i c cntl QHb1 f r L m WHAM ovsrlap,but w i l l t r y again 1/15. C6rtainl.y hope Dick c;n g e t s;~iic kinc of a log book through as the 3I.d DX Alnanac i s o u t of (late. PFC S HE$NRY FRANmL Here i s a tour of bcb up i n Youkon on l /U $$$ SIG SV BN-US ABblY when thc: teup i s up over Zero,Northcrn WATSON LAKE-YUKON TERR-CAN AD Lights not shawing an6 the snow fsl-I.ing g race fu l . 1~ svcr t h ~ already hll covere2 t e r r a i n and when r a i i o reception sui1~enl.y becones excel.lent- as compared t o the usual resu1 . t~ on - th i s b a d when:I Ern glad t o g e t KIRO znd t h ~ t i s usually a l l I can f i n d on the diCP. Using a 7 tube Gpccial Services . receiver at exsct ly . l .1 PN Yukan t i a e ( 3 ~ ~ ) EST Tueseay I begun my tour , Hrd ISM0 s/cjff a t 3:01, KFBK'with popular re-

, carclings, then t o 1450 a t 3:07 t;, cztch c. choral. 'group' give cu t with "Clen- ent inen, then t o 131+0 t a hem an vrchestra with VAtchisbn Topekan a t 3:08 ; then t o 1290 anc! heard a ban6 fade cut a t 3:1O, then 'wi th good voLumn pick eg. up a mzle voca l i s t singing "Just A.Litt3.e Fond Affectisnff a t 3:l.l Over KEX on 3,190;' ' then band p1.aying a march cn 1150 a t 3:12 and a t 3:13 I get t he Kelly car'shsvi on KNX and then coul tn t ge t anything till ,I g a t hold of old r e l i a b l e KIHO with, i t s concert hcur j u s t i n tirile f o r the break a t 3 ~ 1 5 , then.2 s h ~ w D n 650 a t 3:16 and t h s t wes t h a t . I missed a cauple t h o a s I Ciscovere2 a n redding the job z n d ' i n :Lilci i t i~n 'hecrd a fading progrm n 680; A ha t j a ~ n s e s s i ~ n a t 3:19,on810 a n i ' t h e n o n , t s KNX again whi1.e I type th$$ repzr t . 'Looks l i k e ~ n a t h c r rijnth up 'here b u t 'n6t much longer. The RCAF i s rapidly tcking &:jver these i n s t a l . l a t i ~ n s a l m g the Canadian por- t i ? n o f , the ,Alakka Highway a n l we hcve a t cur statj.cn now ensugh personnel. t o tzke over all .,pcrati.,>ns. k s t o f us don$ mint i t up here. We have most canveniences but 'we a r G 'getting h ~ n i e s i c k ' b o t h for home anG for pebpl.e, l .cts and l o t s .of p e ~ p l s . Thc r e p ~ r k s a r c ge t t ing up here ane ecch bu l l e t i n brink*: me nearer hone. Even if they i,o a r r i v e -s week l t ~ t e r than usual , C;>uldnt get: much DX up here anyway.. I t s c l m ~ s t ivlclt here anc. KNX i s very low and 1'11 prc~bebly rever t t o K I R O very soJn, Hri! KEX S/off @M,very strung. (OK Henr;. and you can be surb t h a t wa tuc; w i 1 . 1 be glad when y,>u a r e back l?driX, S O l o t s af gnod luck fr~jlii us?Lal1-~3p)

j e f t y ssys he apologizes fo r tho CJCJ progran. ~ 3 u r E i i t o r can see n3 rea- one i s needed, .And 'tc, WINC-WHGB. Joe DeHose thought: he could c?fi us 9006.

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ELWOOD CEIBERT-WALNUTPORT PA, OK on t h e DX pr.ogra.m.pwt . ~ a . ~ b y , .CMKY, Puer t o Padre;Cuba, hat .h-3 s l g s t i 1 1 3 AM- when WSIYIB $/off , t h k n ' : ~ M K ~ hac% R-7 till s/of f Cnd ~ i s e & 1'O.Q; wk-tts . : 111~0 r p t s . out t o CiVIKY-CMCQ-Cl\rlBZ-XE14r-KIL0 who had. a s p e c i ~ l FJC ,b/,l6; 'mRN'-\IJkOV-WFFA-VJGGA c?nC; -a lso . 5,pick. on::.920; Brew blanks on 3 l a t e s t . D X e s bs ' I see q u i t e ' a. f ewxiilore did, was- up t h o anyway. WGGA F/C 1 / 1 5 was .dedf c&tt;C'.-. : to local.. PoZ.ice Force, g a i d , I3Xer.s .Bell <:own on t h e i r job l a s t : time,. : Ver r e s 'in f roril' KO,TR-WJNO-rlWLT-\,qEX-\~;LE.E-WQAN -WCBI-KGD-KGNO-WSSV- WOhlI. KTSI on.' i / 4 OX'; WAZL ,:on 22/29 . DX an& WDAD-.; back after 2nZ r p t . XERB v e r i a back in"l2 ' : d a y ; , . ~ e x ' t F/C for..v!LDS y d . 1 1 . b& :Feb :P 2-:30-2:@; Ra2io

. . Salas . on 830 .kcs , . . : i;;/loff' . & . ~ d t ~ . . . l / i ~ . .WAOV; hrd.i..on FlC.. .as:skeC: 2-2:30 AM. LEN KhUSE-DJBU-QUJ $ell f el.iows nf tei. a :&sy; ;o~hr ls tmas ~ u s h ; ~ , , a t the lo- cal. :P. 0 . . f ol.l.oweC ,Ly:.'.a -case of F1.u lay, 'DX., udtivi t ies . 'Werc grea t13 ,harr,perod.

. 8i;nce .nly l a s t - . r p t of ':a fionkh- ag6,have aGcdc'' severczl new one's t o .my fast growing DX .log.., 'WGKV .hrd '1$/12 with FJC.) 2nC'hQD .4-.;4:15. my 1st added t o my l o g in 46 was':lif~I,& :F/@ .ilst NED.: 5-5 :.IT, then KT& on".DX t o 'add 'thc. 3rd one.

. .WAGC was -added on ..:l/l& 'wi th z . t e s t and hri: qi.xt ' f l A&l$. a f t e r ' t h i s Idate, Th6 . - DX f ron WHIT. dzirr~ .'in 'f iine,how&ver as' usuzl $~L'~Dc i n t e r f e r ed . 'Wonder who the

lucky ,DXer ,wilil. .tie. tocrecfr3ivc. the pr ize ' . cs t h e ,far.thcs-C .:$i:i:steries : and speak- ing of .prizes,r;ly; . ,v~r . i .e , on : KTSW.iDX : s ta tcC. ..'a DXer f rori; ;Neiv 'Wes t~ i in i s t e r B C was saarC;ed :the, c i r n ~ y . .:~h& KCQK spec i a l .on..l/20 could ' n o t . be hr2,tiere they

' - .on?? (mats the i;;iatt:e~ :Len, ydu .s . l i~iping ,. . KCOK & KFB '..both on 'ana .loggc2 here-~0.p). Congrats. t :~~El;c?~3r~. iAcrty 'fop l.ogl;ing KGFX i ;hh ich ' i s .:every ~ ~ e r s Crea

. alq0 KBNE; The DX ,f.r'orn. WATEJ, ,112/29 'caue in' poorly a s .:I:o'cal, wec t he r conditicjfi . . wcfe ba?;. . 'KOTA :on 1/.5 al.so w a s ..bc1.o~i par.,but 2. ; ver*J-.e. .back 'already 'signed .by. Miss Paulinc Krebs.;receptioni.St. (LCS t t i r & L'sn she w a s G.riSf 2 t h s , ~ e c )

- .Ver.i.es : r e c rccen t ly . were iCOVO--Par&ey Rasi;lu'ss~~l,C.E,;' CFNB d n :DX-KBUR by John GalLirro , CE;. .CP,MS -. dn. DX; - KOl\1;1. b.y fi C' Corr ig;<n ,1ii1gr ; , CFBH.. a -p ic tu re car2 z.nC car? froifi.\lfJNC :by R. M. Ckiakn:nber;l;l'in,CE: ant: 2 4.ong awaitex2 :c,crd fr.or;i KALL by . .

. .. W i l f r.ed Ro:ssberg , i E~G.;:. V;rFLR a I%;t.tef by - J .?,fifche].l ,CE 'en6 WGHC ' by P e r r y - . Esten,CE; . GlaZ: '*ti -.s,eD .txy ~f&vor'l.-be 250 r,V'c tt&r n~r;l,&f:y, VIiKi3B rea l ly i s ge t t i ng

around, being hrc"', i n C a l i f .8s, were .in:Buf f.ii1.q. .aceor(!-ingr ;to- l a s t . b u l l e t i n . : With . 6 O new: s:tations :' f iven. f ifla], OK Ijy. FCC DXers wi l . 1 ; 'be busy how. AncJ .from a r e,p~.r;t: 'of FCC there; a r c stil.1 severa l . hund'rec?:. t o . ac t , ' on i n fu tu re . PHIL NICHOLS-E HARTFOHD~ CONN, ~ n e : y e ~ i c , i n i c e . l k t t e r , s@&t but. swGet fron VtmGC,Chcttenoo~ja. The ANs- of 14-1;5 .good .for: TAs.>Hptec: on 15th t o BLA1,tnx

. . . , to Mzleys QRA 'and: g o t Algiers s p e c i ~ l r a t h e r .weekly.-,It .yas ,z'pp,arcntly . . bet . tcr .whi.le t'J-WVA.1 s'.. car r i e r wasi on,.!, no d o u b t .bc;,i;'Sterl. Ey' edge of' V\n,IbrV6s car-

' . : . - r i e r ..' Ncrm: t e l l s ' -1;ie. th'ht .th.e'ir. 2~6,. t&st e,n 1 6 t h hsci'' b'ett'er s i g 'stkengtll but . . : . SO r;~~.shy .he: couldnt c.=)py.;it. "ANY HELP'.ANYONE?'. .GUN 1/20. .tune2 in a e t e r : . . .. . .geCtfizi;. home. f r o r ~ : work,:VMEX; s /un .14OQ- a t : .6.AU .cnci,,sat;le. uniclentif iccj US sta-

t ion: came; on 1395 .at: saine t i h e ,hat' r e ] . i g i~us - p I ~ ~ ~ r a ~ ; up' tis a$'I ,eas:t 6 ; 4.0 . .

:'., s6r.inon-congregr t i o n . :singing''8tt.c; just. h a l f wa,y betw,ekn.. WrJEX-X,$UO , E n C the : S t a t i o n ;on 1390. Nd -',st%: anh, h f ~ : b u t ' be l iev&. it. wa's- 'sbne "l,!&lO kc 'stati~n off

. . : f req., .. Minip t e r ? had p s l i g h t : southern a~et;n~$~,., , &QuJ.&:. appreciiak.c. . i.2: :.it anyone

": e l s e hrd therg anC. ,id.entifit.C.,.them; l e t t i r i g ue. know thru bul l .+ t in . 3 i n of . .

. . . snow a n i sleet. hcre,. ki0N 1/21;,... Horpe: tb. .f&t: the : col'i;i.ng 'Sp&cIi;als, f ra:rk CmM- . CKFI-VIEIN as .,an off 3 ni t , e s . . The KPOW 3pec i a l : f b r NNRC. 5 s e e i i e n t l y gcing . to:be . SUN .' Jan 276h . i n . .s,pi.te, of .previous,. Lii.sting;.s, l. Rptec:. Liil.Se'4:21:3. kcs in ' .France.- t h i s . . 1/2,2 and:.sent, ,with i t , a. dt~pi on. Toulouse 'pf:. list s e p t r p t .

- .. B o t h to P a r i s , .QR.f'i ;HQ, , ~ ~ . ~ T ; :wa.s. : c;augh:t :.te$:ti.ng. u.p .J AM Tor $in.Itl?H? neK! . . one. CKIib1: . . caqfie. .t.hry t e r r i f i c : :buzz :on rs'bec v e r y weakly ,only coul:d - i d e n t i f y

one;'numbe+ towards eati . o f pra. but. ,had q u i t e .a . J . i t t l e &&PC? sa sen t r e p o r t an? tnx. V!HO'was t e s t i n g :Jn 63,O..kc: a t 3:49. S/off'. '&t'3-.:56 AM. AUI l o r ~ k i n g forwrrrc! anx ious ly t 2 , the prijnised psem. by Seth. en2 t c , - hir2.I . . .stiJ,l . c1.ai.n

. . . . . my' aeriel . $.s ' t h& . w o r l C s warse,his.'msy be.:.. sc,conil. . : . , .. .

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LEO HEHZ-CHICAGO ILL 1 s t V . ~ i & ~ , s i n . c , ~ ' I .gat b ~ c k frol.: UkBC a m i r n ~ s ' ' card. I t . was .r:,y 31.3th. vc r i a .and only scnt . , o u t , o n e r p $ th i . s ,.week to; V/GAR,di6 r l o t have 13uch. tine. t c j : ?X $~il . l h o t t h i s seasG0.. $one .real, -DX ,with n&w l o ca t . ArJdec: 1 5 f t ,tj' r;lv' iadoo+ '.ffnt,~>nn:t ' r;np i t.. .vi wac. +.,a ?O f+ ~ i r - \ n l r c r*v .

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S/SGT AL ALLEY-HIGHLAND FALLS iU_Y La tes t v e r i e i f? om CMKY-BLA1-HJCN-KIEM making t o t a l of '989 ,Jilso. d u p i from WINK-\nipfd-WlFR-WEDC-KTRH-WBL; WEDC veiic. s t a t e s a t h a t t h e i r fo re ign progralli, Lefty anC I hrd 1/6 was xebroadcast of Russian Xmas program,nht Spanish as rg ted i n b u l l e t i n . I Cidnt say Spick anyway,said I thought i t 'was Czeck which was c l o s e r . They a l s o say t h e i r Mdt Fl-yers program w i 1 . l run f r o n 1-6 AM i 3 t~~r t in .g i n Feb,good by 1240 ~ C S . WINK ver ie ' was Cup verSfying reception a t 9:30 Pbl during period of unusual recept ion when on3.y south w a s hrd. Pop l i s t e d KTSW 2s Emporia Kan,eant he f o r g e t t h a t KTSW DX deCication-hi. To SOHANNS-KPOFs 4 t h FRI check i s zcc t o sked,also hrd your uniclentified Spick on 1.420 114 with National. Embl-em March and! s e n o r i t a singing '1tIPerf iciian over and over with no am', too 1-oud f o r anything but a Cuban so assurnct i t t o be CBLBD whh i s supposed t o move here, no r p t sent . To SAHLBACH Sent me 3.ist of checks you need and I1&l. S € C what f have on them; HJCN-1335 kc sent long Spick l e t t e r i 3 photos of begot::

, and sent Columbian dirne i n r e t u r n f o r mine-Hi. Also r c c u n i c e frienC1.y l e t t e r v c r i e from IUvlTR.:rs a resu3.t of fo1,low up t o Jkm St ra in ,Pro D i r . Scys CE was too busy ,remoateling X ~ u t r end t h a t s why r p t s t o him were n o t ansv~ercc?. JIM SHUPE-DAYTON 0 Bebn revivec or sonsthing, now n DXcr egain. My Super- s u p e r h ~ t i s a1.l f in i shed and i t i s r e a l l y n good DX r ad io . Fol.Lowing are some s t c t i o n s t h a t I have hecrd 80 far on it. Who-KGER-QLhD-WhiO-KAHK- WKWF-WC-WNEX and a l o t of s t a t i o n s t h a t I have no t hrd s ince ray Del.co went p f f f f f f t ; It has an R F stage t h a t real.3.y works and how, I cant even ].isten t o c l o c z l beaause it overloaCs t h e mixer so Bad. Showed 2 of my frienGs some of my v e r i e s and I th ink I h c v ~ them almost tal.ked i n t o (;ding Sofie bcb DX. They both have S-20-Rs and have h e m l i s t e n i n g t o 10 meters with good rc.su1.t~. Veries have been co~rirrg i n good now t h a t I havo been sending out some r p t s . Xy r e c e i v e r has.RF gain-IF gain-AF ga in contro1.s and I can cIleng(: t h e ban2 width if the I F frorn about 12 kcs t o about 1 kcs so I can SepeX2- t e the s t a t i o n s very e a s i l y . A l l I need n(,w i s 2 goo6 antenna, Mow using about 50 f t of wire i n t h e basement f o r DXing. (OK Jim a n i l o t s of s t a t i o n s ) .WALT BISHOP-REN-5SELAEIi N Y Reception here hasnt been any t ~ o good t he pi=st week, Even e a r l y AMs heve been off. Had e. b i g n i g h t 1.isted f o r c t h e eve of t h e 18 th and AM of 19th b ~ t had to w ~ r k l a t e a t t h e o f f i c e on t h e 18th ~ . n c w a s t oo tired t o stay up al-ni te . La tes t s t a t i o n s 1-ogged on 36th WJAS-CFPL- 1/19 WSIX-WSPD-CKO C-\VDEL-VJF~~L-PJI~:L~-I./;LO WLAC-WBfl S-WCCO-flVEXL-KflR 011 t e s t - (oh boy znd I have been t r y i n g t o land tha t one f o r a lung long long time pop) -WITH-KGL-KFEL-KNX. Veries received are WFEA-blelvi-n C Green, Gcn Illan- WOK0 & WGBY by James Corey,CE; WHN-Louis J Casino,Pro S.up; WTIC Katherine Roth,RuS I!iail Div; WPEN Charles Burtis,CE; V!FMD Mil la rd Kl-unK, P.D. ; WLkw George Xinckley,CE; WOW0 Bruce Ratts,CE; KliOX Je r ry Hoekstra,Dir Pub R e 1 aed a 2xpage l e t t e r ; WIBC H E ABans,CE; WALT Frank Bremcr,T.D.; CKEY E 0 S an,CE; WSPR Quincy Brackett,Pres-WSPR anc WBZ no s i g . B u s t DX N'EXL on Eeg skcd 2:28-2:35 AM; Log t o date 122 hrd 29 v e r i e s an6 '53 r p t s out* GRANT BLTSON-WESTFIELD N X Rpts r ~ t h e r l i m i t e e t h i s tirae. 1/15-16 Algiers n o t hrd here h igh noise. CJOR C i b t seem t o be on tho KFSD hrC s/off a t 3 . 1/20 KCOK l o g g e t under C i f f i c u l t i c s 3-4;02, KFXM on a l l t he time, ViPIK h r d s/on 7:30-'7:45; 1/21 KOVO F/C 3:30-3:45 s t a t i c very bad; XESiiC on 1590 kc 4:14-4:32 i n Spcnish; CFOR 4:32-4:50 ant cburteously s /off f o r CFAB; CFAB was b e s t 100 wat ter hrt in many a moon, WFMJ s/on a t 5:57$. Feel proud on ver ies , 10 i n a l l ; KVOP-KGNB-KGU-V~H-\Y~~GG-WAZL-W~~V-K~SV-~ Find hIcx&c=n QRAs i n Sept 9 1944 and Jan 1 5 1944 issue of DX news, To Reilley-W,grlcr- Got some IRCs 12/27 and s e n t again 3,/21. f o r murc t o Supt of P o s t a l Finen- c e i n Wrshingtan 13, D C. Tried i n Buffalo a few months ago an?. was to1.d no more were being prirlted, stj t r y P.O. a t D.C. Many tnx t o Steve Nann f o r Mexican stamps, using eriz.already, XESM very dominant on 1470 nrld foune XEAI a l n i t e on 1320 and easy t o copy,

According to v e r i e frsm WEDC r e c by Maley, ib'EDC i s g ~ i n g an z l n i t e again. What say each menber drop them a n i c e l e t t e r asking them t o s t a g off one . - - - L - - - - 3 - v ... --- ...-- C A ..- ,xnunt.( n+Cll,LI h p p nnlm g m p INTTR Trips,

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J I M MCNAUlARkk-CLMEillONT N. Y Not rnuch DXing 1ateJ.y as have.'no@' .been 'too ' l ive- l y . Got C F B ' t h i s A&!!*: Well KGJR came $hru with a n ice ver.ie,.sheet copper 2-3/4x5 signed by,Ed Craney. Hrd tPiern ll/lO,haL t o wa$t f o r them to: go. off the a i r bef'qr'e I coald ge t KOTA i n good shape. KSL i s veri,fying.once'more with EL nice photo. ,card. of t h e i r 3 0 KVl xrritr . Wel.1, '~iy.'Hal~.P.craf te'r 9 shou1.d be here anytime now. Was shipped f ron Chi.cago l a s t , Wbc'i., dope i t comes so I can t r y i t out,',on C W i on 1/22; :(liopt. i t cane J i n i as you woulcl need 'some thing hot t o hoar' ther.:-pop) CFAB surc c3mc. in here., Copied them from the time they came o n till the final: si;le'ction u s t a r s & St r ipes Fbreverff , PAT REILLEY-JAILEST$W~ N Y Algiers n j t h r i here on e i t h e r day. 1/15 KLX 1-ikt a 1-ocal. s f t e r 3; KTTS with , cyc lc ' tones fo r over hour;KAVE at .3 :33; KRE seer:.. t o be on al.nite, ~ ~ ~ I : ; W O R D a t 4 F/C.; VlLOF at 4: 05' for, HCA-R'itrerhwad; 1 / 1 6 Spick s/of?f a t 3:1.8 on 1350,forgot about CkIK'i being on;.KRE all n i t c agzin. KCOK ~t 3:05 with. Gene Morrison. mnounccr; KWIL. off a t 3: 05; VEPT at 3:22; WALA a t .3:25; A 2nd r p t : t o KWBFI. Veries back 'from XEhrlC-t!!GSV who have nic6 ptc ture card of t ~ e i r bldg anc! s igner by hlnrk ,Shekler; 1/17 KAGC back f o r 13/!(3 l og . Noisy t h i s Ak1;:'KCO.K on .dziI.y Lust .at 3:lil). ancl then nofse scat ne t o bed; 1/18 WSON :on -F/C 3-3~30; CKGB on. ,L)X 'cor'anybody who czrcti t o wr i te a t 3:05; WPAD a t 3:20; KiV'IL ti3:I. ,&.:119 with a bt.6 cycle tone. o n t s p of ther: 1./19 WLAY a t 3: 05; WSBV .f sr "NZDXA;: KGER ::nd 'kS.Ijld*,:bp.th at 3:15 j InlKBT a t 3: 35 for. NZDXA; WW. a t 3:45 and; tab no.isy to . DX; . l.720 VJP.IK-VlLIB : bo.'th gor ncv onc: 1/21.. KOAL-CFkB f o p new : ;~ncs i *KVAN ~t 4r 01;-KNliK' on F./C.. a t 3: 09 a 1 t h o CE sa id thcy t e s t a t 3: 30-4,: 30.; Wi$K : 3-3:JO;. XRE c:lni-k'; KLX o f f a t ' 4.-for KVAN

* ? -lJVPDQ verit. back f u r . 1350; : CFAB hdd. &oat DX fior . the club; 1/22 BBC .jn 877 was gooi. till 3: 15; KVOD a t 3:'48; PPT-F s t . . 3 : $ O ; Ti16 Y~x icans were a l l good CKREil cnught f o r new. one but fadcil.:b&i.y and. v k r y nf.?isy toclay. STAN ~ O ~ S S - B H A U F O ~ D >&SS l/J./ii YIWSX hi2, 0-8 2:13&-2:24;': N T B O t e s t i ng 2: 18- 2.$21; WkGC a l s o ; Yfl'u1LT 2: 3 7 ; ~ i ~ ~ ,, a.t ..2: 40; . Ir\!JBlV-, ?: 45; WBH.p'13: 10.; KG88 3 : 1.0 WGL 3:1.5; KOC'A. 3:15 a ; f s o ; ~ h ' ' ~ o r t u ~ ~ s c - : : : ~ ~ e a k k n ~ ' : . 3 ~ a t i o n .0n 63d 3:44-3: 55 .

. . R-6 a t best,faded, auk by 3:55,:',6,iit d.id get b goqG"eeport f o r thern. Am w i n g : tc; take a cha'nde . i t was .&isboi dk 629 aricf' 'goink;' $'b;. , repi;rt : th8l;i; .l.Y15 Tbs all. over tht? plnck;BIJC s4at i6ns. :bl l , h-8 o r b$tter-~dUluusG:;'iL-8 f o r long re- p ~ r t ; 2 s t a t i pns ' o n 1176:, 3ne k i t h ,:US kii,%i%zfjr riusic (~l,gi;e,r,s.),. .and one i n . ' , :. Danish or Swedish :.an t i > p prcjbeb3.y Cc~pcnhagen R-7.. . L ~ p ' t ' 2t0 'Frankfurt; BBC .on :: Hone Service sure , gives 3ut ~ c j t , s.tuff . - : H ~ , c : t 1~er i ' : th~s ' AD;I on news 'broadcast . f f A ten s h i l l i n g nQtc iq: a:,picce'cif: paper ~:ith.,EO Sfii,llings printer?! qn i t 1 7

CBK t e s t i ng a t : ~ : ~ O ; ' K A ' V E at. '3:n3x0,;' ':$,or;leane.. .,te.s:fPng,'wi'th Betty Huttdn recorGs on 149.0 a t 3 : 50;. WOKD: at :4.; c?fIsb@' a$, 4: 05;,: MIGGTL z,t ~. : l5, ; Veriok f r u u ZNS &. Klo; 1/16 Verie f rorq H J A H bgr zirinaii-, sayss they are on.: :till 2 SAT-SUN f&ls swell l ~ t t c r head sn2 ; go~C! . assor$m~nt. af.: staraps 'incl.u&ing- a B i g ~ - - r ~ e e :Over;' ': pr in t ; QRA;them ' a t B u x 67.4;: Bzrranquilla, !,Colombia. ;,. b y l o t t e r h t a a u s e 1KW. , 1 and . a l so i pe ra t e 'HJJlG on SVi. ,..Vuries f rok KPbiC-KIriBH. KALL :hrdl. well . for -,nefi o h e c t 1:4$,; .WHBC t e s t i n g ,:n. 1480. c t ' '2 :05j YDfjC 2r2:30'far fa i r . r p t ; KGLO . . . ' '

a t 2125; KFSD:.g,ooCi';frcin 2:45-3. s/off; KILO very. s trong-3:anL: . r p t c d . f o r nevtr. ' .

one. KALE .on t a p of ,1330 a t 3t25'; 'Some ~ t a t $ ' ~ l ? ~ , t e s t i r i ~ ' ' m s t 'Lf AM dfi l 4 O O . ' - but I hre no, ann. : .hpt : t?.'WUBB.: very co ld . here,6 be1.ciw hnti windy; 1/1.7 CKCK .I .

. . . redl.1.y pouncling in< this. AM h 4 ; K T N S f o r I.vng r p t ; XF:DN t ~ s t i n g off.'.c?n on during AN. Bpted theu ' i n D c c . . ~ ~ a d ,no : ans . yey so no , m o l . e 'pcjstage; 1/18 . ~ . c r ~ e s . - . . . from WLBJ;IIKVM-WAGC-WBLIB; 1./19 XET , t a s t i ng 4-4: 30. for x p t ; WST an DX c l s o . :

WSSV; . V,ries f ron KTSR-WEN?-AFN Munich by Pvt . Cal+b sine , , Man, an& QlrL f o r Munich i s APO 205, t i ok . 5 weeks,-thcy use. very cah r fu l . t i ~ ~ n s r y . and sked i s '6.-2 ' AI$ Central ~ u i b p e a r ~ Time.. . . . . . . . .

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DON 'WYW-UOSTOI N q Not t ~ o much D X ' ok,' l a t e . ' Managed t o try f o r Specials & HOK is,only- r p t sent i n s w e time. CFNB-CJKL are only ver ies s ince last r p t . KAIiM-KGIR-VJJLD a r e stil.1 out. h,call sameone mentioning IIiCs hard t o ge t . I never useG any till HOK and Phi a t Spr ingvi l l c cauld jus t rencmbcr having some but loaked a b t an h ~ u r f o r em. KCOK barely hrd,no go sn WXLS & a whist le on Al.giers. Jahanns suggestiiin on F/C seem OK here tea; GI-ad t o see Seth i n the wijrld again. What happened t o Kenny?? No snow here yet.

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NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 10 TIPS -and LPO REPORTS . January 26 1.946 - - - - - * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - KERMIT GE.A&x-WALNUTPORT PA Rece'iveC v e r i e f r o ~ -the B r i t i s h Forces Network s t a t i o n o n ' 658 kcs. Same i n f o a s bieI.eys, The KCOK DX encounter'ed. severe QRN froor;, what appeared t o be CKLN.. The l a s t 1 3 lain were the bes t f o r f a i r l y good r p t . .Bi 'ggest ' surpri .se of t he AM was when 'KFJI took over giving me a

. , 'new one. The Europenas were a l so h o t s o sen t a r p t t o AFN-LeHarve on 1204 " Who was $pick on 1.393 k c ??? Listenecl f r o g 5:20-6:10 AM when covered by

QHIEZ,Armounced once c;t 5:40 but was b r ~ k ~ n up by tester on 1400. CFAB wzs R-7 on 1 / 2 1 ' D X , Rpts t o XEAI-VGMEX,. (OK Korriiit swell hearing f rcn you again but on KCOK, al l . heard here 'bcsides them-were KFXN, l a t e r p a r t thciy were very gooi! I~e re . D i c l you hew KFJI l c s t p a r t of KCOK o r ear l ier-pop???) JOE ENZ-BHOOKLYN N Iipts o u t ts WLBJ-lh%OG-VvBIh-WUOB on 1/4 F/C; 1/8 VJCPO off f o r e w h i l e k i t h WISE on DX f o r NZ, 2 stcztions on with band 1;iusi.c-WCBT? One,..pl.?Lying Arny A i r Corps song an? e the r Under The Goutjle Eagle; WFR al-sc! on F/C, nothing Zk f in i t e on CFCF. 1/22 ViXLS no t hrc! u n t i l l a s t 1 5 nin,very wcak,gl.zd I got;, h i n 1.2/2/ Correct ion,I uientii3ned /Earl, as s igner , t h i s shoulc bg Lyle E Fenner; CJOH on l./4 no g,~ioil hrd c a r r i e r a b t 1 5 ritin,sar;ie Ah!. KFOX- K I T on 1280; KYA 'on 2:55 wi th Chronicle Tir;les news r ep t ; KFPY wc~niicrful s i g on.. 920; No go 011 h Z g i e r ~ 1/15-16 c a r r i e r hrd but trjc much WOWG. 1/15. BBC 1050 R-9 p l u s a t 2ki\il, t o o bad they Cont ve r i fy ; 3./20 No KCOK here; KRIS- KGIR of f 3M; KFBK 0x1 a1.J. AM; KFAR weak a t 3:10; KG1iI.B f a i r 3 : i t 5 , D X gcoe. 1/21 DX Fa i r but nijisy; CFOR on t i3.1. 4:51 foll.owed by CFAB, 'both OK; Also f o r g o t tc, i ient ior~ WBGC-1450 t e s t i n g . asking f u r r p t s . Verics i n MfJiOG-KLBJ- WBIR-\p?lLGC, dl-ogan \a/ilming EL G r c ~ t e r Chatt~nuogan on reg skeC 1/20, signet by VG'r;l R Owcns ,CE; h p t s t o \Iro;IOB-CFON-CFAB-\VCBT; Cc21ecl zbout Hal.licraf ters bought 1.2/1 2nd up till. now nijthing heard, no~vxsaid S t r i k e s holding up. FRAN BUENHUl-GLOUCEGTFJi JUGS Ver i e s i n f rot , WOLiI-KVOP-WDAK-KELD-KHBG-WFOR- ItMiN -WHLlJ-WAGC-WGIL-KGCU-KTUC 2 . n ~ TouLouse Iiegiona1.e ijn 913 kc. Reports .>ut t o ~ ~ R ~ d - K G B S - K O C ~ L - K V O X X ~ I S ~ Y - V i ~ ~ T - ~ C ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ O - A l g i r s - l . 1 7 6 - L i . l on 1.21.3-~;lontpelier-ll.~8 kc. WOMI was n i c e p ic tu re ca rd of x n t r ; WHLN sc-i.2 ha? cauple bun tubes and wzs surprlsc;L he get out cver back fence; KCOK was sen t a pcor r p t a f t e r s t r a i n ing lay e a r s 1 hour th ru noise; Def in i t e ly i- den t i f i ed 3. nurnber an2 t h a t a t 3:52 kLM. CFOH $cod on t e s t an6 s igned off a t 4:5O t o give CFAU z c l e a r channel^ CFLB un ~t 5 and l i k e 50 Krllf here zn6 n ~ t 1,00 watts . Wla signed an 1450 j u s t before CFAB. Thought I h rd W Va men- ticned,prob2bly WHIB overlapping. \$;HOT hrG 1/13 t e s t a t 2:4O; Sure hope he v e r i f i e s a s I havetbeen a f t e r t h a t baby r: long while. Can you inagine t h i s Have t a g e t up a t 4ALl t o hear E. s t e t i o n on1.y 50 i i~iles away,yes y ~ u gessed i t WEIM. (Looks y ~ u unti Wichols ere in thc: sar:ic boat , w c j r l i e r i f hr: IlecrZ them on t h e i r DX??) V,ries nsw 574;#cari! 873. NOTE WHEELER. m I C .BRISTOV'J-CHICAGO I L L W G G k t e s t ed a t 1.:15 ancl was. brck i n 6 iicys. To YiILEY t he tine .>n y ~ u r l a s t sheet show CST 2 s 1 w a s up o.n haur e a r l y and happenel: t s tune i n i,n this ' freq anC ga t WELO-KYUDil- see i f t h i s i s r i g h t ? ' tf r p t s t 3 KYUh!. Hrc=. dayor of VtinLsar on u u r DX. That was Lest specicl 1 have heard, S t i l l t h i n k I ~ E V C a chance of ge t t i ng CHLT apec iz l back a s a b u t e;ne hclf i n thr: contcst have t hen . l.isted4 Heard CFOR s i g n off -4:50 . t a l e t CFAB have 2 clear channel. Enrl. H But ler i s CE for KvlFC. Verie 3 wks. AL BARTHOLONEW-CORN-IPJG N Y Veries i n last mok fron FVSSV-h'JAGC-XEHL. TAs g ~ o d l e s t TUES t he 15 th but fi~isseC Algiers sn 11-76. however c:;pied BLkl ane T~ul.cjuse dn 93.3 f a r r p t s , Since t h e n TAs hcve been inauduh1.c unt i l . MON the 213t when I hrO Llmdges f a l n t l y and EAJ8 i n and ou t Zfter 2AN. 80 other:. audible . Oh yes UlYR very casy Qn 15 th v\rhen.trying' f o r KCRk,didnt need the; Copied KOAL f a r Le t t e r v e r i e on 21s t c l s o .lnndec.: CFOR for new one H 7-8 and CFAB camc s t reng th sn a. g5Cd. bou,s,-Ler- speci.cl. f o r cl-ub. R p p ~ r t e d 21.50; CKRM bare ly nudlble,, peaked just c n c c i n whol.'e hcur. RAY "SI10FiT H A I R & _POP'' EDGE-BUBFALO NY. R p t t d WHOT-VtIIA-CJRL-C'KBB-CFBR- \~~~V-KCOK-KOfiL-C~j,b-CKR~ii, Veries s ince LC, st r e p s r t f rdm MSSV-F.WSLi-VIflzL whicf is n l o u s y cnrc? as i s ;ne fraii~ t;JKbB-b\rkLGC. Total naw 115. CKRM was tough and u s c i ear phmes, but KFWB s /off a t 4:Ol en(. were W-8 here. So-long.