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Volume 23 - I ' hbe r 25 Year 23 for 17.R.C. Ekrch 13, 1956 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - ------ ................................................

BEST IPL' TEIE WWL" oEnclo8ed please f id check f o r $4.00 to renew ny nemberehbp i n the National Radio Club. I n zrly opinion t h i s s t i l l represent8 the best value f o r your money i n h e r - i c a tod3y.h -Rarl Raymond - 763 29th Street - Idanhattan Beach, California

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Locat f on Atlsytic. Iowa Lenoir, North Carolina 250 St , Cloud, !$innesota 250 Corning, Eew York 1,300 S tkatf ord; Ontario 250 Fort bralton Beach,llal, 000 Alpem, kiichigan 250 Paeadena, ~ d i f o r n i a 100 Colorado City , Texae 4300 Killedgsville, Georgia 250 Comay , Nav fknnpshirel, 0000 San Angelo, Texas 1, OW Vellsville, Netv York 500 Hanover, New IEPnpshire 250 Lovington, New 1 2 clco 250

2200 - 5:30 a.m. 2:00 3 . S . T . $800 - 4:00 a,m. 2:00 C.S.T. 3:30 - 4:00 a.m. 3:30 E.S.T. 3:30 - 4:00 a.m. 3:30 E.S.T. 3:30 4:15 8rmb 3t30 E.St!co 4:00 .. 4r30 aim& 4:00 E.S.T. 4;CQ 6 5:00 a,m& 1:00 P.S.T. 4:15 5:00 a,m. 3!15 C.S.T. 4:30 - 5:00 a,m. 4:30 E. S.T. 3:30 - 4:30 a.m. 3:30 E,S.T. 3:00 - 5:30 a.m. 2:30 C.S.T.

12:Ol - 1111 a/m. 12:01 B.S.T. Date and Time, l a t e r , 2:15-3:00 o r 3:15.4:00 EST.

CMNGES IN STATION DATA - F . C . C . - NEXI STATIONS

950 ~op'kinsfEdina/St. Louis Park. Michigan 1.000 0-3 -

1450 ~ l b u ~ ~ e r ~ u e , Mew Kexico 1490 ~ e v i t t o w n / ~ a i r l e e s Hills, Pa. 250 U-: b s 9 2 C A U CmTS:S_ NA

1230 ItflAA X W I Kingman, Arizona 1330 HDOK KW7A Tyler, Texas FACILI TIES1

1260 !T T! D C CVashington, D .C. to 5,000 U-4 from 5,000 Ud3, no change i n night DA. 1280 !7 I! P T Tuscalooea, A l a b a m , to 5,000/500 U-2, f r o m 1,000/500 U-2. 1330 '3 X A r;l Evanston, I l l i no i s , to 1,000 0-3, from 500 D-3, same cbniiel as all. 1360 7 K Xi I Xalamazoo, Kichigan, to 5,000/1,000 U-2 from 5,000/1,000 U.4, m

change i n night BA. Note: Pap 11, last week, the heading HHeard 8ince J . e t Issueft ehould mad, in-

stead, changes i n Fac i l i t i e s ." CJCS, DXing Ivlarch 19, changed i ts time to 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. from 4:O;-4:30.

HEAIiD SINCELAST ISSUE_ - -- .- 1460 R G R E ITew Braunfels, Texas hTRC 1260 K r! f Q (location not given) IlRC

V Y IT i4 ( location not given) hrRC t e ' d appreciate i t i f , when you report brand new stat ions heard testing, if you'd fiention the i r location and frequency, f o r we frarkly do not wieh to take the time to aearck through our records to find out th i s inform tion. Thank you! See Page 2 for the write-ups on the ten programs coming up th is week, nine of ~rhich are se t f o r this caning Xonday morning, a really buoy d a ~ f o r us DXers!

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!iEP SPECIAL 5ZSrL'S -TOR IT. R. C. - - - - --- - -K J.L I NN--,, Atlant ic , Iowa Bob ?$orroq?~ xi11 handle the t e s t broadcast, aiid lle i e

RoSert Mormvr, Tres. a personal f r i end of Len Xruse. Both asm.re us of a - . -. . . - - -. . . . -- .

r ea l l y ou ts tznding program, on what should be a c l ea r channel except f o r tks South A n ~ r i c a , %TO. Ve h o w ma:Q of you neod XJLY but we hope everybody :itill l i s t e n i n and send ii: a recsption report , from t h i s DY Test f o r our f i n e club. LXB mJ'3J

?? .---- J R I - Lenoir, ---. PJ. CL Here is a s t a t i on with no early-hour frequeilcy check J e r : ~ C. E l l i o t , C.E, vhich wetre sure you t l i a l l tTelcome, on a big, long ----. --

'6how W ~ ~ C I I \:iil bring u s music, ana loca l comnent, and of course, freq-dent s t 2 t i on i d e n t i t i e s . The charnel w i l l have a couple of all-nig'nters on i n KDUB, !il.ID, 2nd CJOB going f u l l b l a s t , but we hope TJJRI w i l l make it, a l l OK f o r all. ~12.-53>T.uW

TJ - J 0 --- N - - St . - -- Cloud, ?hi=. !;'JON i s anotner s ta t ion which doesntt have 211 e~.r ly- &in H a o r i ~ $morning freqpency cllecic, and hence is not very o f teh

heard by tho DBrs, arAd vrit:? t h i s program, we a l l ought to have a good cb-nce, 08-

p e c i a l l j <L~-ring t h e i r f i . r s t half hour, before CJCS comes on. VJON i~ jus t e a s t of the upper l lis s i ss ippi River, t'nerefore, the W c a l l they have. FRR1,TCIS i\TI-l!TL_a

tTJ C B Coixing, N. Y . f;!lC3il should f ind t b i r frequency c lear f o r ,";i?is t e s t , Paill E. C ~ 7 . ~ e n t e r , Ivl. except f o r tl?e Mexican hcinute ?Jan, W,R, so r o s t of -..----

u s ourl;:it not t o have much trouble tuning ?hi s ldlowatter on. Their f requccy check i s on at Cil Lour ellen 1 3 s i s qui te $ell populated, so th i s i s a f i n e t ixa to nake a log2in;; of Corning's fine s ta t ion , ' I ICM, with th3j.r one kilowatt. FIiRliCIS NITTL33

C J C S_- ---__,.St.raEord, Ont. b r a , too; i s a s ta t ion which we don' t o f tc:i 1-five the Johi Grigg, - . - - . c,E. opportunity of logging, and t h e i r prograi w i l l consis t

of rrcorded ~i-dsic, i n t e r spersecl wi th s ta t ion fdent i f icat ions . Mr. Grigg scjrs 218

w i l l be 'hzpy to t-erify reports of a l l wko- care to a r i t e h i m , snd ive hope G12.t t:lat means lo t s m d l o t s o f our members. K4 hope they ge t out well. STAR i.iOXS>

K P P C - Pasadena, C-ald T h a k oh so rare cmicodity , a Coast 103-watter, on the 23 1 Rey.no -L l d s air f o r a big DX show! S0rr.e of those who made the

:;BLA sima s -xh a succees w i l i a l so be here to help put i t over. Some tone, some code IDS, cad of course, much rm.sic w i l l pmck.ate the program, along vcitil DX chat- ;ere ICPPC is ovmsd by the Pasdena Presbyterian Church, oil since 1924. gp IESXI37:

. . '7 F T TJ - F t , YJalton Beacll Fla. Bince T'F?m's freq- ,ency check i s covered ir,r a - - . - - . -- -----=A --..-

! -. A. Re:molds, Gen, Xgr. multitude of a l l -nightem, they agre3d to put oi a spec i a l t e s t f o r the DXers oil t h i s IVI'oadayl date hhen ell but XGIL a r e s i l en t . The C .E., JLmy ' Jai ts , i s quite in te ras ted i n receiving DX reports, Mr. ReynolCs s ~ y s and he1 11 answer 31-3- -gladly. So let1 gi all - tune in on !'lF!!?Jt s t e s t . S I D I?3SlEElAlII

W A T z * - -- Alpena, idich. VATZanai'r. fdcClay a m o ld f r iends of the ITRC aid 80

Drew !{~Clay, hfigr. ---- they a r e ~ i l t t i n g on ano thex program fox us. i:osat ought have scznt trouble w i th them, with only l."TIX and perhaps TQSN on to in te r fe re . Bl.TZ belongs to the well-known Pax1 Eui-gan Network, of ~ J ~ A T Z / ' J ~ , I ~V~ATT~~~VIBN/!:IJLTC. So l e t us a l l give a l i s t e n to t h i s f ine , f r iezdly s tu t i on o n the i r MBC DX. F. NITTLER

K V 14 C 'I - Colorado Citjn, T e 5 T i 8 have -:isplaced the information on t o -:r?.om to - - -- . - -. -

. . . , writa on tLiis DX progrm/' test , but we f e e l t:%t i f you w i l l -::ritd':tCe C .E. you1 ll .be r igh t . This is a s t a t i on m c h desired by mos tl;- a l l of our i-~o:-:.bars , ar-d ~i t h only CKhTI on t h i s f req~ency , most of us should be ~ 3 l e to hear thern f a i r l y 'we l l . Our thanks t o t h i s f i ne s t a t i on f o r t h i s f i ne gestvxe!

*. 1 V G - ; : i l ledgevil la, Ga. :,!hCVGls fraquenc@ check is at a time when i::aw a l l -

Jose@- L2wne+.CE..- -- nignt stsitions crairip tmir sky wave (secoid ';uesday 3:40-3:53) so hence, here is a DX broadcast where -most of the i n t e r f e r e r s ?:;ill be

.asPaep, 211 but TQSN and 1,-.'TIX, we believe. TIe look folvrebrd to Ynis proyrm-, we also +we ti12yIll come s l id ing bo~m your antennas a l l over the land. FPSJTCIS !':IT!PLER Fate: BSOO, credited to Len Kruse nere two weeks ago, snould 'have gone to I.". :!it t l e r

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Iiavard E, ~e rkin- 29253&eaoe &a&. : h?.c l i d 17, Ohio --.- ----- On Fab. 17 lcggod 7*,rBBh 550 f / c as l i s t ed . Feb. 20, UK f r ~ t n YIPDM 1470 good., '.'CIIV 126C DX s o d , \:JPNX 1460 RS - woiider i f the'' a r e A N - ~ W . DX from 'l:i'??XG i290- strong, Kim 1480 good a t s /off 2:00 , to 2:15, f :', from RABA 850 Puerto Rico aa Zis",ed, very good. P i c d 1260 f o r DX f r9m :-EVA as 1.: .. Led i1-i lfDX Calefiartf, no good, as t3gr are on 1230. Ti%o e l se made t h l s mistake? No O I 3 M 1490 o r DM, too nuch !'J!J?XL. Same CX on 1450 Tor ICCidR .- $00 much Y?fSX and an unID !E'er. Tha-nks c a ~ d o eent t o "u'nese tkzes , F;.b, 21 - DX from ~ E I X aatce'llent, 950 kc/s. F/C from VOJIC 560 3 to 3:30. 'Veeries i n from nTl;I 1260 prepared card, C;'I'3?A 550, KNVIQ 740, WCEM 1240 DX, '.'.'ESiC. 1490 DX. A l s o nice ash taay from l:!TAY 2570 Eobinson, Ill. Last yoar a li$ii;er f roro Tm:CI a d now an & h tray. DCL 6 anyone know a raciio stat ion t ha t g i w s air~y cigars? 7%. Verie from TXL16 550 i/c, KSOP-1270 T ~ x Jan. 11 returned my r spc r t form rr,orked f i v~ r i f i ed . l f Nice l e t t e r from GISO 1269, very prompt, by air m a i l . l~~ovxf !':hat a tkii-e I nad on Feb; 2?! Caagkit e igh t net;$ ones! 3OND 1400 f j c 2:05 b 2:15, k3ZS 1590 f/c 2:20 t o 2:35, DX f i .~n l '2JS9 14'3'3 came on half hour l a to , mpied good frorn 3:35 to 4: OC.; T.?:!CXI 1300 DX good, TjDCF 1350 DX good, !'IEGA. 1410 DX excellent , ::'JUbT 1220 DX on early, 2:45; 'JTIV', 1290 DX a lso va2-j~~good.. . Tried f o r CIKL DX GC)r3 ku.t no deal. mess they are really J i r ec t i ona l ; needed hare. A ~ v ~ c r k s i p i l on 600 bc t not rendKb 1s. Only three veries rece i wd: the gas t week: Y!B!JIC DX in 29Tovsrn- ber, YEIX DX, VWWIC 730 DX. 3/21 - Caught test from KSPX i520 2:20 ta 2 ~ 4 7 , f i r s t SaturJay as 1i.sted; t h i rd r tpo rt to hin, ':!ill try a $repared card, ' mey seen to work on tho Mldnuts. I 3ont t like to use thsn but Cave no choice iii such ceses. Verie f o t a i nv;u' 1,509 ~ i t h 71 o ~ t . KEIA 1580 DX good w i t h s l i g h t Qm fram JN XEll!.

L e n Kruse - 816 Jkc l id Street--;D+buque, ,&wa -.---A-

The four 311 Specials scheduled f o r Feb, 13 were heard and reported, al.though none of t h e e aas ret;. t::, my log. , Tnese four were ':!'ESK !''TOE !'~SYB'~;~ORD. 1n.t'ne ovenicg of 2/13 ba3.v.veen 10-li p,n,, I copied ",be rogal..str p~ograms durirg tha f i r s t day of the chX@ of ca l l a t o VRCV ( 1 0 ~ 0 ) P h i I d a $ M a and KYF (1.100) Cleveland, t3us two more nay &l . i t ians . The fo l l owi r .~ B.4 of 2214 tne KSEV DX was reported, but not needed, 'cut X'i1;E (740) in Boise I i&o which uaa nosdad . f a i l%& to show or. t h e i r DX Test, T':e p ~ e ~ f u l . s iqnal of ?KBI.'iG with a t e s t covered tne 740 spot. T h a t real big DX AT' of F:,b. 20 w i t h no less than seve-r;. DX programs for th3 XfiC restslt ad in :?ear- ing on& f & r of them, but a l i o f them ... ere nav ones, namely: !WIG (1293) Svz.ter, S. C. ; TIC:N ( 1260) Ckarlo r; tesvil le, V a , ; -'TDFd (1470) Pot s d m , N .Y. ; WFVA ( 12~G) Fredoricksburg, Va. The two 1490DXae alatad. from KBLA, Eurbank, Cal. ard Cml.?, 7,.Iontmagy, Qae, failed to get through t f ie ffrnsssl! now an 1490 on Morday morni;?gs. Ar.d the filial DX on t'mt mombng i n the IfDX Calendarn wa3 KmiR (1450) hqcCa:.ey, Tex. which I 3ovht ve,ry much was on as planned as only 1::OBX and T!:JRIX aeemed to be on tha t frcqaency a*, the time. On 2/21, ivIC1X-dx (850) Baleigh, N. C, was haard but :z i th QR,:i from 4-N CKVL, an.i s e c o d DX, not ne~ded , was CqBC ( 1423) t'icko'mrg, :.;iss. vvrhich c x s i n wry good. The l a t e s t l o m i = was ICDZ (15QO80) Dexter, !.i10a 02 a t e s t a t 2:27 a.m. on 2/23. Latest vzrific.d.tions .;::hich ham b r o a t my total to 2,703 wors 1st t e r n f ron: '.?BELT ETm ZStV t:!CDJp and cards f m;n KITS and VFVA. And a nvcr- i f i e d w notat ion on my S O P ksceptfon raport which was rek.rned.

C. Gerstr~er - 9353 Bscar-.a*~a Avenue - Ohicago 17, 1~1j .nobs -----.-- ---.-----.--

Latest V C ~ ~ ~ S ' : TiGEA li~PGh5 ';;I'FOX Y,QEY CIGP? ':LAa" XVOM K Y ~ D 7;m-S XYES 11:!FVA KF9X ;:Lm TlSGl? EOJCJ (out nearly four rriontns) VSYB ana KSL, t ha l a t t e r t i o c~rnpLbbing the ros- t o r . of s t a t e s , 2 / 2 5 KVGYY~ 800 f/c-TT 6:35-6:§0 topping CICtTJ. 2/26- 'iFISJ 1260 3:10-3:20 t e s t , f.TDCV7). 990 RS 5:33-6:45, TGN 7723 v e r j w e a k at 7:02, KGBU 1C30 7:35 8:OO. 212'1- IEU3 900 f / c 1:10-1:25. The DXes: V:J*fiT f ~ i r to good, VJSB .Bairly good not on f i r s tha l f bur, WTIV loud byt bad fading, ?7CK3 very strong and clear , FIGA good, !-BOO ; l o t on. 2 V2IX DX ra ther poor, YiSOO not hea.rd, l oca l CJOB on. 3/1- KGCX 1430 1~45-2:C3 s / o f f , CEm a00 2:%-2:11 with a t e s t e r using a grizdu~.lted series of cycle toces i n the backgrcn~ncl.2:07-2:09, KCJB 910 f/c 2:18-2:25, ICOYN 910 br ie f tes t follo~b5 ng at 2:28; CICiW ,5E0 2:3C~-3:03, KFSD 600 s/of f 3:05. ?,To YJBS DX due t o l o c s l 7b'!O'LA. A recant l e t t e r from.E.!r. Joe G. Roberts, CE at XLE2l, Ioviilston, N. M. inf 'oxe r e R W w i l l be on 'she mrziir@ of Lay 5, 1956, f r o m 12:00 ii~idiligilt to 1:03 n..;:. MST (2:OO-5 :.a0 EST). The f i r s t 15 rni:mtes w i l l be f o r f / c xiti., the

llocvi ng 45 minute a dedicated to the ITRC. 7 3 8 . L REPORTS A?' !QLCUMS, ESPECI ALL ImIT.I P3)IJTRIRUI'OFiS. HOY ' S L O U T i:I( C FROEA

?age 4 -D-X- -IT-32, :-S- I,!iarch ig, 1'3 tij Bvdc2~ Gilec~ - 2844 Guilford Lc2e - Ok1ahoma City &6, Oklahoma - - --- -.--.-----

Things - m e bezn r o l l i n g along here with DX. Not too many mornings s p n t at it, but they have been r ~ o r t h while. Here i s the DX 1 have logged the past we&: d/21- "'XIX-clx heard f a i r l y well. i'T&T 1260 at 3:35 a.m. 2/22- KOME 1450 AN laaves only APTL f o r c o q l e t i o n . ??GU 1150 f / c a s l i s t e d ; WCPC 1320 1:55-2 a.m. ?!OM 1270 prac t ica l ly a l l AM on ET; TfCEN 610 f/c as per P i s t . 2 / 8 0 I(ELRR 710 RS 12:Q2-52:20 a.m. TIC3 vns weak o r o f f . 'JETTI 1250 ET 1:361:55 a.m. ; W j U l J 1220 f a i r or. DX; VJSB 1490 l a t z s/on at 3:3S4:C3 a m . overrode most Q B T ; =TIV 1290 4:00-4:20 a.n. f im

T E G A 1410 good on DX 4;2&4:30 a.m.; V/TIDCF W50 good on DX. Notniiiz on CICL pro O n fix; ably nainly due to slopover of t7G1/ AN; V1300 didnl t seem to be on unless they were on e z r l i e r o r l a t e r . T.'NOR loud and KRIZ tested. A t 5t30 a.m. VRCV was bard on RS, k t :lard to hear here due to Zbld standy XEG's eplat ter . A l l i n all a very nice &!I spent. Voria6 l a t e ly have been: TEGA W L ThlGE ESVC KYES-dx WTAY !':S'iB-dx WGEI aM3. ZmP-dx re turn of le t t e r m&ed averif id". Chat next? Plenty of dust ruined t:-o N ~ s %ere Ihae t waek, Sure glad i t missed t h i s AM. Thanks, Si l , f o r swell letter a d f o r the arrangement of the KPPC-dx, sure ho?e to log it. Notice we 0kla;lozarzs have XHEN 1590 to look f o r now. Bo long and beet wiehee to evelyone, especial ly the guy6 turning out th i e WDX NENSn. Don* t see how they do it. E ~ ~ r i k ~

3r a ev~a l l job. Oh yes, XlNS 1490 Iflatanloroe was on the ha l f hour before t l ~ e TlJSB- K. Thoever i t wae with u r k r i n cn 630 - it might have been CKYL.

Ev Johnson - 504 16th S t r s ~ t, .- P.qenQlta, I l l i m f s Another month of this DX Seasoil gone. Twenty-Seven veriee, compared to 33 last February. 15. 1209th verie was o r i s KW-620, QSL card, tYe only one since my l a s t repor t s39t. A l l DXes heard 2/27 with the exception of VSOO-1230 due t o i ce storm, so s a id !iXIX oa Tuesday kuring t h a i r DX. Said would be on a 4 a.m. fo1lo':ring t he i r s , I t coudd not be heard here because of WJOB i n Hamond, Ind, only 100 milee S .E. of here. Faother b ig lrioday morn, 3/5, Hop I can do as well ss last. iipr DX s ince Feb. 24: On 2/25, T!C2%liBO was copied before call chenge April 1. 1331G1470 s/on at 5:OO. 2/26. XEN-690 heard signing off a t 2:00 Sunday. UP=-1370 test 2:15-2:33 a.m. t'BW?-1260 t e s t 2 30. KLVL-1480 annour.cfng as C a t i n Ainaricai? Voice of Texaen Pasadena with '!La Polkal~ program i n Spanish, 12-12:30 a.m. Sund~y Ni. On 3/2*/- dl1 D D s hear3 but IYS00. On 600 a t time of CIICL DX, a good s igna l 'out 2.w- body kyto0x -:rhat language was used 4 :05-4: 12 - I coujdnt t make i t out, but h~arcl ID Later, i l l E ~ g l i s h . A l l but one DX i n tho East so put on my favor i te antzzlia 2nd they rez l ly p i led i n here - PGSV 1350 f/c while VJDCF DX on, VJSB-dx c?xfie i n ~ o o d and c l e a r f o r l ~ s t tan minutes. CbRV-600 ~mmm-.fw;~gym&xan&.t~Paax e/on a t 4:55. 2/28. TYKIX iieard, DX. v!l?VA-1230 DX not heard - l i s t e d on 1260 kc/s. i n I l E c Calen- dar." All f o r now. Best DX, 73s.

Fob -- Hopkins - 1810 Saneca Stree t - Buffaro 10. Flew York Greetins, old chaps. I say, hol~lt s the CX out your way? They're f a i r ove- bere, Had myself a b a l l on 2/24. Sonle moron cal led up the school a d told the principal t h a t t h e e was a b o h b g l a l t a i n the school. He cdlled up the Boar3. of xduc2tion and we got the 24th of f , !"her. I heard tna t there was no school I decided t o DX all night. I loggedrrPI?X (1.160), T!GTC (1590) TTBEM (780) VWB (910) WRCV (1062) TtiL (870) :or rar ones. 17PFG5, TISBi,l, 'JXV, T1r were a l l booming i n l i ke locals . IIeard but no t needed were XEG W"v1 1JLV KLCN KC-4.U "'IS :bING PEZ.E lJ/OilIO T@MP U J J D 71JR. Fin- a l l y went t o bed around 6 a.m. ancl 3&ept till 10 a.m. I was surprieed at zood I f e l t ~ ~ h o i l I got up. On 2/22 iogged ?,-JC ( 1250) f o r another new one. i;y only ve r i e titis vreek was 8SB '750). On 2/25 :X didn* t seam so good ao I went t o bed ear ly , 1I;never I did catch T?lBNS (1460) an3 YQBS ( 9 ) siqning off, Like a Bope (which I arfi) I forgot to narkTlGBS frequency. I know tha t LGBS i s from la:;n ;;imi ;.ray but ?-;here i s VBNS f ron and what frequency is ':JGBS on? (VBNS is Colurr.lr@, 0. and "GBS is 710 -Ed.) Eere i s another question. V:ho i s the Spanish sgedker on 1330 o r 13251 Ca-~ght kim on 2/26, Gere i s his description. I n the backgrourd there was a steady c1ickir.g. The anndnoer nou19 atop ta lk ing evory onoe i n a while ( there w a s no music) ~'.rd a M i l struck one note. There was ari o c c a ~ i o r ~ l three besps. I caught kin arcund 2 a.rr. I am going to ge t one of those books mntioned iil 1/ 14 I1DX I3?SIt ~ n d then I v~on't have t o be asking a l l these questions. %o of r;lg now o>nes dug oil 2/24 were f i r s t s . IIFiX i s my f i r s t Alabama and VIGGC is my f i r s t 9T. qy ?resent ~ t e n n a runs N 4 . I an thanking ( I do t h i s very rarely) of p u t t i r g up a n6w one this spring running E-T!. There is not much to say now so 73. By the way $:lare i;asnl t any bor~b. I didn' t have tha heart to plant one. Someone c o ~ l d have ;ot 'm-t!

- -- t!arold 3. '?illid,hs - 50 T h l d ~ ~ e r n ~ - Seymour,, Connscticut - - . - - . - - - - -. - . %- - -, . - - -- - - - -

This i s 3eing x r i t t e n on ,riday night as I expect t o leave about 7 a.rr.. t o a, week a d v i s i t to Yarry J . EIibbari a d :x:ifs i n Nenv Bedford, Mcss. a8 t h i s i s ny bong we:k?ifi off from work. T 3 i s invitat&on has been open f o r a year ar.l i ~ l f . Tiore a'oout tke t r i p a m v i s i t mxt week. DX logdings hera are by da te l ine : 2j2?- I set my clock f o r 3 a.m. but a i d not ge t up unt i l 3:20 sad then ialf aslaap 1 t r i e d ,foF ovei* teil ~ i r n z t e s to 109 T,-rJUl? cr? 133 before I rezl ized tney were oil 1220 kc /s. Ziwy r:ere r ea l l y sood xhen I got tham, I t r i e d f o r YJSB but too :.-~1-ch p,Il.ri an2 QF$? 0;: 1490 and as a d LTTIV w s i : :lot needed I tuned to 1423 f o r YIXGil a-n they were f a i r b w e l l h e a d u n t i l 4:10 ~ v h i l VGTH s t a r t ed t o llwann upn for tL1ai.r 4:30 s/c-n, ' CKCL W L ~ S n c t heard on 600 kc/s. but T!CKI on 1300 was u poxerllouse so after thsy asked for co l l ec t c a l l s I d id Zust that at, 4: 50. I had to pass u~ the needed T!DCF, so three rmv ones vier3 added ard tha& you notes will be sent ~ 1 1 o th- era that I could not log. The DX lGail Bag f o r the 1;veek: 2/27, the 11DX ;E.!SH x-ail6d at Lake City on 2/25 at 2 p,m. was received at 11 a,m. and a short - i t r e z l v / l from IJ!YiSC, =-$ell let terhend, too, f o r my l a l s t ~ T S N York varies. 3/2, PP cards wera returned from !:'GTN-1400 and TdT1AY,7-1340. T b e:lgineer a t I?QilA1j! wrote a FS on the card saying III'Ias;?'t hera a t . t h a t time, Phrolcl, but 1 ch3cked the log and you wer-. r igh t , " and a l e t t e r from T,%57 f o r a 10/'31/55 r3port x:ithout a f/up. 3 / 2 , a l e t t e r back i n four d?ys from VJUTT f o r t he i r DX of 2/27. I 'nave noted, with i n t e r e s ~ , ths a:7peale 33itor Coo-;?er has put i n the IQX :?E'Sff ahost evsry issue an4 I have been pleased to note r k t severdl HC1W sant in reports to I f N ~ s i n g s . ~ I cer ta inly hope 'Act more of v i l l erdeavor t o send i n sone news of your EX doings. I joined ths NRC on 2/28/50 a-.d I 'Lave miwed having reports i n s i x issues of ftDX NEI'JSlf since I joined, and on three of those occ~~sioi- i t was becausa o f deM2ys i n the mail service. 1 have received ~ x c h help fron the d i f f e r en t menbers and I balieve I have helpad a few t o trace itown t h e i r par t i cu la r problems, DX-wise. Let 's keep thelTBX i'X?:iSt1 the absolute TO!? RCS DX PUBLICATIC)N T;.I(\..T IT NO':'ir IS, and also beczr i n mind tha t the NZC El3ction i s caning up soon a~-3. we owe i t t o our fellow rnem5ers t o be sure t o wte ,

Fred Van Vcor&ee - Box -133 - Lmoyhe, Pennsylvania - -- --*-

It ve been so virapped ug in foreign DX, of vvnich there i sn2 t rr.uch, tha t I' ve forgo t- ten thall .ksil tg~n colmn. Sorry, and here i s ahere I l e f t off tha last t h e . 12/1- Tried f o r 'i\001 on 1490, but IDed only t H A V at 3:34, T?!lIL (1580) Fort Lziudo~dzle, was l o g s 5 o c L"\T s h w . 12/32 !7CC3 (900) Lzavrerc e, logged on Special at 3:12 2.r~. , ezcellz~:: sirgal, and an ET logged from FTCS (950) Flomaton, A l a . , a t 3:45 A;::-. PSPK i n Sarztaza Syringe was not on 909 hy 4:10 a n . 1215: Logged f/c-ET f ron '?135 (1490) Ad~$ .h , ;~jich. follolzed by Specia' from YXOI1, (1240) nearby Sunbury a: S9 plus. Too much Y!PBJ f o r ;SOL c n 1490, and no s i ~ n o f EODL befora' 4, and no chanca az te r wi th I7t.iLV siming on BS on 1440 kc/ s. :;;'i;iID was lo g e d f o r ~bxizr&r;&jlxix~~&I?-~33nm one on 1342 :-;it:? AN "Beach Combor" from At lan t ic City. No s ign of WJI\!B,. too x c h T",T~!iID, only i:idefir,ite &@nical from YrIKE on 1490. 12/10: :"Cl?T (680) Cor'c;i;l, Ky. logged on &7 at 8:12 am. ana the% some of AN from CJAD (800) Montrazl, lo,y,ed, XObJO heard O i l A 3 (860) and f i n a l l y AN logging f r o m TIRS (920) a t 4:OO. 1/2/12: I(EUN (1490) I:k:~?ice, La. one I D kear:2, but not enough f o r r rpor t , at 3:14 a.m. P70511ing heard sf irrCEL on 1430. (580) Timings cssi ly 10,ged at 3:30 a.m., b u t r a t needed. 1-.':':.B (130) &porium, ?a. i n ny home s t a t e , but g~ofiy tough thmuzh hervy Q,Wi a t 3: 55 >.F. Binally excellent S-9 p l y s igna l from FXVA (923) Lei;risto::=l, Pa. 60 miles ax-;sy. Nice to hear my riame rfiuntioned. &srd at 4 ;26 a n . 12!19: ?TXOC (1050) E i c o , logged on A?? at 3 :45 a.m., f a i r t o poor; T!VDI (600) Cozorite, logged pcor at bes t , but eno~gh to m e r i t a verie at 4:i5 a.m. .Tuned t o 570 f o r Ir"iiTA, b ~ ~ t only a louf. S-9 plus ca r r i e r plus a bad buzz.. ?iiusic, heard behind carrier, but too weak. 12/23: FEE (1480) Hob::s, N.M. caught tes t ing at 4:15 a.n. with S-9 z i g ~ a l ,

. nothing e l se heard. 12/25- Celebrated Christmas by logging GdKB (1170) Sa r i t i a s d e Cuba f r a n 3:28-3 :44 s.r;., znd then got C!/IDD (1200) Bayamo, Cuba, from 3 :%-4:30 a.n CFGT (1270) S t . J ~ s a p n D ' A l i d , was also beard 4-4:18 s /off , as well as XECL ( 9 5 C ) Iiexicali a t 4:25 a.m. KRSL (993) Russell, ?caneas, logged 3:15-3:31 s /o f f (ID by nan j from n;y r , s ~ e s t in I?JTERY.kTII)?TAT, DIGEST - Tl?azilcs t O 311. 12/28 : TIPBC (936) : .inneap- o l i s , xas t e ~ t i n g at 3:14-3:34 ~ ~ i t h QRi4 from mT3. .1/2- KRSL logged spin from 3:28 ~3:43 t es t ing and csnvarsing v i t h iLATTiL; (137C)), a lso logged, i n York, Keb. frm, 3:46 -3:$2 s /off . Fotsh s t a t i ons owned by s m e folke. A N f ron iiPOP (nm cal l fo r :>e) then log-:ed 3:56-4:0? a,m, 8--67. ';;HCO-U3G Sparta, I l l , on NRC Spacial tvas ;mar to very poop, b ~ t some ~ t e m haara through near-local \dL\IOR 44:30.

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Guess I'd 'oetter ene& il? a fa-r l i c e s before Lefty cra$ks that whip a g ~ i n . Sure hmpe tho21 scars heal before n w t s m ~ e r o r 1'11 Mve to wear a bvo piece a;~b2:..ing s u i t t o cover q back. Prell, l e t ' s sae, I n the l a s t muse I commented 0-1 t h n e two pr ice less ~ 3 r s, PCEN arid YXIdR and now cc:~:notMr rare catch, VESK, c m be added. They were pr s t ty tough as VdTXL is very strong here. TCCSK voice wao f a r be t te r than the music - gave a good plug f o r NRC at 3:27 when he mentioned lfDX fans roamii~y darn the dial'! O;lly music that was f a i r l y strong wae t he i r SSB at 3:33, Th~-i:s, CPC, f o r t h ~ t one! CKBI l quita easy, French and English steady u n t i l d a c e nm2bor a t 3:35, Gave ;>opulation a s tlll to 12 thousand. n flPh Canada" at 4:OO. H a d clr..ost as much t?o-~ble --ith!'II<IX as n i t h Ts%SIT. Tnis CKVL has quite a punch i n th i s locnlity. Lefty, 30 SOU suppose Pat recognized the Prelude from Vagner' s (~ lchard, not 124) *Lohengri 711 a t 3 :52? It w a s real ly long 'hair, eh wot? O r was it Reillsy loag ha i r? 'ICTG vcrie says "Of a l l the rgports received, yours was the oniy 0-7s C,:mt mentioned our umo3ulated car r ie r corning on a t 4: 15 a.m." Overdue card f r o m ' l D V P A , 540, foT AmL p i t raception. Signer was C.F.James, CE. Velcome l e t t e r f rm IiR'CX (1230) and card f r m ZGRT (570). Also f inal ly got #a00 f ran Cdi forn ia , w l s 199 f o r five nontks. TESL was ?;99 from Nichigan, so a m hoping to get one more there soon. Copied EX? and ! 'RCV night of Fe b . 22nd. Both boomed i n about 7: 15 'mt 670 hours late? I c o u l b ~ t hear them o r a q t h i n g eloe tha t wasn't local. C O S L ~ ~ C rcym 1 p r e m e - bo t ton sure dropped out, Oh yes, thanks to F. V i t t l e r f o r card on UTOE not needed, but ccpied and r ~ p o r t u a t h m away. Guess that 's a l l escept to mg- geet t'mt -::hen we buJt a corswge fo r the l i t t l e vccsnaT: 6n Easter, send an orchid, a t l e a s t i a t;lau::lt, to our u~onder~2u1 CPC to:, s , I

W B.--Mge - 325 Shirley Avsnue - k f f a l o 15, W e w York Hello, lads - f ina l ly a f s r l ines from a has been, whoops, did send a r q ~ o r t to 3SW 0-1 tt'iair DX f o r the club. T!as really iriteresting especially since b a i q in tha t par t of the coantry besides going through Sevierville. Had heard tnm t e s t a few weeks before, copied then?, %ut never eent fhat report - the DX rqort , :-0s. Seth stop2ed i n f o r h i s about montiilly v i s i t a d promptly tuned i n S!ellsville, ?.Y. fo r me so 3 a t ~ s another daytimer I could v e ~ i f y easily. "!ill, one of these dqre. J u s t lii.ro t e C .C .%i th t e l l i ng h im about (our &oping we can) t r i p to Floriaa, leav- ing B&falo latter part of a d getting back about June 15th. This t r i 2 :3~$nde a l o t OE 210;~ q l eg cones amurd - s till not back to normal but have hopes. 3wk t o VSEV D.",. Scott s t i l l perfoms l i k e nekv despite the many %ours of DXi-; i t 3as; been thro-dig. Ylat happexed to that Railroad Set ter? Received the f i r s t oil0 kit never the second. ';/as interesting! Finished buildin3 my 19th k i t i n ~~.ir.ge. They real ly f a s c i ~ ~ a t e a guy to f ina l ly see somethifig he has done himself. Glad fa see several new names i n the new member l i s tee . Hope they a l l drop our v2ry lard 7$vorking e6itoro a r;.port. Congratulations Bre also on hand for our CPC s t ~ f f rrho cer ta in ly havo baen a r r a q ~ i n g real ly worth i v hi19 stations to add to the logs. So maqy of t521i: . ogld never be neard othomise. Suppose t h i s seems odd to cons f :om an inac;ive 3Xsr, but v~&lBi~ my ver i f ica t ioc to t a l of 1,967 I can t ruthful ly Jay that at l eas t lialf of tnm were t'm re su l t of our club's "DX Programs." So to .:ll, Cdi- tore , CPC S t a f . , Publisher, meribers, riy hats off to the way your e f fo r t s have con- tinued, ndzing th3 IjRC tha best DX clu0 today. Yep, I w i l l s t i l l drop i n 9 t h a few li-10s i10';, and thm. I s:ill l i k e CXing but for now catching up on s l e q .

- TJmdce '".-3Jit",er - B0~_94__r -$~~~eva , Eebraeka Recap tion ver,. _ood here trds K ~ G K a t unable t o do much DXing. 2/27 was 2 l c to log f ive o i t2ie sight DXes with CKCL am id900 rr,issing a m also V'l;TrJN Doubt iI' ITS00 was on as 'l':I\Y)R l - ~ ~ s heard. DXes from T? ? !"TIV S!JSB and VCKI a11 well iloard but had a l i t t l e t2au51e with T-DCF. A l l riecv lc, lngs here. Other new o m s fort!!cocing were 7lETU-1250 X'ing from '*let.cjnpl-a, Ala. and IIPTL-1400 Carson City, Nev. on :/c a s l i s ted . 2/28, heard XE'iS-1490 on RS at 1:15 and iC3DK-1340 s /of f 1:B. Had S p - i s h speakers a l l over the d i a l including TC2-680, TW-880, an8 several Cabans 232 ;@xi- cahs . V: ;-log in th i s week are : Y/OVL- 1240, ?'!~-950, TTL?7-1570, UEQ-680, ;<iQC-l45C, ICVSF-1250, ICGEX- 1260, K!l?U?-128 0, KIXL- 1040, KOLR-1490, IYDXL- 149 0, '?BV1;-9 50, !;'CI'T- 1210, '7E:C-dx-960, XYW-3100, IGIX-1490. T h a t ' s about i t from here this yreel:. Hope to get $a& into the m i r g of things next wezk. 73s. !'!EtD L I E TI TFTR YOU i\TEST CO~\?TRIBUTORS TO T3IS SECTIOItY AND SiE HOPE '?HGLEITZ~iETZDLY THAT YOU ' ILL BECOME: RTGULAR REFORTE3IS. !.!E1G STILL LIRE ?d WIR FROid I!iOR7: OF YOU!

-D-X- -Y-E-?{-S- .- 32-52 33, 1956 I-&@ 7

Joe Brauner - P.O. Box 22 - Valier, Pennsylvania- -- -. ----- ----- ..- - MSJ 1 o ~ ; i n ~ s col-time at a slofv pace. Since last repozt the following have beo-ii added: ':.'CDJ, 1260, f /c as reportad i n "DS NEn'S, th i rd Saturday, 5:10 to 5:25 ; zQI 720 RS on 2/19 ; WPDM 1470 D X of 2/20; '::'CEH 613 f /c as l i s t e d , 2/22, Also 2/22, VORIE 1273 .::i'ch ET. 2i27- WSB 1490 DX, NDCF l350 DX, XERCN 1110 RS at 8:30 p;m,

'w i th l i t t l e l:!ET $,EM. 2129- PIRS 920 RS at 4 a.m. ard KCAR IS50 RS a t 5:05 ?-,i.I.

Veries a22 l e t t e r s from !'"CFC, naw 250 watts , \JPU.bdx, KSLV-dx, KTHE-dx? T:?CE.I-dx? BCBR CFClB :-,!PC0 YCDJ ~~TI?L!!C-dx, card from KYES-dx. KSOP-dx re turned my report ::itn word ! b a r i f ioBI1 writken on top and bottom, rat signed o r awth ing . YHBN talked a- bout reasor,s i-r'rry t h e i r DX d i d not qo on, ii1otaaE. of verifying fiS report . D X very e r r a t i c ';rere too. On Pit4 of 2/27 onl-jr the South was good. LAs on nearly exray;. charnel. XZRCN way out f ron t of YjBT as early a t 8:30 p.m. TJKT!'F "in tilo clear" On 1500 at 7 L?.i:.., no t race of T.ffyTPL, etc . S t i l l so on 2/29 when TIRS heard 5-8 on 920 without a trace of FIOliY O,B:'i. Suri)rised t o t w l e to IWADC 1350 f o r 2I.X anJ i:X L t 5 a , m . to f i n$ s t r o ~ g ~ i g n a l back of t h i s semi--?zal of 4C x S-9 strength. I t t&r..::d out $0 be 'KCJ-7.i,, Cla-ksville, Texas, l i s t e d as 500 wat ts wi tn v!hat they said ;:iss a d2il.y Xionday tkro=l.;yh Friday morning program,' ccpied easi ly through VADC u n t i l !T.TPB signed on at 5:45. So there i n another ea r ly s t a r t i ng To:can. Yanted KCAR a 101:; ti;.?e - took t.-ro ~-.?onths of trying for me to log KJET, 1380, through FTSP, b~t the;. f ina l ly d id make It. From the DJ' s talk, t h i s KCAR show might be a natv one, not on 10% a8

yet . D X e s !lave fared wel l Lere. Vihile rmny a r e not nevi t o me, I s t i l l 102 qci te a few nevi ozes via the CPC* s rmarkabla line-u.ps of Spacials. C'IJUI\T good al l ;::.oining on 2/27, liJSX ontop of 1490 after 3:35, not heard before 3:30; DTXV is kkks a local , :TGA good, UCKI l i k e a local , iiOCF strong, but soon'ruined 2y TiGSTJ f / c at 4:45. '::SO0 on P. z sd2y AliI a f t e r icy CX prevented PJon3ay DX. N o t heard here clue !'/I '?H,T.%OR. F K I X broadcast the new t i m e . 73.

ZIzrolB E . Sc'nrock - E.R. 1 - Paxtoh I.llii10i6 .-..-..-.-.-..-,..---..,- -L

Thznks t o :;3,rAr Zolbrook f o r r s c e r ~ t card. V,:r.v li t5 l e 3 X t o rem'r t . 2/21- TiICIX arid i.:.Q,BC DXe s :,:oc..d. ?PIT 1460 JUT. VQOK 1440 e /on 4 : 30. CETX 980; CATX 6650 sc:~aficle 3:03-4:05. 2/26- JITHT/KFYG 790, 12:15 a.rr:. ll!PON 1430 s jon 6:15. KUSE/@LIL lSCO ?:00. 2 / 2 7 - All DXes OK except 3300, CXCL. Also ger f / c l i s t , I(PTL 1400. !:GSV 1350 f;c 4345-5:15 atop VDCF EX. KCAR 1350 s!on 5:'00. YEW 850 s ion 5:50. ;;lABA 850 s/or? 3: 23. T:N)C 1350 s/or, !.conday, 5:30. !ICBS 880 s/on Fdondq, 5:30. Il2ccz t ver ie s : I;:.? :G ::SLV-dx XSOP-dx WSm-dx Y!OKJ W0F9-d~ ZYS-dx !'JJUN-dx T U G ::FV?L-&C EJI)E. Frhsn i s 3e:dline f o r ";dcsingsfl to be i n 3rookiyn so as to get out the folloving week-e-.id? !!>at day do SOU s u g s s t I n e i l r;iiie? (wesdays a r e deadline &,:a here, and t h s 7::a;d:: the m a i l i s , probabv Satuzday ivould 5e your be8 t be t -Ed. )

Steve ::'albrid,~o - 136 L&~:evi~-Ayerns - Point8 Cla-ire, Queb9c- - - - - -. - - - -. - Pardon r:?s ::'r,ile I step out a d have a fe~v s lu rp words w i t : i ~ the %an i n c i l a r~e of &n SpoCYs. 2 3 t0 XJL, and mn-oxis%ent sig2al level,. I batted two f o r six S p ~ c i h l s (;.?

t-rn 20t:l; t.;-5 exactly 0 f o r eight on the 27th. F a l l , CPC boys, you sura t r i ~ d , ~ n d so did I. A~TT:~;JT, i t was fun. Ezard ti88 \-.:PDILT S ~ e c i a l on the 20th, a s if; i s a day- tinier here on occasion. Didn't Lnswer .+ Oct. 20 report, so hope, f o r be t t e r t;~ings

-. t h i s t L e , !!SIP on f /c at 4:23, but no: ;.ceded. Didnr t hear a p'eep out of Y.WA on 1260, fteft;?, but managed t o gst a br ief rsport on him on 1230 throirgh a s t rorg car- r i e r . ol-- yes, d id hoar C3Y si.7ning off at 2:C5 on 990, ar.d ETOD on 630 off at the san;e t h e . On the Z5tn, g o t 'l.'IPS a t 6 : s hem. on 1C50 fo r a nei~ oae. h ~ i .i"uica, the f a t e f c l 2'7th. Rece$pt o f a v;eak sign:il from v'-%O Conelrding on 640 at 3:45, and T.9E? ? /c at 4:19 f o r tv;o ,new ones saved tlie 3zy. Anyway, the postman has been good t o c e latelp, v i t n vor i ss fir1 from VJOB ;'!PZD.EI'CIN KE,\IS TFAR T/Ci:,iR an3 Y:IZLE. To- tals t o ,5ate are 1,585 heard, :.xi 1,526 varlos. I 'd bet ter sign o f f a d g e t Lxsy tyging a l l the it thank-you11 cards t o tkis s t a t ions that tdidnt t show t h i s mornilig.

!,like --. Ferppson - 333.7-Prospect~Aveme - Houston -4, Texas Gave the dial a good going over on Peb. 27 but coulan' t do too mxcn good DZA.:ise, i;.iJSE-d;r ::ear end of show, I T I V - d x p re t ty good considering the ca r r i e r on to? of it m c h of t i e nay. YJXGLiix loud, d i t t o ::'CKI-dx v ~ i t h phone cal l from H a l Ti'illic,::e. TIFC-995 Biso added t o the log, Don' t laugh, you w s , but herat s a new om f o r me - '.XJORI CilCO vsdal ly domirates 1230 here but VWOR broke tbmugh br ie f iy 2/27, =at, ; j t s e l f ::ILLS a dP8a~;i)~intment f o r me as I w a s hopizlg i t was VSOO. KO luck on 7-jJET o r CICCS, aict'ilor, T;S00 b:ioul~ have given me my f i r s t Michigan Upper Penfns111.a st-,tios-i, -

f a ~ f , , ~ ~ ~ ~ r ~ ~ , ~ ~ c h ~ ~ ~ n s ta t ion l o r t h of Bad Axe and Tindington. RYES v~/c8.rd 0 i I . l ~ L m a 1 U

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lot a cov-gle of Lef tyl e f i s h - KYV; a d V%CV. Surprised at the f ibi t ter l l rmrdrk on 1 1 .- a. very cooperative etation f o r i r ~ with a verie by regie tered m a i l last rar. Oh -;!ell, sane of the fe1lo .a~ iiivi .: could st a verie f r o m CTJWC: e i ther , end

so i t goes. TJ.AiIR (and i t s pre3saessorrs . TTT and 4BAY) seem to be by nerlleses among o t l~ers . IZIX a cinch, QB! by C n I ; a.nd X?1? v ~ i t h Sucky Lcagers Dance Tim. ??Q,BC DX also easy. V-.ries, TORD-dx, Ki\riGE. . 2/22- WORX Madison Ind, on ET 2:30, 0x1 1270. Also S-9 plus ca r r i e r agczir? at 2: 50) no ca l l , UTSN, maybe. \?FBR 1300 t e s t 2 : s . F1!AtT Al? 02 1350, maybe a special Sellathon. lK9B-1240 AN,Idarathon. TT on 930 at 3:52, no c a l l heard, Nice l e t t e r from TIESX f o r very meagre rapart , also ?'!SYS f o r DX. 2/25- TTRB , f / c 2:-15. 'iJF.:EU tone 2:30 a,n. on 8GO. TDBF Fernandint% Bexh over XERF.' V.7PB only signal on 1450. South good but s tat ions from the West decd. IJo sBgn of TJ.'iW, f7AX)O, T7LEU zrd similar stations to the Rest, RSO? nverien - pardon kh9 expra ssion, i n today. No s t ra in on the i r part - j u s t wrote flverif ied-? across t h ~ report - not evensigned. Cad from NOXS. 2/26- TLSV ET on 190, sone 03.4 by CNC'rE, copied to ic46 a.m. ,212'7- 9JUN DX Test 2:E5 a.m., verg few annomce:en~tie. !WPJ Tetm~lca, A l a . ET on 1,250 -.no :'!El@. No sign of VJSB. ~ T X L ~ A H R / C I ~ ~ ~ O P , ell

.early audible, also aomeons withcode I D a t 3:52? WTIV 1290 Titusville i n c lear a.m. easy. I'IEGA-dx 1410 4: 12 a.ii:.-4:24, QRit by HGTH carr iar . Vl'ICKI 4:3-+4:36 on

1300. ?DCT 4:31-4:45 or, 1350, f o r the fourth new one of the mrr.ing, !'IGSI s/on 4:45 killed TIDCF. CKCL 600 4:45 a c m e , then TICC tone 4:46 finished them. Did e t i l l on a t 3:25 this AX. Wo sign of FrSOO under VXOR but I didn ' t t ry but for coupda rdrr,-.tss - too many bgeci&ls at once. Took some copying to get f ive out of eighS. Lots of me seemed to be off th is AIL YJNBi ' off one hour, VH{P, ''ETX pt heard t h i s i.br,day. 2128- ?:!PIE a t 2:23, dedicatione to H a l G'illiarns. XIX-dx sood again, scid VSOO on this AM instead of yestarday. Too rmny AN6 on 1230 for , t h here. 3/1- 2:1Q, RVLC L i t t l e Rock TT over ax-d equal to XEG. TJINN on to 4.2-.:2.

.anyway, mzybe l a t e r , RS. 3/3- XlWi 1C;d ldexico City D.P. to 2:53 a.m. s/off. No sign of !'!Cn this &I. WPIK-?30 Arlingtoa, V a . 263.54 a,=. TT on 690, M ID, m o s t ijf

AM . DL5 1580 a cinch a f t e r 3:30over,?V!iIL al l the way. Another AN, \lJQFSlb&npya:L one. Hate t o report an AN, s~@@sored, toc but with good country music. a p ..

Egrgig DuE_fp ~ 7 - L ~ v 8 - q o ~ - P ~ . - .:l-cg = ztatp-Iglg& 2, -NFBUTYgrkL I wish tc tli&~!L: m?~ rnmber of the NRC, Linnip Jones of Bolivar, N.Y. f o r &vising m e that i t was T!LSV tiljt I hear3 anaing ts TT on 790 kc/s, 1/24 at 4:OO. if3 tlms sllocvs tiio r ight s p i r i t for o w helpful. cLub, Speaking of such, Stdnbury's rerark that ha heard IU321X end' a t e s t a t tne sLme time that I thought I heard a "VERfl do the erne, 8/13, sema to prove that the Ifhasha on 1490 played tricks on r.;y ems and tha t t:iers i s zzo such Br i t i sh Virgin Islards stat ion, New addutuibs M my haard 11s t are: TEt2l.X 1480, heard TTilzg 3/3 at 3 :a, and T T A C 600, V!I=CB 1 S 0 a;1d VEX 920 l a t t e r t h e ? :-yith t5e i r DXes of 3/5. L5y recent tuning had th is remult: IBIAfs DX came in f i m tllroughout, 3/3. 7RZO 590 very loud as they tested at 3:45 on, TPJX 158C d i t t o as they TTed at 4-4: 10, and '~;BHP ard C7TKB did very well again6 t TThXIR. T.va')Zlfl was bedly 'hashed by- t'ne -Coots Ricm, 5T.IC was weakish, ani V R A f i pretty saod a- top YQST at 4:41, when they greeted Lefty and me, A l l the last s i x heard 3/5 o f collrse, but not a trace of FiVIM o r XYUO s DXes th&gh. Recent l e t t e r vsr iee are Y!AJ3.A VfJUi7 ?:;TCIX BBIiIC YmC and IO5RC.

Pa t Reille!. - 226 Croesman-3tree t - Jmestocvn, Nevs YOPB - - . - - - - - - . -- -. Veries a re Y I T n !'mlJ.riC a f t e r focr reports, VBiiiC FiKIX, and s t i l l have 42 rsports out get . T-=:ty-six were SXes. 2/26- Too noisy - we've been wept by GO TPH .:ri.:ds fo: 24 hours, imt safe to 50 outside. Plenty of TV antennas doan today an1 sl-ol:: sqval: 2/27- \?JUN-dx coyied but for a dupe IiTZO, 670, on 640 for Conelrad t e s t f o r i l q W

one. VJSB copied a f t e r 3:45 on top, for ne.v one. CCEI was a dupe but OK. iTo CKCL able to cal,y here. 2/25- TJnknobvn ivlexican on 790, 3:10, coullnt t decipher co l l 6r mo t t o , ?;':CIX, OX Tiere, bet ter than last time. He told about BSOO bein2 on 2.t 4: 00 and not y-sterday because o f icy conditions. 2/29. Extra day i n four years, so I went to bed. 311- X%, 910, tds t gt 2:42, VJBS caught on DX f o r dupe. !.T3, 790 f / c at 3:55. T~rho is Spanish geaker on an3 off here f o r past few days? 5/29 KBIG

,740 t e s t at S:16, thought i t wae a iocal. '\'Il?Nd, 1460, f/c a t 3:29 f o r ei; one. VLBR, 1273, f /c at 4:15. Unk;notvn under VILBB with bw 'tone, c a l l sounded lib i8HF at 3 :55 u7f il T,LBR caane on and dzowned them out. 3/30 See where BJ!L'N was-:' t ae they 'have becq l a t - l each Saturday AN. 'DL?-dx had a wallop on 1580 atop ,Vmi for a new oile. 314- ::'%& DX good here, tb-i to bed early,

v -. IgarcZ 3, 19 35 - 2-2.- . ,...- r ..q ---. 77 .- 3 , legd 3 Ron Schil ler - 30 Park Avai1?xa - Avenel Nmv' J e r s e z --.-. . - + .- -- -- --.-I --

Veries t3:al ,724 ; \ i t lr these i n l a te ly : ':'LDa VCIQ RGST Y!SUX CJAD WALD CFRC-clx,CHLN- dx V!ISH YlCE 1-dx V#TW KF1d.A and lTdTVA-dx, \'!U sent a wonderfully f r ierdly l e t t e r a d I think they night be a good bet fo r & DX, CPC, DX o f late.: 1/22- YPW (158C) s/ of f . 1/23- ?LCO-dx ('1240: in nicely, 1/30- WPFD WJOT and WAR DXes a l l i i l OK, 2 / 5 KIKIl (1330) AN Karathon very poor; bQ!iGlY: :1490) carrying eame show ae VIICTt in ~ i t h a

o i y a l ; PQ.40P (900) Ocalg, Fla. fi.L...Lly logged on that f i r s t Sunday f / c ; TflIIT (970 s/on 6:27 ; VGGA (550) s/on 5:30. 2./7, ICFNA (1580) f / c loud; \ T M C (730) DX """5 barely eslred through UOR, who i s 1 .5 rrriles from here, Zope I got enougl~ f o r a vvr- ie; YOIC (1470) ET came in local-like, 2/12, BISH (1313) Sunaay s/on 7, 0;: top. 2/13, YESIC (1490) DX in, tloilgh hashed by the AN mob - no sign of Ern ie1 s VBR; ?!TOE a:d '.!S*D. 3:Tes i n swell; ?:GAP (1490) s/on 4:55; Y,'LOH (1490) s/on 4:59; Y7CER ( 1480) s/on 5; 2 / 2 0 - . . T : ' ~ ~ ~ (1290) DX for a mst-wantec catch; KUTi (900) f /c 3:18, we&; CIfE.1 (1496) DX in OIC; WCHV (1260) DX pret ty well hashed up by the'LA;. ICSTN (1420) Aii; i?TPR f / c as NOR was si ient f o r the f i r s t time i n many mooils ; R:IIC (550) ET 3:59 and 4:29 breaks; T.TVA (1230) DX i n nicely, verie back in f ive days; T.!IX:/ (73~) s/on ,-l-:30, secord re>ort. 2/21- PfKIX (850) DX i n f i n e ; WQJ3C (1420) DX hashed RORts s ecod hsomonic, a most welcome &:lition to the log. 2/25, :!?&I (560) back o f !.SIL 12: 10-12:25 a.rL. 2/26- GJDCL ( 1470) s/on Sunday at 6 :59, on to? of PIAAG &n3 anotker t i l l ?:lo. I'm won5ering if anyone has heard from the IZBR3 (1490) DX of 10/31/55? iL-: cxricjus t o kmv; i f they were the ones I heard that AN. i.e ttcnta- t ive, AS yet, :?asngt beer, answered, 73.

Mike Ferw8a.i - 3337, Prow-csct Aveme - Houston 4, ~ e x a a -- Gave t i e Aial a p o d goiing over Eeb, 27 but c 3 ~ l d n ' t 60 too much sood DY-y,-~ise. KJSB-ax ?I; ::ser end of show; WTIV-dx pret ty good considering the car r ie r 0:" to3 of i t much cf the way. 'XEGA-dx lad, d i t t o T!CIZI-dx with phone c n l l . frm H a l I ' i ' i l l im. .~ . TIPC-995 a l s o added to the log. Donrt laugh, gau guys, but h ~ r e t s a nev; oile for ne - P!ITOR, C;CO u s a l l y dornins-t;es 1250 here, but B'NOR broke through br iefb- 2/27. That, i?. i t s a l f , was a disamointment f o r me, &6 I was bping i t wae !'iSOO. 50 luck onT:!JU?T o r CXCL, eitkier. TSOO wonld habe. givexme f i r s t Michigan Upper IJe;.:in- sula s t ~ t i o n - ir, f ac t , 4- f i r s t ; !dcn iga s t a t i ~ n Nortn of Bdd Axe md L-cdington.

KYES vsrie ccad only DX m a i i of tho weeic. 73. Falter. . I. &idy - 518 Jacksor, Aveznte - River Yoras t, 1Llinoi~-- -----

Jus t a vacation t r i p tock me dwdn i ~ t o tne Southland and I vis i tad several r d i o s t a t i o h to see ~ h y no. vsries . Stoppe6 ;t WJVB, dz3. fourad that kir. S ,.+raLlii?:-, ,was no longer tkere. S t i l l tiraiting fo r the varie from the mdv CE, fo r the pro:-~isc to reply ;?,as i10t bee3 kspt up to t X s time. Next v i s i t e d . a t RLCO, Eustis, ~11~:-3 I found that Xiss Bancy Cox, who erriceed .the shocv, has'beeri ill, She has a31 the le t - t e r s and vsries w i l l go 0ut::real soon. Be patient oil these. Than t o IGiiRC, :;.:.?ere I picked - ~ p rv vsrie which had been i n the files of Tk. B. V. Vlalker, Jr., CE. A t iCBSF, I nAs c:lso promosed a l e t t e r but to date i t has not b e ~ n received. A t I.lilan Ten., TTIIBJ, iir, V i l l i a i - r ; Xarkkrsn, CE obliged with their verie. Latest DX :ill be inmy ns::t i lS .6 letSer t o the l?.:usingstl. Thmke to Kit t ler , Kruse and i\Tortl~~~p f o r t h e i r cards,

Fmncis H. Ni t t l e r - 1335 Grent Street , Apt. 22 -_Denver 3, Color<&o- - -- -- -. -.-..--.---...-

S t i l l ;?ot n3-ch t i ze spent at tho 3j.nls here -out I did have f a i r l y good lucl: ;:L';h the 7. 7.7

J A B S oil 2/27. 3Lggest suqrise vias ID? l o s i n g of YJSB (1490) on the i r DX :or one of my best catches of the ssason. Also heara ners YVCXI (1300) in w i t h a vzr7 cood si.gnal a~s? tc"kiz?g col lect phone c a l l s ; J?DCF (1350) bahind XEQB, the f i r s t ten nin- utes , 223 then readt~ble znd V!i!EGil ( 1419) i n with a etrong s i ,pa l , of t:lsse were r?ew t o my log. Also heard for the first time on 2/27 were KSDA (1400) Bedding, Cal. on their A17 IlNita b v l s h w and VACL (570) Wa~~cross, Ga, on R8 a t 5 : 0 5 car.. Only o t h r DX f o r the week was this morning ,.hsn I listened fop about a ?.-,If hour and adled t.-io s tet ions t o rqy log, nlhely WCTX (1220) on r/s per l i s t and IZD3J -(1340:' new s t ~ t i o - i !~ers j.n Der:aer testing a t 2:01. This makes Station #14 here, aid tliey will start t h i r R S on 3/4. Yieekday sked w i l l be 8%J00-2:03 EST, Veries fe.i- 3rd f a r betmeen. Eeceived t h i s week were l e t t e re f o r Y3'E'!4C-dx W3MC-dx KITI-dx md card from KI7I;D (1:10G), Thatc s about a l l t3er.3, i s to report f m m t h i s den so I l i l scy 7 3 ~

V.QlD L I I C TO GREET THE W,'! i;E:<.13SIC3 ':XI E4TiE1 SE!XT IN DX REPORTS AND 52 'Y.l-'OP,LD, . ' LIIE T', T-VI%E OTElSR YE! 5;EI\E!3RS TO'DO TXE SAME. AND PEYPAPS SOFlIE OF TIE

OLD,"R I.?RCSRS IGGHT TAXB UP A .PET$ OR'T'XPXXUUTER PND DOUBLE SPACE A FB7 !Tr)?SS!