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low HRCarr. b7W.q~ of us newr get a c k c e to talk DX with arprom who apjjrscidte w h a t we w e raying, d here i s -a m e t wondsrflll :op~atuui . ty of. .real ly ; s p i s l i q on our favorite hobby.. So, pban on mestirig th .gang;-And aBo eeeing the 9eht countryside. Oor hosts ~ $ 1 1 .M \8ob Goreu6h and Len Khire, and both of t21x-r. a m hoping t c : ~ V B a really bf.g .$u'~zlout of NRCTero. The t h e , .-of course, i r the, W : o

to our iW, but during t b bight of his EX wreer, b-waa am em be^, and ;iiba<r also BCS ed i tor f o r the Newark News Radio Club. Phil weu 4 ;prison guard in Hartford, md mads I d e home in mst Hartfoyil, Connecticut; . Re cHh6:kna#H Phil mourn the lose o f one of aur brethaarp. Word oe hi$ passing came, t'o .uat&pn one of h i r cloeeet DX friends, 2 k n k Tyndallt of Burlington, Vermont, Wa!rq -8 .Chat Bonn Btgt~ire nil1 be wry ~r:uch touched. at this sad note, f o f 4t ~ W i e - q momed at Phillr hum. .. . :I' . * + , - , f .

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May 14, 2355 Z9-X- - - m E-T! - S: pstze 3 BLlL Ston2 = .Ag~.,l&.2,---~O-Egn4~g gtyeg2-Ess& Toyaqto ~,-~G@L&o- -

Hello g~'+ilg. KO DX dona. th is past secson b e to conversion i n th i s c i ty fror?. r~anu- facCUured to imtural gas. This has neant st tims 17iorkirig from 2:30 iil the mrning t o '7-8 p8iiIe a t night, and now and then seven daye a waek. I have read eveqr 'mlle- t i n t1norou~hl;r. aec-d b v a noticed the excellent season it 'ms been fo r nos t .of you. I can iragine th3 Irisi-i?anfs big smile v~7he.n VT3-I cam i n t'ne door, Beer Coopert s smile ;.:it,h that 100 v a t t !Torth, +!frica, Stants smiles a s Vmse Eargpean v ~ i e s cme r o l l i v i n the door, Millar' s catches out i n Fiiashinyton, CB-136. Good O i l the eyes reading reports f ro . : , Wk, Stan, Pick Dslrsker, Belizble Ler-, John i n 1u'e.v Yor!; City p u l l i n evsiyt'ning i n Eurose in, e tc , V h y even "our Freddiell gets i n soxe DX. Bei 2

a b a i l e r year, Alex Nackenzie has do& a .grand job g e t t i r ~ the bul le t in out. The edi tors %:id CPC have done a 10C$ job, That1 s w:mt mkee tine h71C the club it i s to- dqr. Sue t;iere was a b s s l a over tile -:i~!.letin~ arriving. Amused m& often. I o f - L6n ..yo.t .one. issced at end of the month ';?fore the other tiiros Assued ear l ie r , but nc 5::lcs g,al; control the m a i b . S f you want r 'frst class s$rviee, t'ne only antx:>r i s

. a . ? . ; r a t class : p a i l , Tl;c;- clu3"c;a~n~.i: do tha.*, on i t s K I ~ ~ L ? . c'rj..:,.qe. Tak in~ t:ls season ;;.,tc!;: mad, scpc;? job kas bee.1 done, 8.A ;.i;@ s +-'.- en n f z w 2 ~ l i i i i i d 'r!.ours of honest no yt;,j~ *;fork, so ~~13rnbez t h i s r:ler?ber~, vhen Y O U ~ r9 put tirig out H beef, ' tlie boys a re giving the i r bost. VIl-;? even B e d got hi:;. e d i f i c : ~ ou.': in Sefiireeri.hotels ' - yo\!. can't bop that e f fo r t a,qmhsre. Congrats to ?,7*:; Zssinznd boys too on NA .DX. Yo-ca bogs !n&e tho @PC bogas jobs ve2y easy otr the ;~e;it request for a DX.

s&e v e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l ~ ~ ~ . . c ~ . p ; s 9 - ~ ~ 1 1 ~ 6 - ~ ~ ~ r ~ - ~ ~ ~ E & V ~ ~ ~ ? - - - P . ~ ~ 3. ts C!.gixe, Qugbga- - - 4. tvhile cgo, ;;:ob Sei fer t ssnt, me a cake oB soh?, I f':igvre h3 lmew I wz,s nas:ied up D" .- ' ,,.-~$ise f o r the ssascn, 2nd he was righi:, T l i s kas bsdn a nost disappointi;?~ sea- - - o.~n, ss I have ar>t hnG the t o da rmy tv.nf.ng sj.zlce t,hs first of the yew. i-icve beel est;i?sdillsly h ~ j r a t the of?ie.r?, sad . :?avc nad t c get eli the sleep I could. 13 log :I-creased 5y on:~;r 29 calls, anly i:l.,rea o f wpich weris, iisard. i n 055, P.liy best ca2;ch. ,?laL= ZHD on F3b. 20 (1430 kc/s,) but a l e t t e r i n Sp?tr.ish ac-czmpaniad ,by a s3lf-ad- 2.zsssed envelo, e ~ + i t h :.-el:ica.n s t s r .9~ attached did not bring a reply, Only oxe new d x a t r y added chen I heard 4.C.A on tha spacial i n Norairiber. So tho season a-p3ars .! ':~s.:~e ended 1;it3 1,638 static.ns i n the log, a& 1,49:i. v j r ies on -nard, unless soaeon,: . l las the foxmula. fo r e x t r a c t i : ? ~ wries from IYJLIA X'iTiA 'r71IIC KDi[N WIF?~II and Xi::I3, EJT

Bs:l..l~uts, Earring s q mora a.aorga~-Lzations at the o i f j ce, 9 h o p t o be 'oak a t the d:a3 ill Septd ber. l'y sizcsre tk-anks to a l l of sou who. have contributed .Lo r::T en*- jc~ymsnt of TAT favollri t e hoblj~.

I g i 5 ~ Kcdd--49-b?9 r32-1.5, tt& 2 tregt---?gnca-cgtx, g l ~ ~ r n g - Current s t a t i ~ i t i c s a=.e '234 ns:i ca:13.3 r+ported th is sstzoon &.-I. 233 veries back for an avere@ cci i..i.early 85$ 8;1d a t ~ t ~ l . of exactly 1 ,7m ~ e r i t i a to Cste, 4/29. ITav l ~ g g i n s s tLis norning were VT.55 X C O Mayapez, Pnerto Xco witin stroq? si:;.:al 011 :; e ; KLE3 1480 Ottuma, Ioava with TT, BHLD 1270 Niagikrs. Balls, M.Y. on RS as no11 as WSEV 930 Sevierville, Tenil. on d i t to . %is past seas.?%, has been mo st oubss.Sading and as $12 above would ixiaicate i s not. ge t over here &espite. o c c a s i o ~ a l -noisy morn. ings. T.2.s inwaxing fevorkd the northeast a r i east v;ithRBEN F,!PIC and T?l"l'LZ;_? hard amon3 o t::ers, bu. t not ne&ded here. Believe 'hooking r d i o m t snna into TV t'.ll?,enm contrilmted a consiiierabla a i ~ o ~ t t o sore o f the unusual DX i,t netted sizzz other ltregularslt were roglacad by men ~ e e d e d cal ls . Tie OPC did an outst .ncli:l;. job wf t?:. . .- every3hiilg heard that was needed ~d t h f SVJ eexceptiorl6! excapt the Canadisii DXss E D ~ . . ,

those ;rmcli.c.anted catches on 930. L ike vfiee Eorden on west side of to.-!n lo2;ed ~i;:k:: i n Delaware :-:ith no interference, I was log.:ing VFS: in the Fi2i Islands .:it;; no in- terfersnce! Arid out li'i olr town i s rougiily t k b iniles tide a d I ' m sum sly-wave skip IS not TIfClT sensitive!' H . I a t t r ibute i t to t i e TV antenna ~ 0 ~ i ~ c t i 0 3 , Well: snoug2.1 chit-chat;. . Save it for Cedar Zczpids! ; S f long and 73s.

F~;i.n;rn;rW~eglgr---3~~~l~55-5~-5 D_:-5---E~ig, ~ p & " r , s ~ ~ ~ a g i g - TJell, I y~xess that' t k i s winds 9, the BCB DXing for the 195+1955 season. 12 ::a been z, Ys:irLy good one considering . tha. 24 hour. pests 2nd the l>teness ir, r e c s i v ~ r r ~ .

the bu l l a l i r s ( tan to' 16 days l a t e almost every I , l o s t oqt 'on so::^ .ood tm- :, . ge te . ,?Tot t h e Croton boyst f m l t , 'mt poor :n?"il service f r a m t b t :part 09 51s s t a t e . I;'isk somathing could be done about i t befora nekt sezso6. I gs t r,72.d~ 3et- t e r service f ro f ornia, h i . ) f recairn9 68 nevi ( iis $st season ( ~ c t . 1. 1954 - ??ri l 1, , 2nd tnev NiZC w a s re bie fol of' them, eit'nsr ::;?ecis;.:: or DX DO..':: '::la If i t bi~ersnf t fo r 1 l e t i n I t -here (con' d a;: Page 4)

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pa&- 4 ~D-le;- _-N-T-W-S: May 14, 1955 (~rahb: Wheeler, Cod& from P. 3) Gould have a time trying to increase our loge, This past season I IPXed 37 hours and 50 minutes, for an average of a nebv s t axon a- bout s v x y 33 minutes (be t t e r than last season) . Nly t o t a l i s now 1,943 heard and 1,196 varified. I sent reports out to 77 stations and received w r i e s from 72 for an average of 93% this past season. I s t i l l have reports out t o CKBI I(F3I WHI? WBZ and WTIX. O f ti19 speciale since my last report I received WBBM R-9. Tha laet two I missed on account of receiving tk13 bulletin af ter thay had been on the air. 0th- er new ones that I recei-5 were ICSXG 740 kc/s. R-9 when W E W faded, WGIV R-9 Ibr. 16 and TIOTR, C o n y , Pa. (20 1Y;ilas from us). N m ver!es are CJMS VJCAFI'FIDM: T ! ! . f X B I G ~ I G E PTiB end WLJLIP. N m for TI DX.3ng. A l l the boy6 did a good job !iitn the bulletin, contests, DX Dawn the Dial, and other departments. 73s.

- Scpgtgr-Sggr_e,ss = g. Q. -13p~~C,8O~-~S~a~tgc".~t~~ &lagags- H i , g q . liore post-season D l i n g at this den with better than average results. 4/ 9- KHEfJ-1430, nev, one in bn t i ce l l o , &A. o n R? 8 EM--8 :48 a,m. 4110- mBO-580, Or- land^, Fla. RS 5:32--5:1.5 am, ; TCT:;f-;.26? ?or t : :m~~th~ @hi0 RS 5:47-5:52 zad CJDA- 1.250, C'mrlestor,, 3.C' s ; , ~ 5:57, ' $ 1 3 L was Lk2 bbcsc B3.y 5n a long time, kncluding the l a t t e r part o f tk~c. ari35rl.?, ililth ;:..-.JDL ? I ~ V cn3s I,c$ge3. E*W.-3.460, Y&i;-.?a, Rash. RS and s /off, 2 :&$-;5:62; G,V,J..146t~. :d ,s %gas? New. RG (AN?) 3: 01-3: 03 ; VJVB-1010 Jacksonville Beach, Fia, F-5 3 X 3:iB. 3:33 ; EFAC-1330, YIos Jngelor;, fi , lalU s o d e- nough t o log on AN ES 3:49+<::44,; TJEGt~l2.30, Wc'kford, Ill. f /c with voice IDS at 3:43 aad 3:48. I r:~ul.&lbtt t e l l I f any other mahilation was used. ~rom-3:59 to 4:m, I ilsard I=.XG?l-.I-e03, Glcndi.-~2, ~ilont~ f , t c - T I f c r xqy 45th Btiiite. To end t:ze mctrning, I ga t J13iIT-lZ,%O: Co?:a~b,~s, Ga. r,'on t:rA IiS, 4:2c3-r:3?. Recent f/upS have gone t o ~TEP-:3,'6 (2;/2<i53j Qh:-.l25C xTsa &he, G.GB-13% ; 5/6/54) \7ELi&13SO (11/ 21/53) VCBA-1?''0 (13/;'2! 53: sr~d KSCB-l,";.C? ; 3 / ' ~ 2 / EX!). The mail man^ s been le t",ng me - . d w n as Cer as ~~dzrilt.i.ty go? 9, bu5 the gjxal'rt,r. r. rje~;? 9E. I'c?rS.ea a79 VBIII-1330, ulca for; l e t t ~ r :n p:isi.n ppsi-, F%B-l;G.3 l d < ; t d ~ QJ.? 3eautif1tl 1ot:erhead 8Yd FB QST, with Pete B.q~';r, az v/c ( tha.rLrr, Fe ';e , En1: ,Tr''C;13 -',200. The is C 3 said t1mt he couldn't find q r mrig'na2 rcgozr In-.: rsrr,tar,.im~!i :hat i: v?ns correc$, so he sent a very fri3rdl.y l e t t e r , A l s ~ sai.2 hsI& .t.::t.+:i l o r ~r;; progrm (local, DJ show) onkgmAg. Rzcept f o r DX I5iP9, tke Q-153.' o tkm thf : ~ g i,~. t3.s 3X l - r o v-2~: a csrd from Don Bevil- aeq-ila of IWX-1659 tb,n:r:sc~ rr;a f ~ r q- >;'..'-.I+ ;. .I., ct.?i, Ir3,>oa&;as $j s q s XO!LTT- 5-d.00 may go f a F4) sro .):-i..?klg ( ~ n ~ y l t . ,-L* 1 n: 3 >3r .f -?m F,~-P j . 703t ;~a tnlatiom , Len, C h yes, before 1 . .To~qct , docs EnTrone ha..* a rc;a-', 7;s io? a ; ~ c:: thsse? C.:OX-1490 K?TR-1;50 flOE2 -J.?,~?J ribJJ&.-l.%;G T.TLT-1.280 W X X - 3 82.3 3 TP3%-;6CIO oz G.'EC-134 0. 11 d sure ansreciate E . ~ J iie:kj or1 thaae. B q c t cf DX, V0T.E a d 75b

- '$0 ;.t; - ; p ? ~ u o _ n , - . ?.g- --3357. ,".? C;ra-eg, -Mafarlg@ New stations s~n:.: last x e p r c : 2?0 ( € ? I : , Vbtb4' (L,?.JO), !VCBY (1240), mDCF (1350), KMED (14~0) , EJk'EId (99C), 'JdI'A (1.49C), iCLJ5.C (12I;C?, ?GO23 (1340), ZDU (1250) LR4 (8r3C) rnm (740), YOFZ (930;, ~ ~ L U B (i43C), VXUF; (lr.39), i ~ w (860), WL (157C), \ r ~ ~

(154O), XSCE (12?3), KPET (6901, CJNBT (1573). KCAR <1350), WJWS (1370), KAYO (1150) C K O I (63T) ln ;0 ( 1490). WGFS (1430), W E N H (1450)~ WCRK (1450)~ CFUN (1410) -zab BrTi:< (1450), ;1-.&1ng a total of 2,350 heard. Veries in since l a s t report: Xt=.m ( l . " o ~ O ) , WWD (570), X T J (8101, KTRY (730), WION (1430), KEZB (1320), IffIBhQ (1430), !;!GfV (1600), XiCA (570)~ ICNSC (SO), KDTH (l370), VKMl (1360#, E[DMA (1520), TdM\IE (1240) a d VJEILl ( 1 90) f o r total of 1,011 veries. Countries s t i l l at 56. DX by datee: 418- IQLED Medford, Ore. ( l W ) a t 2:45; 4/9- PIWETirl (990) with f /c 1:45. 1/10- WOPA (1490) on RS 4:15, XEHF (1370) El! at 4:25. 4/11- KDTH (1370) with f/o 1:30; 1340 CJOB AN at 4:05 in clear, 2DU (1250) Dubbo at 4:30, IiR4 (830) Buenas Aire8 s/ on a& 5. k/12- WhED (630) f / c 2:25, WIRJ (740) f / c 2:30, HJCZ (710) WOR off Conel- rad 3:35, '8NVA (1050) f /c till 3:10, WC3Y (1240) f/c-ET 3:12, WONE (980) s/on 5:00, W L D E (149 0) RS through VGAL 7:40. 4113- WCUE ( 1150) s/on 5. 4114- WMRI (860) ET 2:15, iH3l (1340) on AN 2:30 (not regular). 4/15- WAF2 (1570) ET 2:30, V?CI;B (1540) ET 236, ICSCB (1270) f / c 3:05, KPET (690) f/c 3:05, PRB? (909) 4, PHB2 (1440) 4:10 nice sisnal, VJ'NBT (1570) ET s/off 4:24, KCAR (860) ET through WADC 4:32, YJVS (137C1 s/on 5. 4/1S- KAYO (1150) RS 2:45, CaOV (630) s/off 3:05. Another signed of: sev- e ra l minutes af ter ~ i t h Canadian anthap + could i t be CKYLP Both weak; ITU)H ( lr90) s/on 5, rrGFS (1430) RS 5:45. 4/18- KSGNI (880) f / c l:X), WHSC (1450) f / e 2, T M X ( 1450) f /c 2, m Z (1450) f /c 2:30-2:45, IRIVH (1459) ET 3:10, PBE7 (1410) s/on 4, vJCRI(: (1452) f / c 4:Sl CFUN (1410) RS 3:40, WTIX (2450) AN 4:46 and WL4R (1450) a/on 5. Reports out: (since 416) VfKXT TPAT V!JOI M D WGTH CHGB WKOY CJOB (conld Page 5)

May 14; 1955 " 3 -.. - X - -- .- N - E17-SE M g r P a p 5 (steve ah son, con'd from P. 4) 2JN LR4 WIRJ VNVA VCBY FLDB"KDAL VOVL BmD T'; 31 WCLB KSCB IPXT 1;CA.R TiIOX 17!JOC' WOOR r;QiIIX Z 3 K I ;LAYO VCSS XSGM V:'HSC WABA \':hTr'il CFUIT and

. .. VJCIX. 280 ~mzports out for season, 125 s t i l l out. 30.

C, ?n_. -(gtgnl ~ t ; n @ ~ ~ - I ~ = Eox 31s - C=S&L& - 0 ~ t ~ r ~ o - BCB log-;in2s-by date are a s follows : ~ / ~ ~ - - c J R L 71223) g e n r e , Ont. RS tentative. 3lx4 - ETL..IS (1250) Santa Barbara, Cal. RS, VBAbi (740) ~kntgoxery, Ala. h ? C DX. 3/ 17- C J V I (900) victor ia , E.C. IIS. 3 / a - WOhY (920) Xili~a&ee, 'CTIis. AX RS, 5/24-

WERIP (1340) li3lwaukee; \'!is. AN RS,-V:Cm (1250) Milwaukee, 81s. RS. 3/26- CJBR (900 Rinouski, P.Q. NRC DX. "3/27- l?ZZB (1329) limewood, A l a . NRC DX, PIfCGC (1270) Bel- mont, N.C. RTRC DX. 3/28- ICSAL (1153) Salina, I<ans. s /of f . 4/2- ITJET (157C) Erie,

'Pa, daytize RS. 4 j 4 - ' ~ & ~ ~ ' (1140) Stockion, Cd. RS, KElJ (930) Los Angales, is, BIIZ (1480) Santa h a , C a l . RS. 4/10 - ICUDU (1590) Veptura, C a l . %. BCB veries include pewparod cards f r & 'v~c~J?. CFCH C J V I . other BCB' vgries are i n f mi,? !'OIE I:!ElIC IC'JTvIS l.'IAPX TIDEC KLGN IPTX ( that1 s',a prepared card ' t u b ) PJARB VlBQXi KSAL VEZB ( tiaziks, ;'ate) CXOfl ( a f t e r a f /up).: f i o n : , ~ ~ ~ . leggings inhlude the follovring: On 24-40 Izc js.

, Zt3C La Voz' 661 ~apagayo, .'a bro&dcasting s ta t ion in. La. fi6mana, Domincan ~ z ~ ' 3 l i c : i s being heard regularly. On 291b kc/s. Pan .&.srican Ailways Clipper 203 wss I-,ecr& '

' over Br i t i sh Guiana and SurLnam. OnC6..again,.'dont t forget to vote. I t ' s your priviledge arid your d i ty . ,, 73s.

?. ;. ,? 219 . g;~s~-- -3332. prh~@~t'I; .~' trget = @usto y 4, -TE=S- - This i s a v a c ~ t i o n waek at coll&i;$, EiPld today is ,,my day off , so I thought 113 go through my log book f o r the' year' ,find oi~'t' just what I ' d accomplished, DX-..ise. L t o t a l of 78 s tat ions added to th6 heard l o g . ' O f 'these I reported 34 ual kot 30 c,eries, .::ith "thank yous" f ro6 three ot'aers. 'Only s ta t ion refusing to arns1T.r a i th . . e r origTn?,l report of f /up cards was CKOM. C H n , and K O N didn' t verify a i C ~ a r , ' d!. th3ugh I B e i i e ~ e the stuff I got' from KGDN dhS&x!& a x ~ . w a s m e x t by @err: .to be a verification. A l e t t e r from S'aanghai s-iys i t was m t that s tat ion :.!=,ich I hsard. k g g e s t d I t r y Fom6sa, 'but iu'X members report the Fom.osa statici? m long o~ oper-,t:js on 670. 09 my heard t o t a i o f ' 78, 47 were U.S., eight %mope, s i x Japzr, 'ciaqen Canada, three Alaska, threu'Csntra1 America, and one each from Chile, I-Ic^c^v~aii en3 Puerto qico. Also the mystery Oriantal oli 670, defini tely not JOBK. Chi12 ver- 56 since l a s t time i s nice card airmail from JOBB a f t e r fjup. Hope t o r&e the Vanvention i f I can g9t my vacation ear l ie r than i s ususlly allov~ed, i.e. I1;.i not sapposed t o gct a vacAtion till I've bean there s i x zonths, and that xoul3 be (Ictc- b8r. Xut I'r.. hoping to t~ork out S o ~ e thirqj so I . can meet a l l of you; 73s. -

~ ~ n ~ I ( r ~ g e - - - 8 ~ 6 - ~ ~ c ~ i& tzeg t---Dpbpqge, Lo~a- - The B I G :lais at our h m s ' a t th i s v c r i t i n i s our Wand new Dodge Royal 'xkich i s jug,; a few days old, so you c a n h e l ~ Underskmd our in teras ts have been centerzd on i t j.nst3ad 05 the, Y a l l i c r a f t s l ~ . .Bowever, since my last report i n the April 23rcl Lu1.- l e t in , I have four nel:< loggi:n& to rsport. Station KOLR (1490) Sterling, Colo, we heard or, f j c on 4/18 2:OG-2:20 a.~,, using tone. Also on 4/19 the new s k t i o n WRIT (134G) ItIili;:~xikee, Wis. ,was .epied very easily, .as i t i s t& preciomiiiant stat?..^. on that crowded frequency.. Th brktn.3 new LTSUTiI (1420) Oxfudtd, Miss. was i13~rd on.

.ETS on 4/25 from 2':lO-3:00 a.m. And the fourth logging was ti-8 new T j W ( 1 j : S j ) Milan, Teni?. on ETs from 2:lO-2:40 a.rr,. on 4/26. Tne four new logging8 ars z snal i 'percent?@ of the Srand new stat ions that havs taken the a i r during tha s..::e ;?eri.o Among my verifications rscaived of l a t a t o bring xy t o t a l to 2,654, were l e t t e r s from: ??0C9 XTTN KOLR IaVL WCLG KSYD W'LFES and cards from VOKJ and CAAG. :;e ser. you i n Cedar Eapids over the La'clor Day week-end? Wa sure are planning on e2c3 and evary on3 of you. - From early reports reaching us; we xi11 have s grand t u ~ m u t . . I t was a real pleasurs for Dorothy me to have the Bob Gorsuch f m i l y visit us racently, , as well as gent Corson, NElC r~~eruber Tram Woterlcio.

Rp;e&ttJc?gs~~1---5@-lg th Stgegt,-k ,.~n&o iaL LlLigo As- No DX t h i s --,& a t a l l but here are a fe:v catches since ia& rsaort . 4115- ?XA!l?- 1360 sioff GL 3:30. XI$3F-13'70 with tes t a t 4:10. Y!:BC-l469 f j c as l i s t ed i l l f /i

t. IICAR-1357 nev~ one i n Clarksville, T ETs. 4/ X.3- VLIL-730 S T 1:53-l;L -1-144; s/off at 2:05. KUZV-713 f / c as , third Saturday. W A - 1 3 JG S / O ~ ?:09 . LVNC-1320 f,'c not l i s t ed but may gular, 2:3C2-2:45, third Sat .rd~iy,

41 1'7- ::CLQ 1350 again. UpkT-15C)O on f / c am verified, thanks, Jack. ' 'I'aC-1330 3n - f o r Palsey. 4/18- U40Ii f / c . TqDAX-134S s/o :30 asking for r.,fortc and ma;iticnsd Valter Be ~ r t (a member). S C i i a t 5 (contd on P, 63

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Page 6 --,-L P* - P E 9 3 " - - - - Fbay 14, 1955 ( ~ w r e t t Johnson, conld from Page 5) ma bha very nice DX f'rom WBIA-1230. --/23- FPKBJ-16 XI was on at ET, third night of ETs . 4/25- KAUS-I480 on for t a s t 2:0012:30 and l o n ~ r . IR:YO-1340 f /c as l i s t ed , fourth Monday. WSUH-1420 new om i n Oxford, Niee, ETs to 5. CFRB-1260 AN even ~ o n d q 8 and posi t&ve f / c from 803-KINY in Juneau, Slaska coming i n with a f a i r s ignal & i t h pdsitive ID. Announcer signed off a t 3:30 so rsport sent. I hope i t w i l l be mg f i r s t Alaska verie although UAR vas sent a report t;As 1;. inter. Duriq the past season 73 DXes were reported a d 70 s o f a r verified. Those w h o did not so f a r are3 FCHF CFCH and IEPPA, so a great season fo r t h i s DXer. Thanks to a l l those hard-working CPC men and the maw t i p s iiz eD,Y NJ8VSn and I want to thank at this time a l l you fel lov~s nho cro te me during the ssuson. I onjoyed a l l your l e t t e r s and keep them-corning a s Ill1 answer 811. Thirty-faur ver- -,es i n this month, making my t o t a l .of, 973 i n 39 months of DXing thanks to ITX. Hope -:.a inake q y 1,000 by Sept. 1. Veries are from ( some of them way overdue as usual). *?SL cards f i r s t - WSPD-1370, third report, WPFB-910, KTRR-740, VISC-1480, lYZ-800, <].ad to get t-hat one; WOKJ-1590, CJBR-dx. Letters from miOD-WGO, W J J L , t l i r d re- yort i n three years-1440, poor card from VEMH, WTPS-940, KGY VEAS KUIB-710 !iXCD- 1430, poorr card from VOKJ-I590 for a December repof t, m0-1460, aboufr four rzportb before, !-!ED-dx WBIA-dx KCFH-1600 and KLIX-dxi A l l for this , and see sou next mc v ia WDX LTETISW. Please vote. , .

RR1~hhJ~ha_ngns--?2 .&agt-G~~~ge-S4rge& , w-fgl~ 3, -N~Jv-: 1'/1 by I''I?G (1110) on VJKAPPYNR Rahall Station letterhead made out: -..l.o .. AD. .. rr; I

cbncirn.tl C ~ R (900) on a' v/csrd ( ~ - F M - T v ) ale0 mentioned 5 M. with NE Sirec t a?, and sooil 10 h. and doing pr0o.f- of performance now. n?is was maiied t& KO 41; A v / l from CKCR (1490) Arcade Building, K i tchener, Ont. mentiones Flondq-fil3ay LL,

5:55-12:lO 2.ri.e EDT, Saturdw through to 1:10 a*%., Sunday 7:55-12:lO. :bard on 4; 18 KVAS 2:i9 KPRL r/c; V J O IiS s/on at 4:58 on 1230 kc/s . , and WLXVH again ET,Id 3:40 a.n. e tc . (1450 kc/s.) . You were rignt on t h i s one, Duffy. WPDM (1470) ET,ilf 1:35- 2:15 e tc . On 4/19, XEDF (960) r/c-M i. i th YL in Spanish. On 4/20VJICBJ (1530) Il i lan Tenn. E T , ~ I 3:10 with TT, then ET,M to 3:50 etc. Gave Eotel Milan for s tx l io , 4126- WKBJ azciia mjM; RFAK r./c; 'il'F!Dd (1240) vjc 4-=: 10 EDT. 4/ 30 had WJET (157C) 33 6- 6:2? a.. ... EDT, then s</on RS by CFOR. 5/5/55 ma WPFb (310) IiS to 2:29 d.:.-. iDT to ~ 3 t u r n at 5 a.1 . t-ir time; 1390 had xhat sounded l ike WSPC till 2:55 CL..... EDT. 5/7 - WE&; (1240) s t i l l on at 2:40 EDT a i t h collecting $$$. 5/9 had lD@f (1590) M/c 2:45-3 &.:r.. EDT; XDX off at 3:05 and IJGTC (1590) M/c 3:a-3:31 a.m. EDT t o re.i;urn N C , 6 the i r ti-. Said m ny reports received and a i l 1 get weries out soon. TIS r / c 2 P WUSJ cot-es on as l is t but ,in EDT. WEBY (1330) r / c jTT heard tinrough T:ZOL That new 15# ce r t i f i ed stamp n i l 1 appear 6 / 6 . Next month more, b e now,

,KarL gamong &a@Attax; ~ e ~ c & , _ C ~ l ~ f g r , n i a DX s e a s 0 ~ 1 0 ~ i i n g dean here same as everywhere, but s t i l l pluggin' alor-g hoping t o get two o r three new ones a week due t o the changeover t o BDST. Have b a r d 'XDNA 1400 on f / c per Jim Critchett ' s info i n last issue. XEQ 940 long needed &:era on Sundq naming s/off at 2:17 a.m. While lookin.; for a couple of f / c s th is Veda&- day day naming F l a y 4th, picked yp nothing new but YJTIJEI on R 3 AM sked behind IXAOs AN s t i n t or, 1280. Now i f they ' s i l l anljt verify. Speaking of veries, l o t s of them out, CI<OlI for NNRC DX i n spi te of ffup, more dimes and postage, same w i t h :L!?A fo r ETs. IDS1 1430 heard on f /c fourth Tuesday ;?er old DDD info of l a s t -3nter. Ciues:, I was tila only one who didn't near.tiiafi oiETs. ICIIvJ varified with poor .4.k-eogras3. card and nice l e t t e r from 12k!1BA about s i x weeks a f t e r f /up. On f i r a t ;;.oizciey I2SU heard ICORT on Iiay .2nd ~ i t h f /c at ,5: 00-:>:I5 z.m. through KDAC Q,m, alsc ox f / c . KDAC t e s t s i. i t h Point Reyes, Calif. but don' t know -?jho ICOIIT1 s monitor vtas. 15:BY same Ai4 on 1240 ,jl::ith l a t e schedule keeping track of r a f t V,ehi&lt being toiced into San Francisco. on i l lgfa ted t ry f o r voyage to 'south Pauific, A t 6:15 sex. on 1230 sounded l ike Canadian ca13. CH--. Gava poT;ier as 250 watts f u l l time but 7&3 l isted. at s m e t h e so plcobably didnf t have q ears open wide enough. S t i l l no IG3.D b a r i here on 910. Tried for XEIX) change on, ca l l s on 800 tonight upon arriving h r ~ e but too much s t a t i c on band. One nore,, KSUN 623 heard on 4/18 6:48 a.m. RS, evidsntl signing on a l i t t l e e a r l i e r than thep used. to . FtENEMBlTi: TT-IIT THElZ 1.S .STILL TID!Z .TO CAST YOUB VOTE IF YOU DID NOT DO SO l.j~-:l:P YOU FlFCEIVED YOUIi BALLOT T9RFE WEEKS AGO. FSE URGE EVESIYON TO VOTE Am EXPRESS YO-JR OPINIOfiT o?~~;IHO IT S U L L BE '?,HO. .FILL .GUIDE THE DESTINIES OF THE N.R.C. TOR T I E 1555- 1956 DX SEASON. SEND YOUR TEN NAMES TO' ~&IEOLD V!AGNEB, R.D . 1, LAKE CITY, PZi\XJA.

7 , ~ c i ~ 14, i g 35 y r , v .., I , - E ~ ; ~ C D I . - LL-. -.. , , , ,- , ! 7 ,DBtgr-B~et.z---B-23 pi.lt:a& &vgnze--_BLrlo_in&ag S,--ALa,b,q-

E i boys. 1;'s beon a long time iir,ce I last reportad to 11:4usj.ngsfl ani sc Lere goes a.nothsr :;?art. I1 11 s t a r t wi th log.;i.ngs from L%rc:i 2, ,as I dj dn' t log ti&;j:tlling on the f i r s t . * means varif ied. KEM* (1320) s/off at 1:r33. 3/6, EZiTT, (1552) Leard 911 l:,S at 1:31 a.rr.. Say as I rmsmbur now, I rsported u-3 u n t i l IlJarch 24 ii? lns t re- ;,?or+. So on the %th, DXJD ( 135C) s/off.. a t 3:05. On 3/31 1TOIIJ (1593) s/of f a t 7:15, */11 (DXii?, ii&y 8ovv.r~ iif t a r er,d of season) XCIJ (980) r j c a t 1:s and FIJVB-d::* m;Ls heard loud a d . c l . s ~ r . On +/J9, the nes% Y~EPIP ( 1 2 ~ ~ ) and *XUlF (960) i n lC-wo Laredo, PSmsJ. o - - . ~ / c at 3:37. On 4/28 on ET froril:~:!;i3J (1600) inIl:liian, Tenn: I gGTe them a phone cctll and i t was ackno:.:2:8dged over !,he &is. kc. Tor vs r ies o ther :2?cn the a- 50ve : 19UR 1-,SI?T VEYC 7flXO K1:Pifq e'SY XFGT (at l(:ng las'; , . from f ,/up) T?GD. 'I.'G$?Jq Ir';jPFq

'li';~!bb I ~ U E . F G ~ ~ D DLS 1(03q?!TI~?. ~i'lzzt?s it. PTO~;.,, I h-?,*;3 ~ a e ~ in variou-s r spor t s over +.he pss t seLscn tha t th&re sems t o be a qusstbon a b ~ n t v\;hsn to ;~rr i te 2, f l u s . I .vi11 givs i.%r opinion r i g h t mvz. If a atat.ion 3.2 heWc?.and repor t rr.aile$, -szg as an ~ : x m p l e 02 Jan. I., hoe soon s'&ull you v c r i t s a 2/uF? Son~e CXt3rs m i t e a f t e r a rrontb ..ome threa i".c)nt?e and so on. F.s fi!r r<qyse!.:t", I dcxQ'.ft virite H f /up u n t i l six ~~inntLs; ;:=ly 1, ,;.i~i t ha t j u s t a ren~:;.-r,r:~r., by tk9 t:.~ 3 the Z B ~ O S - j ; has been c ~ t a: l e a s t a year , I then x:ri t e a prc2z;i :jd cas5. O r some statioi-LS I wistil; a f a T 1 y ~ ? . . r 'c-til I ? ? r i t e ray f i r s t f/up. . ,, 132 . cs:+s bad; f;-oz repor t sent 3.n Nave;i.bzr 1953 : v i t ; i first f /

... r, j u s t l a s t . . . we6k. rn one, ,aR?.er . t,. 3' 3X f rorn'KTC?l', f /up sen t snd. nice l e t t ep- .:Ic&. c3i.e back f':r vu~5.s. I n fac!, ever einca I have been EXing f'sorfi: Septe.'oer 3,952 :'.2.70 neve- s e ~ t .mo$e 'Ukza ocs f lu? $12 aqy s t a t i on . V;lmt, I ~ ~ a i n l y . tang 'c see a r e the ::,.3rs t'-?a': let ph-?ieni;s anzld y i t e af.$er b1:3 o r t i v ~ ncjri?ils. In t h i s hob@, you have :.c! have a l o t of @ti&;e. recor~~.~,end t na t no f/uL;.s bi? s ac t to ,s t~ ' . t ions before si;:

-r.onths h a ~ m re0J.lls.l arc>-ud. .If tli.? s t ~ t i n n doesn? t f w l lika ansvi~r ing your r e so r t ~.mnlz~iat::ly, mars l e t t p r s w i l l j u s t olui..:.or up C3e s?;,ztionts f i l a r , , .dl tl;e r e s u l t jt.3uld 3e ';hat th4 .DXe!- .Toes, not . g3S s a i d :erj.fy, If i k . 4 s t s tion has ziis2laced l e t - ' .ar , w r i t i ~ g another cne a . i l l not Btii?d the loot one. 3.L just .,-, @.akos . . -one ;Gore to get .'.ost. h d tnere a r e a l a t msrs things t i u t csz napi~e2.i Sut t h ~ usrr siorst is t h a t .~.3.:;. 0 s ",$';ions ?;ill no 5 third: ,too . hi 3h2y of t h ~ NHC . NWJ :;ie T?:~u13. no t -.:221$ .';hat to

>.:+?en, ::oul& we? -So t h i s tvhole. l l i t i e talk bo i l s don11 to th i s . V'rite fi"/u.ps, ba t .;.rit3 5:le:. a f t s r twice tke ~ w i , r t h ' " ~ f 3 ' 5im Jou!~ have $:eviousl.y dons up tc 'oi:,;? year .... . n -Pst-RgiLl?~---,?~ 5-Cxo . g e ~ - -S-txe~t ---.@riy : >,>)cnA gez zjzk-

-- , 3 ~ f of t!,e 121 r,=es i n lasf rotin,? iist, XYve person-ily not 44 ?f you. ~LO',.; nany :,CLY onss '.:ill I meet ir, Cedx: 3api~ii.s this yea?? New ~ m i e s are ICE'GT ffPc3'F : CPA KCA:; 'tc.:.SG. Bavs iexw.1; 480t of ire i n c s i l a r , direcitly nonth an& south, l e d - i l l at nor: ! ;:,d, s,;:i1. f o r ';!i!st Cclast. Ll:!rr,ba.gc ].aye< ne uy, f o r krt $ar t2?an a *seek. 2s;;orts 01;

;2 IZG'?-l~SO, XXG;F-13'199 f o r oi.isr ones. r" / lS- *20pied. LCAR, 1350, cn ET for xm-: .or,=. 4121- i-el. one i n Ki!3P!C, 930, OR ET. .4/22- I i O E ; 1333 un f / c atop :''i:OL. BSKI, 1423, r;e:i 0- oL ET, 4125- XZX 113t2 for t h i r d r5,port. !;'&$A:, 1343 03 ET. &p,n :la ~:S'~c'ars t h i s ti;.e. \J.T;J.J, 1,363, t e s : at 2 : W . ' U i S , 1.430, t c z t at 2: 43 f o r t h i rd .;la,;i one. +/26'-- 1?IIBJ, 1532, fou.rth ET Par ??e;:: one, 4/2% WTCO, 1050, f / c at 2:lii. YAUS agair7. on t e s t , L/.?O- !'JLIK, i273, ET i2t 2:47, ,512- V"?OZ, f / 2 at 1:56 on 1343. ?:TOP, 13(Y1 was mod et 2:00. \,!LFO, 122~3, ?/c"at 2:25. 5/3- WE,:, 740, f / c a t 2:OS f o r :em- OF,:

5/4- KSZX, 1420s~s11 at 2:00. ' . IDZ3Y, 1289, f / c &t, 2:35 f o r Llqird repor t t o t'.lem. V.;EIld, 12.36, :<!I! at 2:W. 7 '50 i s . S~saish s t a t i on on 1250 o r 1295 a f t e r 3:'j3, J1b.di~ T r i e s t i o r Y r i e s t i , iouaer t5an tlla usua l hiexican here f o r , pas t years. i:SDP :Eve, PrERE 1 3 ; O a tussle at 2:QJ. a;; ~ ~ + . l i f o r n i - : i s good even. at 620 here. 5 / 7 - Toi;a on 860 past several mornings byat never a c a l l g i ~ o n , .

J~cgs-E- C r L t ~ h g t i = /1&9j2sl; ArLox = z a ~ D_igg~ 2, -C&:.Af~?gta- The onl; d::inp done since rcy :last report of A p r i l iZ lzas bean occasional Zii:ptGn&ng ,;'es$hg X3AB. They s t i l l a r e no't on ES, j u s t occasioiial daytime tes t ing. : igh t l i s t e n i;? sore t ina t h i s coning wedkend i f I ' m not, '.too t i r a d o r too lazy. V::if i c2 *ions roc2 ived since lbs t r spor t a r e Brom 1959 P~B.X,,, QSL card fo r DX; 933 !'':GI? on very nice coverage Tap ; 1113 KIPA f i n a l l y ; 1310 RLIX f o r DX, . i t h ll:<liclcer'l, I360 XIJOD si13410 CRTN, olc? C23?0, ivi t h very' d i s t i nc t i ve -stat ionery, Final r::-oi-: has bean sen t to Ev Joncson, 311 yoints . CXDA w;is the oniy DX s + c i a l f i l i lb l i 5i5 Lot vsr i fy . rJther repor ts a r e ou t to 970 YSOK, 1 O l O WJD, 1240 41CL7, i;360 lIPPA ~ r 5 1453 O h . I 'nave 594 ver i f i ca t ions to date . I have' no , in tant ion of senii-1. :+-G7c::e t v ~ ~

p 2 s s of :y 1tDX lZ!:'Sff f o r the pr iv i l ege of vct ing; < , v i l l wr i t e down ten n. ,..ss f o r ,:.horn I ..:is11 t o vote and send then to H a l Wagner, &pa they count (contd o1-i Page 8)

Pscge 8 , - .? J W - x - - - - -< !,la$- Id-, 19 55 ( J ~ T Cri tcl i~t t , , con'd from P. 7) that way. Sorry tha t inre can not attend th3 Labor Day Conveztion i n Cedar b g i & , Iowa - g m s s Haleigh Bies . b i l l hava to r s p r ~ s e n t southern California fo r us. A t prasent we are planning a meeting v~ita DXarc in the Pacif ic ETorthest on Saturday evening, J m e 11, i n Seattle. Hank t\lilki:-isoA~ called a couyle of aeelcs ago, and we had a good DX c b t . Sems t o be getting pi;i>ty of weak TP station8 - goo3 luck, T a t seams to be about all oS it. h o d v3cz:ions and 7ood D::ing t o all .

Rcc-HA ~i~lgr---Rguts-2--Bgx-6~0~ = &ssaqughL Ea=W,ngto-n- F i r s t , 1td l ike to eay 1lHats off11 t o Stanbury and Daneker on the ir respsctive ver- i e s f roix CWBK and AF'Kf,! Rhat DX! Also, on finishing up the tape on my ;>reviously ~ e p o r t e d logging of the tVPPA DX-1360 of April 2, I find that EVIOD 140destc, &lo be- gan ET at 4:47 a.m. blocking out a f a i r l y good signal from VEFA and a stronger 5 a,

:a. a/on by an unkmlvn station. Also, upon careful re-nmning of tape on pr2viously reported Aussie of 413 on 903 kc/s. from 5:55-6 a,m., I 'm that I actv-ally ass 'necirinz tilo! One b i t h llLux Radio Theatre" and the other v . i t h records. 7?qorts were seat to 2LM Lismore, NSPJ, and SBY Bridgetown, '8.A. Moat likely t o wTify :.,ho- ever 'had the record program. Ropa i t was 6BY! Now to the limited news of D:: doings a t t h i s den sinca */lo: k r i l 11 - ViJVE-dx 1010 Jaksonvi l le Beach, Fla. 7 - ~ i 1 y rol led in. here, s /off a t 4 a&.,- then ClVIBQ Havcma, Cuba beard, .but hadn't b . , t h red WJVB. Ayril 15- Almost positive that I have logged 500 watt 9PA, Port ijxesby, Papua on 1250! Definitely i n AEST zone, and apparently s/off at 7 a.m. which ch:d:s out xi t h sked I have. Mot impossible that i t was 2DU i n Dubbo, NSV! but -- 'i!TiN.in Tpp . skg, Kms, nay have s/on at 7 a.n. but too y~eak to ID. April 18- On 1233, 9 N C J I I ~ U ford, Ore, f /c 4:30-4:40 a a . , music from someone identified 4:40-4:45 a.n. s o a tentat ive t o WNOR Norfolk, Vd. ( o r was -'BIA DX on early?) KEBV Surulysid3, 'Tlzsh. El' 4: 55-5 a n . , Renton, Wash. f / c 5-5:15 a.m. A tentat ise report to 'BIA, Augus- ta, G;t. D:: on some music 5:15-5:30 a.m. ; Kl?PW Fort Sniith, Ark. OD as ETin:, 5:20- 5: 25 a.m. ; KSIX Corpus C h r i s t i , T ~ x , ID at 6:2? a.m., apparently f /c . A p - i l 27- T<RNR-1490 fjc, Roseburg, Ore. 3-3:15 a.m. N1d-y 1 - KWOR-1490 f /c Worland, yo. 5:30- 5:45 a.i;, New veriea: WOP-740 DX, KBAR-1230 (QSL card) I(ERD-1230, KRIZ-l.230, CJBZ 900 DX (a rea l nice sur;rise, my best Quebed) WEOL-930 DX ( a prepared card); UmN- 2250, FrB-730 and WBIA-1230 DX (along with VJMA-dx, my best graveyard vezies of this season - also means that I've heard a l l three April DXee, a l l well over 2,000 miles! Enjoyed April 23 "DX ITEVSW very mrch; l e t L s keep it act ive durins tlie suwne: 3ae ahere CLiS wrffied ano tner 1llulun i n nRdctAo Baghdadn! Thct~lks Sor your l e t t e r , Vike Fersson. S t i l l don' t know tbho makes r / c on 1230, fourth k/~onddy, 6:i2-d:30 a. . . , c a l l l ike XCKS - any help? Western DXersl - see notes under INDIA in FmBdt s colmn, please. 73s.

W ~ q c ~ - R , gi& t l e y = -W-5-Gra?n_ttS&rge&, -A2tl 32---D=n2eg 3, _Cplgr@g DXing hgre slotved down considerably here but I have s t i l l logged a fen ood ones. On 4/13 I F B Y (740) heard on RS f a r the f i r s t time arid can bd heard easi ly during the d w ds Colorado Springs is only about 70 miles from here, On 4/16 I/!i%V (15802 heard ;rith TT a t 3:41, "MNC (1.30) heard with s/on at 5:30 and W K ~ (1483) s /on a t 6. On 1/17 WOPA (1490) on AN sked and WSEV (930) ETe 3:19-3:s. 4/18 9rought ICC&r (1350) on ETs, K R I F (1230) m/c 3:57 to s/off a t 3:59 and PJFHG (980) s/on at5:30. On 4/20 T;=BJ (1600) heard on ETs and also again on 4/21. New ones on 4/25 r-rere WSIT: (1420) 0x1 ETs and heard a couple of times since, CKPC (138 0) s/on at 4: 55, ! JAS (1320) s/on at 5:02 and KGl?iV (1340) on RS 7:33 fo r one I have been a f t e r for a long time. 6kl 11/27 KAUS (1480) testing a t 2:57. Only DXing &e f a r i n hiay was 03 515 when I fon-?d RIIIYR (1343) off their AN eked for some unknown rezson and log,& ANei; WLOL ( 1330) d WRIT (1340) fo r tvio new ones here. I note that K O D (1243) i s a- nother ANer. I t ' s getting so tnere are severhl ANere on about every frequency. S t i l l a fe- veries coming i n with the l'ollowfng received sislce my last ~i30rt: KIIiO (710) TDVH (983) YFHG (980) WSEV (930) XOOD (1230) KALG (1230) KREldV (1239) ZCLCB (1230) 3GY (1240) KYA (1263) WMVO (1300) iCGm (1340) WKAY (1360) KREO (1433) l l 2 J C (1430) ';'BUY (1440) KIMA (1460) FEE%? (1480) RAUS (1480) VKOA (1480) EEIX) (1490) VOPA (1493) IlSJO (1590) and a nice l a t t e r from NRC member Jack Rhea for ECFH ( 1 ~ ~ 2 ) . Veries no-- t o t ~ l 648, a l l since 3/24/54. TrEDD LIIZ: TO SEE TEOSE VOTES FJILLIXG I N FIDH YOU. IF YOU HAVE NOT AS q!!? S-XiT I N YOUR TEIT XVIES, PGUSE DO SO PIPIT LDW AITD THUS IT A REIJLLY RTPRXS; -TAJIVE E- I;ECTIOTLr OF OUR ITM: O ~ I C ~ S FOR NEXT SEASON. SO VOTE RIGHT ARrAY, PLEASE!

May 14, 1955 33 rr, _N~E_W-S; Egis ~ _ . - ~ ~ i ~ t ~ w - - - 4 ~ 9 $ Eest~~guLt-~tre_e& P_a_i -Illino_ i s

I haw not bFen Dying very much as I have a garden l o t about 100' by 100' a d i t has kept iLa h e y hdre la te ly but vhen i t rained the other day I took time to put; i n a l l new tubes and n;&e a loop which I t r ied :.,ith some good resul ts , as I have a stat ion on 1448 cz3out two miles from me, ' 560 watts sad I get a s ta t ion on 1430 but t nee? i t sad on 1460 pulled through a new one f o r I l l i n o i s t b t I could navcr have gotten otin3i'~ise. I have one x i r e 325' N-S, also lead in; s folder dipole in at t ic f o r 23 1.sters and two other do?rblets about 25' each side, E-Q, and N-S. I tliink I have dsout 655 to 670. Of th i s yearts specials fo r new ones, some came i n too l a t e f o r t'ne c w t e s t - RPPA today, and some other ones not specials were too li;.t2, I didn* t t q to go i n contest only ; i i th ne:v s t ~ t i o n s . I ssnt a card t o a s ta t ion the other day made out dni tne ~ ~ o r d lfverielf was printed on i t as they send out c&ds ter. years old and don't mention anything about what could be c lass i f ied as a verie. I now have over 1300 at l a s t check, a l l good, a f t e r set t ing aside about 40 md I em, ,trying 'GO get these again and send a card fo r a verie that I know i s germine, 2nd tha t 2 real ly heard it. As I have got about ten i n the l a s t year l ike tnis, sent carde t o s i&z a d rvturn on U.S. card and haw had f a i r l y good resul ts .

IIargla 3. J ~ ~ l ~ i ~ ~ = _SCt_Qi&-A~egg - seyp~uy,-Conn_ect&c;t- - - Here are log.-ings since last report: VJVB (10107 was logged while at ..:orlr but not needed. 415 - VlLEVi (1340) Bad Axe; Mi&. 2:5%3:09 sioff.with.ER. I di5 not know t%t tllsy had charged from 1540 but verie s ta tes they made the s h i f t on 31251 55. ~ / ' ~ S . - , W C B T (1230) Ib agenoke Rapids, N .C. f /c-TT 12:15-12:30 through VITE$XVOR. :/17- aim (860) Marion, Ind. ET/M 1:39-2:05 Sr4bht very noisy. 4/18- bDDD: (1470) Potsda;~, 17.Y. ETing 2:OO-2:45 and l a t e r , S-8 excellent signal. W B V (93;;) Sevber- v i l l e , T:m. ETiTT 3:ld-3:30 S-7. WTPR (710) Paris, Term. f /c-TT through ?!OR 3:50- 4:OO; KCAR (1350) Clarksville, Tex, ET/M to 4:15 vsry poor. 4/21- Vri'BFRC (933) Mc- Xinnville, Tern. ET/IJ 2:35.3:00 and l a t e r 5-5 and very clear , 5/6- T'NRI (1380) Woonsocke t , R. I . heard. on BS clear fro~ii 5:Oa-5:30, t'mn wviad by B!AWZ. Veriee re- eeived i n the s ~ m period are: BPIT (730) a 16 month holdout, V!PGC (1583), !COzJiA ( 1529), TiIZV' (1340) VlTRT (1589) a f t e r a f/up thanks to DXer John Parsons af Tyrone ; XELP (920) HSVP )990), WCBT ( E J ~ o ) , VJCGC (1270) for NRC DX; TPDM (1470), !:'i.?X (560) i;i';jL"'V ( . 2 3 ~ ) T Z l ? (1250) and YPTR (710) a l l by l e t t e r , and these 'by QQSL cards: ilXZB, M duplicate f o r NRC DX nhich h i l l be f i l ed with 'the. nice l e t t e r -verie sent rite by ::;'a t e r Erotz. (Thanks again, Pet3), V W K (1540) and CJBB a nice QSL for NZC DX, not ;2eeded 'mt ?..ill ba f i l e d as it i s a nice card,. Xn raviewing the past DX sei".son I find that 118 sQtions scheduled DX programs for the NrG, not a l l got o;i 'nut I :logged z:d reported 76 (38 not needed) and 69 of them have sent veriea (25 not nee:: - ad) an3 so f a r seven stations have fai led t o verify, . They m e : WJMA, Wo r q o r t s CFCB~iTEOL*ICYOI( V?REBWJCHF*KLIX. Those starred are not needed. My varies now t o t a l 1,483 1 hope that I shall be able to s ta te that I have 1,500 by the ti;r:e the nzxt I'D:; i2GSIf goes t o press, hi. I sincerely hope that more of you have voted th5.a year t7&z a d last year so that your off icerr w i l l know that they were electsd by a majority of the ant ire club and also to prow that the matter of postsge has not been z l sc tos ia casting your vo te. Every interested member should be able to spen5 f i v e rd-mtes and three cents once a yeur to s ~ y who they prefer to adr,~iniatrate tho a f f a i r s of the club so any of you who have m t done so please get your Sizllots i n the m a i l to Hal Vagner before deadline date of !day 28. Always remember t3at your Executive Secreatry, ou7~lishers and editors are toiling; for us contirnally . , . . . . . .

L~ft-y-Cooee~ = 438 E,ast-2L zt;ect---Byogk@- 26, Mew, Yoyk- Here m.d tl?sre a l i t t l e DX, but not mua.l. A typed card verie from VlAAG1470 mas fol10~1sd u;?, one day l a t e r @- a nice l a t t e r as they promieed on the card, 2nd a l e t - t e r i n f rox WRIT-1340 which was rzported as VJXIP, h i1 As to new catches, := re t b y are: 4/10 - VfiiRI-853 logged on ET/Bd,and heard again, bet ter , on 4/17. 4/29 - V!SUII (1420) .Oxford, Miss. heard on. ETjb?, with a vary f ine signal and friendly prosram. 5/7 - !TLDS-1490, the new Atlantic City, KJ out le t was f ina l ly heard on I3.S here at 10:30 8.x. i n ths c lear and coming i n nicely. 'Bey are good only dur5ng hi;k day- l igh t , aid b:/o hours before sunset ( o r so) they get beat up by others, a.:d t h same f o r trto >ours a f t e r dawn. DON'T FTZGET NQV TO ICEEP TK4T LABOR D ~ Y VOZEXW In MIMIND Fr)R OUR ANl7UA.L NRC COlTi,T?J?- TLOM, TTIIS EAB AT CEDAR .RAPIDS, I O ~ A . V E ~ D LOVE TO KEET ALL OF You, ESPTCIJ-LLY om h i 3 . EE~i&i/iBER, ALL AElE Imm, INCLUDING YOm F&iiLIE$. COl,E OiT COME AIL

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N ~ - ~ A ~ I Q H ~ 610 Consolacion del Sur, PdR 1,;oo U-1 1240 Thennopolis, Wyoming 250 U-1 860 Hwtselle, Alabama 250 D-1 U8O Seafori, Delaware 1, OW D-l 900 Saint Jerome, Quebec 1,000 U-3 1340 Pissoula, Tdontana 250 U-1 910 Billings, Montana 1,000 I b l Rreyburn, Saskatchewan 250 U-1

Lil?cisay, Ontario 1,000 U-3 1360 Arnaraillo, Texas 598 D-1 930 The Dalles, Oregoh 1,000 U-2 1490 Themopolier, Fyoming 250 U-1

1150 Valdosta, Georgia 1,000 D-1 1570 Cleveland, Tennessee 1,000 D-1 ,@& Q . =

540 B D V I d Pokomoke CitpMd. fr.WCGR 1130 X E J J Jalap., Ver. fm XEJW 800 X E L O Juarea, Chih. back frXEISA 1400 , K P T L Carson City, Wev, fr. KCAS

1590 K T I X Seattle. Wash. fr. XLOQ FA,C~L4T~ESES ,

740 K T R H Houston, Texaa, 50,500 U-4. Dayti- direct ional ante- change. -

860 V D i I G Douglas, Georgia, t o 5,000 D-1, from 1,000 D-1, same channel 900 I[ U T I Yakirr~a, Washington, ta 1,000 &I, from 250 J h l , rame chznnol. 960 X E D F Nwvo Laredo, Tarmulipas, to 2,000/1,003 U-1, same channel. 970 K 0 0 K Billings, Fbntana, to 5,000 U-2, ohange i n d i r e c t b n a l antema. 990 C 3 T - Grand Fal ls , Newfoundland, 1,000 U-1, fmm 1356 kc/s,, 1,?'3 U-1

1050 K C C 0 Laat ton, OkLdhoma, t o 250 D-3, not 250 D-1. (F. C. c . provi6us error) 1170 X E F D Wo Bravo, Tamaulipar, ta 5,000 D-1, eame channel. 1270 X E A X Oaxaca, Oaxaca, to 1,0004500 U.1, sane channel. 1280 I< N A IC Sa l t Lake City, U t a h , to 5,000/500 U-2, from 1,000/500 U-2, s:xe ch. 1330 W A E W Caoseville, Termersee, to 1,000 D-1, frm 1340 kc/s., 253 U-1. 1350 E C H R Charldston, Missouri, to 1,000 D-1, from 503 D-1, same chanilel. 1400 X E: D E S a l t i l l o , Coahuila, to 1,000/250 U-1, same channel. 1410 X E B S lhex$m, D. F., to 5,000/1,000 U-1, stone channel.

K 1; Y C Maryrville, California, 1,003 D4. Daytitne direct ional chage. 15?0 X E R F V i l l a Acuna, Coahuila, to 250,000 U-1, f mm 50,000 U-1, s z.b channel. 1580 FJ P O C Morningside, Ivfaryland, to 10, O N D-3, from 1,000 Dpl, oame c:mmel. 1600 W I N X Rockville , ~:derglend, to 1,000/500 tL4, from 1,000 D-1, e a e c: i~mel .

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Dear :>,Ire booper: "Thank zrou very mueh f o r your 18 t t e r of March 28, concerning the March 27th l;rogram. We had v e q good response to the program. We received approximately 30 to 35 re- ports. Tlze fur thest point of reaeption was f r o m tm s t a t e of California. lT!e dedic?,ted songe to aeveral of the National Radio Club mmbers end in general hjd we f e l t , s nice program. Tha member9 were very nice i n their responee. We do not h v e any sarly morning frequencg chocko, however, we aign on Suns-ys at 6: 00 a.n. and generally you cduld get reception at that t i m e , nW@ enjoyed doing the program f o r the club and appreciate your in ts ree t x d best w h h e s . ~ Sincerely, (signed) Robert R. Hilker, Manager and Chief ~ h s n e e r

-m2 = L~S~---CP~~,-IL~& Dear ?:re Rosenbaum: "1 have been out of t o m far almost two week8 amd am very sorry f o r the delay i n re- plying to you regrrding our la8 t frequency check. "We received 27 repleee from you boyr. Denver, Col. wen the fur theet west. We re- ceived a l o t from NWJ Erglad . "!The boys responded very nicely and it was mare than I could 9epQ to personally 80

we used our d i t t o machine to turn out our reaponre. nW1S811 bs on the air again April 6th with anothc and hope to give you a bet te r grogrit,~ and we'll extend i t another 15 minutes. nI a p o l o ~ i z e for the delay in anewering but hope ~ P U can underatand. nWe haw posted a map in our lobby .ting the rece you're ever here you can see the pi map fo r you. nThank8 again Sid f o r helping us 01 n. Keep us I t ry t o r a ~ b sooner next t i m ~ r'7clest regards,

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