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Volume 25 - ihnber I3 Om SILVER ANNIVERSARY YEAR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - e m - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4Y B. EDGE. PRESIDENT '. 325 SHIRLEY AVE. BUFFALO 15 . N. Y.

4AROLD F. WAGNER E X E ~ U T I V E SECRETARY

R. D. 1. BOX 134 LAKE CITY. PA.

E,RNEST R. COOPER. EDITOR MUSINGS O F T H E MEMBERS"

4 3 8 EAST 21ST ST. BROOKLYN ZB. N. Y.

FRED VAN VOORHEES. EDITOR INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST"

BOX 1 3 2 LEMOYNE. PA.

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IEYRLCH LOG AT YULF: LOG. TIME '

nLast N'bnday morning, I received the 54'0 t o 1260 kc/s. eection of Weyrichls Log 3rd "

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there aren* t enough words t o drscribe n@ feeling8 on ,this b t t k r . Later, i n t:le 12/6 DX NE8S I reed v:.here Hank Fdard and Ken Bdrden are running o?f the Btencile f o r the Logs. hati ilb off t o both of hm. That in term1 s p i r i t of .the NRC is fll:iays pres-. ent and i t i s v:hen something l i k e this occura thst you real iae w h a t a wonderful o r - ganization tho National Rddio Club ie;fl :-Hank Wi1;:inaan -'North Hollywood, C-Jifornia

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Date Calls wed.=. 25 TI P A W J 550 Sun. Dec, 29 V 0 C M d 590 b n . E!EEJw-5 IC B R V V' 540 Mon, Jan, 6 rl C L C la60

S R N $d l230 Y/ E E P.*1080 :-r L E 0J1170

Sun. Jan. 12 IrL B H S 590 Mon. Jan. 13 I: U P I 980

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Location- . Prbvidence,.. Rhode Island .. St; Johns, ~ewfo;udlard - Soda Springs, Idaho Jmestown,: Tennessee Burns, : Oregon

tt .burgh, ~ e n n s ~ a v a i i a Ponce, Pugrto Rico Hot Springs, Arkaneaa Idaho Fal'lo,: Idaho Roches t e I?, .E.ilinneaa ta Minot, North Dakota Kermar e, Nw York

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Mon. D ~ C ; 30 X A S A fl.1600 Eugene, Oregon . . . ' . ,.1,066' 4:07-4:30 .1:00 PST Mon. Jan. 13 B A M 0 860 Home8 teadl ~ e n n ~ l v a n $ + , . . . ' _. . 250: .4:00-4:30 4: O ; EST Sat, Jan, 18 W Ed M S !.;" 730 . BAth, i\gaine . : . .. . . ... . . . ,560 3:30+:00. '3 :53 EST

K D B D 800 h a s , .Texas : : . . ,. . , ' ... 25b ,3:30-4:00 2:30' CS$ ' V V P 0 1. 840 Stroudd~urg, ~:em&$vad,o . . - - . > . * 250 3:30-???? 3:3C XST -

V E L D 690 Fisher, Beet Virginia SOQ ' S00-8:30 -5: CZ EST.. Mon. Jan. 20 'PI I R J d' 740 Hum% la t , Tenne.eeee .. - . : .. .

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me have not received any info a. t o the tiw o f th ie dedkai ion we hentionmi i n la^ t week's is+e, but we presume it m e t be on their ; f . i ret proham o'f ,the day,. prasMb%$j at 6:00 s.x, Ten record albums w i l l be given away t o EJRI: members 'hearing tfie pro&m. and don't forget, i f you hear it, to te3l ,them your favorite artist a d alb-~m. nur thanks to TPATV, Crown Hotel, .Providence, R. I. and reports . . go to Nate Lapin. JjZG4TTTA.

. . , ,V-0-C-M- WOW,' O r n a b , n i l1 be s i l e n t a t th ie time, and ne.fe,el t M S 0 w i l l be oomplat~ly clear f o r this , i~~x:~-sought ,atation way up East i n Canada. A twophour sWw awaits us, ard we hope- everyone :.ill be able,. to add th i s s tat ion to him log. Reporte should be sent to

.' ' M r . W. B. '~!illi;pr.s, Chief. I!kgineer;:VOCnf, P .O. Box 920, S.t.- Johns, Newfou&lr.*nd. Let us a l l be zure t o kne in fo r th is - very fine' B tation, a frhhnd: &-.all DXers. 1J. EOBEINS.

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623 I(rtJE?T ;$ichita F a l l s , Tex has FC 2nd Wed a t 0200 ( E N ) 990 KLIR ' ' Denver, CoPoi: ha-s FC 2nd. Thur (3215-32>3 (RN)

1263 WTJiI East Poin't ,: " G a ',Sun S/on is, 3600 (L'r;) 1270 WDHC Hampton,,S.T~,~'dSC not appear t o DX as scheduled (CMS) 128a ISTOO ' Henderson, '"r\iv has FC 2nd Non 0503-3523 (RN)

~ i f l H O Aurora, 1lJ;'hrd on F'C 3rd Sat i n Sept 9125-0123 (RN) K C N I Broken B.OW;" G'eb' hrd on FC > rd Sat i n Sept 0125-al50 (14R)

1273 iBOK , blandan,' 'I\r,D,?. h&s FC 2nd Thur 3339-03 15 (RE) 1353 WPFD ,' Darlington;, S..C .,., 'Sun;. S h n i 's 0630 (LK) 1323 KqvJHG " & ~ n e l l ' , . N ~ Y .' f w k @ a y S/on i s 352.3 .(CHS) 1363 W I O D , . * Sanf o r a , F l a DXei-tj .fro@. .Q4;6 to.. 3530 ins tead of 0403 t o

9539 (CPIS) WNAH.31\i'~,Shville, Tenn Sun on i s 6703 (LK). 1263 KHOIJ I-Ionolnl.~, T,.$ ; : '+&Yrjr off i s , 0 3 9 . ( PE) 18.3 WFiu'c Fayettevi-Lid,' N,d. h 'ak FC 1 s t ' F r i 0500-3515 (RN) '1439 ?,JD;E1L Marshals, .Tex, ha5 'FC '2nd Mon 9233.9215 (FtN) 11c2c? h.KTF ' Wdrrenton, Va a'branrl . . new 5 .X~idaytimer i s i n the c l e a r

Sun 36_r^.3-3733 ' ( 'LI~) ' .. , . . . . . .. ~ . , .

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new' frequency irncl@ing Mon AM (LK) (CKS) 8 2 3 KYLA Ecnolulu, T .He ,S/off i s 53.3,0' (PT)

d 7 ? . ! I IEIM Eonolu'lu, ?1 .I:.'(KAIK) , . i s AN ..ex'cept Mon AM ( P T ) . , . .i r I -I - - - ~.

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EEXRH HO'N THEY TVERS REARS-,, . . - KTIJC F a l l C i ty , Neb poor a t mah ha;. Neb, ' f a i r a t Dubuque, Iowa and

Crysta l Beach.. Not hrd at Schuyltiyl Eaven, Fa. Not h r d - a t . San Diego,. &I., deak undek' RJUZ a t S t i l l w a t e r , Oklahoma 'and poor "at Buf'falo. ' * . . .

WEIIH Elmira Beighvt s , N .-Ye ' hrd bac,!:. of', IJAirR a t San Diego, Dubuque, Onlaha, S ~ h u y l ~ i i i l Haver? and the Duffalo area. Not hrd a2 StiLlwater b u t easy 'bebin& W A I T a t Toronto.

MTLG 9owling Green,. Ohio good i n San Diego, Omaha, Toronto and .. i3uf f a l o a rea ; ' FaFr* st.' ~ubuque ar,d poor ,,' bothered by open c a r r i e r !in Pehns'ylv,ahia. . '

WEAG A ~ c o ~ , Tenn Slocke6 a t San D i e g o by KBYU and f a i r a t Omaha with s o m LESM. QRM. at Omaha6 G o o & at'.biilwaukee, Toronko and i n t 'neYaWmUX ~ ~ . ~ u f f a l o ares .

K I Y I Shelby, Mont good - a t San Di-ego, f4i"lwauliee and Omaha. Too weak .to log a t - 3 u f f a10 and. ~oron t 'o . Logged weakly a t Crystal .

I(DUZ Butchinson, b!%nnibur~ied i n .Sari 3irego"by CFRE, not hrd a t MZlwauL:e:e becaase af. 'tlBMP sp i l l ove r and very weak a t

, Toronto. . Goo&:Bt. anBha and' i n Buffalo area. CJKL Kirkland L a k e , Ont bloc!:e4,:by ?:SF0 i n San Diego qnd not hrd by'

ES .in Toronto. ..Good. desp i te QRM a t Oniaha an% i n t h e . . . .

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WATP 14arioi1, S.C. weat San Diego m'd extremely d i f f i a u l t under W I O N 26 a t Milwaukee. Good*si-&ial,at Omaha with QRM a t s t a r t

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Mike Fer~iueon - 3337 Pro~soect Avenue - Roueton 4, Tsxe-- f t m m t usually tke kind of guy who gats entkrusiaatic enough about anything to 1::rite rave notiaee about i t , but I must offer a few *gee ~hizzesw a f t e r reading t'ne DX IJmS of Decenber 6. To receive two euch excellent featares as Len Kmoe'e lfCondition of Frequencies" lis t snd HBI Vagner' r s p l i t t i n g frequencise l i e f i n one f esue i s P~rt'nep proof, i f s11.c:; i e needed, tha t ours bas to be the beet broadoast b a d DX prblication i n the ~zzi~i8phere. I also am vazy i q r e ~ s e d britn the b v ~ llinq.,ees of Ponca City* s Hank nard m d I b i 1 Sozden to do the mimeographing of the Weyrich Log, thir perfqnnix a not- able servics to the manbere. Since joining the Club i n 1952, 1 have at tempted to keep up with the ccldi t ion of frequencier bp meanr of a chart , which show8 a aqtw-re f o r each frequency, eEc'i1 dw of the we&. shade i n the rquarer when there is an a11 ni7hter on the c'%z:el (excluding the very weak ones) and leave the other aquama 1i;bt. Ur- ing Krusreler l a t e s t condition of frequencies l i e t ae a @do, I 've just revised the uhart, sad it pmvos that the all-nighters a r e closing i n faet. Since ~y l ~ e t revision, openings between 3 a d 5 EST h v e fallen of f each de~t except Moidrz, *::hich has$remained at 51. Otherr: Tueda~r from 24 to 18; C:ednesday 21 to 17; Tkrursdw, 20 to 16; BriLay, 22 to 15; Saturday, 20 to 15, Sun- 23 to 17. Convinced? 73s.

Len Irmre - 816 Euclid Street - Dubusus. Igws The half -dozen DX Spa c i a l s slated fo r Nionday, December 2nd, for the NRC, 3 i B not all come into tills den. The four following ones were heare: llPEAG (1470) Alcoa, Tci~. ; RDUZ (1250) ?Tv.tchiason, RIBmr. ; H I Y I (1156) Shelby, Mont, ; and WATP (1430) iLrion, S. C, And two of t3e sn four we re new to &r DX Log, n*e& RIYZ rnrd VATP. Ae for ~ J R , I'm ce r t a in tha;. hive failsd for the eeoond attempt to DX far ue this season, m n i t i n g word as 50 ; h t &LO hapgened tias time. r~iy much-souat QJICt, on tne air ~ i i ~ o 1934, could not b~ heard, as AN mEBC controlled tha t frequenoy, w i t h a blight trace o f AM ?rQ,AM, "iere S';ey on the a i r as plannd? On 12/5 I w a s happy t o log Station '-9J13U (1490) South B3i18, In% wi th i t s l a t e RS, an8 on till 2:35 a.m. weakdays. Then an 13/6 I was much s u q r i s e d to f ind S t a t i t h t9CYBD (790) well i n t)le clear at thir dm, m d c". feirly good s i g m l , 1 - 5 t h the i r RS a t 5:30 a.m. and heard for 15 minutea. Some stdt ion signed on with V?a XL- tionaf Anthemfl at 5:35 a.m., but s t i l l PJPfaD was i n charge of 790 at th i s location, TLe rrorning of 12/7 wale profitable to o ~ y M[ Log, f o r three additians were r r a h . S t~$ io r i U C T (1360) Andrewe, Texas w a s heard h i t h i t a r/claTT from 1:45-2 c.n,, but with QRI f r o z T?FLV's ETs on this , the i r new fseqmnc~r, but RgCT vut throuzh fairly well. Thai; a$2 :06-2:30 a.m. ETs were, heard from Stcttion KTET (1220) Liv in~ston , Tex- as, an32 third logging war Station WKTF (14dO) Warrenton, Va. a new 5,000 ~ c t t day- timer, on iC: ETs 2:19-2:30 a,=. I'm anxiously looking foaward to the fine D::es slated on 12/3 ELnd 1219; a t o t a l of nine Speciala f o r the NRC thoee two clw, :Iy hat goes of f t o P r x Ilfittler, CPC Cmiman, f o r one beautiful arrqy of DX-Spscizle. Donf t you agree 2.0s- are Tope? drily two veries, both l e t t e r* thie week, comirrg fror.; T'CLC a d W&P.

Bus Oaetman - 837 Brooke .Lane - Sti l lwater , Oiclahoma -- No DX t o r en t r t to speak of th is week. Failed t o DX Monday morning, so i t rzthar ruined my G c k , ~ ~ - v , i e e , hi. Only ones logged were X%Hi<-1260, Hutchinson, Eras. from ?:51-8 :Cb ; imi-1270, Big Spring, Tex. from 8 :06-8:0? heavily QFdVed by HSCB, Liberal, K a n r . ~ h O i l 11/29 and an 12/1 WI-1383, galanwoo, 1,4ich. st 12:35 a.m. Tiis week I wae aotua17ey a disgrace to the NRC, hi, Veriee cantinued coming i n mod t h o ~ h -, i t h theee in: VXB::-f /up, KGYN-f /up, Wi'RV W F D Q IBEM KtVMT (ex-XB3~) ??W KIOA and (3% i. CXDld i s Canadian $18 w i t h 1m ver i f ied from Canada. 1 mean every om reported t o 1 1 ~ 1 ~ ver- i f ied, f nor; have 444 vsries. Hope everyone tunes i n the KSPI DX on la/10. ';odd l i k e to &e a favorable imprehleion on the pereonnel there. Te def i n i t a ly r i l l verify a11 corrsct T yorta. Gadd DX to a l l , 73s.

Oreo Wileon - 226 Noyth 4th Street - Reading, Penneylftani~i~ Does anyone :&ve the signer f o r PrCOC-127Ol Fv@ report o f 1016 i e s t i l l out. iiotice: It i e not necessazy t o send return poetage to mR-1270. Letter arrived :ri h.1 S/ s t m p (#I, 190) ma said, "1 t i o a pleaeure to confirm your reception and extend khxiks f o r the nice r c p r t , Also, in keeping ~,,i t h company pblicy, we are mturning your pstege.' Like Hal Ir'illiar. 6, I e;o t r.0 anewer from WEAM-1390, for about four report5 ~;trouI'3i 1'349 t o 1933. Occasionally, I have heard statfonr test ing before midnight. 0:le was 7iAS.A- 1330, testirl-; ir the aftzrnoon, I received three bulletine i n six d w s h3re rsc;i:tly - all i n one neek. 73s.

December 21, 1357 - D _ X- -N-E-PJ-S- Page 5 Ens. Peter ------ IT. Taylor - USCGC F i r n ? e b a ~ ~ (iYPCL40). c/o F.P.&, San Francisco,-Czi,l_iif._

Since my last report, the following stat ions have been reported, all of ;vv ' z i d i were logged fro;.: 0cet;n Station Victor. 11/2&, TJM-810, XAHU-SQO, both on RS, 1:OBY-1550 ETing at 5:CIO. Tines, E.S.T. 1 1 i 2 5 - - ~ ~ - 9 6 0 XS, KENI-550, RS, ,both b e t b r ~ n 3:4%:45. 11126- mJ1-1150, ICDON-1460, RS, a~ ld KII\SGl090. 112/8, IW-790, 10:15 s.i:., nO1-950 and a rea l ~zrprise i n the clear, HJKC-840 from 12-12:30 a.m., (29th, EST). 11/29, RSFO-560 axil VOA on 1180 and 1140. These latter two am real ly janrngd an2 unre?dcbld i n the P a i f l c zrea. 11/30, KFSD-GOO, KATT-990, RWIVI-550, KGTI-620, KILA-850 crd XRUX- 1340 AN fo r a surprise. So we f ina l ly arrived i n Honaluly at noon loca l tixe ~ c k i a y , December 1. \!ell, i t didnl t last long, as we were called out t o aes i e t the Gre~lr l in- e r S. S. ;larp.rita CPandrie which w a s rol l ing arowd without power i n h w i c a m "Lina a- bout 500 n i l e s ~ e s t of Honolulu. So therefore, on 1213, KIPA-1110; on 1214, KHVH-1040, KEBC-970, ICUDU ( 7 ) 1590 (o r i s it s t i l l KvVC? ) WJ.-1420, KIRO-710, IIOW-100C, ad f in- ally, VIIII-3-890 d0v.n i n F i j i . A s fo r veries in, well, th6Ltt8 a d i f ferent story. So here ne go ( * neans they are not prepared card holdoute) : ImI( RDY I(LUB ICSUB VC3H OiRUS K W * KSTR :CO':lH 47EB ICKOG v!JIQ KTOmJ JOm* W L JOiSR* lU&l-9QO* KICA 2ZB* ZGTCF I S D ZNU SOW* R O E T;YSE-l330 (Lakeland, Fla. ) KCRN KVWO ZO* lEYf3 Y!KOA KGON* I[T7 I C and D7AQ- P W * . iqon f o r Pacigic obeervations. . On Tuesday 11/26 w i th XARPC off , I pulled TIGBS- 710 i n Mimi t i l m ~ g h under HEKA at 6:50 a,n. EST fo r a sprpriae, but not -needed, XERF and wlL (I~\s~c and TSL, too) put toe best si&s in to tihe Ppcifio. XNX8 too. Eave been trying f a r s m e of the AFRS Alaskancl, W V W on 30hn8t0n Island, bst . .~ci th no luck so far . KISS-1450 C8nton Islard i s aMut hopelere with the graveyardere and JOIF. Have heard m D s t Coar t e r s out here ; \YSB WCAU and WWL are the, limit so f nr. KGU -6 the best s i : p I out of Honolulu; KULA i s good, but not a f t e r JOAE Tokyo and !EYZ (ex- XDlC yet?O s e t throughwith it , KHVH does puite well, too. ns, and SaasonBt Greeting t o a l l f r o a Ilrafaii!

' J i l l i m J. ----- Prater - 'Ebb Hillbi&ly DXer - Grimeley, %nnees_e~ DX here includes reports to the following: 12/2- T;~'MiiiirIdl 1260 Miami, Fla. ET 2:32, CJ=CI( 560 DX through RFDlT;9\4 and WQ$Qq! interference at 3:32, KDUZ 1260 DX 3:38 heard quite n e l l , a lso a seconcl report off to WATP 1430 DX. ZFY 660 was copied from 4:15 to 5:15 f o r a good rsport. ,WRY 1500 RS at 12:15 a.m. 12/3, a l so on 12/3 I reported XEFR 1180 to 1:38 eloff tkrough VHAM: tome. 12:15 t o 12:30 I think I had QUZ on 1570 f/cW-?, 2.160

at 1100 !.lCVS 1450 heard f o r a brief report, I hope enough fo r a verie. 12/5, XYJA 1460 heard on f /c-ET from 2:02 to 2:46 with QIM f rorn WRVK F70I00 and PIRAD, 1216, nnoth- e r t ry f o r a mrie from WhRrI 1460 on f / c ae l is ted. 12/7- KACT 1360 f/c-TT t'nrovgh strong TlFLT; c:nd ;.XOL QRRI, KTET 1220 ET 2: 05 t o 2:32 s/off , VJTRU 1600 f /c-!I?T 2:15 to 2:40 s/off. I030iD 1380 NNIG DX neard quite well througn 24 hour WUK. mBRD 1eUi20 3CP 3:15 to 4:13 m d l a t e r . 12/8- HDJTT 1280, Dwton, Tam. on BS at 10145 a.m. PdDNT went on the a i r on Friday, 12/6. LPOR 1370 DX 12/8 not hearct. Veries now t o t a l 3,211 with new ones i.n from: Vl'IIZNB 1490, HAFHAFIID 910, WCKW 1570, TDOP 980, IBBI 1239, znd T'CHB 1440. KUI3.f 1410 sent l e t t e r in reply t o my tentative report a d eaid that Clay tore

65 lnlt the t r a n m i t t e r down and couldnlt get i t together i n time fo r the t e s t on U/- would try$ again a t a l a t e r date, 73.

Buddy Giles - 2844G11iJford m e - Oklahoma City 20,.Oklahoms Kind of 3 ~ a p F o i h t e d n i t X the darn@ s t i c DXes this AM - conditions from the East wore poor. On3-;. D > b s logged were fCHBI 1310 bnich was weak under \VRR and CFGR 1230 :.lich did surprisilrgly well under INUZ. Not a peep o a t of the others. Lagging8 since last report: 12/8- 7';HVH under WOW car r ie r , RPOR-dx f a i r , XJUK under %HEY on 690, no ITELlI heard; KILT fi? 610, under !'JSGN, mQUB 1590 8:43-9 a.m. 1219- HCJB 700 under fJZJ f o r $ hour, KRBI-1310 DX weak, CFGR 1230 quite good under XMtZ.. CKSA not heard on 1150. RGJC tested ::?ere ard lam t logging on RS 9: 0019 :213 .a.m., KPIE 1580 above and W e r I[LTR. Puerto Ricans "!CEO and 1;3VP were audible and most easily heard Puerto Biccnn were 111 t h i s Aki. Tne 3A direction i s quite favorab3;e now. Merry Chrirbnas t~ev%yone if I don't set another report in. .

BBrrv Foote - ID71Blg - 6 Oakland Street - N_atick. ~sesachu:ettp_ , - - - --2.5- ----- Went to sen3 c , lon~ to 411 NRCers and the i r families, best wishes f o r a Pier-ry C'lrist- mae and a I:ap;~ I\Tm Year. I s t i l l enJoy reading the DX Nl8fS a,nd connnend tha C.P.C. f o r keeping up the i r f ine buainees vrfork. Barn Radio, has, of course, a11 but s"vpped my DXin;.; an the ECB. Inatead of being wholly on the rece iv iw end, I Q m cont r ib~t i r rg same DX noq-:, hi, I have fourteen ststas confirmed, moet of which i u done on 15 met- era' and sow clsq on 80 me ters. So lang ,for now and best of 73.

D x- _N-E-W-*_: - - Deceraber 21, 1957 - on 3. Nebloek - 863 YaBe Street - GaleeburrI l l inoia

a rnott report just to keep in, XI/=- K3I0X U60 PI-. he got in so Cbally is o miracle on 1260 from 2:@-2313. KAHS 1488 RS 3:15. 11/28-d~~~CX 1380 ET 1;3+2:00 through XOTA RS 1380, WHIY 1270 f /c 2:39-2:45 eloff, a new one, 11/21d- (KDBS 1410 f / c through '7IXG 1;20-1:40. 11/29. 1370, tone with power enough for Sputnik 7f3, no ID 2:12-2:45, t'lCCN 1870 ET S-9 3:083:25. KSD 550 TT 3:143:25. 12/1- E[KEY 690 Satur- day Night J&zboree, goee AN either 12/3 o r U/4, a:l0-2t4O4 12/3- KGHL 790 R3 1:35- 1:45. 12/4- BTVB 1590 f'/c through 9AKR 1:W. 1214 WKRT 920 f /o .per l i a t 1:25-1:30. WBhia 1240 A!: 1:47-2:35. 12/59 KXOX 1310 RS 1:00-1:40, lKBY8.1560 TT 1:OC)- s / c f f 1:30. YiKU 1180 TT 1:65-2:W. WV'NHI 1250'weak e/off 2r05. WNLFC W6O . f / o 2:05-e/off 2:16. WRgI(: 1460 f / c 2:15-2:30, not ae libted. 1 2 / 5 W A 1460 ET per l is t %30-2:45. CKCK 620 RS 5:033:10, ia/g- Unknown 990 TP 1:23-1:30; CHRM 980 RS 1:30-1:35, C I ~ SO RS 1:35-1:45, VIM 1320 TT 2:OO-2:@, DX 12/8- KK)R/OfELD b1azil.s. 12/9- blanked m I , 12/9 DX, HFJM 1370 no trouble kvJ re 3 :35 t o 4:05 e /of f . CKSA 1150 no sign hera. TTST 600 didn't make it . V@VA 1290, KOIL took care of this one. GFGR D30 cour8dn' t : ave gotten through with 25,OQO kw. WTRA 1480, mch ludk - I dfdnt t w a i t for BTRA, Tor ths novioee lib qyself, don't fee l b d if the.verier are few. '7:len I read in t'ne DX XIiWS that old t imers have trouble with stations tbat verified w first report I f e s l better, eh Lefty? Verieci in: DSD, no verie, a nice l e t t e r auknowled- giw r 2po rt, TiCKB at laet , a card; HBOX, a beautiful red and green card, %EAG G E Y R let- ters, also vary n b e l e t t e r s from tVVJS/BmrP.

77clls H. Perkins - 1651 Mountain Avenue - %m+vator& 13, P?iecons%n- -- I need s a ~ t ips on HOP-965. 811 I can g e t - i s YNLW and t b y . a r e nightly. Il~cidentally my nightlies are: my-640, TICS-8S, YNLU-965 and YSEB-1075. On very rare occasions these a r a not :lead. BU-1029 u ~ u a l l y canes i n only when CX ere good and YSB3 ( 1075) ie #or. Dooeil.ber followirl~ flaw PX: eTGI\!X-1009, XEBB-1090. Dec. 16 i a a m03 ni$t w i th unID U s on 1187 at 7:20 p.m. 3-6, 3:%, $17; 882 at 7:s-7:53, 607 at 7:49-'?.:SO (carrisr), 1035 a t 1:s-8:32, 645 a t 7:48 p.m., unID on 1025 a t 7 r l5 with rooster, 'loay o r may not k v e been ROU, To go back a way, October' 29 wae good ale0 with LAs on 1065*

, 575 680 710 960 970* 1015* 1020* 1036* 1050 1060 1075* 1090 1130 1175* 1185 LZCQ* 1210 ' l280 1310 1430 1350 990 880* 8 W '855*'800* 955* 710 870 1110, 1115, 1270,. 96?* aYld 695*, I can -1'15-ss who the etarred 8 tations were. Incidenblly, aJl were ' n o a d between 11 :15 and 12:05 s.m. Who i s LA had on 1070 a t 6:52-4: 65 a,m. with m u s i u , thsll I D 6 a. m. under XIlX l?overrber 41 Is fJR-1 a pseibility o r probability? Looking fornard to Christmas .K;, sure hope there w i l l be excellent CX. T1bo elee hae an HQ-1507 !iri te me, I'd l ike plans for BCB loop. Any DXes planned f o r 1050 on l / l , o r wont t 33G 'Ja off? I would l k a c l a t t e r from arly CPC man interested' in giving me some ti*. Also ' I :.auld l ike t o h32r from mid-westernere. Y ? report in' the November 30 iseue (page 11) con-

- tained a sr-311 error: T heard @EL-1428 (not HPOC) with regular l i s ted f/u (%:lid Ken- day lt00-1:15). By the 6a$, I notice that they have an wuncopfirrnedw f/c on Eii-id Bed- nesdeg at 1:45, will t ry f o r i t . I have tried for 4VEC-1195 revera1 morninfs at 4:16 but is coii~>le ,217 n i l , altnough thay are FB on 9628. Snr . Orgair music seams t o bo a com- mon progrx1'1 i n ~.orning- f o r tnem. I ,can l~confirm!l many &X BCB stat ions v ia S/BC o ~ t - l e t s , such as Y W m 700 on ~VliG-4810, CFWL-860 on COBL-9833; l@OV?-845 on pseuib TIFC-995 0:; 9917, T W - 1120 on YVYliG4800, YVQO-650 on YVQN-4'790 (beautiful 880 on TGTA-5990, etc. Anybody else'grab TWC-15201 I now have all th3ir s t ?$ions: 640, 1520, 5180 and 9760. . By the way, anybody know what happened t o TWA ( 8::-97501) These 36 lines should equal the b u l l e t i n ~ s 30 so It11 aw 73 and bwna euerte con m bX Special note on Christmas AM DX list^ TIJC on 670. but are heard on 685; TGT listed on 930 but bard on 880 - w h a t goes? f/e l ist says 'XEBZ i r on:660. and of aourss i s

G ~ ~ n t Btson - *Tha OX-BOW HiKDXern - VI9tf ielci. New York I t 's aoout t iae I woek up and sent i n a report so here goes. 11/2, report -h WiilI f o r daytime r q o r t , 10/27, CHUC, also day report, WEAG on 11/3 elon, report m d DX of 12/ 2 bard :i"U;1 scirrj TT. 11/4- HBOIC DX oh 1310 kc/s. good; ,. Also vlRAM on 1333 ;r;oesed up by expscted n,j&I. 11/10, DX from TVAIL heard well. Another daytime report safie date, RBUZ local on 1570 kc/s, and WINE, another local on.'l&0 kc/r, .11/11- l'Jhril;S IL-IX DX On 129 3 kcks/ 4:O'-4:30 a,m. VHYE DX on 910 kc/s. foi. the, nm call, 11b2- !7HYS Ocola . Fla. testi-; o? 1370' h / e . lhlN3 on 620 kc/s,.nahe $00. good but fair t ? N r t . 11/17, KEXS DX oil 1550 kc/s. drerv tnrough QRN, for . $do& ,plso .EUM AN' for 4: -5 .Zd+

Same dqy, TDEC on 1360 kc/s. Sunday s/on 6:&-6:35 a,@,', arid WNYS. on 159y: kc/ 6.

report onr;? 010 @X set, 10 t o 10:30 a.m. 11/18- KSPL on'1260 ke/s.,'Diball (confh ~ 7 )

aber 21, D57 D-x- -?-E-?-< Page 7 n t B l t ~ ~ i ; , coritd . f r o m P. 6) 4en; 3:024:1a a.m. lvl8- XVIN on 1470 kc/s . 2:46-

- _ &,a. 11/20- VCCN on W70 t e s t ingoa t 2:54 a.m. I&/*& WBF on 1570 kc/s. t e s t 3:04-3:18 2~.~r:. 11/22- KRSL Russell Kans. DX 3:07-3:37 a,m. met l o t s of QRN. 11/23. CFTJ on 1113 l:c/s. another daytime report, 1-2 p.m. 1~/24- WICU on 1330 kc/s. day re- port. ll/24- KVliT 540 kc/s. another daytbs receptioh-4~50-6:07 p.m, 11/25- RTNC DX on 1230 kc/s, , l s i l t y f o r rarort , k v a o sa id they werant t hears?,' 3: 14-5:30 &.in. Also WTLG on 73 : kc/ s. on DX 4: 03-4:49 a.m. about Q4 S6 at tne beet. l l / L 6 - CKDIti on 730 ka AN a ta t ion 2:4:-3:07. 11/27- WJJC Comerce, Ga, t es t , 1270 kc/s, 2:OO-2:lli a,r2. 11/ 28- BHIY oil 1270 kc/@. tee t 2:35-2:45 a.m. Another daytime report on 11/29, YCNG on 540 kc/s. 2: 57-3:30-p.q. 12/1- WCfitV 4670 kc/s. and gave XEBF real b a t t l e 2:33-3 :CQ a. m, Also s~me dzy on the oLd .QE set , I220 kc/s. Sunday s/on at I:OS7:P5, Branson, Mo. . 12/2- 6 E n G DXnell heard on 1470 kc/s, but met ba t t l e very &od, 2t28CB:OJ z.;:. Also same day RIYI DX on 1150 kc/s, heard e n o m f o r f a i r report 3: 3 5 4 a.m., ac ar;,cful near Bf atat io, also VdRTP on l4d0 h / s . QIF/I from nmxpected t e o k r WION 44:30 a;:., Since October 27th, ?':hen I f ina l ly got s ta r ted again, 54 reports out, some on !YJ ~ Z ~ i l s was broken dv:!n. Veries sinc,e 0-otober 28: VBLU CHUC WE;iCI CJRR VBUZ V!INE VHYE I.':IYS RBOK W M L S W I Y!!.IL RR3L VCNB ( 2 ver i e s ) CmJ \WE! CKDM mT 'RBHM KRES. KBRM said ny re- port eecond furthest ever received f o r that timd of Oops, 30 l ines m e up - more another e ~ ~ r l y d ~ t e , . . Ens. Pete r -- V --- . -- Twlo - r - USCG~, . i = e ~ a ~ o ( ~ ~ - ~ O * C / O ~ P ~ O ~ S ~ ~ ~ ~ _ ~ ~ _ C O ~ , ~ C -1 i_lo rn ia Yele Kali!=ili!&;&! Dong t mean to be nasty or .anything', as that means "Marry C>risb.-as" i n Hawaiian? Verbs from Bombay-670, KENI-550; and m-810, m d k i n g 35 cou~trizs. Tyn- da l l , ~ o u r u t be a g3nioue @$fn 118 countrier f o n ~ Vehont! To John C-lller;..an: we have a Colline U-388/R a b o d , but Inu~t'keep it on 3023;5 while on patrol ( a i r Sis trese - frequency). I.ie did ehaqge it t o :20.005 me;/$. when sputnik 1 canmnced be?-?ing, but this vae jaet cname; beside$, we kept 3023.5 covered with another receiver. 1 did x.an- ago to tr i t a couple,of times, and while. the exacting cal icrat ion wao:fantatptio, I , , . have beea d a i x be t te r , I think, with,an "RBB. Tka BF6) brings in tb s p l t t s q ~ i t o viell, and hetmdynes a s w e l l . . - I f any Cm enthusiaste a re in the groupwhomight sonetiii~e . '

read t:?a c z l l nNRUB" on ,500, 8364 o r a numbzr of other f rclquencicas, i t i s us,' r7.d I ' ,. w i l l cer tai-nly vorifg. We t r anmi t only at sea, which !van$ t 'be again u n t i l 5&1-ahe We '

have a TDE t rLas i1 i t te r a h o a d 1~hic.h covers the! bxoadcast! band (ani then some) 21-15 it : would be q ~ i t o in ter - s t f i g to put it on some clear. cllannel. and have s DX; I &: ci~eck- ing into it. Output i s 600 watts, but an ineff icient antenna reducer i t consi&or;ibly,

Didn't thid: of i t i n time before, but i f anyone' i s interested i n Jap-1.nese stcx>:>s, fret me know 3:3 1111 pick some up next time. Please be explici t , f o r I k m w absoliY~ely no thing a3out p'nilataly. The HWn column wae OK, bi~t t*oo f w had receiver 8. T C l a t publication i s ~ s e d to identify the sigrmlr7 Heard good b i t of voice on LIrl beb~ecn 8: '

. here dnd Jaydn, but tne157 WWI oemed outdated, , Ivioetly RUmieno, trowever, Glad to ., , . , ,

nee tne rasymse to DX Down the Dial, in, t h e e l l / 3 0 issue' - two Juicy pages. iJo DX ex- .. cagt di.l Mcr :<SAY-1010 IIS 7: 15 a,m, PST. on way back from a r g a r i t a Chandris incident, last we2k. SDCT, :;ith Hqthm&y i n Honduras, Callannk in Europe, yours truly out >ere, and with a fevr h1m4red other eherrp-eared DXers i n New Zealand and North Amricz, tbe IVRC is real ly getting a+.und! Anyone experiencing tian-verifying Honolulu st&ions, l e t m e kw:~. %as t'CBOI-950 changed calls,again? Hope t o use the n w f/c l i s t often th i r i n port period (go@ :;ark, an) although,time dirrence so r t of clobbers Xr".et Coast stations. None here but C'SB I!TCAU eo far , 738, . .

T???Ac~@ H, b7itt18r - 2305 South Lincoln, S t ree t - Denver 10, C o & - - o . - .- Once agah it i s time f - ~ r a r spor t 80 here goeo, On 12/7 ICBCVD heard qui te :!ell on NNRC , DX f o r a -7.0.: catch. Al;so added EJL1 (1370) on .r/c aid also heard WGHN (1370) on r /o but not enou-~'n f o r a report, On 1218 the DX from R W R (1370) tvas i n here sol id and copied all t:m vr;lay,and had a nice program, No chance for WELD ae bath I(HEY and YCEAK were on 390 at the time. Later on i n the norning heard tkree more hew p n h , F i r s t heard ViGS (1430) Tif ton,-. Gs. on RS at 6: 06 ag'd then about a-minute later KkSI, R- es, Iowa was t e ~ t i i i ~ , on 1430 so picked up tcto neh or!s without moving, Alao ad<bd 2ZTX (1440) Liviiigston, Tex. on RS at ?:a. On 12/9 I wae aioap-b~ntalx in. l ~ g , i A ~ OX& WO of the DXas i t h one of these, tCFJl4 , not needed, ' *Other one was CFGR (1233) rough here with lo t3 o f IQTUZ Qn4. plus Comelrad tes ters RIBS arid. IClt0. Did add !'rCKR (810) ;I~CLT". on RS a t 5:03 a& Tr~H~,(910) Johnson City, Tenn. s/on at 5:30, Then i n evsning added MPlANI (1590) Talarora N.M. at sunset. corning i n quite w e l l . Veriee i n this .reek f Fan CDR (553) D W (1380j KDIN (1450) KGPN (1190) KOMW (680) XXOC (1060) BTJS (1390). KGW veria a-lys t:727 are anaged I heard them with KEX cerid 'KLIF on, A nice l e t t e r (coil' d PB)

Page 8 -D-x- -N-E-:.- 1ir Q - Decenber 21, 1957 ( ~ r a l l Ni t t le r , conla froxi P. 7) l e t t e r from KPAY verifying f o r both HXOC and *';PAY and a lso returned PP card f o r KXOC. liere is a t i p fo r you West Coaet DXers. S t ,;ion 3CBCII (1400) O~a i l l a?~e , Ore. w i l l be on the a i r fo r a MD marathon on 1/17 a& . r i l l be on AM so hope sons of you need them. Haven't had time for any l is tening since ISondqr.but I hope t o trj f o r the S3eciale over the weekend. Right now I am l is tening to Stzt ioh KACE (1573) Rivewide, C a l . and he fist gave the time as 4:15. No sign of ELXF. Virh W E ~vould mrify f o r me as two reports sent already. Best of DX t o everyom. 73s.

H a l V i l l i a m s - 50 Third Avenue - Seymour, Connecticut Itts Saturd.=~- af tsrnoon and as I just got out of bed (working nights) It 11 get a few Jinea off to ft;.iusingstf as i t w i l l be the last one before Cfiristmaa and poasi3u the l a e t one t h i s year. I& DX dateline: 12/9- Here i o w h a t happened to tha fiEe DX pro- gram l ine5 w- f o r t h i s 4 4 from 3:00-5:OO: XIRBI-1310 WBO not he- because of the ter- r i f i c siznal '.CAJti always puts in' here; CJAT-610 for NEJRC waa not heard becxse of WIP; HFJlq-1370 I b-.lieve w a s on but the frequency was so very n6iey nothing could be copied. Tuned 1130 :or CKSA but QCOP was tes t ing so "no dice11 there. I then tuned 633 f o r WST but t o my t l t t e ~ digmay WICC was blasting away so I spent the next 23 o r 25 =in- utea t r y i w 'a get smeoile lc-ith authority at VICC to try and get them to stxd -by as . /

promised ixlL no Ln& dna by taut tube i t bas too late to get \{PYA-1290 as 6 f C Z -;on at 4:00 blocked t!;lem ; WGR- U30, of course was not hettlzd through NOR and other@ : the not needad TITFA was poorly heard unaer ths AN FSAR i n Fa l l River, Masr . The rn %need- ed V.QIV-1390 f o r :TPTRC and NRC was not on u n t i l a Mlf hour l a t e r than ~ c h o ~ . l e d . The en t i r e Aid -,i2ulil a real bust here. I s t i l l have not heard wby VICC did not s t m d 'oy, mhat a ni ;9t, i t h the temperature at 400 and QRN galore1 So too many Vnznk-you cards w i l l be ~ o i ? t t'mse s tat ions, tha t w i l l sake 29 so f a r th iu DX season. 12/11- 011 my la8 t DX norni;tg f o r $even i l q s I logged Y<'KLZ-1470 on f/c-TT 1: 05-1:15 thro-q'n T2G 3 abd WSAN f o r a i=@iI c ~ t c h . F16iGS-1430, 'Sifton, Ga, t e s t ing with music 2:05-2:45 (ex-1340). A t 3:00 1 agc.in tuned 1430 fo r the WNIX: DX f ram KALV but TJFGS wao st i l l blasting may and sa another one b s t . I tuned 1360 a t 3:55 and found a strong ca r r i e r urd TT crd thought i?k %:;as E'MNS get t ing wanned up but a t exactly 4:00 PMS s/on and they were logged t:r0.1.;2 the TT. They were i n the c l ea r a f t e r 4:07 when tone ended, 12/13- ~!lWvl 1600 East Lon3 eadow, Mass. (ex-WJX0 ) logged 2: 15-2:45 p.m. on RS f o r new call, 12/% - mZE-1260 Bc - ton, llass . (ex-EVDA) logged 7-8 a.m. f6r a new cal l . FONG-13 33, Ol?oiBa, N,Y. We be?:? Seintly heard the last three mornings 6:00-6:16 but not good e:?or-yh f o r a report get. The DX Ivlail Bag: 12/9- fDX XEVt8 intoday but no veries. 12/13- !2ter a lapse of 22 5 2 ~ 6 , three l e t t e r ' ~ s r i e s in today, WWBC-1250 for NBC DX; BWd-lS9O after six reports dz,ting back t o 5/26/49 and 'MEOH-1490 a f t e r f ive I'eports datinz back t O 8/20/53. ' b ,p -g Hclidays t o a l l .

Don Kaeksy - 1514 22 St ree t - Sacramente. California - ---- - You never kraovr i f , when o r where X S 1 1 pop up, but again a f t e r s long dry spell q a m

f ee l s healed emu.& to j o t down a few l ines before i t break8 off again. A n 'nap2y fo announce I mil a o iv i l ian again as of 10/10, a@ am presently cal l ing Sacramento iv home, fo r ha!:' loi-ig i s questionable. Haven't done much DX to speak of, but 'Lrug is st i l l there, S t i l l trying t o I D the f a i n t signals I headon 1240 1320 1380 1470 1530. The best radio I have a t rfiy disposal i s my car radio. Other than tha t I U v s 6̂ c portable i n r:i mom, but am aurprieed i f that aincient piece of machinery reaclles the Sier r ras on a zood night. For instance I am tryirig to log KB4A-970 &lodesto at B g,m. (a good 100 miles) and am bat t l ing to &eep the signal from fading, Oh well, sorx day when I ' m cld card gray alld have one foot i n the grave I1 11 get a good rig. DX this vdin*' ter has been a follows: 11/19- UIR-1490 RS 3:55-4; RPAL-1450 s/off 4 : a , ICCOY-1400 onf/c-M 4:30 a ~ d alparent'ly s/off at 4:s. On 12/4 heard some one on 1490 s/off at 3, gave locatioll as aLe~arsfialiS but udsoed cdll, w~loels? (NO log here aitner). ICl3LF-1490 f /c 3:15-3 :30, 1333LA-1490 RS 3 :30. On 1216 heard ICFLY-1,240 Corvdllie, Ore. s/off at 4: 42. 1217- CTZcA-1220 at 5:OO. Think i t ' s ICPOJ running AN under iCFAC-1330, ICliQG1340 AN. Thidc I ,o t Pr,'lGS-1430 at 5 ~ 0 5 , KEYY-1450 a t 300, ImN-1450 oame t h e s/&f 12-nder KEf'Y. Y&TS-T<-90 RS at 5:05 and KW-1600 RS aC 4:OO. Tried for DXes on 12/8 'out nor@ heard. IrSOR o t ICGhFiS slopover and VELD didnt t nake a dent i n the "Top 40" progrpa 1 assume wss cmi:;g from the Idexiaan on 690. 18/9 again t r ied f o r DXes but f a i l ed again. The oldp~prtable did i t o b e s t to. reach Utah. Heard m 0 , Dm?-1300. s/off at 3 and KR()S 1300 s /of? 3 :05. Conelrad going wild on 640 and 1240. . KCIU-1340 RS at 3 :a. IPnoughf T; heard a voice say "EIFE, Santa Barbara" on 1340 with f / c at 3:15. Awone l ike that on 13401 IfPPh1230 $/off 3:30. I(11KR-1310 f .c 3:30-3:45. TSPT-1400 surprised (aolrd ~ 9 )