5 , ... t71B fz

, . x C A L E R , 9 L & R

~ p t . 0 % . - ~ o ~ f & & ~ i ~ ~ w . . Dec,l9 X U !I A 570 Salt Wce City, Utah 1,m 4:00 - 4:3

20 E 0 S E 860 Omwtat, &k.s lit;~9~0 a00 - 4:00 a.m. 2:W CST 26 :1 J E M 1150 Valdosta, .Gg&sgia 1,000 3:00 - 4:00 a.m. 3:OQ EST

am. 2 K Gas-. NQQ I s o 3?QQ -@*

2 m H C O 18*. mQ;issO 4~16 - $:QO M @ ~ Q 4:00 - 4@B

2 W C E:%"'.'I~~B 2 K R XK"LW 260 4:30 - 5:OO 8 W I R C 1400 er, Y$;&gilaba 1 250 4 :30 - 6:00 i3 W P -L 1 38B3- Pl@n~t%h, MW&&dn~setts 500 $bMl@ - #&@GI a . ~ . 4: 80 11 K 5 0 P SaXt'Mk8 C i t y , Utah S,OCQ 3539 - 15 'K D Z 4 ;%%'8. '~u&lo, Ooloraado i6 IC 3 R C %%?, b ~ n * '!emon, BBashingStim3fIQQ 4t@Q T

17 V' E 8 '8 %dl%@ Wmdeburg, - Untualrg 1, OW. 'WSO - Cards we& &nt .OP% .am the WE4 &I$ %@SE to inf~m- ye! in tilpp-y-h nDx wsq#$@'- vent pa% f rn r%eeiv&ng p&d cad4 in rkh

- . ' Yea, amtW J.-* has \woula like %6 ai-3% y4m have a ;.:ondet$~,~% U y , Chri atmas :-~r-%&!n& is 8uggeri.t y h wb'aELp h on ~&iatakklg mow*, tl6 088- w b k cm.W

I ortern wW Wm ,kqp.an &a s a d in r4)rv : garte to this seetion, ard we hope ,that' youf&l not be j u s t 6t me-ahO t, buP; t'at : w i l l nab j -b~se lV66 r e s b r s in this reoeive ard read eagh wee full of your GO-member#? DX sind i

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A p T A - 570 - S a l t l a k e C i t y . Utah. Aa19- Ray Rriez, leadirlg DJ of KUWL, w i l l handle th i s show, Tl le i s the erne I@: B r i a n who once was with AZRS-Sr i n New York, an3 AFHS Tokyo. Ve certainly w i l l be inter eated i n tha signal strength and rece5tion ruports,fl sa3re R. K. Fadel, St<>$ioi; L"i- ager. Be~fimiix January 1, hTTA w i l l cbnge cal l8 to KLUB, for the i r pmzrczrns WThe Alaz. : Clock Klub,ft WKlub 570n etc. So, we hope you a l l receivod iCLPPA, and that thq~ got a mice bunch of reooption reparte. Arraiiged by Scooter Segravea.

K 0 9 E - 850 - Oeceola, Axkaneas - 1 / 2 k A phone c a l l fr&n Ted T.oode, General :.anage=, t o Scoo ta;. Sograves t e l l a about the i r annual I>:", Tent f o r our club. JSmmy !laloch and Scooter w i l l man the micrcphone and they w i l l do, of course, one of the i r Wng-u;. g ~ o d showo which a l l DXers love. Thi copjee on a Tr.esbry mrning, the cliam~el sY,ould be clear of a l l except t:le I - I i u - ~ m , so juet about everybody w i l l be able to hear tW.s program. Popular music ;+ill be featured, so 1 s t ' ~ a l l be on h a d t o l i e t en and send in a report,

W J E lK - 1150 - Valdosta. Ge9rd.a - 12/26 VJhat caul3 be a n r e perfect t ime - a :\.01??.2y giring us a clear charnel - and a hol- iday, s o vie can stw' up and DX withcut having to worry about getting up f o r ;ark! And, m&iz i t a l l the more yerfect, this is a brand netv stat ion vchich vexy fWi of ue have heard since they came on the air about two months ago. Send your report8 to Mr. Golie Xetring, Chief Enginaer, who w i l l be looking f o r them, and h p i f i ~ to receive a pgle of them, ao l e t l a not l e t him down. Arranged by Stan Morse

' 4 - CK4NGES --------- I N STA?'?~S,? --- D4TA - F . C . C .

NB" STATIONS ----. --- h s o n i a , ~ o m e c t i & t 5000-3 1470 ITewburyport, ?4assachueetts 5 X D - 1 Enrin, Tennessee 1,000 D-1 Eenderson, Texas 500 D-l Dovragiac, P1!ichigan 500D-1. 1490 Sttndereville, Georgia 250 U-1

1580 Trumann, Arkanear 250 D-1 m CALLS

X Y I.: E Boise, Idaho 1340 K E 0 R Enterprise, Washiiigton '-.' P G A Vest point, Georgia W G R F Aguadilla, Puerto Rico b' R I i F Indialsntic-Melbourne,Fla. 1380 , K B V M Lancaster, Califorilia F J Yf G Conviay, few FIm,pshire 1400 K V H C OdeNeil , Nebraska (on c-ir) 17 C 13 Cmton, Georgia 1440 W 1 C S Bremen, Georgia K R I? C R o c ~ f o r d , Coloraio 1450 K A D MI Othello, Washiqton 7 A P C Waa;paca, Wisconsin 1470 K A N 0 Anoka, Oklshoma

a FACfLITIES ,/'630 !.7 A V U Albertville, Alabama, to 1,000 D-1, from 500 D-l , eame cfun;~al. "

r/ X V i R 0 Coquille, rego on, t o ' 1,000'~-I, from 1450 kc/s., - 250 U-1. 910 X A L L Sctlt Lake City, Utah, to 1,000 U-2 from 1,009 U-3, no nightDA cl-snge. 930 Yf E 0 L Elyris , Ohid, 1,000 U-4. Chmgee i n 8aytime DA, no nightt51.3 cLxinge.

1220 1'1 E N C nili teville, North Carolina, to 1,000 b-1, from 1240 kc/s., 25.3 U-1. 1240 X E B Q Ehpalme, Sanora, t o 1,000/250 U-1, from 250 U-1, 8me cha.i:~al. 1250 X E: D L Hermosillo, Sonora, to 1,030/500 U-1, power increase, a m e chc?,mel. 1340 X E U X X p a n , Nayarit, to 1,000 250 U-1, from 250 IJ-1, sane charnel. 1470 W 0 I C Columbia, South Carolina, ta 5,000 D-1, frox 1,000 D-1, s4i.e cllariel 1480 ?? 1.i A X Grand Rapids, Zlichigan,' to 1,000 D-1, from 500 D-1, same c;la:;:el, - 1490 X E G T Zarnora, Nichoacan, to 1,000/250 U-1, from 250 U-1, same c1xzr,rel.

X E 0 B Torreon, Coahuila, to 1,009/250 U-1, from 250 U-1, same chaa~e l . W B F C Frenlont, Piiichigan, to 250 U-1 from 100 U-1, sane channel.

Ng;J Old CALL CHAP7GES Old 920 X E O, N X E B H Hermosillo, Son, 1540 X E B H X E Q N Hermosillo, Son.

1130 X C J W X E J J Jalapa, Veracrus 1600 K W O W K B U 2 Pomona, Calif. 1270 X E J J X E J W Jetlapa. Veracrus - .

MORF: CALLS - 1490 Vr S Y L Sylvaia , Georgia 1599 W F: iT H Elmira Heights-%rse:leadr

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~g1-21g E . - S ~ & O ~ . I ~ ~ - ~ ~ R ~ I = Kto_nI I l l igo ie - 11/3- A l i t t l e la:% &tern.oon DXing fo-dnd T@OK on top of 800 to s / d f at 6 p.m. RMCO 900 logged till 5:30 p.m. KJSK 900 s /off 6: 15 p . ~ . VBBM 780 i s now iseuing a ?retty.c.z;d, c a l l i n l a ~ g e Slue l e t t e r s , , priziting black, a l l on white bac:;groard. 1.2/2- fCSIS 1050 o:i top t i l l 5:45 p.m. off.. 12/3- CBJ 1580 tentini;.3:03 to past 4:40. 7CC;:i-dx good. No KSPW nX 'bard. CTG beacon near 1600 logged- 3:15. ';?,!UX 1480 t e s t ' to 3:50. WLPid. 1450 t e s t 3:35. Bogo ta'1200 good, 4:OO. Ilew WTCB 990 3'10-

''.xriation,.'~&a.'2j?I to 4:30. RCCO 830 t e s t . a ~ ~ . i l i a z ~ ~ r t r j n s n i t t e r to.4:30. ';TACH P/c ,1270 4:35. XGKL 960, 7 p.m, 12/4-. TiPIIOP 523 f /c s t a r t ed at 5:OO. Add CJBO 1150 @ Swday. AN Xonitors. Also one on 1310' uni.32. i t i f i ed as yo t. illho? VLTC 1370 cmnounce s/on t b e 6: 03 ,till CEistmas, including Sundey. 12/5- KODL-dx f & i r -?iith ill: e r fer- ence . KXOX-dx go t t - rough VEDC at t i m e . ?'iABJ 1490 plus ClIIOX blocked DX3s of XBOL L 1 1 , F!JMB-dx 1340 good. CBZIN-dx f a i r , c lear . Varie cards receive3, T':'BOB ( 1954) , !2:3i FI-TOD-dx. Le t t a r e , YTTIZ-dx K?QK ?:IIL'd IVIL TGIC. TXVFC-dx MDP-dx ::OF1 KBOT-Ax. 1316- EiGk-Z 145J f j c to 2:55. F2RT3 740 t e s t to 4:15. ICFGO f /c 790 $0 3:33, CKOK 800 s / o f f 3:30, s/pn anLo.unce& d:ZO.PST. DX u 1 3 Y ad KEKu heard O'L. C H I 1580 t e s t i n 3 4:lO. KTLW 920 t e s t i n g 4:20. KW 939, KOA 350, Y,'HAS 843 tes t ing, 4:30. 'No s i gn of =Ail f'/c , .only KIKI. !bra sc'nsdule s sen t to "DS Darn the Dial, 11 Goy?i DX!

3en Pat gh---3?4-E&st S?:J -H&11 g i g h i ~ g i - S 4 a t e ~ - ~ E g s t IpcsLng, ,. iLc&i&an- - -- - - Notice --e;--. . i d m 6 ~ . kt t i r ed of walking the k 0 r r ; i l e ~ to c l a s s . s ix ti::.^^ 3 dqr SO

I movad ~m;. next to thern. I a r - . t r y ing t o g a t Alex to rcove over here too but he :vants So s t q over there. B.3io reception i s much be t t e r hem sinca them e r e no . , Ifiuorescant l i g 3 . t ~ here. See by my roommte8 s BGcT ( 1 ) t ha t tMonitorl is 3roppir.g the eignt-Piour AN sked b a g i m i q Jan. 1. Ffl roomate has ir.verbd %hat lie calls an '1electroalc wife1' vibich Controls the radio, TV s e - , record player ard other tl:iz-gS from s q p i n t i n tha room. I m y be pu t t i -a h m s t a t i o n on here as sooi+ as I f ind hot;' to convert a type Cay a i r c r a f t t r ansx i t t e r f o r 119 vol ts . &ma f o r T;la:.ks- giving z;I-'. logged the follovring: 11 f 23- TiJAK, 1465, El!. VvZE 1570, arrl K W S , !E590. on RS 1 l j~3 , Sozth arrl CJntral Aruricr~ns a l l over t b d i a l . XONO 860 a t suxset. 1 1 / 2 5 IPQA 530 ve.qr \qod at 3. ?:TTIL.AN on. 1580. XT3C FS, KQ.10, 810, RS, ':.COC 910 RS, KIi:D? *CT on 950,; ,VVS; 960, RS, XGXL a t svnset f o r surpr ise , F'BU 1030 'F1S &COA at s . . - ~ s e t . li/l?$- iLNCO, 1050 at s / o f f , Lien t ~ i o - surpr ises , :;PAX, 860, a S : 4 5 s /of f m1-3 9 S T 850 at 7 s lo f f . Also hear5 KBIII'I- anci =EN i in N3v; i.,~axico at s /off but n o t neadad. 1Tc t iced V~JOB AN sked on 123'3. WRBL at : s/on.and XYOX on 1590. , l l j57- T r W 0:"; l z t s skad to 2 a.m. Total reports out, about 25. Varies i n t o t s l l s d 20 fo . 1,066 - ;it:: over 60 overdue reports, Not 'too f a r behind Xv J. and c i t h S L r i s t .as co. ing I :?ill rea l l y get ::a% to t5e d i a l s oli Dec. 13 an5 catch up wi th you. ~ 3 r i e s X X L ~ KTTN ::CHI i ' i c ~ W C ~ D CPRC rn ~ a y r: I F I FIRE 1-q,m YSFA m?LH VWD ( ta c;:cqe to BCAS) l:,F;:Z: !'IAVI F7CEI.J Ti'FlL VTSP and VTBCB. . Cel l , be seeing you a f t e r we W i i l Cia - Rose 3 0 ~ ~ 1 G z e : Yish I were going. Permit as l i s t e d i n December 5 issue f o r Paii1esvill; Ohio was ;.ivsi: only an i n i t i a l decis ion from FCC alld was not a grant, Also t r ~ e for iululeshoe, Fex. 1573 as l i s t e d i n NNRS h l l e t i n . These a re subJect to additiol;al hearings a-B r.ajr be :..ithd~avjn as they are bsing corltasted by other etatioils. "Broa.

' cast ing -Telecasting" Dac. 3 issue. XHLP 1570 was heard t e s tisg from 5:JO-5: 3.3 a.n. Nov. 5, 1355 f r o n Larising but i i d n t t report since I was not hew. Rish .sor.e of the DXes f o r 12.12 7~ere held off mt i l 12/1.9 since I :~on!t be horrie u n t i l Cac. 1 :th.-

- C&t~l&e_lcgn&e~ 5.x g&zkgt-S&ree_t = &egoxns, - P g n ~ s ~ & ~ a n i a - . Readin3 each -. eek of our ~ i t o r ' s ( f irs t class s t a r s ) platis f o r r a r e r+p;'.-ls I f e e l l i ~ e c r a . l L g in to d far cor r~er or' 4 h o l e ir,asmucn as I raalize I a~ one of tk,. ~ a l i n q u s n t s . E~t?evi;r, last spring I .found that &ue t o a b i t of a d-omtrend iil Ilaal. qnd mora p e s s u e i n our plant I haJ to pass up sending i n ' r q o r t s to s0:.2 ;I.-,lf-doei good catc:les. The weekly l i s t of s ta t ions our ever-worierful CPC id, 5 3 ~ o k r e ~ , Rcsenba-il, ~ l ~ a i r m a n ) makes a e squirm but there is no use of q trjir,3 to 103 'err: if I cant t f i 2 - d time t& n a i l reports and apropos of the f r & ndly controversy c-.mi-eli'tlg rumin& i:; re sood- vs. unexcusa'ble reports, I .#ol;'t send one of t h e , 1at:er t~-pe. May I take t5.s o ~ p o r t w i t y to viish a l l of you the Eest ,of Soason Creetir@ ri1.1, if I don1 t 5'3t I= personal card to you, blame i t on old age creeping on! PA^; lieilley w i l i still claim e c o u ~ l s of yaars oil 13, b u t h e sits when ke -!arks and I c ~ n l 5 do

I I ! . I:ay 1956 br in 6 to a l l of you t b t alusive s t a t i on you1 ve ~i-tnted f o r .rs! (Yz hope it brings you your f u l l s t rength bzcit, Charlie, ani aoine DX too! -f:

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Well, ner3' s a rote to l e t you a l l kmv; that I ' m at leas t alive though not jo ing too much DXI;:s. Tel l , t h i s sunnner I w 8 n t and d5cl i t - yep, I got myself engasad so that! o p ~ r t i a l l ~ r the reason that DXing i s going down the drain. Also iw 221-ents sold tha i r 2mr11e i n h4il~aukee ani moved over to The Hague, Netiterlande, l e ~ v i n g m e as a l i t t l e prphan heme i n the Btates. So f m living f u l l tim mv here i n ; jdieon, My iialiicrafter is completely on the blink a d about f ive minutes every hour she squeals i n ths radio shop so I just don't h o w what t o do, Now, DX-wise. I bezan the DX sa?.son on November 1, and ever sicce then DX con& have been poor, s t&ic all the time.. :Tov. 1 - IPMI;B. l l / d - KAKC. 11,3-viLIXBOrCJ 11/4- XPHO. 11/7-1:DQ13KLRS ICFSA. 11/8- C m B KCHR RILT* 11/9- W'167 VTBC 'FVATM. 11/10- gPEF VCtIF. 11/13- BJSBA ilAPB VSK: '-TI14 TUB1 11/14- ItCETl CRI;R 8Dl.B ECVO'J. 11/18- K2UR. 1 2 I 11/ 25- KXRC 13,533 VIXI TJOB 6TAQ BTU!Z KTOP lC"%V, 11/27- KAXE WKDL. On December 3 new f TCE Flor.?,ton, Ala. Wing on 990 kc/s. t v i th a -or sigal. KOGT off a t e s t on 1600 at 4:OO. '61ACH U70 tdsting at 4:30. CiiVL AN at 4:30 on 850 kc/s, December 5 was a big DX day, KNOX testing on 1310 at 1:15. VI'BVL, Barbourville, Ky. teeting most o f t4e ;light on 950 kc/s. KPOP RS on 1020. KGHI testing on U50 kc/s. at 2:35 My post longed-for a t ~ t i o r . , RGFX, Pierre, S.D. off a TT on 630 kc/c. at 2:39. On 1490 WFSB 3%: one i n Quitman, Ga. tas t ine with music at 3. XFGQ testing !:it11 organ at 3:03 on 1260. WGTC 1590 off a t e s t a t 3:30. WJPAB 8 powerhouse on t'neir DX, DXee fro:.: :30L mROK and CEiLN were probably 'Bard but no defini te IEe were :mar8 on them a l t h o ~ h KISOL might s t i l l have been the testing WSB. PiKOK with polkas jus t about aven : . i th QSA 2 WEDC. CHLR with mueic on 550 bd~t very mch s t a t i c on the 1&- e r end of the dial . Uriknown Spaniards a l l over - 1200, 1220, 1600. I arii es;?acic*lly interested i n the one on 1630 who i s h e a d hwery night. Could this be ~'P~RII? . Also probably heard KODL on 1440 but very very m& so w i l l have to seal a tantative re- port to t : l ~ i A . Well, sll f o r no%. It ll sand i n q y DX doings frdm time t o ti..^. Now tha t KGFX i s logged, rrv moat d e s i ~ e d s ta t ion i s own homa s t a t e r , WSAII 1400 i n Gausau, !;iec., 140 miles north of :..adison. Fhen w i l l f ever hear them? !",lco~~e to theee isa$ges again, John, ard congratulations on your engae.aent! -Ed, )

Si-11 ~ Q ~ s ~ a. 3. -3_--B~&ford_, L&~&&~gtls- 11126- For the seconi time since 18- beail i n NHC (14 plus years) tne bul le t in zade i t on S -.:Sc7,rALay. Verie, WIL, a poor stencil . 11/27- WOKJ under for sliort fevv minutee 3:30 a.a. VDSC at 6:53, tone. 11/28- T'MSN DX Test very good, 3'33. @ul9nt t raise CFOB, CJBI also good at 4. EllVL 950 @rbourville, Ky .on ET 4:30 a, m. Soaeon: s l se thera also. XI19 very badly a l s to rted by carr ier . A Cv.brcn on at 4:55 s o a.d-.;-be i t was he w i t h carr ier . 11129- RTCB Flomaton, A l a . 990 on ET 2:35 a. m. VCITS a t 3:W, Norfolk, Va., 1050. W I G tas t ing 4:05 a.m. '740. WJCD Seyzour, I&&. 1393 at 2:40. W K L X 1440 Paris, w. ET 2:50 a.m. Veries T5FD p la in postal, YADP card, R Z E l e t t e r , WHOD a very poor mimeoed card with c a l l unreadable -̂ .1s?l town nearly so. qoorest verie i n many a moon. 12/3- VCOd t e s t easy, S 9 plus, m S-9 daytims locc.1, six miles may. No si,q of needed WSPS. Tao l e t t e r s w i t h iitfo on "Four Corneren from KWC but M def in i te vefie. WETN nobed AN Bar past t.:o ilighta. 12/6- m3VL 95C ET 2:45. VIRY @/off of 1340 at 3. HRdio Luxembourgn and Vnen W L V f i n i skwrl >I-;- chance f o r XODL. VKOif DX OK 3$38. C2LN tough at 3 : S. 'JAB1 c f f the AM, too bad n6 t a couple of weeks back f o r CFJC. Station announcirg as %idi6 pop- ularn or, 1200 i n Spani sh AN. No BBOL, a11 PJAHRjCMOX a;rd S-9 RdID took out ' 'Ji 33. Veries, YITZ CSON YtMSN, DXes.

Ggi~p c~ r~ege = Z.-S-W- goffm_aq glsg = @-kgn3 WAs@~gJon- Bf t e r gt tirg 24 out of the f i r s t 26 CPC shows the bottom f e l l out and I aas able to ge t only t;:o out of the next 13, The noise level has been the highest I Lave ever encou.:?tered and i s only gmdu8lI.y mbsiding even now, and i t has beer-, t h i s way f o r three weeks. In the larat three week8 I've heard only s ix out of 19 progra:s. Recent 103 ings are: On 1215, KODL-dx, WaB-dx, KYCA (1490, Prescott, Ariz.) on f/c at 3:15 on3 XCRF: (1400, Crescent City, Calif.) on ET a t 3:48. On 12/6, I b a r d KWBY-dx, XTBH (740, ~ o u o ton) ET during W Y ehow, CBJ (1580, Chicoutimi, p23. ) on ET at 4: 17 -ad possibly the RZNN DX show, Recent veries are WBm WNRI XB3I I.X5 KCFH VHOD IXFC ard TJTOC to run qy t o t a l to 713 veries. I viould l i k e to wish you a l l a Happy C r i s t m s a& a Prosperous New Year. 73s.

BE T:AX YOU ALL FOR T ~ S E FINE REPORTS p IT IS OUR EOPE YOU~LL ALL SECO~IE 3TEUY ::'PORTERS AM) &SO THAT NIDRF: OF OUR rPIEMl3ERS WILL ALSO J O I N YOU HEEE.

3scez.bsr 17, 1955 tt2-X- -fl-ZJJf-Sz P a p 5 C&c& ge&d&ey = & 3 ~ 5 ~ ~ ~ s ~ - g a ~ $ ~ t ~ s & r ~ e p . = go&tgvLlLe, ganr.s~Lv+-@- -

I t ' s aboct t i r ~ s I open my big mouth sf i;er eiijoying the benefits of t'ne bmC f o r a1- mos: a ye?r . F i r s t , thank you one a.n5 a11 fo r * straighta-ning out the 1~a~:l.A aess . A s a ta ted t X s ceek I never heard anything akc-lt a coalact c a l l msntioned d -a r iq the time I 'Ilsi-.?rl. t 3 e i r DXcast. Althouch t';lay wsre .pu t t ing i n a teyr i f i c signal there was QB?Y a t t i r s s and I d i l n t t know i f I had niissed tha word "collectn o r not, I was kind of rcixsd up about a l l 'the cormrien% and. rea l ly didn' t know what t o do. Ls l ty , about yo-z.2 ':.rSljN verie, I stl.ggesS yor; wri ta to the s t s t i o ~ i n care of Balph, S. Parker IJansg3r a: PJD!, P.O. Box 37, ',<if flintown, P a . , o r phone tht3m. Tkeir huge r~i-:be& i s , 54! T? 3 v Jo'msoa, your TTer on 990 kc/s. night have been ICSVP A ~ t e s i a , E.; :. , 1000 w a t t o . Gt;?er t i db i t s : Local st~tion14/FP.4 1302 kc/s. has purchased WSEB i n Ned: 3nyr- na >each, Fla. 011 1 3 3 kc/s . , 250 watts. I don1 t know i f they a r e going to 'nave any t e s t pro;ri,r.s o r not. A f ' u q thin? happened :.;are t h i s week. Several r~mr,tks =go I had s e - ~ t r r spcr t to TLEB, 1493 kcis., At lant ic City and received a pro::; t vsrif ica- tion. 1;; tlcis repor t I s ta ted tL3t they had cornred semi-local \I1-4ZL Hazlebc, Pa., 1490, 253 !.:&-I?:*s. T5is week I received alnlos t simclt.nl~eous ph~i le c a l l s f ron the FCC and T!AZL askiag whether this vvzs s t i l l happening a d t o report it as soo:? as i3ossi- b le i f i t a e s . I t ' s a crazy, rrixsd-up world.. I used up n-g 20 xnillion l l ne s so you b e t t e r de :.cc t v:>at isnl t in teras t ing . t o inake the l i u i t . Spanish and G9n;)az-i :IU.. e- R'O rk , so b e t t e r s ign o f f . ' I'm de t a m i ~ e d on tha f dreian DXas, hi! (Celcor.-.e t o our sectioLl, Dick, snci ?lease become a regular cor.tiibutor! - ~ d . )

and VTCE 990. Newest veries are l e t t e r s from KVFC ~ C F H IS01 and VlkTSN an3 a. sad m h - eo Card, lacl-ir;p even the l a t t e r c a l l s from V!HOD. E$ c o q l e t e contras t , !!.ILDP sent one of t'lis nices t , m s t colorful glossed car3. I 've ever seen, Thanks to c a l l from Ron ScX.ller, I got V;BVZ L / l tiu.oug.ii i n t ame QXvl f rov PJ?EN, hnd a compar&'31:: t i p f rorn L e f t y led r.e to FCiLF: ard RTCE 12/5. 12 j3, I 2oului I'JDAS 1380 s /of f i t s nigCtlg pros3m a*, 3:.SC. WCCKls DXcast csne i n me& e;nd fad-y. 12/4, VEJL 630 wel l ~ a c e i v c a t 9 : 13 ?-;t;. dc sp i t e being on the next c';l:tlnel t o local !':VNJ. 12/5, the Bni-Wziek, Ide. s t a t i c n iiir;?tif iablo u~c te r pcwehuse CB4L at 1:30. Ths nevi Fiomato;l, ,312. st,? t ion a&?idi;?;: off a l i s t 09 hrRCers'who p ~ v - i o u s l ; ~ reported on the i r ETs. TIE.; so l ic - i t e d more a:?d promised to verify. The only DX of that morning tha t I coulj- b a r was unnaeded CHLN 550. A very: loud signaled record player with no talkin;: ~ i n e d 1490 a t 3:3;1 on. 'A S ~ a n i s h s p e e e r was heard on 1080 instead of 3XiJJ, ;lothing a t a l l heard of XCDL on 1430, a f t e r ' DIiO s,'of f at 3:07, cansin? me to wo:ide~ iC the Oregon s k t i o n s were onb. Another non-ap;?e;ring DX w a s BSPN 12/3, I t I i W ' FOX 86 K & ~ ~ & ~ ~ ~ . oulL be one of the n?or;t needed by a majority of us. Eow about ~ s k i i ~ g them to cc..ie on, John Hoogerha idel

J~--E~z,--2~8-Cgn&rLl1A~e8m~ = 2r90k,1pn2&, ;g:~-Y?rk- - Veries i i? l e re very slow, %: i t h the l a t e s t i n here: T.ADP "XOD P!BTD LT;BBN !!'TiIV Ir.TC CKLC YIPS ( 2 ) P?IJ~~. On DX s p ~ ~ c i a l s no t up too often, soqe tirnes gone at the s m e .

t i ne , illt 3vsrLr-&s on 1440 yiii;BI ,;it-? nsits, ~ l s o T r ' M Fdt ta r I)uffyrs C;t:?olic HOUE BO%B can be Logged .6:45 3.z. On Rivarhead, best tiirie ts a Sunday af t3r;mon here, .zs~T423AK 1380 i s o f f ' m 3 does not co:ne on t f11 4:30 p.m. EIoWver heard fair ly good h-t neak :?ere S:iturday aftsrnoon, 10th. Signs of?, serving the Ya$~ark -::nd Riverhad A~sc?s. Li steing t o 139 0 a f ~ r ' i days ago avore I heard a WOMB Canbury. Nearest I sse Shere i s T:'Oi\lD 1400 but P l e a s ~ a t v i l l e arid Danbury do not so-ili-rd the sa VBRT T;XLZ bot5logged oil DXes, a lso li;I2iC heerd %his &d 12/11. Last I ~ i o ~ i r ? ~ heard Cl Chicau-tiini st 5:40 :irith 'TT, must have been a tLpa, a l so on Tu:.sday and W e 9 ~ sday s a ~ e t i i e Dec; 5. 'X/IPB also loa3ecl on DX. I'iTCS Fainnont soge times on~iii3stly Sunda? , AIds ?lit;; S i l lb i l l$ . Hit Parade (1.190 kc/s. ) !;ZR,/i Suf<lok, V'2. tast ing. with -roice o. '

1450 2z(a. 3 ~:.ix. the 11th. 'i"i'ZfidC DX good,and who-was on 1370 kc/s. after s jo f f . J a l i eve -4-:-.st-~lia~ but t o o ITS& to co2y. WACE Chicopee and S::ringfield 1:Iasn. 3 o d i;! H. Y. a e a 2-11 d ~ y on 730 kc/s. WIL a-nd sppnne c-, from 'JGTO Loth easy here. j:x: t u ~ u ; now, an" S;z5-a?y s t a r t i q r 25th year as DXer. Uritmorn t e s t e r on 1150 kc/s, o l f at a a.m., caught selactioris but c a l l sowded l i k e VI:'CHE, very strong, may& T.iCUE', too ~ u c h WX. !'!.~?11, tha t ' s i t here. "orking 48 hollrs rmw, mostly f ive days, t2n hcurb f o r four Izys, end eight on Friday givss me a long weekend o f f , so v i t h best :-ishe& f o r d veq i ler~.y Cizrlstras dni a b p g y arid Pros,pbroua i b v Yaar, and good 9Xir.g. DONIT PJ??GI.;T TO SXYD THGSX PWPI 'S , AID SL,Y 1ivITIII3 30 LINES, ANG DGUBLE S.PACE THXlii.

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I r ea l i ze i t ' s been a long time since I sent i n a musing, and I have no excuoe ex- cept f o ~ t:x? -old one about being pre t ty busy hers a t college. 11 ve beer! p t t i : ig up fh5rly r ? ; u I ~ r l y f o r the great sche3ule of DXee hoc1:ever, and have tapa reccrded b i t s ~f a.7003 margr, Eov~ever, the t 'dng iYhicil has prompted me to get back i:? t h s e cokvmns i s i ~ t jus t a a d s h e to e x c h a g DX infomation as I siiiosd3. have ba;:~ 5oing r igh t 2 1 ~ ~ , . I r;;n writing tlxis as a r a su l t of s0:i.e of the things 'tvilich h ~ v e been taking pl?.ce i n the club la te ly . I f e a l as though I c.w no longer keep s i l e n t on the 61-~bjec t and want t o have my . s2.y. I t seems as though there has been .a great deal of comment =XI controversy o f la.te i n the 2G-4C about all manner of thixgs. soil:^ of i t has bzsn s t i r r e d by a r t i c l s s appearing i n &sings o r elsecbere. S o m has a- r i s e n f r o x other sources'. In any event, An opinion;. thore has bsen f a r t o o mch. To r.e i t i s a bad sign. Sore of i t has been jus t i f ied such as t 3 i s tentat ivz report ::-asiness +A an extent. After all, i t . d o e s a f f e c t the DX hobby and i t s s ta tus , and r e f l e c t s back O i l tke E X . ?lb!:ever, it seams to nle that tiles0 p r s o n a l a t tacks on in- dividuals, :;;iether nziied o r nade obvious, are unnecessary ard a i ca l l ed for . T'ne way a person .;.:::es o r t o 1iril~t extent he does o r doas not $30 cer ta in things i s his otm business, mo one else'o, s o long as i t does not r s f l e e t back on the NEC. ' I I h f'uss about .this tele2hor.s call soems t o have tusned out as a l o t of no thing an3 a d s - understsriiing. In ot'ilar w,o:dds, l e t ! s b3 sure of our facts, Otharwiee ksr?~ fonlingc: niay be c?ec.tod over nothing. "Iis recsnt telegram i s anothdr b ig mess. I k c : ; - v;ho sent i t 2.2; Y;Q. I .io not thi-rk i t sliouli have been sent, but I also t21id: Xret i t ;:as not ltziidled iil the best'viay a f t e r being received. 3onlt get m e wrong, con~.:ent .:.rid sng e s t i o n is a l l r i gh t i n i t s place, 'but I t:lirik we have hait a disproportionatz amount$ of l a t a . Too rcuch of -iwt'ni% i s n t t too good. 73s and see you soon, ( ~ l a i . t o hear f :cm you again, Xen - howl s DlCm; -3d. )

C . ~ ~ s t ; i ~ r , - , 2 & i ~ a ~ o L Ll&i gois- - - Latest v3ries, :UC:O ?.?BC-% D O 1 !:TO3 RXCIL :<CFII mC TZSON Y I T Z WSLI KADP ( a t t r ac t ive card) fC!iIjp ' l BR V:I!'iSE KOLS B3X;r' (midbay. report) and liBI7L. N o a-nsvVer fro21 t:le l a t t a r on a tas: l a s t , . . i n t e r , but .a prom?t raply on t k i s tirile. Dec. 3 - WCCII-dx we& but re:dz>le mst of time, lX1GA ( 1 4 ~ 0 ) TT 3:35;. CBJ TT Er?.glish ancouricsmn~s 3:40, GRR TT av.:riliarg trarnsm5tter siof f 3 : 50, 3 : 51 TT on 1250, 4: 00 t ixe check 'i'~l: 'K!V switch t o XCS "it3 I3 f r o r VX4S 2nd ovar t o 903 kc, s, K+ak s ignal w i t3 iiiY::S, ;.rob- zbly C J V I 2nd no sign of Y:'SPN. BBCB 2T 4:11 mtil s/off a t 4:2? giving ':I'DR 3.. ttls. Dec. 4- 5: 10 I'.:llLQP (900) Ockla, F13. f /c, 5:15 loca l :;'JO3 now o r AN :ii t::~ ;nil>illy progr 1.3 (1239), 5:30 Y?i,LV, 5:35-6 !:E3.3 (1300), 6: 01-6 :30 VDiD ( 1310). Dac. 5- 1:55- 2:00 ?C."Z :;:cj' (1300), ICiOS (1480) s ioff 2:05, 2: 1%-2:33 "'EVL ET ( 2 5 0 ) ~ YTCB ( " 0 ) ET a t 2:4i3, EX fro? ICODL too aesk to copy, DXes flporn K3OL and '[IRE not 11s .:;<. Some s t a t ion o ; ~ AX .. i t k recorada r;Bsic cisar no L;. ... ouca-..dnt s on 1k90. LTOK irpo sc i2 l e *a to VEDC, C1iZI.T rc thsr weak here, %&.;B badly QRified 'out mai~ged to log th* last ten minutes. .3:Ezr..x. E.JJ mot'iiering a l l on 580 : ~ i t n S-9 signa.1. A l l f o r m::. 73s. (Glad to :.:.zve your rc-port, 2nd hope fo r more frcm tha I'.'icdy City! -Ed.)

Pg t g r - 2 ~ e ~ z - - - 2 ~ ~ zr, t r a 1 &v~c~e---Z~rzzi~g-~ 2, - A & a & ~ a - - H i a g j i z :.11. Xer3 i s iqy l a s t zusings f r o i ins " 3 a r t of Dixie." By th2 $i..--i? you read t h i s I . . : i l l be on n.y aay L c k to Cro ton-on-Eadson, N.Y. It 1 s bee;? lox:; time an3 i t : r i l l be ,zood t o s t a r t CXir.g fr1;m the o l l hone t w n s,gzin, E-at DXi: :LS beer :;ore tl;r=n jus t zoo-3 here too. An, s0iT.e of the mst recent loggings are as i'ollowe: Dec. 5 l o g ~ e - tile DXes from CH51J and ViZJ13 dn-i o m t..hich I never thought .:o-d:. ::a@ i t , KODL-d:r ii; l i k e a seinii-local. Also on t h samv Ald I g~ t t;=e new on3 j..-?I;R i n El[imi B e ~ c i ;aAr,.3. 'an XT from %Cm on thair new frzq- lacy of 980. On the bth,:leard bo ;i :'Xis froi;: ~ ~ u ' md IQ!JBY,, 50t3 b i t h f a i r l y good s i , g a l s , a l so I ECBS a, of;:' fo r

s- a, new log i x ~ t3ti.t I thcugkt I I B . ~ a iong tir:.e &go. Luclcy I chec-bd, h i . Or; Iisc. f

got t.h3 3:: fzom KLIR jus t bwely as there was ~ u c h QE\C from tine idoxican ?ST. I got a l a t t e r brick from K W C verifying recaption'frorr,, hold. on tc your hats, a te;;t-~.&ivg resor t , 11:; the iirguri~ant i s get5in: a think axli juicy mc~, isnl t i t? Let's :lot g e t over-aatlrusiastic &nil spill ciny blood no;s ( a d I c a .very close to doing tha t b-;o weeks ~ z ~ o iS? ",his c o l m ) . Oh well , l e t ! s see what csn be dono about i t ~qj~.;;ay. L d t - e s t v x i e s are :T!TJJ EIBS Vi,E3'D-Sr IR,m KVFD C'TLS KI:.rPC-3a C J 7 I "GAP VBIR 7Lg<X f o r rcy 42nd st(:,,;; .: T:EOB 2x;:H ( f i na l ly ) ) . ~ ~ . . ~ \!?ADp VCRr;; l , ~ : T I ~ 9 ITZdx YiSOfT-dx VnTx-6~ y:.ISN-. dx. A57911 5incliof specials l i n e d u p b y tl?e PP e a p u p the goodwork! Sc i o r the n $ a ~ h ~ l a s t tix3 f L-OY~. tiiat "evsr-lovinf Binr.in~.ham, / , u s is the Sonfederate Rsbsi sc;y&ng?3.

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Here i s rq? r q o r t on DX Special broadcasts since 11'/22. On 11/23 CFOB was 3emd but only e i ~ v g h f o r a thark-yo% card. IQISN and CLEVi did not make i t t h i s f a r . On 12/3 CKOK covered BCCM and CJVX occupied 90C, so nai ther DX heard. On 12/5, XODL mas good, of cCqlrse ; D0L w a s not on, arid I did not hear VKOK CH&lf RrhZ and 1340. Did get up a;-% heaCd on 1216 mBY and YZNN. Didnl t t ry f o r EtLIR; rilight g e t 'up f o r ICLRS tonight. !reed a l l f o r the 11th and 12th except 15Tb.TA from svhon I received om? cf my best v s ~ i a s last y3crr. Other DX notes includ.6: Thanksgiving AM found RFAC of f 1330 so good log on IPR. Also heard KINE I D a t 7:30 through IFH. On 1470 found CLOA oper;tiiig u-ntil 5 on G.E. P ia tcer Pbrty, 11/25. On lGGO BiOW vias c a l l f o r Poxona, Cal. 11/26, vhat next? ,910 DGAF c?me on at 7 Sunday 11/28. XIMP came cBn la$o but were h e a d here. Amt7fier surpr ise was to get on 1330 KBE qui te c lear ly through RFAS f=.m 9 u n t i l 9:15 a.m. Fridqr, 12j2. 12/3 four13 on 1580 llLAIC t e s t i zg 1,2,3,4 i?t 3:59. 0:: 1600, KASH said h s i c to 5, EST 12/3. 18/4 gave 920 CCTA with 5000 watts at 5:33 a@ on 900 V!k!OP f j c through C J V I , off 5:55. 12/5- On 1490 XYCA ended t e s t a t 3:30. 1080 n!JJ very strong f o r IGTRC. &ite surprised a t stength of FJAEJ 1490 t e s t i r g , 3:32 to 4:07, also l2j5 . On 580 CKY said "never signing off" at 4:19. On 12//6, II!EEI and B I G both were tes t ing 5xrinil; n/BYls DX h t , not steadily. IEXN haad baside 980 KFCSPB but heard pl.ei~ty. Good program, .sampling dai3,y sked on sta- t ion. R3ports out to -ax, 1470 EXOA, 920 !;:GST, 1370 mbVS j 810 KCM9, 550 VGGA, 1140 6C-3Mt 1333 IZGJX, 1580 HEX, 920 PCTA, 900 WMOP, 1490 .XYCA, 1490 an3 589 CKY, i n rzd3Ptiol: to DX S p c i a l s heard. Varies from 560 F!lC6C, 740 KWC, 860 E P C , 920 WGST., 953 I Z O I , 1270 KZW, 1310 VBFD (post c a d ) 1470 KXOA, 1480 KCVL %3. 11L93 KRN2; 11/30 sllde3 4:: yoars i n S m Diego :irith' 1478 s ta t ions heard, of trhich 501 were veri- f i ed . A ~r-133 welcone to the farnus DXer Y ~ r t e r Atkerton, and to the West Coast ad- S i t ions . Somy t b otner V!est Coast marhe:? ~ i s s e d the point en t i re ly , if a st;,tion e s p e c i a l l ~ ; a new one goes to a considezable oxpenso to put on a s ~ e c i B 1 DX please dc not add to i t by c a l l i n g them co l lec t . I agree with Peter Eretz we should have SOL

ins t ruc t i o s s fo;- nevi members. 12/9- XLRS throug:? ImL a f t e r , l oca l KGB ..:ei?t off a t 4; KLRS on =:ti1 4:30. KYAL ontest (630). heard from 3:38 to 3:45. WCTT (~80) said. country :::~.sic uiitil 6; CELQ haid, through RCTT, 24 ho?;rs dai ly . A very I b r ~ y Chris.: mas tvi t3 ;li.3rq var i f i c a t i on s i f t s and a Ilap~y Prosperous NBLY Year to all. 73s.

C&qo&l-Sgt& 1% 'ctxkgiggg = -Buffs10 15, $5 xork, A l l s e t to & t h i s yas r x i t h those two swell logs - the Ileyrich and Van Voorl-.eee versions - even wangled a work schedule to f i t q y needs. So, DX i s t e r r ibla . 'la data, 12/3, a faw !Us on the higk end and Curacao which f i gh t s the TVI hdre. S t a t i has been strong ard s ignals weak ard too much of t h i s sour l i s t en ing cad d u l l the s t rongest urga to tune. I t i s possible to enjoy secord-handedly the DX of t;le big-, eared bretl=en, 'Pyndd 1, Stanbury, Prater ~ n d Vilkinson. I thin& an annual %:?tern. ber issue r;.ig;lt czrry a page of t i p s on a DXerIs conduct f o r the benefit of .:wIer

. . mercbers. : . e i;Dy have been neglectful of our obligation to the neophytes. I i ~ i g h t a l s o a i s k tiat the b u l l e t i n be s t r ippe5 of a l l but th.; most necessary features , lv~~abersl :I.isiwa COUU be condensed iiithout l o s i rg t i t h i q . For exrimple, t:ds re- po r t c o : l t c i i ~ ~ no thing to help anybody ond only shotvs that Satin i s s t i l l i:it;i 2s. I would so m;ch rat!:er see the b u l l e t i n condensed ra ther than the pr ice adv~nced to a point ivllere our younger members may fizzd i t prohibit ive. Best wishes to sll f o r a Merry C>zkst;ra.a and a Happy a d "aalthy New Year. I shall be working kremeadous hours f o r tke next tkree weeks and may be unable to sen3 you each a personal g e e t-

. ing , SO enjoy yourselves. ( ~ i , Carroll , and l e t ' s hear more from you!. - ~ 5 - . ) E~Qf-G&lgs---28_4& Guil-d-Lss = glrLa&oga-C&t~ &iL QkLdhorp-

H i 8 ~ i i i r l y good DX here of l a t e and I suppose a f a i r share of %he DX s b z s hzve f a l l e n q x q . The DX here has bean: 11/29- V!TCS 990 Florr,aton, A l a . 1:2 j-1:45. I:.' 3- CGX4 iSOO TT at 4:3; CBJ 1580 2: 15-2:30 a.m. ; lU3J;S Z490 Matarnoms, 2,ie:cico. t e s t - ing at 2: 50 a.?. . 12/5- ROMD, 1470, Toledo, TT 2:45 and RVBG 730 TT at 2:50, TI'ICOX 1240 f a i r f o r f i r s t t en minutes of IE; CEZN 550 good a f t a r EdYI went o f f . 12/6-. l7 lUG 860 s /on at 6, over C J E C here; KEY2 1453 on f /c at 2:40; XKEY 740 very &god Oil.

DX as was 990 xhich was a h o s t of local stength. H/7- Kl??P/ 900 f /c 3:05-3:30 a.m. ; ICWZ 1330 f / c 3:30-3:45 a.m. and WCL, new Vinnfield, La. 1270 on i t s f i r s t ET 2: 53-3: 35 a.n. Thatt s tna newest log hers dnd ,211 of tdem most welcom. As to w r i e s : ? X < C FaBFC 'iiffiP-dx TiITZ-dx m d TACL m v e been heard from. Look i'omard to a k s y A i th; 12/12 t'nariks to tine CPC. Lote of luck, evsrybody!

Pago 8 - - - - - - - li D .;; N E .s; Becmber 17, 1955. Jack_ @aa---220& gist& gtyegt1--Bg-C~t~,-Tgx~s8

We were vary piezsed lrgith tha r s s u l t s of our DX-Test f o r the NRC from KCFH, i:.l:ich vas aired frori. 3: 03 u n t i l 5:00 a.m. on b~onday mrii ing, IL'ovmber 14th. V?o !lave had a t o t a l 0.;" 64 ports on t h ~ progrm, w i tl1 f ive corning fzom New Zsalanii, tbxeo from

mdda <?;id t.10 r e s t fro& 27 d i f f e r en t sttitee. 811 rspoxts recaivad Cers corract , r i a e ' r z Iiap237 to say tha t ver i f ica t ions have bez-A sent t o a l l who reported recep- ion. :':a. ;.eceived ona a d ~ i t i o i i a l tele#ka;l?: report . This was from Pete 3ra:z i n

Alabama, to iDAke ofx' icial reports . t o t a l 6 5 . Pay Liillar sent u s one of his '1Laz;y DXer" t a ~ e s !.:it% about 15 r i m t e a of the IJrogram. Vie pror9tly put t h i s on the air ( i n p a r t ) :.n9 raceivea nlany comnsents frox our daytime l i s t ene r s , who, f o r t:le rL:ost ? a r t , did-ntt thklk the nPeau t !r?lstle~t coula reach tha t far! I c:nl t s t i t i n Corp~slf is the usual comxeiit, h i 5 - Gnlg t ime, I tilink i t was, of the m-,.c;r t e r s were nox-I\TX rfiezbers, 2nd 15 ve sent t he i r names %o Len Kmse. Vi'e received re2orts f roin jus t n:?otl.t evaq70ne except Sid ~ossnbmrr: and w e havent t even had a goc6 excuse f o r not l ist 3ni i~g f rcrr! him, ni! Eeogad the pic tures tha t many include3 ?.li t h t9eir reports cl.1~;; Xlbert mivell even sent us ,one of tile Conven.:ion. I gersonall-f anJcyed renesin;; o lb a c q ~ a i n t ~ l c e o *.lri th .the repo r t e ' and veri i icatio,ns azd heard fro:.? .some ,auys th&t I haven't heard from i n yeers incluriing Ncm McGuire and B i l l ?rater, Hai .'!illia-.is, Lefty himself, 3 v Jo'nilson, Roy r!iilar ani 'Len Hruse, a l l guys, I used to correspr-5 . .it5 while D:!ing in 2;5saouri, I &sn report too tna t the T~anag3 e:-.t of the sta';ioz vas most s a t i s f i ed v i t h tha ~ f l l i t S. 90 wasat t expecting too ;:x-cL of a re turn, 2.b011t ten o r 12. I looked f o r about ,25, and. we .:ou~id u~ with 54, sics one c a l l ( i t :::ss not collect?) f o r 65 reports! We a re ~ l s a s e d . My new adiress i s a s above .an6 Ita ibovirq: toddy. W i l l be rvith KIOX ir; tna t c i t y , 1270 on the 3 i ~ l . Let me hear from you - g q s once i n a Is'hile, hey? ks ever, wi th 73s. .

-$s--B~a~r,gnnnn837-Br,ookg &ane,-,?&i&lga&er, - o & l ~ ~ i r s - Here' s aimthey of n-y seldorr; seen rspor ts . I put 1008 of q antenna ap m.3 i t 3 l p s my r e c s ~ t i o n f r o m the %I, SE, Nli: a.nd %. , DX has been g a d l a s t several t r i e s . WITZ-dx viss :.,earl weakly a i t h sorne interference. I could ident if X, only t'::o records WIND was c.,lso heard on the sme .night, 11/17. On 11/24 KFSD (6003' s / o f f , a t d:05 and KRU (920) s /off at 3:OO. Tke ?lo.! Gutiirie, Okla. s ta t ion , kV$i, was lo~:,ed on 11/26. mOE-dx made i t here but nix 11?,1SN and CJBA. ~ i c i n t ' t t ry f o r KI3.P. KOF? wa:. heard before school on 11/29. On 12/3 I had my best nig:it. KZIP (1310) f /c at 12:30, '::ILSI (14~50) f /c at 12:40, EGW (6i0) s /off at 1:00, E(@J (620) RS, IlLAX (158i: ET a t 2:15, C3J (1580) ET very weak under :W, KPOA ( 3 0 ) RS at 2:33. On 12j5 seven nola? oiles: ICCICY (1150) f / c at 2:10, .:Im~DL ivas ti,e only specia l DX to r.-t:e it here, 7?&3J (1490) ET off at 3:10, CICP (580) , \iFYG (980) f i c a t 3:45, G~T.dOH (1410) s/ on at 4:GC; T!'3UY (1440) s/on at 4:OO. On 12/7, FETO had some trouble on ':?cir s j@n was 175 n i i - t e s l a t e . Dnrixg that time I was l o g g i n g ??E"I~D (Fraderick, 1'1. ) Kien 7rn ~ A T O c u e on, T*'i;FI/LD was corn-lately covered. 30 ti1 s t i t i c n s noniially s/on at 4. 2.i;. CST and are 30 th a t 930 kc/s. i'i'l%Jl i s rq sacoiid i n ,:.,aiy~itnd. Also on l % / 7 los:.ed ZOIL. V::rific:tio~,s i n are TIED XOYO (QSL cards), KOOL KRIS CJVI IiUIGl-dx QXN ICCFH -dx, ~-.;0-5:i, XGPB EOI-dx, K'HP H7RJ ?"ITZ-dx and 353. I now have 2% s ta5ions and 121 vecies, Also f i ve ca-mtries and 38 s t a t e s logged a;ux 34 s t a t e s vcrified.73.

P&t-2gi&lg,--Zg5-C~oss~an Styest_--Jdr:~gs~o~flL Mew Y_ooyk_ - Veries baclz, i:-0-n{e, 15 new aces reported i n past two weeks ana not a. vs r i e back a l l Vnis we&. 12/5 - \,?(OIC DX c:?.r&t. KBOL DX bad with GJABJ and C ~ ~ I O X at 3:50, ?JJKEI-dx ::md to copy. CfILEd-dx OK here. WIKEXx was a b i t too hard to catch. Fo KODL was :.mard; 400 and very noisy. 12/6- EJBY: DX caught but KTXH c a r r i e r a;ld tons bo therecl, IEE2\rN DX -OK f o r tv:o new ones. WTRN, 1580, t e s t at 3:50 atop CBJ tone.. Uriknown ?!Ton 630, 3:53 t o 4:18, no voiceused. 12/7-WHER, 1430, E T a t 2 : G . UEM, 1433, QBSing VIKER. KVCL, 1270, f i r s t E T at 3:13. frOHS, 730, ET a t 3:38, on;: of ol&ss-z 71 c a l i s never heard before. This makes t h i rd new one today, m a ~ i i l ; . ~ SCWeri new ones ir, ISTO days. =/a- if0 ICLIR heard here with ,990 a mss. KVCL, 1270, again a t 3:30 cil ET. STPX, 740, t es t ing at 4:05. .WL3K atop N U T on 1360 with CT :,t 4:0? f o r a ~8:: one. 12/9- Got home a t 3:34 f o r IU2S DX, very good here. YLBL, 533, t e s t at 4:05. ViGIV, 1600, ET s top $iRL ilere. 12j10- TGIV again, 2:45. P13nCj of tone t e s t e r s v ~ i t n no ca l i s . One on 1470 tiat m a d e me craay today, a lso one on 1235 but no c a l l , mst a l l All. l3Em.Grn DEFDTJEE KEA% IS EVEm TUESDAY. LET' S HAVE THOSE WORTS 'REGUL~PLLY? PLB'G, TO 438 ?CAST EL ST'REET, BIi00KLY?: 26, IW; YORK. EVEiWEODY - GO823 ON - RPOI iT in;!

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Along the olij. ltDX T r a i l 1 ' : 1;lov. 28th - F i r s t on 830 kc;;., E;II\SY, Juneau, A1cts:ra s/off . tes t st 3:30 a.m.; D m , - P o r t l a d , Qre. 3.T with V ard OC, dlso son;e TT fro: 3:334:15' a.m., t3an ~VTZ13Slt ID at 4:15, and s t a t i on heard apparently 1YZ in Rotorua, iT.Z. Ab- soiute ly no sigh of CFOBls DX here, KIFQts DX 'fro% ;./it. Plaasant, Texas OJ 950 only o f a i r s i p a l a f t e r s/on a t 4:37 a,m.. @n 570 kc/s., a mess; WID Western t e s t e r w i th varicus cycle TT was b las t in3 on ai?d off most of morning; a shot at .-:?.at I think was 3 1 S R l s 3X f r o m Raleigh, 1T.C. was taken between 3:39 a.m. and 3:..j3 a.;;., Had tcvo, s i . p a l s on 570 a f t e r 4 a,m., one probably 2YA i n iYellington, N.Z. the otller I hope, was CJBl's DX from Edmxidston, N.B. R f a i r rspor t sent, but agdn, no wsi- t i ve ID. Ifot quite as sirriple as I1You e i t he r hear lea or you Qnltn recipe! At l e a s t , not ia my book. ' Dec. 3rd- Nothir~g on e i t h e r VCCfVits o r YiSPXt s DXes. CKOIC on 800 kcjs. ; C J V I goicg s t rong at with def in i ta Wii under, ht i t sou$ed very muzh l i k a Ele NZer, 4YC i n &.nediil! An; qui te sure i t was not T?SPl?, but i f 4YC, they m s t lave r ea l l y been pc t t ing i n a sigilal to so Q,RvI C J V I this close! Dec. 4th- Set on 1.39.2 kc/s . , but had to . s e t t l e f o r a logging oil the W a y AM BCer, ILGER i n Long B ~ d i , Cal. Oh yes, KXOL-1360 says aye s i l e n t ';!onday AMs. If t rue , ;;:.ybs a good DX t h e . Dec. 5th- 1490 kc/s . - XYC-l-.?rescot';, Ariz. s/off ' m/c at 3:30 a.x., then no thing fron: e i t h e r E;130& o r viIKE DX ,:rogr=uxis. Ou 550 kc/s. igi4VI-VJailuiri, Haw- a i i , fll~!oni'torlf u n t i l 4 a.m/ s /off , then no s ign of CHID) s DX; i:ODL-1440 DX only :iSpeci3ltl ", imke i t i n on another poor DX morning bore. No chance to tr,r f o r the R'KOX-1?:,3 o r VJ, 2%-1340 DXes. Dec. 6th- XEBYt s DX on 743 heard, but poorly; bad QEN as wel i ES t3st from LTCTRY i n Eouston, Texae; KEl??J i)X on 99J not heard. 1:o s i p of KPAN D;: o r f jc; jus t an ~ i I 3 FinPer on 860. New ver ies i n : XVl?Cp749-DX, rY.DP-9GO-DX; KGA-151C ' I.TF:X?-980; 'XEOI-950-3X. So noa, to Lefty, and a l l NRCers, bes t z i shes f o r a Merry, ierry qhristmas f rox the 'VEvergfeen State" and Issaquah DX pakk!

IiyI Zaypo_r& Ga@gt&ag ge&c&,_Ciql&fgr~ia- - Very l i t t l e t o report ir, tSs way of new catches. 'Terrible weather c o n k ::rit;l never a c lear ~~-!;lorni:lg on tha bard. Yoise leve l so high you couldn' t hear any t i i i n~ even i they were 0;:. Tried Sunday nec. 4 th f o r rEBC E:Ioni tor and VdABI 910 %N but notyiing

. .. showed. cl?dajr, Dec. 5th, the Quebec DX on 550 c o u l h ' t make i t through, was hosii. they might h v e an outside ciiance. T h s 'only one I tnou.&t I had cinched, IiEOL on DX, did 20% show. Xead JYCA j u s t ahaad of t he i r scheduled time so don& coaldn?t 5eve be.31: too bad a s f a r a s t h e i r reception should have been, so wonder i f TBOL was on? M:BPls DX on Dec. eta covered by G9,300 i ~ a t t s of QRi.3; nmaly iiTa3H t lJ B I G , ,both t a s t h ~ . A brief report however with t~lanks to Zi'BY. On f i r s t ;~:~o.~i~.y ~ [ c s , KCICY 1153 lloard 7;;ith TT 3:15-3339; :CEIX 1470 on szme t h a with TT; KYCA 1490 s m e tinie, f /c ::it> xusic . C-oing back t o four th i:o:iday f /cs heard, none needed '_.iers but they were: 3:3G3:45 s.:m. KPTL I / c n i t h music; E S B 1240 f / c with ~ u s i c f r o : 3:45 to 4:m. A t 4 a.rr.. KGDK w a s heard t o sign off RS on 1140. Also a t 4 to 4:15 XTIW 1400 f / c ::ith TT f o r Kansas City. From 3:30 t o 4:30 I.mL 1400 was on ::?it;., lit-~r- long f / c T o r T 2: T of Compton, Cal. 4:15-4:30j KBAR 1230 f / c ' n i t h TP with ::=~sas City. ->:33-4:45 :CON1 1403 rriusical ? / c ivith T & T. The U G R f/c at 3:33 on 14.50 could not be ' i~ea rd due to Icp~Uls rarnaining on u n t i l 4 a.m. A l l of the DI: S_ ecial ver i f ied -,;it11 exce2tion of K I T I and 1CL':S. K I T I was heard tes t ing ag,&n 12/5 over KSTM at 3:53. VSSO vzrie sa id i n pa r t , I t D I J not expect to reach Vest Coast 'out had three r .2130~t~ from.California ard one f ror~ ' :Jas lnington,~ Certainly hope colidx, my luck, L ~ I ~ 3: take a change f o r the be t t e r saon. T i i s w i l l probably swap i t ug f o r the yeax so :;ill say best of Yuletide wishes to a l l other DXers, ed i to rs , CPC, e t c

F ~ a ~ ~ : ' ~ e g 1 ~ r P - P B ~ ~ X 1 ~ 6 6 - 6 R I D 2 5 , Erie, fle g.2g&vg1&aa - 3ere ' s q r report f o r t i ~ s tim, not very ia>res.jive, but here i t is: The oniy nev~ one o ~ t s i d e of the NfiC Spc i t i l s , i s CBJ lk86 kc;s., raceived Dec. 2 v ~ i t n t e s t , 3: -3: 15 a . S T . 1,Jissed a l o t of.. specia ls due to bad i ~ t e r f e r e i i c e from o t i i i r sta- t ions. I ?:cs able to pick up W E R8, Kov. 14. DX was n i l due to a t e r r i f i c tkrun d e r Storm - i i imgi~e, in.November! T!ITZ cme i n 353. FCIfiC an3 EPSP R9 only ones o-J of the sevsn on Nov. 21. PTEjC sgo i l e d KLTF as he stayed on too lo?%. ICTBY ca;,;e '

R8 on D3c. 6 , ELRS R9 on Dec. 9. A l l thesa specials I recsived were a l l new me. If i t werent t f o r these NRC Specials I doubt It d pick up mamy new oiles on cc count of t::e crowded f r e q l e ~ c i e s . Veries received are YTJRI CrA;dI ID01 12k.D 7 'SG3

WADP TmFD a d VTITZ. Well Ernie, I guess t h a t ' s i t f o r t h i s time. I svish a21 the gang a V.:r!r Iderrg Christmas, and the best they ever had. 73s.

I!;). .;JL l( ;: - 7 , j ~ ~ 20 T~,a,;t3'mmjtr7; ' > - - -- - .- -., a - 3, 1355

. - - IDA% ..-----. .SINCE --.- IdST ISSUE --. , 73 0 0 9 S' P?o:v 1,300 D-1 NRC 1270 i C V C - L Yiinnfield, Louisiana I L ~ C

FCC 880 X % F X G ~ . z ~ i a e , Sonora W .G B A Now 5,000 D-1 NRC 970 K 0 0 R I?QW DA Cnange FCC 1290 M IC L J Ex-990 kc/s , . s N'EC 980 R G L M - Ex-1340 kc/s. NXC .. 1380 :C G A K . Px-1230 kc/s. NRC

1260 P: C H V Ex-1240 kc/s. FCC 1300 T C L G YOW 1,000 D-l . . FCC T i j2 K Z X~F.V 1 a QCO D-I. NAZ 1103 :T 3 E T E~--15'?0 kc/s. . TCC

J~ xdzrBnI8Qq5&& _ 2 , j ~ gout2 ~ e g t - s i ~ e e t - - - - YO% zeg~v&v.2;&a- A f e w vsries <ere . t h i s ';~eek - WlZx :J!;.:QD EBm W1;:SN KVFC C JE.,I V!J& \$';lfli'. i?o thing big here ?-:-t t i e noise has I.et up a d cold DX ro l l ed in. il/29, mast Coastah-good. KYNJ-820 sjoff 3 :03 , rTB1,Z959 ET af tsr 3, W:'-1060 t e s t i ~ g 3:20, IQ?CB-980 j:T 3-4 a. m. , \?FCR-L330 t es t ing at 4, ME-1C73 s /af f 4: 10. 12/3- V;'iCCi\.! good on DX, P/TC2-990

v .. ET 3:45, ::.-PJ-1450 to:!yed p2cB at 4, WSPK a p p r a n t l y clidnlt shor u p t o DX. XIiJN- 950 over-,-ides r any c losar s.tatio-ns most nights. 12/5, VABJ-1490 on tog 3:31-4:08, KBOL and ?'IXE di."jno t get t h r ~ u g h if on. C ~ g i & KPOP-PO20 then the ??JIG3 D:: t h c u g h F 4 1 D . 12,'6- XCZS off a t 3, elen the kT3Y 13X thzo-agh the s t r o i ~ g car2 ie r of KTRH. KENV-dx also ran in to anothor c a r r i e r tha :'irst tan c ; imtes . VJTCS-1490 seemd to 'be AN ag.tin. 12/9- .Lam had a ve,q sv.parior t bp DX ax?. vare on before and ~ z f t e r t h e i r scl?edxi.ed tire. Real NR2 pu> l i c i t y? E&W-1349 on a t 4 y e t , aiso 'XQI 1;ith I D . T I S Z ~ c: im~elS surely can g k t crowded! tl'NILV s t i l l Seachconbing 1410 ;ret. ! :PDT-1290 v z q strong here on the i r ET 4 5 but KOIL rr~ansged sore gaod r e ~ i z - s i i i t y - through t e r ~ . Fot much clear c ~ m e l copy avai:.able thdse days 'at plenty o f st% t i ons to SO f o r anyway s o rnnybo i t ' s f o ~ t3e best, Some years, ba:k a gooi i;itiv DX-

.'em had j a s t &>out R11 the stat ioiis i n th= cow~t ry so tha t it took a goo2 ..;czrJ hours of 2i;ing tc. pick up one noiv addition. If11 bet them drenl t riiany i n t k t ; pre- dicarrant to'by! Tell . , I t m going to s t a r t res t ing up now f o r 1ionday AM if n;ost of thoee specials cone in . Ites going t o take sane. f a s t writing.

i c A. B;.i s t & - 4 s o g t ~ t i e ~ t - - - ~ g r i s AlLino js- -.,,,,, :I t ra ied. f i o old B.R.O.. i n . f o r tha 65-330. Kot r e d i n g verr closcly, I t@ns;!=,t i t ~ o n t a i n e d ,.the S r o a b a s t Band so after I . got i t here ar,,i used about 20 minutes on 20

;meters I startiid tuiiang for E r o ~ l c z s t . 170 soap, so I s h t . i t ofk' and read rare thoroughlzr and I shipy;led i t back and I an waiting ,for tine XC-183-D now. S'nculd be her& i~ a rev;. d?,ys. 3y next week I mar nave a good. report . I do manage t o get one o r two ne..: 0i;es on thd old Portable Zenith. I ;fiasm been bet t ing i n a fey:{ vzries no-, and t b n . I tldiek I have about 20 points i n the Contest, so f a r . Vlhila I i7ias n a i t - i n g f o r s3:, I p2inted UQ the s:lacEi some and I have a large 24 hour clock on -.;-ay t hb t ~ Y i ~ i s tlk t ixe i n other countries a l so . . I got a nice le t t e rhead fro>; '.'3GE fo r a very slirr; rapor t a s I got. them on overtime a s they. ran f i v e minutes over or I could no t 'ilave gotten them at a l l . I was lucky t o be up tha t n ight and .!ill trjr i n ths 4,; f~: DX on 01-3. Zenith. I r a y hava too muc5, so j u s t n i i e out a nic3 le.bterb (Glad t o ; l e a f rcm you Er ic , tincl ylease keep us go s ted regala ly! -Ed. )

L g f ~ - C ~ o ~ s ; = 43g szzt-22 ~ t ~ g t - - - B ~ o ~ k & n 36, jew_ xoyk- - Veries ii from !-;CLE-900, TiXSiJ-k K:OL)L-14,=0 and VfTCB ;rhich makes i% 2,511, I'thirik. I pickod ..A> l ou r 02 Rail iey t h i s weelr, hi! ? e l l , 1 went and did i t agzin - i'orgot about a i i l ?~ . c~ l -~ i~~ ted DX program, from ICLBE3-'_360, and so I s t i l l lack tlhat s%:",ion i n xry ,log, 6ogsne the luck. 12 j l l - 1ZSV-790 Jn the air 2:20-2:52, with. onlg OiIe very b r i e f ar-~ool;nce;~:ent f o r a much-needed one, 3eh.ind tham was CKSO, Sudbury, 'Xlt. v i h Lyas runr~i::~; i n p a r e l l e l with CFE0-900 on a Christaas fund-raising program. O n 12/12

. . once agaix a -.onday morning proved to be not so hot nere, as only V8'Z,IR svrs ediieci.on JX, be;lir,c? Q.e 3eachcom'Dm. Ar~d a very i.!erq GhriGtri&s t o each and every one!

01; TI-fE ST.4TION' S STATIOXJXY - P:I,IID-1340 - ATW:TI C _ CITY, LJ, --..----.- Dear Y r . Cooper: " In r a yo-cr l e t t e r of Xovsnber 26, 1955, please be advised t h t Rad.io St? , t io i~ T:..lID w i l l 'be l iCqgj t o comply with your request t o stand% from 3:45-4:15 a.m. O i l tho ~ o r n i n : of &,c&zber 12, 1955. Very sinceraly yours, 11 (signed) David H. Freakm GM.

So, &iesfully we waited f o r 3:45 a d . a be t t e r c-mnce at kEiviR, but m v s r did tiley eign off , nor did they even ~ e : a t i o a i t . .We ca~mot uriderstand chat 112-p- pened. Sid Rosenbam wrote tf-s l e t%e ' r they re fe r rad to, but fo r sgesdts sake

' Sici asked t k e i r reply be sant to. Ye Ed. A s a r e su l t , WBJR .had .to f i g h t !&ID and .':VIC, a t l e a s t i n t h i s area., was completely s w q e d .

RENIEl!BER 30LLm SPACE YOUR XTORTS AITD STICK 'If) 30 LIE'ES, SEE YOU !JE::T CEZC !:lCJIN.

1:. )i:s 1:3)3. 1 1 : ~ g;:,;,rs L l e c e ~ b e r 17, 1955 T I 'TEST' .. 7' . .. H I.L .)?:iiL 2X J!IGFST

Ed-ited by F r e d L . VanVoorl.!ees.,. Box 1 3 2 , L e m ~ y n e , P e n n s y l v a n i a , U. S.A. r, I !;uess we' l l . have t o f s c c t i le f ' ac t s . l h e r e ; jus t j . s n l t r-uch

f a r e i ~ n UX ge; ; t , i r~g -irlt.:3 t h e USA t h i s season / 1 h a t e t o admi t i t , b u t ... L.3 . .-

th:it, ~:>i.l:I.d ~ 2 e r 1 t o t:e t h e s t : ? r y . ?'ir.st o f a l l . t h i s week, I want t o zive you t h e '.l.is+, 9f L a t i n Americ!~ii s t a t io : l s w1,icli were l?eard 1 .as t h r s s . I re-co~~ryenci t h a t >;ou t-1~: L r c ~ r t k e s e first;. No d o u b t o t h e r s \ . r i l l a l s o be on. iIere Is l a s t ye::irSTL! Iri.st, 555 Kcs. T I (;), P u e r t o . l , i ~ . o n , C o s t a Rica To 0300

To 0200 505 ' I : Panarr.2 C i t y , I".nana. '?:- '3 5 T I R A S R ~ J J S ~ , Cos ta .R:ica. To 0430 070 TI J C Sal-1 Jose, . Cnstz i1.21~:. A t 0430 790 HI L C . 'TEU j'i.7.10 Ilon!. Rep. A t . 0500 $50 ' ?iRJ:lr Teg;.:cig;:ilpa , lIon..!~lras A t 04-30 930 'TG J G ~ a t e ~ a l . ; ~ C i t y , Z~~~: t , emala At Q320 1100 'I"I7l.ACi.IO San J:)se , Cos ta Elica A t 0330 1198 CKD13 Y:~;ramo, Guba To 0200

To 0300 1290 C7IDC l l .~lst . : in, Cuba 13'70 EEHF Nngrile s , I'iexico To (.I430 1430 XEOX C , J b r c ;yo P., j.1ax-i; co AtdLk10

C?KZ F.2l-mn S o r i a n o , Cilbcl To 0310 T h t s i s t h e l i s t of t h o s s s t a t i o n s ' \vh.ich were act,ua1..ly hea rd on

t h o a i r I . ~ s t I;:-lrj.st:>~,2s m~;rriing and were r epor t . ed t o tl-e MCrEST, Hope you have good I.uck: i$i';l~ .th.e~-n,

FCC I \ ' ~ ~ A I S The FCC r e l . e a s z s t h i s pas-t week k i v e ilne i t e m ?:r" i n t e r e s t t 'o 11s

i n t h e !JS and posscss l .ons . 2a11- l e t t e r s WC-RF h;:.ve hcen a s s i g n e d t o t h e new s t a . t i o n a t iip;uad?llls, I j ~ l e r t o B i c o on 1340 Xcs: Arid . the FCC f 'orwards t h e f o l lo~q?-ng l i s t of' l.ex:.Lcnn ch?r~;r;es :

$GO Kcs. XZFX G ayriias, S o n o r a , nc2r i n o p e r a t i o n ririth 250 w a t t s . 920 XE?N ~ . ~ r r ? ~ s i : ~ l . o , S o n o r a , ch;lnrl;e i n c a l l : i . e t te rs f rorn XEBE

1130 XELTW J3J.rj.pa, 'Verac ruz , chnnqe i n c s l l !.et;ters f r,3m X E J J . l2bO XE3C.j E inp~lme, Son,3ra, : i nc reases . dsv po:\ror t3 I Kw, 1250 9 7 7 -, .I I , Iierrnosil.lo , S ~ n . o r r ~ , i nc ra : ,~ses day ?ewer , t o 1 1:w. 1270 XScJJ J:xl.apa, C e r a c r u z , c?:an,yes c a l l 1.e .!;ers f r o m YZJW. 1 3 40 SIEUX Tu:.:r:an , I.iajrnrit , I~r; :re:ises dei:;.. p o ~ v ~ r t o 1 hw . 1490 XEGT Zamcjra, ;"licho:tcan, i n cre:.tses dn.y nov!-.rcr t o k Kw.

1 T l r ~ e o n , C,?zhailct, incre ; i . ses dc:y power .to 1 ECw. 1.540 XEi3H Hz~niosi. 1-1.0, S o n p r : ~ , ch 3nyi:s ~ : i i l . l e + u t c r s f rom XE?N,

DX N3TLS 3 n l y o n e i)L repo;_..t r e c e i v e t l t h , i s wzel; f r o l r vl.r-it5i.n tile 5s; nlid on(

f r o ? o v e r s e a s , s o we w i l l lian3._l_z tt?'er;,.l a I l t t l e dl ; . f ' fercnt .i'rorn u:;ual. F ron fioy liij.ll..&-, I i t . 2 , Box 6704, I.;s.-qm~h, '/\l>i;tling-Li7ri , k?..;sk:~n i n f o r - ri lation, Fioy I:e::.rd i,..iPiP (390) Juneail :;i~;:n off t 6 s t at (2330 on 11/28 w h i l e l o o l t i n g f o r CFJR DX. ~ l s o 1<LiLPI ( 1 4 5 0 ) v"oj?dov%, . < l a s k n , sent , z p o s t c a r d v e r i e f o r I - C P O T ~ ; 9n C7!* test,. i3nt;ed -?//1-2/55 ( T e s t d2.1;e) s igned by C . L . f jac!~ ,. Jl:;r. 13tl- t.,lasl.;sn x r ~ d 5th -250-wa- t te r from t jL-er: I?,oy, a l-so r e p o r t s tb : t t 3 G L (1..35d) Geelorig, V i c t d r i a , was J n w i t h YL , :nn,uncer at 3400 on 11/14, b e f o r e Cl ( l ,E7s ;.)A ' '- s I I ~ L ~ ; P ~ 11p. ?,TO sirrn o f

Kei - th Robi,.iinon, I\:spu!i!-~ ,:io. 7 2. b. ! I n i ' e r c x - g i l l - , P!cw Ze .~lc tnd , ' ? r . no L e d t h a t he he-.rd XEII I (1.4~70) C I ? J : ~ : I ~ I.;lg:ic-'l ! ~ l e n a n , L Z . ~ ? S , on 11/9 fr~ln 0215-02L1.5 e i t h English a n d S p a n i s h n~inouncernents , Also a v e r i e from XEFB (fi3C)) 1 on. i ;errey, Ti. L. Sip : . e r i s J e s u s C . ! l . ~ i . ~ ~ t ~ ~ i j - l l a G , Sub- Geren te , 21:-5snrns I n c o r p b r a d o s de I ' : > n t e r r e y , S. li. , i ~ l ~ a r t . ~ d o F o s t a l 317. Keitlri adcis t h a t I<ILk (850) was ?.oi;;~ecl 2t 0330 ?v:i.t,h Luck Lager

r n ) .. Dance Time. L ,I .L. s i s i r l Fli?..o, l I a v : ; ~ j - i . The i?nl y c ~ t h e r i tern o f EX i l i t e r e s t t n acjd i.s t h : ~ t I: had a r e p o r ti.

HJCili r e t u r n e d . Adilrc3:;s ilsed .t\r:.~s C?.r~nera 9i.t , 1'j12-66, Bogota. Anyone know t h e c o r r e c t a d d r e s s f o r ti-,i.s s t z t i o n on about 1100 Kcs.

FOREIGi PAGE 2 T.T&\JS Dccenber 17, 1755 8UR C)VERSEhS ?'A1 LBAG

' Keith R;~binson, Kapuka No, 7 , R. D. ,. Invergargil .1, New Zealand. Srince I l a s t h3ve repor ted WXLG KDLPI, 'VJBE'JN, KPEB, ''(ILIK ( E T ) , YLFA, CBE, VNWA, KBRL, C J O C (Closing 0 j20 Sunday), KVIKW, K B O I j D X , XERI, K:PXX IET), KITI DX, KTNT, KZITN ( E T ) , KLLL (ET , WACO, . VJKTN, KRVG, YJKL, l\IIIBC, KILA, znd v e r i f i e d KQV, WLAK, XEFB, Cap l ia i r (1061) , KORT ( L s t NX) KRAR (most d i s t a n t ) , KIWI'? ("nd NZ) , KXOL-, XE;OX, -'WHBC.,- Craiova (14.576.

REPORTERS KR-Keith Robinson, kapuka No. 7 , R. D . , I n v e r c a r g i l l , New Zealand.

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RH1-Roy K. l"lll;ir, R t . 2 , Box 6701,., Issaquah, Washington. FCC-Federal Cor?munic,~tlons Comnii.ssl?n, j;Jashington 25 D. C.

Also acknowledge receipt:of t;f.~t: Newark Kews Radio Club b u l l e t i n s f o r November 1 and Ijecember 1, v i a Halblagner. Other than these , there has been .no DX n a i l t o r epor t .

GERERAL For seve1'2l weekrs I !lave been reprirxanding you [.embers f o r not

1- repor t ing -:o!-xr f~reigrl EX, A guess it just i s n ' t t he re . I know t h a t I have heard nothing new this st?amn. Only r e p o r t e d TIRS, and t h i s one has heeh repor ted before , wi- th no r e s u l t s . Eeard;. T1FC qui te wzll t i - i i ~ p s s t weel.;: on 995 Kcs; , h u t I a l ready have him v e r i f i e d . I do hope '6oniiit io:ls w i l l Icprove, cznd that you w i l l 211 t e l l 1.1s of 3ng EX iJau are hearing.

E'Urther cement on t h e myst;epy -strt i .oris l l s t e d l a z t week seems i n ord.cr. I have cliecked agains t the FBIS l o p and f i n d that t h e 800 Xc. As i a t i c kicnrci by Tt'-V co~xld a l s o have t9cen -LKB 5 Kw,, i n P ~ s a : o r DZPI, LO ICw. i n aianila. phe one an 825 seems q u i t c d e f i n i t e l y t o havq been >:SIC1 Zn Bangkok, Thni.land. Thc3 F B I S shol#s Peking on 845 ICc so t b a t would be t h e CPiinese languagc s t z t i o n hear8 thcrc , The 875 :

. k s fa t l c i s most c e r t p i n l y K u ~ l n Lumpur, Mdaya; as nothing e l s e i s l i s t e d tliore. T I A C Sslyl Joce, C a s h Rica, .is assl.p=ned t o 955 Kcs., ,and i s q u i t e l i k e l y tho one rcpor ted by E?JY, This informatLon i s supplic.d d t c r c h s c k i n , ~ .wi th . the FBIS l l s t z , wh.'ich appear t o bc q u i t c accurate t h i s yea^, (:vE:n nor0 S O than t h ~ f r l a ~ t i s s u c .

Fioy i n thc S ~ ~ G C rcmalnin~r, I would l-ike t o say a few t hinp.3 t o those,wl?o wondor how t o send a , r epor t t o a a t a t i o n spcaking 3. l m g - uacro o the r than t k c i r own, I%cn you repor t to a Spanfsh speaking s t a t i o n ( O r m y otllcr l e ~ . ~ u . a ~ e ) . i t ' i s necesomy t o pct more d e t a i l s nn.d t o cntch. a>iy catch-word you c ~ n , You w i l l hc,z&€oc:l-Cola and Pcpsi-Cola mcntionccl I.n nd.s quitt- o f b c n , Also Gj- l lc t tc and same o th l populnr brxid.8 of' U S tn~rc'nnnc'.iss. It i s important t o cn t ch these. Ciaarro and c i g m i l l o (Ciq,ar o.nd c i g w c t t c ) a.ro. of ten mentioned and quyte easy t o cntch, So arc tht? nnrncs of .Countries and c i t i e s , T Titles of sonps 'l:!.srd .to catch, but i f you rccognfza a fr~mfli.nr tune, pe t i t on paper, Also note t h e time cnrofu l ly when you hear a; ,

dl,stinc.t-ioe sounds l i k o b e l l s rf.nir&1-r~, horns blawirig, chimes, gonps, r oos t c r s crowing etc , Thusc nr;: all irnport6nt. ';'/hcn music i s uscd, say i f i t i s a man o r woman b i n ~ ~ i n p , 3.160 i f kho tune i s a mambo, tanpo, fox t r o t , waltz, o r whatovcr f t I s , If n c e r t a i n instrument is fea tu red , noto t h a t , You hcvc t o v~atcl.1 i n copylng n f o r c r i q - I m p - unpe s t a t i p n , f o r ~ 1 1 t h e l i t t l e ' t h in@, Sincc you donr t uncicrstand th6 lanpuage, you h ~ v e t o pet a l l t h c o ther l i t t l e things down. I havcl found t h c t ' i n most casea, t h i s - r lz ter ial i s a u f f i c i c n t for a v e r i f i c ~ . t i o n . Also impor tmt , i f p o s h f b l ~ , ~ send stamps of t h e count- r y you a r c w r i t i n g ' t a , Put them on a 3~;lf- :~Cld.r~~t;cd ~nvc71opcfor t i c bcst chanco of pr:tting a reply , :ifl?ilc I I < C t s a rc ,ponerally accepted, they a r c nover a m~z ran t ec of a bo r i f i cn t i on , Al~rays remcfnber t o b c cour tcous , P usc EL prcpo.rcd Spml.sb rcport-form s i r n i 1 n . r t o the NRC fomn, m.d. w i l l bc elad t o f t ~ r n i s h n saxplo i f anyone i s in te res ted . Send mc a sts?.pcd onvolopc i f you w m t n copy, ITow tll.1 n e s t woek '.

DX Dgiii THE D I A L December 17, 1955

Send A l l ,Iterrs To; C.Y.Stsnbury 11, Box 216, C r y s t ~ l 3ezch, Ontzrio, Canrds T i m s a r e EST

550 KTSR San Antonio, Tex Sun S/on 0730 (BS) 5'70 D HGadsden, ,',la. Thts is the correct freqv-ency not 930 ~ . s previous1;y rpd 550 KSD S t . h u i s , 240 off Mon-AF ~t 0025, now off MONITOE (ZJ) 590 C 3 U Vancohver, E.G. S / O P ~ 0310 (EJ) 730 KLJRE Wzrrenton, Yo. Sun on 0800 (ES) G20 WCSD kion, I11 Schecl is 1200-GO0 3nd 1500-1800 SUbTDXYS ONLY (HS) ( ~ o t e t5at

t h i s is h ~ ? w l e t e r t h m the off sho*m i n Weyrichts log) . 860 ' bJDhIG Douglas, Gn Sun on 0700 ~ L Y ) 9CO W I A M \Jiliiemson, K.,CO Sun S/on 0715 (ES) 910 WOirD Spr,rtenb~i.re, N.C, Sun on 6500 with MOIiITOr? (HS) 930 ?;,'T>-C Qdncy , I11 Sched i s 0,530(3un 0730)-0105 (HS) 970 KNOK For t Yorth, T?x 33 Yon t h r u Fri $/on 0500 (11s) 980 W D T d 3 S a i ~ c s v i l l ~ , F l s w k c l q r sSi';n 9530 (XIS)

\ J K G 3r is to1, VR h ~ z F2 1st I'lon zt G4.40 (FBS) 1050 KSIS S e h l i a , No. DGC Sched is 0700-1?45 (HS)

G Xor_terrey, ~ e x l c o S / ~ c n 0555 (11s) (\:hen do they off CYS) b6D:I Dccstur, I11 w!;dny S / ~ E 0530 (HS)

1150 W J 3 O h t o b iiouqe, La. iiN Sun AM with ?.IOKITOR (?IS) 1270 GlAZE l\Tewport Cews, 'Jn. wkday on 0500 (K)

ia?EIC Ch?Lr les to~ , I11 has PC 2nd TIE 0635-0555, Sun on 0830 (ESB) 1280 WH-IIF. Emover, Pa wk-lsy ~ / s n 0505 (Z~HS) 129C K O I L Omaha, Nob Mon on O5i.X (EZ) . ,

\"?.:ICY .' Hickory, N - 6 . :~kday S/OD 0530 (ZJFS) 1300 bjLTS Lexington, Ky s t i l l a N on Sundrys (32) 113.10 I F Fairfzx, Vs wkikjr s / / ~ E 0500 (WS) ,330 l e t ? . Rockfnrd, 11.1 hrd on r ~ u s i c s l P 0345-=OLD0 12/12 (id) 1340 \!MID i i t lant ic City K , J . a p p a r s to be AN T4on k2.I~ despi te r p t l a s t week t o

contr -~ry ( c I $ ~ s ~ \JIHY Pl2t tsburr , 17.Y. hrd s izninq off f ron R S st 0303 on 12/12 ( h ~ ) KFIii I!orth Fend, Ore hrc! on reg.dar 2nd Mon @45-0400 12/12 (w) (Con~r3 t s )

1350 WiCJZ Kascigsko, Miss Sun on 0$5E, good v i t h new 5 K?I! XYT3 (LK) 1360 Ga1 . r~~ Vs wkda:? S/i>n 0500 (i.23~)

ITPII I(alar-,zo,.>, Xich k'!c(i~y S/on 0500p (ES) 1.370 Pendlcton, Ore expects t o h ~ v e new 5 Rd XMTF on i n 90 dnys (RJ) (17ve

f orrot ten , 3?lph. Are they :dine t~ s t sy on t h i s frzquencg? CMS) !dLTC Gastonis, N.C. ?.nily on 0600 till XXAS (ES)

I380 KGjK S t .Lo7~is,bti, off 0200 (EJ) l4.40 T;;iiOE h~ckf .? rd , I11 S of f Z C ? (EJ) / EJAY Topck::, I b ~ s S o f f Z O O (EJ) 4 5 0 Y E Xil l i s ton , N.C. has 3 C 1 s t Trle C2+C-0250 (LK) 14.70 3 &ndr:rson, Inc! S ~ l n on 0700 (HS) '1/490 KLGR Ledwood Falls%, Minn b d or, FC 0300-0330 12/12 (HC) (FJ) I560 i:rdYS Canton, 111 hr-1 on FS 0106-0132 12/e (IJ) 1580 WCF-LV klashincton, 19. J. I'lc,te cocrect loczt inn (IJ) 1590 jJ:.TA Tuscuizbia, A12 Stm ~l/~?r. 0700 (3s) 1(.00 LTLY Sprinqfiel6, Ohio Xon S/m 0530 (HS)

X.:BE I'lcKinney, Tex Dec uk6sp ~ i c n 070C (ES) q"xy \!E?T m;L::3

I;CFil Heard i n 3 u f f s i o are with plenty 0' s t . ? t i c K?AY hrd in Llke C it;; WD? Gclod i n East 1 3 1 7 t hru ~ ~ n r ? o d u l l , t e !EPIC Gnod i n East c ' ~ n i c 3 r . CEL3 F s i r to we& i n EYC, with QF& a t Crysta l k s c h CI{LC F z i r t o weak i n I'iYC, ,yo02 i n Pennsylvsni-i and a t C r y s t . . ~ l ?each CYJZ X n t h e a d in Eest I.JT"ISTS OrJy f a i r i n &st Xea!: i n I 1 l i n c . i ~ .

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C90B Npt 7eneraJly.henrd i n East except st Crystal Ecac5, Fa i r i n I l l i n o i s CJKG 'bleak t o f.31r In & s t , not h e a d In I l l i n o i s i(L;.9 Not heard i n Pennsylvania, weak at Crysta l 2nact.1, good i n I l l i n o i s ivIOId3 REXT '~iE23S

i l X CO1,vTI PIE DIAL 17 December W4 1955

FO LLOIU' D!G A SUGGES'TION I n s recent e d i t o r i a l by Lefty Cooper which we consider t o be one of the f i n e s t

t o ever appel r i n the DX NEJS, it was su,ygested t h a t those of us who have stencil-s outline"u11at we consider an adaquats report . So once aeain wet11 s t i c # our two cen t s wor-th I n on t h i s n a t t a r .

I n t h e f i rs t place, we always use GFC repoi3 forms. They a r e neat, f a s t and a t t r a c t i v e . For program datz , what.we can get. But ac a minimum, we always include a comphte geners l d i s c r i p t i o n of the proyrams broadcsst. KTwo, th ree o r four d e f i n i t e i t e n s a r e preferred. By d e f i n i t e items we mean song t i t l e s , naTe of a r t i s t s , products o r fims advert ised cltc..

It seems t o us, t h a t sny more progrmi, 6:itn would u s t ~ l l y be of onljr nuissnca vzlue t o the s t s t i o n . Also, one o f ten i s not 2ble t o hear a s much ss he wodd l i k e t o from a DX s t a t i o n . It would be r i ' i c u l o u s not t o repor t s s t a t i o n becsuse you could not ~ 2 n d them a pe r fec t repor t . 31.2.t of cours3 a l l of' t h i s i s only one nant s opinion.

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3565 Mr.R.L.Plessinger chief enpinieer of ?.Dl05 i n Ezimilton, ohio s.vises t h a t they

operate KQE565 on 1605 f o r contact in? h in when he i s i n h i s Kf4 eutomobile. he r e p l i e s with ET*I modulation on 26350 Kc/s. In add i t ion t o mr\king contact M r . P less inper e a s i a r f o r I'iF:2H, the system is used f o r coversee of news events. Eeports s r e w-~ntea. (ELTXTT JOI~I;SON ) . - - - - . . - - - KFROE II: FrnQUENCY

The f rsquency f o r the the DX procrsn from K I Y I i n Shelby, Montana i s 1UO not U30. It was l i s t e d incor rec t ly i n both DX' D9TJlI THE DIAL snd the DX Calender.

(,EN E;RUSE) - - - - - d m -

FZOM TliS DZFASTFENT OF TRANSFORT Dear S i r ; Pcur 1mderst.ndln~ t h a t the s e r i e s CAR-CEA i s assigned t o Chile i s correcb, howev~:r, t h e a l l o c a t i o n of CB p r e f i ~ e s t o Canada were nadc p r i o r t o the I n t e r n . % t i o ~ . a l Teleconnunications Conference a t At lant ic City i n 1947. Canad? i s con ti nu in^ t o use these pref ixes f o r an i n d e f i n i t e p e r i d a s the r e s u l t of s regions1 ar rzngemnt .

Tmrs t r u l y C .M. Brsnt f o r (T .G .Xixon) Control ler of Te1ecom:~unicstions

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;VIOFJ3 DWLICrlTE CALL LSTTEIZS OF T?TI;E CIORLD STATION #l ST~TIOIJ #2 ( AERAD zos ) SBP! St.Johns, 1L.P. 5ik0 KC/S CF#I? Funta hrecas, Chile 5727.5 Kc/s ZBO Ottawa, 0ntsrl.o 910 KC/S 5 - 3 Fuertn I4o~;tt , Chile 5727.5 Kc/s CB?: l~linnip~:!;, ! :anitn5a 990 KCIS C,;.! Coniepo, Chile 4745 KC/S

C E X Ed~~onton, h lber tz 1010 KC/S ,7 - 7

' .,HA kctof smsts, Chiln 4745 KC/S n n / ,;iY Sorter Crook, N.F. 790 Kcis C 5 Y Iquique, Chile 4917.5 KC/S - - - - - - - - D Z B D L I E f o r the Decc;r.hr 24 issue i s TuesZzv Dece~ber 20'. This i s one day e a r l i 2 r t h ~ n usua1UI sc t h a t sJe can qet the s t c n c i l s t o Lake C i t y i n tirie throurh the P "hristmas rush.

IVIY!~J! CHr2IST1'IAS TO ALL 710 C<TSP L e ~ m i n ~ t o n , Ont. goo,d h e r e t i1 5 F X s / o f f (::;qsner) 710 CXVY V i l l e Mririe,&ue. f ? i r l y good f r o m 5 ti1 '.;JOT? tqh-es o v e r ( % ! s p )

3.570 :;'TI?' Rob inson , I l l . ET s t 0330 on 12/14 (E. Coope r ) C PC Xcn . -

"he f r o n t p?ge is riirmniled t o ..e:!! Ze:~l?, .nd every t;l;ro s ~ e e k s f o r i ~ c l u s - I o n i n t ' i c i r b u l l e t i n . P l e y s e ~ e t -your s : ~ c i l l s l i s t e c ! t h e ~ e i i i 2 s p r o m p t l y ;IS ~ ~ ~ s c i b l e s o tl-:ere :vill b e t i y r e t o n o t i f y t h e krZ 'DXers. &lso i f ;;rou .?re ;if?? 'l.3 o f missin;,: L , e f t y f s d e - r q l i n e scnd 2 copy t o o.c, 7- 1. c.-~r? ?1..13;;~ '7.11':; rit i n i f he 4 id r ; f t s e t i t . B ? l 'ir41gner