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MIt is -..-ith gleesure that I ern rernttting my dues, for much dusd mernberah5p is t@ National Radio Clwb. Aa I rtarf q r sixth year aa an N S membrrs, and finiehlw

my f aurth yew so a B O W Mmber, I P help "Zooking b- over *he t+ t h h 2 have been DXing, and Cnen I reullq realim w h a t a w o n d e w help the EJBC d i t s ,fine $i@njbum hilrrne &Beg:, $u -* a0 w$lfm f ##@ 8, a, $4&4pl.@ a59 WP- ;: i 9 3 u r l I ~ p ~ p e ~ @ U ' 8 1 , 4 @ a d l I ~ @ W & g % VF@ & d i t @ B ' ~ . - ' m f ~ & h ~ ~ 7036 of t'lisean. I am certainly very glad tbet,I joined and an o n v eorq Okrst I did ,.

> not do so yeare ago Sor the l?RC with i f o 34 iesues of the mosC up.c0o-thadmta DX Nws and its paz ezaellenw m@cq it, witbout Question, the beat Broadcat Bdurd DX Medium in the World to-, and I kePe regratwd publ i~st ionr from a l l o w r tlJn world. No word of praitre for the H S wm3rfi be cm&lete w i t b u t a t i p of the hat those hard norkine idividuelq SSbom Ooogsr, Van V~orheer and War&, the well job Alex Mackeneie and the Croton Boys are do-, LBa(s rlneym very ueeful oontributfarrs of Len Knee and Ev Johnson, am13 %& ykwr of :herd and sometimes treemir@,y thank- . l e r r work dons by R8y .Ed@ W-er a d many others ham a l l been 3nstrur1n- ta l i n Meping the lClRO t b Top P$ Qlab of t- a>. I jurt wmt to 8~ TliAWC3, FELWWS, 308 A WB&L JOB, auld . a & ~ to ,t&re membera who cont iruelly &en¶ In fheir DX r6,porte f6P the Unef i t of dl. Low liire the NECt

-&el Williws, 50 Third Avenue, Seymour, Comectimt

Date C~Ultr gc/8. Moat b n W a t t & A.M. ES'J!. Sta4;don Tim . ~ r . 26 17 F M 2 100.7 AllentownI pem~i-w 4,800 za:osi;3:ao 12:osllla:30 s . . =. y 27 W E : Z 8 ' 1330 ~ K I S W & , - A ~ . ~ 1;000 4:OO- 6:00 3:07-5:00 C - 28 W K I l l3* S&ngpart, !3!e_yeso? 5,000 4oOD 4:30 &00-4:30 $

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-1s W B A M .7a &I , , A U ~ P . ~ ) axm~ Z ~ O O - 5 r ~ 6 a : . w ~ w e Botes: l?Fl& $0 in%% bX mheimly. . IE&lff~$tot~ oa this grogras~will agpeer Zn ,=

nei;rt week's WX Nornr6.W It, of couns, -8 NlT ~ o u n t in our NIB3 DX Contds t.

Ithe Labor Degr Weekerd, it might r&t be s bad iderr .'to keep ,thore .dates i n mind vhez obbiryl; your vacation time th is krrearnt. DXare y b . hrqe amr corps Bast to a Con- ventgon ni l1 be them tN8 year, and we Imp that s greartl em&* w i l l oocur aamg EaaWrn D m trsvsJ.ling ,);oCedar! ,W~ids, cw well aa Wertarn end Southern r . l a W , A Mntral loeat ion, Cedar . . I l a ~ i . , . ;M let8 8 all mzdm otzc plan8

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-- 560 X P-Q - Richard Dailey E * l a 0 V HqG R G. G. Sparks, CX F 970 1ZRE::I B b e r t H. Temple, M E l+08--C I; F E G. A. Wilsoh, CE E 9eO R D S J Alan EIerbert E 143.0 W A 1, A Lucille Schwarz

C F P L Mrs. D.YJ. Greeh, Prom. I! 4 7 L B J G e o r ~ i a Bates, I. D$

D 103.0 IT EfA S l i l l i d n . 3. ~ o u d e ~ m i l k ~ $ IC D B S Byron Stokes, CX F

--IdPo T i T I C ;ion~lan D. TayLor, CE I> 1420 K G Y - C . A. Hoark, CE C 1110 :; F A B Lye11 Drenser, PD D K L F Y Carroll Crew., CE D 1150 IC E , i S Eobert FA. Smith, CE B 1430 W 1 R E Eugene E , AlL.311, C% D

C HqS J John G. Bishop, CE D 4 V Iq0 N Em~lin L. Fuller, CE I2 1243 W ' T t . 8 A,~.:.Eaga3. H, Hob&; &f,.-.'::.A.(: :.;':)::':'.. :g 'A R M E, %th.Cooiey, Prorzj U

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Y' E l\T K Charles ~ol lm&, , :?~ ." . ,. ...:. l#tC+&-.:$? R 0 Mwrue 1 I. Barro za, (33 D 4 2 6 0 C F R N Beoxge .A: 'DuffZGfd+ &Be tV':. . ;146&W!BqR W . Spencer Denison, R.1 D + m: W A. Keyei. , .: :-... ' . .:E;; ' '\.:14&0. .V: ;' () .M . Cha,rles Baltin, CE , D 1280 IJ 11 B. I " $ i X 1 1 & A. xmi., .'B ,.: :fie:. . fl?;155o8; w 3 S. ,. w ' i i Terre.ll, PD. D 13C3 T! 0 0 .D 5ouiS .'Bss&hro;l:h, OE: *D. :: .. 2560 :K-.Pq51 C .' Leo P. Jarvis , - CE- - D

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':-:.rcmist~.xes r ~ d e ik~necessaxy vie, cut th is pagb,on"~l!onday, .one day before the . 9.3adlir,s, so any ' sigr1er.a 6 racebed on Nesdak, 1,;arc;h 8. v~bit':appaar 'in next week1 8

issue. ?lease check your s ignsrs'-y'ijd., flhd , i n fbr: . racent ' ,~egehts and save your ' :ed~ tor the time 'of de l e t ing cektain " r e p i a t sfl:fxom your ' l i s t s . Thank you.

. . . , - .- . . , * ; , , . . I . . ' * ' , . I , . , , , . , , . . : -vJB.AL&jM. 4 . . . . . - - - YOU probably k n e d f o r the W W - D X on:740:on~J6o,nday; Ehrch 14, 3:OO-4:00 EST s i t h - 3bt success. Qut that was .because a t t h e last 'inoment., . i n order to @ t a hoped-for ,:Isear c'l~cmel on 740; .'with KCBS s i l en t ; the dh6w was .mov@d back exactly 25 hours, "5-4,:OC-5:00 EST on. .Tuesday, Eflarch .16, 1955. This. nofif icztfen has jus t reecl~ed 'Ye Ed on Deadline D q r , arid so wa sugbes t :you; a l l . t ry again f o r f 33U5 on iarc'n 15, : ~ n hour l a t e r than yod t r i ed on 1.rIa~ch 14 ., ,.The chamaeli should be c lear f o r rias t of t h e i r air time, and we wish you a l l good reception. l7e believe KGU goes off a t 4:15, e:d t b t IVUC ( ~ u e r t o ~ i c o , ) .comes .on,'before..5:CO, .so 4t1.5 on should be your 3 3 s t bet. A QSL w i l l probably we sent f o r verification. ARRiNGm BY PETER BRETZ.

Lgn-t~uge ,--8 ;16f$gcLi& Stz~tg t-~-lnb:cp, Iow_a- Dorothy .an&. I: ?lad a v e q nice v i s i t vc i th: B g b and N t h .Gorsuch, , also Kat5y a d Czrol Jean, ?.Lon& ~ i t h ' l r s . WachCel, al l of Cedar .Rapids, .' last Surday 2/27. Ple al';Jzys en- joy our v i s i t s withthe Gors~chs:as they. are~:,exc'ellant hosts and w e consiar tl1m a- mong th3 best of our f r ierds. Llthough nop clef ini'+,e ,.plans a r e made ye t , ;%!e a x ant:. - ipat ing ths b i ~ c0rrver;tion th is coming Labor Day +nd.hope you wasterners are plan- ning on ~"~t'cending. D:: contimes ' t o :be. oln.the s1ow;:s;iclei at th i s den 1 ~ 4 t h the excep- t ion of ;.'Qrida;v, 2/28 when exac tE j eight. .r,ev~. 1og.gingsewere: made. KELK ( 1230) EUio , Nev. mas heard 3-3:15 !::ith r/c.bb~e.bth.dN WEDC: Thb DX test from W.WB (1220) ICissh izae, Fla. was hem-d 5-4 a.;~. i n the clbar but vtith a we& signal. Th-. NRC r;clledulcl. DX f ros~ CX.E (1280) i!lontreal was heard2well : 40 -5 a.m. for another new one. III'JEI ( 1240) We iser ; . Id6 i ;;was' bare-ly' 'n'eard :~ i th.. a! am11 : r e o r t. on the i r plan-red I.;?ir; DX 4:30-5 ?,.;:. , beneath WEDC whrn a e had hoped would stand by. A t the same time VDEC ( 1230) A:erims, G a , came iri,riruc'n better..on. their ' DX but eome WNOR QlQd was ted. Tne r e l a t ivsly .new ~TBIA (1230) 4u@ska, ..Ga. w e s heard with the i r RS 5 :14-5:30 a.m. tdpping their f requemy, , , i@ tb?nks"to':.Joe Er?vun~r.for. this t ip . A t 5:33 ad-I. the new BCLG (1300) -?iorganto~~fi,- '8. .Vai .WEIS :,heard st s/om and .with taelhr progr;x,1s t i l l 6 a,m, :iri th some WERE wV. And .the,;#8;:s.t&tion on that. date was IiLLL ! 1450) Lcbbock Texas !ith a f jcdTT ' f r o m 5:45-6 &lb:i,' thes fi-1 five .mimtes had WBNS . to interfere. Latest w r i f i e a t i o n l e t t e r s - receive& the ..past@eek .rho. ap my t o t a l to 2,630 cme f ram: ;:SI -A'.IF:'AGB .Tfl!iVO-dx CKTR-dx.. VJNNJr-dx 'CFBC-dx and KBLY . The three DX te s t s , ar- ranged 3 o ; ' our 'club, l a t e r i n the ;week, f'2om.l7NClP TDYS- and V!RE33 a l l were heard well, arid. rapor.tBsi-;s-l thour:~h s n e of , theiq.=s. needed. i n . q y DX Log. . -- - --* .--- P ~ ~ S E , ' c . \ ~ U ~ G ~ ' ' ~ ~ @ SET53 IPG IiJ YOUR DX ' XPORTS TO BROaLYN, DO NOT USE AJ3>:ICfZVILTI0?,Tk; ;YE DO i?rC117 USE IP 1fDX NEWS. TmY WILL P~.RELY BE OMITTED, SO PLWSE CONt T USE TI-;n.J.

March 12, 1955 * 9-X- ,J!-E-T!-Sz Page 3

I f m taking tfie l iber ty to write to you not knowing whether or not you are tLe prop- e r gerson to contcict, as a brand nevi-.meu;bep. I'u, green i n the ways of t';Le NRC. I believe the proper p roce~dwe i s to introduce q s e l f and t e l l of q DX exploits, so hers g e e . You can inser t par t o r al l i n the bulle t i n as you see f i t . I a12 42 years old, a l e t t e r ca r r i e r i s ngr job (I have 15 years of service), w r i e d and have three children 15, 11, 6 years old. i\fy equipment here i s a H a l l i c r d t e r s SX- 24, a BC 344-P (bu i l t jay ~arnarvorth) Arrq surplus receiver, Scott Philharnonic 12 receiver, DB-20 preselactor and a Wilcox Gay Tape Recorder. A t present &ve three antennae - #1 an inverted L, 301 high, 100k long mnning NE x m. #2 is a 12f di- pale made of 300 ohm twin lead with 201 lead of same. T h i s antenna is loczted in- doors under n# a t t i c eavee and i s beamed roughly towards NYC and Europe. ?:Tith th i s ~ c t e n n a I've heard and verif ied qui ts a few 1111s t h i s season including 2,000 w a t t tiien I V . >.Q vsries th i s season include "Radio Eireann, Athlone, I r e l a d , LKA Vigra I" orwa way, Wka I, Wku, Finlad, Constantine I Algeria, "Radio African Tan~ ie r s , 'Jien I V Austria, 1fRar;lio Monte Carlo" Monaco, VOA bI&hh, Germany, HOF RIAS, Berlin. Oldanburg, Nurnberg, Gemany, Allouis , Kice 1, French synchronized ne Work 1403 an4 1349 kc js , , four Frenchies, BBC from Droibvich, CJOC and a few US stat ions ere a- mong tin3 t k a l s . 8aJe a few reports out to Ws. W i l l l e t you knotv t+ ou$come la- t,e r. i:& comtr ie s verif isd a re Ne the r l a d s , Be l g i q , Luxembourg, Nor th I ~ S l m d , Irelard, FrencZ ';orocco, Tangiers, International Zone riorocco, Germav, Noway, Bu3.- gcria, X r q l d , France,' E'diti, Uruguay, Peru, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, 3 3 m d a Bahamas idquelon Nwf Zealand Austrdlia Libya Panam Newfoundlard Costa Cica 11 Sal- vador Ca2ada i i-exico Cuba Colombia Venezuela Guate-la Argentina Brazi l Portugal ponaco F i n l a d Austria Algeria, Puerto Rico Hawaii and the USA (included i n the NK. ' countries l i s t i n g i s Guantanarilo off the coast of Cuba. I have it! I n Clair l i s t - ings I have 44 cuuntries making a t o t a l of 43 countries on BCB. I have 179 foreign veries plus 1009 from the US, t o t a l , 1:58. Have been DXing since 1935, stopped dur- 'ng w a r years, resumed i n 1948 a d have bsen going a f t e r foreign mostly sincze then. l!iy pet peeve is 24 hour s ta t ions and I hope they a l l fold up. Heard ClflG-DW C: fll8;B laxit a l l 2/28. I f John Dreedie PO Box la, Oakhurst N. J. has never had a sar;rple bul. l ~ t i n plecse eerad him one. -

-Pgts ~a~lgrr--B~xX5g6g ~-e-S4ati~nn-nDu_rI,naann -North_C_arglina_ H i there! It has been quite soma time since my l a s t report, DXing has beeh at a s t a n d s t i l l l a te ly , as I have been rather busy. Fork has piled up i n the Chief An- : i~uncerle diepartmant here at the school s ta t ion mBS. Also, so~llehoki o r other, I :vas chosen as a load i n W e t s annual musical comedy production, to be given at the ~ i l d of .,!?rill SO rehearsals have been keeping me busy, too, And of course, then there reri~ains the studying. PlIy last report concerned recoption on 11/22, a d since then I have received veries from BFN-1214 WGSW ACA ACB-20 WJDA, a l l heard that morning. 11/23, VPET-950 on RS, verie received 2/24. About 30 s tat ions VJere logge a f t e r excms, between semesters, on a couple of a l l night sessions. This W a s on 1/30 (nine reported) and 1/31 (21 reported). Veries have been received from the following: 1-'LBJ ( $ i ~ ) XmdC ( for 1/30) and f o r 1/31, CFPL WOOD CFRN PmI KPP YARNI FROM-ET Y!XVA-DX WE0 FV'Bm \!'ION CHSJ FSAI TUMI. Reports B till out to T&OL ZI3i.i 1 TC1' KGA KYOS-ID Wll3IF: 'P;HSL-id)' HENO ( I need this!) WRVA-ET WARB-DX ECRVN-ET f\rCUE. I have ye t to see aqyone e lse report KRVN. Where do those 25 h v . go? On 2/3 VSWI 1590 P la t t ev i l l e , Via. aogged, verie reeaived 2/22. Locally, WSN 570 R a l e i a puts i n a good signal f o r 500 watts, and I have thought about contacting them f o r a DX. W i l l go out t o WSRC a f t e r t h i s next round of exams to see why they haven't veri- f ied. Xla-.ors l a t e l y that PTTIK-1310 is going o f f the air. I can' t say 1 ' 9 n i s s the i r ix-.ges! DXed a l i t t l e last night ( t h i s morning, Sunday 2/27) ; 1831CA equal with aw of the New Yorkers; SF1 good at 1:30. T h i s was on car radio. Has SIQ,XR boostsd to 50 kw. yet? Hlzs XZW changed to XERN? (NO - ~ d . ) S t i l l sounded l ike XEU? to me? T i t ' e abcut a l l frog here, almost, Have 31 Florida veries, Z' -' 'h Car lim veries, 22 from California, 21 Texas. 73s.

C, g. -*Stan! Stanzug-II- = Eox 318 = c q s i a l aesc_h, -@~t-qo- Domestic BCE DX by date l ine is a s follows: 2 j l l - VHIS T14-40)- Bluefidld, TI. v a . a/

on. 2/1/~- I . ~ L X I I (i350) Laconia, N. H. NRC DX. ' 2 / 1 5 IVG-SI~ (740) ~ u n t i n ~ t b n , B. T. NflC ' DX. 2/19. TEI9 (1360).Easley, S.C. f / c . 2/20- W K R C (550) Cincinnati (coxrd P. 4)

page 4 i!ll-X- -Ly--E-W-Sc March 12, 1955 Stan St~.nlmry, con'd f rom P. 3) ~ h i o NEC DX, IrQ7NJ (1360) Newton, N. J. NRC DX and KLGN (1390) Logca, Utah NIX.! DX. 2121- CXTB (1350) Trois Rivieres, Qus. Pm DX and CFEC (939) St. John, N.B. h%C DX. 2/27- \'!LI:( (1270) !\Tavport, Tenn. NRC DX ('iiay, .~ouId be t te r watch out. I t looks as though Lefty i s planning an moving IJBC head- quarters to Zmoklyn, hi! ) 2/28- WRrB (1220) Kissimmee, Fla. NRC DX (1'11 bet tha t ' s -.-!here John Pohl was born), C.WS ( 1280) Montreal, Que. NRC DX and l:#'DEC (1230) NRC DX. !Ele following domestic BCB veries have been received: NRGS ViXOB T.XOE 'rVAEB WKJA TrHIS TRIG ( a giant QSL card, one of the most a t t rac t ive i n my collection) HVXH an? KOm. Tihile I guess the B I G reply w i l l probably count i n the contest, i t is cer tainly most disagpointing. Non 3CB logging8 a re as follows: On 2868 kc/s. US A i rforce plane 22773 was hoard at 32N, 10V. On 2952 kc 1s. Pan American Clipper 501 9 ver Escudo, Panama and YNP Pan An- er ican Airways at Managua, Nicaragua were keard. On 2966 l-,c/s. Pan AiriBrican Clipper 455 w a s heard over Isla Kargarita. Aiong the . reries received were HHP (pan knerican Aimgys a t !?or+-au-prince) Clipper 531 a d 155. 73s.

Er_ig gr&s@v; = 4_@ ~egt_C~u_t_Spg6& = Payi=,-Il-lA*i& This i s q 'Tirst report a f t e r re joining the club i n October. I have picked up a- bout 7% of t h e specials so far . Nearly a l l were new, On Feb. 14 I developed a water bag on l s f t elbow and I an trying heat on it and i t is coming dcm same, and on the 2C aid 21 I got the dates mixea and I w a s trying for the s tat ions that were on the 20tk on the 21st and discovered my mistake to la te , I am back on the b a l l -now arid l o ~ g e d three out of four t h i s AM, specials, and another new one. I needed nearly a l l those s tat ions on the 21st. Help wanted - I heard orl 550 th i s &I a sta- t i on plqring records and amounting biut could not get c a l l l e t t e r s , 3:14:15 to 5:C". A t 5, fivo s tat ions came 'on and blasted th i s one of f . I think I heard EJXI, not sure, undsr WEDC this AM. I have the new 1955 Telecast Breadcast Catelog =I I am s t a r t i n g to get my s tat ions logged i n o:der a d the last count I had over 1300 af- t e r throWing out about 40 that s$id trTi~driks,ll other reports but not def in i t s ly a verie. I liave logged a few of the o ld bnes I threw may and I sent card 1;it'n a verif icat ion f iqked on i t and a card and a l l the engineer had to do was s izn z+nd return. Ul have got about ten of the old ones back t h i s wcty. E$ have sever:J sta- :ions t;lzu': lave not replied to r~ raquest . One was OJAAB Yjorcester, was fTm l a s t year, one of ycur s p e c i d s I think as I did not belong to NRC a t that t h e .

-S&ag xnyss = g . g. ,l,--B~a&f erg, -!~:gsgaghu_sgt&s- ,?/28- I?XBC 1590 2 a.m. f / c , QIir'i by CPl1OA;XXMC. VJESO s/off 2:47 a.m. (970). T3Yl3 2.220 DX t e s t 3: 07 a.m. easy. V!PLH test ing 5,000 watts on 1470 at 3:53 also. RCIL ;/c to 3:30 s i t h PrS3S but m sign of CIIIIOX. KLEM verie in. IfRadio Curom" 865 easy 5:45 p.m. f o r new co-untry. A comment on the tfA11 Night11 a r t i c l e . Maw of t'ne 50

S,w. ~ t a t i c n s are on at goverment request i n connection with Conelrad and a l l i ed -pograas. They admit tneret s no p ro f i t to them, but do it because requested to by Uncle Sm. Check up on Kevadals a l l night s i tua t ion - Las Vegas and ??en0 p-obably have more people awake at 4 a.m. than they do at 4 p.m. The ganbling ha l l s , f loor shows etc . are going on a l l night and a l l i ed business - taxix, hotels, restaurant? gas stations, e tc . ake open. The laugh at KGFJ i s OK, but they were the f i r s t a l l . - nighter, 1928, and exce2t f o r a short time have been at i t ever since - i - s ~ r l y a l l sponsored, t o o , I ~nciers-land. !Tihile I ' m not defendzng a l l nighters I have no hopes of any r z l i e f , v i t h TV taking the evening big money, many of the AN s ta t ions are trying to vcnke up the loss i n revenue and m r e 1~511 try. I have rry'local T!iYCIV AN and .rith no sponsors now df t e r 2 ~.a. and before 5:45, but they keep a t i t my'now.

~ ~ w g r d Perkg12 = 19153 genesee- ~ogd---@-cl,i~ 17, Qhio- Latest ca tcGs here are PIAYX 1230 F.TmJi 1340. both f !c . KLGN 1390 DX sood. 1~'f~IlTJ 1360

f ine . PRT V'BI t a t

.., DX good, %'DEB 1390 t e s t i n Guilfport, ,hiss. $ar.e time as KLGN was on. ~ o t special program frori, TvEtC, Bob E anrlouncing and introducing Joe Becker, v r j Enjoyed th3 ent i re progr pent' Sunday afternoon 2/20 writing f/ups to '

ZMGR KFDA I!CHF \ ' ~ ~ , l ~ l CIBI ince October and Noverober 1954. I always ;iai l eas t three manths before sending second report, enclose return postage ssnond t i r

Hop they come through. IvIos t Canadians answer promptly hut CKBI has been iince 2Tov. 16. 2/21- CFBC 930 DX very good, CKTR 1350 DX good, KSEI 933 t s s t -

ing sxne time as CFBC program. Bo th s ta t ions copied 108. Tried for CFCXi' 1230 buc just a Kess of Qmi hers, needed him, too, Varies from VJS-l;IIKI 1590, K'DVH 980, :,ndCJOLc 1340, a l l l e t t e r s . 2 / 2 4 KIXC l a 0 ET 2 to 2:30. 2/28- Turned the (con'd o;? P. 5)

: :a rch 12, 1955 : - - - - N 3 I:,' 3: P ~ g e 6 Zovtard Peskins, cont d from P. 4) h-28 on at 2, went to 1280 and there was CJMS on. Didnl t ex-ect t o get them u n t i l 4 according t o "DX L%\iS.'f A l l French l a ~ p a g e ex- cept at 3. a.m. v:hen man mntioned XRC ar,d ann~unced i n English.. Di"E1 1240 DX not heard. Vjriee i n past tveek are carcis f r o m X U U 690 Honolulu, ECPOA 630 Honolulu, KOTE 1150 f o r DX i n December, WIEC 550 card Tor DX. LEI t t e r s f rori 15rAYX !',!I?.FR !:ZLFA 'KLE'.,4 BAT,.I IiSXI 7bdG-X f /up, TiCX? f /up, To tttl veri.e.s now at 1,377, s l o ~ v ly gs t t ing t o 1,400. 75 reports s t i l l out. I f a l l - r e t u r n w i l l be well in to 1,490 and raybe I111

ca tch &l, h i . -Pgt-@i&lg---l& ~ ~ i g e - P ~ a e - - - J ~ i g s & o w n L gew_ xozk-

Veries are BSFKi YiTiVO :I!TT!A KGFE VJSIG. 2/21- Took amtip, forgot to w&e up f o r the DXes 326 xissec? a l l o f . them. 2/22- IaiGTC, 1590 on t e s t at 2:40. WLFA, 1590, on t e s t at 2:52. KBI)A, 690, proof of perfomianc~ at 3:31 for t:io nesv ones. V X Y , 930, t e s t a t 3:50. KCLA, 1290 on ET bct too much Q.R\'I to copy. 2/23 caught C:!CLA .on ET a t 2:40. KBIS, 970, AN at 3:40 f o r tivo nore new ones . 2/24- VCLA on ET sgzir,. 3!CKIr 1303, ET atop CdB, at 3 f o r a nea.one. ViNilC, 1460, ET at 3f19. VCO.A, 1370, ?;est a t 3 :39 . 2125- K G 2 azz+ ;:a, 550, t e s t s at 2:56. Too miay t o l i s t e n iud wrote out reports.. 2/2ij- KDNT', 1446; s:t'i".2. CKAC, 730, i n French at 3:lO. WVAM 1433, t a s t a t 3:35.. Tso .nlarjr tone testssi t o enJoy DXing. Who i s on 540 a f t e r . .

53007 PL3 Post Off ioe Ileparbnent says tha average Anerican reccives about 80 ~ o u n d s of z z i l per ysay. If q v e r i e s all. cane back i t would help a l o t i i ~ balan- .:ing I;X~ ~ i a i l b.d@ t. GO t ~ j r i c e s on plans t r i p t o Cedar Rapids Convention of ?mC ...:,r,d not as l . i i~h pi'iced as 1: t'mught i t would be. See that CntO, 1410, has clilcnged c a l l t o CFW at 312 Robson Stre%%.

-J_q% garringon = ~+O-Pgc~fi-.Sf,rge& = 5, -Ngb;agka- DXing stili SPU?I k..cre -;;:ith the 'exception of 2i21 whan 12 s ta t ions were l o ~ g e d . Log@-rgs since last .report are as f o l l ~ w s : 2/19- *Tti>!BG (730) t e s t 2:25 to 2:30 s/ o f f . 2120- KBIL-1589 fost 2:49 to 2:S, :WEE (590) RS 3:3.7 to 4:, RLGN (1390) o.n DX a d *,',T\TEX (1390) f / c 4:54 to 5:00. 2 21 -RBOF (1500) ET 2:332:44 s /o f f , *KN!3T (790) f / c 3:39 t o 3:45 s/off, CFCV '1230 I on DX, *KOX (1S0) f/c 3:57 to 3:59 ,

(1232) f / o 4:10 to 4:14, nx 1123grn. fIc 4:2l to 4:27, wxo :1230) fit 4:30 to 4:45 s l o f f , WilTU (1260) flc -:38 to 4:433,.ViGAU (1342) f / c 4:53 to 5:00, I W T f1230) f jc 5:OQ t o 5:17 s /o f f , KSTJN (1230) f /c 5200 to. 5:15 s /o f f , and 'E::ASA. (.1530). .

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i/3 5:2r? to 5:26. 2427- WIIGR (1290) RS 5:17 to 5:.23 and V!LIK (1273) on DX. 21.28- T'ne new KOLR (1490) ET .2:40 to. 2:58 s /off , , KPLE (1470) ET 3: 16 t o , 3:21 ,sl'of f , CJES -

(1280) on DX, Hi-TI (1243) on and R'DEC (1230) on DX. 3/1- WNOP (740) on DX, and an 312 , TEYS on DX. ( * have verified. afd a l l times a re EST). 'Recant vzries are :+PYA ( ? 3 0 ) , BSK! (1590), WbVI (1359), VSIG (790), KOFE (1150), K R A I ( l a $ ) , TiICVq (9231, :,'RRR (1330) ICLEM (141.0) and KFhIA (1580). I . e a o y e d t l i 6 ' a r t i c l e on a l l nig'nt

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radio i n the 2/26 ftDX Nswsfl and. 54ould ltka' t o see more l i ke it., I thinh: i t h i t the n a i l r i $t on the head when' g&aveyard a l l nighterg, wore men tiofled. They are an .

unnecessazy ev i l . That9s a l l f o r now- - best of D X i w t o a l l , 73. Fy:,nc&s-& rjittLer z X35-Gza_ntt_S2r& &&.,@ = Wvgr-3, Co&og8&-

DXing &s really. sio-;led d o n fiera 'because 'of poor reception condx but her2 goes with what Ilve got. 2/27- 1 chased Spaj i sh speakera and namged t o 'ID b-JO for nev; leggings. !hey were Clv;C'i (590) on RS at 6:15 and XZBX (610),on RS a t 6:20, The only spscial heard w a s 8LIX (1270) d t i i a f a i r l y good signal but already w r i f ied. No s iS of 1X)P as E B S &as. i n tha c lear on 740. On 2/28. KYQI (1240) bvas only spec i a l heard ard. i t l s d t ti new om fo r me aither..: K l D C bothered jus t a l i t t l e . . .

here. SorL:e m s i c heard on 1220 , j u t s t a t i c was so bad I couldn't I D any of it. , No 'JJIS and I couldn' t .get I 3 X C as RRIZ ,Phoenix TTel the f i r s t 15 minutes an3 KELY- Ely, Nevda the second. On 3 / 2 73YS (1560) w a s heard on the i r DX but dif f i c~l t ,

through IX.IC and sn unidentified TTer. Also loggaz CEXA (740) under ECBS a t 1:55 f o r a s z q r i s e . Forgot. to mantion WPLR-(1470) heard on ETs on 2/28. Only otker DX of i n t e r e s t was t h i s morning. I tmed on tha radio at 6:30 whan I got up t o go to work and heard XLGN (i.390) wi t h the i r s /on. Only time h e a d except fo r t'zeir DX program. Veries . i n a re WPX"KRdx (duali.cate) KFQ (560) CBU (690j KLYN (940) KlJClI< (970) SDSJ (980) CKOB (630) KREM (970) V2CN.K (1240) ICFOV (1260) f/up, CKFH (1-;00) X U - d x ( 1-1-13) dpplicate and KXX-1590 f /up. V3ries now t o t a l 555, a l l since I sen t out f i r s t report on 6/14/54, 73s. TKS APRIL I!:SUES ?:'ILL OUT UI.,DER DATE OF APRIL 9 and APRIL 23. LET'S HAVE EE- PORTS F:!XII.I ALL OF YOU FOR mESE mv3 ISSUES. TRIBTY LINES AND DOUBLrF: SPJ-CE :PLl2-SE!

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Things s t i l l a b r t on the off side here, although I have been hearing a share a t l e a s t of the specials and a few other worth while catches. Only 13 veries since l a s t repcrt but all nice t o have. Theg are K W C"fi,IOR CIBD-dx 1SWW K 3 I G ZRC-dx XGDN-dx I 'IT2 WPRO \'!F.aTjO-dx IGVR and W. So my mark as of today is 133 veries f o r the season :rith 32 reports out. Condx have been t e r r ib l e th i s past week, Clough I haven't had too much time to put i n at the d ia l s the last sew days, and urder the circumstances jus t as good, I guese. 2/15, Y W J on ET ehortly a f t e r 1:OZ ::ith good signal. Also, VTAB, 1370 2:OC)-2:05 f /c-TT as l i s ted . Missed the i r DX so was ?leased to get them then. Tne tA% 15fti;of the month f/c-from W H T N on 800 cva8 well imard tl~rough CWV 3:03-3:15. 2/16, tne new V&ITA, Central City, Ky. was heard with good volme from 3:10-3:16, while 2/17 netted me KHDB heard from 2:B-2;15 on f /c completely knocking out KTCN. On 2/20 the CVKRC DX w a s 1- a local, and a bang up show Bt waa. The DXes from '8NXJ and KLGN were s b i t on the weak side but f a i r l y good aqww. 2/21, the Nm from CEBFi was very c lear but no dice on CFBC o r mTB. ZFCm also f a i l e d to show. Paver l ine interference was bad that morning. 2/23 brought me three new ones heard on RB. WITZ, 990, Jasper, Id. at 7 :15 :~i t h h i l l - b i l l y nusio and carcl~eeBls. Then at 7:45 KQ,IU, 1580, Columbia, Ivio. was picked up giving a t ~ l k on Xis souri agricul tural problem. Then long needed was XXGI, 1430, a t 8:05 ,:ith bad QRB from WIL US1 a d FIRE. 2/28 ,the DXes from W R D a d CJIIIS were received very well. CJMS had a most interest ing s'mw ard were very strong here. 3/1 welcor~~ed tko DX from VNOP f o r my f i r s t catch i n Iviarch. S ta t i c was vely bad and f o r my r.c;ley I\lkrch came i n l ike a l ion even i f the wind w a s down and the temperature mild, hi. Out of town on the next three days, but back fo r WREB t h i s morl?ing, 3/5. They had a tough g r i d l ike !7NOP due to heavy s t a t i c , but got a good report. KLBL w a s tes t ing i n the e a r l i e r par t of the progra a d so some interference t:lere. 73 and good Dung.

RQQ-R, ~i~lgr---Rgu&e-2---Bgxx6~O~ = &6saqusqushI Ea&ngton_ DX since r1.y last: Feb. 26th - \ JOX 990 ;;mxville, Tann. logged at 5 a.t .. s/on, TQRA vlayaguez, Puerto Rico s/on at 5 ~ x 2 a.m. and strongly Qmed FI'NOX. Veries: CJAV-1240 ?ort Alberni, B.C., WAGS-& 1380 Bishopville, S.C. and KBm-1296 Bateeville, :lies. Feb. 27th - FLIK-1270 Newport, Tenn. DX heard but with severe QBL and noise too . Ieb , 28th - KXLJ Helena, Iviont. ETing on 1240 from 3330-3345 a.m., then on s'/c u n t i l 4: 00 a.m. T.73DC C'nicago, I l l . heard then u n t i l XI DX from Iveiser, Idaho cme on it 4:30 a,x. f o r half Mur t e s t . Veries: WSI[3-790 Mourit Jackson, Va. DX; PIICRC-550 , ' incinnsti, O'nio DX (a rea l surprise verie, as didn't think I had landed te:::!) and v: SPA-9 5 5 Spartanburg, S. C . Mar. Is t - FONOP-740 Nmpo rt , Ky . DX heard through heavy noise; SGU Homlulu, Hawaii was s t i l l going a f t e r 4:30 a.m. though they were not a top F'NOP here. Verie : ICATO-1340 Rsno, Nev. N a r . 2nd - HEW-1010 Lexington, Nebr. logged f o r half hour a f t e r 7:45 a.m. s/on. Am i n hearty agreement ai t h Ken Iiaylatll regarding AN s i tuat ion, but w i l l take exception t o h i s remarks about Nevada! There are a l o t of people around Vegas and Reno i n t b nsmall hoursn of mast a v night! I n par t icu lar think tmt KBiI-1400 i s kvell sponsored, ahd a good money maker! I t f € the local advertising, not just the programs aired, that m&es or bre- these AN programs, and KFI o r KSL don't serve Vegae i n th i s sease. Also, i n c i t i e s such as Seat t le :.ll~ere there i s consihrabll(e uswing-shif t* act ivi ty , you can see >.here tnere i s a f i e l d f o r some AN programe, Except f o r Plonday AM, locals KOL XING YAY0 and UYE a r e on u n t i l 2 a.m. PST at leas t ; not to mention the TTer pests ;:Iii0/iX)IviO. Of course, the biggest headaches are the babies that don' t shut up any &/I, s~ -ch CKMV KVOO D A C , etc. Well, I' ve wasted enough space, so 73s to all! Wnoa, TJAGf verie ss id delay was cauaed by t rying to decide if my report o r one from Seattle w a s m o s t distant! I concede! Who best me? Abe , Skn , or 7 ? ?

Le_&r-Cgopy = 438_ gast-21 gtyegt---Bg~kl~r~ 26, New_ xoyk- No, that was-mt VESO ejon a t 5 a.m. I beard, as on 3/2 I; IDed i t as VlERH a;zd go report on t l m , f o r my only new bgging since last report. The DXds f o r 3/7 f iz zled out here. Some thing could be heard on 931) during KOGB-time, but it sounied l ike an image of VJOR to me. Somebody playing programs l i k e 1fHere's to Veteraneft over an3 over even with C"JCm ruined any chance f o r KLIX on a very poor for DX. Veries i n since last time are a cani&om WHGR, and 18 t t e r s from WOCH X2DF CKTR KDBS mt-tkin:, it naw 2,542. I hdpe this wwk will be k i d e r to me DX-wise. AEEDF i o

loaa I:3xican verie of th i s waning DX season, and a dandy i t wae.

I '12, 1955 9-A- -X-E-W-C: Paga 7 Pgte,rrB;e&z---1L23 ~ 0 ~ 7 ~ 36-S3rge4 g i . ~ ~ n & n g w - 4 ~ Algbama -

nello again, everyone. As you car. see f r 0 r ~ the adress on the top of th is l i t t l e report, yours truly has moved again. This time only aeross town. The rjaeon thal I moved i s that my mother dust had a new baby which makes seven i n tha f xfidly, Jh t o tha snlallness of our apartmnt, I w i l l have to l ive out for about three nonths u n t i l qy mother goes back t o New York. I n cage ynall are interested, the baby is a g i r l , and her name is Holly Ann Bretz. Now to the loggings and verifications. On Feb. 28 at 2:12 KBEU; (1070) i n Alice, Texas announcing a new 24-hour sked. H i , Ken. I heard the DX from C m one hour ahead of scheduled time at 3 :06. WDEC-dx was heard 1;it'n a surprdcingq poor signal although enough info was taken down for a verie . A t 5:16 WOKE (1290) on R9 and a t 5:30 s / sn from ELCM (3.360) i n T.ancaster, S .C. On Tlarch 2 at 1:31 I logged KENT (1550) on RS. I didnl t hear a peep on 1560 kc/s. from KBYS and on March 5, I s lept through the WREB DX. Now verifications. WPYXq ITSIG (excellent stationery, Thanks, ~&il)' KOmq "(from report sent out as they playing Glenn hiiller music. I f y 1 a l l ~e rnbber , it w a s determined that KOFE did not p l q that GM music. I f they want to send me a mri f ica t ion , who am I t o I fuse i t?? lJIXIU uORRCq (very nice card, but no present. I wonder what i t was , ~ o b ? ) PNER9 PlSlW WGST KCMOq (a very nice QSL with c a l l covering that whole card) RXY SLIC ( tke f~GoocbYill Station". They also sent m e a '55 Caledccr. Not these cheesy ones made out of th in cardboaid. This one was good s t u r d y heavy cardboard d c h as come rea l es ta te firms give away. . Tkiatts it. Laggicgs s-nd veries. 73s t o all.

E~d~&hpa_n---5Q4-1& t;? 3 t~egt---Msn&o&aL Illigo&s- Hello f e l l a v c Veries coming i n f a s t t h i s week with 15 i n but DX has been on the slow side, being plenty of QIW. A l l DXes heard on the 27th an8 28th an& l s t , alsc the f i n e DX from WHEB t h i s morning. WREB had a very powerful signal and almost mlased it as I overslept i t till 4:45, but hope f o r a verie. QRN the worst beard t h i s season,being rainy .and fogw f o r three days. Here are a few added t o my re- ported list: .IQLM-1360 f /c 3 :00-3: 15, WFPA-1400 4: 30-4:45, may be fourth Satuaday . That w a s the 26th and on the 27th the DX from WLIK w a s heard and a swell program was 'heardl 'VCTN-1480 sfon at 6:OO. WCGC-1270 s/on u d e r WLIK-dx at 5:58. 2/28- WRB4x ofk half hour la$e. CJEnS seemed to be on ea r l i e r then reported. TDEC-dx weak behifrd. WOR. EYEI-dx heard very weakly behind AN WEDC but a -couple IDS heard and music also on the 27th. WLH ET-1470, mC-1340 s/on a t 5:OO. 311- DLC-1470 s/off aZ%2:30, on f o r emergency plane crash. KBSF-1460 Springhill, La. evidently blew an 833K tube. NNOP DX very good. 312- WSLI 930 s/of f at midnight. KEOL al- so a t midnight, 930. 3/5- WREB-& through s t a t i c . WUlL-930 on !with Germ2~n i30lka8 as WREB nent off. Veries th i s week are from (hope none from l a s t week r s ~ e a t e d ) : KOFE-d~ TKRC-dx KGI)N-dx KSEI-930 KTIL-1590 KOVO-960 FAGS& WCLA-1290 1RTVO-dx VTBG- 730, CICTR-dx WCIN-1480 KWJ-dx ELEM-dx and C F B E d x . Total now 915. Guess that is about a l l f o r now so 73s and good DX. The season is almost over and a f ine season it was.

S&ddRosgnpa~---8~6-Mar&et gtree_ttttt&egl~ng, -wgst xig&n&aa Severe s t o h s made DX l is tening imossible on mos t morninns. Mar. 2. VlBY%Ix i n - - very strong n i t h excellant proaam. Mcr. 5 - WREB failed-to get through l leav~ s t a t i c created by ser ies of storms. old Ohio on another spree, but crested 366 just three f e e t over danger line. To Bob Seifert: Look out below! Veries in are : CXTR V'V70K WMVO WOCH WAGS PJ3lNJ. A nice l e t t e r from the WBlue M ~ ~ n t a i n Boysft i n reply f o r my thank you l e t t e r f o r the p d t they took i n the WNNJ DX. The ques- tionaIBe report mailed to mPJD (1380) Portland, Ind. came back marked ~Unkno'.:n.lt Rope the aklmsp$here clears fo r that big morning of March 7th.

I & I & - G & ~ ~ s ~ - ~ ~ @ -@&lfogddLa_ng = Qk*&om_a-CLk 16, Qk@&oma_ Wall s n o k e r report from th i s w a ~ r b ~ i t h some f r i r catches this past week. 2123- CKVL 850 heard f o r f i r s t tinie, XERD 1430 logged 4:20-4:30, WCLA 1290 t e s t 3:15=3:3'' ETAC 850 2:30-3 s/off , \l!OZK r/c. 2124- V!lTB 1570 testing 2: 15-2:30, VCBR 140 2:11 -2: 15, VICKI 1300 3: 34-3:15 on ET. 2/26- R?iVPC $60 r/c. Tben th i s AM 2/28- ICOLR 1490 Sterling, CO1. on ET 2:35-3. WPLH testing o n 1470 intervals 3:20-3:45, CJMS 1280 fa iTly well on special. Fe l t fortunate to haar it. KWEI 1240 was rather weak under VJEDC throughout show. ERAR 1230 i n Burley was test ing 3:15-3% . i t h a stronger signal fromIdaho. XFJN 94$3 kc/s. Reynosa, Eiexico has been testily; pad ask- ing fo r reports several AMs now. A l l i n a l l a pretty good Veries not so plen- ti*l: XBT xEwa PEBAK WABa KSUE WVSW XOFE KRC. Thatls it w. Good 111clc to a l l .

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l i & l - ~ ~ Q i ~ u B ~ @ ~ ~ & i ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ u ~ gapour, - ~ ~ n n e ~ t & c ~ t - Here is my rzpor'c f o r a rather poor we&:. DX-wise. 2128- WmB T1220) got on at 3: but they :..lad a very poor signal so a f t e r a few minutes I gave a p as I vlri-Ziad tl on an ET, S-3 signal but poor readabil i ty . , CJMS (1280) i n on schedule :':it3 a goc 3-5 signal, I -dent t h o w how l o r 4 they we're on a f t e r 4:30 as I o-anted:t6 t ry f o r X3TEX ( 1 0 ) Yney were heard but rather doubtful i f , enough f o r a verie ~ ' i ~ d the same f o r YDEC (1230);; Tliey were neard. well enough on t h e i r last f /c t o gat me a verie but . thzir-DX e a s ' poorly heard. On ,311 a p&fer fa i lure here from 3 :58-4:58 cd.fi~.

l e f t ne a b ig blank. on V.?NOP (740). ' As. I 3ad to ' get up fo r work at 4:30 I se t my a l a m f o r 4:33to get tho 1as.t $ hour and. then no power. BN3P w a s the fourth D:: re- > o r % I s ~ n t b ~ c k &n 1949.and from them. I got my 36th verie. $/2, f o r the third tL, i n tvdo seasons.- I. .slept thropgh a.-need.ed DX, VBYS (1560). 3/5- KCOG (1400) Conter- v i l i e , Iova TT 2:38-5:45 and WDOT (1400) Xrl ington, V t . f /c-TT 2:45-3:00 3rd KOVE (1330) .Lzzzder, Vyo. T & M f / c 3:00-3:15.. KCOG'and 1ZOV.F were sent poor M n b t i v e re- ~: js r t s 1::hile VmT got a third report. IREB (.930) Holyoke,'Eiass. very veFy Boor or licC DX. m e lady announcer w a s just barely u.nd'erstandable at tSs;es. Poor signal Goor recadability dnd..di.tto f o r the pograa make-up aAld the s t a t ion IDS. NOI-1 f o r ,the DX !Jail Bag. 2/28.;. s very cheap mbeo f onn . vsrie from KLCN (910) a f t e r thirc ~ o p o r t , in contrast to. .a very n i c e l e t t e r from '\~JSFF! :(1590), a t t r a d t i v e letterhead, ,boo. !&ese duplicate,,?eries f o r LJRC D X ~ S : WXVA (920)) CRTR (1350) CFEC (330) T.T'JX (1260) Fort 17'dton Beach, Fla. sent a nice l e t t e r taped t o a C w b e r of Cowerce 3coklet extoPling the beauties of, the i r c i ty ; tZlanks t o the f /c l i s t fo r th i s one. 3/5- VHGR (1290) sent a QSL card &pi W ~ T J (1350) a form l e t t e r with a special hbild- wri t ten note f o r ?SRC/NNRC DX of 2/20. he verie count here i s 1,-454, Hope I can land tlnose nice CP': progrms on 3/7, WCHE' and F W X not needed, but KOGA &ld KLIX are both needd ard 1'11 be i n there tzy%ng, hi. 73.

@1gh1?~o@p---7~ @Et-@Gengkg~O~&r~e& = mf f 23.0 H, -NewWYork A v / l by CE from ZII&i Lakeiand Bdg. Co. Willmar I,iinn. received f o r KLGR (1490) RE v~ood F J l l s has the , l inder Radio Group letterhead with E!LM KMHL E(DIi!Ul KLGE .;DOZ. This Suxdqr &:I 3 f 6 tuned VC5 (573) 03 BS a f t e r 6 a.m. and strong ~.:;ith h i l l b i l l y r;ic f o r a ii hour, then daylight faded the reception to a f a in t . They mentioned I :n Sunday at 6 and weekly at 5 a.m. On 3/5 VREB strong with 4 l i t t l e short fade s-3ats ml';il 4:59 &hen WLBL signed Ion. On 3/3 managed r/TT/c by PMPA, on 1380 T!T9 than c m e IT,V;2CY ~iinchester., . IT/= ~ n d i n g at3:L7; W U U (1350) tested with TT ax cmsic ; T.rULA r/c, V.'PAX r ~M/c . . On 1 3 9 ~ w a s W N E R i:l/c t o 4:59 when FJFBL s/on &*t it; - .. :i:.C&S ( 1320) now s/on at 5 . a.m, and was topping VEIN, ( ~ i n ~ s ~ o r t , Tenn., t3o old K i t ~ n n i n g ~ ? ~ l l ) l:?.o also s/on at 5 a.rno; b o t h . 0 ~ fo r 'i. hour. On 312 VBYS s t i l l on 1 ~ 5 8 , on 1320 w a s a W/C -1:45.1:59-$ by a 1?, WLOL s~p_d another prevented good ca l l (was that TJEBY? ) On 1280 t h e VTCN and WOV a t 2 :lo*. K? /c s/off t o return a t 6 .PS (KNAXI o r $NBY~Y EICH?) On 1590 M/ET Gi'SWV at 2:47 a.m. On 3/1 true, a thcnder- stom, ~ / T T . C by VGAF; at 1:14 a.m. sd,s ### RS s/off by CIZOC ( 1 ~ 5 0 ) ~ GICC (600) said 24 Lours. On 680 was a T/C, W S and said RINR at 3:02. A s air was NG I k the Reilley sack ;.nd forgot TJIJOP, as "DX NBVS" f ront page had no note and had Bob S e i f e r t f s card misplaced. I f aqbody has a 1954 Broadcasting Yearbook he wants t s e l l me, do drop a card plesse, The Postmaster General has a reqilest t o Congress f o r raising the o ld 3#: r a t e t o a.new 4# f o r f i r s t c lass and so the old US 3:: s t a r ma$ become obsolete and an era-of 4$ commemoretives w i l l s t a r t then. Fello%v memb i n the mest can s t a r t ncw ~ 4 t h tuning East day stations, dua t o a longer nisht fo then;.

H g g l & &. -Sclgo gk---RA g. -l---P&xAo~, -1 Ll&n&i% 2/27 - ~.%1&d;r OK. Other Sunday loggings ETGd 1250 RS 3:45. W C U 1290 t e s t 3:OO. FJHGR 1290 t e s t S:10. WTCV 920 at S:25 told about report from Francis Ni t t le r of Colorado -having heard a n d reported them Feb, 20. Other s tat ions heard .a: T.?,DZ 9 6:20, O.'iCQ 890 3:30, WGGA 550-6:55, KL33S 510 7:00. 2/28, another big ?.;orday 4 d . a a l l DXes OIC here. Also KELK-f/c 3:10 per l ist . 3/1 - WNOP-dx OK. Also logged K f /c and ?ZPS 68 0 s t a t i c . 3j2- \'lBYS-dx & from 1:00-2:00. 315. VJREB-ds 01: despi t r ies fo r .past week: KUQiI-dx KOFE-dx IiTtTOX, Z o r Ireland 1151, Im GK??C-dx; DIRN-dx, Turku, Finlard, 962. w1 BESmCH YOU, PMY YOU, PUUDTD-YGU - PlrEclSE, PLEASE CUT OUT THE. m I -W BREVIATIO1JSI SOMX VLE CAN! T EVXN FIGURE OUT, 'AND' DON# T WANT TO TAKE TIIm TO DECIPEER

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SS-I-S~ ~_uffx ~ ? n i ~ ~ ~ e ~ ~ ~ e - ~ . v e E ~ s = Statgii-Islgg Z , - N ~ W - Y O ~ ~ ~ d d i t i o z s to r ~ ~ y heard l ist are: Kl?M 1560, FISTN 1420, \?EEE 920, WTXN 1m0, FrSSC 1240 and !;'CHF 1150, IL'ervly arrived veries are: CETR CFBC KIZM ICCKY KIEIG TlUl?J YFTN ??NO VPLH !I'CLS ~2FB FSTN ?bBEJ T:T;?B and '. SQG, a l l of whom$ sent l e t t e r s , Gle l a t t e r a uni9:j.e photo o m and CTHGR sent another of tileir printed cards. Recent D X i x had t h i s r e s ~ l t : . 3/2, I f ina l ly , positively logged long-desired 13'TiM, with s/of? an- nouncement and 1tThe Lordt a Prayern at 7?15 p.m. 313, VJNER 1390 caught -\-~it;l a t e s t of marches at 4:48 a.m. 314, popular records with vary l i t t l e talking behird XERF a t 3:204:OC might have been CHCTS as Lefty and Buddy Giles advise me. AX Canadians follor; t a t p t t e r n . I sent them a tentative. 3/5, glad f ina l ly to log 1-:F? (of .

Seautiful stationery) with i t s N3C DX a t 4:00 on. 3/6, 1~TRIV was rsmarhbly strong a t s/off at S:15 p.m. 3/71 KFGQ 1260 quite loud r i t h f / c at 2:s till a f t e r 3 a.m. fi f ec? s'r,btche~ of W r A W s DX heard during breaks i n WiRLp s tes t . A very wsdc st& t?on back of WCAid at 4:OOsayizy; 111 hi., a testt t might have been KLIX. WSSC, the 100 !vatter in Sumter, S .C. cam i n despite a .dominant unknown tes ter m d T J D C i n -21% baclzgrouild a t 4:12-5, :vith rzcoxis ar-d tone. ' A vsry weak s/on on 1470 kc/s . at 5:00 seer,ed t o be ICCNY. WKE!Jts s ide bands were so intense t'nat they a l i but ;;lariket. out ECIZ', ii indeed the marred signal on 1150 at a:,%)-3:30 was that sc:1e.33leil DXer. t?DX NE?ISw never f a i l s t o reach me on ivlonciays since getting i t v i a f i r s t class mail., R3n Schiller noticed the od5ity of my Wl!ZCLQ verie, being signed by celebrated Dave Garroway ,

Pgt-Rzi&lg---l& ~r~ige-P3,ace--cJamgst~~nL M q xozk- Vsries back-are WCXI PYJOX BCIA. 2/27- FJPSL, 620, t e s t at 3:02. Unknown tes te r on 1360, 3 :40 t o a f t e r 4 with no ID. Unknmvn on 900, 4: 17 to a f t e r 5:00 sounded l i k e KX?T o r V, ?lent7 of dopa but no c a l l deciphered.. 2/28- KERC, 1590, 2:40 t o s joff at 2:49&, a ne?: one. KELP, 920, off at 3:Ol. WAVI, 1210, f / c a t 3:05 fo r ilmf one. VIT&'JB-dx at 3:05, new one. CJiidS, 1280, DX fo r another new one. WEDC too strong f o r RIIIEI. VitY, 930, best Iove ever heard d t e r 4S0 , 380 here. 3/1- 550 and bad elec- t r i c a l storm, Tuned i n t o MWOP DX but quite a t 3:50 as i t was too noisg toby at 510 an3 the lightning. 3/2- W S i W , 1590, t e s t kt2:28. KCBS and KGU scrzqping on 740 a t 2:30. WIRK, 1290, t s s t a t 3:OO. Tone atop tv;o on 1470 but no voice used from 3:17 u n t i l car r ie r off at 3:45. 5/3- C~LOU,. 1350, t e s t at 4:m. About a' ril- l i o n on ::ith tone a r o u ~ d d i a l with no I D . 314- TOO noisy, 420 a f t e r bd- e lec t r i ca l s t o m e:?rlier. 315- Sleeting arid too noisy t o DX, so to bed. 3/6- Very r , ~ isy and went t o bed.

Sc-ootgr-Se-g=a~eg = ~ . Q . - B o - ~ ~ 6 ~ O ~ - ~ S ~ ~ t g a ~ t ~ &ck_a;sas, - Si again, gaiig. Vsry l i t t l e DXins since the last report on ,2710. Only six DX s e ~ - . giOns -.,i+' .n 14 naw leggings. Hare 9 s the way it was . 2/14- 3)UB-1340 AN RS =id FJPl 550 r/c-TT per l ist , #1 from Puerb Rico f o r me. Evening DX got VJT'IIB-15'70 ~ i t h Hobby Dams, an old fr iend from ITOSE, at mike. 2/20- Jus t barely made Wac-553 DX with ~ o b Seifer t and mystery guest, Grant ~ a t k o n . The a1a.m- didnt t go off, but I woke IT in time t o , p k the last 15 nini.Ltes. Also got KLGN-1390 a d \'I?SNJ-1360 on NRC DXes, and Y!?C%-1390 f / c :-lith ;mches. W N E R had a t e r r i f i c signal, but the ot- hers had plenty of trouble :uith QL..LW. 2121- F:/o f i r s t s fo r me today. Got tz-:. from Nova Scotia and Iilew Bmswick,. via the CE(BFV,1000 Y3rRC DX and CFEC-930 NEC D:i re- spectifbly. Ga t WSmtIr-1590 ETjM and TJFOY-1240 f / ~ - T T as l is ted. On 2/27 I lo,-sed 'GLIE-1270 IRC DX and YCLA-1290 ET/?vi. Also heard PJHGR i n -the b a c k g r o ~ d , but too KIUC~PICLA. t~ ge t a log. i3 i1- FIllOP-740 NHC DX. 3/5 got IFHG-980 f/c-TT. A l s o heard a l o t of sjons around 5 a.m. but none readable. Heard NA on 930 ~ A ~ i c h have beon \??iNH, but someone*'covered them up t o o quickly to get anything. ITo luck with muc;l-:ranted WFBB. Vsries i n are VJDVII: CIITI-dx WCAPq -ZDF KBIG-dx WTSF'f XEDK KVJLM-dx b33.D-d~ ImK-dx-f VNOG-d~ CHED-d~ WPAB IEX-dx-q K I Z Z WSWR WOY CFBC-d~. Coverage r.:s"~ps $ere f ram CITED iG5!BC \I'T:VO VUZZ and PPTFOY. ;:iort Schlesingsr - tax f o r the t i p 011 s t a t ions that send maps, but I can' t even get FING to verify., h i , T a s t o Pete Bretz f o r the phone c a l l 2/19. Glad to see the action being taken 2gt:inst A m r s a ~ ; d m n IDers. I agree !tiith Howard Perkins about the l a t t e r - w%y doesn't

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- 9 me- 740 F'iBAM E'Iontgoriery, .- DX chnnged t o Tues,, 3/15, 0400-0500,

ins t ead of 3/14, 0300-0400, a s yrevious ly n o t i f i e d . ( ~ e f t y ) ) 860 ? ? ? ? lilho aas t e s t i n % f r o n before 0600 u n t i l 0610 wi th vocals on

rrlarc'il, 8th2 Sel ieve a !,es tt-:rner, but no amiouncer heard. (Goy X i l l a r )

910 KLCN Bl?jt l ivil le, 1iF.l.c. on weekdays 0508. ( E V Johnson, I l l . ) 3iPFB ,l.liddl~t;ovm, Ohio. Weekday s/on i s 0500. ( E V )

330 WLBL Stevens P t , , lj;l'i s c o ET fro:n 0404-0418 on March 5 th , dur ing sked of VjREBhDX;' qlayed Polkcs i n t e r i n i t t a n t l y , (Roy)

WSLI Jackson, Lliss. S/of.f :.:'L midnight v~oelrdays. ( E V ) . liJE:OL E l y r i r , Ohio. off a t a-ifdniLht weekcinys. (Ev)

350 IVBICH IIat t iesburg, Niss, Reg. Sun. and weekaays skcd 0600-1900e ( E V ) 970 YJfiAT Newark, TJ ,J, Dai ly s/off . is; .0107, (L.ef t g ) . . 1220 VLPO La S u l l e , I l lb ??arch Sked i s 0730-1800. (Ev) 1240 YJBIR Knoxville, Tonn, on 0500, (EV) 1340 WEAC Cl,~vclc~nd, Tenna S/on a t 0500 wcekdags. ( E V ) 1390 VnTER Live Oak, Fla. I s conducting-DAILY f/cs with band music

tc;mporarily 0445-0500. (Lef. tg) 1420 TJiiJKO kshland, ICY. Has r~sul:iccl. those .0400 s/ons weekdays. ( L e f t y ) 1460 IVPNX Phenix -Ci'ty, k l a c .Daily s/on 0400; Sun,, 0500, ( L e f t y )

ICBSF SpringhZll , .La, S/on 0700 v~cekdays .(Ev) 1470 ~ R B C . ~ 6 i l c n e , Tcx. on Sun. Uar. 6 at' 0800; seemod t o be clear

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-*a*- Reports on DX Shows:

GENE CAPJIERON, I%ISHk- WEB, seard well , bo thcred only by WLBL. ------ - - - . t e s t s . l!JCHFi hcnr'd with slop-over f rm 1140-

1160, only bother. TJIAPX, with a b e a u t i f u l s i g n a l f o r t h i s time of yczr , no distor-kion, KOG12, -,good s igna l , no t ro~rb le . KLIX; heerd very s t r ~ n g l g .

ViiIiEB, ViCHITl ?:jAPX, KOGA, 2.11 h ~ ~ r d wall. KLIX, with WCdlh i n my back yard) but s t i l l got p a r t of .it,

JOE BRAUNER, N.Y.- ViREB, hcard with a good s ignal , ViiCXF, 20 db o v c ~ - - - - - - - - - ~ / 9 , l i k e 2 l,ocaL. I C O G ~ , 5/4.-5, vcry noisy

) e s t , then l c s s than 10% rozdnblc. '-?;LIX, very fzfntly back of WC heard only c l u r i n ~ bbrc.:.i.ks a t rjdCli$i[, V L I ~ O was. r o l l i n g i n l O d b over S/

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g e t t i n g smaller , i t i s .a zooci idd. iaat ion of thc r a p i d l y zpproachin~; cncl of the 1954-55 DX sesson. When onc looks back on the p a s t season, v~e r e a l i z e what a p e a t job Lefty has done ' typing a l l the s t o n c i l s we f v c rcceived w e e k a f t e r mGck, all~rnys i n time f o r p u b l i ~ ; t tlie tremendous Job clone. by Sid and a l l h i s CFC s t a f f , providing u with a11 those wonderful D;C programs, the e d i t i n g nnci typing of s t c n c i l s donc by Precl 2nd Hank, gnr l work done h7r Pv and. Rober A.inderson on keeping t h t e s t s t i c s u p t o One more f which nc might add bcf los in2 ci?ibor t o s c il t o E a l !aictgncr a t h i s Lake C i t ; , _. . . l ress, --- .. ns l i s t c d o__ f~c5n t pagc .o r th Girnd. Hal Wagncr,, R.D. 1, Lakc City, Pa. The zddress on the 'i-ont page i s zofnk t o be chnnged.. Guc:ss t h a t 1s about a l l wc: have

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!VKVA - ~.rIS!lDITNLPENlfSYZVANLA - 92 1,000 F-JnTTS Feb. 8, 1955 Dear 1 3 . Xd~e: "Here is just a brief report on the ts of th i s s tz t ionls DX broadcast held t M morning of I4onday January 31st, 1955 beitveen 3:OO and 3:30 a.m. and arranged 'by DX mem'mr : -r, Richard Forthup of Iowa City, Iowa. "As of ';cdcy we have received 67 l e t t e r s reporting reception of our AhPI a i , w l dur- ing the s>scie*l broadcast mentioned above. We are a l l quite pleased with the pro- gran resul ts and are very grateful f o r your Courtesy Programs Committee fo r =rang- ing such a broadcast. The l e t t e r s came from 25 of the s ta tes and two from Ontario, Excellent reception of WKVAls signal was reported from San Diego, Calif; Snok8?1'8, Oregon ( s i c ) Denver, Colorado; Albuquerque, New Xexico, Durham, N.C., Port Arthur, Ontario and Jacksoavillei Florida. The night w a s c lear and as you can sea we real ly s ~ r e a d tke 100 watts over the country-side pret ty good. W e Lave -a few reports from non-ITRC mm-bers and i n a very few days w i l l san2i you tha infomation you raquestad about such raports a d also several fellows vFho a . ~ o in- terested i n joining your f ine organization. VtTJo-~ld it be possible f o r us to receive a copy of the WDX REWSn that has our rec t ion r;.ports described by the members, such 88 the issue that you fomarded to u %&ore th3-4 test.,-- - d . - : f ~ ~ a i G tleiks f6r the trouble you havs taken i n our behalf an3 best of luck to the National Re& o Club. I t was most enjoyable presenting th i s special f o r all caubbes interssted i n loeging aur signal.

V e r y sincerely yours, CENTRAL P~XJYLVANIA BIDADCASTING COMPANY, ( eigmd) EK)BERT E. HYLE, Announcer, ItDXn Special.

KCYL - W:?ASAS, TEXAS - 1450 k$qs., 250 watts. Feb. 7, l955 Ray B. Dl@, President, NRC. Dear Sir: V e wero vely happy with the receptfon reports sent ' t o us on our DX progran f o r NRC JanwUDry loth, 2:303:00 a,=. [CST. This program was arranged f o r u s by. Len Eruse of hbuque. fl0u.r t o t c l m b e r of reports wae .33, two from New Zealand, two from C a n a d a , ?a8 the rsst cane forcvard to us f rc tm a l l parts ~ ; c d comers o f the s ta tes , Most re;Jorts wer6 grat i fying and ,vary informative. A l l r.1c33ars reporting were courtesoua. T . ~ J were happy to learn that KGYL s t i l l ''gets out. 11 " K f we can help you any mare, please let me know. We hay t ry to arrange another Fysgram l a t e r t h i s year. !l?hank:e.'f -

(signed) Joe F. Morgan, CE, ECYL, Lampasaa, Teltas

JCBf G - A'JALON. CALIFORNIA - 740 kc /s . , 10,000 WATTS Feb. 14, 1955 Rational Radio Club, 325 Shirley Avenue, Buffalo 15, New York. " D e a r S i rs , "At the request of one of your members, we put on a so-called ntest" pro";m on the morning of February l e t , 1955, from 1:00:00 a.m. to 1:30:00 a.m., and at your request i n e a r l i e r correspondence, we should l i k e to present the following: "To date we have received 52 repl ies to t h i s broadcast, most of them m~r?-bers of your club, tilose not members-are l i s t ed on another sheet as you requested. lfiL4ay we say, we were very haljpy. to put t h i s broadcast on fo r your mrnbei.8 f t , ?

should you ever wish another one, we would be most happy to put one on a a i n . The resul t s , compared t o two 50,000~. s tat ions i n California are cer tainly gratifying. IfMay I add a personal-note of our observations, w'hich you may prinq i n your bulle- t i n Sf yov. choose to do so, personallv I think it m a ~ r be a good idea to kes9 up

wonlerful lllarale of your club. t of the 52 replies, only two f a enclose postage, not that it ejractly t e r s to us, but i t shows good moral training on the par t of your msr~bers and sonally *rrould l i k e to comend a l l of your members f o r th is one good point.n

Yours truly (sign&) C: Harvey Haas, Engineering kperviso BAS kDlD TIlllT NO LESS THAN 12 NRC ILTEIIBERS OYERF: LISTED BY ONE STATION AS WON*:

MEMElEFS. TrOi>Jl T YOU LADS PI;EASE SPECIFY THAT YOU NRC ivSEI.ZBEFS7 I T HELPS YOUR CLUB .A83 YOU TOO. WE HOF'E YOU'RE PEOUD TO BE A PART OF NRC, A13) WE WOUW> IB TLT? APPEECIArB I T IF YOUtD ADVIBTISE US BY SPECIFIING YOUR TvB~;IBERSHIP I N DX REPORTS.

' O I B I G N PAGE 1 DX 1NEldS March 1 2 , 1955 I W T E B i A T I O N A L DX IDIGEST

Edited b y Fred I;. VanVoorhess, Box 132, ~ernoylle, Pennsylvania, U. S. FO~~EIGGI'J CURTEST STANDINGS

!flanalil;er: Roger Anderson; 5700 8 t h Road North, iwl ington 5, Virgin ia EASTERN LEAGUE. . . '

1. iohn Alexander, New York: Adds IIorby, H O ' ~ \ I , RIAS 989, ' ~ l ~ i e r s 'I, Algiers II', Oran J, BRC-809, RBC-1214,- BRC-1464, Budapest 1187, Dublin-Cork, 2YC,

, ~ 4YC, Snbaa Aoiun-A, Lyon IG, HIgZ, RFE-854, S t a r a Zagora, liiilan' I, RAI-1331, HOF, SDR-575, Poznan, b4unich-800, Vigra, KmD, PJC2, BIAS-737, VOA-Rhodes', Ouchgarode, -1Ca~1na.s, Aus t r i a-147.5, Austrta-584---------216

2, Henry Holbrook, 1,faryland; Adds Vipra, ' rror~delag, HOF, .H,R.g Franlcfurt, ACA, RIAS483; RBC-908, 'BBC-1052, BBC-1088, ,WIND, RIAS-989 ,, LWOW, 4QA, Torun/'iJroclavj, TGO, 'Ei,41-1034, BRC-1484----137

3, k e r n i t Geary, Penn.sylv.~nia: Adds XEJP, IJJAC, YVOD,, I'Tan'cy I, ' .

France-1349, UEC-1151, - BEC-809, hb l in -Coyk , B~enen, Horby,,, Prapue, Alpiers 111, %baa

' Aioun-A, jVIND-----------;----------------- 136 4, C . M. Stanbury, 11, Ont ari.0: A d d s CFBDD, YVOD, . VOA-San Fernando,

VOA-Stutt per t , . Athlone, HOICF.1, Vipra, Cil7BR, 4Y A, Lodz, .\farsavj BIB.*-------------------I21

5, Steve Johnson, i4aryland: ~ c l d s ' 1 i % i ~ ~ - 9 8 9 , SDR-575, Vigra, TGO, 'GirCFIN, -.Radio Africa, Pan American Radio 1187, Graz-1025--7------------------------------ 101

C , Roger Anderson, Virgtnla: Adds Bavaria-1484, .EIOF, Tal l inn , I\Sor!vay-t?90, Vienna I, Radio iioyer PJC7,

- . R141-1331-------;-h-------------I-.---------- 83 7 , Joseph Lippincot t , .Xew Jersey: Adds XEXO, ACA, A C B ~ Q . , RPOA,

~1~llas-----------------------------------27 5, Fred VanVoorhees, Pennsylvania: Adds CI!lK, BRC-1151, ACA,

UCB20--------------------------------------20 9, Frank Wheeler, Penn.sylvania: Adds XEXO, WPRP---.---------------- 20 3. Carl Parso~i, Pennsylvania: Adds KNE-Seviille-----------,------0- 1 4

:.L, C u r l i e Conley, Pe~nsg lvan ia : Adds i\?one---------------7-.--'----0- - - 0

-2, Pe te r Hansen, l,!ew y o ~ k : >Ldds None-----------------------------o , . . CENTRAL LEAG1.B

. L , I-Iarold Schroclc;, . I l l i no i s , . Adds ??FAR, VRII, IVHO&, VfPRP, WISO, XER, Or9.n II:, Alpt.ers .III----------------4

. - Kent Copson, Iowa: iid-ds I<POA, ACA, XEOK----------------------- 1' 3 . ,Jack Hatlna~jjay, I ] . l inois , ?To ehtries----------------------------4 -$,.- 1 1 ; I ~ ~ r i c e NfttLey, .;;:cbraska.. iUo entries---------.-,---------------- (

'/EST COAST LEkC*UE '. Roy X i l l a r , :i7Jashir,et on: Adds VKIL, -Bordeaux. I, ~ L F R S - M ~ A ~ ~ ~ ,

'.,in b.lIL, KPOii, 3yi&, GQG-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Gene Caneron, Washington: Adds ?$one----------------------------4O ?;or-riln i.la,puire, Ncw co: Ldg-3 :\!one--------'----------------- 16 Hank !.bilkrEnson, Cal i forn ta : i=dd.s J O i l U , JOLB, JOBB, JOKR-------I5

There 9s tlle s t o r y o? t h e con tes t t h i s year so f a r . Not rnuch Ter t o l o p s t z t i o n s , bu t s t i l l ::one t t n e t o pet your v e r i e s i n ,

(*.ere a r e a l o t of very n i c e fo re ign v e r i e s r e p r ~ s t n t e d i n the l i s t :hove. Wf s h I had some of' them. l i r i l l you p lease send i n your l i s t : ::ach mbnth t o Roper so t h a t he can keep h i s 1 i s t l . ng u p t o date, ' Wi1

;e of you wit11 no t o t n l chov~inp,, p l easc . soncl your; l i s t s t o Roger ~t away. I ' lmow t h a t most of you hnve veri.fled. fo re ign s t a t i o n s mse you have s a i d so i n these po.pes, so g e t ,your l i s t i n f o r t h e ; con tes t 1fs tTng. ~ L i c i ? w i l l bo i n t h e f i r s t Apr i l b u l l e t i n , The -cmacy Ratlngs w T l L appoar i n t h e next DX XEW3,

JJX 1;~:;iis i!harch 12 , 1955 I)X MOTES

r-l Fe l lows , . I: ~ o o f t d , ~ h - f s 1s bo?np clone on t h e road as u s u ~ ; l , hu.t , 7 a ;.an s t i n e whcn ~ ' ~ l c f t home I: f o r p o t t o )i12in~r: 21-on? t h e r e p o r t s which .'.:e1'p r c c ~ i v e d l a s t vreek beforo Saturday. A l : l I have v . 6 t k l m e i r e the .,:.~es ~v5ic.h wbre i n th .c lt;'Ion.dag mornj.rlp ma3.l. So t h e DIGEST w f l , 1 be i'im5-ted t o th( . . se , kind. the r c ~ t of t h e rt?rc,rts w i l l be fn n e x t week, 4ust be o l d RRO c r e e p i n g up on me. I f 11 t-ry Y I O ~ to do i t a p a i n , if :rou ill f b ~ , ~ c ~ l . v e 1neo L3y t h e wag, I havd rc;ci?ivcd o r d e r s f o r o n l y 1 4 --?FS ( i c 2 e r i c : ~ s ) , ::nfl, af. tcJr t:l::,.c;. many o'f you 1i'~ho askcd for. s u c h n l o p , Ifrfl F u r e 1:1a~-y g f l v ~ : f o r p o t t o n , Send :$1.00 t o mo, 3n.d you r c c c i v c . t h e

; Log of t l ~ c lili1~1?fc,2~ b y ' :i"roquc;rlcy ('lev:. r c a d y an(; l:)c l.ng xa- i led) t h e Same 1 ~ p n r r m p c d hy co?.!.ni-;rg arid c : i ty (Iicz-dy I n a coup lo of weeks) , 2nd t h e P n c f f f c i i ~ - + ( ~ . I l ~ . ~ <.-.- , .. 4 - - 1 ~ o - ) , ~ . l o f u r t h e r A-

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..L vn--'.:.-" lia?ic,d.f PTr:.c l .onu1 dc El . Salvacl.orit l o ~ p c d on 657 Kcn , anncunc?ng 2s' 655 S c s , i1c:t:nrri ~ k 2 ::.f 22.30 to 2310. ~ l i i s 1s YSS. ( R C )

cuaj~--kt 7 . ,<::.d.:j.o G:lrc:ia S e r r a C;..i:CU ( 6 6 0 ) l o p p e d ii10 s t ~.u>y e v e n i n g 7-5 t o S-6 Tram 2090 on. fill nipl!.t???? ( 3 C ) ( h n ' t th fnk ~o-FV) .

-- , , ,';L'iS ( ~ G O ) Fir,v?.nr, lo?ac=d mhst nip!?.'~~ 'bc.hll1icl N J R ' b u t on 3/2 ,.corn .-:?30 t o 2.305 V J ? . ~ on t o p , ( R C ) . .

iirb7 ,- ,LI.CO-~~-~<%I\T 7.r -" ( 6 9 5 ) %?x~,co, l o ~ ~ i 2 ~ ? )fl~12~i;ncvcr 690 &xfi :I.s l10t t o 0 '::ad, . S-6 from. 3.'7.00 cn,.m . XELA ( 6 3 0 ) i,;~;liixLco, a l s o hc t~rc t 1i10st even- i:?~'. .under ~ j3 ' 3 - . ^~6~ :~ WCCO S - h f o 8 it 2200 66 0200. (RC)

GD~~T~II~LL~L-~~~TCS~~. ( 1180) 3-6 011 3/1 o.eld 3/2 °f rorn 2130 on t o s / o f f. (32)

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COL@5BIii-Cc-EJCI ( 6 9 0 ) La Voz dc l a ~f c t o r , I3o;nota, o c c o . s f c n a l l y bccrd o v e r WLS. On ~ / 1 vrna pond f rom 2505-2335. (i '?C)

B RLZIL-2:--Promp't v c r i e l?.ottcr< rccc i .~ ;cd f rom PFLi9 (1220) i n ren1.y $ 0 follow-up, S i ~ n i : r i s 3 ' rn~l .cisco dc I;,bym, : I l r e c t o r Ge l ron7 . t~ . S a f d :!.n8t t hcy a n s l c r e d rill- I c t t c r s fro51 l . is . tcnc.rS. . (I t ?r~ou:l.d n3pr:ar t h x t

-,.:-.i~y l e . t t c r s rlcv-cp 1 3 ( ; : 3 . ~ . 1 1 t k : ~ < - i ? c?cs t innt l .on ~ x n l c s s r c v i s l ;srcd) (J1';) ~. : .;iPD ( 6 4 0 ) l o g ~ o d from @.201-0,.?%9 on 2/28 urf 2;h. Imcr5.ceml n~aslc. I'KE-I2 ;500) htx6 S-8 ::ipnal =it 61d:L.15 on 2/28, (Lhth-RL)

J < r ~ ~ f j ~ i R1;,>:l];j I'rtT)j:Es--:i.-V~,~.~ f f i - ) ,~ ,?.ipr-:qn%l ~ j o r i c l c t t cp in 4 7 2 p y l f . . sh .from R~dio, :ioycrri ( PJ87) ' 01'1, 57.1. Kc& ' VS :is 13. E, i<oyor,

0% r e c t o r 2nd n ~ l d . ~ e s a i s J u t . l a ; ~ n p l o i n 21, -idilli.cmst 3d. ( R L ) ii;lJ$iQ?E

.'2LZ,9J JR-3:--Tlp:inc ( LS58 1 4ict~rd 3-5 . to $98 I"'o~,l s l io r t ,t%rnc a t ' 1804 . - - 7

gn ' 2 /26 wzt i - i . Torran . .. - ..; , ~ ' ~ n . j ~ ~ \ i ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ v ( , ~ , . ~ , , , ~ , ~ ~ ~ C ~ ~ O T ] ~ ; q:>ii>t-;.ic?vcr s CCKI t o ver j . fy . ( Ri:L )

ATTS'.~RIi~-.':--S,~.lzbirrg-Yl? ~c::'i.:furt ( 1475) , 1 ~?,?c::d o t 1.820 on 2/26 .to s i n - o f f , Lit2;r:ctf .if.<: QSL card rcc(::lvcd f o r 12/'%,$ r c p o r t of Vienna I ( 5 ) Posf t3 .vcly :li.:~-l.i;"i o:.).:: :ny d.:;.t o, frcrlu crLcy, st ;.tion, ct c , , which 6% sagpccs wf th j - l ~ : ~ ',:,;;T;. ..-.... p;' ,... 31201r":: TICV,J Grliz-Dinz co:ihin.r~t~-~on he re . (iC$ ,

1:EST G%RibL:;Y-X--C',LiL c::rd riicr;:l.v:~d for Uav:lrj" a Radio s~q-lch. tpnt ls- .n : i . t tors (1484) ~;vl:ich 3.180 d.S?aprci:.s ~ v i t h . 11-c;~rr IYIilE' 1. ( I L )

NOR761iLY-4:--QSL c~.rci rccu'ivcci f rorn 1iEc f o r s ; ~ i c h j m i t T S on 890. ( R j L ' ESTO1;II;N S . S.. lib-45-Ffn.c v c r i c lo t t ; aT b u t no fr,..quc:ncy o r loc?.t .

-an mont iorlod f o r T a l l i d 1034) . .. wit11 :: 6llocl:nlc f o r " ~::..dio 1',16scotv" , - , , . ., '?.

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-.'OR£3IGN Pi&GE 3 DX NEWS l14arch 12, 1955 ik!lYSTE RIES

First we have Q list of snystcry s t a t i ons , a l l LA from RC. Here t k ~ c ? y arc : 050 Kcs. Undor WSH m o s t n igh ts nround 2200 EST, (Bcst be& i s C13DL"+) G60 Kcs. Undcr CPICU and WRCIL, . Best a t 2230. L i A (Probably XEBZ) 370 Kcc, Under ~IY!!I~;Q, bes t st 23000 (Bcs tb c t l .s Ci\:Q$P h c r c ) '780 Kcs. Under WGN. Best ct 2300, (YVOD o r OLLX~X,' probably) 0.19 Kcs. TT under lii'Ei&?S r:t 2315. 13 it LL? 1040 Kcs, TT under IVHO 2 . t 0100 on covcrnl mornings with wcjk Spanish

idont i f i ca t ion , 1210 Kcs, Li. bost ?.round 2200 whcn it uaual!.y talrcs out WCfU, (HJEL

o r CX34 most l i k e l y ) %,'Also one on 730 Kcs, a t 2340 over , under, and throwgh XEX,

Roger Lindcrson asks around a Latin riincricm on 1578 Kcs, with bad !im on 2/26 car ly cvcning, Good n.tyht f o r TL1s and qu i t c l a t e i n season. (Have nothfnp l i s t c d here-FV)

REPORTE2S I?i',-Ropor Anderson, 5700 E i p h t h riotld Nonth, A r l inpton 5 , Virginia. ;:OsRo.bcrt Cooper, 4832 P;sor.t;h F r u i t iivonuc, Frcsno, California. ~',i-Johf~ ,il'exander, 120 Chclscn, S t r cc t , H~.wthronc, ??ow Yorks

I know thhat the re r,rc a l o t more rcpor t s rt komc, but home i 3 '-65 milcs f ro~n hcrc, end. I ' m not poing homtz tonight t o ~ c t them. Tboy g i l l a11 appear next rs cek i n the u s u d ~ ) l a c c ,

il VU~laflc i t i s not -?oreTp DX, m y npologics t o tho Ral?~oadfng ~ X e r s " l Thc s ccond soction of thc ' ' ~ x ~ r c s s " w i l l be leaving Towanda, ~~nnsy lvan i ' a , tomorrow qorningo

f:~ENERi& N OTE S Tho 1954-55 DX scaoon l a al?noht ovcr, cnd whilc a b i t carly, i t

sacms nlrilost tirnc t o l'ook back t o try t o cvalunto it. For mc, pcrson- :>;ly, it was not n scnson f o r a l a r g c , q u ~ ~ n t ; i t y of' f o r e i e vcrics . lifany ttenorts a rc s.l;ilI. unmswcrcd, - but i t will n o t bo a l a r g e scason f o p .;c In quant i ty of f o r c i p vcr ics , On t h e plus s i d e of the ledger a r a :VJO now countries f o r me, North Ircland, and Belgium, r~ t h i rd , England, 72s c l s o rcportcd, r.md thorc i s ho#c f o r a t l c a s t thc usu.al BPC vorio. .,Iy best ca tch vraa probc.blg iLCB20. Looking throuph tho rcpor t s erhich "lavc come i n tlvough tho socson, our acc dmadian DXcr has come up oith. t h c ca tch of the season i n CR7BK i n ;fiozmbiq.uc, Hc cont inual ly

2 0 : ~ ~ s . up 4~1th t l ~ i n p s l i k e t h i s , no i t i a not unusual, but it i s prob- nbly onc of th.c vory fcw likc: i t 3.n North h c r i c a .

I,nin has been vc r i f i cd ovcr tho c n t i r c US, t l~nnks t o t hc new VOL .nsmittcrs ab Ok5 nnd Sen Fernando, both of which qua l i fy a s a. South -2:l.cric r o m cll countpic:, h ~ v c bcon vc r i f i cd , b u t thcrc

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.Lrc many non-vorif'icrs nowri thcrc, h n y h,?.va vc r i f i cd a11 cont,inento ;:l.ther t h i s pest t;wc?son or In tlrzc p ~ ~ s t two .seasons, VRH h?-s nrovidcd IlcOcny wfth a rc.thcr rF.rc 2nd j n t c r c s t l ng country. New s t a t i ons i n .:uracco and Lruba h?.vc mndc: thc.t country oas i c r f o r m a n y o f us, Not 1c;arl-y s o inany,,DXcrs rcportod t l ~ c Radio TrrEnidad and Radio J-maica ~Ytct ions as in oth.cr gears,

For' mother scason Gene Crxncron qua l i f i co as an ncc DXcr f o r .':iem.ma st~t;iolza, H i 3 vc r i c from HOX of t h e i r spccia l DX program was ;he only one t i ~ i s dcpnrtxent has heard about. Ldding t h i s t o his ;OF32 of cnothor sc;ason givc him two very nice oncs.

i ~ l l i n a l l , S t hcs becn 3 good on i f you h~.vc had thc timc t o Lnto i t r I somct3m1=1o th ink thc b c t t c r give up t h i s DIGEST m y l o g s and t r y doing somo DXin might bc b p with some of the

~ : s t o f you thcn. 1ht vrko would pct out t41c mntcrial then. 13.. 'i'~~c11, .hcrc 1s SOMC s ~ . t i s f a c t & o n i n having thc Snf'orr.~ntion here f o r tho lcncfit of all gow mcmbcrs. ~inyvcy, I do "have a ver ic from YSEB, and '19 hc t a lob vf you c m ' t say the me. 7 3 ' s