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I tn:;\lNAL ANNEX

VOLUME 39 APRLL FOOL'S DAY, 1972 NUMBER 24

"Reality i s a fuchsia. " (Gravis Muschnik, Intercourse, Pa. )

I N T H I S I S S U E . . . . * 10th RFS Cuban List--- Ron Schatz *Paper and Ink--- Copycop and BPC Staff *Report f rom the South Pacific--- P e t e r V. Taylor *Harassing DXers for Fun and Profit--- Stanley M. C r a m e r IV *The Networks and How They Operate--- Mike Collins *Toyland Revisited--- Ronald Mc Donald *Precision Frequency Measurement --- Ron Schatz *If It Pops Up, It'll Pop Up--- Machine Gun Kelley *More Baseball Networks--- via Ernie Cooper '

*Not Much Else--- the Non Contributors *ANARC Boston Convention Questionnaire ? --- Mike Macken

N E W M E M B E R S . . . * R . J . F r a n e y , B i n g h a m t o n , N. Y . * R . C l e m , P a n o r a m a C i t y , C a l i f . * N e w M e m b e r , A n y t o w n , U . S . A .

W e l c o m e to the club, lads. Why not send a Musing to ERC introducing your- se lves to the membership.

Nelson has once again fleed to St. Louis, t h re r fo re we a r e alone holding down the fort. Edmunds' column l a t e due to the wondrous U. S. Posta l Service, we'll have to hold i t fo r No. 25. .-.lbd (thick. I'l l )qU if- J+Oh-

NEW TREASURER ANNOUNCED FROM HQ (ANOTHER NRC FIRST). . . Ray Moore i s the new NRC Treasu re r . Best of luck to Tom IIolmes, the old

T r e a s u r e r , who spent many long hours ha rd a t work keeping the M C books straight. Tom, a s some of you a l ready know. has moved to N. C. where he will be working. Our thanks to Tom for his many hours of t ime giv.en to the NRC.

See p g e n f o r ANARC Convention Questionnaire.. . s.

) RK, BGK, CDP and Lynne

2 EISEaLL NGIWORKS MIW.\UKEE BTIaERS KINSAS CITi ROYAIS ----------------- ------------------

550 W S A U Wausau, Wis. 6606 K 0 W H Lknah, Neb. 580 w K T Y ZB Crosse, Wis. 690 K G G F ~ c f f e y v i l l e , G n s . 620 w T M J Milwaukee 960 K M A Shencndmh,Ia. 710 W D S M Superior 980 K Y B 7, Kansns City, Mo. 740d F a 0 0 b r a b o o lOlOd K 1 N D Independence, Mo.

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410d W H S M kyward 1230 K T N C F a l l s City, Neb. 920 K D H L h r i b a u l t , Minn. 1240 K I U L Carden City, h n s . 960 W T C H Shawano, Wis. K A K E Wichita, &ns. 980 k P R E P r a i r i e du 'mien K N E M Nevada, Mo. I

1230 W C L 0 Jamesville 1260 K I? I1 K Hutchinson, Minn. 1240 W 0 M T hni towoc 1280d K D K D linto on, MO.

W 0 B T a i n e l a n d e r 1290 K W N S P ra t t , kni i . W J M C Rice Iake 1300d K M M 0 h r s h a l l , Mo.

1260 W W I S Black River Fa l l s 3 K B R L McCook, Neb. (sunday only) 1310d K F L A Sco t t City, Wnsss

d W 0 C 0 Oconto 1340 K S E K Pi t t sburg, Kans. 1280 W N A M Neerah 1360d K 0 Y Y El Dora, :o, Ksns . 1230 W C 0 W Spsrta 1370 K G N 0 Dodge City, Kans. 1300 W L 0 T h r i n e t t e 1 3 9 d K A M 0 Rogers, A r k . 1340 W L D Y Iadysmith d K :: C K Concordia, Kans.

' 1350 W P D R Portage. 1400 K V 0 E Emporia, Kans. 1320 KMA Q Ntlquoketa, Iowa K A Y S Fhys, h n s a s

. 1380 W B E L Bela i t , Wis. 1450 K 0 K 0 Warrensburg, Mrj.

. 1400 W B I Z &u Clai re 1470 K A R E Atchison, h n s . 1450 W R C 0 Richland Center 1490 K T 0 P Topeka, Ksns . 1470 W B K V West Bend K D M 0 Qrthage, Mo. 1430d W E E F Eighland Wrk, Ill. K D R 0 Sedalia, Mo. 1 4 9 W I G M Medford, Wis. 15608 K A B I Abilene, Kans. L590 W S W W P l a t t e v i l l e 1570d K L E X Lexington, Mo.

W I X K Rev Richmond 15%) K V G B Great Send, Ksns.

: ~ O I T TIGERS (see next column) DEIROIT T T G ~ FEEDER I;INE N ~ O R K

590 W K Z O 680 W D B S 760 w J R 793 w s c w wod W A T C

1060d W H F B lO9d W M U S 1150 w c E N 1230 W J E F

W S T R W S O O

1240 W C B T 1290 W H G R 1340 w M T E

WMBN 1370 W W A M 1380 W P L B 1400 W T C M lb50 W H T C

W K L A d A T Z

1460 w B R N 1480d w I 0 s 14%' w T I Q 1590 W T V B

Kslawzoo, Mich Escanaba Detroi t Sagimu Gay lord Benton H ~ r b o r Muskegon Mount Pleasant Grand Wpids Sturgis S s u l t S t e . h r i e keboygan Houghtm Iake h n i s t e e Petoskey k d i l l a c Greenvi l l e Traverse City Holland Iudington A lpena Big Rapids %was City k n i s t e e Coldwa t e r

ALT. THESE SUrnl'TTED BY

1340 W A G N Menominee, who w i l l feed: 920 W M P L Hancock, who w i l l feed:

1230 W I K B I ron River,who w i l l feed: 1240 W J P D Ishpeming, who w i l l feed: 1320 W D M J h r q u e t t e , who w i l l feed: 1450 W M I 9: I ron Mountain.

HOUSTON ASTRC6

LOUISIANA 580 K A L B Alexandria

1060 W N 0 E New Orlwns 1130 K W K H Shreveport 1150 W J B 0 Biton Rouge 1403 K A 0 K Iake Charles 1420 K P E L Lsfkyette 1440 K M L B Monroe 1 4 9 W I K C Bop lusa

IN ;?ANIS3 1330 K I N E Kingsville Tews

(continued on next KDJ ONYS CHUK, l i m ~ w m ~ , I LLIIiOIS, ITRC.

HOUSTON ASTROS (con'd) TEXAS

560 K L V I Wumont 600 K T B B Tuler 620 K W F T Wichita R i l l s 710 K G N C Amrill0 790 K F Y 0 Lubbock

K 0 S T Temrkans 920 K B Z B Odessa 950 K P R C Houston

lO5Od K L E N Killeen 1150d W T A W College S ta t ion 1230 W OA I San A n t ~ l i 0 1230 K W T X Wac0 1270 K I 0 X &y City 1290 K R G V k s l a c o 1310 W R R IBllas 1380 K B w D ~ r m o o d

K T S M El Paso 1410 K N A L Victor ia 1420 K L U F Galveston 1 4 9 K i! S T Big Spring 15002 K A N I Wharton

550 C H L N Trois Rivierzs 630 C H L T Sherbrooke 730 C K A C M m t r m l 710 C K V M V i l l e Marie 900 C J B R Etimouski

C K J L St. Jerbme C K V C Val d'Or

1280 C K C V Quebec 1240 C J A F Cgbano

C K L S Ia Sarrs 1270 C F G T Alm 1 3 s C J S 0 Sore1 1340 C H A D Amos

C K V T Temiscal-ingue 1350 C J L M Joliet-be U 7 0 C F L V Valleyfield 1380 C F D A V ic to r i av i l l e 1400 C J F P Riviere du Loup

C K R N Rouyn 1420 C J M T Rimouski 1450 C H E F Granby

C H R T St . Eleuthere 9 3 C K C H Zu l l

MONPiURL FXK6 C4NAIIIAN EE NElTO.%K .................................. 600 C F C F Montreal 800 C J B Q Be l l ev i l l e

1350 C K L B Ckhawa C H 0 V Pembroke

1410 C K S L London

THGE A3E AIL FRCM KFSJ a?YSCHUK.

MINNEMIA TWINS 3

MINNFSOTA --------------- 610 K D A L m l u t h 920 K W A D Wadera

1230 K M R S Morris K T R F Tj ief River R i l l s

1240 K P R M h r k Wpids 1250 K B R F Fergus h l l s 1260 K R 0 X Vrookston 1280 K V 0 X Moorhead 1340 K D L K M r o i t lakes

K V B R Bminerd 1410 K R W B Roseeu 1450 K B U N Bemidji 1480d K E H G Fosston 1490 K X R A Alexandria

K 0 Z Y Grand Wpids 1580 K w N o winom 1590 K R A D East Grand Forks

m: YO W N A X Yankton, S. D. 600 K S J B &mestawn, N. D.

1040 'd H 0 k s Moines, Iars 1qOd K I L R Esthervi l le , I a r s '

1140 K S 0 0 Sioux W l l s , S. D. 1240 K D L R Devils lake, N. D. 1300 K G L 0 &son City, Iowa 1340 K G P C Graf'tm, N. D. U50 K B M R Bismrck, N . D. 1390 K L P M Minot, N. D. 1400 K B I Z &u Zlaire, Wis. 1450 K V C K Wolf Point, Mont .

K B W W lbhpkton, N. D. 1480 K G C X Sidney, Mont. 1520d K M A W h y v i l l e , N. D.

We would apprecia te other members send-

i n g i n t h e i r l i s t s of other b a s e t s l l

brcadassts - do KOT include FM & TV

stati0r.s - t h i s i s no t an ad f o r t h e

b a l l clubs, but r a t h e r a DX t i p f o r us!

4 D X S " E C I . 4 L Mon. June 19 o r 2% W - 1 3 7 0 , Vieques, Puert.0 Rico, 5 kv, s t a r t i n n a t 12:1&m, . ~

AST, wfiich i s t h e same a s EET. This i s f o r NRC; a l t h o u h w; :ead about it i n DX Monitor, with no no t i f i ca t ion received here from Tom HcCorrmck. A s imilar t e s t a s condud& on e i t k er a r c h 20 or 27. Details i n a l a t e r i ssue.

I St., April 1, WUZ-1380, Lake Worth, Fla., 1:OO-b:00 a.m., 1,000 D-1. Flash ~ l & had t h i s t i p f o r you Who sent cards t o Qrl Junker. l h i s was a POP t e s t , an3 t h e da te could not be changed t o a Mmdsy. Wports were t o go t o M?. ~ r t h u r N. mv i s , Cnief Bg inee r , WLIz, Box 71, l ake Worth, Floricts, 33460. WE BOYD.

Mon. Apr i l 9 Wl'o~d10, Torrington, Corn. , 1,000/500 U-4, s t a r t i n g a t 1:00 a + m e

'Ihey were N d on a t t h e e a r i i e r l i s t e d date due t o some s o r t Of

trouble, but t h i s i s t:leir new &te/time. They w i l l use cycle tgleg band music, and mybe some Morse Ccde IDS, and nany voic; IDS- Send your repor ts t o Mr. S t ~ ~ r t I e h n d , Chief f ig ineer , WMIR, Box 657, Torringion, Cmnecticut, 06790. RVjs EMS h a phone)

HWRD SINCE IAST ISSUE 880 K R V N Ex-1010, s t a r t ed here 3/6. 1450 C H E F N w 10,000/25,000 U-5

1360 K R R R Ruidoso, N.M. ex-1140. "AN "-SITUATICU

, 710 C J R N NSP (ex-l6o0 kc/s. ) 113 K W K H AN-6 - c/w.

m E T R. COOPER - 438 & s t ~1 St . - C 4 R i l l ~ ~ RWTE 56 - &oo!clyn, N. Y. - 11226 'Whee, t h r e e ver ies came i n here - KIM-TEST WNIO-TEST and GlMEG

920. 'Ihose a r e $66 from I-; #I36 from Chio, and #I73 from t h e S ta te of Schatz. Nothing new on MM3/20, but h a ~ e ' s t h e way we dialed 'em: 1.47, ~OK0-1&0 on ET/lT. A t 1:$7, 1 discovered WINS-1010 had gone t o bed, & t h e usual CFRB S-9 w CBR i n kack @ a m IDS. I noted WEEI-59 @ 2:12 on RS w/TK. I h a r d '8od %ve the (ueen" (or it could have been 'hmerice") on 580 @ 2:lkm, unIDed, I p ressme it was a (8 redhn gbff. 1.m i s spurring on 578 now, very dis tor ted. on 1260, unuslal, but urn, W D C - ~ E ~ O a top @ 2:3&m. On 1 0 9 , t h a - e m s a weakie t e s t i n g who IDed a f t e r music @ 3:58$, but not loud enough. Anybody catch t h i s one? Finally, t h a t twi l i&t , i got enough rn t h e two I 've been chasing t h e r e - WBrW N.J. & CFa Olt. (FF) s o re-

o r t s a r e off t o both. 3/21- Whilst t ry ing for 2IZ-555 I noted WMCA kas a so r t of 'parenthesis" s igna l both 1% above ?C b3.m t h e i r norm - or, on 558 an6 3%. onjy t h e OC Cm 555 noted, but 3/23 they were i n feirl;i lqell around 6:45pm. Anyone i n t h i s area rino needs WS~-1450, S r a t t l e b o n , V t . , t r y i n the early evening - they're often in and out and on top from time t o time then! Di t to W3T-1340, Gloversvillg N.Y. and MC-2BY-1400, A l b a n y , N.Y., and WMIC-1230, Hudson, N.Y. An3 s o ve reach t h e end of t h e weeklies, and we ' l l dee you a l l a m i n i n a fortnight. C U N 19. RIC!E%RD CIARK - l a r g o 498 La Punk - Cgllao, Peru

i am repor t ing t o ycu 1Y0m DX CentIal of S 0 ~ t h Amerim. I am sure ge t t ing a l o t of in t e res t ing s t a t ions I never heard of before. .4rgentim, Chile, Colombia & Zcmdor a r e mostly a l l over t h e df.al. Fro2 the U.S. side, I get only W E W Q B WIAC WSM KFR WCKY & 'ATN, but a l l qu i t e weak, I w s t say. I now have ny LSVA b o p b u i l t and I can do some b e t t e r DXing now. I wish I h d IQ ~ ~ 6 2 . 4 here.' 'Ihere a r e a lo= of spl:t frequency s t a t ions here. So far no TA o r TP a s of yet . r* Cha0, 7j.1, from Peru.

TJO MORE FOR "AN " SITUATICN OFF - 1429 W 3 S F1 a- 590 bJ E E I 4pwrentXg nor! PEP-Elk, on m$ .!

I THE: NLXT SnrET&L DEiDTXNE M T E FOR !4USI:u'GS OF PI'S MFhf%%% IN BXOOKLYN k.33: APRIL 5 APLXL 20, M- 4, E~IY 25, .mt:!: 15, 13, iLKU:;T 17, ano' sEETDBER 7. %E m z O- AUGUST WTZ CWLD CFIlNCE HEiiE I.mI I G 3 MY V>. C?TIag D>.TZS CIKErii', A G O TI1"l T.ST CBiE WYEV I'LL 32 GODE TO TH': N.3.4. COiN4!TlOi:', AI7D PRO3:111LX TiAV!3TJZJG f ~ ? . ~ ~ J " J FLJ3R.IM FOI? A FTd NYS THBEIFTZ;:. k'E SOPE OK, EP? FRIDIiE AT 92, HqVE tIJCmR5D F-334 THAT DIEA37kCJJC FIRE, P.ND WE i,IISH 3JZYF;JE HCIPm a.STEI? A ~ D / O R P.4SSOJER. -ERC

OF THE ERNEST R. COOPER MEMBERS 438EASr 213 REET

carrier route SF BROOKLYN, NY 11226

TVOM4S R. SUNETRCM - Box 205 - Willingboro, New Jersey - 08046 I am very sorry t o heer about the recent d isas ter suffered

by GPN i n losing h i s home t o f i r e . I w s speaking t o h s s Maunds via phone on 3/14 and he to ld me of t h e loss . Aside frem furni ture e tc . within the house, i t ' s a shame t h a t a l l t h e e lect ronic equipment & v e r i f i z t i o n s were los t . Insur-

ance jus t doesn't r e f l e c t t h e ~ X e r ' s "value" s t k c h e d t o used o r home-brew equipment. Ebt t h e i ~ p o r h n t th ing i s t h a t no one was injured, excepting one cat , I understand. I m s on Long Island while a t t=d ing a three-day s e m i r ~ r On &rage- ment In fo rmt ion Systems a t Hofstra University on 3/8-9-10. Sefore leaving fo r home, my wife en3 child & I stopped a t &b Foxworth'c place of a b e e . We saw a

very d:ff r en t H:;-l5O, than the stock one here, t i ed i n t o one heck of a l03p, ab- l e t o n u l l WTHE-1520 r igh t down t h e s t r e e t . We ware t raated t o a b r i e f display of t h e NRC Al t iz Loop a t work; it i s qu i t e i q r e s s i v e . An enjoyable v i s i t , b ~ t too shor t a s 28-month-old a n d i c e was ge t t ing very grumpy (she a s tired!) & I didn't ge t a chance t o l i s t e n t o any tapes except CFCB-570 taken on a recent MM H/

IMCA off. Bob tipped me off t o 32-555 on 3. move from 585 where j.t was l a s t season; or. z check t h i s evening, sure enough, I found it with decent sLgrials a t s /off 1Opm through the WIL-560 sidebands, on 3/10. That ZIT l o ~ g i n g prompted me t o f-irr i s h working on t h e 9&W #370 sideban6 ndaptor. F i ra l ly , t h i s weekend, I - p u t a tape jack i n t o tht a h ~ d of the volume control (up t o now, I had t o run t h e s p a k e r t o take admn'cage of t h e adaptor 's se l ec t iv i ty ) , a fuse %lock t o protect the in- mrds , a f ront panel li&t t o t e l l me when dthe adaptor 's on, snd 2 "stand-by1' ' switch ir . t h e B-Plus l i n e t o save tubes when using it interckngmblj - w i t " the RX. I n closing, a KLUC-1140 ve r i e was received i n about ten days, & l a s t l y , the's-9 check" !ZRC questioned, i s a paycheck from t h e mgazine $9 f o r my monthlj W nexs c0lu::m DX KORNZR- I i n v i t e a l l Wers, BCBol' i b T i n p r t i c u l a r , t o send me repor ts fo r use (the column i s somevhat s i m i h r t o -Hank k n n e t t ' s column tkt used t o appear i n Popubr Electronics. 73.

MICK4EL J. M4CK37 - 54 Court Rmd - Wgnthrop, Viissachusetts - 02152 Ju& a note t o l e t tr:e ARCers know tbt the 1972 ANARC Conven-

t i o n i s going t o be held i n &antown i t s e l f ! Hosts fo r t h i s convention a r e Jerry Berk, Steven dlXdolf, Chris Lobdell and Mike ?kcken. Tne l a t t e r ti.ree a r e dues- p y i n g members of t h e NRC, which i s a n ice m y of saying we haven't been report- ing. 'Ihings a r e i n t h e :lanning stages presently. It w i l l be held t h e second ha l f of July. More d e t a i l s w i l l follow l a t e r on and hoefully w e ' l l have a survey f,~i-m t o a i d i n t h e planning. l h i s w i l l be a corvention of DXers of a l l types from SW t o TV DXers t o BCB DXers. This w i l l be your Big chance t o t e l l t h e 3PC your problems, conplaints, meet Clotz i n person perhaps, become part of t h e s lave @ng i n a s s i t i n g t h e BPC, e t c . e t c . So rmke your plans f o r Boston now. More l a t e r on.

EOB CVROLE - Box 594 - Golden Meadow, Louisiara - 703.57 I rea l ly had a f ie ld dey Sat. AM 3/11 between 12 @'ham. CX were per-

f e c t & I logged t h e following with very good copy: ~ ~ . 4 ~ - 1 5 6 0 Abilene, Tex. con- c'ucting a n n m l POP, KPMc-1560 EBkersfield, &. a f t e r KC.lD s /o f f , RTR-770, k n d e - v i l l e , J a m i m ; KGKL-$0, Sen Angelo, Ter., WW-59, hk; CHML-900 Famil':on, CFES-1010 Toronto, & KSTP-1500 St. h u l . I hadn't seer, CX l i k e t h a t i n rr.onths. A turr. of t h e d i a l s on 3/9 brought in muchlnnted WWVA-1170 @ SSS f o r S ta t e #3O. The month of March i s going pret ty good s o far w/25 new s t a t ions Legged i n seven days of Wing. I would very much ?.ppreciate hmri-ng from members who own sP-600s. Please wr i t e & give me t h e pros & cons on it a s I am contemplating ge t t ing one i n t h e near fa ture . Md anyone not ice the new hheeing on t h e l a s t few iesues of DX NEWS? Vcry impressive! me 'day t h i s Club i r progressing, it wouldn't s u ~ r i s e me i; DX NEWS i s printed i n color soon h i - What does t h e l a rgs l e t t e r on the front cover nean? I notice i t ' s d i f f e ren t from issue t o issue. 73 & good DX t o a l l .

6 300 SHIW - 234 Colum1;us Street - Elyria, chlo - &235

CFWH-flO an wered qy query a s t o whether I might have h a r d them MM 2/21 t h i s veek: "It 5: quite possible - a s ve a r e on till lam local time daily Kith music." Great, except: a ) I was on the frequency for a good ten minutes and and hearc! no music with S-strength nearly a s good a s the myst.ery I D ; b) I see from Musings and DDXD t h a t several members were monitoring 570 a t tha t time ar.d didn't hear it; c) since writing them I have found a source (FEIS) which says Whitehorse i s on PST, not YST. So I ' m p r t i a l l y cornfused and p r t i a l l y pret ty sure I didn't h m r then. I s t i l l can't figure out who ??W? would be, however. More concrete W i s a l l from MM 3/6: WOCB TEST logged w / g r e a t s igml ; though I was urnware a t the time t h a t Jt was a wec ia1 I he3 a sneaking hunch it might be because of the frequency of the CW I=, nnd the location. KHC~-940 f inal ly heard w/~ohnny k s h r o l l i n ' i n @ 1:50. KIUA TEST heard s/on weakly. KJEP-1380 m w/ e i ther Osmonds or Jacksons rr, AM & FM, 4:22, u / ~ OC. wPHP-%O 4:35 ID for ET/ 'IT O/CH~S; for F?4 too. JX-750 f inal ly w/4:45 s / m W/IS & hyws through WJR slop. CKBC-1360 5:05-5: 15 W/CBC NX & local spots k i l l i n g W%I : efore suddenly fading a - way. I was i n a goo spot for t h e PS4 s/ons, logging WINH-1470, 63171, no SSB; m -1460, 6an, don't kncu i f SSB; UE4C-1470, 6 02, W/SB. 73.

mVE WHA1MCUGH - 284 & i n Street West hmi l ton 12, Chtario Well, i t ' s time again for ng. semiannml report. Not much DXing

t h i s season. 11/1- wYX-1480 w/-, good s i g m l , no sign of WAMB-1190. hTrEU- 1600 M n g f o r c a l l change from WHLL. l l / l o - r / c from WOHN-1u0, c a l l chanse from

' WHFN. 12/6- WKTJ-1380 TEST w/difficulty, very weak si-1 mixed w/KUDL. Indiden- t a l l y the OV heard many mornings on 1380 i s ,lot CKPC. This ca r r ie r com~s i n betveen S-7-9 and i s SW of here. CKPC puts i n 45 o / s - ~ here. I would think it m i @ be ei ther KWK or WKJG. 1/17- WfI~-1580 Fk. l ike a local. 1/21- 110 sign of V3IBG-

'740. 2/14- I t r i e d f o r WBIW t o find WWVA back AN amin . 2/16- While waiting for CJRN t o mke the big move, I hasrd W E 4 f ighting W/WOR. hy t ime s i g m l from CJRN i s unbelievsbly strong now compared t o when they f i r s t went on. 2/21- I found WKBN off, and spen; over an n w r trhing t o get r. sensible log m CFCB & KVI. CFCB w/c/w mx, KVI W/MOR, a third s tat ion w/talk, KIAC or KWS? No specials heard due t o ANers . 2/25- WQOK-1440 a l l alone @ 12:30. 2/29- S, WNIO s /off W/WIFM/WKYK & others, no :or a chan e. 3/6- KIM?,-1550 Iam i n good. 3/10- SSS brought WMCR-I600 o/WBLY/WNW/W~UTNX mess. A weak s tat ion h a r d daytime on 16M, u / noise level, e i ther WNBJ or WQI. Veries s o fir t h i s smson: v/q- WWI WlXZ KLOU WGST KFRE. V/CM- \PWI. v/l- WHAC CKPR CFCB WCW CJQI WNEU W Y K K WTKO WEM WQOK. v/f- WBIG WIWJ. Totals - 1,678/880, s ta tes 49/49, provinces 10/10, countries 25/11.

' lAI3 BRFVILLE - 9127 Corsl Drive - St. Louis, Missouri - 631.23 Ernie's pleadings for Musings and t h e shock of actual ly seeing two

recent Muses from Jerry Bond spurred me t o report. Jerry i s t h e f i r s t BCB DXer & NRCer I ever met. It happened back i n 1%4 i n Watertown, N.Y. while I was s ta- tioned there i n the .lir Force. In 12/64 I got out & returned home t o the above adiress & was pret ty ac t ive through 1968. I have mde wny friends through qy eight years of NRC membersh:~, which bas helped me wke up fo r .he aggmvations of t h i s hobby. t o t a l s have been stuck a t around 870/270, 43/40, 22/10 for three years, the l a s t time I logged a new s ta t ion or received a verie was Sack i n 12/70, so th i s i s my f i r s t Musing in over a year for tha t reeson. I just can't seem t o i find thge time or enthusiasm t o dlg out any new ones from t h e ANers, NSPers, & am. Hwever, I recently returned frou a t r i p through the SW, where I enjoyed tuning t h e altogethe:. differw.t d ia l . Here i s a sample of what I heard on the car radio i n the evening hours: Tucurncari, FT.M.: 770 i s a l l KOB, KHOw-630 Ikilver, WOKJ-1550 Miss. both stro1.g. Ias V-s, Nw.: WIS doing &ding cycles from zero t o strong, t i t a n i c see-saw i a t t l e s betveen KMDX/KPMJ, MWX/KWKH. WMAQ way U/KB(X. Iske Hav- asau City, Ariz. : CFCIt hosing 1 6 0 , 30% a peep fron KD~/\RJOZ. At Denlaon, Texas (NE prt) t h ? r e was KTWO-1030 w / s t i l l . o oiLm of WBZ, f i g h t i w KFllI on 1070, K4T2-1600 St . Louis outdoing WX,. PJ3 almost even W/XD. A s on previous t r i p s W i n t o C'ol. & Y.M. a s f a r a s evening reception on a car mdio m s ~oncelned I c o u ~ no longer hear anything E of C h i m ~ o or Nashville. AS a1w-F it f a ~ c i n a t i ~ ~ hearing scores of s ta t ions t h a t a r e veqj rarely 0: never hmrd in the Midwest.

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MONITOR BOB FOXWORTH REPORTS GPO BOX 2111 - NEW YORK, NY 10001

A l l times i n IDW are G E . Receptions:

655 unID believed t o be YSS hrd 3/13 0715-0737 with man and woman i n Spanish and several U.S. records. Poor with much fading and QRM from occasional WSM TT and English on 650 which may have been KORL. (Hardester, Cal.)

728 EL Germany. on anmt taped nicely 3/14 a t 0300; al tho they are on 24h, they have anmt then, with anthem - they mentioned 5 LW and MW outlets though only 4 are l i s t e d i n WRTVH. The 4 I caught were Wobbelin-Schwerin, Wachenbrunn, Burg and Berlin and my German was too poor t o make out 1 other out let . They then went in to another long l i s t of freqs, apparently FM out lets . Apparently the MwA now i s behind us but the geomag f i e l d i s almost continually disturbed. ( ~ o o r e , Mass ) (Ray, tha t l a s t out let just may have been a new LW out let on 180 tha t was mentioned i n Arctic recently. Of course with the DIDS aler t ing xmtr expected t o be operational t h i s sum- mer, t h i s may no longer be easy. X m t r i s t o be 50 kw on 179 kHz and operate from Edgewood Arsenal, Md. -ed.)

990 Mexico. Radio Mundo hrd 3/14 0539-0601 with many IDS as "XEBM - Radio Mundo. Poor s i g and a severe het here. KKIS should be dominant a t 90 miles but only t races of an English s tat ion hrd. Several U.S. pop tunes hrd, e.g. Desiderata i n Spanish. Logs l i s t XEBM, Radio Exitos on 920 i n San Luis Potosi.iQue pasa? ( ~ a r d e s t e r , Cal.)

" 1193 Dom. Rep. HICG, Radio Villa Tapia, shown i n new H I l i s t , msd on 1192.857' and logged a t 0304 s/off 23rd, i.e. evening 3/22 here. (Schatz, Fla.)

1290 Cuba. CMKS, Guantanamo i s s t i l l announcing Radio Guantanamo and not Radio Guanta, a t l e a s t so hrd here. Most of the time they use the c a l l CPIKS. They were msd on 1289.983. (Schatz, Fla.)

1463.8 Colombia. H J I W i s no longer hrd here. I did note Hauser's comment about the s tat ion being located i n Turbo. (Schatz, Fla. fone t i p as were l a s t 2)

1580 Thailand. After several years of trying, f ina l ly picked up Voice of Free Asia, Ban Phachi, Thailand 3/13 from 1215 t o 1300. They were i n strong i n Lao u n t i l about 1258 when they IDed i n mglish as the Voice of Free Asia and that the program had come from the United States. Also, gave the location of the station. KDAY s/on 1300 ki l led any chance a f te r that . (Gary Jackson, Sacto, Cal.) (VERY nice, Gary. WPAC k i l l s "em here, hi-ed)

Back of the F i le News item today (3/23) Indicates tha t the West German Parliament i s putting on the pressure t o have licences for Radio Free Europe (includes the 719 ou t le t ) and Radio Liberty cancelled; participation by the Eastern Bloc in the Munich 72 Olympics i s i n question over th i s . A t any rate , Congressional funding of the s tat ions in the future i s also in-the-air a t the moment.

FCC News Final Action - KHAI Honolulu (has been hrd WCNA on 1080 -ed) granted license

I covering changes; transmitter location redescribed as 111 Ahui Street, studio location and remote control point 677 Ala Moana Blvd. Action 3/6/72.

Final Action - WVOZ, Carolina, P.R. - Broadcast Bureau granted CP t o increase

I daytime power t o 1 kw, remote control permitted. Action 3/7.

Actions on Motions - Hearing examiner i n Fajardo, P.R. and Frederiksted, V . I . I . ..set hearing f o r May 2. (Dockets 19386, -7. ) (applicants fo r 1090 -ed) ,

FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT % I, For I w than three bil Is ........_._ P

ly Ronald F. Schatz

There a r e severa l reasons why a DXfer would want t o know t h frequency of a s t a t i o n t o t h e neares t Hertz: The s c i e n t i f i c a l l y minde3 DX'er may want t o study t h e frequency "habi ts" of individ. s t a t i o n s , not ing t h e i r s t a b i l i t y , d i r ec t i on and r a t e of d r i f t i f unstable , and normal exact frequenoies otherwise. Such knowledg i s qu i t e u se fu l when using t h e EBU TA l i s t , and even more so f o r keeping t r a c k of LA'S jus t s t raddl ing t h e main channels. DX'ers d i r e c t l y connected with t h e engineering s ide of t h e broadcasting industry can use such prec ise information t o help el iminate inte: f e r i n g heterodynes and i n t e r - s t a t i on f l u t t e r t h a t reduce t h e i r s t a t i o n ' s coverage areas . Otherwise, knowing exact f requencies I

serve l i t t l e more than t o s a t i s f y t h e c u r i o s i t y t h a t makes DX1ini such an enjoyable hobby i n t h e f i r s t place. F ina l l y , t h e r e ' s t h , usual e g o t i s t i c a l reason - outdoing t h e guy who keeps boas t i ng about t h e frequency readout of h i s expensive R-3% It0 t h e kHz, I

r e c t l y ) , o r being among t h e very few DX3ers i n t h e world who can determine frequencies t o t h e neares t Hz. But so much f o r t ha t .

DX1ers have found severa l methods u se fu l f o r determining f r e - qilencies t o given accuracies: In te rpola t ing between two known f r e - quencies using t h e logging s ca l e of t h e rece iver bandspread is ac- cura te f o r ge t t i ng t o t h e neares t kiloHertz, but i s subject t o er- r o r caused by non - l i nemi t i e s i n t h e tuning capac i tors . Matching heterodynes aga ins t musical p i t ches of known frequency g e t s one 50 t h e neares t 0.1 kHz on t h e average, with accurscy decreasing with higher p i tches . Frequency meters a r e extremely accurate ( t o 1/10 Hertz o r be t t e r ) but a r e ghast ly expensive, o f t en l imi ted i n t h e range of f requencies they cover, and must be used i n d i r e c t l y with an accompanying t a b l e . The a i l i t a r y surplus models t h a t some DX1ers can afforit may only be accurate t o within 10 Hz, which i s not t h e prec is ion we seek here.

What we have l e f t , then, i s a method of frequency measurement t h a t f a l l s within t h e f i nanc i a l means of most se r ious DX'ers yet i s accurate t o t he neares t Hertz! This i s t h e zero-beat method using a frequency counter f o r readout.

Frequency counters use3 t o be miserably expensive instruments t h a t would v i s i b l y count and hold and count and hold u n t i l i t s user got a migrane headache, but not any more. The count-UP readout i s gone, a steady numerical f i gu re being held i n view f o r two secands 3fte-c which t h e count i s up-dated i n s t a n t l y , then held f o r two seconds more, e t c . Time and progress i n t h e f i e l d have reduced t he p r i ce s of counters considerably a l so . For our recommendations we c a l l your a t t e n t i o n t o two f i n e instruments from Heathkit: The IB-101 reads from 1 Hz t o about 15 MHz with an accu rac~ .o f .+l Hz and s e l l s i n k i t form f o r about $220. The new m-1101 1 s ~ d e n t i c a l , except i t ' s range i s extended t o over 100 MHz. The l a t t e r i s a l so

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a k i t , s e l l i n g f o r $295.

A t t h i s po in t t h e reader may pose t h e question: "How do I connect t h e counter t o my receiver?" For prec is ion frequency measure- ments, you don ' t : F i r s t of a l l , t h e RF s igna l of t h e s t a t i o n i n t h e rece iver i s r a r e l y s t rong enough t o t r i g g e r t h e counter, though t h e TRF may be an exception. As you don ' t want t o monitor t he steady 455 kHz of t h e D, of course, a l l t h a t i s l e f t t h a t t h e counter can use is t h e l oca l -o sc i l l a to r frequency, which i s t h e s t a t i o n ' s f r e - quency + 455 kHz. This i s f i n e and p r e t t y accurate readout ( t o w i t - h i n 0.1 kHz a t t imes) a s long a s one doesn ' t mind constant ly sub- t r a c t i n g 455 kHz from t h e reading on t h e counter! But i n any case t he r e is s t i l l no accurate reference ava i lab le f o r f ind ing your way exac t ly on frequency (The shallow "tuned-in" sound i s n o t an accu- r a t e re fe rence by an means, nor a r e BFOfs ever s t a b l e enough t o serve such a purposeg.

Thus we must t u r n t o an i nd i r ec t method of measuring frequen- c i e s , and t h i s involves t h e use of a s i gna l generator , which, un- l i k e counters , a r e very cheap t o own, running $50 o r l e s s . A t pres- en t t h e author i s using a Heathkit IG-102, with an output ranging from 100 kHz t o 220 MHz i n s i x bands and switchable modulation of about 400 Hz, usefu l f o r f inding i t s s i gna l among o thers on t he ye- ce iver . It s e l l s f o r $39.50 i n k i t form.

The s igna l generator i s t h e weakest l i n k and t h e "problem chi ld" i n t h i s method of frequency debermination. Cheaper un i t s a r e not iceably unstable and w i l l "jump" with t he s l i g h t e s t t ap or jar. Few adjus t smoothly enough f o r easy a r r i v a l a t t he desired frequency, t he r e being a tendency t o bind a t such prec ise l eve l s of tuning, then t o overshoot t h e mark with t he force needed t o break t h e bind. There i s a l so a problem cont ro l l ing t h e amount of s i gna l reaching t h e rece iver , s ince t h e l a t t e r w i l l pick up t he s t r a y rad i - a t i on eminating from t h e c i r c u i t r y before t h e a t tenua t ion cont ro ls of t he generator.

I n an e f f o r t t o "beat t he bind" of t h e s igna l generator, most u se r s w i l l grasp t he t i p of the i nd i ca to r i n t h e i r f i nge r s and hold it on frequency with a steady hand while they read t h e counter. We suggest inves t iga t ing what e f f ec t t h e a t tenua tor cont ro l has on t h e genera tor ' s frequency. I n t he case of t he IG-102 moving t h e f i n e a t tenua t ion cont ro l can vary t he output frequency over 25 Hz, thus making it an outstanding " f i ne tuner"! A s our experience has shown us t h a t most s igna l generators possess t h i s idiosyncracy t o an ex- t e n t , we a r e employing it i n our i n s t ruc t i ons below. Otherwise, grab and hold t he tuning ind ica tor by t h e t i p , unless you've found a b e t t e r way.

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Now t o get t o t he ac tua l procedure Por measuring frequencies t o ' t h e neares t Hertz using rece iver , s i gna l generator, and frequency counter. F i r s t , t he preliminary set-up:

1 ) Be c e r t a i n t h a t t he frequency counter has been ca l ib ra ted I

aga ins t t h e s igna l from WWV following a 30-minute ( a t l e a s t ) warm-up.

2) Place t he s i gna l generator within "reception" d i s tance of t h e r ece ive r , no c lo se r than a meter apart . The ac tua l d i s tance w i - 1 11 vary with convenience, s igna l s t rength , and o ther f ac to r s .

3) Connect t h e output of t h e s i gna l generator d i r e c t l y t o t he input of t he frequency counter. This i s t h e onlg d i r e c t in te r -un i t connexion t h a t w i l l be made.

4) Warm up everything f o r a t l e a s t 30 minutes. This i s espec-

i a l l y important f o r t he s igna l generator.

5) After t he minimal warm-up, place t he signal-generator a t - tenuat ion cont ro l midway between maxlmum pos i t i on ( i . e . , g rea tes t s igna l ) and t he minimum s igna l t h a t w i l l t r i g g e r t h e frequency counter.

Now you a r e ready t o measure t he frequency of your choice:

a ) Tune t he rece iver t o t h e s i gna l t o be measured - of course.

b) Tune t he s i gna l generator t o t h a t frequency so t h a t t he heterodyne tone drops and disappears on t h e rece iver . For weak sig- na l s you may have t o increase t he d i s tance between t he s igna l gene- r a t o r and t h e receilrer; f o r s t rong s igna l s it w i l l be he lp fu l t o touch t he generator-counter cable t o increase r ad i a t i on t o t h e rece iver , among o ther methods. It i s bes t f o r both s i gna l s t o be roughly equal i n s t rength .

c ) Careful ly ad jus t t h e tuning d i a l of t he s igna l generator u n t i l t h e S-meter on t h e rece iver can-be seen t o v ib r a t e o r wiggle. Gentle tapping with t he f i nge r w i l l help t o overcome the "bind".

d) Now adjus t t he a t tenua t ion control t o . s l ow down and f i n a l l y s top t he meter v ibra t ion . For good accuracy, t he meter ind ica tor should not d ip more thar, once every four o r f i v e seconds, but it should be f a i r l y easy nonetheless t o hold th ings s t i l l f o r a minute o r more with t h i s method of tuning.

" e) Observe s eve ra l 2-second readouts on t he frequency counter . ( f o r a s long a s t h e zero-beat hold ou t ) , then record t he average reading. That i s t h e frequency of t he s t a t i o n t o t he Hertz!

I n cases where t h e rece iver lacks an S-meter, l i s t e n f o r f l u t - t e r , then slow down i t s r a t e t o zero.

When repor t ing frequencies of t h i s accuracy t o t he club bul le- t i n , be sure t o include t he da te , and preferably t he time, t h a t t h e measurement was made, a s many frequencies change from day t o day, o r even from hour t o hour, even i n t he case of domestic s t a t i ons . A s a case i n po in t , WUN i n South Miami has been observed s h i f t i n g from 789995 Hz t o 790012 Hz i n t he space of f i v e hours, while ECS4 i n t h e Canaries has been rock-steady on 1097080 Hz f o r weeks! Some- times it i s preferable t o repor t unstable frequencies i n reduced form, such a s CMHK on 1306.5 kHz, a more prec ise measurement would not l a s t t he night!

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- by M I E COLLINS-

In 1957 the networks seemed t o be doomed a s obsolete, and it was v e r y doubtful they would a l l l ive out the decade. Fi f teen y e a r s l a t e r t he fou r radio networks a r e a l ive and well , of fer ing mos t ly news and informat ion f e a t u r e s to some 2,300 affi l iated s ta t ions . One of them. ABC, has spl i t i t se l f in to fou r networks , which have a combined to ta l of m o r e than e leven hundred affi l iates.

T h e networks a r e ex t r eme ly useful t o the DXer. When a network newscas t o r p r o g t a m i s h e a r d on a given f reqency, i t usual ly great ly r educes the number of poss ioi l i t ies i n helping identify the station. T h i s can be an especia l ly g r e a t a id on the regional and g raveya rd channels, and even some of the c l ea r s .

T h e networks a r e m o s t eas i ly distinguished by the logos (news sounder o r m u s i c a l news in t ro) . NBC, CBS and MBS a l l have the i r own, and ABC h a s a d i f ferent one fo r each of i t s four networks (Contemporary , Enter ta inment , Informat ion and FM. ) Very often these logos a r e a l s o uti l ized by the affi l iated station f o r i t s l oca l newscas t s a lso . Al l of t he networks offer news once an , hour , and MBS o f fe r s it twice each hour .

T h e r e a r e varying r e a s o n s why s ta t ions affi l iate wih a network, but the two m o s t common a r e f o r money i n the v e r y l a r g e m a r k e t s ( l a rge c i t ies) , and fo r profess ional coverage of world and nat ional news in med ium and sma l l marke t s .

A nebwork can be a valuable source of revenue for l a r g e city and 50.000 watt s ta t ions . F o r example , i n 1967 ABC compensat ions f o r t he y e a r ammounted to $119,750 f o r WCKY-1530, $100,951 f o r WHAS-840, $92,573 fo r WGAR-1220, $91,622 fo r WHAM-1180 and $70,887 f o r WFIL-560. In 1968 MBS paid WHN-1050 $200,000 and WCFL $125.000 fo r the y e a r . A s can be seen, both city s i ze and signal de t e rmine the amount. A s t r ik ing i l lus t ra t ion of th i s i s Rochester , NY where a s s ta ted 50.000 watt c l e a r channel WHAM obtained ove r $90,000 in 1967, but ABC paid i t s new affi l iate WHEC-1460, only 5, 000 wat ts on a regional channel, just $7,100 fo r the following y e a r , 1968.

Stations i n s m a l l towns a r e quite f requent ly not compensated a t a l l . Networks offer t hese s ta t ions complete worldwide fac i l i t ies and well known newscas t e r s , giving t h e m f i r s t rat& coverage of in ternat ional and domes t i c events which they would neve r be able t o do on t h e i r own. !

T h e networks offer t h e i r stations two types of p r o g r a m s , commerc ia l ly sponsored p r o g r a m s and newscas t s , which a lmos t a lways m u s t b e c a r r i e d i n t h e i r en t i r e ty by the affi l iate ( there a r e except ions) , and unsponsored o r ~ "sustaining" p r o g r a m s (public se rv ice and s o m e m u s i c shows) whose c a r r i a g e by the affi l iate i s optional. Most l a r g e and med ium stations c a r r y only what I

they have to, s o a s to keep t h e i r schedules unclut tered, while s ta t ions in s m a l l - ~ e r m a y c l e a r m o s t o r a l l network p rogramming . I t might be noted that some I

V aff i l ia tes of the ABC/Con tempora ry network do not c a r r y the newscas t s and f e a t u r e s of the network, but i n s e r t the netwrok commerc ia l s f r o m these p r o g r a m s into t h e i r own p rogramming . KAAY -1090, KJR-950 Seattle, WPOP-1410 Har t ford , and WAVZ-1300 New Haven do i t t h i s way, t o n a m e some. Similar ly ,

i WHN-1050 does not c a r r y m o s t of the MBS lineup, but i n t eg ra t e s the commerc ia l s f r o m the network newscas t into i t s programming each hour . T h e only MBS p r o g r a m s c a r r i e d by WHN a r e seve ra l s p o r t s c a s t s on the weekend.

CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System, was established in 1928 to give 13

l i s t eners a n alternative to NBC, an5 the two have been in f ierce competition in Canadian affiliates of the American networks never ca r ry any newscasts

o r programs, only the commercials and sometimes reports f r o m network correspondents into their own newscasts. This i s t rue of CFRB-1010 which i s with NBC. CFCF-600 Montreal, a CBS affiliate, uses that network's logo and sounders on i t s own features , besides carrying the commercials and news inser ts .

When the network i s not carrying programs for braadcast, i t offers the stations inser t s and repor t s to be used on the stations' own newscasts.

The networks, by having these affiliated stations a c r o s s the country, have a t their disposal the correspondents of a l l these stations, giving them in effect a news staff of hundreds of repor te rs , covering every major city and many smaller towns a c r o s s the nation.

NBC, The National Broadcasting Company, was the f i r s t network, established in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, with WEAF-660 (now WNBC) a s i t s flagship station in New York. RCA a lso formed another network with WJZ- 760 (now WABC-770) a t i t s head. The WEAF network became known a s the NBC Red Network, and the WJZ chain became the NBC Blue Network, and i s now AB C. a At present , NBC offers i t s stations 5112 minute newscasts every hour on the hour f r o m 6am to l a m ELT, eight "Emphasis" features (five minute reports on ser ious and light subjects each hour during the day, weekdays), and on weekends, "Monitor". This i s a p rogram of Contemporary/MOR music 2nd features with various personalities, offered to stations Saturdays 9am-Noon, 3-6pm and 7-lOpm, and on Sundays 2-bpm and 7-10pm. NBC stations a r e no longer required to c a r r y this program in i t s entirety, but may integrate the sponsored features in to the local format. This i s what WNBC-660 in New York does (only WNBC-FM c a r r i e s "Monitor" in i t s entirety in the City. ) Sustaining and public service programs a r e offered, including "Eternal Light" and "Meet The P r e s s " on Sundays.

NBC came into i ts present f o r m around 1960, af ter a number of major affiliates decided i t was out of s tep with the t imes with i t s se r ia l s and drama programs. In 1956 Westinghouse decided network radio had had i t s day, and a l l i t s stations became indepentent, taking KDKA-1020, WBZ-1030 and KYW-1100 (now WKYC) Cleveland f r o m the NBC lineup. In 1958 NBC suffered another blow when KOMA-1520 and WKBW-1520 decided the network was incompatible with their new rock formats , and they both dropped NBC. The following year , 1959, saw WHAM-1180 terminating i t s NBC affiliation because i t did not want to clear the heavy schedule of se r ia l s in the day any longer. Things got so bad that NBC had to buy a station (WJAS-1320) to obtain an affiliate in Pittsburgh.

(Just a side observation, until 1958 NBC appeared to have had New York state real ly sewed up with the best signal station in each city a s i t s affiliate, WKBW Buffalo, WHAM Rochester, WSYR-570 Syracuse, WGY-810 in the capital city dis t r ic t , and wNBC-660 in New York City. )

By 1960, virtually a l l of the so-called block programming ( se r ia l s , drama and entertainment shows, now found on TV only) had disappeard f r o m the networks's schedule. The network has shown an annual profit in recent years , although it i s an open secre t that the NBC radio network i s up for sale, a s a r e all of the NBC OWNed and operated radio stations. SO f a r , WKYC-1100 has been sold. NBC, which h a s long had a policy of accepting only fulltime stations a s affiliates, h a s had to settle f o r daytimers in Buffalo, Norfolk and Philadelphia in recent y e a r s , where WWOL-1120, WVAB-1550 and WFLN-900 a r e the respective affiliates a t present.

radio and television ever since. Tne flagship station of the CBS network was WABC-860 (now WCBS-880).

CBS, long noted for i t s excellent news coverage, was the slowest of the four networks to change, and such programs a s "Gunsmoke" and "Johnny Dollar" survived well into the ea r ly 19601s, and the daytime se r ia l s were on a s la te a s 1960. J u s t this past year CBS dropped the l a s t of the live remote broadcasts of o rches t ras f rom New York hotels, and Ar thur Godfrey finally brought his long- running half hour show to a n end on March 31 of tlis year.

CBS a t present offers i t s stations s ix minute newscasts every hour on the hour f r o m 6 a m to l a m E. L. T. In addition there a r e hourly four minute features. Some a r e l ight , such a s "Dear Abby"; others include reports by Walter Cronkite and other noted CBS newscasters. There a r e two f i f teen minute roundups a t 8 a m and 6 pm, and Lowell Thomas s t i l l holds forth nightly a t 7 pm. On weekends there a r e additional spor t s features and special weekend reports. CBS a l so offers a number of sustaining and public service programs, including "Face The Nation", "Capital Cloakroomt1, "The Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir1', and others.

Many stations left CBS in the la te 1950's because of the programming which had to be carr ied. However, a major exodus occurred in 1959 when CBS to offset declining revenues , established a compensation plan which meant l e s s '

money for the affiliates. KBAT-680, WJR-760, WHAS-840, and KWKH-1130 said they would not go along, and quit CBS. WJR went independent, while KBAT, WHAS and KWKH went with ABC in the ea r ly 1960's. WRVA-1140 left for NBC, andi WGAR-1220 a l so dropped CBS and went with ABC in the ear ly 1960's. WGAR was briefly with NBC after quitting CBS and before going to ABC. 1963 saw KAAY- 1090 dropping CBS with the irtroduction of i t s new rock format, and WWVA-1170 left fo r ABC the same year. KGA-1510 left CBS to take ABC soon after. In addition, WGBS-710 Miami had quit CBS in 1960, and in many cities, CBS found itself with daytime-only affiliates ( such a s Cincinnati, Birmingham, Louisville Pittsburgh and others), and in some cases , such a s Detroit and Cleveland, none a t all. for a period. WJR did take one program during those years from CBS, Lowell Thomas, who i s par t owner of the station.

By the mid 1960's however, things began to look up. CBS had since dropped i t s compensation plan objectionable to many stations, and the se r ia l s and dramas were gone, though the CBS affiliate had to spend more time with the network than affiliates of other networks. WJR-760 rejoined in 1964. KRMG-740 Tulsa took CBS on about this time for awhile ( i t i s now independent again). 1968 saw WHAS-840 and KWKH-1130 becoming CBS again when they dropped ABC because it had split into four networks. WCKY- 1530 had dropped ABC in 1968 for the same reasons and joined CBS in 1970. KFBK-1530 a l so joined CBS in the late sixties. CBS was able to obtain many fulltime regional stations in many other major ci t ies , which helped the network's position extensively.

Today, CBS i s reputed to be the most profitable of the four networks, and i t s heavy schedule of news and information i s ideal for the all-news or information

y oriented format, although i ts affiliates include stations of varying formats, MoR, rock, and even country.

I MBS, the Mutual Broadcasting System, came into existence in 1934, with

A* WOR-710, WGN-720, WLW-700 and WXYZ Detroit a s its original affiliates. At present, MBS offers i t s affiliates commercially sponsored newscasts on

the half hour 6:30 a m to 10:30 pm ELT, except a t 8:30 a m and 5:30 pm when o;arts reports a r e broadcast. At 6:35 pm, "The World Todayt' i s a i red, a daily twenty-five minute roundup of the day's news. In addition there a r e fifteen minute commentaries by Fulton Lewis a t 7 pm and George Hamilton Combs a t 7:15, Bob Consodine has a five minute commentary a t 7:30pm and there i s an

additional sportscast a t 7:35 pm, and other additional sportscasts on weekends. MBS a l so offers sustaining unsponsored newscasts every hour on the hour from 6 a m to 10 pm ELT, which the affiliate does not have to ca r ry , o r may sell to local adver t i se rs if i t so desires . Other sustaining programs include the "Northwestern University Reviewing Stand", "Bandstandt1, a weekly hour spotlight P on an a r t i s t broadcast Saturday evenings, and other programs. :!

It is important to note that many MBS affiliates tape and delay the newscasts and programs, and rebroadcast them a t a l a te r time. F o r example, some MBS stations have car r ied the half-hour newscasts a t :45.

MBS was owned by RKO General until 1957 when i t was sold and had several different ownerships in the la te 1950's. The network became entangled in scandal which involved acceptance of $750, 000 f rom Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic in re tu rn for giving his dictatorship favorable coverage. The network went bankrupt and almost went out of existence, until i t was rescued by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M),which purchased i t in 1961 and appointed the energetic Robert Hurleigh a s i t s president. The network had lost a l l of the RKO General stations a s affiliates which had formed the backbone of MBS, including WOR-710, CKLW-800, WNAC-680 (now WRKO), KHJ-930, and KFRC-610. In addition, WGN-720 had quit in 1956, and MBS had only a daytimer, WAIT-820, a s i t s Chicago affiliate until 1964 when WCFL was finally signed.

'Hurleigh was able to obtain 50 kilowatt affiliates in four major cities for MBS, including WINS-1010 in 1961, then WHN-1050 in 1962 when Westinghouse purchased WINS, WCKY-1530 was added in 1961, WGBS-710 in 1962, and WCFL in Apri l of ,1964, (Later , WCKY was los t to ABC, and WGBS to ABC/Information in 1968. ) F r o m 1964 to 1967, MBS had the only daily rock dj show ever broadcast over a network, with WCFL personality Dick Biondi, 2-4pm ELT Monday thru Saturday. In addition, Hy Gardiner had a nightly interview program f rom Miami 9-10 pm ELT back then. In 1968, 3iM, which had turned MBS into a profitable network, sold i t to a group of businessmen for three t imes what they had paid for it. Because of i t s unstable history, MBS has literally bounced around like a ping-pong ball in most major cities. F o r example, af ter KHJ dropped MBS in Los Angeles, KPOL-1540 took i t for a while, then KIIS-1150, and now KBBQ-1500 i s the affiliate there. In San Francisco, KKHI- 1550 replaced KFRC- 61 0, and then KSAY took i t for a while, and now, KEST-1450 i s the MBS affiliate.

ABC, the American Broadcasting Company, came into existence when NBC was required to sell the Blue Network mentioned ear l i e r , in 1943. The FCC ruled that the ownership of more than one network constituted a monopoly.

At present , ABC operates four separate networks. This does not violate the FCC monopoly ruling, a s long a s no two programs a r e broadcast simultaneously, which i s why each network has i t s newscasts a t different times.

The ABC/Contemporary network offers i ts affiliates five minute commercial newscasts a t :55. There i s an abbreviated version of the news (with the commercial) lasting two minutes, a t :50. Some affiliates incorporate thisshort repor t

into their regular news report , o r , a s mentioned ear l i e r , just take the commercial. Howard Cosell 's five minute repor t s a r e a i r e d a t 8:25 a m and 5:25 pm, and WABC personality Chuck Leonard does two repor t s on music a t 8:25 and 10:25 pm. A s

on the other three, there a r e some public service p rograms made available on a

Sundays to Contemporary affiliates. k The ABCIEntertainment network has newscasts on the half hour, plus a number ,+

of five minute commentar ies , sportscasts and stock market repor t s each day. Also a feature of the network i s Paul Harvey 's five minute repor t a t 8:30 a m , and a fifteen minute repor t a t 12:30 pm. (Harvey's report i s not always on the ABC Entertainment station in every city; for example, in New York he i s on WMCA,

The ABCIInformation network has news on the hour, plus a number of 15 commentaries with the noted H a r r y Reasoner and Howard K. Smith and others. There i s a n Information block of news, commentary and sports f rom 6-6:30 pm, ELT.

The ABC/FM network simply has news a t :15and i s the only network which does not compensate any of i t s affiliates.

ABC was the f i r s t network to drop the soap operas, d ramas and old type enter- ta inment programming, in a major revamping of the network in 1957. New music shows with Herb Oscar Anderson and Merv Griffin were introduced. However, this failed to help the financial picture for the network, and ABC had ser iously considered closing down i ts radio network in 1959. It had never had very many of the large 50,000 watt stations a s affiliates, and had lost WOW0 and KEX when Westinghouse dropped networks in 1956. The network elected instead to stay with radio and began a major campaign to win affiliates, with stunning success in the ear ly 1960's. In a one year period, ten 50,000 watt stations joinedABC, including KBAT-680, WHAS-840, KWKH-1130, WWVA-1170, WGAR- 1220, and later , KGA-1510 a l l of which had left CBS. WHAM-1180, ex-NBC was signed, and WCKY came to ABC f rom MBS. Independents KRAK-1140 and W PTR- 1540 a l so went to ABC.

In 1967 the ABC network announced i t s plans to split into four networks, which surpr i sed many people, and gained FCC approval. The plan went into effect on January 1, 1968. It was adopted for two reasons. The network was still not showing a clear profit. WABC and WLS had exerted pressure to drop the long running "Breakfast Club" with Don Mc Neil 10-11 a m weekdays because i t disrupted t t e i r rock formats. Under the new plan, they would not have to c a r r y i t eince the Mc Neil show could be run on another network. The plan a l so served to alienate many of the affiliates. WHAS and KWKH immediately went back to CBS. WCKY likewise dropped ABC and, two years la ter , went back to CBS. Other stations like WFIL-560, KBAT and KRAK went independent. Others went independent initially, and af ter a wait-and-see period, hooked on to one of the four networks. This group included WHAM, WPTR, and WGAR which would eventually join the Information, Contemporary and Entertainment networks respectively. WWVA, which could not work out an acceptable agreement with CBS, reluctantly went to Information. After a very cool reception initially, the four network concept gained increasing acceptance, and a s noted ear l i e r , ABC has more than 1100 stations with a l l four networks now.

The original concept of the four network system was that each one catered to a different type of radio format. Contemporary was designed for rockers , Entertainment for personality/MoR stations, Information for stations which were heavy on n e w s l ~ u b l i c affairs. Today there i s li t t le correlation between the fo rmat and the network. There a r e MoR stations with Contemporary, rockers with Entertainment, and s o on.

There a r e , in addition, a number of regional networks which cover several s ta tes and offer news programs and features of a regional nature to their affiliates, Two of the l a rges t a r e the Tobacco Network in the Carolinas, and the Intermountain network covering the Rocky Mountain states.

One of the most noteable was the Yankee Network which had some thir ty affiliates in the s i x New England states. It Was operated by RKO General until i t s flagship station, WNAC-680 went to the Drake rock format in 1967 and changed i t s call l e t t e r s to WRKO. The Yankee Network operated f rom 1928 until 196' and was showing a profit a t the time i t folded. In recent years , the network offered ten minute newscasts a t 7 ,8,9 and 11 am, and 1, 3, 6 ,7,9 and 11 pm, weather a t 7:30 amand public service programs on weekends.

the Information affiliate. )

I6 RKO General a l so operated the Don Lee Network covering the Pacific Coast s ta tes in conjunction with MBS, and closed i t down when i t sold MBS in 1957.

ABC a l so operated ABC West with special features for i t s western affiliates, This was closed down in 1967.

Besides regular networks, very often special networks a r e se t up to broadcast special o r seasonal events. Each winter a nationwide network is se t up to broadcast the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera live, sponsored by Texaco. Most professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams form seasonal networks b broadcast their games, a s well a s some college teams.

Almost a l l network programs, regional o r national, a r e ca r r ied to the affiliated stations over rented telephone lines. At various t imes, when and where i t i s feasible, some stations have picked up network programming directly off the a i r f rom a n FM station carrying the network, to save the expense of utilizing the lines.

Finally, i t might be noted that a t one time, p rograms for the networks origin- ated f rom many different affiliates. With the changing t imes and changing nature of network radio, today virtually a l l network programs and newscasts originate in New York, o r in Los Angeles, Chicago o r Washington newsrooms. Perhaps the only exceptions a r e the weekly "Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir" on CBS, which originates f r o m KSL-1160, and "Northwestern University Reviewing Stand" on Mutual, eminating f rom WGN-720, which, ironically, i s no longer a n MBS station.

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Tenth Annual Edi t ion § Corrected t o March 1972

Compiled by Ronlld F. Schatz This l i s t o f Cuban medium-wave broadcasting s t a t i o n s is t h e re-

s u l t of t h e monitoring a c t i v i t i e s of t he compiler modifyigg bas ic da t a obtained through t h e I n s t i t u t o Cubano de Radiodifusion; 23 y L, Vedado* Habana 4, Cuba. Estimated accuracy - 97%. .Exp lo i t a t i on by World Aadio-TV Handbook Company s t r i c t l y prohibited.

kHz Ca l l Location -- kJ I d e n t i f i c a t i o n 550 CMAN P inas d e l Rio 30 Radio Rebelde/V. de Cuba 570 CMHI Santa Clara 10 Radio Rebelde . -.

580 CMJM Ciego de Avila .5 Radio ~ e b e l d e 590 CMW La Habana 150 Radio Rebelde/V. de Cuba 600 CMKV San ~erm6.n 150 Radio Rebelde/V. de Cuba

CMHV CMHQ CMQ

Trinidad Santa Clara La Habana Santiago de Cuba Santa Clara P inar d e l R ~ O S. Pedro de Cacoci Cienf uegos Santiago de Cuba La Habana C i e ~ o de Avila Colon P inar d e l Rio Holgu?n Camagiiey La Habana Las Bercedes Camagiiey La Habana Camagiiey La Habana Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba

Radio ~ e b e l d k ' - Radio ~ i b e r a c i b n / ~ . de Cuba Radio ~ i b e r a c i 6 n / ~ . de Cuba Radio ~ i b e r a c i b n Radio Progreso/R. Encicloped.ia Radio ProrrresoiX. E n c i c l o ~ e d i a

CMKU CMHG

D O M E S T I C C O N T E S T S T A N D I N G S a s of March 15, 1972 * ~ * ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ + ~ * ~ + * ~ * ~ * ~ ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ X ~ * * * ~ * * ~ ~ * * * ~ L * * + * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * score CMKP

CMHN Radio P r o i r e s o j ~ . ~ n c i c l o p e d ~ i a Radio Progreso Radio Progreso Radio Progreso/R. Enciclopedia Radio Progreso Radio Rebelde/V. de Cuba Radio 1~iberaci6n

ls t --- Robert NEAL .......................................... 117,908 2nd--- Ken ONYSCHUK -------- ................................ 92,434 3rd--- J im RENFREW---- - - - - - - - - - - ----- ------------- - - , 6 4 0

CMDB

CMGN CMAQ CMKJ

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Radio ~ i b e r a c i 6 n Radio ~ ibe r ac ihn /v . de Cuba CMJL

CMCI CMKB

Radio Reloj Nacional Radio ~ e v o l u c i 6 n Radio Rebelde Radio Cadena Habana Radio Progreso/R. Enciclopedia Radio ~ o r d 6 n de l a Haba?a W , La Frecuencia. d e l Azucar Radio ~evsluci;n/v. de Cuba Radio ~ e v o l u c i b n Radio Cadena Agramonte Radio International Radio Rebelde/V. de Cubs CMBF, Rad'io Musical Nacional CMBF, Radio Musical Nacional Radio ~ i b e r a c i A n / ~ . de Cuba CMBF , Radio Musical I'Jacional CMBF, Radio Musical Nacional W , La Frecuencia &el A Z G C ~ S CMBF , Radio Musical ivacional Radio ~ e v o l u c i 6 n Radio Reloj Nacional Radio Progreso COCO, E l Per.;6dico d e l Aire

CM JN CMCH CM JE CMCA CMHW

CMDC CM JY

Holgui; Cieno de Avila

CMBL CMDN CMHD

La Eabana Guant ham0 Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba Ciego de Avila Camagiiey Matanzas Fomento La Habana ~uantsnamo Matanzas ~ a n c t i - s p i r i t u s La Habana

***REMEMBER that your final fo rms must be in within 2 weeks af ter the close of the contest on May 16, 1972--- Good luck! .. . . . . . . . . .BGK or KGB o r LL.

CMD Z CMm- A

I DX NEWS is published 32 tlrnes a year-weekly durin thewinter DX DX Nwg reason. It is the ONLY magazine in the *old that de& exclushely the magazine of t h? with the hobby of MW DXing-and has been foralmost 4 0 years! National Radio Club per -$I3 First Class -$14 domestic air BOX 99, Cambridge, Ma. 02138 year -$la75 Third

~ ~ ~ o o o o o o o ~ ~ F O R E l G N R A T E S A V A I L A B L E : w r i t e f o r d e t a i l s * o * o o o o o o o o o o ~ o

CMJB CMGX CMHE CMBF CMD J CMGL CMHB CMCK

kHz -- 990

1000 1010

C a l l Location -- CMHT ~ a n c t i - s p i r i t u s CMAF Guane CMAS P i n a r d e l Rio CMKM Holguin CMAC San ~ r i s t 6 b a l CMFB Camagiiey CMBN I s l a de l a Juventud CMKG Baracoa CMBQ La Habana CMBM I s l a de l a Juvent-dd CMHU Cienfuegos CMDL ~ o l g u i n CMHA Santa Clara CMKL Santiago de Cuba CMJK Camagiiey CMDO Banes CMAD Artemisa CMJT Ciego de Avi la CMJX Moron CMKD ~ o l ~ u i n CMGY Per ico CMGM Jagiiey Grande CMGW Matanzas CMKE V i c t c r i a - Tunss C i T P P l a c e t a s CNKA ~ u a n t ham0 CMAG ~ o n s o l a c i 6 n d e l Sur CMDE Bayamo CMJG Camagiiey CMHM Santa Clara CMDP V i c t o r i a - Tunas CMKS ~ u a n t ham0 CMJQ Nuevitas CMJD Ciego de Avila CMHK Cruces CMDD Bayamo CMJS Ciego de Avila CMGU Los ArAbos .... ~ u a n t b a m o Bay N.B. CMKY Puer to Padre CMBG La Habana CMKW Santiago de Cuba CMKX Bayamo C M J I F l o r i d a CMDX Baracoa CMKZ Palma Soriano CMJW Santa Cruz d e l CMCG Marlanao CMGE ~ s r d e n a s CMKT V i c t o r i a - Tunas CMDV Santiago de Cuba CMGB ~ 6 r d e n a s CMDF Manzanillo

, e ss a l l correspondence t o :

Ronald F. Schatz § P.0.

I d e n t i f i c a t i o n

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In December, I v a c a t i o n e d i n T a h i t i and Sydney. The r e c e i v e r was a Nordmende G l o b e t r o t t e r , which i s n o t t h e s t r o n g e s t . How- e v e r , a few i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s were h e a r d .

TAHITI

Radio T a h i t i ' s s c h e d u l e conforms w i t h t h a t l i s t e d i n WRH. Wh~n it i s n ' t on , no s i g n a l s a r e heard d u r i n g t h e day t ime on AM o r FM. I v i s i t e d t h e s t u d i o s , and was t o l d by a n e n g i n e e r , mos t l y t h rough s i g n l anguage ( h e spoke a s much E n g l i s h as I do ~ r e n c h ) t h a t t h e y a r e 20kw-on-740k~z and have no p l a n s of go ing t o 50kw, which was l i s t e d i n s e v e r a l p u b l i c a t i o n s . They u se a microwave of v e r y low Dower t o a r e c e i v e r on a moun ta in top and t h e n it i s r e t r a n s m i t t e d bn FM, a b o u t 92 mHz, 40w, and p i cked up a t t h e AM t r a n s m i t t e r , abou t 6 m i l e s ENE o f downtown P a p e e t e . The FM was heard a t t h e h o t e l . A t n i g h t , t h e f i r s t i d e n t i f i e d s t a t i o n was KFBK-1530. C t h e r s h e a r d were Cook I s l ands -600 ( n o t e x a c t l y a powerhouse) KFI, KNX, WBAP p l u s a whole l o t of w e s t c o a s t e r s and a l l Hawiians

' excep t 790. 850 , and 970. Of t h e s e , KCCN-1420 was t h e b e s t , excep t f o r t h e f a c t t h a t 2AP h e t t e d i t . s e v e r e l y .

SYDNEY --- I v a c a t i o n e d h e r e i n l a 7 0 a s w e l l , and no changes were no t ed w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of t h e a d d i t i o n of a new s t a t i o n d u r i n g t h e dayt ime, 2G0-1720 Gosford , NSW. Loca l s and s emi - loca l s i n Sydney a r e :

610 2FC government; mos t l v c l a s s i c a l and t a l k 740 2BL government ; MoR, pop; j a ~ z Dpm-midnight l o c a l

t ime 870 2GB m o s t l y news and t e l e p h o n e t a l k ; h a s o l ~ d e r demo-

g r a p h i c s i n r a t i n g s a 5 0 2UE r o c k / ~ o R 1020 2KY r e l i g i o n , r a c e r e s u l t s , MoR, f o r e i g n language 1110 2UW r o c k ; tower downtown, w i t h c a l l s on it 1170 2CH . MoR; l e s s rock t h a n o t h e r s 1270 2SM r o c k ; Drake j i n g l e s

Out-of- towners hea rd days:?KA-780 Katoomba; 2HD-1140 Newcas t le ; 2NC-1270 Newcas t le ; 2G0 1320 Gos fo rd ; 2NX-1360 Newcas t le ; 2KO- 1410 Newcastle;2WL-1430 Wollongong; 2NC-1510 Newcas t le ; 2WN-1580 Wollongong. A few o t h e r s were h e a r d , b u t t h e above were a t e a s y l i s t e n i n g l e v e l s . Meanwhile, a t n i g h t u n t i l m idn igh t , a l l f r e q u e n c i e s had someth ing on them. The f o l l o w i n g , hea rd be tween 2-sam F r i d a y morning Dec- ember 31 Sydney t ime , were of consequence ( s u b t r a c t Q h o u r s f o r GMT; Sydney was on DST): 570 2YA ~N!/760,690,780 lOAn 4ZB Dunedin / / l 00 690 4KQ B r i s b a n e , and 3YA 105n 2CA Canberra 760 1YA//570 (Auckland) 1000 U N I D , //?UE-Q50, 3KO-1110 780 4YA//570 ( ~ u n e d i n ) 11 00 ~ Z B ~h ch / /QRO, 1 0 ~ 0 790 UNID 1140 2HD Newcas t le 820 4ZA I n v e r c a r g i l l 430 3UZ Melbourne, p o s s i b l y F i j; under" 970 5DN Ade la ide 1180 :KZ Melbourne Q80 2ZB ~ e l l i n g t o n / / I 100 1 1 ~ 0 5 ~ _ a Adela ide 1000 U N I D 1210 U N I D

1220 4AK D a r l i n g Downs (0akey?) / /1?00 1700 4BK Br i sbane 1310 5AD Ade la ide 1720 %A B a l l a r a t 1760 2NX Newcas t le 1340 4BH B r i s b a n e 1410 2K0 Newcas t l e / / 950 2UE and ?-I040 1420 3XY Melbourne 1440 U N I D 1500 3AK Melbourne 1570 UNIT TT 1580 Thailand/USsR? ( s e e be low) 1590 1x1. New Zealand 1600 OC T h i s l i s t doea n o t i n c l u d e t h e Sydney s t a t i o n s , which a r e AN, excep t 2FC/2BL. I was a b l e t o make a t a p e o f t h e ' 580 s i g n a l ; it a p p e a r s t o have b o t h llMoscow B e l l s " and "Columbia t h e Gem o f t h e Oceanv on i t . I hope t o send a dub t o GPN s h o r t l y . B a s i c a l l y t h e r e a r e t h r e e ne tworks i n A u s t r a l i a . I n t h e c a p i t a l c i t i e s , t h e r e a r e two s t a t i ons - -one ABC network each . I n o t h e r . c i t i e s where t h e r e i s on ly one ABC, t h e programming i s composi te . A n o t i c e a b l e e x c e p t i o n was Canbe r r a ; 2CY-850 and 2CN-1540 would change ne tworks . The McQuarie B r o a d c a s t i n g System o r i g i n a t e s "MBS News" which i s hea rd i n many s t a t i o n s i n NSW. A s opposed ,

t o s p o t s , many A u s t r a l i a n s t a t i o n s s e l l q u a r t e r - h o u r s of t ime , e n a b l i n g you t o g e t t h r e e o r f o u r commercials i n 15 minu te s f o r one a d v e r t i s e r . Only t h e 2UW and some TV t ower s were noted i n Sydney. Co lo r TV s t a r t s i n 1957, and some of t h e i r TV s t a t i o n s % r e on ou r FM band, w i t h no p r o j e c t e d d a t e f o r FM. Ou t s ide o f some e x c i t i n g f l a s h f l o o d s I g o t caught i n n e a r Bangendore (20mi from Can- b e r r a ) I would l i k e t o mention t h a t 2CH-1170 h a s t h e wor s t 5kw s i g n a l i n Sydney. And as you may have n o t i c e d , on ly Sydney/Mel- bourne commercial s t a t i o n s may have 5kw: o t h e r s . 2kw.

22mlS UJC.~S - 407 Elmwood .?venue - Itha, New York - 14850 . It seems t h a t Musing" write Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning

never mke t h e Rrookl n deadline, s o 1'11 t r y writing t h i s Mmd?y nlght & see what hppens. ( ~ e c ' d 9Wla. 3/16 -WC) ?Iew loggings since l a s t Muse: 2/23- WCMB-

1%0 &. 6 7:3@m. This one domimtes t h e frequency evenin@;a. 2/27- WCW-1330 N.

Y. g BPm. 3/2- WJW-850 Chi0 @ 1 : 0 ~ r n / wYsL-1400 N.?!. d 1:30pm. 3/4- WCDL-1440

h. @ 6: lbpm, ~ - 1 b W Ont. @ 6:47, w~U~-1260 @ 7:30pm. WEZE usmlly dominates a t night hsre ,w/a very evident WNDR underneath. 3/5- w@TD-1400 @ 12:3&m for N . J

#11. 3/9- %is was apparently an Auroral evening. : o skip a t a l l noted un t i l an unID s/off noted on 1 9 0 i;/ww @ 6:40pm. .4ny ideas on who? Unn Wm-1530 noted

w/s/off @ 6:W, for the secmd skip s tat ion t o be noted t h a t night, more than half an hour AFTER local SSS. HYCU-1550 @ 6:45~m s/off ;or Fb. #3, 7Ns1-1540 @ 6:53, WAPL-1570 wis. 8 7pm s/off , plugging FM on 105.7, ~ 2 - 1 5 7 0 la. O/WAPL @ 7pm s / off. WESY-1580 Miss. s /off @ 7 3 5 & WSYB-1380 V t . @ 7: 57pm. 3/11- WAKY-79 Ky. @ 1: l h m . CFRS-1560 at. @ 6: 1hpm, WVKO-~~W 0. @ 6:38pm NN, WAXU-1580 Ky . s /off @ 6:44. C a T tmde a very belated appeslance t h i s date. 3/12- CJRN-710 Ont. f inal ly noted U/WOR ' 12:51am, CKIM-1570 Que. @ 1:44am, t h i s one heard before but not IDed positively. WAMY-1580 Miss. strong on hT w/a couple imnutes of con;inuous IDs @ 1:4&m follaving 15 minutrs or more of big band mx, ~(MPc-1560 & l . f i m l l y p o s i t i v ly IDed @ a m ~hrough s s t t i c from local thunderstorm. CEIIZS-109 Que. @ 5:43pm. 7ith pest C ~ N - 1 6 0 0 gone, I s a t on 1600 @ SSS & hmtd the folloving: WING-1600 @

for NY #81 with old .Tiend and new NRCer Wul Sidney a t the mike, unns WTYM , & WWRL noted, W N E V - ~ ~ ~ W. Va. @ 6: 10, WHOL-1600 Fh. @ 6:15 s (off, never heard i n

Cmn. Later, WmW-1330 @ 7. 3/13- CHNO-550 Ont. @ 12:108m, WQNE-980 0. @ 12:24, KAAY-109 @ 12:31, WANB-1560 W. strong on TT @ 1 : O l a m . A trong unID noted on 1 5 9 POP, va; iable ll's between 1 & 1:45, & when they f l m l l y I*d @ 1:45, I was deeply engrossed i n a book about flying saucers & :uch, & missed t h e ca l l s & lbca- ' t i m , al thmgh I gut pwer a : 5,090~. (WCSC, ~ h r i s -EX) loggings ncw 361. WTKO has 3$ out of 4 tclirers up so watch for t es t s , they ' l l probabb be on u n t i l a t l m s t l a m a s WVBR-FM, where I work, i s AN-6 & W T K O ' l l want t o s t e a l our audience. They won 't succeed! 73.

JEFF KADET - Bcoc 726 - Denton Hall - U. of Md. - College hrk, Maryland - 20742 DX: Md 316- wOCB-1240 (a35 on frequency) from 1:34 & on. I didn't

h w t h i s was a TEST but they were barreling i n & couldn't be missed. KIWA-1550 TEST a l s o h a r d from 3:Ob-3:13. UnID underground mx on 1580k between 3-h:l&m including what sounded l ike an en t i re Neil Young album. Xo I D given @ ham t h a t I could hear - who was t h i s ? h the 8th) W fina l ly heerd on 710 surprisingly well O/WOR @ 1:46sm. I vlsited t h e i r new ante- farm over Christaas vacation L: it i s an impressive s ight . On the 9th, WSNE-1170 s/on-Dixie @.6:4%m whil? trying unsuc- cessful f o r t t e s ta t ions i n N.J . & N.Y. 3/10- WIJQ-1360 r/c-DT 2:15-2:3&c, &la. #65. 3zI- WTRQ-1560 @ 3'03im. just caught end of I D (r I think they went off af ter that . MM 3/13- kMOB-840 f/c-VT l:q-l:l%m i n the clear but weak' must be a r /c . 3/15 gave us WJm-1400 r / v - T ~ L-l:l%m. WBRV-900 f / c ~ 1:4am (domestic # 25 on W ) , & two mew Miss.: WTYL-129 & WHW-1490 r/cs. I ilm have 30 s t a t i o ~ s from Miss. 3/a- k'RRB-lc~00 6:36-6:4%m E u/o semi-local W100. Veries: v/ l - KLUC KRSB WORV WDOG WKII wcvs WOCB (reel f a s t reply). v/q- WHEX. WPGF said I heard r/c-TI? w/~an Nostrand, th i rd MM, 12:20-12:3%~.

phTiS A. FtCMJZKA - 17 Old b k s Read - Rosemont, Pennsylvania - 1 9 1 0 m i s i s my f i r s t Musing, I hope there w i l l be more t o come.

DX, has been kind of i r regu la r b e a u s e of school, I ' m a junior a t Mount St. bkryVs College. I did a l o t of d i n g ovdr semester bresk. I picked up some new sta-

tions, seems l i k e joining NRC bringi good luck. New stations picked up t h i s sea-

son were, W A P E ~ ~ Jacksonville @ 5:lk-pm EST m~ 1/21, KSL-1160 Sa l t Iake City 2:20 am on 1/14, ZNS-1540 on 1/29 @ 6:45pm, wKHO-1320 2/14, Hcmell, N.Y. t e s t , s l s o t e s t WXC-1560 1/28 @ 1:0am, Chardm, 0.) I have t o close now, and do some

studying. Good luck t o a l l & 73s. (welcome t o the PmC, Peter, and we too hope the-e xi11 be wny more Musings from you4 (ERG)

THE NEXT ISSUE WILL BE I N lWO WEEKS, R!OoKLnJ ~mDnhT'.' 1lIT.L BE mFSWY, APEIL 6.

i3GW G I A N N I N I - 1111 Forest Hil ls Drive - Belleville, I l l i n o i s - 62221 23 1

1 3/13 PM- W.44TV-900 @7:02 s/off, % i r e WDDT w / r r @7:09. Unn

KHM. 7: 16 s/off & unn aLT, 7:25. 3/14 PM- 7:26, KOLS-1570 s/off W/KBRI looped. Some T4 r e c e ~ t i o n noted for the f i r s t time ever i n thrch i n three y-Is of M ac t iv i ty , Nice-11-1554 poor, WIH-1586 f a i r 6 7:30. WDR w s i n fo r about three

1 hours u n t i l fadeout @ 10:39 approximtely. Others included 2. he-1214 & r e l y audibl? @ 7;40. FWE-773 poor. Some daytime DX on 3/13 AM. 10:30, WW-920 W/ local WGNU part ia l ly laoped: out. 10: 25, WI'IZ-99 w/ emi-local WCAZ looped. 11, n3.N W/KLIK looped. 10:45, WIN-740 W/W looped. I would l ike f o r somebody t o answer t h i s question concerning t h e ikverage antenna. In the h r i g i m l a r t i c l e it stated if you b d a very long Severage, say seven miles, extremely quiet & stable rece3tion clan be e ~ p e r i ~ c e d . I was wondering tha t i f one h a d such an antenm I st-ung up i n &ine & termimted i n t h e ocean, how good would reception be? Could ' one count on T4 ac t iv i ty during the daytirue? I figure tha t the cost of putting one up Wy be $5,000 or nore depending upon the thickness of t h e wire being used. I CEO3GE 5- SHEINAN - 134 Pinewood Circle - Rosemount, Minnesota - 55068

~ m ~ - 8 8 0 i s now OE RS w/fair groundwave s ig rn l a t 425 miles, u/ WCBS nights, if audible, so W must wo~k- KCR-850 i s AN-6-rr oldies 'bolden Bas- con", ex-HI. I r a t e tha t a m j o r inpro-cercent. DX continues t o show up despite I 1,000 ANs. 2 / g - KXCW-1420 Ark. shoved w/s/off u/semi-local KTOE @ 7pm, a l s o !EN- 730 noted W/ID & religion a l l i n EE 6 8 W/XM QRN raking things d i f f icu l t . MM 2/.B started out P I / K G I W - ~ ~ ~ O r / c @ 2:14; Coi. #29 C 0/800 miles thanks t o those extra 7 5 0 ~ ; KMIO-U00 TEST @2 5:2j mostly O/&RM but I w e too ~d a t new NSPers N ~ ~ s / K W t o send a report. Fortunately WHAS/KYW both chickened out & went back AII-6. A b iz thank you t o w!:omever sent the born5 t h r a t s , h i . HJAE-920 must 've been the, one w/two mentions of Colombia @ 5:30, actually enetmting NSP pest WOKY! My morning Wac the3 mde c o ~ l e t e W/WCXO-1250 0. s L n @ 6 w/no sign of W W - must've been a mini-Aurora o/~llwaukee, h i 3/5- i[,30 Col. & #39 1240, mmely KRDO W/ID @L MM 3/6 I discovered Cm?-710 (Xlt. w i l l be 141 pest now t h a t WHB i s off MMs; XPOZ- 1 9 0 C g l . uns doing ZXR TEST B 3:30, but b a r e u Cetectable i n n u l l of ZNS, i f you could c a l l it that. ZNS i s almost a s bad s s EYEL! I couldn't even positively I D tile WNIO TST. VCR-550 N.Y. e5 0U.N Que- both messing up semi-lclcal NSP WS\U @ 4: 3/11 SSS w s profitable w/aostmnted w~CM-190 Wis- strangely atop WSMl v/no sign of KXFL @ 6:35; mn spots for Cconomowoc, Atlas Eelpful; WJRC-1510 Ill. fought YSTP slop during s&ff @ 7 only seconds a f te r pest WAUK s/aff. SM 3 / ~ 1 ddd dot note any I h b l e from 550-1600, ~ u t 540 mde up for that W / Y N ~ @ 6 : s & WYLO wis 1

I @ 7:30, weak & alone. I d i d have one interest ing .WID tha t SM on 7j.u SSB rws no* I ed @ 6:1%m, WC4S WGSM WVCH WMBL or WMBG? I f some ECer could check for me which i of these s/on @ fSR 3 1 w/instrumental SSB i t ' d be much appreciated. CBL i s off IES till 7 SMs but t h e i r W & KCES RS prevented my get t ing an I D . Some of ym my be wondering i f the gain of an urramplified loop i s good enough t o wke b u i l d i x one worthvhile, so I'i1 t e l l you. Using my $27.95 Realistic TRF & loop I heard Brazil- 1040 @ 5,500 miles very well; a 1060 carr ier barely detectable w/built-in ante-. Also KOEt650 now good MMs . KILTJAM D. SWIGER - Route 1 - Box 142-A - Bridgeport, West Virginia - 26330

H i you a l l . Well, here I am a m i n for my second Muse. A f t e r four yeers I am f i m l l y out of th r U.S. Navy. I get out 4/3. So it looks l ike I won't rmke it t o Y A D I I a s I h d planned. I wis hoping t o get out the f i r s t of h r c h but t h e k v y wmts t o keep ae >ust one nore month, h i . The above address i s my new one i n West-BY GO+Virgink. I hope t o f inal ly ceet Farley Dekurere- No DX l a te ly due $0 the antenm being down and ngr gear a l l packed and resay t o so. I would l ike t o buy some la te 1950 & 1!%0 copies Of PE and ET ragazines. h s aqjone got a ver ie out of wHNC-~~? I, so, w h a t i s t h e secret? Best of luck t o a l l . 73 & have fun a t TAD IT!

ATl'mICN - ATI'mTION - A ~ ~ I O N ! US'VE GCP SCME[?IDJG WE RWLLY MUST MENTIQN' TO MET OF YOUSZ GUYS - IT'S NO BIG SURPRISE - IT'S JUST NRC'S A NUAL CONVmIm! Rememl er, i t ' s i n the M i a m i a r m t h i s ymr, and the dates a r e September 1-2-34. MKE THCGE AIRIJNE RESEWATIOIB QE, for tht i s a popular vacation spot, you know.

2&1 JZ.: J : ? J ~ Z < ~ T - 150': $lcr:,,oo': p i v t . - 31:. P ~ c ~ o , @.11-C3:-nk - 92103

;noth-r scad t.l:r$ it". ~(eezior , il.onpts PIL' t o re-~Crt -What 3t!ier y.;! U.2.:. me:.. m i $ t hm;-, a l t h b c t t e r Xec E; 2003 :uck. 3o:.1 2/15 t o 3{20 rc- ceptios re$o3,s .,:ere :ell: t o GI,P,-~::O, iiuidoso, 1J.E.:. "or s/oE %s SM 3/5. '%egr h~~ xoved f rox 1340, & KG2 w2z o f f , fo:- ;hich I 3;r. ~ n t e f u l . On 2/11 ?. : ' e ~ o r t went. TO Km-550 h a r d fl l ir ly wel l U/KO'I on t h e i r ?.N progmx- m e thirc! P: k s t

?.eport vent, t o ~~.vil-880 :or t h e i r 73m s/o:! f o r SM 3/12. 2 p ~ r e n t l ; l the.^ s/on a t 6 weekdzys - stron,: here. V e r i f i c a t i m s h v e been r e c e i v d from KULF-790 v/ f , CJIC-1050 viq on f/up, & CHU,1-1050 - J / ~ , saying ?fbrdc sll sen t out once a year", s o i f you have reported s ince 3/13, e x ~ e c t a ~ / ~ . t y 3/15/73! 1\11 Qwdiana t o om I have reported have yrerified. Tine repor t which I sen t i n via A i r ) h i 1 on 2/14 was published on 2/26, received 2/29, s o f o r prompt publ ica t ion WC cembers should use A i r &il, & get t h e DX IIFhZ ~ l s o by a l r m i l . For Eric DiIEcco and Slake hwrence 's i n fo rmt ion , t he 1972 Bradcas t ing Varbook goves t h e p r o p m f o r m t f o r a m j o r i t y of t h e U.S. s l a t jons , s o ti-at book should a s s i s t i n your IUI- t r a s Formt l i s t i n g s . My BYB arr ived 3/4; t he 1972 WRTH came on 2/24. Both a r e helpful . I ag ree with J e r r j Starr thr ; N o p e ~ t i o n i s probably nec s s a r j , but I suggest &,his operation be l imited t o f r o ? one t o possibly f i v e s t a t i m s , dependjrng cn t h e s l z e of t he c i t y , & thesa t o opera te on only ce r t a in frequencies, ?referab- ly t h e a l r a d y c lu t t e red "graveyards", thereby f ree ing t h e r e s t of t h e band f o r world-tside DX4ng. Jus t dreaming, Jerry . Updzter t o Fandy Sesver't- CX or Frequen- c i e s f o r SW U.S.A.: XZM-950 XSP; XEXX-1420 off h a m & XEEG-1550 off &m MMs. Best.

, ( ~ i m , Len Kruse does t h e CX of Frequencies L i s t -ZRC)

CREE HARDISCN - l 7 m Orm Rrive - Gramda H i l l s , California - 913k4 I f i m l l y got fed up w t h t ry ing t o b a t t l e t h a t e l ec t r i c31 buzz,

. s o I pul led-out some plugs & moveci mi J3X - a l l t h e way across t h e room. Now t h a t I ' m away from t h 3 t wall , I have no problem a t a l l with t h r t buzz & I can ~ c t m l l y IUI (an-ly permict:ng), except fo r one t h i n g - (21 3/7 I found another buzz vhich was much worse, & t h i s wasn't j u r t mine. That night I t raced it t o the e ~ d bf t h e s t r e e t & hack (one-sixth mide). Then I found out P h i l Finkle i n Northridge had tk same mess. So on 3/18 I m l l e d t h e power cornpany who decided they should Bend someone out t o see about it. I ' m ;ust hoping they w k e it out before h s t e r vaca- t i o n , when I have a sol id we'& of W ti=. R il had sa id it might >e a bed insu- l a t o r m a power l i n e & t h e r e i s a na,jor Line running r i g h t througl~ t h e middle of G r s n a k H i l l s . So i f they m k e it out here , then ho2efully I'll have some MM 3/27 W t o repor t . For n m 73s frooc the iL.erferace cap i to l of t h e Universe.

JOHN H. SHANNON - 478 & s t s igh S t r e e t - Kittanning, Penusylvanh - 16201 Well, I am back eg~- in , m l n l y t o c l ea r up any poss ible misinter-

p re t a t ions f ron my l a s t Musing, & t o ask another question. When I said we should not expect s t a t ions .o have a s i l e n t period f o r us DXers, I meant m l y we hould not f e e l t h e s t a t i o n has an obl igat ion t o do so, & curse them i f they do not. I am m o t a e i n s t w ~ i t i n g t o s t a t ions & requesting them t o stand by fo r a TEST brmd- cas t , or t o conduct a TEST of theli- a m . I f they do so, great, but i f not, p lease don't be angry v i t h them & b l a s t them in t h e Club bu l l e t in s , or even wor-e, i n a l e t t e r t o them. Iiow, I am looking f o r a t r i p l e Brig capacitor with about 365 pf. per sect ion. Does anyone have one eround t h ? s h c k t h a t he wants t o s e l l ? Or, an anyone t e l l ne where I can get one? The bes t I can f ind i n any e t a l o g i s a two- @ng job. I am going t o build a eu l r o n t end f o r UtY XUt. It presently has s e p r - a t e osc i l l a to r , RF, & mixer tuning which i s great f o r p& ing up a spec i f i c s i g n 1 bu t b.comes t i r i n g when scanning t h e band. ' k i s tirr.e I w i l l @ng t h e t h r e e tuned c i r c u i t s w/trimmers on t h e ii.7 Kixer fo r f i c e peaking. Some W of la te : In re- verse oreer, 3/13- 3:54am, KRKO-1380 Wash. a t l a s t ; 3257, WE-1550 P.R. s/on EE & SS, 4:5Ehm 212-555 St. Ki t t s s/on w/good c a r r i e r but very poor modulation i n sharp con tms t t o 3/11 &.en t h e i r s/on -was almost u t o ~ e m i - l o m l WKBN both in sj,pal s t rength & modulation. 5pm, . .C-1580 NY. s J f f , 6 ~ 3 0 , WIIA-l5&2 Va. ./off, 7:15p WBB4-1580 Ill. s /off , 7:17 KPCZ-l:& Ark. s /o f f , $1 on 1580, ll:Obpm klTW?T-1340 V t . s / o f f . 3/6- $m, KIW.4-1550 la. TEST i n s o str.ong before I got the I D I t h o u ~ h t it .das 'rlU)A t e s t ing , h i . -4 gooj indicat ion of ;lhy hre nust have daytime n1y s t a t ions . More DX but no r o m . Up t o 1,628/49/9/67 now. Cm' i s de f in i t e ly on 710 & has btrn s i n c e a t l e s s t 2/27' CD:39ci, a regular daytimer here. Wm-940 i s s t i l l \ :~1 ,3 /19 .

BIAKE IAWRDCE - Box 803 - cBnon City, Colorado - 81212 2s

Greetings. DX i s s&o.~ing up, due i n pa r t t o orj t o t a l s being i n t h e :%id -mr , and t h e s t a t i o c s Zust don't get eas ier ; and pa r t ly due t o sone b b h

I CX. QP! i s back (was it ever gone?) and t h e beginning of Spring i s taking i t s t o l l of DX. Catches of note fo l la ; . t& 3/6- KIW.4-1550 TEST i n eas i ly @ 3:5bm w/ i n s t rumenh l mx; K~.lc-850 very strong w / r r @ 4: 12 (were they lokw?), WMEE-1380 Ind

\ poor-fair a t s/on 6 5:01, then Drake rr, & CJOI-1440 w/autcxmted MoR 62 5:35. 3 / 8 WJEC-Us0 s/&f @ 1:06 W/SSB. MM 3/13- K J ~ - 1 3 8 0 Tex. W.ET/RR B 5:&m, KSFO-560 m y U/KLZ W/WX Q 5:06, KUNO-1400 Tex. W/EE & SS IDS @ 6, & f i n l l y CBF-69 i n FF from 6:06-6:llam. ~ o t a l s now a t 954 s t a t ions , 40 s t a t e s , seven pi-evinces, and 18 countries. #1,000 w l l l hopefully be heard by ear ly next seeson. K ~ I - 8 8 0 be@n RS on 3/6. New sked i s Q m - 1 : O ~ m ELT, & they play mostly MoS. S i g m l not t oo &reat f o r 50kw - I can heer WCBS under them. Beauze of t h i s s i g m l s i tua t ion , & s ince they ' re not AN, they're not much of a e s t here. However, one Of my pes t s here (and W par t - t ime employer, h i ) , I(~Ui-1!00, which now s /off @ 9pm ELT?, w i l l soon &end t h e i r sk& t o midnight or l a n E I ~ , oeking them a "peskier pes t h i . Denver i s ge t t i ng a new 50kw daytimer on 1 0 9 which w i l l be on by September, I h a r t h e i r f o r w t w i l l c a t e r t o minority groups, indicrating SS & Soul progiams. Denver already h s enough r a t t e n s t a t i o n s without another m e being added. KLZ.- 560 has brightened up t h e radio scene a l i t t l e b i t by switching t o a f o m t cal led '%lumber 1 Music, - mx -*om t he p s t & present t h a t has reached #I. However, in s o doing, +,hey c a t out thei l . AN hard rock show - I was one of t h i s program's biggest fans. (HW b i g ARE you, Blake, h i -EX) I s it t r u e t h a t Eric DiRicco won t h e Captain Glotz d res r - a l ike contest? 73, g o d W, and repor t t o mtras!

lbb Fomorth - GPO Box 2,111 - New York, New York - 10001 I t r i e d f o r some juicy DX during t h e N.H. Pr ina ,y a f t e r m t h , but

evidently t h e t a l l i e s were completed before midnight. Nene o: t h e hoped-for N.H. graveyarders was noted here . Only notable DX on 3/13 xss WMTR-1250 ending EY @ 2: 50, about even with another AIier, l i ke ly WT4E. 3/20 saw WJM-1300 a top WFBR f o r t ape I D aroura i:50 b u t generally they were not too rendable. A weak I6 s t a t i o n on 1460 m y have been Yakina, Wash. but it m s wiped w t by WOK0 who had been on W?OC u n t i l then. A choral SSB s /off a t tune-in B 3:01 on 1090 and could t h i s hale been KING? 1090 i s rough here ?/WINS/WHN spur a good 5-6 but WlNS was s i l e n t f o r a while. WPEN s i l e n t too. A !ITer on 790, very loud, off /on around 2:35, srho? WKBN q u i t e weak on $10 & someone with varyi1.g p i t ch TT on $10 @ 3:22 but no ID he3rd. I ' m dreamiilg of a K - c a l l here. c~rrousel -660 h a r d , not too st:ong in contras t t o 655 where they should have stayed. Forget KFAR e tc . v i t h a l l the U s he re now. I see i n Bradcas t ing t h a t KOFO-12s i s 3dver t i s ing f o r a CE s o what became of Bob Igvis , NRCer, there3 41so I saw your ad, B i l l Colemn, s o why not go t o Ottasa, hi . The only v e r i e i n s ince Tarswa, l a s t Fal l , has KINA-1550 i n on 3/23. WAYT WNIO & CFCB a r e s t i l l outstanding. CFCB t h e only one I r e s l l y would l lke , I can do with o r without t h e others. I see t h a t a t l e a s t e ight IUlers h a r d CFCB on 2/7 s o I guess they were swamped with repoets. You f e l l o w who repor t everything you hesr m s t be funded by t h e Ford Foundation. (I uce t h e Fedelal R- erve, aOb -EX) & am opinion ' s t h a t , while I agree with Ben D. & ERC i n pr in-

c ip le , t h e economic r e a l i t i e s a r e such t h a t verifS.i:g i s much more se l ec t ive than it could be. I am becoming p a r t i a l t o t ape "claims nore & more. 73.

STAN MORSS - Route 3 - Bradford, bhssachusetts - 0183'3 Here's another who would l i k e t o ge t h i s ver ies - ~ n d book "When Pi-

r a t e s &led t h e Waves" OL t h e Br i t i sh off-shore s t a t ions , back from HQ - i t ' s t d o years yet! My thanks t o Cesar ChJio f o r h i s updating t h e D.R. l i s t . I have n i c e t ape on R. V i l l a lhpia - but I had no locat ion - S O now, report i s off . V i l l a B- pia i s not on my nap. Smson'd bes t ve r i e s a r e WCCB-TEST XWIP WMSC CHlR Nomk- chott-1349 & WhW. WMMM completes a c t i v e Corn. s t a t ions - t h e only s t a t e complete. I s z i l l need h e i n Me., &ss. & V t . , 8: 8.1. WHOU m1RC & WFAD (reported) & WsVP, four in N.H. and t h r e e i n Ilel. I a l s o have repor ts cut t o (among other:) LR-1 YSE R. V i l h lhpia-1190 IRK2 CHVD & CKRS-590 Jonquiere who was on t o 2:3&n 3/15. CHVD i s now using f a s t musical IDS a , - i t s AN show.

THE NEXT m E E ISSUES WILL BE TWO WE= APART, STARTING TWO WEMS FROM THIS ONE.

s THERE'S PI0 FOOL LTKZ A!: APFUL FOOL //////,//////,/,,/,,/,/,,(,,,/

You've heard of t h e Monday morning Quarterback. ~eff': meet the Sunby morning

Nickelback:

We read "in that other 3X publication" t h a t one of the i r memb-rs was planning t o tour ten Western s ta tes . We didn ' t know there ARE ten Western states!

Sane of our aembers seem t o have an a f f i n i t y f o r "Pirates." We don't vant t o say anything, but two guys came i n a t the recent Jersey get-together with patches over t h e i r eyes and shouting somethiw about 'h~vast, you lubbers."

They can have t h e i r Pirates. When we were kids, we play& Cops and Robbers - with RFAL COB!

I t ' s got us terf ibly confvsed. Iagattuta l ives near t h e Orioles, Edmunds l ives near t h e Mets and Yankees, but both of 'em root fo r the Pirates!

We knew it - one of our a c e IXers racently logged WOOF-560, " ~ . d i o h laa t ian" , heard with mny spots.

We rasd recently i n a Musing t h a t WBCA-1110 has series-fed towers. We'd l ike t o see these, but please t e l l us f i r s t what t i n e they eat .

We've been doing a l o t of reading. Again, i n "that other publication" they a r e ' talking, some of them, about s p l i t t i n g up 5,mda's North-',lest Territories i n t o three pL.ovinces. Shucks, tha t ' s OK with us, but why not s p l i t up Texas in to North Texas and South Texas?

' Why not, really? I s n ' t there a North &rol ina and a South Carolina? And a North mkota and 3. South Dakota? So, t.iere1s precedent!

Come t o think of it, we could s p l i t up Texas i n t o North-%st Texas, North-West Texas, South-&st Texas, and Swth-West Texas - and they'8 c l l s t i l l be bigger than v i r tua l ly any other s tate .

Some vant t o give the Distr ic t o; Columbia s t a t e s ta tus - Well, why not? We could c a l l it "The State of the Union.

One of our members has beer baving :ome problems, which hsve sent him t c a p y h i a - t r i s t . It seens he's s ta r t ing t o understand some of Ron Schatz' Musings, and he's becoming very worried.

We caught kyt imer ' ~ I N E - ~ ~ O recently durine; t h e wee hours of the morning. We inquired a s t o what they vere doing on the a i r a t that time, and they replied they were ccaducting a b rmth t e s t -

WJAB-1440 i s knwn a s "Big Jab Wdio." I sn ' t it good theii. slogin writer doesn't work for ~DIC-1430?

?he Dolly Holicgy ' k ~ ~ l i d a y Inn ;ighttimeW show i s f a s t fadir.g from the chan2els. >.stead of singing 'pe l lo Dolu Lhr'mra Streicand i s now warbling " ~ o o d - ~ y ~ Dollyt'.

;X NmE i s fanous (infamous?) for i t s oodles of a b b r e v k t i m s . How about :ome of favori te song t i t l e s , 1il:e "TX for WO", or the recent rock h i t , '?.PI MK"? Then there's "YOU G u t t a Be e FB Hero" or '!I Could h v e Iknced 3: "?

We just learned t h a t Glenn Hauser i s goin2 t o appear On the TJ show ' ' ~ ~ u b l e or Nothing. "

The 1972 Association of North American Radio Clubs Convention will be held in the Boston area. The exact dates and location will be announced shortly by the Convention Committee, whose new chairman is J e r r y Berg, 38 Eas te rn Avenue, Lexington, ,02173. Additional information on the convention will appear in DX News a s i t i s announced in the ANARC Newsletter. Meanwhile.. . This questionnaire i s being sent out to a l l DX Club members with their bulletins. It i s intended to help us plan the convention around the interests of those attending. P lease fill out this form, remove i t f rom the bulletin, fold it over, put it in a n envelope, attach a n 86 stamp and drop i t in the mail. What could be e a s i e r ? (Please- if you belong to more than one club, send in only one form. )

NAME

AD DRESS

Dou you plan to attend the convention, to be held some t ime in the second half of July, 1972? It will be a Friday night, a l l day Saturday and Sunday . morning affair, with a n expected regis trat ion fee of around ten dollars, including Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast, but not motel room.

DEFINITELY MAYBE DOUBTFUL

How do you plan to come?

PLANE - T U I N CAR OTHER

What a r e a s of the hobby would you like t o s e e emphasized?

SWBC B C B U t i l i t i e s Ham- FM- TV- Other- - Do you have any specific suggestions for the p rogram?

Please mail this questionnaire to Steven P. D'Adolf, 16 Westgate Drive, Apt. 201, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801 Thankyou!

We a l l h o w of Dr. Richard' Woo.', of I!RC. The writer has k a a m him qui te E vhile - i n fact, we knew when D r . Zichard Wouldn't! And a %ppy ~ l l Fools' &y t o a l l .

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