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VOLUME 36 APRIL 12, 1969 NUMBER 26

ANOTHER IST CLASS ISSUE

R a t h e r than r u n medium-sized t h i s wook and next, w e ' r e holding back a few pages of non-vital Peature a n d v e r i e - s i g n r t , m a t e r i a l i n o r d e r t o s t a y under t h e 16 page weight break; once again all meml,<!I.s will be receiving t h e i r bulletins by First C l a s s m a i l t h i s week. Only onc of 1111. two "improvemements" mentioned last i s s u e actually c a m e t o p a s s - o u r n<.w colored masthead. E R C ' s t y p e w r i t e r ribbon was s o w o r n out when hc jlrt.lr:tr.crl l a s t week's copy that t h e p r i n t e r w a s h a r e l y able 'LO m a k e 11 readable uvr:l! wilh o u r old high quality photographic p r o c e s s . E r n i e ' s beer, given lhc w o l ~ i 1.0 darken h i s copy f o r next week s o we ma be able t o t r y t h e new Itek plate i n : ~ l < < ! l . then. The p r i n t e r a s k s u s t o r e m i n d a l l

P e d i t o r s 2nd o t h e r c o n t r i b u t o r s to prr~vlclr: dark and c l e a r original copy; when i n

doubt get a new ribbun. !

picture

it!

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In a s i m i l i a r vein, a few t i p s aboul w11:il s o r t s of Q S L ' s will photograph p r o p e r l y f u r DX Showcase. Avoid photographs :end shaded drawings - w e ' r e u s i n g v e r y high c o n t r a s t f i l m and "grey" t o n e s j~t:il. won't show. C o l o r s a r e reproduced as if they w e r e black

- with t h e s i n g l e c!xc.<!plion of light hlue (which t e n d s not to shou

a t a l l - t h a t ' s what happened t o Ben I ) . ' s SABC card). T h i s a l s o m e a n s that c a r d s and l e t t e r h e a d s with two overl>l.iltled c o l o r s - s u c h a s John G a r i f i n o ' s "NB" (which f e a t u r e d black l e t t e r i n g on a r.cvl background)

- will come out a l l black.

I n g e n e r a l a s s u m e that everything thlrl isn't e i t h e r white o r light blue will show i n the final product

as

if i t w e r e b l a ~ : l ~ . I t e m s submitted f o r DX Showcase a r e given v e r y s p e c i a l c a r e a n d handling Ily me personally; i t e m s which obviously won't photograph p r o p e r l y

are

relurll<,<l immediately along with a note explaining what the p r o b l e m was. We expect 10 "l,rsshoot" everything now on hand right away and i t ' l l be r e t u r n e d

as

soon a s 1.11:lt's done.

flash!

Sat. 4/19 1240 KURL Billings, M(~nl.:lna 500 w a t t s 0210 onward; t h i s i s a f r e q check f o r IRCA; ro]>r,rts to A l b e r t Ortmann, C. E.

Mon. 4 / 2 7 710 WKOY Bluefield, W. V. 1 kw 0000-0200 o r 0300. T h i s t e s t a r r a n g e d I'llr the NRC by F r a n k Waldron.

The Publishing Committee extends ilx Lhanks to Bdb Foxworth who c a m e up a n d helped

Us

l a s t week with e v e r y stag,. o I the production of DX News

- f r o m making

headlines to a d d r e s s o g r a p h i n g and sl.:~mping!

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- ..~ FRRNK 1aBmJ.z PAGE TAYWR CHARIES V. F'ZA MIKE HAmZSTZFi A p r i l 12, 1%9

BBP,

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36 creeley S t r e e t 16 Gouldine S t r e e t 1 SeYern nidce Road 350 Lenav Rmd, Apt- 5K 719 Beaubien East

Box

200 2533 North T a l b o t t S t r e e t 401 Birchwoa5 Court Our T h i r t y S i x t h Season - - - -

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, Montreal 3 S r Bucbec B u t l e r , Nex Jerac:. 4 4 0 5 I n d i n n a p o l i s , Indiana 46205 Modesto, C a l i r o r n i a 953 50 PRMSS OUR SIZE TC l'K6 SKIES

"I s u r e do 1il:c t h e o f f s e t printed. b u l l e t i n . The b i c ~ e s t bonus l o ~ o i n ~ t o b e n o t

* thinli clutterin;: f i n i s h i w ap t h e DX season with a p i l e of o l d b u l l e t i n s 10 inchc..

up t h e shacl:.

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Dm Kenney

- Box 1668

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Santa Monica, C d i f o m i a

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90406 P P > , C J P J > /

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watts A.M. E.S.T.

S a t . A p r i l

19

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$90.

Artesia, New Mexico M 1,000 2:01

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Sun. A p r i l 20 il A

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L 1540 L i n c v i l l c , !labam 1,000 2:00

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3:00 llRC Mon. A p r i l '21 K A L F 1510 Mesa, Arizona 10,000 2 : J l

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0:00 IRCA

2 1 K 0 0 L 960 Phocnlx, Arizona 5,000 3:00

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4:00 NNRC 21 K L M E 1493 I a r a n i c , '&mine 500 3:30

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3:45 IRCA Ihu. April

24

K 0 V E 1330 Lmdcr, i!yomilt' 5,000 2:01

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Man. A p r i l 20 I< T U F 1580 Tcmllc, Arizona 50,000 2:01

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2:30 IRCA Mon. M a y

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I: A A A 1239 K;.n::nan, Arizona 1,000 3:00

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KSVP: Reports t o David, Button, Mannner, 317 blest cuay, A r t e s i a , N n i Mexico 08210.

WML:

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not

h e a r d last Sundry,

tr;

t h i n Gunday. S e e l a s t week's DX

NBS.

WIIF:

This i s t h c probable date

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t h q seid "A Monday i n mid-to-late April. " Re-

p&s t o UIF Radio

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Ill(,

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Countrj Club Drive, Mesa, Arizona, 85201, a t t e n - t i o n of M r . J m e s C r o l l , a l i c f Engineer.

KOOL: 3eport.s t o 1.k.

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M i l l c r , ICOOL i(allio/~V Inc., 511 !lest Eniems S t r e e t , Phoenix Arizona, 85003. Arrn,:cd 1,:; Iccvin S l a t c r of NNRC.

KIM:: aeportz 'GO Mr. Robcrt liulc,

Da:-

10511, Laramie, Ii;anin;, 82070. Do

NOT

sCnd YOU= reporks t o t h c s t a t i o n , b u t t o t h i s address ONLY! B i l l N i e c l t r . KOOL: F u r t h e r n o t e . Kevin S l a t c r or iMRC ss;rs send r e p o r t s instead, t o M r . A 1

H i l l s t r a n , Chief En~Lnccr, innteed of t o M r . M i l l e r a s abovc.

MUSINGS FORMAT

It seems l a t e k about one a wccl: hac bccn w r i t i n g t o Musinno, and rccalrmcncllny, t h a t NRC adopt t b c IRCA-Forum rormula f o r PMusinjf. We have up t o now, printed a l l t h e s e

c o m e n t s , but bc-inning. t h i s i s a u c , irc are not.

lw?

S e v c r a l ~ c m l o r m :

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Ir

we

crop

DX d a t a

from

Musini:~, l e t me assure ;;ou, wc w i l l nrrxl o ncw i,lusinEs E d i t o r . Ye 3d wculd not be i n t c r c s t e d i n a column of in<:ols<!lillcnt,inl palaver. 2- NRC s c c s no reason t o i m i t a t c q b o d ? else's s Q l e or I'olnInt. --

3- W i l e 1lRC is not w a i n s t pro:;rcss, w e s t i l l stand on our $is-ycm record of suc- c e s s i n t h e BCa r i e l d . P.t onc t h e , D:< 1EdS c o n t a ~ e d

aILY

hl!x

Inin,

or, as the;. we= then c a l l c d , L.P.O.

re is ten in^

Po&. Observer) i l q o r t n . !i'c:'vc cmnu a l o n j

ww

i n 36 :,ears, but !Lsin;n, we are proud t o s y , i s r t ; l l 14unin::::, o n l y m::ch ibproved over t h e ow. s'i:.lc. ;ie aznin ur;c iV3iC l$RCcr t o I.:~cc r c ~ u l a r t ; . L i s t :.our D:I; 'by d.ate E; tim:, i n i . 3 . T .

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even nore i n p o r t a n t no;, "5th C(;T sncal:in:: up upon u s w a i n . When mentionin:: n f / c , e i v c Lime you tune6 i n & o c t , o r ;t bc,ran C; cnied., t o h e l p u s

formulate f / c mnz;er l i s t . ~ c n t i o n C:pc

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pr~>::renrh; ile~.rd tinen you mention loxince

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t h i c ! ~ ~ i p a otllerc! Ttro morc :n :.!m i:l:.:I:Ll' ~ z r i c s ! C U

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Ernest R. Cooper

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of

the Members

438 E G S ~ Z I S ~ Bmomlyn,NY 11226 1 . p r t i 12, 1959

FRBII: ;;ALDi:ljII

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La!:erid8e Dri::c

- M ~ t e x a n , Ner: Jerse:-

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Another b i z s o l a r f l a r e t h i s week zccounting f o r poor DX. Here's anexrmplc:

3/;i2

(before f l a r e ) :IiaD-1370 r/c u / s t r o n e non-verifier WEi, & weak

w;;;~

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I:.;;. la1 3/24 ver a near waste o c s l e e p . Unn wLV-1410 s f o f f loud lr:03. f/c-IT-1440 I D @ 1 2 3 8 missed. W1-Yz3j vzr, l a d p.11 an, next t o n e a r c l e a r chan- n e l 1230.

t,

tcn'cative r e p o r t t o ;!D:.3-1490 as a n rr ~ z t l o n c / r ~ c a r/c 1:bj-2 & on; he., i,c-sounli.h: N;; C 1 : 5 4 3; t h e ::c;

,

>BCB mere% :nteerruptz r 5 :or the ;/c & tnen continues !Li C; I 1;clieve the;. use onl:; 250v f o r t h e r / c . ULOB-1310 u ~ x p 1 a i n a h l . y in alone

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2:07. SSS oh boy, :1D17-')!10 IPrC 6 5:15. >IWl'-1j50 L%C 5:40. WW,.l-1570 ~ i o f f i : l ? alonc, uni:

c/ir

ai'tcr t h c t ii/l.L ;ivin(: t c ~ r e t u r n t i p s . Does Aurora of- r e c t v c r i o s 3 1 ~ 0 7 O n l ) C!KCII-?7O :I:jLV-1520 M U - l j 7 0 v j l & i~l111~1-1~O v / i t h i c p v r t

x e k . C:; L c t t c r ic b e t t e r :b i 3 a s t c ~ lholi.2~:. Oh :lee Ruse i;dnun6c, :four WJRZ-970 1030 zpcr :icr : ~ c r r d do;m h e r e n co!tplc or times l a s t Summer but vcr:. mak. h l s o look f o r :::X-ll)j 'rWZ~l-1250-1!~30 :;U:\-1070 w ~ C - 6 5 0 e t c . 1.11 t,?iezc nrc heard a t

times d e s ; i l ~ c thc f a c t I l i v e morc i l r n 25-30 miles :roo t ' n e i r Xils. I a c a l l j , I can hear 'r;Cl'C-:!~50 h q ; e on 540 & iil5ih-l>SO inare on 680. And .GtC can't even h e a r t>%R/, on

ijw,

h i ) . (fix- I ' v e been loo: in;: on t h e wron:, ;.rvqccnc:.! -WC) E n ~ c u s h OL'

$!,is iaolishnsz;. I hcartil: E U C I I : I ~ :.IIc b i d liar

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3i131< i n 'TO! 73. JWli T. T.K.31;' - Dox i03

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(,e.:bt>rr& Kc*. Jercc;'

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37755

DX has Fic;:c~ q, r , IlPt h e r ? E; a couple oi' v e r i e s have come bacl;. I,WT.-l5P

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(~1-s:: card, cccnig: ), !llU'M-1530 v (1-"i?lan%-You-;rail". _{DX h t e l ; her} been e- l'ol3:;c: $22- Ilbl?-l>~,O Iliiidlcrboro,

Y;..

on 1 2 : 0 8 m , a zood s i c n c l . ?:TTR-;L50 f i i 2 :jc 12:32m, 3. li:m !:ilb'I-1560 q a i n 2/26, i2:07m. 3/3- ;T;TA-%O

I/C-TT 12:;5?7~, unn. l~~?N-1jOO . X :':OJnn, unn. WY3Z-lS50 IE 1: 14nm. l,BTV,-15>0 u,' W Z on Tic i ?:lo, unn. I i'or::ot ;;LLL-930 on

f/c-w

U ~ ~ J P . ~ T 5 12:3Lm, but not, needed. !:UXJ-ljlO, Lo;sn, i. 0x1 ;:: .x/c,ni;- one

I c h e a d 2:30ul

on 3/10. i l m - 1 5 3 0 Er1:35am, :3:Cf-1?00 on

ST

2:l?nn, l i l l L l l j / 1 7 klVCV-1000 irj ":3bpr;, 3/21.. I onJq;cti meetiny, t h c l'cll0,:c a t Dave I?q.'c1 0 t h :'/?:? where I n e t ilnnd:, 3 r c . k i l s l j r o n , p l u s othere fa- Y l c i ' l r s c time. Pete CLor.lu?:, Scrnie kf:;, Jce Feln, iiuci. :Xiinunds & oi. c o u r s e

mnic

I rfneiied old r.cquninllu><:cn. Thnr.1:~ t o Dave f o r c2portunit;. I n reference $ 0 e ' t l a c k L i n t " I am not. In favor o f such c l i s t . I have q u i t e a few

s t a t i o n s t h a t r r i l l not m s M r me cvol n f t c r f o u r / f i v e l ~ ~ o r t s & I J u s t w i t c it or: t o experlc:?cc. i.n cdllcation pro;rm I'or t h e s t a t i o n s u w l d b e z much b c t t c r idcn. I g q s t eii.

m-

"t3io c e n t s " t o t h o nc!v l'ormat i h i c h I a p p r e c i a t e as it i s R KT. :.in" job & ~ 8 5 1 20 1'Cn.d. h t j thhanl;s t o n l l concerned. I en@<& the itcm conccrnin(: G~%UuI-1330. 1.1.7os'L unbelievcble. I : , > c . - ~ t h a t i s a l l f o r t h i s timc, b e s t vishcc.

SP/4 3. L. l?dssell

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Cu. C - 26th Ensr America1 Div., A.P.O. S.F. $217 I Zuese t h a t now i s 8 s good a time f o r a Musine a s q. _!?izh,h', now I am on 3r-hour. bunker guard a:: 1. % Bronco, over1ool;in:: b - a u t i f u l dormtown h c Pho, sane $0 miles S of Chu-hi. _{Nnl. too much DX t o r e p o r t . I have manned t o h e a r} Red Chino 57 123 on 10J+Ok, a l e 0 1350 ~,l.un/minus 501: & 1550 p l u ~ / m i n u s 5Ok. _{tQ ratio} is c a l i b r z k i tho^. well, h i . _{Also I itcard P h i l i p p i n e s , 6001: o r so. !?. China brood-} c a s t s i n

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;:/^.:picel propa,:anda srn1.Lin:

C

5pm l o c e l timc. _{That >iauld be e i t h e r lr} 01.

jm

back on t l ~ e EC of t h e World. _{11 seems ns i f it would b e a ,:md t h i n g on c t.p.1} hi! Gwd nc::r '.or ?ou snow-hound Borl.onians

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t h e r e i n NO slopo\mr f r a n GIZKO! _;iil.ll t h a t I bo:: out on enother one of irl' rdiher i n f r e q u e n t Muses. 732. _{(cood t o hear} from ::out i)icl:, d t h e v e e vey; I>c:.t t o j . 0 ~ -mC)

Ralph )I j o i : ~ n s

- 501 E l l i c o t t T i r c c t

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Apt.

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B ~ f r ~ l o , ~ e w york

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14203

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April 12,

1569

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d t m p s f o r t h e i r S a s t e r bunnies. A b u s i n e s s mnn in Middlesboro 'LJ. 40965 .note new wpFI-1560 i s M ( f i r s t week March) & G m 1 4 : 4 ~ ~ m ' s k e d ; h e ' s tr;in; f o r v/s i n f o .

' T h a n k - ~ o u ~ r m " v / l YRPM-1530, Box 352, FoplarvilleMiss. 39470 ( f o r 3/17 Yd/c); neu

i

f o l d e r v/o.Ii0110-1190, has s t a t on h i s t o r > - & 12:05-5% o f f MN.

"/a?:

'.IU P; la1Y-1593 & v/q

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B& 659, Peterboroush, &t. (hty "oldie"-1944 w&-l430b)).

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v/c & two M s ( D / N $ by K R L D - ~ O & ~ & a v / l WKCi-1300 whom I heard e z a i n 2/28 El'/c 2148-

3:10 e t c . D q t i m e comiw t o o f a s t n w & max,: D S t a t i o n s/ons a r e " l o s t " now P; CJaT- ~ O i s O 5;ct1 (trro weeks now) doin,- AN m / o f f f u m y - t e s t i n g (3/28 a l s o ) , d u r i n e ~ i c l i I

;bt

;:.1~.f/c11iB~ 3/22 Pi W E T a s s i n 3 1 6 , %!on WFRC-NC 5::Om 3/25; j/%, ;.W.L WVa.

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6 : j O ~ 7 ; ;:iVA-l5gO Iris. njon 7-7315; XBBl-1580. c m e i n 3/27 5:45i:lOun PS.

On 3/24 !fl100-990 f/c-mx 1:36-2:21~/orf t o r e t ~ r n R? 6 6 m & e C e v o t h e r s . U C me a f t e r Faster, ne:bc I'll have a b u m i e (no% f r i e d r h i c k e n , E X ) .

J. W. Breuncr

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R.D. 1

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Fox 6 1

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Punxsutawne:-, Pennylvsuiia

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15767

It'?

been e slow D:< .month here, leGt h a l f of it marred by h e a x - l i n e n o i s e c a u s d , t h e power compq: s q ' c , Su r. f a u l t y undersround i n d u s t r i c l l i n e near- bJ,. It i s t o D C overhauled soon. ? I s 0 mtich Furore FXlatel;:, such a s WAS-1560 i n t h e c l e a r

am.;

i.erore sunset, no :i,:;:R; 1C60 a l l hTO3, no ICT!, & &2LD-lOaO on t o p a s

soon as li8TZP sF;nn, no TTIC. Veq' l l t t l e =in:, noted, even c lac:: of TTs! U W e i & O I S . I i L d henr e rew such oc :nu ::GI;i-1560 uiheav, CC 6 SS CQ34 on 3/29 ncar 2an, onk. m e

I>

noted. On?;. nc.; 1):; Wac ZSVI-780, f a i r t o ::ood an 2/24, a p e r f e c t I D ? k l l e n . !Baal tool: them out corn w t e r v i t e s t c . hTXZ IDed C/\WA C 7pm on 3/5, n o t enou* :or a r e p o f r . The

'bi.:

Cotintr;" s t a t i o n keeps 1170 p r e t t y nuch covered here! CRC o r t h e b e s t catches 0: t h c 5 e E S O n c m e on 3/27 d:le t o Agrore. WW-1230 Pensacola, ?la. henrd v/*/c-iT :Ton 2 1 0 t o 2:2jm, frequent I D S but I d i d n ' t h e a r

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h i n sq; it ::G o ~ q r / c . '<lell atop a l l , e l r o . 1,lvbe I had iK9ii r i c on 3/28, eesil;. h c d on l 3 W 'GO 12:13 but no :*ol~.e ct 81: i u r i n r brea?l.-, s o no 20. Tnat's it f o r *hit nonth

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nu vcrics, onl.: ML. c.11.rmt reffion r e p o r t 0 - t , :zCic. I!C/!S EJRC

T a ' r

of

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re- :maocred a:a,: .r/o :c:: nas-c;eclale f r m l a s t ceasar., 73. Brcce n q n o l i s

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ilo-te 2

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I.lis;wri

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IIi. IJot much i n t h c

vw.

o: DX here, b u t a l o t 3.' I z r o r a

CX,

copcc- i a l l ~ tile :as2 ::e?::cnd i n Mprch. ?or c-::2?21c, on 3/29 arounJ. 1 0 ~ 2 , .:he 1360-11+20 c e c t r o n o r ;i-c d i a l :eeturcj Kr";::-l;..C 12;!:.,-1370 IZJD-13/30 (locni-li::el), XEOi<-:390

(excellen:), IML-l4W ( c n s i y r2?:.a>lcj, i'X~-li+iO P; or. unIU SS-lh2C. Bet:reen 11:

11 & ll:5'-p3 I ; r z i o l e t o :q:,;- c r z ? u r l m rare';. hcartj iJi/L-:.:;I3

.;/o

131IC. I vns up 'srie;l:- on M i

j,'+C

G 122C hod nl ':nlC ;illic;~ SaTconc n i ~ : i l L i ~ c oi.le t o h c l p r r i t l ~ . T h q were Z:n; r::c/o rn

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::4b t u x - i n , . < e r vc&: o i m n l . l3e:. pls;cd 'Mether :.la;; I n b2. L~ L-Z

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G:!m

:.ncierson, then 5 j:4G z t r - t s r ! Clcn Cmi>hcll's 'lfc;L:ttle k c . " Ik

ties c u t of: C 3:c :;/a closin; I D , 5-i I 41s: it. F i t s CIISC, cucc?l I thou;W: I

hear6 e '!If in t h e Call. l h e l ~ ? Verieb: ~ / 1 - ICODL-D;( (0r;:::un

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& KWD. vix,-

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P; v/q . W P ( 1 ;inall-- ;:ot DC .;;Led, h i ) . I hcarby irr;:,c n : r a i n , - t o the sob- t t a n t i a l IlRC $.* Torce con'.in;cn:.: I

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'be l o i n i n 2 ;.% L l l i s I-811, s o IDOIC OUT! ₇₃₃ ]:en k - o n

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S%th iiexrstcaG

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lJo 1):: 2- l a s t IRi R.; f::rOra a l l b a t ..ripcr! out U l c bond. Dead s p o t s m d buzzin,- nc& l i s t e n i n g unbccrchlc. I d i d d o s m e DXLn; <;Tin: tilc veci: G cane up

w i t h : 3/22- :1Z3-1k90

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j:JC?n, ::/mTl. ntilled.

3/27-

hilIPV-111IhO :n C ~2:16-12:;7m w / l / c - T ~ , k:, nhonebic

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of g r e a t i n t e r e s t . WF: NEED YOllH ORSERVATIONS ON CONDITIONS f o r t h e ~ e r i o d beeinnine March 23rdI Tn p a r t i c u l a r w e need t o know both d e t a i l s on unusual r e c e p t i o n s

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as t o t h e d a t e s t h a t c o n d i t i o n s beean t o r e t u r n t o "nonnal" following t h e storm of t h e Wth. The t h i n n we're most i n t e r e s t e d i n i s t h e hehnvior of s t s t i o n s t o t h e SOUTH of your location: which of t h e r e e u l a r s were n i s s j n e

on t h e 24th. which umisual s t a t i o n s were noted t h a t aren't u s u a l l y heard. and t h e d a t e when vou beean t o experience "narmal" recsDtiOn frm t h e South

(as comnared t o receptions t h e week p r i o r t o t h e 24th. f o r example).

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have.bebn e x ~ e r i e n d n g s i n c e then :In t h e nay of "auroral conditions" epDesrS t,o be s t r i c t l y t h e aftermath of t h a t one storm event. We l a c k s u f f i c i e n t information a t t h i ' s time t o be able t o p r e d i c t .just when we w i l l s e a i n have good high l a t i t u d e reception: help u s help you by supplvine u s with data.

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[ ~ u r i n g and f o l l o v i n e t h e 'nvasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw P a c t armies l a s t f a l l t h e most ~ o w e r f u l end o f t e n quoted "quasiclandestine" s t a t i o n was Radio Vlatava, operated by t h e i n v a s i o n forces. The follcnring account of t h l s s t a t i o n comes from an a c t i v e BCB DX'er i n t h a t unfortunate country end i s t h e f i r s t such account t o reach us. We a r e withholding t h e name of t h e iEX1er and source of this i n f o m a t i o n f o r obvious reasons. Ed1

'Ilhi s a B o h d a n r i v e r . known t o most of vou p o s s i b l y under t h e German name 'Moldaul. Vltava has t h e same memine t o Czechs a s Rhine t o t h e Germms.

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i s c e l e b r a t e d i n m v songs, f o l k t a l e s and s t o r i e s c l o s e l y t i e d w i t h t h e ancient. h i s t o r y . The famous composer Fredrich Smetana comniled a svmphonic DOem 'Vlt.ava' a s a first p a r t of his s e x t u p l i c a t e m n h o n i c cycle.

The first i n i t i a l b a r s of his poem sounded a s a n i n t e r v a l s i g n a l i n t h e a i r i n t r o d u c i n g a new r a d i o s t a t i o n i n t h e n i e h t towards August 21. 1968 when t h e troops

of USSR, Polmd. Hungary. DDR and Bulgaria entered our t , e r r i t o r y . A t f i r s t t h i s s t a t i o n only played musio i n t e r r u p t e d by announcements: "The p a t r i o t i c group of members of CSSR [Czechoslovak Soviet S o c i a l i s t Republic

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Fdl Central C d t t e e of t h e C m u n i s t Party. CSSR Government and CSSR Parliament has j u s t asked t h e Warsaw T r e a t y A l l i e d Farces t o e n t e r ollr repubUc i n order t o defense ( s i c ) t h e s o c i a l - ismus ( s i c ) . S h y by your r e c e i v e r s and inform your neighborsl" Then followed a

s h o r t TASS [ o f f i c i a l Russian News Anenw

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E3l Agencv newscast about t h e s i t u a t i o n . The new r a d i o s t a t i o n was evidently Dresden 1043 [ p a s t Germany

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Ed1 usine t h e 1430 channel with an omnidirectional antenna. Dresden channel became s i l e n t .

Being jammed [presumably by t h e remarkably well-prepared Czechs

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Fd1 Vltava searched a new frequency and t r i e d 1043 on August W , b u t back on 1430 t h e n e x t day. The 1043 was occupied by a r e s e r v e t r a n s m i t t e r i n Dresden w i t h weaker power. Radio Vltava was n o t t h e onlv t r s n s m j t t e r of t h i s kind. Other t r s n d t t e r s were 'Working Voice of Republic' on 1178 kHz and l a t e r 1061 broadcasting from t h e USSR Dnbassy i n Prague. Radio D m b a (= f r i e n d s N p ) n e a r R r a t i s l a v a and f i n a l l y Radio Zam (= flame) on 1250-51 kHe b r i n g i n g t h e most c l e v e r proDaPanda. b d i o Zare used a very s t r o w t r a n s m i t t e r south-southvest of P r a ~ u s probably of USSR production. A f t e r Zare ceased i t s p r o g r d n g

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Czechoslovakia and relayed mostly Mayak [one of t h e r e g u l a r Russian networks

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p r o g r m n g between 0700-1100 and 1700-2100 [ ~ e n t r a l European Time

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Announced f r e q u e n w was 1250, h u t i n rea1it.y 1247 kHz.

h d i o Vltava became 'famous' f o r i t s announcers speaking uglv Czech and Slovak. The text was grammatically p e r f e c t . bft. t h e pronounciationl Now they have replaced

many announcers and now t h e y a r e relatively endurable. Radio Vltava must have d i r e c t connection ( W 7 ) with Prague a s i n f o m a t i o n s o m e very r a p i d l y i n t h e tough days. The news a m broadcast m e w f u l l hour. Although speaking both Czech and Slovak h d i o Vltava was i n a u d i b l e i n Slovakia, e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e Central and Eastern p a r t s . Using s t i l l t h e onmidirectional antenna i t was p e r f e c t l y heard i n N and W B o h d a . Prague and Central t e r r i t o r i e s . I n o t h e r p a r t s of Rohemia and

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Slovakia during t h e evenings t h i s frequency was covered by a USSR s t a t i o n r e l a y i n g Moscow SW i n Hungarian, RlmLsnian and o t h e r langlmges. This new s t a t i o n i s l o c a t e d i n Western Ukraina o r Moldavia rbased on rough DF from Ceechoslovakia

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o t h e r s i d e ' s "alJ.Issn, t h a t i s 1 Ei] i s behind t h e c u r t a i n s . I n t h e second h a l f

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of February 6 9 Dresden t r a n d t t e r returned t o i t s n o m l use on 1043 r e p l a c i n g t h e weaker r e s e r v e t r a n s m i t t e r . The r o l e of Vltava was granted through one of t h e

s t a t i o n s of Rsdio B e r l i n I n t e r n a t i o n a l using a d i r e c t i o n a l antenna on 1430 kHz w i t h a b e t t e r r e c e p t i o n in Czechoslovakia. A f o r t n i g h t l a t e r t h e name Vltava was dropped and t h e s t a t i o n now announces "Radio Berlin I n t e r n a t i o n a l " .

The change of t h e o f f i c i a l nlme of tha t r a n s m i t t e r h a s had s e v e r a l ConsBqUenCOsl

1. The i n t e r v a l s i g n a l has ohrnged t o t h e o l d German c m u n i s t [ h i s lower use. hi. Ei] song "Bruder,

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F r e i h e i t . "

2. The s e l e c t i o n of music must be i n coinoidence w i t h i n t e n t i o n a l agreemanta of t h e r i g h t s of usinq t h e records i n r a d i o p r o g r d n g . [NOW must observe i n t e r n a t i o n a l copyright7 Ed1

Schedule i s now8 0530-0730. 1130-1330 and 1600-2400. This i s i n f o r c e on weekdays and i s mendable.

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*ANGOLA. 8. G f i c i r l d e Angola i s being hrd on i n Africa from 2300 (Sundays 0030) t o 1800 (Saturdays 2000). This ona is announoing t h a t they a r e operating on

w i t h

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P e r f e c t l y p o s s i b l e but not t o o l i k e l y around s t o f f 2000 on Saturdnys d u r i n g t h e n e x t few months. (Ed) MUCH MORE LIKELY

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u n i t now i n o p e r a t i o n on 1367; sign-on a t 2300 d a i l y w i l l b e one of t h e b e s t b e t s a l l summer1

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language p r o g r d n g .

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*SOUTH AFRICA. SABC's NhW EARLY SIGNON i s g r e a t news f o r North American DX'ers: h g l i s h S e r v i c e on

566,

10%.

1115.

and 1313 i s now coming on a t 2100 (2200 on Sundays); t h e Afrikaans S e r v i c e o u t l e t s on 593, 827, 863. and 1043 a r e

new

a l s o coming on a t 2200. Look f o r weak c a r r i e r s on t h e s e channels from 2200 p a s t 2330 a11 s m e r b u t beware of mista!d.ng t h e l a s t f l e e t i n g t r a o e s of fading TA1s f o r SBCI (Fd)

*COOK ISLANDS. Z5ZA on 600 i s nov signing o f f a t 0330. Richard Wood.

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*INDIA. N R ' s new Cmrmeroial Service began o p e r a t i o n on 411 according t o a broadoast from New

Delhi.

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*GREAT BRITAIN. The BBC ngion.1 s e r v i c e s w i l l h e closed i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e according t o a m o e n t speech by Lord Hill. BBC Chairrmn. h d i o 3 w l l l b e incorporated i n t o Rrdio 4 and Radio 2 w i l l b e merged w i t h b d i o 1. (ARC)

*ANGUILLA. A n m b e r of u s hrve been watching t h e news o u t of this l i t t l e i s l a n d f o r mentions of t h e s t a t i o n first described i n DX Nmis about

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weeks ago: t h e only i t e m t h a t might h a r e my bearing on t h e Bank of h e r i o a l s 1500 kc i n a t a l h t i o n was s p o t t e d by our good f r i e n d Don Jsnsen. The Washington Post c a r r i e d a s t o r y . d a t e l i n e d Anguilla. March 1 9 t h which s a i d

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p a r t . W e b s t a r ["president" of t h e r e b e l AnguiUl p o v e m e n t

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Ed1 accused B r i t i s h C d s s i o n s r Anthony Lee of being one of t h r e e men who slipped s e c r e t l y i n t o Anguilla a few days b e f o r e ( B r i t i s h Undersecretarh of Foreign Affairs William) Whitlock's i l l f a t e d v i s l t and attempted t o s e t up a

s e c n t

r a d i o s t a t i o n . " Perhaps t h e " g o v e m e n t " which demanded BCB a d a p t a b i l i t y f o r t h e BOA1s s t a t i o n was not t h e r e b e l government a f t e r all...? Any

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770 J A M A I C A . Large c o l o r f u l v/q from W.G. M a t t h e w ~ , C.E. Took 2 months t o r e a c h me a f t e r m a i l i n g , b e l i e v e t h e r e was a s t e a m b o a t s t r i k e down t h e r e . (Waldron, N.J.) Card, same a s a l l o t h e r s . (Renfrew, Conn) 780 B.V.ISLANDS. ZBVI v e r i f i e d by p i x p o s t - c a r d , r e a d i n g "ZBVI T o r t o l a "

and postmardked a s "Road Town". ( M i l l a r . Wash. s t a t e )

780 VENEZUELA. YVOD. j u s t s pennant. 1 2 d a y s r i t h 2 I R C ' s . (Renfraw) 800 BONAIRE. Commemorative QSL f o r r e l a y h e r e , from R . Nederland, h a s

a map o f t h e i s l a n d . (Renfrew, Conn.)

940 VENEZUELA. YVNN Radio Punto F i j o s e n t n i c e v / l , s p e c i f i e s 940 a s f r e q . , from Romin 0. A g u i l a r , D i r e c t o r , v i a r e g i s t e r e d a i r m a i l , and

a new c o u n t r y h e r e . (Wood, Hawaii)

1010 CUBA. Anyone n o t i c i n g t h e i t e m i n RLA's b u l l e t i n c o n c e r n i n g m a i l i n g o f books t o t h e s t a t i o n h e r e , be a d v i s e d t h a t t h e U.S. P o s t O f f i c e w i l l n o t a c c e p t s u c h p a c k a g e s f o r m a i l i n g due t o r e e t r i c t i o n e i m - p o s e d by t h e Cuban p o s t a l a u t h o r i t i e s o n s e n d i n g o f s u c h m a t e r i e l s . L e t t e r e . and i t e m s s u c h a s t a p e r e c o r d i n g s a p p a r e n t l y , g e t t h r o u g h a s t h e y q u a l i f y a s m a i l whereas books a p p a r e n t l y do n o t .

1 0 2 5 AUSTRIA. U s t e r r e i c h i s c h e r Rundfunk, Dobl. S t y r i a v e r i f i e d w i t h l e n - g h t y l e t t e r i n E n g l i s h , t e l l s o f r e p o r t s from 5CNA b u t none from W C M ; l o o k s l i k e my 5 t h most E a s t e r l y v e r i e and l e a v e s Hungary among l o g g e d b u t u n v e r i f i e d Europeens, s o most welcome. ( M i l l a r , Wash.atate 1090 MEXICO. Unsigned v/q from XERB. a d d r e s s : Box 2735, San Y s i d r o , Cal.

92073. Reads: "This i s t o acknowledge y o u r r e c e p t i o n r e p o r t o f 3/10 1969

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so a s t o s p e l l "-1. Oh w e l l . (Edmunds. K.J.) (Mus' b e a c c o u n t of t h o s e l i t t l e weeds growing o u t t h e r e i n t h e d e s e r t . . . t h e y do t h a t t o peo- p l e , so we h e a r back h e r e i n t h e E a s t . Hi!)

1200 DOM. REP. I n s p e c i f i c pamphlet from Radio S e n t a M a r i a , 2 1 d e y e r i t h 1 IRC. (Renfrew, Conn.)

1210 GREENLAND. The s i g n e r f o r t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a l l e t t e r from t h i s AFRTS s t a t i o n , which we r a n l a s t meek, was: l / L t . T e r r e n c e E. Leaman, USAF, who i s O f f i c e r i n Charge. S u s p e c t h e ' s t h e man t o w r i t e when r e p o r t i n g r e c e p t i o n on e i t h e r 1210 o r 1 4 2 5 Thule s t a t i o n s .

1214 ENGLAND. V/le from 1I.D.P. Barnbridge f o r 1214 and 1 4 5 7 , had a d d r e s - s e d my r e p o r t s t o him. E.entioned r e c e i v i n g r e p o r t s from s e v e r a l o t h e r p a r t s o f t h e U.S. around 2/24, a l s o f o r 1214. (Waldron) ( T h i s g e n t l e m a n h a s , I b e l i e v e , always been a prompt v e r i f i e r . -Ed.)

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NRC,

h i . T h i s is t h e p l a c e , o f c o u r s e , t h a t F r a n c i s Gary Powers i m m o r t a l i z e d . *We t r u s t W a l t e r Rosere is r e c u p e r a t i n g n i c e l y , and welcome

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Matt Xahner t o o u r distinguished c l i e n t e l e o f t o p - n o t c h DX r e p o r t e r s . *Glenn Hauser s u g g e s t e d we a d o p t t h e European (and M i l i t a r y ) s t y l e of d a t e - r e p o r t i n g f o r e a c h a d v o c a t e o f t h i s system (and I am o n e ) we have many p e o p l e who u s e t h e customary American form o f d a t e s ( e . g . A p r i l 1 2 ) and we must s t a y w i t h m a j o r i t y usage t o minimize e r r o r s and c o n f u s i o n . I f you ALL want t o c h a n g e

t o t h e "12 A p r i l " d a t e c o n v e n t i o n , l e t me know. .C.M. S t a n b u r y wants t o know ( i n I H C A , however) how " r e t * g o t Colombia on C e n t r a l S t a n d a r d Time...I d i d n ' t know we were THAT i n f l u e n t i a l y e t . *And I ' m s t i l l i m p r e s s e d a f t e r h a v i n g a

s e s s i o n w i t h GPN's new a l t a z i m u t h a l loop...promiaes t o be a Godsend t o t h e Urban DXer. Thanks t o t h e Nelsons f o r t h e i r h o s p i t a l i t y .

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