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THE NATIONAL RADlO CLUB MEABQYAWTERS: 325 SHIRLEY AVENUE. BUFFALO, 15. nBw YQRK

JOSEPH 4. BECKER, SR.. PRESIDENT RAY B, EDGE, EDITOR

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Vol 1 2 No 31 May 1 9 1.945 We wel-come t h e renewals of Howard Judson and S/SGT

Elwood borowski and a l s o from our Se rv i ce Fund those of CPL Kenneth Page PFC Fran Gmeiner-~/5 John H V!ill.ard-SCT Joe Pelbet ier-Bruce C Keene Sl/C Pvt Edgar Cope. We al.so welcome as a new member, Stephen Walbridge, Tnx t o you a l l and b e s t wishes f o r r~ swell. summer. Must a l s o add renewal. of Bil.1. Macomber from our Sekvice Fund.

It i s wi th r e g r e t t h a t I have t o inform you l a d s t h a t t h e January 6th b u l l e t i n t o PFC Hors t Krumrei has been r e t u r n e d marked nDeceasedll. It i s n o t known i f h e was i n a c t i o n o r o therwise , bu t i t was known t h a t he was overseas . Anyone having d e f i n i t e in format ion , p l e a s e drop a l i n e t o HQ,

Just i n ca se t h i s b u l l e t i n i s a coup1.e days l a t e i t was account of my tak ing t ime o u t t o t r y t o e n t e r t a i n a stvell FCer who stopped i n on h i s way home. CPL Leonard Kruse. We c e r t a i n l y enjoyed see ing and having him wi th u s f o r a coup1.e days and i t seemed l i k e o ldcn t imes t o have DXers s t o p in .

He d i d a b i t of DXing a t Club HQ and l snded a few u o r s new ones, Also have CPL Kenneth Page a t home and of course Kenny and Len had to have a beer t o g e t h e r , Weather was 1-ousy t h e p a s t week s o n o t much was seen of t h e Page lad, H e had in tended to e r e c t a Ver t ic&& antenna bu t t o o much of t h i s s t u f f c a l l e d Rain came down, Any way it was swell t o see bo th CPLfs and we a r e a l l looking forward f o r t h a t f i r s t Post-War Convention.

N O T I C E Seems t h a t your Ed i to r i s a k m y s f o r g e t t i n g something. Here a re some

more renewals; Dick Jus t av i ck from our Se rv i ce Fund and t h e renewals of John ~ o n g - ~ e f t y Cooper-Harold Cr i swe l l -B i l l Stone and Harold Howard.

Another s u r p r i s e was i n t h e form of a l e t t e r from SGT G a i l T Beyer who i s home from I t a l y on a 48 day fur lough. He says about wanting t o k i s s the soil. of t h e US upon a r r i v i n g i s t h e bunk, he wanted t o eat i t . We11 Gail you can be s u r e t h a t we a l l hope t h a t i t w i l l n o t be too long until. you a r e back DXing from your o ld stamping grounds, and l o t s of good luck.

And t o the Newark N e w s Rndio Club, t h e E d i t o r of t h e NRC wishes t o ex- tend c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s f o r appoin t ing P h i l Nichols as BCB E d i t o r of t h e NNRC. It i s be l ieved t h a t a b e t t e r s e l e c t i o n could not be made and t h a t t h e NNRC w i l l b e n i f i t by t h e i r sel .ect ion. To P h i l , l o t s of good l u c k and I know you w i l l do a swell. job,

Well w i th tWER Day h e r e and gone, 1-et u s hope t h a t complete Victory i s . n o t t o o far o f f . The boys d i d n swe l l job i n Europe ~ n d we a l l . know they a r e anxious t o g e t home aga in . So l e t u s a l l . d o every th ing i n our power to hasten that day. hemember write the boys i n s e r v i c e , you can be s u r e tha t any mail i s appreciated a l o t , Every QRA i s a v a i l a b l e by ask ing ,

Well s u m r i s he re , o r supposed t o be h e r e and t h e surnmer schedule o f DX NEWS i s i n e f f e c t . I know I owe p l en ty of l e t t e r s t o you boys but I am going t o t a k e i t easy and r e a l l y enjoy t h e t ime o f f . However w i l l g e t an answer t o you soriletime ( ~ o l 1 . 0 Joe ~ e c k e r ) Also want t o aga in tnnnk a11 of you f o r t h e way i n which you have supported your c l u b bo th f i n a n c i a l l y & with p l en ty of DX rJervs. It 1-ooks as i f t h e r e w i l l be p l e n t y of new sta- t i o n s t o shoot a t dur ing t h e s u m e r months. Anyway en joy t h e s u m e r .

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS Page 2 - , , , , , , , -, -, - , FHEQUENCY - -, , FHOLLCS ..- -, , , -, , -. , , E ~ Z P-124.2 KC6 CAI,L RCIIV~RK S 570 ..,j.U&Di.~,.,Ft INorth,T:?x ol.1 earlier. f,/c hrd S / 9 2: 15-2: 30 AM ~ ~ ~ ~ ( ~ o h a n n s ) ' 7~0 ' ' lVGi3S IdS.ami,F.ia :I:; n.eo~. ccll f o r IYFTL. ruse)

,Nli:wlEea~o'l..i-s,Iilinn, r:ew ;\!:?.I.?. f o r WLE U of X Sta.tj.on. ruse) ,--"ELT%.Berson,l.J CI h3.d tes.tj.fig p s t week 2nd QRA f o r r e p o r t s t o c .e.

Istkian k'r;:n.l;, Gorl Jl=lnp Tesrt: on 5/16 was dedicated t o al.1 DXers, H;-d on 4/3.5-.!.tj and l./kth. < ~ . m s e ISc ~ohtr:rins) / (~ohanns )

900 CJBR Himouski ,Qt~e ha.2 i 'nr?:.l.er -i;est u\rt$h s a l . 1~ on J$$Z~ 4/24 and 5/1 930 VJSAZ Huntington,~;\! V:i h rd o l i .i;r?st; 5/16 a t 5-5:15 AM (~oharlrks)

12313 \lft=OL Columbus,Ohio a re c.ow o rz r s g siie('1 6Alv1-1AM (Kirk) IVCLO Jrzrles~ille,~vi.sc 3rd 2ad WJ9D 5 / 9 from ,!+t30-4:40 AM (~ohanns) lTITIOP,.c, Hopkinsvill.t:,ICy hrd '/";27 fron! 3: 30-4 AM (Johanqs)

1240 ilC7BV Pctcrr.burg,Vz took a?,? s ~ r l ~ y in l a y ,former c a l l s were WHD-WPVA. .,,. . f ip t s signed. by. Edn2.rL Schwarz, c . e . Bl.ogen "We Serve Southside

Virginiatf . Went on reg aked 5/"7, slreC! 6: 30AiVl-MDT ruse-Johanns. CHLT Sherbrooke,Que says in c o u p l e months w i l l . be on 900 lcc with 1m.

.. iVR-ZZ Znnesvilfe,Ct hrd 5/9 - 3 : 2 0 - 3 ~ 3 0 . 3 r p t s o u t any he lp (~ohanns ) 13,!,,0 KCHA Sacremento,Cal. t o o k a i r 4/23 nt 6Ai~ and on 6AM-MDT PWTm R p t s

t o Marvin Myers m d f / c 4 th FRI. 3-3t1.5 AM EVJT ( ~ s u s e ) . WBAC Cl.evelanil, Tenn, I! W lio:alsa~.zill.c, ovmur wr i t e s t h a t our appr'ox

s t a r t of t e s t s will be BRay 15th, x ~ p ~ ~ x ~ x f ~ x ~ ~ s x ~ p ~ x t ~ ~ i b : g r x % ~ ~ but have :lot been heard as y e t . B i l l , Lange i s c,e, r ruse)

1VEIlT Gloversvil.lc,N. Y. hrd testing 5/1.4 2: 55-3:02AM (~ohanns ) ' ,

'.W'BBK 'Pi t tsf ie l .d ,hlass s /off test a t 2: lq AM on 5/16 (Johanns) 3.4(')0 IWEX Macon,Ga. lilecon Bdctg Co-Bibb E l d g , s/on VAN EIYT 4/20 f o r f i r s t

broadcast, Good s i g s here, QBM by WATL & IYMGA. Car r i e r on most of 4/29. (~uggzn) A, L. Lowe, mgr

VJrwnZ and WBTviL sign on week days at 7 AM EVdT WGBR Goldsboso,N C reg f/c 3rd FRI 321, -3:30 and they l i k c t o hear

fronl NRC nernbers, Daniel. Truebbood, c. e. (~ohanns ) WBTH Wij.l.iamson,W Va hrd 5/11 from 4:40-,?+:55 Bc 5/16 $:35-&:45(~ohanns: VJHGB Harr,iqburg,Pa, John Pcnzz,c,e, says t e s t s a r e due aprox 5/1.2

f o r c. month from 5-6 AM da i ly . Q R A 1.12 Mflarket S t ruse) W I N C Winchester,Va s/on 6 : 5 S AM SUN 5/13 and came thru very good

v o l u m ~ f o r half hour or so. ( ~ i c h o l s ) 1430. VBYN Brrmkl-yn,N.Y. 'Only possib1.c way t o g e t vcrio from t h i s station

i s to wri te George Kravi tz ( ~ r z n s m i t t o r op) 791.9 20th Avc., BrookZyn 14, N.Y. Be s u r e t o address a1.l r epo r t s d i r e c t t o his

. ~. ‘-, address shown, NOT TO. THE: STATION,. o ruse)

145 Richmond,Va, no cons t ruc t ion s t a r t e d as yet,former c a l l WRIV. -*~-'James S Duff, c.c. Studios Grace Bldg. (Kruse)

1490 1blJ&Y Jackson, Miss. P.K. Swing,mgr s ays they a r e not a s y e t operat ing fu l l . sked but as soqn cs possib1.e w i l l be on from 7AM-2AM EWT, Address r p t s t o W 0 Sla.ughter,-c.e, Un,i\ilBC r ruse)

KXOR Sacrzmento,Calif IdBC a f f i l n t e t e s t s due t o s t a r t 5/15. Bob Weeks, c , e . Linco3.n Del.l.ar j Gcn Man X ~ r u s e )

KBUR Burl.ington,Iow:x' a r e - n o s t znxious f o ~ r epo r t s on the-i.r f req check. Tiley a re on a t 5 AM t h e 1st FBI. To makc compiling da ta eas ier they w i l l p l a n on pl-aying Zive Tunas to cont ras t with ViWSW-WJBK.

- Address rpts to John Ga1l.ino. ( ~ u f f y ) 1420 'Y~WSR S t Albins,Vt on 5/3.4 2nd 1YfON which seems t o be their reg f/c

day a t 2-2:19 AM. (Johanns. 790 ???? 'CVklnt i s the call, and power of t he A r m e d Forces Radio S t a t l on

i n Canal Zone operat ing on t h i s f req???? ( ~ a g u i r e )

HANK VfILKINSON-BilHBAIiJK CAL From JiZR 8horp of BBC 5/2 scys ':;C regre t t h i s of- f i c e 5 s discontifiuing t h e sending of v e r i f i c a t i o n ca.rds. T i s i s i n l i n e with the pol icy fo;mu.l.atad and ca r r i ed u t by the Corps. boo bad boys who d id no t r epo r t sooner, To Wagmer; a.dd HJAN,Barranquilla'to my l i s t ,

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX aEWS May 19 1945 TIPS and LPO REPORTS - - - - - - d - d d 1 - - 1 - d - - - - - - - c L ) - 4 - - - - - - dpEg!g. 9 BILL STONE, -TOF@UTO,ONT I want t o take t h i s opportuni ty of thanking the Edges-Johanns-CrisweIlrs-Bob Botzum & Sister-SulJ.ivans-Beckers-Schopmeyeys and Coopers f o r t h e swell times t h a t a l l you f o l k s showed me i n my r e c e n t v i s i t s t o you. I thorough1.y enjoyed your f i n e hospi ta l . i ty and only wish T had been a b l e t o v i s i t even more of the members f ami l i e s than I d id . Was sorry PAT, I was not a b l e t o g e t up t o your place,but even the bes t o f p$ar o f ten go wrong, This t r i p u e r t a i n l y provved what grand people we have i n our cl.ub,also t h a t a convention cannot come too soon and with V-E Day by now,this may be r e a l i z e d ear l ier than a l o t of u s may have hoped, You can b e t i f t h e r e are any ~ h i n d i g s ~ 1 ' l . l be t h e r e , i f i t s poss ib le . Not much DX was done on the t r i p b%t I d i d l i s t e n i n Penn t o s t a t i o n s t h a t f cannot hear up here ,so i f I never log em from up h e r e , I can always say I heard em anyway. Again thanks t o a11 of you and your f a m i l i e s For t h e grand time. By the time you read t h i s 1 hope t o g e t l e t t e r s out t o a l l of you. Veries now stand a t 9 0 1 , s t i l l no WGOV though, Found v e r i e s from WORK-WAIT-WTCM- WGTC and KONP on my a r r i v a l back home, (OK B i l l and you clan be sure t h a t you a r e always welcome and very glad t h a t you d id enjoy your t r i p ) FRANK WHEELER-ERIE9-,P& Since l a s t r epor t ing 1 received one new v e r i e , t h a t was from KONP. Have sen t follow-up cards t o WOLS-VMBH-KFDM-KRGV. Sen8 my 2nd fomlow up t o IWXU but nothing heard a s y e t and a l s o no%hing heard from WAGM -even tho 1 s e n t them a dup r e p o r t a s requested. (OK F ank j u s t s i t t i g h t and if nothing i s heard i n t h e next month P h i l ~ i c h o r s w i l l wr i t e ) ALFRED E BRUCE-PHILA,, PA Have r e p o r t s o u t . t o W K K K whose s i g was Q5 R 9 . Also r p t s t o WBIR-WINS-WHN and WBAL. (HOW about your l i s t f o r the HRD & Vcrie s tandings ~ r u c e ? ) HENRY WZLKINSON-BUHBAi\IK,gAG Rec a v e r i e from HJAN-1390 kcs tlEmisoras Un- idas11 i n Baranquill-a,Colombia on a r p t of 1/17/45. Was very p r e t t y t r i- color czrd and t h e message t o me wrs w r i t t e n in p e r f e c t English. I s n t it odd t h a t of the v e r i e s rec from Centra l America and S.A. by me a l l were w r i t t e n i n Spanish t o them, as advlsed by many well known DXers, b u t they come back w r i t t e n i n English, ' O f course i t goes without saying t h a t a v e r i e w r i t t e n i n English i s t h e most 4mderstandabIe but many of t h e D X e r s who have repor ted i n Spanish have almost wasted t h e i r time doing so, A r e p o r t t o a s t a t i o n should be w r i t t e n i n a very f r i e n d l y personal. tone but t h i s cant be done very wel l with a form l e t t e r in Spanish-Frenc$ e t s . I dont advise i t i n t h e f u t u r e . ( ~ u t Henry you say you r e p o r t i n Spanish and g e t them back i n Ebglish, thats swell , bu t how about those who have w r i t t e n i n English and a personal l e t t e r and have not heard anything from t h e s ta - t i o n ? If the form apanish l e t t e r b r ings v e r i e s i n English, then I bel ieve nothing more can be asked f o r ,) I have v e r i f i e d 5BBC s t a t i o n s and here they are;- 668 kcs 11/27/44; 1149 kcs 11/27/44.; 1013 kss on 12/1.1/44; 767 kcs on 1/9/45 and 1474 kcs on 1/9/45. It shows t h a t I was one of the very 1st t o ve r i fy BBB s t a t i o s and I openly wish t o thank Joe Lippincot t f o r h i s a i d on t h i s mat ter , To Joe;-How about hearing from you, nothing s ince I have moved, Also v e r i e from HJAK on 1310 with I kw and heard w i t h tremend- ous power a t ~y former QRA i n Balitrnore, HZDLEY SIP,WONDS-HAMILTON. ONT L a t e s t ver i es inc lude WHOT-yJBTA-WGTC-iVGRM af t c r seve ra l l e t t e r s with follow up s e n t i n ca re of WMIS. WGRM v e r i f i e d r p t o f - 1/18/44 and 3/21/44. by David L Dodd,c,e. and he says UTru~t ing t o hear from you again i n nea r f u t u r e on our next f.cil Dont know why my my other 3-A l e t t e r s were n o t answereC. Rec v e r i e from II'MIS f o r 2/24/45 by Wil-na Nichols with IlAssociated Stati .on WGFcM,G,reenwood,&Iiss p r in ted on bottom. S t i l l weit.- i n g f o r v e r i e s from KY.!OE-IVKBB-WKEU-KONP-WHICK-KTE@L~. sen t follow up and dup r p t but no nns. Ai.~o \VOLTS out s i n c e 1/8 and CKVD-CKRN s ince 11/28/44, WkBL'1: sti.11 lbolds out s ince 3/19 and WBLO s ince 1/17. Nothing new f o r some time, Havent r p t e d WFEB a s i n f o r a t h e r meager, Total l o g a f t e r tak ing inventory is i n l i s t ,

YOU$% MEN OVERSEAS, DONT FORGET TO VOTE.

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SULLY SULLIVAN-PITTSBlJ@!i~ You b o w understand t he r e ' s a guy i n the - .Cl.ub w2:b .has a 2 3 tube Sco-tt radio snd t he u'se of a f i n e Ha lb i c r a f t e r s as wel. l ,not. t o ' speakof some excel.l.ent, ecjul.ptment t h a t i s avail-able t o him a t hi.s work. AT HIS WORK, no mind you.., Well. now i f t h a t i s n t nX Heaven,what &s? Had a. f i n e v i s i t from Uil.1. St!.~:le a r~d Dick Cooper 011 Sunday f k / 2 9 , Two of t h e fivlets DX .lczds in. the business, he had a 7 r o 8 ho.u:c gabfes t , that I enjoyed greatly, Get-to-gethe~ls such a s t h i s makes one r e z l i z e t he f i n e

. . hobby th:at we, have and. t, 1 . o ~ ; ~ in i t , Late v e r i e s f rou WABC-WDAF- KGPO -lJ/BRlr;-ViBYN ~ n d t odny' -.ans~ver- t o r p t i n 3n{:l.ish. QRA is;-

. . 25Y-G-Vcdado Hab~ina; ,3 Bcfiitez, Adrno~, lriI$R ,sked f o r May i s 7ATJ4-8:30PM EVlT, Hope t o ge t a good r ece iv s r f o r nex t sezson. My old one i s al:L done and have had t o use ny wifef s 5 tube ,Emerson f o r my infrequent

. . , tunings. I t s 'troub1.e i s non-sBlectivity. Dick tvas showing Iiie h i s veries f o r pas t season. KGU-KFm-KHJF among o thers . I n the words of the immortal bard, hubba-hubba-Plubba 8 t o . n ~ htis q u i t e a 3.og s e t up. (OK Bul-ly and a t work t h a t guy has a couple Na.tionel L R O 1 s t o play with, ~a -Ha) KAF.C)LQ HOWARD-NrAPAK0NETfl.Q Have done very l i t t l e DXing s ince Apr 1 s t . Have only stayed up I. n i t e , b u t m a n a g e d t o ge t 2 badly needed ones i n KGGF-KOTA. Ver.ics have been very s l o w corning i n . Rec ane from WFBL f o r r p t of l a s t

,- . Nov but was worht wait ing f o r as i t i s a photo 9 x 5+ of t h e i r rntr bldg ' : . ' and t h e i r antenna masts. i l lso vc r i c frorn CFCO f o r r p . t of 1/29/45 and also

, . .,WOMT vrkiich i s r a the r unique i n t h a t i t is wr i t t en on one of t h e i r s t a t i o n . . accouflt sheets . Signed by \V F Duben,c.e. Severa l o the r s rec , KGGN which

- . ; w a s no 400 a n d nice czrd f ron K3NP on our Special . Rec l e t t e r from Slcich- t c r 'tcl3.ing me he w3.s born in Ada, Ohio zbout, '20 miles from, here,

. , JOE ENZ-BHO0KLYN.N Y I would l i k e t he exact aPrfZ QRA of XEJP, ItIexico Ci ty i f anyorlc has i t , I sent a r p t on 1/27 snd same came back:marked~unclaimedb One v e r i e came back on a reminder from CJHL who sa id they were ' so r ry my

. . " rpt- WLS overlooked,they s'urc- sent e n i ce l e t t e r . s e n t nic'e l e t t e r t o CKVD-CICRN with homemade' v e r i e , but they never answered, some hot^ 1 have a feol.ihg they wi1.3. ansvr'er s u r -DX of l a s t .Nov. (OK J o e , Stone i s going t o

. . w r i t e CKVD-CKIIN snd we should have some info sohe a,hout those ve r ies ) , .

I . . .~ KRiIiALL BLANCHARD-BROOKFIELD . I& Veries haye. becn ' r ec f rorn KGU-CEBQ-KGGF-

%. ., PAVE-KWJJ-KGW--KID-WBV i n pa s t few weeks, Others dl 'fqr SlV recept ion have

.. . . been CBEX-CBFX-VE9RI-VONH, On my o ld T I P G ve r io t h e freq w a s note mentioned

x. . ,. . so 'I serit ' l e t t e r t o Perry Gir ton .the owner f o r a. l c t t - e r , to . proove t h a t my . ' v e r i e i s f o r BCB, Last vieek I 'tec'his r e p l y saying they were 110% operat ing

.. , . . . : . . .on.SW f o r severa l months,due t o tkle war and my v e r i e hap ened t o have been

... c - ' issukd ,during those few months. (OK Marsh c~nd n ice going. ' ~ . . . ,

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HILDING GUSTAFSOiV-wKFORD.ILL Rec vc r i e s from XECD and fron: SBV i n Falun, Sweden, XECD gave m e a new s t a t e ( ~ u e b l a ) Verics a l s o ,from 'm 3H.A-4QS-

. , The, l a s t AM. I was -up the Aussies & 2,edclers were very good. Best being 4 Y O \ . - .:.a 1-50 w d t t e r NZ on ll..$O kcs. CouLd only g e t a skimpy r p t on h i s s i g s so

, - didn t send t h ~ repor t . I"lso hri! a r&+ekzrg Aussie on 820 kcs. Maley informs - , . : ; .me:that. t h e r e i s n new Aussicx a~i=~82- --%-- with call. 2 N A , N e w Castle. To

THOMAS-0, eve-of 2/28 I hrd 2 s t a t l o n s owl562 kos, these 2 were working . each. other as phone. O n e was stronger i n s i g than other , one of them might

have been WUMS but couldnt gc t ver i fyable r p t due t o -WQXH. Heard them aga in . ' . . a few days I.atar during heqght of Ohio fl.ood. That w n s reason I bel ieved

it might have been yours, Maybe some day f i-fi12 ge t you good. - . . - MEL ,OLIVEE,-HOUS.T(3T!&m Suinmcr i s .here and DX gone ,hence no info , (OK Me1

.. :you . i l ~ f o on KTHT was . s en t . Joe., t h z t new pro . d i r f o r then i s 'Dick ~ ~ t m a n )

. To a.3.1 Al.trnan sei.6 reques t s f o r - v e r i e s wollld be honored when 3 stamped- . . .self-addressed envelope i s enclosed with the r epo r t , Said t h e i r f /c was

:on lith T9UB.S sha r t l y a f t e r t h e i r s/off,Which sho-01.d be I. o r 1:15 AM EVJT . . . I . ; I

NZXT BULLETIN IS ~J~I~AIIJED JUNE 16ti1, have r p t s ti i n f o i n no t l a t e r then 6/13 > .

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NRC BCB DX CONTEST STANDINGS MAY 8 IS45 Reg ; -KFPY-WKY -WFVB-WCBT-KWAT-KOCA-KCKN -WLAV-VJRHI-K~NK-WFBL-KS?P WWS-\rllJHO-\flIKWK-KABR-BJFNC-W3PN. Spce C$RL-\VTCB~-KM . . 48 5 . 530 Reg;-tt3IVA-3HA-6'u"rlF-6WB-6GP-CFAC; Spce;-KONP. . . . . . 354.686 None added 329.960 12 BlanchggA Reg ; -KVOA-WEAF-WQB- None added 295.217 WCMV-mQ-KTKC-KID-KGGF-WPIC- None added 253 a634 KGU-CMQ , 1 . . 57.651. None added 252,141 13 o o e None added . . 19.553 None added 217.684 = r e Noneadded. . 18,977 None added 196.487 1.5 None added . , 10.111 None added 151.971 16 Van Vogrhees Wone added 7,584 Nane added 141,708 17 Seth None added . . 4.086 Mone added 82.771

NOTICE;- Hereafter send your l i s t s of ver ies t o Norman Maguire a t t h i s new QRA 101 Hope S t . , Stamford, , Conn, Al.1 v e r i e s t o be l i s t e d i n the June 16th issue must be i n Maguirek hands not l a t e r than June 9th 1945.

Remember no ver ies received for repor t s on s t a t i o n s heard a f t e r March 31 1945 are e l i g i b l e ,

HEaHD AlV D VERIFIED Thomas 2000 Stone 901 Thomas 2000 Kruse Becker 1516 Daneker 900 Becker 1504 Susoreny 636

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Botzum 1511 Edge 877 Botzum 1 0 Wheeler 581 Reil ley l4O2 Susoreny 852 Re i l l cy 1316 B r i s t o w R Caoper 1360 Gabriel 850 Simmonds 1237 Burnham

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Maguire 1351 Batson 813 Nichols 1203 Van Voorhees 500 Simonds 1336 Burnham 81.3 Page 1131 Kcrnodle 400 AlLen 1239 Morss 770 Gorsucb 1099 Brown 397 Nichals 1203 Wyman 680 R Cooper 1026 Gabriel 355 Gorsuch 1155 Crlaig 562 Stee le 1023 Allen Lippincott 1150 Bristow

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Page 1131 Van Voorhees 500 Maley 927 Blanchard 232 Brown 1125 Oliver 5 2 Stone 901 Spencer 158 S tee l s 1104 Staples 492 Edge 877 Saling S le ich te r 1102 Kernodle 470 Magubre 818 Wyman

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Wheeler 1086 Blanchard 462 Daneker 804 Craig 124 Maley 987 Spencer 158 Batson 758 Staples 112 Kruse 923 Morss 671

Your next l i s t i n g w i l l be June 19 1945. Have your l i s t s t o Frank not l a t e r than June 6th 1945. NOTICE, with paper not too p l en t i fu l , t h a t i s no 2% a t a l l I am asking Frank t o l i s t the HEARD & VERIFIED a l i t t l e dif- ferent . Seeing t h a t the main object with most DXess i s to ge t ver ies , A s t o the Heard l i s t , t h a t i s only second i n thought, so beginning with the next l i s t Frank w i l l l i s t i n order according t o the Veries each member has received. Then i n a 2nd column l i s t h i s HEARD t o t a l . I t h i s manner ;;- Becker 1504 - 1516 The f i r s t co lum being ver ies an8 2nd the ones HRD. Botzum 1405 - 1511 (OK with you Frank?????)

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A& BILL GABRIEL JR-BROOKLYN NY Have ab t 1 2 weeks here. Veries rec from WJOB-KWAT-KlFJKW a l l l e t t e r s a f t e r fo l3 .o~ UDS and nice cards from WRHP-KONP. Rec card from c.e. a t WPAG says w i l l begin tests week of 4/23 and w i l l . go on soon a t 7 AM EVJT and being wn c lea r channel no f .c. w i l . 1 be had, LLptS should be sent t o c . e m WPAG Hutzel Bldg, Ann Arbor, lvlich. About WJOB, a Let ter from Pro b i r says they no longer bother with ver ies but only send out membership cards e tc . Only reason he ve r i f i ed for m e was he wondered where I got h i s name from. Plowman sentva nice f u l l page l e t t e r a f t e r a 4 month wait , Had swell v i s i t with Lefty and say the Dodgers play the in- c inna t i Reds, a double header too, (OK and good luck ill)

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ulL J Warren Routzahn J u s t t o keep records s t r a i g h t t h e above i s my Lzt- e s t QRA. Even tho 1 c$anged,rny mail. bad been a r r i v i n g i n very good time. The ~!+/;2l b u l l e t i n a r r i v e d on 5 / 3 ; The change i s the r e s u l t of moving i n t o

. Chlna. Ne .have b e t t e r Living corlditions a t present ,being housed i n Barrackt w i t h ho t showers e t c . Now vie have a l o t of new customs t o ge t used t o . Chinese rnoney has a low val.ua so i t takes a s a t c h e l 1 f u l l t o go t o town,

. Vile dont ,get there very o f t e n a:lycv:ly because o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , The Chinese are .an easy going, si.zp1.e p.lople,ve~:* easy t o g e t a1,ong with, so we have

. q u i t e a t i m e kiddj-ng thefn a7.ong, (91: ilrarren end I o t s of good luck) ' wR'CSEA, K0P.P. -5T .2!C Ha-~e a ne?i QXA ar.d I am i n Hawaii and dont have

possession of a rc6j.o as there wont be any news of t h e s t a t i o n s t h a t can be heard out here. d;nre wish I cctuld g e t my hands on a r ece ive r and pick up some of t h e P a c i f i c r a d i o s t a t i o n s , Radio i s my bosiness i n the Navy

. but I havent seen one f o r 2 o r rnore months. By the ti,ne I g e t t o sea a g ~ . i n 'I wont know how t o r e p a i r one, lbell. good luck from me. (OK Bud and good luck t o yo,u, why no t I.ook up Yob Brown as I bel ieve he too i s i n Hawaii. H i s QRA. CPL Robert Brown-35343722 856th C . . A c APO 954 $ Postmaster, &an Francisco, Ca l i f . ) PFC FRAMCI&GRXITaF? J u s t have a new APO no which i s 408 instead of 652. - Had a phone c a l l from Leo Herz t h e o ther day from a nearby town and i t was

, c e r t a i n l y good t o hear him even tho I couldnt see him, The only th ing t o mar t h e reunion was B i l l S tona l s absence, And B i l l remer~ber the b e t you & Leo made i n E r i e , 1939, wel l dont worry as I w i l l keep i t f o r you. (OK Fran and l o t s of good luck t o you from us all) PVT CHARLES R BENDER Well he re I am i n t h e land of Wine-Women and Cognac and sunshine. So f a r t h e weather has been b e a u t i f u l , nothing but sunshine. I a m i n a rear a rea and i n a f a i z l y n ice se tup , Am working i n t h e Int~3.1-

* igence s e c t i o n and it g e t s ra t l le rc i n t e r e s t i n g , I heard a rad io . l a s t n i t e f o r the f i r s t t i n e s ince I l e f t home i n Feb, I t s a company radi'o tho, so no chance t o mess around, We g e r regular programs tho f r o 3 London-Paris & New York, Had a ' p r e t t y g o o d . t r i p over, but I am d e f i n i t e l y a f a i r weather sa l lor . Onee I g e t back i n t h e s t a t e s I dont ever want t o leave again. ( Oh wel.1 Chuck you can say you have been t o France, but 1: can agree w i t h $ou on t h e s t a t e s , l o t s of good luck t o you,) CPL ROBERT BROWN Got a l e t t e r from Bob Houston the ex c.e. of WCOB and t h e o the r smal.1 s t a t i o n s , H e i s an opera tor i n one of t h e Crosley s t a t i o n s i n Cincinnat i now, Says Crosley bought WINS and w i l l use t h e 50 kw d r i v e r sec t ion of W3XO f o r f i n a l a t t h e NY s t a t i o n . They should be 50 k w and on t h e a i r soon with it. Other day vihen on pass I was picked up by 2 hadfo e n g i n e ~ r s who work f o r the O W I , s a i d they i n s t z l l e d t h e Saipan xmtr ?nd sa id the funny no i se the f e l lows not iced was a Sap s t a t i o n jamming them. Didnt r i d e wi th these f ~ l l . o w s long enough o r I would have go t t en more i n f o about those s t a t i o n s t h e boys have been hearing with J a p language. They are probably O W 1 s t a t i o n s , T ey d id say Saipan r i g i s s e t up t o use sev- era l f reqs . (OK Bob and loob yo Bud Kopp whose QRA appears i n t h i s i s sue ) SGT EDiTVARD J WYWN Wel.3. today I r ec the 3/3rd & 1 0 t h bul - le t ins and t h e r e a r e a coupl-c of items I might be zb1.e t o he lp out on. I n 3 / 3 someone had an i t e m in Freq Fro1 about ViVTC, IJVTC is n o t a BCB station Qn $450 but on 1480 kcs according t o i n f o I have on 4/l, It i s loca ted a t Milne Bay i n the southern p a r t of New Guinea. Only s t a t i o n s on 1450 kcs i n t h e area are the fol3.owing;- WVTB. i n NadzaS, New Guinea; TdVTG on Bj.ak Is land, Dutch New Gui- nea, (Both could sound l i k e a "ClV I n 3/1.0th Maguire sz id he hrd a s t a t i o n on 798 kcs , tbe re i s one on 800 kc N Q M I on Midway Island, a l s o he hrd one on 790 kc and a s f a r . a s I know t h e r e i s none operat ing i n t h i s a rea on 790 kc, Above i n f o is from A p r i l 1st so i t must be OK f o r those boys. After read- ing those 2 b u l l e t i n s I didnt know where I wes with a l l t h e new c a l l s . By t h e time I g e t home J t v i l l have t o s tar t elf. over again. '(OK Ed and goad -.-,- L- ---.- -.--1 ,--- ----- - - A . ------ r n - - ~ - nn -I L \

NATIONAL RADIO CLUB DX NEWS - Max &9-1242 , , , , , , - XIPs-and-LEo-RgP9R2S- _ - - - - - , , , Eage-7- BALPH JOHANNS-BUFFALO J Verie l e t t e r s r e c from KOIL-KSO-WBRW-WBY-WERC-1 WSAV-KCKN-WJTN-WOA-WOBR-WJMC-KDLR-WBR a 3 i n 1 and WILM who says they a r e always glad t o hear from NRClers, Francis Hi3.l-WHOT-KFH-WCOS-MEN WCBS-CJBR (Arnold did you catch them?)-CFCF with EKKO stamp-CHLT-WBAA-KGIR- WSBA a b i g thing-KFBC by Mrs L ize t t e Wolf who i s now with KVI'HC on 1642 kc Wyoming Hwgi Patrol. and she says l i s t e n f o r MGravel G ~ ~ ~ ~ I I - c J R L - w c T c v - ~ ~ J E X - WSSV. Cards from WPAH-CBF-CBM-CKY w i t h stamp & booklet-KCKN-KONP--WEOA-WKHX- WHD12-WCOS-WELI-WC. Also l e t t e r s from CBO-KOTA-WIJT. Several Canadians were h?d 1st week of May when on z l n i t e , ti3.so had nice v i s i t from B i l l . St- one on h i s re tu rn from h i s t r i p and then z s u r p r i s e , Pop paps i n with Len Kruse tuesday (and I d i d not have my 3ungl.e cleaned up) Sure was glad t o meet both lads , and both swe3-1 fellows. Also l e t t e r from Ilerz and brow^, along with one from Warren Routzahn and Marsh Blmchard, a l so fo r h i s hear2 murmurs fo r a lovely g i r l only 5 f t . PHIL NICHOLS-E: HARTFORD COli 4/21 Rpt WLAY on f / c thru WDC; 4/29 WTTM i n c lea r a t s/on 7:30AM; + 5 1 Bad s t a t i c but good volumn, nothing new; 5/2 WFHH caught on l a t e &n $Uhm&Bha top a t 1:48, of a l l 1340 s t a t i ons . CBH on al- n i t e chain with CBA proQam from Halifax,used s t a breaks f o r r p t . 5/6 6AM found CHOV on top of 1340 mess,very f i n e vol f o r full. hr,sounded l i k e reg fea ture , 15 min news then 45 min music t i t l e d Morning Concert. 5/9 IVKOK on f/c stahCing a t 2AM. WHIZ and WSAJ on t e s t s s t a r t i n g 3:15. BBlieve KWIL caQght f o r r p t 4-4:30 behind s ta t ie ,every other mo f .c; 5/10 S t a t i c bad again,WSOC & KFYN hrd on sked f / cs . WMGA on t e s t 3~30-3:45. Sta testPng on 730 kc 2205-2:40 and again much louder a t 4225, wonder i f WPIK? 5/11

' t e r r i f i c s t a t i c , only thing noted WSAY signing on 1240, thought they had sh i f t ed ' t o 1370 kc (not yet) 5/13 ere's a bot t i p WENC s/on a t 6:58,had church services a t 7,very loud here and on top of one other s ta t ion . Been a f t e r t h a t one a long t h e . Veries i n , l e t t e r s from WENT-WFHR swell, l e t t e r - head from owner,@& Huffman; Verie on bottom of my r p t phooey from WLAY, & swell cards from KONP-WTTM t h e l a t t e r nice whike card with red-blue pr in t . Follow ups t o KSAN-WHKK, Total ver ies a t 1205, 6-7 out y e t besides o ld Mex. To Reillcy-Have you gone i n t o hibernation?? Tnx: Grant f o r help on KNIL. To Simmonds, sneaking up slowly towzrds your tota1;Hi. %ANT, BATSON-WESTFIELD N Not much i n l i n e of DX except days-SUN or e a r l y eves. 5/10 Landed a new one, WPAG on 1050 kcs 7-7;16 on news cas t , pl-enty of plugs t o copy r p t f ron, Q4 ft9 O C E ~ W W . Veries r ec KABR bot both rp t s . KONP a swell card an8 l a s t l y TAP on SW. No ver ies yet from CKRN-CKVD-WAGM others a r e KASA-INTAX-WKEU-KEVR-KSAN-WHIT-WNAC-mOY -KXYZ-KICD-KROD-WBH & WHKX, A f e w more haiae heen logged and ve r i f i ed i n pas t seasons. &L BARTHOLOUIY-CORNING N Y With DX concluded fo r t h i s season here i s my doings.' Past season was qu i t e good with severa l worth while c ~ t c h e s added. .Sent out more r p t s than usual during a season, (42) besides a few dups t h a t were on f o r the Club. On 42 ver ies rec fronl 911 but HJAT-TIBAS-XEQR-EMKC- HJBJ-CB106-WJXN-KVOS. Also 2 BBC r p t s came back unverified. The Mex & Cuban rpted were only ones sent those countries. 3 new Canadians CKEY-CBH-CKRC t o maEe t o t a l 120. CKRC came bzck with dandy l e t t e r f o r Dec r p t by J D Kemp Pro Man. So they do verify. HJAK and TIEP only foreign ver ies added. The last gave me a l o t of sa t i s fac t ion , severzl. years t ry ing f o r it . Several s t a t e s completed again, the cream of rny ver ies from my standpoint a t l e a s t were KGLU-~pAS(at lea%tI had Calif comp&ete once i n ny DX career) KBUR t o corn 1owa;KOVO-WJPA corn &nna; Washington gave m e KTYW-KONP. If KV06 come thru I woula consider t ha t my best ver ie of season. Other ver ies reg run of m i l l but severa l seem t o give others t rouble namely WRHI got a card & 1etter;WELO fettergKVOP same;h'BSLT ditto;KNOE-WFEB l e t t e r s and recent ly a card from WHKK by R W hichmond,Gen Man a card worth while. Looks as i f we w i l l have several new ones t o shoot a t f o r next season, A t present I need 24 ac t ive s t a t i o n s i n USA but w i l l be increased by f a l l , Oh yes I had hopes of reaching 1400 ver ies but f e l l way short , Have 1384 a t present.