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1 SPEEDX the dx radio magazine for active shortwave listeners June 1981 vol xi no vi SEND INFO OF GENERAL INTEREST. KEYNOTES TO THIS SECTION. HOBBY MEETS, WANT ADS, USEFUL PUBLICATIONS. OR DXING AIDES, WHERE TO SEND. FOR INFO AND, SHORT ITEMS NOT. EDITED BY: FITTING THE OTHER SECTIONS OF. THE BULLETIN. DEADLINE: 12th. DON JOHNSON. P. O. BOX E. ELSINORE. CA 92330 USA. filliftn11111111//iffifffIlfilltItinflIn tf/t11111/111/11/Iff/111/1111111. CONGRATULATIONS TO THIRTEEN NEW FULL MEMBERS. DAVE CRICHTON NORMAN GROSVENOR JAMES ROWAN DAVID NORCROSS. Germantown TN Hollywood CA Windsor Ontario Bakersfield CA. ALLEN SEITNER J. C. DEVENDORF SAM SANCHEZ GARY RUSSELL. Richmond VA Laguna Niguel CA San Jose CA Jacksonville IL. HAROLD TATE ROLAND ARCHER MARK HOLMES JOHN FLANAGAN. Bridgeport WV Hillsborough NC Marion IL West Newton MA. C. M. STANBURY II A MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE and a copy of the constitution has been Ridgeway Ontario sent to each.

2 These folks may vote in our fall election. Add the following to the Full Member list in the April bulletin: TOM GAVARAS, RUSSELL. LAY, MIKE NIKOLICH & RUTH VOLLRATH. Delete the following folks who have not maintained their Full Memberships: Donald Baker, Larry Brookwell, Gordon Draeske, SSGT Mike Fischer, Allan Gaede, Joe Howell, Jack Latteman, Robert Ross, Paul Saunders, Thomas Semesky, Edward Sershon and Nobuaki Takahashi. Any questions about your credit point standing should be directed to Vera Crable, 5720 North 17th Street, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814. WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. KENNETH SOMERSET, New Westminister B. C. (FRG -7) DAVID COOK, Ventura CA. M. L. FLANNAGAN JR, Charlottesville VA (DX -302) GUY ATKINS, Seattle WA. CHRIS HAMBLY, Victoria Australia (FRG -7000) TOM HANNA, Granby P. Q. STEVEN COSTIN, Victoria Australia (FRG -7) CRAIG WICKS, Kentwood MI. CHARLES ELLERY, Los Angeles CA (RF-2900) STEVEN POULSEN, Portland OR.

3 ROBERT KEELEAN, Princeton WV (RF-2900) JOHN HERKIMER, Caledonia NY. RICHARD GREENWOOD, Kingston Jamaica RICHARD WELTER, Chula Vista CA. STAN BRADEN, Charleston IL (RF-2200) TOMMY ZATERBERGS, Krylbo Sweden TODD SAMUEL, Moses Lake WA (RF-2800) MARTTI BENGTSSON, Lidingo Sweden GARY BALLIETT, Bedford NY (FRG -7700) ROBERT HOFFER, Elgin IL (R-1000). BARRY GETREU, San Jose CA.(DX-300) YASUHISA AKIYAMA, Fukushima Japan KESATOMI OYAMA, Ichikawa-shi Japan JOHN WILKINS, Wheatridge C0.(1-1000). All of the above folks have received their first copy and our New Member Packet. We note several are already busy working towards Full Membership. The staff of SPEEDX appreciate your support! Lets hear from more of you. CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION EDITOR. Here is one place you may send all material for the bulletin. The deadline is the 7th of the month for the following issue. Be sure to allow ample time for your letter to arrive, cut your loggings into strips and be sure your name is on each item.

4 Send to:Peggy Thompson, 2706 Alabama Street, La Crescenta, CA 91214. are welcome to mail material to the editors direct. The deadline there is the 12th of the month. Again, cut loggings into strips &. be sure they are complete and current. Report forms for SWBC/UTE/QSL are available from HQS for 6G each. 2. HOBBY MEETS. John "Kap" Kapinos, our esteemed QSL editor, is holding his annual shindig on June 28th at:86 South Quinsigamond Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. We hope all you folks in the area will be able to attend and meet other hobbyists. A $2 donation is requested to help cover cost of goodies. Drop Kap a line if you would like to be there. ANARC 1981 Don't forget to make your plans to attend the 1981 ANARC Con- vention in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada July 17-19, 1981. See May issue for details or write to:ANARC '81, P 0. Box 142, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7C 4V5 for a registration form.

5 ENGLISH SHORTWAVE PROGRAMS. The latest edition of this handy guide is now out. Listed by Country and a second time by GMT time, this is a handy reference. Published 6 times a year, the cost is $ One copy is $ Write to:Dan Ferguson, P. O. Box 8452, South Charleston, WV 25303. NATIONAL. BUREAU OF STANDARDS(NBS). Leon Kanopka, Jr. sends in information about materials available from the Government pertaining to the use of time & frequencies from the NBS. NBS SPECIAL PUBLICATION 432-NBS"TIME & FREQUENCY DISSEMINATION SERVICES". is a 16 page booklet that explains the services of WWV/WWVB/WWVH. It is free from:NBS Radio Station WWV, 2000 East County Road 58, Fort Collins, CO 80524. The following publications are available free from: Time & Frequency Services Group, NBS, Boulder CO 80303. nbs technical Note 616R "Frequency Standards & Clocks:A Tutorial Intro- duction" NBS Techinal note 688 "The Use of NBS High Frequency Broad- casts for Time & Frequency Calibrations" NBS Time & Frequency Division Publication TES -602 "NBS Time via Satellites" nbs technical Note 695 "Time & Frequency Users Manual".

6 The following book is available for $ ($5 outside the USA)from: U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402. NBS Monograph 155 "From Sundials to Atomic Clocks:Understanding Time & Frequency". ANARC NEWS. ANARC publishes a monthly bulletin of about 12 pages, including usually 4. pages of HAP news. Features include: the Marketplace Report with info on hobby gear a listing of hobby meets around the country a bit of info on each member and associate member club and more. Cost for a one year subscription is $ in North America or $ else- where. A sample copy is 50C or 3 IRCs. The address for samples or to subscribe is: ANARC, 1500 Sunbury Drive, Whittier, CA 90601. A few of the larger coventions to be held this summer include: WTFDA Covention July 30, August 1 & 2 in Oklahoma City OK. A SASE to John Zondlo, 1802 North Rockwell, Apt. 107, Bethany, OK 73008 for information. IRCA Convention Aug 21-24 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

7 Send a SASE for info to:George Kesteven, 3524 Benton Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 1W8. NRC Annual Labor Day Convention September 5-7 in Rockaway, NJ. For info send a SASE to:Russ Edmonds, Box 127, Boonton, NJ 07005. NNRC General Membership Meeting on September 19th in Newark, NJ. A SASE. for details to:NNRC, P. O. Box 539, Newark, NJ 07101. For those who are not familar with the above clubs we might mention that the WTFDA is a TV and FM DX club. IRCA & NRC are both BCB clubs. The NNRC is an all band club. We encourage folks to attend a hobby meet whenever it is possible. It's fun and educational to meet others with a like interest. If you are having a hobby meet, send the details into club HQS a couple of months ahead 3. DX REDI-LOG. **. by DON JOHNSON. Here is how I "REMEMBER" when that favorite program comes on, or when a looked for station might be heard. My REDI-LOG lets me have the basic information I need at my fingertips.

8 I don't spend my DXing time flipping through DX bulletins, schedules and the like. This might be more import- ant for those who have limited time to devote to the dials. I use a mini -notebook about 615" x 8h"(paper is 5" x 7 7/8")that fits very nicely on the shelf with my club bulletins. The paper(lined)is marked in the center. Stations I have heard are on one side. Ones I would like to log are on the other side. I use one sheet for each half hour starting at 0000 GMT through 2330 GMT. All entrees are made in pencil so changes can easily be made. Stations do change from time to time. It takes a little time to get it set up to start with but, not much time to maintain. Original data comes from the club bulletin(s)you receive, WRTH, schedules from SW stations, your pile of notes and from where ever. To keep it up to date takes a few minutes each month as new information is received. When a club bulletin comes in, you add what data you want.

9 The same when you get a new schedule or some tips from a hobby friend. Or, when you hear an item you are inter- ested in over a DX program. I also have 7 pages listed by the day of the week(Monday-Sunday)so I can list some of my favorite programs. This format just lists the station, the program and the time. I refer to the main REDI-LOG for the freqs. DX Party Line, Happy Station, SCDX, VOA Jazz Hour, or any of the other programs I like are listed in the by -day pages. So, maybe something like this would help you. If you have a neat way to 'keep books', please write it up and send to our TIPS & TOPICS editor, Art Getzel. Typed or handwriten(clearly)material is welcome at Art's door step. Sharing information is what a hobby club is here for. SHARE! 0000. HEARD NOT HEARD. EE XS. e6C ?5-16) - 5 -Igo CH-ILE 15-75w 64: AA. LOXEMEN,26-14 60 90 tioe0 C(0 lc 15-5-- viRu G-uAk 11535 '5:5- EL SAL -VA -DM T9 e -e AL84N/4 7065- 0015" Et'.

10 8 ELC-IuM If 5-e IftWR 11170. v a 4 (170 e---4- PROGRAM JUNE 1981. PANORAMA. WOODY SEYMOUR, JR. P. 0. BOX 848. SANFORD, NC 27330. to reports, Radio Australia is expected to resume broadcasting a DX program within the next few weeks. No further details have been received other than Dick Speekman, formerly host of Radio Nederland's DX JUKEBOX would be associated with the program. More on the story next month. (Thanks to Glenn Hauser on RCI's DX DIGEST). France is celebrating 50 years of shortwave broadcast- ing from France this year. They have been asking listeners to send them any information of the early days of French shortwave radio. Perhaps one of our readers can supply us with some insights into the early programming of the French shortwave service. (Peggy Thompson,CA) Deutsche WeIle GERMANY(Fed. Rep.)..Deutsche We -Ile has a program of POP, ROCK AND JAZZ IN GERMANY each Friday during the 4th hour of the German transmission.)