JULY 1975

      Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut Dr., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT

       2-8: 1824, N7028G  119.7   nr Bal.,MD(Leesburg Flyers, Inc.; Cessna
                                  172, single-engine, 4-seat)
      3-22: 1713, N8164G  131.4   vic Richmond, VA (Eastern 673; Boeing 727;
                                  Syracuse-Miami; 25 watts)
            2028, N5517   127.9   100 mi s LaGuardia(Eastern 1492;Lockheed
                                  L-188; DC-NY air shuttle; 25 watts)
            2029, N9813A  127.95  vic Binghamton,NY(American 98; Boeing 727-
                                  223; La Guardia-Rochester; 25 watts)
       4-5: 1648, N7186U  119.7   ov Bal.,MD(Aerosystems, Mooney Super 21)

      Ken Simon, 528 Pilgrim Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33405 with more info
      from Richard Clark's Dominican Republic trip (studio-transmitter links)

      300 MHz  R. Puerta Plata, Puerta Plata (900 kHz)
      340 MHz  R. El Mundo, Santo Domingo (1541 kHz)

      Mark S. Lucas, 724 East Mulberry St., Lancaster, OH 43130 using a
      Bearcat III with a ground-plane

      May 27: 39.74 Sterling, NJ (police; 2-way contacts with Lancaster PD)
              46.42 Chester, NJ (Morris County Fire)
              33.86 Woodstown, NJ (ambulance)
                -   Upper Saddle River, NJ (fire)
              35.58 OK City, OK (pager; using multi-band rcvr)
              39.46 KS (police) from Salina, Coffeyville, Colby, Oakley,
                    Wichita
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      Now, my loggings, Hallicrafters SX-62 and Allied 2586 with long-wires
      (30' at 12' up, running nw-se, ne-sw); tr-tropo, rest Es; GMT used

      5-13: 1610, KQC 877       23: 0657, KAQ 606       11: 0447, KQC 884
        14: 1458, KIQ 999       28: 1730, KQD 607       12: 0147, KQC 884
            1520, KDN 402       29: 0637, KFL 943           0401, KME 438
        18: 1719, KOE 257      6-3: 2357, KQC 877       13: 0259, KQC 877
        20: 2002, KIQ 999        8: 0600, KKI 445 (tr)
        22: 0020, KSC 645       11: 0445, KKI 445 (tr)

      the scarcity of loggings this time is for quite the opposite reason
      that last month's was lean; most of the time has been with TV & FM Es
      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
      KAQ 606  35.58  Denver, CO             KOE 257  35.22  Phoenix, AZ
      KDN 402  35.54  Omaha, NE              KQC 877  35.--  Cincinnati, OH
      KFL 943  35.58  Las Vegas, NV *        KQC 884  35.--  Detroit, MI
      KIQ 999  35.34  Mobile, AL             KQD 607  35.50  Grand Rapids, MI
      KKI 445  35.58  Houston, TX            KSC 645  35.58  Chicago, IL
      KME 438  35.22  Orange, CA

      all are tone pagers with A2 ID, except * which ID's by voice
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     Ottawa 10-cm solar flux and Fredericksburg (VA) A-Index, May 1975

      1: 75  8    8: 71 12    15: 67  3    22: 69 10    29: 69 10
      2: 80 14    9: 69 12    16: 67 25    23: 69  8    30: 69  8
      3: 78 18   10: 69 21    17: 67 19    24: 69  4    31: 69  2
      4: 78 13   11: 68  3    18: 67 11    25: 68  8
      5: 77 23   12: 68  2    19: 67 16    26: 67 24    avg: 70.1
      6: 75 31   13: 68  4    20: 67 30    27: 70  9
      7: 72 13   14: 67 11    21: 68 11    28: 69  5
                                                 73,     WA5IYX