Pat Dyer
      5315 Silvertip Drive
    San Antonio, TX  78228
   Deadline: 10th of month

  JANUARY 1977

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

  7-20: 2124, N77CS    119.7  vic Bal.(Beckett Aviation Corp.;BAC 1-11,
                              2-engine jet, 23-seat; 30 watts)
    23: 2003, N1954T   119.7  35 mi se Bal.(Supreme Petroleum; Piper
                              Cherokee 180, 1-engine, 4-seat)
   8-7: 0231, "PPM"    108.4  Aberdeen, MD (Phillips AAF VOR;cw ID's;45w)
    12: 1712, N472SP   128.7  vic NYC(Scott Paper Co.;Lockheed Jet Star,
                              4-engine, 12-seat)
    13: 0154, KTA 453  162.0  Washington,DC(Marine Operator; 50 watts)
    14: 1920, N9475S   127.2  vic DC (Robert J. Taylor;Beech 35, 1-e,4-s)
    19: 1659, N5354Q   124.0  nr Upper Marlboro,MD(Andrews BollingAeroClub)
    22: 1635, N49DE    128.6  5 mi ne Westminister,MD(LakeAircraft,Inc;25w)
    23: 1330, N59032   128.3  40 mi e Bal.(Charles A. DeLone,M.D.) & 119.7
    29: 1504, N1615W   134.5  12 mi ne Easton,MD(EDO-AIRE Corp.;Beech
                              Baron E-55; 2-engine, 2-seat; 6 watts)
   9-4: 2116, N7925Y   119.7  Ches.BayBr(S. Hardlo Cohen;PiperTwinComanche)
     5: 0106, N4476P   119.7  w of " (Cape Aircraft, Inc.; 50 watts)
    25: 2051, N7183V   127.2  ov Easton,MD(Thomas C. Lindsay; Mooney M20F
                              Executive; 1-engine, 4-seat)
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  Now, my loggings. Hammarlund SP-600-JX-10, Hallicrafters SX-62; Allied
  A-2586; two 30' long wires at 12' (ne-sw, nw-se runs); daily peak F2
  MUF noted; * Es, bs-backscatter; GMT used

  11-11: 1614, KQC 877 *     19: 1515, 30.30         25: 1524, KQC 877 *
         1920, 35.94         20: 1920, 32.96         29: 2020, 30.30
     12: 1520, 30.30         21: 1615, 30.30       12-8: 1550, 30.30
     13: 1705, 30.30         22: 1855, 32.96          9: 1920, 31.92 US
     14: 1958, KDN 407 *     24: 2103, KOE 257 *         1925, 35.62 bs
     16: 1835, 30.30             2139, KFL 943 *         1940, 32.96
     17: 1835, 30.30             2140, OK City *

  KDN 407  35.22 Col Spgs, CO            KQC 887  35.58  Cincinnati, OH
  KFL 943  35.58 Las Vegas, NV           OK City  35.58  OK City, OK
  KOE 257  35.22 Phoenix, AZ

  KFL 943 is tone message-voice ID; OK City is voice message and ID
  the rest are tone message and ID
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  For a change, no earth-shaking news from WWV this time

  Preliminary information from Boulder indicates that Cycle 20 may have
  finally hit its minimum in July 1976. However, the Swiss predicted
  numbers show no sign of an upswing thru early 1977.

  With these low solar levels, about the only way the F2 MUF ventures far
  into the 30-50 MHz region is with the assistance of a magnetic storm.
  Such was the case on Dec 9 when the highest US MUF's since Oct 12-13
  were noted. The transcontinental MUF might have come close to the 35-MHz
  pager pile. So, again, we ask that those members on either coast report
  any loggings of the other coast via F2 on VHF. Even tentative ID's are
  very useful these days of scarcity.
                                                      73, 

                                                          WA5IYX