FEBRUARY 1976

        Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT
         
         9-21: 0124,         134.0  vic Phil.(Aeromexico 432;DC8-51;16,500 ft)
        10-17: 2115, N300BD  118.3  Bal-DC (Becton Dickinson & Company;
                                    Mitsubishi MUZ-G; 15 watts)
               2135, N3297Y  118.3  10 mi se DC(Frederick J. Seufert; Cessna
                                    210D,1-engine,2-seat; 15 watts)
               2137, N3184L  118.3  vic DC(Jet America,Inc.;Cessna 310;3000')
           18: 0052, N711AS  118.3  5 mi ne Wash Ntl Apt (Suburban Airlines;
                                    DeHavilland Twin Otter,DHC6;3000 ft; 12 w)
               1704, N4639Q  127.2  nr Damascus,MD(Herman Sommer; Cessna 210;
                                    1-engine,2-seat; 7500 feet; 15 watts)
               2312, N6756W  119.7  ov Annapolis(Phil Gardener Aircraft;
                                    Piper Cherokee PA-28-140-4;1-e,4-s;2000')
           19: 1552, N4474P  127.5  3 mi e Bloody Pt-Kent Is.,MD(Peachtree
                                    Beechcraft Inc.;Piper Apache,2-e,5-s;500')
         11-1: 2115, N8211R  119.7  ov Annapolis(Dr. William Benjamin; Bellanca
                                    13-71/A; 1-engine, 4-seat)
        ------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Now, my loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP-600-
        JX10 (with ICM BAX-1 tuned preamp); 30' long wires at 12', ne-sw and
        nw-se runs; all Es unless noted; * F2, with peak noted; bs-backscatter;
        new underlined; GMT used

        12-15: 1702, 32.96 *       24: 1857, KFL 943       1: 2139, KME 438
           17: 0153, KOE 257       26: 2313, KQC 877       5: 1702, KIF 651
           19: 0042, KQC 884           2342, KAA 893          1729, KAA 893
           20: 0147, KMA 829           2345, KOE 257       6: 1625, KGA 805
           22: 1905, OK City       27: 1748, KME 438          1903, KMA 829
           23: 0255, KME 438       28: 2014, KME 438       8: 0335, KFL 936
               0409, KOE 257       30: 1845, KME 438      10: 2015, KKI 445 bs
               0524, KFL 943           2045, 35.28 *          2040, 37.14 *
               1616, KQC 884       31: 2100, KGA 805          2122, 35 US *
           24: 1705, KMA 829      1-1: 0220, KMA 829          2131, KRZ 270 *
               1729, KME 438           2115, "                2142, KCA 695 *
               1855, KIF 651           2125, KFL 936          (best since 11-17)
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        KAA 893  35.22 St. Louis, MO        KMA 829  35.58  San Diego, CA
        KCA 695  33.78 Manchester, NH-f     KME 438  35.22  Orange, CA
        KFL 936  35.58 (west)               KOE 257  35.22  Phoenix, AZ
        KFL 943  35.58 Las Vegas, NV *      KQC 877  35.58  Cincinnati, On
        KGA 805  35.22 Pittsburgh, PA       KRZ 270  33.90  Fenton, NY-f
        KIF 651  35.58 Ft Lauderdale, FL    KQC 884  35.58  Detroit, MI
        KKI 445  35.58 Houston, TX                   35.58  OK City, OK **
         
        f-fire; rest are tone pagers except, ** voice, and * tone message with
                                                             voice ID
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        Solar flux/A-Index for December 1975 -

        1: 74/30; 2: 77/20; 3: 77/12; 4: 76/14; 5: 80/7: 6: 78/7; 7: 76/3;
        8: 78/13; 9: 76/13; 10: 76/5; 11: 77/4; 12: 76/3; 13: 75/2; 14: 74/4;
        15: 74/6; 16: 73/11; 17: 73/4; 18: 72/5; 19: 71/3; 20: 72/3; 21: 71/6;
        22: 71/8; 23: 72/5; 24: 74/2; 25: 73/15; 26: 74/30; 27: 75/24;
        28: 74/11; 29: 75/12; 30: 74/10; 31: 75/5

        Avg.:  74.6

                                             73,      WA5IYX