Oct 1971 VUD VHF Radio
Column header, 2,044 bytes                                                                 Pat Dyer
                                 327 Solar Drive
                        San Antonio, Texas 78227
                         Deadline: 12th of month

                                 OCTOBER 1971 

  Please note that your editor is now back in Texas.

  Ferdinand Dombrowski at HQ in Milwaukee, WI. CDST used. * 35 and 43 MHz.

  5-21: 2020, OK City      6-8: 1130, KIY 508          1035, OK City
    22: 0950, KCC 482           1300, KCC 482          1300, KGC 223 (35)
    23:   -   OK City       18: 1630, KGC 223 (35)     1345, Wilkes-Barre
              Scranton      22: 0910, KCC 482          1500, KCC 482
    24: 1640, KGA 807           1005, Wilkes-Barre     1600, KIY 508
        1710, KIY 508       23: 1100, KCC 482      11: 0920, KIM 905
    26: 1300, KIM 905                 OK City                KIY 757
              OK City           1230, KGC 223 (*)      2010, KCC 482
        1425, KGC 223 (35)            KGA 804                KCC 266
        1500, Scranton                KIY 508          2025, Scranton
              KCC 266           1410, KIM 905                Wilkes-Barre
              KCC 482           1425, KIG 300          2200, OK City
        1700, KIY 508       27: 1235, OK City      12: 1615, KCC 266
        1945, Wilkes-Barre      2135, KIY 508                Wilkes-Barre
    29: 0945, Scranton                KIY 757          1735, KIM 905
              KGC 223 (*)  7-3: 1220, Wilkes-Barre           KGC 223 (35)
              KGA 804        4: 1500, OK City          1755, KCC 482
              Wilkes-Barre   5: 0950, KIM 905          1845, Scranton
              Syracuse          1030, KIG 300          1925, Syracuse
        1720, KIY 508                 OK City      14: 1915, KCC 482
    30: 1230, KIY 757           1115, Pittsburgh   15: 1150, KCC 482
    31: 1000, KCC 482                 KGC 223 (43) 30: 1635, OK City
              KCC 266        6: 1830, Wilkes-Barre     1750, KIY 508
        1125, Scranton                Scranton               KCC 266
              OK City                 KGC 223 (*)            KIQ 510
              KGC 223 (*)             KGA 804          1825, Wilkes-Barre
              KGA 804           1850, KCC 266                KGC 223 (*)
        1230, KIM 905        7: 1000, OK City                KGA 804
        1300, KIG 300        8: 1022, KIM 905      31: 0955, KIY 508
        1329, KIY 757                 KIG 300     8-2: 2100, KIY 508
        1435, KIY 508                 KGC 223 (43)     2140, KIG 300
    
  Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chesnut Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20015 now has a total
   243 VHF stations QSLed. Dxing from Fair Haven cottage, GMT used.

    6-12: 2325, NMN 61   157.1   Thomas Pt Light Station, MD (25 w)
     7-8: 1241, KIQ 510   35.58  Jacksonville, FL (pager, 400 w)
      10: 2329, NLPM     157.1   Upper Chesapeake Bay (CHASE, jet-powered
                                 cutter; 20 w)
    7-23: 2058, KSA 925   39.50  Lewiston, IL (sheriff)
          2100, KSB 206   39.50  Lincoln, IL (sheriff)
      24: 1023, ILG      110.3   Wilmington, DE (FAA ILS, c.w., 35 w)
      28: 1240,    -     128.3   nr Atlantic Cy, NJ (Eastern 877,B-727,25w)
          1254,    -     128.3   nr Cape May, NJ (Eastern 351,B-727, 25 w)
          1303,    -     128.9   over Phillipsburg, PA (TWA 155,B-707,25w)
      29: 1219, N 7525   129.2   enroute Dulles-Newark(American B-707,25w)
          1220, N 7545   129.2   enroute Newark-Dulles(American B-707,25w)
          1224, N 6814   129.2   enroute Pittsburgh-JFK (American, B-727)
          1311,    -     128.9   over Kenton, DE (National 481,B-727,40w)
      30: 1358, KIJ 419   37.26  Livingston, TN (sheriff)

VHF RADIO Page 2 OCTOBER 1971 7-30: 1418, KFI 484 37.26 Selmer, TN 1422, - 37.26 Rogersville, TN (sheriff) 8-3: 0335, RDG 109.5 Reading, PA (FAA ILS, c.w., 90 w) 2: 0151, KGP 663 37.26 Woodbury, TN (sheriff) 5: 1200, KGD 214 33.90 York, PA (county fire, 350 w) 1331. KAA 204 42.06 St. Joseph, MO (Highway Patrol, 1.2 kw) 1423, KAA 270 42.06 Poplar Bluff, MO (Highway Patrol, 1.5 kw) 1600, KGD-270 33.94 Leonardtown, MD (fire, 330 w) 7: 1550, - 128.3 over MD (Pan-Am Clipper 209,B-727,50 w) 10: 1650, KIE 933 37.30 De Funiak Springs, FL (sheriff) 13: 1329, KGF 268 39.86 Wilmington, DE (county police, 500 w) 14: 0921, JFK 109.5 New York, NY (FAA ILS, JFK, c.w.) 1000, KEB 525 154.37 New York, NY (Brooklyn fire) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now, my brief loggings. Allied A-2586 with 50-foot long wire at 15 feet, running mostly north-south. New underlined. MDST used. All Es. 8-13: 1428, KMD 342 14: ----, KKB 816 25: 1001, KSD 326 1530, Sacramento 15: 2135, KQD 313 27: 0915, Sacramento 1616, KQD 313 16: 1621, KMD 342 2252, KMD 342 1655, Long Beach 1734, Long Beach 28: 1343, Long Beach 14: 0702, KIQ 999 2022, KOE 257 1401, KMA 829 0709, KSC 644 23: 2055, OK City 31: 1935, KKV 690 0858, KKZ 954 25: 0937, KQD 607 2037, OK City 9-1: 2248, Sacramento Some faint signs of 35-MHz were noted by late August, but no ID's yet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KCC 266 35.58 Springfield, MA KMD 342 35.22 Fresno, CA KCC 482 35.22 Concord, NH KOE 257 43.58 Phoenix, AZ KGA 804 43.58 Philadelphia, PA KQD 313 35.50 Dayton, OH KGA 807 35.22 Baltimore, MD KQD 607 35.50 Grand Rapids, MI KGC 223 35.22/43.22 Phila., PA KSC 644 43.58 Chicago, IL KIG 300 43.58 Atlanta, GA KSD 326 35.58 Indianapolis, IN KIM 905 35.22 Charlotte, NC - 35.58 Long Beach, CA KIQ 999 35.34 Mobile, AL - 35.58 OK City, OK KIY 508 35.22 Orlando, FL - 43.58 Pittsburgh, PA KIY 757 35.22 Montgomery, AL - 43.58 Sacramento, CA KKB 816 37 / Galveston, TX-cp - 35.58 Scranton, PA KKV 690 35.62 Houston, TX - 43.58 Syracuse, NY KKZ 954 37.18 Plano, TX-cp - 35.22 Wilkes-Barre, PA KMA 829 35 / San Diego, CA cp-county police, others are pagers. A2 ID's by: KIQ 999, KMA 829, KKV 690, KQD 313, KQD 607, and KSD 326. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The general call prefix scheme used in the US has been presented before. As this was some time ago, for the new members it is repeated below. KA- ND, MN, SD, NE, IA, KS, MO, CO KK- TX, LA, MS, AR, OK, NM KC- ME, VT, NH, CT, MA, RI KM- CA KE- NJ, NY KO- WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, NV, AZ, WY KI- FL, GA, AL, SC, NC, TN, KY, VA KQ- OH, MI, WV KG- MD, PA, DE KS- IL, IN, WI --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your editor would greatly appreciate those contributors who send in long reports if the loggings are chronologically arranged. 73, Pat WA5IYX/5

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