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

FEBRUARY 1977

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

 7-21: 1907, C.G. 1393  119.7   nr Bal.(Coast Guard HH52A helic.;25 w)
  8-9: 0825, KXR 71     156.54  Bal.(Baltimore Maritime Exchange)
   12: 1353, KHBA       157.3   off Annapolis(EXXON HOUSTON, Tanker)
   18: 1949, N481A      119.7   27 mi s Bal.(Altair Airlines, Inc.;
                                Flt 56;NORD-262; 29-passenger; 25 w)
 9-25: 1540, N7276      132.85  (Braniff Flt 17, NY-Dallas; 25 watts)
       1559, N7292      132.85  25 mi w NewCastle,DE(Braniff Flt 2;25w)
10-15: 2120, N444T      119.1   18 mi se Wash N'tl Apt (Fairway Corp.;
                                Beechcraft 99;2-eng turbo,15-pas.; 8 w)
   16: 1658, N7OMD      134.4   nr DC (J.Ray McDermott & Co.,Inc.;
                                Falcon Fan Jet 20, 2-eng, 12-s; 20 w)
       2058, N636Q      122.2   n McGuire AFB,NJ(General Thermodynamics
                                Corp.; Beech J-35, 1-engine, 5-seat)
   17: 1448, N701MG     131.0   vic West Minister,MD(Midland Glass Co.,
                                Inc.; Falcon Fan Jet, 2-e, 12-s)
   22: 2139,    -       127.95  n Roanoke, VA (Piedmont 74; 737; 30 w)

David Cox, 2007-E Brandywine Ct., Birmingham, AL 35216

Reports as of Dec 9th that the new weather station in Birmingham,
KIH 54 on 162.55 MHz was on 24 hrs/7 day for the past several weeks;
test transmissions with very complete ID's every 3-5 minutes; antenna
is "atop" WBIQ-TV's.
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Now, my loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund
SP-600-JX10; two 30' long-wires at 12' (ne-sw, nw-se runs); all are Es
except * F2 daily MUF peak; GMT used
         
12-12: 1440, 30.30 *
   15: 0315, Los Angeles, 35.38, Mobile phone
   19: 1530, 30.30 *
   20: 1938, KIN 645  35.22  Miami, FL (tone pager)
   23: 2040, Los Angeles, 35.46, mobile phone
   26: 1820, 30.02 * (Canadian medical pager)
   27: 0245, KSC 645  35.58  Chicago, IL (tone pager)
  1-1: 0710, Los Angeles, 35.38
       0712, Los Angeles, 35.46
    4: 1910, Los Angeles, 35.46
    5: 1646, KOE 257  35.22 Phoenix, AZ (tone pager)
         
Canada operates a hospital paging service on 30.02, 30.22, 30.42. It's
a tone alert with voice messages. Any members with more info on them?
I've never caught any ID's on them, just doctors names, ward numbers,
etc.
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WWV pronouncement - effective February 1 the outlets on 20 and 25 MHz
will become mute. The 2.5-MHz outlet has been "saved". WWVH will keep
20 MHz alive with its signal.  It is regretable that such useful
propagation indicators have been lost. They did serve as well in F2
as Es conditions.

                                       73, WA5IYX