Pat Dyer 5315 Silvertip Drive San Antonio, TX 78228 Deadline: 10th of month JUNE 1977 Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT 7-25-74: 0203, XJC36 42.06 Blind River, ONT(Prov.Police;300 watts) Car 13170 " Plymouth, ONT (100 watts) ("After no answer to 5 follow ups ... sent report to HQ in Toronto...") 11-26-76: 1841, N111SK 123.0 30 mi ne Wash.Nat.Aprt.(Wyatt, Inc.; Aero Commander 680V,2-eng,11-s; 5 w) 12-18-76: 2155, N100A 133.55 ov DC (Exxon Corp.;Grumman Gulfstream II; 2-engine, 22-seat) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP600-JX-10; two 30' long-wires at 12' (ne-sw,se-nw runs); F2 unless noted with daily MUF peak noted; GMT used bs-backscatter 4-11: 2240, 37.000 18: 2210, 35.22 28: 2248, KME 438 (Es) 12: 0158, KSC 645 (Es) 20: 2110, 32.000 2320, 30.30 2135, 38.85 21: 2115, 36.45 29: 1920, 30.30 13: 2305, 35.28 22: 1830, 30.30 5-1: 2205; 30.30 14: 2040, 35.28 23: 1910, 30.30 2: 2000, 35.98 2050, 35.58 bs 24: 0638, KME 438 (Es) 4: 2233, 30.30 15: 1625, L Ang-a (Es) 1900, 30.30 7: 1850, 30.30 1840, 30.30 27: 2305, 30.30 8: 0216, KQC 877 (Es) 16: 2310, 35.62 bs 28: 1640, L Ang-b (Es) 9: 1955, 30.30 2400, 32.68 1642, L Ang-a (Es) 17: 1855, 30.30 2216, KFL 943 (Es) KFL 943 35.58 Las Vegas, NV KSC 645 35.58 Chicago, IL KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA L Ang a-35.38 Los Angeles, CA-mp KQC 877 35.58 Cincinnati, OH " b-35.46 " mp-mobile phone; rest are tone pagers with tone ID, except KFL 943 is voice ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ During the month of April the VHF conditions in the Pacific and Far East turned out to be tremendous. The following are a sample of indirect info on the events. 50-MHz Japan into: Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines, Papua, Australia (with reception of New Zealand TV signals in Japan as well). Australia into Hawaii. For more definitive information, the upcoming issues of QST should provide much more (i.e., dates/times). I have heard some of the tape recordings of these events, including a 3-watt 52-MHz ssb signal into Japan from Australia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where are they now (continued) ? KAF 245 43.58 Kansas City, MO KIE 367 43.58 Miami, FL KIE 653 43.58 Memphis, TN KIG 300 43.58 Atlanta, GA KIN 645 43.22 Miami, FL KMD 309 43.58 L.A., CA KOE 257 43.58 Phoenix, AZ KQC 881 43.58 Cleveland, OH KSC 644 43.58 Chicago, IL - 43.58 Pittsburgh, PA - 35.22 Boise, ID - 35.58 Long Beach, CA - 35.58 Scranton, PA - 35.22 Wilkes-Barre,PA These all used to be very active pagers in the late 60's and early 70's. The majority of them then were of the voice variety. 73, WA5IYX