MAY 1975 Perry Ferrell, Gilfer Associates, Inc.; Box 239; Park Ridge, NJ 07656 sent along a note regarding some telemetry transmissions from a Spanish satellite "INTASAT" (which was Launched along with Oscar 7 last fall). Though not personally heard, the signals on 40.010 and 41.010 MHz might be present 10-15 minutes during favorable passes of its 90-minute orbit. Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 GMT; QSLed 10-17: 0129, N5256L 118.1 s Andrews AFB, MD (Higham Co.,Inc.; Piper PA-28-180) 11-30: ----, N4730 134.0 NY City (National 492; 727; 25 watts) 12-7: 2056, N9722Q 119.7 ov Annapolis, MD (Allen,Mitchell,&Co.; Beechcraft Musketeer C-23;1-eng;4-seat) Ken Simon, 528 Pilgrim Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33405 sent along some info from Richard Clark from the latter's mid-March 1975 trip into the Dominican Republic;hand-held portable,/or - .5 MHz; STL's exc.beacon 161.0 Onda Musical, Santo Domingo 173.0 R. Exitos, Santiago 164.0 R. El Mundo, Santo Domingo 174.0 La Voz del Atlantico, 152.0 R. Amistad, Santiago Puerta Plata 163.0 Ondas del Yaque, Santiago 115.0 P-T,beacon,Puerta Plata Paul Petosky in MI sent additional information on KIG 66, 162.55 MHz, Marquette. This NOAA weather station employs a special tone-alert system with a 1050 Hz for 3-5 seconds to activate specially equipped receivers so that severe weather messages will be noticed; weekday noon tests of the system are conducted, except when conditions have a weather warning in progress or imminent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, my loggings; Hallicrafters SX-62 with two 30' long-wires at 12' (nw-se & ne-sw runs)all are F2 unless noted with daily peak MUF noted GMT used 3-13: 1930, 36.45 19: 1920, 36.45 2: 1822, KSJ 815 (Es) 2113, BBC 24: 1915, 36.45 1836, KQC 877 (Es) 14: 2000, 37.000 25: 1505, L Ang-a(Es) 8: 2110, 38.85 16: 1930, 37.46 1535, KMA 829 (Es) 9: 2035, 42.42 17: 1720, 32.96 1540, L Ang-b(Es) 10: 0035, KDN 402 (Es) 18: 0133, KME 438 (Es) 27: 1845, 36.15 KAH 661 (Es) 1655, ditto 28: 1825, 36.90 2205, 34.34 1702, L Ang-b (Es) 30: 2000, 32.96 11: 2032, 36.55 2010, 42.30 4-1: 2010, 33.10 12: 2135, BBC 19: 1525, L Ang-b (Es) 2: 1758, KQD 313 (Es) 2218, 37.000 KAH 661 35.22 Minneapolis, MN KQD 313 35.50 Dayton, OH KDN 402 35.54 Omaha, NE KSJ 815 35.22 Fort Wayne, IN KMA 829 35.58 San Diego, CA L Ang-a 35.38 Los Angeles, CA-mp KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA L Ang-b 35.46 ditto KQC 877 35.-- Cincinnati, OH BBC 30.52 Ascension Island-ha ha-h.f. harmonic; mp-mobile phone; rest are tone (A2) pagers old ID, "IUIN" 110.3 Quincy, IL (ILS) via Es evening Jun 9, 1972 (tnx Holbrook info) on tape 1920-1930 cst Up-to-date solar fluxes etc when space permits. 73, WA5IYX