JULY 1975 Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut Dr., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT 2-8: 1824, N7028G 119.7 nr Bal.,MD(Leesburg Flyers, Inc.; Cessna 172, single-engine, 4-seat) 3-22: 1713, N8164G 131.4 vic Richmond, VA (Eastern 673; Boeing 727; Syracuse-Miami; 25 watts) 2028, N5517 127.9 100 mi s LaGuardia(Eastern 1492;Lockheed L-188; DC-NY air shuttle; 25 watts) 2029, N9813A 127.95 vic Binghamton,NY(American 98; Boeing 727- 223; La Guardia-Rochester; 25 watts) 4-5: 1648, N7186U 119.7 ov Bal.,MD(Aerosystems, Mooney Super 21) Ken Simon, 528 Pilgrim Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33405 with more info from Richard Clark's Dominican Republic trip (studio-transmitter links) 300 MHz R. Puerta Plata, Puerta Plata (900 kHz) 340 MHz R. El Mundo, Santo Domingo (1541 kHz) Mark S. Lucas, 724 East Mulberry St., Lancaster, OH 43130 using a Bearcat III with a ground-plane May 27: 39.74 Sterling, NJ (police; 2-way contacts with Lancaster PD) 46.42 Chester, NJ (Morris County Fire) 33.86 Woodstown, NJ (ambulance) - Upper Saddle River, NJ (fire) 35.58 OK City, OK (pager; using multi-band rcvr) 39.46 KS (police) from Salina, Coffeyville, Colby, Oakley, Wichita ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, my loggings, Hallicrafters SX-62 and Allied 2586 with long-wires (30' at 12' up, running nw-se, ne-sw); tr-tropo, rest Es; GMT used 5-13: 1610, KQC 877 23: 0657, KAQ 606 11: 0447, KQC 884 14: 1458, KIQ 999 28: 1730, KQD 607 12: 0147, KQC 884 1520, KDN 402 29: 0637, KFL 943 0401, KME 438 18: 1719, KOE 257 6-3: 2357, KQC 877 13: 0259, KQC 877 20: 2002, KIQ 999 8: 0600, KKI 445 (tr) 22: 0020, KSC 645 11: 0445, KKI 445 (tr) the scarcity of loggings this time is for quite the opposite reason that last month's was lean; most of the time has been with TV & FM Es ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KAQ 606 35.58 Denver, CO KOE 257 35.22 Phoenix, AZ KDN 402 35.54 Omaha, NE KQC 877 35.-- Cincinnati, OH KFL 943 35.58 Las Vegas, NV * KQC 884 35.-- Detroit, MI KIQ 999 35.34 Mobile, AL KQD 607 35.50 Grand Rapids, MI KKI 445 35.58 Houston, TX KSC 645 35.58 Chicago, IL KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA all are tone pagers with A2 ID, except * which ID's by voice -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ottawa 10-cm solar flux and Fredericksburg (VA) A-Index, May 1975 1: 75 8 8: 71 12 15: 67 3 22: 69 10 29: 69 10 2: 80 14 9: 69 12 16: 67 25 23: 69 8 30: 69 8 3: 78 18 10: 69 21 17: 67 19 24: 69 4 31: 69 2 4: 78 13 11: 68 3 18: 67 11 25: 68 8 5: 77 23 12: 68 2 19: 67 16 26: 67 24 avg: 70.1 6: 75 31 13: 68 4 20: 67 30 27: 70 9 7: 72 13 14: 67 11 21: 68 11 28: 69 5 73, WA5IYX