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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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