Radio doings (Dec 1930-Jun1932)

Page Twenty-six RADIO DOINGS February, 1 93 J January Prize t)X Contest THE January DX Contest, held in the early morning hours of Saturday, January 3rd, proved an exceedingly interesting one, even to the old timers in the DX game. More logs were submitted than in the previous contests conducted during evening hours, and many stations were listed which have never been reported by our readers before. The number of stations logged varied from 30 to 86. Some contestants counted the all-night locals, and some did not. Many fans took part who reside in localities where there are no all-night locals close by. In fact, the longest list submitted by Donald Teague, Jr., of Santa Paula, containing 86 stations, would be the prize winner, were it not for the fact that he is in an ideal location with no local interference. In judging the logs we try to take into consideration the difficulties under which the log was obtained. Thus, it is more of a feat for a fan in Beverly Hills to tune in 71 stations than for Donald to log 86. The grand prize, a Tiffany-Tone radio, is awarded to W. H. Nicholson, 320 No. Oakhurst Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. His letter is printed below. To conserve space we have omitted the names of selections heard and the time, grouping the stations into half hour periods as logged by Mr. Nicholson: "I set the old alarm clock for 2:50 a. m. and hopped out of bed at that time to see what I could do about winning that Tiffany Tone radio you are offering in this contest. "I have been up several mornings before, but this morning was about all you could ask for in DX reception. Stations were rolling in faster than I could log them. My list has 71 stations, and about 20 more got away. I either forgot to go back after them, or else could not get what they were playing. "I used a Westinghouse Super WR6 model. I live on the second floor of a 20-unit apartment house, and have an aerial 200 feet long with 27 feet of lead-in. The ground lead is 23 feet long, connected to a copper tube buried six feet in the ground. "Since October 1st I have logged 396 stations in the U. S., 22 in Canada, 10 in Mexico, 1 in Haiti, 1 in Porto Rico, 2 in South America, 8 in Japan, 2 in New Zealand, and 4 in Australia. "I am not a member of the DX Club yet, but hope to be soon. Have been a constant reader of RADIO DOINGS for several years." Stations logged on January 3, 1931. 3 to 6 a. m.: 3.00 to 3:30— 4QG, 2YA, WJR, JOCK, JOIK, KGBZ, WWJ, KFKB, KJBS and WRHM. 3:30 to 4:00 — KMMJ, WRC, WBEN, WGY, WOR, CKGW, WEAF. 4 00to4:30 -WLW, KFAB, KWKH, WLS, KFNF, KMA, KMBC, KRLD, WBT, WTIC, KTNT, KTAT. 4:30 to 5:00 — KFPL, KFH, KSCJ, KWK, WHK, KGRS, KTSP, WLAG WJAZ, KFEQ. 5:00 to 5:30— WMAQ, WAAW, WDAF, KFYR, WOI, WREC, WGN, WFAA, WCCO, WHAS, WKY, WD AY, WOFL, WOO WHO, KDKA, KFKX, KSOO, KMOX. 5 :30 to 6:00 — KDYL, KGNF, WOW, WTAM, KOCW, KCRC, WOAI, WREN, KPOF, WSUN, WIBW, KOIL, WSPD, KTBS. — W. H. Nicholson, 320 No. Oakhurst Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. Jack Whitley, 2245 Fulton street, San Diego, submitted a log of 70 stations, including the locals. Arranged in order of frequency the list is as follows: KFYR, KMTR, WOW, WDAF, WOI, WAAW, WMAQ, KFEQ, WLW, WOR. KMMJ, WJR, JOBK, KFAB, WGY, WFAA, JOGK, WCCO, JOCK, WHAS, JOIK, JOFK, KWKH, WHB, JOAK, WENR, KFNF, WKY, WWJ, KFXF, KMA, WDAY, KJR, KFVD, KYW, KRLD, KTHS, KFKB, WJAG, WTAM, WBT, KMOX, KSOO, KMIC, KVOO, KTNT, KEX, KOB, WOAI, KGFJ, WREN, KTAT, KFOX, KIDO, KDYL, KFH, KFPL, KGIQ, KWK, KCRC, KSO, KOY, KOCW, KGRS, KFXD, KGNF, KSTP, WLAC, KFJF and WORD. The long list sent in by Donald Teague, Jr., of Santa Paula, which the judges seriously considered for first prize (finally deciding that the difference between his locations and that of Mr. Nicholson justified a handicap), is as follows: KGBZ, 2YA, WJR, WWJ, WRHM, JOHK, JOIK, KFKB, KMMJ, KMTR, KCRC, KJBS, 5CL, JOAK, WJAY, WHK, KQU, WRC, WJAX, JOCK, WGY, WOR, WEAF, WKRC, WEEI, WCAE, WSMK, CKGW, JOBK, WOBU, WMT, WLW, KWKH, KMBC WTIC, KGNF, KFPL, KFNF. KFEQ, WAAW, WAIU, KFAB, WCFL, KRLD, WSAI, KSCJ, WKBF, WDAY, WMAQ, KFOM, KGRS, WAPI, KMOX, KPRC, WKY, WCCO, KFRU, KDYL, KWK, WFAA, WFLA, WSUN, KFH, WLS, WOI, WDAF, WHAS, WCKY, WREN, WHO-WOC, WOW, WMBI, KGFJ, WIDX, KSOO, KYW, WKBW, KFIF, KGNO, KGIQ, WHB, KPOF, KSO, KRKA, KGKY. Other contestants whose logs were worthy of honorable mention are: George Schmidt, P. E. Donnelly, Constantino Stefani, R. E. Doman, Aimer L. Kelsey, R. J. Culpepper, E. Ellsworth Fearn, Anthony J. Biley, E. R. Fantz, Walter J. Meyer, Mrs. W. L. Pantier, Verne Broun, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Cockerel, A. R. Van Compernolle, John Hinsdale, Robert D. Peterson, John Webb, Bruce Lyon, Stuart Walmsley, Frank Weston, Mrs. L. C. Traylor, P. E. Caldwell, R. B. Hall, William Kopp, Charles W. Rogers, Tom Hennion, G. W. Yoakam, Charles Mora, Roy Muse, Richard Farmer, William Caldwell, Hubert McAllister, P. Edmiston, D. W. Spnggs, Seymour Schulberg and A. L. Patton. The Tiffany Tone radio awarded to Mr. Nicholson is a fourscreen-grid set, with four-gang condenser, dynamic speaker, tone control, and unusually good DX capabilities. It is manufactured by the Herbert H. Horn Radio Manufacturing Company, of Los Angeles. The picture serves to introduce John Webb, winner of our December Contcs t, shown with the Avalon midget radio which was given as first prize. Since receiving this set, Mr. Webb has written to say that he is very agreeably surprised by the performance of the midget, and has logged many DX stations with it.