In the pre-internet days, the monthly club bulletin was the principal means for disseminating DX information throughout the listening community. DX newsletters were a second vehicle. Shorter in length, and often issued more often than monthly, they served up DX information more promptly, and usually to a smaller audience. Here is a sample of some of the DX newsletters of days gone by.

World Radio Handbook Newsletters - The World Radio TV Handbook has been the standard reference for SWBC listeners since the first edition was published in 1947. For those who wanted the most current information, the World Radio Handbook Bulletin (later called the World Radio Bulletin) was published every two weeks from 1952 to 1976. In 1976 it became the thrice-yearly WRTH Newsletter. It was renamed WRTH Downlink in 1988 and published several times a year until the final issue in 1991. Here are four copies of the World Radio Bulletin (1965, 1968, 1973, 1974), plus a copy of World Radio TV Handbook Newsletter (1984) and WRTH Downlink (1988). Thanks to the WRTH for permission to post these copies.

International Broadcast Memo (Stanbury-IV) - Although it was a column in the "Messenger," the bulletin of the Canadian International DX Club, and not a newsletter, we include it for the sake of completeness. It appears that Stanbury began writing this column in the late 60s or early 70s. And while his period of greatest hobby activity was in the 1970s, the International Broadcast Memo continued until March 1985, as did, apparently, some of his other publications (to which he refers in his final column). The issues of International Broadcast Memo that we have posted are from January 1973, February 1980, November 1980, November 1981, and March 1985 (the final column). Stanbury passed away in 1986. Thanks to Mickey Delmage for supplying us with this material.

Clandestine Confidential - Here are four issues of the Clandestine Confidential newsletter, edited and published by Gerry L. Dexter. A spin off of his 1984 book of the same name, the four-page newsletter contained clandestine station news arranged by country. It was issued six times a year from 1984 to 1993. The issues presented are February 1984 (the first issue), February 1987, June 1990, and December 1993 (last issue). Thanks to Gerry Dexter for permission to post these.

Short Wave News Service (Stanbury-III) - Here are three issues of the Short Wave News Service, which C. M. Stanbury began in 1968. These issues are from May, June and December 1969. The Short Wave News Service was intended as a service to new clubs and smaller clubs which found it difficult to compete with larger clubs in the area of comprehensive shortwave news. It was a monthly carbon-paper newsletter, and was sent free to clubs that published at least nine times a year and had at least 20 members. In exchange, recipient clubs sent their bulletins to Stanbury. The Short Wave News Service consisted mainly of DX items from the Short Wave Newsletter, plus commentary by Stanbury on various shortwave-related topics. This material is from Bob LaRose.

Short Wave Newsletter (Stanbury-II) - Here is another C. M. Stanbury publication which replaced the Short Wave Review Flash Sheet (see below) in 1968. These issues are from 1969-70. Monthly at first, soon it was being published every two weeks. As with Short Wave Review, the Short Wave Newsletter was a carbon paper "flash sheet" issued for the benefit of regular supporters of Stanbury's ASWLC column. Thanks again to Bob LaRose for this material.

Short Wave Review Flash Sheet (Stanbury-I) - Here is an informal publication issued by C. M. Stanbury II when he was editor of the "Short Wave Review" column in SWL, the bulletin of the American Shortwave Listeners Club. These issues are from 1963-64, which was a tumultuous period in the life of the then-four year old club. Stanbury issued this monthly "round robin" carbon paper flash sheet for the use of a small number of his regular contributors. He also used some of the material in his column in Electronics Illustrated. Thanks to Bob LaRose for these copies.

Tropical DX Newsletter - Tropical DX Newsletter began publication in August 1974 and was edited by Fred Heutte, Jr. of Washington, DC. The bi-weekly newsletter focused primarily on reception of the tropical regions of the world on 60 meters and below although other shortwave news was covered as well. TDXN ceased publication in February 1979. Here are two issues from December 20, 1977 (No. 79) and November 15, 1978 (No. 100).

USSR High Frequency Newsletter - The USSR High Frequency Newsletter was published by Roger Legge of McLean, VA beginning in November 1976. UHN dealt mainly with Foreign Service transmissions from the former Soviet Union and its constituent Republics. The newsletter was useful because of the frequent changes in Soviet frequencies and the Soviet policy of showing transmitter sites on QSLs when requested. Here are two issues from March 1977 (No. 4) and November 1980 (No. 30).

Shortwave Messenger - The bi-weekly Shortwave Messenger was published by J. Art Russell of San Diego, California from September 1960 until Russell's death in February 1963. Here are issues from April 7, 1961 and March 21, 1962.