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SHORTWAVE CLUBS AND WORLD WAR II - It was 60 years ago, in January 1942, that the war had its most dramatic effect on the shortwave listening hobby. The January bulletins of both the International Short Wave Club, headquartered in East Liverpool, Ohio, and the International DXers Alliance, in Normal, Illinois, took note of Pearl Harbor that had occurred the month before, and how things had changed. The ISWC carried on until May 1942, the IDXA until July 1943. Here are a few pages from their bulletins of those days, giving a flavor of the times. International DXers Alliance bulletin: January 1942 November 1942 January 1943 July 1943 International Shortwave Club bulletin: January 1942 February 1942 March 1942 May 1942