RADIO SOCIETY

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 12

RADIO SOCIETY

EFFORTS TO STOP HOWLING. A special meeting of the Wellington Amateur Radio Society’s Committee was held on Thursday last, to discuss two important matters affecting wireless listeners. Efforts are to be made by the Wellington Society to reduce the interference known as “howling” to a minimum as soon as possible. Listeners, dealers, the Radio Broadcasting Company, and the Press are to be asked to assist in the campaign. Special brief messages will be broadcast shortly from 2YA by an expert, drawing listeners’ attention to the fact that receiving sets have their limitations; particularly one and two-valve sets, and home-made sets. The comnittee, realising the importance of this matter, requests all listeners to make sure that they do not cause interference. Wherever possible, an expert should be consulted to make sure the receiver is neutralised properly. The Broadcasting Company approved of the society broadcasting special urgent messages to listeners, and something will shortly be heard from 2YA about "howling.” In order to strengthen the society’s membership, authority was given the hon. secretary to carry out certain work, with a view to securing more members. In future, members will be entertained with interesting and practical lectures, and demonstrations; the meetings being always of an instructive character.

The Broadcasting Company was congratulated bv the committee for the special broadcast Maori Pageant. As a result of overtures made to the company, it is possible 2YA may broadcast until a later hour on Sunday nights, if suitable artists can be ar ranged for; the society, however, stated it would rather have gramophone records than see the station shut down early on Sundays. Owing to the extra expense involved the company cannot provide duplicate staff to keep 2YA running every night, and it was stated that more light orchestral music was expected shortly. Mr. G. W. Morgan was appointed official correspondent for the Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay Societies. At the request of the hon. secretary (Mr. R. L. Jones) Mr. Morgan was appointed assistant hon. secretary. New members joining after this date, on payment of the subscription to the Wellington Society, will not need to pav again until the end of tile year, April ' 30, 1929. The next annual meeting will take place at the end of April.

The other day there appeared in Christchurch and Dunedin newspapers an advertisement in the “Births, Marriages and Deaths” section, recording the death of Alphonso, aged 2} years, at an address in India. The deceased was an Assam rat, the pet of a lady resident in India, who, with her husband, was on holiday in New Zealand last year (says an exchange). Alphonso became well known in Dunedin, as he used to accompany his mistress at tea parties.