RADIO NOTES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 688, 14 November 1933, Page 2

RADIO NOTES

iReception conditions have not been too good for- some time. Although distant stations, particularly the Americans, hav-e been coming .in at goojd strength, static and locai power noise's ■have been "svors,© than usual on a number of evenings. ! - The relay by 2YA of the Armistice Day service in London was not a sucqsss. However, listeners who were . able to pick up 2BL Sydney enjoyed , almost a perfect relay of the whole i service. •. Radio journals are again strongly advising the public to buy only first grade valves. Agents for several first grade valves have formed a valve dealers' asso.ciation. Limited quantities of cheap valves have beien available fo-r some time and the public have been warned against them.. Every valve of reputablie make ha,s to pass certain tests before leaving the factory. The rejects are sold to jobbers and appear on the market undier many fancy names. A purchaser may get one 90 per cent. or more perfect which will give reasonably good results, but there is an equal chance of getting one that tests well below standard. Many troubles in radio sets to-day can be traced directly to the valves and only the best should be purchased, even if the ; initial cost is a little higher. ^ • t \ The decision to change the wavelengths .of the New Zealand stations is meeting with a mixed neception. Auckland listeners will probably suffer most, especially when the new transmitter has been erected. For local listeners with modern selective sets the change of wave-length will probably mean a general improvement in reception. After this month 2YA w-ill be found between 7ZL and 2CO, there being 10 k.c. between etach station. 1YA on 650 k.c. will be found : just above 2FC, which' operates on ■ 665 k.c.

The American station KFI receives a large mail from New Zealand listeners. One night last week thie announcer was heard thanking their ' many friends in New Zealand for let- ' ters received a,nd asking the people from "down under" to keep it up. Apart from the statement that the . three B class stations which the Go- , vernment has purchasied are to be handed 'over to the Broadcasting Board, nothing has been said as to what use these stations will be put to after Mareh 31 next. The owners ar© indeed fortunate to make such an easy sale, but why has ■ the Government offered to relieve only ■ the proprietors of three stations. The owners of several- other stations havq rendered excellent service for many years and it would appear that they will be forced to close down without any compensation and consign most of their equipment to the junk h-eap. On paper, this week's programmes appear to be somj&what brighter than usual and everybody is catered for.. From 2YA to-morrow evening there will be 10 minutes with Spivakovsky : recordings commencing at 8.16 p.m,, while the recordings in the second ' half of the programme will' feature Jack Payne's dance orchestra and several leading CEmglish artists.. From 3YA Mr. Hubert Carter, tenor, will broadcast two recitals at 8.35 and 9.37. Mr. Carter has an excellent voice, well suited to- the micropbone. >Qn Thursday listeners will have the choice of an orchestral concext from 1YA or the Dunedin Returaed Soldiers' choir from 4YA. On Saturday afternoon the GovernorGeneral will officially open the National Confidenc& Carnival, to bp held in Wellington. The opening speeches will be broadcast by 2YA at 2.30 p.m. At 8.30 p.m. 1YA will broadcast an•other of Mr. Paul Cullen's song recitals, while at 9.30 all YA stations will be linked with Wellington for the sixth of the series of dramatic interludes, "We await Your Yerdict."