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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 433, 15 August 1928, Page 6

AMERICAN SHORT-WAVES TRANSMISSION TIMES Interesting: information regarding: the transmission times of the General Electric Company’s short-wave station has been received by Mr. Edward McKay, of Ruskin Street, Parnell, owner of amateur station OZ. 1.8. E. In a letter to Mr. McKay the company says: “We thank you for your recent report commenting on the re- i ception of our short-wave broadcast transmission. We are interested in knowing how listeners are receiving our transmissions and will, therefore, welcome any additional comment that you may care to send us. “We are particularly interested in i knowing when our signals may be received, the time of best reception and I the quality of the signal. Yours very truly, B. R. CUMMINGS, Radio Engineering Department.” Accompanying the letter is the following schedule of transmission times: The General Electric Company trans- ; mits programmes from Schenectady on ; short-wave lengths in accordance with I the following schedule: Station "Wave ' Call. Length. Bay. (E.S.T.) 2XAD 21.96 Sun. 4.30-10.00 p 2XAB 21.96 Mon. 1.00- 3.00 p 2XAF 31..4 Mon. 5.00-10.00 p 2XAF 31.4 Tues. 5.00-11.00 p 2XAF 31.4 Wed. 5.00-10.00 p 2XAD 21.96 Thurs.l.oo-11.00 2XAF 31.4 Thurs.s.oo-11.00 p 2XAF 31.4 Fri. 5.00-10.00 p 2XAF 31.4 Sat. 5.30-11.00 p (GM.T.) ‘2133-0300 1800-2000 2200-0300 2200-0400 2200-0300 ISOO-2000 2200-0400 2200-0300 2230-0400 Special features and events not occurring within the normal periods of transmission given above, such as speeches by internationally known men, portions of important conventions, boxing matches, world series baseball games, etc., that are deemed of national and international interest are usually transmitted througli either station 2ZAD or 2XAF, or both.

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