AMATEUR TRANSMITTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 611, 13 March 1929, Page 14

AMATEUR TRANSMITTERS

WAVE-LENGTHS ALLOTTED (From Our Resident Reporter) WELLINGTON, To-day. New amateur transmitting frequencies, based upon the decision of the Washington International Radio-Tele-graph Convention, are announced by the Post and Telegraph Department for the guidance of experimenters. The bands allocated are as follow:

Amateurs are urged to realise the importance of keeping within the band allotted for them and avoiding interference with other services. The hands 150 metres to 171 metres and 75 metres to 85.7 metres are available to all licensed amateurs; but only those who have satisfied district radio inspectors as to their qualifications are permitted to use the others. More advanced experimenters are today endeavouring to make use of those wave-hands which in the past have shown limitations for long-dis-tance work. Useful data collected by amateurs, of whom there are 184 licensed in the Dominion, has proved of great benefit. CHANGE IN 2FC’S SHORTWAVE Under the rearrangement of short wave lengths as the result of the recent International Broadcasting Convention held in Washington, the low wave length used by Station 2FC. on their short wave transmissions, viz., 28.5 and 31.5, have now been cancelled and the new wave length that has been allotted to the New South Wales Broadcasting Company, Ltd., for its use from its 2FC. Station is 31.25. Short wave enthusiasts should make a note of this alteration. The Japanese Ministry of Education is daily broadcasting a short lecture on the pronunciation of English by Japanese. English is easily the second language of Japan, being a compulsory study in all schools from the sixth grade upward.

Kilocycles Approx. Metres 1750-2000 150-171 3500-4000 75-85.7 7000-7300 41.1-42.8 14000-14400 20.8-21.4 2S000-30000 10-10.7 56000-60000 5-5.35