RADIO NOTES.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 311, 17 December 1936, Page 3

RADIO NOTES.

Short-wave Will Be More Used.

It may come as a surprise to those . who have never listened to the shortwaves Jo discover that the time may not be far distant when there will be more doing on the short-waves than on the normal broadcast waves. Indeed, at the moment there are something dike 140 short-wave stations, nearly all of which are theoretically audible in New Zealand at some time ;or other during the year. Almost any might one can comb the short-wave dial ; in the hope of tuning-in at least a score of stations. Some of them are, admittedly, useless for programme value. On the other hand, a mere 10 years ago one could comb the shortwaves and pick up nothing at all. Every year the short-wave stations are increasing in number, and in power. Germany, England, Italy, America, Holland, and France are adding to the power of the short-wave stations they own/ until the chatter of Europe will stand out louder than the ichatter of New Zealand’s own stations* all bent on educating us according to the Shelley scheme. Perhaps for that and for other reasons, the time may come when we shall all be thankful that, by a turn of a switch, we have at our command the whole world, 'instead of only part of it. After that, no doubt we shall be crying for the moon. ,