RADIO NOTES.
.. ... (BY "DECTECTOR.’’) .. .. On a five-vu.ve neutrodyne set last Saturday evening at 6.40, the writer was able to pick up the American station, W.G.R., New York, broadcasting on a wave length of 319 metres. Static somewhat severely marred the reception of this station, although the caff sign came in particularly well, and at times strains of dance music could be heard.
Now that the winter is coming, long distance work will be easy for the owner of a good receiving set and it has been stated that the American stations in future intend to cater for this class of transmission. At present there are over 700 licensed broadcasting stations in America.
It has been predicted that relaying in stages from 2LO, London, will be a special feature in the course of a few months so that it will be possible to hear English programmes in ‘New Zealand. At present this cannot be arranged, as the aerial output of the Daventry station, which is one of the largest in England, is far too small to cope with this kind of wonk. “Detector” has been advised that the American station, WBZ, Springfield, Mass., intends broadcasting for Australian and New Zealand purposes on Saturday, March 5, at about 5.30 p.m., New Zealand time. The wave-length of this station is 331.3 metres with a power output of 2000 watts. The dial settings of this station will probably be found about half-way between 2GB, Sydney and 2BL, Sydney’s dial settings.
Lately the volume of 4YA, Dunedin, has been particularly poor aid at times it is impossible to hear this station, without “pushing” one’s set. Improvement could also be made to the Auckland and Christchurch stations. The tone of both is somewhat “rough” and fading is frequent. Atmospherical conditions are to a certain extent answerable for these conditions, and power transformers, which are leaking. On Sunday evening trouble developed on one of the church lines at the Christchurch station and while the fault was being rectified the station rendered a musical selection from the studio. • •
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Wairarapa Age, 1 March 1927, Page 7
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