RADIO REVIEW

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 47, 17 May 1940, Page 37

RADIO REVIEW

Contributed by

N.Z. DX R.A. Inc.

Address all Communications — P.O, Box 437, DUNEDIN.

Shortwave News "This is station FFZ Shanghai, transmitting simultaneously on 1400 kc/s, and 12.05 mc/s," should shortly become a well-known announcement, FFZ is audible with good signals daily from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m., but is marred by code interference. From 1 to 4 a.m. English announcements only are heard. Look for it on Sundays for best reception. A new Chinese station with the call XOJ is being heard every day from 1 to 1.30 am. on 6.108 mc/s. Chinese programmes only are heard, and its location remains unknown at present. WRUL; operated by the World Radio University at Boston, U.S.A., is broadcasting a news bulletin compiled by the well-known newspaper "The Christian Science Monitor," at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. WRUL ‘can be heard easily on 11.79 mc/s. The well-known radio serial "One Man’s Family" was heard recently from KGEI.at San Francisco, when the programme was commencing its ninth goer on the air.

VPD2, at Suva, Fiji, is now back to its old strength on 9.535 mc/s nightly from 8 to 10 p.m. It relays the same programme as broadcast station ZJV. CSWS, at Lisbon, Portugal, on 11.04 mc/s, provides fair entertainment daily on this frequency from 5 to 8.30 a.m, "The American Hour" from Rome can be heard from 12.30 with news in English at 3 p.m. over stations 2RO3 on 9.635 mc/s, 2RO4 on 11.81 mce/s, and 2RO6 on 15.30:mc/s, ‘ LRA and LRA2, the Government shortwave stations at Buenos’ Aires,’ Ar= gentine, use 1 k.w. power from: the Ist to the 19th and 10 k.w..from.the 20th to the end of the month, They are on 9.69 and 6.18 mc/s respectively. KZRC Cebu, Philippines, is now being heard with good signals from 9 p.m. on 6.115 mc/s and free from interference. HJAB is now broadcasting its day transmissions on 9.57 mc/s’ with~ 500. watts powef, and should be heard after midnight. It is located at ern Colombia.