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With the Branches WELLINGTON held its annual meeting recently. The new officers are: D. Campbell (president), B. Beauchamp (vice-president), G. Grant (secretary), J. Saunders (treasurer), and M. Kelly (committeeman). R. Free and A. Kindell are recording officers. Two new members, Messrs. Tarpley and Ching, were welcomed, A good collection of verifications was entered, the winners being (broadcast) C. Taylor, R. Free, and J. McFadden. (Shortwave), A. Kindell, G. Rigg, and J. Page. Obviously an Enemy The following letter is from a woman member, Mrs. D. Urquhart, who writes: "A station calling itself ‘The New
British Broadcasting Corporation’ has been heard for the last two weeks. They never say where they are. This morning they said they were on the air daily at 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. I get them at 8 a.m.,, and they sign off at 8.30. From the war news they give, I should say that they are Germans. Frequency, 11.96 or 95 mec/s, 25.08 metres." (Has anyone else heard this station? This is the first report we have had. -DX Ed.). Shortwave Notes The new 50 kilowatt transmitter of WLWO at Cincinnati, Ohio, is being heard with excellent signals on its new frequencies of 9.59 and 11.87mc/s daily from 10.15 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. next day. COK, Havana, Cuba, is a new station on 11.57 mc/s, audible with fairly good
signals until 4 p.m. daily. It is controlled by the Social Democrat party, and announces mostly in English. WCBX, New York, is operating in the late afternoon on its 6.12mc/s frequency for June. It will revert to 6.17mc/s during July. Swing fans can find many bands to entertain them during the week-ends. Red Nicholls, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington with vocalist Ivy Anderson were all heard on a.recent week-end from WCBX, WLWO and KGEI. KRTK; at the west base of the Byrd Expedition, six miles from the former "Little America," is reported transmitting a programme to the American networks on Sundays at 2.45 p.m. on 11.06, 12.86 or 17,31mc/s. It is also testing frequently with RCA commercial stations. WRUL, Boston. on 6.04 mc/s, was testing on a recent Sunday evening, and had probably one of the loudest signals ever heard from a North American station. Directional aerials to the West Coast were apparently in use with 50,000 watts power.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 55
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398RADIO REVIEW New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 52, 21 June 1940, Page 55
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