RADIO REVIEW

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 55, 12 July 1940, Page 54

RADIO REVIEW

Contributed by

N.Z. DX R.A. Inc.

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

With the Branches HASTINGS has had its annual meeting, and despite the depletion due to. enlistments, the branch is carrying on. Any listeners in this district are invited to write to The Secretary, 405E, Eastbourne Street, Hastings. An. Aerial’s "Free End" We are often asked which end of the aerial is the "free end." It is that end opposite to the end from which the lead-in is taken, Television Terms Television’s own glossary of slang designates a@ blonde as "blizzard head,’ a brunette as a "dark angel," and a red-haired actress as a "problem child." A brunette’s hair absorbs light, while a blonde head reflects light. Because auburn hair comes in between, tests are required to determine the degree of lighting required. When the three types are booked on the same television programme it means a lot of headaches for the studio crew, according to Thomas S. Lee, the owner of W6XAO, Los Angeles. (This call sign was recently heard on relay on approx. 1580kc/s at 6 p.m., but the relay call was not determined other than KG-), Obviously an Enemy Mrs. Urquhart’s letter (in issue of June 21), advising reception of the "New British Broadcasting Station,’ has evoked comment from two readers. A. T. Cushen, Invercargill, states: "I have heard this station regularly for over two months, my first logging being on May 5, when it operated on 5925kc/s, 50.63 metres. It moved to its present frequency on May 24. The sole programme is a news session, best heard at 8 a.m. The opening number is an organ playing ‘Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond,’ the session closing with ‘God Save the King.’" Miss Sutcliffe, New Plymouth, also reports hearing the station "every morning at 8 a.m. on the 25 metre band. We have wondered about this, as we did not think Daventry would put over the news as this station does." (Thank you for writing. It is obvious that the transmitter is "somewhere outside of England." Indeed, the BBC has now announced that this is an enemy station, and has warned listeners against being misled by it-DX Ed.). Thai-land Transmitters The following official advice is from Bangkok: "The experimental station at Lopburi was set up as an auxiliary station in case of emergency should the Bangkok station fail to function. The original station, HSP1, has been replaced by our present national station, HS7PJ, and the said transmitter has been transferred to Lopburi. It was inaugurated on June 24, our National Day. The shortwave transmitter relays quite often from the long one." HS7PJ is on 825kc/s, and the Lopburi station uses 856kc/s.