RADIO REVIEW

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 56, 19 July 1940, Page 54

RADIO REVIEW

Contributed by

N.Z. DX R.A. Inc.

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With The Branches WANGANUI has held its annual gathering and notes that a new member was enrolled. TIMARU was recently the venue of a pleasant function. This branch won the "Tune-In’" Challenge Shield, which was handed over by a Dunedin representative. "Dual-Wave,"’ Auckland, also reports the station styling itself "The New BBC." In the writer’s opinion, "the announcer, although speaking good English, is not an Englishman." A similar note is acknowleged from C, Hankins, Featherston. (Have written to you both-DxX Ed.). Amateur Radio in U.S.A. Amateur radio operators and amateur radio stations shall not exchange communication with operators or radio stations of any foreign government or located in any foreign country. However, this order is not intended to prohibit the exchange of communications between licensed "hams" and amateur stations in the Continental United States or those in the territories and possessions of the United States, (Thus reads the edict which was issued from Washington, D.C., on June 4. It is reprinted from "Tune-In.’-DX Ed.). Amateur Call Signs A matter of interest to New Zealand amateurs is the re-assignment of calls which were cancelled at the outbreak of the war. The authorities have promised sympathetic consideration of the problem when the time comes for "ZL calling CQ." The interest of "hams" in their distinctive calls is. illustrated by a heading of a newspaper item which comes from the United States. The title is "W9CHD Becomes Bride of W2MSC." We trust the merging of the calls is a happy union, Broadcast Band The East is coming back, and signals will peak again in July-August period. The best Indian station is VUY, 1167kc/s, which is heard from 2 a.m. No return postage is required. XOJC, Nanking, China, on 660kc/s, signs off at 1.35 a.m. A Chinese broadcaster is creating a mild mystery. It has been heard signing off at 2.45 a.m. The call sign is puzzling some listeners. XOJD, 1010ke/s, closes at 3 a.m, Two unusual Americans are WIP and KROD, which operate on 620 and 1500kc/s_ respectively. WIP closes at 6 p.m., while KROD signs off at 6.30 p.m.