RADIO REVIEW

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 59, 9 August 1940, Page 21

RADIO REVIEW

Contributed by

N.Z. DX R.A. Inc.

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

New Puerto Rico Station WPAB, 1340kc/s, has been heard at good strength in Dunedin city about 6 p.m, Another Television Record Passengers on the liner "President Roosevelt," plying between New York and Bermuda, were entertained with television programmes while the boat was 234 miles from New York. The images were held for a full hour without fading or distortion despite the great distance. While this is the record for consistent reception over such a distance, transmissions over greater distances have been done, but are described as "freak" performances. German Expert Dies Count Von Arco, Germany’s leading radio authority, died on May 7, aged 71. Von Arco conceived the idea of the great German radio station at Nauen. The famous radio corporation, Telefunken Gesellschaft, was formed in 1903 by Count Von Arco, who served as its director. Shortwave News The Canadian CJRX, at Winnipeg (see list of news bulletins) can be heard with fair signals until 6.30 p.m., but it is occasionally interfered with by the Tokio station JVW3. "I Am An American" is the most requested of the new tunes according to the NBC announcers. The Chinese National Government at Szechwan has a new transmitter on 9.09mc/s with the call XGOQ. The well-known Westinghouse station WPIT at Pittsburgh has been granted permission to move its transmitter to Hull, Massachusetts, and increase its power to 50kw. KGEI, on 9.67mc/s, San Francisco, is now using this frequency for all its former transmissions on 9.53mc/s, with a considerable improvement in reception at Dunedin. A "mailbox" to Alaska, Australia and New Zealand can be heard on Sunday at 5 p.m. "Radio Tunis," 15.495mc/s, with programmes in Arabic and French, is reported testing on this frequency and 15.71mc/s near 5 a.m. KZRC, 6.115mc/s, Cebu City, Philippines, verifies with pink card signed by Harry Fenton, manager. FK8AA, 6.132mc/s, Noumea, New Caledonia, begins its programmes with both "La Marseillaise" and "God Save the King." A new Russian transmitter has made its appearance on 6.115mc/s after 11 p.m. A terrific "flutter" is caused apparently by KZRC. Programmes heard have been broadcast simultaneously by RV15 at Khabarovsk on 4.723mc/s. MTCY, on 6.125mc/s, is also almost entirely blotted out.