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With the Branches DUNEDIN, like other branches, reports an increase of membership, two newcomers having joined. Conditions are said to be good and advantage is being taken of all -opportunities. Moon Studies For a great many years, some DX-ers have felt that the various phases of the moon have some effect on radio reception, but until this summer this theory has not had any scientific confirmation. Now Dr. Harlan T. Stetson, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from studies of radio signals, has found that the moon’s phases do influence broadcasting. His investigations disclose that radio signals are at their peak three days before the full moon.
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Notes Found Useful A Taranaki reader writes: "Thanks to The Listener, I settled on 1220 and heard KTAT sign off with complete announcement. "Heard WPAB and WCOA and was quite elated. When this week’s Listener arrived they were both mentioned. The notes are jolly useful." "Early Morning Americans" Although it is early in the year for these stations, the following have been heard: KMA, 930kc/s, 11 p.m.; KMBC, 950kc/s, 11 p.m.; KRLD, 1040kc/s, 11.15 p.m.; KNX, 1050kc/s, 2 a.m.; KWKH, 1100 kc/s, 11 p.m.; KSL, 1130kc/s, 12.30 a.m.; KITE, 1530ke/s, 11 p.m. KRLD, KSL and KNX actually began at the time stated, while the others had already started their morning programmes, A All-Nighters The two best-heard Pacific Coast stations, which operate all night, are KFAC (1300), and KFVD (1000). Both are good about midnight. N.Z. Reports Praised C. Hunt, Wanganui, advises that Station WCOA, Pensacola, Florida, stated that reports received from N.Z. DX R.A. members are the best they get. WCOA operates on 1340kc/s, and is heard about 5 p.m. An Opportunity A question concerning "FM" broadcasting: Can these signals be heard in New Zealand? Unless you have a "FM" receiver, the answer is "no," because these signals cannot be heard on the ordinary receiver. Whether they would be heard if that need was supplied is unanswerable at the moment. Here is an opportunity for experiment, * * * KZRM, Manila, 618kc/s, closes at 3 a.m. with "The Star Spangled Banner".
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Unnumbered Page
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361RADIO REVIEW New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 62, 30 August 1940, Unnumbered Page
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