RADIO REVIEW

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 83, 24 January 1941, Page 47

RADIO REVIEW

Contributed by

N.Z. DX R.A. Inc.

Address all Communications: P.O. Box 437, DUNEDIN. = is ey one

Yes and No An interesting point concerning frequency-modula-tion (staticless) transmission has been raised by radio engineers. While some engineers maintain that frequency modulation is relatively staticless, others declare that this is largely due to the ultra-high frequencies used rather than to the principle employed and point to the static-free high fidelity reception of television sound in support of their theory. Hollywood vy. New York Hollywood may surpass New York as a television centre according to Californian Chamber of Commerce. " Screenland" claims to have more television sets in use and more stars available than any other locality in the United States. The Don Lee station has been supplying Hollywood with programmes for some years now. Those " Nice" Announcers Some time ago there was considerable space devoted to fans of the German radio announcers who, we were told, are (or were) so lovely. Ward, the American-born Berlin commentator was the subject of an effective appraisal from an American station recently, The broadcast simply mentioned Ward's ancestry, his Nazi leanings and German associations in various American cities and finally noted his sudden departure from the States just prior to the outbreak of war, Radio Newspapers When The St, Louis Post Despatch commenced regular broadcasting of a specially prepared facsimile newspaper radio took over the newsboy’s job. This newspaper of the air is produced on a receiving set right in the home. Transmitted on ultra high frequency waves the matter consists of news, sports, photographs, cartoons and radio programmes, etc. The receiver turns out the copy something after the style of a duplicator, and a photograph of one model showed no dials for the reader to operate. There appears to be a field for experiment in this sphere. Christmas Broadcasts Many of the North and Central American stations conducted their Christmas Eve transmissions much later than usual, with the result that some very good signals were audible until 9 p.m. on Christmas Day. The best heard were a Colombian station on 6.105 mec., most likely HJFB at Manizales, d COCQ at Havana, Cuba, on 6.365 me. Others were CB1180 Santiago, Chile, on 11.98 me, COCX Havana on 9.20 mc., COKG Santiago de Cuba on 8.96 mc., a second COCQ transmitter on 8.83 mc., COCO, Havana on 8.70 me, Santa Clara, Cuba on 6.445 mce., TILS tly Rica on 6.165 me., and TG2, Guatemala on 6,19 mc.