Notes on Reception
GENERAL RECEPTION: At present, reception is improving in the evenings, and it js expected that by the end of November on most shortwave bands (particularly 25, 31 and 41 metre bands) it will be good up till midnight. Recepticn in the mornings is deteriorating, and soon very little will be heard except in the’ 16 metre and 19 metre bands, and occasionally the 25 metre band. LONDON: Reception of the General Overseas Service which begins at 10.0 p.m. on the 19 metre and 25 metre bands is improving. At 7.0 = the BBC can be heard beginning its Home and Forces programme on 6.145 mc’s. at present falls off soon after 8.0 p.m., but no doubt will improve during the summer months, AUSTRALIA: Station VLQ3. Brisbane, can be heard throughout the afternoon and evening on 9.66 mce’s., being received at a good, steady strength. Reception of the ABC National programme is well received in the mornings and at night from VLQ, Brisbane on 7.24 mes. NOUMEA: Begins transmission at 7.15 p.m. cn 6.162 mcs. with the Fiench, British and American National Anthems. Broadcasts are mainly in French, and the station finally closes down at 10.0 p.m. U.S.A.: Most consistent station heard is KWID, San Francisco, on. 9.57mcs. Transmissions directed to the South Pacific area begin at 7.0 p.m. and continue at good strength till 10.0 p.m. A station which at present is well received is KROJ, San Francisco, transmitting on mes. The transmission starts at 1.0 p.m. with a news builetin, and concludes at 2.0 p.m. — MOSCOW: Broadcasts from Radio Moscow are heard on 15.11 mes. and 15.23 mes during the day, in transmissions lasting 25 minutes, directed to North America, Commencing times of transmissions are 9.15 a.m., 10.47 a.m., 1.15 p.m., and 3.15 p.m. A woman announcer reads the news and commentary. The station opens with the sound of gun-fire.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 226, 22 October 1943, Page 21
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