INTERFERENCE WITH 2YC
Sir,-May I add something in support of "Protester," Nelson, writing in your issue of January 4? The NBS are reticent regarding the cause of the inferior quality of the broadcasting from 2Y¥C, but from careful enquiries it is considered probable that the sole cause of the distortion with which we are frequently regaled after 8.30 p.m. is due to the close proximity of an Australian station. Interference from this station was observed first during the broadcasting of the "Messiah" in December, 1943. It is not known whether a complaint ‘has been made to the ABC in regard to this matter, but no explanation or apology has been made to New Zealand listeners and it must be assumed that the policy of the NBS is to sit tight and maintain the original wavelength regardless of discords. Here is an excellent opportunity for a keen press reporter to ascertain the true facts of a problem that has been in existence over two years.-‘*PRO-TESTER No. 2" (Palmerston North). (The following comment is made by the Technical Officers of the NBS: ‘The correspondent is incorrect in his assumption that the distortion of 2YC’s programme at Palmerston North and Nelson at certain times is due to interference from an Australian Station, Both these towns are in the fading zone of 2¥C and as_a result receive distorted signals from this station at certain times, varying with the seasons. The technical explanation of this distortion is that at these times the ground wave and the sky wave are of approximately equal intensity and the distortion occurs when these two waves go out of phase with each other.’’)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 5
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