DX NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 666, 10 April 1952, Page 19

DX NOTES

HESE notes are supplied by the New Zea land Radio DX League and are designed to record items of interest from overseas stations on both the broadcast and shortwave bands. Inquiries sent to The Listener regarding the identification of stations will be forwarded to the League for attention. Particulars of the type of programmes, approximate frequency, date and time heard, are necessary.

E most interesting station to be verified by a New Zealand listener for some -time is "Radio Troubadour," an Armed Forces Radio Service station in Korea, which has confirmed a report sent by Arthur Cushen, of Invercargill. This station is heard in the early morning on 1140 kilocycles, using a power of 450 watts. The AFRS Far Eastern Network in Korea operates five stations in chain. They sign off at 5.0 a.m. New Zealand time. "Radio Troubadour" is one mile south of Inje. The other stations in the network are "Kilroy" (1510 kc), "Gypsy" (1400 kc), "Vagabond" (1320 kc), and "Homesteader" (1240 kc). Reports, which are appreciated, should be -sent to Headquarters, AFRS Detachment, APO 301, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, U.S.A. The Armed Forces Radio Service, which has its headquarters in Los Angeles, operates stations in all areas where United States troops are stationed. Best received on the broadcast band ‘in New Zealand are the Japanese transmitters on 1270, 1390 and 143Q ke. The latter, which is located at- Sendai, has been heard as early as 9.0 p.m., but all Far Eastern stations are received best after 2.0 a.m., when most Australian stations have closed and the broadcast band is comparatively free from interference. Station Notes . | [_ATEST Mexican "border" station to appear on the high-frequency end of the broadcast band is XEDM, with transmitter at Hermosillo. XEDM opens about 11.0 p.m. on its frequency of 1580 ke, and is heard at fair strength with English programmes. Mailing address is Nogales, Arizona, U.S.A. ‘ All-night station 5KA Adelaide, which operates on 1200 ke, has decided to continue its 24-hour-a-day schedule indefinitely. Originally the all-night programme was intended for the summer ‘only, but the station has found that enough people find time to listen in the

early morning,to justify the service continuing. ABC Celebrities "HREE world-famous celebrities are broadcasting in the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s 1952 concert season. They are the pianist Walter Gieseking, the Australian baritone John Brownlee, and Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, who has been abroad. All are being heard in concerts on the ABC’s network. Around the World Britain; The BBC’s Pacific Service has been retimed to the winter schedule from the end of March and is operating from 6.0 to 7.0 p.m. on GSW, 7230 ke (41-metre band), GRH, 9825 ,kce (30metre band), and, GSN, 11820° ke (25metre band). As the BBC’s Grant-in-Aid application has been rejected, the Latin American and Eyropean services are to be cut and the BBC offices in Rio de Janiero, Mexico City and Buenos Aires closed. ; Malaya: The British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, Singapore, has replaced the 15300 ke outlet with 15435 ke in the 19-metre band. This transmission is well received, opening at 9.15 p.m. with news. Japan: "Radio Japan," the new overseas service of the Broadcasting Corporation of Japan, is now using 6060 kc (49-metre band) and 7180 kc (41-metre band). It had transmissions to North America from 5.0 to 6.0 p.m. and to China from 11.0 p.m. to midnight. The "latter transmission has news in English at 11.3 p.m.