DX NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 893, 14 September 1956, Page 18

DX NOTES

HESE notes bring news about stations in ‘other countries, programmes information and details of special broadcasts for New Zealand listeners. They are supplied by the New Zealand Radio DX League, 212 Earn Street, Invercargill, from which further information can be obtained. ws

Australasia HE announcement has recently been '" made of two new commercial stations. One in Invercargill, 4ZA, will use 8290 kc. and across the Tasman, 2VM, Morree, N.S.W. has been granted authority to take the air on 1530 kc. With the pending frequency change of 2NA from 820 to 1510 kc. the only frequency of the 107 available for allocation, only one, 1550 kc. would remain unoccupied. Shortwave EPTEMBER brings some changes in the frequencies used by stations, and @ marked improvement in night reception. Switzerland: The evening broadcast from Berne has moved to higher frequencies in their daily service to Australia and New Zealand, the frequencies of 21520 and 17784 ke. in the 13 and 16-metre bands. The broadcast is still released —

7.15 to 9.0 p.m. The features include news at 7.20 p.m. and the popular request session A Penny a Song is presented on Monday at 8.0 p.m., donations made for the requests being presented to the Red Cross. A session of news for the radio listener is presented on the first Friday of each month at 7.45 p.m.

Japan: Radio Japan in Tokio broadcasts a service each evening from 8.0 to 9.0 p.m. and uses two transmitters, operating on 17785 and 15235 kc. in the 16 and 19-metre bands. The first 30 minutes of the release is in English. Great Britain: The Pacific Service will shortly revert to its summer schedule of 8.0 to 8.45 p.m., while the General Overseas Service will be found at better strength from opening at 9.25 p.m, The BBC’s Singapore relay station now known as the BBC Far Eastern Station is providing good relays from London at 9.30 p.m. Vietnam: The Hanoi transmitter on 15040 ke. 19-metre band has been giving

fair reception with English news at the revised timing of 9.30 p.m. ‘Hungary: The Budapest station using 9835 kce., 30-metre band, transmits a programme for British listeners, and this session on Sunday includes a most interesting session on Association Football in Hungary. Following this programme, information for the shortwave listener is presented at 9.20 am, ; Norway: The Oslo Student Radio, which is located at the University of Oslo, will conduct test transmissions during September on 7210 and 11850 kes. in the 41 and 25-metre bands. The station, which uses the call sign LAIAD, will be broadcasting 10.5 to 10.35 a.m.