NEW TRANSMITTERS FOR YD STATIONS
listener with a quick ear and a "magic" eye may soon detect some slight difference in the broadcasts he receives from YD transmitters. Engineers are at present installing new transmitters at Henderson and Mount Victoria which will raise the output of FYD-¢750 watts) and 2YD (500 watts) to about two kilowatts. The units, costing about £3600 each, will replace obsolete equipment, the most recent of which is 20 years old, and will operate with much greater efficiency. According to A. K. Richardson, the
tion from Britain, the United States, Canada and Europe. Though the new transmitters give more than double the output of the old equipment, they will not strain the North Island’s over-stretched power supply system. Their efficiency is such that they will draw from the mains only a fraction more power than the old units. Auckland’s Station 1YD is expected to change over to the new transmitter next month. Wellington, because of modifications required to the aerial coupling units, will not hear its new 2YD till September.
NZBS engineer in charge of the installations, listeners in the normal YD reception areas will notice little difference, except that the "iris" of the "magic eye" will close more than it has in the past because of the stronger signal, Listeners in what have hitherto been fringe reception areas may benefit because the increased power will tend to overcome both local electrical interference and _ interference from Australian radio stations. These are the ‘two main factors at present limiting YD reception. The new transmitters, identical with those at present carrying broadcasts from the new stations 2ZC and 2XB, were designed and built in Australia, a trans-Tas-man manufacturer having submitted the successful tender against competi-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 39, Issue 988, 25 July 1958, Page 18
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