SHORT-WAVE ITEMS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 14, 21 October 1927, Page 4

SHORT-WAVE ITEMS

THE WEEK’S DOINGS EMPIRE TEST FROM SYDNEY. Mr. F, W. Sellens (Northland) supplies the following interesting items :- Last week was an average one for short-wave reception. On Sunday last, October 9, 2XAl was heard from 2.30 till 4.80 p.m., when they signed off, stating that "it is now 1} minutes past 12 o’clock." The programme consisted of studio items and a relay from a theatre. From 4.39 till 5.30 p.m. 2A0, Taihape; 1Al1, Hamilton, and 3AU, Rangiora, were putting gramophone items, etc., on the air, 2AQ was heard again in the evening. On Monday evening 2AQ and 3AU Were giving musical items and calling friends. Radio-Belgique and PCJJ were heard early on Tuesday morning; the latter came in with good volume and modnulation. In the evening REFN was on the air with more talk than music, as usual. 6AG was giving his usual test transmission from 9.80 p.m. He was also on the cir on Wednesday evening On Thursday evening RIN was again on the air at splendid volume and tone, musical items and talk. PCJJ was not quite np to the usual standard this (I'riday) morning. On Friday evening 1 had 2M through 2FC, Sydney, carrying out a test with England on 28.5 metres, from about 6.55 till 7.5 p.m., in preparation for an Empire programme to‘ be transmitteu from 4 til] 5 a.m., Sydney standard time, on Monday morning, the 17th instant, Greenwich mean time 6.7. p.m on Sunday. The second programme will be on Monday afternoon (same day), 4.80-

5.380 p.m., Sydney standard time, which is 6.30 to 7.80 am. Greenwich mean time, Monday morning. When 2ME was first heard they were relaying from Liverpool particulars of the shooting, but went back to the studio of 2FC, as induction noises on the telay line were so bad. They gave a gramophotie item, ‘‘Barcarolle,’ and then the information outlined above. The queried station on the list I gave you last week is the first harmonic of REN, Russia. I haye proved this by changing from one to the other at frequent intervals when it is always the same ilem on the air. A GOOD LIST. A. P. Morrison (Brooklyn): Here is my list of stations on the short-wave band. I suppose I was one of the first in New Zealand to listen for stations on the short wave, and my first success was logging station 2XAF (Schenectady, New York). ‘That was in this year’s Easter holidays last Good Friday. My second station to log was PCJJ, Hindhoven, Holland. I will now give you my list of short-wave stations, logged to date :- | Metres -PCJJ (Eindhoven, Holland) ...... 30.2 QNM (Gerald Maretse) ........... 33 4AC (Beigium) .....e.ceseeeseseeee 32 REN (Siberia, Russia) cs... 60 GSS (Leipsig, Germany) ......... 60 RCRB8 (Buenos Ayres) ....cecseseee 45 2XAF (Schenectady, N.Y.) ...... 32.77 2XAD (Schenectady, N.Y.), ...... 22.02 WLW (Cincinnatti, Ohio) ......... 52 KDKA (East Pittsburg) .......006. 63 2XG (New York), about ......... 380 QAJ (Rangiora) ..sccccccece sesseseseres OO BLO (Melbourne) cessescesecsveeseves 30 QAU (Rangiora) POT CORES eee Eee eeETETO 85 BGC (Adelaide) csccccscocseccaseereree OL 6AG (Perth) SHH T HER ETECH SHE OTESECeS 32.9 GAR (Victoria) .......cssccsessvseesses 30 2AO (Taihape), about ..ccccureceee 80 -_ * (Hamilton) , about SeUPeTeceesenee 30 *Unidentified.