SHORT-WAVE ERA BEGINS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 23 December 1927, Page 4

SHORT-WAVE ERA BEGINS

LONDON CALLING, On Tuesday, 18th inst., at 1.15 a.m., Wellington listened to ‘‘Loudon calling,’? and heard what is stated to be the best transmission yet picked up by Australia from England. ‘The concert relayed from 2L0, London, and broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation’s experimental shortwave _ station, 5SW, Chelmsford, came through with excellent volume and clarity. ‘The transmission was picked up and relayed by Messrs. Farmer and Company, 2FC, Sydney, and it is reported that the volume was equal to that of Sydney’s usual broadcast, there being a marked absence of fading. A soprano solo was heard perfectly; then came the call, "London calling," followed by, a_ piano solo, Chopin’s ‘Nocturne in KE Fiat Major,» and later an organ solo, Mendelssohn’s ‘‘Sonata in F Minor."