EMPIRE BROADCASTS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 24, 30 December 1927, Page 4

EMPIRE BROADCASTS

BRITAIN'S NEW STATION. Arrangements for the opening of the powerful short-wave station in Great Britain for conducting Empire broadcasting services were made so quietly, that very few people in Great Britain or this part of the world knew how far advanced the work was. Engineers of the British Broadcasting Corporation announced two months ago that a short-wave station for Empire broadcasting would be built in Great Britain in time to be in operation by Christmas. Apparently the work on the station has been advanced in a manner which was never expected, and for the first time an Empire ptogramine was transmitted on Armistice Day. Even now ver little is known about the station whic the Broadcasting Corporation used for transmitting that programme. 20.000 WATTS POWER. The power used is said to be about 20 kilowatts, and the wave-length about 24 metres. ‘There has been very little opportunity for preliminary testing, and few in the Antipodes have heard the experimental transmissions from the station. Those who have heard it, hows ever, say that its signals are even louder aud clearer than the signals from PCJJ. It is desirable, however, that listeners should bear in mind that perfection must not be expected from the outset Much ground has yet to he covered before the great problems associated with long-distance transmis sions are overcome, ‘There is no question that regular and practically perfect Empire transmissions will ultimately be possible, but some years are likely to elapse before that time comes,