SHORT-WAVE WORK

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 24, 30 December 1927, Page 2

SHORT-WAVE WORK

land). He gives his wave-length as MR, SELLENS HEARS NEW STATION. I recently received a card from Mr. W. 8, Coxon, the owner and operator of the short-wave station OA6AG, Perth, says Mr. Sellars (North82.9 metres, power about 200 watts. He is now testing at 6.30 p.m., W.A. time, almost every night for a short time. 6WE, of the same city, according to latest advice, is now broadcasting their evening programme each evening, from 8 o’clock, on 164.5 mete res, On Saturday morning, December 10,: ANE were giving a programme of music. Volume was very loud, but modulation could be improved, 2XAD. and KDK& were heard in the afternoon, : and RFN in the evening, givitig some. ‘yery good musical items. KDKA signed off on Sunday at 4.13 p.m., after. transmitting items by the -- Boys’ Radio Band, vocal and orchestral. ' QXAF relayed a programme of music: from the .Walderf Hotel, New York! City, and signed off at 2.3-am. E.S.T.: Both stations were heard on the speak-. er, but not as strong as at times, 4AE, Gore, 3\P, Ashburton, RFN, Russia, and 24Q, ‘Taihape, were also heard: during the afternoon and evening. ‘The leter station was very loud, clear, and: steady. On Monday morning at 7 am, 2ME gaye their call and stated they were going over" to 31,0, Melbourne, Ai announcements after this were given as 3LO, Melbourne, testing. Gramophone. items were given and were heard very: well, They stated that until further. notice they would be testing. each Sun-. day from 18.30 till 20.30, Greenwicl: mean time (7 am.-9 am., Monday morning, N.Z, time), on 32 meties. REN was the only station heard daring the evening on short waves. , NEW FOREIGN STATION. On Tuesday morning from 6.28 o'clock till 7.30 o’clock a new foreign station was heard on about 31.5 metres at very fair yolume, but decreasing as the time: advanced. Several times L heard what sounded hike ‘Alloa! Alloa! Alloa! Au Japamse. Sometimes after a slight. pause, ‘Au Japanese." There was not, any music while } was listening, but just talk. Does any reader know who this is? } At 7.30 a.m. SSW, Chehmnsford, was heard testing. Speceh was only just audile-sounded like a lecture first. A pianoforte item followed, which was a little better. RIN, 2AC, New South Wales, and ANE giving some good musical items, were heard during the evening. The station "Aun Japanese" (?) was heard again on Wednesday, morning till 7.40 o’clock. The last words spoken were "Au Japanese.’ During the evening 2HM, New South Wales, and 7CW. were heard. About 11 p.m. I came across another strange foreign station on about 35 metres. A man’s yoice. was heard talking very rapidly and loud, with a woman saying a few words

at times, At 11.45 p.m. an orchestral (?) item was. heard. This was similar ‘to the Chinese orchestra heard from QVA afew weeks ago. This is prob‘ably a Japanese station, perhaps JIPP, "Tokio; it works on 85 metres, 1 could .not get any call while listening; they were sti/l on the air when I close down at 11.50 p.m. Does anyone know this one? "Au Japanese" was repeated at interyals.on Thursday morning while listening to this stranger. At 7.30 a.m,

the carrier of 5SW was heard, but not strong enough to get a speech of music. 2WW, New South Wales, and REFN were heard during the evening. Friday morning found still angther strange foreign station on about 42 metres, Broken English was spoken, hunt on account of Morse interference could not understand much, Some Greenwich mean times were given, and good night was said at 6.23 a.m., but the calf was not heard. It must be well to the west of New Zealand to be saying good night when it is 6.23 a.m. here. : 5SW was again too weak to heat more than their carrier, Not so many stations as usual, but three new wir identified ones. THIS WEEK’S REPORT. I have tried for 5SW, Chelmsford, recently, at 7.30 a.m., but this appears to be the end of the period of which it is audible here. ‘The carrier can be heard, but only at times has any sign of speech or music been there. A few weeks ago, when PCJJ was cransmitting bi-weekly, they were often ‘speaker strength up till about 7 a.m., after which the volume would go off very tapidly till 7.30, when signals’ were usually very weak. The special Christmas programme fron) England, to be heard here at 3.45 a.m. on Christmas morning, should be received well. On Saturday, 17th instant, I was home, too late for the American station, but heard PCLL, Holland, giving a -good musical programme, ‘They called Bandoeng (Java) during the time 1 was listening. 1AM, Palmerston South, and REN were heard. A station on about 37 metres was on the air, but modulation was too rough to get the call. 2@XAK were heard telaying dance music from the Rainbow Room. of the ¥nkon Hotel, New York, till 12.2 a.m. E.S.f. 430 p.m. on Sunday here, They were not as lond as usual BAY and 2A’T Welingioen, 2A\0 ‘Taihape, and iCW Hobart were iesting. On Monday morning et 7 a.an., 3LO Melbourne, testiaz7 on 32 metres, put on some gramophone records. These were received very well. ‘heir modulation is excellert. ANE, Java, was on the air early on Tuesday morning .at zood volume, and very steady. RIN Was going in the evening. On account of being out on Monday and Tuesday evenings till ste I was only listening for a few mirintes. CHELMSFORD AGAIN. Wednesday "morning 55W, Chelmsford, went on the air about 7.30 a.m., and were a Title strouger than some mornings. A man was talking till 7.50, this being followed by music, but .all too weak to understand a word. During the evening PAT Wellington, 2AB Wanganui, 1AR Auckland, 70W Hobart, LLG Goulburn, N.S.W., were logged. The new stations reported last week have not been heard since. I have not’ been able to spare quite as much time as usual for listening, but hone to get plenty of DX during the holidays.