THE C. A. LARSEN ON THE AIR

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 34, 9 March 1928, Page 5

THE C. A. LARSEN ON THE AIR

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Sir,-About October last (30th from memory) a strange station was picked up by us. One of your correspondents wrote asking if anyone could tell what it was. One of the items mentioned was a concertina solo. We could not distinguish the station at the tim,e but last night (March 2) we got it again and the announcement was ‘Hullo! Hullo! Hullo! — calling.’’ After a while we had a message to the effect that the station would appreciate anyone picking up this station to communicate with — — Larsen, Stewart Island, N.Z, (This was as near as we could make it out.) ‘wo items were concertina solo and saw solo (evidently with concertina accompaniment). Now, Sir, this may have been broadcast from the "C. A. Larsen" or else an individual of this name. Dial readings were just ahead of Wellington. They announced that they would be on the air again on Saturday evening after Wellineton had closed down.-

W.J.

P.

An inquiry. G. Sinclair (Dannevirke) : On Sunday last, at 11.15 a.m. I tuned on the radio and wag very surprised to hear a man singing, so I waited, and finally he stepped. After a long pause, in which no one announced, someone started playing jazz on the piano, which was "Bye, Bye, Blackbird." ‘This did not last long, and I ugain waited for someone to announce, but all I heard was a click, and whatever station it was, had closed down, and nothing more was heard. Could you tell me whose the station was, or perhaps the readers of the ‘Radio Record" might have heard the same station, and had heard where it was. The station’s wave-length was about 295 metres, ‘Tiusting you will have success in locating the station.