LONDON ON ONE VALVE

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 36, 23 March 1928, Page 12

LONDON ON ONE VALVE

7__-__--_- | A GOOD PERFORMANCE | Mr. A, P. Morrison (Brooklyn): I ve to report excellent reception of SW recently, a station, I must say, I have uot had the best of receptions from till Weinesday, February 29, when { received him at 6.80 a.m., when he as at his usual conversation with BXAD, America. Their general talk this particular morning was in regard to changing one another’s wave-length. RXAD asked 6SW which would be the better for him, to go up or down in his avave, and the reply was the former. A winute or so after this 5SW asked whout his cold, and he said it was betker. The reply was, "You must have uw good climate over there.’ On this particular morning I could hear 5SW’s voice the best, but on Tuesday, March 18, I found it possible to tune in both stations. At one part of their transmission 2XAD was putting over music and 5SW was talking about books and asking 2XAD to send a certain book across to him, Wednesday, March 14, I stayed up for 5SW, transmission beginning at 12 p.m. (our time), after Big Ben chiming the half-hour, the an- mouncement being piven, "London calling." The first item was a violin solo, followed by a tenor solo. The programme continued on with selections given by a dance orchestra. The name of the conductor was given, but I did not catch it. The first two items were fox trots ("Dancing All Night" and "Sweeping Cobwebs Round the Room’’), then Big Ben chimed and 1 o’clock étrack. Just to test the strength of their transmission I plugged into detec. . tor alone with ’phones, and heard a vocal duet given by a lady and gentleman. One part of this item the gentleman whistled -while his partner. was singing. With just the one valve every word could be heard distinctly, Perhaps if you had said England would be heard on one valye four years ag6 one would probably have laughed at it. I listened to their programme till | o’clock, when they signed off, The German station RSR 1s now opetating on 64 metres, and sometimes round about 42 metres he begins his test with "Achtung, achtung" (Hullo, hullo), Radio SW Station, RSR Karlsoue, Germany. RSR is given in distinct English, He is usually to be found operating on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdav mornings, between 5.30 ard 6.30 o’clock; strength and modulation is quite good, about the same strength as RI4M, when he was on 60 metres. Saturday, March 10, he was playing selections from the opera "Madam Butterfly." On Marek 10 and 11 the following stations ivere heard:-RSR, Germany; KDKA, ‘Pittsburg; ‘Au Japanese’; RIM, Russia; 4WN, Palmerston 3; 2QAL, --; 2BL, Sv inev, 33.55 metres, giving the description of the boxing match at the Sydnev Stadium; 5LM, Adelaide ; 7CW, Hobart; QM, Flobart), and a new one to me, 2YG, Sydney, 82 metres. P.S,-Could any SW listener give me any information about a SW station with its call sign JB, Johannesburg, B.A., operating on 20.95 metres. 1 would be very pleased to hear fron: anyone logging this station. "Record" Adaptoy Does Good Work. S. McLeod, (Mosgiel) : Perhaps it may be of sume interest to you to know how I am receiving the English station 5SW, on my S.W. receiver. I have had the set a week, and have logged quite n few foreign stations. At 6.80 a.m. on Saturday, the 10th instant, I tuned in 5SW. Big Ben was then striking the hour of 7 p.m., after which the fnouncer said "London calling.’ This was followed by a lecturette on Nurse Cavell, which fasted for about 20 minutes.. A pianoforte duet was next, then two songs sung in French. Next was another. lecture on metals given by a professor in Shejfield. He was still fog strong at 8.30 a.m., when I had to close down. I might mention that all this was received on the loudspeaker, end quite audible in any part of the flouse. I have also received PCJJ, 2NM, RIN, 2FC, 8L0,, and 8AR all on the tondspeaker. ; This morning (Monday, March 12) at 6.45 a.m., J received a foreign station on about 80 metres, calling Allo, Alla,’ Wassaw-Wassaw-Wassaw-each time with a different word after Wassaw. Conld vou tell me who this might be I have also received quite a few, speaking foreion langnages, but have not been able to get their callsign. The recciver is the ‘Record S.W. adaptor," amplified by two valves in. mv 4-valve Browning-Drake receiver, the. three valves being 291A’s. I get hest results by using the broadcast aerial as aerial, and the S.W. aerial as the earth. Could vou tell me if there are anv S.W. stations in Africa, as I would like to. get the "All Black’ football matches in the winter, (See Mr. Morrison’s fetter.) Could you tell me what mornings 5SW is on the air, as fie has not been on since Saturday. (See Mr. Sellen’s letter.)