WHAT'S THE ANSWER.

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 43, 11 May 1928, Page 4

WHAT'S THE ANSWER.

PUZZLE FOR LISTENERS HAIP-A-GUINEA PRIZE. A correspondent in Havelock North. Hawke's. Bay, .this week propounds a query which might well be put up to listeners for answer, with the bait of half-a-guinea prize attached. He writes :--~ Stations 2YA and 1YA fade very badly here at night; the afternoon sessions are perfect. Can you explain the following? On Sunday, April 22, I tuned-in band programme from 2YA, and fading and mushiness was so bad, I gave it up and tuned-in 8¥A, who were re-broadcasting 2¥A. From that station the programme came in perfectly, with no sign of fading. I repeated the process continually, with the saine result. What's the auswer? {We could. offer an answer, but it will be more interesting, we think, if we offer a prize of 10s, 6d. for the best answer or explanation to the question put, which, for exactness, we will State thus :-- What factors influence the following phenomena: ."Perfect reception from 3YA of .a re-broad-.. cast by 2YA, when direct recep-.. ..tion of 2YA is affected by fading.. ..and mushines;,’" Discussion of this problem will, we think, be of interest. Competition closes May 25, and winning paper will be published in issue of June 1. The right is reserved to make extracts | from papers of others than the winner. Our decision final. Address entries: Iiditor, "Radio Reeord," P.O. Box 1032, Wellington. ]