3LO SHORT-WAVE

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 2

3LO SHORT-WAVE

RECEPTION IN BRITAIN, ALL doubis as to the probable outcome of the short-wave experiments which have been carried out by 3L0, Melbourne, during the last three months, were set at rest when the last English mail was opened in the 3L0O studio. More than 150 letters were received from England and Scotland, in addition to a few from the Irish Free State and some from Belfast and Londonderry in North Ireland. In many cases searecely any preparations had been made for the attempt to listen to the Antipodes, but the results obtained were little short of remarkable. One listener in Bath was able to name all of the items on the programme with one exception, and the set he was using was a two-valve receiver made by himself, What made

the reception the more remarkable was the fact that Bath is surrounded by a fringe of hills which make the reeeption of the London and other IEnglish stations generally very difficult. Many of the letters referred to the fact that the enthusiastie British amateur, Mr. Marcuse, was broadcasting at the same time as 38LO, and as he was using a wave length of 32.5 metyes, and 38LO was working on 32 metres, many listeners found it extremely difficult to cut him out. Mz. Marcuse was using a power of 1000 watts. Morse signals from the Continent and from the Welsh side of Bath also caused some interference, Howeyer, despite snch interferences, every letter was full of enthusiasm, and 3LO is gradually gaining an army of listenors, not only in Britain, but in many vther coun-t tries throughout the world,