Great Reception

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 47, 8 June 1928, Page 16

Great Reception

138 STATIONS ON TWO VALVES GOOD WORK IN BROOKLYN SOUTH AFRICA HBARD, IM. A. P. MORRISON, Brooklyn, writes! This last week or two T lave read with interest lists of stations logged by different radio listeners throughout New Zealand, and think my little list might be of interest. Mr. Ellis asks who is. the five-valye DX champion of New Zealand. Some time ago lists and lists of stations logged were published in your paper of gadio fans with 5, 6,7, valve receivers and some good lists too; one list in particular from Shannon, My outfit is only three valves, and I get plenty of fun out of it without going up to 5 or 6 valves, and I might Bay the third valve is never used, unless the loudspeaker is handy, so take notice, fans, only two valves are used. Now to tell the tale (nothing but the truth), and no imagination attached to it, not wanting to be classed a Walter Rodman Pierce (the American DX @hawr.). Without boasting, I have eircied the globe with this receiver--Wew Zealand, Australia, Japan, Amer: fen, Canada, Manila, India, France. Gerinany, Russia, Java, Dngland, Ar- gentina, Holland, Belgium, South ‘Africa have all been heard. It is an old American type of cirenit, with one or two alterations I huve made myself. The earth used is 2 common gitrden one. Vocality counts nothing, for the receiver has been worked in the eity and different parts of Wellington. Biy list of stations to date is:- : New Zealand.-1YA, 2YA, 3YA, 4¥A, BZQ, 2YK, 2YB, 1ZB, 1ZQ, 2Z¥, 2YM. 4415, 42B, 240. ; Australia.-2FC, 2B, 30, SAR, 4QG, TAL, 50L, 3UZ, 8pB, GW, 2BE. 2G, 2KY, 20D, 2UE, TBN, 2UW, BALA, SDN, 3BY. : Japan.-JOCK, JOAR. JOBE. SIIB. * America -KIXF, KFAB. KIFI, Kao, KEFON, KGW, KIR, KOA, KPO. KSL, WAGH, WBBM, WIR. WEAF, WGY, WLS. . Canada -CFCr, . + Manila.- KZRM. + India.-7BY. Argentina.-RCBR. . Short Wave. England.-5SW, 2NM. . Wfolland.--PCJJ. 3elgium.-Radio Belgique, 4A.C, Germany.-AFIX, RSR. America.-2X AP, 2PXAD, KDEA, 2XAQL, 4XG, 2XG;, 3XL, 8SNAL, TXAE, WLW. ’ Java.-ANE., . Russia.-RIEM. Australia -3LO, GWE, OAC, IME, 2BI.. The list above totals 81, and inchiding 57 New Zealand and Australian amateurs I have received, makes my grand total 138 stations, using only two valves. .My best reception, I should say, on the broadcast band is logging WBBM, Chicago, WEAF, New York, WGY, Wew York, CFCF, Canada, TBY, Bombay. The Bombay station was logged o~

last January when I stayed up to hear an early morning test for the shortwave station SSW. The wonder station, KION, California, is heard quite distinctly by me, using detector alone. To test his strength through Wellington 2YA (I do not. use 2 wave trap) last Sunday night, I could distinctly hear the jazz items and announcements made. Two items announced were "One Summe?’s Night" and "Smiling." The only time I haye abba anything from South Africa rts on the s.w., when I heard a ‘arrier wave, when, and after writing for some _ time, heard it announced 2AM or 2M, South Afriea, and the station closed down. This last month I have stayed up late some nights, thinking the Johannesburg s.w. station JB might be logged. I have tried all his waye-lengths, but no results, so I suppose we will have tv wait for cable news for All Black results. It is only just lately I have troubled to send reports to some of these distance stations I have received to verify reports, and my reason for doing so is to convince people who doubt DX reception on so smail an outfit. But. still I have had witnesses at some of my American receptions on the B. band. I do not consider it is necessary to have a five or six valye receiver for DX. It just requires plenty of patience and care in operation, and not interfere with your neighbours’ reception.