Our Short Wave Corner

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 48, 15 June 1928, Page 16

Our Short Wave Corner

kh. FF. W. Sellens (Northlands) writes :- Information has been received during the week,.from PCJJ that they ave again increasing their hours of transmission. The amended times are as follows, all New Zealand mean time :- | Wednesday+-3.30 a.m. to 7.30 4.m.; 20.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. } ¥riday-3.80 am. to 7.30 a.m, Saturday-38.30 p,m. to 6.30 p.m. Sunday-1.80 a.m. to 4.80 a.m. The Saturday afternoons transmission is special for New Zealanll and ‘Australian listeners. The wave-length yemains at 31,4 metres. HAD a letter since last writing from Mr. Gerald Marceuse, of -2NM, Catenham, Surrey. He states that his regular times of transmission are now (New Zealand mean time): Sunday, from 5.80 p.m.; Monday, from 4.30 am.; Thursday, 10.30 am, till 12.30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10.30 a.m. *#f, 39.30 p.m. He does not state his wave-length, br* T suppose it is the Shauye as bexty.3, Le O25 metres. avukany® stcio 5, 5bSwW was very weak at 6:30 a.m, but rapidly improved, and was fair *yhone strength at 7.25 a.m., when I closed down. PCIT was first tuned in at 1.15 p.m., and was held till they signed off. 2XAF signed off at 2.30 p.m., but was not received very well. 2GA, Wellington, was working 3AT, Christchurch. 2M, on 28.5 metres, was testine from 6.30 p.m. till 7.30

p.m, and was very good strength, but went off the air several times for a moment or two. RFM was on the air during the evening. Sunday, June 3. 2B0 and 2BU, both of Wellington, were testing in the mornang, and 2BE, Hastings and 2BA, Wellington in the afternoon. 2X Al, on 31.4 metres, were relaying dance music and vocal items from the Areadia Ballroom, Buffalo, New York, and closed down at 3.30 p.m. REM was the only station heard during the evening. Monday, June 4. 83LO was the best I have ever heard him on 32 metres, being good loudspeaker strength: from 6 a.m. till I closed down at 7.25 a.m. 2M were also testing, but signed off us soon as I tuned them in. 2XAD were first heard at 12 a.m., but were very weak then. Volume — increased till 2.5 p.m., when they signed off. The last half-hour was fair strength, but howling valves spoilt reception. Tuesday, June 6, An orchestra was .coming through faintly from SSW at 6.35 am, and was much better an hour later, Wednesday, June 6. LPCITI at 5.80 a.m. were good "phone, but short, jerky fading was bad. Vol- ume increased, but continued unsteady

all through. They signed off at 6,39 am., after singing the Dutch National Anthem. ‘ DSW were also very unsteady, so much so, that announcements were not intelligible: except for odd words. 2B0 and 2BU, Wellington were testing in the evening. Thursday, June 1%. 5SW was very fair ’phone at 6.20 a.m, when an orchestral item was heard quite well. An hour later -reception was good ‘phone strength. REM was strong in the evening, but static was very bad. Friday, June 8. PCJJ was tuned in at 5.45 a.m., and a number of organ selections were enjoyed. Volume, although weak at first, reached fair speaker strength at 7 am. At 6.30 am. "Drink to Me Only" was heard very well from 58W. At 7 a.m. a playlet was being transmitted, and, except for unsteadiness, was well received. REM was the only telephony station heard during the evening, but morse spoilt reception. Most of the evening was spent listening to KHAB (Southern Cross). Static and unsteadiness marred reception, but it proved very interesting.