NOTES AND COMMENTS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 49, 22 June 1928, Page 7

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By

Switch

XY the way, those Wellington listen. ers who cannot get 4YA, Dunedin, owing to interference from 2YA, Wellington, should try to get the Dunedin station on its second harmonic (about 231 metres), I know of three or four local listeners who can pick up 4YA on 231 metres free from the interference [ you buy a portable receiving set, do not be disappointed and blame the set if it will not function efficiently in a city building. I know of two instances in which © was impossible to receive 2YA, Wellington, inside a steel reinforced building only a mile from the station. When the sets were moved As a window facing 2YA reception was K due to proximity to 2Y.A. ‘GIVE Us More" (Petone) writes: "The recent short-waye rebroadcast of 2'C, Sydney, by 2YA, Wellington, Was in my opinion a great success, The land-line between Brisbane and Sydney was obviously faulty, or 2FC would not have gone to the trouble of explaining what was happening in Brisbane, nor would he haye remarked, ‘In cae you have not been able to hear the Brisbane relay,’ etc, When 2YA was rebroadcasting 2FC reception was perfect in VPetone. I think the 2YA men should give us some more when opportunity offers.’ And so say all of us. It is these "stunts" that stimulate interest in broadcasting. A COMPLAINT regarding distortion of 2YA, Wellington, was investigated last week by "Switch." The distortion was there right enough, and the correct "C" battery bias, detector voltage, etc, etc, was in operation, Here was a puzzle which, however, solved itself, when the next door neighbour was found to be using a violet ray outfit every night in the week. He kindly consented to close down during broadcasting hours, and the distortion of 2YA disappeared, PSEWARE of so-called "static eliminators." So far, all devices of this nature which I have tested have reduced static at the expense of signal strength in about the rame ratio. What is wanted is an invention which will reduce static more than it will reduce signal strength. The Radio Corporation of America is offering a mint of money for an inyention of this nature which can be marketed at a cost suf ficiently low as to be available to the average broadcast listener.