I Would Like to Know

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 10, 21 September 1928, Page 3

I Would Like to Know—

] would very much like to hear 2YA’s explanation, or excuses rather, as to why they missed badly 2BL’s description of the departure of the "Southern Cross" from Richmond Aerodrome. JI was fortunate in hearing 2YA’s announcement during the children’s session that the "Southern Cross" would leave Sydney about 7 p.m. Immediately tuning in 2BL with a 4valve, I heard the whole of the preparation for departure, and the takeoff at 5.80 p.m., Sydney time, and believe mé if was wonderful. When 2BL returned to studio some ten minutes after the departure, I tuned 2YA, who gnnounced that they would pick up OTK to rebroadcast the description of the departure of the "Southern Cross." After about ten minutes of howling and squealing, they eventually managed to «: ipture a gre umophone record. Later on in the evening, I tuned in 8YA, to find them rebroudcasting

2BL's resume of the description of the departure. After this concluded, I was curious to know if 2YA had caught on, but, strange to say, they missed again, as the announcer asked listeners to stand by while they rebroadcast 2BI's resume. Now, I am rather curious to know why the super-power station, with its expensive equipment, cannot pick up and rebroadeast that which an amateur can receive at good volume on speaker with 'a common 4-valver.-L. Rapley, Puponga, Nelson. fIt is a common mistake to assume that conditions at one spot are’ the same as obtain elsewhere. Puponga is 70 or 80 miles from Wellington, and Mr. Rapley is fortunate that his conditions that night were so good when in Wellington the general experience all round is that they were horrible. There is probably no better man in New Zealand at handling a receiver than the gentleman upon whom 2YA was relying that night. We think listeners in general would think it better form for Mr. Rapley to congratulate

himself on his own results and conditions, than to question the capacity of others.-E.d. ]