Sydney's Difficulty.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 13, 12 October 1928, Page 32

Sydney's Difficulty.

A New Arrangement. N Sydney it has long been recognised » that there are too many broadcast stations, and it is almost impossible to obtain inter-State reception in that city . when 2BL and 2FC are on the air. It is now announced that to facilitate in-ter-State reception®by Sydney listeners, an interesting step is being taken by

the A class broadcasting stations m New South Wales. The services from 2BL and 2FC are now co-ordinated. and the directors of the stations have ar‘anged for one station to cease transmitting early on one night. and the other to cease early on the followiug night, to minimise local interference and facilitate the reception of distant signals. At present both stations fransmit until after 11 o'clock, and the’ interference they cause covers nearly the whole of the broadcasting wave band for inselective sets. In future one station will cease transmitting at halfpast 10 o’clock every night. This will mean that on one night after that time the upper portion of the broadcasting wave band will be free from .interference, while the following night the lower part of the band will be clear. It is hoped that by this arrangement many listeners with one valve, two valve, and even crystal sets, who have not yet been able to pick up stations outside Sydney, will receive 83LO, 3AR, 5CL, and 4QG. S LY .