AT 4YA.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 14, 19 October 1928, Page 31

AT 4YA.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23-Long, long, ago, in the days of the earliest Britons, what did boys and girls do for fun? Did you know that they played knucklebones and hop-seotch ? And did you know that they had pegtops with whips, and played marbles? If you didn’t know these things, what about coming back a thousand years in the "Time Scooter" and seeing for yourself? There will be a group of children to play and sing on the way. And, of course, the letters and the Radio Postie. FRIDAY-A concert party from the Salvation Army Home will be on the air to-night from 4YA. Aunt Sheila will te" one of the little stories that mothers told their bairns a thousand years ago. And the family will go a trip on the "Time Scooter" as far as the Panama Canal. Nothing to see there, says somebody. Isn’t there, you just come and see. The Radio Postie will deliver his presents as usual, even though we shall all be ed a long way from New Zeaand.

(Continued from page 82.) 70 metres, and R4 on its first harmonic. Reception very good. 3ZC, the new shortwave station of Christchurch, was heard testing on 50 metres. Volume was good enough, but plenty of room for improvement in other directions. This, of course, will be soon improved. Friday, October 12. 5 am. till 7.30 am-PCJJ. R&9 till after 6.30, when volume decreased to R5 at 7.80 a.m. Reception excellent. Slight static: very steady. 5.15 a.m. till 6.30, TLO, Nairobi. Report earlier in notes, 2XAD testing with 5SW. R8-9 very clear and steady. Could only hear the American speaking from this end. 5SW, RS.-From this station both sides of the conversation could be heard. The Englishman 100 per cent., while his friend was only readable in parts-about 25 per cent. The speakers were: American, Mr. Lynn; Englishman, Mr. Wilson. In closing the test at 543 2XAD said: This is W2XAD signing off with HGSSW, Chelmsford, ete. 5SW = announced they were closing down till 7 p.m. .4MT. The next test was arranged for next Monday (Tuesday morning here). On about 16 metres a lady was heard talking, too faint-R2-8-to understand what was said. Probably ANH, Java. 2XAD was heard again with a musical programme, and was still going when I left them at 7.25 a.m.-R5. 5S.W.-Big Ben was missed on account of listening to TLO, Nairobi, signing off. A talk was on when tuned in. At 7.30 a.m. some Irish songs were heard, including "Father O’Flynn" and "Off to Philadelphia." Irish jigs on a violin followed.-R8. 3ZC was again heard testing, but still far from perfect. REM was spoilt by static, which was bad on all wavelengths during the evening. °2HC, New South Wales, 80 metre,

band, and 2-, Goulburn, on the 30metre band, were testing. Good strength, but static bad. Heard in Masterton. J. D. O'Loughlin (Masterton) writes: "On October 10, I picked up a new station on about 38 metres. At 515 am. a lady was announcing: "Hello, Western Australia. Hello, Melbourne stations. Hello!" Later, a2 man announced, but did not give the call. He then spoke in Dutch. At 7 a.m. they grew weaker and unsteady. Although he called "Hello! Hello!" no call was heard. Records were put on at 7.15, but grew weaker. It was probably a station in the Dutch East Indies-perhaps 8BB. On October 12 I heard a station on 33.5 metres at 6.25 a.m. A record was played, and he closed down after saying a few words in English with a foreign accent. P.S.-The Canadian station was heard at 5.23 p.m., not in the morning. [The Dutch station heard was probably PCLL, Holland (see Mr. Sellens’ Notes.) ]