G5SW, on Two Valves

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 40, 19 April 1929, Page 32

G5SW, on Two Valves

N C. GILCHRIST (Oamaru) writes: e -Kollowing are my results on a two-valve factory made short-wave receiver :-Thursday morning, April 11: At 6.30 a.m., New Zealand time, I heard "Big Ben" striking the hour, G. 55W. A lecture on disarmament followed, then announcement G.5SW will be an autenna for the next 20 minutes; 7 a.m. New Zealand time. A lecture on fishing was then delivered: "The sky was a dirty grey. After landing the fish I began to walk up-stream full of swirl eddies and cross-currents. Drop the fly ‘on their nose’ as we say, put it right into their mouths. All this constant casting is very trying. After several bad shots I got the fly in front of him. He made a bolt right up into the pool. It was no use lamenting. I laid the fly down too flat. We fought out a desperate battle, and I: got a lovely trout weighing 7lb. 30z. The fly will keep knocking against the grass and floating back. He rushed across the river in a succession of jumps. I looked at my watch; it was 6 o’clock, and I got six fish. That ended a day of hard work with great success, and what more could one want." G.5SW then transmitted for 15 min. utes on antenna C at 7.15 a.m. New Zealand time. Thursday, April 11. FROM 5SW: Piano solos, two pieces by Schumann, and the 'Twentysecond Cantata (Bach), G.5SW_ then changed to antenna B. I received 5SW at 11 a.m. New Zealand time; also at me p.m. Two fox-trots were being reayed. 5DSW announced at 12.30 p.m: "Columbia record 9664"; at 1.15 p.m.: "This is G.SBSW at Chelmsford, England, 25.53 metres. We would like replies from listeners on the different antennas, A and B." Gramophone record followed, H.M.V. 1649, the first side, "Kathleen Mavourneen," the other "Good-Bye" (Tosti). ’Cello by Squire, No. 2186, Columbia record.