From Canada to Antarctica

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 48, 14 June 1929, Page 32

From Canada to Antarctica

Me: LESLIE JONES reports interesting reception of KDKA and Little America. Station CJRX, Winnipeg, Canada, broadcast on Saturday afternoon (New Zealand time) a special programme for the Antarctic party, This was_picked up by KDKA and rebroadcast by iis experimental shortwave station, W8XK. As is customary WFA (Little America)on 22 metres replied but the rep}v was not received in Wellington, vz: clearly. The Eleanor Bolling (WPAT) spoke to the Antarctic party, saying that daylight reception in Dunedin was excellent both from W8XK and WFA. Bvidently Byrd was not being received too clearly in America, for KDKA requested him to try 32 metres, This change apparently was for the better. KDKA reported reception from Winnipeg a little mushy and the latter later discontinued the broadeast for a few minutes. : The feat is another of the fine accomplishments of the two-way communication between Byrd and America. Situated 1025 miles from the rebroadcasting station W8XK, CJRX was picked up and rebroadcast one-third of the circumference of the earth with almost no losses in quality except latterly, when its transmission became mushy. At 5.1 New Zealand time KDKA clos ed down, the announcer bidding everyone’ "Good morning."