The Week's Shortwave

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 5, 16 August 1929, Page 32

The Week's Shortwave

Correspondent’s Log HADING of Mr. Sellens’s misfor-_ ‘tune, H.E., Christchurch, sends his log for the week. Saturday, August 3. T 11.80 am, PCJ was R7; clear . and fairly steady. W2XAD from — 1.80 to 3.80'p.m. were excellent at R9. During the last hour dance music was. relayed from Reilly’s Lake House, Lake Lonely, Saratoga Springs, New ‘York..At 4 pm, POJ was R89. Clear and steady. 3ZC, the local short-wave station was excellent at R9: A very fine programme was given till 5. p.m. WS8XK at 3.30 p.m. was R8, neither clear nor steady.. At 2.30 p.m sg.a stranger (foreign) was heard ‘r duplex telephony at R8 on 20.5 metres. The other station could not be located. The stranger was, I think, VPD. Suva, talking in his native tongue. At 6.15 pm, VK2ME was excellent at R9, reading for GBH, Rugby, ° England. ZL4BC,. Dunedin, was RO at 6.15 p.m., but speech was rough: At 6.40 p.m., ZL3CR,.of this city, was , working ZL3BC, Scargill, North Canterbury.. ZL3O0R was excellent at R9. This *ham has. a transmitter to be proad of. He uses roughly 7 ‘watts. ZL8BC responded at R9.on key. At ~ 6.50 p.m., ZL2BH, Hastings, was excellent at R9, working ZL2AB, Otaki (R9 on key)... At 10.30 p.m, ZL3CR was working ZL2AX. Both excellent. at R9. At 11.40 p.m., RFM was heard. once again after a few weeks’, absence: : Excellent at R9. All talk. . At night ZL2BE was very good at RX... , . Sunday, August 4. T 11 am. ZL3BB, Christchurch, was playing records at R9. W2xXAD from 1.15 p.m.-3.30 p.m. was very good: at R9, relaying dance music for the last hour from the. Hotel:'Ten Hyck in. Albany, N.Y. W2XAF, relaying the same programme, was also R9, but: the: former was much the clearer. . (Concluded on page 31.)

_ . (Continued from page 32.) At 5.15 p.m., ZL4BC was very rough Jat BS At 430 pm, WSXAL was R5-6. "RIM, at 9.45 pm., was not modulating at R9. At 10 p.m.; ZL2ZBE _ was testing with records. Very enjoyable at R9, Keep it up, O.M. At 10:25 p.m.; ZL2ZAK was RY, but speech was muffled. Monday, August 4, At 10 am. W2XAD was R5-6. V. ~ Clear, At 125 p.m. they were R9, describing arrival of Graf Zeppelin. At this time they were the best that I have ever heard an overseas short-wave station, RO. and erystal clear. Boisterous speaker strength, and 100 per cent. readable. W2XAF was R8, but very "bub bly," and W8XK was R8. These were also relaying the landing, At 2,10 p.m, tg foreigner on 20.5 metres (VPD?) was R8&. Duplex telephony was being earried out with another foreigner a few degrees above (about 21.2 metres). The latter was R6, At 10.30 p.m, REM opened after their regular halfhour interval at R9. DHxcellent, but QRM (static) was bad. They open with what sounds like sleigh-bells. Tuesuav. August 6. At 10.20 a.m., G5SW was very poor at R7.. WAXAD signed off at 3,80 pm at RO Y clear. REM at 11 ‘p.m. was excellent at R9. Music was actually heard for a change. Wednesday, August 7. ‘At 5 p.m. W6XN was R9. V. clear, but surging badly. This station has also deteriorated lately.. Anybody ho is interested in the | "movies" ‘should tune in W6XN on 23,85 metres at’ 2.80 pm. on Wednesdays. The R.K.O, (Radio Keith Orpheum) hour commences then. This is the new title of F.B,0, pictures. On this hour I have heard Oharles Ohaplin sing "Old Man Sunshine" and "The Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now.". He has a very quiet voice. Irene Rich, famous film star, one afternoon (Wednesday) gave her impressions of the "tallies." Several others have also been heard. So movie fans are well advised to construct or purchase a shortwave . receiver, At 6.10 pf.m., VK2ME was weaker than usual and very unsteady. R&. ZL2ZAX was heard at 10,25 p.m., chatting to another "ham. 8-9. V. unsteady, and modulating poorly. At 10.50 p.m., WSXAL was R6. Clear and readable.