THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 8, 6 September 1929, Page 9

THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

— Replies. NTDPRESTED (Westport): You heard a J apanese-probably J OAK, ' but see notes by "Switch.". 4 : ; ; kK." (Nelson): Probably KHJ ! (Los Angeles) and 2GB,° but | ' details of this latter ‘too vague for :re- } liable identification. R. T.S, (Lyttelton) ; There are several | stations broadcasting. the landing © ‘of the. Graf Zeppelin, so without ‘approximate frequency. or dial-reading we cannot help you. The Record Log. ISTENERS. will’ remember’ in- my notes to the "Record" I mentioned Miss Miller’s log, which to date, June ~ /16, 1929 was 508, and: another writer has’ placed it less. but my information Was gained through listening to shortwave station 2X AD, Schenectady, New York. on June 16, 1929. A message was read from Miss Jannie Miller, to Commander Byrd, the announcer stating that the number of stations heard by Miss Miller to date on her one-valve * receiver was 503. including two Australian. . Miss Miller has been an invalid for 21 yedrs. I hope in the near future for those interested in DX. re‘ception, ‘to have Miss Miller’s log to date for publication. -A. P,. Morrison. Was it 2GB? ITH the "Crystal and Valve" with 3-valve performances, and have logged 3YA, 2YA, 2C (nearly every night after 2YA closes down), 3AR. Last night I heard some station just below 8YA, 10.80 p.m. (N.Z. time). Orchestral, "In a Cloek Store." followed by two or three more orchestral pieces and a song. 11.0 p.m., tenor solo, "Ben Bolt." Followed by soprano solo, "Home Sweet Home," and a fox-trot, "Old Man Sunshine." Can anyone _ identify?-K. Dixon (Kelburn). DX Competition. FTER a bad spell of static, conditions seem to be improving. I have added several stations to my log lately. KOA, . Colorado, 880 kilocyecles (good ‘ speaker) ; WOC,. Iowa, 1000 kilocycles (good speaker) ; 4ZB, Dunedin; W1XG. Hartford, Connecticut, 1606 kilocycles (full speaker) ; KTHS, Arkansas, 1040 kilocycles (full speaker). I logged W1XG last night, 27th, testing out their new 50 k.w. -station. The announcer said that the high-frequency . current was finding its way into the shielded eontrol room, and causing poor modulation. The gramophone records werp quite good, but speech was rough. think. the. strength of this station is ‘enough to reach well over Australia. This station is about 50 miles north- east of New York. Could you- please tell me how far this is from here? With thé exception of 2ZQ, 2ZK, Zi2X8, and JOAK, all my receptions are American. I have now 22 from . U.S.A., and about ten more to come, My log now. totals 80 stations, on a home-made set, with ordinary triode walves, and all my American stations ‘have been logged this year.-KAU-SPANKA (Hawke’s Bay.) (Kauspanka has now.. the greatest log of verified stations. Mr. "Bllis is second with 60. W1XG is about 8000 miles distant,-Ed.) " An American to Identify. : HAYS any of the Americans changed their frequency? On Sunday night last we logged -a station which we plainly heard announced as KPO, San Tranciseo, three times, 380 métres, Tn

"Listeners? Guide". ‘it is given as 441, We also heatd Los Angeles last night on 368 metres, but did not get the call letters, although could: hear quite plainly what the announcer was saying. We heard a foreign station announcer saying what we thought sounded like they were testing and were sending out on 7 kilowatts, but his voice was husky, and could not get the ‘letters, of which there were four. We got him on, 513 ér‘ about 295 metres. He ‘played ‘Carolina Moon" about five minutes past seven. It is not 2KY, Sydney. Does a wave trap tend to lessen the str ength of aignals?-Pussied (Masterton). . [A wave trap very, slightly weakens the signals.. American stations change their frequency ‘quite frequently.ERa.J : Another American. AN any reader give me the call sign and location of a station I heard a few degrees above 3AR on Wednesday night, August 28, playing the record "Carolina Moon" at 9.30 p.m.? I was unable to.get the call sign on account of continual Morse transmission. I sueceeded in -bringing in 3UZ, Melbourne on 319. metres last Tuesday night on two valves at good ’phohe strength. Has any other listener noticed that just lately a Jap., whose call sign I do not know, has been’ putting a whine into 4QG, Brisbane’s transmission, and has any other DX listener been able to log 5CL, Adelaide, on two valves, wtih any strength? I am finding it hard to separate 5CL and 2YA, and am wondarine if anv other listener

has had 2 similar experience

N. D.

Campbell

(Auckiana ) _

~ Jap. Stations. Hl Americans are slowly gaining in power now, and with the advent of so many high-powered © sets, listeners. in good localities should be able to compile a good log this coming season. Generally speaking, reception from most New Zealand and Australian stations has been good the last few months, The main Australians have come through with -ample volume on most nights, and static has been very mild; in fact, we have had very little. Monday, the 26th, was a gala occasion in California (25th in Calif.). Quite a number of ‘stations were working overtime and stayed on the air to relay the landing of the Graf Zeppelin. At 7.30 p.m. (N.Z. time) I heard KHJ announce that the Graf had been sighted’ about 50 Miles away, and they were expecting her to arrive at any time. Being called away just then, I did not hear any more until 11.30 p.m., and to my surprise the station was still going strong. So also were KFWB and two others on .KSL and KMIC’s wave-lengths. 'They were all relaying from the hangar ground. The Hollywood station was "strongest with KHJ a good second. The

"ojiant"® hovered about until daybreak and was making fast at 12.45. a.m., when I closed down. I noticed in the "Record" in DX notes a query regarding Jap. stations. The answers given were totally wrong. This is my answer to the query: No.1, JOAK, 345 metres; No. 2, JOIK, 358 metres; No. ‘8, JOBK, 400 metres, JOHK, on 390 metres, is mostly. the loudest here, and last evening at 10.80 I heard a lovely female voice singing Schuberi’s "Serenade" and Gounod’s "Ave Maria," but not in English. The Jap. that "Switch" heard with 4QG some time ago was JOBK. 4QG has come down about 8 metres this last month, and is now on 392 metres, approx. I have noticed that quite a number of stations slip occasidnally, particularly some of the B class -have a tendency to roam. I hope DXérs, when mentioning the number of valves used will state if screen grid or not, and also circuit. My log is now 98, but not verified -W. BH. Davies (Picton). Higher Powered ‘Americans. Mr. Sellens. (Northland) writes:"THE Federal Radio Commission has granted an experimental license to the General Electric Company for its station, W2XAG, at Schenectady, New York, to use 200,000 watts from midnight to morning’ (after 3.30 p.m. New Zealand time). Experiments will be eatried out on five frequencies550. 660, 790, 1150, and 1500 kilocycle’s The corresponding wavelengths are 545. 455, 380, 260.9, and 200 metres." y

Graf Zeppelin. . At 6.45 p.m, on Monday, August 26, I picked up KH'T broadcasting organ music and reporting, the arrival of the Graf Zeppelin, I held it till 8 p.m., when 1YA, just above, started up. Aftér 10 p.m. I had it: again with description of arrival of Zeppelin. . It was still going after 11 pm., when I left it. . * | Can anyone identify the following station? At 9.55 p.m., August 26 (N.Z, time), an orchestral piece, "The Vagabond Lover." Later a man _ said, "We'll hear the ‘Blue Boy’ again." 10.16: Spoke of Graf Zeppelin giving places it had, passed. on its journey round world. And then somefhing about "returning to our Los Angeles studio." This was followed by studio items (vocal and orchestral), with reports of Zeppelin intermittently given. About 11 p.m. there was a long talk about Zepp. The time was then stated to be "something after 3 o’clock Pacific Coast time." I missed the call letters. but heard the words "National Broadcast Company." The station came in just above 3L0, so it must have been about 875 metres wavelength.-Inery (Te Awamutu). . Quick Work. DESIRE .to thank all those who answered my query as to whom the American station transmitting the description of the St. Louis Robin flight was. I have since verified that station as KMOX, St: Louis... " "We have only had our 7-valve electrie receiver for a month and a half, ‘ahd’ so far I. have heard and. verified 41 stations,’ all: on the loudspeaker. Seven of them are Americans, all of which I picked up since I ‘last wrote. Keep up.the DX notes... They are erent, and. I am sure everyone looks

forward, to’ reading them.

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