THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 23, 20 December 1929, Page 11

THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

2 I dentification Wanted ON Friday, December 6, on about 242 metres (1240 k.c.), I heard two ships, one on morse and the other on speech. . As I do not understand miorse all I could get was some of the speech, which was as follows:-"‘Hullo, who are you? We.are about 300 to 350 miles from you -- sixty foot log in the middle of the ship ---. Thanks for getting me through. I will tell him when he comes down --." The name Doris was mentioned. He then closed down like this:-‘I won’t come back again. Good-night." Then the eall letters, either 83JNL or CJNL. Could any listener enlighten me as to

their identity ?-

M.B.

S.

(Palmerston

North).

Stations Identified ~ N a recent. issue I notice there is some discussion as to the identification of a station broadcasting on Armistice Day service on the evening of Sunday, November 10. I think the station the "Grid" is looking for would be 2ZF Palmerston, which is operating on 285 metres (1050 k.c.). ‘I picked up this station on the night in question at about 8.30 and found they were broadcasting the records of the 1928 memorial service in the Royal Albert Hall, London. No doubt this was the station that "Grid" and "Grebe"

have heard _Dnest

H.

Carman

Feild-

ing)

DX Topics ON looking over the D.X. Club notes for November we noticed that someone was inquiring as to the identity of a station 2ZU Marton, which he heard on November 6 at approximately 10.80 p.m. We understand that there is no broadeasting station at Marton

and should imagine that the station heard was our own broadcasting. station, 2ZQ Masterton, as we were transmitting at that time. Over the summer months we are transmitting one night only per week, viz., Wednesday, the hours being eig ght to ‘ten p.m. The power is seven watts only. Although we are using this low power only we have had exceptionally. fzood reports from all over New Zea-

land, from Bluff to Kaitaia-

N. R.

Cunningham

Ltd. (Masterton).

I WISH to draw D.X. listeners’ attention to the fact that the Southern Californian stations have changed their frequencies as from November 15, 1929., I expect some listeners have already heard some on their new frequencies. Station KGO is now increasing its power to 50,000 watts. Reception of American stations has fallen off lately. I noticed KGO transmitting on WLW’s frequency on December 5 at 8.45 p.m. Has-anv other listener noticed this?-

S.

Ellis

(Okato).

I NOTICE Mr. Sellens in last week’s short-wave notes queries the identity of the London and New York ’phone stations. On December 11, and December 12, 1929, I heard these stations testing until about 8 p.m. New Zealand time, when the three were coming in at R9. While listening to the New York station on 49 metres, I heard the calls GBS and GBU mentioned, and I think the 30-metre station is GBS, and the 48-metre GBU. I did not hear the call of the New York station on 49 metres. I wonder if any other listener could oblige me with the call? J. V. MeMinn (Wellington) reports hearing 3UZ, Melbourne, on 65 metres. I first logged this station on November 23, 1929, on about 69 metres, just above PMY, Java. At the conclusion of a test between VPP, Suva, and 2MH, Sydney, on December 8, I heard Suva sign off as VP1A. It appears that different calls are used for the different transmitters which they are testing.-

A. D.

Rogers

(Wellington).