Interesting Correspondence

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 31, 14 February 1930, Page 31

Interesting Correspondence

Mr. Rodgers, of Newtown, -writes :-» The following are copies of letters ree ceived from 7LO, Nairobi, and VOR2, Austria ; "We beg to acknowledge re ceipt of your letter dated October 28 last, containing a report on reception of our short-wave station 7LO, for which we thank you. We transmit on a wayelength of 31.1 metres with a power of approximately half a kilowatt, and our times of transmission are from 1600 to 1900 G.M.T. daily, including Sundays.-~ Yours faithfully, M. Wenn (from Shannon, Manawatu). Kia Ora, How’s Day’s Bay?" The manager apparently is a New Zeae lander and knows Wellington. The Austrian station VOR2 transmits on the following days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, using a carrier power of 20 watts only. The experimental tests from VOR2 are care ried out on 49.4 and 24.7 metres, Letters from D.H.C. and Radio Konigwusterhausen have been received, but un« fortunately are written in German. I have also received one from F8GO, Radio L.L., Paris, but cannot gain any information regarding the station, as the lete ter is typed in French. [Send them along and we shall do our best.-Eid.]

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