Stations Heard During Week Ending April 19

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 41, 24 April 1930, Page 31

Stations Heard During Week Ending April 19

RA97 Siberia, 70 metres: Hach evening... OXF Chicago, 49.83: Sunday and Friday. W3XAL New Jersey, 49.18: Sunday, Friday, and Saturday. * W2XD New York, 49.02: Sunday and Friday. W2XAF Schenectady, 31.4: Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. PCI Holland, 31.4: Friday and Saturday. Zeesen, Germany, 31.88: Hach morning. VK2MB Sydney, 28.5: Daily. GBX England, 27.5; Daily. KZRM Manila, 26.8:. Every evening except Monday. CJRX, Winnipeg, 25.6 metres: Sunday. 5SW, England, 25.53: Each day except Sunday and Saturday. KDKA, Pittsburgh, 25.4 and 48.86: Sunday.: ©

W6XN, California, 23.35: Friday. W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.5; Sunday and Saturday. Unidentified Stations. 46 metres (about): Thursday. a 44.4 metres (about); Sunday and Friay. 42 metres (about): Saturday. 41.6 metres (about): Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. 82.8 metres (about) : Wednesday. at metres (about) : and Tués"30.9 metres (about): Saturday. 80.7 metres (about) : Wednesday and Thursday. 80.1 metres (about): Friday. . 24.7 metres (about): Sunday.

closed after playing our National Anthem, the last two hours being a special New Zeoland-Ausiralian programme. nf ception was, very poor, being gushy, wi crackling static. -W2XAF was also very poor, being only R4 at its best. W2XAD was R4 at 1 p.m., but had gone when tried for just after 2 p.m. On 30.7 (about) music was just audible, strength improved, but speech was not readable. The station closed a little before 3 p.m, ° W8XAL were R8 at 4 p.m., increasing to -R8 by 4.80 p.m., when they closed. KZRM at 8.10 p.m. were R4 with records. At 10.45 p.m. strength was R7 with strong gush. RA97 were RO with very bad static at 10 pm. At 11.80 p.m. they were still R9 with statie almost absent. On their first harmonic they were received at R7. Was. It the Vatican? LAST week on Wednesday evening, 2-4-30, I heard a new ‘station testing; I believe it to be the new Vatican station at Rome. At approximately 7.30 p.m. I tuned in on about 25 metres, when a gramophone record was being played. Signal strength was R8-9, very clear and steady. At the conclusion the announcer said, "Allo, Allo, Rome testing; Hullo, Hullo, VRO, Rome, testing." He repeated this several times, but I would not be sure of the call-it might be 3RO. Later frequency tests weré carried out. This

station is undoubtedly the same one as ‘Mr. Sellens queries. Last week many Australian amateurs have been heard testing on ’phone on 40 metres, and:are received here at surprising strength. One Australian "ham" received was VK2RF, Sydney, and a card was received from him yesterday stating that he uses only 83 watts input, and seems to -be obtaining excellent results, as his signals were received here perfectly at R9 on the speaker. Many others have been heard at R9, as loud as many of our New Zealand "hams." In a letter received from Siam recently they state they are operating the following stations :-HS2PJ, on 29.5 metres using 500 watts; HSIPJ, on 800 metres using 300 watts. Both these stations operate from 1300 to 1600 G.M.'T,, and perhaps some D.X. listen@rs may be able to pick up the latter station. Mr. Rogers includes a letter from the French short-wave station FW4 which contains some interesting information, In an enclosure the call signs and wavelengths of several other stations operated by presumably the same concern are given. For three stations the same wavelength is given for two calls differing. by the last-letter, In each case one is "O" and the other "BH." In a footnote it is explained that directional antennae are used and the energy directed to the east is denoted by the letter "EY" and that to the west the letter "O." The letter: reads: "We are in receipt of your letter of December 29 and thank you for its contents. Our station FWH does not. always transmit telephony on 24.5 metres. We use FTM on 15.5 to 15.8 metres at 18.30 GMT with Buenos Aires. You will find enclosed a list of our stations and their wavelengths. With regards, I.. Nounir, Director of External Affairs." The enclosure. reads :- Wavelength and call signs of transmit‘ters at. St.-Assise, . FTD, 15.12. FRO and FRB, 15.45 (2). FTM, 15.50 (1). FTD and FTE, 16.44 (2), yaN, 24.46. JO, and FQH, 24.67 (2). ao FTF, 38.61. (1) Telephony Paris-Buenos Aires. _ (2) hen one station has two call Signs for the one wavelength, for example (FRO and FRE) it means ‘that the directional aerial is able to project energy either eastward (FRE) or westward (FRO). ["E" for V’Hst-east, "O" for louost -west.- Hd. ]