Stations Heard During Week Ended May 10.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 44, 16 May 1930, Page 31

Stations Heard During Week Ended May 10.

RA97, Siberia, 70 metres: Each evening. W9XF, Chicago, 49.88 metres: Saturday. . WS3XAL, New Jersey, 49.18 metres: Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday. W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.4 metres: Sunday and Saturday. ZEESEN, Germany, 31.88 metres: Each morning except Thursday. ° PCJ, Holland, 31.28 metres: Friday and Saturday. NRH, Costa Rica, 30.5 metres: Saturday. VK2ME, Sydney, 28.5 metres: Twice daily. GBX, England, 27.5 metres: Twice daily. KIXR, Manila, 26.8 metres: Each evening except Monday. CJRX, Winnipeg, 25.6 metres: Sunday and Saturday. G5SW, England, 25.53 metres: Each morning except Monday. WSXK, Pittsburgh, 25,4.metres: Sunday. WE6XN, California, 23.385 metres: Sunday and Friday. W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.56 metres: Sunday. PHI, Holland, 16.88 metres: Thursday. PPETTTITITTTTTITTLTTTT TTT LTPETTTITTTTTTITTLTTTTTTITETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTLTTTTTTTTTTTTITTTTTTTTTi ttt Tie i ity

at 7.45 pm., duplex with GBX, who were very weak. .RA97 were quite good at 10.80 p.m., being R9 and fairly clear of static. They were audible at R4 on their first harmonic. KIXR were very mushy at 10.80 p.m.; R4. — ,; Saturday, May. 10, ‘ABOUT R8, PCJ was, till, just before ‘*% 7.30 a.m., when an ‘increase to R9 was noticed. Speech and music ‘was mushy, except toward the finish at 7.30 pm. 2ME was not audible at 6 a.m., but was up to R9 by 7.30 a.m. GBX were R4 at 6 am., increasing to R9, SSW again was very poor. Mush and rapid fade was bad. R2 at 6.30 a.m., increasing to R7 by 7.30 am. Zeesen quite good at R9; mush noticeable, but not nearly so, bad on this station. PCJ increased slowly from R5 at 2 p.m. to R9 by 5.15 p.m. During the special Australasian programme a long list of names were read out. of all listeners sending reports to PCJ during the past few months. Some-idea of the number can be estimated when it took about half an hour to read them all-names and addresses. This station is either heard considerably better here in New Zealand than in Australia, or else the transmissions are better appreciated, as the reports from this country. were far greater in number. W2XAF were .at 2 p.m., increasing to ‘R9 by 3.30 p.m. Dance music from the Hotel St. Regis was heard till 3.30 p.m., after which the programme ‘was continued from Albany till about’ 4 p.m. CIRX was tuned in just as they were * signing off at 2.82. p.m. They were very rough at. Rd. They signed off till tomorrow afternoon; the time was given, but not clear enough to hear. ‘NRH were just audible at 2.30 p.m.,. but could not hear them a little later on. W3XAL was first heard at 3 p.m., when they were R1. Strength increased to R8& by 4 p.m. Reports on-their transmission was asked for before closing down. WO9XF is back again at its old time volume and clarity.. "The voice of service" was tuned in at 3.45 p.m. at R8-9; they soon reached full loudspeaker volume, reception being excellent. ~ ‘ A’ weak station was just audible — between W3XAL and W9XF, too weak to understand talk, GBX and 2ME were both R8, with slight static, at 5 p.m. KIXR was heard for a while before 8.30 p.m., on about 25.5 . metres. I thought it was a strange station, but the call "Radio, Manila" was given at 8.30 .m., when "closing down till 6 p.m." hen they opened again one hour later, they were on their regular wavelength of about 26.3 metres. RA97 at 10.30 p.m. was R9 with music and talks,