THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 46, 30 May 1930, Page 11

THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Stations Identified O anyone who heard a station close on 2YB’s frequency, Saturday night (17th), on approx. 1250-1260 kilocycles (240 metres), from about 7.35 p.m. till 8.35 p.m., the following is given:-It was ZLIFT (80 metres and various), giving a test transmission on various waves, and operating from 64 Hepburn St., Auckland, on a power. of 14 watts. He announced several times, that he was on 150 metres, but as I worked it out at about 240 metres, I am inclined to think a mistake occurred somewhere. Various points about his transmitter were given. He was heard again from 11.5 p.m. till ‘11.80 p.m. This is probably the station heard ‘by "Priess,’" Souhbridge, on ‘March 26, as call very much -resembles 1ZC and i1ZP, though it was usually given with ZL.- Arthur BE. Allen (Avondale.) J your last issue ‘"Priess," Southbridge, asked for the address of 1ZC or 1ZP, Auckland. This station is’ 1ZB, La Gloria Gramophone Co., Auckland, 24 watts, 275 metres (1091 kilo.

cycles) .-

Atmospherics

(Oarterton: 1

Identification Wanted ITH the advent of a few evenings of comparative freedom of static, DX, work has been much easier, the result being I have been able to log a few more stations. These include WCCO, KMTR, WSB, KOIN, 2ZP, and KMO. 2ZP, which I logged May 14, was rather difficult to hold, on account of continued fading. 2ZR was heard again May 10, also 17%. Apart from the stations identified, I have a list of unidentified stations which were heard, strong enough to get a good list of items, but not the call signs. Identffieation of the following would be greatly appreciated. Kilocycles 560 (585 metres), May 14, at 7.30 p.m.; May 15, at 7.50 p.m.; May 16, at 7.30 p.m., on dance items, songs, etc., at fair speaker; announcements in American, too weak to decipher. Is it KFERQ, Montana? Kilocycles 900, about (333 metres), after 1YA closed down, Wednesday, 14, at 10.1 p.m. Kilocycles 1310-1320 (228 metres), May 14, from 8.40 p.m. to 10.40 p.m, On musical items, wave-length wandering nd bad fading, gave the National Anhem at 10.40 p.m., so I conclude it is a New Zealand station. Heard also May 17 at 8 p.m., very weak. Kilocycles 660 (454 metres), just below 4YA, Monday, 12th, 6.35 p.m. to 6.40 p.m., when disappeared. Musical items at R4. Also on 970 kilocycles (310 metres), a station was heard on Friday, May 16, from 3.85 p.m. till 6.45 p.m., when 2GB was heard close on it. On May 12 I heard the announcer at KFH, Los Angeles, say that it was that station’s 960th night on the air. They must be counting the days for a celebration on the 1000th night. Re 6WF beieng heard, since I mentioned it in "Radio Record" about Mareh 14, this station has come in regularly, except during neriods of interference —

Arthur E.

Allen

(Avondale. )

qs there such a station as KDMB, as that is what I took to be the call of an American station which I picked up at 645 to-night (16/5/80). Wave-

bh i dd iii ii a length was approx. 232 metres (1293 k.e.), and items, which were gramophone records, included "Sally of My Dreams," "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time." Also, has anyone solved the mystery yet of VJM, which is often on the air

lately calling VAM and Melbourne’ Radio? This station goes off the air very abruptly, only to reappear a few minutes later, and repeat the same message, which usually includes the inquiry of how he is being received. Often he is heard for at least half an hour, He is received here at excellent loud-

speaker strength.-

Fada

(Blenheim. )

[Our latest list does not disclose a station KDMF.-Hd.] SiN CE last writing I have identified one of the stations I inquired about in your issue of May 16. It is KOA, Denver, Colorado. In addition, I have added a few more stations to my log. On Sunday, 11/5/30, I picked up WIAA, Dallas, Texas, working on 800 k.cs. (874 metres) with a power of 50 k.w. I heard them for about an hour when they were broadcasting an R.K.O. programme. I sent them a report. Just before 7.30 p.m. the same night I heard K.T.M., Santa Monica, Los. Angeles. Both have been heard since, On about 395 metres (760 k.c.) I heard on Friday night at about 11 p.m. what I took to be a Jap. It was broadcasting a play as several voices could be heard speaking at times. What station would this be? It was somewhere near 5CL’s wave. This evening, between 7.25 and 7.40 o’clock, on about 500 metres (600 k.c.), I heard a station at good strength. Items played

were :-7.25: "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine." 7.28: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips." 7.31: Piano medley, which included "My Blue Heaven," "Ramona" and "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time." There were other pieces that I did not recognise, Is this 2ZR, Wanganui? "Sonora," in the issue of May 16, mentions KZRM and also that he re-. ceived it on the broadcast band. 1 would be pleased if he could mention at what time he received it as I would like to try to add it to my log. I have now received 47 stations on my fivevalve set. This includes 14 Americans and the unidentified Jap, also the sta-

tion on 500 metres.-

L. R.

Arnold

-(Tadmor).

(SAN any member of the D.X. Club inform me which American stativn broadcasts on 1070 k.ec. (280 metres) ? This evening (16/5/30) he signed off giving frequency ---- and address as "Corner of 101 St. St. --"’ One of the items heard was "Roll, Roll, Rolling Along." All I caught of call was, I think, WI --. Static drowned the rest. He gave time as 1.20 a.m. eastern S.T. Would this be WTIC, Hartford, Connecticut? I would like to get verification if I can locate station? I also logged KGM, Waikiki, and KGU, Honolulu, KFI, and KMOX this evening. KFOX can be depended on to be not less than R4 almost any evening, and to-night was easily R&8.-H. W. Anglesey (Tadmor).

DX Topics I LOGGED a new station on 1320 ke. (227 metres) at 6.15 p.m. with the call KGMB, Honolulu, Hawaii, at R8. JQAK on 710 k.c. (422 metres) on May 12 at 10.15 p.m. The call sounded like J2AK, and I presume it is a Chinese station, This might be the station heard by Mr. Allen. KFOX was heard at 10.15 p.m. and signed off at 10.80 p.m. with "Three O’Clock in the Morning," a waltz. Volume was greater than that from 2YA. Also KGU, Honolulu, can be heard at great strength any evening. They sign off at 7.30 p.m., announcing power as 1000 watts and wavelength as 940 kc. (819 metres). I heard a station on 1120 kc. (268 metres) with a call like KMX or KGX. Can anyone identify it? KZRM, Manila, comes on well on 485 metres

620 kilocycles`

S.

Ellis

(Okato

[JQAK, Darien, Japan, "operates on 895 metres, 760 kilocycles.-Hd.] RECHPTION has been so good during the last week that I think the following notes on some of the American and Japanese stations may be of interest to readers:-On Monday, May 19, at 9.35 p.m., JOHK was broadcasting .. lecture in Hnglish on the seasons of the year. The lecture ran thus: "Spring first season, it is warm," then it was repeated presumably in Japanese, then in English. After spring comes summer, second season, then it is very hot," again in Japanese, then in English, "After summer comes autumn, then it is not hot any more," and so on through the seasons, the announcer finishing up with "Good-bye, everybody," in MJHnglish Again on Wednesday, May 21, the same station was broadcasting at 10.30 p.m. an address to the people of Japan by a mem(Continued on page 12.)

DX. Tobics (Concluded from page 11.)

ber of the Indian team that has just ‘completed a tour of Japan, thanking them for the hospitality shown the visitors and assuring them of as good 2 reception if they came to India. This was also spoken in Wnglish, On Monday, May 19, station KGO put over a very fine concert by the National Broadcasting Company’s ‘"Musical Musketeers" signing off at two minutes past midnight, Pacific standard time (7.82 p.m. here). On Tuesday, May 18, KFOX did not sign off till 10.12 p.m. (our time), while other stations. that came over well during the week, all being well

received on the loudspeaker, were KHJ, 333 metres; 900 ke.; KTM, 384 metres, 781 -k.c. ; KPO, 440 metres, 680 ke.; KFI, 470 metres, 635 kic.; KFSD; 500 600 ke. I havea five-valve commercially-built battery set using five separate earths, and have just raised my aerial to 50 feet and lengthened it to 160 feet. I find that the difference it made to reception of distant stations has made it well worth

while making the alterations.-

Vogel

town

(New Plymouth).

Identification Wanted N the 19th I heard three stations between 2YB and 2HD. The first

about three. degrees below 2Y¥B was mushy. He seemed to be on duplex, as he disappeared ,at intervals. The other two were broadcasting records. "The Man from ‘the South" was put over at 8.20, then this station closed down about an hour later without announcing. The last was a degree above this. The only announcements were three in Morse. I cannot read this very well, but I think I heard the letters "OM" and "RI." I think the last ones were preceded by the figure three. On May 18 I heard KEFSD close down at 6.30, and then I went on to 590 k.c.’s. (508 m.), just in time to hear another close

down, I missed the call.

Kauspanker

(Hawke’s Bay.)

AS any listener picked up KGMYV, Honolulu, this year? I did, 231 metres. (1800), (10 on 1-100 dial), May 18, between 6 and 10.15 p.m., on loudspeaker, fading badly. On the 2ist I heard KSGB, 211 metres (1420), (5 on 1-100 dial), but I could not get the name. One item at 6 p.m. was "Wedding of the Painted Doll," and one at 6.5 p.m,, "If I Only Do as You Do."Majestic 1995 (Masterton.) |

Stations Identified "THE two men heard by "Amazon" were ZL2AX and ZL2BY, Wanganui, on 235 metres. I heard them Sunday morning at about 10 a.m, till 11.45 p.m.-T.S. N reply to Mr. Arnold-the station above 2BL is probably KOA, Denver, Colorado. The best time to get it is Thursday night. KWKH is on the same frequency as 2BL. 8. G. Det probably heard WTAM, Cleveland,

Ohio, 1070 k.c.’s (280 metres). Mr. \ Dixon, I think, heard KFVD on 1000 j; kec’s (300 metres), and WLW, Ohio, /

700 ke.’s (428 metres).

Kauspanker

(Hawke’s Bay.)

New Stations, NEw stations to my log.since I last wrote are KTAB, Cal. 560 k.c.’s (585 m.); WHK, Ohio, 1390 k.e,’s (216 m); WHAS, Kentucky, 820 k.c’s’ (366 m.); KGU, Honolulu, 940 ke.’s (319 m,) ; Honolulu, 1320 k.e’s (227 m.) ; XEN, Mexico, 730 k.c.’s (411-m.) ; 1480 k.e.’s (203 m.); and 2ZR, Wanganui, and 1ZH, Hamilton, in their.noon transmissions. The Honolulu station KCMB comes in well any night when static is not too bad. I have received several letters from America, and the following extracts from some of them might be of--: interest to D.X. enthusiasts:-From KEJK: "Our call sign was changed to KMPC, and frequency to 710 k.c’s (422 metres), on March 12." From WYF1W: "We are on every morning from midnight until 3, Central time." From WCKY: "We are not on with late programmes as a general thing, but if ‘the letters from N.Z keep rolling in ‘t looks like we shall have to arrange a special N.Z. broadcast. In the event we do this or intend to have a regular late broadcast, we shall be pleased to let you know, so you may arrange to listen-in for the number we shall most certainly dedicate-to you." A letter from KGIFG stated: "We are very proud of our little 100-watt transmitter, as it was designed and built by myself, assisted by a young chap who is our operator at the present time. We use crystal control and 100 per cent. modulation. We are in hopes that you will be able to hear us again, and the next time we are on late we are sure to mention vour name as von are our

only N.Z. — listener."-

Kauspanker

(Hawke's Bay.)

Speaking with London IN Melbourne, ‘‘Listener-in" states, in twelve months, perhaps, a call from London will be quite a commou occurrence, and we will think no more of it than a conversation over an ordinary Australian trunk line.’ At all events New Zealand will in the not distant future have its own shore-wave ‘phone station for talking to Australia.

At Last A Replaceable Filament -RAvrIo valyes, with a removable filament have been devised by an American. woman . radio engineer in order to reduce the cost of set mantenance. When a valve burns out, all that is necessary to render it efficient once more is the insertion of 2 fresh filament. The invention, should it prove practicable, will be a veritable loom to radio experimenters in particular,