Short-wave Topics

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 46, 30 May 1930, Page 29

Short-wave Topics

Short-wave in Manchuria. A SHORT-WAVHB station at a cost of £120,000 has been built at Mukden, in Manchuria, capable of communicating with Burope. There are eleven radio stations in Manchuria, these being at Harbin, Mukden, Changehun, Yingkow, Tsitsihar, Suifen, and Yenki. Moroceo to Have Short-wave Station. PENDING the construction of a special short-wave station at Rabat (Morocco), the programmes are relayed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays to 8MC_ (Casablanca), which in its turn rebroadcasts them on 48.60 metres. Rome Testing. ‘THE new Rome 12 kilowatt shortwave transmitter is now testing almost daily. It operates on two wave: lengths at present, namely, 25 and 80 metres, and experiments will prove which of them is the most favourable. It is proposed to relay the programme of the Rome studio as well as any other Italian stations on special occasions. W6XN Goes Off the Air. ON Sunday~afternoon last (May 18), W6XN announced that they were discontinuing their short-wave transmissions on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, after that night, but that they may be on the air again at some future date. No reason was given for closing down W6XN, which often comes in so well here, .

3UZ, Melbourne, on Short-wayve. THIS well-known B class station of Melbourne, has been heard at good strength here oh about 382.5 metres. The first time I heard them: was on Sunday (May 18), when they closed down at 6,50 pm. ; They were again heard on the following Saturday during the evening. Hach time volume was R9, but. with severe fading. They gave their wayelength as 82 metres. , Radio Manila Changes Wavelength, STATION KIXR (relaying KZRM), has made another change in wavelength, this time to about 31.3 metres. They have been heard several times on this wave during the past few days. Germany Heard Through 5SW. N Tuesday morning (May 20), just before 6.30 a.m., London announced a relay from Germany. After a brief pause, a German announcement was heard, followed by music. Considering that this was a double relay, Germany to London and then to Chelmsford, the speech and music came through very well.