THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 31

THE D.X. CLUB Views and News.

Identification Wanted S there a station 2ZC, Wairoa? I picked it up on 7/7/30 at 10.25 p.m. I was operating on the vicinity

of 2BL, Sydney.--

G.

C.

(Timaru).

[The station you heard is probably 2ZP, Wairoa. Power, 5 watts.-Ed.] I HAVE to report reception of two stations on July 9. I wonder if anyone can identify them. I think they are small Australians. The calls were-as near as I could make out--‘4NO, Newmarket, and 2XM, Lismore. I heard each call several times, and am cer that they were correct, but can not fiid them listed anywhere. They both came in on about 240 metres (1250 k.e.). I have received 71 stations to tlate on a six-valve battery "Sonerated set. the latest being WFAA,

Dallas, Texas.-

Circuit

(Pahiatua).

TATION on 3870 metres (810 k.c.). This is between KOA and WFAA. He said that the time was 11 o’clock, and the address was Fifth Avenue, New York. Static prevented me from hear ing the call (2) This one is practi cally on top of 2FC. (3) One on JOBK’s wavelength, 400 metres (750 k.c.). (4) I have heard a station on 201 metres (1490 k.c.) lately. The best I had-it was one night at 12 o'clock, but it was very gushy. I have

logged 29 American, two Hawaiian, eight Japanese, 18 New Zealand, and 14 Australian stations. One of the Japs I have is about half a degree above Wellington. This makes a total of 71 stations. I have 12 verified and many to follow. I have also had a station on about 1145 ke. (262 m.). The announcer spoke very fast

in some foreign language.

J.T.

S.

(Napier )

HAT station was heterodyning 3YA on 29/6/30? It is on a slightly

lower frequency.-

J.

B.

(Longford).

ON July 15 at approximately 7.45 p.m. I picked up a station on 23.55 metres. A man was giving a description of the League of Nations, but static interfered with the reception and I could not catch the callsign. The man went on to say there were 400 newspaper reporters from aifferent countries. Later he said, "We nace from one corridor’-here he was

eut off by another station.-

Just

Started

Stratford )

[Short-wave station GbSW, Chetmsford, England, operates on 25.53 metres and it may have been this station that you heard. At present there is a Press conference assembled in London, and delegates from all parts of the world are attending.-Ed.]

Stations Identified

"TZ AUSPANKA" (Hastings): Station below harmonic of 2YA may be VK4GO, Newmarket, Queensland. "A McK." (Gore): Station between 2YB. New Plymouth, and 2HD, Neweastle. There are several Australian amateurs working round there. Hang on to them. They give their calls occasionally. I have now logged 2ZC, Wairoa. I ean now have reception of a station all round the clock, commencing with ATT. and followed by 3ZC, 4ZP, 2ZR.

etc:

Amazon

(Palmerston North).

The ’phone station that D.B. (Seatoun) heard recently was from a 50watt transmitter that is being installed -at Glade House, Milford Sounds, by Mr. A. E. Shrumpton, of Standard Telephones and Cables. This installation is for purposes of communication with Lake Te Auau.

DX Topics

Log KGMB for an Aeroplane Trip! [t recently dawned on me that reception from KGMB was sufficiently good to warrant a letter of congratulation being sent to them-so I listenedin to them from 5.30 p.m. till 9.55 p.m. (11 p.m. previous night, their time). Of course, in my report I mentioned several items of interest from my viewpoint in connection with their broadeast, referring particularly to the in-ter-Island Airways, Ltd. This station

got into touch with Airways, Ltd:, with the result that a regular flight ticketNo. 1201-was issued in my name entitling me to a flight in a six-passenger machine over Honolulu and Diamond Head. Of course there is a fly in the ointment. I’ve no prospects of buying a passage to Hawaii, and it’s too far to walk. KGMB, I should say, transmits on about 212 metres (1410 k.c.), and is easy to log. It seems to be the general idea that the Indian stations at Calcutta and Bombay are closed. This is not so. Hoping to hear additional scores in connection with the third Test (Eng-, land v. Australia), I set my alarm at 8.10 a.m. on July 15, 1930, and through a wall of static brought both of the Indians‘ and eight other- stations in. Static made eall signs impossible. The Suva station does not seem to be in full swing yet, as inthe course of one hour they have put across a gramophone session, children’s stories, shipping reports, Customs. returns, and then have closed down. I heard them

on July 11, 1930.-

C.P.

G.

(Shannon).

A Comprehensive Log. HAVE been a listener since 1924 and have never known reception to be as good as it is at present. Lately I have been receiving the "A" class New Zealanders, 2YB, and 2FC in the daytime. 3YA is as loud as 1YA in the afternoons. I receive KGU and KGMV, Hawaii, on the loudspeaker in the evenings. The Americans come in very well. Those received are KFWB KFI, WENR, KTM, KNX, KGO, WBBM, and sometimes KMOX and KYFOX. The Japanese stations are received very well on the loudspeaker after 9 p.m., the best station being JOAK. I have logged 18 Australian stations on

the loudspeaker with no difficulty. Short-wave reception is also good. Though my set will not tune below 45 metres, I have logged quite a number above that wavelength, including 9XF, Chicago; W3XAL, New Jersey; and RD15, Siberia. The new station at Rome, Italy, is also received at 7 a.m. on 80 metres. Dozens of others are received, including morse and tele phony from 45 metres up to 90, many of which I cannot locate. My total number of stations received is 226. I have heard many others, but cannot oet their calls. My set is a three-

valve.

C.F.

C.

(North Auckland).

American Reception. ON July 18 I had the American stations coming in with exceptional volume, and added two more to my log-KMOX, and KPRC, Houston, Texas. The "N.Z. Radio Guide and Call Book" shows KPRC as not being previously heard in New Zealand and states KMOX is in Montana, operating om 1110 k.c. (270 metres). This station is in Missouri and operates. ‘on 1090 k.c. (275 metres). WFAA and WENR were so loud that I had to cut the volume down. ‘There must have been a host of American stations between 1500 and 1250 k.c, for I got one continual hetrodyne and jumble of music and voice. My log now shows 60 stations, so "Kauspanka" had better look out for his laurels.-

L.

I.

(Gisborne).

A Changed Call Sign. "THE call sign of the Russian station, late RA97, is now RV15, and not RB15, as reported in your short-wave columns. I have recently received a card from that station printed with their old call sign, RA97, which is crossed out, and written across it is "now RV15." Their wave-lengths is stated

as 70.2 metres.-

F.L.

R.

(Christchurch. )

Australian Short-wavers. ON 9/5/30 I logged VK4LW, In a card just to hand they give the following particulars:-"VK4LW, late VK4CM. Winner of the VK4LJ trophy (Concluded on page 32.)

DX Topics

(Continued: from page 31.) ‘ and pennant for 1929. Transmitter, Hartley oscillator, input 20 watts, Heising modulation. Address, 20 Hlizabeth , Street, Rosalie, Brisbane, Queensland." Mr. ©. R. Morris, owner-operator, | states: "Very pleased to receive your report, it being the first I have receiyed from New Zealand. The wave-length of this station is about 225 metres (1330 ke.)." Has any listener picked: up VPIA, Suva? This station comes in on about 379 metres (790 ke.).-Screen Grid 3 (Nelson.) . New Loggings. ~ J WISH to ‘thank R. Dixon for the information re WOC, Iowa, and WTAM, Cleveland (I had already identified. this station). If Mr. Dixon will write to me at Tadmor, Nelson, I shall be very. pleased to correspond with him. During the past week I have added the following stations to my log: 2Z1I, Hastings, and 2ZP, Wairoa, both with power of only 5 watts; WENR, Chicago; WGN, Chicago; KYA, San Franciseo; WFAA, Dallas, Texas; and WEAR, Cleveland, Ohio, which station is listed in 1930 "Guide Call Book" as not having ‘been previously heard in New Zealand...These stations were heard on a 4-valve set, with H.F. sereén:

grid.-

E. W.

Anglesey

(Nelson. ) ahs