American Notes

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 54, 25 July 1930, Page 32

American Notes

Items of Interest R. R. LESLIN JONES, Lyall Bay, writes: A most interesting correspondence takes place between Mr. Fred. Easter, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., and myself, and the. following excerpts from a letter dated June 18 may be interesting to readers of "Radio Record." Mr. Easter says: W3XAU works on two frequencies, 6060 ke, and 9590 ke. (49.5 and 31.28 metres), 500 watts, and operates from 8 a.m. until midnight daily, using either of above frequencies. 6060 ke. is used from 8 a.m. until 4

pm. and 9590 ke. from 4 p.m. until midnight, excepting Thursday and Friday, when 6060 ke. is used all day to avoid interference with PCJ, which works on same wave-length, W3XAU is owned by the Universal Broadcasting Company, Philadelphia, Pa. The time given is Hastern time, which is 5 hours earlier than G.M.T. | The Honduras station HRB. mentioned previously in the "Radio Record," announced that they will be transmitting shortly with a 1000-watr transmitter on 49.9 metres (just under 9XF). W9XF is working on 25.3 metres oceasionally now. A few very fine "Ham" ’phone stations on 20 metres are heard in Ohio, including 4AGR at Miami, Florida, modulation being equal to W2XAF.

I aii afraid the "Hams" over here (U.8.A.) are going to get into trouble, and may get the bands reduced if they do not stick on their wavé-length ‘more closely. The "Homeric" (call sign G2GL) has been. heard several times -working London (G2AA and WOO) on 24 metres: also K10 at Kuhuku, in the Hawaiian Islands, often tests on ‘phone with KES at Bolinas, California; K10 is on 25.65 métres, and KES on 28 metres. VK2ME (Sydney) is not as good as during American spring and winter. _ ’Phone charge from U.S.A. to Hurope is 15 dollars for each minute. NRH is now on 9.80 to 10.80 p.m.. E.S.T., daily, including Sunday; the announcer speaks in English and Spanish. NRH is bad for rapid fading and modulation is poor. . PCJ has not the "wallop" that Zee seh has. Zeesen announces as Der Koenigswusterhausen, Kurzwellensender. HKT, Bogota, Colombia (8S. America), is still on 48,35 metres. An unidentified station at French Indo-China, on 18.75, works telephony with Paris. G2AA, that works ships G2GN, etc., is located at Slough, Buckinghamshire, England; GBK, Bodmin, MUngland, works CGA (Canada). The U.S. and Buenos Aires 'phone sta tions-(WLO and LSM) are between 13 and 14 metres. Under date June 30 Mr: Easter says* PCJ has a bad hum, and is not up to the standard of Zeesen at the moment as regards volume. 5SW has them both beat in this respect. CJRX comes in fine, but PHI has not come through for some time; nothing hardly will come in around 16 metres. PCJ is not logged during winter months. . NRH#H only uses 74 watts power.