Round the World on Short-wave

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 14, 17 October 1930, Page 29

Round the World on Short-wave

Stations Heard During Week Ending "October 11. RV15, Siberia, 70 metres: This station continues to come in well each evening. On Monday ‘they were heard as early as 7.45 p.m. at R9 with talk in English, which just after tun-ing-in, metres (about): On Tuesday and Friday mornings till 6.30 am. a station was heard. Signals were very weak, but voice appeared to be an WO9OXF, Chicago, 49.83 metres: Sunday and Saturday good volume till 7 p.m. PKS3AN, 49.7 metres: Saturday from midnight, records; 12.10 a.m., chimes and 8 o’clock strike. Dutch National Anthem, call, ete., in Dutch. Call sounds 8-Ah-N. Excellent at R9. _ Static bad. WS8XAL, Cincinnati, 49.5. metres: Saturday R7 at 4.30 p.m. fa W9XAA, Chicago, 49.34 metres: This . Station broadcast a special international programme on, Sunday, continuing till 10.30 p.m., New Zealand time. After 6 p.m. volume was quite good, but readability with me was poor on. account of a noisy background. Announcements were made in several languages. Great interest was: taken in Wellington, as I had several inquiries for the address of the station for the reports. The address is W9XAA and WCIFU, NorthEast Tower, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (office and studios are of 623-633 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago). They . were heard again on Saturday night at 11.45 at R9 with "phonograph records." WSXAL, Boundbrook, New Jersey, 49.18 metres: Saturday and Sunday till 5.30 p.m. They gave the news of the’ R101 disaster just before signing off on Saturday, Volume R9 for last hour. W2XE, New York, 49.02 metres: Sunday, but not received too well. R6 at’ est. . Radio Saigon, Indo-China, 49 metres: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Starts \ about 11 p.m. Interval signal a bell with call "Hullo, here is Radio Saigon." ay

Volume excellent, R9 with one stage of audio WSKK, Pittsburgh, 48.86 metres: At 4.45 p.m. on Sunday messages for the Far North were being read, received here at RV. The volume was about the same at this time on Saturday. KLIXR, Manila, 48.86 metres: Each evening except Monday. Volume is best till soon after 10 p.m., when it goes off a little. 48.2 metres (about): Sunday afternoon, first audible 4 p.m., reaching R8 by 5 p.m., but too gurgly to understand the talk. "HS4PJ, Bangkok, Siam, 37 metres: Saturday at 11.85 p.m. calling Buenos Aires, Paris, etc. The call was given several times, but could not understand the letters or figures. Volume was R9. They went off the air at 11.42 p.m, and were heard later on their lower wavelength (see later). _VK2ME, Sydney, 37.6 metres: Wednesday and Friday duplex with 2LW; PLW, Java, 36.92 metres; Thursday at 9 p.m. duplex with Sydney. R9 one stage of audio. VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres: At 10 p.m. on Friday were very loud and elear, W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.4 metres. On Sunday they were poor, being weak and gushy. Reception was much better on Saturday, reaching R9 by 3 p.m. Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres. Good each morning till about 7 a.m., after which volume decreases. XAZ, Springfield, Mass., 31.3 metres. Saturday, 11.30 p.m., carrier only, increasing to R5 by midnight. PCJ, Eindhoven, Holland, 31.28 metres. .Very good at 6.30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, decreasing in volume by 7.30 a.m. ‘Saturday afternoon reached R8 by 5 p.m., but noisy background spoils reception. HS2PJ, Bangkok, Siam, 29.5 metres. Saturday, just after midnight (Sunday morning), calling Genoa, Berlin, etc., the same voice that was heard earlier on the other station. The wave, I thought, was about 81 metres, but it is reported to be LSH, Buenos Aires, 29 metres. From R4 at 1 p.m, to R8-9 when closing at 2.30 pm. on Sunday, but not so good on Saturday, as they were gushy. VK2ME, Sydney, 28.5 metres. ~ Telephone service. twice daily with England. Duplex with PLW on Thursday. GBP, Rugby, 27.7 metres. Telephone service with Australia daily, duplex with ZLW, Wellington, on Wednesday evening. G5bSW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres. Not one good morning this week. The transmission starts now at 6.30 a.m., as GMT is again being observed in place of "Summer Time." On Friday evening the special] service from St. Paul’s came over fairly well. Morse interference til! 11.40 p.m. spoilt reception. Signals were gushy, but the service could be followed fairly well. The reading of the 9th verse, (th chapter, Revelations, was about 75 per cent. intelligible. 8R0, Rome, 25.4 metres. This is still the best long-distance station, being excellent each morning at R9. The music is always of the highest order. .

25.4 metres (about). Tuned-in on Saturday at 7.30 a.m.; music being audible at peaks of fading. Increased to R4 by 7.45 am., when an American spoke. Chicago was the only word I could get in the call. The latest list does not show an American station anywhere near this wavelength: apparently a new station testing. 24.5 and 23.6 metres (about). On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday eveuings, after 10 p.m., duplex telephony has been heard on these wavelengths. They are both Dutch stations-perhaps Java and Holland. One frequently calls "Hullo Kootivijk."