Of Topical Interest

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 16, 31 October 1930, Page 9

Of Topical Interest

ee Me. BILLING, during his address to the Wellington Radio Society on the propagation of radio waves held to the popular theory that radio waves also travel . through the earth, and he said that there was still much scope. for experimentation in that direction. Mr. Billing said that in his opinion there was a good field to explore in the designing of underground aerials. ‘There had been many failures, but good work had been one. OW that daylighbedving has been introduced and the hours of’ daylight are extending listeners experience 2 falling-off in volume of the Austraian stations-in the early evening, This become increasingly noticeable as ‘the summer comes on, and beginners will complain that Australian stations are not as loud as they were led to believe.. It resolves itself into a question of sitting up later at'night if: one- desires ‘to hear the iuitraliens at. their . best. A. SPHOIAL subsidy of. two million ‘franes: has .been. voted by the Government. of Algeria as a subsidy to the Radio Alger brdéadcasting station for the purpose of. defraying extraordinary expenses: in respect of programmes. organised for the centenary celebrations of the French eolony. It is stated that the principal: festivals in connection. with this jubilee will be. relayed to the. Paris and provincial. P.T.T. -transmitters. A PRIVATE code -and secret wavelength aré to be -used by the Ontario’ Provineialpolice on: their ‘wireless network, which will soon be put into.-service. . District police: stations all over Ontario: are to be: linked: up by. wireléss with the headquarters: in Toronto. THH suspension of the Holland-India broadcasts by the PHOHTI station is causing considerable disappointment in the Dutch Hast Indies, and both in Sumatra and Java a movement is on foot for the. removal of the regulation which has caused ‘such suspension. During the final programme, Dr. van Aalst, one of the -directors, made a speech explaining the reasons why this station was suspending its operations, with the result that within four days over 3000 signatures to a protest were gathered in the neighbourhood of Batavia. Briefly, the reason is that under the new scheme for the division of the tifoe available for broadcasts each stam must be at the disposal of the various broadcasting societies during a time fixed by the Minister, most of such societies being connected with political parties,