Be Sure Your Sin

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 16, 31 October 1930, Page 15

Be Sure Your Sin—

Over-enterprising -DX-er VBRY mail from America brings a large number of requests from ‘DX hunters in the States for the Broadeasting Company to confirm reports of reception of New Zealand stations Numerous competitions are continua) ly being run and prizes are offered

for the greatest number of stations logged. Confirmatory advice from the stations concerned is therefore required by those who enter these competitions. Many other correspondents simply wish confirmation for their own satisfaction, The "roadecasting Company replies to all these letters and takes all possible care to ensure that no confirmation is given without adequate proof of the claim that the station was actually heard and identified. Experience has shown that care is necessary. It does not, however, require a Sherlock Holmes to formulate a theory as

to how a young man in Chicago came to put the date of August 28 on letters sent to each of the New Zealand stations. ° "Heard your station 1YA on August 2° at 3,16 p.m., your time, on 900 ke. I heard a talk by Mrs. Les, Crane on ‘The Beauty of Mind and Body in Relation to Diet.’ Enjoyed her program very much, Your station came in loud and clear. Please verify this letter, Please send me a list of radio stations in New Zealand. Awaiting your earli est reply." "Heard your station 4YA on August 29 at 650 k.c. at 3.17 p.m., your time, at that time hearing a talk on ‘Fashions’ by Miss Bucecleugh. Enjoyed her talk very much. Your station came in loud and clear, Please verify this letter. Awaiting your earli-. est reply." "Heard your station 83YA on 980 k.c. on August 28 at 7.32 p.m., your time, I heard a talk on ‘Potato Certification’ given by Mr. R. McGillivray. F'e?d Snperintendent, Department of Agriculture, Enjoyed his talk very much Your next item was the chimes, followed by Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. The number was ‘Pique Dame.’ Your station came in loud and clear. Please verify this letter, Awaiting your earliest reply." : "Heard your station 2YA on August 28 at 720 kc. at 7.41 p.m., your time. Heard a lecturette by Mr. A. B. Wilson, Tourist Department, on "Tourist and Holiday Resorts,’ then followed, chimes, then an overture, American Legion Band, ‘March Salutation." BEnjoyed your program very much. Your station came in loud and clear. Please verify this letter and send me a list of radio stations in New Zealand. Awaiting your earliest reply." Unfortunately for the enterprising young American, who evidently did not realise that the four YA’s are controlled by one company, even assuming that Chicago could get daylight reception of New Zealand stations, the logs of what was actually broadcast do not altogether correspond with the programmes as published in the "Radio Record." It would be interesting to know how he received his copy of the "Radio Record." There was certainly more likelihood of receiving a "Radio Record" on the day he wrote than of hearing afternoon broadcasts of the YA stations on August 28.