More Australian Stations

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 17, 7 November 1930, Page 8

More Australian Stations

Eight "B" Class Near Completion

Berory the end of the year eight new "B" class broadcasting stations, all Australian-made, will be operating in various parts of Australia, making the total number of broadeasting stations thirty-one. Sites of the stations are Brisbane and Townsville in Queensland; Albury, Moss Vale, Goulburn and Canberra in New South Wales; Bendigo in Victoria; and Launceston in Tasmania. It is understood that the licensees’ contemplate tying up with class "B" stations, 2UW, Sydney, and 8DB, Melbourne, for the purpose of relaying over the entire network programmes originating in the capital cities. In each case the eontract for the design, manufacture and installation of the transmitting equipment has been secured by Amalgamated Wireless, which company is now busy manufacturing the apparatus in its new radioelectric works at Ashfield, near Sydnev. The plant is of the most up-to-date type, the transmitters being provided with both crystal control and master oscillators. None of the stations will be of high power, but modulation of the carrier wave to the full 100 per cent. will give an effective yrange far beyond what might be expected from the nominal rating. Full information concerning the stations is not yet available, but the following details have been procured :- Pur Albury station is 2AY, the license being held by Mr. C. Rice, proprietor of the Mid-State Radio Company, The masts are 75 feet high, and the station will operate with 50 watts of power in the aerial. On a wavelength of 227 metres (1320 k.c.) a service of about six hours a day will be given, including relays of 2UW. Sydney, and 2DB, Melbourne. The Brisbane station, 4BC, the license of which has been granted to J. B. Chandler and Co., is already in opera-tion-or at least a temporary plant has been installed pending the construction of a new and up-to-date transmitter. This will be a modern instrument working on a wavelength of 223 metres (1345 ke.), with a power of 200 watts in the aerial. The masts are 160ft. high, giving an excellent range. The studio is situated in the offices of Chandler and Co., Adelaide Street, Brisbane.

THE Launceston Station, which will be owned by Wills and Co. Pty., Ltd., will be known as 7LA, and will have a power of 200 watts in the aerial. On a wavelength of 273 metres (1100 ke.) this station will be heard throughout ‘Tasmania and on parts of the mainland of Australia. The site of the transmitting station is three miles from the Launceston Post Office, being the highest point outside the city, ap- ' proximately 650 feet above sea level. The studio will be in Findlay’s Buildings, Brisbane Street. Launceston. As . Wills and Co. Pty.. Ltd.. are a wellknown musical firm well established , in the musical life of Tasmania, it may

be anticipated that the programmes of 7LA will set a very high standard. At Moss Vale (2W1L) will be a 50watt station of the latest type, and will be located a mile from the town on a high elevation. The studio will be situated at the transmitting site. This station will be owned by a company formed from the business com-

munity of the district. The wavelength will be 201 metres (1490 ke.), and as the apparatus is well under way, it is expected that 2WL will be on the air early in December. The Goulburn Station will be similar to that of Moss Vale, having masts of 120ft. high and a power of 50 watts in the aerial. The site of the transmitting station is 1} miles from the town on a hill 200ft. or more in height. The license for this station is held by Russell’s, Ltd., a well-known firm of radio dealers. Canberra. Bendigo, and Townsville stations, which are still in the embryo stages, will be similar in type to the Albury station. R. A. J. RYAN, of Canberra, has been granted a "B" class license for a station in Canberra, Federal Capital Territory. The station is now being tested under the call sign VK2LE on Sundays between 5 and 12 p.m. (New Zealand time), and at various unscheduled times, when 2BL is off the air. The present wavelength is 285.7 metres (1050 ke.), which will be increased in a few months’ time to 480 metres (625 ke.). The.station has an unmodulated aerial power of 50 watts, and the call sign, when it commences regular services, will be 2CA.

Race Week at 3YA During Carnival Week in Christchurch, when there will be race meetings daily and the annual show at Addington, 3YA will be busy. Special arrangements have been made for securing and broadcasting the race results as promptly as possible, and holiday programmes have been arranged for each evening. , There will be no silent day.