Short-wave News

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 17, 7 November 1930, Page 32

Short-wave News

Britain Talks to America, ABRAN GEMENTS have been made for a number of Sunday afternoon broadcasts by prominent people in Great Britain to listeners on the Columbia chain of stations in America. The series opened on Sunday, September 14, with a talk at Savoy Hill by Mr. John Masefield, the Poet Laureate. Among other speakers will be. Sir Oliver Lodge, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Herbert Samuel, the Marquis of Zetland, Mrs. Mary Agnes Hamilton, Viscount Astor, and Mr. H. G. Wells. These talks are to be transmitted via the Trans-Atlantic Telephone Service, the times being 5.380 am., Monday morning, N.Z, summer time. The wavelength to be used is not stated,’ but it will probably be one used on the regular telephone service, which ranges from 16.10 metres to 33.26 metres, according to the time of day and year. T has been decided to increase the power of Konigswusterhausen (Zeesen) from 85 to 50 kilowatts. (THE station reported on about 49.9 metres during .the early morning, in these notes, has been identified as 7LO, Nairobi. This station has been heard good enough in Australia to hear the call sign, but at the time of writing nobody in New Zealand has reported it, except as a query from an Auckland listener. I have not heard

7LO for several mornings now, since ‘learning who it was. K2M®H were heard to. tell London that they were conducting tests with Bandoeng, Java, at present on Friday of each week from 11.00 to 13.00 &.M.T. (11 p.m. to 1 am. N.Z, summer time), in connection with the opening of a service between Australia and Java, K3AN, Java, 49.7 metres, and PMY, Java, 58 metres, are reported to be receivable at good strength from 11.41 p.m, (our time), "THE excellent Italian station, 83RO, Rome, has been missed from its 25metre transmission recently. It wonld be a pity if they changed their wavelength, as reception has been very goad on the one used during the past few weeks.,