Log for Week

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 19, 21 November 1930, Page 30

Log for Week

TATIO has been very bad during the greater part of the week from about 35 metres upward, being much worse as the wavelength is increased, making listening impossible on the 50 metres band, also RV15. RV15, Siberia, 70 metres-Too much static most evenings. 67 Metres (about)-Very distorted musie at R6 was heard on Monday after 10 p.m. W9XF, Chicago, 49.83 metres-Good volume till 7 p.m. Static bad several evenings, Radio Saigon, Indo-China, 49 me-tres-Monday, music till 10 p.m., talk after spoilt by morse. W3XAL, Boundbrook, New JerseyBach evening till 6 p.m. excellent volume and quality. W8XK, Pittsburgh, 48.86 metresSunday, 4.30 p.m. R38, usual messages to the Far North.

W9XAA, Chicago, 49.34 metresSunday and Saturday afternoons R7 at 5 p.m, Again at 11 p.m. Saturday at R8. KIXR, Manila, 48.86 metres-DHach evening (except Monday), from 10 pm. Is better now on 24.4 metres, being more free from morse interference. HRB, Honduras, 48.5 metres-Satur-day afternoon, music till 5 p.m., when they were R8. Long announcement afterward. I have often heard this station. before, but never the call. Their modulation is very rough. Besides being gurgly there is an echo when talk is on. 45.4 Metres (about)-Still heard each morning, but not identified yet. Bugle is sounded before announcements. 43.2 Metres (about) -Another stranger on Tuesday morning at 6.10 am. Man singing first, R6. Talk, which was foreign, was distorted; no call heard. GBS, Rugby, 42.9 metres-Sunday at 5 p.m. R7, talking duplex with WND America, 44.4 metres; trans-Atlantic ’Phone. W2XAF Schenectady, 31.48 metres -Sunday and Saturday, reaching R8 by 3.30 p.m. Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metresVery weak each morning. Not heard after 8 a.m. WIXAZ, Springfield, Mass. 31.3 Metres.-Saturday, till signing off at 4.48 p.m. R7, 3.30 p.m., increasing to R8-9. PCJ, Holland, 31.28 Metres.-Thurs-day, Friday, and Saturday mornings, about R8 at 6 a.m. to just audible by 7.30 a.m. NRH, Costa Rica, 30.8 Metres.R4 at 3.45 p.m., very difficult to understand. Was calling several times, "Hullo, Australia," and "Hullo, Tasmania." When I heard from NRH, they had not been reported from Australia. They signed off at 4 p.m., played a band item, and went off the air. WNC, America, 30.77 Metres.-Trans-atlantie ’phone station, R7 on Saturday afternoon. LSH, Buenos Aires, 29 Metres.-Sun-day and Saturday afternoons. Reaches R9 by 3 p.m., quality not quite so good as a week or two ago. 20.5 Metres (about).-Monday morning at 7.30, very distorted talk was heard at R4. FZR, Saigon, 24.9 Metres.-Duplex on Thursday and Friday evenings, R9, excellent quality.

WS8XK, Pittsburg, 25.25 Metres.Heard nearly every morning, about 7.30, usually weak, but R7 on Tuesday, with musical programme. FIN, Paris, 24.46 Metres.-Duplex several evenings; very good volume. 38.8 Metres (about).-Often on duplex at the same time as FTN, maybe with them, all foreign talk. Radio Manila, 24.4 Metres (about) — This station comes in quite well on this wavelength now, but is subject to interference by FTN on about the same wavelength. G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 ‘ Metres.Still very poor each morning, night time reception reported earlier in these notes. PLG, Java, 18.8 Metres.-Wednes-day, at 10.20 p.m., R8, counting in English, until I got tired of it, and left him still counting. /