Short-wave News

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 32, 20 February 1931, Page 31

Short-wave News

-_- France’s Colonial Station. "SHH new short-wave station destined for communication between France and her colonies is approaching completion, It will be installed-at Pontoise, near Paris, and will be ‘officially opened, if all goes well, in February. The aerial power will be 30 kw. This station should be heard in all the French colonies of the world. -CTSAG, Funchal, Madeira. THs station broadcasts every Friday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m., New Zealand summer time, on a Wwavelength of 47 metres. Announcements are mad¢.every half-hour in Portuguese, Hnglish] French, Spanish, and German. " LSX, Buenos Aires. HIS station is now on the air one hour earlier or from 12 noon to 1 p.m. New Zealand time. This 10 kw. station works on 28.9 metres, can be identified by the call "Allie Hssie Axie, Transradio, Buenos Aires." Poman, Poland. THE short-wave station at Poznan, Poland, "Raadjo..Poznonskie," on 27.3 and 33.7 metres, can be identified

by the interval call, a blast on a trumpet. They broadcast on Mondays and Thursdays from 4.80 a.m. till 10.30 a.m., New Yealand time. Announcements are made in Polish and French, The Polish Na--tional Anthem, "Dombrowski Mazurka," is played at the conclusion of each programme. 2 HVJ, Vatican City, Station, Opened by the Pope. aa ; HB call ‘sign that the new Vatican City station uses is HVJ. Reception when they were testing on 50.26 metres was considerably better. than when -the station was officially opened by his Holiness the Pope on Friday morning, when they were transmitting on 19.84 metres. -On this occasion they came on the air at about 2.30 a.m. to make tests and adjustments. Volume at this time.was about. R4, but the wave was swinging badly at times,. it being necessary to adjust the tuning. condenser . continually., This trouble continued all through the transmission. At 3.30 a.m., when the Pope left his apartments, a fanfare of trumpets was just audible, volume having decreased slightly. The station then went off the air for an interval while his Holiness went through the ceremony of "putting the station on the air.’ When: they came on again, the volume had improved slightly and continued to do so till about 4 am., after which it rapidly decreased. ss oe