Short-wave Notes

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 34, 6 March 1931, Page 30

Short-wave Notes

NRH, Costa Rica, Changes Call. [* is reported that the Government of Costa Rica has changed the eall of Senor Cespede’s short-wave station NRH to TIH. This station broadcasts daily from 8 p.m. to 4 p.m, New Zealand summer time, on 30.5 metres. HVJ, Vatican City. 4 ee engineers at the Vatican City short-wave ‘station when testing: with W2XAF, Schenectady, recently, gave the letters of their. call as "H’ for Holy, "V" for Vatican, and "J" for Jesus, The 19.86 metre wavelength is used from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m., and 50.28 metres from 5.30 a.m. to 7.30 a.m., our time. ‘Marchese Marconi was heard to state that the power of the new station 1s 10 k.w., and that the secret of the excellent radiation from the station is due, mainly, to a special master oscillator and a specially-designed aerial system, which giyes a uniform distribution of current over its entire length. League. of Nations and Short Waves. AY, night and twilight wavelengths are to be used by the short-wave station to be built for the League of Nations by the French Radio Society. During daylight the wavelength will be 15 metres, at night 35 metres, and at dusk periods 18 metres. WV OBKING on 30 metres, Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia, broadcasts every Tuesday morning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m, New Zealand summer time. RECEPTION from Tokio, Japan, is reported on a wavelength of 24.8 metres daily from 10 p.m. till 12 p.m., our time. Stations. Heard Dering Week Ending February 28. GAS, Zeesen and PCJ have improved considerably during the past few days in the early morning. 7LO also ‘is better volume, but seldom good readability on account of interference. — RV1i5, Siberia, 70.1 metres: Every evening without fail at good volume. Static always there, but not so bad at ‘present. . _ PMB, Sourabaya, Java, 58 metres.Just, after midnight on Saturday, R8, but atatie very bad. HVJ, Vatican City, 50.26 metres.Only heard once since the official opening, Wednesday, 6.10 a.m., R.9, sounded like the conclusion -of Mass. Closed down at. 15 a.m. Not any Dnglish spoken, 50.2 Metres (about).-Just above TLO, Nairobi, heard several mornings, with

music and talk. Always weak, but think the talk is German. ILO, Nairobi, 50 metres.-Commences at 6 a.m. At 6.30 a.m. a time signal, 6 dots is heard, followed by shipping news, etc, Volume has been up to RS recently, but readibility only 25 per cent. at best. 49.9 Metres (about).-Just below 7LO ‘at the same time (early morning), but too weak to be readable. Talks and music. W9XF, Chicago, 49.88 metres.-Good each evening till 7 p.m. WSXAL, Cincinnatti, 49.5 metres.has been heard up till 11 am., testing with records. Volume steady at R8-9.

on of the best. Till 6 p.m. each day at Saigon, Indo-China, 49 metres,Starts just before 11.30 p.m. Another reliable station. Always R9. WSsxXK, Pittsburg, 48.86 metres.Sunday afternoon, about R5 by 5 p.m., with messages to the Far North. \ VESCL, Winnipeg, 48.7 metres.Wednesday is the only day this station is heard, when they are on till 6 p.m. At their best they are weak at this time of the year. HRB, Honduras, 48.62 metres.Reached R5 on Sunday, but was too gushy to be readable, 8ZC, Christchurch, 46.3 metres (about).-Friday, volume good, with slow fading. ; Moscow, 45 metres (about)-Dvery morning from a very early hour at good roome. Like RU15, there is plenty of VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres.Saturday night, from 10 p.m. R.9 with test records, readings and relay of 3L0O. NW2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres."Lucky Strike" hour till 4 p.m. on Sundays and RKO programme till the same time on Saturday, reaching R8 in volume. Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres--Has been. coming in at excellent volume and quality, best about 6.30 a.m., when they are easy R9.. On Monday morning at this time German announcements were heard, followed by the latest American jazz( the words being in Dnglish. WIXAZ, Springfield, Mass., 31.35 metres.-Does not reach good volume during the afternoon as a rule, but at 12.80 a.m. with their "Rising Sun Series" they are quite good, reaching R8. PCJ, Holland, 31.28 metres.-Back again to something like normal volume, but is troubled with morse interference.

DHO, Nauen, Germany, 26.2 metres. -Saturday at 11.45 p.m. music R8-9, talk between items being much weaker, Still good after midnight. G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres, Volume and quality has much improved when opening at 7 a.m.. There is still a rapid fade, but readability has, on most mornings, been quite good. 12R0, Rome, 25.4 metres.-Very good each morning, volume being R9 at 6.30 a.m. WSXK, Pittsburgh, ‘25.25 metres.This station is later in reaching readable volume now, 7 a.m. being the best time. W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.5 metres.Has only been heard on a few odd mornings recently.