Short-wave Stations Heard During Week Ending March 7

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 35, 13 March 1931, Page 29

Short-wave Stations Heard During Week Ending March 7

‘ RV15, Kharbarovsk, Siberia, 0 metres, at good speaker strength on two yalves, usually plenty of static. Most Sunday nights has musical programme; occasionally the accordeon is heard. Recently heard what was evidently military or physical drill at school, orders issued and band playing, then different speakers, after each the familiar two lines of the anthem. F38QCD, Saigon, Indo-China, 49 metres, comes on from 11 to 11.30 p.m. with test records, then chimes and strikes one and announces. They have an excellent orchestra; later he announces in Hnglish and French, then has the Chinese programme, Speaker

strength on two valves, usually comes in above noise level. W9X¥F has been off the air on several nights and W8XAL is irregular. Sometimes the latter has been on until 11 pm. TL, Nairobi, about 49.50 metres, at 6 a.m., is R6. Closes at 7 am. W2XAF, 31.48 metres, on Sunday afternoon was sending messages to American expedition in Venzuela at 4.30 p.m. WIAZ, Springfield, Mass, 31.35 metres, was approximately R5; better volume 12.80 a.m. GSW, Chelmsford, 25.58 metres, at 12.30 to 1 am, received at R8; very steady, fades at times on dinner sessions; mornings about R6 subject to rapid fades, but readability fair. DHC, Germany, 26.2 metres, after 11 p.m. on music about R38 (just above beam stations). FTN, Paris, and FTZ, Rabat, 23 and 24 metres, approximately on’ phones after 9.30 p.m.; irregular good volume. W8XK, Pitisburgh, 25.5 metres, has been received up to 10.20 a.m, at about ‘R4 on Stock Hxchnage reports, . followed by children’s sessions. KIXR (KZRM), Manila: Can find no trace of him now, but heard & station near there Friday, 9.50 p.m. PK3AN, Sourabaya, 50 metres, received at 12 p.m.; most nights R7. VK3ME, Melbourne; 31.55 metres, 10 to 11.30 pm. Saturdays; excellent strength; fades of 5 to 6 seconds duration. 3Z0, Christehurch, 46.23 metres, T bo 8 pm. Fridays; slow fades, volume good, On 48 and 44 metres are two very strong waves most evenings. These are :-- W000, New York, and GBS, England, trans-Atlantic stations on telephony. , A local listener tells me he heard a station up to 10 a.m. Friday on 36.3 metres announcing "Polenza." 80 metres amateur band. Considerable activity here; ZL2ZAW and 2AX now remarkably clear. A five-way schedule was worked between 2AW, 2BH, 2FF, 2F0, and 1BQ. Many of these amateur stations are worth listening to. I notice people are tuning around harmonics, and thinking they are sta. tions. The principal ones are approxi mately: 40 metres, RV15; 45 metres 2BL, 8YA, also ZL amateurs; 6 metres, 2UH, Sydney. On 80 metres is an American station at nights but only faint music is heard,