Notes and News

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 42, 1 May 1931, Page 31

Notes and News

Daylight Saving Time. | ASB daylight saying time commenced in England ‘and parts-of U.S.A. a week ago, the short-wave stations in these countries will commence and sign off one hour earlier during -the next few months. ... ,_ W8XAL, Cincinnati. . I reply to a’ report on. reception of :: W8XAL, the following letter, dated March 18, has been’ received :-"We wish to advise you that station W8XAL has been off the air for some time as we have been constructing a new ten kilowatt transmitter. "At the present time station W8XAL is carrying on-a series of test.programmes each morning from about 1. to 3 o’clock B.S.T. (5.30 p.m. to’ 7.80 p.m. New Zealand time), on a frequency of 6060 kilocycles, or, 49.5 metres, using about 34 kw. "As soon as We are on a definite scheile we will advise you. Thanking you your interest, and-assuring you that ‘we will be very glad to receive your comments and reports, we are, etc," Short-wave News’ from U.S.A. AN interesting letter has just been te‘ceived from a short-wave friend, Mr. Joseph B. Sessions, . of Connecticut. The following excerpts will interest. New Zea-lend‘short-wave listeners:-: °° : . "T have had‘ quite a successful winter, and have succeeded: in: locating. quite a good number. of new stations. Two new ‘stations, in Rome, 12RO and HUJ, are both received very strongly. I believe I haye heard OXY, Lyngby, Denmark, but am waiting for verification. Thére are also a number of new. South American stations on the air,: especially in Colom--bia, and I. have :héard recently from HKA. in Barranquilla. Another new one is known as Hl Prado,,:in Riobamhba, Heuador, also HKF in ‘Boyota, Colombia. VRY, of Georgetown, British Gui- \ ana, has returned to the air after quite an absence. Oné evening early in the winter I picked up KIO, Kaukuku, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Rabat, Morocco, I get at quite fair strength on Sunday afternoons. G2NM, the English amateur station, is now. coming. through fairly well on Sunday. afternoons, but is generally buried in code. 2. 0°, . "NRH, Herédia, ‘Costa Rica, has changed his call to TI4---NRH on account of protest. by the Navy Department, U.S. Government. -‘N’ belongs ‘to the Navy. He has been off the air for about a month, but will resume soon, so I am advised by ‘Cespedes.’ Fw , "PCJ, Holland, is now commencing to come through after having been extremely poor all winter. ‘I heard VK3ME, Melbourne, for the first ‘time a few weeks ago." ~"t os ‘Mr. Sessions is-a-member of the dadKagory board of the International Short"wave Club. or ee 3 HED, Barranquilla. AX OTHER: new. short-wave station in South America .is owned by Mx. Elias J. Pellet, of Barranquilla,. Republic

of Colombia. The call is HKD. Powe! 7 watts, wavelength between 41.1 and 42.9 metres. HKD is on the air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., N.Z. time. Reports are asked for, and should -be addressed to "Radio Station HKD, Box 715, Barranquilla, Republic of . _ Colombia, South America." :