Short-wave News from America

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 48, 12 June 1931, Page 46

Short-wave News from America

FotLowine are some shortwave notes contributed by Mr. Fred Baspod 8353 Southside Av., Cincinnati, 0:"I recently received a verification and some data on the shortwave broadcasting station at Riobamba, Beuador, which operates on 39.8 metres, from 9 to 11 p.m. E.S.T. (75th meridian time, 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time), on Thursdays. This station is anxious for reports and suggestions from shortwave listeners. The power used is 50 watts and the address is Fabrica de Tejidos de ‘Hl. Prado,’ Apartado 98, Ridbamba, Ecuador, South America. ‘Hl Prado’ is heard remarkably well here considering the power used. "Another station heard very well here is HEF at Bogota, Colombia. This Station comes in at fine strength when

conditions are good. I have no data on their power as I have not yet received a reply. to my report. They change their wavelength frequently and at present are on about 39.9 metres. Another station heard very well here is X26A, at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. This station is operating’ on 7300 k.c, relaying XEP on: 1400 kc. The power used by X26A is 500 watts. © According: to information. received from them them they are on the air daily and heard here from 7. p.m. until after midnight. There is some very bad interference from amateurs at times as this Pint

station is right on the edge of the 7 megacycle band, The address of X26A and XEP is Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Apartado, Postal $1. The announcements mention XHEP only. The station is at. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, while the studio is in the Hamilton Hotel at Laredo, Texas, U.S.A. . "T have received a letter from the Societie Francaise Radio-Dlectrique, 79 Boulevard Hausmann, Paris (VIII), France, in which they state that the new telephony station on 18.9 metres working Saigon on 24.9 metres is FTK. This station recently replaced

‘ ee FIN on 24.46 metres, which formerly / worked Saigon. The telephony with Saigon is conducted between 14.00. and 15.00 G.M.T. "Reception on the shorter wavelengths (20 metres and under) has fallen off badly now. ‘The best period of reception on this band is from October until the following March. Then reception diminishes greatly until the summer is over. The only months of the year when the Java phones, PLWH, PLF, ete. can be heard here are February, March and April. I liave heard PLE during the three above months, in 1931, after an absence of 10 months. They were heard at the same. time in 1930, but fade out in April. Reception of VK3MH is very good:here. They are up to R9 on the speaker. Saigon, on 49 metres, has faded ouit now. They have never been above R5 here at any time. POV was formerly very loud here until they installed a directional aerial. PCK comes in at excellent strength from October until April. G5SW and Rome. vie with each other for volume here. At times Rome is the loudest and again G5SSW has the lead in this respect. The difference in volume is caused by the difference in latitude of the two stations rather than the distance from here. "T like to correspond with radio enthusiasts and will be pleased to exchange notes on reception with anyone who cares to write me. I would like to know what has become of KA1XR. I have not heard this station since May, 1930, when I heard them on one wavelength only, namely, 26.3 metres. I heard a station on almost exactly 30 metres, April 25th, at 11.30 G.M.T., calling Bandoeng, and the operator kept saying, ‘Hello, Bandoeng, this is Sydney calling." This is the first occasion that I have heard an Australian telephony station on that wavelength. I would like very much to get any information regarding it. I heard W2XG testing with telephony on 26.7 metres lately."