Log for Week Ended July 4

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 52, 10 July 1931, Page 31

Log for Week Ended July 4

RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres: Always sure of this station shortly after 8 p.m. HUJ, Vatican City , 50.26 meires: Quite good each morning from 6.80 a.m. Moscow, 50 metres: R9 early each morning; some very fine music, but plenty of talk, _ W9XF, Chicago, 49.83 metres: Sunday and Saturday R9 for the last hour. Closes either 5 p.m. or 5.30 p.m, W8XAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres: Reaches R9 by 4 p.m. and continues good volume, but always a noisy background with me. Comes again at 11 p.m. with early morning session. W2XE, New York, 49.02 metres: Sunday and Saturday, Rb at 4 p.m,, increasing to R8 by 5 p.m. FS3ICD, Saigon, 49 meires: Saturday night 11.80 p.m. Native music, R7. WS8XL, Boundbrook, 46.69 metres: Saturday, RO at 4.15 p.m.; very good. REN, Moscow, 45.4 metres (about): One of the best early morning stations. KEL, Bolinas, California, 43.7 metres: Tuned in at 11.40 p.m. Saturday night, when they were relaying Japanese music from JIAA. Volume was R9. At 11.50 p.m, an Independence Day programme was broadcast, commencing with "Stars and Stripes for Ever." At 12 midnight, KEL called JIAA, and then passed the "mike" over to a Jap., who carried on a conversation with Japan. JIAA, Japan, 38.07 metres: Saturday, mdnight, Rb, talking to KDL, California. Radio Maroc, Rabat, 32.26 metres: Monday, from 7.30 am. R8; talk and music. OXY, Denmark, 31,51 metres: Varies considerably. Friday morning was best, being R7 at 7.80 a.m. with orchestral music, W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres: Best just prior to closing at 3.30 p.m., when they are R9. On Saturday this station and W2XAD broadeast a German version of the contest between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling. Zeesen, Germany, 31,38 metres: Weak at 6.80 a.m., reaching good volume by 7.30 a.m. WIXAZ, Springfield, 31.35 metres: Saturday afternoon, Wurlitzer organ recital for the Paramount Theatre, Springfield, from 4 p.m, at R9, Again at midnight, R7. . PCJ, Holland, 31.28 metres: _ Only heard ‘on Saturday morning, at R8&-9 at 7.40 a.m. Radio Paris, 25.63 metres: Best volume after 8 a.m.; continues till about 10 an,

G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres: Was up extra early on Tuesday for cricket news, the advertised fifteen-minute summary of Monday's play. At 5 am. a strong carrier was audible, and odd words just readable of the opening announcement, but the talk was too weak, just a suggestion of talk at times-nothing more, Later signals became even weaker, dying right out, but started to "come

hack" about 7 a.m., and then very slowly increasing. 12R0, Rome, 25.4 metres: Weak at 6.30 am., increasing to R8-9 by 7.20 a.m., remaining at this till after 9 a.m. WSXK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres: Sat: urday 1.30 p.m. R7, noisy background; from 2.30 p.m. this station ‘put over the Schmeling y, Stribling fight, which came in well at R8-9. The description was ditfficult to follow, partly on account of the fast talking, but chiefly the American accent. W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.5 metres: Saturday 1.45 p.m. R8-9, excellent quality with the kodak hour. The RKO programme followed from 2 p.m. The station calls, WGY, W2XAD, W2XAF, and W2XAW were given. The latter is a station only used for broadcasts of special jnterest. At 2 pm. W2XAD with the other shortwave station of this company put over the fight in German for reception in Germany. , WSXK, Pittsburgh, 19,72 metres: This station on this wavelength was heard for the first time on Saturday. They also were broadcasting the fight-in English, The wavelength, 19.72 metres, is given as such in the latest American lists to hand, but they were a little above W2XAD on 19.58 metres.