Log for Week Ended July 11

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 1, 17 July 1931, Page 30

Log for Week Ended July 11

RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres: Good volume every evening, HVJ, Vatican City, 50.26 metres: Wednesday, from 6.30. a.m., talk at R9. Moscow, 50 metres: Every morning, good volume and quality till 8 am, when volume decreases. W9XF, Chicago, 49,83 metres: Sunday, very weak. Saturday, reached R&-9 by 5 p.m., very noisy background. W8XAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres: Sunday, RO by 4.30 p.m., with rapid fade, Friday night, opened at 10.30 p.m., being very good at R8. Saturday, R8 at 4 p.m., and about the same at 11 p.m., with static. W2XE, New York, 49.02. metres: Sunday, very noisy at 4.30 p.m., R7 FSICD, Saigon, 49 metres: Coming back rapidly to its old-time volume,. Orchestral music just before 11 p.m., after which they commence their native programme, R8 at this time, increasing later. ‘ + W8XL,- + Boundbrook, .46.69 metres: Saturday, R8 at 4 pm. ‘ . REN, Moscow, 45,4 metres (about): Good each morning. PLW, Java, 36.92 metres: Have heard this ‘excellent Javanese station each night during the week at good volume from

about 9.30.p.m. Volume has been R9 with very fine modulation. On Saturday a number of children’s items were very enjoyable. . Radio Maroc, Rabat, 32.26 metres: Monday, starts prompt at 7.80 a.m. with a short talk, about R8-9, followed by an orchestra at R9. Prior to the opening announcement a metronome can be heard ticking. OXY, Denmark, 21.51 metres: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, about R6-7 at 7.80 am, W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres: Sunday, very good for the last hour till 3.30 p.m., being R9 toward the finish. On Saturday they were much weaker. Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres: R& each morning, at 7 a.m.; very weak at 6.30 a.m, VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres: Wednesday and Saturday evenings, from about 9.30 p.m. R9 with one stage of audio, but fading very severe at times. WIXAZ, Springfield, 31.85 metres: Saturday at 11.45 p.m., R8, noisy background. VEK2ME, Sydney, $1.28 metres: Sunday evening and Monday morning with sessions mentioned in the shortwave news séction, R9 with excellent quality. © PCJ, Eindhoven, Holland, $1.28 metres: Saturday morning, R8 at 7 a.m., spoilt by another station. At 2 p.m, they were quite good, except for a slight surge at R8-9 with a programme for America, A record was put on, which, according to Mr. BH. Stavly, the announcer, was ‘music received from Mars; it certainly sounded like something from another world,’ ' mixture of tom-toms and bagpipes. was the description given by a visitor.’ Volume continued good till about 5 pm. Radio Paris, 25.63 metres: Commences too late for me except on Sunday,’ when they were good volume till after 10 a.m. G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 . metres: Reach R7 by 7.30 a.m., when they close for nearly half an hour; have been: very gushy each morning. reves 12R0, Rome, 25.4 metrés: Quite good each morning after 7 a.m., increasing in volume till 8 a.m. and then remaining fairly steady. . French Colonial Station, Paris, 25.2 metres: At 7.30 a.m. each morning this station is about R8, but is usually gushy. 2ME, Sydney’s New Service. For the benefit of shortwave listeners herewith is an account of a transmission from VK2ME, Sydney, commencing 4.30 p.m. (N.Z, time), Sunday, July 5. The announcer gave his call sign, VK2MB, and wavelength 31.28 metres. He said. that, commencing on. above date, the station would transmit four programmes every Sunday till further notice. The programmes would be identical, but at different times, in order to serve every part of the globe. The times (G.M.T.) and places intended for reception are as follow —

ina 0500 to 0700-Pacific coast of America, 0930 to 1130-New Zealand and Paci Islands. 2400 8 to 1880-West Australia and Japan. d China, 1900 2100-Great Britain and Africa, Mr, Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated (A’sia), Lid. then spoke. In opening the new service, he said it was hoped to tell the world something of the ideas and ideals of Australia. He then read a message received from Mr, J. H. Seullin, Minister, in which he hoped for unity and understanding, and stated that they were meeting their difficulties with spirit and An interesting programme followed, ineluding the call of the kookaburra, "Star Spangled Banner’-for American listeners, in honour of Independence Dayand other musical items, interspersed with messages from the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the. "Sun, " a talk on the Great Barrier Reef. of , ete, ete. Without exaggeration, volume could only be described as tremendous-no sta-, _tie, and the whole programme a delight te. listen to. Shortwavers may look forwazvd to this on future Sundays with pleasure. For convenience one may choose either the . afternoon or the evening. sessions (4.80 to 6.30 p.m., and 9 to 11 p.m, N.Z. time).-I. Meltzer (Auckland).