Short-wave News

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 3, 31 July 1931, Page 31

Short-wave News

New Zealand Shori-wave Club. rPHE next nieéting- will be held im Nimmo’s Concert Hall, Willis Street, on Thursday, July 30, at 7.30 p.m. when a-lecture on the penthode valve will be given by a representative of Philips Lamps Ltd. All interested are invited to attend. PMY,. Bandoeng, Java, MY is a short-wave transmitter owned by the Government of the Dutch East Indies, but used by the Bandoeng Radio Society for broadcasting and obtaining data about reception in the Dutch. Kast Indies. The wavelength of PMY is 58.3 metres. Power, about 250 watts. The best time to listen for this station in New Zealand is after 11 p.m. » ‘Mystery Transmitter. To: ht the Bolshevik propaganda being ‘put on the air by the Soviet stations, a‘ new short-wave transmitter has been installed in Poland. The location of the station’ is’ a mystery, and so far efforts to lovate it have proved ineffective. A wavelength of about 42 metres is used, and announcements are made in Russian, ~The station opens with Tsarist "Preobrazebsky March," and closes with "God Save the T'sar"’-the former Russian National Anthem. The talks are of an ‘anti-Bolshevist character, and the ‘station is giving the. Soviet authorities much concern, HVJ, Vatican City. MPHE following are the schedules of the Vatican City short-wave station, HVJ, on 50.26 meters, and 19.84 metres. Week days, 19.84 metres, 9.80 p.m. to 10 p.m.,. telephony, 16 p.m. to.10.30 p.m., telegraphy, 50.26 metres, 6.30 a.m. to 7 am., telephony, and 7 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. "{#@ecraphy. Sundays. and Feast Days, 9.30 p.m. to 10.80 p.m., telephony on 50.26 metres (all times, N.Z.'T.). * Part of the morning’ week-day transmissions are given in Latin and Italian, and part in various other languages, as follows:-Wednesday, Hnglish; Thursday, Spanish; Friday,. French: Saturday, German; Sunday, various other languages. ‘The above particulars of the schedute of HVJ were supplied to the "Wireless World" (Hngland) by the Rev. G. H. J. Horan, of the Observatories de Ksara, Libau, Latvia. , A Mystery Solved. PTHE following will be of interest to short-wave listeners ‘who have heard the special gramophone transmission from Rome recently. It was quite a puzzie to me at the time, but the letter (from the Gramophone Company, Limited) makes things quite clear-T. P. Sewell (Christchurch). "We, were very interested to receive your letter of April. 27. regarding our broadcast from Rome. This was the second of a series of two we gave from this station, which were: transmitted on wavelengths of 441 and 25.4 metres for

the benefit of Wnglish listeners, You will no doubt be interested te know that the concerts were conducted by Mr, Christopher Stone, who is well known in England for his weekly broadcasts of gramoPhone records from the B.B.C. stations. He was not present in -Rome in person, his remarks being recorded in Londoa

and the records played in Rome between each item; the dog’s bark was also recorded. immediately preceding each announcement." Lyre Bird from Australia. AN interesting item was heard from VK2MB during each of their special broadeast programmes for world-wide reception last Sunday. and. Monday. ‘This was a reproduction on a sound film of the singing of the lyre bird. ‘This particular bird has its home.in the-Sherbrooke’ Forest, 35 miles from Melbourne, and it sings and mimics various other "birds of the forest at the same hour each: day. This item came through very well here. LOG FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 235. RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres: This sta‘tion has suddenly disappeared. I have not heard it for about a fortnight. HVJ, Vatican City, 50,26 metres; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 6.80 a.m., was very good, but all foreign talk. ;

Moscow, 50 metres: Hach morning ear cept Tuesday, good volume, but spoilt recently by a gurgling noise. W9XF, Chicago, 49.83 metres:. Saturflay. R8-9 at 4. p.m., spoilt by local QRM. PK3AN, Sourabaya, Java, 49.7 metres: Tuesday. 11.45 p.m., R7, static bad. ZL2ZX, Wellington, 49.51 metres: Wednesday and Thursday evenings, ezcellent quality. WSXAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres: We. are hearing quite a lot of this American station now, late in the afternoon and again from 10.30 p.m. or 11 p.m, On Friday evening they opened at 10.80 p.m. with their call, and gave the time as 6 am., Hastern Standard time. They stated that they were anxious and willing to broadcast special programmes for foreign: countries, ‘and’ that they’ had been rebroadcast by 2¥A, Wellingtom, and

8AC, Christchurch. A musical programme continued till i1 p.m. This was followed by the weather forecast, and then breathing and setting-up exercises, ‘W2XE, New York, 49.02 metres: Sat- | urday and Sunday, R7 at 4.30 p.m., "but very noisy. FS81CD, Saigon, 49 metres: Commences at 11 p.m. with "Hullo, hullo, here is Radio 7 aigon," ete. They are back again to their old-time volume, R9. Their native music is very quaint. WSXL, Boundbrook, 46.69 metres ; Sunday, till 4.30 p.m., at. R8-9. REN, Moscow, metres (about)-: Good volume every morning till 8 a.m. PLW, Java, 36.92 metres: Wednesday, 10.45 p.m., records at R9, with slight rapid fade. Radio Maroc, Rabat, 32.26 metres: Monday, from 7.30 am., R8-9; very gushy. 32.3 metres (about): A stranger was heard on this wavelength on Friday morn-

ing at 7.30 a.m. at R8-4, with talk and music. The talk was foreign, but too gusty .to be readable. Seeds VE » Melbourne, $1.55 metres: Wednesday and Saturday, from 9.30 p.m., excellent at R9. ‘ OXY, Denmark, $1.51 metres: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from about R2 at 6.30 a.m. to R7 by 7.30 a.m. W2XAF, Schenectady, $1.48 metres: Sunday, R7-8 at 3 p.m., but very gushy. Better on Saturday, both.in quality and volume, with a relay from the Hotel St. Regis. , . . Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres: Bvery morning, very weak before 7 a.m., and at 7.80 a.m. it is only about R7 ‘and has been very gushy most mornings recently. WIXAZ, Springfield, 31.35. metres: Sunday and Saturday afternoons, R& at 3.30 p.m.; Saturday, 11.380 pm, R4, very gushy. PCJ, Holland, 31.28 metres: Saturday, R9 at 7.30 a.m., when the announcer said, "Good-night, America, and goodmorning, Australasia." At 130 p.m. (Saturday) they commenced at R7%, inerensinge to RO hv 4 nm.

' WK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres; Sunday afternoon and evening, also Monday. morning, with their world-wide programme. Volume R9, with one stage of audio. Quality excellest, ‘ EAQ, Madrid, 30.4 metres; Sunday from 12.45 p.m., R8 and gushy. Al talk in Spanish. The call was given several times. a ¥YA, Paris, 25.63 metres: The new French colonial station comes in well from 8.30 a.m. Sunday is the only day I get a chance to hear them. Talks appear to take up most of the time. G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres: Very poor now till after their interval between 7.30 am. till 7.50 am. The interval announcement, following the Greenwich time signal at 7.80 a.m.. is seldom more than 75 per cent. readable on account of rapid fade. Conditions are improving for their 11’ p.m. (our time. session; their carrier is audible now at this time,

whereas a few weeks ago nothing coulé @ hear 12K0, Rome, 25.4 metres: Hach morning quite good by 7.30 p.m., but not up to volume a few weeks back, WSXK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres: Sunday, from R3 at 12.30 p.m. to R88 by 2.30 pm. Signals were gushy all through. French Station, 25.2 metres (about): Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, RT -_ morning at 7.80 am, Musie and