Short-wave Notes

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 4, 7 August 1931, Page 33

Short-wave Notes

‘The "Voice of Holland." A WEEKLY. broadcast, the Voice of -* Holland, provided by the press agen~ cies of The Hague and Amsterdam, takes place each Sunday at 2.10 am., New Zealand time, from POV, Kootwijk, on a wavelength of 16,85 metres. The ‘Voice of Holland" is broadcast in Dutch, French. English and German. ' French Colonial Shortwaver. HE new French shortwave station, which is situated at Pontoise, has a power of about 13. kilowatts, three masts, and two transmitters, which are stabilised by crystals and will work either separately or simultaneously. There is a special auditorium for this station at the Colonial Bxhibition, and is being announced as "Poste O 12,000." For the time being there will be a tra@smission each day from 6.30 p.m. to’ 9.80 p.m. meant-for Oceania, followed by a second one for Indo-China. A little later there will be a transmission for Africa, which will last until 9.380 a.m., between which time and 11.30 a.m. Ameriea will be the objective. (All times N.Z.) These programmes will consist of news, economic, political, literary and artistic, as well, as a concert. Short Waves from Manila. qt is officially reported that the Manila stations listed as working on 48.8, 81.4, 26.1 and 24.5 metres are no longer in use. Broadcasting in Manila will be done only on 485 metres, with an aerial power of 50 k.w.

VE9CL, Canada, E9SCL, 48.8 metres, are putting on 2 late programme twice a mont for reception in this part of the world. The "ygtime to listen is between 5.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. on the 15th and 30th of each month. WS8SXAL, Cincinnati. HE Crosley’ Radio: Corporation advises that they intend to carry out 24 tests once. each month so that they will be able to determine the variation in short-wave transmission throughout the. world. One has just concluded (Sunday morning, August 2), the next starts at 4.80 a.m. on September 1, our time, and continues till the same hour the next morning. The letter arrived too late to include these particulars in last week’s notes. Any readers who heard this test are invited to forward as full a report as possible to the Technical Supervisor, Station W8XAL, the Crosley Radio Corporation, Cincinnati, U.S.A.

"Radio Maroe," Rabat. A LONG letter has just been received from the Inspcctor-General of the Post Office Telegraph and Telephones of Miiroc. The short-wave station is locatec in the outskirts.of Rabat, in the same field as the broadcast station "Radio Maroc." The main aerial is so arranged that the energy radiated is at a maximum in. the direction of Paris. ‘Two secondary aerials are constructed’ to

radiate in all directions. The secondary aerials are used for communication with Paris when the directional aerial during certain. hours becomes ‘ineffective, for broadcasting their Sunday: programmes, and with a view to the eventual establishment of: communication with Tunis and French West. Africa. The stations are crystal controlled. Power on telegraphy is 15 kilowatts and 8 kilowatts on telephony. Every Sunday the programme of ""Radio Maroc" is relayed on short waves as follows :- New Zealand time, Sunday, midnight till 1.80 a.m. on 23.88 metres, and Monday, 7 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. on 82.26 metres.

PCJ, Holland. M® EDWARD STARTZ, the sixlanguage announcer of PCJ, in a letter just received states that New Zealand is one of the foremost countries in the world in "the short-wave game," in fact, more reports are received from thig country, for its size and population. than any other part of the world. Ieception of PCJ in the United States has gone backward on account of transmitters in that country working close to PCJ’s wavelength, causing interference. {n all other countries reception has improved and become fairly reliable. Mr. Startz thinks this is due to the improvement of atmospheric conditions and their new beam aerials, which have given remarkable results.

During the summer months of Europe the 1.30 p.m. to 5.80 p.m. Saturday afternoon transmissions. will only take place fortnightly instead of weekly. Reports are invited on their Saturday aftaesioon 14-18 G.M ‘T, programme (Sunday, 1.30 am. to 5.30 am., New Zcaland time), as would like to know if PCJ can be heard in this country during this period.