Notes on Reception During Week Ending August 1

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

Notes on Reception During Week Ending August 1

MORNING reception has been spoilt. in the writer’s locality by an electrical interference. This has limited listening at this period. HVJ, Vatican City, Moscow and REN continue to come in well at 6 a.m. onward. Zeesen, 12RO and 5SW are weak till after 7 a.m.

GBP, the English P. and T.. phone station, came in well on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the New Zealand cricket scores. They were weak at 6 a.m. each day, about R4, but by-7.30 a.m. volume was up to R8-9. Radio Maroc on Monday was R8-9 from 7.30 am, The Colonial French station comes in well after. 8.30 p.m. W2XAF and WIXAZ close by the time they reach good volume during the afternoon. W2XH, W9OXF and W8XAL on the higher wavelengths reach about R8& by 4 p.m. ‘The latter station comes on ~ dy

again at 10.80 pm. or 11 p.m. with music and early morning exercises. The 24-hour test from WS8XAL was interesting as far as I heard it. At 6 am. to 7 a.m. they were just audiblesay R1-2-and had disappeared at 8 a.m. They were heard again about 2.30 p.m., increasing slowly to R9 by 4.30 p.m., at which volume they remained constant till 11 p.m.; after this they went off to R8 at 11.30 p.m. and were inaudible before midnight. RV15 has come back again to its old volume, Wednesday and Thursday nights being R9 as usual. ‘ VK2MB, on their new international programmes on Sunday evening and Monday morning, came in at R9 as usual. VK8MBE, on Wednesday evening, © was very poor, being only R7 at its best, fading right out at times. Radio Saigon is now as good as ever from 11 p.m. . PK8AN and PMY, Java, commenced about midnight on Saturday, but were spoilt by static. PLW was excellent at R9 on Saturday from 10.30 p.m. with children singing.