Log for Week Ended October 3

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 13, 9 October 1931, Page 31

Log for Week Ended October 3

\ RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres, comes in well every evening from about 7.30 p.m. A larger proportion of music is heard now than in the past. PMY, Java, 58 metres. Saturday, just after midnight, R8; static was very bad. HVJ,, Vatican City, 50.26 metres. From 6.30 a.m. each morning at good volume. Pnglish is spoken for a short period on W. day mo:

Moscow, 50 metres. Musie each morning. Volume R9 at 6.80 am., deereasing to about R4 by 7.30 a.m. W9XF, Chicago, 49.83 metres. Saturday, R9 from 4.30 p.m.; static very ad.

70, Nairobi, 49.5 metres. This Hast African station is again audible in the mornings between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., but volume so far has been too weak to hear much. Static, as in previous seasons, is troublesome. FL2AZX, Wellington. Our local shortwaver comes in well on Monday, Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday evenings. WSXAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres. Sunday and Saturday, R9 from 4.30 p.m. ; static being very bad on Saturday. Also from 11 p.m. at excellent volume, but spoiled in Wellington by ZLW. F8ICD, Saigon, 49 metres. Good volume each evening from 11 n.m.

BOKA, Barranquilla, Republic of Colembia. 48.8 metres. This 7} watt station, which was built and is owned and operated by Senor Jesus Amortegui, P., put on a special programme for members of the International Shortwave Club last Sunday from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 pm. Reception in New Zealand was spoilt by a strong hum, which made readability impossible except for a few odd words. Volume with me was R7 at 4.30 p.m., Increasing to R8 by 5 p.m., remaining at that till 6 p.m., when volume went off again. The concluding announcement was made at 6.30 p.m., followed by 2 musical item, the station going off the air at 6.34 p.m. 48.8 metres (about). On Wednesday, Thursday. and Friday mornings, from about 6.30 a.m.. a foreigner was heard talking and calling "Hullo, Papeete." Volume R8-9 each morning. VESCL, Winnipeg, 48.8 metres. Twice a month, the 15th and 80th, this station nuts on a late programme for Australia. On Wednesday, the 30th, I tuned them in at 7 p.m., when they were R4, but static was too bad to continne with them. W3XL, Bonndbrook, 46.69 meters. Saturday, tuned in at 430 p.m., in time to hear that the programme had been from Montreal, Canada. Vol

ume, R88, static very bad. Signal strength continued the same, but interference became worse. , Moscow, 45.88 metres. This station continues to come in well in the early morning, but 2 morse station has been spoiling reception recently. Volume R8 at 6 a.m., reducing to R4 by 7.30 a.m. PLW, Java, 31.86 metres. Comes in like a local station every evening, with duplex service to Sydney. Records are often put on at intervals. XY, Skamlebark, Denmark. 31.51 metres. R4 is about the best I can get this station each morning about 6.30 a.m. Ww2 , Schenectady, 31.48 metres. Sunday and Saturday, R5 at 2.30 p.m., increasing to R8-9 by 3 p.m. Zeesen, Germany, $1.88 metres. Hach morning except Monday and Saturday, best at 6 a.m., when volume has been R29, going off later. On Saturday night, or, at least, Sunday morning at 12.30, this station opened with music, after their announcement. Reception was excellent, except for slight static, at R9. VIK2MIE, Sydney, 31.28 metres. Their week-end international programmes were well received with the usual severe fading. PCJ, Eindhoven, Holland, 31.28 metres. Heard on Saturday morning and again in the afternoon, but only about R3 each time. FYA, Pontoise, France, 25.63 metres. Wednesday and Thursday, after 7.30 a.m., much weaker than when first heard a few weeks ago.

GosSW, Chelmsford, 0.00 mecLr'es. Mornings about R6, at 6.30 a.m., to R4 at 7.80 a.m. Rapid fade bad every day. At 11 p.m. they are audible now. Monday night was the best this week, when the opening announcement was about 25 per cent. readable at R5. Big Ben striking the half-hour was very clear. 12KR0, Rome, 25.4 metres. They apparently have an interval prior to 7.380 p.m. ag they have not been audible before this time, but about R8-9 from then on. WSXK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres. Saturday, 2.80 p.m., R5, not readable on account of very rapid fade. KYA, Pontoise, 25.2 metres. Has been very gushy each morning lately. Volume best about 6.80 a.m. W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.5 metres. The best I can get now before breakfast is a R1-2 signal.