Short-wave News

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 14, 16 October 1931, Page 31

Short-wave News

PCJ, Holland. HH special New Zealand and Australian programme ‘on Saturday after noon is transmitted: each fortnight, as this programme is alternating with 4a Saturday afternoon transmission. (Sunday morning, 1 a.m. to 4 a.m., N.Z. summertime.) American Programmes for New Zealand. R. J. As CHAMBERS, technical supervisor of stations WLW, WSAI, W8XAL, advises me that a series of .special short-wave programmes have been arranged; to be dedicated to New Zealand for rebroadeasting by the stations: of the N.Z. Broadcasting Co, These programmes will be. transmitted every fourth Thursday, beginning Thursday, September 38, 10.30 to 11.30 p.m, N.Z. time. The first fifteen minutes of this programme is in the nature of a test, {the official dedicated programme ts at 10.45 p.m., N.Z. time. HVJ, Vatican City. Ji} Vatican short-wave station has 1ssued the following statement: "We do not and will not have regular broadeast programmes. Hours have been fixed for transmission at 10 p.m. (N.Z. summertime)'on a wavelength of 19.84 metres, and at 7 a.m. on a wavelength 50.26 metres. At these times the station will send out news, notices, and letters addressed to the missions. On Sundays and feast days at 10 p.m,, liturgical and spritual letters are read for the sick." Radio, Saigon. ADIO, Saigon, is now testing regularly each day on a wavelength of 25,465 metres, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, » Saigon time (4 p.m. to 6 p.m., N.Z. sumamertime). Reports are requested by the station, detailing signal strength, fading, modulation, etc., and will be appreciated. The address for Radio, Saigon, is: Compagnie Franco Indo-Chinoise de Radiophonie, 106 Boulevard Charner, Saigon, Indo-Chine. Mr. B. Hackett, Wellington, has heard this station at fair strength after midnight. Records and talks were heard. Empire Broadcasting. "AMATEUR Wireless" (Hngland), says: "This is a topic Savoy Hill has grown rather tired of discussing, In fact the B,B.C. has been feeling rather sore at the way its Hmpire broadcasting scheme has been shelved by the Colonial Office. Although we have no official confirmation of it, we recently heard a report from a very reliable source to the effect that the B.B.C. is about to start important short-wave experiments. Aceording to this report, short-wave transmissions on 18-metres are being prepared at Daventry. Readers will recall that entry was suggested as a suitable eM™ere for Empire broadcasting in the B.B.C.’s report to the Colonial Office." An Unidentified Foreigner. M®*. BH. HACKETT (Wellington) reports hearing a foreigner every evening from about 9.80 p.m. till midnight or later, with talk and music, on about 50 metres. The same listener heard VK3LR, Melbourne, on about 49 metres. last Thursday, from 9.30 p.m. at R9. The station that "Rad" (Te Awamutu) hears every evening at good strength on about 31.3 metres is PLW,

Java, on 31.86 metres, which carries out a telephone service with 2MB, Sydney. Records are often heard from the shortwave duplex-telephony stations of Java. They appear to fill in the time this way while waiting for calls. Riobamba, Ecuador. SPECIAL programme for New Zealand from HOIFG, Bl Prado, Riobamba, Hicuador, was heard last Sunday from 8.35 p.m. till after 5 p.m., when Morse interference became troublesome. The wavelength is given as 39.8 metres, but was nearer 39.2. Volume was about R6 at first, rapidly increasing to R8. Maximum of R8-9 was reached at about 4.45 p.m. Quality was quite good, the talk on the whole being about 75 per cent, readable.