Log for Week Ended December 26

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 25, 31 December 1931, Page 31

Log for Week Ended December 26

Conditions are still far from good, but there is: usually something to be heard. RV15, Siberia, 50 metres.-Not quite so strong again; also plenty of static. PMY, Java, 58 metres.-Thursday, at 12, pom., R8-9 with records; excellent ex¢ept for static, HVJ, Vatican City, 50.26 metresAbout R8 at 7 a.m., not so loud as a few weeks ago, but the quality is as good. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres.-Volum2 is best about 7 a.m, but is seldom as loud now 4s it used to be. Wednesday was an exception, when they were It9 at 6.45 a.m, 50 Metres (about).-Saturday, 6.10 a.m., music similar to that which is heard from Saigon at R9. This music was coming in on exactly the same

warvelength as RV59, talk from the Russian being audible. (RS): through the music, .Any chance ‘of getting a call: from the stranger was spoilt by RY59. W9XF, Chicago, 49.83 metres: Tues- | day: and Saturday, R7 at 5 p.m., but too noisy to bother with. ZL2ZX, Wellington, 49.5 metres: Hxcellent every evening they were on. WS8XAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres: Sunday and Saturday, RS at 5 PM, but too noisy. W3XAL, Boundbrook, 49.18 metres: Quite good after 5 p.m., reaching R9 as a rule by 5.30 pm. On Saturday music. from the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, was heard till 5.80 p.m. They announced earlier in the week that they would be on the air on Christmas Day from 6 a.m. till 1 a.m. the following morning. During this period several relays were to be broadcast, including.the Canadian one heard and one from Bngland, which was at about 6 am. here, when W8XAL is not audible in New Zealand.

F31CD, Saigon, 49 metres: Still good from about 11.15 pm W3XL, 46.69 metres: Sunday, R4 at 445 p.m., increasing to R8-9 by 5.30 p.m. Static was very bad. _REN, Moscew, 45.38 metres: RS at 6 a.m., slowly becoming weaker till they disappeared soon after 7 a.m., as is usual with this station now. PLW, Java, 31.86 metres: Thursday, soon after midnight, excellent with records at R9. VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres: Wednesday from 10 p.m., R9, W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres: Varies quite a lot. Tuesday they were only just audible at their best. Wednesday was better, being RT when closing at 4 p.m., while. on Saturdav R&8-9 was reached by closing down time. On Saturday morning at 8.10 am. they were R9 for about five minutes, when 2XA}I* suddenly disappeared. It is unusual to hear this station above a mere whisper at this time of the day. Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres: This station is gradually strengthening in the morning now. The best morning was Monday, when signals. were RS at = é a.m.

WIXAZ, Springfield, 31.35 metres: Sunday, organ recital, reaching R8 by closing time at 5.30 pm. On Thursday they were on until 6.25 p.m, with musie and Christmas messages to residents of the Far North ftom their friends in U.S.A. and Canada. Volume reached R09. VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres: R9 with severe fading as usual on Sunday evening. G5SW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres: The mornings are still very poor, weak and gushy. The midnight session is better. On Thursday night. or at least Friday morning at 12.25 a.m., the opening announcement with the next day’s — Christmas — programme was 100 per cent, readable at R9. There was a slight rapid fade, but nothing to worry about. An organ recital was heard till 12.45 am.

12R0, Rome, 25.4 metres: Only heard twice during the week. Thursday, R4 at 8 a.m., was not audible at 7am. Saturday was the same. W8XK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres: Sunday only. R4 at 4.30 p.m., with messages for the Far North. FYA, Paris, 25.2 metres: Quite weak each morning, with rapid fading.