Log for Week Ending March 26

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 38, 1 April 1932, Page 23

Log for Week Ending March 26

ECEPTION is very patehy, no two days the same. Some stations have come in at good strength one day, and the next yery poor. RY15, Siberia, 70.1 m.-Neurly always

ghere with a -strong signal after about * BMY, Java, 58.3 m.- Wednesday, 11.45 p.m, singing ‘at R5, with medium static. Saturday, a little later in the evening, R4, severe VE8LR, Melbourne, 51.72 m.- W edmeedey, relaying. the news session ino 3AR at 11.50 p.m. 8LR closed at 11.55. p.m, giving his "frequency: as 5800 eyeles (51.72 m.).. Volume was R8-9}; the news. was 100. per cent. readable,. but "talk from 8LR direct was not quite as Clear. RV59, Moscow, 50-m-Hach morning about R5 at 7 a.m., dying out about 8 a.m. Saturday midnight, RG with talk. W9XE, Chicago, 49.83 m.-Tuesday, R9 at 5.30 p.m. R8-at the same time on Saturday. ZL2ZX, Wellington, 49.5 m1. --Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 7 p Cincinnati, 49.5. m.-Only heard on Monday. R& at 5.80 p.m. with a very noisy_background.R2, Vienna, 49.4 tn. -Just audible ‘on Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. . Ws. Boundbrook. 49.18 m.- -Usually good yolume till 5.30 p.m., but on Tuesday they were better than ever at 5 p.mn., being full speaker strength, with one stage of audio. ‘They went off.a little by 5.30 p.m., when they closed. New York, 49.02 m.- Tuesday. ‘5.80 at 5 p.m.. increasing to RT by 5.80 p.m., but th ie noise level became yery. bad, about the same, F31CD, Saigon, 49. m. "stil comes in good from 11 p.m. Moscow, 46.6 m.--Heard for the first time for seyeral weeks on Thursday, at 7 am., when talk was R4, quality being poor. Radio Maroe,. Rabat, . 32.26 metres.Monday,. 9.a.m. very gushy at RO. W2XAD, Schenectady, 32 metres (about).-Saturday, at 11.80 pm. records at R99, noisy and distorted | at times. Later, they ealled, "This — is 2XNAD. calling PCD, Holland." They continued with records and calling Holland till midnight, without any success. They closed down about this time, Y 7.

VKS3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres.Saturday, R9 at 10 p.m., with very severe fading. W2XAF, Schenectady, $1.48 metres.Monday. morning at 9.15 a.m., R5, fading out soon after. Audible again in the afternoon, reaching R8-9 by 3.45 ‘p.m., when they signed off.e.. Other afternoons they sign off about 3.80 p.m." . Zeesen, Germany, $1.38 metres.Wednesday’ was the only morning they ‘were good. R8 at 7 a.m., with orchestral music. Weaker and gushy one hour later. Wednesday and Thursday nights, after midnight, R6-7; very gushy. WiAXAZ, Springfield, 31.35 metres.Monday morning 9.15 a.m., R38; soon fades out. Back again about 3 p.m., reaching R8-9 by 4 p.m. Wednesday. afternoon, messages for the Far North from 3.45 p.m., RS. Tuesday and Saturday from 11.30 p.m., their early morning session, R&8, VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres-Sun-day evening, maximum volume with one’ stage of audio. .- Signs off. at 7.80 p.m. EAQ, Madrid, 30.4 metres--R8-9 at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, with selections from Spanish opera (this was announced in English). At 10 am. signals were a little weaker, but too noisy for further listening. . FYA. Paris, 25.63 metres.-‘‘Radio Colonial" is improving on this wavelength. On Monday I held them nearly all through their. programme. Conn. meneed at $30 am., R5. At 9.10 a.m. news in’ English was heard, still Rb. They reached R7 by 10.30 a.m. and con-. tinued at that till closing at 11.27 a.m. Just prior to closing, after some French talk. in IWnglish they asked for reports on the transmission to be addressed to 108 Tue de Grenelle, Paris. . . GSSW. Chelmsford, 25.53 metres. Poor each morning. Thursday | was better, RO by 8.30 a.m., but spoilt by rapid fade. ‘The time signal was leeard at 8.30 a.m. Volume went off Again after 9 a.m, Wednesday was the best ea uae ~ =

for night reception.. Opened at 12 p.m." (midnight), readability about 20 per cent., but increased to 90 per Gent. in a few minutes.. Most of the items of news were. clearly readable. An. orchestra was broadcast from 12.12 a.m. 12R0, Rome, 25.4: metres,-Reception has: varied from bad to excellent during the week, Monday, "Tuesday," . and’ Thursday at 6.45 a.m., Rome was. excellent for a time, going off later. * WS8XK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres.Friday only, and then very weak at 3.45 a.m. FYA, Paris, 25.2. motres.-Tuesday,, 6.45 a.m. R8, spoilt by Morse QRM. Thursday, only R4 at the same time and about.the same on Saturday." | : KEL, Bolinas, 21.8 metrés-Monday midday, R83 with a description of the race in which Phar Lap ran. FYA, Paris, 19.68 metres.-This ‘station is going off again now. Wednesday night, 12.30 a.m., only R2-3. The same tine Saturday night they were not-aud-ible. ‘