Log for Week Ending April 9

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 40, 15 April 1932, Page 23

Log for Week Ending April 9

RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres.-CGood most evenings, best toward midnight.

HVJ, Vatican City, 50.26 metres.Still well received at R9 from 6.30 a.m. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres-R8 at 7 a.m. to yery weak by 8 a.m. Has been very gushy the last few days. WOXF, Chicago, 49.83 metres -Usually, R5 by 4 p.m., increasing to R8S-9 by . p.m. ZL2ZX, Wellington, 49.5 metres.Monday, Wednesday, ‘Thursday and Saturday from 7 p.m. 8XAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres.Not so loud again now. Sunday. R6 from 4.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, RS during the same period. VOR2, Vienna, 49.4 metres.--Very weak every morning this week, never more than R2. W3XAL, Boundbrook, 49.18 metres.About the strongest station received now. RS by 4 p.m, to R9 soon after till closing at 5.80 pm. There is often a gurgle on this station now, which mars reception.

W2XE, New York, 49.02 metresVery weak most days. leached Rd by 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. F31CD, Saigon, 49 metres.-Com-mences at 11 p.m. at about R8, reaching by midnight. WS8XAL, Boundbrook, 46.69 metres.This station hag been silent for some time, but was heard on Saturday. being R8 at 3.30 p.m. to 8-9 by 4.80 p.m. A special transmission was put ° over later, which I missed. A report of this will appear in another column. dio Maroc, Rabat, 32.26 metres.Monday, 8 a.m., R8 gu" carrier, with musie and talk only Ra4. PLY, Java, 31.86 metres.-Tuesday, 11.15 p.m. RY, but gushy. Friday, 10.30 p.m., very good with records. VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55. metres.Wednesday, from 9.30 p.m., R9, but very distorted. Saturday, volume the same, with better quality. i

W2XAF, Schenectady. 31.48 metres.Every day, from about R5 at 2 p.m. to 8-9 by 3.30 p.m. at which time they usually sign off. Tuesday, 11.10 pm. at RS, records, and calling 2MW, giving the calls W2XAF and W2XAD, but the latter station was not audible. Zeesen, Germany, $1.38 metres.-Al-though yolume has been good on most mornings, this station has been gushy. Saturday was quite good, R8 at T a.m. to only just audible at 8 a.m. W1XAZ, Springfield, 31.25 metres.Weak all afternoon except Monday, when they were R8& at. 3.45 p.m., with news, weather reports, ete. On Tuesday, at 11.30 p.m., they were R4 and noisy, while at the same time on Thursday night the programme was excellent at R9. VR2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres-Sun-day, R8-9 at first, from 5.30 p.m. At 6.30 p.m. yolume was up to R9, with ove less valve. Again, from 9.80 p.m. they were excellent. ¥FYA (Radio Colonial), Paris, 25.63 meires.-Varies a lot in the morning. Thursday and Friday were best, being H9 at 8 am. for a time. On Friday, news in English was heard clearly from 8.30 am, to 845 am., being about 95 per cent readable. G5SW, Chelnsfor?, 25.53 metres.Very poor both morning and night, except on Friday, when from 8 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. songs and musie from yarious "talkies" were heard quite well at R9, most of thetalk and words of the songs being clearly readable. After the tine signal at 8.30 a.m. (9 p.m. to G.M.T.). they closed for about fifteen minutes, after which reception was poor.