News and Views of the DX Club

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 42, 29 April 1932, Page 11

News and Views of the DX Club

Answers to Correspondents

Would DXii1MC please send his ad‘dress to H.Q.? DX48NW (Westport) and D.Mcf. (Wellington). Full details of the DX Club have been forwarded to you. DX1340C (Dunedin): Suggestion noted. See next Dimes." ,

Addresses and Addresses iv Wanted

DX13400: WENR, National Broad«casting Co, Inc, Chicago, Illinois.

Identification Wanted

Station on approx. 1100 ke. just below Heilsberg and OKR. A woman announces

the items and a man gives the call, which is followed by a short bird whistle. It js usually heard from 5.30 am, on.DX99W (P.N.). Station heard at approx. p.m. on April 12 on approx. 780 ke. (384 m.) at good volume. No call was given. Apparently an auction sale was in progress. ‘"Seasoned timber" was mentioned, and a bed was sold for fifteen shillings. A perambulator and a dog were among the other things sold. This station was also on April 15, heterodyning badly with a Jap. Items heard: "I’m Waiting for Ships that Never Come In," sung by a woman, and "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain." This was at 10.15 p.m.DX1340C (Dunedin). . Station heard 2 degrees below 3AR on April 11. Nationa! Anthem was heard, but Xfterwards it faded out. It wis also heard very faintly the next evening. What station heterodynes 2Bl.? An American is heard nightly 1 deg. below him, but I eannot get his call-DX140A (One‘hunga). Station heard April 16 on approx. 1120 ke. (268 m.) at R8, QSA4. Between each item was a distinct pause, and the only words spoken was a short monologue referring to the old masters (Schubert, ete.). No other announcements were made. Items and times heard: 6 p.m., bagpipes playing "Phe Old Rustic Bridge ‘by the Mill"; 6.7 p.m., "The End of a Perfect Day’; 6.15 p.m., a band march; --§,20 p.m., vocal item, "Madame."’- \ D.Mcl. (Wellington). ~~ Station on 1000 ke. (300 m.) heard Between 5.83 and 6.20 p.m. on April 17. Programme ° consisted mainly of dance music. Also a station on 750 ke. (400 m.) heard between 5.24 p.m, and 6.30 p.m. on the same day, when I think it closed down. From 6,19 a.m, to 6.42 a.m. on April 18 a station was heard broadcast12 Fading slight and static bad. foxtrot was heard, followed by an an-

ing on 680 ke. (441. m.).. Programme and annoncements were all in English. One of the tunes was the "Barearolle" from the "Tales of Hoffman," sung in Wnglish. wt 648 I tuned in again and heard a programme in Italian. "As the announcer was a lady, there is not much doubt but that the latter part of the programme was from Rome. Can anyone explain this? There was no sign of heterodyhing, and yolume at both times was much the same. Unfortunately, distant reception in my locality is frequently spoilt by a pearby "howler."--DX400 (Invercargill). Two stations beard in the mornings, one on 710 ke. (422 m.) between 5.45 a.m. and 6.20 a.m. A man heard speaking in a foreign tongue. ‘The other is on 260 ke. (349 m.). Speech is also foreign. Both come through clearly. Orchestral music has been heard from another staton on 640 ke. (469 m.),-at 6 am-

Mark

Dunedin

American On approx. Lio KC. (200 Me! heard at 5.40 p.m. at about R6 on April 8. eee oe

() nouncement eoncerning a 200. dollar dancing competition, Another foxtrot, "Looking Forward to Summer," was followed by an announcement concerning half-hour broadcasts every Saturday and Monday from Cocoanut Grove. A lady then sang. The name "Yukon" was mentioned once.-DX9SW (P.N.).

Stations Identified

G.R.L. (Limaru): Station W38XL. For an account of the broadeast you heard see last week’s "R.R.," page 24. DX1000C: See "Topics." DX48A (Pokeno): Latest lists do not give a station with the call sign "KGRR." it.is almost certain to be "KGRS," unlest this station has changed its call sign very recently. "Amarillo, Texas," is sufficient. 1ZH, Hamilton, is still on the air. Your protest has been noted.

DX Topics

Address of XER. FUROPEANS are coming in well now, but you need to be a linguist to do much with them. On a recent verification from XER there is an address I have not yet seen published. It is: XBR, Box 1088, Del Rio, Texas. On April 17 this station was R7-8 from 5 p.m. onwards. On April 6 4ZF was logged on hig dx programme at RO after 11.40 p.m., but static was exceptionally bad. I received a Night-Owl card, together with a verification, from KGIR, Butte, Montana, Also the Butte Chamber*of Commerce sent a book slightly larger than ee Log" on Montana -DX99W