News and Views of the DX Club

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 52, 8 July 1932, Page 11

News and Views of the DX Club

Answers to Correspondents

99W (P.N.): Hither would count, but, of course, not both. As far as we know at present XWR and XE are sharing time. A separate verification from each — a ° i . ee ey pees ae ae eee ee

must be entered if both stations are to be credited 32T (New Plymouth): Yes. 864A (Mokau): A complete and up-to-date list of New Zealand amateur transmitters appears in the "N.Z. Radio Call Book," published last week. It may be obtained from dealers or booksellers, or direct from Box 1032, Wellington ; price, 10d posted. 321 (New Plymouth): Yes, I have received daylight verification from 2GB, and also from 2C0O, 7ZL, 2FC, 3L0, ©BL, 2GB, 2UW, 2CKH, and ONC 44 NW (Hokitika).

Identification Wanted

\ Station heard from 1.80 a.m. to 2 a.m. on June 22 on approx. 600 k.c. (5600 m.). Items heard included a yodelling song, two songs by Lloyd Williams entitled "Corda" and "Just Friends," and an instrumeptal number "Smile"’ The anthen said, "You have been listenjing fotthe past hour -- from a Pacific liner." Tha concluding number, which was by special request, was entitled "Save the Last Dance For Me." It was played on an organ, At 2am. N.Z time the time was given on a gong as 10.80 p.m., and the announcer remarked the station would be on the air again at

6 a.m.

J.C.

W.

(Gisborne).

On June 19, at 12.45 p.m., station heard on about 81.19 metres, at about 4.5, brondeasting music. Each item announced in a foreign language, and then in English CQall-sign sounded like ERGA-and once they called "Hxperi mental station, Rio de Janeiro," and asked for reports. Closed down at 1 p.m-

Loco

(Huntly).

Stations Identifed

"Del Rio" (Wellington) and_ others: The station you heard was XEF, now sharing time with XDPR, Villa Acuna, Mexico. It operates on 410.7 (780 k.c.), nowar TH kw. 3. (Wellineton):

Station on 595 kw. is JOAK.-

Omsk

(Whakatane).

DX Topics

meet Japanese Broadcasters. (THE following are the particulars of JORK, taken from a _ verification ecard, Address, Kochi City, Shikoku; frequency, 720 k.c. (416 m.); power, .5 kw. JQAK, Kwantung, Darien, 645 k.c. (465 m.); power, $ k.w. Station operates from 6.30 a.m. to 8.50 p.m., IS.T--750C (Invereargill). Special N.Z. Broadcasts, 1 a communication just received from station 8TR, Sale, they state: "We propose to refer to New Zealand every Thursday night between 10 p.m. and 10.15 p.m., Australian Hastern standard time (11.30 p.m. to 11.45 p.m, N.Z.8.T.). Listeners’ reports on transmission will be appreciated and will be promptly acknowledged. It may be of interest to you to know that station 25M, Sydney, with whom you say we are inclined to heterodyne, goes off the air at 10 p.m. on the night mentioned." TR broadcasts on 1280 k.c. (234 m.), and their new

address is: Gippsland Broadcasting Station, Raymond Street, Sale, Victoria — "Tmafan" (Otorohanga). 2MB’s Sirst Anniversary. On June 26 VK2M¥H announced a new schedule which was to be operative from Sunday, July 3 First session (N.Z. time) 4.30 p.in. to 6.80 p.m.; second and third sessions, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; fourth session, 6 am, to 8 am.: The announeer stated that "A special transmission would be put.over next Sunday, it. being Continued on page 22.)

by an | Special DX Broadcast from 4ZP j _ 3 oumtinhrant

Arranged by Southland if Branch — ‘On Thursday, July 7, between 9 and 10 p.m., a special dx programme for members of the N.Z. DX Club will be broadeast from station 4ZP, Dunedin. 42ZP is operated by Parson’s Radio Supplies, 155 Layard Street North, Invercargill, on 1160 k.e. (258.6 m.), with a power of 3 k.w.

S.

Robson

District Secretary =

870 NZ: DX Club

Wanganui Branch Meeting : neta A meeting of the Wanganui branch of the N.Z. DX Club will be held at the residence of the secretary, 29 Ballance Street, Aramoho (note new address), at 7.45 pam, on Wednesday, July 13. All dxers are expected to attend, but those unable to do so are asked to prepare and send along a report on heterodyne aud power interference, and alse a list of stations heard during the month.

(a Les. Armstrong (29W). i}

District Secretary. ! i

DX Topics

(Continued from page 11.) their first anniversary." The station really -comimenced. transmitting on July 4931. ‘I feel. certain I‘ have been listening .to; this station for a longer period than-a,year, and am wondering if the statement re his first anniversary is correct, -F. M.F. (Taumarunui). Dx J ottings.. ps. conditions have fallen off Jately, ALF static and fading being very trouble~gome. . Recent verifications to hand include: K‘THS, KPRC, XEW,. 8BY and -2ZP.. I also received a card from KMAC ‘stating that they could not verify my report as, although they were on the air ‘at the time, they were not sure of the programme. This station is a 100-watter-64A (Mokau). District Badges. I WOULD like to correct my notes in | connection with. 4ZP being black this should read 4ZL. I: have : written to 4ZP three times, and received three cards at various times. What time did you receive 2NC in daylight, 99W? Latest loggings include WFAA, which I previously thought was 3L0O, KHQ, Spokane, KFWB, and WHAS. 40NW: Verification has just been received by the dxer-mentioried in my notes, I have received a suggestion from a member for a different coloured circle in the dx hadge for each district. What do dxers think? -32T (N.P.).

Experimental Stations. | the club. notes. in the last few issues of .the "Radio Record’" there have been’ several references ‘to KDKA and WS8XAR. The same transmitter and fre-. queney is used with both ealls, the latter call, WSXAR, being used outside of KDKA’s regular broadcasting hours wheu tests are being conducted: The older dxers will no doubt: remember that when WENR came on the air.three years back, prior. to their official .opening under their WENR call, they were to be heard testing’ under the call W9XF, which call, by the way, is now being used by their shortwave experimental station. JI can recall also -another instance in which the same station has often been heard under two calls. About twelve months ago KOA. Denver,’ conducted several tests outside their regular broadcasts, using the call W9XA. When WGY is testing the call W2XAG is used; WJZ, New York, tests under the cal) W2XZ. In this week’s Radio Record’ 118A (Morrinsyille) reports W8XAK, Pittsburg, U.S.A., on 25.25 metres; this should be WSXK. In the dx news lately there haye been seyveral references to American amateurs on phone on the 3500 ke., amateur band, and the following information may be of ‘interest. Until April 1 last, all American amateurs were allowed "unlimited" phone : operation on frequencies . between 3500 ke. and 3550 ke. From 0800 ‘G.ACT., April 1. this privilege was sus‘pended. Now the frequencies for phone operators are from 3900 ke. to 4000 ke., while only specially qualified operators are allowed now to operate phone on this band, all other phone stations having to .QSY to between 175 ke. and 2000 ke. -------"™-"-s&'|-‘;Dté‘( (mt rt tlt ttl hay» a log of several hundred American amateur phones heard on the 80-metre _band, and have verifications from all nine districts and from 42 States. Also have verifications from all districts from phone stations with an input below ten watts. A. P. Morrison (Wellington): I haye not -heard NRH for some time now. A_verification was received recently from KGFK Moorhead; Minn., a 50-watt station operating on 1500 ke, (200 m.). Not bad dx for an out-of-date five-valve battery set. Was any other dxer heard this station? After nine months waiting a card has at: last been, received from 3HA, Ham-ilton.-22T. (Hawera). DX Notes. LAtst loggings: are VUB, Bombay, . WUC, Calcutta, and I am almost cer-

-ae tain that; the jstation I -was listening to this morning at 3.80 a.m. on 700 ke, was the Colombo station. Music was similar to that coming from the Indian stations. Strength was R2-3.. The Europeans are mostly inaudible at the present time. I agree with N. Jenkins in that new stations are exceedingly hard to get. Among ~y latest loggings in America are XEN, KREG, 100 watts, 1500 ke. XEN ig situated in Mexico City. On the whole dxing conditions are not very good.at the present fime, in this district, and also if the -howler in this town sees this I hope he will stop from now on, ; There appears to be some mystery about stations XER and XEF. From what I: have heard from these stations it appears that they are one and the same, only the call letters XER are used only

; when Dr. Brinkley gives medical talks. And the call SEF is used when they are on their music programme. This should clear up much of the mystery surrounding the two calls. Their hours have been extended to 1-2 a.m., (.S.'T., so they can be_heard till 7.80 New Zealand time. Tow many dxers have picked up ZBW. Victoria, Hong-kong, on 845 ke.? I expect hany dxers have various methods of their own to make their sets more sensitic> I have one which enables me to bring in stations which are practically inaudible to a strength of Rh. If any dxer wishes to write to me, I shall reply. Address at H.Q.-"Omsk" (Whakatane).

Hastings DX Meeting

nee, A meeting of Hastings and surrounding district DX members will be held at my residence, 912 Dufferin Street, Hastings, on Monday, July 11, at 8 p.m. I would like all members who intend coming to let me know by the 10th if possible.

G. A.

Lys

(DX2HB). ?

District Secretary. ;