News and Views of the DX Club

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 2, 22 July 1932, Page 11

News and Views of the DX Club

_ Answers to Correspondents B.E.C. (Oamaru).-Please. forward your certificate and we will issue you with a hew club number, Your letter thas been held for publication in the "Radio Times" The conditions of the prize poem competir tion areAll contributions must be original, and not hitherto published. The length of @ poem must not exceed’ 25 lines. , . 32.00. (Invercargili).--Your Australjan yerifications of daylight reception will not ‘be accepted, oye toge Bs a Valve" (Qagare) 5 is imossible that an American broadeast station can be received in New Zealand at strength R9, which is the strength of a powerful local station. This system of classifying ‘signal strength is merely relative, and you are evidently falling into the common, error of the distant atations whi¢h come in loudest at R9, and

are grading the rest from that. If in your logality you regard the loudest station you can receive, irrespective of distance. as being at strength R8, you will be working on a correct basis. Identification Wanted Foreign speech and music heard at R1 on 840 kc. (35%m.) approx., at 8.15 a.m. recently. Speech sounded German."Wicht Valve" (Oamaru). Station on 1410 k.c, (213m.) heard from 7-30 p.m. on July 6 playing dance from 7 to 7.30 p.m. on July 6 playing dance music, with yo¢al refrain by a male yoice. Announcer stated that the station was testing. He closed down at 7.30 p.m., and all I could catch of the call was the first letter, "W.’--1460C (Invercargill), Chinese or Japanese station on 1410 k.c, (218m.) heard at R1 on several occasions between 1.30 and 2 a.m, I do not think, however, this is a Japanese station, as the latest they close is 1.30 a.m.. and

sprech sounded Chinese.-

Omsk

Wha-

kakane_

Stations Identified MeA. (Auekland).-The station you Piaind was XB, Villa Acuna, on 785 k.c, (408m,). This station shares time with XER, Full particulars of both stafly 1 were published in our issue dated 1 DX Topics A New Australian. , A? NEW. Australian "B" opetating on 1150 ke. (261m.) has-been heard recehtly giving the call 2WG, Wagga. According to_a recent’ verification, 2ZB is using 5 watts, The special. "Dx Club programme from’ 4ZP came through here

excellently, and I would like to congratulate 406 on his choice of well-known items, -$2T (N.P.,), . ’ . . DX Jottings. f Or July 8, KFIF, Oklahoma City was logged ‘at RG, on-his ninth anniyersary, I held him for half an hour, and during the whole time the transmission was yery steady and clear, although static and_a power leak close by made listening unpleasant. ‘The Aussies haye been varying a lot lately. Some days they are audible all over the house at 4.80 pm., but. on others I cannot get them until 6.30 or7 p.m, Has any other dxer ever noticed that when the wind is blowing towards the transmitter reception is very Steady, but with a wind in the opposite direction bad fading and distortion are much in eyidence? When the moon is full, ‘too, distant reception seems to be much improved. — ‘8 Valye’ (Oamaru), . Chinese Stations, (CONDITION S here are now excellent for dxing and some great loggin have been secured during the past week, All the Chinese stations given helow, with the exception of CAB and XOL, have been heard during the last fortnight :- XGY, Hangchow, 977 k.c. (B07 m.). x Nanking, 1070 k.c. (280 m. COMK, Mukden, 723 k.c. (415 m. COHB, Harbin, 674 kc. (445 m,), XOPP, Pekin, 937 k.c, (820 m,). NKS, Shanghai, 952 kc. (814 m.). KRC, Shanghai, 869 kc. (846 m.), GEC, Tientsin, 1000 kc, (800 m.). XOL, Tientsin, 625 k.e, (380 T™,.)o CAB, Canton, 689 kc, (485 m.), ZBW, Hong Kong, 845 k.c. (855 m.). VUL, Lahore, India, on 880 ke, (841 m,), and HSPI, Bangkok, on 856 kc. 350 m.), have also been logged. The Chin-

le ere tte hi le tl Bi ti is ler ee i eae, | ese stations are coming in between midnight and 2 a.m. at great strength now, XGY reaching RG by 1.380 am. any morning. KRO, XGY, XGZ, ZBW, and GEO all give their. ealls in Wneglish and Ohinese. A. Japanese station on. 910 k.c. (830 m.,) has also been heard. It ig undoubtedly JFAK, but I thought this station was on 670 k.c. (448 m,.)s HSPI reaches BB. by 2 a.m. and is yery easy to log. The are very poor at present, the best being KGDR, which reaches at 7 p.m., and then KEI, WFAA Gr he is on late), and KGMB. Con: .

cerning: XMR.and XHF; XHR and K¥YBI are used by Dr. Brinkley to broadcast medical talks, while: XHE is used for the musical programmes, "They had extended their hours to 2 am, O.8.T., but evidently they ‘have now reverted to their original schedule,-as they close down regulatly at: 6.30, N.Z.S.T. Why cannot, South,-American stations be heard in

this country?. .Can any_dxer explain? Of my log of 220 stations, I think the best is a 50-watt American, KGFK, Moor-. head, Minnesota, on 1500 k.c. (200 m.). DX22T has evidently heard ‘this station, too. "Digger" (Hamilton): You are doing great work with your 5-valve set, July 14 was a great night for clear reception and all the Australians and New Zealand stations could be heard. [I live only about half a mile from the sea here and am practically on sea level, and this is .a good locality for reception, but I have never heard an Australian in the daytime. Has any dxer in the Bay of Plenty aver heard Australia in daylight?

Omsk

(Whakatane).

Radio Jottings HE Warsaw broadcasting station has introduced a novel interval signal, consisting of the first notes of Chopin’s F Major Polonaise for the -piano. ‘THE National Conservatorium of ~ Music, Paris, has formed a "microphone class" for the purpose of instructing composers in the: present limitations of broadcast transmission. ‘FOR, two years the U.S.A, Federal authorities failed to locate a short‘wave station which was being used by rum-runners to control the movemenis of liquor ships. It was eventually discovered in San Francisco and has been ‘seized by the Government,

1 td O-Ga) aap aE © REP ( i Special DX Clu , Broadcast | --- By 4ZP, Invercargill As reception conilitions throughout New Zealand were poor during the transmission from station AZP, Invercargill, of the New Zea- — land DX Olub’s programme, the owner of the station has generously offered to broadcas{ a further programme between 10 _ and 10.30 pam, on duly 28, Re- . ports should be addressed to the Southland Branch, N,Z, DX Club, care of station 4ZP,,or to Mr. S, Robson, 100 Islington Street, Invereargill. Reports bearing return nostace will be verified by the

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S.

ROBSON

DX4OC).

i Southland District Secretary,

= Special Programme for N.Z. Listeners --s From KGU, Honolulu T a verification recently to hand from station KGY, Honolulu, it is stated that a programine dedicated to New Zealand listeners will be broadeast on July 17 from 10 p.m, to 12 p.m.,' Honolulu time i (ie. 8.0 p.m. to 10.0 p.m,, N.Z, time, July 18), They operate on 750 ke. (400m.), power 2.5° k.w., and are asking for reports. Their card is worth having.-i150C. (Dunedin). " a

Reception Table (Australian and Japauese Stations The; following table shows the relative strengths of reception (R1 9} of Australian "B" sta tions receivcd between 9.30 pan, aud 11.30 pam: Qn July 1127 80wW (okomaru ) ~ 2GB 2HD; 2CH 4BH 0 ` 0 AU@ 2SM; BUZ, 4BC 8 AAY, SHA, 3DB, ZHO 0 0 BE2, 4BK, SSH, 2WL 3G1, 3B0, 4GR, 2KY TLA 1 20A, 5PI; GPR; 20W 'P From 10.0-10.15 p.I . On July 14 the Japanese and Manila sta- tions were coming in as fol- lows:_ 5d KZRM; JOHK JOAK, JOBK 1 JOIK, JOGK JOPK, JORK 0 0 @