Round the World on SHORTWAVE

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 4, 5 August 1932, Page 23

Round the World on SHORTWAVE

Conducted by

F. W.

SELLENS

ee ' Short-wave News VOR2, Vienna. ‘A CONFIRMATION of reception card was receiyed from VOR2, Vienna, during the week. The card, which is a "folder," has some very fine pen sketches of Austria arouid the margin, forming a ftame for the. particulars. "VOR2 uses a erystal controlled experimental transmitter with a power of 120 watts in the aerial." Apparently they have no regular schedule, as a panel set ont with the days of the week and headed "Transmission hotrs" is scored out. 6 \ VRK2ME, Sydney. ‘A MALGAMATED Wireless (A/asia) Ltd. report that "We use directional antenna fer nedrly all our work to New Zealand," when replying to a report on reception of VK2M¥E. Log for Week Ended July 30 12R0, Rome, 80 metres: Wednesday and Saturday mornings, not more than R3-4 after 7 a.m. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres: Audible till about 9 a.m., but very weak, about R3 "then. Friday was a good day, the bells striking midnight from the Kremlin Tower at 830 a.m, our time, followed by "I’Internationale," was received at R8. WSXAL, Cincinnati, 49.5 metres: Tuesday and Wednesday. R8-9 at 5 p.m.. but a very noisy background. WSXK, Pittsburgh, 48.86 metres: Saturday, till 42 p.m., at R8-9, quite good except for slight gushiness. WS8XL, Boundbrook, 46.69 metres: Sunday till 430 p.m. at good volume. with dance music from the Bdgewater Beach Hotel. ’ . ; Japan (?); 32.4 meties (about): Satur: day evening, music and talk at R9. Apparently a Japanése; but did not get any eall. PRVA, Brazil, 31.58 metres: Tuesday and Saturday at midday, clesing at about 12.30 Rm. Only talk, in what I took to be was heard at R8., VK3ME, Melbourne, 31.55 metres: Wednesday fading was more severe than usual. On Saturday from 9.30 p.m. till 11.80 p.m. they were excellent at full volume. . OXY, Detimark, 31.51 metres: Audible each ‘morning, but always very weak. W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres: Quite good every afternoon till 3.30 p.m., reaching about R8 by 3 p.m. | Zeesen, Germany, 31.38 metres: This station has gone off a lot, unless it is good before 7 a.m, ‘Wednesday -morning was quite good, being R&S from 8 am, till 830 a.m. or W1XAZ, Springfield, 31.35 metres: Hach day from about R2 at 2 p.m. to R8-9 . by 8.30 p.m.

_ VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres: Sunday, RO with one audio at the conimencément of the first session, and very steady, but by 5.30 p.m. volume had decreased, and reception was subject to some very severé fades. The next, session was quite good at medium volume.. : . CTIAA, Lisbon, 31.25 metres: and Saturday, opqning just before 8.30 am., with a march, followed by several cuckoo calls, then some talk, including the . call, both in Portuguese and Wnglish. On Friday the volume at 8.30 a.m. was R6, | going off to R4 by 8.45 a.m., and very weak later. On Saturday, they were only R4 at start, and soon went off, Japan, 31 metres, (about): On Thursday and Saturday evening a Japanese wis heard on about 31 metres. At 11.20 p.m. on Thursday they were broadcasting the same itemS ag JIAA, breaking in several times during the musical item to catl "Hullo JIAA," and Japanese talk, but a ways going back to. music again. Reception excellent at R9. JIAA, Japan, 30.5 metres (about): Coming in well every evening from about | 9 p.m. at excellent volume. A lot of our style of music was heard, as Well as the typical Japanese class. EAQ, Madrid, 30.4 metres: From 11 a.m. till 12.30 each day, but not quite so good now as a’few days ago. On Saturday I just got the conclusion of Some reports being acknowledged in Wnglish, at 12.15 pm. They were very clear at R7-8, _ DIQ, Germany, 29.15 metres: A very programme for America was enjoyed on Monday, from 8.30 a.m. till 9 a.m.. when a choir of 160 voices. was heard. This was in connection with the eleventh festival of --, I eould not catch the name. of the festival, but the singing wag well received at R9. Radio Colonial, Paris, 25.6 metres. Very good most mornings till 10.30 a.m, A talk for America, sponsored by the International Radio Forum was heard for fifteen minutes, concluding at 8.15 a.m. on Monday, : G5SW, "Chelmsford, 25.53 metres. Our Empire station has been really good on several mornings of this week. Wednésday, R7 at 8.30 a.m., very clear anil steady to RD at 9.80 ami, after which they were weaker and gushy. Thursday, between 8 a.m. and 8.80 a.m. they were excellent at R8-9, slowly going off after this. Friday, again was d. -A service was relayed from St. Michael’s Church, Chester Square, for 15 minutes from 9 | a.m. Every word of the address and pray- — érg as well as the hymns, were clearly heard at R8, not so loud as sometimes, but very steady. This was followed by dance music from the studio by the B.B C. dance orchestra, conducted by Henry Hall. 12R0, Rome, 25.25 metres.-Quite good each morning, except Wednesday and Saturday, till after 9 a.m., at about R8. . WSXK, Pittsburg, 25.25 metrés-Often heard till 1.30 p.m., when they close, on this wavelength, and change to 48.95 metres. They usually reach R7-8 by 1.30 ‘p.m. KKW, California, 21.77metres.-Verv irregular, but most afternoons. On Saturday they were R4 at 2 p.m., slowly increasing to RO by 4 p.m. During the greater part of this. period a reiay of a local roadcast station was heard, but at intervals, JIAA was called. At 4.8 p.m. they closed, stating that the time was 8.38 p.m... Pacific standard time, and that they had been broadeasting for observation by JIAA, Japan, and that "we will see you to-morrow." , W2XAD, Schenectady, 19.56 metres. Friday, R6, at 8.15.a.m., fading right out at times. ‘This station may have been ut good volume, with severe fading at other times, so that one could pass over st. during failing, and miss it. ' :