Round the World on SHORTWAVE

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 10, 16 September 1932, Page 23

Round the World on SHORTWAVE

Conducted by

F. W.

SELLENS

Short-wave News

The World's Busiest Amateur? HE "QSO" king of aroateur radio, Fremont F, Purdy, operator 6f W4EFM, at Kingsport, Tennessee, claims that his establishment of 17,298 two-way contacts with other amateur stations since August, 1929,-constitytes a world record. The figuré shows that Mr. ‘Purdy must have secured about 17 contacts or QSO’s every ‘day, Sundays and holidays included, for -@ period of three years. .’. Germany Tells the World. To enable overseas listeners to make a schedule for listening to Germany’s world-wide short-wave station at Zessen, the list of programme events for the week is fegularly broadcast from 3.30 a.m. to 3 anu, N.Z, time. The proganime is first read jn German, and then in English. The short-wave station has the call sign DJB for daytime (night here), working on a wavelength of 19.738 metres; at night (morning heré), the wavelength is 31.38 métres, and the ¢all sign is DJA, A second shortewave station is beitig erected close to the existing transmitter, and wil! probably work on 25 and 49 métres, Saw a" Nairobi. HE ‘Smperial and International _Communications, Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya Colony, owners -of short-wave station -VQ7LO, whieh works on 49.5 metres, would appreciate reports of reception of this station. Their broadcasting hours in New Zealand time are: (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 3.86 a.m. till 7 a.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 4 a.m. till 7 am.;- Sunday, 4-a.m. till 8 a.m.; and Monday, 3.30 a.m. to 6 asm. There are also midnight (our time) transmissions on ‘Tuesday and Thursday. eee

\ le . . Log for Week Ending Sept. 10 As’ T did but little listening during the past week, this log may not be a fair review of reception during the week, but, if it is.-then conditions weré certainly below normal. RV15, Siberia, 70.1 metres: The bést distant station during the past few days. Volume and quality very good, with but AS little static ,which often spoils _58 Metres (about): Late Saturday night and after midnight a station was coming in at R8, with severe fading. Bnglish was spoken, but could not get a cull on account of static. It was possibly a harmonic, of an Australian station. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres: Very good on Monday at 7.45 a.m., when a band was heard at R8. Reception on: other mornings. was’ weak, about R4-5. WSXAL, Boundbrook, 49.18 metres: Only heard on Saturday when they were R6 at 3.30 p.m. to R8 at 4 p.m., and very gushy. This apparently was a bad day as a ftiend has reported W3XAL at good valowy when I have missed listening for em. °{" -. WSXXK,. Pittsburgh, 48.86 metres: IS on Satutday from 3.30 p.m. till closing time at 4 p.rn. REN, Moscow, 45.88 metres: Monday, Friday, and Saturday, Best on Saturday, being R5 at 8 a.m. VRKSME, Melbourne, 31.5 metres: Fair volume on Saturday evening with their usual programme, but very gushy, W2XAF,. Schenectady, 31.48 metres: On Saturday a weak carrier was just audible at 10 a.m..for a short time, Just audible again at 2 p.m., but did not gain much in volume by ¢losing time at 3.30, pm, being much weaker than usual. » DJIA, Zeesen, 31.88 metres: Weaker than usy4l on most mornings, but RS at 8 am. on Saturday with somé very ine singing. ‘They faded right out before 0 am, |. WYXAZ, Springfield, 31.35 metres: Like W2XAI, this station was very weak on Saturday, the only day tried for.

VK2ME, Sydney, 31.25 metres: Excellent 6n Moiiday morning at RY, when concluding their last session of the usual week-end broadcasts. Japanese, 31. metres (about): On Saturday evening with a lot of Japanese talk, at R8-9. JIAA, Japan, 30.5- metres (about): Still comes in fairly well during the evening, but not quite as loud as a few weelts ago. BAQ, Madrid, 30.4 motres:. Much weaker again now. Not often clear enough to understand their English talk. Radio Colonial, Paris, 25.6 metres: Best about 8 a.m., when they are usually about. R8-9, but have been gushy recently. Volume gocs off earlier, being very weak by 9 a.m. or soon after. GSSW, Chelmsford, 25.53 metres: Very weak every morning and inaudible at 11 p.m. : _12R0, Rome, 25.4 metres: R4 is the best from 12RO this week. WSAK, Pittsburgh, 25.25 metres: R2 only at 1,30 p.m. on Saturday. /