News and Views Of the DX Club

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 21, 2 December 1932, Page 21

News and Views Of the DX Club

Answers to Correspondents L.F. (Dunedin): 3KZ operates on 1350 ke. (222 m.), aerial power 200 watts. 23M (Chch.): We do not know. Would "Marama" (Invercargill) please send his address? ' Identification Wanted American on 1310 ke., on Nov. 25, from 9.3 pm. to 9.9 p.m. Records were played, but heterodyning was too bad to get call clearly. It sounded like KESW.-"Bul-ova" (Timaru), Stations Identified 15A (Matamata): Station on 690 ke. is a Canadian, Too weak to get call, but is either CFAC or CJCJ-wmost likely the. former. 980T: On Nov, 9 at least three stations could .be heard heterodyning on 550 ke. Loudest was KEYR, which played, "Masquerade" every few minutes. "Omsk": CFAC is listed on 690 Ec., c/o the "Oalgary Herald," COalgary, . Alta; there was a Mexican near 890 ke (XBS), but it ought to be on 1055 ke. now. Think I had our friend on 1410 ke. a few nights ago at R3. I think "Bandoeng" ig, his call. Did yon hear KDKA ati pn. on Nov. 227-"Bulova" (Timaru). a DX Topics WPC Appreciates Reports. STATION WPO is. very grateful to all those New Zealand dxers who have reported such good reception of the station during the past few months. They will promptly verify any correct reports. A verification from VK3DH (1850 ke.) states he is receiving many reports from New Zealand, but all are going to 3BH first-"‘Bulova" (Timaru). Special Tests in Mid-December. T a letter recently received from Mr. Robert R, Rawstron, of Claremonth, N.H., U.S.A, he states that a number of stations are likely to be on the air between December 11 and 17 with special programmes for the Transcontinental DX Club. If they come through with courtesy programmes they will lined up as follow: "Dee. 11, LTS, Argentina, 1080 ke., 4.5 am.; Dec, 12, CPX, La Paz, 1350 kc., 45 am.; Dec. 13, LS5, Buenos Aires, 1070, 3-4 a.m.; Dec. 14, PRAK, Rio de Janeiro, 1158 ke, 4-5 am.; Dec. 15, CX26, Montevideo, 1050 ke., 3-4 a.m.; Reg, 16, OAX, Lima, Peru, 790 ke., 4-5 am.; Dec. 17, HIN, Bogota,.685 ke., 4-5 a.m. ° _ ‘Note I have given the stations’ local because in some cases I am in doubt as to the exact difference between it and your time (N.Z. time)." Mr. Rawstron also says that none of the stations will verify unless an I.B.C. is sept. "Omsk" (Whakatane): As far as I°know, WHEB, Portsmouth, N.H.. is still on the air on 740 ke., but he is a day-time station only. Can anyone tell me the call and location of the Chinese (?) station on 610 kc?. He was R6 at 2.30 a.m. on Noy. 22,-with records, but talk in Chinese only, He was repeating one word a lot, and went off the air be fore 8 am. VK3RBH.- Mitcham. is now

on 250.1 metres.

N.

Jenkins

(Master-

ton).

ZILY, Moukden, on the Air. BRIFICATION is just to hand from COMK, Moukden, which states that the station will now operate on 900 ke., with the call ZILY, Moukden, Manchugo {not Manchurja),, and will broadcast news in English on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 9 p.m. I have also at long last received my verification from 5DN, Adelaide, also a card on which they say "comparative strengths of station reeeivyed in vour loealitv are helnful.’’-~

J.P.

C.

(P.N.).

JQAK’s Schedule. STATION JQAK states that from October 16, 1931, they have been operating on 645 ke. (465 m.), not 650 ke. (461 m,). Power is $ kw. Schedule: 6-6.20 am., radio gymnastics; 11-11.20 a.m. and 8.80-4 p.m., market prices; 7-9, amusement, weather information, time, etc.48T (Stratford). XGOA's Address. 5 [* a letter recently received from XGOA, address is given as "The Administration of the Central Broadcasting Station,

Central Executive Committee of Kuomintang, Nanking, China." Wavelength 440 m. (682 ke.), I would advise any dxer reporting on them to forward a reply coupon, as it cost them 15 cents to answer me-29W (Wanganui). XER’S Address. ER’S address, taken from a recent verification, is: The Villa Acuna Broadcasting Company, Inc., Villa Acuna, Coah., Mexico. This was in answer to my third report. This time, however, I enclosed 2 pamphlet on Dunedin, so evi-

dently it was appreciated.

L.

S.

(Dun-

edin)_

WGN Ceased Verifying. TATION XCBL, Shanghai, on 1268 k.c. (286.5 m.), recently verified. He also mentioned that he had received several letters from New Zealand reporting on reception of station KRCO on 869 k.c. (845 m.) and asking for verification. He states that this station has been permanently off the airy since October, 1928, In a recent letter, WGN, Chicago, informs me that they have ceased verifying as from last September. WWWNC, Citizens’ Broadcasting Co., Inc., Asheville, N.C., recently verified. They have a splendid stamp. The station director, G. P. Shepherd, asked me for some New Zealand stamps.-91HB (Mohaka). _Empire Short-waver Heard Testing. 2am. on November 24 I heard W3XAL, Boundbrook, New Jersey, on 16.873 m., at R7-8, QSA8, very clearly. Ialso heard the British Empire shortwaye station testing on the Indian zone from 2.80 a.m. to 4.30 a.m. Signals were -R8 at first, dropping to R6 at 4.30 a.m. Speech and records were 100 per cent. readable. They were on 25.8 metres, and there was uo trace of them on the 16,9' metre band.-S38MO (Cheh.>.

What to Hear in December. AS anyone heard the call of the Jap. on 920 ke. (826 m.)? He was audible at 8 p.m, on Noy. 23, heterodyning an American, I have identified the station I was inquiring about on 740 k.c. (405 m.) as CJCA. Reception of KFT at midnight, What I meant was that those who rise at that hour and listenin till morning, will probably hear him. Here are a few notes on "What to Hear in December." On Dec. 4 you will hear a special broadcast by KOH on 1380 k.c. (217 m.) from’4-5 a.m. B.S.T.. On Dee. 6 spécial programmes will be broadcast by WTBO, 1420 k.c. (211 m.) and KPCB from 3-5 am. B.S.T. (W.8.T. is 17 hours behind our time.) XED, XBHB, and XEO might be heard here on Sundays, because they are on late on Saturday nights. Try for the Canadians, as they are heard fairly well at this time of the year. Americans are also good, but are entirely spoilt in this locality, by an intense ripple above 1200 k.c. stern stations, excluding Japan, are very poor at present. Europeans are still good, but are gradually becoming weaker. 135A: Canadian stations are the only ones oceunvine the 690 k.c. channel. Call re-

sembles CFAC~

Omsk

(Whakatane).

Some New VK’s. ACCORDING to a recent verification XGOA has an additional callXGOB. VK7RY, Devonport, Tasmania, was logged recently though it uses only three watts. VK7GS, Lindisfarne, and VK7LJ. Burnie. can also. be picked up now. "Omsk": I will be glad’ to hear from rou when you receive your

verification from VAS~

J.P.

C.

(PN;}

WSJV’s Locality Changed. ONCERNING WSJV: When listenjing on Oct. 17 I heard the announcer state that reports were to be sent to some place in Washington, D.C., but on looking up my Call Book-not the lat-est-I found that the locality given was Alexandria, Virginia, to which address I sent my report. Later I found from a more recent Call Book that the location had been changed to Washington, D.C. I do not hold a verification from this station, Oct. 17 being the first time I have logged him. I have now sent another report to the correct location. B.W. (Stratford): Yes, I was very surprised . to find that WFLA addressed me as president of the New Zealand DX Club. On thie bottom of my form, which I have duplicated, I have put "Member, N.Z. DX Club" and sometimes ‘President, Timaru Radio Club." "Bulova": My set is not a superhet. and 3YA is too broad during the day to hear KDKA. I will

remember that invitatiou.-

D.N.

A.

(im-

remember aru e

A European List. REGARDING "Omsk’s" note re Breslau and Goteborg, as I mentioned before, I have frequently heard both stationg on the same morning. My set is marked in kilocycles, and I think I have sufficient experience in dxing t» know where to find a station on a cer tain frequency correctly. However, I think J.L.L.’s note in the last "Radio notice should not be taken of the power listed to Huropean ‘stations, as they are constantly changing; as an instance Naples is supposed to be 1.5 k.w., but I have heard. this station on numerous occasions lately at such good volume that the power must be at least 10 k.w., the call "Roma-Napoli" bejng heard by me en several occasions.

"The following European stations have been heard in Invercargill several weeks ago and can be taken as correct :- Budapest, 545 k.c. Sundsvaal, 554 ke. Vienna, 580 k.e. Brussels No. 1 589 k.c. Nijni Novgorod, 598 k.e. Florence, 599 k.e. Prague No. 1, 614 ke North Regional, 625 k.e. Langenburg, . 635 k.e. Lyons, 644 k.c. Beromunster, 653. k.e. Odessa, 666 k.c, Rome, 680 k.c. Stockholm, 689 k.c. Belgrade, 696 k.c. . Moscow Stalin, 707 ke Berlin, 716 k.c. . Katowice, 784. k.c. Sottens, 748 k.c. Midland Regional, . 752 ke. Bucharest, 761 k.c. Leipzig, 770 k.c. Toulouse, 779 k.c. Levow, 788 k.c. Helinski, 815 k.c. Algiers, 825 k.¢.- . Mublacker, 833 k.c. London: Regional, 843 ke, Graz, 852 kc. . Barcelona, 860 k.c. | Leningrad, 860 k.c. Strasbourg, 869 k.c, Brno, 878 k.e. Brussels No. 2, ‘ 8 ke, 888 k. Milan, 905 k.c.. Paris, 914 k.c. Breslau, 923 k.e, Goteborg, 982 k.c Naples, 941 k.c. Genoa, 959 k.c, Zagreb, 977 k.ec. Bordeaux, 986 k.c, Tallinn, 1004 k,c. Hilversum, ' 1018 ke. Hosice, 1022 k.c. Viipuri, 1081 k.c. Copenhagen, 1067 k.e. Bratislava, 6 k.e. Heilsburg, 1 k.c. Turin, 1094 k.c. Bari, 1118 k.c. Morauska-Ostra-va, 1137 k.e. London National, k,c. Frankfurt, 1157 kc. Horby, 1167 ke. Trieste, 1211 k.c. Nurnberg, 1256 k.z, Feeamp, 1864 k.c. All stations given above can be taken as definite, with one possible exception, Copenhagen. I held a station on its frequency of 1067 k.c. for one hour, but was unable to catch a call, Lady announecr was heard, but whether this is Copenhagen or not I cannot say. The ‘Ttalian stations have gone off in strength lately, but the English, French and German stations have improved in volume. Tooudon National has been excellent.-

S.

Robson

Southland Branch HE next meeting of the above branch will be held in Everybody's Hall on Monday, December 5, at pm--S. ROBSON, District Secretary. Palmerston North Branch ON Thursday, December 15, at the residence of Mr. J, P. Cowlishaw, 157 Bryant Street, Palmerston _|North.-H. BASSETT, District Secretary. Gisborne Branch At 8 pm. on Wednesday, December 37, in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Schoolroom, Cobden Street, Gisborne. All dxers are asked to bring along the past month’s best verification.-G, H. STEWART, District Secretary. nn |