News and Views of the DX Club

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 42, 28 April 1933, Page 22

News and Views of the DX Club

Addresses Wanted Has anyone the addresses of the foljowing American amateurs? W6EGY,

W6GEQ, W8GAY.-

-780 t

(Dunedin).

Identification Wanted From 7.15 to 7.45 p.m. on April 1 and 7 I heard faintly someone speaking in a foreign language, and what resembled music from a Japanese one-stringed fiddle, on 1310 ke. Station was fading badly.R.A.R. (Whangarei). Eastern stations heard on April 17 between 12.30 a.m. and 1.30 a.m., Japanese, on 970 k.c., heard at 1 a.m. A man and a woman were talking. Also a powerful station just below XGOA, Nanking, was heard at R7 at 12.30 a.m., and was still on the air at 1.30 a.m. It sounded Chinese. Also a station on 840 k.c. The announcer gave news items concerning the Russian trial, Miss Batten’s flight, etc., in English. He later spoke in, I think, Chinese. This was followed by weird Fiastern music. Lastly, a station heard ant 1.31 a.m. on 830 k.c. playing "The Blue Danube Waltz," sung by the B.B.C.

Cc hoir.-

Radio

(Wellington).

Stations Identified F.G. (Auckland): Your Americans are KFSD, and either KTM or WBBM. 18HB (Gisborne): Since my last notes in the "Radio Record" re KGHL’s rerification being overdue, I have received one resembling yours.-164A (Morrinsville). "Radio" (Wellington): Station on 800 k.c.. elosinge at 5.80 p.m. is WBAP.-

124W

(Wellington):

DX Topics RECEPTION is still very noisy. Latest verifications are KF VD, WBBM. KFSD, KECA, and a second verification from KCO, who returned my "Reply Paid Coupon," as they do not issue Ekko stamps. KOMO would not verify, as KPRC operates on the same frequency und power. Also programmes are _ the same, so they could not verify.-i124W (Wellington). American DX News, D*ING has improved considerably, and now at 4.30 p.m. WOAI is a wonderful volume, and could be mistaken for a local station. It is useless to state the stations heard, because it would take the whole of the notes. ‘The following new stations have been logged and written to during the last week or two: KULZ. WBRC, WEAN, WGR, WIBW WICC WISN. WLBW, WNAG, WNAX, WOKO, WSBT, KSHL, KWCR, WHAM WIBA, WIS, WMC, WSB, WWNC, Wwoc, and WHO. The European stations have been coming in wonderfully well, Milan, Trieste, Turin, Bordeaux, Heils-

berg, Leipzig, Muhlacher, Breslau, Brno, Bratislava, Prague, Lwow, Langenberg, Beromunster, Rome, and twenty other stations have been heard at wonderful volume. Latest verifications include 7UV, KYA, KERN (100 watts), WIEJ

(100 watts), WHET (100 watts), WAWZ, WRHM, CVKWX (100 watts), WHR, WNAB, WOW, WMBC (100 watts), WBOD, KGCX (100 watts), WTOC, KPCB (100 watts), WGHS, WJW (100 watts), KUSD, WEAO, LR4, Buenos Aires, was hcard on Saturday night after WBZ closed down, Dxers in Timaru must get their dxing done before 7 p.m., otherwise static completely drowns the smaller stations. WHAO conducts special frequency tests the first and third Tuesday mornings of each month from 4.30 to 5 a.m, E.S.T. That is 9 to 9.30 a.m. Tuesdays here. Try for these on May 2 and 16. KPCB stays. on every night till 3.30 a.m. (11 p.m. our time), and on Saturday nights doesn’t go off the air. but continues all through Sunday (Sunday and Monday here). This is from WHET’s letter :- "We have yours of the 18th February, 1938, addressed to Radio Broadcasting station WHET, Troy, Alabama, and are we happy to hear from you? (in capital red letters). Ask us if'we are not (capital black letters). It certainly gives us 2 thrill to think that our little 100-watt station should be heard in New Zealand, and you are correct (capital red letters) about our being on the air on the a.m. of February 15, 1938-a regular monthly dx party, and we were on the air from 12.01 a.m. until 6 a.m. "The signals that you heard at 2.30° a.m. were by remote control from the First Baptist Church in Troy, and we had Mary McLeod in an organ recital at that hour. I happened to be the announcer on that particular programme, and it gives me a double thrill to think that I should be heard that distance. ‘The entire staff of the station join in thanking you for the reports and it shall long be remembered by us all. ‘We have had your letter published in our little daily paper, aud the people shink it was remarkable that a station of so small wattage should be heard so far. -Yours, ete, I. G. Grouch, announcer, per WHET, Trov, Ala., 1210 ke." WJEJ, Hagerstown, Maryland, in their verification state that they were sending under separate cover a lovely box of candy ,offered as a prize to the first communicant from each State, and a picture of the staff and station at Hagerstown, Maryland, "You were fortunate in winning these two prizes." WdJIEJ_ broadcasts on 1210 ke, with a power of 100

watts, and was logged on March 5 on a dx programme. KEFGQ, Boone, Jowa, state that they are on the air every Wednesday morning, 4-5 am., OS.T (9.3010.30 ».m. Wednesday here), and would welcome reports. HQ2-91MC (D.N.A,, Timaru). Two New Chinese Siations. ON April 17, at 12.50 a.m.. I logged two new Chinese stations-XGGM, Shanghai, on 1030 ke. (R2), XGGH, Shanghai, on 101 ke. (R83). Americans are now coming in at great style, latest being WMAK, KFRC, KMPC, WBBM. KDYL, KGMB. KGU, KMOX, WwrIw, KOMO, WGY, KTAB, KMT, WEAF. Recent verifications are from WTAM and JOCK, Japan. Could any dxer give me the time that XEPN and KRLD, Texas, close down? JODK is now working on two wavelengths, JODK No. 1, on ke. nower 1 kw. JODK No. 2. on 900 ke..

ocowrey power 10 kw.-

Radio

Wellington).

Auckland Branch Meeting Vhe fortnightly meeting of the Auckland branch will be held in Messrs, H. L. White’s Buildings on Wednesday, April 26, at 7.45 p.m, sharp. At this meeting a series of lectures on radio topics by amateur transmitters and wellknown radio business men of Auckiand will commence, Mr. R. V. Penny, operaior of the shortwave station ZLIAF, will conduct the first lecture on "Progress of Short Wave."

R.

CARMICHAEL

(DX192A.) ,

District Secretary.