Log for Week Ending June 24

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 51, 30 June 1933, Page 28

Log for Week Ending June 24

ONDITIONS are still fair on. all stations, except on the 49-50-metre band, where static has been troublesome. Radio Colohiale is the best station at present on short waves, even better than those across the Tasman, as the French Station is not subject to fading, RV15, Khabarovsk, 70.2 metres: Plenty of volume every evening, but. spoilt by severe static. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres: Still R5 till after 8 a.m. Has been rather gushy seyeral mornings recently, SA, Daventry, 49.6 meétres.- Usually about R45 till nearly 9 a.m., when they slowly got off. WSXAL, Cincinatti, 49.5 metres.Has not been heard recently at more than R4, and then with a noisy background. 49.5 metres (about).-A weak station heard on most mornings til] about 8.30 a.m., too weak to be identified. W9XF, Chicago, 49.18 , metres.-Was up to R7 on Tuesday and Saturday from 4.15 p.m., but gushy and noisy. WS8XK, Pittsburg, 48.86 metres,~-Usu-ally R4 at 3.30 pe to R8 when closing at 4.30 p.m. as been gushy the. last ‘few days. a, GBS, Daventry, 31,5 metres to good every morning till 10 a.m, They are sometimes audible on the Canadinn zone till after 11 a.m., fading out soon after. N » Melbourne, 31.5 metres.Reception poor now, sevete. fading, with distortion being the trouble. e W2XAI’, Schenectady, 31.48 metres.Monday, R7 at 2 hm. to R8-9 when ¢losIng. at 2.45 p.m, were only R5 on and Saturday. ; DJA,,.. Zeesen,: $1.38 volume .and. quality. On Saturday, at

9.80 a.m., they were gushy at R7. By 11 a.m. volume was down to R5, but up to R7 again at 12.30 p.m. and more steady. WIXAZ, Springfield, 31.85 metres.Quite good most afternoons till 4.30 p.m. They are weaker and gushy at 11 p.m. VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres.-R9 vn Sunday during each session, with severe fading. XAPE, Mexi¢o, 31.25 metres.-Heard every afternoon, from just audible about 1.80 p.m., often reaching R67 by 3 p.m. They close at vatying times between 4.30 p.m. and 6 p.m. JIAA, Tokio, 30.5 metres.-Good volume almost every evening, with talks and native music, . EAQ, Madrid, 30.4 metres.-Coming. in well neatly every day from 10 am. till 11.80 a.m. Nearly every item is announced in English as well as Spanish. "Radio Coloniale," Paris, 25.6 metres. -Not always good quality early, but later in the morning volume _iiicreases, often to R9, remaining at this till 3.30 p.m., the quality being excellent as a rule. D, Daventry, 25.5 metres.-Very poor for this zone from 4 p.m. Usually audible for a short time, but not worth listening to. DJD, Zeesen, 25.5 metres.-Heard every morning, sotmetimes up to R7, but seldom steady, beoing trolbled with rapid fade. 12R0, Rome, 25.4 metres.-Gushy most mornings, being about RT at 8 a.m. to very weak by 9 a.m. WSXK, Pittsburg, 25.3 metires.-Often R8 from 4.30 p.m. till closing at 2.30 p.m. When they close down on this wavelength, they commence transmitting on 48.86 metres, GSF, Daventry, 19.82 metres.-Very weak during the early part of the 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. session,. with severe fading. WSXK, Pittsburg, 19.72 metres.Heard several mornings between 8 a.in. and, a little after 8.30 a.m. at never move than R38, fading right out at short intervals. Stock and market reports are read at 8.30 a.m.