THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 6, 18 August 1933, Page 26

THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

By

F. W.

Sellens

Programmes for N.Z. from KETE. ME. BURT A. JESSE (Wanganui), " who is on a visit. to Wellington,showed the writer a QSL ecard from the new Mexican shortwave station which had us all guessing as to its correct call, and which proved to be XETH. According to the card, this station operates on 61380 k.c. (48.94 metres), and 9600 k.c. (81.25 metres), The hours of transmission are not mentioned. ‘The ecard is headed. "Empresa de Telefonas Iiriesson." Mr. Jesse asked in his report on reception if they could broadcast 2 special programme for New Zealand. They have kindly agreed to do this, as a footnote reads, "Special New Zealand DX Programme, Saturdays, 8 to 11 p.m., C.S.T.," which in our time is, Sundays, 1.80 p.m, to 4.30 p.m. Their address for report is, P.O. Box 1398, Mexico City, Mexico. XETHD has not been heard on the 31.25 metre wave-length recently, but a station has been heard on about 48.94 metres, announcing in what appeared to be Spanish, but the call has not been heard, so this may be XETE. Radio Rabat. (CHANGES have been made in the wavelength used by the shortwave transmitter at Rabat, Morocco, This station, which is used chiefly for radio communication with Paris, broadcasts on Sundays only, using two wavelengths, namely, 23.389 metres, and 37.383 metres, the latter replacing the old wavelength of 32.26 metres, The schedule in our time is from Sunday midnight. on 23.389 metres, and from 6.30 a.m, to 8.30 a.m., Sunday, on 37.55 metres. CQN, Macao. NEW station on the 49-metre band ig being heard in Australia toward midnight. This is CQN, located’ at Macao, an island and port of South }~---y

China, at the mouth of the Canton River, With. the islands of Taipo and Coloane, ‘it forms a Portuguese colony. This siation, ‘according : to a correspondent of "The Listener In," operates every other day, and comes in best after midnighi, Melbourne time. The Empire Station. -LEHOUGH the programmes radiated for the Australasian zone by the. Empire station are seldom heard now in. New Zealand, it. is interesting to note that-GSD (25,53 metres) is improving in Australia, having been good enough to rebroadcast during the past week or two. Mr. Maleolm Frost, the B.B.C. representative, who recently left New Zealand for Australia, says: "The other afternoon I heard an absolutely perfect rebroadcast of a talk by Vernon Bartleit on ‘Turkey To-day.’ It would have been impossible to distinguish it from a local station broadcast. But from a relay point of view, it is impossible to forecast whether the reception on a defined date will be good or bad, While this talk of Vernon Bartlett’s was coming through, I rang up New Zealand, and asked how they were receiving it. They said they could not hear it at all-an unaccountable state of affairs, since we know that the broadcast is coming across the South Pole, and over New Zealand. That is one of the mysteries we have to: clear up." | Log for Week Ending August 12 ECHEPTION conditions are very patchy, and are, except at times, below normal, — RV59, Moscow, 50 meties. Usually up to RZ till about 8 a.m., when volume goes off. On Tuesday at 745 a.m,, some orchestral selections by orchestra of the G.P.U. come over very well. WOXF, Chicago, 49.18 metres. Received at fair strength from about 3 p.m., or soon after, but too much noise in the background to be enjoyable. 49 metres (about), A station is often heard on this wavelength from 11 p,m., but it.is spoilt by Morse QRM. It was identified as an American on Tuesday evening, At 11.15 p.m, the time was given as 6.45 a.m., which would be Eastern Standard Time in America. Music and talk were R6, and clear enough when QRM permitted, 48.9 metres (about). A foreigner was tuned in at 3 p.m. just as they were closing down. The talk appeared to be Spanish, but no. call was heard. Possibly it was NETE. WS8XK, Pitisburgh, 48.86 meires. Audible first at about 3 p.m., increasing to R8 by closing time at 4.30 p.m, GSB, Daventry, 31.55 metres, Very weak from 7.30 a.m, till 8 a.m., the only time heard during the week, W2XAF, Schenectady, 31.48 metres. From R3 at 2 p.m. to R5-6 by 2.30 p.m., is the usual volume received at present. VK2ME, Sydney, 31.28 metres. Only heard during the first session, when they were considerably weaker than usual, fading right out at times. JIAA, Tokio, 30.5 metres. Not heard so often .now, and weaker than a few weeks ago, « , ; EAQ, Madrid, 30.4 metres. Also gone off ; was up to, R6 on Saturday at 11 a.m., but very noisy, , FYA, "Radio Coloniale," Paris, 25.6 metres. Is not:so regular now with good reception, but on Saturday, 2.30 p.m., it was necessary to tone it down, volume was so high, Quality was. good except for slight gushiness. a (Continued on nex} page.)

GSD, Daventry, 25.53 metres, Reception when transmitting for the African zone varies each morning, Sunday at 9.30 a.m, they were very good, being R9, and very clear. Dance music by the B.B.C, Orchestra conducted by Henry Hall, followed by the news service till 10 a.m,, was something to be rementbered, Other mornings have been considerably below this level. When broadcasting for this zone during the late afternoon they have only been just audible at their best in Wellington. DJD, Zeesen, 25.51 metres, and 2R0, Rome, 25.4 metres. Both of these stations are on at the same time each morning, but neither has been worth listening to the past few days. WSXK, Pittsburgh, 25.27 metres, Has. been below normal except on Saturday, when they were up to R7-8 by 2.30 p.m.