THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

Radio Record, Volume VII, Issue 10, 15 September 1933, Unnumbered Page

THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

BY

F. W.

Sellens

News in English from Japan. J tAA Japan, operating on 30.5 metres, broadcast news in good, readable Wnglish at about 9 p.m., our time, daily. Empire Short-wave Service. [THE change of time for this zone appears to coincide with a change in reception conditions, to our disadvantage. The new hours, 5.80 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., so far, have given us a weak signal, never better than R4, and always with a deep, rapid fade, making it impossible to understand speech, The last few days prior to the change in time, which took place on September 8, GSD showed a decided improvement toward 6 p.m., which was maintained till closing at 6.45 p.m. This falling off, instead of improvement, is, nu doubt, due to conditions, and we should soon be receiving the Hmpire station quite well during the sessions for this zone, GSF, the other station which is on the air at the same time, has not been audible here for a long time, but weak signals have been reported from Auckland and Christchurch correspondents. When transmitting’: for the African zone, reception here varies greatly. GSB, 81.55 metres, is consistently weak at 8 a.m., fading out soon after. GSD, 25.53 metres, varies from fair to poor. On Tuesday morning at 8.45 a.m. the international spced-boat race on Lake Michigan was being relayed to England and rebroadeast for African listeners, being received here at good strength and clarity. The American announcer’s voice was as clear as the EXnglishman’s, so réception across the Atlantic was perfect. Conditions on other mornings were poor. GSD and GSB are the only stations of the Hmpire service which the writer has heard recently.