AROUND AND BEHIND THE DIALS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 16, 26 October 1934, Page 23

AROUND AND BEHIND

THE DIALS

DX CLUB News and Views KECA logged After Two Years: Static Severe: Americans Improved: 188 Stations Logged in Six Months. —

Answers to Correspondents ° "Pegoska"’ (Whakatane): Thanks, keep at it and you will soon have as many. -"Digger" (Pukeroro). "Sumy" (Alexandra): I logged VK3CH, 2ZF and 5RP on the came date as you, az‘ would suggest your SRB is BRP. If no reply from BRE, try the latter. I am certain of him, as he gave station call as "R for radio, P for Paris." -‘Cleveland" (Taumarunti). _- "Digger" and 164A: Sorry I have not thanked you before this, but better late than never--T70T, (Niho Niho), 201A. (Hikurangi): The N:Z. amateurs mentioned by you are on key tratismissions, Identification Wanted Foreign station on. 312 m. heard at 6.10 p.m. ‘approx. on October 10, 2ZF — coming on prevented me from obtaining

the foreigner’s ¢all, The station seemed to be relaying a concert, as a great deal of applause was heard at the conclusion of each item. Also an American station on 322 m. It was impossible for mé to get his’ ¢all, as 8ZR and anothér American were interfering badly. "Phey Cut Down the Old Pine Tree" and other hill-billy numbers were played. -*0T. (Niho Niho). Shortwave station heard around midnight on the night of Saturday, October 13. During the whole time I listened to this station only one man spoke. Te seemed to be making a speech of some importance. Several times during the speech the country of Yugoslavia was mentioned, while at another period the speaker ‘mentioned Switzerland, France and Germany. Was this station DJA? ~-~291A, (Hikurangi). ° Stations Identified. C.F.P. (Christchurch): Your station -on 1590 k.c. will be the harmonic¢ of 310. This harmonic is very strong in Wellington, and on good nights a programme could be taken down from it. 118H.B. (Napier) : Your station is XEBC, on. 76u k.e.-157W. (Wellington). DX Topics KECA Logged: After Two Years, D*sritz heavy’ static, reception: of Américan stations has been | very good. After trying for two years, EECA was logged on the at excellent volume for half an hour. KYW, KOIN KOMO, WABC, WHO, WDSU, WTAM WWVA, KMOX, KSL,. XENT and XEBC have heen héard, and. the new ones reported. to. WLW, WLS and KMOX are yery good on the morning sessions, * _ Receiver in use is A seven-valve AK. commercial set, and my aerial is 100 feet overall-157W. (Wellington),

188 Stations Logged in Six Months, piP any dxer log WDRO© on October 13 on a test programme? I held him for twelve minutes at R38-7, but surging and heavy QRN were "trouble: some,, Latest verifications to ‘hand are from GML, 2XN, 6IKEG, 61X, 2a, 4MK. 4M1, 5MU, and VK’s 45J. 8BY,, 4PK. and KPAC ‘(5 months, "Bluegum"), and JOAK-1 (4.20 p.m..N.Z. std. time), ‘ Reports, are out.to KTFI, JOXK, JoIK, JOCK-1, LS2, LS8, LR4, LES, LRG; 6BY. 4AY, VK’s 22M, ONT, BY 2BQ, 2WR, 8MH, 2ZF, 8CH. 5RP, KTSA, KOMA, WLAC, KYW, KFWB,

DX Club Meetings ' * Auckland. In‘ room 52, 5th floor, Lewis Eady’s. Buildings, Queen St., at "7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24. : A. G. CONCHIE (241A.,), (Corresponding Sec.) South Canterbury. At the Secretary's residence 35 Bowker St., at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24. ' D. N. ADAMS (2HQ.), (Branch Sec.). Marton In the Toe H rooms, at back of Civic Theatre, Marton Junction, at 7.45 p.m., on Tueeday, November 6, J. R. BAIN (217W.), (Branch Sec.). Napier In-the club rooms, G. T. Herd's premises, cornet of Carlyle and Faraday Sts,, Napier, at.7.45 p.m. on Monday; October 29, Intend ing members are assured of a heatty welcome. A. BRIMER (151H.B.), _ (Branch Sec.), In room. 15, 3rd floor, Dotinion Buildings, Wakefield St, ; at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30. F. J. REEVES (157W), (Dist. Sec).

Two Specials From South America CP4 and LR8 to Broadcast for New Zea and Due to the efforts of Mr. D. N. Adama, Secretary of the South Canterbury Branch, two South American stations are to broadcast special programmes shortly ‘for New Zealand dxers, Details aré as follow :-= LR8&, "Radio Paris,’ Cangallo 860, -Buenos Aires, Argentine, will’ broadeast from 4-6 p.m., N.Z. Summer Time, on Thursday, Novembet 1, They operate on 1150 ke. (260.9m.) with "a power of 7.5 kw. Also CP4, La Paz, Bolivia, will broadeast from 8-9 p.m., Summer Time, on Tuesday, December 11. CP4 operates on 1040 kc. (288.3m.) with a power of 10 kw. Dxers should make the mast this opportunity, particularly. in regard to the latter station, as, due to the fact that its ‘closing time corresponds: to early after-. hoon in N.Z., it can only be heard when on special broadcasts. .

KJR, KMTR, KEX, KBTS, KHQ, KSTP, WDRC, Breslau, Post Parisien, Bratislava: and ‘Brno, My loggings since April’ 7 total 188, while verifications since that date are 141. Who can beat that?-"Cleyeland’"": (Taumarunui), ; Loggings and Verifications. (CONDITIONS have not been too good down south and so not many new loggings have been made, The only station reports that. have been sent lately are 2GN, 3WR, 4AY, VK’s 7CW, 30I! and 229, while replies are from Rabat (Morocco), KOA, WEBR, VK’s 38CK, 2NH, 2YW, 4RO, 6AM and 2BH.-*Ox- . shaw" (Mataura). , Americans Improved. AMERICAN, stations have -improved ‘""™ considerably lately and several new ones have been logged. ‘These are:KWCR, WLAC, KSTP, WWNC anil WSYR.. Europeans do not seem to be. very good in this locality, and only two new ones have been logged this year. Verifications are more plentiful than new stations. Some of the latest. are from KOMA, KDYL (Ekko), KGW, KYI (Ekko) and WCAU. ."My receiver is a G-valve commercial, a.c., t.r.f.-232W (Wellington). . Statice Severe. ONDITIONS have been yery poor upd this .way for dxing. Static has had, and is having, a good innings, even during the day it:is bad. Otherwise condi-' tions would .be good, by: which I mean that overseas stations are coming in weil, especially the Americans and Europeans. On some of the Europeans, for instance, Moseow, Gelgrade and Bucharest, the volume is far too loud to enjoy the music, and has to be turned down. . Montepelier has also been outstanding. — The Japanese, that is the 10 k.w. stations, can be heard quite clearly at 8.80 p-m., standard time. I have, not listened for them earlier, New loggings, however, are hard to get and the only ones reported to are VK7LJ, Rabat and Poznan. Recent verifications include LS2, KTSP, WWL, WORC (with Ekko), VK’s 2NM, 38YJ, 3JT and 2KY. I have about 10 VK’s overdue, some of whom’ I heard asking for reports. I noticed someone reported logging XEYZ. I have had word there is no station in Mexico. with that call."Digger" (Pukeroro). Dxing on a Two-Valver. (CONDITIONS for reception of Ameriean stations have been fairly good lately, while Eastern, European and Australian stations have been noticeably weaker. ° XEMO, Tijuana (865 k.c.), has been heard closing regularly at 7-p.m., but’ occasionally closes at other times. ‘WWL, New- Orleans (850 k.c.), has been heard..every night lately, with a "hill-billy" type of programe from 6 p.m.. to 9 p.m. " .. KTUL, Tulsa (1400 k.c.), can be heard

on Sundays, up: till about 7 p.m. Although this is only a station, it invariably comes in better than many of the 1000-watters. . KGGO, San Francisco (1420 k.c.), can be heard closing nightly at 7 p.m. KGGC is, I consider, the best 100-watter at the present time. It is often as well receiyed as the 1000-watt KECA, just alongside. Those who have not heard KOL, KEX, KESG, KRKD, KJR, KFWB or "*KFRC are advised to try now, as interfering Australian ‘stations have become weaker and are generally "drowned" by. the Ameri-

cans. KFSD and KHQ are also well received in this locality at present, as 2YA does not interfere so much now that the days are lengthening. New loggings recently are: KGGO, KFSG, KFBK, WHEF (heard on DXprogramme, October 13), VK’s 2NM, 3CH, 4PK, TLJ, TIW. Recent verifications are from 2CH, 2GN, 5KA, 6KG, 6ML, 6WF, VK’s 2AJ, 3AM, LS2. VK2AJ has now increased power from 4 watts to 9 watts. LS2 sent an attractive folder, showing views of transmitter and aerial, but, unfortunately, it is written in Spanish. An extract from 6KG’s verification is as follows: "A report so itemised as yours requires many thanks. I note your receiving strength R2-3, and thank. you for listening to us for 70 minutes. 6KG is powered 240 watts input ‘to 212’s in parallel as a main stage, and is modulated with 45 watts of speech to a class C mod, amp, (211)-low power modulation." They also mentioned that their. antenna is 74 feet high. My receiver is a two-valve battery set, ~-6M.0, (Pleasant Point),