DX CLUB News and Views

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 17, 2 November 1934, Page 59

DX CLUB News and Views

Answers to Correspondents

irom RFAC:

Bluegum

(Whangarel).

Identification Wanted Kuster station, presumably Chinese, heard yi approx. sume frequency us Belgrade (686 kc). from 4380 am. til 246 am. when they went off the air, on Monday, October 22. At 4.80 am. they were RG, QSA4, but alter 5 a.m. volume decreased, until at 5.46 they were just discernible, listening very closely. ‘The announcemeuts were all made by a jJady announcer ut intervals vf from three to five minutes. The programme consisted of vocal numbers, sung by either | a mau or a woman, accordion solos, and tunes played on a piano and a wind instrument. similar to a flute in sound. At 5.41 the lady announcer spoke for one minute, after which two minutes’ silence followed. At 5.44 a.m. the lady announcer made another announcement. which was followed by a piano solo and a further announcement. The station then closed down. As I have a complete one and a quarter hours’ programme from this station, I would greatly appreciate it if any dxer could identify this station for me —

252W

(arton )

DX Topics VKSCH Appreciates Reports. qT? is just four months since I joined the DX Club, my first report leaving New Zealand on June 20. and my total number of verifications to hand is 108, with 82 reports away.

Conditions here have been very bad for the last fortnight, so very little DX has been done. Evening American receptiou seems to be past now. but I am told I can look for these stations now from midnight till about 2 a.m., but the only one I have heard yet at this time is KFAC. KFI, KPO, KSL, KOA, and WBBM. are still at good volume in the evenings. Recent VK loggings are 3CR, 3BH, 3sHF, 2NE, 4LW, 4RJ, 433, and STV. In a recent reply fro: 3CH he writes: "Please tell your fellow club members, iu your magazine, that 30H, of Birchip, has sent 300 cards and photos to New Zealand listeners, and appreciates all reports. Anyone who has uot received a ¢ard for a report sent, please write again and they will get a card and a photo by return mail, Greetings and 73 to New Zenland listeners. -VK301," My receiver is a nine yulye commercial a.c. set, aerial 100 feet long and 45 feet high, running due north and south. -928 (Invercargill). Reader Supports 186W. AS a member of the DX Club I take strong exception to the remarks made by the secretary of the DX Association in his letter to 18GW, as published in the "RR." of October 19, wherein he states: ".., Without doubt that several of the most prominent dxers of the DX Club are nothing but ‘fakers’." This statement is rather sweeping, and I would suggest that the writer be asked to substantiate it. I can quite realise the position in which 186W found himself, by the perpetration

of what I consider was, at best, an underhanded action, and he has my sympathy. Every true dxer is expected to keep his efforts in clean air; why not the selfappointed "fake catchers" likewise, instead of earrvine ont a trick from whieh

"neenin e: Tom wondl shrink "

68T

(Okahukura )

6BY Verified. ELOW are some extracts from a verification just to hand from 6BY.:I am very proud of jt, as it is the result of continual listening for this station for seven months, and I. will gladly congratulate any other member who logs it on its present frequency and power. I have now logged and verified every Australian station with the exception of receiving replies to reports sent just re-

cently to 3WR, 4AY, and 5MU--

Tiny

Palmerston North

"You only report hearing one record. and you mentioned that it was something similar to "Colombia on Parade," at the time mentioned. According to our log, ‘Football Freddie" was being ‘played, and this has cheering and applause on it. Also you said you heard talking at approximately 10 p.m. our time and the carrier wave disappeared at 10.4 p.m. our time. This also agrees with our log, so I think we can safely state definitely that it was our station you were listening to. _ "We have had quite "a.number of reports from New Zealand, but the majority of them have apparently been

listening to a station either close to or on our warelength, probably 3BO, Bendigo. which is on 309 metres. "We have had several requests from New Zealand to put on a special Jate programme for dxers and are looking forward to being able to do .so in the near future. Lately the station has come under new ownership and new management, and among other improvements a lot of new equipment has been acquired, which when put into operation will enable us to give our listeners a much. better service than at present, and we are only waiting till this is installed before putting the programme requested on the air, and it will be advertised in your DX magazine."

How Far Off is Television? (Continued from opposite page.)

eral Way paralleled the progress that was made jin the early stages of sound broadcasting. Much attention has been given to the part of the spectrum jn which televiSion emissions will best fit. Although there are at the present time four 100 k.c. bands between 2000 and 3000. k.c. assigned to television, it has been eyident for a considerable time that this space is not sufficient to meet the re quirements of this new and growing art to furnish entertainment to the public. The experiments have turned to the unexplored regions above 30,000 k.c. Work at these frequencies has shown real promise as a future locus for this service. Although considerable progress has been made .jn scanning methods, using both mechanical scanning and the elec_trical, or so-called cathode ray, types of scanning, it appears that many new developments must still be made before television can be accepted as a satisfactory entertainment service. While attempts have been made to broadcast scenes covering large areas, the majority of television stations have limited their transmissions to faces of one or two performers. Television is still "around the corner" as far ag We can see it, but we are not able to judge the size of the corner.

DX Club Meetings Auckland. In room 52, 5th floor, Lewis Eady’s Buildings, Queen St., at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7. A. G. CONCHIE (241A.), (Corresponding Sec.). South Canterbury. At the Secretary's residence, 35 Bowker St., at 7,45 p.m. on Wednesday, November 7. D. N. ADAMS (2HQ.), (Branch Sec.). Marton In the Toc H rooms, at back of Civic Theatre, Marton Junction, at 7.45 p.m., on Tuesday, November 6. J. R. BAIN (217W.), (Branch Sec.). Wanganui _ At 21 Lowther St., at 8 p.m. on Thursday, November |. FRANK CARR (150W.), | (Branch Sec.), -----