The WORLD on SHORT WAVE

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 28 December 1934, Page 42

The WORLD on SHORT WAVE

Conducted by the

N.Z. Shortwave Club

Club Notes From the Secretary’s Pen.

(By

A. B.

McDonagh

Sec., N.Z. S.W.C.,

4 Queen St., Wellington).

A CABLEGRAM to the N.Z.S.W.C. secretary, from Radio Centre, Moscow, advises that RNE, on 25 metres, will! have a new schedule of English broadcasts which will correspond to 10 p.m.| N.Z. ‘time on’ Wednesday and Sunday nights. This mew schedule will come into force as from January 1, 1935. NFORTUNATELY the letter giving details of the special programme arranged for shartwave listeners:of the world by Mr. JRobert Bear, of London, arrived too late for publication. Mr. Bear is Europezm and colonial representative of the ‘International Shortwave Club. The programme was broadcast from BAQ, Madrid, Spain, on 30.40 metres on Satuiiday, December 22, from 11.80 a.m. [THE chief Chriistmas broadcast will be be the Bmypire station. It is un-. derstood that the bells of the Church of the Nativity,: in Bethlehem, will be heard at the coximencement. Doubtless many other intenesting Christmas broadcasts will be heard from various couno

tries, particularly Germany, America and Italy. N New Year’s. Day the interesting event will be following the New Year around. Very often, after following the stations from coast to coast in America the final festivities are heard up to 9 or 10 p.m. on New Year’s Day. T the present time, owing to Christmas overtime, I cannot give firsthand information from the receiver, but listeners tell me that JVQ has returned to 40.16 metres, and that a strong station is on 19 metres. PRELIMINARY tests of the. Club's transmitter, ZL2QZ, show everything to be in order and in readiness for ‘going on the air. The transmitter embodies several of Mr. Clarke’s own ideas. I WISH all readers the season’s greetings, and trust that the coming holi‘days will enable me to straighten up arrears of work and sort out news. HE following notes on shortwave reception have been received from Mr. J. V. McMinn (N.Z.16W.), Wellington: From WS8XK, Pittsburgh, on 25.2 and 48.8 metres, a variety programme has been heard as late as 8 p.m. on Sunday, reaching R8 with a steady signal on 48 metres. The programme is, a "Miik Fund" broadcast, for the benefit of some 8000 children in various institutions in Pittsburgh. Also on Sunday, COC, Havana, on 49.9 metres, with a regular DX programme, is heard best between 5 and 5.30 p.m., when they sign off, All DX mail is answered by this station. W9XF, Chicago, on 49.1m., has improved, and is heard best between 6 and 7 p.m. reaching R7 with dance music from the Morrison and Congress Hotels in Chicago. JVT, Nazaki, on 44.4m., heard when testing in code at 6 p.m., was R6. JVH, on 20.5m., is operating daily from 7 p.m. These stations verify. COH, on 31.8m. ‘Their latest schedule to hand is from 1 to 2 p.m. Address is Calle B, No. 2, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. With the amateurs, VK4BB on phone test on 40m. band at RG; also VK4FB, with music, and requesting reports. VEK3ZX, on 42.83m., has excellent test programmes on Sunduys. between 7.30 and 8.80 p.m, at present. Recently, listeners in.U.S.A., one in Trinidad, and the writer, were called in, acknowledging reports on this "Voice of the South" ham, who only uses 25 watts power. On the 20m, band at nights, phone signals have been logged from LA1G, Norway, and ON4AU,. Belgium,. both. these hams calling ZL stations,

M®: A. STEVENS (N.Z.15WZL2HR), of Hawera, sends the. following notes :-~ The new Suva, radio station at Fiji has been heard testing at good strength. Future test transmissions Were announced as Monday to Saturday, inclusive, 5.30 to 6.30 G.M.T., on 29.94 metres. DJB is RS nightly, with some fine orchestral music on relay from Breslau, VESXX has been heard testing antennae on various frequencies, several mornings at 8.30 a.m. GSF is RT, but QRM from Japanese commercial stations and QRN _ spoil signals on most nights. VESME and VKSLR are excellent stations here, JVN has been heard, R7, at 11.5 p.m., and JVT regularly at R7-8. A stranger was logged between 9750 and 9800 k.e., at 8.45 a.m. on December 3, at R7, but no call was heard, Several Dutch stations have been heard on duplex, using various frequencies; nearly all were logged at good strengths.