AROUND AND BEHIND THE DIALS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 26, 4 January 1935, Page 39

AROUND AND BEHIND

THE DIALS

DX CLUB News and _ Views Cairo Verified: Canadian Frequency Test Details: Loggings on a Two-valve Set: Corrections to Specials: 1YA Poorly Received nah,

Addresses & Addresses Wanted 928, (Invercargill): The address you want is: VK2ZX, E. W. Lumbewe, 100 Todman Avenue, Kensington, N.S.W. ro Answers to Correspondents 92S. (Invereargili): Many thanks for your information re VK4LW. I logged this station at good volume on Monday, November. 26, on 1420 k.c.-I1G4A. (Morrinsville). o 164A (Morrinsville) and others: The following letter written to the Universal Radio DX Club, of 2559 Polk. Street, San Francisco, California by Mr. Shokichu Yoshimura, of Moji, Japan, and published in the eclub’s circular. ‘will. interest

you, as it deals with the mystery station on 560 k.c. The letter reads :- "A new station having 100,000 watts power in Shinkyo, the capital of the Manchukuo Empire, is now on the air ior test work, sending gramophone records. It is on 586 metres or 560 k.c., and the station will shortly be opened Lay poonlary onnoeratine Shinkwvn Ineal time

~o L is eight hours ahead of G.MT

N.

Jen

kins

(Masterton).

DX Topics Cairo Verified. \ VY PRIFICATION S are slow in arriving, but are good when .they do arrive. Cairo is the best I have received. My report was the first one from New Zealand. They sent station particulars, etc., while Lyons P.T.T. sent station photos. VK5RP and VK2NBE sent cards. I have heard several early morning Americans, but QRM has been bad. Cairo has brought my total of verified countries up to 33 on a five-valve battery Set, all on b.c.-37T. (Patea). 1VYA Poorly Received. HAVING changed my locality during the last week, very little dxing has been done on account of masts and aerial awaiting erection. Judging from two or three days’ reception, New Zealand stations are very good, except 1YA, which is not very good owing to the noise level. Americans appear to be as good, if not better, than they were in my old locality, WLW being audible at 7.20 p.m. on December 16. WTAM, KPO, KFI, and KEFAC were heard a little later. Verifications have been received from Prague and Moscow.-157W. (Wellington). Loggings on a Two-valve Set. J,VENING Americans are very weak now till about 7.45 p.m. It is noticeable, however, that stations which

ave on later than 8 p.m, are at improve ed ‘strength. Warly morning Americans are very good just now, but most times that I have listened, static has been bad. Americans on special late programmes have constituted my best loggings lately, those on frequency tests being particularly, well received. ‘The following were heard this month: WHEF (1500 k.c.), WPAD (1420 k.c.), KGAR, KLUIF, KGFG, KFJZ (1370 k.c.), KFXR,; KFPL (1310 k.c.), and KFBB (1280 k.c.). Dxers are well advised to try for these tests during the summer months, as most of the channels are clear of Australian stations until about 10 p.m. WBNX, a 250-watter in New York, was heard on a DX programme on December 8. The "Towa on the Air" broadcast was not heard very well, only three stations being audible. KEENE, KMA, and WOTI were logged, while another thought to be WMT was heard faintly, ~ Some recent verifications ‘are from: KFBK (100 watts), KHQ, KRE (100 watts), WJAG, XHHG (100 waits), XMHA, VK’s 3HF, TRY, and Radio Toulouse.. I have now exactly 50 U.S.A, verifications, three-oz these being 100watters, ‘ My set is a two-vaive battery receiver, -6M.C. (Pleasant Point), Canadian Frequency Test Details, A§ I have not: done any dxing lately, I have no new loggings to report. Two good verifications have arrived from Tallinn, Estonia, and Riga, Latvia, both new countries to my log. I now have 30 countries verified. : The verification from ‘Tallinn reads as follows: "Being in receipt of your letter we have the pleasure to verify that the programme you have listened in the evening of September 19 hag really been the programme of Tallinn radio station. It seems to have been reclamation and: proclamation of daily news, followed by gramophone music. Enclosed you will find two photos of our radio station." The letter from Riga, Latvia, reads: "In reply to your letter of September 29, we beg: to confirm that you have heard a song recital by Mrs. Olga Vitolins broadcast by our station on September 27

DX Club Meetings Wanganui The annual meeting of this branch, which was to be held on Thursday, January 10, is now cancelled until further notice.

FRANK

CARR

[50w.),

Branch Secretary. ’ Wellington In room 15, 3rd floor, Dominion Buildings, Wakefield Street, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8.

F. J.

REEVES

(157W),

Branch Secretary. Poverty Bay In St: Andrew’s Schoolroom, Cobden St., at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9.

V. C.

ROTHWELL

(9HB.),

(Branch Secretary.) Hawke’s Bay In the Club rooms at the premises of Mr. L. Beachen, next Annand’s, Waipukurau, at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16. Members are reminded that our various trophies will be competed for at this meeting.

L. W.

MATHIE

(1HB.),

Branch Secretary. Auckland. In room 52, 5th floor, Lewis Eady’s Buildings, Queen Street, at ‘7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16. |

A. G.

CONCHIE

(24IA.)

Correspondence Secretary

at 18.50-19.10 p.m. (Hast Buropean Time), "We thank you for your report and the nice photo you have sent us. Hnclosed you will find a photo of our station." To get two such letters in the same mail with such straight-out verifications ig in my opinion remarkable, as the Huropeans have a habit of wording a letter in such a way that one does not know whether it is-a verification or not. The Oanadians now have frequeucy checks every month, and below is the lis: of stations, with the hours of the check. This list is by courtesy of the Universal DX Club of San Francisco, The following are all on the 18th of each month :- CFCY, 6380 k.c., 500w.-6.01 till 6.00 OILS, 1310 k.c,, 100w-6.11 till 6.19 CFPL, 730 k.c., 100w.-6.21 till 6.29 OJKL, 1310 kc., 100w.-6.31 till 6.39 CHNG, 1210 k.c., 100w.-6.41. till 6.49 CF NB, 550 k.c., 500w-6.51 till 6.59 CIOB, 1240 k.c., 1000w.-7.01 till 7.09 OFCH, 930 kc, 100w-T711 till 7.19 CROS, 950 kc, 100w-7.21 till 7.29 p.m. CKCL, 580 k.c., 100w.-7.41 till 749 p.m. The following are on the 19th of each month :- CHSY, 1120 k.c., 100w.-8.01 till 8.09 oxi, {200 kes, 100w.-8.01° till, 8.09 oFe6, 600 kc, 100w.-8.11 till 8.19 OKCV, 1310 ‘ke, 50w.-8.11. till 8.19 . pam, } All of the above times. are New Teale ni Summer Time. 1 . Goming DX programmes are as folow : — LR5, Buenos Aires, 8380 ‘k.c., 16 k.w., Jannary 6, 7.05° till 8.05 p.m, HIX, Santo. Domingo, 1270 k.c., 1 k.w.. January 6, 8.10 till 10.10 p.m: KFJZ, Fort Worth, 1370 k.c., 100w., January 12, 7 till 8 p.m.. LR5, Buenos Aires, 880 k.c., 16 kaw, February 8, 7.05 till 8.05 p.m. All New Zealand Summer Mime, XEMO, Tijuana, 865 k.c., 2.5 k.w., is also on every Sunday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m, Summer Time, with a DX programme.-N, Jenking (Masterton). Corrections to Specials. j[* the "Radio Record," dated December ‘14, notice appeared of special broadcasts to take place from VK4JJ on December' 15 and 19. This should haye read: December 15 and January 19, The

time was from 1 to 3 a.m., N.Z. Summer Time. Also in last week’s issue it was stated that a special would be. broadcast from KEWYZ, Fort Worth, Texas, from 7 to 8 p.m., N.Z, Summer Time, on January 9 and February 10. The first date should have been January 13.