THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 27, 11 January 1935, Page 42

THE WORLD ON SHORTWAVE

Club Notes From the Secretary’s Pen. (By A. B. McDonagh, Sec., N.Z. S.W.C., 4 Queen St., Wellington). WING to the holidays -very: little information has come to hand ‘from members, but it is expected that everybody will soon be back at the dials again. A STATION coming in well on week +" nights is RNE, on 25 metres, at 10° pm. on Wednesdays. ‘This is a powerful station, and, provided no ‘"thowlers" are in -the vicinity, can be depended on for a clear, steady transmission. RNE requests all listeners to criticise and offer suggestions on their programmes, | Vi5, Kharbarovsk, U.S.S:R.. 70.2 metres. In reply to my letter mentioning that listeners had no replies to their letters, the Chief Hditor of Radio Centre, Moscow, replied that, as far as ubey were aware, RNE. and REN were the only stations which would. verify. "THE Russian shortwave stations operating on November 15, 1934, were as tollow :- RV1i5, Kharbarovsk, 70:2 metres. RV59, Moscow, 50 metres (6000 k.c.). RNE, Moscow, 25 metres (12,000 k.c.). T is noticed that commercial morse stations are very close to shortwave broadcasting stations. Listeners, when reporting, should mention this and give the call of the c.w. station. DLOW 25 metres, as in Australia, we find the bands clear of static and local interference which, on the higher pands, is at times unbearable. N a letter, Mr. G, D. Wagoner, of the News Bureau of the General Hlectric Gompany, Schenectady, advises the. re gular broadcasts as follow:(Readers are asked: to note that, in addition, the stations have many special tests at various times.) W2XAF, 31.48 metres, 9530 k.c., 6.30 to 11 p.m., B.S.T. W2XAD, 19.56 metres, 15,830 k.c., 2.80 to 3.30 p.m., E.S.T. . ’ turn Eastern Standard time- into N.Z. time, add five hours, which makes it Greenwich Mean Time; this in turn, while we are on daylight saving, is 12 hours behind us. ». SHOKICHI YOSHIMURA, one of Japan’s keenest- ‘shortwave enthu-: ‘Siasts, mentions that JVM and JVN are on on Sundays only, and that JVT is generally. used’ for JOAK rélayed’ trans missions. QN2 of the latest Dnglish ideas is to entirely shield the down lead, the reason stated being that the down lead: picks up most of the interference... Briefly, the idea is four-inch:-cireular porcelain ansulators with a hole in the centre through which the lead-in wire runs, The insulators are surrounded by a water-

proofed "material which is covered by metal foil. . MAN* people, while spending a lot of built receiver, use the same aerial for an indefinite period. To obtain best. results the aerial should be lowered at least twice a year to see that everything is in order. Insulators should be washed and dried to remove the caked dust, or, near the sea coast, the dried salt spray. The leadin tube should .be examined for dust and cobwebs and switch connections should be cleaned. I WISH to thank the large number of _ readers who sent the seuson’s greetings by card, telegram, and cable; these good’ wishes I. heartily reciprocate. i TRUST that as membership increases we will be able to get the remaining parts to equip our Club morse station with telephony and thus join in with experimental work of the World Radio Research League. : y money in buying parts or a custom-, an