AROUND AND BEHIND THE DIALS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 25 January 1935, Page 41

AROUND AND BEHIND

THE DIALS

DX CLUB News and Views |

DX Specials: New U.S.A. Station Heard: Extracts from Verifications: VK3 Allocations: Lone Star Ladder Ruling.

Answers to Correspondents WN. Jenkins (Masterton): 1 have received back a similar letter to "Tiny’s," in reply toa report I sent XHLB (@Ow.) on October 26.-113HB (Napier), 292W. (Marton): Your letter from Lisbon would not count as a verification. ‘Viking. Junior" (Christehureii; You heard one-of the German shortwave stations that were relaying ‘the celebrations which took place when the sesult of the Saar plebiscite was announced. See this’ week’s shortwave notes. DX Topics . DX Specials, "PHE following special DX programmes are taken from the December issue of the "Globe Circler," official organ of the International Dxers’ Alliance. January 25: 10 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.,. Cairo, Egypt, 621k.c., 20k.w. For LD.A. February 3, 2.05 to 8.05 a.m.: ULR5 Buenos Aires, Arg., S30k.c., 2flkk.w. For -N.N.R.C. February 6. 2 to 2.30 a.m.: Toulouse, France, 913k.c., 60k.w. For I.D.A. February 10, 2 to 2.80 a.m.: LR5, Buenos Aires, Arg., 880k.¢., 25k.w. For I.D.A. Weekly, Saturday, 4 to 6 am.: KGBU, Ketchikan, Alaska, 900k.c., 500 -w. All above times are E.S.T. Recent I.D.A. members in New Zealand are:- J. L. Sullivan (‘Digger’), Pukeroro, and J. V. MeMinn (N.Z.S.W.C.), Wellington-59A (Cambridge). New Station Heard. A® 6.45 p.m. on Wednesday, December ' 19, I logged a new U.S.A station, namely WBC, North Carolina, on 875k.c,, power 100k.w. The announcer sdid that .

it was a new station. Music, speeches and .other items were heard. Has any

other dxer heard this. station?-

F.G.

K.

(Hamilton).

Extracts from Verifications. ONDITIONS in my locality have baen fair for locals and Australian. stations, otherwise bad. No new Joggings have been made. lately but verifications are arriving in good style, the latest being cen mnmrnannennnnnan banana nena knisng nnn nan nndks fbb

PPP PPP PP Pd DPI DGS GI DLP PLDI LILIES from KMPC after 7 months. They sent a good card worth waiting for. Milan sent a letter and photo. of plant; KMO, eard and photo, of plant;. Bratislava, photos of studio and plant; Konigsderg, a letter; Turin, a card; Graz, card and photo of plant; Naples, a letter. Some extracts from them-are as follow :- Milan: ‘We received your letter of September 12 and found it to be correct. We are pleased that you are interested in our’ transmissions." Naples:. "We have received your letter of October 7, also enclosed’ a bulletin of your reception with dates, ete., the results being perfect and exact. We ure pleased to hear of your reception." . Konigsberg: "We thank you for your kind communication and have pleasure in confirming that it must have been our station that you heard on October 4, between 18,16 and 19.04." Turin: "We beg to acknowledge with thanks receipt of your report reception of our station, Radio Turin (7k.w.), heard on October 16 :and we have pleasure: fo verify your reception of our programme."

Brno: "It is with pleasure that we can confirm your reception:of our. radio station. We are very enjoyed to find friends in so distant countries as‘New Zealand." Bratislava: "Our branch of Bratislava remitted us your letter. of October 6 and we-send you with pleasure the verification of the reception of our branch you picked up. on your date, October 38, our daie, October 2." no, I also received a letter from Brussels stating that it was not Brussels I picked up and that the transmission must belong to Cairo, Egypt. : My receiver ig a-seven valve commercial A.C. superhet; aerial’ 120 feet; 18; and W.-186W (Wellington). 2 A New Idea in Accident Prevention Pioneer Genemotor Provides the Power. "WILL the lady in the green hat and ‘vhite dress please go back to the kerb and wait for the green light!" boomed a.tremendous voice, whose origin, judging by its volume and direetion,. was heavenly. "Please do. not park double in front of the State Bank!" Again the command from nowhere. "The gentleman driving the blue roadster will kindly stop edging ahead, and wait for the traffic light to change!" . Voice of the God of ‘Traffic? . No, the amplified voice of Patrolman Nethery or one of his assistants in tne Accident Prevention Bureau of the Evanston (Ill.) Police Department. Evanston, awarded Grand Prize. for cities nm all classes, entered in the 1933 National Safety’ Contest, is conducting & novel, intensive education programme to keep motor car accidents at the low ievel of last year, when only five deaths resulted from automobile crashes in that city of over 85,090 inhabitants. The Police Department has engaged & specially equipped car, complete with amplifying facilities, for the campaign.

DX Club Meetings Auckland. _ In room 52, 5th floor, Lewis Eady’s Buildings, Queen. Street, at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30.

A. G.

CONCHIE

(241A.),

Correspondence Secretary. |]

Wellington i room 15, 3rd floor "‘Domin- ’ Buildings, Wakefield Street, at "8 p.m. on. Wednesday, January 23.

F. J.

REEVES

(157W.),

* Branch Secretary,

"4 a se i i i le ee "Lone Star Ladder’ Ruling. T has been decided that, ship, aeroplane, or aeroplane base stations, etc., cannot be entered in the "‘Lone Star Ladder" Competition. Those already entered have been deleted.

The motor car, with a loudspeaker erected on the roof above the driver, is powered from a Pioneer Genemotor, the distribution of which, throughout Australia and New Zealand, is in the hands of International Radio Co., Ltd. Officers from the Accident Prevention Bureau tour the city-central shopping districts outlying neighbourhood centres, and main traffic thoroughfares, broadcasting the "do’s" and the "dont’s" of safe driving to persons in the act of committing a violation of city traffic rules, Is it effective? "How can it be anything else?" asks Controlman Nethery, "The attention of the careless driver is arrested-and the loudspeaker boomed directly at the person is certainly ar-resting-and at the very moment a Jesson in safe driving does the most good. "Wurthermore, not only is the driver corrected, but he provides‘an actual example of misconduct for all others within hearing. .The situation provides an object lesson which is driven rome a hundred times more effectively than scores of lectures, movies or posters, "As the machine has been cruising for only a week, it is too early to see the results of the actual campaign, which is to continue for a nionth, but confidentially we expect to reduce our accidents 25 per cent. to 50 per cent. and speed up the flow ‘of traffic considerably, with increased safety in our business districts." Is is effective? Ask the lady in the green hat and white dress, who wes asked to return to the kerb before several hundred mid-day shoppers! ee