Around and Behind the Dials

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 34, 1 March 1935, Page 45

Around and Behind the Dials

DX CLUB News and Views

Athlone Verified: American DX News: Special DX Programme from WBOQ: Evening Americans Good: Europeans at Good Strength: I.oggings: and Verifications. — —

Answers to Correspondents 164A (Morrinsville): Many thanks for your identification of XDPNT.-247W (Opunake). Stations Identified 247W (Opunake): The station you heard on 710 k.c. was WOR testing with their new 50 kv. transmitter. They haye been R7 here.. Would you please get in touch with me as soon as possible? My address is A. Maule (871), Patea, New Plymouth. 247W (Opunake): Your station on 710 Ike. .c. is WOR, Newark, N.J.-15TW (Weltingtop). ATW (Opunake) + Your station was

WOR, Newark, N.J. I heard the items you mentioned and also a station announcement. 28W (Marton).

DX Topics Athlone Verified, OWING to the unfavourable conditions prevailing over the last few weeks no new stations have been reported.. Verifications to hand are from Athlone (I.F.S.) who state:-‘"I have to’ thank you for your interesting information in your letter of 12/10/34. "The details quoted in your letter indicate that you were listening to Athlone high power broadcast station, . . . Thanking you for your much appreciated report. Yours faithfully, J. S. Ferguson, for I.F.S.B. Service." Poste Parisien sent a card. Replies are overdue from VE3BQ, 2AY and KGMB. My receiver is a six: valve 1980 model . gsuperhet. Congratulations to Mr, Bain on his very fine win. I have had,a request from an ‘overseas member of the club for ‘used tram, bus or rail tickets. -If any members can pro-. cure: collections of any such tickets and: will send.them'to my address. (L: C. MeCormick, 73 Baird St., Invercargill), they ‘will be’ much appreciated, -S1S (Inveré eargill). American DX. News, [HE following DX news from. U.S.A. _ ‘will be of interest to members :- WFI and WLIT’ are -consolidating under the call of WFIL. WLBW moves to Dayton, Ohio, and changes’ call to WHIO. WQDX changes call to WPAX. WOS will be deleted. WKF, WwAMC and WUEM are deleted. CFTP changes call to OF RN.’ XENT changed frequency to 910 ke, CKY increases power to 15 k.w. WHAN is the-call of the Chicago station on 1520 kc. §=It is an outlaw.

Daytona Beach, New Haven, Boston, Santa and Longview, Texas, are to haye new stations, The last mentioned has been testing on 1870. k:e: with 100 watts power, and giving the call KFRO. WCBD has-been heard broadcasting from Wankegan, Ill.’ KYW from Philadelphia and» WABY from Albany, New York. WLW is to use 50 k.w. night-power as it is interfering with the Canadian stations, WKEU is testing in Griffin. Ponce, P.R., is to have a new station on 1420 k.e. Applications for new stations are Virginia, Muin, Fargo, Milwaukee and Minnesota. Reception has been fair generally, and a great improvement has been noticed with the Australians and evening Ame-ricans.-"Elgin" (Wanganui.) Loggings and Verifications. ONDITIONS for dxing have been fair here lately, static being trotblesome at times, The American stations have been coming in well. The best ones heard are K¥FI, KPO, WLW, WBBM, KHJ, WENR, KNX, KSL, KOA and WWVA. Some of the stations I have reported to lately are:-XMHA, MTCY, VK’s 2NE, 2Z0, 2ZF, 2H, 8CH, 3LU, KFPY, WWL, KMJ, KDYL, WCAU, WWNC, WIBW. KFRW,. WGP, and XEMO. Latest verifications to hand are:KZRM, JOSK, WOC, KPO, KFYR, KTAB, KMTR, WMCA,-.- WOW, WMT, WDAF, KTAR and 6WF.-28W (Marton). Evening Americans Good, ONCE: again the American stations are coming in on their evening . programmes, and from 7 p.m, quite a few eau

| DX Club Meetings _

Auckland In room 52, Sth floor, Lewis Eady’s Buildings, Queen: Street, at 7.45 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27. , A. G. CONCHIE (241A.), Correspondence Secretary. South Canterbury At the. secretary’s residence, 35 Bowker St., Timaru, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13. D. N. ADAMS (2H.Q.), Branch: Secretary. Napier . The Napier branch of the N.Z. DX Club holds .its meetings fort- | nightly, the second and last Tuesday of each month, at the clubroom on the corner of Faraday and Carlyle Streets, Napier, at 7.30 p.m. A. BRIMER .(151H.B.), Branch Secretary. ‘Hawke’s Bay At the premises of Mr. L. Beachen, sports depot, next * Annand’s, Waipukurau, at -7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, L. W. MATHIE (1H.B,).Branch Secretary. Wellington In room 15, 3rd floor, ‘"‘Dominion" Buildings, Wakefield St., at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March: 5. F, J. REEVES (157W.), Branch Secretary. Marlborough-Canterbury 'n the Y.M.C.A,. rooms, Christchurch, at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 4. H. VINE (122M.C.), Branch Secretary.

Special DX Broadcast From WNAX, South Dakota * WNAX, Yankton, South Dakota, will broadcast a special programme for the N.Z. DX Club from’ 12 midnight to 12.30. a.m. N.Z. Summer Time, on Tuesday, March 19. | WNAX operates on 570 k.c. (526m.) with a power of | k.w. J. M. TODD (216W.), Palmerston North.

be heard at varying strengths. The first one is KNX and is generally much better than KFI.. WOR was heard recently at 7.85 p.m., and was R&-9, QSA5, with slight fading at times. KFOX, KYA, . KGB, KGMB, KPO, KFI and° WLW are gradually getting stronger, but owing to QRN and QRM are not as good as they might be. Recent verifications are from Cairo, Breslau and KMTR. Receiver in use, 7 yalve a.c., commercial superhet.-1l57W (Wellington). QRM Severe. (CONDITIONS for dxing have shown a slight improvement, though QRM is still severe, The evening Americans are very scarce, the best being KYFI, © KPO and KNX, all at R4. WOR, Newavk, was heard on February 18 testing their new 50 k.w. transmitter. XIEPN was heard as late as 8,380 p.m. on February 20, and at 7.45 on February 21. They stated that their address is Eagle Pass, Texas, though their call was XHEPN, Viedras Negras. New loggings include Breslau, VK2BQ, XEPN, XENT, JOAK2, JOLK and sJOAIK-1.-247W (Opunake). Europeans At Good Strength. 7UROPEAN stations are now _ being heard again at good strength. They are best at present between 5 and 6 a.m. Moscow is easily the hest, while several other powerful stations are quite good. The only loggings lately are KIDW. WAZL (both 100 watts) and WIBA. KIDW has been heard on the last ‘two Sunday nights with a DX programme for the National Radio Club. WAZL was heard on. Sunday, February 16, with a DX programme. This station, located in Pennsylvania, is my best U.S.A. catch to date. WIBA was heard testing on Webruary 20, : Verifications lately are from KGPFG, WPAD (both 100 watts), KFNIF, WOIL. KWJJ and WBNX. A ecard has. also been received from KIFVL stating that 18 cents must be sent before they ¢an verify my report. I have now ten 100watt Americans verified on two valves.GMC. (Pleasant Point), Special from WBOQ. F HAVE received advice from station WBOQ, New York, that the second and final DX programme of the season will be given from 3.306 to 4,80 «a.m. E.S.2. (8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. N.Z. summer time), on Sunday, Mareh'10, 1935. Reports from New Zealand dxers would be welcomed.

In their verification to me for my report on their transmission of December 9, 1934, they state that a total of 346 reports were received, 29 of them coming from New Zealand.-127A (Tauranga),

Next meeting is on Tuesday, Mareb 5.-F. J. Reeves (Branch Secretary.)