The WORLD on SHORT WAVE

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 40, 12 April 1935, Page 48

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. 8.W.C.,

4 Queen St., Wellington). UP to the time of writing, the night stations, with the exception of RV15, and the Australian shortwave stations, have gone off considerably. ‘These conditions will be temporary. The powerful RN, Moscow, on. 25 metres, on his broadcast on March’ 31, surprised us by being only R1, On Wednesday, April 3, he was stronger but very gushy. QWwin G to news of several special broadcasts coming at the week-end I was unable to publish details in the last issue. The Hong Kong and Mexican stations are coming tosthe fore and several new arrivals as well as one or two old-timers have appeared. W8XL put on a test during the week at excellent strength, as also did the. Alaskan Telephone Coy.’s new telephony station, WVD.

ONE of the chief attractions during the Sydney exhibition was the free telephone conversations to Java. We wonder if Mr, Vanderveit got tired of telling his callers the correct Java time; most of those who spoke were lost for words and asking the time was an excuse. M*- FARMER, the popular announcer of VK2MQj, is still on furlough. This station is on the same schedule as it was in Mateh. DAVENTRY is well worth watching for many interesting items are coming over, including talks by well-known people. ‘The lectures by Mr. Ashridge, the B.B.C.’s chief engineer, are very explanatory indeed. N@ARER home, with the ever-increas-ing work of the Club, I find I have to curtail visitors’ time and request, where possible, that the telephone be used. Hong-Kong Testing (GSL was heard testing on 31.38 m. on April 3 at 3 p.m. Hong-Kong has been heard testing from midnight with the following announcement: "HongKong calling on 34.29 metres for experimental purposes. Address, Hong-Kong Broadcasting Committee, Hong-Kong, China." Radio Coloniale seem to have changed their times, as they have closed at 2 p.m. and reopened at 3 p.m. this week.DX164W (Wellington), Shortwave Jottings PoE following shortwave notes are from Mr, H. I. Johns (N.Z.171W), Wanganui. HVJ, Vatican City, Rome. HW following are a few details concerning the above station heard at 7 a.m. daily on 50.26 m., in the following languages :- Zondag, Sunday, Dutch, -, Monday; Italian. -, Wednesday, Bnglish. Tuives, Thursday, Spanish,

Vendredi, Friday, French. Samstag, Saturday, German. Saturday and Sunday at 3.30 a.m. is Italian. ‘ Their hours of transmission are: to 3.45 a.m., N.Z.S.T., 15,121 kc. 13.84 m.; 7 to 7.15 a.m., N.Z.S.T., 5,969 k.c., 50.26 m.; 10 pm., N.Z.S.1., 5,969 kc, 50.26 m. Station signals are: (1) 'Tic-tac heard 10 minutes prior to transmission; (2) Clock of St. Peter’s heard sounding the hour; (3) Speech. Empire Shortwave Stations. S.W.L.’s are reminded that the Empire stations will again change the hours of transmission for zone 1 on April 15, when the time will be further advanced to 5.15 p.m. U.S.S.R. Transmissions. Station RNE is the same as station RW59, The call letters RND are used for telegraph transmission purposes only. while hw59 is the call when the .¢tation is used for broadcasting, both on 50 and 25 metres, DX Tips. VK8LR was heard’ giving out DX tips rat 8.20 p.m. on March 30. WS8XK on 25 m., and 48.9 m., also giving out shortwave tips, every Saturday at 4.45 p.m. 8S.W.L.’s would do well to tune into these stations at above hours. SUNDAY, MARCH 31. HVJ, 50.26 m., talk in Italian, Signals R7, QSA5 at 7.10 a.m. Rw59, 49.9 m., musical programme. Great improvement in strength from two or three weeks ago; signals at present, R7, QSA4. OER2, Vienna, Ausiria, 49.3 m. heard giving out call-sign at’ 7.40.a.m., "Hullo, hullo, this is ODR2."*. Pridx-to giving out call-sign, musical progranime was heard. Signals R6, QSA5. : . GSD, 25.5 m. at 7.45 a.m. musical pores gramme with good strength, but spoilt with a very quick fluttering surge. ‘Signals R6, QSA5. Was still at good strength at 9 a.m.,.with musical pro‘gramme, . GSB, 31.5 m.,° same programme as aboye, Signals R7, QSA5. ORK, Belgium, 29.04 m., weak at 8.10 am., With°news in French, 2RO, 30.7 m., at 8.15 am. Putting over some beautiful choir singing. Very clear signals, R7, QSA5, at 9.5 a.m: RG, QSA4, with musical: programme. At 8.80 a.m, on 19 m., a foreign station was heard with very good musical programmie. Signals «R7, QSAD. { At 9.7 a.m., this station appears th be DJB, with very clear signals and good musi¢. Signals at 9.7 am, R7, QSAb. A number of foreign stations could be heard round 9.80 a.m, on the 19, 25 and 31 m. bands, also two foreign’ stations on

the 49 m. band. Conditions have been excellent this morning, the best for some time past. FYA, 25,60 m., giving out news in Wnglish, and speaking about the arrival of a 4 the Duke of Gloucester in England, Signals very much improved for this time of the day, 1.5 p.m., R5, QSA4. At 2-p.m., R7, QSA5, musical items. ‘WSXK, 25.25 m-, with a musical programme. At 2.50 p.m., signals were R65, QSA5. The Empire stations GSC, 31.32 m.,, and GSL, 49.10 m., heard putting over a test transmission at 3.20 p.m. Reports were asked for. JRX, Winnipeg, Canada, 25.6 m., was heard again after many months’ absence. News was given out, signals being R4, QSA8. The best time for S.W.L.’s to log this station is between 3 and 4 p.m. daily. FYA is off the air at that hour. WS8XK 45.9 m., dance music programme. Signals R5, QSA4, at 3.54 p.m. RNE, Russian phone station, 25 m., heard at 4.20 p.m. at great strength and very clear, R8, QSA5. WSXK 48.9 m., dance musical programme. Signals at R7, QSA5, 4.30 p.m. At 5.40 p.m., signals R7, QSA5, musical programme. W9OXF, 49.5 m-, dance programme. Tligh hoise level always on this station. R5, QSA4 at 6.10 p.m. VEK2ME, 31.28 m., with usual good musical programme of recordings. Good volume and quality, R8, QSA5, 6.80 p.m. WSXAL, 49.5 m,, was still on the air at 7.45 p.m., with good organ music and chort talks by announcer between items. ignals were R5, QSA4. WSXL, 46.69 m. Another station Keard testing. ‘This station used to be heard on Saturdays round 4 p.m., but has not been heard for some time, until tonight, It is an experimental station. Signals were R6, QSA5, at 8 p.m. JIZG, 47.39 m. Talk being given in Japanese. Signals R7, QSA5, at 10.42 p.m. JVN, 28-14 m., talk also given in Japanese. No doubt same programme as JZG relayed from JOAK, Signals R6, QSA5, at 10.55 p.m. MONDAY, APRIL 1. FYA, 25.60m: Talks in French. Very clear signals and about 95 per cent. readable, with signals at R4, QSA5, at 12.35 -_ \nale j p.m. A big improvement is noticed in this station. About two weeks ago FYA could not be picked up until round 2 p.m. WGLD,. American 20m amateur on *phone heard very well with signals at R6, QSA5. 20m ’phone at fair strength today at 2.40 p.m. WSXK, 25.5m: Musical programme of male chorus singing. R6, QSA5. at 3.52 p.m. W2XAF, 31,48m: Short musical play being broadcast. Signals R7, QSA5, 3.56 p.m, Station closed down at 4 p.m. WSXAL, 49.5m: Dance programme. Signals R5, QSA5, at 6.45 p.m, W9XF, 49.15m: Musical items at 6.55 p.m., R6, QSA5, One cannot mistake this station as they give call-sign out in several different languages at 6 p.m. and‘ again at 7 p.m. when they close down. 8LR, 31.4m: At 8.7 p.m. testing with musical items, quality being good, but slight fading. Signals R8, QSA35. JZG, Japan, 47.39m: Talk in Japanese. R6, QSA5, 10.25 p.m. YDA, 49.04m: Musical programme, Signot very strong at 10.35 p.m., R38, TUESDAY, APRIL 2. FYA, 25.60m: Talk in French. Station very good to-day at 12.20 p.m, Signals R6, QSAD5. There is no doubt that FYA is the star station of any band between the hours of midday and 6 p.m,

WSXK, 48.9 m. Dance programme, wonderful volume, good quality, Rs, QSA5 at 5.45 p.m. WAXK, 31.86 m. Dance programme. S.W.L’s. are reminded that the above is the new call-sign for WIXAZ. Signals R4, QSA4 at 6 p.m, W9OXF, 49.15 m. Dance programme. R5, QSA4, 6.85 p.m. GSB, 31.5 m. .Programme by the B.B.C. Empire Orchestra. Coming in very well, RS, QSA5 at 6.45 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, HVT, 50.26 m, Talk in JEnglish. Bells of St. Peter’s, Rome, heard striking .the hour. Signals R6, QSA5, at -7 a.m. DJC, 49.83 m. Giving out news session in English, R6, QSA4, 7.15 a.m. EOR2, Vienna, Austria, 49.3 m..Musical programme at R5, _QSA4, 7.17 a.m. At 7.50 a.m, signals had faded out. W1XK; 31.36 m. Musical programme at Rd, QSA4, 8.10 a.m. 2KR0, Rome, 30.7 m., putting over very fine choir singing. Very clear signals, R6, QSA5, at 8.12 a.m. ARNE, 25 m. Opened up at 11 p.m. with the "International," but a very weak signal, making speech very hard to piek up. R4, QSA2. DJB, 19.73 m,, and DJN, 31..5 m., both very weak, in fact, have been so for some time past. YDA, 49.02 m. With usual good musical programme. R6, QSA4 at 11.12 p.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 4. HVT, 50.26 m. Coming in with good volume, talk in Spanish. R7, QSA5, a a.m. OER2, Vienna, Austria, 49.8 m. Very good programme of band music. Station was held from 6.48 a.m. to 7.55 a.m. At 7.7 a.m., call-sign was given out, "Hullo. hullo, this is the ODR2, Austria." 2R0, Rome, 30,7 m., with the usual very high-class operatic music. One gets nothing but the best of musi¢ from this station, which opens up at 7.80 a.m. daily: The best morning station on any band for quality, volume and steady signals. DJD, 25.5 m., with a musical programme at fair strength, but inclined to., have quick surge. Station opens up at 5 a.m. R6, QSA4, at 8.30 a.m.