"TRANSPACIFIC CALLING U.S.A."

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 26 April 1935, Page 6

"TRANSPACIFIC CALLING U.S.A."

From Up To 10,000 Miles — Away’ > ~ "This brief review of the reception in the United States of America, of | broadcasts from countries : across thousands of. miles of ocean, in- _ eluding New Zealand, is supplied | -for the "Radio Record" by, Ray-. . _ mond .M. Bell, of State College, " _ Pennsylvania. 25 02) best ‘time for. reception of. trans Pacific stations ‘in’ the * ‘ Dnited States is from 3 a.m, to 8 a.m. B.S.T.(Both short and medium. wave stations are heard the yéar ‘round, although March’.and October . are ‘the’: * pest months. All of the ‘stations are five’ to ten thousand miles away, so that their reception is more of a DX nature than of entertainment value. VK2MH Sydney and VK8ME Melbourne have been heard regularly since 1928. The call of the kookaburra is well known to American ‘listeners. . YDA Bandoeng, Java, has been heard: lately on: 6120 k.c,, about 7 am. RV15 Khabarovsk comes through occasionally as do sefrera] stations in. the Philippines. The, JV- stations in Japan are heard on various © frequencies relaying: Tokyo, and.testing with American and Huropean stations. None seems, to maintain a regular schedule. Japan is heard well on medium waves, particularly in the western part of the United-States and Canada,.There are 10 k.w. JO-K’ broadcasters in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kumanoto, Nagoya, Sapparo, Sendai, Keijo, -and Taihoku.. Call signs’ are given occasionally in English. Stations are generally joined in a.network. KZRM Radio-Maila. (620 kc.) and .XGOA -Nanking, China -(660) are also heard. ‘ Australian and New Zealand stations are heard in all parts of the United States on medium waves. 2BUL, Syd- ' ney, is heard best... It has been coming j through since 1926. 200 Corowo, 2YA/ Wellington, and 1YA Auckland, are. heard well: The latter with 10 kw. is: the most powerful. in. Australasia. Other: stations. which are logged: fre~ quently are 2FO. Sydney, 8L0.and:3AR Melbourne, 4QG Brisbane, 5CK : Cryétal. Brook. — The ‘Australasian stations ‘are: the only British Empire stations heard ‘in the U.S. besides Canada and Daventry.‘Australia has 67, stations. with. 18 using 1 kw. ‘and: more, aud: 25: using 0.1 k.w, and less. . Twelve are. national stations. Reception of Australia should be still better when the seven Proposed highpéwer stations-are opened::.’