Shortwave Club Notes

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 14, 11 October 1935, Page 48

Shortwave Club Notes

From the Secretary’s Pen.

(By

A. B.

McDonagh

"Sec. N.Z.S.W.C.,

4, Queen St., Wellington.)

Veni is now operating on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m, Sydney time, on 41.1 metres. In a letter, Mr. Phelps, the operator, asked me to thank the large number of N.Z, listeners for their continued interest in these experimental transmissions. Three assistants are now associated with 2DL. The address is 14 Watkin Street, Canterbury, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. There is quite a lot of activity on the 19-metre band late at night, and reception here is assuming an international aspect, for we can hear HWngland, France, Germany and Holland. On "Wednesday, October 2, the 25-metre band was completely spoilt by Morse. Morse stations severely encroached on the shortwave broadcast, bands, particularly on Daventry’s 31-metre wavelength. We are watching the latter with a view to a-complaint,- ‘The- interfering ‘station works high-speed code with a harsh note. Quite a number or'readers have writ ten me recently, and these letters will all be answered in due course. Among other queries is one concerning a station on 29.25 metres with a. six-note chime. This is PMN, Java, which is usually accompanied by PLP, 27.26 m. A new

Java station is heterodyning 3LR, and 1 have reported to the station engineer. VIZ3 is said:to be a portable on a ship working VIZ2, near Sydney. In the early "hours during the past week everything was blanketed out, the only stations audible being a Japanese on the broadcast band and VK2BQ on the 4(metre amateur experimental band. These ¢{wo were very clear, but nothing came through on any of the other bands. To settle an argument recently about ‘the All Blacks, I was telephoned. re England’s time. On looking up the almanae¢ I found that England returns to standard ‘time at 2 a.m. on October 6. We are now 12 hours ahead of G.M.T. Very great interest has been taken in the International DX Competition since the conditions and schedules were published. Unfortunately the final news has not arrived, though I asked for information to bo speeded up. Local listeners tell me they have not picked up the first items listed, but WSXKE_ wili, each week, give out news until the conclusion.

Would correspondents to this section please address their letters to: The Technical Editor, "Radio Record," P.O. Box 1680, Wellington, C.1.