Around and Behind the Dials

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 15, 18 October 1935, Page 47

Around and Behind the Dials

Address Wanted Could any dxer suppiy me with the address of VY2BA, San Paulo, Brazil?-

Spud

(Ioropito) _

Identification Wanted Shortwave station heard on 7610° k.c. at 6.8 p.m., N.Z. summertime. Reception was perfect, RS, QSA5. It closed down at 6.380-p.m. Waikiki was mentioned. Three numbers were presented-the first, a foxtrot, the next, a number with a Havvalian orchestra, and the last, "Hawaiian Paradise." The announcer said that the station was KIKA (or KKH), and that the transmission was for test purposes

crly

Antenna

(Te Awamutu).

‘VK2, heard on Sunday morning, O:tober 6, between 2 and 2.82 a.m., when he closed down after requesting reports. ‘The announcer stated he was operating on 1870k.c. This station came in with good

vulume:

DX164A

(Morrinsville).

DX CLUB News and Views Stations Identified Brunswick (Otago) and 186W.-Many thanks for, your information. The Japanese station JOJH is definitely, on 590 k.e, He is on until 5.30 a.m. most mornings and comes in at R6. When closing down he gives the call twice, then some Japanese, concluding by repeating the call

twice.-

Digger

(Efamilton).

DX Topics Four Months’ Dxing. HAVE. had my set-a 6-valye dual- ’ wave a.c, model-four months now, and to date have received the following verifications :-Americans: KV.OO, KNX, KGMB, KOMA, WLW. Mexicans: XBENT. Australia: 2CH, 3HA, 2MO, 26GB, 8UZ, 3DB, 8KZ, 4QG, 2K0, 4BH, SAK, 4BC, TLA, 2HD, 2AY, 8BO 2FC, and 2BL. (The last two are daylight verifications). New Zealand: 4ZC, Cromwell. Reports are out to WOAT, KFI, KSL, KHJ, KOA, KGA, KPO, WBBM, KOMA, KFAC, KOL, WIBO, XEAW, XEMO, XEPN, XGOA, 3AR, 2UE, 2CA, 8SH,’ 3TR, 3GL, 3XY,. 25M, 2WwL, and 5PI. ‘DX. conditions have been fairly good, but QRM is troublésome..’ My ‘aerial" is 65ft, long, and 95ft. high; earth is attached to a 6 x 8ft. copper plate,’ buried

6ft. in fairlv. dry — soil.-

3744

Motu-

maobo).

Yen VKK3’s Verified. JR SCHPTION conditions have been very fayourable of late, particularly for VK’S, and some good loggings have been made. Ten VK3 verifications. came .to hand for reports sent in the competition, from 8TM, 3GY, 3DH, 3AM, sBII, 38LU, 8RG, 3DX, 3FL, 8BY; also 4LW, 4RJ, TW, 4MR, KDixA, and KEFRC. . Reports are out to VK’S 2Z0, 2ZF, 4GG, 4JN, TOW, 4QL, 433, XGOA. The new regional relay. SGI, Sale, Gippsiand, was heard testing on 830 k.c. at great: volume

01 Mondav night-

~DXS1S.

(Inverear-

gill).

: WIRE Broadcasts Special for Club. NONDITIONS: have. been .rather poor | for DX reception lately, so consequently: only a few new loggings,’ have been made.’ The new Australian B stations heard so far are 3XY, 4AK, 4IP, 4PM and 5RM. All of these have: been written to. i » Recent American ldggings. are: KOY, KLRA, KXYZ, WBNS, WHP,

and WLB. WIRE was heard on a special DX programme for our club on October 2. This ig a new call for WKBF. WBNS and WHP, both operating on the same frequency at the same time, were logged on September 18. WHP was giving election results, while WBNS was testing. WLB was logged on his frequency test on October 2, between 10.10 and 10.30 p.m. After 10.30 p.m., he began a DX programme. VK loggings are: 2ZF (1260 k.c.), 4JN (1310 k.c.), and -7PA: (1230 k.c.). 4JN was heard on his DX programme ou September 30. The only verifications lately are WOR (after seven months), VK8LU (after one year), and VK4JJ. Tam now dvrine with a new receiver-

1n a.C. four-valve' TRF_

~6M.C,

(Pleas-

ant Point).

New Australian "B’s." ONDITIONS have not been quite so good this week on account of heavy static. "Buropeans are yery disappointing this spring, but the VK’s are still coming in with good volume, The following new Australian stations have :commenced transmission either on regular schedules or testing: 8GI (830 k.c.), 2KA (1160 k.c.), 29N (1440 k.c.), SRM (850 k.c.),, TBU (1890 k.c.), 4PM (1860 k.c.), while 4BU, Bundaberg (1480 k.c.), 100 watts, will be on the air in December. 2B, Bega, 100 watts, will be on in November, 4GY, Gympe, 1480 kc. wiil have a power of 50 watts. 2GZ, 2LV, 4CA, 2AD, 49N, and 2NR will all be on the air before the end of the year. TBU, Burnie, has been heard testing several times at good yolume, and should be easy

to Jlog:

~DX164A.

(Morrinsville)_

‘Shortwave DX Good. .AM a beginner at dxing, and I-find the loggings of the "old: hands" very _helpful,- as most of them are given with the wavelengths. I have been dxing now about three or four months. and my Verifications total about 40. Most of them are shortwave cards, as in this locality the broadcast band is impossible for DX work. ‘There is plenty of good sport on the shortway bands, and "there: is ‘always a good number ef stations still to, ‘be logged.

) | DX Club Meetings AUCKLAND. In Scot’s Hall, Symonds Street 8 p.m, on Wednesday, October 23. ow |

A. G.

CONCHIE

(4I4.F

Correspondence Secretary, _ SOUTH CANTERBURY. At the secretary’s residence, 35 Bowker Street. Timuarao, at 8 p.m. on Wednesdav. October 22.

D. N.

ADAMS

(IH.4)

Branch Secretary | HAWK®E’S BAY. At the premises of Mr. L, Beachen, next Annand’s, Waipukuran at 7 40 pm. on Wednesday, October 23. Subsequent meetings will be held on November 6 and 20 and December 11.

L. W.

MATHIE

(4H.U),

Branch Secretary. MANAWATU, At 12 Campbell Street,, Palmerston North, at 8 p.m., on Thursday, October 17. .

C. J.

MORGAN

(148W.),

Branch Secretary. WANGANTI,* At 21 Lowther St., at 8 p.m. on Monday, October 21. . FEF. CARR. (150W), Branch Secretary. NAPIER. In the Gubroom on the premises of the Napier Radio Co., Dickens St., at 7.30 p.m., on the second and last Thesdayvs of each month.

O. N.

HALLETT

(143HB;) ,

Branch Secretary, ’ WHANGAREI, ‘Meetings of the: above Branch will be held on the first ‘and third Wednesday of each month, at 7.36 p.m. in Hulljameées Salon. Meetings on he third Wednesday will be devoted solely 10 DX talks. Visitors are very’ welcome.

R. A.

ROYCROFT

(2724),

Branch Seccetary

My latest verifications are from XHNT and XHMO, who sent two postcards showing scenes of the Foreign Club Cafe. ZBW sent a card with "Verified" stamped from corner to corner, This is really a broadcast station, but also‘a: Special ex+ perimental station is.used. to transmitithe same programme on ‘either 34.29 "metres (8750 k.c.) or 55.46 m. (5410 k.c.), They are using a type Q-Marconi crystal-con-trolled transmitter with a power of 250 watts to the aerial. The approximate hours of broadcasting are 12.80 p.m, to 2.15 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m, HougKong: Time’ (8 hours-ahead of G.M.T’.). EAQ also sent a nice card. Reports are vut to LSX, HJ4A BA, CIRX, 2RO, and

VK9 2B and 2XU

Antenna

Te

Awamutu).

> . . Loggings and Verifications. ‘ (CONDITIONS for the past month have / made dxing practically impossible, QEN being very severe. However, an improvement is now apparent. Austtalians are very strong, 2BL, 8AR, 250 and 38L0 being audible at midday. . Reports are out to 4RK, 5PI, 2CA, 6KG, 28M. 38TR, 2GN, 5MU, 3WR, 4WK.: 4GR, 6ML, 6IX, 8XJ,; 8KL, 2KA; and.4IP, Wastern stations are good, reports being out to JOAK1, JOIK,:-JOGK, JOHK, JFAK, JOAK2,.JOXK, JFBK, JOQK, JOKK, JOPK, JOLK, JOFK and JOVK in Japan. XHHX, XMHA, XGOD, XGOT, XHHJ, XQHA, XLHB and XMHC in China, HSP1, Siam, and MT'CJ, Manchukuo, : South Americans are extremely poor, but reports have been sent to LR3, LRG, CE76, CX26. The latter was logged at R8, QSA5, on the 10th, on a special for a Canadian lumber camp. North Americans have been weak, but are gradually getting stronger. Reports are away to KZRM, WABCO, WFHAA, KOMA, KISG, KFB, KJW, KGHR, KGMB, W8X0O, KRLD, WCCO, KPAC, KHHH, KGW, WWL. KMTR, KFRC, KDKA, WGN, KSTP; KTAB, KGA, KLX and KGFYJ, .100 waits. Europeans have been’ very poor. Sottens; Rome 1, Milan 1, Frankfurt, Bucharest, Hilversum, Lille, "Radio Normandie," Montpéllier and Brno being the only: ones tepotied to. ©: . _. VK’s are supplying really good DX, The following have been reported: to:. VK3HK, 3BQ, 3FO, 8QN, 8KB, 3FL, 8PA, 3HF, 8RG, 8DX, 80Y, 8RB, 8DY 27K, OTA 2XF, 2TO, 2G, 4YA, 4¥¥. 400, and, Ae roe .. "Verifications this month are ‘to. -liatd from TNT, 7LA, 2UW, 3GL, 2UD, 6AM, 2BL (midday), JOCK1; JOBK1, LBW, XGOA, HS7PJ, XHW, WHO, KRKD, WWVA, KFWB, KGO, WTAM, WSU, WGY, WRT, WBBM, KHQ, WCBD, KV00, KROW, WPG,, KSL, WGXAT. and Leipzig. VK’s 4L,W, 25:watts, and: 5K, 4. Watts". tf es! ho rere ey My:set is.a. seven-valye: commercial superhet,. 1935 «model; :fitted = with’ -headphones. Aerial is ‘a "diamond" ‘ 350f¢.

long-and- 2ott:thigh:_

Robby

(Whanga-

Tel):

KSD on Shortwave as Well. A MERICAN verifications have. been " coming in a little better, and quite a few stations logged in August have re- ' plied, while others reported to in "May and June are still expected. Latest to hand are KSTP, KVOR, WGST, KOH, wave, KFBK, KJR. KSO, KSD and When reporting to KJR, I was very dubious about receiving a verification, aa T only had a title or two for the .programme. This station refused verification about 18 months ago on a first-class report, So it seems one must just keep. on: trying. The replies from KSD, WGS'T

and KMJ are a little above the average, but for this issue will quote only KSD’s veply "We expect to inaugurate broadcasting on a fréquency. of 31,600 k.c. some ‘time wext month (October), and if you cate‘to sake the time ‘and trouble we will be inerested in finding out if any such service has been tried out in your country. This new station, of course, is intended ‘for strictly local coverage, but it is entirely possible that the. sky waves may drop down in your territory some day, and. if your receiver is capable of tuning to this Trequency, naturally we will bé interested in receiving a report from you, "We are also itstalling within the next'60 days a new '5000-watt transimitter. so no doubt reeeption of KSD:in your territory will be considerably improved at On time." (Letter signed by Robert. L. oe)." ‘The new. stution,; 7BU, 1890 kt, Was . heard testine on October G6 at 1.55 ain

DXB5A

(Te Kauwhata).

Foreign Station on 650 k.c. is "Noumea Radio." . J)* conditions here lately have been good except for QRM, which has heen very troublesome, A few of the new-.Austra-liahs have been heard’testing. and reported _ to. Recent loggings include WIJJD, heard at good strength. at 10.80 p.m., KJBS, "KTUL, and WARD, heard testitig between 8and9p.m. Verifications received Sare’from KVOD, CKY,°4IP, and VK’s /8LU, 8HF, 3CR, 437, 4RI and. 4QL. a With reference to the recent controversy in the notes with regard ‘to thé-foreign station pperating on 650:k.c., I have received -définite information ‘that the station is "Noumea Radio," operating at Noumea, New \ Caledonia 275,’ ‘(Matton),

_ Reports on 4GG’s Special, DPeRwWe his recent special broadcast, VK4GG asked dxers to forward their reports tomy address, Several of th who ‘heayd this: broadcast evidently mis ~y ed the address, which is as follows :--26 Buxton Street, Pt. Chevalier, Auckland, _ Huropeans. have been at good strength during the last two weeks, the best received being Budapest, 546 k.c., Munich, 740 k.c., Leipzig, 785 k.c.,. Toulouse, 913 k.e., Breslau, 950 ke, and Frankfurt, 1195 ke. American feception has been very poor; KOA, KPO, KGO and KSL being the only stations worth listening to. The VK’s have been providing great DX, but new loggings are scarce. Dxers should watch for VK40B, Murgon, who operates on 1860 lic. In a, verification received recently fiom him, he states that he is" often on the air.on ‘Sunday: nights. between. 10.80. and-11 p.m., H.S.T., and that | ports. would be appreciated,. _ JPG. and "Digger" have certainly stirred ‘everybody "up; and. the notes, in. the "Radio Record" are-now well worth *ead-

ing:

C. A.

Cox

(Auckland),

Dxing with a Beverage. ' (CONDITIONS have been only fair lately, for static is" still troublesome. The Americans. are not coming in very well, while the’ Buropeans’ can scarcely be heard. However, the Eastern and Aus- . tralian stations are coming in strongly. My only new loggitgs ave XHMO (heard on & special DX programme for ‘the Aiierican DX Relay Ledgue at 6.80 p.m. on October 6), 8XY¥, 4AK, and 4WK. Reports are out to XHMO, XEW, XEAW, 8XY, 4BH, 38H, . and- HS7PJ, Siam. Reports just to hand aré from 2TM, ‘2GB (sécond report), 3SH ‘and XENT, who besides the verification cava séent.a°book on cancer, My receiver is a five-valve commer superhet; covering the: broadeast "ban only, The-aerial is of the Beverage types G70ft. long and 15ft.: high,: running :north to ‘south. sand eafthed at the far ond a

Zeb

(Foxton).

Latest ‘Station Chaiges. [Tt is. certainly interesting to open the "Radio Record" lately atid see such ‘a fine collection of notes "in the DX section. My own dxing activities have been very limited lately, in fact; only on’ one occasion has my set been in use between 9pm, and 7 am.- On that occasion I ‘héard a New York station on 570 -k.¢. at 12.5 am, Iam practically certain it* was WMCA, which uses a power of only 250 watts. . When QRM is -absent, tlie ‘American stations can be heard from 5 pm. onward. . ‘ ‘The following may be-useful to dxers :-/ A. new station-at Delhi, -India, will : on the air in ‘November: on: 882 k.e, with a power of 20: kw... . ' "Hmissors, Lisbon,. Portugal, which was officially opened on "Atigut 1, may soon be-using-a power of 100 kw. '. It operates on -629 :k:c, ‘: The new station at Toulouse, France, operating on 776 kc, is now completed, The power is 120 k.w. Cairo, 11, "Egypt, on 1848 k.ty is it: creasing its ‘power ..to. 5'k.w...shortly, My latest verifications include those ‘ from CFCO,..CKNC,. CKOV, OFPH, JOBG,--HS7PJ, and HSP1. These: last two stations tow ‘verify by eard inetaea /

'twice:

Digger

(Hamilton);

DX SPECIAL FROM ~ RADIO NORMANDIE Mr. D. N. Adams (1HQ) advises ‘that arrangements for another DX "special" ‘from Radio Normandie, -Fecamp, Frante, have just. been . finalised by: cable from London. The. ., broadcast, whith is being arranged by the International Broadcasting Club, will, take place on. Saturday, | _ October 19 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. their time. This will be from 4.30 am. to 5.30 am. Sunday, October 20 here. All: members are urged to. ’ make a special effort to listen-in and. ' send away a report as the chances of obtaining further specials are direct« ly dependent: on the interest shown by dxers in this country. , A fine progtamme of six items has been arranged, the various items being dedicated to menibers of the Advisory Board, the Club Secretary and to Mr. J. L. Sullivan ("Digger’) who arranged a similar broadcast last year. oS