The WORLD on SHORTWAVE Conducted by the N.Z. Shortwave Club

Radio Record, 3 July 1936, Page 48

The WORLD on SHORTWAVE Conducted by the N.Z. Shortwave Club

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‘ N June 19. at 11.50 p.m., I was surprised to find Germany at R7, QSA 4-5 on 16 metres, with another station midway between there and the 19-metre band. Messages were called out to Messrs. ‘Henderson, Hataitai; Owens, Brooklyn; Connor, Auckland; Galloway, Te: Awamutu; Race, Dunedin; Seldren, Nelson; Dunvig.and De Larcia. Then, to someone who had written in German, a reply in that language. If those who identify ‘themselves will write me I will post them a copy of the message, At the conclusion of the calls they went on to a "Little German A B ©," which is the weekly German lesson given at this tiie. S.S, Kanimbla Does Not Verify. One of my members, Mr. Toms, of Wellington, advises meé that -he has .received a reply to his report to 9MI. ‘They state that the station on the ship‘is experimenting for their own purposes. China Appears Again. The station I mentioned as due to appear’ in Shanghai was R6, QSA8-4 at midnight alongside 2MH, on the 31-metre band. ‘This station must not’ be eonfused with CQN. at Macao, Portuguese China, which is on the ‘high fréquency ace of 2ME and right alongside YDB. ava. Frank Andrews, of KFI, writes that when. JVM, Japan, has an interval it is because the girls bring in the trays of tea and cakes for the announcers. and performers. Quite a lot is going on down on 10 metres by all accounts: I understand there are some relays of American broadcasts. Tt is not generally known that 2M has been: broadcasting simultaneously on 7 metres. for quite a long . Misleading Reports. , Recently .I have come across some tather peculiar reports, and so a. word to beginners wil] not be out of place. Don’t juggle with different times. New Zealand is now on standard time, which is known all -overthe world as being 114 hours ahead of Greenwich mean. time. To say N.Z.8.T. 26.00 is entirely wrong and. confusing, Greenwich time is used universally, North America makes allowance jor. their five hours’ difference and so on around the . globe. If 2XAF announces that it is 1 a.m. Hastern standard time, this can be: mentioned, but unless one is an expert in traneposing times it is far -better to use N.Z.S.T.. A note can be added that we are 114 hours ahead of G:M.T. ! Then the items. Stations want about four "to six definite items, whieh they | will. compare with their programme. Da not overrate signal strength. A station can be only R5 (signal strength) and yet be QSA5 (that is 100 per cent, readable). Always listen for the call or station

signal if one is used, I find a number of -people rely far too much on station Lists. As an example a young lady assured me that they received Austria at 10 o’clock every night, and pointed to a station list. We must remember the song. ¥ "When it is Night Time in Italy it is Daylight Over Here." Hight o’clock seems to be the universal t:me for the night programmes, and therefore a little time spent with the time chart will result in hours saved in blind tuning. A good ideay is to have a pad and jot down dial num- ; bers and times you receive stations. A little practice-and you will automatically remember them. Also, a note book for entering items from these pages which givé you the wavelength. and time of anything new. on the air. : The Russian. testing daily from 113 a.m. on 31.31 metres is the same transmitter as is used for the Moscow broadcasts. He announced these tests at 3.30 am. on Monday morning, and has been heard in Australia. RNEH on 25 metres. (12 m.c.) still broadcasts on Sundays and Wednesdays from 10.30 to 11.30 p-m., and may be heard at about R1, or an occasional word or two on the peaks of the fade. The station on 35. metres is a harmonic of RV15; overseas people say it ‘is a dual but back in. 1930 we used to hear this harmonic.