Around and Behind the Dials

Radio Record, Volume XI, Issue 1, 10 July 1936, Page 61

Around and Behind

the Dials

DX CLUB News and Views

Answers to Correspondents I wish to thank members of the N.Z. DX Club for cards, snapshots, and shortwave tips which they have posted me. The next 50 dxers who send a card or a snapshot will receive a special N.Z.S.W.C. greeting in the form of a cheque, These will look fine i: your collection, Address A. B. McDonagh, 4 Queen Street, Wellington, E11. Identification Wanted Station on 8.9 m.ec. heard at 10.50 p.m. on June 26, giving the call WXYO and trvinge to contact KAEBW. of Alldermack

G.B.

S.

(Takapuna).

Station on 1400 k.c., heard between 6.19 and 6.380 p.m. on June 29. A man spoke in a language which sounded like Mexican. Instrumental items were hear# at intervals of about three minutes. Also American station on 1400 k.c., heard from 6.33 till 7 p.m. on the same date, At 6.33 p.m. a man said, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen’; at 6.353 p.m., he mentioned "- Bohemian born 1841," and at 6.50 p.m., "- you be more familiar..."

At 7 p.m. the call was announced and the first two letters sounded like HV."Wattle Bark’ (Motumaoho). Shortwave station on the 25-metre band heard from 12.15 a.m. onward, on Monday, June 29, The announcer spoke in a foreign language and at times in broken English. Some items heard were "Home on the Range," "Good-night," "Play to Me, Gipsy," and "Good-night

Little Girl of My Dreams."’-

All-waver

!Dunedin ) _

Dx. Topics ZIV Coming in Well. ONDITIONS here during the last few weeks have been fair, but I have not been able to do any dxing owing [to pressure of work. My log stands at 77, with about 20 reports out. Cards receiyed lately are from 3AR. 4BK, 4AK (two vood cards), 2GB, 3TR (after two reports), 5CK; 2BL, 4BH (after two reports), 8LO, 5CL, VK2AP. 8GI, 4QG 2GZ, KSL (a fine card), KFBK (enclosed booklet with their letter), 4YO LZR, 2ZP. 2Z0, 4ZB, 4ZP, 2Z0, and VPD, Suva. ZIV, Suva, has been coming in here at RG, QSA4, almost every night this week. Reports are out to the following: HJIABE, TYB, DJD, W1XK. W3XAL, 4MB, 3BA and 5PI.-"95" (Alexandra). Stations at Good Strength. I AM indebted to 870A and 4HQ tor their recent notes concerning IXHBC, Hilo, Hawaii, in the "Radio Record" (June 12). I logged and reported this station on the following Sunday (14th). I also noticed as 4HQ mentioned, that this station comes in or 1400 k.c., but whereas he heard it closing at 9.80, on’ this occasion it was still operating at 10 p.m. Of course, this may have bee: a special test transmission, but, if so, nothing was mentioned while I was listening. — Latest loggings are KGDR (1860), KOIN (940), and a station on -920 k.c., which I believe to be KPRC, Houston, Texas. This station was putting across the samé programme as WHO when L logged it. ; The regulars are WLW, WHO, WOAT, WFAA, WTAM, KFI; KPO, KGU;

KGMB, KSL, KMOX, KOMA, KFBK, KNX, KRLD, KTRH, KFAC (heard a football or baseball match faintly from him the other night), KFOX, KHJ, KOA and XBAW and XENT, which come in here extremely well, and are each, to the best of my knowledge, on fall 24-hour schedules. :‘(‘‘4-Valver," Masterton, please note.) -349A (Morrinsville), CRCX Will Not Verify. D* conditions here lately: have been very good on the shortwave bands, and a number of new loggings have been made, ‘The only loggings on the 49 m. band have been 9MI, the motor-ship Kanimbla, and a Spanish-speaking station’ heard in the early evening: on approximately 48.75 m., and signing off with "The March of the Toys." On the 31 m. band, LRX, Radio El Mundo, broadcast a programme of popular records and other music from 12.30 p.m, till 1.80 p.m., announcements being in Spanish and English, PCJ, also on 31 m., has been good, and a rather interesting tour of the w orld’ s shortwave stations. was heard through this well-known Dutch station via a Philips radio receivr. The 20 m. amateur band has_ been especially good, and although there has been a slight weakening of American stations, a number of Europeans ‘have been heard -on phone, namely, EATAL, EA4BM, EA8BQ in Spain, FSMG in France, SMSSX, Sweden, and a D4 in Germany, whose. complete call I did not get. Other ioggings are VP6YB, Barbados: CH38AC, Chile; CX2AK. Uruguay ; LUGAP, Argentina; VE3JV, W3EGP. W6FOY, North America ; and HI4F, Dominican Republic. Verifications are W5HR, W6CZ, VK4K0O, VK2JH, and CTRX, (Continued on next page.)

N.Z. DX Club Meetings HAWKW’S BAY. In the new club room, Wood's Tearooms, Waipukurau, at 7.45 v.m_ on Wednesday, July 15. L. W. MATHIE (4H.Q.). Branch Secretary. AUCKLAND, ; In the committee room. Scots’ Hall, Symonds Street, at 8 p.m, on Wednesday, July 15. H. SUTCLIFFE (198A.), Branch Secretary. WELLINGTON. In the offices of National Magazines Ltd., Third Floor, Dominion Building, at 8 pm. on Wednesday, July 15, F, J. REEVES (2H.Q.), . Branch Secretary. NAPIER. In the Club Rooms, Dickens Street, at. 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 0. N. HALLETT (143HB), Branch Secretary. MARTON. At 97 Princes Street, Marton Junction, at 7.30 p.m, on Tuesday, July 14. 3, R. BAIN (217W), Branch Secretary. WHANGAREI All shortwave "fans" in and about Whangarei are cordially invited to attend the meeting of the Whangarei Branch, to be held in Fulljames’ Salon at 7.30 p.m, on Monday, July 20, as it is proposed to start a shortwave section, R, A, ROYCROEFT (222A.), Branch Secretary. MANAWATU. ‘At 12 Campbell ‘Street, Palmerston. | North, at 8 p.m, on’ Thursday, duly °C, J. monees (143W. yee! . . Branch ‘At 21 Lowther Street at 8 p.m, on: Thursday. suly 16, . \ » KE. CARR (150W.), , /- * , Branch Secretary.

DX Topics (Continued from previous page). The following is a copy of a reply received from ORCX: "We regret to aciv-se you that as it is against the policy of the Commission to give verifications, we are unable to fulfil your request. Thanking you for your letter and interest in our station." It is signed by the chief engin-

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Airfan

Palmerston NvOr&/) .

Good Conditions on Shortwave. TN contrast to the broadcast band, which has been exceptionally poor this winter, stations on the short waves have been generally good. Daventry is now operating on the 31, 17 and 15-metre bands during their morning transmissions here. Japan, besides being heard on 28 meires, on Wednesday and Saturdays is alo on 19 metres. 2RO d vides their transm’ssions between the 31 and 25 metre bands, and at present is coming through with great volume, On Friday at 10.385-a.m., 2RO was heard on an English ses:ion with an interes.ing talk on the political aspect of Europe, followed by news of world events. At the same time the following stations were heard: DJN (R7), DJA (R38), FYA (R5), W2XAF (R3), W1XK (R38), WS8XK (R83), EAQ (Rd), HIU (R4). DIN, 31.45, is the best station on any band during the day, and is the best and most con istent I have heard it, DJC, 49.83 m., is also coming in well, and is better than DJD, 25.49 m., when clos‘ing down at 9 a.m. _ A New Zealand teacher was heard speaking from RNE at 9 a.m. on June 27. This English session igs well worih listening to, as, besides speakers from various countries, answers to correspondence are most instructive. On 26 m., approx., a new station has been heard around 9 p.m., signals being Rd. No eall in English has been heard. Records and native mu ie are generally heard about the above hour. On 53.8 metres, an Australian station has been heard from an early hour in the morning, but owing to the noisy nature of the band reading has been extremeiy difficult, but I belieye it to be a harmonic of 2UW, Sydney. CTIAA, 31.25 m., is improving, and has been heard at R5 at 8.45 a.m., giving out their programme in Wugli h.. A. station on the 31 m, band, not heard before, was picked up on Wednesday, July 1, at 8.55 am. It is between GSB and DIN, and with both these stations coming in at R6, reading was difficult, A talk was being given in a slow foreign language, after which "Hello listeners, this is »’ was heard, but I failed to catch the call sign. Signals were about’. R4, QSA2. HJIABP, 31.25 m., was at R5 on July : 1, at 230 p.m, I was listening to a German station, with a lady announcer, on the same wavelength, and immediately following the German National Anthem, the interval signal at MJ1ABP, consisting of three notes, followed, and the call sign in Wnglish, was given, This station _closes round about 8.15 p.m., and reports are asked for, I suggest this is the station heard as "Radio Cartagena," ag the same box number was given out bv the

announcer:

Dual Wave

(Auckland).