Club Advisory Board Election

Radio Record, 13 May 1938, Page 64

Club Advisory Board Election

UP till April 27, when nominations closed for the New Zealand DX Club Advisory Board, five nominations had been received at H.Q., so it will be necessary to hold two ba!-lots---one to elect the board, and one to elect a president. Three of the nominees are members of the present Advisory Board, and the other two, while they have not previously served on the board, are well known to club members for their work on behalf of the N.Z. DX Club and its members. Those nominated for election to the Advisory Board which will hold office from July 1, 1938, till June 30, 1939, are Messrs. C. A. Cox, F. Hutchings, L. W. Mathie, A. J. Maule and R. A. Roycroft. ‘A voting coupon appears ou this page, with full instructions for voting, and a similar coupon will appear in several issues of the "N.Z. Radio Record" during May. Votes must reach the Secretary, N.Z. DX Club, P.O. Box 1680, Wellington, by Thursday, June 2, 1938. The result of the ballot will be published in June, as also will a voting coupon for the presidential election, the result of which will be pub- lished in July. The following is a resume of the activities of the nominees :- C. A. Cox (DX275A.) has been a méember of the N.Z DX * Club — for nearly five years: was elected president of the club in 1987; attended the first Advisory Board meeting. held in Auck-

land in August, 1987; hus a verified log of over 500 broadcast band stations with which he has wou many certificates and trophies in headquarters and Aucklaud branch competitions; is vicepresident of the Auckland branch; frequently contributes articles to the "Radio Times" and "Radio Record." F. Hutchings (DX538A.) is a comparatively new member, but, nevertheless, a keen and enthusiastic one: is a member of the Auckland branch, and has been well placed in Jocal competitions; is Auckland district representative of the N.Z, DX Club Stamp Supply Bureau; a contributor to the "Radiv Times" and "Radio Record." L. W. Mathie (DX652A,) is now a member of the Waikato branch: was first member in Hawke’s Bay: formed the Hawke's Bay branch, of which he Was secretary for several years; was elected to the Advisory Board in 1935, and again in 1986 and 1987; attended the first meeting of the Advisory Board held in Auckland in August, 1937: proposed the idea of having ¢«lub blazers and monograms: Was an ardent adyvovate of the new-type club report form, and has made many other suggestions Which have been of benetit te the elub and its members; has been well placed in headquarters competitions on seyeral occasions; is a frequent contributor to the "N.Z. Radio Times." A. J. Maule (DX37T.) has been a member of the N.Z DX Club © since 1931; became secretary of the Taranaki branch in 1984: has a log of well over 400 verified overseus broadcast band stations; won the "Radio Times" Battery Cup four times, and the ‘Radio Record" DX Challenge Cup onee: has also won other H.Q. competitions: frequent contributor to the "N.Z%. Radio Times." R. A. Royeroft (DX222A.) joined the N.Z, DX Club in 1983: formed the Whangarei branch, which later became the Northland branch: has been secretary of the branch since its inception; was elected to the Advisory Board in 1937; attended first meeting of Advisory Board, held in Auckland in August, 1987; a frequent contributor to the "Radio Times" under his own name, his club number, and his nom-de-plume of "Bluegum"; has twice been successful in H.Q. competitions. Answers To Correspondents 41N (Nelson) : Thanks very much for information on GSNJ.-224M.C. (Ashburton) . 370 A, (Te Pahu): About the middle of November, 1937, I asked you, through eae

this paper, if ua station I bad heard Was ZIO, of Singapore, and you replied that the details seemed like those of ZHL and advised me to write to this station. Well, I did, and have received a reply which you may be interested to heay about. When I wrote I sent them the report and a letter saying 1 was not sure of the call, ete, und an Imp. R.C. ZHAL, on receiving my letter, sent it on to ZHJ, as ZHO Was not even on the air, so it eouic not be them. ZHJ say they have looked up their log but fail to find any sinilarity, and so they haye seut me back everything-the report, the letter, the IRC, and the letter which ZHL sent then when they sent on my report, They say that they are sorry but they don’t know who else it could ‘be or they would have sent it on for me. This shows that stations will do their best for you if you ask them, politely enough, to help you. J thought it very good of them both, anyway.-551A. (Frankton). a ee ee Stations Identified "Mudlark" (Greytown): The station on 4.25 me, is RV15, Khabarovsk, U.S.S.R. They dy not verify -?4ai

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Addresses Wanted (CAN uuy dxer supply me with the address of YR5MB. This station was heard on the 14-metre band from 9 to 940 p.m. on Tuesday. Apri] 19.

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1650t. (Milburn): The addresses you require are: WICND: C, N. De Rose, 289 Elm Street, Northampton. Mass.; W2JT: FE. F. Lucas, Faner Road, Midland Park, New Jersey: WOLYD: W. Powell, 2080 Golden, Lonz Reach, «California. -3s24W.. (Masterton). DX Topics News In English, TPHERE have been nutes in the "Radio Record" lately saying that EAQ

can be heard in the evenings in English. Well, I have heard this station at very good volume in the mornings at about 8.23 a.m., broadcasting uews in English, This concludes at 8.30 a.m., N.Z.S.T. They announce as follows: "This is ‘The Voice of Republican Spain." They state they are on the air from 9.40 p.m., Spanish summer time, and from 8.45 a.m., S.S.T. They have been asking for reports. Latest QSL’s are: VEOBW, VK2AHP (both of these stations want reports), VK4RJ, XZ2DY, of Burma, JZK, JZJ, and F8KH, France. Latest reports are to: EAQ, CSW (on its new frequency), VE4SS, VESCD, VESBW, PAOAA, and TI4NRH, of Costa Rica,-551A. (Frankton). Special Broadeast, AT 11 p.m., N.Z.T., on Saturday, May 14, THO, Hobart, Tasmania, will broadcast.a special DX programme on Which they are very anxious to receive reports, ‘This station operates on 860 ke. with a power of 500 w.--224MLC. (Ashburton). 2ZB On Shortwave. [DURING the past few weeks several readers of the "Radio Record" have mentioned hearing 2ZB on shortwave. These listeners will probably he interested in the following letter which I recently received from the acting-station director of 2ZB. It reads :- "We wish to advise that the transmissions you heard were from au experimental shoriwave transmitter which is operating on 483 and 85 metres and rebroadcusting 2ZB for purposes of tests. Thauking you for vour reports, whieh bave been carefully noted."~-538A (Auckland).

Questions and Answers "J EF." (Christchurch): The hole in : the baffle for a speaker should be as large as it can be, while allowing the speaker to be screwed to the board. Smaller holes will choke the air waves too much. The baffle board itself should be large enough to cover the whole fret opening in the cabinet and if the fret opening is near the bottom of the cabinet it would be well to have a floor te the cabinet. The oscillation trouble you have experienced may be due to faulty by-pass condensers or faulty shielding, and if the voltages on the valves have to be lowered much the output of the receiver as a whole will be lowered. . (CATSWHISKER " (Wellington): Your reasoning, concerning the noise, is fairly accurate, but there are other places in the receiver where such symptoms could arise. Get a good serviceman to have a look at the receiver as, by a systematical search and testing, he will be able to locate the rea] seat of the tvouX¥le and cure it. Unless you have had considerable experience yourself in serviciny it wou‘d not be wise to try tu effect repairs at home.

N.Z. DX Club Meetings HAWKE’S BAY. In the Club Room, above Wood's fearooms, Waipukurau, at 7.45 p.m. , on Wednesday, Way 18. ; V. L. KING (119H.B.), | Branch Secretary. NORTHLAND, At 21 Anzae Road, Whangarei, at 7.30 pam. on Monday, May 16, R. A. ROYCROFT (2HQ), Branch Secretary. AUCKLAND. In the Society of Artg Hall, MKitchener Street, ef 8 p.m. on Wednes. day, May 18. ¥F. NEWING (316A), Branch Secretary. WELLINGTON, In the "Times" Building, Kelburn Avenue, at 8 p.m. on Monday, June 13. Members are usked to meet at the bottom of Kelburn Avenue (off Lambton Quay) A. BAILEY (444W), Branch Seeretary. SOUTHLAND, 4t 5 Dublin Street, Tnvercargill, at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. (. F. LUDLOW (878), Branch Secretary. | i