N.Z. DX CLUB BRANCH NOTES

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 37, 24 February 1939, Page 38

N.Z. DX CLUB BRANCH NOTES

XING conditions have , generally improved, although they are not up to what they should be yet. Ten metres here seems to be opening "up, but on 20 metres dxing is pretty good. As a matter of fact I am devoting most of my spare time to jogging 20-metre "hams." I have logged a good many of them and I am expecting lots of veries very soon-if they ever QSL. South Africans are rolling in great from 11 pm. up to midnight approximately. Stations Heard. TILS, San Jose, C.R.; HBO, Geneva, Switzerland; YN3DG, Leon, Nicaragua; XCAP, Peiping, China; ZBW3, Hong Kong, China; VUD2, Delhi, India; XTJ, Hankow, China; FZE$&, Djibouti, French Somaliland; FK8AA, Noumea, New Cale-

donia; XEWW, Mexico, D.F.; VK2MA, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia; 2ZB, Wellington, N.Z.; Iraq, Baghdad, Arabia. "Hams" Heard. KAIME, KATEF, KAiCS, KA1AP, J7CR, J2MI, J2NG, J5CC, J7CB, VU2LL, VU2JK, PK1RI, PK. IVY, VSTRF, ZS3F, ZS2N, ZS6DY, ZS6BB, ZS2X, ZS6DW, XEHIGK, XE3ZAQ, CEZAR, XHIDH, W9REF, VS9AC, CNIAF, EAS8AF, and EA8AH, KA1BH. Veries Received. VK2BK, VK2NS, VK2CP, VK 2VA, SUZ, VK4WU, ZTIAH, 2RO-3, CFU, YV12RM, YV5RH, VK5ZC, VK5FL, VK5HB, LSX, PMN, HI8C, XE3DQ, and YNLG after 138 yaonths. Shortwave News. COCM, on 9833 k.c., has been sold to Sr. Laureano Suarez, and is using the slogan, "de la Gaseosa Salutaris," and will relay CMBL on

Se 730 k.c. Will use the same schedule until further notice. COCX, on 11,740 k.c., is using the slogan "de la casa Lavin y la Pasta Dental Gravi,"’ same schedule. XCAP, at Peiping, China, heard on 9570 k.c., from 9.6 to 9.382 a.m., with programme of Chinese music and talks. Announcements by a Chinese woman. ZBW-3, Hong Kong, heard on schedule. VK2ME on 31.28, is broadcasting Simultaneously on 7 metres, using the call VK2MA; reports are welcome. 2ZB, at Wellington, New Zealand, is still testing on 6950 k.c., relaying programmes of a longwave station. VS9AC, a new amateur at Aden, transmits on 14,335 k.c., generally on Tuesdays, from 5 to 7 p.m, There is a station in Irag on 7.2 m.c. approximately which relays programmes from a Baghdad longwave station from 8.30 to 8 am. XTJ at Hankow, China, using the slogan, "The Voice of China" on 11,690 k.c., with programme in several languages, ana providing good signals, English announcement said reports to P.O. Box 90, Hankow, China, TIRA will be the call of a Costa Rican station which will be on the air very soon using the frequency of 6085 k.c. TILS heard on sche- dule, CNiIAF at Tangier, International Zone, heard very often in the after. noons with loud signals. Heard at 7.7 p.m. giving his QRA during a QSsO. ; EA8AF, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, on 41.66 metres, giving war news from 10 to 11 p.m. EA8AH, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, on 41.96, giving war news from 9 to 10.30 approximately. Ali times given are E.S.T., which is the oflicial time for Cuba. Richard F. Rubio (DX1130.),