WIRELESS SIGNALS FROM AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 34, 3 November 1928, Page 8

WIRELESS SIGNALS FROM AMERICA

__4 MESSAGES RECEIVED AT GISBORNE (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Gisborne, November 2. Mr. Ivan O’Meara this morning picked up ten-metre wavelength signals from the American station at Wianno from 8.15 to 10.30. The signals came through consistently strongly, various messages being received without difficulty. The tests were made with variations of the angle of the beam, some being more successful than others. TESTS AT ASHBURTON. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Ashburton, November 2. Mr. D. Buchanan, of Ashburton station, 3AR, reports that the American station, 6XV, was first heard here at 7.10 a.m. on September 30, and at 2 p.m. on October 4. 6XV advised his aerial power as six kilowatts. Portions of the American amateur Morse communications on this wavelength have been logged during October, but except in the case of 6XV transmissions, they faded, before the messages were completed. The best work of the local station on ten metres was 30 minute Morse two-way communication with the Brisbane amateur, 488, on September 30. Observations to date indicate that this wavelength is very erratic and unreliable.