NELSON'S RADIO

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 12

NELSON'S RADIO

! (To the Editor.) ; Sir,—As a keen and enthusiastic lis- '■ tener I cannot allow "Radio's" letter • concerning radio reception in Nelson, ! to go unchallenged. Let me say at the 1 outset that I have a fairly powerful ■ set, my listening is not confined to the ■ Nelson station, and personally I do not ' mind whether Nelson has a station or > not, but I do realise that listeners who 1 do not have powerful sets cannot get anything approaching satisfactory re--1 ception. Having lived in South Tara* • naki, I know what 2YA can be as it s comes in perfectly there, but here in ' Nelson from dusk onwards it is not half what it should be. Not only does . -it fade, but it distorts very badly, so ' much so that the words of a speaker ' are unintelligible. So bad was this 1 distortion recently that I thought something had gone wrong with my set, ' but on tuning in to IYA found recep- ■ tion there, at the moment, perfect, i IYA is probably heard in Nelson better 1 than any other in New Zealand, but it also fades a lot. It does not, however, ■ distort as 2YA does. I do not think ; there is any complaint about daylight reception in Nelson; it is nearly peri feet, but the moment the sun goes down—? If "Radio" has perfect reception of two stations in Motueka, there

is all the more reason why Nelson should have a station, because the Nelson listener pays just the same licence fee as "Radio," but does not receive the same return. I say without fear of contradiction that the average (not high-powered) set owner in Nelson does not get the same reception as most of the owners .in New Zealand. And yet, why shouldn't he? One thing Nelson can thank poor reception for, and that is its inability to hear Parliament! By the way I want to tell "Radio" that even with my powerful set, I cannot receive 2YA in sufficient strength to exclude static interference, and that : I therefore know that those with - less ' powerful sets than mine can only do one thing on "staticy" nights—shut off. —I am, etc., , "JUSTICE." • HUTT STREETS (To the Editor.) ] Sir,—l would ask the members complaining of neglected streets in the Hutt Borough together with the rest \ of the council to visit Park Avenue. If ; there is a more neglected street in the • ■ whole of Wellington City and suburbs , I should very much like to hear of and see it. I would also like to ask how much short of £50 is collected in rates from this street per year, and how much over £30 is spent on it.—l am, etc., X RAY. "Job-hunter" complains that employers who advertise for staff fail to reply or acknowledge applications. In reply to 32 applications the correspondent II3S received only two acknowledgments. "Job-hunter" points out that when an applicant has taken the trouble to write out an application and copy several references, it is most unsatisfactory to hear nothing of the result.