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Evening Star, Issue 22526, 19 December 1936, Page 4

STRAY SPARKS Power Board Station. The Franklin Electric Power Board last week called i tenders for a modern transmitting station of 250 watts for the purpose of maintaining communication with its breakdown trucks and the board's headquarters. The tenders have closed. . • -■ • ■- , I Yachting Appreciated. • Special thanks to ■ the National Broadcasting Service in appreciation of the local broadcast of the Sanders Cup trial last Saturday were expressed by the chairman (Mr W. J. , Bardsley) and endorsed by the executive at the meeting ofrthe Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association held this week. Appreciative reference: was also anade to the work of Mr H. Camp, .who acted as announcer. . -* • • • :• Long Dance Session. To meet the demand for more rhythmic music, 4YA, will feature it* recently formed dance band on hew Year’s 'Day. The band, which, under the guidance of Mr Gil Dech, was heard for the first time this week, writ contribute most of the .items on January 1, playing from the studio' hetwecu 8 p.m. and midnight, - • "* ' ~* J ‘" • Monkey Tricks. In a recent issue the _ * Indian Listener ’ printed the following paragraph:—“A short, timerago AIR (AllIndia Radio) installed a radio set m a Punjab village. As soon as the programme was started all the trees near by were crowded with monkeys, who seemed to take a keen interest in the talks The programme assistant present was inclined to shy at the ’compliment, but accepted it. " . Last week there was a call from the’village for attention to the receiver. -It was found that the aerial had proved too tempting, and all the monkeys had used it for trapeze practice, with the result that it had broken, down.” , BATAVIA AM JAVA DETAILS OF LOCAL STATIONS The Netherlands Indies -Broadcasting Company primarily supply programme* for Batavia and Java. Their transmissions on the short waves, may bo heard in New Zealand, and listener* may be -interested in details about th* stations. ‘ The Nirom started broadcasting officially in the Netherlands ; Indies on March 31, 1934. Until’then only a few, local stations had been in operation in the bigger cities, the cost, being defrayed by contributions paid -by th*, members of the local radio pocietiesj The societies still exist. The Nirom,started originally with four stations: in less than 18 months, however, 2Z stations were operating; Sixteen of them get their programmes oyer telephone lines from the Batavia Keystation ; the remaining six broadcast local native programmes. The total length of telephone line connecting these stations is about 750 miles. The stations at Sourahaya, Bandoeng, and Semarang also have full studio equipment, and when, important events taking place in any of these towns or when: special- items which can emanate only from these points are transmitted all the stations can be- switched over to one of these three studios. For instance, Batavia broadcasts from 18.00 until 20.00. From 20.00 until / 20.80 Bandoeng is key-station, while from 20.30 until 22.30 Sourahaya, with M special operates as key-station. Owing to unfavourable atmospheric* existing-in the tropics no wave length above ' 200 metres, can be used. Th* long-distance stations use wav© length* below 100 metres, local stations between 100-200 metres.’ The Nirom long-dis-tance stations are on the air Jav* time week days. G.M.T. week days, 23.00-00.30, 03.30-07.00, 10.80-15.30 or 16.00, Saturdav till 16.30, Sunday* 00.30-07.00, 1Q.30t15.30. The long-distance stations, are:— YDA, Tdj Priok: 3,040 kc. 98.68 m. 10,000 - watts (between 00.30-07.00 G.M.T. on ,49.67 m; or 6,Q4okc). YDB, Soerabaia: 9,610k0, 31.2 m, 1,000 watt* (between 00.30-07.00 G.M.T. on 25.3mr or ll,860kc). P3JN, Bandoeng:, 10,260 kc, 29.34 m, 1,500 watts. PLP, Bandoeng: ll,oookc, 27.27 m, 1,500watts. YDC, Bandoeng: 15.15 kc, 19.80 m, 1,500 watts. PMH, Bandoeng: 44.60 m, 1,500 watts.