RADIO LOG

Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 4

RADIO LOG

DX CLUB (OTAGO BRANCH) NOTES ON THE SHORT WAVE Conditions Lave Leen excellent lately on nearly all bands, mainly duo to the seasonal change approaching. In the course of the next tew weeks one can look for a definite improvement in daylight reception. Already it is possible to hear Daventry and Berlin at lunch time on the 31 metro band, and also weak carriers of some of the South Americans. Africa. TPZ (12.120 kc, 24.75 m), Algeria: This North African is heard quite strongly at 8 every morning. SUX 7865 kc, 38.15 m), Cairo, is heard in the mornings up to 8.30. The signals are good, but the programmes poor. Australia and Oceania. VLQ (9.615'kc, 31.21 m), Sydney: On the air from 7 a.in. till 7.30 a.in. and from 8.25 p.m. till 9.25 p.m. Signals from all the VLQ stations are generally always overloaded. VLR (9.580 kc, 31.32 m), Melbourne: Nows at 9 p.m. very loud. VLR7 (11.840 kc, 25.34 m), Melbourne : Heard well at dinner time. VPD2 (9.535 kc, 31.47m),_Suva: This station is heard well at 8.55 p.m., and relays news from VLB, Melbourne, at 9 p.m. FKBAA (C.lSOkc, 48.94 m), Noumea: This Free French station is hoard opening at 7.30 p.m. with the French National Anthem, followed by ‘ God Save the King.’ Strength is good. Nazi Propaganda. An interesting new station has been heard on numerous occasions in Australia, styling itself the Christian Peace Movement station, and which appears to be another very subtle form of Nazi propaganda. This station is on the air regularly from 7.45 a.m. till 8 a.m. on 9,445 kc, 31.76 m, the whole period being in English. The station opens with the announcement: “This is the Christian Peace Movement station, which is on the air daily at 8.45 p.m. and 11 a.m., 'British summer time, on 31.7Grn.” One verse of a hymn is sung, followed by a prayer and a short address exhorting its listeners to bring pressure on the so-called warmongers to stop the war. A short reading from the Bible, the benediction, and then another hymn brings the session to a close. No location is mentioned, but the inference is that the station is somewhere in England. Despite the perfect English spoken, one hazards a guess that this station is a successor to the New British Broadcasting station which was heard a few months ago. As the latter seems to have missed fire, perhaps the German propaganda department is now trying out a different line of approach. Turkey. The Turkish station at Ankara announced that, commencing December 1, 1940, news in English would be given at 11.15 p.m. and 6.15 a.m. The best station heard from Turkey is TAP (9,465 kc, 31.70 m), which can be heard about 7 a.m. till 9.30 a.m. There is a talk on Turkey every Sunday at approximately 8 a.m. THE BUTLER TRIAL Periodically listeners have the opportunity of hearing descriptions of famous cases from Station 4YA. These talks are delivered by a well-known local barrister, and during the last few years the speaker has dealt with a very great number of trials of every description. Although these talks invariably have bech very popular with listeners, it is probable that none of them has created the interest which the next talk of the series is likely to create locally, because the speaker has decided to devote the whole of this talk to a description of the trial of Robert Butler for the murder of the Dewar family in North Dunedin. The Butler case is Dunedin’s one great cause celebre, and it will be of considerable interest to listeners to hear a description of the case from a lawyer fully conversant with the whole history of the matter, as a result of his own personal investigation of contemporary records and newspaper reports and of interviews with actual witnesses in the case. The talk will bo delivered from Station 4YA at 7.10 p.m. on Monday next.