ON ALL WAVELENGTHS

Evening Star, Issue 24007, 4 October 1941, Page 4

ON ALL WAVELENGTHS

News and Comments

By 1 KILKIERAN

NEW ZEALAND DX CLUB (Contributed by the Otago Branch.) SHORT-WAvi FLASHES. New Peruvian. Radio Huancayo is the slogan of the new Peruvian operating on 6.205mc5. The call is OAX3A, and the station is heard in excellent strength until closing a few moments after 5 p.m. Before the sign-off ‘ Toyland ’ and an organ rendition of ‘ Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life.’ were played, and during this the call and slogan were _ announced several times. The owner is Sr. Victor Priano, whose address is Apartado 27, Huancayo. ZNR, Aden, Arabia. Heard last Christmas and just verified. this station gives interesting news of its propaganda work against the former Italian colony of Abyssinia and the French possessions in Africa. The station operates on 12.11mcs, 24.45 m, between 4.28 and 5.45 a.m., with a power of 250 watts, and the transmitter is located at Ras Boradli. Opening announcement is- at 4.28 a.m., and English calls are also given, at 5. 5.15, 5.30, and 5.45 a.m. The programme includes news in English, French, Italian, Somali, and Arabic. ZNR is qn the air every day. Latin American Network. Details are now to hand of the new network to be operated by the Columbia broadcasting system, when their new 50 kilowatt transmitters located at Brentwood, Long Island, are in operation. .The network consists of: Uruguay, CXAI4, CXAB; Bolivia, CPS; Colombia. HJED, HJFB; Chile. CB1180; Costa Rica, TIPG; Cuba, OOHT, COCY; Dominican Republic, HIIZ; Ecuador, HCJK HQRX; Salvador, YSPB; Guatemala, TGWA; Haiti. HH3W; Honduras, HRN; Mexico, XEQQ; Nicaragua, YNOW; Panama, . HPSA; Peru, OAX4T, OAX4Z, OAX6D, OAX6E; Venezuela, YVSRS YVSRU. SHORT-WAVE LOG. KGEI (15,330kc5, 19.57mc5), San Francisco. The best North American, being good from 2 till 5 in the afternoon. XEWAV (9,503 kc, 81.57 m), Mexico City. An excellent station around 5 p.m. Radio Saigon, French Indo-China (11,780 kc, 25.47 m), is good nightly with news at 11.15 p.m. PLJ (14,630k0. 20.51 m), Bandoeng, Java. Heard well around 11 p.m. XYZ (6,007 kc, 49.49 m), Rangoon, Burma, Heard well around midnight. VUD2 (9,590 kc, 31.8 m), Delhi, India. Good at night from about 11.30. YNRS (8,585 kc, 34.95 m), Managua, Nicaragua, Received well around 3 p.m. YSPB (6,575 kc, 48.7 m), San Salva.dorj El Salvador. Heard best on Sundays, but is sometimes interfered with fay Mascot air radio station GSB (9,510 kc, 31.55 m), Daventry. Excellent strength in Pacific service. HVJ (11,740 kc, 25.55 ml Vatican City. Fair strength on some evenings. Gives names of prisoners of war. BROADCAST NEWS. KDYL, Salt Lake City, A verification to hand from KDYL, Salt Lake City, gives interesting information on their verification policy. Portion of the letter reads; “It has been several months since we have received any reports from members of the New Zealand DX Club, due to the interruption of the mail services since the beginning of the war. However, we are always anxious to verify your reports, and we want you to feel free to send them, even though your Government does not allow you to enclose return postage.” Evening Americans. Now that the Australians’ signals are not coming through so early in the evening, the evening Americans are at their best between 7 and 8 p.m. Heard during this period are the following;— KFBK, 1,530k0: K6A. 1,510 kc; KMO, 1,360 kc; 7 KARM, 1,340: two on 1,330 fighting it out, namely KALE and KFAC; KDYL, -1,320; KSL, 1,160; KNX, 1,070, often, stronger than 1ZB; KFVD. 1,020; KJR, 1,000; KFWB, 980:- KOIN. 970; KROW, 960; KOA, 850; KGU, 760; KIRO, 710; KPO. 680,' heard through 4YZ; KFI, 640; KFRC,.610... Reception Conditions. The recent sunspot activity demonstrated the irregularities of radio reception even on broadcast. Australians were inaudible, j and even several North Island stations were weak, whereas Americans wore at quite fair strength and ZJV, Suva, was very good. On at least one occasion, KGXJ, Honolulu, was much louder than 2YH, Napier. SHORT WAVE WHO’S WHO. VPD2, Suva, Fiji. Frequency, 9,535 kc, 31.47 m. Power, 400 watts. Schedule, 5 till 6.30 p.m. and 8.50 till 10.15 p.m. Standard time is same as Hew Zealand summer time. Postal address, A.W.A; Ltd., Victoria Parade, Suva, and A.W.A., 47 York street, Sydney, Australia. Identification: Announces in English, and sometimes carries advertisements for Australian products. Verification details: Sends attractive card with a view of Fiji.

SUNDAY’S PROGRAMMES. Rebpoadcasts of London news and recordings of broadcasts are , given by national stations at 6,7, and. 8.45 a.m., and at 1.15, 6,15, and 11 p.fi. At 9 p.m. an N.B.S. newsreel will bo broadcast. Close at 11.30. 4YA (790 kc), Dunedin. 9 a.m.: ‘ With the Boys Overseas.’ 10.15: Feminine artists. 11: Church of, Christ service. 12.15 p.m.: Concert celebrities. 1: Dinner music. 2: Lavender and dace. 2.30: Music by Sibelius. 2.46: Classical music. 5.30: ‘ Knights of the Round 'Cable.’ 3.56; Light orchestras and ballads. 516: Big Brother Bill’s song service. 6.30: Methodist service. 8.15: ‘ln Quiet Mood;’ (a studio production). 9.27: ‘Great Parliamentarians: The Great Commoner, Chatham’ (8.8. C. programme). Monday.—-6 a.m.: Recordings. 10.40: * Trekking Through the Years: A Teacher’s Diary,’ by Reva Glenn. 11.: ‘ For My Lady.’ 11.20: From the talkies. 12: Lunch music. 2: Operetta. 2.30: Musio while you work. 5: Broadcast French lesson for post-primary schools; 3.30: Sports results. Classical hour. 4.30: Cafe musio. 4.45: Sports results. 4YO (1,140 kc), Dunedin. 6 p.m.: Recordings. 6.20: Topical talk. 8.15: ‘At Eventide.’ 8.35: Masters of the keyboard. - 8.45: Variety. 9: The Johnson Negro Choir. 9.15: Celebrity spotlight. 10: Close down. 4YZ (680 kc), Invercargill. 6.30: Relay of evening service from St. John’s Anglican Church. 7.30; Gleanings from far and wide. 8.13: ‘Coronets of England: Henry VIII.’ 9.25: ‘ Dombey and Son.’ 9,37: Listen to the band. 10: Close down. 3YA (720kc0, Christchurch. 8.15; Dr James Lyon, Trinity College examiner, conducts an orchestral concert of his own works. 9.27: * Music from the Theatre.’ The operas: ‘ The Pearl Fishers ’ (Bizet), ‘Sigurd’ (Reyer), ‘ Marouff the Gobbler of Cairo ’ (Rabaud). 2YA (570 kc), Wellington. 8.5: ‘ln Quiet Mood,’ featuring the N.B.S, String Orchestra with vocalists. 9.27: The Port Nicholson Silver Band (conductor, B. Fenton; vocalist, W, E. Crewes, baritone). IYA (650k0), Auckland. 8.30; Erie Coates and the London Symphony Orchestra, suite, ‘ From Meadow to Mayfair’ (Coates). 9.28: ‘I Made You Possible ’: A comedy for girls by Ivor Brown, Produced by the N.B.S. 9.48: John M'Cormack (tenor), 9.54: Light Symphony Orchestra, two interlinked folk melodies (‘Fete Galante,’ Smyth). London. s 6.45 p.m.: Weekly programme summary. 7: Play, ‘ Immortality Club.’® 7.30: ‘ Voice of the Nazi.’ 7.45: Band. 8.15: Reg. Leopold Players. 8.30:. Service. 9: Weekly programme summary. 9.15: American commentary. 11.30: ‘We Fledermaus,’ Part I. RADIO 4ZD Following are the programmes which will be heard during the week from the Otago Radio Association’s station, 4ZD (l.OlOko): — Sunday, October 5.-9 a.m.: Tunes for the breakfast table. 9.30: Radio Church of the Helping Hand. 10: Empire pageant. 10.15: Little Chapel of Good Cheer. 10.45: Music in the air. 11: Whistle your worries away. 11.30: ‘ Melody La.ne.’ 12.15: Close down. Wednesday. October 8.—6 p.m.: Recordings. 7: ‘ New Zealand at Work,’ the story of New Zealand’s industrial war effort. 7.5: Smile family. 8: A cheerful little ear full. 8.15; Lawrence Tibbett. 8.30: Light and bright. 8.50: Excerpts from the classics. 9: Favourites in rhythm. 9.15: Variety. 9.30: Hawaii calls. 9.45: Music from the movies. 10: The orchestras of Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, and Benny Goodman. 10.45: Close down. Thursday, October 9.-6 p.m.: Tea-time tunes. 6.40: The Presbyterian hour. 7: ‘ New Zealand at Work,’ the story of New Zealand’s industrial war effort. 7.5: Continuing the Presbyterian hour. 7.45: ‘The Boy from Oklahoma,’ episode 28. 8: An hour with George Gershwin. 9: New recordings. 9.30: Highlights from the operas. 10: Swing session. 10.45: Close down.

DEATH OF RADIO PIONEER The death of Egbert von Lepel at the age of 60 is announced from New York. Von Lepel is known to students of radio history as the inventor of the quenched arc, and one of the shining lights among the German radio geniuses in the days of the quenched spark gaps and ares. At the time of his death, von Lepel was interested in the manufacture of short wave diathering apparatus. 24-HOUR ETHER PATROL AMERICAN EMERGENCY SERVICE Though highly complicated to the layman, the technique employed by the American Communications Commission in “ policing ” the ether lanes, now a 24-hour duty in connection with national defence, is familiar to radio engineers. To understand how the patrol works it is first necessary to know why this is done. To begin with, the air highways have their own traffic problems, and their increased use has made them as congested as much-travelled land highways. So it is essential to have traffic regulation on both. The various types of radio transmissions are assigned particular ether lanes in which to travel. If one signal strays over its assigned white line there is collision with, and confusion to, other services. Likewise, if a transmission appears in the ether paths without identifying call letters it is as quickly spotted as any car without license plates traversing a land highway. The commission polices the air mainly through primary “monitoring” stations, which are simply listening posts, which, due to their geographic locations, can “ hear ” over the entire nation. This monitoring to see that radio transmissions obey ordinary air traffic rules has been a practice since the^ early days of radio regulation, and is. of course, primarily distinct from the National! Defence Service unit. While the monitors themselves spot unlawful transmissions, suspicious signals are reported by broadcasters and other licensees, and often by amateurs who keep a close eye on their own bands. No signal is too weak for a monitoring station to pick up and record, and should a strange or “ reckless driver ” be detected, direction-finding apparatus is called in to find the culprit. Sometimes several monitors will collaborate in getting a bearing on the suspicion signal. Their beams are