RADIO MARVELS

Grey River Argus, 22 May 1928, Page 5

RADIO MARVELS

SMALL SETS Pick up Stations 12,000 Miks Away INVEKCABGTT-L. May 21. The recenl message stating that Station B.C’.J.J.. of Holland- had been clearlv received there, has prompted an I nvercarg'ill radio enthusiast, who possesses a two valve set. to relate that he has heard I’.(’.J.J. on 31 metros since lasi Wednesday, the reception being splendid. Tie states that every morning before br *akfast, he hears 5 S.W., Chelmsford, on 44 metres. Big Ben’s si t ike is dearly heard, also the items that are relayed from Daly’s Theatre and the Savoy, in London; while a lee lure by a TLarl y Street specialist came t h rough word-perfect. The enthusiast added that he has also been in touch with the station R.E.N., in Siberia, and with a Japanese Station. Melbourne Radio MUSIC HEARD IN ENGLAND. (Received Mav 21 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 21. Wireless music from M' lLonine was unprecedenlly heard on a railway train belween Hatfield and King’s Cross last exening. The atmospherics and Morse interference was most pronouneed, hut uccasionallv band music was audible, iilso Melbourne’s Tow’ll Hall ( lock striking five o’clock on Monday morning.