RADIO RECEPTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 10

RADIO RECEPTION.

POWER LINE INTERFERENCE.

COST OF REMEDYING.

[FROM OUR OWN correspondent.]

PUKEKOHE. Tuesday

Interference with radio reception caused hy minor faults in electric-power lines and installations was considered by the Franklin Electric-Power Board to-day. The engineer, Mr. L. G. Sharp, reported that two petitions had been received through the district telegraph engineer from residents of Pokeno and Mercer districts complaining of interference from the board's lines. With the increase'in the sales of electric radio sets it was only to be expected that more complaints would be received. A loose connection on a switchboard, a faulty insulator and other minor defects that did not effect the power service would cause a crackling noise on the radio receiver. Whenever faults were located, they were rectified, said the engineer, but the board had neither the apparatus nor the staff for detecting and rectifying these troubles immediately. It would be necessary for the Telegraph Department to locate the trouble before repairs could be effected in the majority of cases. The chairman, Mr. J. Dean, said the apparatus for locating the causes of interference was costly. A suggestion by the engineer that as the Radio Broadcasting Control Board received the fees for radio reception, it should be asked to purchase the necessary appa/ratus was adopted.