"IN THE AIR"

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 56, 3 May 1924, Page 2

"IN THE AIR"

WIRELESS NOTES.

(By Itheos-tat.)

2AJ REPLIES.

In my notes of the 19th April, I published a cutting from the Tarauaki Herald, our local station, In last week's Radio -Notes in the same paper, Mr Bransgrovo lias the following reply;

2AJ writes to the editor of the Herald; "In fairness to myself I shall be glad if you will allow me space in your columns to reply to your correspondent of April 12, who evidently does not state plain facts. I think the least ho might do is to speak the truth. In the first place your correspendent states that he had his instruments set to the wave-length of IYA. Well as a matter of fact ihis station was not transmitting that night. It is only on Sunday nights that I transmit and generally after 9 p.m., and I make it a point if any ol our local finis are listeuing-m to anything special to wait until it is over. Thus I fail to see how your correspondent could have h?ard me on the wave-length of IYA. Possibly he does not know a 140 meters from 500 or 1000 meters. It seems peculiar that if my transmitter is so badly modulated a s your correspondent spoke oi that he should get all that was spoken,~and even with the indistinct speaking that I am accused of. Ho must have a wonderful sense of hearing. My transmitting has been highly complimented on, and I can produce a score of letters from list-eners-in i n almost every part of New Zealand, and it seems a bit over the odds that your correspondent should set himself up r< an authority on wave-lengths and modulation, etc. Further, since the letter appeared 2 ; have been communicating with some of the fans in different parts of the Dominion, and they say that I was on 140 metres o n the very evening that

..--. w,i tß pi,ii Ut . a<r complains of Also I have a wave-meter with which I check my transmitter at all times I am not making a fortune at the transmitting business, simply doing at m y own expense to try and give my brother tans a KttVpleasure and help along radio in New Zealand' and seeing that I am the only one at preset transmitting in Taranaki, one would fiave tTiSSght that instead G f sneering at the music I at all times try to make the best, that I would nave had the assistance 0 f every fan in Taranaki i n the work lam undertaking Tt is the old, old cry: "Run everything down i n your own province. Many transmitting plants have closed, down throughout New Zealand on account of the meagre snpport-ffi listeners-in, but I am still hoping to keep going for the good of the game, and the hoys with their crystal sets."

A concert .broadcasting station, 4\o at Dunedm. which has been closed down for SO m e months is about to resume operations 'The transmitter at 4.Y0 is being remodelled m preparation for starting up under the control and financial contributions of the listeners. Mr Arundel has been in communication'with the engineers at the leading New lork station, Broadcast Central incorporating WJZ andWJT, who have sent out a large amount of valuable information concerning the latest improvements incorporated in their plant. As a result an improvement of 30 per cent, in the transmitter at 4 10 has already been obtained and during the next few weeft s the alterations and additions will bo completed ready to hand over the station to the Management Committee. Although over 600 names of subscribers have been sent j n there are many listeners who nave not yet sent in their names and addresses am l these are being asked to do so.

The Jvawau station, opened recently, marks the New Zealand Government's first activity in radio telephony. The only complaint comes from a few who declare that this innovation will spoil one of the charms of tins holiday resort—it s isolation. Residents 0 f t he Barrier, though they now have roundabout telephone commmication with Auckland, will doubtless soon agitate for a radio plant of th c Kawau type.

The new Pennsylvania Hotel in Philadelphia, U.S.A., which i s Hearing completion, is equipped with a special radio room built on the roof. I his room will be connected, through powerful amplifiers, with the main dinning room, the lounge, smoking room, banquet hall, and grj]f. This will enable (broadcast stations to be heard through loud-speakers in each of the rooms mentioned. The loudspeakers, which are built into the walls, are also to be used for retransmitting throughout the hotel tuo music played by the hotel orchestra.

CONCERT TO-MORROW SUNDAY EVENING.

The Dominion Radio Company havo organised a very fine programme for to-morro w - night. The programme will be the full King's Theatre orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr L. D. Austin, Mr John Parker, the notl ed cornet player, Miss Clare Solly, the gifted Australian contralto vocalist from the Tivoli Theatre, and Mr Herbert P. Wood, Wellington's popular tenor vocalist. The organising of a party of su«h attainments merits the heartiest appreciation of Mrs Dore's work.