RADIO NOTES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 67, 12 September 1925, Page 3

RADIO NOTES

(By “RHEOSTAT.”)

JAPANESE BROADCASTS. On March 1 the first Japanese broadcast statio n commenced operations at Tokio. ’lbis station is owned by a local broadcasting association and is to carry out the usual typo of broadcast programme. Another station is proposed at Osaka. Both of these stations are to be equipped for 750 watts .power, while the power limit is ISCQ watts. About 50 more applications to erect and operate broadcast stations are said to bo oit file. The broadcasts will bo in. Japanese and there is no reason why they should not be received in New Zealand. It would seem that the mysterious station heard in the South on the closing down of 3LO, Melbourne, must have been one of the Japanese stations, 'fha time i s right as 8 p.m. in Japan would correspond trt 10.30 p.m. in New Zealand. The specific calls of the Japanese stations have not yet been reported, but, according to Japanese regulations, the initial call letter must be “J.”

Already the Japanese Government has received over 800 applications for licenses to operate receiving sets and steps are being taken toi see that only reliable and non-radiating sets are used. Local manufacturers and importers must submit sample .sets to the officials handling radio for approval before they can be placed on sale. Distributors of radio apparatus must also be responsible for the collection ol the small annual fee levied on listeners by the Government and also the charges made by the broadcasting association for service. "When a purchase is made the intending listener ha# to advise the dealer where ho is planning to install his set, giving aerial installation plans and other data. Local men continue to pick up quite easily this Japanese broadcast station operating close to SLO’s wavelength., Some change will be necessary soon, as the Jap is really,(interfering and spoiling the Melbourne station’s transmissions. i «*** COMRAR ATIVE TIMES.

Listerners daily attempting td pJdk up broadcasts from other countries frequently find difficulty "In working out the comparative times foil those countries. To assist those having the craze for long distance reception there is appended a table giving the times at other centres when it is 8 p.m. at, Stratford. These times are-.: - -Bombay, 1.30 p.m.; Berlin, 9.30 a.m.; Capetown, 10.30 a.m. ; Chicago, 2.30 a.m. ; Constantinople, 10.30 a.m.; Halifax, 4.30 a.m. Honolulu, 10 p.m. (of previous day); Hamburg, 9.30 a.m. p London, 8.30 a.m.; Madrid, 8.30 a.m.; Manila. 4.30 p.m.; Melbourne, 6,30 p.m.; New York, 3.30 a.m.; Ottawa, 3.30 a.m.; Paris, 8.47 a.m.; Philadelphia, 3.30 a.m.; Rome, 9.30 a.m.; Rio de Janiero, 0.37 a.m. ; Sydney, 6.30 p.m.; Singapore, 3.30 p.m.; San Francisco, 12.3 a.m.; Suez, 10.30 a.m.; Valparaiso, 3.47 a.m.; Vienna, 9.30 a.m.; Washington, 3.30 a.m.; Winnipeg, 2.30 a.m.; Yokohama, 5.30 p.m. ***« In comparison with New Zealand times the following relations hold approximately Western TJ.S.A. is 19} hours earlier. Eastern U.S.A. 16 hours earlier, Australia I.V hours earlier, India 5 to 6 hours earlier, South Africa 9} hours earlier. Western Europe 10} hours earlier, Britain 11,} hours earlier. **** Readers who are interested, are requested to cut the above times oufa for future reference, as they will not appear again. * * ii * * A listener in Sydney recently was greatly surprised to hear 2FC’s programme accompanied by static and valve squeals on about 130 metros. When the item ended ho was further surprised to hear the announcement,

“3AM liorc rehashing 2FC.” Mr Bom Wjtriers, SAM, Christchurch, Ai-as experimenting with' a phone sot lie had hooked up tiiat afternoon and, being short of records, tried the rohroadeasting of SYA. tlio local station. When SYA closed down he turned hi 2F(■ on a 3-valvc set and re-broad-castod it on ISO metres with the above result. SLO. Melbourne, will bo using double its present power in about four weeks’ time. The .smaller Melbourne station, 3AII, is transmitting from its new station at Essenden. The ware length is ISO metres and the power 1600 watts. As soon as the maximum results arc obtained on the present power it will be increased to o(n)0 waits. Since September 1 the "Wellington broadcast station 2YK, on The Dominion newspaper building, has been taken over temporarily by the Post and Telegraph Department, and there are regular transmissions on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. There- has been an immediate improvement in the transmission mainly in strength and lack of parasitic noises, while the tone is better than before, Mr P. C. Collier (2AP), a. former amateur transmitter of Wellington, has been working on 2YK during the past week reorganising the transmitting outfit, and much credit is due to him for the results already achieved. * * s* ♦ Mr Walter I. Burne (Porangahau, lI.BA. has received from the programme director of station KDKA, Pittsburg, T.S.A., confirming Mr

■ «i Bunins reception s»t I p.m. (New Zealand time) on June 1-1, of a concert sent out from KDKA on a wavelength of G 7 metres, relayed from the Pittsburgh Grand Theatre. GODIJ miles from Porangahu. Mr Burne sent the names of the items he. heard, "and they were published in the Pittsburgh “Sunday Post.” lie used a. homemade short-wave receiver with one stage of audio and one detector. .AMONG THE STATIONS. IYA has greatly improved, volume good. 2YM Gisborne, is the one New Zealand station sought after on Sunday evenings. 2YK Wellington, is going to be improved, and not before time. 4VA Dunedin, i s still New Zealand's crack station. 3Ulfi Sydney, transmits on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sunday evenings. The Jap. station has been heard by several local amateurs. JAG Christchurch, puts on some good programmes. The items by the Christchurch Banjo Club the other •evening, were a. treat to listen to. 4QG Queensland, is in the air, with a , temporary power of 000 watts. This station transmils on a wave length oi 38-5 metres.