SHORT-WAVE RADIO
NEW BRITISH EMPIRE STATION. FIRST TEST ON THURSDAY, Preparatory to-a regular nightly service, the first test of the British Empire radio station, GSD, at Daventry, EnjK land, was received in New Zeala Thursday night. „ , , ci.r,rf A member of the New Zealand Sortwave Radio Club, who heard the transmission, said that the new station was on 25.53 metres, the same wavelength as that which had been used by the station at Chelmsford. Thursday nights experimental programme. consisted, of gramophone records, which were heard £ good volume but wereThere was a strong ripple, but th ? would be remedied. In good conditions the Empire station might be re “/XX ? s ‘ he . 10 S MoThe power in the . aerial was 20 kilo watts and directional antennae were used, the wavelength being the same ? o the different parts of. the, Empire. The station is to begin transmissions to various parts of the Empire eember 19, the daily session for Aus tralia and New Zealand being iA New Zealand between 9.30 and 11.30 p.m., daylight saving, tune.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1932, Page 5
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