THE RADIO WORLD.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 October 1926, Page 4

THE RADIO WORLD.

(By “Listener In.” Atmospherics have made more 1 ■enemies dnr.ng the past week. At times static was very bad, and demonstrators Cirtjld not do justice to their sets. Last Saturday promised to be goodj but after 8 p.m. sharp bursts of static made reception practica'ly impossible. 2.FC (Sydney) is now on 44‘2 metres and comes through beautifully. 2BL and other sister “Aussie'’ stations ’are O.K.

•IYA Dunedin is not giving satisfaction in Tim am. 11YA and JYA still please .although sfxxnn Limes tho relays are pool’. ; ’ I wonder,how; many amateurs tune on “Yanks,” Between 220-metres and 2CO metres there are to be'heard some very fine '.programmes! KFSD, ju San Diego is always there.. KFON,. although not as loud as the, former station, places on the ether some very fine dance music. Has any amateur heard station KTTJ or KTTU in Los Angelos T Then wo have KTT.B, KGO, KOA, KHJ. All can be heard on a good receiver. Tho Carolino Bay Association have not yet decided on what set to install. Tho Fire Brigade will shortly have a, receiver. This is a great idea.and will be greatly appreciated by the Brigade. Clever Innovation. —’Two new oHccts have been introduced into broadcasting by station 2l'’C, Sydney, within tho last few days. Firstly, 2FC transmitted from two places at once. While an announcer described Rudolph Valentino’s new picture, “Cobra,” as it was screened at Film House, the operatic orchestra played at the Haymarket 'Theatre, half a mile away. The music was “super-imposed” on the words of the announcer, and the two went out on the air by radio together. The significance of this is that henceforth the broadcasting stations will be able to join up two separate programmes from any p’ace. A duet cun bo sung by artists miles apart—each hearing the words of tho other by loud speaker; two musicians can play separate parts in different rooms, yet listeners will receive tho two parts perfectly blended.

Secondly, station 2FC lias adopted the principle of- fading in and out when changing their programme from ono concert hall to another. Hitherto listeners have been accustomed to hear the announces say, “That concludes our programme from the Town Hall; wc faro now crossing over to the King’s Hall.” Then followed a moment of silence, and suddenly the new programme was heard. Now the station has adopted a method of making the first programme die away in tho distance, and the second is heard at first faintly, gradually swelling in volume until it is heard on full strength. Innovations of this kind may sound trivial, hut they show the high standard to which broadcasting has been raised in Australia. SYDNEY’S “BIG BEN.” 2FG will now take their lime signals from 'Sydney's Post Office, a line having been run to Chaliis House, which is right opposito the Post-office, by arrangement with the . University authorities..' Talcing adv.apJ*ge,>iof the 2FC- system of :-dual transmission the Striking of the chimes -jgiyery cleverly worked! At: any momeiiFpluring the rendering of an item, froin the studio or outside, it is .possible .to place the chimes oil the air at the jsame time, forming an effective background. This avoids the necessity of crossing oyer, and coming back to the item being given, - which means saving a wait of two minutes or more.

No: longer are passengers on hoard the Australian - Commonwealth • Line out of touch with 1 nows of the world while travelling. Through the initiative of the ’Australian CommonwealthLine, in conjunction with Amalgamated Wireless (A/sia), Ltd., there is now published on board the T.R.S. Jervis Bav an ocean newspaperlied tho “Wireless News,’’ whereby the latest items of world news received via wire- " Jess are made available to the ocean passenger almost as soon as to those • who live in the big cities. This is the first occasion _ that a daily newspaper has been published in any regular liner pl'-insr between Australia and the United Kingdom, and the si-ecess of the publication has greatly exceeded expectations. BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIANS. Tho Marquis of Salisbury, Air Arthur Henderson, and other, members of tlie British Parliamentary Delegation, will speak at a public meeting in tho Hippodrome on Thursday, October 7. under the auspices of the League of Nations. Exclusive permission to broadcast these speeches-has been'secured by 2FC. Possibly later on the “Herald” may publish the dai'y programmes of 2FC, ami 2BL. Once again T wish to remind amateurs to forward items of interest. Let the other amateurs know what you are doing.