RADIO CLUB NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 11

RADIO CLUB NOTES

Secretary and Treasurer— D. W. Beswick, 197 Otipua Road or C/o CJF.C.A. The next meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. Theconcert by the Ernest Rolls Revue Co., from 2YA last Sunday evening was a welcome change from the usual type of Sunday evening programme. On Monday next 2FC will broadcast a musical “samples” and on Saturday, “The Middle Watch” from 2BL, Tuesday evening, Christchurch, will present another Old-Time Dance Programme. A few months ago a new station appeared behind IYA and had DXers puzzled as to where it was located. At first it was thought to be in Panama but later it was found to be the S.S. “City of Panama” which was anchored just ouside the territorial waters off California. A transmitter had been installed in the ship and given the call of RXKR. Being out of the prohibition area the ship became very popular and their dance sessions, plus advertising, were broadcast. According to information just to hand it is stated that RXKR is a small excursion steamer taking excursionists nightly from Santa Monica and broadcasts programmes when at sea. However it is understood that broadcasts have been forbidden because a murder was committed on board. A woman stated at a London police court recently that a neighbour had purchased a 50 guinea radio and installed it in the front room, and that ever since it arrived It had been” at full blast” from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. A deputation of neighbours had visited the police but could not get any satisfaction. An ultimatum, she said, was then served on the offending neighbour with the result that all 11 p.m. it was shut down and removed to a back room when it was kept going until 2 a.m. That brought in a new set of neighbours and a big petition of neighbours was organised but they did not know to whom to present it. The magistrate said the only possible step to take was to seek an injunction in the High Court. According to latest figures there are now 102,860 receiving licenses issued in New Zealand, including 283 free licenses. A swindler Is calling at French homes representing himself a collector for the Government’s new tax on receivers: not only does he collect license fees but Imposes fines for offences which he says these listeners have committed. A week or two ago an Auckland traffic inspector remarked that radio in cars was likely to take the attention of drivers off the road and increase the possibility of accident. According to a northern paper this is not so. If one is driving along a long monotonous road the tendency is to speed in order to get over it quickly, whereas if a radio is bringing in music one is content and happy and so, therefore, content to spin along at a moderate pace. With the radio going quietly in a car it is still quite possible to hear clearly the sound of an approaching car. The driver must be able to hear his engine humming or, if a big end goes, his car is ruined before he knows what has happened-