RADIO

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19033, 31 March 1930, Page 6

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Eli® ESSES® Si Sill [Eli* NOTES AND NEWS. Reception. Working on an indoor aerial last night, the Rogers gave static free reception of the YA stations with good volume from each. At 9 p.m., 3LO, Melbourne, was the clearest, loudest and steadiest of the Australians. Did not do much listening last night, nor on Saturday— except to 3YA’s rebroadcast of 2YA during the Sarron-Donovan tight. 3YA made a very successful job of the rebroadcast. Pity that the vagaries of the ether prevent as successful rebroadcasts at night. Ohio to New Zealand. A cable message received last night states that station WTAM, Cleveland, Ohio, will broadcast a special New Zealand programme on Friday, April 11, from 2.30 to 4 a.m. There will be special features. A New Transmitter. Advice has come to hand that Mr S. W. Lane, of this city, has been allotted the call sign ZL3AK. Mr Lane will, no doubt, be heard on the air on 80 metres at any early date. License Fees. The “ New Zealand Gazette ” of March 27 notifies a revision of regulation No. 25 (dealing with tees for licenses for radio receiving and transmitting stations). The regulation now reads as follows:—2s. (1) Except wherte otherwise specified in these regulations, the license or renewal fee for each of the several classes of radio stations shall be as follows, payable in advance: —(a) For a receiving station license—(i) Ordinary,: £1 10s per annum; (ii.) special, £5 per annum; (iii.) temporary, 10s per week. (b) For an amateur transmitting and receiving station license, £1 10s per annum. (c) For an experimental station license, £1 10s per annum. (2) The fee for the first year, or portion thereof, shall accompany the application. For a period of less than one year the fee shall be: —(a) For a receiving station license—(i.) Ordinary, 2s 6d per month, with a minimum of 7s 6d; (ii.) special, 8s 4d per month, with a minimum of £1 ss; (iii.) temporary, 10s for each week of seven days; for a period of less than seven days, the fee shall be 10s. (b) For an amateur transmitting and receiving station license, 2s 6d per month, with a minimum of 7s 6d. (c) For an experimental station license, 2s 6d per month, with a minimum of 7s 6d. (3) If in the case of renewals payment of the above-mentioned fees be not made on or before the due date, the license shall automatically lapse. (4) The fee for a duplicate copy of a license shall be ss. WHK, Cleveland. Mr B. S. Lawrence, of West Lyttelton, was the recipient last week of the following letter from station WHK, Cleveland: “ Both thrilling and gratify-

| ing was recent receipt of a letter from I you describing how WHK’s test of its new transmitter was received in New I Zealand, which we calculate,to be about 8500 miles from Cleveland. Receipt of your letters and ten others, together with a cablegram, has been duly and prominently recorded on a map in the Public Relations Department, and it is very proudly exhibited to visitors. Also we hav*e included a mention of each of these messages in the WHK weekly log, and consider it a pleasure to forward a copy to you. This should constitute a confirmation of your reception. Although WHK is only authorised to use 1000 watts of power reguiarb', the ratings were somewhat higher on the particular evening that you listened. The new equipment, located about eight miles from the Public Square, is of 5000 watts capacity, and latest Western Electric type. We are now on the air regularly with the transmitter using 1000 watts. Reports from various test programmes have indicated uniform reception throughout much of the United States and Canada, and at points as far distant as Cuba and Porto Rico, and naturally those from New Zealand served to cap the climax.” The log states that the station was heard in New Zealand by John I. Bilton, of Lowburn Ferry; J. Currie, Brunswick; Leonard Allan, Wellington; C. E. Frew, Bluff; L. V. D. Cullen and G. Butler. Gisborne; E. C. Libline, Tokomaru Bay; E. E. Dorset, Pahiatua; W. R. Dakers, Te Puninga and Mr Lawrence. WHAT IS STATIC? No. 7. Les us, now, describe the shapes or forms of static referred to in jfche two preceding articles of this series. Draw an oval, standing on one end. Bisect this with a horizontal line two-thirds of the distance from the bottom end. That portion above the line (call it Al) is, roughly, the shape of an “ aperiodic ” atmospheric. If you erase the top sector of this oval and then draw it in “peaked” form (call it A2), that will give you the shape of a powerful form of this “ aperiodic ” gentleman. “ Quasi-periodics ” are shaped thus: Draw Al as above. Then on its right and below the horizontal line draw (as a continuation of Al) an inverted oval But smaller than Al. Call this Ql. A powerful form of Q 1 is represented thus: Draw a short horizontal line. Above it draw a short (say 1 inch long) very steep-sided peak, carrying on with an inverted steep peak below the line. At .night, especially in the tropics, static may take more complicated shapes, as Dr Watt discovered during a series of investigations in Khartoum, Egypt, For instance he found that shape Al took an embroidered form. Draw Al as a very wavy egg-top, cutting out a small piece of the left hand slope from above the line, and giving the end of the right, hand slope on the line an acute turn upwards. Other types were found; one shaped something like a filter with crinkly sides and one something similar except that it consisted of the spout and the right hand side of the crinkly filter. Dr Watt says.: “Ripples of quite high frequency appear as an embroidery on the main shape and very often these ripples have a frequency fully within the wifeless signalling range'so that they tunein at 7000 metres or thereabouts. And the ripples are so jagged that they have harmonics throughout the whole wireless range including waves as short as 10 to 20 metres-. (To be continued.) SHORT WAVE NOTES. “Insulator” writes:—“The notes are rather short this week, covering only from Thursday to Sunday, as I have been out of town for a week, returning on Wednesday. The most interesting thing noted on my return was of course the reception of Marchese Marconi speaking from his yacht Elettra, lying off Genoa, Italy. He has been heard at good speaker strength and should be heard still better when the yacht sails out into open sea. He said that the harbour is sheltered by hills and these may be screening the signals. However, as he anticipates sailing shortly for Rome it will be interesting to note any change in signal strength. Hopes are entertained of getting some of the high Italian ministers, perhaps Mussolini, to speak when they reach Rome. !*« •£ “ Wednesday—W3XAL good strength at 5 p.m., with dance music. Well modulated but fading. Sydney and England heard on duplex at 7 p.m. RA97 loud but. static very bad at 10.40 p.m. KZRM weak at 10.50 p.m., and fading badly. “Thursday—GsSW fair at 7 a.m. with a talk. Zeesen about R 5 at 7.5 a.m. on orchestral items. VK2ME very loud at 6.30 p.m., talking to the yacht Elettra. The yacht heard about R 5 and very well modulated. VK2JZ putting over records on the 40-metre band at 7 p.m. YK2LZ heard testing wth him later. YK2RF very loud R 7 at 10.30 p.m., well modulated. The other Aussies, 2HM and 3BP both excellent at 10.35 p.m. testing. Both about R 7. KZRM about . R 4 with music at 11 p.m. “ Friday—Zeesen very good, RB, with fine dance music at 6.50 a.m. Rather a good rendering of ‘ Wedding of the Painted Doll,’ a kind of grand opera rendering—very tuneful. PCJ about R 4 with records. GSSW well modulated with a talk. W3AXL loud R 7 at 5.30 p.m. Clear with good dance items. VK2ME talking to the Elettra at 5.45 p.m. The yacht, a good RB, and very well modulated, replying to them. 3ZC very loud on about 47 metres at 7.30 p.m., with good records. RA97 fair at 9.20 p.m., R 6 with talk. PLE well modulated and R 5 at 9.30 p.m., with

records. No static. KZRM fair R 3 at 9.45 p.m. with records. “ Saturday—PCJ good R 7 at 6.55 a.m. with records. Zeesen put over several good items at 7 a.m., songs, etc., all well given. Just above, the other German on about 31.6 was talking, but strength was not very good. W2XAD clear and about R 3 at 1 p.m., with orchestral items. W3XAL loud at 5 p.m. with jazz items. The Elettra heard calling ‘ Yacht Elettra testing from Genoa ’ at 5.45 p.m. R 7 and modulation excellent. At 6 p.m. Marconi sent a special greeting to the Sydney Radio Exhibition. This message was received at La Perouse, put through a land line to the Town Hall, and there through a power amplifier, out of large speakers to the assembled crowd. According to what VK2ME said, the event was a great success, a crowd of about 3000 listening to this great event, Marconi said he hoped to

see Australia shortly, but did not state any definite date. RA97 about R 6 at 11.35 p.m. KZRM only R 4 at 11.45 p.m. on studio items.

“ Sunday—W2XAD very good R 7 at 2.45 p.m. on dance music, etc. W2XAF about R 6 at 3.30 p.m. WBXK loud at 4 p.m. and well modulated. W6XN very loud at 6.15 p.m., RB, with items relayed from San Francisco. Good speaker strength. W3XAL was also very good at 5 p.m. with several enjoyable items from New York. VK2RF at 9.45 p.m. was a good R 7, testing on records. Modulation excellent. KZRM better than usual at 9.55 p.m. with fine band items. RA97 suffered from static. Talk in progress at 10 p.m. An old friend, VK6AG, was heard at 10.15 p.m. at good speaker strength on records. It is nearly twelve months since I last heard him and he has lost none of his kick. Modulation was excellent. Wavelength given as 41.5 metres.

“ A card verifying reception was feceived during the week from DGW, the German station that was heard testifig a. short time back with Buenos Aires. The following information is given pn the card. Transmitter: Crystal ‘controlled. H.T.: 8500 volts. DX: QSO World. Valves: -Cooled anode*. Input: 20 k.w. Wavelength. 14.83 metres. Transmissions: Phone experimental and picture. Times: Indeterminate. Their position, Nauen, is given as 45 kilometres north-west of Berlin,”

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMMES. Following are details of to-day’s programmes to be broadcast by New Zealand radio stations:— 1 YA, Auckland. Silent day. 2YA, Wellington (416 Metres). 3.0: Afternoon session. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner session. Berlin State Opera Orchestra, “ The Magic Flute” (Mozart); Royal State Opera Orchestra, “ Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F Sharp Minor” (Brahms)Grand Organ solo, Arthur Meale, “ Simple Aveu ” (Thome).' 6.15: New Light Symphony Orchestra, “ Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 ” (Grieg)—l Ingrid’s Lament; 2 Arabian Dance. .Violin, Erica Morini, “ Romanza Andaluza ” (Sarasate). 6.30; New Light Symphony Orchestra, “ Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 ” (Grieg). 1. Return of Peer Gynt; 2. Soiveig’s Song. Violin, Erica Morini, “ Introduction and Tarantelle ” (Sarasate). 6.45; Orchestral, Marek Weber’s'Orchestra, “Vienna By Night’* (Komzak). Cello, Lauri Kennedy, “ Hungarian Rhapsody ” (Popper). 7.0: News session. 7.40; Lecturette, Mr H. C. South, “ Books— Grave and Gay.” 8.1: 2TA Orchestrina, “Gluck Overture” (Suppe). 8.11: Contralto, Miss Hilda Chudley, “ Down by the Sally Gardens.” 8.15: Pianoforte, Miss Glen Carty v “ Is t Movement Wald- , stein ” (Beetlvq.ven)- 8.22: Dramatic play, " The Mofikey’s Paw.” Scene ' 1. The living room of an old-fashioned cottage on the outskirts of Fulham, London. Time: evening. Scene 2. The same as Scene 1. Next morning. Scene 3. The same as Scenes 1 and 2. Time: Night, a week later. Cast—Mi White, Victor S. Lloyd; Mrs White, Elsie Lloyd; Herbert White, their son,, E. R. Render; Sergeant-Major Morris: H. A. Painter. 8.52: 2YA Orchestrina, “Petite Suite” (Tschaikowsky). 9.2: Weather report. 9.4: Contralto, Miss Hilda Chudley, “All Through the Night,” “Verdant Meadows” (Handel). 9.11: 2YA Orchestx’ina, “ Liebestraum ” (Von Blon); “Minuet” (Mozart). 9.19: Baritone, Air Stanley Clements, ‘ 'Two Romances,” “ Muleteer of Malaga.” 9.26: 2YA Orchestrina, “Echoes from the Volga” (arr. Seredy), Part 1. 9.36: Comedy in one act, “The Dear Departed.” Scene: The sittingroom of a suburban home. Cast—Airs Slater and Mrs Jordan, sisters: Elsie Lloyd and Susie Painter; Henry Slater and Ben Jordan, their husbands: E. R. Render and 11. A. Painter; Victoria Slater, a girl of ten: Marjorie Alurray; Abel Merry weather: Victor S. Lloyd. 10.6: 2YA Orchestrina, “Echoes from the Volga ” (arr. Seredy), Part 2. 10.16: Close. 3YA, Christchurch. (306 Metres). 3.0: Afternoon session. 5.0: Children's hour.. 6.0: Dinner session. Royal Opera Orchestra, “ Praeludium ” (Jarnefeldt). ’Cello, Pablo Casals. “ Melody in F” (Rubinstein). Royal Opera Orchesti’a. “ Eugin Onegin ” (Tschaikowsky). Balalaika Orchestra, “Shining Aloon ” (Russian folk song). 6.15: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra, “ Suite ot Serenades ” (Herbert). Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, “ Tales from the Vienna Woods ” (Strauss). 6.30: Royal Opera Orchestra, “Berceuse” (Jarnefeldt). ’Cello, Pablo Casals, “Traumerei” (Schumann). Male quartet. The Rounders, “ Chlo-e ” (Kahn). San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, “Serenade” (Volkman); “Flight of the Bumble Bee” (RimskyKorsakov). 8.45: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, l “Valse Triste ” (Sibelius); “ Funeral Alarch of a Marionette ” (Gounod). San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, ” Alarche ATilitaire ” (Schubert). 7.0: News session. 8.0: Christchurch Municipal Band, “ Old Nobility ” (Hume), “ Corinella ” (Markham and Lee). 8.12: Contralto, Aliss Aladame Burrows, “Keep on Hopin’.” 8.10: Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, “After Sunset” (Pryer); “At the Brook" (Boisdeffre) ; “Gavotte” (Gosser). 8.26: Humour at the piano, Aliss Lilly Kinsella, “ Bebe Ribbons.” 8.31: Band, “Fierce Raged the Tempest” (Dykes). 8.35: Alale quartet. The Hudson Singers, “ Where the Bab-bab-babbling Brook.” 8.38: Organ, Regal Kinema Organ, “Long Ago” (Elliott). 8.41: Baritone, Mr W. H. Inkster, “ The Veteran's Song,” “Until.” 8.49: Band, “The Pirates of Penzance ” (Sullivan). 9.0: Weather report. 9.2. Christchurch Broadcasting Trio, “ Alelodie ” (Aloskowski), “Intermezzo” (“Carmen”) (Bizet); “Country Dance” (Gade). 9.12: Contralto, Aliss Aladame Burrows, “Five Little Piccaninnies,” "What a Wonderful World it Would Be.” 9.18; Cornet solo. Bandsman Barsby, “11 Bacio.” 9.20: Baritone, Air Rex Harrison, “ Waiata Maori” and “ Waiata Poi.” • 9.25: Humour at the piano. Miss Lily Kinsella, “These Alen.” 9.30: Organ, Regal Kinema Organ, “My Alother's Eyes ” (Baer). 9.33: Alale quartet, Hudson Singers, “I’m Feathering a Nest.” 9.36: Trombone duet, Bandsmen D. Kirk and D. Stribling, “The Gliders” (Trenehard). 9.41: Baritone, Air W. H. Inkster, “The Blue Dragoons.” 9.45: Xylo Rimba Orchestra, “ Along Aliami Shore.” 9.48: Comedy Singers and Orchestra, “ New Aloon Selections ” (Romberg). 9.56: Band, “Colonel Bogey” (Alford). Close. 4YA, Dunedin ('■46l Metres). 3.0: Afternoon session. 5.0: Children’s hour. 6.0: Dinner music. 7.0; News session. 7.40: Talk, Dr A. G. B. Fisher, “ Education in the Afodern World.” .8.0: Presentation of a “ mosaic ” in music, “ Cairo,” by the “ Alajors.” Cairo—Act 1 (Fletcher). Scene: The Gates Of Cairo. Characters —Zummurud, Aliss Freda Elmes; Ibrahim. and Wei wa Shi, Aliss I). Skinner: Abu, Air W. Harrison: Wei san Wei and Ali Shar, Air L. Al. Cachemaille; Sharazad, Aliss Tui Xorthey. Incidental music, Aliss Ethel Wallace (violinisle), Mr Thomas J. Kirk-Burnand (piano and dulcitone). Song and ensemble, Ali Shar, “ From Bagdad We Come.” Soprano, Zummurud, “ My King of Love.” Incidental “Descriptive Scene.” Solo, Zummurud. “ Opening Refrain.” Song, Abu, “A Fool There Was." Instrumental and chorus, all, “ Melodrame and Ali’s Refrain.” Incidental music, “ The Sultan’s Alarch,” “ Sharazad’s Theme,” “Entrance of Lantern Bear-

ers.” Song, Zummurud, “ When Love Knocked Upon the Door.” Instrumental and chorus, Abu and chorus, “Dramatic Scene.”' Chorus solo, Wei San Wei, “Ale Welly Poor Old Chinaman.” Incidental music, “ Entrance of Singers and Dancers.” Finale Act 1. Act 11. Scene: An encampment ,by the Nile, Sunset, and Pilgrims at Prayer. Chorus, all, “ The Pilgrims’ Prayer.” Solo, Abu, “The Story of the Sphinx.” Incidental music and recital, Sharazad. “Dance Poem." Chorus, ensemble, “The King of Nur-al-din.” 9.2: Weather report.