WIRELESS STATIONS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3273, 2 March 1937, Page 7

WIRELESS STATIONS

WAVELENGTHS IN OPERATION

The following table showi the wavelengths, in kilocycles, of the leading New Zealand and Australian radio stations, together with several of the most powerful American and Japanese stations:

Station KiloCall Sign. Location. cycles. 2YA —Wellington 570 7ZL—Hobart 590 2FC—Sydney 610 4ZP— Invercargill 620 3AR—Melbourne 630 sCK—Crystal Brook .... 640 1YA —Auckland 650 • 2CO —Corowa (Australia) 670 6WF—Perth 690 3YA —Christchurch ... 720 sCL—Adelaide 730 2BL—Sydney 740 2YB—New Plymouth .... 760 3LO—Melbourne •••• 770 4YA—Dunedin 790 4QG —Brisbane 800 2ZH —Napier 820 2YC— Wellington 840 2GB—Sydney 870 IYX—Auckland 880 2ZP—Wairoa 900 4RK —Rockhampton •••• 910 3UZ —Melbourne 930 3ZR—Greymouth 940 2UE —Sydney 950 sDN—Adelaide 960 2ZF—Palmerston North «.. 960 3BO—Bendigo 970 2ZJ—Gisborne .... .... 980 4GR —Toowoomba 1000 4ZM —Dunedin 1010 4ZO—Dunedin 1010 4ZB—Dunedin 1010 2KY—Sydney .... •••• 1020 3DB —Melbourne —• 1030 2CA—Canberra 1050 1ZB —Auckland 1090 2UW—Sydney 1110 4BC—Brisbane 1120 2ZM—Gisborne 1150 2ZD—Masterton 1170 2CH—Sydney 1190 3YL —Christchurch .... 1200 4ZL—Dunedin 1220 2NC —Newcastle 1230 2ZL—Hastings 1240 IZM—Manurewa 1260 2SM—Sydney 1270 4ZC—Cromwell •••• 4ZR—Balclutha 1340 4BH—Brisbane 1380 2ZO-r-Palmerston North .... 1440 3ZM—Christchurch —• 1470 4ZW—Dunedin .... —• 1470 Other Overseas Stations Kilocycles. KFI—Los Angeles .... 640 WEAF—New York .... 660 KPO—San Francisco .... 680 JOBK—Japan 750 WBBM —Chicago .... 770 WGY—New York .... 790 JOCK—Japan 810 KOA—Denver 830

Short Wave Stations Metres GSJ—Daventry, England - 13.93 GSH—Daventry, England •••• 13.97 GSG —Daventry, England •••• 16.86 PHl—Huizen, Holland •••■ 16.88 W2XAD— Schenectady, N.J 19.56 DJQ —Zeesen, Germany ... 19.63 GSl—Daventry, England -• 19.66 Radio Coloniale —Paris •••• 19.68 DJB —Zeesen, Germany •••• 19.74 GSF—Daventry, England ... 19.82 RNE —Moscow, U.S.S.R 25.00 Radio Coloniale—Paris 25.23 WBXK— Pittsburg, Pa. ... 25.27 GSE—Daventry, England .... 25.29 2RO—Rome, Italy •••• 25.40 DJD—Zeesen, Germany •••• 25.49 GSD —Daventry, England .... 25.53 Radio Coloniale —Paris —• 26.63 VK2ME—Sydney, N.S.W 28.51 2RO—Rome, Italy •••• 31.13 HBL —Geneva, Switzerland .... 31.27 W3XAU— Philadelphia, Pa 31.28 YK2ME—Sydney, N.S.W. .... 31.28 VK3LR—Melbourne, Vic 31.31 GSC—Daventry, England —• 31.32 DJA—Zeesen, Germany 31.38 DJN—Zeesen, Germany •••• 31.45 GSB—Daventry, England -• 31.55 VK3ME —Melbourne Vic 31.55 GSL—Daventry, England ... 49.10 W9XF—Chicago, Illinois '•••• 49.18 WBXAL —Cincinnati, Ohio .... 49.50 W3XAU— Philadelphia, Pa 49.50 GSA—Daventry, England .... 49.59 DJC—Zeesen, Germany •••■ 49.83 RVI5 —Kharbarovsk, U.S.S.R. 70.65