WIRELESS STATIONS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3274, 4 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 5CK—Crystal Brook .. 640 1YA—Auckland .. 650 2CO —Corowa (Australia) 670 6WF—Perth .. 690 3YA —Christchurch .. 720 5CL—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 1YX —Auckland .. 880 2ZP—Wairoa .. 900 4RK—Rockhampton .. 910 3UZ—Melbourne .. 930 3ZR—Greymouth .. 940 2UE—Sydney .... • .. 950 5DN —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 .. 1150 2ZM—Gisborne 2ZD—Masterton .. 1170 2CH—Sydney ... 1190 3YL—Christchurch ... 1200 4ZL—Dunedin .. 1220 2NC —Newcastle ... 1230 2ZL—Hastings .. 1240 1ZM—Manurewa •••• * • .. 1260 2SM—Sydney .. 1270 4ZC—Cromwell .. 1280 4ZR —Balclutha . 1340 4BH—Brisbane ... 1380 2ZO—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 QSH —Daventry, England 13.97 GSG —Daventry, England . 16.86 PHI—Huizen, Holland . 16.88 W2XAD —Schenectady, N.J. ••• . 19.56 DJQ—Zeesen, Germany 19.63 GSI—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 W8XK —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 VK2ME—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 W8XAL —Cincinnati, Ohio .. . 49.50 W3XAU —Philadelphia, Pa. • . 49.50 GSA —Daventry, England . 49.59 DJC —Zeesen, Germany . 49.83 RV15—Kharbarovsk, U.S.S.R. 70.65