Over The AERIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19124, 8 December 1933, Page 8

Over The AERIAL

BY RHEOSTAT

THE COMING WEEK. ~ Sunday —lYA: 11, service from Beresford Street Congregational Church; 3.30, talk; 7, service from West Street Church of Christ; 8.30, Municipal Band concert. 2YA—II, service from the Terrace Congregational Church; 3.30, talk; 7, service from Trinity Methodist Church; 8.15, recorded presentation of “Faust." 3YA —:2.45, talk; 7, service from Church of Christ; 8.30, organ recital and concert from 4YA, Dunedin. Monday. —lYA: Talks, 11 “All About Pets,” 3.30 home science, 7.30 "Lime and Its Uses"; 8, studio concert- 2 YA—Talks, 11.30 “Health Hints or First Aid," 3 home science, 7.40 “Roads and Motoring"; 8, studio concert; 10, dance music. 3YA—II, talk; 2.30, home science; 7.35, "A Christmas Message"; 8, concert by Derry’s Military Band. Tuesday. —lYA: 8, studio concert; 10, dance music. 2YA —3.15, talk; 7.40, agricultural talk; 8, studio concert. 3YA—10.15, wool sale reports; 10.15, fashion talk; 7-35, book talk; 8, studio concert; 9.30, dance music. 'Wednesday. - IYA: 11, talk, “Women’s Interests"; 8, studio concert; 9.30, dance music. 2YA— Talks, 11.30 “Hollywood Affairs,” 3.15 physical culture, 7.40 gardening talk; 8, studio concert. 3YA —11, talk; 7.35, Addington stock market reports; 8, studio concert; 10, dance musio.

Thursday. •—• IYA: 3.30, home science talk; 7.20, S.P.G.A. talk; 8, studio concert; 8.30, i8.8.C. programme. 2YA —3, home science talk; 8, concert by Hutt Valley Lledcrtafel. 3YA—II, talk; 2.30, home science talk; 7-30, official opening of new station; 8, studio concert. Friday. —lYA: 7.30, sports talk; 8, studio concert. 2YA —Talks, 11.30 “Public Health,” 7.40 “Choosing a Dog”; S, studio concert; 9.30, dance music. 3YA —11, talk, “Feeding the Family"; 8, studio concert. Saturday. —lYA: 7.30, horticultural talk; 8, Christmas carol concert; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music. 2YA —8, studio concert; 10, sports summary; 10.10, dance music. 3YA—1, relay of Hororata Racing Club’s meeting; 8, concert by Christchurch Male Voico Choir; 10.10, sports summary; 10.20, dance music.

BROADCASTING HOURS.

THE MEW ARRANGEMENTS. STATEMENT BY BOARD. The following statement as to future broadcasting hours of the board stations has been made by the general manager of the Radio Broadcasting Board (Mi 1 E. G. Hands) : —• From December 4, musical programmes alternative to the sessions broadcast from 2YA will be transmitted from 2YC between 5 and 0 p.m. and between 7 and 10 p.m. each weekday. On Sundays a suitable musical programme will be broadcast from 2YC from G to 10 p.m., while 2YA is transmitting children’s song

servloes, evening church relays, and the after-church musical programmes. 2YA will provide a breakfast session from 7.30 to 8-30 a.m. every weekday, and on Sundays will remain on the air from ii a.m. to 12.15 p.m., approximately, for the purpose of broadcasting church services from a number of oity churches. 2YG is already in use each evening from 7 to 8, and an alternative service can be given from that transmitter more efficiently and more economically than from the 2ZW transmitter, which is being taken over by the hoard from the Government. Both stations will be under the control of the station director, 2YA. The arrangements at Auckland will, to begin with, be similar to the foregoing, oxcept that the breakfast music will be transmitted from 7 to 8 a.m. A large number of listeners are able to receive both IY'A and 2YA, and these will .have breakfast music from 7 to 8.30 a.m.

Christchurch and Dunedin are to be given similar services as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made.

PENTODE VALVES. INFLUENCE IN REPRODUCTION. There always seems to be a difference of opinion as to whether a pentode valve can really be relied upon to give distortionless reproduction. The main advantage of the pentode is that it will deliver a larger signal output for a given input than an ordinary valve of similar anode current consumption. As regards the quality of the reproduction from a pentode, this depends very largely upon the use of a suitable balanced speaker. If these conditions are not properly fulfilled you may get a very unfavourable impression of the pentode valve, and this no doubt accounts for a certain amount of prejudice against the valve, or rather against the quality of the reproduction from it, among many listeners. Notwithstanding this, there are some people who still think that, even when the pentode valve is given every possible chance, with a proper balanced speaker and regulated input and correct anode voltage, it still gives a “hard” tone with overemphasis of the upper register. Such a disadvantage, however, can be very largely overcome by using a suitable tone-corrector, and also, of course, proper input transformer for the loud-speaker.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

RADIO ROUND THE WORLD. It has been proposed that permission should be granted to broadcasters in the United States of America that 20 more transmitters be raised to 50 killowatts power. At present the limit of 20 Is put to the number, but Mexican competition has resulted in an agitation for more high-power stations. * ■* * * In a letter just received from the British Broadcasting Corporation, in reply to reports on the Empire station, they state that a new aerial has been brought into use for GSB, 31.55 metres, and that this may have the effect of improving reception on this wave-length. This new aerial system has been in use since September 24.

Ability to speak correct Japanese and the possession of sound common sense were the chief requirements sought by JOBK when five new announcers were recently employed. In all there were 338 candidates for the posts. Tests weeded out all but 23, ling mental examination. The five who were subjected to a most gruelsuccessful men were educated at Imperial universities and State colleges.