The Archive · 1937

B.B.C. BROADCASTING ON 4 WAVE-LENGTHS

As the result of improvements ied out during the past two years, the BBC. shortwave. brosdeasting station at Daveniry is now. brea: casting on four wave-lengths simul taneously Yor eighteen hours dally.

Generally two new high-powered '0 kilowatt transmitters and two of} jower power are used at the sume time. The third high power trancmitter is being built.

Daventry, by tis new system of direction serials, is now beaming Simullaneous transmitters to six dite arent points for the greater part of the 24 ours, "As an example of the fuller ser~ vice offered, it may be stated that programmes radiated from Daventry. can be heard in Tadia for a total of from eight to ten hours datly.—Wire-

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