To the Editor of the "Nogru-Cuixa Dairy News"
Sin—Re letter in your, issue of October 20 signed "Radio" and the suggestion made that Daventry should get Berlin to relay the proposed broadcast of the marriage of the Duke of Kent on: November 29. The sug-
Kestion is a good one and I have no doubt at all that when the Daventry people hear of it they will be well, pleased with the ides, although T do not think that they will avail themselves of the opportunity of so doing. That there is something very amiss. with the Daventry station T have no} hesitation in proclaiming, as the following will show. I have in my possession a letter from Daventry in which they tell me that their transmitting power is 20 K.W. I have also Letter from the Berlin Broadcasters to the effect that their transmitting power is 5 KW. And still, in all, Berlin comes in every evening at 9 am. with great volume, so much so that it has to be toned down with the volume control, whilst Daventry, at the same time transmitting 0 India, Malaya and the East, can be heard but very faintly and sometimes not at all. Paris which Is a 8 KW. station also comes in with good volume. On Sunday afternoons from 5 to 645 pin. Berlin puts on special Broadcast for Australia, on 19.7. metres which comes in here wit very good volume. At this same time Daventry is also transmitting the] same as Berlin with a directional antenna to Australia on 25.5. and 31. 18. metres (Daventry closes down at 5.15. pin.) and the fact remains that Berlin is heard at very good volume, and Daventry cannot be heard at all. There is very little difference in the direction from Berlin to Australia, and from London to Australia, the two) stations are about 660 miles apart. T myself am 100 per cent. British and would very much like to see the British Daventry station supreme all times but, alas it is not so, Tt is great ily that Brilish radio eng-inoers do not seem to be able to construct a Radio station that will com-Pare favourably with stations in other countries. Rio de Janeiro, which is, 12,600 miles from here and a 8. KW. tation, comes in every morning at 6.30; am. on 31.3. metres with very. great volume, Also the League of Nations a Geneva on 31.2. metres and 40.08. metres comes in every' Sunday at 6.15. am. with very good their broadcast is given in English, Spanish and French. Madrid also comes in every morning at 6.15. am. on 304. metres with a 15 minute news bulletin in English, In conclusion I would ike to say that before November 29 1 hope (0. see some improvement in the Daventry broadcasts. If there is not we have litle oF no hope of listening In to the marriage of the Duke of Kent ines Marina, unless, as suggests, tt Is relayed via Ravio Puaw.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.