The news has already been! published that the B.BC. are to build two new transmitters for the Empire short-wave radio broadcasting service, of higher power than the! fold ones, and that the latter are to combined into ong transmitter also of higher power. It now appears the power is to be 80 or 60 kilowatts, as against the 18 and 20 use now, which is a tremendous jinerease: construction work is 10 start Immediately, New masts are to be built for a considerable extension of the beam aerial system. based on experiments carried out during the past two and a half years, the idea underlying these changes being 40 send narrower and mor intensive beams to the Empire, each beam. to resemble a searchlight leather than a fan in shape. Thus three separate wavelengths may be used in each of the five daily transmissions: where, for example, Jone broad beam has to serve the Jwhole of Africa, it will in future foe possible to split the zone into three, sending one beam to East [Africa, another to South Africa and fa ahird to West Africa. This, says home paper, should constitute an foftective reply to the Geman "Empire" broadcasts from Zeesen, Berlin, reception of which, in certain parts of the Empire, has been reported to be better than that of, Daventry. British listeners—and Jothers—in Shanghai, will be interested in these changes, in view of the uncertain reception of Daventry jin Shanghai. It is hoped that Shanghai will not be "just outside the beam" as was the case with the original Zone 1 broadcast destined ito serve Hongkong as well as Australia. The "Zone" titles. for transmissions were dropped when it! Iwas found that various transmissions Jwere picked up well in places for which they were not primarily intended, but the concentrated beams now planned may make reception worse in such localities. Germany fansmits especially to the Far Bast, as does Italy. Possibly the BBC. may do likewise: it would be pleasing if they did.
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