The Archive · 1937

Cellar Experiments

Before it took place they examined the two men thoroughly and the ssu roundings and found nothing sup cious.

At present the men perform their experiment in a cellar in their own home—l2 ft. long and 6 ft wide. After twenty minutes of deep breathing with a severe contraction of the body muscles, there is first a trial with head-receivers to see if the bodies are charged with enough electricity.

The men hold hands and also hold the loud-speakers. After a few) minutes the spectators are astonished to hear-the music of a radio programme coming from the loudspeaker, When the men, breathed more deeply the reception was stronger: i EWS, Through the "Mike"

Tango Music For a welcome surprise, especially if you've got guests who are rather skeptical about short wave reception, tune in to LRU, Buenos Aires, any evening after dinner. Hot-stuff tango music is what Buenos Aires specialized in, and local reception at the moment is of the best—no fading, plenty of volume, and no interference. It broadcasts on a wavelength of 19.62 metres, or a frequency of 15290 kilocycles, and is unmistakable; announcements are in Spanish, and ihe male announcer finishes up each microphone chat with the phrase "El-Air-Roo El-Air-Roo Raadio El Mundo."

Jepan Broadcasts From about 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. each evening, Japan is on the air with JZK, 19.79 metres, 15,160 ke/s, and JZJ, 2542 metres, 11,800 kc/s, broadcasting the same programme, Announcements are in English and Japanese, and the programme consists of news bulletins in Japanese and English, interspersed with foreign-type music, and the programme comes to an end with the Japanese National Anthem, "Kuni-gave." The English news bulletin now devotes itself io reports and comments on the North China situation, with a strong, but "understandable, propagandist flavour, "Empire Mail Bag"

Another "Empire Mail Bag," one of the most popular features of the Empire programmes, will be broadcast from Daventry this week. A number of letters from overseas listeners to BBC programmes will be read during the broadcast, which is arranged by Pascoe Thornton, and, as before, the Empire Programme Director, who recently gave an enlightening talk on the subject, will be there to answer and comment on some of the things that listene: 1 Colour is added to the these programmes by the use of a variety of voices for the reading of the letters. The first broadcast will be in Transmission Three this evening at 23.30; for details of the other broadcasts watch the Daily Radio Programmes, and that for its latest 100 kw short wave station which Rome hopes to open early next year, the E.LA.R. proposes to install an aerial tem which will permit broadcast to all parts of the world. Its main feature will consist of a revolving turntable completely equipped with the necessary high power amplifiers to permit the operator to switch in, as required, apparatus working on the different channels suited to the particular quarter of the globe to which the broadcast is destined. The rotation of the turntable will permit of the rapid charge of wave-length Frog's Concert From Tokyo comes the news that a "Frog's Concert" will be broadcast from Japan to Britain, Germany and the United States on Monday, August 16. The songs of the frogs will be recorded along the upper reaches of the Sagami River, Kanagawa; a boat will convey the announcer-cum-mic crophone as near as possible to the voice of nature."

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