Fo the Editor of the "Nonti-Cinwa Darcy News SmI notice in the issue of the "N.C." of January 18 a. lofer from one calling him or herself Listener, now T would please say isten" to what T have to say. First T would like to suggest that as there Is now a whole page dovoled to Radio one day a week that, any communteations In regard to Radio should be addressed to the Radio Editor, and not to the Chief Editor.
they have four Wave-Lengths, viz, regard to Hongkons's Wave length B14, 10.7, 40.0, and 169. In re: gard to Hongkong's 31.4, wave band T find It very selective as any station on 31.5, or 313. can be heard very well without any interference from Z.B.W. if Lasteen''s receiver will not do this 1 would "suggest that the receiver be overhauled or better still get one that is more selective, rogurds {0 Daventry even were Z.B.W, not on the 314, band Daven-Would not be heard there. Of an evening Daventry is on two other wave lengths "namely 168. which can be heard faintly when they begin of 1 pin. but fades out shortly afterwards, they are also on 1.9, which Is never heard here, and. 915, which is not heard either. This not because it Is Interfered with by ZB, W. but, because Daventry 1s fan Empire station" and primarily broadensts, to the "Empire, and Shanghai is not within the Empire and what crumb we do pick up from Daventry we have to be thankful for. Another point I would like. to call Lisrenen's attention to is that Canton Is not heard here on the Short Wave, as when Z.B.W, finishes their foreign programme they continue on with a Chinese Programm this is for only two or three nights Week, And I for one am very glad that 2.BW, Is on 314. metres as at 9 pam they always give us a good relay of the news from Daventry which we would not hear if Z.B.W. were not where they are, they' also relay anything else that is of im= Portance or interest, and to them am very thankful, 'This is the reac son Hongkong Just comes within the Empire Beam and Shanghai is out of it, Here is an example, V.K3.LR. "Lyndhurst Australia is on' 313 metres, Hongkong Is on 314 metres!
metres, and both of these Australian stations come In very good. every evening without any Interference from ZB.W. and if Daventry -could be heard it would not be Z.B.W. that would Interfere with it, It would be V.K3.M.E. which is on the same Lena Distance Fax, Ningpo, Jan, 20, An Excellent Programme To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cinwa Dany News"
'Sm—The letter of Lena Distance Fax dogmatizes the sublet so much lat it merits a reply. To begin with, Sir, please do not comply with his suggestion {o clutter up the Radio age of your paper with the letters of us radio "nuls'. Regarding the wavelength of ZBW, I regret 1 have failed to hear them announce that they now broadcast on any other short wave than 31.5 metres, T do not listen every night and Perhaps I have missed something. 1 also read the letter" written by Listener and was not convinced that the writer was correct about interference. But that very evening a. cade station did its very best to make radio hash. of the Hongkong. trans~ mission, Fortunately the receiver In use was a twelve tube affair with ten killocycle selectivity, and. while the code was just as loud as the words and musie, ZBW's transmission was perfectly clear to me. Evidently, our friend's receiver is not s0 good, he seems never to have heard the phone station fu Canton calling! Swatow every evening, and asserts Canton cannot be heard here. The: carrier wave of this phone station helerodynes on the carrier wave of ZBW and causes quite a lot of interference, and necessitates very] close tuning to eliminate it, 'The wavelength of ZBW. swings In the earlier part of the evening. and owing to the selectivity my receiver has to be continually retuned to Keep "on that station. " Australia, Germany, and' others can be heard for hours without retuning. How fever, the point is that a couple of weeks ayo ZBW swung off tuning to point about the dial reading of the "new" Canton Phone, At the time the Daventry transmission was on the alr. The transmission came in at weak volume all of a sudden, closer tuning brought it up louder. I Hatened until they started to give the scores of cricket match, and_not having the least idea what they were talking about, tried for VK2ME. Was really surprised to tune into the same cricket match.at three times the volume. Tuning" back and forth revealed two stations, later the weaker one proved to be Daventry, and enjoyed their musical programme for the rest of the time they were fon. the alr.
Last winter at the approximate tuning of ZBW T could tune three stations, Germany, England, _and France, with a Russian Phone, between,' all at good volume. This winter 1 can only get Germany, not only are the other three gone, but VK2ME Is interfered with by carrier waves and code that it is only about (wice a month that the transmission intelligible. As for VK3ME thet is a code station on the same wave! which Is most annoying as it never seems to cease sending. VKSLR Is excellent with about 75 per cent, the volume of Hongkong.
Now this Is not a criticism of ZBW, I don't care a hoot whether I ever hear any one of the others any more, ZBW's programme 1s so good that T tune It in every night Iam home, and don't bother to fish for any" other station, don't even listen to the Jocals any more, So here's luck to]
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