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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932.
RADIO AS FRIEND
ENEMY
AND
LINKING CHINA AND U.S.A.
ADVANTAGES OF DECENTRALISATION
By F. BONAVIA
Long ago Samuel Batter envisag | tions, machinery, the, music of od an era when machines ruled the gramophone and wireless can be man that made them, and many the friends of the performer if we to-day consider that event far take a different view of our res-
ponsibilities. from improbable.
We have not reached that point. yet and, I believe, we never shall, But an eminent Swiss composer whose achievements give him the right to serious consideration put forward the view that the time was at hand when all the best music (his own, presumably, included) will be contained in a couple of cases, and the records, relayed by wireless, must render individual performances superfluous.
The corollary would inevitably be one wireless station, housed, par- haps, on the shores of the lake of Geneva, dispensing music to the nations of the world. There is nothing impossible in the sugges tion. A good, record is admitted
GREAT RADIO STATION IN SAN FRANCISCO
A REAL ENGINEERING
PROBLEM
Shanghai and San Francisco will soon be whispering to each other The great radio station that the Machinery means capitalisation, Postal Telegraph and Cable cor since by reproduction it touches aporation is erecting for its own public the individual alone can Shanghai gesture is nearing com- never reach. Capitalisation means pletion by the Golden Gato. It is new sources of income and re-being built chiefly to talk with the sources utterly beyond the power Chinese government station near of other authorities to provids. It, the teeming oriental city named.
Colonel A. H. Griswold in the in reckoned, that the B.B.C. has a yearly income of £2,500,000, out of course of an interview said: which, however, about £1,000,000 goes to the State. That the B.B.C. fully realises the responsibilities that go with its wealth and power is shown by the subsidies it offered to enterprises over which it has no control.
There is an impression, however, that more could and should be done to help private initiative and ly preferable to an indifferent per-enrich. fields which may become
new sources of supply. formance.
Tosca and Chicken Chasseur.
There would be economic advan- tages. The cost of a relayed per formance, if shared amongst all the listeners in Europe, would amount, per, head, to a coin too small to be reckoned in the more tary system the United Kingdom.
The only drawback that I can see would be in the certainty that music, as an art, would cease to exist.
Even if we had music, wherever we went, we should ap. preciate it no more than we ap- preciate it now at a restaurant or during the intervals of a play, Cavaradossi's Swan Song and Tos- ca's anguished prayer have never prevented anyone from enjoying sole bonne femme or chicken chas
ቆሮ.
No art can be static and live. For good or ill we must move, and it really matters little whe ther we go in the right or the wrong direction since in all human activities periods of buoyancy al ternate with periods of depression, When there is no movement life ceases, and its very source is dried up. If musicians should no longer be wanted, those faculties of mind which make a musician of a man will, no doubt, become atrophied and vanish like. the tail which adorned our simian ancestors."
Whatever, scientists may think of such a prospect, it is certainly not one to appeal to musicians. But there is no certainty that we shall reach that point. Modern inven-
•
"The station wo are building will be the finest in the country. Te has taken some time to plan it and to build, for it is a real en gineering problem to construct a station to talk directly across the Pacific to China"
TELEPHONES TO LONDON
BEAM STATION CONTRACT TO BE CARRIED OUT
HELP FROM BRITISH BOXER INDEMNITY FUND
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355, METRES
11 to 11.30 am. Stock and ex
change quotations, weather ree ***port-ste
11.30 am.--Chinese recorded pro-
grainme... 12.30 pm-European programme of
Victor recorda,
report. 1 p.m.-Local time and weather
A notable step forward in the modernisation of China's com munication facilities is marked by the announcement that the scheine for the provision of specialised beam radio equipment for high speed service to Great Britain and 1.50 p.m.-Rugby Press news, seleot
ed London and New York stock the United States, as negotiated.
quotations, etc. six months ago between the Minis try of Communications and Mar-2 p.m.-Close down. coni's Wireless Telegraph Com- pany, Ltd., of London, can now be carried out through the agency of the British Boxer Indemnity Funda.
It is reported that the necessary funds will be granted within thres weeks by the committee in charge of the British Boxer Indemnity Funds. Construction of the new 6 stations is expected to start short "Has there been any interferly, and it is anticipated that 6 ence upon the part of other orien- direct wireless communication be tal nations to this proposed direct tween China and England will be
inaugurated next year. communication " was asked.
"None whatever," was the prompt reply. "If you mean Ja- pan, I will say that they have not difficulty some time ago in getting messages out of Mukden, but that was another matter entirely,"
The equipment, which is caloy- lated to bring the radio communi- cation services of the Ministry to a high state of efficiency, will in mitting and receiving stations, one of which will be directed westward
interfered in the least. There was clude two Marconi beam trana-
A short while ago Mr. Harold Holt made a proposal which should be examined with attention. If adopted, it would certainly tend to widen the field whence the broadcasting authorities draw their music. It was presented as B scheme of autonomy in broadcast- Television Still Distant, ing for Scotland. But it went fur-
ther.
towards Great Britain, and the other eastward towards the United States. Apparatus will also be in- corporated permitting the trans- Colonel Griswold is vice-presi mission and reception. of radio the dent of the International Telo-
telegraphic and radio-telephonia The suggestion embraces formation of four centres-ons for phone & Telegraph company and messages between China and vari- for Manchester or executive vice-president of the Pos-ous other countries. These stations London; one Liverpool to serve Northern Eng-tal Telegraph Cable corporation.
Shanghai, and will be connected, land; & third for Edinburgh, and Ria senior company operates in are to be erected in the vicinity of Scotland, and a fourth at Cardiff countries, has ribbons of cable with the central office of the Chi- for Wales. The fees derived from lines laced across many oceans and the sale of licences would go to scan, and talks by radio to about tration at Samsoon. House, the support of the institutions of half the capitals of the world. each centre. The plan recalls the Colonel Griswold be isn't a bit hot Gorman system (more reasonable over television. and efficient than the American or French), which possesses autono mous stations north, south, east and west.
But there are difficulties, arising from local jealousies, which could be avoided if the scheme combined
nese Government Radio Adminis
Facilities for Broadcasting.
Two beam transmitters and four "Science has got to the point where what a man can conceive a sets of receiving apparatus will all man cat do, that is, within rea- be manufactured at the Marconi son," he said. So I'll not say Works, Chelmsford, and a unique that television from a commercial standpoint will not come in time; but there will have to be a great development made in it before it can he used for commercial com- munication. Some day, no doubt,
measure, of autonomy and co- operation for every town with a population of about a million, ex-it will come ceptions being made for the capi tal of Scotland and for Cardiff as tar most populous town in Wales.
The Financial Aspect.
The financial aspect of such s scheme is not for the layman to discuss. If by means of a subsidy of, say, £50,000, the six most im- tinued at trot of next columa 1
HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?
Here are lists of long-wave and short-wave zlations which should be picked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good set suitable for 18- ceiving such signala, Buccess in picking up those stations alsò depends very largely upon fav- ourable atmospheric conditions. Beadors are invited to add to this list should they riccaed in picking up any station not in cluded in either of these lists.
07.05
50.
· LONG-WAVE-STATIONS.
WATE
length
MARCONI "MEETS NEW
RADIO NEEDS
they
5 to 8 p.m.-European programme.
to 8 p.m. relay of the Revel- ler's Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Gar len by courtesy of the Manage- ment(During the intervals recorded music will be broad cast from the Studio,)
feature will be the inclusion of auxiliary apparatas, enabling the transmitters to be utilised for broadcasting services when are not in use for telegraphic com munications. Arrangements have been made for the transmitters to operate on increased power when desired, and the reliable service now given by Marconi beam sta- tions throughout the world indi- cates that this provision of reserve power will give the Shanghai sta7 tions a wide safety margin for good communication under all con-
An encouraging example of busi-ditions. ness enterprise in these difficult
The auxiliary apparatus for times is to be seen at the show broadcasting consists of a modulat-
of the Marconi-China roams
ing equipment which can be con- organisation at 2 Peking Road,nected to either of the telegraph Shanghai
transmitters when not in use for normal service, to provide teles phone siguals of broadcasting quality. A complete set of studio equipment is also to be supplied, and as the programme would be transmitted on short wave length, probably below 50 metres, it is thought likely that British listen- ars with suitable receivers would be able to pick up the Shanghai brandcasts.
Working fifteen hours a day, staff and mechanics are enthusias tically meeting a strong demand for Marconiphone British-built ra dio receivers. One of the most po pular of their instruments is the Marconiphene Portable Radio Re ceiver Model 255-a set that can Call Kilo be carried as easily as an ordinary (Metres) Station
Sign
ayale zuit case, and which is described 200 Manila
KZ.LB 1,168 as the ideal set for houseboat and 277 Shanghal K.8.M.B. 1,083
pienie parties Various table mo dels of modern design are also be-. 345 Tokyo J.0.A.K 870 ing featured,, and also an impos 353 Hiroshima. J.O.F.K.
ing automatic record changing 355 Hong Kong Z.B.W.
radio gramophone. Because their aerial system of the transmitting station. For the commercial tele receivers are totally enclosed, and graph services to Europe, of which V.U.B. 357.1 Bombay
because their local factory or the chief is that to Great Britain, 361 Sapporo
JOLE.
ganisation is elaborately equipped two days of beam aerials, accurate 360 Keijo J.O.D.K 880 for expert servicing, the Marconi
J.0.0.K. 370 Nagoya 370.4 Calcutta
SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.
Kootwijk (Folland) Bangkok (Blame
CALL BIGN
850
646
- 840
830
BIO
Beam Aerial Systems. Of particular interest is the
China organisation are popularis oriented to concentrate their signale on the receiving stations, V.U.O 808.9ing the slogan "The Receiver with are to be constructed, one being 380 Kumamoto J.O.G.K.TDO a back and a backing."
tuned to a wavelength of 17 me 390 Bendai J.O.EE 770
tres, and the other to 20 metres. 305 Dairen J.Q.A.K. 760
A third beam aerial array will be 400 Oaks J.O.B.K.***760.
portant towns Birmingham, Car directed on Ban Francisco for the "410 - Canton O.M.B. 739 480 Manila AK.Z.R.M. 625
diff. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liver American service. In addition pool, and Manchester could be in- there will be four omni-direction duced to maintain a whole com- aerials, one of which will be used pany of musicians (orchestra, for broadcasting. The others are chorus, and principals) for nine or provided to afford the station ten months in the year, the musical maximum flexibility in the range Jife of the nation, would have such and extent of its telegraphic ser a foundation as was never dreamt vices, enabling the equipment sto of before, while the London or be used if necessary for short wate ganisation could still dispose of communications over comparative £1,200,000 for London institutions jy small distances, for which and non-musical activities.special qualities of beam
mission are not essent But Anance is a subject, which Four high-speed comm only be dealt with adequately vice receivers are to be the receiving station, by experts armed with informa-"behm, seriais, directed tion: I do not possess,
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Vietor and H.M.V. records. to 8.23 pm
Operatio. SongTrovatore-Fierce Flames
Are Soaring!" (Verdi). Bong Sama et Dalila-My "Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
(Saint-Saens)-Louise Homer (Contralto): 1492.
Band Mefistofele Prologue:
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Margaret at the Spin- ning. Wheel (Schubert),- Maria ·Jeritza" (Soprano).-
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Selection
Variety.
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Puttin on Ritz-New Mayfair Orches
BongThe Moon is Low- Frank Luther (Tenor)-92330 Fox Trot" If It Ain't Love.”
Leo Reisman and his Orches tra 24011. Organ Solo" A Little Kiss Each Morning.Reginald Foort.
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