1939 — Page 462

No.

460

(Ze 6)

(14)-Government Radio Receiving Station, Royal Observatory Grounds, Kowloon.

This station is the main receiving point for all meteorological services and the operating and receiving point for marine and harbour services. It also receives time signals from Nauen, Malabar and Manila daily and handles telegrams to or from Kowloon. The equipment consists of 2 Marconi Type RG. 25A Medium and Long Wave Receivers, 1 Marconi Type RG 22B Short Wave Receiver, 1 Marconi Type RG 28 Short Wave Receiver, 1 Marconi RP 17A Receiver and various spare receivers. There are also telegraph and emergency tone lines for communication with the Government Radio Office.

(15)-Broadcasting Studio, 1st Floor, Gloucester Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria.

Audio control point for the medium and short wave Broadcast transmitters installed at Hung Hom Station, Kowloon.

The European and Chinese studios, control rooms and offices are situated in the Gloucester Building, centrally located in Vietoria, Ilong Kong.

The control equipment comprises the usual amplifiers, with auxiliary apparatus, gramophone turntables and microphones.

Call Sigual.

Frequency in

k/cs.

(16)-Hung Hom, Kowloon, Transmitting Station.

Position :- Lat. 22° 18′ 28" N. { Log. 114° 10′ 45′′ E.

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in metres.

Description and Aerial input.

41

ZBW

845

355

2 KW. Brondenst

transmitter, telephony,

with thermionic valve frequency control.

Normal

working rauge

100

Service on which employed.

European Broadcasting, musical program- es, weather reports, speeches, etc.

42 ZBW2, 6090

19.26

2.5 KW. Valve Transmitter.

5,000

Brondensting of ZBW programmes seo No.

41.

:

49 ZBW3 9525

31.49

Franklin Constant.

44 ZBW4 15190

45 ZBW5 17755

19.75

Frequency control,

16.9

Marconi SWBS (3

phase supply).

46 | ZEK

640

468-8

2 KW. Broadcast transmitter.

100

Chinese Broadcasting, musical programmes, weather reports, speeches, elc.

47 ZCK2 5410

18 ZCK3 8750

55.40

phy (C.W/L.C.W.)

34.29

49 ZCK 333.3

900

Telephony/Telegra-

Transmitter, 0.5 K.W. Crystal controlled.

Telephony/Telegra- phy (C.W-/LC.W.) Transmitter-1.0 KW.

1000

Civil aviation.

500

Civil aviation,