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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932.

FADIO

NEW EMPIRE BROADCAST

SERVICE TO START ON CHRISTMAS DAY

FEATURES

NO WELCOME FOR IRISH RADIO ROMANCE OF

BROADCASTING

No official welcome from the B.B.C. stations greeted the new 100 kw. transmitter of the Irish Free

TWO MEN

£400.000 BUSINESS BUILT.

IN 3 YEARS

ENTERTAINMENT FROM AMERICA

When the last notes of Big Ben fade away at 121 am, many Bri tish listeners are now using their ordinary brantleast receivers to pick up a riot of entertainment from America. Typical of their number is a correspondent writing whose record of an aither "brist ing with American stations," shows that favourable Transatlantic re- ception conditions have returned with the approach of winter.

NEW ATWATER KENT RADIO

MODELS NOW AVAILABLE AT SINCERE CO,

FINE RESULTS DURING RADIO EXHIBITION

It may interest the publie to know

Nigeria 1, the Gold Cont and the not occurred to anyone at Brond. eight years ago began the first recently in Wireless World." that during the Hong Kong Radio

Zone 2. Tudin, Burina the Malay -States Hồng Kong (Aerial array to iransmit on Wave-lengths of 17 me- tres, 15 metres and 32 metres)..

Zone 2. India, Burma, the Malay Match attention is now being con,ed, therefore, on the must suitable States and Hong Kong (Aerin centrated in the new Empire Broad-wave-length for reception as some array to transmit on Wave-lengths State Athlone when it took the rasting Servier, which is to start on portion of the hours between û p.m. fof 17 metres, metres, and 3nir recently (writes the Broadcast- Christmas Day. The British Broad- į and midnight in the individua) Em- ) metres).

ing correspondent of The Fireless casting Corporation are now busy pire zones. For example, it does! Zone 4. West Africa, including World). Such a frienly gesture had preparing for it, and it is under- noj follow, of emme, that a wavel stood their engineers do not antici- which is suitable for transmission Atlantic Islands, Tristan da Cun casting Hense when I raised the pate much diffinity and the Empire between England and Hong Kong and Falklands). Aerial array qucation last week; nor did it than Station will be received all over in, say, June, is the most suitable to transmit on wave-lengths of 32commend itself. the Empire; in fact, the B.B.C! for transmission from England to slate they would not have built Hong Kong in, say, September. If permanent station unless the tests however, receiving equipment is with the old station had establish designed to cover the band from the probability; so that the sta13 to 30 metrees, it will embrace all ton should be receivable in the the wave-longths which are likely Empire. including Hong Kong and to bee used, in Singapore. During the past few years, of course, the transmission' of British programmes for recep

Technical Requirements.

metres and 48 metres)..

Zone 5. Canada, West Indies, Trinidad, British Guiana and the Pacific Islands (Aerial array to transmit on wave-lengths of 19 me. tres, 32 metres, and 18 metres)..

The wave-lengtha are not neces sarily those which will eventually

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Two men toiling in a little room at the back of a confectioner's shop stages of what is now nn. epic of British industry.

They discovered and perfected the first practical mains supply unit for radio users. The news spread, and the two men found it with the orders difficult to expe

Athlone's programmes, good or had will distract the attention of British listeners; for the first time in its history the B.B.C. is cœthat came in. fronted with a serious rival, cover-

ing its own service arozs.

The D.B.C. is not amused'

It will be, realised that the be used but have merely been quot-minions unserved by local broad- tion overeas has only been carried technical requirementa for au Pod to demonstrate the principle of casting stations.

in the Dominions and Colonies.

pire Station are most interesting, chiefly because they are complex and

tion, it was decided to divide the diffent. After careful considera-

the scheme.

Receivable in Two Ways,

out on an experimental basis in order that certain technical data might be obtained and in order to ford oth in what extent a service Empire into five zonen, each zone! The transmissions from the Em would be appreciated by listeners being provided with a directional pire Station at Daventry may be

aerial system. - Somle of

those, received in

two ways. Firstly, inerinks will be capable of trans. The experiment has shown, intermitting on as many as three dif. alin, that it is not possible Lu serve

ferent wave-lengths, which would the whole of the British Empire chosen to meet conditions ob at all seasons of the year and attaining at any time in that parti. cular zone. The aerial system now all times of the day on any one under constructions at Daventry wave length. The station which is consists now being built at Daventry will,

of five distinct neria | arrays, each of which is orierited to both radiating the same programame but on different wave length. The lowing are the zones nad their ap

As regards the type of sets, there ACEMIS to be an impression here

that British fits are so far not doing much for short-wave listen ers, but this has been contradicted emphatically by the chairman, of

and Refrigerator Exhibition, held in Gloucester Building, on the evoning ef November 17 between 8.10 and 8.43 p.io., an excellent demonstration of short-wave recep- tion was given by the Sincere Co. with Atwater Kont All-Wave Re- ceiver, whereby we got Lisbon, Moscow, Kuala Lumpur, Manila,

London and The Bet was", kindly

Japan stations and telephone cas

versation between

A remarkable Ecature is the strength nt which the American Those two men they are still rtatious are being received. In the working twelve and fourteen hours

London reception of Australia. a day-are W., S. Verrells and Mr. heart of E. K. Cole, the founders of the WABC, New York City, rivals that lent by Dr. M. E. Asger, as we great firm of E K. Cole, Ltd., all of Stuttgart, while stations in had sold out our stock of this electric radio manufacturers,

of Pittsburgh, Atlantic City, Balti-model of radio, and Dr S. T. Southend-on-Sea,

more, and Chiengo are scarcely lees Wong kindly co-operated with us powerful. The indientions are that in manipulating the instrument. this will be a real "ireless" win-

Here is an epitome of what they have accomplished since they left the tiny room in which their busi- Dess was conceived:-

In 1025, with a capital of £50, they opened workshop with a floor space of fifty aquare feet, and em ployed five workmen." they may be picked up directly by the National Radio Manufactur- has grown into an enormous fac Now, only seven years later, that the listener equipped with a shorters' Association at the opening of tory, covering more wave receiver, and, secondly. they the Wireless Exhibition in Man-square feet. The business a back may be received at a central re: ceiving station established for the chester.

It seems that apparatus ployment is found for 3,000 men ed by a capital of £400,000, and em. prasa by a Dominion or Colonial necessary to receive programmes and girls. broadenster and thence relayed for will be relatively complicated and public reception over the nasmnal

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scientific developments are combined with a cabinet of unusual beauty to make this a truly remarkablo receiver and a fine piece of furni iture as well.

Bat Every two Seconds. therefore, contain two transmitters, serve a particular. znie. The fol- medium wave, broadcast transmit. costly and could not be used by the I

Two seconds, a ney radio set is mada and sold. These are just a ter or transmitters. It will be ob individual listener in the remote end's employment problem as far used in the course of a day :-

Their industry has solved South-few of the raw materials that are proximate wave-lengte:-

vious that the former course is the

and the wavelengths will be rbang- and New Zealand and the Pacific where no central broadcasting or cheap and simple receiver. A ceni ways has enriched the town by miles of insulating silks and cam which give increased power and

Zone 1. Will include Australia only possible one in the Colonies parts of the Empire who needs a girls are concerned, and in other

Three thousand miles of wire, two ed in accordance with a time zone Islacala (Aerial army to transmitganisation exists, but it may also tral broadcasting authority, how. rota. Transmissions will be radiator wave-length of. 26.8 metres), be used in those parts of the Dover, would be able to install and

brics, two million rivets.

actun! waves which will be used will be betweeen 13 and 50 metres,

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many thousands of pounds.

But still the men who had dream operate such apparatus with aded in their workroom behind the confectioner's shop were not satia vantage for relaying the Empire fed-there were parts needed for programmes over the local broad-their products which they had to

get from abroad, casting network.

It must I realised that it is im-

possible to supply a service by short waves which can be compar- ablo in reliability, strength, and technical quality of reproduction

They set out to deal with that Froblem, too, and to-day have erected new £120,000 bake-lite (Continued on next column,)

Technical Features.- Technical features include Tone- beam... Class B amplification fier and double-diode triode tubes. using the new mercury vapour recţi-

life-like tonal quality. Auto- matic silent tuning, eliminating between station noises two large, full-volume electro-dynamic speakers and 3-gang condenser that containing Bures selective station separation. everything-radio, television, and Circuits and condensers are a gramophone. That may be a lit pletely shielded ttutomatic the way off, but we have already volume control corrects fading. spent thousands of, pounds in tele prevents blasting from powerful vision research."

itations and strengthens weak ones

the

"This is an industry still in its infancy," said Mr. W. S. Verrelle, the managing director. "One day soon we shall be making a home 'amusement cabinet'

with that which can be given in HAVE YOU ́ HEARD THESE?

the service aren of a medium wave broadcast transmitter. The aim, therefore, is to set up a station which will provide, at least intelli- gible reception in those regions. which it is intended to Musical quality of a high artistic value is normally out of the ques- tion; lighter music, however, will provide acceptable material.

Beme.

The first and most important ob jective will be to ascertain how tho elation

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received. During this stage the co-operation of the Em pire listenor will be of the utmost importance, and the B.B.C. must, to a very large extent, rely on oor- respondence giving information with regard to the many points which guidance is needed, and which can only be obtained through reports coming from abroad.

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It is hopeed that information will received in a steady and in- creaming measure, dealing with such matters as the type of programme that in Lost heard, the time which it most. uiable or most satisfac tory for recentiut the type of voices that carry, well and the types that do not, whether musical trans- missions are satisfactorily received. what types of music and what musical combinations come most elcarly,

Here are lists of long-wave and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good not suitable for re- ceiving such signals, Success in picking up these stations also depends very largely upon fay surable atmospheric conditions. Readers, are invited to add to this list should they succeed in picking up any station not in cluded in either of these lists.

LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

Ware length

الوت

comTM

4-point tone control gives you onal quality you like best, while the quick-vision compensating dial makes stations near the ende of the dial is easy to tune in as those in the centre.

J

Model 558 Compact,

Model 569 Compact, has 8 tubes and embodies several additional features

.... Automatic

Kilo- cycla

tuning

control....

(Metres) Station Bign

200 'Manila K.21.B. 1,13 277 Shanghai K.3.1.8. 1,083 345 Tokyo 1.0.A.K 870 353 Hiroshima J.O.F.K. 860

355 Hong Kong 'Z.B.W. 040 337.1 Bombay V.U.B.. 840 2.381 Sapporo

J.O.LK. 230 306 Keijo ·J.O.D.K. 890 370 Nagoya J.O.C.K. 810 370.4 Calcutta V.U.C

900.0

380 Kumamoto 1.0.G.E. 790 A

300 Sendai

395 Dairen

400 Osaka 410 Canton 480 Manila

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL SIGM

over

67.05 60.12

Dobintz (Germany) A.F.K Khabarovsk (Russia) | 3.6.07. Kaupow Monso

A.G.J.

R.Y.N.

1.M.A

{6,A.G.

V.8.1.A.B..

81.48

As regards the actual programmes 60.7 it is pointed out that no gramo 50 phone programmes will be inouid-18_ Ed which would be likely to further

41.3 unemployment amongst artists Bed 38,8 musicians in the Empire, and for 37. this reason, no ordinary perfor. 88.2 mances of "straight" music by 81.55 hands or orchestras will be recard- od. It is not intended that these 81.20 programmes should ever be made 31.28. available to the public for gramo- 23.5

31. phone. The recording of gramo: 27,9 phone. discs will be an important 25.38. subsidiary method of progiron circulation for the Empire. Direct 245 relays, however, will usually be 28.86 employed for programmes of a to 18.58 "pical nature, or of immediate Im. 184 17.6 perial importance. In all

Cases, 18.9 programmes distributed. by gramo phone muthod will be of a kind 15.74 Which cannot be produced locally, 18,8 aithor by reason of lack of artistic 18.03 resouroos, lack of talent, produc tion facilities, or the necessary re- venue. The insjority of the pro- grammes vili: be produced in the London station of the B. B. O.

at Broadcasting House,

Singapore Kootwijk (Holland) P.C.L. Bangkok (Blam) |HJAPJ: Bydney

2.B.I. S.L.O. W.E.X.A.F. Eindhoven (Holland) | P.C.J. Sydney

1.7.0.

Melbourne

Bekensctady

Nairobi (Kenys) 7.LO. Bydney

3.M.E. Bandoeng

P.LB. Chelmsford (England)] 5.8.W,,

Manila

SITDA

J.OH.K. 770 J.Q.A.K. 700 J.O.E.T

750

G.M.B.-789 K.Z.R.M.

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4,990 0-10 p.m.

5,291 Not regular

8,000 Tues, Thurs., Sat, 8 paa..

6,806 Bunday midnight

7,149 Dally 8.30 p.m. & 11 p.m. 7,810 Not regalar

7,730 Daily 1 p.

8,100 Tues.

à,9 p.m.-'Am.

9,200 Not regular

9,603 Not regulag

9,530 Daily Bakery

9.020 Fri 9am, Sat. I am, & 106.10.

9,500 Not regular

9,677 Midnight daily

10526 Not regular

11,020 Midnight 3 am. daily

11,751 7.80 p.m. & 8 a.m. daily, except

19,340 Nightly

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