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NEXT STEP IN TELEVISION

HOPES OF PROGRESS IN

1933

BY L. MARSLAND GANDER

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933.

HANKOW CITY GOVERNMENT PLANS $70,000 RADIO STATION

Hankow. Hankow will soon I members with the project Chave a modern 500-watts radio atn. Į tion, at a cost of over $70,000, to brondenst musical programmes and other enjoyable entertainments for the local radio fans.

Under the auspices of the Han- kow Municipal Administration, a Will 1033 see the great stride in committee, consisting of seven pro television that is needed to put itminent mea, both Chinese and for- an equality with broadcasting signers and radio experts, WAY in popular esteem? Hope centres formed and hold its first meeting

in the municipal building recently round experiments which the B.B C., in emjunction with Mr. J. No definite decisions were reached Baird, are conducting in

during the first meeting, it being an short-wave transmissions

initial gathering to acquaint the

ultra

Stripped of technicalities, and stated in the baldest terms, the problem is to find room in the ether for television, which is more prodigal of space than speech or music. Clearly a home must be found for it outside the congestedi where broadcasting wave-band, bigh-powered broadcasters already Justle one another and pipe and whistle as they clash.

eveu

POCKET WIRELESS

SETS

NEW DEVICE FOR

HRIGHTON POLICE

The "Ether Hog."

Brighton,—A police pocket wire- The ultra-short wave région of fors the prospect of ample space, less set will to brought into use for the ether hog" televi in Brighton within a few days. A sion, and experiments are being transinitting station from which engducted both by the B,B.C., with urgent messages will be sent out a transmitter working on 7.3 me to policeinen on patrol duty has tres at Broadcasting House, and-by been constructed at the top of Mr. Baird at his Long-acre head- Brighton Town Hall, where the quarters, with one using a wave headquarters of the Brighton Pe. length of 6.1 metres. But the practice is situated, and this station tical difficulties met in utilising will be capable of sending out wave-lengths of this order are for telegraphic messages to other police stations as well as to individual midable.

Brighton policemen,

Recently I asked Mr. Baird, who has been receiving the tranamie-

television side WE

The sets which will be issued to

RADIO ON THE AIRWAYS

(Special Air-Mall, Bervice)

Letters had been addressed, ta various large radio and radio

LONDON, Jan.11. equipment concerns for tenders, in-

Efficient control of radio com- cluding the China Radio Corpora tion of Tientsin, Asia Electric munications between ground ata Company, Shanghai, General Elections and airlinera operating on trio Company of China, Shanghai, the Imperial routes is sought, in! Radio Corporation of America, the appointment of a special Siemons China Company, etc.

It is learnt that the new radio station is to be located in the Chun Slan Park. It will have the most modern equipment and is expected to be ready for broadcasting with in the next 8 months.

POLICE RADIO TELEPHONY

#signals adviser?' who will be sta tioned in Cairo The post has not yet been made permanent and for the present Flight Lieutenant Durrant, civil aviation signals off- ter at the Air Ministry and the veteran of many historic airship

the flights, including

famous double crossing of the Atlantic by

·R 34 in 1919, has been detached for the work.

TODAY'S WIRELESS

11

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY Z.B.W, ON 355 METRES

74

to 11.30 in Stock and ox- change quotations, weather re- port, etc.

11.30. 4.m.-Chinos recorded pro

gramino.

records

12.30 p.m.-Europeas programme of

Regal

supplied by Mossra Andemon Music Co. 1 p.m.-Local time and weather

report.

1.30 p.m.-Rugby Prosa nowa, select- ed London and New York stock quotations, etc. p.r.-Close down,

" Practically all wireless commu-3 to 8 p.m.--European programme.

nication in North Africa, India 3 to 3.27 pan

and Iraq taalbeen controlled by the Royal Air Force; recent big deve-

TRIALS DURING THE NIGHT ||lopments of the British air routes

HELP FROM R.A.F. EXPERTS.

Orchestral.

Masked Bull-Grand Fantasy *** (Verdi).—Marek Wober and his ! Orchestra.--V-50018.

make civilian regime desirable. Among the chief tasks, and that a 'difficult one, which Mr. Durrant. must ackle straightaway, is the London-During the early hours securing of some degree of univorm of this morning Lord Trenchard, working among the various govern Commissioner of Metropolitan Foments whose territories are located ice, abisted by R.AF experts and along the airway. He must also by departmental chiefs of New attempt some improvement of com- Scotland Yard, began important munications in the Mediterranean trials at Tottenham of a new radio region, though there a satisfactory telephonic apparatus designed spe- organization may have to wait up- 5.27 to 6 pm.- cially for police purposes..

and cars

At the present time wireless men- sages for the Flying Squad tenders are sent out in Morse code by radio telegraphy from Scotland Yard,

This system has certain disad

on the erection of an additional station.

:

Uniformity will be sought first on the India route. After that the line between Cairo and Cape Town will receive Mr. Durrant's atten tion. The new Armstrong Whit-

The Geisha-Potpourri" (Jones) Zeitberger).--Marek Weber and his Orchestra.-V-50028. **Bouquet of the Season's Hits- Potpourri" (Dosta).-Mark Weber and his Orchestia.- . V-30016.

A Gokcert.

Las-

Cello Solo - Intermezzo " (Vivaldi). Pablo Cazals.-1842- Song Fiddle add I" (Wea-

therly Gogdore).-Hulda hanska (Soprano).—1548, Violin Solo-" Randino " Krea- ler-Beethoven).-Fritz Kreisler.

1368.

as medium-Song- Confesion " (Discepolo- Amaori)--Tito Schips (Tenor). -1833.

Bions at his home in Belsize Park the patrolling officers are similari vantages, and Lord Trenchard de worth "Atalanta" monoplanes or and at Long-acre, what results had to those which have been under- cided to test the merits of radio- dared for service along the African was going prolonged and severe tests in telephony as used by the R.A.F. line are all to be equipped with been achieved. His reply

neither Brighton during recent years. The travelling tenders,

short-wave 38 well "Promising"--and be is

For the purpose of to-day's de- optimist nor pessimist, but scien- inventor is Mr. C. L. Dean, of List. He added, however, tent the Slough, and he has developed and: monstration a transmitting station age wireless, and with direction con-I was erected at St. Anne's-rond Powave installation has been adopted: Guding equipment The short- decidedly improved the invention in ter of the wireless transmitting junction with the Chief Constable lice-station, which will probably be to surmount the difficulties of rs- of Brighton, Mr. Charles Griffin, one of the three new police broad- dio communication in areas like who has for a long time been casting centres to be established (as those bordering the equator in axious to use wireless as an aid already announced in The Daily Africa which are subject to severe in the capture of criminals. Un- Telegraph) in different parts of electrical storme der present conditions the sets have London. been made by hand, but it is hoped that it will be possible to apply! mass-production methods to their manufacture in the future, when, as 1 expected, the system, is gen

side.

The conclusion seems to be that ifs sutisfactory wireless channel en be found for the transmission to the home of results already achieved in the laboratory, then 1033 will see a decisive advance.

Frequency Tests. Again.

A repetition of the. B.B.C. freerally adopted. quency tests for wireless sets, urged

Brighton already has a compre- in letters to The Daily Telegraph, hensive police box system support- will be given on Saturday, again od by considerable motor transport as an illustration of a dialogue resources, and as the police arca talk by Mr. R. S. Watson Watt and includes rural districts and long Mr. O. F. Brown. This is that stetches of main roads as well as Broadcast in the instructive series thickly populated neighbourhoods "The Ordinary Listener and Risit would seem to be an excellent zone for a test of the invention un- As before, sound frequencies will der varied conditions. Mr. Griffin be broadcast ranging from 50 to has sought in the development of 9,000 cycles. Mr. Brown tells me this invention to avoid the need for that the suggestion inado in a let ter to The Daily Telegraph that any adjust ate to be made in the the queak" transmitted should be more clearly annotated will be net as far as is practicable.

Set."'

A. Convincing Booklet, Congratulations to Mr. Frank Murphy on the little explanatory

set by the police officer carrying it. He is anxious that it should prove in operation to be as simple as the use of the telephone.

The first intimation that reui-

dents in the locality had of the ex- periments was the erection yester day afternoon of two tall maste carrying the aerial--a work which was carried out. by a squad - of R.A.F. wireless experts from Farn- borough.

- Messages Transmitted.. Shortly before ten o'clock last night Flying, Squad vans and a number of police cars, all of which were equipped with wireless tele- phone transmitters and receivers, left Scotland Yard, and were later followed by police chiefs and, au

official of the Press bureau.

A little after midnight tenders and cars were despatched in va rious directions.

Messages were constantly trans mitted from St. Anne's-road and distinctly heard through the tele- led at high speed through the phone receivers ns the cars travel Continued at font of nest Column

ixoklet which accompanies his new HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?

A 8 eight-valve superheterodyne- receiver. A review of the booklet is almost better than one of the set, because the author states his case with a studied moderation that carries its own conviction and not only explains what he has done, but also why he has done it, and the effect. He says, for instant, that to suggest that any set which is not a superhet is out of date je utterly false, but, a cheap superac can be much more unpleasant than a cheap "straight set. The choice, is decided by manufacturing condi. - tions and costs.

Automatic volume control, to which I referred last week, is an mportant feature of this receiver, the selectivity is such that Stutt gart can usually be obtained clear of London Regional at Welwyn Garden City after dark, and the sound frequency response. 15 de scribed as substantially faithful" up to 5,000 cycles. It is abundant- ly clear that Mr. Murphy makes

o claim that he cannot justify.

KING'S THEATRE

COMMENCING SUNDAY, 5th February.

gracie FIELDS

Hare Are Hts of long-wave and short-wave stations which ehould be picked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good wet suitable for re- ceiving magh algoals. Success in picking up these stations also

largely upon fav ourable atmospheric conditions. Readers are invited to add to this list should they succeed in pleking up ang station not in cluded in either of these lista.

LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

Wave length

OM!) Kilo (Matres) Station

Sign

oyole 960 Manila

K.Z.I.B. 1,183 27† Shanghai K.S.M.S. 1,083 345 Tokyo 3.0.A.K. 870 353 Hiroshima J.O.F.K. 860

J.O.LK 880

355 Hong Kong Z.B.W. 840 357.1 Bombay V.U.B. 840 381 Sappera 380 Keijo 370 Nagoya 370.4.Calcutta. 350 Kumamoto 390 Sendai 395 Dairen 400 Osaka

410 Canton 480. Manila

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL BION

77.65.- Doblets (Germany) A.F.K 00.12 Khabarovsk (Eussia) [B,A,97, 667 FRIS

Romg

50. Morco

Bingapore

48.5

Portl

ses

Kootwijk (Holland),

Bangkok (Siam)

Sydney

81.56

Melbourne"

31.48

Schenectade

$1.28 Sydney

81.

Nairabi (Kenya),

A.G.J..

KILO

Сте

J.O.D.E. 50 3.0.0.K. 30 V.U.0,800.0 J.O.G.E. 700 J.O.HK 70 J.Q.A.K. 700 J.O.B.K.

· C.M.B. K.Z.B.M.*.825

Τίκη (Κοκό Κόκα)

.E.

OF WORKING

4,484 Mon, Wed. & Fri., 0 p.m. & 2 a.m/ 40006-10pm.

6,261 Not regular disea 6,000 Tues, Thark; Sat., 8 p. 6,896 Sanday midnight 7,143 Dally 8.30pm. & 11 pm.

B.F.H. 1.M.A. G.A.G. V.8.1.4.B. 7,810 Not

2.B.L. 8.1.0. W.X.A.F

81.20 Eindhoven (Holland) | P.C..

26.6 Sydney

27,8 Buidoeng

7,780 Daily 11 p.m.

PRATOR TWO-Zr, & p.m.***

0.235 Not regular 9,503 Not regular Bo Dally 7.14

9,620 Fri, 8.00. Bat. 3 mm, & 10 mi B.F.C.9,500 ↑ Not régnisz,132,|

9,877 Midnight daily

TL.Di 2.M.E.. P.LE

25.68 Chelmsford (England) 6.8.W

Kootwijk (Holland) PCI

9.45 23.85

Manila

Bobenectady

28.88

Bandoeng

18.4

17.4

Bandoong

16.9 Bangkok

K.1.X.R. W2.ZO. P.LG

P.L.F. H.&.1.P.J.

PLK.

10,628 Not regnare au 11,020 Midnighted at, dally stingj 11,751

7.80 p.m. & 8 s.m. daily, azospć

Saturday and Shaday

12,850 4 AIR 18.102 Dally 6.30 pm. to midnight 16,804|| Daily:7p.mes zu dila 17,280 Daily 8pm to midnighte

7pm & midnight

17.781

19,320 Daily 530–7. p.m. 19,851 Daily 31.12. WELK. HO Not regalar

THE ALDERSHOT ΤΑΤΤΟΟ

A "MUTINY" SCENE

The Aklessut Tattop which will be held at Rushmoor Aruna on Saturday, June 10, and from Tues day, June to Saturday, June. 17, will have for one of its his- torical features an episode of the

Indian Mutiny. Another histori- cal item. will review the march of events in arimanents, from the single conflict of armoured knights in the days of Richard Cocur de Lion, through the ensuing phases. of mass action, to the individual- There will be music by bands and ism of the tank and neroplane. mounted and Highland spectacles." There will also be a welcome revival of the fascinating torchlight evolu tions carried out by a vast body of electric torch bearers on the darkened arena. The preparatione for the Tattoo are on a more lavish scale than ever, and many of the local unemployed men have been provided with work. The bookinga- are already very heavy.

WIRELESS IN THE FAR NORTH

The unsophisticated Eskimo of Aretic travel and adventure story is rapidly disappearing before the impact of civilisation, and traders no longer carry caloured beads and other gauds that are so dear to the hearts of savages. Captan John Backland, president of the "Mid- night Sun Trading Company" who makes regular trading trips to North Alaska, has given to the preas some particulars of the goods which he now finds in greatest de mand among his Arctic customers. They are such articles as outboard- motors, canned goods, rifles, and stoves. A most remarkable indien tion of the modernity of the Eaki mo is the enormous demand for portable gramophones and records. A limited though growing demand for wireless sets in reported, and Captain Backland proposes to take a number on his next trip. He says that in summer radio recop tion in the Far North is the best in the world, but that in the win ter owing it is suggested to the action of the Aurora Borealis, Fo ception is extremely poor. An Eskimo famuling in their igloo listening to a music-hall per- formance in New York seeras. the height of incongruity.

lonely roads of Potters Bar, Bar net, South Mimmin, Elstree, Hamp- stead, and Hendon, wh

moderstand

the təmonkLTI- tion was regarded as "satisfactory. and that the tests will be continu od every night for the next fow weeks.

Acpolice official informed me that -bost of installing the R.A.F.

about 21,000

Piano Solo

Invitation to the Waltz" (Wiber).--Alfred Chrtot.

1201.

'Cello Solo-"Serenata Napola-

tana "

(Sgambati). Pablo

Casals.-1542.

Song- Angel's Screnade" (Mil

lard-Braga)-Hulda Lashanska (Soprano).-1549.

Violin Solo-Fair Rosemary (Kreisler). Fritz Kreisler.

1386.

Song Manule " (Schipa-Hin- ton).-Tito Schipa (Tenor).-

1533.

7 p.m.-Closing local stock quota. tions, selected London and New

Fork stock quotations, alu, 8 to 7.9

Variety,

Fox Trot Everything Mist Have an Ending"-Petar Van Stenden and his Orchestra.---` 22984.

Vocal Trio Lawd, You Made the NightToo Long."-The Pickons Sister-92075.

Orchestral-"Buffoon." Victor

Concert Orchestra.--91020. "Song" I'm So Alone with the CrowdJoseph White (Tenor) -922981.

Fox Trot-" Deep in Your Eyes.". -Wayne King and his Orches LIV-22980. E4,,"",3 Vocal Trio- "Sweet

Brown."The Pickens. Sistera

-91026

Georgia

Fox Trot Round My Heart.” -Coon Sanders' Orchesten. -- 92972.

Song" Give Her a Kiss."-Sam

Coslow (Tenor).-4143,"

Fox Trot"Gosk Darn!!

George Gleen and his Music-

92994.

Song- "You Try Somebody Else."-Russ Culombo (Bari. tone)....-93981.

Fox Trot The Scat Song."--.

Billy Banks and his Orchestra, ---84027.

Vocal

Trio-" Dream Sweet- heart.The Pickens Sisters.. 92975.

Orchestral Jazz Nocturne."

Victor Concert Orchestra.- 21028.

OLE

Song-"That Daddy and Mother Mine." Joseph White, (Tenor)-9891.

Waltz "When the Sun Goes Down on A Little Prairie Town."-Wayne King and his Orchestra-22090.

Vocal Trio "San."-The Pickens

Sisters,-24023.

Fox Trot I Want to go

Home." Coon-Sanders Orches tra.-22972.

Song Say It Tan't So."—Sam

Costów (Tenor)-4143.

Fox Trot- The Gang Song,

George Olsen and his Music-

(Continued on Page 11.).

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