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RADIO POSSIBILITIES IN MALAYA

MUNICIPAL BUILDING AS STATION

A vision of the extent to which broadcasting could be utilised in Malaya in the future with a pos- sibility of the flat roof of the Municipal Building being used as a central transmitting station--was given in the address of Flight Lieut. B. II. L. Allen, the Royal Air Force wireless specialist at Seletar to the members of the Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon meeting on Jan. 11.

HONG KONG DAILY M

TRIUMPH OF SHORT WAVE RADIO

ABOARD "BRITISH

AIRLINER

TODAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME

"BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355. METRES

FEBRUAM

1933.

WET FOR WIRELESS

ELECTRICAL ENERGY WAST

ED OVER BY, EARTH

When a new, broadcasting station is erected the B.B.C, shows, as much interest in the soil us in the air.

A damp clay soil assiste the change quotations, weather retransmission of wireless "port, etc."

along the ground, while a dry soil causes energy to be wasted. Even the presence of ores in the neigh- bourhood may be of importades, and a mineral analysis in under- taken with as much accuracy as is demanded by a prospector,

11.30 am. Chinese recorded pro-

gramme.

report

Now we come to the most impurt- Notable 6:00PS40s in two-way | 11 to 11.30 am-Stock and ex- ant part of all-the wavelength on radia communication between an which you broadcast. If you broad-aeroplane in flight and ground cast on short waves, 30 to 40 me stations were achieved in prelimi tres, you will be in the clearestuary terta of the short-wave receiv part so far as atmospherics are ing and transmitting apparatus concerned, but short wave receivers specially devised for installation in are rather costly to provide and the new four-engined monoplane maintain. I am referring to the airliners now going into service on absolute amateur who makes up his the British airway between Cairo

He has to 1190 valves ad Cape Town... own set. which are costly, and the compon-

From the cabin of the Imperial rata are costly, it requires know- The speaker cuded with the warn ledge to take the set, and the opera-Airways flying beat"City of

Swanage

"-three-engined craft of ing that broadcasting was not ation is difficult. watter to be taken up without due ensideration, and likened it to n "two-edged sword."

Flight Lieut. Allen said:

I may say at the very start that there is no major difficulty what aver in the way of broadcasting in this country. We have during the last three years at Seletar been re- ceiving from aircraft on medium and long waves and also on me derately short waves in comparison f with the very long, and also on the shortest waves of all, and we have found that there is no tonjor difficulty, whatever.

The first thing that strikes one when speaking of broadcasting here is, atmospherics. Atmospherics are noise caused by electrical discharges

which in the atmosphere, grunts and other horrible noises in the receiver.

Cause

Covering Malaya.

If you put in short, wave you will only reach a very sinall public. If you instul apparatus which will transmit on 200 to 300 metres you will be able to receive on practically anything-any old bit of crystal or anything, and any person without any knowledge at all except, one copy of World Radio would be able to make a set and get good reception, and you could make up a set extremely cheaply. You would however get slightly more atmos pherics.

My experience hers and in other countries is that if you use power atmospheric you will get over trouble. I suggest therefore that for broadcasting in Singapore for Singapore, the island, and Johore, and in good conditions for 150 miles They have a bad reputation here, "P country, a traommitter in the centre of Singapore, of two OF but I rather feel that that reputa three kilowatts, and working on a tion is exaggerated, and the reason

wave length of 180 to 220 metras. is this: amateurs and other ex-This is merely

suggestion, perimenters here have been receiv- | however. ing from far distant broadcasting stations or from local stations of To reach the rest of the country, low power, and they have to use the outlying planter and the tin high amplification on their recei-miner and others, you could put beside your long wave transmitter another short wave

VEJA.

The result is that the incoming broadcast signal has been very weak and has been right down to the noise level of atmospherica, and in consequence they have actually amplified not only the signal but the atmospherics as well, with result that you all know.

Atmospherics.

*

the Short "Calcutta" class the wireless engineer, established touch with stations as much as five thou-1 sand miles away. Sending from a point several thousand feet above the valley of the White Nile between Juba and Kampala he maintained two way communication with the British post office station at Portia- head, near Bristol-a feat boliered to be a record. He also established effective contact with Norddeich, Germany nearly five miles distant-and with Coltano, in Northern Italy, approximately 4,000 News messages were iniles away. received from the wireless station at Miami Beach, U.S.A.

thousand

Lumpur with their necessary pro- grammes.

1'

The other possibility is to use one Kuala Lumpur and Penang. There of the trunk lines between here and is only one snag in that, and that is that the epeech filter will not pas music, but addresses could be passed over this as a stand-by circuit.

1

There is one other reason why you should use the long ware in Singapore itself, and that is be- transmitter cause of the fans. Only this morn. 1 working on 20 to 30 metres. That ing the whole of my short wave re- Air Minis would be about three kilowatts inception from the the aerial and would cover the try was put out of action by a greater part of Malaya. The two fan going wrong in the guard transmitters working together would o give a perfectly good service and you would appeal to the thousands

and not the few as far as the con. struction of receivers, is concerned. If you are putting in a broadcast service you want to get as many people as you can.

"Tracing Pirates."

How are you going to get over that! You must obviously put centrally, somewhere in the middle

In Bangkok they started broad- of the town, a high-power transmit- ter, and you must transmit suffici casting about two years ago and ent power so that every signal in now they have 13,000 licencees and the receiver aerial exceeds the noise they reckon they have at least 20 level of the atmospherics, so that per cent, pirates." Knowing the when you come to amplify for pro-efficiency of the Singapore police I duction through a loud speaker you am sure the "pirates" would very can amplify the signal only and not soon be brought in and made to

Lay for license i. the atmospheric.

You will not get rid of it alto- As regards possible programmes, gether, because, atmospherics here we have proved definitely that the are definitely bad, but you will get Empire broadcast is good enough id of a great deal. I suggest that for reproduction and rebroadcast- a broadcast transmitter should be ing here after about eight o'clock installed somewhere in a central at night. You would have to put position. It is not for me to make up a receiving station with proper any suggestions to the Municipal-beam aerials somewhere on the out- ity, but they have a nice flat roof skirts of Singapore and bring the where excellent aerials could be music and speech in by under-" erected. The apparatus is not ground cable and rebroadcast it movable, and would make no noise. from the central transmitter, That would give you a complete evening programme.

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As regards the rest of the pro- gramme I am not quite so sure, You at least have a programme at tiffin time on Wednesdays which no doubt could be broadcast, and there are plenty of shows, dance bands, and other local amusements, which could be put over, and I bave no doubt a great many people could be found to speak.

and the guard TOOK

is three hundred yards away. It would therefore be impossible to uss short wave generally in Smge pare where direct current is used. You co no get the same interfer- ence with alternating current, and It would be all right in those dis- triste where that is used; but where you have direct current you do get the interference. I therefore think it would be absolutely essential to use the medium wave length.

One last word, and that is most

important. Broadcasting is not a matter to be taken up without due consideration. It is a two-edged Used properly it can be a sword.

You voly great source of good. can use it for entertainment, educa- tion, religious work, and for many other purposes, all bringing good to man, but used wrongly it can be a very great power for evil.

19.30 p.m.-European programme of

Victor and Brunswick records, 1 p.m.-Local time and weather 1.30 Pm-Rugby Press news, -selected London and New York

stock quotations, etc. p.m.-Close down,

2

5

3

to 3 p.m.-European programme. to 6 pm-relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance. Orchestra, from the Hong Kong Hotel Root Garden by courtesy of the Management. (During the in tervals recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio.). 6 to 6.20 p.m.

A Selection of Fox Trots. "Louisiana Hayrido," "A Rainy Day." Leo Reisman

and his Orchestra.-24167. "What Would Happen to Me if Something Happened to You," "A Million

Dreams."-Isham Jones and his Orchestra,-94168. A Little Street Whore Old Friends Mect." "WhereIsham Jones and his

Orchestra:-24101. 6.20 to 6.50 p.m.-

Operatis.

"Jewels of the Madonna "-In- termezzo (Wolfe-Ferrari).-Vic- tor Simphony Orchestra: 35976. "Lohengrin King's Prayer !!.

(Wagner).

"Tannhauser - The

"

Evening

Star' (Wagner).-Marcel Jour- net (Bass).-1274, 20 "Lohengrin Prelude' (Wag ner). Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.-6791. "Rigoletto Mid the Fair

Throng (Verdi)..

"Don Pasquale-Fond Dream of Love" (Donizetti),-15to Schipa (Tenor),-1982. 6.50 to 8 p.m.-

7

Variety.

p.m.-Closing local stock quote- tions, selected London and New "York stock quotations, etc. Fox Trot 1 Guess It Wasn't

Meant to Be"

Fox Trot The River Rhine.”— Don Bestor and is Orchestra 24120.

Song" Say It Isn't So.? Song" Where."-Connie

well.-.

-WAYEE

These facts were told to a repre sentative of the Morning Post recently following a paper read bo före the Royal Society by Dr. R. L. Smith-Roec, of the National Phy sical Laboratory. Teddington, who described his investigations of the electrical properties of the soil.

Dr. Smith-Rose has examined the soil from different parts of the country and has found that the conducting power of dry soil is in- creased more than one thousand times by the addition of sufficient water. to bring its moisture content. up to the value commonly met with in garden soil.

The nature of their soils is part- ly responsible for the location af the B.B.C. stations

a

Morine 1"-Ben Bernie and his Orchestra.--6399.

Waltz Forbidden. Love."

Wayne King and bis Orchestra. Song Dear Old Mother Dixie" Mildred Bailey (Comedienne).

."--24137.

Fox Trot" How Can You Say"

*No."

For Trot" As You Desire Me." -Beanie Krueger and his Op- chestra.-6397.

Song" Give Her a Kim."—Bum

Coslow (Tenor).~143, Fox Trot--" Good Night, My

Lady Love,"

Fox Trot-Long About Sun- down."-Don Bester and bis Orchestra. 24147;

p.m. Local time and weather

report.

5.03 to 10.30 pim-Chinese Studio

coneart.

10.30 p.m.-Rugby. mid-day Press 10.33 p.m.-Close down.

News,

All records in the above European programmes are supplied by Messrs. Tanng Fook Pinno Co.

The Studio programme between 5:30 and 7.15 p.m. may, on any day, ha replaced by a relay from. Eng- hand, it reception of the latter hap Bos-peus to he good.

Fox Trol-Pu-lece. Mister

Hemingway."

Fox Trot Pink Elephants"

George Olsen and his Music,- 24139.

Song Mah Lindy Lon." Bong"Gwine to Hebb'n."- John Charles Thomas (Bari-

· tone).-1544..

Fox Trot All American Girl” Fox Trot What! No Micky

(Continued on meal Column)

HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?

Here are lists of long-wave and short-wave stations which should be plaked up by anyone in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good sot suitable for re- seiving such signals, Buccess in picking up these stations also depends very largely upon fav« ourable atmosphérie conditions, Readers are invited to add to this list should they succeed in. picking up any, station not in-

·cluded in either of these lista,

This would require a great deal rf co-operation by the telephon's company and I-auggest that the company would be well advised to consider the possibility of doing what the G.PO. has done at home that is, inetal system in con- junction with the Empire and local broadcasting by which subscribers to the telephone can plug in a loud speaker on their telephone circuit: and get a complete broadcast, In London now you can ring up and be plugged in to any of the local London or Daventry broadcasts or 67.05 to practically any theatre. I sug-267 gest that that system could pro-so bably be put in and would pay 18. very well

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LONG-WAVE STATIONS,

Wave length (Metres) Siation

960 Manila

Call Kilo Bign ayole KZIB, 1,168 277 Shanghai K.S.M.S. 1,083 345 Tokyo 3.0.A.K. #10 333 Hiroshima J.O.F.K. 860. 358 Hong Kong Z.B.W, 846 357.1 Bombay V.U.B. 840 361 Sapporo J.O.EK 830 366 · Keljo ·J.O.D.K. 890 370 Nagoya J.0.0.L MIO 270.4 Calcutta V.0.0. · 609.1:

780

280 Kumamoto: J.0,G.K. 200 Sendai J,0.HA, 770 395: Dairon 3.QA.K. 260. (400). Ozaki (J.Ó.B.K.. 420 Canton MC.M.B... 480 Manila K.2.B.M.

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS

·STATION

CALL BIGW

Dobints (Germany) AFK Khabaroval (Russia) BA97.

A.G.JES Mosco

ALG

(Holland) (Blam)

oing

Tax (Hone Kore)

Volta

710

728 025

(4,484 || Mon, Wed; & Fri, 6 p.m. 4 2 a.m

4,900 6-10pm

6201 Notar, Sat., sp.

.8,000 | Trei

6,808 Bunday midnight 7,142 Daily 8.30pm, £ 11 p.m. 7,810 || Not sygular

ABO

Daily 11 p.

8,108

Tuok, & Fri., 9 p.m.-1

9.230

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Midnight daily 10,520 - Not regular field 11/080 Midnight-8 mmm, dall 11,751 7.80 pm 1am, daily, except 11,751 7.80 Baburday and Sunday

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17,761 Bunday 7p. & midnig

Nancy (France)

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1,603 Not regular vice you have to consider Penang 31.48

XAE '0,580 | Lily 7 m and Kuala Lumpur, and for these 91.30

Eindhoven (Holland) PC two places I suggest that a region 11.28

2.1.01 Sydney al transmitter could be put in with a

Nairobi (Kenys 7.KO. about one kilowatt each in the 186 Bydnay

1.M.E. PLE serial, working on a wave length 278

Bandosug again of 200 metres or so, and re-

Chelmsford (England) 58W, ceivers should be installed for the purpose of picking up music and

Bobenectady 23.36 speech from the short wave traDS- 29.86 Handceng mitter installed in Singapore for 14 the benefit of outlying

short wave transmitter in 102 168 Singapore would thus serye, two 1874.

s--it would serve the plan- 155

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18,404 Each afternoon.

19,250 DAILY80*7.p.m.

10,851 Day 28:

| 31,640 | Not regular.

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