The Listener In The Federal Convention
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THE LISTENER IN September 12, 1925
With the Experimenters.
AT LAST By Maxwell Howden
The Federal Convention — 2CM in Melbourne — Time Sig-
WIRELESS
nals from Amenca — On Five Metres — Rachoin Central
Australia.
THE Federal Convention that was only 3.4 when they were properly
held in Perth last month has checked, but since I could not get
done much to solidify the position down below 7.6 it did not make it
of the Wireless Institute in Australia. much harder. These tests will be
has now reached the stage It seems that they missed nothing continued at 11 a.m. next Sunday,
when only top grade goods " that could possibly have any bearing and all those interested are requested
will give you the results to on amateur wireless matters during to get in touch with either Mr.
equal the other fellow’s. The the next 12 months. {srael or myself for further particu-
sellers of shoddy goods are go- All wavelengths, hours of work- ars,
ing and in their place are now ing, stations to do the work, and the
appearing firms with reputa.- nature of the work to be done were
tions at stake. dealt with. '~ As far as Victoria is A Test With England- -
concerned, our delegate left here
We are one of the flrms, I had a long test with M. Ledger,
fully primed with our views, and ‘ac-
and we have.the goods, but we . second operator at G2KF, last Sun-
cannot:ihink of a.name to:call.
cording to the report of the conven- day. . We started at 4.16 p.m. Mel-
tion, he gained all points. The most
them. .
important of these, and the one for bourne time, and finished up shortly
after 6 o'clock. By then his signals
We have therefore decided which he had to battle hardest, was had faded considerably, and atmo-
to offer to readers of the Lis- "the direct representation of affiliated spherics had become very bad here,
tener In, a two-valve and crys- clubs ‘on the councils of the State but he seemed to receive my signals
tal set absolutely free for the. divisions. quite clearly right to the enad.
best trade name that can be The whole of the new conatltution took the opportunity of sending a
. suggested for our goods. seems to be based on the lines of mescage to GZNM to the effect that
the American Radio Relay League, if he would listen for Australians
with a few alterations and additions between 32 and 37 metres—where
to suit local conditions. This is all we are supposed to be—instead of
to the good, except that by it we 46~—where we hope we are not—we
lose, at least for the time being, one might be able to put over some two-
of our leading eéxperimenters. This way telephony.
is 3JU. the first Victor.an ‘“ham” to
establish two-way communication After this had been acknowledged,
The conditions are as fol- with another State. If I remember and the usual formalities were over,
low:— . rightly, this was his work near the bFe asked me to try my telephony.
end of 1922, with Mr. Watkins, of He could hear it, but. could only un-
1. The name shall become Hobart, in those days ATAA, but derstand a word here and there. He
the property of the T.IL recently changed to 7DX. Mr, Hall then tried his, but the QRN was
Co. for registration ' pur- was also the flrst Victorian to defi- by that time too strong to be able
‘ poses, nitely receive signals from American to pass any judgment on it. All'I
amateur stations. could tell was that his carrier was
2. Every entry must be not very strongly modulated.
accompanied by stamped It was found necessary at the Fed-
envelope addressed to . eral Convention to decree that all
entrant. members of the Federal Executive Central-Australia Expedition
should reside at the seat of govern-
3. Thig offer is not open to ment for the year. Next year the The expedition to the centre of
members of trade houses. Federal Convention will be held in Australia. i8 on the air every Sunday
Sydney, so that is the present seat morning from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m,
4. Every entry absolutely of government, and thither Mr, Hull on a wavelength of 20 metres, Hear-
free. has had to go. It is not at present ing A5BG calling this station (8AC)
known what his position on the Fed- and saying that he could not find
5, Alternative suggestions eral Executive is to be, but we will him, T changed down to 20 metres,
FREE
for a design will be con- not be left long in doubt. - and had the good fortune to come
sidered. At all events,*though he will be across him almost at' once. 'His sig-
ee
sadly missed from our ranks, we nals are very strong, with a rough
know that it is in a good cause, D.C. note.
and that New South Wales will be ‘When he signed off I called him
better off for having one of our best on 34 metres, and he came back at
men to show them how. once. Amongst other things he told
2CM has spent a whole week at me that the set which the Victorian
the Glaciarium, and proposes to put expedition took with them was out
in this week seeing some Victorian of action for the time being for want
stations. We trust that he is now of a means of driving the high ten-
properly acclimatised, and will suffer sion generator, so that it is a waste
no ill effects from our severe wea- of time to look for BNG at present.
ther conditions,
The
One by one the old 150 to 200
Time Signals from NKF metre stations are reappearing down
The Observatory at Washington ig ‘below 40 metres. The two most not-
able of the latecomers are 2LO and
g
sending out time signals from the
Techmical Instrument short wave station NKF every night
during September, so that exact geo-
.graphical positions all over the
2GQ. Their notes are the same as
ever, but their signals are now both
stronge: and steadier.
~ Company
world may be checked by the com- 3BM has temporally overcome his
parison of relative times. This, al- transformer troubles by borrowing
though apparently useless,- should one from 3JU, and his signals are
prove at least interesting. much the better for it.
403 ELIZABETH STREEY, 3ZN has taken the week-end off 2YI, although wuntil quite recently
this time after his strenuous efforts the strongest interstate station, 1is
MELBOURNE. to be heard on five metres. These now eclipsed by 6BG, who drowns
.same’ flve metres turned .out to be even local “HE”. statlons .