Radio Digest (June 1932-Mar 1933)

Radio Digest CAN from dozens of Foreidn Stations Every month of the "Year 4Pa£es of PROOF Program Returned to Australia by Phone The engineer of VK3ME was curious to know with what quality his program was received in Chicago. He realized, of course, that clarity was sufficient to permit logging of details, but beyond that he was skeptical. So on January 23rd, 1032 Mr. Scott telephoned VK3ME from Chicago, and while VK3ME's program was being received, f^ the telephone mouthpiece was pointed toward y Reception from VK3ME sent bock to Melbourne, Australia, by telephone from Chicago by E. H. Scott. The AUSTRALIAN TEST first proved regular reception possible For a considerable period, short wave broadcasts from England, France and Italy have been picked up by the broadcasting chains in this country, on highly developed laboratory-type short wave receivers and re-broadcasted on the 200-550 meter band to listeners in America. The fact that these broadcasts were always planned, weeks in advance, convinced us that their reception was contemplated with absolute certainty. Why, then, couldn't all foreign broadcasts be depended upon? To ascertain whether or not they could be, we selected the station farthest from Chicago that broadcasted regularly, and set out to see how many of its programs we could pick up with the Scott AllWave. All Programs Recorded VK3ME at Melbourne, Australia, is 9560 air miles from Chicago. This station broadcasts two times a week on a wave length of 31.55 meters. The reception test was begun June 6th, 1931. Ten months have elapsed, and every broadcast (excepting three) was received with sufficient loud speaker volume to be clearly heard and logged. The three programs were-missed only because an illegal code transmission interfered. Each broadcast from VK3ME has not only been clearly heard, and its reception verified by the station, but they have all been recorded just as they came from the amplifier of the Scott AllWave on aluminum discs. These recordings are available to anyone who wishes to hear them. "tosouM** * the speaker and the program sent back to Melbourne — another 9560 miles, and with perfect clarity as verified by the engineer's written acknowledgment. This 10 month test on reception from a point nearly 10,000 miles away, proves, beyond any doubt, that enjoyable foreign reception can be depended upon, IF the receiving equipment is competent. It PROVES that DISTANCE is no obstacle! And it PROVES that variable conditions of tho atmosphere are not insurmountable obstacles! To further substantiate our contentions we began a test of VK2ME at Sydney. VK2ME's acknowledgment of this reception is reproduced below. Both of these tests PROVE that there IS a receiver having more than enough sensitivity to detect and reproduce the .broadcast from foreign stations regularly and with adequate volume! WESTERN UNION CAi« »lA PCA.CC TRWTT M ff-TLlCATK Vl*W ICO 5 8 3COTT RADIO UB0UT0RIE5* 1450 MVTirS«OOD AVE OtlCAOO ILL" row wrvr "jyorrs xrcemo* T*ow joxt sots tbiattout: to TwirrrFim jaatjait mwrmo missive cow inoD tror cmohatolatioks wo* comiitwt mctrriow o>m statioh add IinTRMTI»4 ranrti TOO BATE COVIID STQf TOO* RSCORSS ■O* ABATTTTID AOTT1ULU rTBfir* Other Owners Do Even Better This remarkable performance was not a stunt. It was not a freak happenstance occurring to one Scott AllWave ideally located and instalL-d. To the contrary, it appears as mediocre performance when compared to the 9,535 logs of foreign reception sent to us during January, February and March from Scott All-Wave owners located in all parts of the country! These logs, constituting further proof of the practicability of foreign reception, are discussed on the next two pages. (Turn the page, please)