Zjv Has Troubles
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SUVA, June 1. I IN recent months, Suva has been carrying out tests on the short! wave broadcasting bands, seek! ing a channel which will give better coverage of the Fiji Islands whet used in conjunction with the exist! ing broadcast station ZJV on 930 kc/s The Suva Radio Engineer has re ceived reports of excellent signal* being received all over the world* but, due to “skip” (a peculiarity of short-wave radio well-known in technical circles) reception on all channels so far tried has been poo® at night in some parts of the Fiji Islands.
After testing unsuccessfully on the 31, 41 and 49-metre bands the short-wave transmitter was placed on 3,980 kc/s (75 metres) in mid| May. This frequency is giving the best results to date within the Fiji Group and is reported as well re ceived in New Zealand and othel Islands areas. The intention not is to remain on this frequency, j If A public welcome was extender on April 27 to the Rev. Alberi Kroenert in Central Baptist Churcft Sydney. Mr. Kroenert is a pionei Bantist Missionary in New Guinea If Miss Jean Lawes, on furlou® from New Guinea, addressed th: Baptist Women’s Missionary Unioi' in Sydney on April 28.