Evening star., 1924-12-24
RADIO QUERIES

Radio Editor:
At 1920 o'clock Friday morning l
heard a station in Wilmington, Del.
sign off The call letters sounded
like WHJZ. Kindly let me know
whether these call letters are cor
rect.
Please give me some informa ton
about stations CNRO, WGBD and
1BGM-REUBEN HALPER.
The only stations III Wilmington,
Del, are WHAV and WOAT. 1t is
likely that it was the former sta
tion you heard. CNRO is the Ca
madam National Railways station in
Ottawa 1t is a 500-watt station and
transmits on a 435-meter wave band.
Have no record OF station WGBD.
Stations with similar call letters are
WCBD, Zion, Ill; WGBB. Freeport,
n. T., and WIGHT. Greenville, 5. C.
lBGM Is an amateur station in Lew
iston, Ne.
Radio Editor:
Il. Woodward, in The Star, De-
cember 20, asks the call letters OF
the Canadian National Railways sta
tion he heard. l have heard Ca
madam station on the wave length
call letters were CNRA. 1t was an
nounced as Il Canadian National
Railways station and is on the same
dial setting as WSAI. Cincinnati
The station came through very clear
the night ] heard it, 1t must be Il
new station. if your records show
341 meters as the lowest in Cam
ada.-N. 4. OLMSTEAD.
CNRA, Moncton, New Brunswick,
Canada, went on the air several
months ago and the records show its
wave length as 435 meters. Radio
fans. however, report picking up this
station on a 3i3-meter wave band.
Radio Editor:
] read your column every night. /
would like for you to tell me what
station was transmitting code very
loud about $3.50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. l heard the code for
about 5 or 10 minutes. Could You
also tell me if NAA broadcasts
weather reports in code or In radio
telephony HARRY PARKER.
NAA transmits weather reports in
code and radio telephony. All radio
telephony is sent out on 435-meter
band. The 2,650-meter band is used
for code--too high for the average
radio receiving set to pick up. The
radio editor cannot identify the sta
tion transmitting code Sunday after
noon.
Radio Editor:
am an ardent fan of the great
radio sport and noticed an article in
your column Saturday-a query re-
garding station of the Canadian Ma
ttonal Railways heard by F. Wood
ward, broadcasting on 309 meters
wish to advise that l have heard the
same station which is CNRA at None
ton, New Brunswick, which transmits
on S13 meters
have book containing radio pro-
grams for December, which lists the
following stations of the Canadian
National Railways: CNRA. Moncton,
New Brunswick, 313 meters; CNRS,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 400 meters
CNRR, Regina. Saskatchewan, 420
meters; CNRO, Ottawa. Ontario, 435
meters; CNRM, Montreal. Quebec, 425
meters: CNRC, Calgary, Alberta, 440
meters; CNRT. Toronto. Ontario, 400
meters; CNRW. Winnipeg, Manitoba,
450 meters; CNRE, Edmonton Alberta.
$50 meters. Hope this will help
straighten out the question in the
good column of ormation.-FRANK
CMBAU.
Radio Editor:
tell me what station in Denver Colo,
signed off at 11:15 pm. Friday, De-
cember 10? 1 heard the announcer in
Denver quite plainly, but failed to
catch the call letters. I have a one
tube set with which I have gotten Al
out-of-town stations. including OF
tawa, Canada; Hasting, Neb., and
other quite distant stations-P. D.
MOTT. Cherrydale, Va.
KOA. the new station of the Gen
eral Electric Co., in Denver Is the one
you probably heard.
Radio Editor:
have a four-tube set and heard
STATION VIVID at 10:45 o'clock Satur-
day night. Can you tell me where it
: 10 located and its distance from Wash
ington? Also could you tell me where
WREO is ineated and how far 1t Is
from Washington? = WALTER J.
SLICER.
VIVID is In Noosehart. Ill. 1t is
approximately 500 miles from Wash
ington. WREO is in Lansing, Mich.
Its air line distance from Washing
ton is ATS Miles.
Hint on Cause of "Whistling."