Evening star., 1932-01-20
HIGH POWER TREND
GROWS IN EUROPE
u. S. Listeners Likely to Start
Tuning in Regularly on
Some Stations Abroad.

With Russia, Czechoslovakia and th'
tiny Duchy of Luxembourg leading thu
way, European broadcasting is slowl!
but surely going to such high powe'
that, barring other conditions of In
| reference, some European station!
should soon be heard more or less regu'
larry by adequately equipped listener!
in the United States. Europe broad
casts on the same wave lengths tha
are used in North America and also
on certain of the longer waves out o.
range of the ordinary receiving set usec
] here.
Close on the heels of reports that
/ the Soviet'S Moscow-Stalin Is about
to boost its power from 100000 to 3o0,'
900 watts on TOT klocycles (424.3 me.
| ters) which will make it far ano
away the highest-power broadcaster ir
regular operation in the world today
and comparable only TO the 100000
watt past midnight experimental ad-
| junct of KDKA, Pittsburgn-announce
ment was made that Radio Prague, In
Czechoslovakia, now rated at 10000
watts, has increased to 100000 watts
1t operates on GIT kilocycles (487 me-
ters).
$4,000 Watts at Warsaw.
Hitherto the highest-power station In
regular operation has been the $4,000
waiter at Warsaw, Poland, operating
on the long wave of 212.5 kilocycles
Il All meters.
Definite word now comes that the
new station being built in Luxembourg
0iminutive independency hemmed In
by France, Belgium and Germany, Will
go to 100000 watts next Summer with
the object of covering all Europe with
programs sponsored by various Euro
pean commercial interests. Tests of the
new transmitter start January Is, and
1t is due to be inaugurated July Is. 1t
will probably operate on long wave
Allegations that Americans are back
ing this station are definitely set to
rest by the announcement that 1t Is
being promoted by French capital
France is gradually building up the
power of its Radio Paris, CTR, formerly
rated at 10000 watts, to 10000 watts,
1t operates on 1,725 kilocycles Q74
meters) and 1t carries sponsored pro-
grams, including some designed for
British attention. It Is said in Eu-
rope that Radio Paris lays down as
strong a signal in Southern England as
the chief British national station at
Daventry, which operates on the long
wave of 1913 kilocycles Q,554.4 meters)
with $4,000 watts.
England's regional and national sta
tions that operate in the broadcast
band are all rated at 10000 watts or
thereabouts. Germany has Konigswus-
terhausen, at Zeesen, on 1885 kilocycles
q ,635 meters) with $4,000 watts, and
Is planning a network of high-power
stations to cover that country. Rome
~ foI n
of going to 100000 watts and more.
Serious Problem Created.
Russia, which has made most prog
ress in high power, has, besides Mos
coW-Stalin, two 00,000-watt stations In
Moscow, a 100, ,000-watter at Leningrad
and various other medium power sta
tions-but it has embarked upon pro-
gram of increasing power all over the
Soviet Union in the next few years.
Ireland is planning a 60,000-watter
with a capacity of 10000 watts. Be-
sides Prague, CZechoSlovak1a mas
Krosice in the broadcast band with
rs, 900 watts. Switzerland has station
of the same power known as Scl1wei-
zerischer Landessender. Rated at the
the same power are Swedens Radio
Stockholm and Germany's Muhlacke1
station at Stuttgart.
This high-power trend has created a
serious interference problem In Europe
chiefly because Of channel separations
The Prague plan fixes separations at
kilocycles, which had to be widened
in many instances by mutual arrange
ment between countries. The United
States, with its well established To-
hlocycle separation and with receivers
becoming more selective all the time
has not seen fit through its Radio Com
mission to authorize any powers beyond
$4,000 watts. Canadas highest rated
power is 5000 watts, but movement
is on foot there to go to the American
limit on Canadas clear channels. The
highest-power station in North America
is DR.. John r. Brinkley's XER, at Villa
Acuna, Mexico. across the border from
Del Rio, Tex, which was built for 75,00t
watts, but has been using around $4,000
up to now.