For Pacific Radio Amateurs
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Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK
TSLAND Hams In Sydney recently include A Phil Palmer, VR-3-C, who returned to Fanning Is. per Mullama early January and should be active on 20 m. phone by the time this appears.
Ken Windsor, ZL-I-OM, well-known round the Islands as Sparks and/or deck officer in Rawhiti, New Golden Hind, and Siren, was looking for a new ship in Sydney recently, Bruce McLeod, VR-4-AD, has aban doned the Solomons. He reports that the only active Hams there at present are Mr. Davies, VR-4-AA, In charge of the
Government radio station, and Dr. Gerald Hoult, VR-4-AB.
Willie Schntz, formerly ZK-l-AZ, an other sea-farer, is now skipper of the 60-footer Maureen operating in the Gil berts—so a new VR-1 call-sign may be heard on 40 m. CW soon.
Dr. R. H. Black, School of Tropical Medicine, Sydney, will operate from Trobriand Is., Papua, March-April, on 3.5/7/14 mc/s CW using call VK2QZ/P, Look for these and others on all bands, any day, at the Pacific Islands Net times of 0100/0700/1900 GMT. Call a CQ PIN
on your favourite band and s shows up—but avoid answering DX for at least 15 minutes to chaps in other Pacific Groups a to contact you and exchange th This net should be of particular Hams on outlying islands who 2 time may wish to make urgent with neighbours when other commu facilities are unavailable.
Send along those station details, they can be published for the be all. Stations active, bands used, i the details wanted.
Picked Up Well In Paci
POLLOWING is a summary of A casts of particular Intel Pacific amateurs. All times and d given in GMT. 1. —ARKL programme through 1 America stations. 0230 Sunday or 11.89/15.21/15.35/17.83 mc/s. 1445 on 6.06/6.12/9.615/9.57/9.6/11.73, 11.89/15.25/15.33 m/cs. 1915 on 7.2/9.7/11.87/12.096/15.27/17.' mc/s. 2. —NZ Official amateur broadca: ZL-2-iY on 3960 kc/s voice, on t Sunday of each month at 0902. 3. —NSW Ofiicial amateur broadca VK-2-Wi. 0100 Sunday on 719 voice. 1000 Sunday on 50/144 mc/s 4. —Queensland Official amateur br from VK-4-Wi. 2300 Saturday on 7196/14342 kc/s and 52.4/144.138 i 5. —ARKL Official broadcast In from the HQ station W-l-AW.
Friday and 1000 Monday on 1887 7215/14110/28060 kc/s and on 52/14< In addition to the above, sped programmes which contain informa interest to Hams and short-wave li follow: 1. —Radio Australia, 0530/0700 I on 15.21/21.54/9.59 mc/s, repeal 1400 Monday. 2. —Radio New Zealand. 0920 first day of each month on 9.54/11.71 mc/s. 3. —Radio Denmark, 0315 Tuesd 9.52/15.16/15.18/19.76 mc/s. 4. —Radio Belgian Congo, 1910 W day on 9767 kc/s. 5. —Radio Switzerland, 1920 first day of each month on 9.53/11.71/] 15.30/21.52 mc/s. The programme peated on Wednesday at 0205/0330/ 0935/1320/1520/1720 GMT beamed t ferent countries.
All the above programmes are in lish, remember that all days tioned are Greenwich, not local.