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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 7

Hawaiian Radio for Yachtsmen

p. 149 · Read in the full issue

Yachtsmen

he following: information is of par ilar interest to radio-equipped yachts 1 smallcraft heading: for the Hawaiian mds. lutual Telephone Co. advises that the >rmation contained in present Inter ional lists is incorrect. Kahuku lio, Oahu, maintains a continuous ;ch for voice-calls on 2134 kc/s, reply on 2530 kc/s. This is the main imercial traffic channel, he US Coastguard maintains con »ous watch on the International dis ss voice-channel of 2182 kc/s from ee stations in the group—Honolulu, auea Pt. (Kauai), and Upolu Pt. iwaii). This is a purely emergency ,nnel, but yachts equipped with 2182 s and a traffic-frequency other than 1 kc/s, might call the Coastguard on 2 and ask them to request Kahuku to en on any specified frequency. Kahuku 1, of course, use 2530 kc/s.