For Pacific Radio Amateurs
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Conducted By Ex Zk-1-Ac/Vr-2-Ak.
(Address notes to P.O. Box 5179, Wellesley Street, Auckland, N.Z.) ISLANDS HAMS: Let your Pacific
neighbours know you’re active by
checking in on your favourite band with a CQ at 0100/0700 1900 s. Us? of a known time will help you—and them.
FNTEREST this month centres on Samoa.
Arno'd. ZM6AC, is back in Christchurch, VZ. having completed his term at Apia ivith the meteorological office. He has jeen heard active on 11 Mc/s phone from
Zl3Fv.
Pat, ZM6AC, is expected back in New Zealand in February and will go to a iroadcast station at Christchurch also.
Replacing him as chief technician at iroadcast station 2AP, Apia, is Mr. Norm Saggers, late of 3YA Christchurch record ing studios. Though not a ZL Ham, he plans to become a ZM6. With his wife md son lie left Auckland per February lofua. Also no tv active from Apia on 14 Hc/s phone is Ron Berry, ZM6AR, for nerly ZK-I-BA, and son of ZL2BY; and Sill Tarlton, ZMfiAP, late ZL2AAB, who ■ecently opened a rad’o business there.
Now on 7 Mc/s CW. but not yet very ictive, is Eddie Hickford at Niue with the ;all ZK2AC. He recently took over from Sill Scarborough, former ZK2AA, who is low heard with the call ZL-I-BA.
There’s big news regarding Easter Island. Stan, VR2AS, has word from DE3AG (who as CE-O-AA last August :aused great excitement on the DX lands), that two Hams are to be sta ioned on the Island this vear. One, a loctor, will use the call CE-O-AC, and mticipates being there for a year; and ,he other, a meteorological observer, will iperate under CE-O-AD. They will prob ibly be active by the time this appears, Jne report said that they would be at Easter by January 20, with AC on phone inly, and AD on phone and CW —presumably 14 Mc/s.
Stan also reports that Barry, VR2BZ, vould be off the air for some time from February while away crewing another Solent on delivery flight from England to Fiji. Some of the VR2 boys, including ;hese two, suffered antenna damage in he January near-hurricane.
Keith, VR2CS, of Suva broadcast station EJV, long silent, has appeared of late v ! th a good 14 Mc/s phone sig from a fR-II r> The VHF men, VR2CB and VR2CG, nade history on December 30 by contact ng VK2WH and other VK2 stations on >0 Mc/s in the first-ever VR2-VK2 59 ffc T s OSO. VR2CB actually making the irst contact.
Way up in the Carolines, KC6AA reports .hat a crop of new native Hams are on he air from Truk, Panape, Koror, Palau md other islands, having recently quali ied for the beginner-bands. Hatch is limself active on 7 Mc/s phone. He was ormerly KHfiANZ.
KHKIJ in his Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sam column, reports that W6UXX, com nercial fishing vessel radio operator, iperated for 10 hours in December from
Cocos Island over near Panama under the call TI-9-UXX, with portable gear ashore. He worked 7 Mc/s CW only—and these who worked him have a really rare country as Cocos, though belonging to Costa Rica, counts separately.
From Fanning, Phil, VR3C, and the new arrival across the bay, VR3D, have both been heard active during February.
In the Solomons, Frank-VR4AE, keeps Honiara on the map with his 14 Mc/s phone.
Voice of America stations have insti tuted an ionispheric prediction service of interest to Hams. Entitled “Listen to the World,” the short programme takes the air on many VGA frequencies at 1825 GMT Sundays (Monday morning in V, .
Pacific).
Norm Ashwell, planning to come on the air from Rarotonga, had not appeared with a ZK-I call up to late February, so far as could be determined.
As ZL3JA still shies clear of a yes-no answer to inquiries regarding his alleged ZM7 expedition, we may assume that it is not likely to take place in the forseeable future.
If Mr. C. W. Barraclough, recently
appointed Senior Education Officer,
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, left London by sea for the Colony
early February.
il Mr. Norman Pearson, recently of the Windward Islands. BWI, has been appointed Commissioner of Labour in Fiji, in succession to Mr.
C. S. Reay. He is expected in Fiji in March. Mr. Reay will then go on furlough.