[?]Or Pacific Radio Amateurs
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Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK
tOM Apia we heard that the RNZAF Sunderland from Fiji was expected to make a Tokelau Is. flight north on morning of February 23, and return following afternoon. Calls were to be i at Nukunono and Fakaofu, middle southern atolls respectively, and the t was to be spent at Nukunono. ;her Jerry-VR2AB, who replaces le-VR2BZ in the RNZAF, was aboard.
or whether any hamming activities took place this time, was not known in Sydney up to early March. It had been predicted that probably a ZK3 prefix would be allotted for future Tokelau operations.
Next possible visits by ZMfi Hams will be in March and June, when the “Manu’a Tele” makes charter voyages north.
There is word from Honolulu that officials of South Pacific Airlines went down to Palmyra atoll in January to make preparations regarding ground facilities for the Honolulu-Papeete air service, so hamming activity from there seems nearer.
No news was available in Sydney of whether or not the Cocos Island (Pacific) February expedition eventuated. . Call was to be TI-9-MHB, and two W’s were in volved—W6UXX and W6MHB. All bands from 10 to 160 metres were to be worked.
We note from "Amateur Radio” that VR2CG has been very active on 50 mc/s recently, with contacts as far as VK6.
FKBAB, listening on the same band, has copied VK2/4/5 and ZL-1/2.
Also noted is the transfer of Frank- VK2WZ from Manus to Laverton, Victoria.
Suva oldtimers will be interested to know that VK4KJ on Thursday Island.
Bill Sawyer, was formerly VP-l-WS. first Ham ever to operate from Suva. Oldest oldtimer in Fiji to-day is probably Frank Fleming, licensed as VR2AW 7 . but not very active, apart from skeds with Suva Hams from his island hideout within sight of that city.
Notes—and photos—from Island Hams for this column are always welcome.
t Santa Teretia, Catholic Mission vessel in the Gilberts, under com mand of Brother Gautier, became a total loss, on Nikunau atoll, early January, when she was blown ashore, following an engine breakdown. No lives were lost. (See News of Small- Ships.)