For Pacific Radio Amateurs
p. 149 · Read in the full issue
Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/YR-2-AK
The Australian Postmaster-General announced te allocated television channels to be used I Sydney and Melbourne stations when broad jsts commence possibly late next year. As eak reception of London has been made as fe away as Cape Town, some Islands Hams •e likely to be on the look-out for Sydney Btions. Sydney and Melbourne national pticns, one in each centre, will use Channel I 2, 63-70 mc/s. One commercial station i each centre will use Channel No. 7, 181- 18 mc/s, and another commercial station in ich centre will use Chanel No. 9, 195-202 t/s There will thus be six stations in the rly stages.
Other channels allocated for Australia are: l. 1, 49-56 mc/s; No. 3, 85-92 mc/s; No. 4, 2-139 mc/s; No. 5, 139-146 mc/s ; No. 6, 4-181 mc/s; No. 8, 188-195 mc/s, No. 10, 9-216 mc/s.
Other VHF news: As from November 1 a W 56-60 mc/s Ham band will be available [VK's, and the 50-54 mc/s band will be Ihdrawn from Ham use as from the end 11955.
Inolher item of general interest was an houncement from New Zealand some time [ languages additional to English and lori will now be permitted in Ham com hications not that many ZL's can take nntage of the new concession! It will inly interest "new New Zealanders" who
have acquired a licence, and possibly Samoan Hams, of whom there have so far been none licensed, other than Europeans.
Twenty-five of the 32 licensed New Guinea Hams were planning to actively take part in the annual VK Remembrance Day Contest on August 13-14. Some were intending to spend the full 24 hours at the controls.
A RIM New Guinea non-Ham correspondent, reporting this, says also that the recently formed Junior Radio Club of Wau has now been given a Ham licence—but he did not say what call has been allocated. He did say, however, that first night on the air the station hooked Mauritius.
Pitcairn has definitely come to life again.
Floyd-VR6AC has been reported on 14,143 kc/s around 0200 Z.
There's a new man at Fanning Island, Dean Laws, of the Cable Station staff. Incidentally, Phil Palmer—Vß3C, enroute from Fanning to Sydney via the Solomons in the new "Tulagi", with his family, was expected at VK2 late August.
Doug-ZK-l-AB, in ZL recently for medical attention, returned home to Rarotonga in July aboard a RNZAF Hastings. The transport air craft went north to carry the Island Terri tones Minister and party back to New Zealand.
Since it was recently indicated that this column might have to be abandoned to at least a quarterly feature, there have been some indications that some Hams wish it to con tinue. Fate of the column is in the hands of Island Hams. We particularly ask for photos of groups or of individual Islands Hams and of news of departures and new arrivals—items which are of general interest everywhere.