[?]Or Pacific Radio Amateurs

Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK

riTH the appointment of Mr. Les Wright, ex ZL-l-TZ, as Officer in Charge, Nauru 0, there's a possibility that another morsel are DX may show up. ib Roberts, G2RO, operated briefly from QTH last year in the course of an official nial Office inspection tour. He used the VL-0-RO, so presumably any hamming ity from the phosphate isle will be under VL O prefix. is island was previously in the news in 1952. It was then reported that ex- DOJ, employed in an official capacity, came mder the call VR7AB and caused some DX emcnt for a while. A dispute then rently developed with another official on island on the subject of jurisdiction in ig licenses and call-signs. Shortly there- VR7AB went off the air permanently— W Hams were complaining that their QSL i were arriving back from the Nauru post i marked "Addressee unknown".

ZL-l-TZ, Mr. Wright was never very active, he dismantled his station some time ago.

Bcent years he has been radio officer in angi" and other Union Steam Shiu Co. tiger vessels, and lately in the freighter Waihi" on the trans-Tasman run. He is known in Fiji. not already arrived, a new arrival is nent for Fiji—G. B. Gregory, ex VP-l-GG Iritish Honduras. We've not heard yet tier Andrew Boa, ex ZD-8-B of Ascension d who arrived in Fiji some time ago to Cable & Wireless Ltd.'s Suva staff, has l out a VR2 call.

Y, 1955, "QST" reports VR4SWL as active From Honiara address P.O. Box 47. esting, if not a mis-print. appears there's been an illicit VR6AC on ic/s during the first half of this year, : loyd. the genuine one, plans to show up 10/15/20 metres according to openings now on.

ST" reports ZK2AD as active from Niue— ZL-1-DA handling QSL's. No other Is. seems that VR3Vs term cn Fanning d is about ended—so you'd better send QSL's to the home address: Ray Baty, ealaba Road, South Caulfield, S.E.B, Vic- Australia. saking of QSL's, for those who fancy thing unorthodox it's worth remembering special cheap postage rates only apply rds measuring not less than 4 x 2| inches, lot more than 5-9/16ths x 3-9/16ths inches, it December we reported the impending of a rare DX call —FWBAB—departing from s Island for Paris. It appears that Adrien ick on the job again. Bari, VR2BZ at i is running scheds with him at 2200 Z ly mornings, on 14,040 kc/s. Now stand gentlemen, there's a queue, il Palmer, VR3C, will probably return to no in December, possibly via Fiji, after urlough in Australia. He was at Brisbane ctober when PIM made a Sydney search lim.

ERE'S no further news from nearby Christmas Island. Work is i nderstood to ‘oceeding on the airbase to be used there louth Pacific Airlines on the Honolulu ste fiving-boat service. A recent inquiry |ht the reply that there would be an ncement of interest in the near future, juess is that the service—and the oossible :vnq—will start about next April when Cahiti tourist season opens, ose who work the increasing group of mesia Hams will have noted that the 40-metre band is not the same as on the unland. The KC6 band is 7,000-7,150 kc/s, the ohone portion 7,100-7,150 kc/s. e KC6 boys are now numerous enough ave got themselves space for some notes

in the official v 'Micronesian Monthly" (currently appearing bi-monthly).

On the subject of space, we're still offering space in this column for photos of groups or individual Island Hams. Elsewhere in this issue, with photos of travellers, is a photo of Les Wright who MAY be the next VL-0.

Flash! Danny Weil, English yacht "Yasme" (July PIM), cleared Panama Oct. 9 bound Marquesas, Papeete, Canton, Nauru, Port Moresby, etc., on rare-prefix-making expedition.

Gear supplied by Westinghouse Elec. Co., in stalled at St. Thomas by "CQ" editor Dick Spensley. Will seek local call-signs. Yacht's commercial call is GMTY, Ham call unknown.