R Pacific Radio Amateurs
pp. 163-164 · Read in the full issue
Conducted By Ex Zk-1-Ac/Vr-2-Ak.
lowing list of New Guinea Hams is from information kindly supplied by Inspector, Port Moresby, with some —the deletion of VK's 9 KC and lieve there is also another Club t Rabaul, not shown here, and the named R. M. Harrison, c/o P.&T.
roka but gave -sign. The ;all-sign was and may not B. Bunting, #x 38, Port y- J. Hum !s , Bui n , iville Island, rtable—A. 8. tt, c/o RAAF, i, Manus.
A. Wittaker, C, Lae.
A. J. Taylor, C, Wewak.
P. O'Connor, Boroka, c/o x 84, Port
A. Sutherland, Central Ave., Rabaul, . H. Holland, c/o Rabaul Co., Rabaul, H. Ewen, PO Box 56, Port Moresby. i. C. J. Patrick, Catholic Mission, i, Manus.
J. Spehr, Lutheran Mission, Madang. iu Radio Club, Wau.
Beadel, Boroko.
B. Schroeder, c/o DCA, Wewak.
G. Taylor, Boroko, via Port Moresby.
S. Mullan, c/o Crowley Airways, M. Nolan, c/o Station 9PA, Port Barrie, c/o OTC, Lae.
C. Raebel, Lawes Rd., Port Moresby.
T. Overend, c/o RTC, Lae.
F. Hanran, c/o DCA, Port Moresby.
R. Coleston, c/o DCA, Port Moresby.
R. Foldi, c/o District Office, Rabaul, M. Nolan, c/o Station 9PA, Port (portable).
W. Mullins, c/o MV "Wallach", Tie, c/o DCA, PO Box 9, Port F. Lloyds, c/o OTS, Boroka.
G. Garrett, c/o Burns Philp, Rabaul, B. Monfries, Wau. 0. Sutherland, c/o OTC, PO Box 55,
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Fleming, c/o APC, Port Moresby. c/o RTC, Kavieng, Nl. d'Evelynes, Rugli, via Mt. Hagen.
A. Vinning, c/o RTC, Lae. ? C. Gee, Torres Crescent, Port *ial WIA Station, c/o PO Box 107, resby.
K. Webster, c/o DCA, Port Moresby.
VK9WL—J. Widdup, c/o RTC, Sohana, Buka Passage.
VK9WP—W. A. P. Luke, c/o OTC, Rabaul, NB.
VK9YT—Rev. C. J. Zimmer, Catholic Mission, Lamasong, Nl.
VK9YY —A. J. Smith, PO Box 13, Lae.
VK9ZAL —R. F. Lloyd, c/o Dept, of Works, Port Moresby.
From Apia Les, ZM6AS (see photo) reports that he will be returning to ZL in October, Ron, ZM6AR, will pull out in November, and Norm, ZM6AT, will follow about next January or February. So if the ranks are not mean while reinforced, Ernest, ZM6AL, will be tho only senior ZM6 remaining. (Over)
Les Reid, ZM6AS of Apia, with his attractive set-up—a National NC98 receiver on the left, and a Johnson Viking Ranger transmitter on the right—and the time in three languages apparently, above.
However ZM6AF, Percy Rivers, may m comeback, and three other new men an paring for action —Bruce Evatt and exu Dan Allen an ex VK, and Alan Gordon i Ham Radio. Norm, ZM6AT, is currently\ on 14,160 kc/s, and ZM6AS is w 10/15/20-metre phone. Les is bound f Olympics and will reach Sydney per "MO3 on November 10, according to present 1 He will be there for six days—time enon the locals to collect their QSL's from i From Parry Island, Eniwetok Atoll, atomic Marshalls, William S. Thompson W6UFS, writes under date of May 21 that he expected to be on the air I June as KX6BQ, and is keen to contact!
Hams. The QSL address is: c/o H. & I 3116, APO 435, US Army, via Hii Hawaii.
Christmas Atoll, Pacific, has been U the map in recent months by Chas., charge of the radio set-up for South i Airlines. It may be assumed that he w there much longer however, as the ne will have to be abandoned as a result!
London decision to hold atom-bomb t the vicinity.
Your scribe, under former call of 1 came on again, for a while with 8 watt to a Type-A Mk. 111, CW, on 7 mcs.
May 5 and June 21. Nothing that C 3 described as DX was worked, but the W's and KH's, a couple each of VK's, Z!
VE's, had some fun at least.
The rare (?) ZK-l-AC card has gon to every station contacted. Until next ' ZK-1 log-book has been replaced by thr base ZL-1-AlK—same Type-A, Mk.-111, sa CW signal from the heart of Auckla Though in Fiji for a while this winte was no time to dust off the VR2AK i