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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1960Vol. XXXI, No. 2

They'll Make Their

p. 127 · Read in the full issue

Own Transistors

Surely the only co-operative f its kind in the South Pacific, ie Cook Islands Radio Manu icturing Co-operative Society td. was registered at Rarotonga \ July.

Prime mover in the co-opera ve is Mr. S. G. Kingan who has derated classes in radio theory, * actice , and operating over the ist year or so and has had >me keen support by Cook landers.

Some of this group have now voided to go into business with r. Kingan in producing a low est type of transistor receiving t suitable for listening to the arotonga broadcasting station id overseas shortwave stations id within the financial means '■ the average Cook Islander. lans are to produce 200 of the ts, which operate on five andard torch cells, this year.

The co-operative will also irry out general radio servic g work.