TWO-WAY RADIO TESTED

Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1947, Page 4

TWO-WAY RADIO TESTED

LEVIN TRAFFIC INSPECTOR'S CAR EQUIPPED

"Hello ! This is speaking to you .from the Karori Hills. Your messages are being received." This conversation was heard in Levin last night during the first test of the two -way radio attached to Traffic Inspector M. Kehoe's patrol car.

The first call was made at 7 p.m. and after a volume test had beeni made, the car was taken to the top of'Potts' Hill. Here no response was received to repeated signals and the car waS taken back to its original position near the Levin railway station. Mr. Kehoe explained that cloud effects could cause a break in the signals at itmes. This did not happen often, however. Conversation hetween the car in Karori and a second car in Upper Hutt coul'd be heard quite dis- j tinctly, although it was not possible to contact the vehicle at Upper Hutt. On the flat it was possible to comm'unicate with the Karori car while travelling along the road. Clear messages were received and given. There are now five radio patrol cars in operation in New Zealand and by the end of next week there will probably be five more. The equipment is of the Iatest aircraft type and has been fitted by the Post and Telegraph Department. The service will maintain two-way contact between olficers on a wide range of patrols.