Amateur Transmitters

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 156, 24 February 1932, Page 4

Amateur Transmitters

' In order that commjunicatiqns may bq i^aint.ajpe.d jn ca§es oj eniergehpy whien t'Jiere are. fio' Ptfeer nlietiLpds ayailabje, - or when o.tber hidthbds hgye faile^, the' .New ^ealand " Amateur Ra^xp Tr£^hlitters' Al^pciatibn has organised a radio ein ei^ehcy cprp^ )yhich will alwfys lje aYailable at-the shprtpst nptrcp'/ The i^eh yfas first mooted .ht the 'tinje 6T the Harr njan Pass trngedy fo Ckistchutch and has now been extended tp btndr parts pf the '.ferninipn, .Qver fhe toeek-end, a branch was fprnjg/l Jh Rotorua^ ( when the followirig diffieers Wbre' hppointed : — Section leader, Dr. Brian

Thompson (Station ZLIBb) ; deputy^ection leader, "Mr.j D/ 1y. Tapp (gtation ZLIBN) ; equipment superyi^or, hjr. I. p. gheargr ^Statjpn ZLICL>:; dgpq^ superyjsor, Afr. - H, Smith - (Station ZLI^T) - eeer'fefavy aiid treasurer, Mr. J; Taibot- "( Statio.i ZLIbL) . It is hoped that the eorps throughout New Zealand will be able to do useful work in any paseg qf fpture emergency. where cpmnipnh cfttions are interrupted. The New Zealand A'mat'eiir "' R&djo Trnpsrtlitr tprs' Associatien, which has organised thfes.e" "emergency eerps, is a pqwer; ful body, with more than "800 members.