OPOTIKI WORKS AFRICA
AMATEUR’S SUCCESS ON SHORT-WAVE DAILY CONVERSATIONS From Our Own Correspondent. OPOTIKI, Today. Master Norman Guide won the distinction this morning of being the first New Zealand amateur to make two-way communication with South Africa on the 21-metre amateur waveband. Master Guide operates Station ZLIFC, Opotiki, and this morning at 5.30 he succeeded in making contact with station ZF6X, operated by Mr. W. H. Heathcote, Johannesburg. Contact was kept up over an hour and practically all the conversation was copied full at both ends. Needless to say, both operators were greatly excited at the achievement. Johannesburg and Opotiki arranged to stand by for each other at the same time daily to test the possibility of maintaining contact. ZT6X also desires to . work other New Zealand stations and will listen after* finishing the daily schedule with Opotiki. HAMILTON RELAY CANCELLED The relay of a concert from a steamer moored at the Hamilton Wharf, originally arranged for tonight, has been cancelled.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 895, 12 February 1930, Page 8
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