Talk to Africa
wat is probably a record achievement in wireless (Morse) transmission was accomplished by Mr. Roy Clarke, Lyall Bay, who is a wellknown amateur using the call sign 2AW. Thursday, April 18, between 5.80 a.m. and 6.30 am. Mr. Clarke established two-way communication (on 40 metres) with three African stations as follows :- ZSA4L (Johannesburg). ZSA8E (Durban). ZSA9W (Bloemfontein). Difficulty has been experienced in the past receiving African signals, and similarly Africans were unable to hear New Zealand signals, owing, it was thought, to the supposed "heavy-side-layer" theory. This is the first occasion Mr. Clarke has succeeded in eonnecting with Africa; and Mr. Clarke believes Mr. Frank Bell on one occasion was able to establish communication with an African amateur transmitter.
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Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 41, 26 April 1929, Page 9
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122Talk to Africa Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 41, 26 April 1929, Page 9
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