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Radio Operator W anted A LUCKY call has come to one New Zealand radio enthusiast. At short notice, Mr. Orbell, formerly engineer-in-charge of Station 1YA, and now construction engineer of Radio: Limited, Auckland, has: received an urgent in-. vitation to proceed to the Antarctie to render. services to the radio department of Commander Byrd’s: expedition. Mr. Orbell was one of the pioneers in amateur two-wave communication between New Zealand and England, and was earlier associated with the Radio Broadcasting Company on the‘technical side. Last summer Mr. Orbell became friendly with the radio technicians of the Byrd Expedition during a holiday he spent in Dunedin, and attributes his present invitation to that factor.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 22, 13 December 1929, Page 8
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115Called to Antarctic Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 22, 13 December 1929, Page 8
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