Manawatu Station
Improvements to "Plant "THE Manawatu -Radio Club, which operates 2ZI', Palmerston North, the oldest broadcasting station in the Dominion, is planning improvements to its transmitting plant. A new generator is to be installed almost immediately, while a 2 h.p. 3-phase motor to drive it has been presented to the club, The extra valves have all been secured, and a special portable amplifier is also under construction for relay work. With this amplifier three microphones can be used simultaneously for special work. The club’s revenue last year was £252, and afte: providing for the cost of the new generiutor it begins the New Year with a deficit, of £10. The an’..al repc.t states that the station was lately ordered by the Post and Telegraph Department to reduce the power by half on Sunday night. A protest has been lodged, but to, no avail. A proposal to apply for-a night each week, in addition to Wednesdays and Sundays, is under consideration: 2Z¥ claims to be the only amateur station in New Zealand with an orchestra of its own. *
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 25, 3 January 1930, Page 7
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178Manawatu Station Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 25, 3 January 1930, Page 7
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