A Lonely Island

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 46, 30 May 1930, Page 7

A Lonely Island

Radio Appreciated E\VER since radio has, been established on Lord Howe Island, which lies in the Southern Pacific some 420 miles from Sydney, its inhabitants have been keen listeners to the Australian stations, but until June, 1929, their only means of communication with the outside world was the six-weekly visits of the steamer Makambo. Lately a transmitting station has been erected on the island, and so popular has the station become that every month about 250 messages pass to and from the island and the Sydney radio station. The equipment consists of a 500-watt short and long wave I.C.W. transmitetr with engine alternator and exciter. It is housed in a little bungalow overlooking the lagoon, and three times a day is in communication with Sydney. Curiously enough, the operator is a native of Lord Howe Island. He trained in the Marconi School of Wireless, joined Amalganited Wireless’s staff in 1927, spent two and a half years at sea, and then felt the urge to go back to the island paradise where the sun is. always shining and cold weather is unknown. He volunteered when the new station was established, and is now happy.