Topical Notes

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 7, 26 August 1932, Page 5

Topical Notes

"THe Radio Hmergency Corps now has a membership of 270 highlyqualified amateurs and has established sections in fifteen centres in New Zealand. Bach section comprises at least twelve efficient men with complete transmitting and receiving equipment, Regular schedules are being conducted, and thé enthusiasm of the amateurs is such that whatever disaster may befall, it is assured that communication can be established in the course of a few hours. ° pee R’S orders have compelled Sir dharles Kingsford Smith t6 postbone (until a later date his proposed flight Yof the Tasman, which was to have been undertaken next month. "Smithy" has had a very strenuous time flying during the last few months and has not fully recovered from the effects of sunstroke contracted on his last flight to England. Complete rest has been ordered, but in the meantime reconditioning of the old "Southern Cross" is proceeding against a favourable opportunity for the flight. ) SINCE 4YA changed its frequency many reports of diminution in fading and general improvement of reception have been forthcoming. So much so, in fact, that the change may be made permanent. NWARRANTABLE and unjustified — were the terms used by Mr. C. R. Russell, Canterbury representative on the ‘Advisory Council, in speaking of the Post and Telegraph Department’s ‘new regulation which prohibits-with-out the permission of the Postmaster-General-newspapers from publishing information received over the air. Mr. Russell characterised the new regulations aS an instance of bureaucratic control, and asserted that the Broadcasting Board was not responsible for them. It was claimed that the absurd regulations which prohibited amateur transmitters from sending anything but trivialities concerning weather and. strength of signals were responsible for the comparative lack of interest in amateur work, and that the restrictions imposed were infringements upon the rights of the public. ADIO enthusiasts throughout the Dominion will learn with interest that Mt. EB. ©. Gage, superintending engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department, retired last week, Mr. Gage was associated with the early developments of radio and could speak with some authority upon the recent developments in radio-telephony, Prior to his Wellington appointment he was for twelve years the well-known AuckYand district telegraph engineer, and While many associated with radio will regret that his technical knowledge will no longer be departmentally available, all will trust that his days of leisure, after 87 years’ service, wi!l be happy onés and that he retains hie interest in broadcasting,