New Zealand Gazette – 1936 – No. 52

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✨ Maritime Wireless Communication Notices

Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1541

SCHEDULE—continued.

Area (see Chart).	Naval Authority who will arrange Transmission.	W/T Stations by which messages will be transmitted.	Call Sign.	Wave. Kc/s (metres). Type A1 except on 500 kc/s (600 metres) or where otherwise stated.	Times of Transmission. G.M.T.
10	Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda	Falklands .. Falklands ..	VPC VPC	125 kc/s (2,400) 8450 kc/s (35·5) 500 kc/s (600)	0400, 1600 0410, 1610 ..
11	New Zealand Naval Board, Wellington	*Wellington .. Philomel .. Apia .. Auckland .. Wellington .. Awarua .. Chatham Islands Rarotonga .. Apia .. Suva .. Ocean Island ..	ZLW FA7 ZMA ZLD ZLW ZLB ZLC ZKR ZMA VRP VQK	5,700 kc/s (52·63) 375 kc/s (800) 143 kc/s (2,098) 11,500 kc/s (26·09) 5,750 kc/s (52·17) 500 kc/s (600)	} 1145 1400 0100 1000 ..

Awaits completion of press message.

NOTE.—Four copies of the form for the use of ships rendering returns are attached to this notice.

Publications.—List of Wireless Signals, Volume I, 1936, page 469 ; Volume II, 1934, page 221 ; Supplement No. 2 of 1936 : New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide-tables, page 166.

Authority.—Admiralty Notices Nos. 12 and 861 of 1936.

AREA 11.—NOTE.

Marine Department, Wellington, N.Z.

Stations not working on 500 kc/s (600 metres) will broadcast the full “test” message at times and on frequencies laid down in the above Schedule for Area 11.
Brief “warning” messages from the 500 kc/s (600 metres) stations will be transmitted at any time and repeated twice every 24 hours during the test period at times when ships with only one W/T operator are keeping watch.
Messages for ships in all areas, or any particular area, may also be broadcast from Rugby at 0000, 1200, and 2000 G.M.T. and from Falklands at 0410 and 1610 G.M.T., on frequencies shown in paragraph 3.

(M. 10/145.) L. B. CAMPBELL, Secretary.

THE WORLD.

BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS MESSAGES TO MERCHANT SHIPS N. to M. No. 33 of 1936.

Diagram of Areas

[Map of the World with numbered areas including: 3 (East Indies), 4 (China), 5 (Australia), 6 (Africa), 8 (America & West Indies), 9 (America & West Indies), 10 (America West & Indies), 11 (New Zealand)]

London—Published at the Admiralty, 1st January, 1929, under the superintendence of Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas, C.M.G., Hydrographer. Amended, 1st January, 1934. Misc. 23.

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🚂 Notice to Mariners No. 33 of 1936 regarding British Official Wireless Messages to Merchant Ships (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated1 August 1936
KeywordsWireless Messages, Merchant Ships, Maritime Safety, Communication Protocol, Rugby W/T Station, Falklands, Broadcast Schedule, Call Signs, Naval Authority

🚂 Area 11 Note on Wireless Message Transmission

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsWireless Messages, Transmission Schedule, Maritime Communication, New Zealand
👩‍💼 Officials

L. B. Campbell, Secretary

🚂 Diagram of Areas for British Official Wireless Messages to Merchant Ships

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsWireless Messages, Maritime Areas, World Map, Communication Zones
👩‍💼 Officials

Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas, C.M.G., Hydrographer

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