New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 20

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✨ Maritime Wireless Communication Schedule



SCHEDULE—continued.

Area 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.
8. Chief of Naval Staff, Canada, Ottawa Esquimalt .. Estevan .. Bull Harbour .. Victoria .. Prince Rupert CKN VAE VAG VAK VAJ 125 kc/s (2,400) 6200 kc/s (48·39) 500 kc/s (600) 0400, 1600 0200, 1800
9 Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda Staff Officer (I.), Freetown Georgetown .. Falklands VRY VPC 109·1 kc/s (2,750) 500 kc/s (600) 125 kc/s (2,400) 8,450 kc/s (35·5) 500 kc/s (600) 0400, 1600 0400, 1600 0410, 1610
10 Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda Staff Officer (I.), Freetown Belize .. Falklands VPP VPC 90·91 kc/s (3,300) 500 kc/s (600) 125 kc/s (2,400) 8,450 kc/s (35·5) 500 kc/s (600) 0400, 1600 0410, 1610
11 New Zealand Naval Board, Wellington *Wellington Auckland Apia Suva Auckland Wellington Awarua Chatham Islands Rarotonga Apia Suva Ocean Island ZLW ZLE4 ZMA VRP ZLD ZLW ZLB ZLC ZKR ZMA VRP VQK 385 kc/s (779) 5,930 kc/s (50·59) 143 kc/s (2,098) 11,500 kc/s (26·09) 5,750 kc/s (52·17) 13,075 kc/s (22·94) 8,000 kc/s (37·5) 375 kc/s (800) 500 kc/s (600) 1145 1400 0100 1000 0020 0850 0020, 0850
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Publications.—List of Wireless Signals, Volume I, 1938, page 497 ; Volume II, 1937, page 243.

Authority.—Admiralty Notice No. 3, of 1939.

AREA 11.—NOTE.

Marine Department, Wellington, N.Z.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Messages for ships in all areas, or any particular area, may also be broadcast from Rugby and Oxford 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

Diagram of Areas

London—Published at the Admiralty, 1st January, 1929, under the superintendence of Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas, C.M.G., Hydrographer. Amended, 1st January, 1939.



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🚂 Notice to Mariners No. 16 of 1939 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 March 1939
Maritime, Wireless Messages, Merchant Ships, Safety, Communication
  • L. B. Campbell, Secretary