New Zealand Gazette – 1941 – No. 33

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✨ Marine Radio Communication Schedule



APRIL 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 985

SCHEDULE—continued.

Area (see Chart). Naval Authority who will arrange Transmission. Radio 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.
2 Senior Naval Officer Ashore, Malta *Malta GYY 128 kc/s (2,344) 0400, 1600.
Malta VPT †Working wave — 458 kc/s (655) ..
Senior Naval Officer Ashore, Gibraltar Gibraltar GYW 128 kc/s (2,344) 0400, 1600.
Gibraltar GYW †Working wave — 470 kc/s (638) ..
3 (A and B) Staff Officer (I.), Colombo Aden GZQ 12,400 kc/s (24·19) 0400, 1600.
Aden GZQ
†Matare GZP
Port Sudan STP >500 kc/s (600)
Mombasa VPQ
Mauritius VRS
Bahrain VTE
Bombay VWB
Madras VWM
Calcutta VWC >500 kc/s (600)
Rangoon XYR
Port Blair VTP
Karachi VWK
4 (A and B) Staff Officer (I.), Hong Kong Cape d’Aguiar VPS 8,333 kc/s (36) 0420, 1320.
Cape d’Aguiar VPS 500 kc/s (600) ..
Singapore VPW 12,470 kc/s (24·05) }0420, 1300.
Staff Officer (I.), Singapore Singapore VPW 8,333 kc/s (36)
Penang VPX >500 kc/s (600)
Jesselton VQA
Sandakan VQB
Christmas Is. VSM
5 (A and B) Australian Naval Board, Melbourne Townsville VIT >125 kc/s (2,400) 0000, 0630, 1200.
Perth VTP
§Sydney VTS
Rabaul VJZ
Adelaide VTA >500 kc/s (600)
Brisbane VIB
Melbourne VTM
Broome VIO
Darwin VTD
6 (A and B) Senior Naval Officer, Simonstown Walvis ZSV >143 kc/s (2,098) 0400, 1600.
‡Slangkop ZSC
*Algoa Bay ZSQ 138·25 kc/s (2,170) 0400, 1600
**Jacobs ZSD
Jacobs ZSD >500 kc/s (600)
Algoa Bay ZSQ
Slangkop ZSC
Walvis ZSV
St. Helena ZHL 143 kc/s (2,098) }0400, 1600.
Sierra Leone VPU 125 kc/s (2,400)
Takoradi VPG >500 kc/s (600)
Takoradi VPG
Lagos VPY
Sierra Leone VPU
Ascension ZBF
7 Captain-in-Charge, Bermuda ††Bermuda VRT 133·5 kc/s (2,250) }0400, 1600.
Jamaica (Kingston) VQI 160 kc/s (1,875) 0400
Barbados VPO 7,810 kc/s (38·4) 0100, 0400 only.
Georgetown VRY 11,125 kc/s (26·97) 0400, 1600
Bermuda VRT >500 kc/s (600)§§
Jamaica (Kingston) VQI
St. Lucia VQH
Belize VPP
Georgetown VRY
Louisburg VAS 111 kc/s (2,703) 0400, 1600.
Camperdown, N.S. VCS 400 kc/s (750) 0440, 1640.
Yarmouth, N.S. VAU
Cape Race VCE
Belle Isle VCM >500 kc/s (600)§§
††Fame Point VCG
††Father Point VCF
Quebec VCC
Chief of Naval Staff, Canada, Ottawa
  • Awaits completion of messages transmitted by Gibraltar.
    † These stations rank as 500 kc/s stations for procedure and times of transmission, but the actual working wave is that scheduled.
    ‡ Also receives and answers calls on 12,400 kc/s (24·19) 0400—1630, and on 8,300 kc/s (36·14) 1630—0400.
    § The 1200 G.M.T. message is transmitted simultaneously on 8,640 kc/s.
    || Awaits completion of messages transmitted by Walvis; the 0400 G.M.T. message is transmitted simultaneously on 8,427 kc/s and that of 1600 G.M.T. on 18,854 kc/s.
    ** Awaits completion of messages transmitted by Jacobs; the 0400 G.M.T. message is transmitted simultaneously on 8,333 kc/s and that of 1600 G.M.T. on 12,500 kc/s.
    †† During season of navigation only.
    §§ These stations transmit traffic on working waves.


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🚂 Notice to Mariners No. 8 of 1941 regarding British Official Radio Messages to Merchant Ships (continued from previous page)

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17 March 1941
Marine Department, Radio Messages, Merchant Ships, Safety, Communication, Rugby, Falklands, Radio Stations