WIRELESS RECORD
COMMUNICATION WITH AFRICA’ What is pYobably a record achievement in wireless (Morse) transmission was accomplished by Mr. R. Clarke, Lyall Bay, who is a well-known amateur, using the call sign 2AW yesterday morning between 5.30 and 6.30. He established two-way communication (on 40 metres) with three African stations as follows:—ZSA4L (Johannesburg); ZSA3E (Durban) ; ZSA9W (Bloemfontein). . .. .. Difficulty has been experienced in the past in receiving African signals, and similarly Africans were unable to hear New Zealand signals owing, it was thought, to the supposed “heavy-side-layer” theory. This is the first occasion on which Mr. Clarke has succeeded in connecting with Africa. He believes, however, that Mr. Bell on one occasion was able to establish communication with an African amateur transmitter.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 174, 19 April 1929, Page 8
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121WIRELESS RECORD Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 174, 19 April 1929, Page 8
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