WIRELESS PRIVILEGES
TO TIB EDITOR. Sir, —At last I am pleased to see you giving our cause a little publicity. Over . six months ago the P. and T. Amendment Bill was passed, and up to the present the P. and T. Department have not made known the regulations allowing research and experimenting by radio amateurs. Surely someone is adverse to the granting of experimental lioonsos, otherwise why the delay? New Zealand stands out alone as regards tho regulations on amateurs. In.U.S.A. the authorities say experiment as muoh as you like, but don't cause mischief.
Amateurs can receive messages' all day and night, and no one can stop them; also, they can transmit on a wave length of 200 metres without a license, as long as they are not transmitting from one State to another. To transmit or experiment with an amateur in another State you are roquired to take out a license. It is a very' easy examination. They only ask that you understand the radio law, and that you cap transmit a license.
Why not give the New Zealand amateurs the same privileges? When men like Marconi, Da, Forest, etc., state plainly that to restrict radio experiments is wrong, surely our folks here must Bee that they are wrong in their attitude. Now, Sir, the New Zealand Wireless Institute has fought for over twelve months to try and rectify matters,- and still they cannot (jet «, definite answer, and I feel sure that with a little outside help from the press wo could get fair treatment.—l am, etc.' RADIO BUG. 12th March. - TO T«t EDITOR. Sir, —I. was very pleased to see in your issue of Saturday, 12th instant, that a correspondent of the New Zealand Herald is drawing, attention to the fact that wireless, enthusiasts in this country &a deprived of the privileges afforded to amateurs of other countries. _ During the war period amateur wireless installations were rightly prohibited, but now surely we should be allowed to have at least receiving apparatus. I am acquainted with several enthusiasts like myself who have been waiting anxiously for the Post and Telegraph Department to isstio licenses to amateurs. America has recognised the great "advantage" to be gained by encouraging wireless enthusiasts. Australians now enjoy tlio privilege, so why should New Zealand delay any longer the issue of licenses under certain conditions to enthusiasts in this most interesting and instructive hobby?—l am, oto. . AMATEUR ENTHUSIAST. 13th Maroh.
WIRELESS PRIVILEGES
Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 62, 14 March 1921, Page 7
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