SCOUTS' ENTERPRISE
The official opening of radio station ZL3HZ, owned and operated bv the North Beach (Christchurch) 'Rover Scout crew, demonstrates the great strides the Boy Scout movement lias made in recent, years. To the North Beach Rovers falls the honour of being the, first crew in the British Empire to own its own short-wave receiving and transmitting apparatus and it is also claimed to be the first radio society composed entirely of Rover Scouts in the world. On a mound in Berry street, North Beach,- in ideal surroundings for receiving and transmitting, the apparatus, which is working on the 80-metre band, is housed in comfortable and up-to-date club rooms. The set, which cost about £6O, was constructed by the nino members of the crew, the money being provided by members of the troop and their friends. Four members of the crew are qualified operators. The transmitting room is already decorated with many cards received from other stations worked in New Zealand, Australia, and North America. The present power is 50 watts input which, on the 80-metre band, gives medium power. Morse is at present being used, as it is considered more reliable, but in time telephony will also be used.
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Evening Star, Issue 21974, 9 March 1935, Page 4
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201SCOUTS' ENTERPRISE Evening Star, Issue 21974, 9 March 1935, Page 4
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