OCEAN FLYING

Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 4

OCEAN FLYING

NEW RADIO STATION AIDS TO NAVIGATION MODERN PLANT USED Although the permanent buildings for housing the plant will not bo available for some time, it is expected that the Musick Memorial radio centre at Buckland’s Beach (Auckland) will bo functioning shortly. Designed primarily for the use of transocean aircraft, the station will not only provide a modern radio service on the shortwave and telephonic bands but it will also contain highly-efficient directionfinding equipment. The construction of temporary facilities to house the plant has been undertaken by the Public Works Department. The receiver is at the southern end of the peninsula, while about two and a-half miles away a similar wooden building is provided for the transmitting apparatus. Apart from one technician at the transmitter, the station staff will be centred at the receiver, and a cable has been laid between the two units to enable the transmitting apparatus to bo remotely controlled TERMINAL FACILITIES. The station will provide terminal facilities for the air services. A point-to-point shortwave service with Sydney is planned immediately, and later it is intended to make a similar arrangement with a Pacific station, such as Suva. Full radio equipment is carried by present-day flying boats, and the