BYRD'S EXPEDITION.
COMMUNICATION MAINTAINED. BY PITTSBURGH RADIO STATION. (By Telegraph-—Press Association.) GISBORNE. Monday. The Pittsburgh radio station KDKA yesterday conducted the second of its broadcasts to members of Commander Byrd's Antarctic expedition, all messages being received with exceptional clarity. Subsequently, at the request of the announcer, Mr Robert Patty, a Gisborne amateur, communicated with the City of .New York, the base ship of the expedition, and ascertained thai the programme had been successfully received. The vessel advised that its position then was 1420 miles south of the Marquesas.
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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17534, 16 October 1928, Page 9
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