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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
(Revised 1st August, 1934).
No. S. 269.
1. From 1st August, 1934, the following information will be transmitted from the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong, via Cape d' Aguilar (VPS), Stonecutters (GZO ), and Hong Kong (ZBW) at the times, and on the wavelengths specified.
No.
G.M.T.
H. K. St. Time.
Nature of Transmission.
Station and wavelength.
1
0018
0818
2
0155-1200 0955-1000
3
0300
1100
6 a.m. Synoptic in International Code containing reports from all land and ship stations available at 8 a.m.
Time Signals at each second, the 28th, 29th, 54th to 59th being omitted for identifica- tion purposes.
Synoptic in International Code of 6 a.m. observations from land and ship stations. General inference and fore- cast as below.
VPS simultaneously
on 600 and 36 metres.
VPS
Do.
GZO simultaneously
on 2650 and 35.5 metres.
4
0400
1200 (noon)
General inference from 6 a.m.
VPS as for No. 1.
10
5
0500
1300
6
0830
1630
7
1200
2000
observations and forecast
for 5 districts:-
-
A. Shanghai to Turn-
about.
B. Turnabout to Hong
Kong.
C. Hong Kong and
neighbourhood.
Đ. Hong Kong to Hai-
nan Straits.
E. North part of China
Sea.
General inference from 6 am. observations and forecast for district C.
2 p.m. Synoptic in International Code containing reports from all land and ship stations available at 4 p.m.
2 p.m. Synoptic in International Code of 4 p.m. observations from land and ship stations. General inference and fore- cast as below.
ZBW 355 m. tele-
phony.
VPS as for No. 1.
GZO simultaneously
on 2650 and 35.5 metres.
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