458
(Zo 6)
(15)-Inspector W/T Office, 1st Floor, G. P. O. Building, Victoria.
Issues licences to ships, amateur transmitters, and Radio dealers, and is generally respon- sible for the control of broadcast licences under the direction of the Postmaster General and the Chief Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department. Carries out all wireless surveys on behalf of the Board of Trade, London, and Government Marine Surveyor, Hongkong.
Candidates examined for W/T. Operators' Certificates of Proficiency in Raliotelegraphy,
(16)-Government Radio Receiving Station, Royal Observatory Grounds, Kowloon.
This station is used for reception only, being the main receiving point for all meteorological services, and the operating and receiving point for marine and harbour services, receives time signals from Nauen, Malabar and Manila daily, receives press messages from Rugby twice daily and accepts and delivers telegrams to or from Kowloon. The equipment consists of 2 Marconi Type RG 25A Medium and Long wave Receivers, 1 Marconi Type RG 22B short wave Receiver, 1 Marconi Type RG 28 short wave Receiver, 1 Marconi RP 17A Receiver and various spare receivers. Telegraph and emergency tone lines for communication with Government Marine Radio Office.
(17)--Broadcasting Studio, 1st Floor, Gloucester Building,
Des Voeux Road, Central, Victoria.
The
Audio control point for medium wave broadcast trausinitting station at Hunghom, Kowloon, (Mainland), and short wave station at Cape D'Aguilar. Premises consist of studios, artists' waiting rooms, broadcasting committee's offices, control rooms and battery room. Main control room is equipped with duplicate Marconi audio frequency control equipment comprising "A" and "B" amplifiers, modulation indicator, check receiver, necessary plugs and jacks for inter-connection of units, a twin electric motor turntable cabinet and Marconi Reisz and Ribbon microphones. Other units in the control room are jack board for the control of lines, etc. and amplifiers for supplying the hospital and other outside circuits.
No. 2 control room contains A and B Triple mixers, microphone, electric turntable, control switching, etc. The battery room houses duplicate accumulator batteries and a charging board with valve chargers. The Studios are equipped with necessary drapings and carpets, microphone's stands, pianos and air conditioning plant.
(18)-Hung Hom, Kowloon, Transmitting Station.
Litt. 22° 18′ 30′′ N.
Position :- { Log. 114° 10' 12* E.
No.
Call Signal.
Frequency in
k/ca.
Wavelength
in metres,
42 ZBW
845
355
1
43 ZEK
640
468-8
14 | ZCK2
15 ZCK3
5410
or 8750
35.16
[
or
16 ZCK
333.3
Description
and Aerial input.
2 KW. Broaddenst transmitter, telephony, with thermionic valve
frequency control.
Telephony and Tele- graphy transiitter, 200
watis, self excited
Normal
working range
500
100
Service on which employed.
Broadcasting, musical programines, weather reports, speechies, etc.
Broadcasting, musical progranimes, weather reports, speeches, etc., and emergency Tele- graph transmitter.
900
valve transmitter.
Telephony Telegra- phy (C.W/L.C.W.)
34.29 Transmitter, 0,5 K.W.
Telephony/Telegra-
1000
Civil aviation.
Crystal controlled,
500
Civil aviation.
phy (C.WI.C.W.)
Transmitter-1.0 KW,