History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Topical/Biographies/Alfred Thomas Bauer/Notes

1930 05
4AT noted as getting DX on 10 metres "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AT has been working hard on ten metres getting DX. . .."

As previous "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AT working ten metres. . .."

4AT not heard on 10 metres in South Australia "AMATEUR NOTES. LOW-WAVE CONTACTS. By 'QRA.' The conditions on 10 metres still remain fairly consistent, and in Melbourne and Sydney contacts were made easily. Fading conditions on 40 metres have been very severe on most evenings of late, and at times inter-State contacts were not possible. Consequently there has been a scarcity of signals of any great strength in inter-State or DX station on the higher band, and a number of prominent amateurs were not heard much at all. Some of the local men have forsaken the key, and are using the microphone again on 200-metre telephony, and several compare favorably with the older stations on this band. VK3WL recently made the first Melbourne to Sydney contact on the 10-metre band this season by communicating with VK2TW. VK2TW (Tom Bushby) of Bulli, New South Wales, mentioned above, is an enthusiastic radio amateur, and has tried 10 metres for some considerable time without success until now. VK4RB, of Queensland, who has worked W6BAX of U.S.A., on four occasions, says that during tests carried out on 10 metres he has found DX to be better on that band when the conditions were wet. VK's 3RJ, 3GO, 3BQ, 3PA are best known among the active Victorian amateurs working on 10 metres. VK's 4XN, 4RB, 4AT are working on 10 metres, but have not been heard up to date."

1930 06
4AT reported working the 20 metre band "Amateur Notes. . . . VK3RJ, VK4AT, VK4XN were heard at 5.10 p.m. on Sunday on the 20 metre band. . .."

4AT reported working both the 20 and 40 metre bands "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AB and VK4AT have been working DX on 20 and 40 metres, VK4WK has been fairly silent lately. . .."

4AT reported working the 40 metre band on a Sunday (possibly amateur broadcasting) "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AT was on 40 metres on Sunday. . .."

1930 07
4AT reported operating his amateur station "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AT was heard testing phone with VK4FB during the week, VK4AB is building a new control panel, and is doing a bit of brass pounding on 40 metres. . .."

4AT reported working both 40 and 20 metres "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4AT is on 40 and 20 metres. . . .."

1930 08
Three of the 4QG engineers testing phone on 40 metres (likely amateur broadcasting) "Among the Amateurs. . . . '4AT, 4AB, and VK4SP have also been testing out very fine phone on the 40-metre band."

4AT amongst many others working phone on 40 metre band "Amateur Notes. . . . VK4HW, 4FB, 4GW, 4AB, 4AT, 4JU, 4GG, 4JR, 2RB, 2GR, 2LS, 2LZ, 2HC, 2HM, 2HG, 2KL, 3XA, 3NM, 5IT, and many others have been working on phone the 40 metre band. . .."