Colony of North Borneo annual report.

  • British North Borneo
Date:
[1962]
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Credit: Colony of North Borneo annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VHF Country Set Subscriber Links Due to deterioration in service and uneconomical maintenance, the Country Set link between Kennedy Bay and Lahad Datu was withdrawn from service in January. For the same reason, the link between Batu Batu and Labuan was withdrawn in November. Better operating conditions permitted a link to be established between Bergosong on Sebatik Island and Tawau in July. This gave the subscriber in Bergosong direct access to the Tawau Exchange. VHF Trunk Circuits To improve communication and reduce transit time, one channel of the multichannel link between Jesseiton and Tawau was modified in January for manual telegraph operation. As a result, telegrams were exchanged directly between Jesseiton and Tawau, thus relieving the Sandakan Telegraph Office of the task of relaying telegrams between the two towns. At the same time, the possibility of delay of telegrams exchanged between Sandakan and these two towns was reduced. In February, the second VHF link between the Tawau and Bombalai telephone exchanges was modified for auto-to-auto dialling. In March, equipment for two single-channel links between Tawau and Wallace Bay was installed and brought into service. In July, the second trunk circuit between Labuan and Mesapol was installed and opened for service. The two channels provide access to the Labuan Telephone Exchange Manual Board, whilst the manual board operator can ring any subscriber on the Mesapol Automatic Exchange* which also serves Sipitang. To improve communication between Jesseiton and Tuaran, a 50 Watt Radio Frequency has been installed at each terminal. Other Services Advice on the solution of communication problems has been given freely to other Departments, particularly the Police and the Civil Aviation Departments. This Department continues to be responsible for the installation and maintenance of all telecommunications equipment for Civil Aviation, Police, Marine, Public Works, Administration, Forestry, Geological Survey and Agricultural Departments. Police A number of new police vehicles has been fitted with VHF sets. To replace the older HF transmitters at the main stations, modern single side-band equipment, has been ordered on behalf of the Police Department. Delivery of these transmitters is expected early in 1963.
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