Harry Kauper George Towns built the first portable radio for the Rev. John Flynn. Powered by a generator driven by the rear wheel of Flynn's truck, it worked well but Flynn wanted a radio which did not rely on a fuel supply: in 1926 Kauper introduced Flynn to Alfred Traeger who developed the pedal wireless which was to be used by the Flying Doctor Service of Australia. In June 1926 Kauper became the chief engineer of 5CL, Adelaide (Central Broadcasters Ltd). When 5CL was taken over by the National Broadcasting Service in January 1930 he became chief engineer for 5AD (The Advertiser
Greg Flynn Greg Flynn Greg Flynn is an Australian novelist whose debut book The Berlin Cross (published by Random House Australia & NZ) received positive reviews nationally when released in December 2005. Flynn was born in Perth, Western Australia, and joined WA Newspapers' afternoon newspaper "The Daily News" as a cadet reporter. After a career in journalism in Australia and the UK, he began writing film scripts for the Yoram Gross Film Studio in Sydney. He then moved into public relations, before writing his first novel, "The Berlin Cross", in 2005. "Flynn hardly puts a foot wrong in this exciting debut novel,