His name was Frank Bell and he performed the feat on the evening of October 18 1924 from the family sheep station in Shag Valley, East Otago. So at the age of 16 he returned to Shag Valley and worked as a shepherd. It was into this impressive and inquisitive environment that Frank Bell was born. In a glorious little postscript, Frank Bell was elected in absentia to the executive committee of the International Amateur Radio Union upon its formation in Paris in 1925. Radio, agriculture and no desire at all to sit through boring and pointless meetings - Frank Bell, you're my inspiration.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 19, 2016 21:33 UTC