▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁break ▁into ▁radio ▁ 3 AR ▁on ▁relay ▁from ▁Melbourne . ▁New n ham ▁had ▁no ▁idea ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁buttons ▁to ▁push , ▁so ▁he ▁ph oned ▁his ▁regular ▁techn ician , ▁Bob ▁Mat he ws , ▁to ▁hast en ▁to ▁the ▁studio - but ▁that ▁would ▁cost ▁some ▁time . ▁ ▁To ▁make ▁matters ▁worse , ▁the ▁studio ▁lights ▁began ▁f lick ering , ▁as ▁did ▁the ▁town ▁lights . ▁New n ham ▁soon ▁came ▁to ▁real ise ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁sp elling ▁the ▁word ▁AL B UR Y ▁in ▁Mor se ▁code , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁later ▁than ▁he ▁learned ▁that ▁Ferr is ▁and ▁Turner ▁were ▁responsible ▁for ▁this ▁unique ▁method ▁of ▁communication . ▁ ▁Fort un ately , ▁an ▁assistant ▁in ▁the ▁tele phone ▁exchange , ▁Charlie ▁Wal ters , ▁was ▁alert ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁was ▁happening , ▁and ▁switched ▁on ▁the ▁r inger ▁circuit ▁on ▁a ▁phone ▁that ▁connected ▁directly ▁with ▁the ▁Cor owa ▁transmit ter ▁control ▁room . ▁New n ham ▁rang ▁ 2 CO ▁and ▁spoke ▁to ▁the ▁mechan ic ▁on ▁duty , ▁Jim ▁Nich oll s , ▁and ▁told ▁him ▁of ▁his ▁intent ions . ▁They ▁decided ▁to ▁patch ▁the ▁phone ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁transmit ter , ▁which ▁had ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁using ▁the ▁micro phone ▁in ▁the ▁tele phone ▁hand set ▁in ▁the ▁Al bury ▁studio ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁sound ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁transm itted . ▁At ▁ 1 2 : 5 5 ▁am , ▁ 3 AR ▁on