WAVE LENGTHS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19164, 22 November 1927, Page 11

WAVE LENGTHS.

INTERNATIONAL ALLOCATIONS. (HI CABLE—PRBSS ASSOCIATION—OOPTBIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) WASHINGTON, November 20. The Radio Conference inaugurated a new era of international communication to-day, when the plenary session approved of wave length allocation, a tribute to General Gerrie, of the French delegation, who, as chairman of the Technical Committee, had directed the work. Waves ranging from 30,000 metres down were distributed

among the world'B fixed broadcasting, amateur, ship, and air services. Mobile services received 16 waves outright, fixed services 14, and eight waves were assigned jointly to both services. Broadcasters received seven waves, and will share an additional wave (that from 230 metres to 200 metres) with ship services, while amateurs will have two waves outright and a share of two additional waves with experimenters and two with the mobile and fixed services. One wave, namely, from 1020 metres to 950 metres, was given to radio beams. Important waves from 2000 metres to 1876 metres, 1875 metres to 1550 metres, and 1550 metres to 1050 metres will be shared according to regional arrangements by broadcasters and fixed and mobile services. Amateurs' waves are 42.8 metres to 41 metres and 21.4 metres to 20.8 metres. They will share 10.7 metres to 10 metres and 5.35 metres to " metres with experimenters, and 175 metres to 150 metres and 85 metres to 75 metres with the fixed and mobile services. The plenary session, by a vote of 43 to seven, decided to maintain the principle of compulsory arbitration. European nations under the lead of Britain and Japan opposed the principle, while the American nations supported it. The session approved of eight of the convention articles and seven of the regulations. Tt is understood that one more plenary session will be held next week, while the final meeting on Friday will be devoted to the signing of a contract.