LONG-DISTANCE WIRELESS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1451, 28 May 1912, Page 4

LONG-DISTANCE WIRELESS.

PF-NNANT HILLS HEARD IN WELLINGTON. At Awamui (north of Auckland) jllfllj Government is erecting a wjrelcss stationii of about 30-kiloiralt jiower, which is t« ; be able to speak to Sydney in Uie day*; limc-a distance of 1250 miles. line means that at night-time- the Awamui operator will be able to speak nud heart at least 2500 miles, and perhaps over n,j di«t»ncc of 4000 miles on "freak nights. : i The little'2s-kilovatt station underneath; die Post Ofli'ce clock, which always lias lie ear cocked to the outer world, heart places as far off as Fiji, Melbourne, and. Hobart speaking nearly every night, and on Saturday and Sunday nitfliU last; picked up the new Commonwealth.Matioa !,t Pennant Hills (New South AUKs), for> the first time. It was sending out vm* messages to anyone who wanted them, aiitt Us'clear musical note, ns clear as a bird t, came sharp to tho local Operator, who savs there was no difficulty in taking the menage at all. H was one of the bps* notes yet heard hero. l'Tom informal lion received, tho station was working, on'ron metro wave length at. half-power, and with a .small aerial. Of courw, iw reply could be made. 'lh« Pennant Hills station has been experimenting for some time, and it spumed as if n was getyine into good working order. It is probable that it start may be made, to-day with the erection flf the aerials on! the Tinakori Hills. The inaccessibility 01. Iho site, and tho difficulty of carting the timber and other materia! has made the, work neec'stirily slow, ns it can only be done in fine weather.