THE SINGING SPARK.
3 OVER UNStJSPE?7EED DISTANCES. o —i 3 It was hardly anticipated that tlio new wireless station on .the Tinakori Hills a would be powerful enough to speak over a distance of 1250 miles, though it might t receive over a for greater distance. But 5. the strangest things are possible where wireless is concerned. ) n On Thursday Inst, when the Mnheno r was 1000 miles off tho coast of New Zea--0 land, sho picked up the "N.Z.T." (New Zealand Tinakori) call, nnd, hearing tho [. call very distinctly, ho called up Pennant y Hills (Sydney) and told the operator to n stand by. Almost immediately afterwards I, Pennant Hills caught tho flying message •. from the hill-tops, of Wellington, and rer_ ported henring tho message quite distinctly. Tho achievement is interpreted to be t due to some extent to tho commanding '• position of the new wireless station. e — = ——.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1555, 26 September 1912, Page 4
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149THE SINGING SPARK. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1555, 26 September 1912, Page 4
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