WIRELESS ON GERMAN ZEPPELINS
It is gathered from reports that the new German naval and military airships are equipped with wireless apparatus, of greater range than that employed heretofore. The aerial' largely used in connection with the wireless installations on Zepellins is said to consist of a phosphor broiize wire that is paid out from a spool as the airship rises, to its full lengtli of 750 ] feet. The radio equipment is extremely compact, and power is furnished by a small generator weighing 270 pounds. The. apparatus is such that the danger of spark 6, either in the instruments themselves or in neighbouring objects through the influence of induction, is reduced to a minimum. -Every-largo aerodrome in Germany has a wireless station, which onables the airships to keep in touch with their bases. The Zeppelins have a range of about 120 miles, and when it is remembered that the messages.may. bo relayed from one craft to the other, it becomes obvious that on many of the raids over England the commanders of the airships'no doubt remain in communication with the authorities at Tiotne.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2870, 7 September 1916, Page 6
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183WIRELESS ON GERMAN ZEPPELINS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2870, 7 September 1916, Page 6
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