TELEGRAPHIC ADVANCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2892, 3 October 1916, Page 8

TELEGRAPHIC ADVANCE

THE WOIITC OF THE "REPEATER," The adoption of tlio "ropeatcr" in connection with tho telegraphic system in Now Zealand is a progressive reform of immense value. A little while ago, the work of transmitting messages from stations north of Wellington to tho South Island entailed an enormous amount of work, and the employment of quite a little army of operators, but now the Jiuman operator has been supplanted by the "repeator," an ingenious little machine that takes tlio sound and "boosts" it on to its destination, without other than' supervisory aid. The general adoption of "repeaters" at what wore known as transmission stations has. reduced tho staff of operators needed at such offices, and consequently means a considerable economy to the country.. With tho aid of this little instrument, Auckland may now communicate direct with Christchurch or Dunodin, and vice versa, and that, applied to the quadruplex, means that Auckland may send to and recoivo from Dunedin, anil Dunedin may Teceive from and send to Auckland on a single wire, without manual transmission, a very amazing performance to anyono not acquainted with the science of telegraphy. The "repeator" is not exactly now to Now Zealand. It was tried some years ago with American instruments, which did not come up to anticipations, and were not used to any appreciable extent, but some time ago the Department imported 1 English "repeaters," with the result that they have been installed at all the essential stations, with marked success.