WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1924, Page 4

WIRELESS

POINTS l-'OJ; CONSIDERATION. V,'ELLINGTON, Eel,. ID Writing on tiie subject un.-hm-. Mr E. 'l. Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless <Am i rala.-ial. Ltd., says: It is essential for any wireless scheme to he cunsideivd from Du, aspects' oi toniuwre;:)!, ; .o< ini, am! i’re-.x -n-ng-o during pence, and del'eiue service during war. There are some l"i aHires common to both aspects, and other tea hires peculiar to either. The more important of the common IVa '•'•'res are cllieicue;. speed, accuracy, and reliability, am! these will he hem established and maintained under eommet'einl conditions, and under the keen competition that may lv expected between cables and wireless. If the wirelic-s stations, personnel ami sorvm. 1 , are kept elikienl by the reqitire-mo-nts oi eommen.mi halite and eumpe- , hiiun, they will provide a valuable tic-1 Icnsivc asset ready to bo tafieu over I

oy the Defence forces in time of war. Mm principal laetor peculiar to peace time service D that oi ccottomv. An oversea wireless service should he able to offer appreciable reductions in the cost ol Commercial, serial, and Press messages, litis can he done either on Die sound commercial basis of conducting a low-rate service on .such a bii'is that it becomes sell-supporting ami profitable, or on the same basis as the railways, i. 0,, giving low rates

to those who use the .service, but conducting it at a loss which is made up, jom of the public par-w. Tim-,, and all other relative iactors require examination with due i nuDJorution of all interests, and the most suitable phe-e- and circumstances for such an examination are, in New Zealand Lv Hie commercial and Defence interests of tho country. Personally, J have always favoured 1 and advocated direct communication ini preference to a relay service. In fact, j it is largely due to my advocacy and I to the experiments and demonstrations I n! direct communication conducted Lv ! mo over a period of six years that the ! British Empire has dropped the idea | of the relay wireless service in favour | oi direct service. I fully believe a I direct sewiee is preferable for New I Zealand, provided it can give reliable j communication at all hours of the day j and night, and sufficient traffic is ! available to pay the cost and render j the service self-supporting.