LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS.
London, Sept. 24. Mr Marconi, on board an Italian Lloyd steamer, carried out some interesting experiments in longdistance transmission of wireless telegraph messages. By flying a kite the steamer was able to communicate with a Canadian station at a distance of 3500 miles, and in broad daylight. The Orient Steam Navigation Company’s liner Otranto, during ninety-eight days at sea, was in wireless communication with shore stations or with other ships on eighty-one days. The longest distance covered was t 845 miles.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 897, 27 September 1910, Page 2
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84LONG DISTANCE WIRELESS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 897, 27 September 1910, Page 2
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