WONDERFUL WIRELESS RESULTS.
AS an illustration of the wonderful results Avhich can now lie obtained from the use of wireless telegraphy, Commander Creswell, of the Australian Navy, mentioned, when lecturing before members of the United Service Institute in Melbourne recently, that messages sent out from Germany were, being daily intercepted at receiving stations at Perth and Sydney. The distance to Perth station was, approximately, 7,000 miles, while to Sydney, via America, across which it was presumed the sound waves travelled, the distance Avas about 12,000 miles. The receipt of messages at this range, it was stated by Commander Creswell, constituted a world’s record. While these remarkable achievements had become possible solely as the result of the great developments Avhieh had taken place in the science of wireless telegraphy, an important part Avas played by the operators, and it Avas largely due to their skill that German messages Avcre being intercepted and interpreted by Australian stations.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 2
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155WONDERFUL WIRELESS RESULTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1737, 6 October 1917, Page 2
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