CAUSES OF STATIC. -
Whether cyclonic disturbances on the Tasman Sea are in any way responsible for the static which interferes with radio reception is a question being investigated by the following committee of experts conducting wireless experiments under the auspices of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: —Messrs A. Gibbs (chief engineer Post and Telegraph Department), Professor Jack (Dunedin), Professor Burbidge (Auckland), Mr. Bingham (engineer, New Zealand Radio Broadcasting Com;pany), and Dr. Barnett (physicist, Department of Scientific Research). The conferred in Wellington and static was a line of-research decided upon. Special measurements of strength from Australia are being conducted to ascertain the conditions causing absorption, and whether meteorological factors enter into the matter. The New Zealand committee will co-operate in a world-wide research into the properties of short waves by observing transmissions from Arlington, Sehneectady, Eindhoven, and a Japanese station.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4418, 22 February 1930, Page 3
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141CAUSES OF STATIC. – Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4418, 22 February 1930, Page 3
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