GREAT DAYLIGHT TEST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 4 May 1925, Page 5

GREAT DAYLIGHT TEST.

SYDNEY WIRELESS AMATEUR’S SUCCESS. REACHES ENGLAND ON 20METRE WAVE LENGTH. LONDON, April 15. Though the well-known Buckinghamshire wireless amateur, Mr W. E. Sinimonds, was absent at the wireless conference in Paris, a number of prominent London experimenters awaited the Sydney amateur, Mr Maclurcan’s signals excitedly. They report, that for the first time on record they picked up Australia on a 25-metre wave length. Both Mr Partridge (call sign G2KS) and Mr Morrow (G6UV) heard Mr Maclurean this morning at 6.10, 0-2 Q and 7.15. His signals were quite readable, though fading slightly. They are confident that if in future tests Mr Maclurean calls them, two-way communication will be established on that wave length. Other London experimenters also heard Mr Maclurcan’s signals on a 25-metre wave length and are hopeful that later tests will result in establishing two-way communication. WIRELESS EXPERTS’ PRAISE. Wireless experts are unanimous in paying tributes to Mr Maclurcan’s success. In their opinion it will he most interesting to see if it can be repeated, as atmospherics are often treacherous It is impossible to foresee the commercial significance of the test, they state, until it is ascertained whether continuous communication is assayed. DISGUSTED ENTHUSIAST. S. E. Cretan, one of England’s foremost amateur wireless experimenters, whom the Post Office refused a 20metre license to communicate with Australia, was so disgusted that he has gone to America to sell his patents.

BUILT IN TWO DAYS.

SYDNEY, April 16.. Mr Maclurean built the transmitting set which ho used yesterday in two days. He stated this morning that he had arranged a programme of tests with England op a 20-metre wave length, extending from last Tuesday till to-morrow. Last night he was sending in Morse between 4 and 6 p.m., which would correspond with the times Messrs Partridge and Morrow reported having heard him. His power was 60 Mr Maclurean said that, though he listened for signals from England, he could not pick up a single one. But the fact that he had been calling Mr Simmonds, who was away in Paris, might account for this: fact. He said he was particularly pleased at the result of the test to date, as it clearly demonstrated that it was possible to reach England on- a short wafce length of 20 metres in. daylight, This was the first time daylight communication had been established with England on any wave length, be declared.