BEAM WIRELESS

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 16 March 1927, Page 5

BEAM WIRELESS

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MELBOURNE, Last Night. The managing director of Amalgamated Wireless, stated to-day that the result of the recent tests of the Anglo - Australian Beam Wireless Service was a triumph for those who fought ten years to establish direct communication with London. Under actual test conditions extending over seven days the system had heen operated for 13 to 19 hours per day with speeds ranging up to 325 words per minute. Tlie message had been, generally, particularly free from fading. Complete fading occurred between 10 in the morning and one in the afternoon, cqrresponding from midnight to 3 a.m. London time. This was] not considered of any great impottance as no demand for traffic accommodation existed in London at that time. Successful operation of the British service now being assured, efforts would be turned to the Canadian route on which it should, not be more than two or three weeks before a preliminary test would be made in order to bring the beam within range of every centre in the Commonwealth. Feeder stations were being erected in every capital city. They anticipated the possibility of crystal set users being able to listen to programmes broadcasted from London, also the transmission of pictures. As certain arrangements had yet to be completed it would be some days before the opening of ihe British -crvice could be fixed.