BEAM WIRELESS VALUABLE IN WAR

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 77, 22 June 1927, Page 11

BEAM WIRELESS VALUABLE IN WAR

AUSTRALIA’S NEEDS Mi*. FISK’S ADVOCACY By Cable. —Press Association.—Copt/righ SYDNEY, Thursday. Speaking before the Wireless Commission, Mr. E. T. Fisk, managingdirectcr of the Amalgamated Wireless Company, said that for the cost of one super-power station in Australia, estimated at £700.000, six or seven beam stations could be erected. He believed super-power stations were Dbsoleie, and beam stations, at little extra cost, could be fitted with non-directional antennae, which could be so arranged that they could be switched over in less than a minute. It would then be possible to communicate in every direction. Speaking of direction-finding apparatus, Mr. Fisk said that during the war it was by means of this apparatus that the Admiralty discovered that the German fleet was putting to sea, and liOrd Jellicoe was advised. The battle of Jutland resulted. Replying to Commander Cresswell. representing the Navy, Mr. Fisk said that if only the cable services were relied on, it was only necessary to cut the cverland telegraph lines between Perth and Adelaide, and cut the cables to isolate Australia. With Australia’s long coast line, and small population, it would not be difficult for enemy agents in the country, or landing parties, to destroy the telegraph routes at several points, and the cablo landing stations on the coasts could be subjected to bombardment.—A. and N.Z.