RADIO PROBLEMS AND WONDERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 180, 20 October 1927, Page 1

RADIO PROBLEMS AND WONDERS

SYDNEY BROADCAST TO ENGLAND

INTRODUCTION OF TWIN-WAVE STATIONS

IN Washington the International Radio Conference is discussing questions of radio control and co-operation between the nations. Simultaneously, advances on the technical side are reported—a successful broadcast from Sydney to England, a scheme by which facsimile messages will be transmitted and charged per square inch, and the introduction of a plan for twin-wave stations, which will give listeners the choice between, Say, jazz and symphony music.

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PROGRESS IN ENGLAND

STATIONS MAY BE SCRAPPED

TWIN-WAVE ADVANTAGES

Reed. 9.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Wed. ■ Captain Peter Eckersley, chief engineer of the British Broadcasting Corporation, who is returning to England after attending the International Radio Conference, stated that England may scrap her present radio stations in favour of twin wave-length transmitters. Captain Eckersley said there is a considerable scheme at present developing in Britain so that everybody, on the simplest set, may be assured of a choice of programmes. If there is an evening of jazz for those who like to dance to loud-speakers, there will be simultaneously a programme of symphony music for more serious-minded listeners.

Captain Eckersley declared that the plan had already begun with the establishment of a twin-wave station at Daventry.—A. and N.Z.

CLEAR TRANSMISSION

BROADCAST FROM SYDNEY

RECEPTION AT HOME Reed. 11.59 a.m. LONDON, Wed. Confirmation of the success of Sydney’s broadcast continues to be received from amateurs, all of whom fail to understand the sudden cessation. Mr. C. G. Allen, of Kent, explains that he picked up the broadcast with a six-valve receiver on 28.5 metres. The entire transmission was faultless. Not a word was marred when radio reproduced ill detail Sir Joseph Cook’s greetings to Sir Granville Ryrie, the Australian High Commissioner. The “Daily Express” comments, with a view to amateur successes, that there seems to be some defect at Keston, or between Keston and 2LO, London.—A. and N.Z.

REGULATION QUESTION

FACSIMILE MESSAGES

UNPRECEDENTED SPEED

LONDON, Wednesday. The “Dally Mail” has received a wireless message from the managing director of the Marconi Company, Mr. F. G. Kelleway, who Is en route to England on the Berengaria. He says wireless messages will shortly be charged per square inch and will be sent in this way as commonly as buttsr is sold by the pound. Facsimile messages will be transmitted at an unprecedented speed. A commercial beam service between Britain and Canada will be started in December. —A. and N.Z.

NEWS SERVICE AT SEA

WASHINGTON, Tuesday. At the International Radio Conference a proposal was adopted by the committee on tariffs to permit the exchange of news messages between ships and coastal stations, irrespective of their nationality, and the opening of marine radio services to the Press. The proposal of the Netherlands was amended to permit the transmission of such Press messages subject to mutual arrangement as to rates being made between the governments and the operating companies. This action will not affect the services between fixed points, which are now regulated by contracts. —A. and N.Z.