AUTOMATIC S.O.S. ALARM
On the voyage of the Hororata from England, the radio S.O.S. brought officers tumbling from their duties several times. But it was only static. The vessel did not have to change her course to assist some ship in distress. Since her last visit to New Zealand, the Hororata has been fitted with a radio automatic alarm, one of the first vessels in which this recent invention has been installed. It is now possible to leave the wireless room without a watchman. Should a S.O.S. call come through while the room is empty, the automatic immediately sounds two alarms, one on the bridge and one in the Marconi room. However, the patent has not yet been perfected, and static and lightning are apt to interfere with it, as they did on numerous occasions on the voyage.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 1
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138AUTOMATIC S.O.S. ALARM Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 1
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