SYNTHETIC BIG BEN
PITTSBURGH’S CLOCK The voice of Big Ben has been synthetically reproduced in the United states by station KDKA. of the YVestinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.. Pittsburgh. KDKA first introduced the sound of the old timekeeper to its listeners by relaying it from London through a short-wave receiving set. Hearing these mellow sounds coming from his loud-speaker. Dr. Frank Conrad, assistant chief engineer of the Westinghouse Co., conceived the idea of reproducing the same sound artificially. His idea was handed over to Mr. V. E. Trouant. radio engineer, for application, and as a result the replica of Big ben is broadcast by KDKA exactly upon the hour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 919, 12 March 1930, Page 7
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