TELEVISION LANDMARK
PICTURES SENT ACROSS ATLANTIC. REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, January 3. A remarkable record has been established in connection with television developments. The guaranteed range for effective reception of a picture transmitted from Alexandra Palace is only 30 miles, but on several occasions perfect reception has been reported up to more than 100 miles.
It is now reported that, during a series of tests which have been in progress at the Riverhead receiving station of the Radio Corporation of America on Long Island, New York, pictures from Alexandra Palace were picked up. This constitutes a new record for authenticated long-distance television. Though experts are inclined to regard this, as a freak receptjbn due to exceptional atmospheric conditions, the event marks an important landmark in the progress of television.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1939, Page 5
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