ECHO OF CORINTHIA'S VISIT

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 37, 6 April 1928, Page 2

ECHO OF CORINTHIA'S VISIT

SHORT-WAVE CONTACT MAINTAINED.

Writing from the R.M.S. Corinthia (Cunard line), at Alexandria, under date February 18, 1928, Mr. W. H. McAllister, chief wireless officer, in acknowledging a courtesy extended him by Mr. R. Leslie Jones, hon. secretary of the Wellington Amateur Radio Society, when the great liner was in Wellington on her last special visit, with tourists from overseas, gives some interesting information relative to short-wave work carried ont by Mr. McAllister and his staff. Mr. McAllister says in his letter, ‘I suppose wireless has made big strides in New Zealand since my visit; we are still carrying on the experiments with short-waves here, trying to get it down to a thoroughly commercial basis, and should be through in a few months now. After we left New Zealand, we had great success with short-waves, and worked New York nightly after that all the way home, including practically the maximum possible range, 12,200 miles. They made anite a fuss of it in America. All told, I helieve there were something over a million lines of newspaper work over it. Of course, it was the first time a shin had ever been worked round the world. However, all that is over now, and we are just working on improvements tow. Mr. McAllister had the pleasure of a drive through Wellington’s scenic wonderland with Mr. Jones, and stated he was amazed at the beauty of the district. When the H.M.S. Renown was here during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, the Amateur Radio Society Executive entertained Mr. Rowsell, chief wireless officer, and staff, and also had the fortunate experience of being entertained aboard the Renown; and saw the wonderful wireless equipment. During the Renown’s world tour, exe | periments were being carried out, and it was a daily occurrence for the Renowt to be in touch with London on short-waves. Mr. Jones recently received from Mr. Rowsell a special photo of H.M.S, Renown, accompanied by a letter of thanks for the wonderful. hospitality extended to him and his staff during their visit to Wellington,