World Radio

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 17, 8 November 1929, Page 15

World Radio

RECENT experiments with a "wireless lighthouse" on the coast of Suffolk proved so successful in assisting shipping out of sight of land that the service will be maintained continuouly for two months, commencing on October 20. This wireless beacon, which was designed to be of assistance to shipping and aircraft, has been particularly useful to the former, since commercial aeroplanes have their own particular systems of taking wireless bearings over the cross-Channel routes. The apparatus consists of a tower containing an electrically-controlled revolving frame aerial, which sends out certain signals to specific points of the compass in such a way that a pilot by picking up the signals can with a stopwatch gauge his bearings. THE recently constructed airship R101 made a very successful trial fiight over London a few days ago. This air monster is fully equipped with a modern transmitter and receiver, and two-way wireless communication with ground stations was maintained throughout the flight. After the R101 was safely moored, Major Scott, the commander, issued a broadcast statement from the top tower of the mooring mast to the effect that the ship in every way exceeded all expectations. General admiration was expressed by the spectators of the event at the graceful lines of this leviathan, TH sales controller of Paramount Pictures outside the United States declared recently on his arrival in London, that in five years’ time talking pictures will be broadcast. The Paramount Company, he stated, in anticipation of a closer alliance between picture production and broadcasting, have purchased half interests in the Columbia Broadcasting Corporation of America. This corporation, which has the astounding weekly audience of 120,000,000, controls fifty-three stations throughout the. United States.