Long Distance Telephony

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 20, 29 November 1929, Page 7

Long Distance Telephony

A New Record ME. R. LESLIE JONES, of Wellington, writes:-What is probably a record for radio telephony between Australia and England in respect to length ‘of mileage covered and the shortness of message transmitted can be rightly claimed by station 2MH, Sydney. The operator at 2ME requested his confrere at station GBX (London) to say a few words to the Assistant Minister for Customs in the Federal Government (Australia). After, Mr. Fisk had uttered a few words, the Assistant Minister for Customs said: "Hullo; as, Mr. Fisk said, I am a member of the Federal Government ; this is the first time I have spoken to London. Hullo; there are some static noises. Thank you. Goodbye.’ For brevity it would be hard to beat the foregoing; for mileage the distance covered with such a short message is also probably unbeaten; whilst the Assistant Minister of Customs has had the satisfaction of being able to say, "I spoke to London." Strange though it may seem, the weather round about Sydney has been very troublesome of late, and very similar conditions to those recently experienced in Wellington have. prevailed. Static has been very bad in both countries of late, and this similarity of conditions is probably due to the fact that the weather experienced has heen, according to the reports, almost identical at time.