Record-making Relays
Recent Great Achievements IN the recent relays in connection with the Byrd Expedition and the Sarron-Donovan boxing match at New Plymouth, the Broadcasting Company set a record for the total mileage of relay lines used and for the longest . relay carried out. The linking-up of the various stations involved the use of the following lines: Auckland to Wellington .... 419 miles Wellington to New Plymouth 234 miles Wellington to Christchurch 242 miles Christchurch to Dunedin .. 248 miles The longest individual relay was between Dunedin and Auckland, a distance of 909 miles.- When the boxing match at New Plymouth was relayed to Auckland, the line in use was 653 miles long. In every instance the Post dnd Telegraph Department supplied excellent lines, the telegraph engineers going to no end of trouble to ensure as perfect transmission as possible.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 36, 21 March 1930, Page 3
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138Record-making Relays Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 36, 21 March 1930, Page 3
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