Radio to the Rescue

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Page 10

Radio to the Rescue

SoM interesting experiments in the use of radio for rescue operations in the mountains have recently*been concluded in Austria. Two knapsack outfits were used, each weighing about 28ib. and capable of both sending and receiving messages. One was operated from the summit of the Rax Alp, a mountain of approximately 6000 feet in height, and the other from a valley at the base. The results were reported generally satisfactory, though reduction of weight and other. improvements are necessary before such apparatus can come into general use among mountaineers. These sets were literally portable, of course, for the weight was not too great for a normal climber to earry. However, they are much too heavy for inclusion as a single item in a mountaineer’s outfit. Thus it is probable that their use will be restricted to large parties, where one man. could be detailed to carry the set, the rest of the. party sharing his equipment,