Radiophone Record

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 25, 31 December 1931, Page 2

Radiophone Record

Sydney to Valparaiso T has oft times been stated that wireless can meet any emergency, no matter how great the difficulty or the shortness of time for carrying out a task. A particular example of carrying out an emergency service was furnished by the radio operators of La Perouse, the famous Sydney commercial station, on a recent Sunday morning. The operator on duty was called to the telephone at 3 a.m. to take an emergency call on the Anglo-Australian ‘telephone circuit. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, within a few minutes he had picked up London. at the La Perouse Receiving Station, and put the call through to the Post Office terminal equipment. London informed him that n call was to be put through from Valparaiso, Chile, South America, to Sydney. The call was put through to the satisfaction of all parties, thus establishing a world’s record for a long-distance call. The citeuit covered was actually 17,000 miles, including 2000 miles of land-lines between Valparaiso and Buenos Aires. From the latter city the conversation was transmitted. to London by Wireless across the Atlantic, and on to Sydney, where the commander of the Chilian training ship spoke from No. 3 Wharf, Circular Quay.