Marine Radio Stations

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 2, 22 July 1932, Page 5

Marine Radio Stations

Equipped for Telephony "THE marine wireless stations round the coasts of the British Isles are to be fitted with wireless telephone apparatus to test the commercial possibilities of such a sérvice for ships in home waters. ~- Messages transmitted by telephone from ships to these coast, stations will be conveyed by telegram to their destination on land. Telegrams sent to ships equipped for this service will be telephoned from the coast station to the ships. Ships which have not hitherto been equipped with wireless, such as vessels engaged in the coastal trade, and the smaller classes of ships, will be able to take advantage of wireless communication by means of apparatus which can be operated by the ship’s own personnel at a very moderate cost, the simple marine wireless telephone installations now available requiring no more technical knowledge for their operation than is needed in attending to the ordinary broadcast receiver in the home. . For use on board ship two types of small and compact telephone installation, one of 300 watts power and one of 60 watts, have been designed. Wireless telephone sets of this type supplied to harbour and lighthouse guthorities and to fishing and whaling fleets have proved of great value. Coasting vessels, by keeping in close contact with their owners, can probably save much time and money when circumstances lead to change of instructions in regard to ports of ¢all, Fishing vessels will not only be able to communicate with one another and €xchange information in regard to weather and fishing conditions, but to keep in close touch with their owners when approaching port for the purpose of receiving instructions about marketing conditions and the landing of fish,