NEW RADIO BEACON
PILOTING THROUGH FOG
MARCONI DEVICE FOR SAFETY
AT SEA
LOXUOX, July 21
Tho, ♦'Nows-Ch.roniola's" Eon>c correspondent says that tho Marchcse Marcoin has successfully completed preliminary experiments with a now radio bonooiu '
Tho instrument is designed to prevent sou collisions, and enables vosaols to bo piloted through fog. Tho instrument transmits micro-waves from land to ship, operating lights and bells, indicating the presence of other craft and giving the exact distance between tho two vessels.
The instrument can also be applied to aircraft;:- '■:. : • ■ ,
TELEVISION IN AUSTRALIA
BRISBANE, J,,iv 21, • 1 lie owjuv.of an experiments ["station jit Obsorvatory Tower, Brisbane, has been grantod permission by tho ■Federal Government to broadcast, television'wogramme,-!.
This will bo tho Jim time suc-h an attompt will have been made in .\m<tralhi.
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Evening Post, Issue 19, 23 July 1934, Page 9
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127NEW RADIO BEACON Evening Post, Issue 19, 23 July 1934, Page 9
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