WIRELESS TELEPHONY
FOR USE BY AIRMEN.
LONDON, 25th March,
Captain Whatel'ey, R.A.F., in a special-Daily Mail machine, flew to-day from Cricklewood over Chelmsford, to test the new Marconi invention of th» wireless telephone for use between aeroplane and aeroplane, or between aeroplane and aerodrome. Captain Wh-ate-ley describes the experience as a great success. ■ ■ "The wind was so bad," he says, "that experts were dubious about the ascent over Enfield. I telephoned down, asking Chelmsford where I was. Immediately I received an accurate reply. 1 first- heard a scratching sound, like a bad gi-amaphone needle, and then with* extraordinary clarity a voice, as if the speaker was just behind • me, Baid : 'Hullo, Handley Page, Chelmsford speaking. You're now two miles east of Bishop's Stortford. Is it very windy?' "I immediately telephoned in reply; 'Hullo, Chelmsford, Daily Mail speaking. It is very windy, but your messages are quite clear.' " Captain Whateley thus ascertained his position five times. The invention has a working range of from 200 to 300 miles, with a normal low-power station. In future it will be possible to telephone to and from the air througJi any exchange,' ■ ' ■
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1920, Page 6
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188WIRELESS TELEPHONY Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1920, Page 6
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