WIRELESS ON BRITISH SQUADRON.
- In-harbour the ■ wireless operators of the Imperial Fleet, to reach Wellington 'o-j. 24th April, enjoy a well-earned holiday; Some. idea, of the enormous part played by wireless telegraph in presentday naval i operations' may be gathered \yhen it is said that the wireless personnel of the squadron numbers nearly 200, including 50 .ratings in-! the Hood alone. ■ In the Hood, too; there are. two wavelengths going all the time—one on a long wave, on which th,e. squadron has beenjin touch with the Navy Office at Melbourne since about two days before the arrival of the ships at Fremantle, and the second a short wave-lengFn for communication with other land stations.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240405.2.188.4
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 24
Word Count
114WIRELESS ON BRITISH SQUADRON. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 24
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.