A NEW STATION

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 104, 29 October 1927, Page 9

A NEW STATION

TELEPHONIC BROADCASTING

EAELY STAET EXPECTED

, (British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, 28th October. The new telephonic broadcasting station, which will work on 24 metres in conjunction with a corresponding station in the United States, will, within a fortnight, be put into service at Chelmsford by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The station will have power of 20 kilowatts and employ a special aerial. It will conduct experiments in short • wave t r a a s m i ssion over long distances, with special reference to the problem of Empire telephonic broadcasting. Captain P. P. Eckersley, chief engineer of the corporation, states that success in experiments would lead to a bigger proposition of Empire broadcasting emanating both from Britain and from the Dominions.

"The most serious problem confronting wireless is the ether's lack of sufficient channels for all services," says Captain Eskersley. "Broadcasting is best between bands of 200 to 600 metres and 1000 to 2000 metres, and everyone wants those waVe-lengths, but Britain. is not surrendering Daventry, as stations usiag long and medium waves in conjunction are most valuable for rural populations. Anglo-American shortwave experiments are being continued with the opening of the Chelmsford double aerial station, with a wave length of 24 metres, within a fortnight. If the American experiment works, which is a big assumption, I foresee the establishment of an enormous station in the middle of England, from which a beam will be directed to the Dominions. We are not rebroadcasting American items until the transmission is improved."