BRITISH CONTRACT
CARRIER TELEPHONE APPARATUS
WORLD'S LONGEST SYSTEM
(British Official Wireless.)
(Received August 3, 9 a.m.)
RUGBY, August 1
A British firm has just shipped to Russia the last consignment of equipment for the world's longest carrier telephone system, which will be of nearly 6000 miles, crossing Siberia and covering practically the entire breadth of the U.S.S.R. It will give direct communication betAveen Moscow and KhabaroA'sk by an open Avire line.
Specially-designed- transmission apparatus Avill make it possible to operate several telephone circuits simultaneously and, in addition, a channel for broadcasting and picture transmission.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1939, Page 9
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94BRITISH CONTRACT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 29, 3 August 1939, Page 9
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