WONDERFUL WIRELESS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10193, 4 January 1926, Page 5

WONDERFUL WIRELESS

FIRST DAY’S TESTS AT RUGBY

general satisfaction

\LL MAIL SHIPS TO RECEIVE NEWS TWICE DAILY

United Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, Jan. 1,

Rugby’s first day’s traffic was most satisfactory. Australian' travellers who are mostly supplied at sea with (jerman news from Nauen were interested to know that the tests in America showed that Rugby station signals were three times stronger than Nauen’s. The British supervisor has been informed from New Zealand that a small steamer anchored in Ross’ Bay has picked up Rugby’s news bulletin. The strength is nine, whereas six is a good readable reception. The supervisor says this test assures all mail steamers, to and from Australia, will receive bulletins twice daily during the whole voyage. It is learned that the officials do not expect the Australians’ beam station in Skegness to be ready before June at the earliest.—A. and N Z O.A.

The fact of a ship in New Zealand waters picking up the Rugby message does not appear to be anything remarkable when it is considered that some Newi Zealand amateurs have been in constant wireless communication with the Homeland for the last two years. The Rugby station is at present working on a high wave as most of the vessels at sea are only fitted to receive such messages and the Now Zealand amateurs with sets capable of picking up messages from England are all working on the low wave system, _ so consequently do not attempt to pick up the messages.

WORLD-WIDE BROADCASTING TEST.

SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS

/Received Jan. 3, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 2. The re-broadcasting from London in an elaborate radio world-wide test was a declared success in messages received from persons in all parts of the Lnited States. Tho American programme was heard re-broadcast as successfully in England, according to a cable from the British Broadcasting Co., London.—Reuter.

MR. IVAN O’MEARA’S GREAT

RECORD

GISBORNE AMATEUR TALKED TO 3 L DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Mr Ivan O’Meara, of Gisborne, has received a letter from a Spanish operator reporting the reception of Messrs O’Meara and Shrimpton, and claiming a. world’s record, as his-lo-cation, a little northwest of Madrid, is practically the antipodes of Wellington.

Mr O’Meara, who is the only radio expert in New Zealand who can claim to have been in communication with Spain, has since the receipt of the above-mentioned letter communicated with two stations in Madrid, FAR2I, EARI.

Mr O’Meara is recognised as one of the foremost amateur radio men in tho world and has communicated with thirty-four different countries only recently carrying on a long wireless conversation with a. station in Helsingfors, the capital of Finland. He also is the first New Zealander to connect up with an Irish station and recently spoke for about an hour to u station in Belfast.