Wireless

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 276, 1 November 1924, Page 5

Wireless

THE BEAM SYSTEM. a notableTadvance. EXPERIMENTS SUCCESSFUL AND ENCOURAGING. Sydney, Oct. 31. At the annual meeting of the Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Limited an address was given by the chairman, Mr Mason Allard. He referred to the financial loss resulting from the chaotic conditions arising through the differences of opinion among various interests concerned in the control of broadcasting. It was to Be sincerely hoped that the enthusiasm and energy of a large number of newcomers into* the wireless trading field in the future would be concentrated in the direction of stabilising the situation, and building up public-confidence in it. Dealing with the matter of the change from high, power to the beam system, he said that although the delay resulting from he change had been irritating, contributing in no small measure to unpleasant financial results, it would nb dbubt provs blessing in disguise by giving the pfiblic a better service, saving the company more money than it had lost, and giving it a larger revenue earning capacity. Under the beam system they were able to handle all classes of messages between here and England, at cheaper rates, and tfitlr as great .oh greater promptitude. He expressed; the that the press, woi^ /Welqbme the reduction. in rates which the company hoped to offer. Messages between Australia and England should be a factor iir assisting greater overseas publicity. Mr Fisk, managing director, detailing the experiments that .had been .made in conjunction* With Signor Marconi wth the Beam- system, said that they had proved eminently successful and highly encouraging. It was not possible at present to publish the results, but it was probable that Signor Marconi would do so shortly. He considered the new system would give us something so far superior to the old that high power stations would eventually'become obsolescent. The new system would not be limited to the hours of darkness for successful operation, but he believed the day was not far distant when they would be able to operate uninterruptedly throughout the twenty-four hours. The report dealing with the trading loss mpde by the subsidiary company, established for the manufacture of electrical goods, says that, the directors decided that owing to the rapidly extending activities of genuine wireless work attention must in future be concentrated on wireless alone, and the business of the auxiliary company must, as soon as possible, be transferred to other* hands. It is believed that this alteration can be made without seriously disturbing the company’s business.