RADIO COMMUNICATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 184, 5 July 1929, Page 7

RADIO COMMUNICATION.

BETWEEN DUNEDIN AND NEW YORK., SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 5. Direct radio communication between Dunedin and New York has been established by Mr Berkner, of the Bureau of Standards, Washington. The station here has been coupled with the ship Eleanor Bolling at Port Chalmers by a control line, making it possible to keep in constant touch with New York and the Byrd Expedition base, and to relay messages from the base to New York. A remote control station was put into operation yesterday for the first time, and the tests proved satisfactory, perfect communication with New York and Antarctica being established. This was the first time such a system had been worked in New Zealand, and messages were sent and received at the rate of 35 words per minute. Mr Berkner is also carrying out research work here, and is making fading records of English, American, and Dutch short-wave stations for the purpose of obtaining more scientific information regarding the propagation of the wireless wave. The geographic position of New Zealand in respect to the powerful short wave broadcasting stations in other parts of the world makes it possible for excellent work to be carried out in this direction.. Special equipment for observation purposes has been designed for the Dunedin station, and the results, so far indicate that the final records made will be of great importance to the future of radio.