SUCCESSFUL RADIO TESTS AT DUNEDIN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6954, 6 July 1929, Page 7

SUCCESSFUL RADIO TESTS AT DUNEDIN

In Touch With New York

RESULTS IMPORTANT TO -FUTURE OF WIRELESS SHORT-WAVE SYSTEMS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 5. Direct radio communication between Dunedin and'New Y r ork has been established by Mr. Berkncr, of the Bureau of Standards, Washington. The station here has been coupled with the ship Eleanor Bolling at Port Chalmers by a control lino, making it 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 wore sent and received at the rate of 35 words per minute. Mr. Berkncr is also carrying out research work here, and is making lading records of English, American ami Dutch short-wave stations for the purpose of obtaining more scientific information regarding the propagation of the wireless wave. The geographic position of Now Zealand in respect to the powerful short wave broadcasting stations in other parts of the world makes it possible for excellent work to bo carried out in this direction. • Special equipment for observation purposes has been designed for tho Dunedin station, and tlio results, so far indicate that the final records made will ho of great importance tc the futuro of radio.