Empire’s Radio Link-Up
(Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 26,
It is not improbable that Australia and New Zealand will hear some of the Coronation ceremony from the new 8.8. C. Empire Station, perched on the 650 ft. hilltop at Daventry, where there is an amazing array of masts, carrying six miles of aerials solely for the benefit of the Empire.
British • licenses provided the whole of the outlay. Two 350 ft. masts, reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower, carry alternative reflector aerials,' which transmit to Australia and New Zealand across Asia and South America as conditions require. The Duke of Gloucester, when he opens a new wing, completing the world headquarters of the Overseas League, on April 14, will deliver by radio telephone a message from the King to his Governors-General in the Dominions, and to the Viceroy of India. He will receive replies for conveyance to His Majesty. Such an exchange of greeting is unprecedented. It is expected that it will be heard throughout the Empire through the" linking-up of the Post Office radio telephone services, thus enabling the conversations to be broadcast.
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Northern Advocate, 27 March 1937, Page 2
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