THE OWNERSHIP OF THE AIR.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 17 September 1909, Page 1

THE OWNERSHIP OF THE AIR.

Who owns'the air'^Or %ho7owJls the great, unknown way «f the" uniVerfe on • which puny man has laurichedhis £reat system of communication. -These aeem to be absurd Questions but already in- ' ternational - complications ' rthreaten to arise over them. .The strange situation . all . comes" about "through' the latest developments ot wireless telegraEhy. It-has remainedfor'the far corner .of the. north- . . i ive6t of the pnited- 'States, the Pacific; ■ .. | frontier^bq the 'battle, ground for the ! _contrdil of thel ether-way. Already there are sullen<'rumblinea of .thecoming'conflict. ;The;. Canadian : less telegraph operators ... are": yirohderjng when 'a more satisfactory ' agreement will be-.njada. with the. Americans than now exists for- sending aerogramsjlt is a eurious-'fact,- that where jtwo, wjreless stations -ate-' working: .another station in .-. the vicinily .can break into tb!e ether way and stop; the working stations. . Iri ;• the operators -terms- this is .'.. .known aa --.. ' ' 'interference- To some; , -extent . science ■lias, overcome this difficulty- by ;the .usa , of a device' known as a tuner. With thU. instrument an-iperatp'rean' "tnne out" •".' that is shut out 1 , 'itations ■ that 'he does : ' not wish. to hear; this- . operation, how- . ever, restricts the use of the atmosphere again ?o that in ;thc end Be struggle for air is little further^ advanced- than if - the timer was not in' use. The tuner has this advantage it allows an operator to . work in peace B ven though; -others do -.-' want to interferer.and get' their Inessage through, Andj again, looking -at it 'fyonv ■ this viewpoints it is. might ." -' that.rtiles. And the , struggle, ;?or w , goes^ pit. just the same 'V;-.': !.'''.-' « '-■• •< '*' ■'