LONG-DISTANCE. RADIO.
MR. O'MEARA'S FEAT. AMERICA WANTS ACCOUNT. [BY telegraph.—passs association.] GISBORNjS. Thursday.' Ivan O'Meara, tho . Gisborne amateur who established wireless communication with a Buenos Aires operator a few,, nights ago, has received numsrous congratulations • from all parts of L " the Dominion on j his feat. He has also received i a cablegram from 1 a leading New York radio journal asking for an account f§ of the feat; with all details as to weather | conditions and photographs, of : his ? sta-' tion, etc. Communication with Buenos Aires - was re-established by Mr. O'Meara on Tuesday evening, but the Argentinian operator found ■ the messages " < difficult to receive, - and stated that he would call { Mr.. O'Meara, on the following night. Owing - to the heavy : rain at Gisborne on. Wednesday ■ and consequent dampness in the high-tensioned condensers Mr. , O'Meara did noD consider it wise to transmit.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18722, 30 May 1924, Page 7
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