SHORT - WAVE WIRELESS.
BRIDGING THE PACIFIC. A BARE FOURTEEN WATTS, [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. Mr. Dawson, SAL, Ashburton, has been successful in bridging the Pacific on his low-powered transmitter. This must easily rank as a world's record as regards distance covered for the power used. The input to the set at 3AL on Monday evening, when ho got into touch with B. Molinari, 6AWT, of San Francisco, was only a bare 14 watts, not nearly enough power to light an ordinary incandescent electric lamp. One other New Zealand station has been in two-way touch with America, using a "five watt" tube, but this station used twice the input power that Mr. Dawson did. Under special Government permission, Mr. Dawson is commencing a scries o! short-wave ter*s. This last record was made on a wave length of 88 metres. The tests to be conducted will probably be on 39 metres. Very low power will be used.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18942, 13 February 1925, Page 8
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156SHORT – WAVE WIRELESS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18942, 13 February 1925, Page 8
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