SHORT-WAVE WIRELESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19072, 17 July 1925, Page 10

SHORT-WAVE WIRELESS.

DOMINION SUCCESSES.

CONTACT AT LONG RANGE.

[BIT TELEGRAPH. —Pit ESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. Thursday. The Dunedin wireless amateur mentioned in a Ixmdon cablegram as having been in touch with Mr. Partridge is Mr„ Ralph Slado, an engineering cadet in the Telegraph Department. Mr. Slade has Often taken hnd sent to Mr. Partridge on a wave length of 80 metres, and a month ago communicated on 40 (metres. Ho has also talked with Mr. Simmonds, of Gerard's Cross, Buckinghamshire, on 40 metres, and later on succeeded at 20 metres. It is thought that Mr. Slado was the first to obtain audibility with England at 20 metres, and there is reason to supposo that a message of his about eight weeks ago was tho first daylight transmission from New.Zealand. RELAYING FROM AMERICA. STATEMENT BY MR. TATTY.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GISBORNE, Thursday.

The Gisborno wireless amateur, Mr. Patty, states that in tho course of experiments ho has been making in short wave transmission, he got into contact with several British stations, among them G2LZ, G2OD, G2MN and GSAH, but the successes were not regarded as being of tho same importance as the recent establishment of radio communication with SMYY, the Swedish station operated by Mr. Svennson. Thin success and tho contacts with Italian, Brazilian and Algerian stations were over longer distances and more difficult to secure.

The recognition of the proficiency of tho New Zealand amateurs is flattering, since San Francisco stations havo sent messages to the Dominion for relay to Italy. Californian experts havo still to utilise the willing co-operation of New Zealand experimenters.

The latest station discovered and communicated with in Italy is lUG, a Genoese plant.