A TALK WITH SIBERIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19384, 20 July 1926, Page 10

A TALK WITH SIBERIA.

LONG DISTANCE. WIRELESS. NEW STATION PICKED UP. TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. ~ [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] CHEISTCHURCH. Monday. Amateur -wireless enthusiasts will be interested to know that a new station operating from the Tomsk University, Russian Siberia, is " on the air," and, so far as is known, has not been logged yet. This station was discovered in the early hours of Saturday morning by Mr. J. E. Strachan, of the Rangiora Higli School, who held communication with it t for about an hour. The Tomsk station, whose call is RA 19, worked' 011 a 32 metre wavelength, and its signal came through at good strength. The Siberian station advised that it had traffic for America, and asked if Mr. Strachan could get in communication with the United States. Mr. Strachan promised to get in touch with America, and on Saturday night he advised the American Amateur Relay League at Hartford, Connecticut, through a Californian station, that a new Siberian station was trying to get through. The two-way communication with Tomsk was in Morse, and the signals were quite easily read. Mr. Strachan states that no official radio journal in America has reported the new station. Last evening Mr. Strachan also logged a new station attached to the Korean Government Communication Bureau, whose call is J BAA. The signals were heard, but Mr. Strachan did not work the station. GOOD PERFORMANCE AT SEA. OVER SIX THOUSAND MILES. What is believed to be a record f<,r wireless working under sea conditions was accomplished by Mr. R. Longuehay, second wireless operator on .the Aorangi, during the trip from Vancouver to Auckland. A few days ago he worked the station at Estevan, British Columbia, 6200 miles away. It is not officially Known whether this is a record performance for ship's wireless, but it is a very unusual one.