PROGRESS IN WIRELESS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19471, 29 October 1926, Page 11

PROGRESS IN WIRELESS.

JERVIS BAY BREAKS RECORD. FROM SPAIN TO SYDNEY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Rocd. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Oct. 27. The steamer Jervis Bay, when off Cape Finisterre, Spain, sent the following wireless message to London"Am still in communication with Sydney." The vessol has thus broken by 4000 miles the long-distance record for wireless communication by a vessel at sea. ERA OF BEAM SYSTEM. MARCONI ON THE FUTURE. Sun. LONDON. Oct. 27. In an address to the members of tho Institute of Civil Engineers, Signor Marconi said : " We are far from using the electric wave to anything like a full extent. It will possibly be nsed in future to transmit power over moderate distances "If we succeed in perfecting a device for projecting electric waves from parallel beams in order t-o minimise their dispersion into space, atmospherics will have ceased to be a serious hindrance. This is a bold statement to make, but I speak confidently. "Fading is still troublesome, but waves of 15 metres can be received at long distances better in daylight than at night. The recent tests of the beam service between England and Canada proved that the beam aerials and reflectors at both ends give signals one hundred times greater than non-directional transmissions.