WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19461, 22 April 1925, Page 7

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

ALLOCATION OF WAVE-LENGTHS. AN AMENDED SCHEDULE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, April 20. The judicial section of the International Wireless Congress resolved that the right to intellectual property, recognised by the International Convention at Berne,, applies to the wireless diffusion of all intellectual works. It also approved of a series of recommendations by which specific wavelengths should bo assigned to amateurs in different regions, -with a view to obviating the confusion caused by similarity of wave-lengths A sub-committee suggested the foUowing wave-lengths, which are slightly different from those already cabled; —Europe. 115 to 95. 75 to 70, and 47 to 43 ; Canada, 120 to 115 and 46 to 41.5; the United States, 85 to 75 and 41.5 to 37.3; the rest of the world, 96 to 85 and 37.5 to 35.—Reuter. AMATEUR RADIO CONGRESS. MR FRANK BELL ELECTED TO COMMITTEE. PARIS, April 20. The Amateur Radio Congress elected Mr Hiram Maxim president. Mr Frank Bell (New Zealand) was elected to the committee. The Congress adopted Esperanto as an auxiliary language, though the Scandinavians favoured English.—Sydney Sun Cable. Mr Hiram Maxim is an inventor and engineer, and a son of the late Sir Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the famous automatic quick-firing gun. Mr Frank Bell, of Waihemo Station, has had great success in his radio communication experiments.