ULTRA-SHORT WAVES
OVERLAND COMMUNICATION WORLD’S RECORD ESTABLISHED LONDON, July 1. (Received July 1, at 11.30 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph says a world record for overland communication by ultra-short waves, whose theoretical range is only 25 to 30 miles, was established by Douglas Walters, a well-known radio expert, whose messages, transmitted from the summit of Snowdon with two low-powered five-metre sets, were clearly picked up by a speciallyconstructed receiver at Stoke Poges, 180 miles away, with Bristol, 120 miles away, and with Ormskirk, SO miles away, with which he also made two-way contact. The Post Office co-operated..
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22612, 2 July 1935, Page 9
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