WIRELESS TESTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3768, 1 June 1926, Page 32

WIRELESS TESTS.

THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENTS. NEW YORK, May 25. The New York Times reports as follows in reference to the wireless broadcasting tests:— “This morning’s results, while very satisfactory and successful, were no better than those of the previous morning owing to a static which seemed to go right across the world and caused the signals to fade to some degree. KEUH reported through SAAB that he had received our despatch which included a message from Sir James Elder (Australian Trade Commissioner), but he also reported the static. We sent somewhat slower because Mr Pike of Syd ney had re(>orted having received our message on Monday at about 25 words a minute and we desired other Australian amateurs to be able to copy us. SAAB reported that A3EF (Australia) was calling us but we were unable to communicate with him direct. “SAAB then reported that 4AV (New Zealand) was calling ns and from him we received a short message saying “Your signals strength R 6 to-night.” We then sent several private messages to the Australian Press Association which KFUH received and relayed to Australia. We will again broadcast to-morrow’ similarly to to-day. [Term R 6 indicates the message strong enough to be read through atmospherics.] RECEIVED IN WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, May 26. The following items which were picked up by Mr Shrimpton. jun., were broadcasted from the New \ ork Times building, by the Australian Press Association : New York, May 25.—An aeroplane, making a flight from New York to Buenos Aires, fell at Cape Charles (Virginia) was badly damaged. The personnel escaped injury and started repairs to the machine. Warsaw, May 25.—The Pilsudski regime is ready for a dictatorship. Washington, May 25. — l The Census Bureau 6 estimate for 1926 puts the population of New York at 5,924,000. Geneva, May 25.—The French gained another victory Tor their thesis of disarmament when the Drafting Committee accented the proposal to send directly to the League Council the important question of defining the course and action of the Council in cases of aggression, or threats of war. New York, May 25.—The Australian Commissioner in the United States (Sir Jas. Elder) sends the following message to Australians:—“Australians in America aiid friends of Australia in this country are gratified at the success of the experiments conducted by the New York Times, in co-operation with the Australian Press Association, in broadcasting to Australia. This is not only a great advance in technique, since I understand it- is the first time such an undertaking has been tried but it is also a powerful instrument in drawing the .two countries together. Friendship grows by exchange of information about each other.” NEW YORK TO INVERCARGILL. INVERCARGILL, May 26. The New York Tiiness endeavour to communicate with stations located in the Southern Hemisphere gave an opportunity to several amateurs to hear this distant station operating. So far only one radio enthusiast in Invercargill, Mr Arthur Jordan, has reported a successful reception. liemarking on the results received Mr Jordan stated that the reception was quite good. The 2UO, the registed name for the Times station, was broadcasting on a 40 metre wave length and was picked up at 7.30 p.m. According to Mr Jordan the reports were essentially, of a press nature and were more of local interest to Americans. SUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSION. NEW YORK, May 26. The New’ York Times reports as follows in regard to the latest tests: “This morning’s broadcast went through perfectly. We then heard 2RC (Gloucester, New South Wales) calling us and we communicated with him direct. He informed us that he had received our message, the solid intensity of our signals being R 6 to R 7 and readable at 2 words a minute. Then EF (Melbourne) communicated with us through AAB but the attempts to communicate with him failed. We communicated w’ith KFUH as usual. We continued to communicate with various individuals in the Southern Hemisphere for three hours, then induction set in, compelling us to stop. We will again broadcast to-morrow.” MESSAGES RECEIVED IN DOMINION. WELLINGTON, May 27. The following messages, which were picked up by Mr Shrimpton, jun., were broadcasted from the New York Times building by the Australian Press Association : Paris, May 26.—Abd-cl Krim’s petition for an armistice was rejected by tho French Cabinet. Washington, May 26.—Addressing the. opening session of the Pan-American Red Cross Congress, Mr Coolidge stressed the benefits of international intercourse along humane and scientific lines, and asserted that these relations led to a better understanding among the peoples of the world and to more cordial relations between the nations. The message also contained the results of a number of baseball matches. An illustration of the rapid speed bv which news items broadcasted may reach all parts of the world was given last evening when Mr J. A. Milnes, of station 4Av, Dunedin, picked up 2NC, New York, which transmitted as follows:

“This is New York Times headquarters of the Australian Press Association in America, broadcating on a wave length of 40.5 metres. The following news items were printed this morning in the New York Times. Then followed a series of tabloid news stories, samples of which were: “New York.—Negro messenger for the Hamilton National Bank was knocked down and robbed of 34.000 dollars by three men whp escaped in an automobile.” “What may prove the richest petroleum field in the world has been discovered in North Central Siberia.” NEW YORK TO MELBOURNE. NEW YORK, May 27. The New York Times reports as follows with reference to the wireless broadcasting tests: “To-day’s broadcasting continued to be successful. We communicated with KFUH direct, Mr Roebuck reporting the intensity of our signals to be RB. We then got A3EF (Melbourne) and gave him our message, which he reported having received well. We also sent several other messages through A3EF an! received messages from him addressed to us through SAAB (Corsicana). We believe that -we have established a record in that one message sent by the Australian Press Association's correspondent to Melbourne and the reply occupied altogether 114 minutes in transmission. According to the best information available this is the fastest time in which a return communication between New York and Melbourne has ever been accomplished. To-day we sent a message to the Postmaster-General at Melbourne asking permission to send as an experiment piivate messages between the two cities through A3EF. WORLD NEWS ITEMS. WELLINGTON,, May 29. The following news items, broadcasted from the New York Times building by the Australian Press Association were picked up by Mr Shrimpton, jun. : Washington, May 28.—The Crown Prince and tne Princess of Sweden have arrived, and after being taken to the Swedish Legation unde- military escort later called upon President Coolidge at White House. General Andrews, chief of the Prohibition unit, appeared before the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee and urged that hereafter a heavier penalty be inflicted for violation of Prohibition laws. Dr J. Frank Torris'. wh is attending the session of the Northern Baptist Church Convention, has predirted that steps will be taken within the year for an amicable split in the church, by which its property would be divided between the Modernists and the Fundamentalists, and that the same thing will happen in other churches. New York, May 28.—A gang of 18 swindlers, financed by a well-known New York man, has reaped a harvest of 5,000,000 dollars from victims throughout the United States through the establishment of a fake bank and deposit company. One man has been arrested, and it is alleged that a well-known society woman is implicated. Charles Hoff, a noted Norwegian pole vaulter, has been barred from further amateur competitions in America because of his exorbitantly expensive accounts and other irregularities. Sofia, May 28.—More fighting between the Greeks and the Bulgarians resulted in two deaths. A message to the Postmaster General (Melbourne) states that the low-wave amateur radio station 2UO has been consistently in touch with Australian radio amateurs every night since the transmitter was put on the air on May 20. The results achieved have been above anything hoped for.