WIRELESS FORBACKBLOCKS.
MELBOURNE, July r l. . A system fyhereb^ farmers m, the. back c6untiy could sec'ui-'e wireless communication with th> fcowns is suggested/by W. King-.^itt, yjfljepresident of the Wireless Institute of Victoria. He thinks that the farmers m the vukwuk Jocalitf,ies should- oi'ganiso themselves j»t.o a f3Q-ope.ratiye, bp^y*. sub^gribing' !to. 0. fund svhfc-h would- pro-vide a- wireless' stationtfor ftaf;h hiembei;, , arid, station at the nearest town,^ where an 1 operator would bo mi duty. For the sum of £20 each a body «if 10' subscribers could purchase instruments/ iftcltidmg • -&'• 'transmitter with a range* of JP miles. The cost of tlie erection of ■ the > wxast -aerial .and the ksfeemblfn'g " of the iis sjbctiAft.eri ts would depend upbKi the'- ability r of i^ie *eiector. The matter of the supply of jpbwer could be dealt with"^ 'liavf Ag at ifJie .«e»tral station n snxall plant for .charging -afcnmulato^s. ' "'i '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 9 July 1914, Page 4
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146WIRELESS FORBACKBLOCKS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 9 July 1914, Page 4
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