NEWS FROM EVEREST
R A DIO EQUIPMENT LONDON, Sept. How members of Iho recent Everest expedition telephoned from camp to camp find soul nows nl their pi ogress is illustrated hv apparatus shown at the Radio Exhibition at Olympia. In the various camps up to :M,ofl()ft. a combined received and transmitter, little larger than a box camera, was. used. The resemblance to a camera is increased by tripod mounting. Amid the desolation of Everest the use of' this apparatus spoke hi to a. hand microphone exactly similar to that used for Post Office telephones. Illtrn■ shorl •wave eoinrnnnieat ion has made use of stieli eompact equipment possible. The combined transmitter and receiver incorporates two valves and uses a .120 volt baltpry. A telescopic rod serves as aerial. Normally, only short ranges can be covered, 1 ill on the five rest expedition communication over a distance ol about 100 miles was accomplished, from the base camp to Darjeeling.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19152, 22 October 1936, Page 3
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