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CABLE AND WIRELESS TRAFFIC. LONDON TO NORTH AMERICA. (British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, May 24. A system evolved during the past year where a message might be transmitted partly by cable and partly by wirelss without human intervention was mentioned by the chairman of the Imperial and International Communications Limited, Mr Dennison Pender, at the company’s annual meeting. He said it was difficult to prophesy' the scope of this principle, but it was evident it had wide possibilities. The chairman also referred to technical developments introduced in handling fast traffic with North America. He said that wireless transmitters operated direct from the London office to New York through the shortwave beam at Ongar and one long wave at Carnarvon and two wireless receivers took messages direct from New York. The clearance times for urgent traffic were normally a matter of seconds and special lines and switching arrangements brought in more transmitters and receivers at a moment’s notice to meet any fluctuation of traffic.
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Southland Times, Issue 22333, 26 May 1934, Page 5
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