MARVELS OF RADIO

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1929, Page 9

MARVELS OF RADIO

SYDNEY TO LONDON PHOTOGRAPHS “THIS WONDERFUL MIRACLE.” Transmission of pictures by wireless from Sydney to London was accomplished by 2ME (Amalgamated Wireless, Australia, Ltd.), Sydney, for the first time yesterday, and the tests were picked up by Mr. R. Leslie Jones, of Lyall Bay, on his shortwave receiver. Jn the early evening several pictures, were transmitted tto London, including a photograph of Mr. Fisk, managing director of Amalgamated Wireless, Ltd. Reception in London was very good indeed. London stated that there were some lines across the pictures, otherwise reception was excellent. The pictures that Sydney recently received from London by wireless were found to be alright as far as the outlines went, but there was not much detail. The trouble of lines across the pictures was also experienced by Sydney. London had evidently fared much better in regard to reception notwithstanding tho 13,000 miles covered. 2ME is anxious for further transmissions, and further tests are being carried out to-day. The negatives used yesterday were rather soft and of not very good quality, one being a negative of a picture reproduced from a newspaper—a fact pvhieh makes yesterday’s achievement all the more interesting and remarkable. Several persons in Sydney spoke .to London, ineluding a Mr. Pope, who had the pleasure of celebrating his birthday by speaking to friends in London. He thanked Mr. Fisk for allowing him to partake of “this wonderful miracle.” As though it were an everyday occurrence, Mr. Wright, another speaker, called up a resident of London by wireless phone, and the latter, having gone to the city, his daughter answered as though called locally. The message was of a private nature. Te transmission of the last picture took about five minutes, and all that was heard was an intermittent note similar to one of I’CKIO cycles. Towards the finish of the transmission of the picture the note altered somewhat and became a series of *dashes-dots with a sort of fringe (vibration) at the end of each dash-dot.