WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS.
SHORT WAVE-LENGTH BEST MARCONI’S VIEWS. •By Telegraph—Press Association—Copy-rig .'it Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received "December 12. noon.) LONDON, December IX. Signor Marconi, addressing the Royal Society of Arts, emphasised the fact that, while non-directional stations are imperative for naval and marine, broadcasting, it would he wasteful to scatter workl-wide messages meant for one country. The beam system ensured secrecy and economy, rendering it uneconomical for commercial purposes and powerful stations with a wave-length of 16.000 metres. The latest experiments showed that short wave-length and low power were most efficient and enabled a great increase in daylight communication. The day was fast approaching when an important speech could he broadcasted all over the Empire, whether made in the day time or during hours of darkness.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19241212.2.59
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 9
Word Count
127WORLD-WIDE WIRELESS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17410, 12 December 1924, Page 9
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.