TELEVISION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 8

TELEVISION

OPINIONS OF MR. E. T. FISK. WIRELESS AS AID TO FLYING. *• ft will be JO years before television becomes entertainment, as the broadcasting of sound is entertainment,” said Air. E. T. Fisk, chairman of Amalgamated Wireless, who has just returned to Australia after visiting Great Britain, Europe, and the United Stales of America. There was no doubt, however .that television would bp the next great step in wireless. He had seen tests in several countries and had realised the great, progress made in lhe last 10 years. It had still to be admitted, for all that, th:K television was yet in the experimental stage. Sufficient proof of it was the British Broadcasting Corporation’s policy in abandoning its television serv i c e. ft was most difficult to convey by an electric wave the two dimensions, length and breadth, needed for a picture. To be acceptable. television would have to provide high definition with a minimum of 240 lines. The work would he more difficult in Australia. since certain factors in high defi nition television seriously affected the range. That time was coming, however, when people would sit at home and see, as well as hear, the horse races or the opening of Parliament. Radio and Aviation. 'l'he progress made vxilh perfecting radio as an aid to aviation had also impressed Mr. Fisk. In Britain, be said, pilots set their courses by a direc tionTd beam from Croydon. A new system, which gave the pilot instructions when to begin to lose altitud had been adopted in Germany. This system gave the pilot correct gliding .angle and other details which would make flying safe in bad weather. Both course beacons and directionfinders were used in America, to guide air liners; and continuous weather reports were sent to pilots. Flying there was particularly safe, since pilots usuallv did not go up if there was any sign of fog. Powerful Station for Suva. Amalgamated Wireless, Mr. Fisk said, was soon to build a powerful short-wave station ar. Suva. It wouid serve the whole of the Pacific. Wireless telephone equipment, as used on Atlantic liners, was now ready on mail boats between England and Australia,