“Pedal” Wireless
p. 58 · Read in the full issue
Extension of System in South Seas
THE system of carrying on communi cation between centres in primitive countries like New Guinea, the Solomons, etc., by means of portable wireless sets introduced by Amalgamated Wireless, Ltd., within the last two years is being steadily extended in the South Seas territories.
The power required for transmission is supplied by a pedal apparatus, operated by one man.
Sets already are being successfully used by district and patrol officers in New Guinea, and they can communicate with their own stations, or with the regular radio stations, at set times, from the most isolated situations. A know ledge of Morse is essential —although it is believed to be only a matter of a little time before telephones will take the place of the Morse instruments.
Most of the mission organisations in the Islands are expected to adopt the system. The Methodist Foreign Missions Board, in February, allocated £200 for the purchase of sets for outlying mission stations in Papua.