Teleradio Sets
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Value In Islands Exploration
'THE small radio equipment manufac tured by Amalgamated Wireless is playing an increasing part in the oil search in Papua and New Guinea.
Papua Oil Development Co., Islands Exploration Co. and Oil Search Ltd., each has a number of A.W.A. Teleradic equip ments for operation in Papua, the respec tive exploring parties maintaining touch with their headquarters through central stations, which in turn communicate with Port Moresby radio, thus giving tele graphic connection with any part of the world.
The Dutch Government early this year ordered from A.W.A. two small radio sets for use in the Netherlands East Indies. These have proved satisfactory, and two more have now been ordered.
The utility of a small teleradio set arises largely from its portability. The whole outfit weighs about 150 lbs., and, being constructed in sections, it readily can be carried by natives. Power is derived from a native, pedalling upon a bicycle-like structure; alternately, the portable generator may be engine driven.