modemisation of "China's "bore A notable step forward in the munication facilities fe marked" by for high speed service to Great Britain the United States, as negotiated ud six months ago between the Mine 2 of Cotamnications and Lid of tondon can bow bares idess Telegraph Compan
the British Boxer Indemnity Fonds ied' out through the 0 Te is reported that the necessary. fonds will be. granted: within: three weeks by the committee in charge the "British "Boxer Indemnity Construction of the new stations is expected to start short, Ly, and it is anticipated that direct Wireless "communication between China and" England will be me Augitated next dear equipment, which is ealeulat ed to bring' the' radio. communi tion services, of the Ministry toa state of efficiency, will tnciude two' Marconi "beam transmitting and receiving stations, one Which will' be directed" westward towards) Great "Britain, and the other eastward towards the United Staten "Apparatus will lao Incorporated permitting. the' tran mission and" reception of vadietelegraphic and radio-telephonic messages between China and vane ous other countries, 'These stations are to be erected in the vicinity of Shanghai, and. will" be. connected with the' central office of the Eh nese Government Radio Administ tion at Sassoon. House, 'Two beam transmitters and four sets" of receiving apparatus wil all be manufactured atthe Marcont 'Works, Chelmsford, and, a unique feature will be the' inclusion "of auxiliary' apparatus, enabling' the transmitters to. be utilised for broadcasting services. when they ye not in use for telegraphic com, munications. Arrangements have Been made' forthe transmits to operate on increased power when desired, and the. reliable given by Marconi bean! stations "throughout the world. indic cates that this provision of- reserve power will give the Shanghai sta-Hons" a wide safety margin for food communication under all con. broadcasting consiste of auxiliary apparatus for
ing equipment which can. ait to either of the delenraph Fran Iker when nob i aaa or nora Service, to provide telephone, sign of broadcasting: quality. "A\ come Dlete: set of studio equipment is Also' tobe supplied, "and. as. the Programme would "be. transmitted fon shortwave length, probably below 50" metres, vit' is thought Tkely that British: titaners with Suitable receivers would be able to Pick up the Shanghai broadcasts.
Of particular interest is the anal system of the. transmitting Station, For. the commercial tele: Rraph services to Burope, of which tio chief tw that to Great Britain, two bays of beam aerials accurate: Jy" oriented. to concentrate their signals on the receiving. stations, fave tobe constructed, "one being tuned to'n wavelength of 17 metres, and the other to 29 metres. A hira beam aerial array will directed on San Francisco for the American service. Tu addition there will be four omi-direction. aerials, one of which" will be used. for Broadcasting. The others are provided to afford the station inaxinum Hexibility in the range and. extent of its telegraphic services, enabling the equipment to be used if neces-for short-wave -comiaunieations over comparatively smal tances; for which the special. quali. tien of beam transmission are not igh-speed commercial sorvice receivers are to be installed at the receiving station, with two beam aerials. directed on Europe and two on San Francisco, while four omi-directional -aei will also be supplied for reception signals from other countries with opened in" England. for Yeciprocation of traffic with China.
A farther agreement, was recent-
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