1930-10-23 — Page 2

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1930.

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MARCONI ON THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

"MY WORK IS NOT YET DONE," SAYS FAMOUS INVENTOR.

Marchese Marconi, the man who gave wireless to the world, recently spoke by long-distance telephone to a London paper from his villa in a tiny resort near Rome, and drew a remarkable prophetic picture of the wonders of wireless ten years hence. This fascinating story will be of absorbing interest to wireless en- thusiasts.

There are still many more Bur- prises for the world in wireless

dovolopment.

The wireless exhibition which you and now holding in London marks yet another milestone in the pro gress of this great selence, but 1 say that there is still much to be done, and the surprises 1 sperk of will become actual fact during the next ten years..

Wireless has already changed the life of humanity, spanning oceans and continents in 'what I call an annihilation of distance, contribut ing a new phase in the world of music and entertainment and to politics and education.

Wheels of Commercs,

Wireless has speeded up the wheels of commerce in a fashion, timat our forefathers would regard

ng magic.

I am proud to have had some- thing to do with this beneficial change, but my work is not yet done.

Other changes are on the way and your wireless exhibitions ten years hence will show many rew things, notably in television

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transmission, and the sending of pictures by wireless.

Great strides will be sale in commercial wireless.

I am aware of certain imperfce. tions in this direction, but they will be removed during the next few years. Secrecy is essential in these

communications.

Progress in commercial wireless during the next five years will be faster than it has been during the past thirty years.

Experts will concentrate on the perfection of the beam system.

Cutting Costs.

Wireless communications will be Bent through narrow channels in the ether, just as water in Reat through a pipe. They are at pre sent too much spread all round, like water from a leaky main.

This diffusion involves greater ex- pense in transmission.

That ex- pense will be cut down.

Wireless message of the future will be confined to narrow paths, and the present spreading over the ether will be removed.

Messages will increase to an im measurable extent owing to these improvements, and the man who thinks it a luxury to-day to send birthday greetings from England to Australia by wireless will in the

at decade think no, more of it than if he were sending a shilling telegram. Everything in the world of wireless will be cheaper.

The sending af documents and shotographs by wireless will be

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Sweethearts separated by thousands of miles will be able to exchange photographs during the course of a day at a cost of a low shillings. It may be a ntater of

petice.

I am at present talking to the Sunday Erres over the long

The line ia distance telephone.

bad. My yacht, the Elettra, is at anchor in the bay of Divita Vecchia.. I wish I could go aboard and talk to you by wireless telephony. It is not possible to-day, but in ten years' time, possibly before. then, it will be.

Crystal-Clear Voice.

My voice from Civita Vecchia will be crystal-clear. Thore will be no interruptions, and communication will he established in a matter of i minutes instead of hours.

My voice will travel across ar invisible path through the ether. and it will be heard by nobody bui the person to whom I am talking

Television is still in the experi mental stage, but in the next de sade I think you will find that it will be installed in as many homes na now havo wirelem nets.

Television and wireless will bring the world to the cottage parlour.

Wireless bas speeded up life. It will speed it up still more when we are complete masters of the ether. This is not yet the ease, but in tes years we shall be approaching com. plete control.

S.O.S. BROADCASTS.

The total of 8.0.S. messages broadcast by the B.B.C. in the first half of this year shows that the 6 number of these appeals is steadi- ly increasing. The total was 453, compared with 881 for the whole of last year. The percentage of those successful was 89, against 11 last year. The average of 6.0.S. mess. ngea is nearly threo a day, and there is a feeling among listeners that it is unduly high.

Many of the appeals are, of

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY ZB.W, ON

355 METRES. ·

11 to 11.30 a.m.-Commercial news. 11.30 am. Chinese Programme. 12.30 p.m.-European programme. 1.30 p.m.-Weather report.

p.nt-Clean down.

p.m.-European programme of records supplied by Mesare. Moutrie & Co., Ltd.

Operatic.

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Cavalleria Rusticana-Mascagni,

Creatore's Band. Cavalleria Rusticana.-inscagni, "Vai Lo Sapete."- Maria Jeritza, Soprano. TORCA- Visi D'Arte."-Maria

Jeritza, Soprano. Bohemo-Racconto di Rodolfo."

-Enrico Caruso, Tenor. Carmen Love Is Like a Wood Bird."-Marguerite D'Alvarez, Contralto.

Carmen-"Near the Walls of Seville."-Marguerite. D'Alva- rez, Contralto,

Gems from "Robin Hood."

Mixed voices with orchestra, Victor Light Opera Company.

Musical Comedy.

Goms from "Countess Maritza," -Mixed voices with orchestra. Victor Light Opern Company. Gema from "The Dessert Song." -Mixed voices with orthostra. Victor Light Opera Company. Gems from "Princess Flavin."

Mixed voices with orchestra, Victor Light Opera Company Gems from "Dearest Enemy,"

Mixed voices with orchestra, Victor Light Opera Company." Selections from Good News,”— Victor Arden, Phil Oliman and thoir orchestra, with malt chorus. p.m.-Kiddies" programme--" At ¦

the Fair."

Variety, 6.30 p.m. -

Old Time Songs."-Jack Hilton

and his orchestra. Continued on next Column,}

QUERY CORNER.

AERIAL Your aerial is too long for good short-wavi reception, A diagram has been sent you which it is hoped will give an idea for getting better results.

"What Did the Village Blacksmith

Say?"-Leonard Henry. "Pokte-okos-Oh."-Leonard Henry. Another Bedtime Story."-Cin-

d'rella, Wish Wynne. "Over the Garden Wall."--John

Henry.

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Sh' Shivering."-Leonard Honry, "Why is the Bacon So Tough."--

Leonard Henry.

A Concert, 7.10 p.m.-

Overture Poor Gynt Suite."- Viotor Symphony Orchestra. Song-"Robin Adair.'-Frances Alda, Soprano, "The Last Rose of Sumner," Frances -Alda, Soprano. Trio-"Love's Old Sweet Song." -Neapolitan Trio, Violin, Flute and Harp.

Song "The Little Silver Ring.” John McCormack, - Tenor. "Bird Songs at Eventide."— John McCormack, Tonor. Violin Solo-"I Hear You Call-

ing Me."-Rence Chemet. Dart Tales of Hoffman."- Barcarolle. "Lucrezia Bari."- Lawrence Tilbett.. String Quartetto" Irish Reel."

Flonzaley Quartetto. Sung By the Waters of Min- Schu- netonka Ernestine mann-Hink, Contralto, Pianoforte Solo-Hungariau Rhapsody No. 11."-Alfred Cortot

Song" Rose in the Bud."--Rein.

ald Werrenrath, Baritone. Conclusion:--

Orchestra Queen of Shebn."-

Cortáge, Victor

Symphony

Orchestra..

Orchestra Triumphal March." -Victor Symphony Orchestra.

8 p.m.-A rolay from the Ko Shing

Theatre-Chinese programme. p.m.-Weather report.

11 p.r.-C. se dova.

burse, went out at the request of HAVE YOU HEARD THESE?

the police, and public interest mny bo urged as justification, but it may be pointed out that only 21 per cent of the appeals for miss ing persons produced any result in the first half of this year. for the remainder of the appeals, van a private person's affairs ever efford justification for breaking into the evening's diversions oi millions of people ?

One gathers that the abolition of the S.O.S. would not use any tears to he shed nt Savoy Hill, for not a day passes without various absurd requests for appeals, re quests which often entail a waste of valuable time among the offi. ciale.

LISTENERS IN BRITAIN.

Liconcs figures in Britain still continue on the up-grade and it would be a bold prophet who ven- tured to forecast "saturation point." The recently-issued B.B.C. report shows that there are now well over 3,000,000 licencess in the country, and thore in every sign that broadcasting still continues to claim incrouting numbers of new adherents.

Here are lists of long-wave and short-wave stations which should be picked up by anyone

in Hong Kong who has a mode- rately good get suitable for re- 'ceiving such signals, Success in picking up these stations also depends very largely upon tav. ourable atmospheric conditions, Readora are invited to add to this list should they sustood in picking up any station not in. cluded in either of these Hits.

LONG-WAVE STATIONS.

Wave length

(Metres) Station

200 Manila 277 Shanghai 280 Ticutein

Call Kilo- Sign cycle K.Z.I.B. 1,133

K.S.M.S. 1,085

C.R.C. 1,070 310 Shangbui K.R.C. 907 320 Peping C.O.P.K. 945 343 Tokyo J.O.A.K. 870 353 Hiroshima J.O.F.K. 850 848 355 Hong Kong Z.R.W. 357 Bombay V.U.B. 840 381 Sapporo 308 Keijo 370 Nagoya 370,1 Calcutta 360 Kumamoto 390 Sendai 395 Dairen 398 Rangoon 400 Oanka #10 Canton 413 Manila

SHORT-WAVE STATIONS.

STATION

CALL BION

67.65 Dobintz (Germany) 60.19 Khabarovek (Russia) 56.7 Nauon

A.F.K.

A.07.

60. 43.6 19:

Moscow

A.G.J. LF.N:

Rome

1.M.A.

Perth

|0.A.G.

Singapore

V.8.1.A.E.

35.8

Kootwijk (Holland)

P.C.L

37.

Bangkok (lar)

39.5 Bydney

Last year's figures showed an in- crcass of 328,344. on ∙1028, and brought the total, in fores at the end of 1920 to 2,936,738. Since then the three-million nark has been pinased, so that the B.B.C. is quite | 413 justified in claiming that there are no signs of retrogression. The fin ancial return is also good, since it shows an income of £1,470,000 from licences, of which the B.B.C. receiv ed £944,301, against £871,764 in 1928, the Post Office £183,759, the Treasury £341,010.

The latter sum may be regarded. as a sort of unofficial entertain. ment tax, but when it is considered" in relation to, the money expended on programmes, which amounted to na more than £510,676, the listener has surely the right to ask whether the Exchequer is entitled to quich a lion's share. And dospite this

"rake-off" the Government continue

41.55 Melbourne

1148 Bohenectady

31.20 Eindhoven (Holland) 31.28 Sydney 91-Nairobi (Kenya). 28.5

Sydnap: 27.6 Dandong

H.S.L.P.J.

2.B.L.

3.5,0.

P.C.J.

2.F.C.

KILG

Cretza

J.O.I.K. 630 J.O.D.K... 620 J.O.C.K. 810 V.U.O 809.0 J.O.G.K. 700 J.O.H.K. 770 J.D.A.K. 760 V.U.R. 754 J.Q.B.K. 750 C.M.B. 739 EZ.R.M. 720

TIME (Hong Kora)

or WORKING

4,434 Mon., Wed.' & Fri., 0 p.ini & 2'3.m. 4,990 0-10 p.m.

6,291 Not regular

6,000 Tue, Thurs., Sat., § p.m.

6,996) Funday tuidnight

· 7,142 | Daily 5.30 p.m. & 11 pm,

7,310 | Not regular

7,730), Daily 1 ̈p.m.

8,108 Tues, & Fri., 0 p.m.—1 a.m. *

9,230 Not reguler

8.503 Not regular

W.2.X.A.F. 9,530 | Daily 7 n.3%

TLO.. 2.M.E. PLR. 26.58 Ohelmsford (England) 6.6.W,

+248

Mantin 23.36 Soborectaly 18.88 Baudoung 19:4 Kootwijk (Holland) 17.4 "Bandcong

9,620 | Fri, 3 a.m., 6at. 8 am, & 10л.m.

9,800 | Not regular

0,077 Midnight daily........

10,520 Not regular

11,020 Midnight am. daily

| 11,761 | 7.30 p.m. &'3 a.m. daily, ereapt

Saturday and Sunday

K.IX.R.

12,240 Nightly

V.2.X.0. P.L.G.

18,850 4m, Wed., Fri., Bot.

P.C.L. P.L.F...

H.S.1.P.J.

13.9 16.8

Bangkok Kootwijk (Holland) 16.74 Bandong

F.C.K. P.LE.

WAX.K.

to baggle with the Colonics about 15. Nancy (France)

the vexed question of an Em

13.83 Pittsburg

(ptro Shore wave Vaa Vaa chak

Uso some of the eneh, which the

Treasury has deducted from listen-

ra liconcoders, to build an Em piro Station!

10,102 Daily 0.30 p.m. to midnight

10304 Daily 7 pm.

17,250 Daily 8 pm to midnight

| 17,751|| Bauday 7 pm, & midnight

|18,401| Each afternoon -

19,220 | Dally 6.30–7 pm,

| 19,201 | Daily a sin..

21,540 Not regular ·

[Allowance must be made for " summer-time" in most Enro

pean countries, which is one hour ahead of true time.]

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