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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
5
Hugo Gernsback reports on radio controlled television planes and six directional electric eyes. He explains ground control via six screens, potential for bombing, reconnaissance, and future peacetime uses including cross country mail planes watched by Post Office operators.
Report describes a Mexican Automobile Mission conference in New York where two microphones and interpreters translated English to Spanish and Spanish to English. Listeners wore earphones while an American spoke their language, allowing direct comprehension without delays. The system could scale to ten nations with more interpreters and equipment.
Admiral John K. Robison, chief of the navy bureau of engineering, asks Congress for about 8.5 million to modernize ship radio equipment plus 550 thousand for vessels and 900 thousand for land stations. He notes current spark and obsolete gear must be replaced to support duplex operation and accurate wave-length measurement.
Radio exports in November reach a new high of 948 993 dollars, the largest for any brief month. October exports stood at 769 249 dollars, with Canada Australia Mexico England Cuba Argentina and Japan listed as the major buyers of radio apparatus.
Washington Jan 22 A steadily expanding demand for copper and a rapidly growing market for American radio apparatus is reported in Rome by Commercial Attache Henry C. McLean.
A test message from the Utah was received last week in New York harbor while south of Milancuihue Chile. It used a 2500 meter wavelength and covered about 4600 miles with General Pershing aboard the Utah.
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