The Listener In Federal Wireless Convention at Perth
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34 THE LISTENER IN August 22, 1925
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FEDERAL WIRELESS CONVENTION AT PERTH
An account of the proceedings at the Second Annual Convention held at Perth recently.
VFHE second annual convention of the (1) for hroadcast listeners. 1t was recommended that official
! Wireless Institute of Australia (2) for experimenters, this to in- wave length stations be created
was held in Perth on August 7 and 8. clude licence to transmit, throughout the Commonwealth, such
The various divisions were represent- It was further urged that the ex- stations to have a certified wave length
ed as follow:—Victoria, Mr. .B. Jer- perimenters’ licence fee be the same and that unification of all standards
myn Masters; N.SW.,, Mr. H. A. as the broadcast, and that an addi- he hrought about as soon as possible.
Stowe; Tasmania, Mr. P. O. Fysh; tional fee for examination and certi-
Queensland, Mr. W. Phipps and H. ficate be imposed. o Interstate Traflic
A. Btowe (proxies); South Australia, [t was recommended that free ex-
perimental licences be issued to all The authorities are to be asked that
Mr. W. E. Ames; West Australia, Mr. permission be given for the' official
W. E. Coxon and Mr. A. E. Stevens. recognised radio clubs and divisions ot
the Institute. amateur station in each State to con-
Mr. Bernard M. Holt, president of the duct interstate traffic.
‘W.A. division, occupied the chair.
A message of loyalty to the Throne Exam. Too Hard? The matter of interference from the
and of greeting to the British Radio Several speakers contended that the P.M.G.'s Department is to be referred
Society and the A.R.R.L. were sent A.O.P.C. exam. was too hard, but this to that department, with the request
by amateur relay. ) ’ was disputed, and it was decided to that they give consideration to it.
urge that the examination be made. It was decided to ask the Chief .
uniform, and that Jamesg on valves Manager of Wireless to give the radio
Experimental Wave Lengths and Bangay for receiving be taken as inspectors in divisions distant from
After discussion of wavebands de- text books. : the central authority greater discre-
sired for experimental use, it was de- The convention also recommended tionary -powers. s o
cided to apply for 250-125, 96-85, 37~ the authorities to prohibit the use of Instruction was given for the Fed-
32, 23-21, 10-8, 5-4, 2.6-2; and below .. direct circuits in transmitters. eral Kxecutive; when formed, to ap-
1 metre, It was also decided that the ‘The advocacy of the prohibition of ply to the Federal Government for
waveband 37-32 and above should be ‘spacing waves and the elimination of a subsidy for research work in Aus-
divided into six equal frequency bands, key clicks led to an animated tech- tralia, and that each division apply
one of such to bé allotted to each of nical discussion, in which it was to the State Government also.
the divisions. pointed out that the use of spacing
waves gave a means of eliminating In the course of a discussion it was
The present system of wireless
key clicks. It was ultimately decided stated that efforts were being made to
licences was reviewed, and it was re- overcome the interference caused by
commended that two classes of that the divisions should investigate
commercial stations, but nevertheless.
licences only be issued: ~ the matter further.
it was thought wise to pass a motion
drawing the P.M.G.’s attention to the
matter.
It was decided to appl}} ‘to the
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P.M.G. for permission to carry out B
relay work within the Commonwealth.
Federal Executive Board
A Federal Executive was decided
upon, to consist of a president, secre- -
lary and treasurer, as executive, and
2 board comprised of one representa-
tive from each State. It was agreed
also that the executive officers be
“elected each year by the ¥Federal Con-
vention, and that all three officers
should be resident within the one
State. The Executive for the forth-
coming year will be:—President, Mr.
. Renshaw: treasurer, Mr. H. A.
Stowe: secretary, to be left open tem-
porarily.
A Research Burcau was decided ,
upon, to be termed in each State, to
give consideration to matters affect-
ing radio, and to co-operate interstate.
It was decided that IZsperanto
should be accepted as an International
language so far as Australia is con-
cerned.
The advantage of having a definite
time of watch for international sta-
H.F. TRANSFORMERS tions was discussed, and it was de-
L cided to commence an agitation with
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No. 00 80 to 150 metres . this view in mind.
It was decided to hold the next
0.1 . metres Convention in Sydney about the month
No. 2 . 550 tg 1200 metres 16/6 of July.
Wwo. 3 . 1100 to 3000 metres | each. On the social side of the programme
No. 4 . 2200 1> 7070 mstres
Ncutrodyne Unit A6 ., .
" was included a day's motor -tour
through the country, including a visit
Any number of each transformer to Mundaring Weir water scherme,
can be cupplied matched at no - which provides the water for the
- extra charge.
longest pipe line in the world; an
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afternoon with Professor Ross at the
DEALERS, University; a complimentary radio
dinner, attended by about 150 mem-
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bers; and a theatre night, "as ' the
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