Evening star., 1935-10-13

vanced by the Radio Corporation OF
America for introduction of facsimile
In New York. Technically, it is held.
facsimile transmission is already prac-
ticable. An attachment for the ordl-
nary receiver will do the work. The
front page of a newspaper, through
Use of the instrument, for example,
can be traced by the radio pen"
process and reproduced IN the living
room IN 25 minutes. The main draw
back now surrounds the economic
feasibility OF facsimile. 1t costs more
than sl00 to manufacture the attach-
ment for the home set, and the
developers are trying to get the cost
down.
Fac-Simile has been used CONNER
cially for transatlantic TRANSMISSION
for more than a year. Messages are
sent by the square inch" instead OF
nv the word, Also it is possible 70
send a draft on a bank, signatures
and all via radio fac-simile, thus
speeding up international exchange'
TT is now revealed that the RADIO
i marine Corporation OF America
subsidiary of r. c. A. which maintains
radio communications aboard most OF
the the passenger vessels fiying tne
American flag, within montn wiz
equip four American liners WIN
facsimile apparatus for weather chart
and newspaper page service. Charies
= Pannill. president of Radiomarine,
said that tests have been in progress
IN the United States Line vessel
president Harding, for several months.
Thev have proved entirely satls1ac-
tory.
Declaring that mobile facsimile ap-
naratus for use aboard ships now mas
been perfected, Pannill predicted that
IN the future every passenger liner
nlying the seas will carry this appa-
ratus as standard equipment. At reg
ular intervals, facsimile transmlsslons
of weather maps and of newspaper
napes will be made for reception by
the vessels.
Pannill declared that at the outset
It is planned to send maps twice daily,
showing meteorological information OF
great value to mariners. Also, on the
same maps will be plotted the posi-
tions of other ships to facilitate navl-
cation. The operation OF facsimile,
in both transmission and reception,
is identical with any other radio, ex-
cept that the printed or written mat
ter on the sending end is converted
into electrical impulses, while on the
receiving end these impulses are re-
produced by actuating an instrument
which traces the graphic picture. In
ordinary radio the exact sounds are
reproduced.
CHIP facsimile was perfected, accord
~ ing to Pannill, with the develop
ment of a carbon-paper type of fac
simile receiver, instead of the radio
pen and ink" type. The latter has
been employed in the transatlantic
traffic where there was no ship-rolling
to be contended with. Charles j.
Young, son of Owen D. Young, de-
veloped the R. c. A. methods and
perfected the carbon-paper type re-
ceiver. This receiver is not affected
by ship motion at all.
Naturally, it is expected that COM
mercial introduction and development
of fac-simile in such uses as trans-At-
lantic traffic and aboard ships, will
hasten the arrival of the service for
home use.
I'D WYNN'S refusal to continue on
the air for his Fire Chief" spon-
sor at reputed salary of $1,000 per
broadcast-he is said to have de-
manded boost to s10O0O-has led to
parting of ways that finds Ed back
in the theatrical business as a pro-
ducer and his sponsor coming back
on the air with an unusual novelty.
From his newly established Offices
In New York, the Fire Chief" who
once had ambitions to become a radio
network operator and suffered loss of
something like a quarter of a mil
lion dollars in his Inflated Amalga-
mated Broadcasting Co. venture, has
let 1t be known that he will not be
back on the radio the rest of this year.
Unless his old sponsor takes him up
again, 1t is unlikely he will come back