Show Beacon to Guide Planes Is Isi i N ew Discovery DETROIT Jan 1 The AP-The Henry enry Ford ord laboratories have developed de- de 1 a radio beacon the object ow ch Is to guide planes through inclement weather A system of signals tells the pl L lot of the plane whether he Is on onS S- S n true line or on either side of the course On a true line of flight S the pIlot receives through his head k r O set act seta a long single dash On one side of the course he a let let- 1 tik N th in the wIreless code on the other sIde he gets ets the letter J operation the beacon Is au- au 5 1 tIc T-tIc and gives sIgnals ever every ee seconds The equipment Is J that the signals can canS can'S S 'S 1 b st and weather S ion tion radiocast with the same trans trans- S r. r tests with the beaS beacon bea- bea i S con n have been successful The showed that at a distance of 30 the broadcasting had a aS S width of three tenths I v a mile At miles s anon Its wIdth was from one to to t to o miles S SS S Considerable research work remains reni re- re ni mains to be d done lne before the beacon beacon bea- bea con Is placed in regular operation S A head set capable of receivIng sigS sig- sig S ml un 11 a wave length of 1034 me- me iJ 7 5 and also over a lower wave 5 J ng b Is one of the problems ra- ra dI are working on A r do jt receIver that wIll require off oct a d on switches doing away with 1 j- j the tuning In of stations Is the S aim Portable antenna That Can C'an be reeled out oit when the ther r takes the air and drawn In InI I oe it lands Is another el derel- pm nt to be worked out r. r |