Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1920-03-26 | Page 6 | New Wireless Distress Call

New Wireless Distress Call. A novel wireless emergency device by which ships in distress csin ring alarm bells on other ships within wireless wire-less range is reported by the American Ameri-can chamber of commerce in London. The present wireless system of communication com-munication requires that an operator to hear a call must be on duty, wearing wear-ing the usual telephone headpiece. The new device is said to enable any station or ship equipped with a special spe-cial automatic transmitter key to call up any station or ship within range, fitted with a corresponding receiver relay, re-lay, even if the operator is absent. The calling up, according to the American Amer-ican chamber, is effected by a bell which starts ringing on the ships called. It is claimed that one of the most important uses of the devices will be to insure immediate and general attention at-tention to S. O. S. calls.