Roosevelt Standard | 1920-04-21 | Page 5 | New Wireless Distress Call

new wireless distress call A novel wireless emergency device by which ships in distress hs tress can ring alarm bells on other ships within mathin wireless range Is reported by tile the american chamber of commerce in london the present wireless system of communication muni cation requires that an operator to hear a call must be on duty wearing the usual telephone headpiece the new device is said to enable any station or ship equipped with a special automatic transmitter key to call up lip any station or ship within vi thin range fitted with a corresponding receiver relay even it if the operator is absent the calling up according to the amerlean american chamber Is effected by a bell which starts ringing on the ships shills called it is claimed that one of the file most important uses of 0 the devices will be to insure immediate and general attention to 8 S 0 S calls