A. I. E. E. section activities

On the evening of Thursday, February 14, 1929 the New York Section of the Institute will listen to a presentation of some of the most recent developments in the field of international electrical communication. Four speakers, one each from the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., the International Telephone and Telegraph Co., the Radio Corporation of America and the Western Union Telegraph Company. The speakers and their subjects are, as follows: “Short Waves and Long Waves in Transatlantic Radio Telephony,” by Ralph Bown, A. T. & T. Co.; “South America Transcontinental Telephone Circuits Connecting Argentina, Uruguay and Chile,” by F. A. Hubbard, Assistant Chief Engineer, International Telephone and Telegraph Company; “Short Wave Technique Especially as Adapted to Facsimile,” by Major R. H. Ranger, Radio Corporation of America; “The Construction and Laying of the Western Union Telegraph Company´s 1928 Newfoundland — Azores Loaded Cable,” by G. A. Randall, Western Union Telegraph Company. Motion pictures of the laying of the cable will be shown.