VOICE ON A BEAM OF LIGHT

CD 1967064 E&MP109.001

Radio Beamcasting

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Receiving the voice from the air on a beam of light -

Engineers of WGY on the roof of General Electric's research laboratory, with special apparatus for receiving a program "narrowcasted" by light beam from the U.S. Navy's dirigible Los Angeles, flying 2,500 feet over Schenectady.

The light was picked up by a large concave mirror mounted on the tripod where small a "electric eye" converted the light waves into electrical impulses, which were converted into sound by the same means as used in an ordinary radio receiver.  

Original Caption by Science Service
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