Wireless Pedal Transceiver |
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| Title : | Wireless Pedal Transceiver |
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| Date of creation : | 1937 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 210 x 157 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Woman operating a wireless pedal transceiver. The pedal wireless was invented by Alfred Traeger in Adelaide in 1927. Traeger had previously invented the transceiver, a combined receiver and transmitter, and adapted it to be pedal-powered so that it could be used in remote areas. The use of pedal wireless was integral to the development and success of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical Service (later the Royal Flying Doctor Service). |
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| Related names : | Traeger, Alfred |
| Coverage year : | 1937 |
| Further reading : | McKay, James Frederick. Traeger: the pedal radio man: he gave a voice to the bush and to flying doctors, Moorooka, Qld: Boolarong Press, 1995 McPhee, Margaret. The dictionary of Australian inventors and discoveries, St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993 Port, Leo with Brian Murray. Australian inventors, Stanmore, NSW: Cassell Australia, 1978 |
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