Radio transmission in the Hebrew language, with the messages received in Hebrew characters, was described here today as an “imminent possibility” following experiments conducted by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Press Wireless, Inc., American press communications organization.
The new method would permit Israeli newspaper correspondents here to write their messages in Hebrew characters and have them transmitted to Israel in that form. At present, correspondents here transcribe Hebrew into phonetic English and their messages are transmitted in English characters.
In experiments here, Yiddish texts–news stories prepared for transmission to the Yiddish newspapers by wire circuits–were transmitted by radio facsimile and received on a tape-style receiver. The system was described as less subject to static and other atmospheric disturbances than radio printer transmission.
The JTA-Press Wireless experiments indicated that there were no technical barriers to commencement of a facsimile broadcast service using the tape-style receivers. Experiments are being continued in the use of a page-type receiver.
Press Wireless has successfully operated the system on an extensive test basis between New York and Tokyo, using a relay repeater at San Francisco. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which uses the transmitting facilities of Press Wireless, contemplates establishment of a similar circuit between New York and Tel Aviv. The JTA established the first direct radio printer circuits between New York and Tel Aviv earlier this year for transmission of its own news service to the Israel press.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
