Radiotelephone experiments over short distances

RADIO in communication practise generally is associated with long distances over which physical plant is economically impossible. There are very few communities of appreciable size on the North American continent that are not linked up with the various telephone networks. Exceptions are to be found in British Columbia and Alaska where the territory intervening between the isolated settlements and populated areas is of such rugged nature as to render impossible from the standpoint of economy, the use of the usual telephone facilities.