Wireless Pole - The Vintage Technology
Hello Readers ,
This is my next post in the continuation of my beloved reasearch about my beloved hometown.
Let me give you a quick recap from my last post that when bishop cotton school was suppose to use Jutogh town for his purposes however due to conflicts of the paper work was not able to . So British army started using it to utilize this place more. As a result a huge magnificent structure came into existence by the name of Wireless pole.
This Pole is one of the amazing structures i have seen in my life.This is a goliath of iron metal of aprox 80 Ft. ( i might be wrong ;) Through my childhood i have heard its name as wireless poll . But now has the time came to quench our thirst for the question why it is called Wireless pole.
i am not sure about the dates when this pole came into existence. However in my upcoming trip to this town will gather more facts on this.
The reason is pole was meant to use a communication tool .Which was used by the British army to communicate .
The Technology which British army used was heliograph telegraphic signals.Wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code) reflected by a mirror. The flashes are produced by momentarily pivoting the mirror, or by interrupting the beam with a shutter.The heliograph was a simple but effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances during the late 19th and early 20th century. Its main uses were military, survey and forest protection work. Heliographs were standard issue in the British and Australian armies until the 1960s, and were used by the Pakistani army as late as 1975.
Signal mirrors are still included in survival kits for emergency signaling tosearch and rescue aircraft.
The same wireless poles were built in Dagshai cantt as well.
The Image slide show i am going to include in this post will show you some more panels and objects with Visual explanation of Wireless pole .
and if that even is not enough for you read more below
My Next Post would be about other magnificent creation of British Army . And more details about it . Till Than readers thanks for reading this blog . Your comments would be highly apreciated. If you have something of the same interest to share or question. Please update . I would be happy to assist you with that.
This is my next post in the continuation of my beloved reasearch about my beloved hometown.
Let me give you a quick recap from my last post that when bishop cotton school was suppose to use Jutogh town for his purposes however due to conflicts of the paper work was not able to . So British army started using it to utilize this place more. As a result a huge magnificent structure came into existence by the name of Wireless pole.
This Pole is one of the amazing structures i have seen in my life.This is a goliath of iron metal of aprox 80 Ft. ( i might be wrong ;) Through my childhood i have heard its name as wireless poll . But now has the time came to quench our thirst for the question why it is called Wireless pole.
i am not sure about the dates when this pole came into existence. However in my upcoming trip to this town will gather more facts on this.
The reason is pole was meant to use a communication tool .Which was used by the British army to communicate .
The Technology which British army used was heliograph telegraphic signals.Wireless solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code) reflected by a mirror. The flashes are produced by momentarily pivoting the mirror, or by interrupting the beam with a shutter.The heliograph was a simple but effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances during the late 19th and early 20th century. Its main uses were military, survey and forest protection work. Heliographs were standard issue in the British and Australian armies until the 1960s, and were used by the Pakistani army as late as 1975.
Signal mirrors are still included in survival kits for emergency signaling tosearch and rescue aircraft.
The same wireless poles were built in Dagshai cantt as well.
The Image slide show i am going to include in this post will show you some more panels and objects with Visual explanation of Wireless pole .
and if that even is not enough for you read more below
Description
Carry Case |  |
Mirror Assembly |  |
Axillary Arm
Used to support the secondary mirror and/or aiming target.
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Secondary Mirror
Used when the Sun is behind you.
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Aiming Post |  |
Tool |  |
Spare Parts Bag
Marked D. & M. 43
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Spare Mirrors |  |
Books
Manual: Signal Training. Volume III. Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922.
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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bxca_am-Ldk6bTR5MVRmeXlScjZIQ19jWjloSTM0UQ (54 MB)
Smaller file size Pamphlet (6 MB) with bookmarks (see making pdf documents)
United Service Vol 2, About Heliographs, Philip Reade, 1880 (Google Books) -
Patents
186427 Improvement in Apparatus for Signaling by menas of Reflected Light, Henry C. Mance, Kurrachee Bombay, Jan 23, 1877, 116/20
Fig 1 Front Elevation | Fig 2 Side Elevation Fig 4X Bed Tangent Worm Section  | Fig 3 Tripod Plan Fig 4 Tripod Section Fig 5 Base Plate Plan Fig 6 Base Plate Section  |
| Fig 7 Mirror Assembly Front Elevation Fig 12 False Bed (no tripod) Plan Fig 13 False Bed (no tripod) Section  | Fig 8 Mirror Assembly Side Elevation Fig 9 Telescopic Connecting Rod Side Fig 10 Telescopic Connecting Rod Section Fig 11 Signting Rod  | |
Signal Training. Volume III, Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922" Two Mirror Setup | Signal Training. Volume III, Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922" Single Mirror Setup |
My Next Post would be about other magnificent creation of British Army . And more details about it . Till Than readers thanks for reading this blog . Your comments would be highly apreciated. If you have something of the same interest to share or question. Please update . I would be happy to assist you with that.
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