Zhu Beiguo immediately called back: How big is the volume of the improved radio station?

Xiao Fei replied: With the antenna and power supply system, the total scale is almost as large as a two-story building.

Obviously, this radio station is what Zhu Beiguo needs the most, for Zhu Beiguo, it doesn't matter if it's convenient or not---- it's fixed on the land, and it doesn't matter if it's bigger.

So Zhu Beiguo immediately called back: I want it, I plan to build one more such communication station in Mina.

Xiao Fei called back: No problem.

The telegram exchange between Zhu Beiguo and Xiao Fei was also received by Xin'an City and Zixia Island, and Wei Hong and Ren Ke sent a report to the Red Mansion almost at the same time, suggesting that Xiao Fei make a few portable radio communication equipment for the garrison, and that the communication distance should not be so far, a distance of several hundred kilometers is enough.

Xiao Fei immediately called back and said that it is true that we can make a few relatively light radio stations recently, with a communication distance of about 300 to 500 kilometers, but according to our current level of technology, at least two horse-drawn carriages are needed to carry this radio system, do you think this is okay?

Ren Wei and the others have not responded, probably because of the good weather, at this time, the Pride that was sailing at sea intercepted Nicole's telegram, and Li Sanduo immediately called back and said, It seems that it weighs one or two tons, right? If you put such a radio station on the three sailing ships of the Women's Rights, it is actually quite good, right? At least our communication problems in the coastal areas of the mainland were solved.

In the face of enthusiastic responses from overseas places, Xiao Fei called back and said that he was developing a lighter model for marine radios.

In fact, Wang Gong has entrusted this project to him a long time ago, because Wang Gong has been planning ----to wait for the assembly of the Pride class sister ship, after the assembly of the Pride class sister ship, he will independently build a hybrid armed merchant ship that is lighter than the Pride class, this kind of armed merchant ship is a smaller version of the Pride class, and the carrying capacity is about two-thirds of the Pride class, but it is comparable to the Pride class in terms of power and firepower, so its mobility and combat effectiveness are not worse than the Pride class, and even surpass - such as speed and turning radius.

Regarding the communication system of this lightly armed merchant ship, Wang Gong's request to Xiao Fei was that the communication distance should not be less than 2,000 kilometers.

Therefore, the current radio station cannot be equipped on the three sailing ships of the Women's Rights, after all, it is too bulky and will cause the payload of the three sailing ships to lose too much, which is very uneconomical.

What's more, the main task of the three sailing ships in the future is coastal traffic and defense, so Xiao Fei plans to temporarily replace the installation of a lighter radio station with a communication distance of less than 300 kilometers on the three sailing ships, this kind of radio can be produced and manufactured under the existing conditions, Xiao Fei said, if it is fast, the prototype can be made before the end of October, and it is estimated that it can be equipped in half a year.

Xiao Fei also assured that this kind of radio station is basically a "portable" type, which is only about the size of two refrigerators, but does not include the power supply and antenna, if you add these auxiliary equipment, the volume will be at least doubled, and the weight may reach about 300 kilograms---- obviously this is mainly the weight of the battery and antenna.

Then Ren Ke sent a telegram to Xiao Fei saying that he really wanted a few of the kind of two-horse radio stations, and that kind of nod was a realistic need for Zixia Island.

Now the communication in Zixia Island can only rely on horseback to transmit messages back and forth, which is not only slow and wastes manpower and material resources, with the increase of immigrants, now the various settlements on the island are becoming more and more scattered, but these places need to maintain daily contact with Zixia Town, if there is that kind of radio, it is simply too convenient.

Ren Ke also said that in fact, Macao needs it more, and with the increase of immigration, it is estimated that many islands in the Wanshan Islands will have to be developed - those islands are tens of kilometers to one or two hundred kilometers away, and at least each island needs a light land-based radio station, right?

The discussion of these telegrams quickly aroused Yu Hewei's great attention, he felt that the current demand for overseas radio communications is indeed very large and important, so he quickly found Xiao Fei and said: We have invested so much in radio communication in the early stage, I feel that now it should enter the return period, since you have established Huamei Communication Company, I will give you a plan, you can do it, so that we will be able to carry out our communication business.

Xiao Fei read the plan for a night after getting it, and sent a telegram to Ren Ke early the next morning, saying that AAG Communications Co., Ltd. had decided to invest 100,000 taels of silver to build a cable telegraph and telephone system on Mornington Island and Zixia Island.

Subsequently, under the central auspices of Yu Hewei, Xiao Fei reached service agreements with major companies---- starting from October, all companies on Mornington Island, as long as they have a telecom, will have to pay a fixed "landline fee" to AAG Communications every month, and the standard is 50 taels of silver per month.

Of course, the early investment of major companies in radio stations was also accounted for by Yu Hewei, and the final result was: in addition to Ledi Department Store now paying a fixed landline fee to AAG Communications every month, the rest of the companies have more or less contributed to Xiao Fei's communication business in the early stage, such as the glass factory of Baisha Group, which provided strong and key support for the research and development of Xiao Fei's vacuum triode, and for example, the non-ferrous metal smelting of Anhengtong also provided Xiao Fei with various materials, etc., therefore, For at least the next two to three years, these companies will only pay fixed landline fees to AAG on their books until ---- full cost is deducted.

Next came the construction of radio station communications, and AAG decided to mass-produce a "light portable" radio station with a communication distance of 300 kilometers (which may reach 500 kilometers after improvement).

Of course, this so-called "light portability" is actually neither light nor portable, and according to Xiao Fei's final design, at least two two-horse carriages are needed to carry the equipment--- and the total weight may be close to one ton.

This radio station will initially be provided to the three garrisons and to the Wanshan Islands, some people, in fact this is a government@government procurement project.

The third project is the civil transoceanic long-distance radio communication service, and the four large radio stations currently in use belong to the federal government@government, for which the federal government@government will pay the purchase price of 200,000 taels of silver to AAG Communications Company in installments over a period of three to five years in the form of mortgages.

As a result, AAG will spend two to three years to establish a civil radio communication system from Macao---- Xin'an Cheng---- Zixia Island to Mornington Island, and officially start AAV's transoceanic radio communication business.

After Xiao Fei notified all shareholders of Yu Hewei's business plan in the form of a telegram, no one expressed any objections.

After all, these businesses of the company involve their own interests, especially the radio station sold to the three garrisons, and all the traversers ----that is, all the shareholders said that although the government @ government procurement project is essentially a matter of the left pocket into the right pocket for the time being, all the traversers know that this approach will lay the foundation for the future system of the country, and this clear practice of distinguishing between public and private is of great historical significance.

On August 18, Xiao Fei sent a telegram to two ships and three places, announcing that a portable improved electronic tube transceiver had been successfully developed---- tentative model was "1659 type 1", the total weight of the machine (including antennas, generators and batteries) was 320 kilograms, the main transceiver body was 1.60 meters high, 90 centimeters long and 45 centimeters wide, and a manpower alternator with a power of 1,000 watts, which required four people to operate in two shifts, and the communication distance of this machine was expected to reach more than 500 kilometers (theoretical value, not yet experimented, But it is expected to exceed this distance), precautions: Please turn off the nearby spark radio system when turning on, otherwise there will be serious interference......