in may 1898, a sole report states that colonel howel gunter, commandant of the queensland defence forces instructed the conduct of wireless telegraphy experiments at lytton, to ascertain whether the technique could be utilised for signalling purposes at the forthcoming annual easter camp. the experiments trialed both the conductive and hertz wave methods and were reported successful in both instances, however, the conductive method was considered more suitable for field use due to utilisation of less-skilled men. it does seem likely that immediate supervision of the experiments was with john hesketh as he definitely supervised the phonopore telegraphy experiments in june 1898, but this remains to be established.