New-York tribune., 1902-02-24
MANY WIRELESS TALKS.
KRONPRINZ WILHELM. CAMPANIA AND
LUCANIA EXCHANGED MESSAGES
PRINCE SENT GREETING.


| The wireless telegraph operators on board the
! Kronprinz Wilhelm are much pleased with the
work they accomplished with their instruments
| on the trip across. The vessel sailed from Bre-
men on February II at p m, and for three
hours after leaving port they were in communi-
| cation with the station the Borkum fireship.
| The Instruments worked well, and they were
| able to send and receive messages from and for
| passengers without difficulty.
The next station picked up the one at
North FOraeland, on the English coast. They
kept in communication with 1t until about the
time their receiver began TO tick off the call
from the station at Niton on the Isle OF Wight
They were in touch with the shore for four
hours.
The Prince took a great interest in the work
and there was received from Hubertusstock
private message from the Kaiser TO his brother
This message was at once answered by Prince
Henry.
After dropping the station at Niton they got
in touch with the Lizard. They were one nun
dred miles off the station and exchanged mes
sages until l o'clock. Then coil on the kron-
prinz broke. The instrument was again got into
working order but not until they were ABOUT
three hundred miles from the station. To the
surprise of the operators they got good signals
from the Lizard They got this message from
shore: Stand by a moment: have got to fix
apparatus" At that time they were $40 miles
from the station.
At 11:15 a. m on the 10Th they picked up the
Cunard steamship Lucania, and after an ex-
change of signals got this message:
The captain officers, crew and passenTtgers Ttc send
hearty greeting to His Majesty Prince henry.
To this the Prince responded:
Hearty thanks to captain and passengers
Of Lucania and good passage.
Another message to the captain received
from the Lucania telling him to look out for
sunken schooner in 1892 north. 1910 west The
signals were kept up for some time. The kron-
prinz got in communication at the same time
with the Campania. which was coming this way
On Saturday morning at 1870 o'clock. while
seventy miles from the Campania, she again
got in communication with her. but could not
understand her signals. Communication was
begun with Nantucket at 9 o'clock on Saturday
night but the first working message could not
be got through until II 80 o'clock Prince
Henry sent message, which has already been
published to President Roosevelt. Later the
Nantucket station informed them that they had
picked up the signals Of the Campana. The
signals could be heard board the Kronprinz.
but not distinctly They sent few messages
and then stopped the communication.
The operators the Kronprinz said that
when they were in communication with the
Campania and the Lucania at sea they
probably ninety or one hundred miles apart.
They sent messages for about three hours TO
the Lucania-
They received no messages. nor did they try 10
communicate with the Hohenzolern, accord
ing 10 the operator on board, who had instruc-
tions not to make any effort. as II was feared
attempts TO signal from the Hohenzollern might
cross and interfere with the currents 10 the
Nantucket station.
The Marconi operator on the Campania w. j.
Brooker. on February 10 had TO believe
he would be within the radius OF either the
Lucana or the Kronprnz. He began calling
first one ship and then the other. Presently he
received an answer from the Lucania, whose
operator MI Hepworth, evidently thought II
was the Kronprinz calling him. for he asked;
Have you seen the Campania?"
Before Brooker could reply the operator on
the Kronprinz broke IN and answered the Lu-
cania, mo"
Brooker made several efforts to get into the
conversation, but neither OF the other ships paid
any attention to him for some time. The Kron-
prinz and the Lucania kept up long wireless
talk only parts of which the Campania operator
could catch. He heard the Lucania send the
message to the Kronprinz telling him TO look
out for a wreck. but could not make out the
particulars which the Lucania gave the Kron-
prinz on the subject. because they were talking
on a synchronic machine. which permitted them
to converse with each other in a code which his
instrument would not take.
After the Lucana and the Kronprinz had fin
ished their conversation. each OF them signalled
the Campania. but before any messages could
be transmitted back and forth the ships had
lost each other.
On February 90 Brooker got good signals from
the Kronprtnz about IL 40 p. m, and heard her
talking to the Nantucket lightship for about an
hour. Brooker then got the lightshp and
in communication with it up to 43O o'clock yes
terday morning.