Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-25

the awaiting of the verdict OF the
logic of events. But as ] have been in
yited 10 Express my opinion, / feel
bound TO say at once that, as far as |
can Judge. | do not look upon any sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy as a seri-
Gus competitor with our cables.
Some years ago ! said the same
thing. and nothing has since occurred
TO alter nv views, nor do ! think that
those Of the experts whom we then
consulted have become different. At
that time the length over which wire
less messages were sent wass Perhaps.
900 or 400 miles, but / then said hat
! did not put any bounds in that re-
spect to the development Of science.
and that greater distances would prob
ably be compassed. The fundamental
difficulties and imperfections Of wire
less telegrapby. however, remain, in
the want Of certainty Of transmission.
the want Of secrecy, and in the confu-
sion which must occur when numer-
Gus messages are not conveyed by a
direct conductor, such as telegraph
cable or land line, from point to point,
but are thrown with great violence
up into the ether, into which they ra-
date In an directions. 10 be olsen
tangled and interpreted at the other
side Of the globe.
| am well aware that By tuning or
~syntonizing the receiving instruments
to the wave length Of the sending in
struments some Of these difficulties of
publicity n confusion can be met,
and to a limited extent this is the
case.
Secrecy. however. Is only really at
tainable so long as third parties alb
stain from tuning their Instruments to
intercept the messages-a process
which i am told on the highest au-
thOritY. presents no difficulty. II is
also evident hat confusion Of stimuli
taneous messages Ia the ether can be
lessened by tuning. but here again we
must remember that the number Of
graduatiOns of tuning is limited to an
extent which seems to me to be quite
incompatible with the requirements of
a large Geographic business. believe
that some $4,000 paying words pass
to and from this country by cables
during a busy hour, and We know that
New York expects to receive and an
iwer stock exchange kilograms with
London In four or five minutes. After
making all allowances for possible
.uning. / can not but think that the
confusion in the ether will be worse
'onfounded II any considerable num-
OF wireless messages are at
emDted.
With regard to certainty Of trans
mission. | believe that many disturb
lnces Of the ether by natural causes
must always be encountered. and that
he longer the distances attempted the
more formidable viii be the difficult
les from atmospheric or magnetic Z
auses. {
Then, again, ! understand that a
wireless sending station Of high pow
r can not. as Is the case with teleg- :
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'e at the same time a receiving sta {
lon. or, in other words. messages !
nm not be sent and received simulta-
eously. and If this be SO, / foresee the J
~reatest difficulties in dealing with 7
Of the matters which causes con- Q
trouble with any system of tel
graphy-namely, the elimination of
oubtful signals. For these ard other {
| do not look upon a wireless J
1stem as a serious competitor with I
/ am as much an admirer of !
he wonderful results obtained by 4
ireless ~telegraphy as any one. and
ppreciate most highly the efforts of :
lose who have shown the way I'm this 1
Fry Interesting development of
hence, but | remain Of my original
pinion as to its practical effect on Q
lble enterprise-so far, at least. as 2
can form a judgment under the abb J
iAAdl 1biihilibih VI NtiItiN WHICH .
ave from the first e"nshrouded the G
nerations OF those who have the on s.
lct Of the wireless system. G
Wireless %telegraphy will iassuredly
OF great value TO the world in GER q
In localities and for certain pur- e
)ses. but ] think that. instead of be-
Il harmful 10 cable enterprise. II
ay, IN the contrary. be an assist n
Indeed. we are now engaged q
lder our concessions from the Por- T
guese government, in an important q
bsidiary wireless installation for 81
oderate distances in "A locality in p
hich a system of cables IL for various y
asons difficult and undesirable. 1t \
as well said that II the order of dis ~
very had been reversed and cables II
d come second In point Of date TO a
.reless system, Il would have been NJ
.iversally recognized hat cables az
IRE a fundamental and enormous
.proyement, eliminating difficulties
der which a wireless system must a.,