The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-20
NEW WIRELESS
RECORD IS
MADE
(From Thursdays Advertiser)

(From Thursdays Advertiser)
Across thirteen hundred miles of
space a message was flashed at nine
O'Clock last night to Honolulu from
the U. s. A. 7. Thomas. The COM
plete message was not received but
the operators at the Naval Station
caught fragments of it. Had there
been anyone on the receiving end at
BARRIERS Point the whole message
would have been caught, the location
of that plant being infinitely superior
to the one on the waterfront in the
city with the trolley cars passing it
every few minutes and interruDting
the long distant waves with their
electrical disturbances. Enough of the
message was caught during the quiet
er moments, however, to tell that the
Thomas was all o. K, the message
being a weather report of the same
nature as the one sent from that YES
sci nine hundred miles away on Tues,
day night. fi' q iaE
Thus. for the second time within
twenty-four hours the local record for
receiving was broken. the nine hun
dred-mile message caught by Opera
tor A. A. Isbell, the expert now test
ing the system, at BARRIERS Point the
night before, being the record up to
that time. Heretofore the farthest
the Naval Station wireless has re-
ceived has been five hundred miles,
taking a message at that distance a
short time ago from the Thomas.
The messages being sent from Oper-
ator Farwell, aboard the Thomas, are
according to a Encouragement with
Mr.. IsbeI. When the Thomas was in
port it was arranged that every night
commencing at nine o'clock two or
three attempts to call Honolulu would
be made until the transport was two
thousand miles away. The operator
on the vessel set his watch with that
of the expert here and is faithfully
carrying out his part, although there
is no possibility with the apparatus and
power available at any of the Hawai-
ian stations to send back any replies.
For two days yet the Thomas will be
within the two thousand miles zone
and it may be that each night for the
next tNO INC EtSOAuS VIII CoulihuS W
be made.
In commenting on the work of the
wireless last night, Mr.. Isbell express
ed his belief in the possibility of
soon being able to keep in touch with
transports and liners all the way from
the Orient to the Coast. With mod |
ern and powerful plants on Midway |
and Guam to relay the messages and
with a plant here powerful enough to |
send the waves at least half way to
the Coast, this would be Well within |
the range of practicability, although |
4 plant with which communication can !
be maintained with the Coast direct |
is what is planned. 1t is to locate |
the place for erecting such a station
that the expert is here.
/ And we will have such a station |
before long for a certainty" said c. !
]. Hutchins yesterday. Mr.. Hutchins \
is president of the local commercial |
company and was delighted |
with the result OF the receiving at
BARRIERS Point by Mr.. Isbell.
A message from the transport Sher-
man, which arrived at San Francisco
on Tuesday. was received vel erday
at the Naval Station. being
relayed on by the Hilonian, which ar
rived at this port last evening. The
was received here at five
o'clock in the morning. when the Hilo- !