New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
BIG WIRELESS ZONE
NEH RECORDS 1T SE4.
Instrument 0R CUORia Works
5oitk Ship 80 Miles .asuay.

With Two operators on duty constantly
fl-roughout the run from Liverpool 10 New
York the Cunsrd liner Csronia arrived
here last night breaking all records for
long distance wireless work A sea Before
leaving port she had been equipped with
the highest power set ~ instruments ever
installed on merchant ship ano for i've
5sys the operators were working direct
rfth Signor Maroon himself. the inventor
having gone 10 the station al Clifden. on
The west coast ~ Ireland to work with
ire Caronis.
Tie wireless messages which were re-
rflved hy Harold r Watterson and David
Arrllsfr rong al ! a. N. on Thursday were
s-ni oy ,he hand Of Marconi from the sta
ZION or the Irish coast Captain Dow of
she Csrouia took an especial interest IN
ne working II the hig eight- lilowatt in
srrulnent and from Saturday % Thursday
Re and Narconi exchanged dozens of
messages.
The instrument was put on the Csronia
as 81 experiment and the operators are
confident that when the Caronia gets into
ire. Med iterranean on her next astWard
psssage she VIII be ahie 10 work perfect
Isl Nsth the stations IN England across
rhs Ans throughout the -Dsssage from
Cf5ralrar 20 Fiume. the port al tine north
end ~ the Adriauc-
on the passage the operators worked
u-th the Lusitania al a distance OF sl5
miles. and on leaving Liverpool were able
% tske al The wireless business OF the
k~onprinzesstn Cecilie. which Was then
To- miles west OF Crookhaven. The op-
orators were pleased with the work OF the
rea instruments. but a surprise came on
Thursday morning when they worked
sstE Clifden and Siasconsett
Al g. g. m. an Thursday M Watterson
NGs working with SignOr MsrcOni a. elf
Den. the messages ceasing az los a. NJ
Wa,tersou said he thought Marconi
stopped because he believed the Caronia 20
b. aslr or range. Nothing was reosived un-
ri g a n when Mr.. Armstrong came on
s-ry Cor the rest Of the morning.
As Warrerson vas about 10 go 10 bed
A-ns-rong called him and said that he had
picked up Siasconsett on the Massachusetts,
coast Nonsense" said Watterson. 1t
must be cape Race or sable Island" He
to5k the receiver himself and was astounded
10 sud that he vas actually receiving from
~tssrorsert The steamer was then ons
hundred miles south OF Cape Race, or about
e.grt hundred and eighty miles east OF
sandy Hook. The work with the American
station. according 10 the operators. was
perfect. and lasted until the Caronia got
into Quarantine
T. Is -he belier OF the operators that had
Narconi continued 70 send his messages
-ro-, Clifden until a. m. the feat OF re-
-eiving from Ireland and America al the
same tine would have beer accomplished
me unusual feature Of The Caronia's new
equipment Is It's abiiity 20 send and re-
-elve messages direct with Clifden f0r I'VE
days
captain Dow was enthusiastic lsst night
over the work % the instruments Mar
ouri crossed with him recently and said
then thas he would put record breaking
plant on the Caronia-
on Thursday Captain Dow sent the fol-
lowing message 70 Msrconi, Having very
had weather. Regards 70 Mrs MarcOni- ="
AL hour later & reply came from the sn-
venror. saying. Sorry you have had had
weather. Have told Mrs. Msrconi Don't
Worry Paddy. Keep up your steam" The
new instrument. according 10 the opera
r0rs. car easily receive and send FIVE hun
cred niles Ia the daytime and seven hun
l-e5 miles al night Al times the insCru-
inert works perfectly ~ distances over q
thousand miles The equipment VII be
pun through some severe tests when the
aroma leaves this port for the Meoitsr-
ranean on Saturday.