The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21

Cod station sending newspaper messages
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/ was due
iop G { On long wave .Crre Cod uses
a long wave. Nantuc&rt a short nner
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sending ~ Tho nr>' ~. WITHOUT having ="
repeat Navy -'n hard At II
I Ioso Take on MmN again. Mime
wsskn
/ lose R.ce.,"d from Mnv Hard
work seven messages
CRANK THAT GIVES rELIEr
! The anna ratjIs on the shelf in front
/ Of the OPERATOR - somehow -urprIs InElv
unimposing There arc two osdinarv
| Telegraph Instruments for sending and
! receiving land line messages mot wlre-
! lessN 20 Woods Hole on the mainland
| Therr j. a similar instrument. like a hig
! brother ~ an ordinary r"legr aph kew
| This ls the Aey for s"rding "''r7le-s
/ There are two small posts about a foot
/ high connected with that wire which
/ drops from the aer,als On" u connected
! with the receiver. one with the trans
mitter Messages come and 60 on the
same wires
And there are three hoElke arrange
men,s One of them n a replica of tho
other for Use ~ case NJ emergency ~
the TWO Others ono ~ tho receiver. the
other the tuning apparatus. The 30
ceiver - ingenious, hut 80 simple thar
II i easily described II is run by clock
work wound up hv means 81 nickel
handle -,i king out ~ one end 81 the box
This handle by the way. becomes he
object OF intense c,Irio-itv. for the reason
that the operator attacks IL every few
minutes with fsverish energy He gives
II two or thr'. twists. looks through the
glass ton n the case and apparently
satisfied leaves IL Severely alone for
. a while until without apparent warning
Of any kind he -eIzee It again and repeats
the performance When YOU got a chance
you ask what this crank - which seems
10 cause him such panloky moments
He laughs and gives IL another twI-t
oh. that winds UP the receiver. n"
saws II We wound II mp all at ono"
II would run about two hours But w"
never 30 It's the only safety valve VI"
have that and smoking We've all got
into the habit 81 giving y few twists
when we" nervous or bored or mad
And now It's second nature 20 reach out
for ~ every few minutes and work IN
| a little steam twisting y
, The receiver consists Of Two Nat disks
which are kept revolving by means Of
M \ slender wire passes around these
two disks as an endless belt or chain
around two wheels THIS wire ~ mag
, netizad hy two magnets between the
disks
| The wire coming from the aerias -
connected with the apparatus and when
! an electric wave comes along down that
wire II dernsgnetlz"s the little one IN IN"
receiver The revolving disks carry
: their wire on over the ma gne's. r"inag-
nefizIng u Another wav" comes along
and dems gnoti7"- At and so It goes on
II - this interruption which records a."
waves or signals n they com"
RFCFIyTN0 MESSAGE
The operator has on his head a "on-
'r.vanCe similar 20 those worn hv f"lH-
phone girls ~ intervals SINCE you
have come IN he has adjusted u 50 that
the two round ear pieces 81 familiar pat
tern are clamped close To lus ears HaN-
ing done this he leans forward. turns
a knob on The tuning box and listens in
. tentIy. staring out across the moors
! IN. KNOT moves short brass rod from
MONT 20 point lust a. Won have -een n
I motorTnan turn the controller N throw
ing on the current AZ he starts his car
. In this case tho wireless man ~ feeling
about for a signal He ~ tuning his
instrument 20 different keys as u were
In reality he ~ lengthening or shorten
/ ing the coil IN which the receiving wire
ends 80 a. 10 ~ II ~ different wave
lengths
m he catches a sIgnsI he turns the knob
: back ward and forward I'LL he finds the
/ Do,n, AZ which he hears most distinctly
Then he lets ~ rest there II ~ like
screwinR a microscope or telescope
M and down TO find the point AT which
Won see most clearly Only m that case
YOU are adjusting y 10 your own eye.
/ whereas with the wireless you are adj
| iustinR tho instrument not 20 your ear
but 70 the waves IN which I" message
arrives
/ When the operator clamps the receivers
/ Though they are not IN. real receiver.
/, hut merely telephones for catching rhe
signals from the actual receiver thrr"
! in the box 10 his ears and apparently
sinks all his facIltIes m the one effort
| 10 hear Won 81 very 1uiet The piac" |
| il - huShed a. an empty church sud !
denly hi- expression alters You do not |
! hear a sound hut you know that he -
listening to somebody -omewhere.
| II il An eerie feeling You look AZ him |
with tho curious interest given IN people |
who 49, visions where other r~opie h |
hold only empty air
Then he swings brass arm from the !
I receiving 70 the transmitting po-' saws !
J Don't mind the noi-e' puts ms hnc"r .
On the big brother telegraph KEY hruN-
IN a switch and Izzippp Zip zIzippp'
The great cracking SPARK. -" Avn" .
somewhere You look under ~" shelf.
like counter and through a cr-vlca ne
their fierce flashes. A motor WhIrs in