Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-07
.POULSEN WIRELESsNOI SECRET,
BALCH SAYS, AND OFFERS PR0gf
Manager of Mutual Telephone Company Reproduces Some
Messages He Claims Were Sent and Received by Federal
Telegraph Company and Mere ntercepted with MarcOni
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j. A. Balch, manager Of the Mutual
Telephone Company, in the following
letter to the Star-Bulletin, accepts the
challenge of the Federal Telegraph
/, Company to give thousand dollars IL
lit can be demonstrated that any of
] the wireless messages sent over the
| Poulsen system can be Intercepted by
any but users OF Poulsen instruments
The Mutual Telephone manager
writes:
i Editor lin the Commercial Pacific
ADVERTISER under date of September
4, 1872 noticed a statement pre-
sumably coming from the officials of
1.-THE Federal Telegraph Company, to
the effect that the Poulsen system Of
wireless communication was a secret
one, and offering reward of $1,000 to
any operator of a rival system Of wire
less communication who could inter
cept or capture such message
In behalf of the three operators en-
ployed at the Kahuku wireless station,
this island (which station is 10, kilo-
watt spark equipment, and belongs to
the Mutual Telephone Co.. Ltd, Of
which ! am the superintendent j, i
hereby claim such reward, and, fur
thermoreS ii the following intercepted
messages are not sufficient proof,
stand ready at any time To- demon
strate how easy 1t is to intercept the
messages sent out by the Federal:
Helegfaphs Company's station at Heeia,
this island. Furthermore, such inter-
ception has and win be effected by
an ordinary spark system receiving
equipment consisting OF a Marconit
loose-coupler opposed valve tuning
coil, and Galena detector.
Here are a few of the intercepted.
messages as received at the Kahuku,
station:
/. On July "a, 1912, at 11:55 p. M.
copied the following: Give us another
period on Helix and half We want
to try another primary. 1886: We
are using 20 in Helix and compost.
tion. Do you want more compositiony'
Give us another period on one Helix
and half. How do YOU get me now?
We are using 20 turns and 2 compo-
sition. Go ahead and give us another
period on Helix and half
2. Thursday, July rs, 1912. 1910
81. M. PHU" Poulsen) coming
stronger, sent Following message Gun.
bingham, PHO. Mr.. Levers is on the
Coast, went up with Shriners and has
not returned. Signed C.. f. e. Go
ahead send a little faster 1855 re-
peated message to Cunningham. have
long message here Have you any?
Say, what number turns you using on
Helix? Go ahead
4. September 5, message to Jonas,
San Francisco. Kindly let Advertiser
nave surely nightly scores baseball.
Send all Pacific army and navy news.
Movements Pacific squadron. Hot
Roosevelt, Taft; Wilson news; liberal
Japanese, Chinese. tone or two words
lost here. Last word is events.
5. September 5. Here's important.
test message on which depends great
deal. Repeat it back to me. Sig s.
nj. NsR 4 HUI s. M. 81 OH. from HU
September 5, to Matson, 26S Market
street, San Francisco, Federal Bchi-
drose Bengeltjes they Fruttase for
Broeklint our berglehne cookmat hell
urne harkvers this findest also Cazza..
tello in full. Sighed Castlecook. /
Is. HUtSM.s OH. to G N San Fran
cisco, AshbuFn ,W.U.T. After word
promotion will reply local Mutual COM
pany charge dollar and half for ten
words cable count with fifteen cents
to any of Islands. Nothing
under dollar and half Signed Me- )
Paid HUI September S, 1912. To .
San Francisco. Mykoak-
sidu .Hiogixivme Wekamaetfes Atug-
nuybu. No signature.
s. HUI SIN. IL DID. September 5,
10 en-. San Francisco. Our four Hack
frisco San Francisco registers inter
as n. Hackfeld & Co, Ltd. 1
BIO Sansome street. Signed ,McClos-
Key. =
Also the following message will
prove that the spark stations on the
coast have no difficulty in reading the
eoulsen station at that point. This +
Message copied by the PHI (San Fran
,isco station.) a
San Francisco, Aug. %, 1912.
). B. Maddams, Honolulu.
One hundred dollars (XK) probably 1
cave here first of month. CONNER
ial man leaves tomorrow. Static is i
urely bad here but have improved /
eceiving so that you are readable be- s
ween II and II tnot stating a. m. or
!. m.). with increased power you