The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-05-20
POULSEN WINS IN
GOVERNMENT TEST
Naval Wireless Stations TO Be
Equipped by the Federal
Telegraph.
(Dy Federal wireless Teiegraph.J

Wy rVhPtai wireless telegraph
WASHINGTON, May ls.-(Spccial
to The AdvertiscrJ Uncle sam will
soon be in n pos ton to talk continu
ously, and without fear that his mes
sages can be intercepted, from Wash.
ington, u. G., to his representatives in
Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines and the
Panama Canal Zone. tfI
From q high authority, IL il learned
that .tbdlhaNS departmdht has readhed
decision ON the bids for erecting
wireless stations to link up the Capitol
with the sea divided Territories and
Panama. Congress Mt its last session
provided $1,000 600 for this purpose,
and after a series of spectacular and
stringent tests, in which the best sys
TENS known We're experimental with
sixteen wireless systems were tried for
final supremacy.
The choice has fallen upon the I'm.
proved Poulsen System, as developed
by the Federal Telegraph Company OF
California. The award will be made
public next week.
Cheapest and Best.
Seven bids were considered. OF
these the Federal Telegraph Company
was the lowest ana the only one which
met all che conditions. 1t is under.
stood that while the Federal bid was
$73,77S, as compared with the Mar
conf Company's bid of $l0S,225 and
the Atlantic Communication Company
of New York s bid of 5000, 200, the
figure was not the first and principal
item in the question of the award
The navy department was more par.
ticularly impressed by 1.-The results OF
the actual working tests made by the
Federal Improved Poulsen instruments
under as severe competition rs could
be devised.
Wanted No Scandals.
II is stated here that the United
States government was determined TO
avoid controversy such rs the Mar.
conf inquiry has developed in England,
and precautions were taken to provide
that the system adopted at Washing
ton should bc,thc best available. To
that end fifteen spark.systcm competi-
tors were eliminated in the land tests
which preceded the recent cruise of the
United States scout ship Salem. The
government wireless tower at Airing
ton, near Washington, and the Salem
were equipped with both the Improved
Poulscn continuous wave are and the
best spark systems. These two sys
TENS then contended for supremacy in
the run to Gibraltar and back.
The spark systems soon failed, while
the Improved Poulsen maintained com
munication all the way, and during the
c. >, nnL 4 nh
Fight through the twenty-four hours,
giving, according TO 'thc observing
United States experts, as good results
by day as by night.
Send to Eifol Tower.
Still more recently, the Improved
roulsen Instruments at the Arlington
tower have been taking and-Acnding
messages constantly from and TO the
French wireless station in the Eiffel
Tower in Paris. While no considera-
tion was given to this national side OF
the question in determining upon the
award, it is regarded here as crafty.
ing that an enterprising American com.
pany is to provide the United States
government with the means of wireless
communication with its far-fung, ocean
cleft frontiers.
Importance of Secrecy.
The importance Of secrecy in the
control of the United States forces,
should this country be involved In n
war, is said to give tremendous 5alue
to the noninterceptive character OF
Federal Instruments.
The navy department is satisfied
that the messages sent from the sta
tons which will be erected in Cali
fornia, Panama and the Pacific pos
sessions, cannot be Capped by any
outsider.
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