The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-01-30
First Test Made With Portable
Outfit lInsures Constant commnle
nication Between Defenses d.

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scIIoFfELD BARRACKS, January
2s.-The wagon wireless outfit Of Com,
pany Z, Signal Corps, which was sent
out here a few days ago ia charge OF
two Signal Corps wireless experts, was
installed at the radio station near Jones
Ranch, and went into commission last
night. a Ftfi tea.s sEsi
A test had been arranged with the
radio station at Fort De Russy, and
about nine o'clock last night signal
Sergeant j. @. Grant cranked up his
engine and set the dynamo humining,
while in the adjoining building, Wire
less Operator ]. i. Logue pressed down
the key of his sending apparatus, and
sent out the spark calling lie Russy,
shafter and other waiting station. just
q few times was the call repeated, and
then listening in, the operator caught
the answering flash from the De Rassy
station, and the last link in commu-
nication in the defenses Of Oahu was
established. As Indicated by its name,
the apparatus installed here is a port
able outfit, complete in every detail.
The sectional mast is not used at this
station, the wireless masts and aerials
having been erected some time ago.
Great Sending Radius.
The two kilowatt generating machine,
operated by gas engine, has send.
ing radius Of about 500 miles on
land, and from this elevation, probably
about twice that distance at seq. A
test had been arranged the previous
night, but il was not successful The
dry soil here afforded such q poor
ground that the operator could not send
out spark powerful enough to pene-
trate through the ETHEREAL disturbance
created by the great Poulsen apparatus
which was working with San Francisco
at the time. As the Poulsen outfit was
sending continual stream of mes
sages, the test was given up after
Working for an hour and a hall. N
Last evenings rain wet the ground
thoroughly and rendered the conditions
most favorable for the test, which prov.
ed successful beyond all expectations
When the DE Russy operator answered
his call he replied that Schoheld was
coming In on hiss" like ton Of brick1
and Sergeant Grant was then running
his engine at a low speed. Incidental.
ly, all the possessors OF local telephones
were given an opportunity to read wire.
less at home, and the signal sergeant
in charge Of the busy telephone switch.
board had troubles Of his own.
. 49,. Work Interesting.
The work last night at the new sta.
tion was exceedingly interesting. After
the test with the other military sta.
ton had been completed, this station
exchanged compliments with the steam,
er Honoiulan' then about a hundred
miles out at sea, during the intervals
between the messages the Honolulan
was sepding in TO the commercial sta
tions. Then, Just TO demonstrate that
science had removed Schofeld from its
isolation from the outside world, the
operators ''sat inn on the tfansmis-
sion Of press dispatches to vessels AT
sea then being transmitted to the Mar.
conf station from San Francisco. This
was not the distance record, howeYer,
for call was received from the radio
station at San Diego,
. With such powerful and efficient
radio apparatus so fayorably located
for. communication by land and sea, the
military authorities are now made prac-
tieally independent of all other lines
Of communication. .f
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