The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-16
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WAVE TEST UNDER
way At VARSITY
Taylor hstsr,nining Value
Of Wireless transmits
sion Power.
STATE.
GETTING SERVICE
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Time Flashed Out Regularly
Weather Forecasts
/. Also Aresent.

Nh Cp\1llS oCl1CS VI ISOL6 10 ION
being carried on at the university
wireless station under the direction of
Dr. A. H. Taylor for the purpose Of
determining the relative Transmission
power of different wave lengths al
night time. These experiments are
ton and operators in the cities of Dem
Yer and Minneapolis. DR.. Taylor just res.
ceived q letter from the former placS
this morning to the effect that thus
far the. tests. have proven very success
full. q
Efst Glass station.
The North Dakota station has one
Of the best wireless apparatus in the
entire country and II is working in
first class shape. The operator at the
Denver station is an amateur by the
name Of Edward Stockman. He stat
ed in his letter to DR.. Taylor that he
has been receiving the messages from
this city without any trouble. He is
unable to reply by wirele4s, however,
as the sending power of his station Is
not strong enough to reach Grand
Forks.
Mr.. stockman is taking his obserya-
ions on the strength Of the university
signals as received In Denver. SINH
lar tests r being carried on with w.
Marca< Frazer the wireless operator at
the North Central high school station
in Minneapolis.
U8yQ&fM I00f9.
liminary test with the University Of
Michigan at Ann Arbor this evening.
II this test proves satisfactory an .ail-.
night experiment will be made front
z o'clock tomorrow evening until SUM-
rise Sunday morning. This is an ex-
cellent time Of the year to carry on
next week DR.. Taylor will conduct
daylight tests with h high school
station in Minneapolis. The operator
at that station will be unable to reply
by wireless because of the lack Of
sending power.
rtes Of tests is to determine the rela-
tive carrying power Of the 500 and the
$50 meter wave In the daytime. The
wave that proves the most successful
In this experiment will be used at the
University of North Dakota to send
out time signals and weather reports.
DR.. Taylor sends out these reports to
various places in the state every noon
at exactly IL o'clock and at 5 O'Clock
p. m.
Charles d. Curtis operates a station
at Pembina. He hasinatailsdsesamalk
plant. Mr.. Curtis ~ snperintehEafSSntg
states that he Is in thu habitsof sana.
ing the school bell eYGSHEIp6nsNSSsS M
the uniyersity time si4nS
4zA aases thai he int G1SEsthe
weather. forecast in conspicsspus
place in that city. ANsgeport4sWtAgb a
posted as soon as possibse after bAing
received. aN -
It is expected that U hunter eofsata-
tons will be installedsstns various tJWns
IN the state before very long Wire
less equipment can 10 scbtained Gisfhe
way from S. to $50, adependinEson the
distance Of the station from the uni
versity. A $50 outfit willNd6perate very
satisfactorily al q distance Of 500
miles. d !. Taylor states that he is
willing at all times to supply infofma-
ton to h people who wish to install
stations over The state. Every town
Ia n state could be able to receive
the wireless time and weather signals
Q b university every day with
very. little cost. These signals are first
received here from the government
are then rent to other places by Dr..
Taylor.