The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-09
PEARL HARBOR WILL
HAVE B|GW|RELESS
STATION FOR navy
$500
Contract Has Been Awarded For
An Immense Tower To Be
Constructed There
MANILA AND. SAN DIEGO
ALSO LINKS IN CHAIN
When system Is Completed All
WarshIps VIII Be In Touch
With Washington

Conttaets have Just hsea let BY the
hRvy department in Washington, for
wireless towers at Pearl Harbor, Manila
and San Diego, California and it il ex.
9eeted that the construction work ON
hese stations will have been completed
before next winter. ,f
on account OF the constantly ipcreas.
ing perfection in wireless devices, the
department will not decide on the type
Of apparatus to be installed in these
stations until the construction work Il
completed. Incidentally the depart.
nent expects 70 acquire much informa.
ton and experience from the operation
Of the Arlington and Darieh (Panamal
stations In the meantime, and this will
be put 70 good advantage in determin-
ing the character OF equipment to be in
stalled II the new stations.
Pearl Harbor Important Link
The navy department now Is in direct
wireless recommendation at Washington
with the lsthmus Of Panama, and the
first link thus is completed in the
worldwide wireless system which will
cost in the neighborhood Of $4,000, 900.
This eystem IL to be the 'seyea Of the
navy, " with Pearl Harbor as the Mid,
pacific unit.
The new wireless station on the 18th
mus i At Darien, and II is Of sufficient
strengthito exchange wireless messages
! with the station ut Arlington, Virginia
The receiving station at Darien is now
getting messenger from Arlington and
also from the big wireless station At
Tuekerton, New Jersey.
The sending station at Darien. Is at
work. il Is more powerful and has
more up TO date apparatus than Airing
ton, many Improvements having been
Effected In the wireless since the 1rling.
ton station was put into commission
several wars ago. Some dificuity was
experienced in obtaining foundation for
the big wireless towers at Darien on nc.
e0unt Of the eharacter Of the land there
and the necessity Of clearing site for
II. These diiIicnlties have been overcome
and naval officers are confident that the
big station will be an effective means OF
communication with the 1sthmns.
May Have 70 Relay Messages
4 Wifeless communieation 1T the pre-,
sent stage Of development Is largely
dependent upon atmospheric conditions
and II Is therefore not certain that the
A Arlington and Darien stations will bs
liable to, transmik MESA es TO each othel
4 all the year around and in the DAYTIME
UNDER all weather conditions. If
lhowever, Dariens 'iosea, Arlington a
any time there Is high power station
1 at Key West which can be used rs
relay. The Key West station Is abb
no exchange messages with DnrieI
READILY on account Of the fact that Their
Is little land between the stations.
Some idea Of the radius Of the Airing
. Lton station and its sending power ma,
lbe gathered from the fact that tn
navy department. Is now using it Il
eommunication with the Pacific coast
Through the Arlington station, as
sisted BY shore stations along the Al
Ilantie coast, orders may be transmits,
! Ito the Atlantic fleet now at any time
and vessels Of the fleet are in constan
j communication with the department
! When the stations at San Diego, Pear
Harbor and Manila are completed ever
!. vessel OF the navy win be in touch wit
I Washington. 1t should be possible I
send orders and have them received b
. an the flagships without any assistanc
] from land wires or cables.
, Originally IL was intended to con
II plete the chain Of commanication owe
B the Pacific by meanv Of a station d
I Guam, but it il now expected that Ii
Guam station will not be necessary an
that Pearl Harbor will 10 able to con
mnnieate with Manila Vstout any +,
Fay. The distance bsRueen Pearl Hal
hor and Manila WILDE the longest q
the links in the wireless system-m
than four thousand miles. If Pea
Hafbor is unable to communicate 81
fectiyely with Manila station !
Guam will be constructed as original
intended H
The military value Of a system Q
wireless over spreading the Pacific |
the event of hostilities in that ocean ca
hardly be overestimated. Not onl
h ,ould prompt information be obtaine
Of all the known movements Of hostil
Fleet, but the Department could be eel
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