The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-02
PEARL HARB0R RkBO'
STATION lS0PENED.
Record Long Distance Messages
Are Exchanged With Sayyille
p. On First Night

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Radio communieation between Pearl
Harbor and sayville, Long Island, was
formally and officially established Fri,
day night when messages passed be.
tween the two stations without relay.
At the same time new record was es.
tnblished for long distance rndio trans.
mission and the Pearl Harbor station
is Recognized as the most powerful
radio plant in the world. 80,
Capt. George r. Clark, commandment
at the Pearl Harbor navy yard yester-
day semitic The Advertiser a district
memorahdum and copy of a radio mes.
sage which be had received the night
before from Secretary Of Navy Dan.
iels, The memorandum read as follows;
Daniels Sends Cpngratulations
ttrhe Commandant takes pleasure in
publishing the following radiogram re.
ceired from the Secretary OF the Navy
on Friday evening, September %, 1917,
thus celebrating the establishment Of
radio communication between Pearl
Harb0r and Sayville, Long Island, n re-.
sult due In great part to the faithful
and skilful. work Of those connected
with the construction and equipment of
the plant at this Station. ...g#. *
I" WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s, 1917.
4" aCommhndant Nav. Sta. Pear Harbor
I" Express my qualification to the
authorities of Hawaii, on this moment.
GUS occasion wherein the first exchange
of radio messages is made possible be
tween Honolulu and the Atlantic Coast
Of the United States, also / eongratu.
late you on the successful completion
of the most powerful radio station in
the world 1888.
80 JosEPHUs DANIELs,''
Fast Time Made - sR
{ Captain Clark sent a message TO Sec
Rotary Daniels Friday night by way %
the Sayville station. From the Long
Island station il was relayed to Wash
ingtong Only thirtylthree minutes were
consumed in the transmission of the
message. Thus WINS established the
longest record for wireless transmits
sion and recognition of the fact that
Hawaii has the most powerful radi0
plant in the world was won. It Is
more than 5000 miles from Pearl Har.
borsto Sayville and that distance does
not mark the limit of the power for
transmission of messages by the newly
established plant. sr' a.'r
. In Communication between Pear
Harbor and Sayviile, there is no oppor
tunity for cutting in or interference
with the current, il is said since the
two stations are so much higher in
power than others that they are
"tuned't very differently. The Say
vile station was a commercial plant,
communicating with Europe, prior to
the war;, and was the greatest radio
plant which the, United States govern.
ment took over but Pearl Harbor' s new
plant is much more powerful.
Final installation of the sending
mechanism was completed at Pearl Har.
Dor on Friday and that evening Com
maHdant Clark reported the completion
to Josephus Daniels, secretary of navy,
Thus was marked the formal compile.
tion of the plant and thus was it put in
commission. q, IN 'v,5 "a, ,.'.
Long Distance Telephony
Long before the sending apparatus
was installed Pearl HarbOr was max
ing records in the receipt of message.
from the air., This was, however
wireless telephony" At that time
II was reported that by this science
messages from Paris had been, picked
up and steamers in the vicinity Of
Australia heard "talking." With the
outbreak of the war, however, this, OF
course. ceased. .r ah ls.-,.F.
What the limits of the Hawaii sta
ton may be has yet TO be determined
Only by communication with further
distant stations of equal power would
this be possible. a~A
Details Of power, mechanism and
equipment are naval secrets for tn,
continuance of the present war a.
least. H..