The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-12-20
"A PERFECT WIRELESS TELEPHONE IS
AMERICAS GREATEST WAR SECRET

eral maneuvers. forming right lines
and left lines, breaking on in differ
ent directions and swinging back into
line again. Everything was done with
perfect precision.
Colonel Culver explained that Major
Rossell was giving every order by
word Of mouth and that every man 10
the fleet was getting orders at the ex.
act instant.
Now IL YOU want TO you can stand
here on the ground and hear Major
Rossell give these orders, and you can
at the same time that you hear them
see them carried out" said Colonel
Culver.
lie led us 10 small shack from the
roof Of which dwarf aeriaIs project
ed, put receivers over our es S, and
a moment later heard O str6v < voice
say:
by the right nanS." Then there
was a second OK hesitation, followed by
stentOrian. cong drawn-Out Co" ano
away OFF iE the eastern hcs gens | saw
the long line Of small dots swing Of
10 the right. and for the moment, out
Of sight. And those words came from
Major ROssell, spoken In an ordinary
tone, G,UUO feet in the air and fully
I'VE miles from where was Standing
And l was informed that il would
have been just the same If he had
been further away. However, the
range Of the new wireless telephone
Is one of the secrets that the division
Of military aerOnauticr Is not reveal
ing just now.
For more than an IOur heard
Major ROssell put his squadron
through drill and at the same time
that | heard his orders / saw them
executed. These things took place
while these - airplaEes were rushing
along at more than hundred miles
an hour at an altitude ranging from
1000 TO G.OOO feet. and with the man
giving the order fully Two miles from
the nearest Of his men.
The apparatus used Tcr wireless |
IS so simple and so corr
pact that one would never notice |
either the transmitting or receiving |
devices on an airplahe unless his at. |
tentiOn was called to it. With the |
consent OF General KenIy, Colonel
Culver gave me a great deal OF in
formation about these devices and the
following facts are the first published
about what perhaps is the greates
of the war.
Description of Device.
The transmitting set consists of q
power plant, a set box, a traRsmitteI
Or micrOphOne and an antenna sys
.em. The power plant consists of a
driven ON the windmill prin.
.iple by the passage of the airpIane
through the air. II is placed some
where in the open. usually on the run.
ling gear or Oh one of the wings, and
Is tiny propeller blade whirls vigOr.
JuSiy as the aiTplane travels along.
The sO-called set box receives the
,Ower from the generator, converts il
nd places ii on the aerials in the
Orm Of sustained or undamped waves
rhe voice entering the transmitteI
aries the electric current ON the
sires. which are connected as in the
telephone. In the set boz :
he variations received from the trans
litter, are converted and act to effect
meditation of the continuous or un
amped waves already referred to.
The antenIri system consists of an
eriaI of one or TWO trailing wires Of :
pprOXimately $50 feet in length ,
trung out from the wing tips. Thii
cOunterpoiSed by the wires and 9th
r metallic parts of the airplanes al
Onded together. These two elements
{ the antenna system are analogous
} large overhead wires and to the
ground" of a land wireless station. :
The receiving set consists of re
ewing set box, a head receiver,
jurce of power and an antenna sys
I'm. The latter is the same as the g
ntenna system in the transmitting
t. The source of power is n small
orage battery. The head receiver i.
Iilt into the aviatOr's helmet in such
manner as TO exclude sounds from
le motor reaching the pilots ear anC
terfering with his hearing. The sci >.
* proper contains apparatus quite
milar to the receiving apparatus OF
flrst-class wireless station. How
Te-, it possesses a number of refine
erts over these which increase tn,
of incoming signals, with
and vibration and minimize weight.