The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-12-27
Wireless Progress Is
Rapid and Hawaii
And Maui Take Part

Among non-technical circles, it will
probably not be remembered that
during the early months of 1921 there
were conducted two tests, to deter
mine whether or not it would be pos
sible to hear in Hawaii, Wireless
signals emenating from any of the
Amateur Radio stations on the main
land. For that purpose, several OF
the best stations in California, Ore
gOn and Washington arranged to
transmit at a given time, the stations
in Hawaii to listen in for them. The
Naval Radio Service was kind enough
to cooperate with the testers in-so-
far as to cease operation of their
stations in Hawaii for the two hour
period necessary to conduct the tests.
The first test was announced a fat
failure, owing mainly to a ~lhisunder-
standing of the difference in time be-
tween Hawaii and the mainland. The
second test was announced a failure,
as no message could be copied from
the coast stations. However, it was
generally understood that signals had
been heard, but that unfavorable
weather conditions were responsible
for the failure to make complete
copies OF the messages as sent.
Waikiki Catches Messages
With the completion of his amateur
radio receiving station at Watluku,
Maui. Clifford j. Dow. Waikiki man
aEer of the Mutual Wireless system,
reports satisfactory reception of main
land amateur stations as far east as
the ninth radio district, which com-
prises states in the vicinity of Indi-
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin. While
he has not the full data as yet on
the locations of all the stations heard
the list includes stations in Los Ange-
les, Calf, Berkeley. Calf, Portland,
Ore. Vancouver, Washington Points,
Boise. Idaho and two stations in the 9Th
radio district. Also there are a num-
Der Of other stations whose locations
are unknown as yet. Copies of the
various stations messages which
were intercepted have been mailed to
the mainland for notification. How
ever, so many messages have been
copied, that there cannot exist a
particle of doubt as to the g%enuiness
of the feat.
To the layman, the above feat will
not have such a wonderful aspect
when he considers that every day we
are sending and receiving hundreds
of messages daily from various sta
tons on the MAINLAND, as well as
from Japan and the Philippines.
When it is understood, however, that
the commercial companies engaged
in the business of handling messages
are using in the neighborhood OF $50
to 500 kiloWatts of electrical energy
to put their traffic across and that
the reception of amateur stations
means that stations using l kilowatt
or less of power have bridged the Pa
cific, the enromity of the distance
covered lin some cases more than
$500 miles) will a. CnCe be apparent.
"Amateur" Defined
1t will not be out of place to make
q few statements here in regards to
Amateur Wireless Telegraplly' that
will make cleal to the minds Of the
layman just what it means. In the
first place, Ii gre&t many Of the so
called amateur" stations, are owned
and operated by the most prominent
men in the field of Wireless Tele-
graphy, as well as in other great
fields of e%ndeavor. Amateur is the
term applied to the class of privately
owned and operated radio stations of
the United States, and by no means
reflects in any way on the ability OF
the .operation-owner or the perfection
of the apparatus used. The reception
of these little stations in Hawaii
proves beyond a doubt that the So
amateur" stations are often
efficiently operated aud control
led than many of the higher class
commercial stations.
All of these stations are licensed by
the United States government, and in
order to obtain a license, the owner
or operator must first pass success
fully a test of his knowledge OF radio
telegraphy, in order that the govern
ment officials may be assured of his
responsibility in using his station.
Station licenses are also issued, on
the strength of the operators license.
These licenses show a schedule of
operation, including restrictions of
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