The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-21
PICKED
UP BY VESSEL 845
MILES OFF COAST
Steamship China Due West Of
San Francisco Hears Radio.
gram From FairmOnt.

Radio station SSP, owened and
operated by Edward c. Jones, Jr.,
and Albert G, Kisner, qualified
successfully In the preliminary
tests which were held recently by
the American Radio Relay League
for the transatlantic tests which
will be held IN December or Janu-
airy, and now Mr.. Jones reports
that the station recently received
q card from the steamship China,
saying that messages had been
picked up by the ship, S45 mlleS
due west of San Francisco, during
the tests. This Is the best record
the station has made thus far.
The tests were to determine the
station which will represent the
United States in an International
series Of tests which will be held
within the next month or two aad
at that time picked stations 10
scotland. England, France and
Holland will listen for the Amert-
can entries, and the American
stations in turn will try to hear
them.
The American Radio Relay
League is an organization OF
amateurs, which maintains relay
routes all over the country by
which messages may be sent any
where by the members and thsir
friends. without charge. Through
its stations a message may be seat
from Porto Rico IN the Atlantic to
Hawaii, 1900 miles west Of the
Pacific Coast.
In the tests at least one trans
hitting record Of 1900 miles air
line was required and in this way
all but the most efficient trans
atlantic communication by ANA
tours. with restricted power and
wave length, will be determined
The local station has oeen
heard in forty-flve Of the forty
eight states and in most Of the
provinces OF Costa Rico and IA
Central America.
Although the station is one OF
the highest powered amateur re-
lay stations in the country 1t is re-
markable that the output In thege
tests Is Just equivalent to the cur
rent consumed by an ordinary
electric light.
W. Il. Molinari OF San Francis
CO, Radio 6AWT, intercepted tic
signal from the Jones-Kisner sta.
ton during the tests and this Is a
distance Of 2260 miles airline and
is about as distant a point west
ward as is possible TO reach on
the American continent.
o. P. Ballard Of Los Angeles,
Cal. Radio 6RR, a distance OF
2160 miles, reported the signals
as loud. Radio station 6AK Of
Walnut Grove, CAL, near Sacra-
mento, reported the signals from
the local station as very loud and
this is a distance Of 900 miles.
G. W. Selvidge, Radio III, Seat
tie, Washington, 215O miles air
line Radio Station. ITO at Med
ford, Oregon, 1900 miles: Station
CAN'T at Boulder. and 9HJI OF
Denver, Colorado, 1920 miles, Ra-
do 5RR, Of San Antonio, Texas
and several more all report trans.
continental reception OF the sig
nails from the station.
Herman Hucke Radio 6BUD,
Woodland, CAL. reported that he
could hear the signals from here
eighteen inches from the receiver,
using a homemade receiver with
only one step Of audio-frequency
application. This is 2195 miles
away.
George sturley, Radio 7PJ, Of
Vancouver, Wash, which is 221O
miles distant. successfully copied
the signals during the tests
Luis Rexach OF San Juan, Porto
Rico. reported SSP's signals as
loud in the historic tropical Is.
land, 1925 airline miles away.