The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-06
CALLS ARE HEARD
ACROSS CONTINENT
University of Vermont Messages by
Radio Picked UP Far Out in
Pacific Ocean.

University of Vermont has come INTO
the limelight as one OF the Leading
amateur radio stations in the United
States. According to information re-
Gently received by G. II. Brodie, Y. "
NJ, 81. in charge of the radio station
at the university, the calls OF this state
have been heard by the station at
Avalon. Catalina island, 80 miles oil
the coast of California, also by the
station at Tuscon, Arizona, and by
ship in port at Chorrera, Mexico. This
means that the station at the unlver-
sity of Vermont, with the low power
and low wave length which amateurs
are Obliged to use in operation, has
been able to bridge the continent,
feat accomplished by only one other
station using single 50-watt radlot-
ron.
As a result of this accomplishment
and the record which the University 81
Vermont station made during the re-
cent Atlantic tests OF the Amer
lean Radio Relay league, Mr., Brodie
sent Yesterday to the editor Of "QSI
at American Radio Relay league head
quarters in Hartford, Conn, letter
calling attention to the accomplish
ments of the L. V. NJ. station and say
ing:
ave believe that these transmits
sions. in connection with our transmits
sion to Scotland, during the transact
lantic, constitutes new record Tor to-
cal miles covered by a fifty watt CIV
lcontinous wave) set, the distance be-
tween these two points being some
where in the neighborhood OF $500
miles.
"The wave length on which these
transmissions were made was approx
imately 225 meters"
Official recognition of the receipt q
calls from the u v. NJ. station by the
station at Avalon, Catalina island, Cal
ifornia, was received by Mr.. Brodle
from Lawrence Mott, associate editor
and president OF the CIV association
of America, who wrote Mr.. Brodie UNI
der date OF Jan. 20:
s.Just a few lines to apprise you oil
the fact that last night, at l:52 a. m,
Pacific coast time, | got your calls and
the reception Of your signals was very
good"
In the January issue of "QST, maya
zine published by the American Radio
Relay league. there appeared under the
head OF "A New CIV Record" an arti-
Gle setting forth that ON the morning
Of Nov. % last, at 5:l4 o'clock cast
ern standard time, station les, oper-
ated by Robert +. Siskind, in Brook
line, Mass, copied the signals of GALE.
the station of w. w. Lindsay, ir., in
Reedley, Cal, while the latter was
calling 0CP with % amperes in the
antenna as the output of single 90
watt radiotron. The magazine arti-
Gle goes on to say:
"This We believe establishes two
new records: First, as far as we know,
it is the first time that six dis
trict station has ever been heard in
the first district; second. it represents
a new miles -per-watt record for the
ever increasing CIV, is the first time
that the continent has ever been
spanned by such low power, and in
our belief, il maximum distance that
30 watts of CIV on 200 meters has
ever covered. at least over land
It was this feat, which this radio
magazine thus eulogizes, that Mr..
Brodie now claims the L. V. NJ. sta
ton has duplicated, nay, even more,
has excelled.
Although the final reports o. the
trans Atlantic tests conducted uudsr
the direction of The American Radio
Relay league for amateur stations
lave not been made. it is understood
that station at Greenwich, Conn,
specially constructed for this test by
leading radio inventors of the coun-
try. is being given the credit for best
reception OF signals in Scotland, where
Paul +. Cooley was in charge Of the
receiving end. The claim of The I.
V. NJ. station being the first station
to be heard in these tests Is, however.
still to be considered until absolute
proof has been established by some
other station.