The Washington herald., 1922-09-10
POWERFUL RADIO
STATION OPENED
AT RENSSELAER,
N. Y. College Will Broad
east Unusual Program
During Winter.
LISTED AS WHAZ
Has Pioneered in Development
OF Wireless Engi-
= neering.


radio broadcasting station. Off
ciaiIy listed In the government
call book a. w II A 2. win be
opened under the direction Of the
electrical engineering department
Of the Rensselaer, Polytechnic In
stitute at Troy. N. T.. ana radio
receiver from coast to coast may
1isten-in during me coming sea-
son ON interesting and entertain
inE progrsms Of . different sort.
while the youthful researcher In
the field of scientific develop
ment, especially along the lines
OF his .favorite hobby. may gather
much valuable information. This
new broadcasting station II said
to be the most powerful In an ed
ucational Institution In this coun-
Try and has range ~ great a.
any continental equipment % far
esfblished. In fact there are only
about half . dozen stations OF
such size and power In operation.
sspae WireSess II, the Past.
since the earliest days Of "wire-
less" the electrical research de-
partment Of the Rensselaer, Poly
sechnic Institutes the Oldest
engineering college In America,
now preparing for the celebration
Cf ITS centennial In 1s24--has been
engaged In practical experiment
tation in all branches Of electro
magnetic and aerial communica-
tion. and has In its equipment and
museum some of the earlier ex-
amples Of wireless apparatus. In
It's possession Is the first wireless
telephone equipment ever soid--an
old DeForest set--over which
Prof. Wynant J. Williams. mem-
ber Of the faculty who now d.
rects the radio department. deiiv-
cred lecture by wireless to .
group Of students back in 1910.
Another Interesting piece Of APP
paratus, and. by comparison with
the new broadcasting equipment
lust Installed, most peculiar
one, Il q Telefunken, system wire
less outfit, the production Of Pro-
fessors Slaby and Won Arco. OF
Germany. Then there Is Mar
conf wireless telegraph set of
about 1902. including coherer
OF the original Marconi type, and
great variety OF apparatus de-
veloped during the intervening
years. much Of which Is still
maintained in operation for pur-
poses OF experimentation and
comparison.
The NEW Rensselaer, Polytech-
mic Institute radio broadcasting
apparatus, just Installed by the
engineers OF the Western Elec-
trio Company. manufacturing ex-
perts of the Belf Telephone Sys-
tenn, IL OF the same general type
as that by which communication
was carried on recently between
Deal Beach. N. j.. and the steam
ship America far out on the At
lantic Ocean, and embodies. the
very latest Developments In the
field of radio telephony. Broad
casting station w H A z will be
unique In many respects. De-
dio frequency power to the an
tenna system, under favorable
conditions it can reasonably be
expected that It may equal the
performance of the Western Elec-
trio Company experimental station
in New York from which an en-
tertainment was heard on the
steamship Drake q thousand miles
west OF San Francisco and more
than $500 miles from the voices.
TO obtain ideal operating condi-
tiohs special suite Of rooms has
been prepared Non the top floor
of the big laboratory.
A. Aceustieal Laboratory.
A. part Of the college course
IN electrical engineering. but at the
same time means of entertainment
and instruction to the genral radio
receiving public. without any OF the
commercial features of the ordinary
broadcasting station. the whole new
Troy Polytechnic radio outfit has
been Installed along these elastic
and variable lines which will per-
init Of the widest experimentation
in operation. For Instance the
radio. where the microphone and
the VARIOUS musical instruments are
located and which will form the
Headquarters for the speakers,
eineers and musicians. Is so ar
ranged as TO permit an ever-vary-
ing study OF acoustics To prevent
the reflection of sound as customary
the ceiling. walls and floor are COW
I(red. But here, the csiiipg ri cows
bred with inch-thiek feft. fset In
baneis. and then. with ap interven-
ing aiy Fpep% tipre ran bpter coet.,
!ng Of 'psffofatAd' oilcioth. I new