New-York tribune., 1922-03-05

J ne test VIII nc conduCted under the
auspices of the American Radio Relay
League for two purposes: First to
honor the entry Of President Harding
into the ranks of the army OF radio
faus, and second. TO demonstrate the
remarkable possibilities of the amateur
relay system to handle transconti-
mental teleeraphic traffic in cases of
emergency or national need. The
league has chosen the time in order to
give the Governors of every state an
opportunity TO congratulate the Presi-
.dcnt upon the achievements of the first
YEAR Of his administration.
1t Will be the second great test the
league has undertaken this year. The
first was recently completed success
fully, when the amateurs of this coun-
try combined III. an effort to bridge the
Atlantic Ocean with the low powered
transmitting sets allowed them under
government regulations. In this test
Paul Cooley. the Official representative
o. the league, went to Scotland with
one Of the most sensitive receiving sets
ever assembled and there erected
temporary receiving station. So sue
cessful was this test that Mr.. Cooley
received messages from no less than
twenty-five American amateur radio
stations across the Atlantic Ocean.
1t is expected that important data
Will be obtained from the test, par
ticularly for service in cases of ne
tional emergency. Elaborate prepara-
ions have been made and the messages
viii be relayed three nights in sue
cession so that important averages can
bo arrived at regarding the time it
takes message to go from point to
point.
The detailed instructions sent to
every member OF the league by T. II.
Schnell, traffic manager of the league,
are as follows:
On March 6, 7, and we arc going
to test our network of relay stations
throughout United States and Canada
by relaying a message from the Gov
eInor of every state in the Union to
President Harding at " ashington, d. c.
All Amateurs Invited
Every American and Canadian ANA
ieur is invited to participate in the
tests during the three nights. On each
of the three nights messages consist
ing of about ten words each, addressed
Ia President Harding and signed by
the various governors, will start from
the different states at the times shown
OH the schedule and are to be relayed
rom station to station until they
reach their destination at Washington.
pom receipt Of messages by Wash
ncton stations the messages will be
delivered TO some amateur in Washing
ton, whose duty it will be to collect
al messages every night; see that the
Office of origin, date, time and check
are correct; type out all messages on
official A. 4. +. L. message blanks and
deliver them to President Harding on
March 8. Accordingly, at the end of
the tests on March 8, or early morning
Of March 8, the central station in
Washington should have forty-cight
complete messages"
''Ehe reason for using three nights
Is that atmosphcrics or other interfer-
cnce may prevent good relay work, and
VIC want 20 be able to deliver the en-
:4rc forty-eight messages, one from
caci, Governor. However, the central
station. vii deliver only one copy OF
each message. although each one will
travel TO Washington each of the three
lights. Washington stations will keep
sn accurate check as to time Of receipt
O.. each message on each night, and
since We know the exact time each
message will start. we can get an ex-
cclient IDEA of how much speed we can
~akc with the various messages.
Ask Complete Logs Be Kept
One very important point to remcm-
oer IS that we urgently request every
-n.atcur who participates in the tests
to keep Il complete log in regard to
What messages he handled, what sta
Ions hc heard, from which stations he
eceived his messages and to what sta
tions ne gave them. 1t is requested
mat copies OF all logs be mailed to
Hartford in order that we may give
credit where it is due and know the
soates over which the messages were
lclayed. We must have all logs in the
Hartford Office not later than March |
IS Mail then, TO II. II. Schnell, Traffic |
alanager A. +. r. L., 1916 Main Street. |
Hartford, Conn 4 complete story of
irc affair Will appear in QST.
Il expect 50 sit ir at LAW during |
he tests and ! expect to operate on
ne OF the nights, and here is what
aggest you do; at least, this is what
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