Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-09
WSB IS HEARD
700 MILES Off
ENGLISH COAST
Cable Sent Journal Says
Song Is Heard Distinctly
1850 Miles East. Of New
York

A radio-cablegram relayed from
Lands End England, from the
Steamship Brave Occur, brought
news Tuesday morning that The At
lanta Journal rad.ophone concert OF
Monday night had been heard 1850
miles east of New York on the At
lantic ocean, a distance of approx
mately 5000 miles from station
WSB, shattering all previous dis
lance records for 1.-THE Voice of the
South" and standing as one of the
most remarkable transmission feats
in radio history.
Albert Chaser, wireless operator Of
the Steamship Brave Occur, who re-
Gently picked up WSB 700 miles east
of Cape Rice, Newfoundland, sent
the radio-cable message as his vessel
was drawing near the coast of Eng
land. 1t follows:
Radio via HX,
Lands End, Eng, Nov. 6, 1922.
AIldI1td OUuAhdI, @AtlhAtoJ oo'
Gust Song at Twilight" and
other numbers appreciated 1850
miles east of New York, sixth.
(Signe0 ALBERT CHASER.
curing Monday nights transconti
mental concert at The Journal studio
one of the numbers presented was
Just d Song at Twilight sung by
Mss Lottie Burnett, soprano, OF
Norcross, Ga. Neither the Brave
Occur operator nor station WSS
knew that Miss Burnett intended
singing the song until her voice was
put into the air Monday night.
Tbs ;ton.shing reception OF The
Journals concert was in no wise IN
tie semblance of a test. NO pre-
arranged pan had been aid. Nob
had no direct knowledge that the
Brace Occur operator was listening
in, other than his letter, received a
fortnight ago from Galveston, Tex
Just rior to his ships departure Tor
Germany, saying that >>peratof
Chaser intended tuLing in for Inc
journal during his voyage.
Lands End, England, situated
at the most southwestern point OF
the British Isles. Operator Giaser's
message, flashed from his ship sta
ton, VIZ; picked up by a Lands End
station, relayed back across the AT
lantic ocean by wireless COZ re-
ce!Vcd at Halifax, ind forwarded TO
Atlanta by the Postal Telegraph and
CD. Company. This is the rou =.
folio cd by the Postal company and
. the Lido Corporation of America IN
han-:! ng transatlantic traffic, &C
cC:,,. ;toJ. o. Young, manager OF
the ..,.anta office of the Postal cC.ll-
p&ry.
Inc message reached Atlanta at 8
a. IN. Tuesday, just three hours aft
er NtSB signed OF from the N n
day night concert heard off the
English coast, according to Man
az. Ioung. There is a d ference
OF hours in time betWee
lanta and England.
, The unexpected reception of 1.-The
Voice of the South" 1850 miles
toward the British coast from New
York. means that Station WSB has
virtually spanned the Atlantic with.
out ONE iota's change in its GUS
tomarX manner OF broa dcasting,
and without knowledge that any
long-distance exploit was under
way.
Since the installation of it's 500.
wait Western Electric equipment
The Journal radiophone has fire.
quently and consistently astonished
expert technical authorities with its
ability to transmit voice and music
with marvellous clarity at distances
considered prohibitive, especially
during the term of summer static
when many of it's most impressive
records were established.
Recently, a series Of elaborate
tests were carried out by eastern
stations with the idea of transmit
ting voice across the Atlantic. After
extensive and careful preparation
both at the transmitting station in
America and the receiving station
in England, it was announced that
the demonstrations had been sue
cessful to the extent that the re
ceiving station had heard fragments
of voice that were considered tt
have come from the sending sta
ton.
Operator Chaser, on the Brave
Occur, not only heard WSB, bu
he heard it we'll enough to name
one song specifically and to ex
press his appreciation for the en-
tertai1ment