Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-28
ny David sarnoT.

ny bdNtu sur
General ManaSer Radio Corporation
OF America
The creates, feat Of radio ;e'c-
graph broadcasting was the opening
message sent from the Radio Cen
trail Station on Long Island. the
suDcrpowor plant erected ~ tho
Radio Corporation Of America. The
station. the largest plant or It's kind
In the world occupies about ten
square miles of land and when COM
pleted Will cost albeit Slo."nu.OOc II
was built 10 send messages 10 a
great many countries simultnn-ouSly
on November 5 last IL was officially
opened to service by President Hard
ing, who by pushing button in
Washington. started the apparatus
on Long Island and automatically
sent out to N. whole world q mes
sage OF greeting from our nations
chief executive. That tSsage was
received directly as far "a New I"a-
land and Australia. japan and in
South America. It Was feat OF
hroadcastine that meant practically
an Instantaneous cnCiicl.nG OF the
globe with single nossaSr. 1t WAS
ono Of the CrOwntng achievements OF
modern radio.
Transmission OF speech or music
has been made possible almost en-
tirely by development, OF that mar
velous device, the vacuum tube. In
physical appearance 1t resembles an
ordinary electric light. but inside the
glass bulb are three mstallic elements.
plate, a tilamcni and grid. y
single one OF these vacuum tubes. OF
fair size. can generate much
power rs would run an ordinary fan
motor, or about one sixteenth horse
power. There are tubes now being
made which generate iuw,r OF
twenty kilowatts. or nearly thirty
horse power.
AS an MISUNDERSTANDING agency,
radio brcadcasting is an instrument
tally which, II properly used, may
well break down prejudices, help
men TO understand each other, sway
national motives by bringing the per
sonality, the in,clligcnc, and tie
thought of the worlds great men to
millions and hundreds Of millions OF
people everywhere. II is right TO
think Of this wonderful invention in
terms removed from mere nmuse-
ment: 10 conceive II az leading to
something more than the hearing OF
a sound.
Vehicles Adopt ltndin.
Radio Communication Of the future
obviously tends 10 Include all moving
vehicles, II is already beyond the eN-
perimentai stage for installations on
SHIPS Al SEA. suhmersibles. In air
craft and railroad traius 1t Ia rca-
s"hah!e 10 expect its eventual appii-
cation 10 automobiles and even I'm
some cases TO individuals.
In cOmDetitiye Sausr tia fr,,r.
OF radio is equally bright. Its oppor-
tuhliics In long distance comnunics-
non ar. manifold. as evidenced in
the single fact that messages can n.
sent through the air at tremendous
speeds OF transmission. and. CONNER
C.d!!y. more words per minute mean
less cost per word. WAN Iesscn.J
cost iher" viii naturally be created
new classes Of service, untIl the dav
may come when a business man viii '
LOOK upon the writing -; Il letter 70
europe on an urgent subject as an
archaic practice.
Hndio supplements Wire.
me practical vision OF IN. f,j,ur.
OF radio does not includ. hn,.y-
me scrapptng OF unders.a call. 50. ,
ems radio viii supplement rather
man supplant the cable, In IN.
Ii'St place. experience Ia. shown
nay new Inventions usualI. re,ul, Ia
ne improvement; % previously .,is,-
ing hcthods. All ihci, second ul.,.
, oninuhich ti..i f<sctilt!ss sIwavs hay.
Deen lnac-quaie--just a. r.y 49,,
" Us never quite reliev. cony+,,lo,
me Increase in facilities wiil
use Increase IN neH services
"a h'in+ MEASURE. The same .on.id-
IONS Apply 10 ,ne fA'ure pros.
!e2n ~ radio telephony over land .
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i'.1 tor development ina, .st,"
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% be contemplated VIZ. ILL.,
4. %" Communication az -. .rnu d,
't"f' mas N" greatest utlIIty for ,r.
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s'""' ''r se"E ug OUT Tor th- y..,
az q VIZ" network aud a.. ,.r-
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tS'an''.h raN'2 teIerhory nn - pnrity
~ usefulness. and even .f l,I.
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telephony which it IS ,.' t,.,.
no econnW!e Qualification r.r .Yr,
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'"s o''s' 'ana has a Iar-. s.n.,.
'ff"i '"r :, 81 rea.ulrg lort,i,,,,
"hef' wires cannot E. oiarad -,
maintained .n spanning INLAND wa,.,.
connecting Up iS'arb, ne "a,
q a supplement ~ wire '.l.-
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