South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-14
j. S. NAVY STATIONS
WIN RADIO RECORD
Powerful Stations Excel Those
of Other Nations,-Ar-
lington, Greatest.

WASHINGTON. May 13.-Despite
the maulings Il has received at the
hands OF the Armament conference
and congress. the United States navy
stands supreme today in one re-
spect at least-its system of high
rover land stations for radio teleg-
raphy is the most complete OF all
naval establishments.
The navy's station al Arlington,
assigned a wave-length Of 1919
metres is one OF the most power
full In the world Operated by re-
mote control by means Of keys In
the Navy building here, the Airing
ton station IS depended upon day
in and day out 20 transmit messages
over a radius OF about $500 miles
This range includes the extreme
eastern end OF the Mediterranean
Sea. and the same territory also
can be reached from the opposite di-
rection by the Nays Philippine sta
ton at Cavite. which operates on
/ 1890 meters.
Among the Nays larger units
southwark OF the great Annapolis
/ station are the sending plants at
I Cayey. Porto Rico, using a 10,510-
metre wave and the station at Bal
boa. Canal Zone. sending on 1o.11O
meters. The eastern portion OF the
Pacific Is covered from the CONT
nent by a station at san Diego. Cal,
and another on Puget Sound, the
I former using waves OF Q 500 meters
and the latter waves OF 100 me-
tiers
In the Hawaiian Islands the Navy
has two sending stations one using
II 500 meters and the other s.S75.
/ The naval station at Guam. which
sends on 9.145 meters. and the 49,
9oO-meter plant in the Philippines.
complete the navv's net OF radio
/ stations around the world. Wherever
. its ships are likely 10 cruise they
nearly always VIII be within range
Of the dots and dashes from one
or more Of the navy's sending sta
tons.
Bordeaux station Strongest.
The Lafayette station near BOr-
deaux France. using the longest
waves-23. 600 meters-conceded 10
be the most powerful radio station
/
United States navy 10 facilitate AM
erica's part in the World war but
has since been sold 10 France It's
broadcasts are tranmitted with ease
over the 1000 miles OF water and
land that separate Bordeaux from
Washington. and occasionally il
has been heard I'm French Indo-
China. 5000 miles in the east The
commercial station recently opened
on Long Island using the second
longest wave in use 5000 meters,
is expected 10 challenge the Lafav-
cite stations title 10 first place
when additional units are added The
Long Island station is used for
transmitting messages to Germany,
about 1000 miles away
The British navy. time honored
Mistress of the Seas" in direct
contrast 10 the American navy. does
not maintain a system Of land sta
tions of its own. but uses those Of
the British postoffice. Though
these postal stations practically en-
circle they earth they do so in much
smaller Jumps" than those OF the
United States navy and therefore
use less powerful stations
Seven Of the u longest-wave sta
tons which follow Annapolis are in
the United States or its territories
They are commercial stations az
Barnegat. y J.. $500 meters: St
James. Long Island. 1886: Kohu-
ku. Hawaiian Islands. 5000. and
Tuckerton. y. +. $1,000: the navy
station az Cavite. Philippine Islands.
and commercial stations at New
Brunswick. y. J.. 1850 meters and
Bolinas, Cal. 1880 meters.
Numerous United States army
sending stations. operating on wave
lengths from a few hundred 20 10. -
600 meters. are scattered over the
country. The postoffice depart
ment, AT its several stations. sends
on waves for the most part between