The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-10
Federal Committees Make
Public Report on
Wave Lengths
PROTECT AMATEURS
Broadcasting Service to
Be Given Priority
in Country

location Of 20 wave lengths among
the various classes OF wireless
telephony senders and government
control OF establishment OF all
commercial wireless transmitting
telephone stations are recommend.
ed by the three committees OF the
government radio conference in a
report made public today.
The recommendations do not
provided for government control Of
receiving stations, which Secretary
Hoover has said have increased
into the hundreds OF thousands in
the last few months. Amateur
transmitting stations, under tho
commiteee, proposals, would be
given exclusive use Of wave lengths
for t50 to 200 meters and share.
with technical and training schools
wave lengths Of from 20 to 2T5.
meters. ,s,sss
Other resolu tlbfA-. are that wave.
fiengths below e, 900 meters should
IN 9 general wsS be reserved for
radIo Telephone Service but that;
lstiibse Iengtlis iichS ltaxel
Skeh acosiie q
teissr aefyict within this Tangs 8;
! lsuch as IS. o. s signals, shall be-
retained = sS
The committe g report expresses
"the hope and expectation that the
radio telephone may. ultimatly keep
Ithe whole range from zero to g.
1000 meters."
The committees further urge that
the time periods assigned 10 tho
different transmitting stations for
the various services be placed un-
der the control of the commerce de-
paftments and also that the radio
telephone be accorded the status
ola public utility.
The recommendations, It was
announced. have been transmitted
TO interested organizations and
companies for consideration and
the full conference will meet again
In two or three weeks to formulate
its final report.
With respect to legislation the
committees urge that the RADIO
laws be amended to give the sec
rotary Of commerce adequate
legal authority for the effective
control Of the establishment Of all
radio transmitting stations except
amateur, experimental and govern.
ment stations and the operation
of governmental transmitting
stations.
The present development Of the
art Of wireless telephony, the COM
mlttees find, warrants the separa-
ton Of 20 wave bands. The COM
mittees recommend that priority
first be given broadcastIng service
and that broadcasting be divided
into priorities in this rotation: gov.
/ ernment, educational and public
private brpadcasting, including en-
tertainment. news, etc., and finally
toll broadcastlpg.
In addition to the wave lengths OF
$50 and 275 meters for tho amaz
teurs, additional wave lengths
might be assigned 10 them for
some opportunity in experimental
work. The amateurs, under the
recommendations, would arrange
between themselves as to the div.
ison OF their wave bands between
different varieties of amateur
work.
The wave ALLEGATIONS follow:
Trans.oceanic radio telephone
experiments, non exclusive 5000;
Mobile service, non.exclusiVe, g.
$50 to. $500; govern. broadcasting
non exclusive 1850 to $50, fixed
station nonexclusive 1850 to 1850;
aircraft radio telephony and tele.
graphy, exclusive, 1850 to 1000;
government and public broadcast
ing 1900 to 1850; radio beacons,
exclusive, 1880 to $50; aircraft
radio telephony and telegraphy. ex-
elusive, $50 to $50; radio compass,
exclusive. $50 to $50; government
and public broadcastipg 700 miles
inland $50 to zoo: Mobile radio
telephony, non-exclusiye, $50 to
$50; Mobile RADIO telegraphy, ex..
elusive ESQ to 525; aircraft radio.
telephony and telegraphy, exclu-
slye 525. to 500; private and toll.
broadcasting, exclusive, 435 to 310;;
restric ricted special amateur. radio
telegraphf, nom exclusive, $40; city
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