New-York tribune., 1922-07-09
Ethereal Music
| Will Beguile
Sea Voyagers
,.,ob Liners Paris and La
''IT France To Be Equipped
with Loud Speaker r Sets
in Their Grand salons
Radio for Kiddies, Too
Paris. With Extra Powerful owe,
f'I;o' IF;oo'uipmeni, Can Talk to
Land 1900 Miles Away

-
a, steamship Paris Of the
Mh,n zoe Line sails out of Havre two
frensa nee she will be equipped with
s'sD - novel apparatus in the his
.. .ne q transatlantic navigation. In
'0i, ,.'.,S salon Of the magnificent ship
~. ~. will he installed special loud
..s.t,,s . telephones, which will be ca
~, 81 Sling the vast hall with music
,..k.A ont Of the ether from the
..,,,ie Eisel Tower wireless station
paris and the many radiophone
,,,,sea,,ing stations near the Atlantic
...,. in this country. In addition TO
A,, similar apparatus will be placed
!, n, "GuignOl." or Punch and Judy
.1sv 90 that bedtime stories can be
,,,rodueed for the entertainment Of
4. tiny tots who happen TO be pas
yre,rs aboard the liner.
The installation arises out OF the ex-
,srnents carried out three months
,,o by the French Radio Telegraph
cs-pany, when high-powered radio
yl,uhone transmitting apparatus was
,l,,,d aboard the Paris and La France.
s,,. that time a series Of interesting
,,d important tests have been carried
81, quietly and successfully, and as a
-sult the receiving equipment for en-
y-sinment Is to be installed.
The radio equipment on board the
e.,nsAip Paris is the most powerful
. any eomercial liner in the world. II
sn.i,,s Of q fve-kilowatt continuous
nys transmitting set, which also is
sea for radio telephone purposes.
Range Of 1000 Miles
when used for telegraphic purposes
IA ordinary routine Of communication
this powerful set has a daylight range
q 1000 miles. and consequently the
steamship Is in touch with shore st all
tines during her voyage across the
ocean, and for the major part Of her
thp she Is in direct touch with both
sides Of the Atlantic
As radiophons transmltter this set
is capable Of throwing the human
voice broadcast over a radius Of 700
miles during daylight and, Of course,
over much greater distances during
night time, according 70 the existing
conditions In the tests conducted with
the Eifel Tower station In Paris tele-
phone Communication has been carried
On over a distance Of 1900 miles with
To-, apparatus on wave lengths Of 1906
neiers.
Many OF the radio fans along the At
l,stic seaboard will remember the oc
etsion about three months ago whei
Mne Calve, the prima donna, wa
board as a passenger en- route 70 tins
e,untry. She gave a special concert OF
the Sunday afternoon just before th'
ship arrived in New York harbor.
Concerts Broadcast
The concert was held in the grand
salon for the benefit of the sailors in
siitutions, but her silver tones were
picked up by special microphones and
Transferred on TO the radiophone
transmitting apparatus in the wireless
cabin and broadcast across the
stretches Of the western Atlantic. AT
That time the steamship was operating
on a 000-meter wave length, and the
concert was clearly heard at large
number Of seaboard cities.
This was 80 successful that the
French Line, after consultation with
the French radio company, has decided
20 place the necessary receiving equip
ment, so that the passengers can listen
20 the best music in the world while
they are travelling across the Atlantic
In addition 10 this, arrangements
Will be made in the near future 10
equip both the Paris and La France
with permanent microphones Of special
character. so that concerts given py
famous artists who happen TO be pas
sengers can be broadcast for the Dene--
NJ Of all who may be within range OF
the two liners. Special efforts Will
be made 10 install the necessary ap-
parstus TO reproduce these concerts
on wave lengths that can be reaeheo
BY tie majority Of receiving equipment
now IN use in this country.
Passengers Can Talk to Shore
Such is the outline Of the plans for
the immediate future, 80 far as these
two ships are concerned. There Is no
doubt that other lines will quickly
follow suit. Then II will be possible
also for important international per-
sonages TO address in person the vast
unseen radio audience with importan;
Anpouncements before they actually
make their landing.
The regulation wireless equipment
On the Paris at the present time IN
addition to the FIVE kilowatt con-
unuous wave set, includes the stand
ara two kilowatt quenched spark gap
Ss. for communication with other
saips, and for communication WITH
snail powered shore stations when
aear the eOastline.
The receiving equipment Is Of the
la'est type. and so arranged that the
operators can listen in on any wave
isngth now in use. The standard re-
selver consists Of four stages Of radio
frequency amplihcstion, detector and
'so stages Of audio-frequency amplif-
cation in conjunction with the neces-
try tunirg apparatus. There is also
ne standard form Of direction finding
spparatus used when the ship is near
more in dense fog.
Most Of the cabins are equipped
s',iih telephones on the Paris, and
A.se are connected TO a central
sStehboard on the ship. II is now
sss'ible for a passenger to call up
sohsieur r. BotQuelen. the radio
..ptraior through the switchboard, and
zen have their voices transferred TO
le radiophone apparatus, and thus
peak direct to friends in the City OF
Ians through the Eiffel Tower sta