The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-11
RADIO
IN RECOVERY
FROM THE WAR

Nauen, Germany. Dec 1o.-Nearly
l2nuo words flashed through the air
'etwean German wireless stations and
foreign countries during 1921. y total
OF 6IS.%u0 messages were handled.
compared with 1920 in 1919 and
315.5p0 IL ,r20. Ia" word counts In
thesa two preceding years we're 4.
S@0.So0 and 7.T505Qn, respectively, as
against 1872 500 last year.
OF the 1921 traffic, 5l95,3QS words
vera eychanced with Uaited States
stations in 3l5.665 radIograms. Spain
ranked next In volume OF communtca.
tion with qo.i2S mo ssaces Of 1,4o9,loI
words. and Italy was third with SS,O49
Of l.5l2I55.
Germany's Oldest Important station
IS located here. lis traffic increased
from 1890 words In 1914 10 4,655.7Oo
In 19lS Dur ne the three intervening
war years. total Of 5.lS5.3O0 words
wa7 transmitted and received at
Nauen. \ sister tower at Ei'vasen,
near Hanover. II Is retna,ed, handled
about 5000 words daily In connection
with TTckertol. New Jersey, during
the latter part OF the war.
The Nauen and Filvesen stations
operate regularly within a radius Of
:. 500 10 $500 miles although their
messages have been known to DO
picked IN as Ear away as New Yea
land. 1900 miles distant. The wire.
less service at Nauen is carried on n
scheduled periods with plants In IN"
United States and with Moscow. Aran-
juez CSpainD. Rome Bucharest, aud
Oradeamare (Rumarial. This plant
handles press dispatches FOR overseas.
as vel As tho usual te,egarphic com
7 ercial business. and issues regular
announcements Of the time Of day
Ell veser IS supplementary 10 the
Nauen station. II acts mainly as
receiving depot bur handles The ont,
going messages OF the European
PRESS.
In addition 70 ,heso two in'e-na'
riocal" plants. there IS a wireless net
spread over Germany comprising
three chat stations, nine OF uterine
.diqre Caliher. nine o. sill smaller "a
dius and - which are capable OF 70.
rei,ire C7'v % the three larCe sta.
t!ors. Berlin handles she inland com
r,7ur:ca,fors. koeriEs wusterhausen
takes care OF such European business
as does not 20 through Naien or I'll
yasan. an5 No~4doich serves shipping
with weather reports storm WarninN
and other news Of interest 70 5"2"en
According 10 the last figures available,
rhara are moro than 400 radio sets
opsrqt,rc OF German mercantil" ships
~ Ig'l there <werc $50. in 1000 only
=. and last year 2o4. The decrease
from p~e-wa~ DAYS TO 1890 IS attribute
Cd - me large amount Of Sh'1pin;
handed yer 10 the entente under the
Versailles peace treaty.
TI!- decline was reflected also Ia
tho way G""maNys coastal wireless
stations Gror ped in number from %
IN 1914 70 Il in 1920. Last year the
figure had already mounted a. high as
-.
:, :. believed that Gevmany's new
wireless telephone system soon VIII pe
extended 10 shiUx 4; sea. When this
is accomplished, Il Is pointed out
NAM small vessels such as fishing
smac,-, will be able to keep IN con-
stan: touch with the land. Less ex'
7arsiye material will be required toT
The ,clepLou!c connection. and II VIII
not be necessary 10 employ tho SerV'
ICES Of i skilled operator
Wireless telephony already has been
2Goptcd as tie means = transmitting
commercial ucws to 80 cities through
ont the republic. and plans are under
way 10 broadcast radio entertainments
10 specified localities.