The New York herald., 1922-03-11
CONFEREES FAVOR
20 WAYE ZONES
Radio Conference Committees
Suggest $50 to 200 Meter
Range for Amateurs.
200 TO 275 FOR SCHOOLS
Government Control of Com
mercial Transmitting TeIe-
phone Stations Urged.

WASHINGTON, March 1o-Ailocation
OF twenty wave lengths among the
various classes OF wireless Telephony
senders and Government control OF es-
tablishment OF all commercial wireless
transmitting telephone stations are rec
commended by the three committees OF
the Government radio conference made
public to-day.
Other recommendations are that wave
lengths below 5000 meters should In
general way be reserved for radio tele-
phone service. but that those wave
lengths which have become fixed in SER
vice for telegraph service within this
range. such as S. o. 8. signals, shall be
retained" The committees report ex-
presses "the hope and expectation that
the radio telephone ultimately may keep
the whole range from zero to 5000
meters"
The recommendations do not provide
for Government control OF receiving
stations, which Secretary Hoover has
said have increased into the hund reds
OF thousands in the last few months.
Amateur transmitting stations under the
committees proposals would have ex-
elusive use of wave lengths from $50
to 200 meters and share with technical
and training schools wave lengths or
from 200 to 275 meters.
Assignment of Control.
The committees further urge that time
periods assigned to the different trans
mitting stations for the various SER
vices be placed under the control of
the Commerce Department and also that
to the radio telephone be accord ed the
status of a public utility.
With respect to legislation the COM
mittees suggest that the radio laws be
amended to give to the Secretary of
Commerce adequate legal authority for
the effective control of the establish
ment of all radio transmitting stations
except amateur. experimental and Gov
ernmental stations and the operation
of non-Governmental transmitting sta
tions.
The present development of the art OF
wireless telephony. the committees find
warrants the separation of twenty wave
bands. The committees recommended
that priority first be given to broadcast
ing service. and that broadcasting be
Government, educational and public, pri-
vate broadcasting including entertain
ment, news. &C., and finally toll broad
casting.
List of ALLEGATIONS.
Tn addition to the wave lengths Of $50
and 275 meters for the amateurs addi-
tional wave lengths might be assigned
70 them for some opportunity in expert
mental work. The amateurs, under the
would arrange between
themselves as to the division of their
wave bands between different varieties
OF amateur work. The wave ALLEGATIONS
follow:
Transoceanic radio telephone expert
ments, non-exclusive, 5000 to 5000
meters fixed service radio telephony,
non-exclusive. $500 to 1850; mobile SER
vice, non-exclusive, 1850 to 2,500; Gov
ernment broadcasting. non-exclusive,
1850 to 1850; fixed station. non-exclu-
sive. 1850 to $50; aircraft radio teleph-
ony and telegraphy, exclusive 1850 to
1900: Government and public broadcast
ing 1900 to 1850: radio beacons, ex-
elusive, 1850 to $50. aircraft radio
telephony and telegraphy. exclusive. $50
to $50 radio compass, exclusive, $50 to
$50: Government and public broadcast
ing. 700 miles inland, $50 TO 700 mobile
radio telephony, non-exclusive, $50 TO
$50; mobile radio telegraphy. exclusive.
$50 to 525 aircraft radio telephony
and telegraphy. exclusive. 525 to 500 pri-
vate and toll broadcasting, exclusive,
435 to $40; restricted special amateur
radio telegraphy, non-exclusive, $40 /:
city and state public safety broadcast
ing. exclusive. 2s5 to 275 technical and
training schools shared with amateurs.
275 to 200: amateur, exclusive. $50 to
200, and shared with technical and train
low 150