The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-24
WIZARD PLANS
STUDY OF U. S.
RADIO FIELDS
Says That America Leads World
In Development of Radio
Telephone.

6eUdlOI rug A46AIuO mdECODl, 1drn-
er OF wireless telegraphy. has come
to America to take a lesson in
radio.
He will get it from personal OBJ
servation of the accomplishments
and problems of the thousands of
amateurs whose little antennae dot
the landscape of the country and
the powerful stations which broad
cast programs night and day Their
problems he is endeaForing to
solve.
America" says Marconi,, leads
the world in the development OF the
radio telephone and the methods of
broadcasting.
Europe is far behind, but it is
beginning to pick up.
"One London daily has begun
publishing leading articles on radio
two or three times a week In the
house of commons there is move
ment under way to license certain
stations for broadcasting
AT our Chelmsford works we are
building $4,000 receiving sets. The
interest is growing throughout all
Europe.
But nowhere is it so keen as
here.
I'm taking this merely as a
pleasure trip-with a little exper-
imenting on the side Marconi ex-
planned.
Combating Static.
Among these experiments have
been some of the most important
ever undertaken to eliminate the
great bugaboo of radio - static,
which interferes with reception of
wireless.
Some reports have said that we
have succeeded in eliminating that
which is known as static" the SEN
ator went on. But that has not
yet been done.
Certainly great advances have
been made in the reduction of this
yet been eliminatedat present.
81 can only hope that it will be
eventually. l do not know.
But we have been doing work
on wave lengths of one or two me-
tiers. There is no static on these
lengths and the waves may be re-
fected and directed by mirrors in
the same way as light is reflected
and directed"
Waves as short as these have
never been used commercially A !
little while ago they were totally
And now Marconi is
able to use them for radio trans
over distances as great as
100 miles,
Privacy for Messages
Utilization of his method of re-
waves toward one point will
come closer to bringing about Sc
Crecy in the transmission of radio
than any present means.
Attempts have been made many
times toward the focusing of cleo
trio waves. They never succeeded
because the waves were too long.
But Marconi with his short wave
Of one or two meters may accom-
plish the miracle.
Marconi's laboratory aboard the
Electra is a veritable wonderland. |
Radio messages are received au-
No operator need lis
ten in. The signals are registered |
on a strip of tape by high speed |
recorder attached to the receiving |
set
The senator picked up a bit of
the tape. 1t was a perfect record ,
Of a message from the high power |
station at Carnarvon. Wales, re-
corded while the yacht lay at an
Choir in the North river. New York
1t was just one of many ma
chimes on which Marconi is expert
nenting with the hope Of eVentu-
ally:
Reducing static interference.
Developing directional transmits
sion which would insure secrecy.
And making the range and speed
IF radio transmission greater.
To the radio amateur, Senator
Marconi says: "Greetingsl From
one amateur to another. I started
Is one And that's what I have al
ways considered myself since. l
never want to be called a univer-
;ity professor, or a doctor l sim
ply want to be an amateur. At all
lines the amateur can count on my
support and the benefit of my ex-