The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-25
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PLEASE: MAXIM
Declares Spanning Of Atlantic
Ocean by Amateurs Is
Revolutionary. :
SNAIL IlIj APPARATUS IS USED
President Of the League Foresses Ma
tiens Drawn Closer by wirsless
Bonds-Am1teurs Develop
Super-skiIl.

new IOrk.-lne success VI dndLcuE
wireless operators in this country and
Canada in sending signals and mes
sages to Scotland in the weeks tests
recently will be revolutionary In Its
effect on wireless communication. &C.
cording to Percy Hiram Maxim, presi-
dent Of the American Radio Relay
eague, through which the tests were
made. Amateurs had believed that
some of them would crash through to
the other side, but that many Of them
would do so night after night was al
most more than they had hoped for.
Use Little Power.
The technical significance OF the per.
Torrance lies in the ability shown, to
make low-pOwered Instruments do the
work which in large, commercial sta.
tons requires powerful apparatus.
Less than one kilowatt was used, by,
the amateurs in Transmitting three Sig
nails over thousands of miles Of land
and sea-fOr some Of those far In the
interior Of the country got across
whereas the large stations use from
100 to 200 .kilowatts. In some wealth;
er that would NOT check. the more pow
erful stations they would, OF, course,
fail, but some of their work was done
under conditions that were far from
ideal. ..-.. ., ..,,..
That stations as far. west las Ohio
were able to- reach Scotland, where
Paul 4. Cooley. the official receiver, for
the league, was stationed, was due part
ly to the relation, not always realized,
which :, Britain occupies. to America.
The general. direction from points in
this country is, northeast. Signals from
New England pass over the maritime.
provinces of Canada, and those from
Denver pass over Hudson, bay. Mr..
Cooley expressed the! belief that be-
cause of better; refraction and refiec-
ton inland stations had as, good q
chance of getting over as North, At,
lantlc stations. This proved to be
the case; 10 ~ -.:,fty 81 IL ,:s'9Gy.. i:
~"f Proved 1T Could BE nonsx:5 it
s"ourr success Is Is revolutionary II
ratiio cotiinunication,' Says f.Mr,,
Maxim. ut had not been thought
possible by experts that aiilateurs
could span the ocean, and we have
proved that it could be done. It
means the coming of citizen comlnuni.
cation between England and America,
the coming OF the day when the PEG:
pie Of one country can talk To- one
another and discuss mOmentous At
fairs without the intermediary Of pub;s
lie or governmental agencies" What
this means FOR the development Of un.
derstan,lings and harmonious relation
ship can be better imagined titan de-
scribed. 1t turns ones thoughts to,
the recent discussions by Mr.. Wells
In his story Of the ideal relationships
between the peoples Of the world.
ut is only matter Of time when
this wireless telegraph communication
will be followed by telephone com
niunication, and when. citizens OF one,
country may talk with the citizens Of
another country without any check
upon their freedom Of speech. =
'"The great thing about this, test -
that it was done by amateurs thei1
money and confidence put it through.
They have developed super-skill In
operating and supersensitivenesssin ap.
paratus. think it will be great sur,
prise to all the wireless men Of tho
world, from Marconr to the experts Of
the great private companies. The ANA.
teurs apparatus has been devel,,
oped on the basis Of love for his
work; it is not tile perfunctory, al
though sklllful. performance OF the
hired employee" ....
Tile Radio league is divided into
several, divisions covering the, entire
country, and there are 10000 amateur
stations operating in it. Each di'
vision has. Il, manager. an assistant
manager and district superintendents.
who develop long distance lines Of;
COMMUNICATION aud .aIlot hours for
local and long distance transmission.