Evening star., 1922-10-15
BY COMMANDER STANFORD {.
HOOPER. United States Navy.
Copyright. 1892. All rights reserved)

/; Copyrighr. 1922 All rights reserved.)
Radio operators on American ships at
SMYRNA listened to signals from Annap-
oils and Cavite as they viewed the de-
.ruction of that city by fire.
War, desolation and death. was
rampant all around them in this far-off
region, whereas the normal functioning
of the American radio stations denoted
peace, tranquility and security through
orderly government at home and else
where, on the opposite side of the world.
The area comprising Smyrna and Con-
stantinople is situated approximately
midway around the world between An
napolis and Cavite.
This incident, considering the poten-
tialities involved, will illustrate the
sreat value of our far-reaching radio
system.
II may serve also to envisage the su-
preme benefit that radio should event
lally render to mankind-to aid Ill
stabiliZing conditions throughout the
entire world by exposing the futility OF
hatreds among peoples, with the conse-
Quent ever recurring WdHtoli utsti w
ton called war.
1t signifies unmistakably that space
is now being annihilated by radio
and that this medium may be utilized
to slowly but gradually knit together
so to speak, the inha Of widely
separated lands of the earth in Il BOND
OF common understanding.
1t eXemplifieS the great strides tna'
have been made i'll radio since VI
inception only little more than
twenty-five years ago and the deNei-
upmentS that have been made III
ligh-power radio during the past III :
teen years.
It would be idle to attempt to pre-
dict what advances will be made in
the development of high-poWer radio
during the ensuing fifteen years ano
rs further application throughout the
world. especially with respect TO the
peoples Of the orient.
Radio may be said to have been de-
veloped primarily by the peoples OF
the ocrident. 1t is utilized exten-
Sively by Japan. That it will even
tually serve the peoples of the entire
orient as We'll cannot be doubted.
Its universal use cannot fail tC
beneficially affect the civilization ol
the entire world. because 1t may be
utilized to instantly reflect, as by 6
huge mirror or searchlIght, for eN-
ample. the conditions as they actually
exist d IL over the word.
Radicphone bro:tdcasting station:
OF power and range equal 10 our exist
ing radio telegraph stations Wilt un'
doubtedly be established eventually
Their effective ranges will be world
wide. 1t is logical to assume tina
they will broadcast that which repre-
sentS the culture of the peoples con
cerned rather than provocation- fol
destruction and war.
Great Power for Good.
Obviously high-power radio pos
scSSeS great power for good through
out the world, both morally and ma
tcrially. Improperly used. it would
of course, constitute a force for evil
By having secured pre-eminence il
preSent-day radio throughout The
world. and recognizing onr RESPONSE
biities in this regard. IT becomes in
cumbent on American radio to strive
to retain the lead we now enjoy.
Continued developments in the radio
art should therefore be carefully fos-
tered. both by the government radio
service and by the American radio
commercial industrial and operating
concerns.
In my article of July ,. 1922. men
ton was made of the squadron al
destroyers. then on its way to join tn,
Asiatic fleet. sailing eastward by wa!
If Gibraltar and the SueZ canal. iii
stead of westward through the Panama
cana! and across the Pacific.
AS one of the incidents to this voy-
age, an effort was made to copy the
radio signals from Annapolis as the
vessels steamed eastward until the
signals coming around the world tn.
other way from Cavite could be pick.
Cd up
The results achieved have definitell
proven that the Navy's radio serv.
Ice is effe.,ive for ships all the wa,
around the world. even during tn.
summer static season.
Signals from Annapolis. including
the nightly broadcasted press news
were copied daily by the operator:
on the destroyers as the vessels pro.
cceded eastward. The signals fror
Annapolis continued to come in witt
sufficient intensity to enable theiI
being copied during their passage
across the Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean sea and until the YES
sells passed through the Suez cana
and entered the Red sea.
Up until this time Cavities signals
could not be heard and those from
Annapolis were rapidly becoming
weaker, though still readable. Short
" after entering the Red sea. how
-ver, Cavities signals were picked VI
md gradually became readable
through the static. while those fron
the operators, although with great
difficulty.
AS the destroyers proceeded east
ward Carite's signals rapidly in
creased in intensity until they were
readily copied through the static
y hile those from Annapolis became