The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-03-08
Partridge RADIO STATION
AN Interesting PLACE

writer last Thursday evening when he
accepted an invitation from irwin 7.
Partridge to his home for the evening.
Mr.. Partridge is one of the profess
sional amateur operators OF the city
and has been working with his wire
less equipment for several years. He
has lately completed a radio phone
sending apparatus with which he has
been able to talk with Aberdeen, Ell
lcndale, Fargo and several Minnesota
cities, and last Saturday evening es-
tablished record by having his con-
versation with Aberdeen heard by
st. Paul operator. lnasmuch as the
radius of his apparatus is supposed 10
have onl an area of forty miles, this
last accom- plishment is regarded as a
freak record which may lead to some
important discoveries.
Mr. Partridge has communicated with
many stations over the country by his
spark set, sending his messages in
the Morse code, the same as is used by
the telegraph operators. The frater-
nifty of radio operators over the coun-
try have postal cards on which they
notify each other regarding the mes
sages, such as the distance, the clear
ness with which the message was re-
ceived and the equipment with which
they received the message This
gives a wider scope to the possibilities,
Of the work and is undoubtedly. one
Of the reasons for the rapid stride,
which the wireless inventions have
made during the past few years.
Thursday evening the radio CONVEX
sation of ar operator in Roswell, New
Mexico with Santa Anna, Cal, was
heard very clearly, later with an Hi
nois operator and then with Sioux
Falls station. Mr.. Partridge then cut
in on the conversation and infoi med
the operator that he heard his con-
versation clearly and he came back
with this reply Hello, Milbank, Hell
10 Milbank. | got your message.
Thanks Old Man, glad you could hear
me. Have no messages for YOU"
Messages of greeting were also heard
and the following one recorded from
Dayton, Ohio:
Mrs. w. H. Welsh.
.O7 Robinson, st. North,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Greetings by radio Here until
Thursday. Signed Ted.
The message was evidently from d
young man to his mother.
Until further discoveries radio
phone operation will not lie a sue
cess commercially as it has no more
privacy than the rural telephone line
and anyone can take the message BY
turning up his receiving outfit.
One of the disabled mems hospitals
located at Denver, Colo, has installed
q sending apparatus and every Thurs !;
Gay evening they give concert, which !
can be heard very clearly most of the |
time. Concerts given by the broad !
casting station at Pitsburg can also !
be heard. This station is maintained
by the Westinghouse company and i
the concerts given by operate COM
ranies, bands, orchestras, and lectures /
and other entertainments are sent out
every evening. A weekly program is
mailed to those who have stations |
and the operator can pick out the pro
cram he wants to hear, tune UP his !
receiving set and enjoy world fam
Gus opera singer giving her concert :
IN his own home.
Other concerts We're heard in De- |
troit and photographic concerts given
Ly amateur operators within short |
distances of here. A lecture given in I
Cincinnatti, the market reports by the
University of Minnesota and Denver
were also heard. In addition count
less spark sets ticked out their mes
sages, which somewhat 1esembled the |
huzzing Of a good sized bunch Of
mosquitoes on summers night !
Static interference, which IS similar
to the buzzing often heard on the
telephone lines, is the plague of the
operator and if it cannot be overcome
the message is usually drowned out /
by it.
1t is rumored that the Westing-
house company is contemplating the
installation OF broadcasting station
in Minneapolis. Such a station there
would be a wonderful thing for the
radio operators in this part Of the
country, as the concerts which they
would send out could be taken very
clearly. With the addition Of an ami
plifier, such concert could he made
to record loud enough to be heard By i
a large audience in good sized hall
Such demonstration was being Civ
en- last Thursday evening by thea