New Ulm review., 1922-12-06
LOCAL 0PER RATORS
. HEAR | | ]! | !. news { FROM
STATION AT ! NAUEN
Radiograrns Come Distance
Of Over 5000 Miles
To New Ulm.
SCHLElU!DER GETS WORD
\. FROM SHIPS AT SEA
Reports From France And
Mexico Are Likewise
Received Here.

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Received Here.
Receiving messages from Nauen,
Germany, 5,270 miles from New Ulm,
IS the most recent radio achievement
OF Victor Schleuder and Ernest Sperl-
ing, New Ulm operators. Not only
have have fadiograms from this powerful
German station been caught but the
local fans have taken messages from
the Eifel Tower station in France,
from Mexico City, from Honolulu, !
from ships at sea and from stations in
practically every state in the Union.
Both Mr.. Schleuder and Mr.. Sperling
hold amateur radio licenses from the
government and as such are under
oath not to divulge messages which
are sent to other stations than their
own. But they explained that in
general the radiograms from Germany,
France, and Mexico City had to do
with press reports and government
news. The foreign messages are re-
ceiyed by the naval radio station at
Annapolis. Many of them are in
secret code. ,
Beat Newspapers To 1t.
It is a common thing for the local
operators to receive messages sent out
by the Annapolis station to ships at
sea. These radiograms deal with
storm warnings, latest news bulletins
and Instructions to4ca aptains of vessels.
Over their radio sets, Mr.. Schleuder
and Mr.. Sperling have received in the
evening the news of European events
which appeared in the metropolitan
papers the next. morning. The mes
sages from across the water are trans
m1itted on wave lengths Of from 10000
to $4,000 meters. s...
Received Word, From Ship.
It is a common thing for the local
men to hear concerts at Schenectady,
New York, Pittsburgh, Pa; Los
Angeles, Calf; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Atlanta, Ca; Chicago and the Twin
Cities. Messages are received from
Havana, Cuba, and Honolulu. Mr..
Schleuder recently received word from !
2 ship in the Atlantic ocean, 500 miles
from. New York. There is total Of
l29 different stations from which the
local operators can receive messages
and music.
Football scores were received by Mr..
Schleuder from such stations as
Schenectady, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and
Chicago. Recently he had the in
teresting experience of listening to the
tests conducted by the General Elec-
trio company at its Schenectady
station Of an apparatus for reproducing
the human voice so that it retains all
Of its, natural charact teristics.
Take Pictures Of Voice.
y The new apparatus is not a record
| of the voice as is reproduced for
phonograph but the voices photograph
| on film. The projection of the film
on a small electric screen reproduces
the voice without the scratches of
record, Mr.. Schleuder explained. In
the tests Mr.. Schleuder said that it
was impossible to distinguish the
photograph Of the voice from the
genuine voice. When this method is
developed, he declared that voice
films will be sent to Ave 81 six Of the
Heading stations in the United States
4 and they will be reproduced sirnul-
taneously at these stations when an
address is made. In this manner the.
natural voice will be carried over the
United States. M
Many Radio Fans.
While Mr.. Schleuder and MI, sperl-
ing are the only radio amateur operat-
1Iorsin New Ulm, :whe9 have government
licenses for transmitting and receiving
messages, there are a number Of broad
4 casting fans who receive messages.
A Among these may be mentioned the
i + SLOWING: Frank Niemann with his
4 aerial wires Oh The fire station; Harry
q Boyer at the Northwestern hotel;
4 Werner Baer on North Washington
!. street; G Chester Alvin On Third street
4 north; Dr.. 6. r. Reineke on Center
4 Astreet; the Ulrich Electric Company
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