The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-05
STATE. A. G.
T0BR0ADCAST
NEWS BY RADIO
Transmitting Station Will Be In
stalled This Summer, Says
Sigmund Larson
TO HAVE 25O MILE RANGE
General Information of Interest,
Especially To Farmers, Will
Be Sent Every Morning

Fargo, N. D., May 5.-A radio trans
mitting station will be Installed at the
State Agricultural College here this
summer for rodcasting news ana
market reports, Sigmund Liefson, OF
the agricultural college physics de-
partment told the state science aca-
DENY convention here today. 1t Will
have range of 25O miles using dots
and dashes, or 100 for telephone, he
added. He prophesied that within a
few years the radio receiving set will
be as essential a part of farm life as
the ordinary telephone and automO-
bile now are. .. ...,
Concerning the proposed station he
said:
"What can be done with short waves
will be determined this coming sum-
mer when the agricultural college
station will be put in operation. This
station is planned to reach at least
one hundred miles with radio tele-
phone and about 250 miles with code
transmission. ..r...o
General information Of interest es-
pecially to the farmers OF the state
will be transmitted every morning,
first by telephone and then repeated
by code. There are probably about
fifty receiving stations in the eastern
part of the state capable Of receiving
messages from the Agricultural Col
lege. With the establishment OF
regular, daily transmitting schedule
the number of receiving stations will
grow rapidly.
Receiving equipment for places
not more than 25 miles from the Az
ricultural College would cost about
$6O-for places further away about
$125. With the same equipment, music
and speeches broadcasted by the big
stations in New York City, Pittsburgh,
Pa; Detroit, Mich; Chicago, ILL.,, and
Denver, Colo, could be heard occa-
sionally in summer and almost every
evening in winter.
Pick Up Time Signals
"Time signals from Annapolis, Nd,
at II a. m. and 9 p. m. and from San
Diego Cal, at 2 p. m. and news from
Annapolis, Md, at 8 p. m. could be
picked up on the same set of instru-
ments. Government stations at Rock
Springs, Wyo. and North Platte, Neb.,
transmit reports of Chicago, Kansas
City and Omaha markets IN code sew
eral times throughout the day but re-
ceipt Of messages from these stations
has been found very difficult and un-
certain at the agricultural college. The
states of Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin
and Minnesota have for some time
been transmitting market and wealth
er reports to the farmers through
the state universities. The scope OF
this kind Of wireless service is con-
stantly widening. The University Of
Wisconsin is planning a lecture course
by radio. During recent test con-
Quoted by the Westinghouse station
at Pittsburgh, Pa, it was found that
about 100000 people listened to a
speech delivered there.
Through powerful transmitting
station in the nations capitol the
speeches of the president and the most
important officials could be broad
cast and be heard by every one in the
United States who had access to
radio receiver. The possilt lities OF
radio telephone broadcasting are i'm
mense, and we are now in the very
beginning Of its development. Within
a few years the radio receiving sta
tion will be as essential part of
farm life as the ordinary telephone
and the automobile"