Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1922-02-08
RADIO TESTS
PLEASE MAXIM
Declares Spanning Of Atlantic
Ocean by Amateurs ls
Revolutionary.
SMALL APPARATUS IS USED
President Of the League Forssees Ma
t'ens Drawn Closer BY Wirssess
senss--Amatears Osveser
Supsr-skiii.
SMALL APPARATUS IS USED

New Y1Fk.--IIe success OF amateur
wireless Operators In thIs counsry aDd
Canada La sendtng signals ard nes-
sages to Setst,Rns In the weeks tests
rsaeptiy viii t.e revolutionary sr its
effect "nN wireless cSsnimuries ton. ac-
cordiEg TO Percy Hiram MAXIM. prsei-
,iehI O. the American Radio Relay
league, through which the tests we're
matBe. Amateurs had be1iere3 that
soiae Of them WDald crash through TO
the other side. bGi thst many Ct them
would Do So night after night vas al
most more 'has they had hoped foT.
Use Little Power.
The technical significance Of tie l-er-
fofnance lies IL the ability shown 10
make iowpolSered Instruments Go the
work which iE large commercial sta
teas requires powerful apparatus.
Less than o.e kllvwaG; was used By
the amateurs t. transmitting a!lree sig.
pais oyer thousands ~ tull,-s at land
and sea--ftr sO.,gle of thlsse far 10 tie
interior Of the country got across
y Arreas the large sfztiG1ae use tro-a
is1 10 30 kil0wstts. Ia some wealth
er tha. would Ias cheek the lnoge pow
ertgl stations itsey would. Of coarse,
fail but snEas. Of thsir woyE w&s done
under conditions that were ta. from
ideal.
That ststiohs as far vest as Ohio
we're able ia reaC4l Scotland. where
fasil T. GoIley. th. .sfticial receiver s.A.
the league, was statiaFe<i @es due part
ls 10 sis relation, Oct always realized
which Britain occupies To America
The general direction from poSnts IN
this country is northeast Signals from
New England pass ofer the n2z r-itifae
it'os irces ot Canada. abd those f-3fa
IeArsr pass oyer EBd~sa hay. Mr.
G1iley expressed the i.sii.-f i.la, ts.-
cause of better gvsr@cttoa and resee.
taaa inland stations Aad as good q
chance ~ ssiIiag ore. Us NeTth Al
iansie Slatseas. THIS proved 10 be
~ cas&.
essys1 n esss1 ~ D..
~our sDocess is revolutionary in
radio communication. xys Mr.
Maxim. y; had hot t,een ihoash:
lssSsthse b! experts that amateurs
could sI,aa the ocean. and We have
proved thAg II could he done Ii
inesEs tie coiuiu. Of cisifea eutnmani-
cziien between England and Amer "a.
the coming Of tie DAY when the peg
PIE ot one country can talk to o1e
and discuss uaogpeato9s a.
fairs without the intermediary oe pub
lie or Gorerg, ,slei.tsl agencies Whz,
th!s rneshs :de tie deveiap,nrn, os un-
d-''s'.s us!irxs Snd hsFnossiosas r~'a,les-
ship can he better imagined than de-
kcrih~d. II turns otze's thoughts TO
'ae recent discussions by M. Wells
In his story ~ II. Ideal relationships !
ls;ween the ys~erle- of the wcr3d-
Ii Is oaly a asSlter es ane shess
this virci.s> telegraph cxsan n@f4!ca,ioB |
siii t-e followed by ielepAotsc csai~ |
and Ni'e7 cstiaeas u osae
country may tsik with tie cas.ssa. VI !
sta"ihs- country waiaoQ; any cheek |
agoa their FFs.AaAaa VI s.~eech
'-.ae great thlus shout thss test 10
hat IL MAS dome by sla.tvQrs; ,hesg |
a.ino. ANA csslfsaegcw put IL throash. |
rhey have developed xa:~g-sAiil in /
ss,eraitns aisd sapessssssIti,caess la ar,
think IL all he great sas. |
artse "a all the s3seaess t.ess ~ the /
aarld. srosa Msrcua.s se tAs experts ri /
he great private companies T2r asax
ear's #pparains lsas htxa 4e,ca. /
si~Si on the basis ~ s,ssc fu bis /;
saak: l. Is net the t~rsanSsoy. al, 1
though saitlfat I-crfs.manc~ ct sae |
aittSi empsas~e"
The Raa.as league is Divided tnse l
'e,erai divisions cNayeria. the eassr~ /
>aahtrs. and therv ase 2Atss al1a,sas |
s;aiiaas Operating in H. Each IL |
Tfs,on has gasaua.e-, HI assistant ]
manager and district sQ.-rsnsssssratSs
she develop acag dis.Assve tines Il
>s,nra anscaGaun and allie, hears sas !
ocai and lssaE distance srahssasss&ea