New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Radio Prospect
I'm New Year
Very Bright
Application Of 1t in Every
Form of Communication
and Navigation Indicates
Promise of Development
RadiOphOne Will Improve
Transmitting and Receiving
Equipment Shows Signs
of Increasing Efficiency
Radiophone Will Improve

what Will radio achieve during the
coming yesr1 ThA. is the question
which permits Us 70 speculate upon
the possible development and spphoA-
ton Of the wonderful art particularly
since the progress made during the
present year has been such that IL
clearly forecasts the future. or course,
20 far as the general public is con
cerned, the paramount Interest IN
radio Is unquestionably IN radiopbone
broadeasting. There is, however, one
ospect OF radio which viii undoubtedly
become an accomplished fact this
wear that is Of such outstanding i'm
portanee % the progress OF civiiiza-
ton that ! am going 20 deal with "
first. ! refer TO the first practical tele-
uhonic conversation across the Atlantic
bv means of radio on basis thst VIII
meet commercial needs.
There Is no doubt in my mind ppt
tss. this will be done early IN the com
ing year. u has been made possible
hv the preliminary eXperiments ne
tween the steamship America and the
~rperimentai radio station a. Desi
Beaeh, n. j., and also hy tho wonderlu.
nrogrcss made IN the development OF
bigh-power transmitting vacuum tubes
surb a. that which has an output OF
hundred kilowatts.
First Tcst Experimental
while. Of course, there Is no douo'
that the hrst real trans-A:iantie con
vsrsation will be established during
the year. - will teally be In the nAtoIe i.,
OF an experiment, and II may be Two OF
three gears before such a serviee ca"
be oDcs.d % the general puohc
Whom 10 40 opened for genera use
however. 10 viii be quite pOsalole -
carry on a conversation with lehu
ir London or an Paris by using the Or
di,.r,y .efophone in the Office or m the
home No radio equipment IN tlenSI
~ these two places VIII be necessary
,,b,teoover This TACT Was clearly
dcroop,frated I'm the "Amorlca' tests.
in the realm OF broadcasting there
,viii not BE- anv revolutionary develop
r,rnte 40 far as we can see. There
,~,u however. be n general Improve
r,crt on that there Is not the slight.
osf doubt. In the first place, many OF
49, L,oadcastIng stations which never
ebcrid nave been erected will pass out
ofexistence through pressure Of public
opTbc altitude Of the general public
will undoubtedly be focused upon tne
irrrovement Of radiophone broadcast-
inc vith tho result that the attention
81 Congress will bo centered upon enc
5oforfs Of the present situation ana
tbsf body viii be stirred 10 action, 90
tfet n consideration Of the White plli
,,ul he undertaken. IL Is really I'M
peretive that this bill should be passed
a. tbat the Secretary Of Commerce can
rvcrriqc q strictcr control over the
broodcaeting situation, 20 the emo that
unrcccssary broadcasting stations VIII
b. rcoded out and the necessary eta-
ffore hc compelled 60 render better
service 20 The public.
More Efficient Receivers Sure
The coming year will undoubtedly see
tbo obituary notices Of many youthful
ado companies, and tho country In
general will be far healthier as q re-
suit
ana quito sure that progress in The
DEVELOPMENT OF receiving equipment
will be extremely rapid. More efficient
apparatus will be produced which at
tte same timo will be easier 20 tune.
C,mpetitlon will undoubtedly compel a
complete change IN tho present mer-
chandising systems and some OF the
radio concerns will be compelled, By The
force % circumstances, 20 produce I'm.
proved apparatus that has been held
back unUl existing stocks could be dis
posed o..
Toward tho oiose Of the present yssr
great deal Of uncertainty exists with
regard 20 the local situation, especially
where thero were 80 many patents that
had never been subject to litigation,
with the consequence that their status
WIS underlined
The outlook 10 that the coming year
Will see the most bitterly conbssted
legal battles IN tho history Of the Tadic
art. This in itself is extremely I'm.
portant, because, as mater OF fact
there Is no other art that has been the
subject Of such intensified legal war
fare Ss has radio.
other Radio Developments
There will undoubtedly be wonderfo
development in all the other phases o.
radio This r. inevitable. because o.
the Increased facilities that have beel
afforded eNpcrimcnters through tho 10
creased amount Of money invested Il
radio ondcavor through the advent O
hroadeasting.
One of the outstanding systsms O
importance % public welfare, whie
will undoubtedly DO materially in
pr0god, Is the radio compass, az ap
Piled 90 navigation. both on the sea
and in the air. There will bo . NOR
general application Of the radio bea
con system, which from now on viii
gradually take the place Of tho exist
Ing lighthouse system as a means Q
warning ships OF coastal dangers.
Transoccauic wireless telegraph com
rnuuication will be vastly improvei
through the gradual transfer Of thl
present transmitting equipment con
sisi.ng Of big revolving machinery q
tho more efficient high powered vaeu
um tube. The utilization Of the latte
mcaus Of transmission viii enable thesi
stations 10 function more economically
and az the same time 20 attain a fal
greater speed in transmission. The 70
cent amateur trans-Atiantie tests have
shown that tube transmission gives th'
highest possible efficiency.
New receiving vacuum tubes designed
20 operate on tho ordinary light sys
TENS, which will thus eliminate al
forms Of batteries. will. in all prObabil'
ity, come into the market before ths
year 10 over. I refer 20 such tubes
as that recently developed by Or. Hull
in tho General Electric Laboratories.
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