Evening star., 1923-01-01
2-WAY RADIO TEST
OCEAN-W|DE IN VIEW
Amateurs Planning for "Quiet
Air" Period in Trans
/ atlantic Experiment.
DETAILS SOON KNOWN
Best Transmitters and Receivers
in United States and Europe
I to Be Employed.
DETAILS SOON KNOWN
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARTFORD, Conn. January l.
The first attempt at two-way trans
atlantic radio communication will be
made within the next few days as
result of the third annual transat
Iantic tests Of the American Radio
Relay League. it was announced at
headquarters here today. The sue
cess of both American and European
amateurs in spanning the Atlantic
during the tests, which concluded
yesterday. suggested the idea of
holding the air quiet to enable radio
amateurs on both continents to trans
nit complete messages.
1t has been proved To the satiSfac-
tion Of all radio enthusiasts that such
two-way communication is possible.
The best tranSmitter on either side
of the Atlantic. assisted by the best
receiving stations. will be chosen to
make this final test of amateur radio
achievement.
Record of Complete Messages.
So far a number of complete mes
sages have been transmitted across
the Atlantic--fourteen from a station
in Marion. Mass, and one from
mas greeting To all American anna
teurS." 1t now remains only to bring
about direct tW0-Way communication
between selected stations on each
continent to make the A. r. r. l..
transa tlantic tests Il complete success.
+. II. SChnell, traffic manager of
the A. r. r. L.. viii announce the
details for the two-way plan of COM
lnunication shortly, when il is hoped
that all American amateurs will ad-
here strictly to the necessity for alb
solute quiet air. in order that this
final test Of amateur radio accom-
pliShment can be brought to a sue
cessful conclusion.
As the signals from American anna
teur stations have been heard in
Switzerland and other smaller Eu-
ropean countries during the present
tranSatlanticS, next year will see
probably the lines of international
amateur communication being knit
ted more closely together. and anna
teurS who have been restricted by
their governments from transmitting
on high power will doubtless be
given greater liberty. Since Decem-
Der 81, when the British and French
stations began to transmit to anna
tours in this country. only three of
their stations have been heard. Eu-
ropean signals have been heard by
about fourteen American amateurs.
LOnG-Distance Records.
The long distance records which
have been established by American.
Canadian, British and French anna
teurs show that international COM
municatiOn among individuals is now
an everyday possibility. This was
the news which heartened thousands
of amateurs. who sat up until nearly
morning to prove TO the world what
their amateur radio stations could
do.
Never Before the present trans
atlantic tests had any American anna
teur stations been heard in Switzer-
land. During the first week of the
tests 1e5 American amateur stations
Were heard by amateurs in Europe
Last year only twenty-seven stations
were heard during a period of ten
days.
The success Of French amateurs in
the tranSatlantics was made complete
by the report that the amateur radio
station operated by VI. Leon Deloy. II
Nice, France, the first station in that
country to span the Atlantic, had been
heard Tuesday night by Gene f.
Withom of Brooklyn, y. Y. Deloy
was detailed by his government to
this country during the war, and was
at one time attached to the United
States Navy Department