Evening star., 1923-08-30
Establish Record
in Getting Flash,
First in Days.
Long Northern Day
Silencing Outfit
on, BO,UdOin.
Located latitude 1890"

Located latitude 1890"
This brief fragment of a message.
caught by two amateur radio sta
tions In Massachusetts,. has ended
anxiety over the condition of the
Arctic expedition of Donald B. Mac
MILAN, and 1t has established a new
world record. Never before has a
radio message been picked UP from
so far north, 1900 miles air line from
Boston; never before has such a mes
sage been sent from the polar regions,
where. through months on end. the
aurora borealis hangs like curtain.
Thirty-two days has elapsed since
the last message was caught from
the Bowdoin, the little schooner from
which Donald Mix, radio operator,
has been trying to reach his fellow
members Of the American Radio Re-
lay League and the other radio anna
teurs of North America.
The ships position given in the
fragment that was caught shows that
the Bowdoin has reached Etah, with
in a few hundred miles of the pole.
Etah was a base in the Peary voyage
participated in by DIR. MacMillan),
which led to the discovery of the
north pole in 1909. Etah is on the
northwest coast OF Greenland. on
Smith sound. between Bafin bay and
Kane basin.
Caught by Amateurs.
The message from the Bowdoin.
though too weak to be picked up In
full, was caught definitely as to the
ships position by two New England
amateurs. James A. Trainor Of 80
Bloomfield street, Dorchester. Mass.
and r. B. Bourne. whose station,
/ ANA. at Chatham. Mass. picked up
the Bowdoin on the last previous oc-
casion.
The attainment Of such a latitude
by the explorers at this time of year
is taken to indicate that the condi-
| tions Of the success for the voyage
from other aspects than that of radio
are favorable.
The base, which is DR.. MacMillan's s
destination. is not a great distance
above Etah. and it is probable that
the Bowdoin will reach IL and prepare
to freeze in for the ~winter at the
scheduled time, or even earlier.
AT Hartford. Conn. the headquar-
! ters OF the American Radio League
! through which the arrangements for
| the radio experiment in the far north
were made. new equipment has Just
| been installed to facilitate further
| success. A 500-watt transmitter has
Ueen set up dl the nome OF hiram
| Percy Maxim, the inventor, who is
| president of the league.
Messages Ceased.
The use Of this strong equipment
was decided on when messages from
! the Bowdoin ceased while the ship
was sailing north along Greenland
| The last previous message came
| through July 2S.
The difficulties encountered on the
voyage. from the point Of view of the
radio expert, are declared to be great,
but not fnsurmountable, in statements
! issued at Hartford after the receipt
Of the message giving the Etah posi-
| tion.
The Bowdoin left Monhegan Island.
off Maine, June 26. with a crew of
six men. including DR.. Macmillan,
| bound for scientific research and ex-
ploration. The schooner has a small
but powerful radio receiving and
| transmitting apparatus and messages
were exchanged at ports of call along
| the coast of Labrador, Cape Breton
Island; Battle Harbor. Labrador: Tur-
navik Island and Godthaab, Green
! land.
| The message of July 2S said she
was leaving the following night, after