The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

2KF. the station Of ]. A. Partridge, of
London.
Between IL 80 and midnight regular
traffic was exchanged and the usual
notes on local conditions were made.
The signal strength Of the British sta
ton was unusually good, and on
being so informed, G-2KF gave notice
that it would shift to voice with a
slight drop in wave length and would
attempt to communicate by voice with
the University Of Maine station.
In the next few minutes came the
thrill of a lifetime to the young anna
teur. The voice that whispered family
in the phone was coming across
$500 miles of ocean. 1t was picked
up successfully and amplified to
volume comparable with that obtained
over a regular telephone. When the
conditions were best in quality of the
transmission was 3d. good that the per-
sOnalty of the speaker. was apparent.
Handy was assisted in the reception
by G. A. Baker, whose room was close
to Handy's and who also listened in
to the voice from Europe. An attempt
was made to transmit a regular radio
gram by voice, and the address and
signature were received successfully, al
though the text was garbled in the trip
across the water. After half an hour
voice conversation it was decided to go
back to the more reliable system, using
the Continental code.
Gets Letter OF verifieatiOn
The English schoOlboy with whom
Handy developed successful commune
cation was @. w. Goyder, eighteeu-
Al MIL EYslI Cahn0I
near Hendon, England, and their wire
less acquaintance dates back to a
time shortly after the American Radio
Relay League transatlantic tests in
1922.
After these tests the American anna
tours had resumed regular transmit
ting schedules with each other and no
further attempts were made at foreign
communication.
Then to Handy's great surprise he
received a letter from GOyder, who
stated that signals from Handy's sta
tion-1 BDI-had been copied with ex-
eeptionRl strength for a period of more
than on hour and a half one morning
in January, 1923. GOyder sent Handy
all the matter which he had copied and
his letter was mailed to the address
which Handy had given by wireless to
another American station.
As a result Handy and GOyder cor
responded during 1923. GOyder was very
much interested in the transmitting
and asked for data ON transmitter con-
struetion, determined that in the fall
Of 1928 he would construct a set to
reach this country.
Goyder put in a lot of hard work
getting ready for the American Radio
Relay League tests of 1928.
The tests took place and GOyder's
signals were copied by the successful
amateurs on this side.
Talk For An Hour
During the vacation Goyder wrote
Handy, forwarding information regard
ing his wave length and power, and
planning for two-way communication
when the two should get back to school
and to their sets.
Feb. 8, before the voice tests with
Partridge Of London. Handy was in
Communication with the British c.
Cd. He forwarded a message from
Goyder, arranging a schedule for Feb.
10, at / a. m, eastern standard time.
Feb. 10 was a wonderful night for
radio operators. Early in the eve
ming, Handy established communication
with British stations 2KF and 5NN.
At I a. m, as per schedule, Handy
went into the air after GOyder. Handy,s
station, 1-BDI, was transmitting on
100 metres. while the British school,
J At rs a. N. Eastern standard time,