Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
SPANS ATLANTIC
WITH 2.16 WATTS.
British Amateur Picked Up in
New EngIand-Code Ex-
changed for Two Hours.
BY CARL III. BJTMAN.

/ Picking up 2LO. London, broadcast
ling on about 1000 watts. ordinarily
tgives any fan thrill and considerable
sconfideuce in himself and his receiving
lset. Consequently most fans Will &C
cord due credit TO Glance H. jackson
tof Bridgewater. Mass, who received
icode MESA es from c.. l.. Naylor, a
British amateur living at Shrews,
bury. operating with 240 volts at =
TniIianfperes. or total power or only
2.16 watts
= Glance II. Jackson is the owner of
amateur station 1PL, or in the, new
universal system. station Y iPL, l
standing for the United States.
\ on the evening of February he
was listening in on 96 meters, with his
two-tube receiver. when he heard sta
ton g SSH at Shrewsbury. England.
calling an American second district
station. Thinking the other American
might not be able To hear it, Mr.. JACK
son switched on his own transmitter.
q a50-watt tube set. calling G Ssh on
so meters. In about a minute he was
answered and then these two anna
seurs kept up communication for an
hour.
Code Clear and Sharp.
Z The code from G. ISL was easily
reada BILE, Mr.. jackson says: very clear
cut, bur very sharp. He succeeded in
holding the Britisher, who was trans
hitting with only II watts. while he
reduced his power in stages down to
2.l6 watts. Reception was without diff
hculty with his two 201-A tube re-
Ceirer. jackson SAYS.
1t is believed an excellent accom-
plIshment in reception by Jackson. but
almost phenomenal on the part of the
trAnSmitter. in England. Mr.. Naylor
reports that he worked L LPL through
considerable interference at his end
from other stations then operating
and for that reason he did not try to
So, below what he roughly calls %
watts in power. The exceptional part
of''the test. he believes lies in the
aerial employed. As his regular aerial
mad been blown down. he was using
a temporary single-wire antenna 70
feet in length. II reached from the
lead in feet above the ground. to a
mast IS feet high, thence down TO a
Gounterpoise post. The height of the
aerial at the far end was 10 feet and
only feet from the counterpoise. His
eohnterpoiSe was composed of four 80
foot wires. spaced 4 feet apart. and {
feet high. Mr.. Naylor used an Undue
lively coupled Hartley circuit. EN-
Qtciliator. His einnlittei wave * rur
and perfectly stead. he accord,
great credit to the owner of L 1PL for
has reception with the reduced power
Also tot switzerland.
Apparently. Jackson is u good Oh
wofEer. he also has received the
Swiss static 9 AID. which operate
With a plate voltage of only 200, les
than G bST- emp Dyed in the test
Among his recent tTansocean CORE
sponderts are station owners in Au
stralia. England, Belgium, France
Itaiy. Holland, Germany, LuXepburs
Denmark. Brazil, Costa Rica and New
Zealand. lie. has list of nearly 200
Pacitic Coast stations. He has woke
stations i'll Australia SO times and Eng
land so.
jackson owns three shoftzwave, re
ceiyers. covering 30. 10 and so meter:
and expects to operate on ) nlnter:
soon: he has also built a new trans
nlitter covering 20 TO 40 meters, the
ciiPuit for which he calls The 1FL,7
after his station call.