Evening star., 1933-12-24
Reserve Radio Men Asked
for Station Information
Survey Being Made by Naval Commander of
Amateur Apparatus Available Here
;. and In Operation.

Information concerning the amateur
radio equipment available IN the Dis
trict Of Columbia Is being sought by
Lieut.. J. H. Nicholson, commanding the
local Naval Communication Reserve
unit. All members Of the local communi-
cation of the Reserve who have been as
signed radio calls, whether their sta
tions are in operation or not, have been
requested to send in information as to
their call, name of the station owner,
telephone number, address, whether the
tranSnlitter and receiver are In opera.
ton, amateur bands and frequencies
usually worked, if the transmitter is
not in operation, then the reason and
probable date 1t will be in operation,
hours and days station usually is in
operation during the work, and whether
it is so designed that it can be used
for emergency work.
Members not having amateur station
or operators license, but who own and
operate a receiver capable of receiving
in the amateur bands should state the
bands usually listened-in and such
progress as they are making toward get
ting transmitter in operation.
Lieut.. Sullivan points out that the
information Is required before the end
Of January, and adds that upon re-
ceipt Of replies to the questions, sta
tions will be designated as emergency
control stations for NED, using a num-
Der designator after the NED call let
ters.
New tactical call letters will be issued
all stations in operation of which con-
template being in operation in the near
future.
Members of the Reserve who have
neither transmitter nor receiver in
operation, who have an operators
license or are qualified to operate are
requested to apply for assignment for
scheduled operation Of NED on nights
or Sundays other than periods of regu-
larly scheduled inter and intradistrict
drill periods. It was pointed out that
maintain other scheduled periods and
q full evenings operating experience
can be obtained any evening in the
week along with procedure practice.
Lieut.. James E. Sullivan, the new
commander Of the local Reserve battal-
ion. Is making preparations for the an
nual inspections, which are expected
to be held soon after the beginning of the
new year. However, no information
has as yet been received from the in
spection board fixing the date The
Reserve units are given six weeks no
tice prior to the time of the inspection,
but the local Reservists are starting i'm
mediately to prerare for this work. to
insure that tn will not receive the
same kind Of a report as they did last
year, which resulted in general
shake-up In the officer personnel.
Although the local Reservists have
not had the benefit of any ship in
struction for the last two years, ex-
cept one division, which was out this
year for q few days when the Cuban
troubles caused a recall of the ship
cruising them, they are making full
use of the equipment in their armory
for the purpose of keeping up Their
training as much as possible Facilities
have been provided for indoor target
practice and fire control. Several
years ago 1t was the practice to have
the training destroyer assigned to this
area here for the inspection exercises
but this has been found Impractical
since, because Of the need of the ship