Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-01-28

~ NOE projected on a nationwide
scale by an Independent COM
domestic that met bankruptcy,
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intercity telegraph service via
radio. has languished during the last
few years, only to crop out on q sub
stantial scale as 1888 ended and 1884
began. Two Of the leading American
communications companies are now en-
gagged in q veritable race for the estab-
lishment Of intercity services. using the
short waves.
Close ON the heels of the opening last
month Of the Mackay Radio g. Tele-
graph Companys new short wave sta
tons at Chicago, New Orleans and
Seattle, r. c. A. Communications, Inc,
subsidiary Of the Radio Corporation of
America, operating radio circuits on q
World-w1de scale, received authority
from the Federal Radio Commission to
establish similar stations at Boston,
washington, Chicago and New Orleans
At about the same time, Mackay ap-
piled for permission to erect two new
stations, one at Kansas City and the
other at Atlanta. The Mackay COM
pany's domestic radio system also en-
braces stations at New York, San Fran
cisco. Los Angeles and Portland, Greg,
while r. C. AS only domestic circuit
thus far has been the one between New
York and San Francisco.
Other Stations Planned,
Other stations are to be added from
time to time by both systems, with the
possibility Of q competitive radio situa-
ton paralleling that of the wire tele-
graphs-unless, indeed, Congress de-
cides that the telegraph systems should
be merged as proposed in the recent
report of experts to President Roosevelt
urging that this should be considered
along with the possible formation of q
Federal Commission on communications.
r. G. A. Communications proposes to
use Its inland stations, the building Of
which has hitherto been blocked by the
depression, as feeders" into its vast
international radio circuits. The Mackay
stations are affiliated with Postal Tele-
graph. which is a sister subsidiary with
Mackay OF the International Telephone
q Telegraph Co. Over the seven exist
ing Mackay domestic radio stations spe-
cial rates are already being offered below
those Of the wire telegaphs.
Mackay and r. c. A. also compete in
the ship-to-shore and the international
radio-telegraph fields.
Photograph" Service
The R. c. A. domestic radiotelegraph
grants were made simultaneously with
those for the first links Of its pro-
jected "photogram" service, for which
the Radio Commission last week granted
a band of ultra-short wave lengths for
experimental purposes and authorized
the erection Of stations at New York,
New Brunswick. N. j.; Trenton, N. j.,
and Philadelphia. BY means of this
system, r. c. A., using the New Bruns-
wick and Trenton stations as repeat
ers" between New York and Philadel-
phia, expects to send letters and printed
matter by facsimile.
The new r. c. A. system, If success
ful, means that ultimately messages will
be sent by radio as pictures" and
charged for at square-inch rather than
word rates. A complete revolution in
both the wire and radio telegraph may
be in prospect, if the New York-Phila-
delphia experiment proves successful
Competition also embraces technical
advances in the sending of Morse code
by wireless. r. G. A. claims to have
perfected a new system of multiplex
transmission, to be introduced in its
lntercity radio-telegraph service on the
ordinary short waves. by means of which
three separate messages can be sent
simultaneously on one wave length,
each message at the rate of so words
per minute. In other words, it claims
to have boosted the total word-carrying
capacity of one radio wave length to
100 words per minute.