Evening star., 1935-12-29

1u6 appointment Oh MhSIcT OcrBt.
Herbert F. Mitchell, Battery A. 260th
Coast Artillery, as second lieutenant
of Coast Artillery, has been announced.
He has been honorably discharged
as an enlisted man to permit him to
accept the promotion.
Lieut.. Mitchell has been assigned
to Battery B for duty.
Pvt. First Glass; Malcolm It. Pow
ell, Headquarters Detachment, Spe-
cial Troops, 29th Division, has ap-
peared for examination before
board, headed by Lieut.. Col. Delmar
S. Lenzner, United States Coast Ar
tillery, for examination for appoint
ment as second lieutenant of in
fantry in the inactive National Guard
and the National Guard of the United
States.
The following promotions In the
same unit have been ordered:
Pvt. william D. Putnam to be first
sergeant; Pvt. Joseph E. Macpherson
to be sergeant and Pvt. (first class)
James B. Alterton and Pvt Edward A.
Finlayson to be corporals.
Pvt. Harry A. Janzig has been Or
dered promoted to corporal in Com
pany F. 12lst Engineers, on recon-
mendation of the company COM
mander.
Pvt. Joseph A. Denman, inactive
National Guard, has been ordered
transferred to the active list of the
Headquarters and Service Company,
12lst Engineers.
Pvt. Thomas j. Dawson, Headquar-
ters and Service Company, 12lst En-
gineers. has been ordered transferred
to the inactive list of that unit.
National Guard units throughout
the country, it was said, are showing
greater interest in establishing their
own amateur radio stations for de-
systems. It was pointed out by an
officer of the War Department that
traffic congestion in the amateur
bands has been a factor in causing a
number of these units to request Army
frequencies for operation of the anna
teur stations to further training.
1t was added that the assignment
of frequencies in the National Guard
which are to be used for operation of
fixed stations is a different problem
from that which requires frequencies
for field radio sets. The latter are of
limited power, have small antennae
and their radiation is for the most
part limited to a relatively small
area. On the other hand, it was ex-
planned, the amateur transmitter is
built with the object of attaining max
imum distance and the antenna is de-
signed for maximum useful radiation.
So long as such station operates in
the amateur band it need only observe
the regulations covering amateur op-
Grafton. However, should it be op-
Grated on frequency. other than one
in the amateur band its status
changes and becomes a fixed sta
tion," in accordance with interna-
tional regulations, which define it as
station other than an amateur
station not capable of being moved
and communicating by radio with one
or more stations similarly established" 4"
The regulations governing operation
Of fixed stations are considerably more
stringent than those applying to anna
teur stations. For one thing, trans
mitters must be great deal more
stable, which requires a larger in
vestment in equipment. 1t is not
simply a matter, assuming q fire.
quency is available, of taking out an
amateur frequency crystal and sub
stituting another crystal for it, or of
turning a knob to obtain the fire.
quency.
1t was explained further that it is
becoming increasingly difficult to OBJ
tain frequencies, no matter what the
need for them. The War Department
is experiencing great deal of diff
Guilty in obtaining sufficient frequen-
cies for use with field radio sets simply
because very few frequencies remain
unassigned in the radio spectrum.
Each application for new frequency
must therefore show an urgent need.
A frequency assigned by the War
Department for the National Guard of
each State would be used only to a
limited extent during training periods.
Furthermore, to assign each State a
separate frequency would require more
frequencies than are available at the
present time. However, the War De-
partment has taken steps to provide
one frequency for each corps area for
use by various National Guard stations
operating on these frequencies, to be
under supervision of the corps area
commander. This will necessitate CO.
ordination between the various States
in each corps area in the use of the
frequency assigned to the corps area.
Courses for enlisted men of the Ma
ticnal Guard are reported available
as follows:
Aircraft armorers-Courses will COM
mence on the first Monday in Sep
tember, November and January of
each year and will continue for "a
weeks. Applicants should be members
of the permanent caretakers' detach-
ment of the squadron.
Airplane Courses will
commence on the first Monday in
September and October of each year
and will continue for SO weeks.
Photography - Courses will COM
mence on the first Monday in Septem-
ber and October of each year and will
continue for SO weeks. However, it
was explained in connection with the
announcement of this course that no
National Guard personnel will be
ordered to this course during the cur
rent fiscal year.
Radio mechanics and operators
Courses will commence on the first
Monday in September, October and
December each year and will continue
for % weeks.
Parachute riggers-Courses will COM
mence on the first Monday in Sep
tember, November, January and March
and will continue for eight weeks.