New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1925, Page 5

fon's l RADID AMATEURS | { '} AIDED MACMILLAN Unknown Fans Only Ones o Re- ~ ceive Explorer’s Messages Washington, D. C.,, Sept. 12 — Who is this radio amateur? Everybody who reads newspapers has been introduced to him this summer by the line, in virtually every news dispatch about the MacMillan Arctic expedition, which sald, “This message was trans- mitted through amateur statlon . . . operated by . . ." Some nights he was in Cedar Raplds, Towa; then again he would be at South Manchester, Conn, he ranged from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Malne, and he showed up in Australla and in England. The great majority of the mes- sages glven out by the National Geographlc soclety, and many of those made public by the navy de- partment, depended upon these amateurs. Burning the Midnight Tubes From coast to coast, and from the Gulf to Canada, radio amateurs have been working long hours into the mnight, taking thousands of words In news dispatches, and also personal messages, and doing it ns a glft of service. For the amateur's only recompense is a lively and en- during affection for 'his hobby, “ham radio,”” and a desire to con- tribute further to the radin sclence he has done so much to develop. One of the amateurs who has been most successful in ‘“getting” WNP, (meaning the wireless sta- tion aboard the expedition's flag- ship, the Bowdoin) is a 15-year old schoolboy who took his vacation money to go to Wiscasset, Maine, each other from town to town by means of the speclal telegraphic code evolved for radio, As the dlscoveries of sclentists, at work iIn laboratories, and of ama- teurs, at work In thelr radio shacks, stretched out the distance over which it was possible to converse, there was born the idea of finding a station between two others that were unable to communicate direct- Iy with each other, and make of the half-way station a relay point. The development of this ldea was the development of the American Radlo Relay league. Enthusiastic amateurs banded together to fur- nish relay service to thelr fellow- amateurs and to the public. As the| years passed on and the apparatus used in transmitting and recelving units became more efficlent this need for relaying became less acute. With this change came another. Development of Relay Idea Amateur radio stations were add- ed to the equipment of vessels that had never before considered carry- ing radlo; portable, low-powered amateur stations became a neces- sity for expeditions to odd corners of the world where other means of communication were limited. These stations away from civiliza- tion and the homeland, because of varying conditions, were not always able to talk with one specified sta- tion at home. Thus once more the relaying of messages became a matter of prime Importance to the transmitting amateur. Transmitting over great distances and with low power that malkes verbal communication difficult, the radio amateur uses telegraphic code, similar to that used by wire lines. Instead of the famillar clicks of the land line there is a steady flow of short and long buzzes—dots and dashes — and as the evening wears on and morning approaches the radio amateur has before him long messages that no other method of communication could bring in so rapidly. Amateur Like Explorer When plans were being developed e radio theorles. The necessity of keeping a hobby within reasonable financial bounds precluded the use of high power, Relnartz Chosen for Operator With these facts in mind, officers of the Natlonal Geographic soclety and of the American Radio Relay league, worked out plans with John L. Reinartz, operator of the Bow- doin and one of the outstanding ex- ponents of the new short wave theories. It was decided that mem- ber stations of the American Radlo Relay lecague in the United States and Canada -— or other countries if nec — would act as receiv- ing stations for all of the news and sclentific information sent back to this country by the expedition, At the same time messages between members of the expedition and their families and friends in the United States would be handled by the amateur radio stations. This plan has worked without in- terruption throughout the stay of the expedition in the Far North, Daily schedules have been maln- tained. News dispatches have been handled with a speed that would delight the most critical editor and personal messages have kept the morale of the exploring party and of the families at home at a higher pitch than was ever possible under old conditions. I'rom news liome the radlo accomplish- ments are ideal. On a recent occa- |sion when the alrplanes of the ex- pedition started out on an explora tion trip at 10:47 in the morning word w sent out from the Bow- doin at 11:03 that the planes had just started on a three hour run. Collins Makes Speed Record at 11:56 and immediately released | to the various news services that | cover the country. So great was | which the entire the speed with transaction was the standpoint of getting | Received by A. A, Collins, radio station YCX. at Cedar Raplds, Jowa, the dispatch was relayed to the headqu. rs of the National | Geographic society in Washington | | tance The however, tance, Dollar Day offerings at this store require no explanation. : events of a like nature have proved to us that the s:hoppmg public knows that real values and real reductions are our policy. H, O due to the extreme dis- Other members of the American Radio Relay league who are record- | ed as contributing to this remark- | |able work are L. Whittier, mew of Porto Rico; J. W, Newman of Mobile, Alaban sola of St. Petersburg, Vlorida. | California; R. One sct of messages unique path but succeeded In mak- ing the journey within a day. ., and John Ban- the expedition when it was off the expedition stations established con- coast of Greenland, making a dls- record for two way work, record of greatest covered by a message from tho ex- plorers goes to several copled by I. bourne, New Zealand. O'Meara was unable to make two way work of it | quarters of the National Geographie soclety In Washington was distance of messagos dispatches | layed them to D. H, Meara of Glse Sarkisian's trifle after that, Everest of Plttsfleld, covered . B. Duvall of Mt, T and; J. M. Meyer o SAVE ON MONDAY DOLLAR DAY tact with J. A, Partridge of Lon- don, owner of British amateur radio station 2KI°, Partridge took a sheaf and immediately Sarkislan of West New York, New Jersey, From statlon to the Others on Honor Roll Others sharing honors with A. &. Collins of Cedar Rapids, lowa, are Ma | Kooper of Elmhurst Magor, f The | Wisconsin; and Fred 14 re- head- but a Eldon Smith of | ponald ©. 8. Comstock Fuat | have had freo way on the short |“upjurs are plenty of able, wiiting Bartholo- | Hartrord, . Conn: G. M. Pinney of | VAVO fransmitters and roceivers of |\n4 taionted men and women wait- South Manchester, O A, W, | the transmitting radlo amateurs In ;0 for picture ongagements l?’. H.| Y Mary Iwaulkee, of York, | HART getting messages through from tHe at the same sitting. dally news dispatches, messages to | and | ception was possible. 'READ THE HERALD CLASSIFIED ! the flood of screen-stricken PR TR Pa. Comstock and Pinney, as friends and neighbors of John Relnartz, operator on the Bowdoin, whose home is also in South Man- chester, hold enviable records for Hollywood Now Needs An Immigration Law, Hollywood, Cal,, Sept. 12 (P == B. P film studio man« answers | ager here, declared ' recently ‘that “what Hollywood needs is an im. migration law." Fineman {issued his pronuncia all other kinds of communication, | yoneo”ue” comment on a statement recently broadcast that the pleture from tho members of the | gt O e At ‘néweomers party, and routine nNaval MeSSAE®S |y waid: Fineman, Northland and returning when the | with Throughout the time cxpedition was out of touch every country where clarity of re- | ' i Vi orve some protection | from indiscriminate competition. | There should be some way to stem news | comers, at least for the present.” ADS FOR RESULTS e e FORD Past sale These {ransmitting ama- MALL LS able to converse with If such men were available and [hands where were able to carry on nightly con-|ments his developed a and interview John Relnartz about|for the present MacMillan expedi-|, ~° MO st TS| o ccomplished that many papers short wave sending and receiving. | tion, officials of the National Geo- King fth 50cK." 18| \ware on the streets of this country | Another s a well-to-do tobacco | graphic soclety wanted a reliahle 11297 I Knee-lonsths cnly and has | wiiy the news before the airplanes planter. A third is a successful| method of carrying on daily com- 7N €lstic hem - It alto carries @ inaq returned to their station with business man who burns the mid-| munication between the expedition [fio\er whichi is supposed to. ma D& Schooner Bowdoin, | night tubes as his hobby, Most of | and the United States. A survey of |(h® Wearer's dress. It Is being dis A number of remarkable feats in | the amateurs, however, are high|the possibilities showed that de. PI¥ed by Aliss Tean ¢ radio were accomplished in the| school boys. pendence might be placed on this|?!""® | course of the summer. Long dis- | Amateur as Old as Radio amateur — who much like the ex-| — = —— ~ [tance relays were handled in record | Amateur radio is as old as rmiin‘ plorer, was willing to work long versations over such prodigious | time, extremely long distance re-" In the days of the spark, hours and endure discomfort Mr“nuu they were the m with | ception was recorded and many flfl'l transmitter there were a host of | the love of the “zame.” | whom the expedition must make its | tions maintained daily schedules | strivig mightily, with| Amateurs in America successfully arranzements waves and low | over a considerable number of days comparatively inferior equipment,|talk with Argentina, with Indo-|power were fhe lagzical methods of |at a fime | to converse with thelr fellows in | China, with Japan, with New Zea- | communicating from the far north.| Two-Way Distance Record | towns. 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