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June IS, 1946
NEW U.S. RADIO STANDARDS LAB ALL SET FOR IMPORTANT WORK
After having taken a month to get organized, the newly created Central Radio Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards in Washington is now ready to begin some of the import¬ ant projects for which it was established. The new laboratory is in fact an enlargement and continuation of the work of the Radio Section of the Bureau which has been so successfully carried on for many years by Dr. J. H. Dellinger so well known to the radio in¬ dustry. It is reassuring to the industry that Dr. Dellinger has been designated Chief of the new laboratory and that his old assist¬ ant Dr, Newbern Smith has been appointed Assistant Chief. The new work will be carried on with the advice and guidance of the Radio Propagation Executive Council made up of representatives of inter¬ ested Government agencies.
Although the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory will be responsible for all radio work in the Bureau, except the electronics work of the Ordnance Development Division, the emphasis will be on ionospheric research, as the name implies. The ionosphere is the upper atmosphere from 50 to 250 miles above the earth through which short-wave radio communications pass. The troposphere is the lower atmospheric level up to seven miles above the earth.
For the past four years the Radio Section has operated the Interservice Radio propagation Laboratory for the Joint Com¬ munications Board of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This laboratory developed research methods for the study and forecasting of iono¬ spheric conditions, based on data obtained from a chain of stations throughout the world. Some of these stations were operated by the Army and Navy, others by contract for the National Defense Research Committee, The newlaboratory will take over certain Army and Navy activities as well as some from the Carnegie Institution and private industry.
The new Laboratory is made up of the following sections:
1. Basic Ionospheric Research.
2. Basis Microwave Research.
3. Regular Propagation Services.
4. Frequency Utilization Research.
5. Experimental Ionospheric Research.
6. Experimental Microwave Research.
7. Regular Propagation Measurements.
8. Ionospheric Measurement Standards.
9. Microwave Measurement Standards.
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