Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

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Drawing shows arrangement of antenna spanning Jim Creek Valley between high ridges on either side. Map locates the giant transmitter in the Cascade Mountains about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. ;JIM CREEK "A scroll of our joint ventures would unfold a tri- umphant story of the electron harnessed to the service of the nation. For more than forty years, we have labored together to produce the radio, sound and electronic equipment that gives the Navy cohesion and mobility. We have demonstrated to a unique degree how team- work between private industry and the military forces contributes to the nation's welfare." Reviewing past highlights of RCA-Navy partnership in developing and producing electronic equipment, Gen- eral SarnofT mentioned the first modern shipboard radio receivers for the Navy, direction finders, radio transmit- ters, diversity reception for ship to shore use, homing devices for planes returning to the mother ship, ship- board radar, radio altimeters for Navy patrol and torpedo bombers, one phase of loran, the analogue computer that simulates test runs of guided missiles, and the new combat information center materials with which naval units are being equipped. Recalls Navy Helped Found RCA He recalled that the Navy, "more than any other organization in or out of government, gave us being" by insisting upon the establishment after World War I of an American radio communications company — an in- sistence that resulted in the formation in 1919 of RCA with the mission of setting up a world-wide wireless communication network. "Of course, our company has branched into othei fields, finding new applications in radio, television and associated electronic arts," General Sarnoff said. "But it has — as this monument of stone and steel and copper testifies — remained faithful to that original radio wire- less trust." He added that the giant transmitter is "an enduring testimonial to teamwork" symbolized by the 175 business firms that supplied RCA with parts and components for the project. "They deserve high commendation for their part in a job well done — a job that typifies American indus- try's teamwork with the armed forces," he said. Presenting Admiral Carney with the keys to the control panels of the transmitter. General Sarnoff said: "1 turn over to you, on behalf of the Radio Corpora- tion of America, the most powerful radio transmitter ever built. May I express the wish, which I know all in our armed forces share, that this powerful instrument for transmitting intelligence, may add to our national secur- ity and to the peace of the world." Admiral Carney, accepting the installation for the Navy, spoke of the close liaison between the armed serv- 18 RADIO AGE