Radio Broadcast (May-Oct 1922)

g6 RADIO BROADCAST military training camps, sent out a stirring call for recruits from the United States Army Broadcasting station at Bedloe's Island, where the statue of Liberty stands. The possibilities of instant mobilization, in case of future wars, which this suggests, stagger the imagination. The exploits of David W. Richardson and G. D. Murray, the two Princeton students who succeeded in sending and receiving radio messages from a Lackawanna railroad train while it was roaring through ravines and cuts at the rate of 65 miles an hour, and even passing @ Underwood & Underwood Lackawanna Railroad coach specially fitted with aerial for radio tests through long tunnels, have filled many columns in the press. Over in France the Compagnie du Nord has been making similar experiments under the direction of the French Ministry of Public Works near Bourget-Triage, but not while the train was running at great speed, nor over long distances. Another important news item, if true, is to the effect that patrol automobiles of the New York Police Department are to be equipped with radiophone apparatus for the reception and transmission of wireless messages from and to Police Headquarters. The possibilities this suggests of throwing radio nets around automobile bandits and even speeders are interesting. At this time when constant attempts are being made to fly across the ocean, it is good news that naval experts have perfected a method of keeping track of airplanes on overseas flights. Hereafter transoceanic planes are to fly in pairs, the leader to report their position every half hour, and in case of accident to either, the one in the air to report the circumstances, as the one on the water would be too low for satisfactory radio communication. The Navy Radio Bill, which extends to June 30, 1925, the time during which Government owned radio will be allowed to handle press and commercial messages, except those to China, has been adopted by the House and Senate and signed by President Harding. The service to Chinese stations will be terminated January i, 1924, owing to international wireless agreements. The Weather Bureau is promising more radio weather news, giving advance information of good and bad weather, and the Post Office Department is equipping its transcontinental and other airplanes with radiophone outfits with a radius of 200 miles. The London Daily Mail accuses the "old fogies" of the army and navy air forces of hampering English amateurs. It is said that the United Kingdom has only 8,000 amateurs. Captain Roald Amundsen, the explorer, who has started for the Arctic, is taking along radio outfits, not only for his ship, the Maud, but for two powerful airplanes which will form part of his equipment. As Captain Amundsen is said to estimate the duration of his voyage at from three to five years, it is safe to say that his radio equipment will be obsolete by the time he returns. In the meantime he and his crew will be able to find out the name of our next President, and we shall know if the brave Captain gets into any trouble and needs help. Senator Harry S. New of Indiana made a political speech by navy radio to a meeting of women voters in Indianapolis and all other voters in Indiana who had receiving sets able to tune into the navy wave length, and thereby stirred up a tempest in a teapot. Once more the familiar cry is heard of using Government © Kadel & Herbert New York's Police Department Radio System. This installation has been of great use in calling out the reserves, when needed, and relaying messages to the police boats in the running down of bootleggers smuggling liquor. It will shortly serve to keep Police Headquarters in touch with the Department's patrol automobiles