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PART PLAYED
BY RADIO IN
DISASTERS
„*• By Robeft Flagler
T.lie following article pertain
ntg t.o, the development of wirfeless
telegraphy and radio was written
by Robert Flagler, a radio Engln
or for the f’olumbia ISroadcasting
System, who is now aboard the
u :tr NortbljAjTl. making expert
aients in this section of the COiltl
i y for his company. Hue to the
somewhat groat length of the ar
i«• i> only a porliun of it is prim
ed today, but will he cmiimtcd to
morrow:
The ini riu ijin ri;i | .lack Phillips,
chief wirel ss perator of the ill
at >1 Titanic, who died at lrs po
when the groat .ship floundered .in
.11 id-Ail antic .on tin lath of April.
1912. gave to radio, primacy of
nidition. The unwritten law of
he sea became: The captain and
he chief wireless mail’ are tlic
list to leave the ship. Many her
oes have been added from time
to time on that scroll of honor.
Sonic have as did Jack Phillips,
given thair lives. Others haVe
stood by tliclr instruments until
forcefully dragged from the wire
'ess room by the skipper and a
•note perhaps and obliged to climb
into number one lifeboat. VJ'hat
■ver courage possessed by these
men is augmented by the deeds of
'hose before them under eircuni
%
stances of distress and provides a
force" of fortitude . iinquonched by
sudden disaster.
In the tablets of memory, we re
all the sinking of the S. S. 11"
nib'ii- a lew' years later, in which
I tragedy was averted h.v the,
promptness and skill of Jack Hlnns
•
her wirelss man. Hundreds of
wireless amateurs around the
shores of the (treat Lakes wit
■iessi-d this near iTsaster by ear.
Those not licensed as commercial
stations but ‘ having transmitters,
itnained silent so that tlie faint
'i-giials of Jtick Minn's weaking
spark could he heard. When help
j'lnulli t eaclied l in- doomed sh p
land" the fescuerj* (fashed that ev
erybody had been talk Ah Off ■ 't lie
; Republic and was safe, a combin
ed sigh of relief was euiitted fticn
' those ashore. Wireless bad tri-•
itimphed over the elements.
N’ot all distress signals nt
from steamers are followed liy
I macabre happenings. ■ I am parti
cularly reminded of one sent a
| few years ago in the Japan S.-a
j'v vessel carrying a flag of that
nation. Let us not give the real
| name of tire ship. It was sonie
| tiling like the Katou Maru. An
i American operator on an Ori nf
| al liner was listening in on the
j international wave length of fioo
meters. His ship was passing
| hru the Inland Sea. The air
was quiet except ’ for the steady
| crackling of statlr a bane to( wire
j 1-ss men in this vicinity. A
fuim 'SOS SOS SOS OK J—
J-•- buzzed in his ears. He
listenede. for someone else-to re
Ply i" the call for help as the
signal s were very faint and he
knew Tron-i experience that the
ship must he quite distant at least
too distant for his ship to render
(mediate assistance.
In a moment he heard a still
fainter signal, that of a Swedish
vessel answer the Japanese to re
quest his position and nature of
trouble. The Japanese gentleman
replied like this: "8— S— S-l—
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DENTIST
Opposite Nome Nugget
Office Hours—1 to 7 p.m.
UK J— J-- Our holler have bust
require immediate assistance
I.nne. Oat.—The Swede gave
acknowledgement and in a minute
“F twjjp relayed die commander's
word that "they were on the way
i ) assist. Five minutes later the
American heard this: - “S -S
DK J .1— „Sop proceed in. the
i pposite direction thankfi for your
benevolent behavior we have made
r pairs with unrselyeft.” As the
two vessels were lnit a few miles
apart litt.leVinipnsition was suffer
- I by Iho Swedish vessel.
ill tlie early days of yyireless a
pvillie requisite for a successful
" pc-rator was a pair of sensitive
irs. Doi-ior I )i Forest's -tmrl'.oii
1 n early ^na me for the radio tube
of today)-' had not vet.*- come into
is and the crude aparatals gave
; uything tint a load signal. The
wireless room had to be sfiTiftdi
p-oof and persons entering there
i aimitted no less; titan a ^felony if
y tried tq I a Ik while t h ■ npera
: -'r was t'lYeiving. Wliat contrast
: a cMirptnt ni there is today. Al
- es| every ship operator can boast
f in jpus’ *1111■ mil.. hjs
eieiver. A couple of Oalena or
■iliean crystals comprised thp
heart of tlie receiver for the "Id
tinier ( !>e you remember that
, Id cat’s whisker from the early
lays of broadcast?) \\’hen he
found a “hunk’' that was more
sentitive that the others it was
ieolonsly guarded. Hiyi would also
be very careful to short-circuit his
crystal when operating his impres
sive, the inefficient spark trans
is
jmitter that sounded somewhat like
u rock crusher, least it render the
mineral insensitive. To rise the
ire of him ■would lie only to pick
up his crystal or touch it. Th"
t1 nest fop more sensitive head rec
eivers never ended for him. H"
was forever comparing the respond
" of his own with thus" of other
manuaet ttre but usually retaining
’ho original. When he went so
went the headset. A wireless man
n those early days without his
wit In ;nl receivers was just a«
Impossible as a violin player with
out his own fiddle.
Along in. 1923 or a little before
w.rebss took a new » •igna
tion: Radio. I think the old name
however, appealed more to tlie
imagination As yon know it is
still in vogue in Kuropp. I doubt
if the I.omloner would know what
you meant should you use tie
new terra: especially wtth A1
IT-IT " Jg —z.... ■—
Smith's intonation.
The radio fjperator of today still
retains a little of that sentiment
al regard, far his head receivers,
f he happens to own a pair, hut
if they should happen to lie lost
or broken it is not such a mis
chance, at least not one to cans,
perturbation. Ilis sensitive appar
atus does not- require that his re
ceivers be t.iial shade more son
Mtfve'I; _fhai 'inlinitesiiiiai .amount
that moans added- miles to the
range o] tile crude apparatus in
the divs of \v.ireless.
The m deni "vessel is -equipped
with nm i lily t leeni ph t fa nstit
ers of ^r-ngit eflj^^We^ and 'range
Ion ,u-!s,i with radio teleplione, ait
-fo'tual ,i*»re distance- enijnertion to
'.,,1 ' ^u-Lr_r^-Ln.n.sJ-^s j _
B
shore. ,A passenger may place a
call to his home or office, (lays be.
fore arirval. The (barges are at
reasonable U«t an ordinary loot-—
distance call. For this convenience
we must laud the shorter waves of
radio.
Not over a few years ago the
shorter, wave lengths., those below',
ifrill meters were., for the most part
rnn-idorefl ' Wireless. • fThev were_
ioivevei:, adapted to a* marked de
er, o for certain pttrpr.sea bllt^fhess
wire lojig hidden... It 'remained
t luu.ei'ore for the ra-dlo . tlgiiieers
antitt< n?s' of our' own ami
t't)11’r countries, to d '.cover rh•»
t ,. < ,
laws of the . shtii’t 'wav. ■ rind uston
-hliig results iif their u^ag'o.
' - (t'ontin..uo(i j mftrtjiwi
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