Twenty-five Cents a Year.
()ctober
1912.
Yol.
XIII. No. 7
U. S. NAVAL
RADIO STATION
WOOD IS!.AND
The V S S Nr i. i: rived the 12th
h i\ inn on hoard the Material, e<jui;•
metit and workman f *i the » rction of
the new Wireless o? R ii<»’ Station
as it is now ral led
It was like ^iee 114 old friends to
meet a^ain Lieutenant 1 >odd of 1. S
Navy, who i> in eh ;e <»( the Ifxpedi
tion, and Mr. t»e«*i-e If. Ilanseoin
l.ieetrieal Kxperl At lot the Alaskan
K alio Kxpedition 1 liese gentlemen
were here when the '11st station
pat up.
We see many familiar fares too
amongst the workmen, and are glad
' have with ti^ .ig liti Messrs Waitin.
i.etisou, Spurlock and Apple, who
we:e det.ii ed oil he old station
We aie indebted t » ! ieutaiit Dodd
f i the following dest riptiou of tile
new station
" idle new 1*. S N v il Radio Station
it Kodiak, Ak.ska. i-. built. on the
same Wood I-dand site as the one
whi h was stria k l v lightning and
burned June S. i«,i » during the ertip
tio: of M». Katn •• Tilt pt ope; t v is
1 en ./ pm. h. m* i mi the .noi t h
\ i< an Com me •. Com puny by
'• \ v 1 lepart me nt
The htiilding i one and a half
' lies high shingled all over out
le and fini died w ith "Aiiiioud'
and battens inside. Downstairs is
the power room and workshop, opei
ating-room. Chief Operator’s room,
bath room, and klichen with store
room. I pstairs are two bed-rooms.
The house is completely furnished
and the men are allowed a library of
250 books of fiction and a number of
te bin al books. I hev a I*< > have at h
letic gear, tifles, shot-gun and am
munition.
1 he radio apparatus i- .1 5 kilowatt
quenched spark, hiijh frequency. ex*
pei i mental set, designed hv M:. <»eo.
K 11 .>n scorn, the lilectiical KXpert
Aid of the .A 1 ask an Radio Kxped it ion.
I hr (juem hed spark has a greater
ratine than the ordinary spark, and,
as it- name implies, avoids the ear
splitting (rash of the latter. The
hi*«ih tie ;ti« ;u y ^ives a high pit* h to
the n te sent out. allowing ship- and
stations to i**ad Simla's through ' >w
frequem \ sets, and through that hun
c. hoo oi ‘Wireless." static electric
ity
Power i> furnished I \ duplicate
12 hotse-povvei Meit/ and Weiss kei
< sene engines, t untiinu at s*.( re volu
ll n- pei minute, and equipped with
const .nt hinniti^ lamps and ail
s' : ' tm.: app. t >‘t tis 'Hu re ate t v, o
M iks foi ret. in in ^ the com pi e-s
ed . t:. I he engines .tie mounted on
a -n ie conciete found..turn weijih
ii'ii -bout t5 tons The ,s«m* vile
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