U. NAVAL
RADIO STATION
( iWiluJt'J
tfeuerator, with exciter attached, is
mouuted on the same bed-plate as
ihe engines, ami driven at 1500 revo
• pei minute I»\ a Morse chain.
*11 the power room is also located
1 he 2 hoise-power gasolene driven
a<aei pump, the ^ kilowatt gener
t"i to. charging storage batteries
n 1 till nishing eiecti n light ami the
tile..11(1 tOt> 1 s ut the station and
a •. k beiu h
1 he old two 225 ft. lattice masts
weie retained as thr\ were in good
vondilion, but new and additional
vMte guys were installed. A new
• e.iel was also iust<> 1 .ed with an ad
ditional single wiie aeiial lo* receiv
liltsvi^ei, and I01 setfciiug oil
■ lort wave lengths. Ihe oid coai
'tied .»ih1 01, hou.se vve.e lepaiicu
• til sillily.ed outside. 1 h»ee iuxj
^ai. kei osene fuel tanks were eiect
cd with uecessary piping to engine -
a 5‘ * * gal g istucue tank w.is .set up
1111,11 t,le bea» h for tue. tor iiiouh
bo.it i he stn.ill motor dory pievi
ou,ly issued to the station was ship
pcd to . utch Harbor and a 30 ft.
housed motor bout, with 16 hoise
p«*wet engine iiiinislied to the
A one-iooin cottage was btliit
»»n tilt* Aiii It uitural Reservation in
Ko«li,»k vill.iji*-, and a storage bat
tciy set installed, witli nu aerial
leading down from a 60 It mast, for
communicating with the main sta
tion on Wood Isl.iud. The main
station .>»*•• has .1 stoia^e battery set
capable «* I cominutin ation with ves
sels in a radius ol b<> miles.
Tour operatois and .1 cook are
detailed to the station One oper.
tor will always he at the auxili
station in Kodiak from S v> to i
a. in., i 2. $o to p to p. 111. and \
7.30 p. in A constant watch \n 1
maintained by thw main station, ex
cept from 9.00 to 1 1 i» a. m., 1.00
poop. in. and 5 «m to 7.CK) p
when the “listenini; in" vmI
done by the auxiliary station, wlr
will clear all business with the in
station immediately before and
the above pel iods.
Tile station will handle count
cial business, and. as soon as
Regulations now be in piej •
aie issued, will be able to traits
messages via any < able or te'e^
line I bis station lias day and ui.
communication with Cordova
Sitka, and ni^lit with Male Is, t
Kuieka. North Head, ITiul^a, 1 ..
Harbor and i’ribuob It also w .r.»
with u-imeiy Radio >tations.
with vesseis la lati^e of conitinin.
lion. Kami k. with 'he new \ e.«
ed station at { nalj*a, and the la a
sets iuslai.ed «t Coruova aim 1’.
lot, and the iuipi oveuient* maoc
1 >utv h iluibor and rxltka. clu.it ^
this summer by the Alaskan K
hxpeuittou will make u utihioke
i liaiu 01 onimunicatiou bv Naval K
dio Statiou a* lon^ t he A task an 10
each with assmeu cointmiDi.c
with the Naval Stations uionn e
1‘acift. Coast of tile l lilted Malt"
WANTED
()ur potato eiop was a fab.,
l uiiii ground lit. t onltnaii \ \\>‘
have > ien.cd p> bushel* v\e gut *
ami nearlx all sinal 1.
We wouid be thankful for
•inis of potatoes from ft lethb
the I'm lliv Coast An ordinal\ i
b.nrei will hold at least thiee i: s
1 he freight on the barrel from
tie to Kodiak is <><>.