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RADIO NOTES AND NEWS, Plons for Big Manila Station Complote, Plans for erection of a "eupor- methods for carrying out the big radio" station in Manila have projost. boon virtually completed by_ro- prosentatives of the Fadio Cor- poration of America, according to Jauthoritativo disclosures yoster- [day, reports the Manila Bulletin
of Jan. 20th.
A large staff of construction and radio engineers already have received instructions to leave tho United States for the Philippinos to begin the work and tho vanguard, consisting of some of the best radio braina in tho world today, will arrive in Manila within the next two months to commonco erection works,
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$300,000. These estimates "are" limited to the expenditures of the Radio Corporation of America, alone, while in the event of war, the plans call for hugo outlays by the, War and Navy Departments, of which course no estimates are avaliable.
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Upon completion of the station which, it la declared, will bo'woll within two years, now lanes of radio communication will be oponed' up for this part of the world, adde our contemporary.
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Amateurs Organize Secret Society. Owing to the fact that tho
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Those lans call for installation of a giant transmitting station, with eight hugo 600 foot steel towore on Marivolos Poninsula on astrotch of land within the Navy Department's reserve, while the rombiving station, occupying a The interesting part of tho sto- strip 10 miles long for antenna tion, so far as the operation is
milos from the city of Manila | station just outside of Manila, it very much restricted by the running from a point near San is said, Horo will be in per- Datoh stato authorities, while Juan in a direction pointing|manent residence a staff of more interest in these stations by ama- towards Bau Francisco.
than 20 radio oporators and tours is vory koon, a number ongineers, with their wives, and of those amateurà founded a familias. In order to make it soorot socioty, roports a Christian sufficiently attractive forqualified | Science Monitor correspondent men to live in the Philippines, at the Hague. This society' a colony of residoncos will is unique. A no official be built around the building call latter could be obtained, which is to house the radio the members put an O or zerá equipment and a swimming pool, before the othor call lottors, and tonnis courts and overy faollity thus they called it the O-League. for healty and comfortable living will be provided in thu mlüiaturo city.
A now submarine cable in to bo laid from Manila to Mariveles, it is stated, joining the transmiting station on the latter site to the receiving equipmont close to the oity. This project alons involvos expenditure of more than $1,000,- 000 gold.
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The membora of this losgus know only one or two in their direct nolghborhood, not others, as this might lead to detection by the polico authorition. of a great number of them. Their number in probably botwoon 200 and 300, according to an export wireless amateur, interviewed by the correspondent of The Chris- tian Science Monitor. They havo their own secret periodical, either typewritten or hoctographed. This paper has often excellent technical articles on the short wavelengths, the aim of moat of the experimenting of the membora. Sometimos the police have
The whole of the transmitting and receiving apparatus will bo operated by moans of what is known as "romote control," the contra of oporations being in a Every minute of every 24 building to be erected in the bus hours and for 365 days in the iuess contre of Manila, in the year,
direct communication ovent that suitable promises el-botwoon the Philippines and San ready in existence cannot be Francisco, New York, London and other capitals of the world The plans also include complete will be possible through the operation of the stations by the now atation. One
million War Department in time of hosti- words per day may be rush litics, but the methods whoroby ed through the air too fast this will be carried out, although to be copied by any human understood to have been complot- agonoy. This will be accomplished od already to the satisfaction of through the agency of what is Washington officials, are being known as the
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alternative system, the most During the last fow wooks, | recent development in high apood |"radio-rozzins" by which a fow quiat but intensivo testing work radio transmission.
of those unlicensed stations are has boon carried on by A The entry of the Radio Cor-detected and sequestrated. How- corps of radio onginoors, one poration of Americs, the most ovor, not many are found out, as section devoting its time to powerful wireless organization in the members Bond warnings to the transmitting alte at Mari-the world, into the Philippines each other. In a majority of vales and the other to the re-and the oraction of this super cason the police do not, find any- ceiving grounds outside Manila. station, comprise the biggest pro- thing, the station being safoly Those tests have boon conducted [ject of the docade in the islands | hidden in time. In order not to under the direction of Admiral wherein American capital has bo detected, the Zoro League W. H. Bullard, it is said, who is inancad the entire operation. It members work with a very short now in the Philippines to ro. is.estimated that the deal wilt wavelength. Whon the official commend to Washington and to involve considerably over $1,000,- | stations shorten their wavos, in the joxecutivos of tho Radio 900, bosider an expenditure in the ordor to find them out, thoy Corporation of America the best islands annually of more than divo" into still shortor, waves !
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