. Bell telephone magazine . verseas call, but this timeto Theodore G. Miller, then VicePresident in charge of the Long Lines 77/t first circuit to London was bylong wave, utilizing a frequency of 60kilocycles and transmitters of 200 kilo-zvatts. This tremendous power waspoured into an enormous antenna systemone and one-half miles long, mounted onsix steel toivers which rose 420 feet abovethe Long Island countryside. The signalfrom England was received on a J-mile-long antenna in the wilds of Maine, whereelectrical interference ivas at a ivere amplified there and then sentby spe
. Bell telephone magazine . verseas call, but this timeto Theodore G. Miller, then VicePresident in charge of the Long Lines 77/t first circuit to London was bylong wave, utilizing a frequency of 60kilocycles and transmitters of 200 kilo-zvatts. This tremendous power waspoured into an enormous antenna systemone and one-half miles long, mounted onsix steel toivers which rose 420 feet abovethe Long Island countryside. The signalfrom England was received on a J-mile-long antenna in the wilds of Maine, whereelectrical interference ivas at a ivere amplified there and then sentby special circuits to New York. Thislong-wave equipment is still available, usedprincipally as a stand-by, being placed inactive service only ivhen the short-wavecircuits are inoperative. Department, who was in an adjoiningroom at long distance headquarters inNew York. They spoke with eachother over a circuit which encircledthe world—starting in New York,reaching London by radio, next goingvia submarine cable and land lines to. I The opening of commercial radio telephone service, January 7, 192/. This historicphotograph shows A. T. & T. President Walter S. Gifford speaking to London while company officials listen 38 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING
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