WIRELESS CLUB AGAIN IN ACTIVE OPERATION

For the first time since 1916 the University Wireless Club is again in active operation. After several months of planning and preparation the station in the basement of Wesmorly has been put into condition for use, although there are still extensive experiments and improvements to be made.

The club is now equipped with a transmitting set which will send 400 or 500 miles under favorable conditions and a receiving set which will pick up messages from any part of the United States east of the Mississippi. This fact will enable the club to carry out the plans for an intercollegiate news service if certain obstacles can be overcome.

Colleges Favor News Exchange

The idea originated a year ago last fall at a meeting in Worcester of the American Radio Relay League, when a representative of the Brown radio organization called a conference of Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale radio men to discuss the possibilities of such a system. It was decided to attempt to bring the idea into reality but no definite steps were taken till the manager of the University club, K. B. Rowell Sent out letters to the wireless clubs of Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, Tufts, and Yale to arrange for a regular system of intercollegiate news exchange. Favorable replies were received from all of the colleges approached but there are many difficulties in the way of an immediate adoption of the plan. Dartmouth is at present installing new equipment and will not be re3ady for operation for a few days, while the Yale station is handicapped by the fact that it is run by the Physics Department and so is limited as to time of operation. The new Princeton station, which was in the experimental stage, was completely destroyed by fire on February 20, so that it will be some time before new equipment can be installed. Another difficulty with the execution of the project is the unusual amount of radio interference. For a long time, this been a problem in the amateur field and an attempt has just been made to rectify it. A conference to try to arrange a new amateur wave length was called at Washington yesterday by Mr. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, and it should result in lessening the congested system now in use.

To Have Men on Duty

The club will have men on duty from 10 until 12 every other night until a more extensive schedule is arranged with the other colleges.

The following officers were elected at a recent meeting: Honorary president, Professor g. W. Pierce'99;; manager, K. B. Rowell 2E.S.; chief operator, Q. M. Hughes 1E. S.; secretary-treasurer, G. M. Wells '25.