Ship Transmissions interfering with Land Broadcasts - 1924
SHIP-TRAFFIC SPOILS BROADCASTING
Amateur interference with broadcast reception has now been eliminated through the government regulation providing for evening "quiet hours," but the Department of Commerce is now faced with a situation that threatens the pleasure of many thousands of listeners—namely, the interference which is being caused nightly by scores of ship-telegraph stations. Says The Radio News Bulletin (Hartford, Conn.):
"Ship transmission is vital to safety at sea and to commerce. On the one hand are thousands of listeners clamoring for relief from interference that is spoiling their concerts, and on the other the positively essential ship and commercial air traffic. Commercial stations, both ship and shore, use that band between 300 and 3,000 meters. The Navy employs waves from 600 upward, while the Army, which causes very little interference, follows the Navy. Among the national organizations which have announced their intention of bringing this matter before the Department of Commerce officials is the National Association of Broadcasters, the executive chairman of which, Paul B. Klugh, says: 'We agree that ship-to-shore and commercial stations on radiophone wave-lengths, during popular broadcasting hours, are the real disturbance to uninterrupted reception. We hope to bring some regulation of this at Washington. The uninformed broadcast listener, enraged by interference, feels that he must blame some one, and the amateur seems to be the inevitable target. This condition can be much relieved.'"
Source: The Literary Digest for January 5, 1924
Amateur interference with broadcast reception has now been eliminated through the government regulation providing for evening "quiet hours," but the Department of Commerce is now faced with a situation that threatens the pleasure of many thousands of listeners—namely, the interference which is being caused nightly by scores of ship-telegraph stations. Says The Radio News Bulletin (Hartford, Conn.):
"Ship transmission is vital to safety at sea and to commerce. On the one hand are thousands of listeners clamoring for relief from interference that is spoiling their concerts, and on the other the positively essential ship and commercial air traffic. Commercial stations, both ship and shore, use that band between 300 and 3,000 meters. The Navy employs waves from 600 upward, while the Army, which causes very little interference, follows the Navy. Among the national organizations which have announced their intention of bringing this matter before the Department of Commerce officials is the National Association of Broadcasters, the executive chairman of which, Paul B. Klugh, says: 'We agree that ship-to-shore and commercial stations on radiophone wave-lengths, during popular broadcasting hours, are the real disturbance to uninterrupted reception. We hope to bring some regulation of this at Washington. The uninformed broadcast listener, enraged by interference, feels that he must blame some one, and the amateur seems to be the inevitable target. This condition can be much relieved.'"
Source: The Literary Digest for January 5, 1924