<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">I thought that DeForest was the first to setup the station on Block Island and Point Judith.</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 14, 2024, at 7:14 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]-->
I suspect the first station, located in a rented home as Len said,<div>used all Marconi equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>The PJ station that was built in 1907 (the one at the museum),</div><div>used equipment built by Walter Massie and his employees.</div><div>All the radio equipment presently in the station is original Massie</div><div>equipment with the exception of the huge power transformer</div><div>which is a Marconi unit. Originally it would also have been a</div><div>Massie unit. Somehow, it was lost.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the telegraph equipment in the station appears to be</div><div>manufactured by other businesses which had been around</div><div>for a long time, unlike radio which was a nine year phenomenon</div><div>if we begin with Marconi’s first successes.</div><div><br></div><div>When PJ opened the station had a range of anout 45 miles.</div><div>By the time it was closed down (about 1911), it had a standard</div><div>range of 550 miles and an occasional 1,500 miles due to</div><div>variations in propagation Range could easily be extended along the entire east coast</div><div>by way of relays between stations that were all along both coasts.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a href="http://NEWSM.org">NEWSM.org</a><div><a href="http://IDLENOT.com">IDLENOT.com</a></div></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Monday, February 12, 2024, 5:38 AM, Vbob via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv7203379920"><div>Interference? The two Point Judithstations used different systems, neither of which I know enough about…<div class="yiv7203379920">What was the effective range of these stations? </div><div class="yiv7203379920">If they were primarily for communicating with ships at sea (or islands….) did they still need to be as close to the shore as feasible?<br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"><div><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"><blockquote type="cite" class="yiv7203379920"><div id="yiv7203379920yqtfd44084" class="yiv7203379920yqt8968519272"><div class="yiv7203379920">On Feb 12, 2024, at 1:01 AM, Chris Prata via Thursday <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="yiv7203379920">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="yiv7203379920"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div id="yiv7203379920yqtfd23318" class="yiv7203379920yqt8968519272"><div><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv7203379920elementToProof">this is awesome find! what history... now the hunt begins for photos of prior building. also interesting it was being moved<span class="yiv7203379920"> <span class="yiv7203379920">½</span> mile... I wonder why</span></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;" class="yiv7203379920elementToProof"><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv7203379920"><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"></div><div id="yiv7203379920Signature" class="yiv7203379920"><div class="yiv7203379920"><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920">Regards,</b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920">Chris Prata</b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920"><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, 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target="_blank" href="mailto:thursday-bounces@newsm.org" class="yiv7203379920">thursday-bounces@newsm.org</a>> on behalf of Leonard Arzoomanian via Thursday <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="yiv7203379920">thursday@newsm.org</a>><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920">Sent:</b><span class="yiv7203379920Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, February 11, 2024 4:24 PM<br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920">To:</b><span class="yiv7203379920Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://thursdaynewsm.org/" class="yiv7203379920">thursdaynewsm.org</a><span class="yiv7203379920Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="yiv7203379920">thursday@newsm.org</a>><br clear="none" class="yiv7203379920"><b class="yiv7203379920">Subject:</b><span class="yiv7203379920Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Thursday] Interesting history<div class="yiv7203379920"> </div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;" class="yiv7203379920"><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" class="yiv7203379920"><div class="yiv7203379920">Both the Providence Journal and the Woomsocket Call reported "Wireless Staion Burned" on October 26, 1907.</div><div class="yiv7203379920"> </div><div class="yiv7203379920">Considering we have Station PJ, It means that there was another Station being used by the Peovidence Journal prior to 1908.</div><div class="yiv7203379920"> </div><div class="yiv7203379920">Articles attached.</div><div class="yiv7203379920"> </div><div 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