[Thursday] Interesting history

[Michael Thompson]

I thought that DeForest was the first to setup the station on Block Island and Point Judith.

> On Feb 14, 2024, at 7:14 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
> 
> I suspect the first station, located in a rented home as Len said,
> used all Marconi equipment.
> 
> The PJ station that was built in 1907 (the one at the museum),
> used equipment built by Walter Massie and his employees.
> All the radio equipment presently in  the station is original Massie
> equipment with the exception of the huge power transformer
> which is a Marconi unit. Originally it would also have been a
> Massie unit. Somehow, it was lost.
> 
> Most of the telegraph equipment in the station appears to be
> manufactured by other businesses which had been around
> for a long time, unlike radio which was a nine year phenomenon
> if we begin with Marconi’s first successes.
> 
> When PJ opened the station had a range of anout 45 miles.
> By the time it was closed down (about 1911), it had a standard
> range of 550 miles and an occasional 1,500 miles due to
> variations in propagation  Range could easily be extended along the entire east coast
> by way of relays between stations that were all along both coasts.
> 
> 
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> On Monday, February 12, 2024, 5:38 AM, Vbob via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
> 
> Interference? The two Point Judithstations used different systems, neither of which I know enough about…
> What was the effective range of these stations? 
> 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?
> 
>> On Feb 12, 2024, at 1:01 AM, Chris Prata via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org> wrote:
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> 
> this is awesome find!  what history...  now the hunt begins for photos of prior building. also interesting it was being moved ½ mile... I wonder why
> 
> Regards,
> Chris Prata
> 
> 
> Slava Ukraini!
> From: Thursday <thursday-bounces at newsm.org> on behalf of Leonard Arzoomanian via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 4:24 PM
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> Subject: [Thursday] Interesting history
>  
> Both the Providence Journal and the Woomsocket Call reported "Wireless Staion Burned" on October 26, 1907.
>  
> Considering we have Station PJ, It means that there was another Station being used by the Peovidence Journal prior to 1908.
>  
> Articles attached.
>  
> Len
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