QST, №4, March, 1916. ST. MARTIN'S COLLEGE RADIO STATION

QST, №4, March, 1916, p. 51

ST. MARTIN'S COLLEGE RADIO STATION

Some excellent long distance work has been done by this station. The antenna is 330 feet long, with an average height of 90 feet, and six wires with a spacing of four feet. The sending apparatus, is a Murdock 1 kw. transformer, rotary six sections of moulded condenser, and a special helix. The receiving apparatus is a Murdock loose coupler, two variable condensers, 4,000 meter loading inductance, fixed condenser, crystal detectors and 2400 Ohm phones. The sending range is 400 miles, 7CE Boise, Idaho. The sending record was 650 miles, 6RJ, Ione. Calif. on a Galena detector; made in May, 1915. The receiving range is about 1500 miles and a local weather report is sent out "QST" every evening except Saturday at 9:05 p. m. This report may be copied by all the amateurs in the Seventh District.