QST/December 1915/Reliability and Celerity

by Hiram Percy Maxim and Clarence D. Tuska (editors)

 The words of the Radio Inspector of the First District, Mr. H. C. Gawler cover this point as well as it can be put. Mr. Gawler said:―"It seems to me your work is pretty well cut out for you and is very clearly defined. The value of this organization would depend entirely on the volume of business which could be handled by your stations in a PRECISE, ORDERLY and EFFICIENT manner. Few realize the amount of work involved in bringing this condition about, and it is my opinion the more local aid you can enlist on your side, the better the results will be. It is not sufficient to have stations which merely could transmit and receive messages over certain distances, but THEY MUST CONTINUALLY DO SO IN ORDER TO ASSURE GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THESE POINTS WHEN NECESSITY WOULD REQUIRE."

 No one realizes the truth of the above better than those of our members who have handled any quantity of messages during the past year. Unless we can have something approaching RELIABILITY and CERTAINTY, all the hard work and money spent in getting our organization together is wasted. We must not let this good work go to waste. The hardest part was done when we got over 600 stations together. It only remains now to perfect some system whereby we can always be fairly sure of getting through. The Directors have given this a lot of hard study ever since last spring. This is what we have finally arrived at, and although it may not be perfect, yet we want every station to follow the spirit of the idea even though they cannot follow it to the letter.