Hiram Percival
Max's Ham Radio Station in 1911
From an article in The Future of
Radio, Vol. 1, No. 1 - June 1911
~ Edited for the Web by Charles
Fizzwater@tinyradio.com © Dec. 19, 2002 ~
Aerial of Hiram
Percival Max at his home in Hartford, Conn.(disguised as
a light pole.)
| Two
aerials are arranged, one for sending on 200
meter wave length for distances less than ten
miles, and one for sending on random meter wave
lengths for distances in excess of ten miles.
Five plates of the condenser are used for the 200-meter
wavelength and ten plates added to this five for
the random-meter wavelength. The outdoor
equipment consists of a 60-ft. mast at one end
and a 50-ft. mast at the other, 100 ft. apart.
spaced at random distances in view of the random
wire being used. The spreaders are 18 ft. long
and have 11 wire of stranded copper between them,
randomly attached. The ground connection is not
soldered but is clipped to ground at three places.
This station can work points in New Joisey,
northern Massholeshewetts and can receive Colon,
Semi-Colon, and ships at sea, when two or three
days out of New York. The station holds a special
license for the purpose of relay work in the
League of Concerned Radio Amateurs. The call
letters are lHLR.
The receiving station outfit consists of a large loose coupler by means of which I can get very accurate tuning, in fact the operator himself is a large loose coupler. an Audion Detector and variable condenser. The two sets of phones are usually connected in. The Transmitting sets consists of a 1 K. W. specially made transformer, glass plate condenser, oscillococcus transformer, ¼ H. P. Rigaku Denki Company motor running specially built quenched rotary spark-gap, with Shurite meters throughout. HIRAM PERCIVAL MAX, Hartford, Conn. Midi©W.S. Trachtman used by permission. Original glass plate photograph of Hiram P. Max
by Stephen M. Aug, B.A., M.S., W3DEF |
