Will Receive and

Transmit Messages for

Company A and 205th

Infantry Band Here.

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GUARD UNITS LINKED

–WIRELESS STATIONS

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Modern Means of

Communication Provided for Emergency Cases.

State Lineup Complete.

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Company A and the 205th Infantry Band, M. N. G., of New Ulm now have the use of a radio station to handle their communications with headquarters and other National Guard and Army Units throughout the United States as a result of arrangements made with Victor H. Schleuder and E.T. Sperling of this city, owners of Station 9BKX, which is located at Mr. Schlemder’s home on South Washington street.

Army Amateur Station.

Station 9BKX has been affiliated with the Signal Corps, U. S. Army, and is now known as an army amateur radio receiving and transmitting station. As such it will handle messages for Company A and the band to and from any part of the United States, as well as relay communications between other cities in the Union.

Service Being Used.

Captain B. Groebner of Company A has already begun to receive and send messages by radio through the local station, and will soon be in touch with other military units all over the country. The new arrangement will greatly facilitate military communications by wireless, and demonstrates that the government is quick to adopt modern methods for the benefit of its fighting forces.

Heard Long Distances.

Perhaps but few New Ulmites are aware of the fact that Station 9BKX has been in operation here for the past six years, and in that time has been in touch with over 2,000 stations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands. It has been heard in Australia England and far-off Greenland, as well as by ships at sea.

Works With Signal Corps.

The local station is a member of the American Radio Relay league, which is composed of the bulk of the best amateur radio stations in the country whose owners are co-operating with the Signal Corps, U. S. Army, to perfect the new network of communications. The additional channels of communication throughout the continental limits of the United States has been secured in order to be used in time of emergency, should land lines, such as telephone and telegraph systems be seriously damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, ice, or from other causes. Another feature of the innovation is that it provides channels of communication for the civilian components of the United States Army, the National Guards and the organized reserves, so that they may carry on portions of their business by radio. Also to provide a reserve of radio operators trained in Army methods of procedure and in the basic principles of the Army’s method of using wireless equipment in the field. At the same time, it provides a means of establishing a contact with a large number of radio operators and popularizing the Signal Corps and its activities with them, as well as the exchanging of views on experimental work.

The agencies to be employed in this work are the Regular Army, the National Guard, the organized reserves and the transmitting radio amateurs.

Lineup Complete.

Communication between Minnesota units of the National Guard in the event of an emergency, will be possible by radio under a plan announced by Colonel E. A. Walsh, acting adjutant general, who has issued an order designating 12 amateur stations to certain units or groups of guard units. The units have been notified to utilize their stations in transmitting official business wherever possible, so as to prepare to function in an emergency.

The list of stations for guard use is headed by 9BAY, St. Paul, owned and operated by R. N. McCord at 232 North Dale street, which will serve as control station for the Minnesota organization.

Other stations are:

9EFD, Dawson, owned by A. B. Lund, to serve Company K, 135th infantry.

9DJW, Ortonville, owned by G. Walseth, to serve Company L, 135th Infantry.

9ELC, Stilllwater, owned and operated by H. E. Step, to serve Company A and Howitzer company, 135th Infantry.

9BTZ, Mankato, owned by Harry J. Palmer, to serve Headquarters of the 205th Infantry and other units in Mankato.

9BNF, Luverne, P. H. Thomsen, to serve Headquarters, Second battalion, and two units of the 205th infantry in Luverne.

9EGG, Kenneth, near Luverne, C. R. Rogness, to alternate with Luverne.

9BKX, New Ulm, V. H. Schleuder,Company A and other units of the 205th Infantry.

9COS, Rochester, Carl Frank, to serve Company C, 205th Infantry. 9COF, St. Cloud, F. W. Niskern, to serve Third battalion Headquarters and Company I, 205th Infantry.

9SF, Redwood Falls, C. G. Jaehning, to serve Company L, 205th Infantry.

9DKR, Crookston, P. C. Miethke, to serve Company M, 205th Infantry.

New Ulm Review

April 21, 1926