Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Radio Communications in the National Forests |
Catalog Number |
2019.053.010 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Scope & Content |
Radio Communications in the National Forests >> Dwight L.Beatty's experience in developing and field-testing low-power short wave radio communications beginning in 1927. References first attempts of radio communications in 1919 and 1920. Beatty lists the reasons radio development is needed. Photographs of 1930 field tests; interior of radio set, and radio antenna set-up. >> Dwight L. Beatty, climbed the ranks from forest ranger to Inspector in the Office of Operations, demonstrated a radio at a fire conference in 1927, in Missoula, Montana. He used a home-built set and was able to send and receive calls using Morse code telegraphy. The Forest Service officials were impressed and lobbied Washington headquarters to support Beatty's efforts. Beatty set up the first laboratory in Tacoma in 1929, before it moved to Portland in the early 1930s. [From "Radio Communication in the Forest Service History", 1982 Forest Service Publication: FS-369] |
Additional File |
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Year Range from |
1931 |
Year Range to |
1931 |
People |
Beatty, Dwight |
Subjects |
Radio History Communications |
Search Terms |
Communication History |
Catalog date |
2019-10-03 |
Extent of Description |
Papercover: 8.0" X 10.5", 35 pages |
Collection |
Space, James C. |