United States Wireless Station

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $9.95
Original Price: $15.95

Stock #:445538
Type: Postcard
Era: White Border
City: Fort Myer
State: Virginia (VA)
Publisher: The Washington News Co.
Postmark: 1915 Aug-23
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: DC
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
The United States Naval Radio Station at Radio, Virginia. Situasted at the southwestern end of Fort Myer Military Reservation opposite Washington, D. C. Built by the United States Navy Department Bureau of Steam Engineering. Land ceded to the Navy Department by the War Department. Rated power of station 100 kilowatts. Towwers, one 600 feet high, 150 feet square at the base, two 450 feet high, 120 feet square at the base, located at angles of an isocoles triangle,, large tower at the apex base of trianle 350 feet between centers of towers, perpendicular to base 350 feet. Normal Range Day: 2,000 miles, Night 3,000 miles. Cost about $250,000.

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