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UNITED STATES WIRELESS STATION, FORT MYER, VA.
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PLACE STAMA
ORCIMIT
FOREION
WASHINGTON.D.C.
Published by The Washington News Company,
Washington, D. C.
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RADIO
STATION AT RADIO, VIRGINIA. Situated
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 Depart-
ment. Rated power of station 100 kilowatts.
Towers, 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 isosceles tri-
angle, large tower at the apex base of tri-
angle 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.
