T six months provided by paragraph 2 of Article LXXIX of the Telegraph Regulations for the verification of accounts shall be extended to nine months in the case of radiograms; (2) The provisions of Article XVI, paragraph 2, shall not be considered as authorizing gratuitous transmission, through radio stations, of service telegrams relating exclusively to the telegraph service, nor the free transmission. over the telegraph lines of service telegrams relating exclusively to the radio service; (3) The provisions of Article LXXIX, paragraphs 3 and 5, shall not be applicable to radio accounts. As regards the application of the provisions of the Telegraph Regulations, coastal stations shall be considered as offices of transit except when the Radio Regulations expressly stipulate that such stations shall be considered as offices of origin or of destination. In conformity with Article 11 of the Convention of London, the present Regulations shall go into effect on the first day of July, 1913. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed one copy of these Regulations, which shall be deposited in the archives of the British Government, and a copy of which shall be transmitted to each of the Parties. (SUPPLEMENT TO ARTICLE XLIV OF THE REGULATIONS.) Radio Management of Service Particulars of Radio Stations. (a) COASTAL STATIONS. Geographical location: E. East lon- Call letters. Normal range in nautical miles. Radio system with the characteristics of the transmitting system. Wave lengths in meters (the normal wave length to be underscored.) Nature of service furnished. Hours during which station is open (local standard time). Coastal rate, per word in francs, minimum rate per radiogram, in francs. Remarks. (When necessary hour and manner of sending time signals and meteorological radiograms.) Abbre viation. (SUPPLEMENT TO ARTICLE XXII OF THE REGULATIONS.) List of Abbreviations to be used in Radio Communications. QSD What is your time? QSF or in series? The spark is bad. Is transmission to be in alternate order Transmission will be in alternate order. What is your true course? Are you in communication with land? ...... calling me? Is public correspondence being han- Shall I increase my spark frequency? 1 Public correspondence is any radio work, official or private, handled on commercial wave lengths. When an abbreviation is followed by a mark of interrogation, it refers to the question indicated for that abbreviation. What is the name of your station? To what line do you belong? BQRG Curard Q R Z I belong to the Cunard Line. Your sig nals are weak. EXTRACT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONVENTION, SIGNED AT ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 10-22, 1875. [See Article 17 of the convention, p. 20.]. ARTICLE 1. The High Contracting Parties concede to all persons the right to correspond by means of the international telegraphs. ARTICLE 2. They bind themselves to take all the necessary measures for the purpose of insuring the secrecy of the correspondence and its safe transmission. ARTICLE 3. They declare, nevertheless, that they accept no responsibility as regards the international telegraph service. ARTICLE 5. Telegrams are classed in three categories: 1. State telegrams: those emanating from the Head of the Nation, the Ministers, the Commanders-in-Chief of the Army and Naval forces, and the Diplomatic or Consular Agents of the Contracting Governments, as well as the answers to such telegrams. 2. Service telegrams: those which emanate from the Managements of the Telegraph Service of the Contracting States and which relate either to the international telegraph service or to subjects of public interest determined jointly by such Managements. 3. Private telegrams. In the transmission, the State telegrams shall have precedence over other telegrams. ARTICLE 6. State telegrams and service telegrams may be issued in secret language, in any communications. Private telegrams may be exchanged in secret language between two States which admit of this mode of correspondence. The States which do not admit of private telegrams in secret language upon the expedition or arrival of the same, shall allow them to pass in transit, except in the case of suspension defined in article 8. ARTICLE 7. The High Contracting Parties reserve the right to stop the transmission of any private telegram which may appear dangerous to the safety of the State, or which may be contrary to the laws of the country, to public order or good morals. ARTICLE 8. Each Government also reserves the right to suspend the international telegraph service for an indefinite period, if deemed necessary by it, either generally, or only over certain lines and for certain classes of correspondence, of which such Government shall immediately notify all the other Contracting Governments. ARTICLE 11. Telegrams relating to the international telegraph service of the Contracting States shall be transmitted free of charge over the entire systems of such States. ARTICLE 12. The High Contracting Parties shall render accounts to one another of the charges collected by each of them. ARTICLE 17. The High Contracting Parties reserve respectively the right to enter among themselves into special arrangements of any kind with regard to points of the service which do not interest the States generally. Part II.-REGULATIONS GOVERNING SHIP AND LAND RADIO STATIONS. SHIP STATIONS. 1. On vessels coming under the ship acts, an emergency power supply, independent of the vessel's main electric power plant, must be provided which will enable radio messages to be sent for at least four hours over a distance of at least 100 miles day or night. The emergency power supply and equipment should be located and installed in such manner as to afford maximum protection against accident. 2. The radio transmitting apparatus, operated from the emergency power supply, should be capable of functioning within two minutes after unexpected notice to the operator. 3. The complete equipment must be maintained in an efficient condition at sea. 4. The complete emergency equipment should be tested before each sailing and daily at sea by the operator or an inspector and a note of its performance entered in the radio log. 5. Radio inspectors or other duly authorized officers of the Government will occasionally call for test messages, to be sent by means of the emergency apparatus, while the vessel is at sea. 6. An "induction coil" connected to "plain aerial” is not recommended as emergency apparatus, on account of the high voltages produced which frequently damage the antenna insulation and on account of "vibrator troubles." 7. A motor generator or rotary converter operated by storage battery is probably the most satisfactory means available at present of energizing the transmitting apparatus. 8. Any auxiliary engine for wireless purposes must operate on a fuel which will fulfill the requirements of Rule XI, section 5, of the General Rules and Regulations of the Steamboat-Inspection Service, reading as follows: None of the inflammable articles specified in section 4472, Revised Statutes, or oil that will not stand a fire test of 300° F. shall be used as stores on any pleasure steamer or steamer carrying passengers except that vessels not carrying passengers for hire may transport gasoline or any of the products of petroleum for use as a source of motive power for motor boats or launches of such vessels. (Sec. 4472, R. S.) 55830°-14 4 49 Emergency ap paratus. |