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THE TIME CAME FOR JOE TO GIVE HIS RECITATIONS. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station. Page 209

THE RADIO BOYS SERIES

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THE RADIO BOYS AT

THE SENDING STATION

OR

MAKING GOOD IN THE WIRELESS ROOM

BY

ALLEN CHAPMAN

AUTHOR OF

THE RADIO BOYS’ FIRST WIRELESS

THE RADIO BOYS AT OCEAN POINT

RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE

RALPH ON THE ARMY TRAIN

WITH FOREWORD BY

JACK BINNS

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

BOOKS FOR BOYS

By Allen Chapman

12mo. Cloth. Illustrated.

THE RADIO BOYS SERIES

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THE RADIO BOYS’ FIRST WIRELESS Or Winning the Ferberton Prize

THE RADIO BOYS AT OCEAN POINT Or The Message that Saved the Ship

THE RADIO BOYS AT THE SENDING STATION Or Making Good in the Wireless Room

THE RADIO BOYS AT MOUNTAIN PASS Or The Midnight Call for Assistance

THE RADIO BOYS TRAILING A VOICE Or Solving a Wireless Mystery

THE RAILROAD SERIES

RALPH OF THE ROUNDHOUSE Or Bound to Become a Railroad Man

RALPH IN THE SWITCH TOWER Or Clearing the Track

RALPH ON THE ENGINE Or The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail

RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESS Or The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer

RALPH THE TRAIN DESPATCHER Or The Mystery of the Pay Car

RALPH ON THE ARMY TRAIN Or The Young Railroader’s Most Daring Exploit

GROSSET & DUNLAP, Publishers, New York

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GROSSET & DUNLAP

The Radio Boys at the Sending Station

FOREWORD

By Jack Binns

Since this volume was written an epoch making invention has been announced to the radio world. It is the super-regenerative system developed by E. H. Armstrong, the wizard of Columbia University. This system is bound to revolutionize the art of wireless communication in every branch, and is in itself the most important discovery since Marconi put into operation the first crude form of wireless apparatus.

I am mentioning this fact because there is the romance of youth overcoming every obstacle placed before it tied up in the history of Armstrong’s remarkable achievements, and the story of this romance should stand forward as an incentive to American boyhood.

Fifteen years ago when radio amateurs first began to send out wireless telegraph messages, the federal authorities in Washington were at a loss to devise some means that would regulate them. It was then that a bright official conversant with radio said: “Put ’em down below 200 meters, and they’ll soon die out.”

He knew perfectly well that it was almost impossible to operate on those low wave-lengths with the apparatus in existence at that time—hence his sardonic proposal. The amateurs, however, refused to “die out.” Faced with the inexorable regulation, they set to work to devise apparatus which would operate successfully. Among them was E. H. Armstrong, a youth who at that time was attending Columbia.

It was a really lucky thing for the world that the official in Washington thought of his clever scheme to kill the amateurs, because it provided just the incentive needed to set Armstrong to work. The result has been that within ten years he has produced three epoch-making inventions, any one of which would have been a remarkable life achievement in itself.

Such, briefly is the story of one radio boy overcoming difficulties, but of course in this case it is a real story. It emphasizes the fact that even in these highly developed and organized times there is always an opportunity for boys to improve upon existing conditions, and since this is the theme of the adventures of “The Radio Boys,” I am very glad to write the foreword to the series.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Collision 9

II To the Rescue 19

III At the Wireless Station 31

IV Radio Plans 46

V Back from the Beach 55

VI Radio’s Long Arm 62

VII Learning to Send 69

VIII A Rattling Fight 77

IX Larry Reappears 85

X A Terrible Accident 94

XI Light Out of Darkness 102

XII A Glad Announcement 113

XIII Full of Promise 119

XIV An Impromptu Feast 125

XV Getting a Trial 135

XVI Speed 144

XVII Vaulting Ambition 151

XVIII New Hope 160

XIX Listening In 166

XX The Wonderful Science 173

XXI The Vanishing Crooks 178

XXII Broadcasting Marvels 185

XXIII The First Venture 197

XXIV Winning Out 204

XXV Solving the Mystery 215

THE RADIO BOYS AT THE

SENDING STATION