Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1917 — WIRELESS FOR MOTORCYCLES [ARTICLE]

WIRELESS FOR MOTORCYCLES

Invention of Marine Corps Captain "Has a Radius of From 50 to 100 Miles. New York. —Every motorcycle messenger In the United States army will be equipped with a private wireless outfit, with a radius of from 50 to 100 miles, if the Invention of Frank E. Evans, captain in the marine corps, stationed on recruiting duty in New York, receives favorabl e consideration bjl the ordnance boatd. Captain Evans’ outfit weighs less than 12 pounds, and can be set up to receive messages in from one to two and a half minutes. It consists of a sending and receiving apparatus, a dynamo attached to the rear wheel and a 100-foot aerial constructed on the order of a steel fishing pole. It is claimed for the Invention that constant communication can be maintained with friendly air scouts and field stations.