Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1918 — World's Biggest Wireless Station. [ARTICLE]

World's Biggest Wireless Station.

Japan is to -have the greatest wireless station in the world, according to 'a report to the Japan Advertiser. It will be built in Fukushima prefecture, says the department of communications, and will cost 860,000 yen ($430,000). The dispatch station will be at Hibarigahara, near Hariamachi, and the receiving station will be at Hoso-ya-cho. Survey work has been started by ’engineers of the department. The direct distance between the new office and San Francisco is 4,600 miles, while that between the Funabashl office and Honolulu is 3,250 miles. ServIcewiil not be opened for two years. The new office will communicate direct with San Francisco without relay In Hawaii.