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Show GERMAN WIRELESS POWERJREBEED Electric Plant at Sayville, Long Island, Increased From 35 to 100 Kilowatts. THREE 300 FOOT TOWERS New Equipment Insures Com munication Under AH Kinds of Static Conditions. New York, April 23. For the purpose pur-pose of Insuring wireless communication communica-tion between Germany and the United Uni-ted States under all kinds of static conditions, the power of the telefun-ken telefun-ken wireless station at Sayville, L. 1 . it was learned today, has been almost trebled Through this plant the German Ger-man government transmits most of Its official communications to the Un; ted States government and the German Ger-man embassy communicates to the United States government and the German embassy communicates with Berlin Many of the official war bulletins bul-letins from the German capital are received re-ceived at Sayville station. The electric plant has been increased increas-ed from 35 kilowatts to 100 kilowatts Three 300-foot towers to support the wireless aerials are at Sayville ready to be placed in position and It is ex pected that before the end of next week the new and powerful apparatus will be in operation. Equipment Shipped from Germany. I Virtually all the equipment, it is stated, wa.s manufactured in Germanv since the outbreak of the war and was shipped here by a Dutch steamship. steam-ship. After the outbreak of the war and the cutting of the German cables by the British navy, Germany found herself her-self cut off from direct telegraphic communication with America except by wireless. Adverse atmospheric conditions, it was said today. Interfered Inter-fered to some extent last summer with the transmission of wireless messages across the Atlantic The more powerful pow-erful plant Is intended to overcome any such handicap and enable constant con-stant communication with Nauen. 4000 miles distant. |