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Show RADIO AMATEUR HELPS COUNTRY PRANK GEORGJ (Checked and IpprovodU bj ttadli Set Hon i v Bureau or Standards;) In no other COUntT) in Ihe world bl the umnleur radio operator as free from restraint as In the United BtatSa The onl restrictions placed on his activities ac-tivities are with regard to wave lengths a ml licensing. This Is to pre-vent pre-vent confusion in the air lanes. The amateur operator Is not necessarily neces-sarily a small biN Many amateur-are amateur-are mat ui r men and women who po-scA po-scA iiiosl efflc'enl radio itat Ions. Th term "amateur" operator as dtethV eulshed from "commercial" operator In ... -1 JmmI , .1 1 .... a o.-ii 3oii.iy LU nr.-iKiiuie uiiri.iuiM who are In radio merel) for loe ..( he art. The radio "nov ice" In one who ha only a receiving set for the purpose of "listening In." Of amateurs there are more than 13.'J00; of novice, 600.000. M VI EUR'S vii.Kiv To the amateur operator is due mu h of th" credit for the position the jUnlted Stat's occupies In radio work The rapidity of the practical develop-rnent develop-rnent of long distance radio communication communi-cation has boon largely (he result of I tests and experiments conducted by amateurs In determining the efficiency joi Inefficiency of equipment. ruiiy so per cent oi trie radio ope-, rators in the American military or naval na-val service during the war were re-' crulted from the ranks of amateur op- orators. The amateur? have also been of vaJ- unable assistance to the Department of Commerce with It limited Inspection fores In helping lo administer the ra-j dlo laws. They have served as radio policemen In holding (he beginner within proper limits and In preventing encroachment of amateur work on oni merclS I activities. ll IN EM ERG! m U - The development of the radiophone, should accelerate rather than restrict further expansion of the amateur field. When entire towns have ),ei n dev as-tated as-tated by flrv. t-torm or fbaod. the radio amateur has frequently provided the only means of communication. Ser-i vice of this kind will always be needed.: Without Ho- co-operation of amateurs ama-teurs It would not have been possible for the Department Of Agriculture Quickly to demonstrate the practicability practica-bility of an agricultural news broadcast broad-cast scrv ice. 1 oo |