Very-high-frequency radio link between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

PUERTO Rico as well as Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica comprise the Greater Antilles or West Indies, Puerto Rico being the most easterly of the group. About 50 to 75 miles farther east of Puerto Rico are the Virgin Islands which are at the end of an extensive chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles. This paper is concerned with Puerto Rico and with Saint Thomas and Saint Croix of the Virgin Islands, which are about 18 degrees north of the equator, 1,000 miles east of Miami, Fla., and 1,600 miles southeast of New York City. The Virgin Islands are closely associated through both travel and trade with Puerto Rico and, consequently, require intercommunication with it and through it to the American mainland. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth which is associated with the United States while Saint Thomas and Saint Croix are territories of the United States.