The Cape Cod Marine System of the Radio Corporation of America

This paper gives a general outline of the character of traffic handling which is required in a modern marine radio telegraph communication system. A description of the Cape Cod multiplex marine station of the Radio Corporation of America is given, and the operating problems encountered in supplementing spark transmitting sets with vacuum tube transmitters are outlined. A brief description, with photographs of the transmitting and receiving equipment, is given; and the advantages made possible by the application of modern radio engineering methods to marine coastal stations are explained.