Abridgment of radio telephone service to ships at sea

The paper discusses the American end of the ship-to-shore radio telephone system and the connecting equipment on board the SS. Leviathan. There is given an outline of previous work in this field and of the technical problem involved in the use of short waves. The station facilities which have been provided for this service on the New Jersey coast are described also the equipment which has been developed for the ship. Finally, the results are given of the first trip of commercial service of the Leviathan.