[Milsurplus] USN radio in Vladivostok

[Nick England]

NPH - U. S. Naval Radio Station, Russian Island (Vladivostok) - from a 1919
report

U. S. Naval Radio Station, Russian Island (Call sign NPH):
Located on Russian Island, Siberia (Vladivostok). Equipped with a 60 kw arc
set, and a 12 kw arc set. At the present time no permanent wave lengths
have been assigned.

Radio Communication: Tests are being made to establish schedules for this
station. At the present time communicatim is effective with Peking, Cavite,
Guam and with ships within range of the station. Can communicate with St.
Paul and Cordova, Alaska. Signals are very weak from those stations, but it
is expected to establish effective communications in the near future.

Recommendations have been made to lay a cable from the station to
Vladivostok, a distance of about fifteen miles, for both telephone am
telegraph service. It is expected that this cable will be laid by winter
(1919). The Vladivostok end will be at the headquarters of the American
Expeditionary Forces, with a loop to a U. S. ship in port. Telephone
communications may be had at the Russian Island Red Cross Hospital, about
one mile from the station, which connects to Vladivostok by cable.

Comment: This station will probably handle commercial traffic as well as
Government traffic. It is of military value in furnishing communication to
and from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, and for
communicating with vessels of the Fleet in Chinese and Japanese waters.

This station was taken over from the Russian Government, and was equipped
with apparatus furnished by the Navy Yard, Mare Island, and equipment taken
from the Heeia Point Station, Honolulu and was commissioned about 30 May
1919.

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com