TRANSATLANTIC RADIO TELEPHONY 257 



towards the wire system of the country, it consists of an ordinary 

 two-wire trunk which goes to an operating position in the long distance 

 office. At each end of the circuit two telephone operators are em- 

 ployed. One of these operators makes contact with the telephone 

 network in her country to make ready connections for attachment 

 to the tiansatlantic link. The other operator directs her attention 

 to the transatlantic link and to dealings with her correspondent 

 at the other end in the way of passing call information, making 

 the final connections, pulling down the connections when subscribers 

 have finished, and so on. From the subscribers' standpoint a call 

 is made in the same way as any other long distance call. He asks 

 for "long distance," gives the information regarding the person 

 he wishes to reach in England and then awaits the return call from 

 the long distance operator. When the person called has been located 

 and the transatlantic link is available, the subscriber receives a 

 ring and is connected with his correspondent. They talk back and 

 forth in exactly the same manner as they would over any wire toll 

 circuit and except tor the possibility of occasional noises on the circuit 

 which are obviously of radio origin it is difficult for them to realize 

 that their voices are crossing the Atlantic by radio. 



