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ADDRESSES IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TELETYPE AND RADIO MESSAGES
The instructions contained in items under the above titlc on pngc 224
of the Decenibrr, 1031, and pngc 267 of the March, 1‘382, Torrcs AND
PERSONNEL are hereby rcvol~ed, effective June 20, 1932. Thereafter a11
messages to airport and airways stations will bo adtlrrsscd “USAWO”
when intended for transmission by Commerce Department comInutiica’
tion facilities.
The foregoing does not apply to rnessages sent to airport or nirwaY8
stations by Army or Navy radio or by telegraph. Those will bo addressed
“Airwayn Obnervcr”.
Messages to city offices will be addrweed “Observer”, as at present.
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TRANSMISSION OF WEATHER REPORTS DURING PERIODS OF TELETYPE FAILURS
Beginning July 1,1932, the following procedure will br proper durirlB
teletype failure periods at those stations which normally transmit hourly
airways kcather reports by that means:
In the event that, for any reason, tho teletype equipment fails to funcO
tion, thc observer will, if practicable, telegraph or telephone (as directed)
the next succeeding hourly report following the lant report by tclctYPO
to the center designattd, including a brief explanation of the cause of
the teletype failurc, and thcreaft~r will telegraph or telephone reports at
any of the following hours included in tho failure period: 2, 8, 8, and
11 a. m. andp. m. (E. S. T.).
Telegrams will be sent “Collrct Weather” and telephone calk on red
verse charges.
In the event that any material change in conditions occurs during the
failure period, a new observation will be irnnicdiately taken and forwarded,
as provided in paragraph G, Weather Bureau Circular N,
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Instructions for Airways Observers”, 1932, second edition.
Officialn in charge of stations having gcnerccl supervinion of airwW@
equipped with teletype assigned to them are to make certain that d l per#
sonnel at airways stations of this bureau and intermediate fiolds of the
Department of Commerce, from which hourly wcuther reportn are trans’
mitted by teletypca, are furnished specific instructions regarding the
method of transrnisnion to be used, i. e., telegraph or telcphonc., and th(’
point or points to which they are to bc scnt. In general, in thcl latter
connection, it is thought that it would be advisablc to c0nHidt.r their
transrniseion directly to the %hourly f‘orrcast ccntcr for the airway, but
this would probably not be possiblc in all cases and thv cffectillg Of
thc brst arrangcnmt ,possible is lcft to tho discretion of the renponsib!(’
supcrvising official, who will make certain tliat arrangcrncntp for 11’’
airwayfl are comp1t:to. Telegraph is to be uwd in all poHsiblc ca@,
unless thc usc of tclrphone is less expcmivr.