Description

Ole M. Hovgaard sitting at a desk wearing headphones and sending radio signals from station IXM to aid amateur radio broadcasters in calibrating their wave meters.

Original caption: "Helping a Million Amateur Radio Fans. Mr. O. M. Hovgaard, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Radio Society sending standard frequency signals from station IXM at the Institute Through co-operation with M.I.T. communications laboratiories, the society is broadcasting standard waves to aid the amateur stations to accurately calibrate their wave meters."

Original credit line: Keystone View Co.