Nebraska Newspapers

    »N THE WORLD OF RADIO
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Patent Office
Change Lauded
Radio Men See Benefit in
Transfer to Commerce
Department.
New York, March 27.—The execu
tive order of President Coolidge trans
ferring the United States patent office
from the Department of the Interior
to the Department of Commerce,
thpreby placing It under control of
Secretary Herbert Hoover, was de
fined by Dr. I,ee De Forest, "father of
radio," as "the most forward step In
Ihe history of the patent office since
its creation in 1790.
The importance of the patent sys
trin, Dr. De Forest pointed out, is
based on the first article of tlie con
stitution of the United States and
takes precedence over tlie clauses In
til© constitution giving congress the
right to declare war, to raise^ind gup
M port an army and naVy, or to con
stitute inferior federal courts below
that of, the United States supreme
court.
"That indicates how important the
framers of the constitution considered
the progress and protection of science
and useful arts to authors ami In
ventors. Now, if this congress will
take recognition that It is pitifully
undermanned and pitifully underpaid,
it will have rendered a service to the
advancement of science and art in
this country the value of which is
inestimable," Dr. De Forest said.
Slow Progress.
"This blindness of congress is re
sponsible for long delays and other
obstacles to modern progress created
because it does not seem to under
stand the tremendous volume of work
the bureau is required to do. Though
issuing over 50,000 patents and trade
marks each year, it requires 12 months
or more to get an application through.
This could be accomplished with in
creased pay and personnel, and the
member who introduces a bill that
finally passes to bring this about will
do much toward the etching of his
name in ihe hall of fame and have
the support of all forward-looking
business men in the United States."
Capt. Samuel E. Darby of patent
counsel for the De Forest Radio com
pany, and Dr. De Forest, former chief
clerk of the United States patent of
fice ami member of the examining
corps, stated that, while the patent
division was In effect an independent
bureau, the change to the Department
of Commerce was a step for greater
-efficiency, as its relations with Sec
* retary Hoover's department was more
intimate than with the Department
of the Interior.
By SIDNEY K. ElNKE1,STEIN.
A. M. 1. R. K.
When one employs regeneration 1
usually means a two-control set
even when no radio-frequency h
used ahead of the detector. However
It actually Is possible to have r
single control regenerative set, In
eluding a stage of radio-freqiier.cj
amplification. Such a receiver it
shown In Fig. 1. Both plati
colls, L2 and 1.5, are variable, in thai
their position may he adjusted unti
best results are obtained, but onc<
that position is determined there it
no further need of varying them
They remain fixed for all time.
The two semi-adjustable tickler?
are interrelated in their action, tht
actual effect of the RF tickler being
that of a sort of vernier adjusiment
of the detector stage tickler. It is
true indeed that regeneration Is
doubled up, an unsiftlsfactory and
unstable combination where both
constantly require control. But in
this circuit the tickler. 1,5, is su
placed that It gives best regenerative
effect on tlie lowest wavelength sta
tion to be received. Thereby the set
will not spill over on any of the
higher wavelength stations.
Sodion Is Advised.
Tlie success of the circuit is made
possible largely by using the new
Sodion tube as a detector. This tube,
unlike any other, permits the audi
bility of signals in a regenerative cir
cuit over the entire dial setting
range below that of resonance. When
other tubes are used the signal us
ually disappears as soon as the
tickler Is detuned slightly. More
over, the combination of circuit and
tube makes for sufh sensitivity that
I have been Able to tune in the local
stations on the speaker without us
ing either aerial or ground.
The set produces signals of excel
lent quality, functions over the en
tire broadcast band without notice
able radiation, produces gieat volume
and is capable of considerable dis
tance reception, although not as
great I>X as the regulation tuned
Itequireinenis men.
"As Dr. Pe Forest has said, the
fact remains that the personnel of the
patent office is woefully underpaid.
The requirements for appointment to,
the examining corps are quite severe
and practically none but graduates
from technical schools can find a
place upon the staff. It requires a
year for him to reach a state of use
fulness. and by the time he has ac
quired the necessary proficiency and
efficiency the government loses him
to some Industry or patent law office
that recognizes his ability and is will
ing to pay him double or triple his
government stipend.
“While the delays in the patent of
flee are not due wholly to this cause,
they are due In a measure to enor
mous increase in patent applications
that Industrial development has
brought, about, increasing the burden
of the bureau without adequately in
creasing the staff to handle it.
"Kllmination by Secretary Hoover
of the burdens imposed upon Ameri
can patentees in other countries that
are not imposed on their citizens in
this country will mean much to in
ventors and manufacturers of the
I'nited States, and every support
should be given by industry and com
merce to bring this about."
Test “B*’ Batteries.
» When you test the "B" batteries
^nd find that one Is dead, discard it
by all means. Jf you do not take it
out of tlie circuit, It will shorten the
life of the other batteries. Many fans
purchase one battery at a time and
place it in the circuit with tlie older
ones. This is also poor Judgment,
unless you wish to purchase batteries
frequently.
TRAINING COURSE
FOR ANNOUNCERS
Preliminary to the announcement
of a course of training for the an
nouncera at Stations W.IZ and WJY
of the Radio Corporation of America,
tests will he made to, determine the
essential qualifications of the ap
proximately perfect radio announcer.
A committee consisting of research
engineers, college professors, music
and dramatic critic*, prominent busi
ness men nnfl raldo editors has been
formed to pass upon this important
question. Phonograph records have
! pen made of the speeches of radio
tnnouncers at every important broad
-astlng station east of the Missis
dppi. These records will be run off
for the benefit of the committee, who
will Judge which Is the best. The
committee Is expected to meet at an
early date.
New German Radio Tower.
What may turn into a modern
Tower of llabel, If Germany continues
its transmission of propaganda in
foreign tongues us well ns Its own,
Is a new steel lower for wireless
transmission wliU-W Is being con
structed In Berlin. It will be built
on I he idan of the Kiffel tower, but
will be much smaller, as it will be
only 430 feet high, as compared with
the former's 975.
Radio to Enable Father to Hear Son
Sing He Has Sot Seen for 30 Years
Out In 1h» little town of Pocatello,
Idaho, a man, bowed with advancing
i ears, Is watching the dials of his
radio set.
For on next Tuesday at 8 p. m„
•astern standard time, this set Is to
l,e the means of bringing to him the
singing voice of his only son, a voice
he has not heard for over three
decades.
The aon Is Victor I^irsen, now a
New York advertising man, and a
talented concert and oratorio baritone
singer. The father Is Kmll Larsen,
a furniture denier of Pocatello, Idaho.
Thirty years ago, when the son was
:t months old, the elder Larsen's wife,
'he boy's mother, died. The father,
then a newcomer from Norway, left
the |,a|,y with his Wife's patents, the
Robison faintly, In western Nebraska,
and set forth over the Ruckles to lind
Ids fortune In the west.
Father 1-oses Son.
■ a Kxpedlency led Grandfather Robi
son to move hie family by prairie
•chooner to Arkansas. Hue to this
none Kmll Larsen lost track of his
child. .Not being satisfied wlfh condl
♦ 1 nn« in ArkannH*, th# Rf*bl#nn family j
rr f -f>r\ to \*#«t#rn Knn#AP, whtr« th#y
i
In thin country Victor waa reared
hy his grandparents on a raids ranch.
Quitting Kansas a young college mnn.
he went to the Parlfle coast and en
tered the commercial world In Pan
Francisco, hut was drawn eastward
by larger opportunities and at present
Is an advertising director In New
York.
Throughout the three decades thnt
passed the si.n maintained an almost
continual search for his father. J-as1
month a clue tame to the aon. To
his amazement the mall brought a
letter from his father, the first word
he had ever received, and the first
time he had ever seen Ills father's
handwriting. Telegrams and letters
were exchanged rapidly, hut the Inti
mate touch to make the reunion com
plete wan lacking. Po radio was call
ed In.
Next Ttiasduy evening the son will
face the microphone at WEAK In
Manhattan and the father at B p. tn.
mountain time will tune In either
station WOC at Davenport, la., or
WCCO, Minneapolis.
The select Inna T,(risen will slug are:
"Where E'er You Walk," "In the
nlnafhlng." "Friend o' Mine," "Th>
Barefoot Trail” "Drink to Me Only
With Thine Eye*" and "Come Jla'k
to Erin.”
R. F. and Regeneration With One Control; Quality Not Sacrificed by Parts Economies
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Tuned radio frequency phis regeneration and resistance coupled amplification all on a single control. The two feedback rolls are adjusted to the operating point and felt without any
further adjustment.
radio-frequency amplification of the
transformer type.
The great purity of the signal qual
ity led to the desire to preserve it
In all its beauty, hence resistance
coupled audio frequency amplification
was usefl by the designer. However,
the circuit Is entirely satisfactory If
the usual two stages of transformer
coupled AF are used. That would re
duce the number of tubes to four,
somewhat lessening the quality, but
not reducing the volume.
The R. F. Inductance, 1,1-1,2, Is
most easily wound on two spider-web
forms of any convenient size, say,
feinch outside diameter with about
a 114-inch huh. The size Is not im
portant, except that it he large
enough to accommodate ^he winding,
which In each instance consists of
20 turns of Xo. 24 single silk-covered
wire. Thus, two separate coils are
wound. The hub is cut away from
each and the spokes pulled out, the
wire being lied with linen thread laced
at right angles to the winding tip and
down the points where the wires
cross. This performance is easily vis
ualized when the coll Is hplng made.
When the time comes to mount
these spider-web colls It Is convenient
to insert two dowels In each coll, a!
adjacent turns, and glue these dow
els into the Itusehoard, where holes
have been drilled at a slight angle for
this purpose. Before the holes for
the second coll support are drilled,
of course, the best inductive position
of the colls should he determined. This
usually will lie one of tight coupling.
Indeed, It might be rnfe to wind the
RF Inductance on a single spider-web.
consisting of 52 turns, cutting it at
the center for the two colls.
The plate of the RF tube is con
nected to one end of one of these
coils (1,2 ill Fig. II and the other end
of that coil goes to the primary of a
three-circuit variocoupler. The end
of the variocoupler primary goes to
"B" plus amplifier voltage. In this
case at least !)0. The variocoupler,
1.5 1.4 1,5. may he any standard one.
The only control Is the variable
condenser, tuning 1.4. the secondary
| of that coll. This condenser has a
| maximum capacity of .0005 nifil., nor
mally 23 plates, and should he of
good construction, along genuine low
loss lines. For best results on dls
tance a vernier dial Is necessary, but
for local reception the vernier will not
be necessary.
Those desiring to make their own
vario-coupler may wind 10 turns of
No. 20 double silk covered wire on
a 31 a Inch diameter tubing, 4 inches
high, and begin the secondary as close
as possible to the primary In the
Interest of greater stability. Tf great
er selectivity Is found vital this
coupling may be made looser by re
winding the primary >i-lnch or more
from the secondary. Therefore, start
the primary at least 1 lneh from one
end of the form. The secondary con
sists of 43 turns of the same kind of
wire, wound In the same direction.
The tickler is wound on a 1%-Inch
diameter and consists fit 24 turns of
No. 24 single silk covered wire. If a
4 Inch diameter tubing Is handy, use
a primary of seven turns, secondary
32 turns and a tickler of 20 turns on
a 3-inoh diameter tubing. In either
case the tickler may be spider web or
basketweuve. The number of turns
would lie the same as If the coil were
wound on tubing.
Basket weave Most Ffflclent.
The T»rens or basketweave type
of coil may be used to good ndvnn
ta.ge. For home construction It Is pref
erable to use large wire, such as No.
18 or even No. 18 double cotton cov
ered. The secondary Is begun first,
after 15 dowels have been erected on
a 3-Inch diameter at right angles
to the base of a 4 inch square board.
These dowels are Inch apart.
Measure on a straight lln* from
point to point. This renders easy di
vision of the circumference into 15
equal parts, each chord automatical
ly 24 degrees.
Wind 30 turns of wire, under two
and over two—that I*, over alternate
dowels—then pick up about 10 feet
of the sathe kind of wire and wind
the primary for 10 turns, simultane
ously and side by side with the sec
ondary. After the 10-turn primary is
completed the secondary winding is
continued for 13 more turns, making
a secondary with a total of 33 turns—
1. e.. 30, 10 and 13. Likewise the RK
coll might he of the Lorenz type, esch
comprising 28 turns of the No. 18 wire.
If the dowel sticks are five inches
long for this coil, then both LI and
L2 may be wound on the same form
and their Inductive relationship shift
ed right on that form by sliding the
top coll up or down. The easiest way
is to start with tight coupling, due
to the unlikelihood of being required
to change that.
The single dial may be placed In the
center of a 7xJ4-inch panel and under
a Dalco dial pointer. The pointer Is
not only useful, but Improves the ap
pearance of the set.
The single closed circuit jack J1
may be a double circuit Jack, with one
Inside c ontact to be ignored. The plate
is connected to the outside spring or
hooked arm of the jack, the "B" plus
90 volts to the other outside arm. this
one the right angle. The leaf or
spring cm the inside making contact
in ttie hooked arm that went to the
plate is connected to one side of the
.006 mfd. fixed condenser that lies be
tween It 1 and R2. This Jack may Ire
plugged in for earphone service.
Where Resistance* Go.
As for the resistances, R7 is a 10
to l' ohrn rheostat controlling the It.
K tube, which should Ire of the VY
201.V or 0-301A type. R2 is 2rt ohms
and controls the Sod0m Ir 21 detector
tube. This tube consumes .23 nm
per'e, like the 201A and 30IA. and dr
tects as well as the soft tubes that
draw one whole ampere each. The
resistance A Is an amperlte. type
D-12, which eliminates one minor con
trol. It is connected, one side to "A"
battery minus, the other side to the
filament minus posts of ail three audio
tube sockets. There is no detector
grid leak, ns the Sodlon tube nor
■ daily does not require one. R1 is one
megohm fl.noo non ohms!, as are T!3
and R3. R4 Is live megohm (300.000
rlimsl, R6 .23 megohnt (230.000 ohms!.
Switch SI is used to' turn tile set
on and off when, as is most usual, the
machine Is set for speaker operation.
The rheostats need not be adjusted
every time the receiver is used, al
though perhaps distance reception
may be cleared up a little by testing
these filament resistance* for best re
suits. This, however. Is not one of
those alleged on# knob regenerative
sets that really have two controls,
the rheostat critically governing re
generation.
Switch S2 enable# you to put out
the last two audio tubes when you’re
listening on earphones.
Cl is the variable tuning condenser.
C2 a .00025 mfd. fixed grid con
denser, C3 a .001 or 002 mfd. fixed
by pass condenser. The optional grid
leak would be connected from the G
post of the detector tube to the fila
ment plus post of that tube, and. If
used, should he variable, such as the
Bradleyleak, Kil Ko Leak, Turnlt and
the like.
it’s indeed odd that a tube that
functions without any leak will, when
it docs require a leak. demand a
variable one. for the leakage Is then
critical. The tube, however, is not
like the ordinary ones. Tt has a novel
filament, with an extra heating wire
and evidently a good Internal leakage
path. The filament heating control*
the leakage to some extent.
The Audio Amplifier.
For 1 hove desiring to build their own
audio amplifier, even grid leaks around
the house may be tried for HI, 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. They should be of approximately
the values stated, or variable leaks
may lie used. The standard resistances
for this circuit are purchasealile In a
radio store. E\en the audio resistance
part of the circuit may lie purchased
complete (Parent. In that case It
would he e isler to put the jack .11 In
the detector output lnstoad of the first
audio output.
Ths circuit, one# built, will prove a
surprise to many. I tried it for 10
successive nights, and each night
brought greater delight than Its pred
eiesscr. I used my Western Electric
i nne speaker, and there are few sets.
1 agree, whose distortion can be con
cealed from this sneaker.
German Radio Material.
AVitlt the removal of the ban on
the import of foreign radio goods
Into Knglancl the traders hail wry
tight to expect tli.it a quantity of
Herman manufactures would be
tin own on Hie market. As yet they
have not felt the pressure of the
continental competition, for, though
the Herman manufacturers are aide
In produce their goods at much lower
prices than the Knglish, their prod
ucts have not the same quality in
efficiency and flnlsiT, with the exrep
lion of their headphones and pre
cision instruments.
SPEAKER CAUSES
POOR VOLUME
f
Lack of volume is not Always due
to rundown B batteries, defective
tubs or a low A battery. Another
point at which trouble of this nature
‘.m liable to crop up is In the loud
speaker unit. It Is difficult to locate
Much trouble unless another unit, or
at least a pair of head phones is
fvalhibte. Time and strong signals
re likely to throw any unit out of
Adjustment, As soon as this critical
adjustment is lost poor volume is
sure to be the result. Therefore
when looking for trouble check up
the speaker and he sure you have
correct polarity.
HUNGARIAN FANS
ARE UNFORTUNATE
Hungarian radio fans will have to j
fake Up the study of Ksperanto or go
abroad for their radio news, for the
< nlv radio magazine in Hungary haa
decided to use the international lan
guage alone In Its future Issues. The
publisher* of this periodical, the Hun
carlnn Radio Review, say that they
have adopted Ksperanto because of
i he great part which the internation
»»1 language |s destined to play in the
future development of radio. They
also point out that Interpreters and
leader* of Ksperanto are to be found
now in every country in the world.
l amp Gomes Through Radio.
Nick I,urns began broadcasting
from a powerful station in Chicago,
lie had a voice that some described
ns sugary, florid, novel and vivid.
Listeners in immediately recognized a
new style of singing. Tt wan of the
crooning at vie and with his own guitar
accompaniment, and It was not long
before thousands of radio fans looked
forward to hearing a concert by the
popular Lucas
Today, Lucas Is one of the most
popular Brunswick record artist*. His
first record, “Dreamer of Dreams,"
and "My Best Hlrl," has been s na
tlnn wide sensation.
It Is the “something different" that
has attracted those who bke to hear
a good popular song well Interpreted.
RADIO PREACHER
TO GQTO HERRIN;
(’air© III., March 27.—Herrin, seefh
ing pot of trouble, in going to be "con
verted” by a radio evangelist.
Howard S. Williams, former news
paper man, now a "radio Hilly Sun
lay." is going to take his portable
brondrstlng station to Herrin In April
and start a series of evangelistic
meetings that it Is hoped will bring
peace to this coal belt.
William* ha* a I a watt broadcasting
station which he set* up at one end of
the tent where he conduct* hi* re
viva! meeting*. He talks to the audi
ence in the well known Hilly Sunday
style, while before him ia a large
horn with « microphone, through
which hi* voice 1* carried to thou
*ands of other listeners w'ithln reach
of his transmitter.
Kach evening at 7:15 Williams starts
ills service* here and broadcasts them
i»n a wavelength of 26N meters. J'uu
iays he starts at 7 and on Mondays
the station Is silent. The call letters
ire W<'B<;, for which Williams hus
concocted the formula, ' Will Christ
Be Glorified.'*
NAVAL STATION
IS POWERFUL
There ia das* to I’nde Ham In J
radio as well ns everything else
This is brought borne by the fact
if a worldwide re* « prion of signals
on 71 meters from the high fre
quency set at the naval research
laboratory, Washington, I>. c. It
Is heard In France. Germany, Hoi
land, the British Isles. China, India.
Hawaii and Hsmoa. Thl* serve* ns n
dally reminder to these far away
countries that I’ncle Sam 1* still
Ining business *t. the old stand.
ttnilio Sproil Cop.
Radio ha* a speed cop F C. I’.nks
Portage. Win. He twirl* hi* dial*
i locks his vic tims nnd send* out no
lice* for first offenses. Wild* Wilson
Church, at KGO. who conducts a Mon
lay night radio hospital for Kngllsh
language ailments, which Is spoken
»f over the air a* "A Lesson in ICng
llsh," received her first noth'© of word
speeding.
"Dear* Mrs. Church," the warning
reads, "I am the radio speed cop rot
lids part of tie© World at large. The
limit of audibility Is reached at lt»<*
words per minute. Faster tlmu that
t sounds like static. KGO anniiutm
never exceed 140. But I ( locked you
last night and volt were spinning mer
illy at over 20i» f\viu<l* per minute
Hewnn*. the Jail Is yawning for you
it the second offense
r
Itrnkrn \\ ii><Uliit-lil fin Pnni'l.
If thr «!*<• I. miffli li>nt (n rut »
|>lrr. In fit ih» r«hjn#t. « sis** punrl1
run ma>1« front any old brokan ;
tUndahlald,
Italian Radio Hampered.
The latest report from Italy seems
to indicate that amateur radio anti
tiie wlrelt ss business in general are
in Hone too healthy a state. It is al
leged that Italian radio is in the
hands of a certain small group whose
purpose Is to make as much money
out of it us possible, rather than for
the best Interests of wireless.
Kor example, the Italian ameteur
who buys the simplest possible re
reiving set has to pay taxes which
aggregate 170 lire. After this is paid
he must pay an annual tax nearly as
large for the right of listening in.
MARCONI WILL
BUILD STATIONS
Washington, March 27—Two' henm
radio stations to communicate re
•pe« lively with Knviand and whh
Canada, w ill be eret ted in Australia
under an agreement by the Amaijr.i
mated Wireless Ltd., and the Mar
coni company. Ltd., according to re
ports to the Department of Commerce.
The Marconi companv, whh h Is sup
plying the apparatus and material,
has guaiunteed that the station for
Cnglish traffic will have a ta pit city
of 43.000 words duplex dally. The
stations ai e to he in operation 12
month* from date of signing of the
contra* t. The sum involved is said}
to be f 120,000.
RADIO OPERATORS
IN QUEER TASKS
Radio operators have been called
upon to perform many queer task*,
but that which will he assigned to
the operator of the airship Shenan
doah In the near future Is unique in
the annals of radio details. "Sparks
la to he given the Job of running the
cook stove
Of course. Sparks will not actually
do the rooking. Rut It will he In
eluded In his duties to sw itch on and
off the current to an electric range
uhich recently was Installed aboard
the dirigible All this falls on Sparks
Just bemuse some wise person lie
thought himself of the idea of using
the radio generator to supply the
necessary current to the stove.
With the new stove the crew of the
Shenandoah may look forward to eat
ing meals while n mile in the air full;
equal to their regular fare on the
ground, ltefore the stove whs de
signed coffee heated over the engine
exhaust; constituted the only hot
article of diet on their menu.
Lift* of Radio JJattories.
A battery on a 0 25 ampere till***
opei at in it ti> an end point of 1.0 volte
under uaual Intermittent aervloe will
gixe over loo hour* of aervlce; two
hatteriea In parallel will give approx
imatelv 25ti hour*. In other xvqrd*
t wo hatteriea connected In parallel
will glxe more than double the aer J
v re of a single batterx Batteries
are connected in parallel xx hen the
pnattix* ( > terminal of one 1* con I
nerted to the po«|ti\e (!» terminal!
of the other. Thl* method of con
neeting leitietle* doe* not chance the!
voltage of the combination, hut In >
creaae* the energy delixered. or. Ini
other word*, the hour* of aervlce
Ritterle* are connected In aerie*
When the poaltlxe (*| » terminal of1
one 1* connected to the negative^—l!
tetmlnal of another When connected j
iti llu* xx as the voltage of the con)
hinatlon I* equal to the *um of the
voltage* of the individual batteries
Tint* a 4 5 volt "A " battery 1* mm
pnaed of three Individual "A” bat*
terlea connected In aerie*, each cell
hiving a voltage of 1.5.
WLBS Heard in Liverpool.
Station WtJHH, New York. 1* In re
reipt of a letter from H C\ J trail
ahaxv. .10 llenthet field rd, Wavertrea,
Llxerpool. Knvlnnd In which he
wrote that he heard program* broad
ca*t hy WQHH Janunt \ 10 and 11
:md *ent hi* 'og record for confirma
tion. Knglneer* **1 WUltH checked (
c.p hi* i 'port with the atatiou * log
and verified Mi. Htadahaxx « report.:
While WOHH ha* been in receipt 1
i f report* from flatenet* from nearly I
all oxer the United Htate* and part* i
Df Uatxad*. thl* I* the ftrat veil fled
irtxort to coni* from n listener on the
I'thei *.d* of the Atlantic
AIK MEDICAL
ADVICE TO SHIPS
Tt has heretofore been considered
hn tnmeusl thing when medical ad j
vice has been transmitted hv radio
to a ship st set. However, this j
method nf relieving persona In dls
tress has now become re« cgnlzed.
It Is announced that t’nlted States'
marine hospital* in the folow Ing
rifles have flow been especially des
Ignited to furniah free medical sei
v|m bv radio to ships at sea New
York City, Stapleton, T,. T Key
West. New Orleans, San Francisco.
Chicago, Sault Hie. Marie and Ms
n i la.
I aliti tin* Lead*.
Mistake* |n making connection*,
which often result In the hurtling out
»f tubes, is a falling common to radio
beginners. .\ good plan and one that
will prove a reminder In making con
nod Ions, Is to have the leads from the
A batteries and "H" batteries tag
god with little tags marked with the
vojt.ig* and polarity of each lead
V. Iial Itudio Me.m-.
The word "r adio (. tin s from the}
Laih. 'ins'* and moans in this sense}
the Riving off. or radiating, of energv j
In every direction. From the broad
rattlflg station enerax Is sent out In
all directloyta In the form of electro*
magnetic waxes Info the ether, an In
vlslbla rhodium filling nil apaca
Program for March M.
(Courtesy of Radio Digest.)
flv The Associated Press.
WEKI. Boston (silent).
WOR Buffalo (319). music.
WKBH Chicago Post (.170.2); 7. oon
r-ert. Sunday school lesson, violin, 9.
dance, veal, stories; 1U dance, readings,
long.
WM tv, Chicago News (447.5); 6, pro
gram; 8. Russell Pratt. Fred Daw, 8.30,
photolog; 9. Chicago theater.
WON. Chicago Tribune (370.2); 6. or
gan; 6:30, ensemble, atrlng quintet; 8,
in/.* program; 10, orchestra, Ja** artist*.
KYW, Chicago ( 536); 7. concert; 8,
must' n |; 9:')5. Youths Companion; 9:30,
classic; 12. carnival; 1, Insomnia club.
WJ.H, Chicago (246): 7. lullaby, 7:20,
revue, Harmony girl*, Harmony aces,
VtO Ml.
Clnrlnn»ti (4222); (I. roncert.
WMM. Cleveland (J89.4); 8. orcheilra.
Irish tenor.
WKAA. Imllii. N>w„ (475 8); «. mltll;
s 30. humorous. 11. dance.
WUC. Davenport (484); 6:20. Sandman;
S;.»ft. iellgi .ua diet usslon; 9, musical; 11,
urches* ra.
K<».\. Denver (323); 10 orchestra.
WW.r De11o11 News (silent).
W TAS, Klein (302 8); .8. 4lan<-e.
WBAP. Fort Worth Star Telegram
(476.9), 7-3». program; 9 1ft. or<hestta.
PW\. Havana (400); 7:30. concert.
KFWH. Hollywood (2521. 9. orchestra;
10. vocal. Instrumental; 12. orchestra.
KNX. Hollywood (336.9), 8.15, music;
9:30, organ. 10. features; 12. orchestra.
1, Hollywood night.
KTHS. Hot Springs Park (27 4 8); 810.
Concert, tenor; 9 glee club; 10 dance.
WDAF Kansas Citv 8tsr (165.6); 6.
School of the Air. 11:45, frolic, Merry Old
Chief
KH J. T.os Angeles (405.2) ; I. concert;
2:30, children. 1ft. features, 13. orchestra
! I.r.sr Angels
WHA**, Louisville Journal (399 1); 7:30.
concert.
WCCO. Mlnneapolis-Rf Paul (414 4); 8.
flrealdc philosophies: 8:30, Rotary cltb;
10 dance, quartet, songs
cKA<\ Montreal (410.7); 6 30. concert,
7 1(* varletv; 9:.10, dance.
WBBR. New York ( 272 6); 7, violinist.
Bible questions, answers
WJZ. New York (454 3) ; 6 orchestra .
7. talk: 7:1*. marine band, enplane} 9,
lalk. k:.1b. dance. - \
WHS' N>» Vork (111.!): * ’*. h»«HH
talk, o::|5. orchestra, 7:30, dance; I .eerv
'icon. Oakland (1*1 I : *. eortrerl ; I",
soprano, violinist, pianist, address; 10,
WuAW. Omaha (52«); «. dranvatic; «:*n.
announced. t>.43. program . 7 SO. address;
9. pianist 11. orchestra; i 1 30, organ.
\\ FI, Philadelphia (.194 5); 6. talk; t,
talk."recital. , . *
WIP Philadelphia (301.2); 6. talk; 7,
talk; 7 ; 1 o, concert; 9:03, orchestra; 10.0o.
KUKA, Pittsburgh (309.1 ); «-30. Sfdtlnx
club; b: 46, Bible talk; 7.30, concert, *10.
glea club.
WCAE. Pittsburgh (402); 0:30, Unde
Kavbee, 7 :co. concert.
KUW. Port land Oregonian (491.5); 12.
Melody men. solos.
K 1*<». bun Francisco (429.5); A:-0, gar
den! hint* 10. orchestra.
WOV. S henectady (379.5); 8:30, dance,
song' ... _ ..
KKOA Seattle Time* (4....): 8 :4o. pro
gr , mi jo rio Time* program; 12 nanr»*
W WA. Sj rinyfeld m:!."); 0:15. naval
history, 6 trio ».:50. talk*, conceit,
baruon. gir’ scouts' ..turp*. 9 05, tenor,
orchest ra
KSP St. I.out* Post-Dispatch ( 54 5.1 >;
7. musical. 9. *pe* la It !#•*
WRC, Washington (4fi*); 4, music; •,
Bible talk, 7 16, concert.
WOAW PROGRAM
Saturday. March 21.
12.30 p m : Horticultural program,
transmitted from WOAW'i remote control
studio In the May Seed snd Nursery com
pany building Shenandoah. It.
5:45 p m.: Public news period, conduct
ed by Kugene M. Konecky.
« P m Dramatic hour. Davie Studio
Of KxpresaJon.
s *5 p. m.. I.andnr'e orcheatra at Bran
dei* store restaurant.
9 p. m Proersm arranged bv Carl Pib
bert. tenor soloist and instructor.
WjH Het herlngt on. vioHn, Grace Deni
son. piano.
in 4> p m • Frank Hodek. jr and hie
Nghtingale orrhe*t»a at Roseland gar
den*
RADIO DEVELOPS
NEW VOICE TYPE
Radio has developed an entirely
new type of .vocal artists whose
voices surpass In sweetness those of
some of the more famous concert
stars, according to Franklin C. K.
Rundqulst, mu seal director of sta
tion WHT. which is preparing to
open In Chicago.
L undquist explained that these
voices, because of their lack of vol
ume, could not have been given to
the public without the radio. For the
most part, he said, they would not fill
p\en a small hall, but have a quality
of delicate sweetness impossible to be
found in a voice of greater carrying
power.
"Before radio broadcasting swept
the country, these voices were what
is known as ‘parlor voices." confined
largely to home and a small circle
of friends. The system of sound
amplification in radio has supplied
the power and volume necessary to
make them h*»ard in every corner of
the world, and the radio voices.’ as
we now call them, are heard nightly
ir. thousands of homes.'*
CANADA STATIONS
BOTHER OTHERS
Washington, March 27.—Several in
etaneca of serious interference by Ca
nadian broadcasters with I'nited
States programs have l>een rejiorted
to the Department of Commerce but
there is no reason to believe that the
higher powered northern stations will
continue t»j bother Cnlted States lie
tenera why are tuned in On local pro
grams. Radio officials of the domin
ion government and of the Cnlted
States Department of Commerce are
co-operating In every step of their
broadcast in* progress and the new
class B allocation plan was formu
lated with the view of leaving several
loopholes in the wave hand for Ca
nadian broadcasters The most an
noying of the recent interference
cases reported was the heterodyning
of PXRO, Ottawa, with WJZ. New
York.
DEAF WOMAN NOW
HEARS SERMONS
Oakland Cal.. March 27—Accord
ing to George \\ Phillips minister
of the Tenth Avenue Baptist church
here, an elderly woman In his «on
glegation, with failing hearing, moved
up toward the baptistry, seat after
seat, trying vainly t*» hear the serv
he. Then she moved 50 miles away.
With a radio set and extra amplifi
cation she now hears services from
his church clearly. *1 even, heard
water trickling buck Into the bap
pj-try." she wrote Phillips today.
HIGH COST OF AIR
IN LITHUANIA
It ought to make American fans feel
good to read the tariff Imposed upon
listeners In Lithuania, which Is as
follows:
Yearly tax for amateur receiving
sets in private homes, and newspaper
offices where news received will be
published for the public, $10; for re
ceiving sets used by banks and other
institutions for commercial uurposes,
$200: for receiving sets in cafes mov
ing picture theaters, restaurants and
places of amusement, $100; for receiv
ing sets installed In places where »h'
admission fee i* charged the daily tax
for each apparatus installed la $2 50
Dealers in radios who install re
ceiving sets In their places of business
are required to pay a yearly tax of
$200.
For registering and sealing each Im
ported or locallv produced receiving
! se* nr its parts the producer or buyer
must pay $1 50 for each receiver, fl
I for each amplifier and 10 centa for
| each lamp.
Radio receiving sets or parts of sets
which are not licensed will he con
fiscated and proceedings will he taken
against the owner.
ANNOUNCERS
ARE ORGANIZED
Kansas City, March IS—Leo Fitx
pa trick, the merry old chief of
VDAF, broadcasting station of the
Kansas City Star, was elected, unani
mously, Wednesday, as president of
the Central Time Announcers' club,
an organisation formed by ufllcial an
nouncers of the middle west and
sou t h.
Seven charter members formed the
club They included George Dewey
Hay of V. LS of Chicago. Gene Rouse
of WOAW of Omaha, Ijmbdln Kay
of WCB of Atlanta. Ga : Rill Hay of
KFKJ of nesting*. Neb; Harold
Hough,'' The Hired Hand" at WB.VP
of Fort Worth, Tex ; John Schilling
of WHR of Kansas City and Mr.
Fitzpatrick.
Mr, Fitzpatrick was nominated to
the presidency by The Solemn Old
Judge Hay of Chicago. There was
on other nomination.
The purpose of the organization
1 will be to foster a movement for a
more hearty co operation among the
central time announcer*
PENMANSHIP IS
TAUGHT BY AIR
Oakland Cal.. Mar, —Take out
your writing pud*. children, poiae
your pen*, read.v ' Now listen to the
music as you write
That * the wav they're learning to
write i learly in the Oakland public
school*
After th * is over geography.
These two subjects h»\e been
udded to the curriculum at station
WtiO heie w 'he becking of the
lo. *1 public schools’ department of
research and guidance.
About 1 t p plls, assembled under
normal ■ l*«* mm 'nditien* in eight
•oljoot* of the ity. lts'en to Mis*
Mvttle Palmei supervisor of pen
msnship. snd follow her nstriietiop*.
Hotter to lead her unusual class.
Miss Palmer ha* what la called a
’ control das* directly before her in
! the studio This class consists of
three children, with pencil endpaper,
taking her Instructions so that she
can are at a glance how fast h*r
pupil* are working throughout the
i city.
LiMmera Thank \ny
Washington. March IT — Many let
I ten* of appreciation have been re
reive I by the Navy l''epartment
from broadcast listeners because of
a tion taken to reduce tranamlaaion
I on Annapolis arc during the “listen
I Ing' hours. \ great deal of former
| Annapch* traffic at night is now
j handled by the high frequency set at
| the \ o il Keaoarvh htbnratorv. Navy
; I C- - •• ; it ■ bv An nap- s
'• s- i'r ul 11 * been advanced
, fiom Hi P ms to sftei inkling hi.
I oost'nt'tl Soldering.
v ned oist in th* oe'dered
•'line « ef s recetv e- wttl reuse
" is: "s snitva s -r perhapa he tb*
sues for no signal* be.** heard.
EX-OMAHAN IS NOW
WHAD ANNOUNCER
Krinard Ranft of Omaha. who warn
a former Blount to Gene Rnuae ae
unm'unrer a» WOAW. ha* been ap
pointed a**i*tant announcer at «• \
tlon WHAD. the Marquette unf\er»
Pit\ Milwaukee Journal etatlon. it
n.t* announced recently.
Anting Ranft 1* a etudent In the
engineering department of Mar
quette univeieltN He announce* the
Monday night program at WHAD.
Can’t I.ot Dial Alone.
An an»liat of radio program ircwp
tlon My* th* avrrag* fin will not
IIMan to a .inglo f*oiur* for mor*
th*n IJ mlnut** Many of th*m will
not l*t their dt*N alon* longer than
a mlmno or two. ho anya except
w hen I hoy are Hinging a party amt
daniiiuc to radio muair.
’Nothor Now Tnho.
' \V Hull, form oily of (h* radio
lahoratrv of th* hureau of aiaml
■ rd», ha* p*rf*ct*d » vaouum txlw
that la Mill to *mlt pnr* *l*< trona and
therefore to I* _ nuir* efficient than
those now In existence
lMil^inp I’mirl llolov
Hide* iti a hakelite |*nel « n l>e
flllett with Mack *ealin8 pax. If the
ht»le* aie filled a little n^ure than
Muehandthe entire panel then pend
papered tintII it ha* a dull flnleh the
pntch will bf ecaictly pteceptibla