Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1925, Page 30

30 STABILIZED RADIO INDUSTRY IN VIEW America’s Latest Marvel Held Due for Reorganization on Economic Lines. By Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, April 18.—America’s mnewest marvel, the radio industry, is boiling and bubbling with the fires of reorganization. Back of the retail stores, where the public lays down its first installment and takes aw its magic box, age-old economic law are working their way toward the indust alvation. Stabilization seems to lie just ahead. i The radio industry today is in con- fusion more confounded than ever plagued the motion picture industry in its first boom days. Radio has passed through a growth that is an outstanding phenomenon for quick ness and size even in these days of billion-dollar industries. “Passed through” is the right phrase, for the glamour of novelty now lies in the past. Ahead lies the serlous work of building solidly for the future of the industry. g Pinch of Liquidation. More than 3,000 so-called manufac- turers of radio instruments are feel- ing the pinch of liquidation. Many of these concerns, organized on a capi- talistic shoestring, probably will go out of existence within the next 60 or 90 days. They are the little fel- lows who jumped in while the water was warm and, disregarding such trivialiti as patent infringements and lack of both experience*and work ing capital, proceeded to turn out radio sets of a sort that an eager public fell over itself to buy. Their sun is setting. Scores of in- fringement suits against each con- cern clutter the court dockets. But that isn't the prime reason for their liquidation. The chief cause is the hot competition among the big fel- lows, who, with meney and experience back of them, are turning out a supe- rior product at competitive prices. Manufacturers caught in the pinch have thrown their product on the market for what it will bring. Lead- ers in the industry estimate that the period of liquidation will be over for the most part in the next two months. When the debris is then cleared away the chances are that prices generally will start to rise. Of necessity they must rise to a point where there is a decent profit in the business. Sensational Plans for Future. The biggest and strongest com- panies in the business are making se. tional plans for the immediate future. The country will ring with what they have to say when the present period is past. This cor respondent has been privileged to ex- plore the experimental establishments of some of these coneerns, and has been ounded at the progress made thus far—progress —of which no whisper h: reached the public. Revolutionary developments in"am- plification, loud speakers and selec tivity will be announced before the Fall season opens. Radical changes with respect to broadcasting have been under consideration by the leaders for some time and are at present nearing consummation. The tangled jumble of jazz and other entertainment over- lapping and encroaching on each other through the ether will be un- tangled in large measure. Once again it may soon be possible for a receiving set of ordinary powers to select its program #nd 'get it alone. Back of the.entitg.avarp.and woof of betterment plans, the shuttles are working to harmonize the industry in its aims . and . purposes. and to strengthen it as the other industries are strengthened by assoclation. Needful Leadership Promised. Radio bids fair to have a czar with- in six months, just as base ball has | a czar. It is heading up to follow the way of the stage and the movies under the single leadership of a strong and resourceful leader, who will be capable of bringing it out of its pres- | ent wilderness of confusion. The idea ir is not new to the lead To some of them such a leader seems i ive if the industry is to be nurtured safely past its teething stage. The present danger s that radio will come to be considered as a fad. To prevent that, a new appeal to pub- lic fancy must soon be made, as the leaders see the situation. Better equipment, perhaps, better progress and better policing of the air, together with more of a_ work-together spirit on the part of the big factors in the industry are on the way and soon will | give radio a new lease on life. Local Radio Entertainment Sunday, April 19, 1925, NAA—Naval Radio Station, Radio, Va. (134.5 Meters). 10:05 a.m. and 10:05 p.m.—Weather reports. WDM—Church _of the Covenant (275 Meters). 10 am.—Every girl's Bible class, conducted by Mrs. Irving Ketchum. 11 1w Morning service; sermon by Rev. Charles Wood, on “The Life Worth Living.” 8 p.m.—Evening service; sermon by Dr. Wood, on “The Success That Fails.” Easter musieal program to be repeated by the evening choir of 100 voices. ‘WCAP—Chesapeake Telephone Co. (468. 11 a.m.—Service from Church of Christ, Scientist ington. Elmer 1. er; Mrs. Gertrude K reader ubject ment.” Contralto soloi McGill Keefer; organist, C. M. Ashton. 4 pm.—Service from Bethlehem Chapel of the National Episcopal Ca- thedral at Mount St. Alban. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will deliver the sermon. 7:20 to 9:15 p.m.—'Roxie and His Gang” at the Capitol Theater, New d Potomac Meters). the of Wash- Baldwin, first read- Fullaway, second Doctrine of Atone- | virst | ! t, Mrs. Flora THE SUNDAY LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMEN SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1925 Programs of Distant Stations Scheduled jor Eastern Standard Time Station. Meters. Miles. WD 3028 454% 8 TO 9 AM. church services 9 TO 10 AM. comic stories: 10 TG 11 AM. Watchtower Orchestra; voeal solo 8:45—Mooseheart, IIL.: Catholic 9:00—New York: Children’s hour; music 10:00—Rocsville, N. lecture Omaha: Radio’ Springfield - hapel service ‘from Gospel Taberna Church of the Unity services; music by the Philharmonic Male Quartet ... ................. 10:20—Philudelphia: Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Churc) 10:30—Schenectady: Madison Avenue Reformed Church services.. Cincinnati: Sunday schaol conducted by the editorial ataff of Sunday school publications of the Methodist Book 10:40—Mooscheart: “Protestant “church “tervices 10:45—Kansas City: Linwood Boulevard Christian Church services Philadelphia: Holy Trinity Church services .......... 0ON. L WLW [ WJID WHB | Miss' Opal | sermon by H 11:00—Boston: Services from Temple Zacini Mich.: Studio chapel services Mary Lamson, reader: Detroit: Paul's Episcopal "Cathedr X { San Francisco: Presentation of the Fort Warth: Kiddies' hour: Uncle Blly .. . Louisville: ‘Organ: Broadway Christian Church services: | . music by the choir:'organ music ... ;i 3 New York: Communion breakfast of the ters of America from Hotel St. George . Pittsburgh: First Unitarian Church services . 11:20—Minneapolis-St. Paul: Plymouth Congreationsi Church serv . sy .WCCo 11:30—Chicago: People's Church services .. ... . S Chicago: People's Liberal Church services . WBCN 12 NOON TO 1 POIL rvices from Orchestra Hall; mu- 12:00—Chicago: Central Chureh 4 1 pro 3 KYW | of ‘the Covenani . | FAD MUKOT YOCAl DROSTAIL ... <@ o s o:tsssnnsns WLW | Atlanta: First Presbylerian Church = services Fort Worth: Church services ... ............ ... i Hot Springs: Central Avenus Methodist Church service Chicago: Uncle Walt ‘reads the funnies to the children; concert from Balaban & Katz Theater . 170 2 P 1:00—New York: Organ recital from Lexington Theater Denver: Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church services quartet: vocal soloi S Los Angeles: Sermon from trom First M. E. Church . E Los Angeles: First Presbyterian Churel ol Los Angeles: Los Angeles Church Federation 1:30—San Francisco: “What Is Playing at the Local Theater Boston: Concert from restaurant R Portland: First Presbyterian Church eervices 2 TO 3 P.M. 2:00—Philadelphia: Concert by Arcadis Orchestra Davenport: The Little Symphony Orchestra: songs .. ... San_ Francisco: Undenomiational and non-sectarian church services: vocal solos SiRIn JOT ey Los Angeles: Temple Baptist Chwcch services .. KFI Detroit: The Detroit News Orchestra: speaker . LWWI 2:15—Cleveland: Concert by Allen Theater Orchestra ...\ ... 'WEAR 2:30—Phil Sunday school. WOO ew ew York Fed- L WSB WBAP KTHS udio: ol ces KN X .. .KFI _KPO WNAC KGW -WLIT .Woc KPO Iphia: Musical exercises from Bethan ork: Radio Bible class, auspices of on of Churches: community chorus o : Daughters of American Revolution ... . . Pittsburgh: Concert by Westinghouse Symphony Orchy Atlantic City: Seaside Hotel Trio; sermon from First Met odist Episcopal Church ....... . WHAS 3 TO 4 P.M. 3:00—New York: “Sunday hymn sing,” auspices Greater New York. feration of ChUrches .............. g, s City: Classical program .. ...... Chicago: Organ recital by Edwin Seder . . 1 [ " New York: Queens County Christian Endeavor program . . Davenport: Lecture by Emil Silberstein A 3:15—Springfleld: Program from Faneull Hull, in commemaratio 150th anniversary of American Revolution ...... . Atlantic City: Organ recital from Atlantic City High 8chool Auditorium . A 3:30—-New_York: Edith Church vesper services New York: Musical proy from Pic Omaha: Zither and Harp-Guitar Tric byterian Church Choir: piano solos 3ok s ey s EWOANT. Cleveland: Concert by lvan Francisci's Hotel Cieveland Or- chestra ... ..., . Phtladelphia: Concert 'by Philadelphia Music Schenectady: WGY Symphony Orchestra . New York: Program by the Nickel's Trio Chicago: Kan: ity wolos: Covenant Tribune master artists' concert 4T0 5 PM. 4:00—New York: Vocal solos: Music Lovers' Association .. ... New York: Interdenominational church services, auspices the Greater New York Federation of Churches: radio roup: male quartet: address: solos . s Pittsburgh: Orcan recital from Carnegie Music Hail . Chicago: Musical: special concert program . Cincinnati: Sermonette: sacred chimes concert Mooseheart, 11l.: Concert program 4:15—Atlantic City: Comugunity services: recital from St. James' Episcop 4:30—Philadelphia: Philadelphia Federation of Montreal: Concert program .. Minneapolis-St. Paul: Surprise Chicago: Recital of Chicago Theater Too S PP L7 Pittsburgh: $hadyside Presbyterian Church service 5 TO 6 P.M. 5:00—New York: Roseland Dance Orchestra: Olcott string trio .. .. S 5 Fort Worth: Concert from Rialto Theater .. Chicago: Studio concert from Hears Chicago: Vocal and instrumental arti Loulsville: Veaper sons service {rom First Unitarian Churchi ai ‘and instrumental’ “hurch: organ and choir WPG hurches WFI "program usical Coli City: Symphony Orchestra from Ivanhoe Temple . 6 TO T PM. 6:00—Kansas City: International Sunday school lesson: hymns by the Radio Quartet; solos . e X Fhlladaiphia: Orvan fecital by Carehod Bawden Philadeiphia: Benjamin Franklin Concert Orchestra Boston: Concert by Young's Concert Orchestra; solos Denver: Organ music: Trinity Orchestra in recitai Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church .. .. Atlanta: “Program from Nelghborhood ' Chapel v 6:30—Pittsburgh; Pluisbureh Ahletic Association Orchiestra Oakland: Little Symphony Orchestra: vocal soloists . 7 TO 8 PM. 7:00—Dallas: Radio Bible class of the First Presbyterian Church: gospet IR .- es e . P Los Angeles: Federated church m: - ove Springfield: Copley Plaza Hotel Orchestra: aeee New York: Nath: Abas' Hotel Pennaylvas ira Foks, Kan 300 1.489 543 188 2,434 WFAA KF1 WBZ Wz 7:20—New York: Musical program by ‘‘Roxie broadcast jointly with stations WEEIL WWJ and WCAP, from ... 7:30—Schenectady: Madison Avenue 'Reformed Philadelphia: “How Granny Teld the Bible Storie Dream Daddy ............o-.... 3 Pittaburgh: Calvary opal Church services Philadelphia: Bethany Presbyterian Church services; Chicago: Organ: Little Brown Church in the Vale 8TO O PM. 8:00—New_York: Viola Sherer. soprano: American Orchestral Society concert from Cooper Union, WGY and.... Springfield; Elizaheth Bates, contrall riotie talk ... Chicaio: “Giub service from Orchestra Hall: musical pro- ‘sram; talk by Henry Van Dyke of Princeton, N. J. Boston: 150th anniversary celebration of the battle of Lex- Wneeles: Rudio sunsel service Trom Wilshire Congresa- * WJAR, 4915 3795 an4 5 3001 B8 5446 Los_ Angele: tional Church .. A oie . Chicago: Classical conceri. vocal and’ in Iowa City: Children's program ... New York: Bernhard Levitow's Hote! modo 8:15—Berrien Springs, Mich.: Rose Room Studio ch: 1 Radio Lighthouse Choir: sermon hy John Knex 8:30—Montreal: Studio concert: ‘fraymore Quartet .... ‘Atlanta: Wesley Memorial Church services o Dallas: First_Methodist Episcopal Church services Belcanto Male Quartet . Leeeeeeaasan - Cincinnati; - Firel Preshyteri: Church services .... <ue . WLW efferson City: First Christian Church services ..., WOS| innespolis-St. Paul: Hennepin Ave. M. E. Chureh services WCCO 9 TO 10 P.M. 9:00—Chicago: Ralph Williams and his Rainbo Garden Orchestr; vocal and instrumental program ........ wesh Davenport: Pirst Lutheran Church service: Springfield: Organ solos from Hotel Brunswick .. Kansas l'l: Church services . Senectad Shicase Midway Dancing Gardens Orchestra: vocal a1 Drogram - d: “Evening hour” .. N City: Seaside Hotel Trio; los . Portland Couneil of Churches WFAA 8:45—] Y.: Instrumental trio; K Bible lecture, “Coming Back from Hell L7 Vocal and indtrumental program; ausriet’ '’ 15—New Y rian recital from chapel at Colymbia Univer. 05— New O adcast jointly with stations WEEL WJAR, CAP, WCTS and WWJ. from ..o ... 9:30—New York: Godfrey Ludlow. violinist, WGY ‘and . X Denver: Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church services ..... Hot, Springs: De Luxe Orchestra program from Arlington San' Francisco Binte Sing Zion, Restaarant Orchestra . ..0 05000 New York: Verdi's “Traviata.’ by Corriers 4’ Americ: ‘complete chOrUS Wnd OrCREStra .. .. ........... Los Angeles: Art Hickman's Concert Orcheafra ... Cincinnati: Concert by Western and Southern \Orchéstr 0:45—Los Angeles: Radiotorial and music sppreciation talk ... 10 TO 11 PO )— | ngeles: Theatrical enterprises from the stage and stu- 10:00—Los ANEIethe Metropolitan Theater by S Los Angeles: Organ recital from Fj Portland: Colburn's Concert Orchestra; solo: Kansas City: Classical program ... Towa City: Familiar hymns by Helen t New York: ‘Reminiscences of a Reporter Tos Angeles: First Presbyterian Church of New York: Razor entertainers: Commanders “hicago: Concert by WGN Singers: Drake Ensembl WGN Alantic City: Choirs of First M. E. Church ....... WPG Omaha: Musical chapel service from First Unitarian Churel WOAW. 101158t Lonis: Address on “The Power of Faith” - I.. KFUO y Minneapolis-St. Paul: Classical concert, vecal instru- gy mental ;i : 4 = WFAA 10:30—Dallas: Jack Ll Davenport: oy ol Los Angeles. Bible Students’ As- sociation ... .KHJ 403 2,300 Orcutt, soprano . Holivwood 1. Orchestra. ../ WHN Ga ttle Symphony Orchestra Program by International concert ..... | accepting 11 NEW BROADCAST STATIONS OPENED Additions to List Despite Warnings Issued Against Further Congestion. Eleven new broadcasting stations were welcomed on the air last week by the Department of Commerce. Coincident with the announcement of the new casters, it was said by offi- cials of the department that despite warnings against further congestion ino relief was in sight. One of the new stations is a class B plant—the Sanger-Maison Blanche mouthpiece at New Orleans, which, after a little juggling of wave.lengths, has been assigned to 319 meters. The station owners have fitted their own initials into the call letters, WSMB, and have begun operation on 500 watts. Higher power will® probably be used this Summer, after the station has tested its lungs. The other 10 stations are all class A affairs, one of which, WMBBE, the Trianon ballroom, Chicago, is standing by on 250 meters and 500 watts, wait- ing for a chance to grab off a B license. The only other change during the week was the transfer of KWG, at Stockton, Calif., from class C to class A. KWG will continue to operate on 50 watts and will frequent the 248 meter band. Radio distributors and merchants shared honors in obtaining: the class A license for the week, five of them class A certificates. One church was represented, the St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church at Elkins ark, Pa. The complete list of class A sta- tions_welcomed follows: R, Chicago, 10 watts, 266 WDOD, Chattanooga, 50 watts, 256 meters; KQW, San Jose, Calif.; 50 watts, 226 meters; WIBE, Martinsburg, W. Va., 5 watts, 209.7 meters; WIBO, Chicago, 10 watts, 226 metersi WOWL, New Orleans, 100 watts, 270 meters; WIBF, Wheatland, Wis., 50 watts, 231 meters; WIBG, Wilking'’_Park, Pa., 50 watts, 222 meters; WMBBE, Chicago, 500 watts, 250 meters, and WIBD, Joliet, IIL, 50 watts, 200 meters. Commenting on the _increasing number of broadcasters, Department of Commerce officials said that al- though the number of deletions since the first of April had not been totaled, stations were not leaving the air as rapidly as they are coming on. RADIO SAVES VESSELS FROM PACIFIC ROCKS Proves Value to Ships Off Van- couver During Winter—Regular “Graveyard” Claims But Few. By the Associated Press. EATTLE, Wash., April 18.—Radio has brought & notable measure of protection to vessels approaching the rocks of the west coast of Vancouver Island. Last Winter not a ship equip- ped with radio was lost in this grave- vard of the Pacific, while in past years the toll has been as high as 10 wrecks and numerous deaths of pas- sengers and crews. The improvement is due to the building of three radio telegraph di- rection-finding stations on and near the island which, by working togeth. er with a ship with wireless, can tell the vessel her exact location and guide her safely to port. The mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca is but 15 miles wide, and here tides and winds from all directions meet. Vessels coming to Puget Sound from any point on the Pacific must head straight for the great body of Vancouver Island, 300 miles long, be- fore turning into the strait. Chicago Station to Try to Reach Australia in Day Time. CHICAGO, April 16.—The first re- ported attempt to communicate half- way around the earth in daytime by radio will be made here next Sunday morning by a station using the call number 9XN, it was announced yes- terday. tice has been sent to st tions in' New Zealand and Australia, and other stations less distant .0 be on the alert for the signals, which will be broadcast on a wave length of 20 meters. Plan Tl{be in Parallel. It the tubes in the receiver you are building are all the same type, you can get satisfactory filament current regulation by . placing the tubes in parallel with each other and in series with one rheostat, which should be in the negative lead to the batery. The only drawback. to this arrangement is that all the tubes must be kept burn- ing, even when you need only one or two for local stations. Rubber Gasket Useful. In fitting the loudspeaker unit to the horn part of the apparatus, which ig often purchased separately, the unit sometimes does not fit tightly. A ring cut from an old automobile inner tube that has outlived its usefullness makes an ideal gasket because the rubber is springy enough to make an air-tight and sound-tight joint. Select the thickest part of the tube to cut. Stations to Aid Balloonists. Inquiries are being made by Station WEAR, Cleveland, to determine what other Class B stations will participate in broadcasting weather reports to the pilots of the balloons taking part in the annual air flight May 1. Valuable assistance was rendered the pilots last year by seven stations. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. Musical program by “Roxie and his _Gang,” direct from STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 19, 1925—PART 1. ! John Smith and His Radio BY FREDERICK C, RUSSELL Car owners throughout the world have followed John Smith in his daily motoring—and have benefited thereby. Now he has taken up radio, and is willing that his fellow fans should be amused and profit by his evening experiences. Smith has a faculty for “finding out things” so it will pay ragio devotees to follow him in The Sunday Star each week. No 12: Finding Battery Trouble. It was while getting a little practice in tuning in on one of the stations that was to broadcast an exception- ally fine program a few nights later that Smith ran into a few difficulties. It was one of those nights when radio waves were not spanning the ether up to the usual standard, but when he suggested that 1 come over and help him locate the trouble I made no men- tion of this. His trouble appeared to be difficuity in obtaining sufficient volume, but on watching him 1 found he was not try- ing for anything more than 200 miles away. “Why don't you try for some sta- tion at 700 miles or 1,090?" 1 suggested. “There are a few more distant stations that are so much more powerful than the nearby ones rou're,trying to get that they should come through very well. Don't con demn your set just because a few sta- tions are not up to par. Tune in on as many as possible and judge con- ditions from the average. Not only must you figure on variations in the efliclency of the stations, but also on variations in the atmosphere, earth and many other things that are still a myster; “Even your aerial makes a differ- ence. Brown, down the street, tried swinging his ‘aerial in a different di- rection and discovered that some of the stations he used to get very dis- tinetly became faint. He thought he was having radio trouble, but when he tried tuning in for unfamiliar sta- tions he found he could pick up a number of programs he never had been able to hear before. That, course, was due to the direction which the aerial ran.” “That's all very interesting,” Smith admitted, “but it looks like a gentle way of telling me that I've got real trouble tonight. 1 haven't touched the aerial and I neither get the old stations clearly nor any new ones. Something's wrong. Now, where do we start looking for it?" “We start with the easiest things first,” 1 answered. “In your experi- ence with tuning you must have dis- covered how delicate a thing your re- ceiving set it, for the slightest posi tion of one of the dials draws the line between getting a station and losing it. The same thing applies to any trouble with the set. That's why the very simple things are the basis of in | tector tube. the | of | most radio {roubles. Major troubles with any of the units can be recog- nized by the fact that they make the set inoperative ““Well, we're in no such predicament as that. Let's check over the battery connections. They cleaned the living room today. Maybe somebody dis- turbed the wires." “There’s an easier way to look for the trouble than that,” I reminded him, ally working tonight but does not get the statfons with the usual volume Suggests three things—radio energy reaching the set is weak, the batteries are weak or the tubes are getting old.” Smith knew how to decide about the tubes. He went to the shelf where he carries a few spare Darts so as not to be caught during a worth-while con- cert program and returned with two new tubes. These he inserted first as audio amplifier tubes, then as radio amplifiers. He even changed the de- But the tubes revealed no apparent inefficiency. “Now how are we going to measur the strength of the incoming signals? he asked. “We'll decide that point with our heads,” T explained. “Our heads?” Smith puzzled. “Simple enough., Disconnect the connection. Plug in the loud speaker and slowly turn up the fila- ment control rheostat until we get the customary sound of rushing air, or frying. Note the reading on the rheo- stat dial for the point where you first begin to hear it." Smith tried this and found he had to turn the rheostat dial to 80 before the set was ready for work. Ordina- rily the usual operating point was around 60. ““What does that prove?” he asked. “It proves that your ‘A’ battery— the storage battery—is way down. It needs recharging.” “But why was the set working fair- 1y well last night?” “That was because the ether was more favorable to radio transmission. Also because a battery gives out faster as it becomes discharged. You've both nditions to contend with to- nigh Smith made a note of the fact that the head is an indispensable part of any good recefving statfon. Next week, No. 1 battery. (Copyright. 1925, by the Ullman Feature Service.) Recharging “A” “The fact that your set is actu- | Signals at the point of reception. RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce and administrator of radio, also is a regular radio fan of the first water. Only he doesn’t tell about the number of stations he logs at a single sitting nor the great distances he covers during his evenings at home. The Secretary 18 far prouder of his son’s record @5 an amateur. But he is interested perhaps more in radio than any of the other multitude of subjects which come under his direc- tion as Secretary of Commerce. As aerial traffic director, Hoover operates his own set. He talks radio, going into its ramifications in more detail than he does in much of his| departmental work. He can tell you the call letters, wave lengths and power of many stations, and he knows how most of them are operating and whether there is interference between them under the 10-kilocycle separa- tion. He isn’t an inspector, but he does listen in almost every night either before or after dinner to Keep his ear tuned to the interests of the radio public, which appeals to him so vigorously and frequently for atten tion. Too busy to listzn in during office hours, the Secretary has no set in his office, but at his home, at 2300 § street, he has three sets. He reversed the usual process in listening in, be- ginning at the top. His first set was a superheterodyne, which has a place of prominence in the dining room and frequently provides music with his meals. A later acquisition is a three- tube set, while the new-comer is a simple crystal detector. The l‘WO last mentioned sets are located in Mr. Hoover's den or study, where he does most of his listening in, often devot- ing long evenings to it. Experiments with the big super set convinced the Secretary that he was not exactly operating on a par Wwith the majority of fans, so, desiring to/ be in the same position as they, he 2ot o smaller, and simpler set, hoping to experience some of the difficulties of which they complained. He did. He Is known to have had trouble in ng a desired station, and prob- gf‘:;‘ Tost his patience hundreds of times as have all of us. Assurance given that he has burned out at least one tube. However, his re- searches in radio land convinced him that there was something in the many Jetters he and his aides received from listeners-in. He soon -became better able to discuss the difficulties of as- Signing wave lengths, the nedessary Separation between channels, and the effect of varied power with his techni- sers. ca}\lml;i’nover s second set did not ful- 1l his desire to know how a simple set worked, so he had a crystal out- At installed and connected by a dou- ble-throw Switch with the antenna of his three-tuber. More research, more patience and less results. The Secre- Yary is mot known to have made a much better record With a crystal re- ceiver than the rest of us, although he i said to have picked up one out- side station—Pittsburgh. ~Now he knows how it feels to have to take what you can-get via radio, to be limited to volume and clarity; to be unable to choose a program other than the local which happens to be on the air or a composite of two locals. He has tried all types of sets except the single tube. Now it is believed his experience is typical, and that he knows as much about receiving as the average fan from personal experience. From his administrative work and the talks with his own and visiting ex- perts and manufacturers he ~has Pleaned a general knowledge of the Fadio game few of us are so fortunate as to possess. At a conference when a Tepresentative gets up to file some | June, Palmer will tor of radio has all the radio he wants —usually when he wants it. Radio’s First “Explorer.” The first “radio explorer” is Eric H. Palmer of Brooklyn, N. Y., who is to make the most intensive study of Summer reception conditions ever con- ducted since the popularizing of radio broadeasting. At the top of mountains, through valleys and in caverns, in foreats, on trains, automobiles and steamers Palmer will “tune in,” , determining strength of signals under all kinds of atmospheric conditions and under various environments. For tHe purpose of making this analysis—as well as to write articles pertaining to the romantic side of radio—Palmer will leave with the special train of the Brogklyn Chamber 9L ommerce ‘carrying 125 “Good elegates Wil delegates 10 the Pacific Coast, Before his return. the latter part of ave “listened in" at the top of Pike's Peak, down in the Grand Canyon, in Yosemite Na- tional Park, on the beaches of south- ern California, and among the famous big trees in that State, in Holly. wood among the movie stars, at the foot of famous Mount Hood, on the Columbia River Highway, out on the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver, in the Canadian Rockies, on Lake Ontario in villages as weli as great cities, in cabins as well as hotels, and all in all, anticipates a thrilling experience. Palmer will carry with him two re- celving sets, one of new -design, and will have charge, also, of the opera- tion of a powerful receiver to be in stalled by the Freed-Eisemann Radio | Corporation in the assembly car the Brooklyn Chamber of Commercy i‘:ger‘lfl[l“'mf'or the purpose of provid. entertainment for f ing the trip; e parNNY n view of the co-operation o - eral broadcasting stations throu'(h.:\‘;l the continent, the Chamber of Com- merce party may anticipate hearing programs In their honor whén near. ing ‘several of the larger cities. Sta- tion WGN. Chicago, has extended every one an invitation to visit the studio in the Drake Hotel during the stop in the Windy Cit An Early Loud Speaker. Just after radio broadcasti in’the United States the “skipper- o a naval torpedo boat statloned at & foreign port decided to give his din. ner guests a treat. Just as coffee was being served in the cabin he pointed to the voice tube on the wall and asked if they had heard any musi. cal broadcasts, ~The bell mouth pro. jecting into the cabin resembled a sort of horn not unlike a loud speaker When the guests expressed a desire to hear some radio music, the captain phoned the radio shack requesting that the loud speaker be tuned up. There was not a thing. on the air but code, but everything was prear. ranged. The quartermaster on watch had the ships' phonograph on the bridge near the other end of the voice tube, and, when tipped off by the radig officer, he started it up with a good opera Tecord. Down below the music came in very well. Several selections followed in good order, but then the quartermaster spoiled the captain’s party, calling down the tube: ‘That's Radio Tubes Reactivated To Work Like New—35¢ Each (200—201A—300—301A—199—209) No Charge If We Fail wo:lt with a view to | the last record, sir. Shall I run 'em over again?” KDKA'S Short Wave Set. Few people listening in on station KDKA realize that in the same sta- tlon s another transmitting set, the only one of its size and type in the world, which is forwarding at the same moment the program regularly to the most distant parts of the globe. Whether thess most distant parts| to which the programs are being for- warded be ~ Johannesburg, _South Africa; England, Germany, Buenos Afres, South America; Sydney or Mel- bourne, Australid, or some other point depends on a schedule that is always arranged in advance. This Westinghouse world-wide re- lay system transmission is done by making use of extremely short wave lengths. While high power is used for the transmission, it s done with the| view of maintaining good constant | This particular transmitting set, lo- cated on the hill near East Pittsburgh, Pa., can reach every part of the world. It has successfully transmitted pro- grams and had the programs relayed a distance of more than 12,000 miles, which, since it is half-way around the world, is the maximum of distance that will be required of a transmitting set. These transmissions handled by the Westinghouse world-wide relay sys- tem are always prearranged and fix- ed schedules are maintained. “This is a departure from the haphazard, sometimes-heard long-distance rec- ords made by the ordinary station. In order to make long-distance relay service of practical value, the signals must go through regularly, and must not be disturbed by the ordinary con- ditions such as interrupt the tra mission from the usual type of broad- casting station. The station at East Pittsburgh from which the programs are sent actually is a radio power plant. There are several sets located in the building, while outside the building are many poles supporting a variety of anten- na. The short-wave transmitting is done on copper tubes supported by vertical poles. By proper arrange- ment of the poles directional effects are obtained, thus alding materially in reaching the desired part of the world. The electric power company which supplies the power for this plant has a regular substation in the basement of the building. To assure reliable service and freedom from interrup- tions of the transmission this com- pany has run two feeder wires from two different power circuits fed by two different generating stations. The amount of power available on any of the sets is, within reasonable bounds, unlimited. For regular broad casting from station KDKA 10 kilo- Watts often are used, while for ex perimental purpose the station can ra diate several times that amount of power. This, of course, accounts for the remarkable range of the broad- casting station, not considering the relay operation. As KDKA, the pioneer radio broad- casting station of the world and at present the most powerful station in the world, truly is the national sta- tion, so its, sister station, the short- wave one, is the international one. CRYSTAL LOUD SPEAKER ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 16.—A new loud speaker, capable of rendering sounds from an ordinary radio crystal set almost in the same volume as given at the sending point, was dem- onstrated yesterday at the conven- tion of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, in session here. The instrument was demonstrated by Chester W. Rice and BEdward W. Kellogg of the General Electric Co., who developed it. In perfecting the device they discarded the horn, and in place of a diaphragm a flexibly sup- ported paper cone is used to reflect the sound. A flat board, known as a “baffle board,” placed in front of the cone, it was said, tends to abolish the resonances and metallic sounds found in ordinary diaphragms and horns and other loud speakers using paper cones. “Pat” Barnes WHT Announcer. Patrick Henry Barnes, better known to American and A. E. F. audiences as “Pat” Barnes and “A Buck,” writer, star and producer of the fa- mous A. E. F. musical comedy, “A Buck on Leave,” will be the chief an nouncer of radio superstation WHT, Chicago, which April 25, Fixed rystal Detectors, 10c 75¢ per dozen 100 for $5 These Detectors are unequaled by any $1.50 fixed detector. Tested on the air and absolute- 1y guaranteed. Radio Receiving Set, including fixed crystal, 25c. ‘With earphone, §1. Your own earphone or phones converted into Park Bench Set, 50c. Call or Write Room 4 E. L. RICE 1115 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Washington, D. C. will go on the air | " Balkite HARTFORD IS CHOSEN WORLD RADIO CENTER Selection Is Tribute to Work off Amateurs Located in Con- necticut City. Selection of Hartford, Conn.. as th& Geneva of the world of radio is & ribute to the remarkable achieves ments of the American amateurs. By @ unenimous vote, the radio xmaa teurs of the world, in session at Pariss have formed a world organteas tion, and have chosen for its head< quarters the New England city. home of the American Radio Relay Leagus and the residence of Hiram Percy Maxim. its president. Faced with gradually diminishing privileges—the reduction of wave lengths, the imposition of quiet hours and the limitations of power—tha American amateur has taken what has been given by the Government css wave lengths,” and If heard around the world on them. Maxim Request Recalled. In this connection it is interesting to recall the request of Mr. Maxim a% the third annual radio conference. “We amateurs ask for no additiona% wave bands beyond those that have al- ready been given us,” the vetaran ine ventor said. ‘All we desire is to be permitted to continue the use of the bands we now occupy, to continue to produce contributions to radio science and to continue to perfect large nume bers of young men in radio telegraphia communication Since that time the lengths—"'worthless " they were called ther—have been explored by the amas teurs, working through the Radio Re- lay League, with that these “hams” roday ed by their fellows their field. The American Radio Rel today boasts Hiram Percy Maxim and Hartfor low wave s ber's, Acid Ruins Cords. One drop of acid from the battery will ruin a phone or loudspeaker cords The acld eats its way into the covering and finally weakens the c so that it breaks at the point. 16 would not be so serfous if it ruined the phone cord at once, a new cord does not cost much. The t that it usually s sizzll crackling noises a weeks before the reception is discovered for n siz source of the K L5 e More Music Copyrighted. Broadcasting stations which have not obtained licenses from the Societ of Composers, Authors and Publisher: received a blow Wednesday when the society announced the inclusion in itg membership of the Boston Music Coms pany and the Weil Publishing Hous Many of the musical selections used regularly by the unlicensed stations during the past year were among thq publications of these two houses. Amateur Shows Good Will. A happy example of that kind of co-operation that has distinguished American radio amateurs was, demons strated on election night when a New York City fan copied election returns from WEAF and telegraphed them to station KGO at Denver. In announc- ing these gratuitous reports KGO publicly thanked the New York teur for his assistance to Mountain listeners. The Balkite charger and Bal- kite “B"—the ideal power supply for your radio set. oAt your dealer’s RadiioPowerUnits Manufactured by FANSTEEL PRODUCTS CO., Inc. North Chicago, Illinois 11 P.ML TO 12 MIDNIGHT. York 5 9:15 to 10:15—Organ from the studio of the S Company, New Yark. Capitol Theater, New York City, WCAP, Washington; WEAF, New York; WEEI, jlly complaint the Secretary is mot| mbressed; he knows well enough it is | the Tan's fault, that his set is not built | or operated properly, or that local con- 2 1:00—1 ecital direct | * B tor's $ inner Organ | B Seiger's Fairmont Hotel’ il 11:30—San Francisco: Rudy Sewers Faltmont Hotel O Phone us before 10 Boston ; Early Program Monday 6:45 to 7:45 a.m.—Morning “Setting- Up” exercises by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, direct from the Metropolitan Tower, 1 Madison ave- nue, New York City. WRC—Radio Corporation of A (468.5 Meters). merica Silent. Early Program Tomorrow. 1 p.m.—Luncheon .concert. by. the Hotel Shoreham Orchestra. L ESICE - Portable Receiver Made. New models of small, light portable receivers are being prepared by sev- eral of the leading radio manufac- turers of the country. The portables, it is said, will be considerably lighter than any of those perfected last year, and are made up in a much more com- pact form. This new portable appears to be‘about the only important Spring development that will emanate from the radio factories. 2:00—] Angeles: Musical program . 1308k nana Cliy: Orpun rocital from Fort Worth: 1:00—Los Angeles lections ' .. Mooseheart che CAPITAL’S YOUNGER SET PLANS RADIO' PROGRAM " 'The v including & number of the season debutantes, have arranged a special radio entertainment which they will present from Station WRC Tuesday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The entertainment will feature sev- eral of the stars of “The Talk of the Town,” a musical comedy which the debutantes will present at the Belasco Theater the latter half of the week under the direction of Donald Mac- Donald, 3d. Among the: principals in the radio entertainment will be Virginia Seldon, Dimitri dem Dimancesco, secretary of Linwood Theater . Eddie Kerner's Radio Orches 2 jungei ‘set ‘0f* Cdpital soctety, ht's O the Rumanian legation; Katherine Marshall, Claudia Reed, Charlotte Hanriman and a . picked. chorus of debutantes. These singers will be sup- ported by Jack Bowie, popular Wash- ington . tenor, and Anne Elstoer, who has appeared here in “Liliom” and “Sun Up." and who will appear also in “The Talk of the Town.” The “deb” entertainment will be presented in the studio of WRC, and has been especially arranged by Rob- ert Chraine. Several of the song hits of the show will be included in the radio perform- ance, among which will be “Lanterns of the Night,” ‘‘Memories,” “Alice” and “Some One Like You,” all of ‘which _were written especially for WIJAR, Providence; WCTS, Worcester, and WWJ, Detroit, 7:20 to 9:15 o'clock. Concert by the American Orchestral Society, WJZ, New York and WGY, Schenectady, 8:15 to 9:30 o'clock. Program from Mark Strand Theater, WNYC, New York, 9 to 11 o'clock. Organ recital direct from chapel at Columbia University, WCAP, WEAF, WEET WJAR, WCTS, and WWJ, 9:15 to 10:15 o'clock. Varied , musical WBCN, Chicago, o'clock. programs, 9 to 12 Verdis “Traviata,” by Cor- riere d'America, complete chorus and orchestra, WGBS, ‘The Talk of the Town™ ky Eugene Ford of the Elsie Janis compas New York, 9:30 o'clock. i eclude satisfactory reception. ?::‘:Ql’:e‘:rworfln, you can't put much over on Mr.. Hoover now that he has been through the listeners’ school. He is & post-graduate actually. He ex- presses no particular preference for any. one set or any type of set; he likes Tost of them and would like to try them all if he had time. He listens nightly unless there is something special Wwhich calls him away from home. He takes his jazz where he finds it, his opera, too, but prefers a good political or economic talk if there is one on the air. Public events are favored, and he likes good speakers. 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