Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1927, Page 32

32 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 27, 1927_PART 1. ADI[] PARI_EY HEI_D [ GUESTS IN GALA RADIO HOUR | ¢ Conference of Representa- tives of 76 Nations Amazing ‘ in International Relations. The eenferen Friday achievement tions, but tienal relations This gatherin n 400 dele € representing 76 ducted the most delicate nes over a period of seven weeks without | one major disagreement, flare-up or | emate, and closed in unanimou veement upon a_convention which is certain to have the most far-reach- | ing effect upon the prog of elec trical communications The purpose of this convention, the | work of conference, can I epitomized in the words of Seer of Commerce Herbert Hoover in the address he delivered that brought the gathering to an end. onal which radiote! came to 2 only was a remarkable | in field ef ng one in interna not communica an ama Broadeast “The world's Ay, Hoover said, * and defined for the ent in such a fashion that there w Bamd Cleared. broadeasting clarified | universe | 1 he! than did he, of 60 spoee ng 26.000 words expression. It foun the effort of 130 different committees It becomes effective Janu A by which time all nations wishing to bound hy its provisions are ex preted to have ratified it 8 Under the new convention, which, { qol C5eer if confirmed by the great powers, will| quctor, hecome the international communica-| INUNDATED BY FLOOD DESCRIBED different international services so as| Amateur Operator Reports on New Eng- is : pent worldl will be listenes Red Network cies to utilize them most efficiently and to | minimize interference. The last con-| ference, held in London in 1912, dealt | only with a few frequencies. The| new couvention deals with all of] them. | U. S. Eiterprise Protected. | Amervican private radio ent is fully protected under the treaty. | by means of an annex which binds only the signatory parties. European | nations which have systems of direct | government operation may aceept these regulations without over-| stepping their powers. One of the most interesting features of the convention is the provi: specifying compulsory arbitratio the means of settling radio d between contending governments. 0 the agreement is ratified by the | sistant (‘t the radioman she Senate, it will be the first time in|them to fr them y history that the United States one picture of the night of November acquiesced in a general internatio 5, which suggests al o bact requiring compulsory arbitration, | Vices rendered Iy radio’s cnthusiastic . e imateurs during the New England | dre per flood crisis. SN, EALIGN The operator was Arthur L Waist long of Hartford, Conn., assistant to | i i K. B. Warner, the sccretary of the | z cold and bleak American Radio Relay League, away | Water atill rising. Row to town and the time at Wash c il i R : attending’ the luternational Ra- | WOrk until 1 pm., shifting eversthine ph' Conference in the inter: | ¢ SO0 T HiN hoots ‘on flop of the amateurs of North Ame e I“" 90 el ica and the world, *1) giniratan Budlong, a technical sergeant of the | : ry of Uen 118th Observation Sq ti- ot cut fonal Guard, ponpete teur Kield, Hartford, This is one of the The Trouble Shooter Says: “control stations” of the U 5 Army’s network of 150 amat tions in the -1st Corps Aven, enrolled | Department as reserve stations, with their youth- | ceived and sent the mes ful operators pledged to wan them. In | (o the Scerctary of War event of war or emergency i Upon_telegraphed orders from the chief of the Army Signal Corps at | Washington, Maj. Gen. Charles Mck. Saltzman, Budlonz was at his key to get in touch with all other ama- teur stations in the flood area to tell them how to handle traflic where wires were down or overburdened. More- over, he was to instruct them o send ail possible flood news from their ter- ritory to 1st Corps Area headquarters prise land Experiences—Tells of Assistant Shooting Rats in Cold. A bitterly cold allnight | radio room fast hecoming inundated | Cold | surging flood, rats climbir Leen and tables and brush | DX io operator 1n th to escape the rising waters, vigil in ajin swi machine shop machinery pe worked e this is Holds $10,000 Stock. Nat Blessius, chairman of the board of directors of Station WHT, Chicago, named for Mavor William Hale Thompson, testified at a recent hear- ing before the Federal Radio Commi: sion that only $10,000 worth of stoc in the broadcasting company is held by Mayor Thompson. The station’s 250,000, and 000. Bua. | Bullding sal valuation was given at $2. to its security issue totaled ets through the . {In_the current y sStates | waghi; |ated by ¢ Occasionally I drop in to see some one who purchased a set from me just as a matter of maintaining contact. Frequently I can offer a suggestion or make a small change that works wonders in the final product. That how 1 happen to run into radioi who are having trouble without know ing it The other evening T found a cus- tomer sitting peacefully in front of a loud speaker that was emitting what 1 would consider rather poor recep- tion. It did not seem possible that the owner could have been s d | at Boston, with what his equipment was giving | 5 him, but there he was, enjoying every | minute of it. For a time T was puzzled suddenly, the truth came to me. had not noticed the way his rec tion deteriorated for the simpl that he was what we know as a “radio bug.” Not an evening passed but what he spent at least a couple of hours with the set. That is why he had not noticed what was happen to his receiver. The deterioration was 80 sradual he was not at all| yjisiseippi flood, when they prosided | The other type of radio user—the | the only means of contact with the |i man who listens in when thera are | Army and Navy portable field sets and Mig features on the air—is more likely | With nearby cities in some of the be 10 note anything that does not seem zuered areas, but in the n be just right about his set. Its|cent flood the in were true stages of deterioration come in more | diers, irner, pronounced breaks, with the result | Mr. Warner Budlonsg that he orders an investigation and |t¥pical of the rest of the finds out what's wrong. | Budlong wrote afier his I have found the poorest reception | Brainard Kield in those homes where the family The i radio-enthused. This come as |ficld is n shock to the extensive radio user, hut it is a fact. Such users become a | deep ov little hit self-satisfied. They do not [tionb listen to other people’s sets most people own radios of th there is not &0 much chance of tb outsider telling them what they are missing, officials of the 2,000 18 of the lan and, that organization poses of all. (e other eistht ceeds it most_ardent cause is Gen EQUIPMENT NOT STATED. Free Under Choose Radio Apparatus. Tt corp enihus hoost Describes Experie Budlong gives an impre: count of his experience thr night in pe nal report to Warner ashingtotn, which he oh. viously didn’t intend for publication But Mr. Warner, proud of his s made it public for pur f sugzesting the usefulness of America’s 000 a teurs, mostly | vouthful wireless zealots Not only did they prove their worth during the Then, He Stations Treaty to The radio sta adaled to the choiee ¢ 1 will Le with radio a poses not and s 1o he used in compliance with rnational tre ar ovision made i t} ted compl itk re re. sol in how American savs is only atenrs night at || DID YOU KNOW THAT: e Impedance a umplification § In connection with time spin you a another term for resistance-cou some it w S 15 like vday was getting high s ht the |a > receiv- lowei and Luilt « If the 1 1 would make it a outsider listen in wonld mean a lot keep my set up to out the things that I we to overlook bec th upon me gradually point o h and criticize It would help me | Corps te by poi |FEN. sure | to come | Charl] Started for field set with Cain tubes b had net 1 | | Water in Radio Room. | “Iowed from electric light comy [to field, water foot deep in room. Field gang on du moving Ju Forty-me receiver . oved transmi to S0 without sistance v Helluva 3 enna metoer onetenth of 1 mite by hizh volt with feet in across chairs CAN YOU ANSWER THESE? 1. How many Kinds of tubes are used In broadcasti ceiving? Why do the An manufacturers most of their setx for Canaui consumption in Canada '(=eif” 3. If greater distance is wun ed, which group of Viners should be considered for replace ment, audio or ra 4. How radio receiving n the workd? Why do pian age sound sharp ar limes toneless over the radio on't & and re- vadio at vonr ’ ~ Radio Nery North \ A Useful But Inexpensive GIFT STorM ing set bord nd forth on 1. cQ midde of hand- in the stations York, Chica Whoops! Line Piteh dark outside from bubbling and endiessly houetted on light comprny {to work stations | “Water still rising board across chair on board, a. 1 me on third « with feet on operatin; table. S with glove on, jolted other way at times. Much DX and still sending broadeast “Water three foet deep. Rats swim in door and try to climb out on tabl {chairs, me—everything. Slim firin, at 'em continually from perch in ni chine shop. Operating time now nnm [ bered in seconds, as water in switch box on wall. *Ruise 3-CAB in and refer him to 1-I°L 1. This is diffic cause there are ma experiment facturer recently tubes ra the dry-c to the 20-kily watt water-cooled type, which is used in broadcasting. 2. Because it is not possible to obtain a Canadian patent on a set unless 50 per cent of it is wanufactured in the Dominion 3. Radlo. That side of the set | | atiends to the distance. 4. 18,000,000, according vecent estim Because staze pi tuned to concert pitch more_brilliant than the pitch 1 for the home piano and fo \dcasting studios. 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