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Radio Corporation Ha* Fair Suc
cess Over Ocean
& Transmission
OSTON, MASS.—Transmitting pic
es by Radio was again accompllsh
auccessfully recently by C Francis
..kins prominent Inventor of Wash
ton, D. C., when he gave a demon*
atlon at the opening of the Boston
dlo show. The pictures were sent
m Washington by Mr. Jenkins and
re reproduced here by his assistant,
W. Robinson.
The signals which were received on
.. photographic film were sent from
the old naval station at Antacostla D.
C., Just outside of Washington. This
station with the call letters of NSF
was turned over to Mr. Jenkins for
the teat.
According to newspaper reports the
Radio Corporation of America has suc
ceeded In transmitting pictures across
the oceart.. by means of Radio, The
samples which were rubmltted for the
approval of the publlo were far In
ferior to the pictures sent.by the new
Jenkins method.
Jenkins First to Perfect Machine.
Where the R. C. A. method showed
the photograph to be blurred by wavy
lines, the Jenkins method shows prac
tically an exact reproduction which Is
very clear and distinct.
Mr. Jenkins has been working foi
some time on his new Invention and
has repeatedly refused to demonstrate
It to the publlo because It did not
/ come up to his expectations. Only re
* cently has this been accomplished af
ter hours of research and labor.
STATION WAHG TO
PLAY SANTA CLAUS
Has Many Gifts to be Distributed
to Fans During Radio
Christmas
RICHMOND HILL, N. T.—Hang up
your stockings on an aerial, or at least
an Indoor loop, kiddies and grown
ups, for this is to be a real Radio
Christmas.
Such is the edict of the Radio San
ta Claus of Station WAHG, A. H. Grebe
and company, Inc., who Is going to rldo
the electromagnetic waves with his
reindeer.
Thousands of youngsters and old
sters will be made happy by this "St.
t Nick of the Air.” All that is required
j of gift seekers is a letter or postcard
f addressed to the Radio Santa Claus of
WAHG, Richmond Hill, Long Island.
There is no age limit for the letter
^writers, since the WAHG Santa invites
all, whether six, sixteen or sixty, Just
as long as the heart is young. That's
enough for the Radio Kris Krlngle.
Thousands of Dollars In Gifts.
WAHG Santa's gift pack includes
many treasured things. An even doz
en synchrophase receiving sets with
loud speakers, tubes, storage batteries
and loop aerials,' lead the list.
Among thousands of dollars worth
' of other prizes are silk stockings, um
brellas, sweaters, skates, girdles, silk
underneathlings, vanity cases and
purses. Then in case any men address
the WAHG Santa, they may receive
cigars, pipes, smoking and chewing
tobacco, cigarettes and even a few
silver flasks for the optimists.
Even a bungalow and lot is included
in the Radio St. Nick's list. The bun
galow will be completely furnished.
The house and lot is to emphasize the
four primary needs of humanity—food,
clothing, shelter .and Radio, of course.
The gift home will huve a Radio re
ceiver in first class working order for
long distance.
A 17-year-old miss, known to Radio
phans as "Nancy Clancy," acts as an
nouncer for WAHG's Santa evefy Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evening at
7:40 o'clock, Eastern time, and at 9
^o’clock Santa 1b on the air for the far
West .audience.
St. Nick appears also on the mid
night programs Saturday and Monday
at l a. m., Eastern time.
So if you believe in Santa Claus, un
cap your fountain pen and get busy
with a letter or postal card.
CHANGES WAVE LENGTH
WITHOUT LEAVING AIR
Many Comments Received by Station
KFG7. on Results
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.—When
orders were received by KFGZ "The
Radio Lighthouse" to alter Its wave
length to 270 meters, Chief Engineer
John E. Fetzer conceived a brilliant
Idea.
The announcer called the attention
to the fact that during the program
the wave length- would be changed.
During the next solo, the engineer re
duced the wave length, taking the
listeners down with him from 2S6 me
ters to 270. )
Results the telephone lines were
Jammed with calls and for the next
few days the office received by mall
many comments on the unique change.
UNNECESSARY APPARATUS OFTEN USED BY RADIO FANS
IN THEIR EFFORTS TO HAVE UNUSUAL HOMEMADE SET
, A PRACTICAL ONE TUBE SET
B+ B- A+ A- CROUNO AERIAL
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Many new circuits and apparently
new circuits are constantly appearing
In radio publications and in the news
columns. In order to charge old cir
cuits so the kookup will be modifeld
somewhat, and a claim made for a
novel set, they often use a great deal
of unnecessary apparatus which real
ly reduces the efficiency and receiving
ability of the circuit.
In a great many Instances sets of
this kind were built and tried out.
With the removal of each superfluous
piece of apparatus the volume Increas
ed until a point was reached whera
the set was resolved down to one of
the old stand-by hookups that has
given satisfaction for some years past.
The circuit as shown In this article
is not new. But It can be easily built
and will give satisfaction In nearly
every Instance. Few parts are need
ed and the construction Is so simple
that anyone should be able to put It
together.
Few Parts Needed
A varlo-coupled and a variable con
denser comprises the tuning instru
ments for the circuit. In addition few
parts are necessary to complete the
set. A tube socket, rheostat,* grid leak,
phone condenser, phone jack, binding
posts, panel and cabinet completes the
list of required apparatus.
A few words concerning the type of
Instruments to use with the set will
be helpful. The varlo-coupler may be
of the 90 or 180 degree type and of
wood or moulded material. If you wish
you may construct this part of the set
yourself by winding wire on tubing.
More about this will be said later.
•The condenser should be of the !<fw
loss type if possible. When a low loss
condenser is substituted for a cheap
condenser the volume Is noticeably In
creased. The condenser should have a
capacity of .0005 Mfd. (23 plate). A
venier attachment for sharp turlng Is
very hellfup. The use of a condenser
with a separate venier plate is not a
good thing for the evtra losses Intro
duced by this arrangement more than
offset any advantage gained through
the finer tuning control.
It Is hardly necessary to state that
the panel and socket should be the
best of material, preferably bakellte
or hard rubber. Do not use any instru
ment that has a soft moulded compo
sition base that will leave a black
mark when rubbed across a sheet of
white paper.
Parts Can be Made
If you really wish to make your own
radio set most of the fun comes from
actually making your own parts. By
this I mean winding your vario-coup
ler and making parts for the rest of
your set such as grid leaks and sock
ets. It Is oftener cheaper In the end
to buy apparatus already made but a
great many fans wish to construct as
much as possible.
The varlo-coupler is perhaps the
easiest Instrument to construct. Se
oure a piece of bakellte or good card
board tubing three or three and one
quarter Inches in outside diameter. Tl^
piece should be approximately four and
one-half Inches in length. A similar
piece of tubing small enogh in outside
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There’s Economy in Using
EVEREADY
“B” RADIO BATTERIES
BECAUSE
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DISTRIBUTORS
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diameter to rotate lnelde of the larger!
tube can be used for the rotor. If you
wish a wooden ball may be used for
the rotor form.
A suggested wiring method la to use
number 22 or 24 single or double cot
ton covered wire for both the stator
and rotor. The stator winding should;
be made on the large tube after t!
be made on the larger tube and should
consist of at least 65 turns of wire. If
you have plenty of space remaining
on the tube after the 65 turns It might
be well to keep on winding until the
end of the form Is reached, so there
will be no doubt about the ability of
the receiver to reach the higher wave'
lengths.
The rotor should contain from 40
to 60 turns of wire. Commence at one
end of the tube and, wind to a point
near the center. Skip a space for the
shaft of the rotor and commence find
ing the other half of the rotor tube.
The stator winding should be tapped,
This Is done by taking a bend In the
wire and twisting It then continuing
the winding. Taps can be taken off
at every tenth turn or at any ndmber
of turns so that rough tuning can be
accomplished.
How To Tone
Tune Is roughly by means of the
taps on the varlo-coupler and the rotor
dial. Do the fine turning by means of
the variable condenser. , Adjust the
rheostat until the volume and tone are
satisfactory. You will find after aft
er operating this set for a few times
that the detector rheostat setting Is
rather critical as It controls the re
generation of the circuit to a great
etxent.
A detector tube operates best with
this circuit. The UV 200, C 300 tube
with a six ohm rheostat and a stor
age battery the WI) 11 WP 12 C 11
and C 12 tubes can be used with a
six ohm rheostat and a one and one
half dry cell for an A battery. The
UV 199 or C 299 tubes can be used
[with a four and one-half volt. A bat
tery (four volt storage battery) and
a 30 or 40 ohm rheostat. The UV 201
A tubes may be used but will be rath
er difficult to control.
With any type of tube be sure to
adjust the B battery voltage to a
point where the tube works best. The
proper method of doing this Is to tune
In on a weak signal and try each tap
of your battery. Leave the positive
lead on the tap that gives the most
volume. In case you wish to add audio
frequency amplification later on. place
the primary ef the audio transformer
In the place where the phones are
shown In this circuit. A double circuit
Jack must be used In place of 'the
single circuit Jack with the Inside
contacts running to the terminals on
the primary of the transformer.
PICTURE TRANSMISSION BY RADIO
GREAT STEP IN LOCALIZING NEWS
, -—--- /
Full Extent of Accomplishment Cannot Yet Be Foreseen by Radio
Authority; Satisfied With Tests Thus Far
General James G. Harbord, presi
dent of a large radio concern of Amer
ica, has issued the following state
ment concerning photoradiograms.
The era of rapid transmission of pic
tures from country to country by
means of radio Is here. Across thou
sands of miles of space, hurdling oceans
and continents alike, this agency we
call Radio has been harnessed to carry
the Images of places and personages
and happenings in one corner of the
world to places and people in distant
countries.
The full extent of this accomplish
ment cannot be foreseen at this time.
But we believe It tb be a great for
ward stride in radio science, and an
important contribution toward **local
izing" the news of the world.
jffe we study the forward marches
rt science, and their effect of steadily
shrinking the world to what will ul
timately become a single, big com
munity of fellow humans, we must ad
mit the growing necessity for the de
velopment of a universal language.
Until this new process is worked out
In its tedious way and accepted by the
nations of tire world, photoradiograms,
which speak the truly universal lan
guage of pictures, will go far to bridge
the gap that different latitudes and
tongues have interposed between the
peoples of this sphere on which we
live.
There Is an old Chinese proverb to
the effect that "One picture Is worth
ten thousand words." This Is ns true
today as the day It fell from the lips
of the Chinese sage, for, since primi
tive man made his first crude drawing,
pictures have been In constant ubb.
So Innate Is our “picture sense,”
through centuries of cultivation, that
one good picture may truly convey to
us, at a glance, an Idea or story that
would require many words In the tell
ing. It Is not too much to suggest
that, the transmission of pictures
across tho world will play an import-,
ant part In promoting world peace by
making closer neighbors of peoples
living on opposite sides of the earth.
Of course, we are not able definitely
to say that this new photoradiogram
service will soon be ready for every
commercial adaptation that imagina
tion suggests. We have been* more
than gratified with the results of our
tests so far. however and believe that
the major problems of transmission
and reception of photograph and other
simple and complex lllusratlons have
been met and solved.
We are indebted to the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited,
of England, for their splendid coopera
tion In the conduct of these tests, for
It was from their station at Carnarvon,
Wales, that the pictures were trans
nitted.
NEW RADIO UNIT
GIVES FANS TREAT
Station WBCN One of Features
Sent Out From
CRicago
CHICAGO.—Crowded with talent
known to Radtophandom, the opening
program of Station WBCN, the new
500-watt station located in this clfy,
which went on the air, December 6,
was one of the beat treats ever offered
by a Chicago station.
While the greater part of the bill
which started at 8 p. m. and ended well
after 3 a. m. consisted of artists who
have been heard from other stations
few of them have been heard so often
that they have 103t their novelty.
Included among the .artists appear
ing the opening night were: ■•Nubs”
Allen, Hazel O’Neil, Police Octette.
Harmony Girls, Marq Flannery, Axel
Christensen and others too numerous
to mention. Late in tho evening, sev
eral announcers from other stations
appeared on the scene and brought ar
tists from their respective stations
with them.
Government to tnrorce
All Radio Regulations
WASHINGTON—The department of
commerce will probably be authorized
to expend $220,526 in the fiscal year
1928 for the enforcement of Radio laws
Including station inspection and the
licensing of stations and operators if
the figures submitted by the bureau
of the budget are not reduced In Con
gress. The budget submitted by the
President on December 1 carried $15,
287 more than the amount slotted for j
Radio supervision last year and may ]
permit the employment of a few extra
clerks and field Inspectors.
Increased personnel is necessary due
to additional work in connection with
the policing of the air. The gum allow
ed is still far from enough.
WH All INCREASES fOMISH,
DETROIT,—Michigan Agricultural
college, East Lansing, Mich., will take
its place among the leading class B
broadcasters January 1, when the pow
er of its station will be raised from 100
watts to 500. The call letters will be
WKAR and the wave length 286 me
ters. Musical and educational pro
grams will constitute WKAR-* prd
grain.
MAINTAINS FAITH
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Owner of WHB Refused Assist
ance in Defraying Cost
of Entertainments
KANSAS CITY, MO.—Meeting -with
a rebuff on every aide. E. J. Sweeney,
owner of Station WHB. tried three
tlmea to solve the Ions mooted ques
tion. "Who shall pay for broadcast
ing?" And three times ho has failed.
But. withal, Mr. Sweeney has not lost
faith In the ever popular Radlophan.
"No conclusions unfair to the fan
should be drawn from the result of
my failure," he says. "I believe that
thousands of fans who failed to con
tribute, Intended to help pay for the
enterprises. But they Just had to
put It off until they forgot.”
The first IdeA that Mr. Sweenyy had
was to gain contributions from Radlo
phans.by publishing a weekly paper.
The proceeds from subscriptions would
be used to publish the paper, and the
entertainers would be paid out of the
profits.
Because he received offers amount
ing to 31,026, not enough to pay for
circulars along, which were sent out
to Interest the people, he returned the
money and gave up the plan.
His second Idea was a Christmas
fund for the shut-ins and orphans. This
was not to pay for entertainers, but
Its results show how difficult It Is to
get financial support for even such a
beneficial enterprise.
His printing for circulars and mail
ing cost 3?.640. He received 3161.
Undaunted by these failures, Mr.
Bweeney then tried what he thought
was an excellent plan. It was to have
an Invisible theater, with the broad
cast studio aa the stage, and thousands
of fans as the audience. The cost of
printing for this Idea came to 34,(20.
He got back 34,168.
Instead of Increasing his revenue
so that he could pay for entertainers,
Mr. Sweeney has Incurred quite an ex
pense from his own pocket.
And he still has faith In the general
public!
Vast Amount of Building Ma
terial Used in Constructing
Station KOA in Denver
Building material and equipment
used In KOA, the new General Elec
trio broadcasting station at Denver,
Colo., It loaded on freight cars would
require a train, forty cars long and
heavily loaded according to estimates
of the constructing engineers. The
station opened December 15.
Approximately ten and one half
miles of copper wire ranging In dia
meter from the size of a needle to an
old-fashioned clothes pin were requir
ed In the construction In addition tc
a mile and a half of electrical conduit
Other Items Include 10) tons of struc
tural steel, 2,500 sacks of cement
127,000 brick, 65,000 board feet ol
lumber and 485 cublo yards of sand
and gravel.
Each of the two towers which sup
port the rntenna system weighs 2C
tons and Is Imbedded In sixty torn
of concrete. They are triangular In
shape and 260 feet apart and support
the antenna which is 120 feet long and
150 feet above the ground..'
For the present KOA will operate on
a wave length of 323 meters. The
power"rating will be 1500 watts.
Mormon Church Sermons
Given to World by Radio
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Heber J.
Grant president, prophet, seer and rev
elator of the Mormon or Latter Day
Saints church. Is making good use o(
radio these days for the purposes ol
making the world acquainted with thi
teaching of his church.
Mr. Grant Is giving sermons regu
larly over the radio now. The-other
day he told of the founding of the
church and Its early struggles. The
church recently established radio as a
feature of Its general conferences
i which are broadcast now. As a result
radio popularity Is growing fast In
this section.
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WOI—Amos (360) 10 music.
KFGZ—Berrien Spring* (270) 7 *tory:
8:15 Christmas carol*, poems, and
■pesche*.
WE El—Boston (302) 8 Big Brother
club; 6:30 Santa Claus; 8:45 or
chestra; 7:45 music; 8:30 musical;
9:30 Slnfonlans.
WGH—Buffalo (319) 6-6:30 music; 7
7:15 Christmas message; 8-10 con
cert*; 10:30 music.
WLW—Cincinnati (423) 7:30 children’s
Christmas party; 9 music.
WTAM—Cleveland (390) 7 concert.
WFAA—Dallas (476) 8:30 musical,
baritone.
WOC—Davenport (484) 7:20 educa
tional lecture; 8 Christmas music;
10 musical, chorus.
WHO—Des Moines (626) 7:30 Christ
mas story; 8 artists; 11:15 organ
ist.
WWJ—Detroit News (517) 7:30 or
chestra, soprano, contralto, tenor.
WCX—Detroit Free Press (617) 7:30
musical program.
WHB—Kansas City (411) 7-8 educa
tional talk, varied musical.
WDAF—Kansas City Star (411) School
of the Air; 8 popular program;
11:45 Nlghthawks.
KFKX—Hastings (291) 9:30 vocal, In
strumental, quartettes, ensemble.
KNX—Hollywood (337) 10 features;
12-2 orchestra.
WOS—Jefferson City (440.9) 8 piano
solos.
KFI—Los Angeles (489) 10 orchestra;
11 features."
KF3G—Los Angeles (278) 8:30 chil
dren’s hour.
—aiempms commercial Appeal
(50() 8 bedtime; 8:50 Gayoeo ro
chestra.
WEAF-New York (493) 8:15 .theater
program; 7:30 Sicilian dance mu
elc; 8 A and P Oypelea; 9 orches
tra.
WJZ—New York (455) 6 concert; T
Wall Street Journal review; 7:18 •
N. Y. U. Air College; 9:45 orehes
tra.
WHN—New York (360) 8:10 faahloil
chats; 6:30 orchestra: 7 dance; 7:80
music; 8:30 orchestra; 9 dances
11:30 Wigwam club.
WOR—Newark (405) 7 violinist; 7:88
musical; 8:30 dnnclng master, Car
olinians; 9:30 Ringing orchestra.
KGO—Oakland (812) 6 orchestra; 7:38
stories; 10 educational, trio, book
chat; 12 orchestra, soloists
WOAW—Omaha (526) 6 dramallo; 6:48
orchestra; 9 program.
WAAW—Omaha (286) 7:30-9 choruai
special Christmas program.
WDAR—Philadelphia (395) 8:30 talk;
7 concert, orchestra; 9 recital; 9:39
orchestra.
WOO—Philadelphia (509) 8:30 orches
tra: 7:25 concert; 8 orchestra; 9:01
recital; 9:30 orchestra.
WCAE—Pittsburgh (842) 6:45 address;
7 music chat; 7:15 dancing lessons
7:30 concert; 9:39 orchestral con«
cert.
KGW—Portland Oregonian (493) It
orchestra; 12 dance.
WGY—Schenectady (380) 6:45 lnstrue
mental, piano, soprano.
KSD—St. Louis Post Dispatch (646) |
music, specialties; 9 program.
WHAZ—Troy (380) 8-11 concert, syne*
phony, serenaders.
WCBD—Zion (345) 8 quartet, celestial
bells, organ, soloists.
NEW STAIN OPENS
WITH NOTED STAFF
Station KTHS, at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, Opens on
December 20
HOT 8PRINQS, ARK.,—‘This Is
Station KTHS the nation’s health re
sort, Hot Springs national park, Ark
ansas."
Radlophans were Introduced with
this announcement to Arkansas' first
class B station when the 500 watt
transmitter of the New Arlington ho
tel, the $3,000,000 hostlery to replace
the famous Arlington which burned
took the air at 8:3^ o’clock Saturday.
This will be the Informal opening,
, the grand opening and christening par
ty being set for December 31.
The call letters of Arkansas’ radio
representative form both a slogan and
an Invitation meaning "Kura to Hot
Springs" and the call was given by
special courtesy of the department of
° and wlu learn t0 look fog
KTHS on the air by the rollicking tuns
of the Arkansas Traveler which will
open and close every program.
Regular concerts are to be offered
each night from 8:30 to 10 o’clock with
a specially prepared concert on Sun
day night at this hour. The fans will -
hear as one of the features the fa
mous tenplece Meyer Davis orchestra
of Philadelphia, which has been en.
gaged for the season at the Arlington.
Dance music will be given three nights
a week—on Saturday, Monday and
Wednesday nights from 10:30 to 11:8®
o’clock.
O. C. Arnoux known to the fans a#
GCA will have charge of the statloir’
and will be chief announcer. E. L.
Olds will be In charge of the tech
nical operation of KTHS. Both men ard
from WBAP, Fort Worth, Texas.
Not forgetting the state radlophans,
KTHS will broadcast each Sunday
morning, alternately tha services o|
tl*i First Presbyterian and the First.'
Methodist churches.
commerce, this being
call held.
Palestine has 8,018 passenger autos, j
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