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Radio Department Conducted by William H. Easton, Ph.D. Subscribers to Sepae are invited to turn to ws for adrce regarding the selection, installation, oper and care of radio receiving ste. No charge is made for this serever. fddren all Ustera to Radio Editor, donor, 627 West $3d Street, New York, giring full name and exert atreet address. In case an antwer by mail is desired a two-cent postage stamp should be inelosed. For in- formation concerning the technical “details of construction of receivers and franemitters the reader ia te~ Served to the several very excellent ‘chanical ratio journals which are to be found everywhere to-day. How to spend a peaceful evening with a radio fan. The Radio Receiver as a Weather Prophet EATHER is a subject that ine through areas of high barometic pres- Wie all of us, and most of us sure, and badly through areas of low re amateur prognosticators of | pressure. no small ability, at opinion. — To our old me ndbys, wind, clouds, barom bones, and rheumatism, we can now add a new one—the radio rec As every radio listener is aware, rad waves are very sensitive to che iditions. Undoubtedly, if pressure west of the observer; ‘ast in our own »gical UR weather consists mostly of high yeocind and low pressure areas which follow across the continent, moving “s from west to east. If, th one can hear western stations indicates that there is an area of high nd_ this ad exact knowledge as to the real means that the weather next day will be causes of such phenon as fading, probably fair and cooler and that the static, and the variations in the ranges winds will be westerly. If, however, the of different stations, a few moments sur- western s\ ns are blotted out, the in- vey of the ether by means of a receiver tervening area is probably one of low would give us a very good idea of the pressure, and warmer, cloudy weather weather in store for us during the next with easterly winds can be looked for. few hours. Observers on the Atlantic coast have A careful study is being made of this a second series of disturbances to watch subject by C. W. Horn and L. W. Chubb, out for; namely, those that come up Westinghouse radio engineers. igh from the south and follow the coast line, their data is still insufficient t down I to insure fair weather in this dis- definite rules, their investigations indi- trict, both the western and the southern cate that radio impulses travel freely stations must be heard clearly, The in- W L.DOUGLAS $5 $6 $7 &§88 SHOES .:ttouen W. L. Douglas shoes are actually demanded year after year by more people than any other shoe in the world W. 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Dow oes, write today for exctusive rights to handle this quic Selling, quick turn-over line, wi 2 Bee C a8 o. 14s'bparn ov Brocaten, as, audibility of southern stations points ty wet and warmer weather with southerly winds. HE receiver is also useful in summer to determine whether or not a thunder- storm is brewing. Lightning flashes oc- curring anywhere within a radius of fifty miles or more are recorded as disagrecabl: sharp shocks, only too familiar to the radio listener. If these shocks are heard there is a storm somewhere in the offing and though it may not strike the ob server, because thunderstorms usual cover small areas only, it is well to look out. But if these “shocks cannot be heard, one can be lent that no storm is due for the next few hours at least. Of course, definitely dis our weather; and, after to use the io receiver as a weather prognosticator is to tune in on the official forecasts as broadcasted from the nearest station. But try your hand at radio weather-propheey—it will still, further increase your interest in your receiver. no simple observations can ose so complex a thing as I, the best way Answers to Inquiries How 10 Mean ¢ ke KYW of the opera. ast with one si bet nlens 0 KYW program bb ov 400 meter arca every convenient night PF, WOR, WGY at chew try t Ie UPA. as standard viation as DV, of RSVP. WJZ's Power—LS K., Datos, 0: You bear WIZ, Newark, much more carly beraug: this station has tv cently doubled its f and improved its wed You will also notice an absence ming, during the intervals, because power rectifiers h: taken the place of motor-generators as a source of current fur the tubes. Stations Heard . AAR, waukee; WB, Atlanta: Detroit, WOH, Tndianapolis, WG Newark: WGY. Schenectady; WAN ta. Ka WOC, Davenport: MIIAS. “Loniseille; WAZ, Em m, Kan; WAAL, Minnes: WDY, Rosell Parcs waz, sprineteld: Wos, Woar, Chicago; WSA, Lod anapolis.—T. 3 KYW, Chicago; WWJ. Detroit; WSB, Dayton; WAAK, Mil SXW NIIU, Toledo; NOV, Washington: “WMI. WIP, "Philadelphia: “WHE KDKA, Pittsburgh: WGR. WOR, Newark: WEY, W . ; Eve; WGAW." Al Philadelphia; WRW, Tarrytown: ewark; WHZ, Springfield: WSY, ‘Birmingham: WVP. New York. K PO, Memphis; WHF. Pittsburgh: WOK, L, Philadelphia; WOU, Omaha: WLW Davenport; WBT, Wit, Auburn; WH, C Wor, KSD, St.