Judge — January 6, 1923 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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better stations are now entering, is to broadcast such events as grand ope! symphony concerts, addresses by famous people, church services, and champion- ship sporting contests, direct from the scene of action by wire connections. At the same time the stations sending out this excellent material have so improved their range and modulation that their programs can be thoroughly enjoyed b; those from 500 to 1,000 miles away. ‘This is a great step in the right direction. Radio has been rescued from the slump it fell into last. summer and interest in it is stronger than ever. Two important consequences are re- sulting from this new development. In the first place, people remote from these better stations are buying more powerful receivers so they can hear them; and secondly, they are bringing pressure to bear against the small local stations, that are still in"the first or second stages, to close down during the production of these better programs so as to avoid inter- ference with them. The present tendency is, therefore, to concentrate attention ‘on the powerful stations with ample resources in large cities where the best of material is avail- able. The small local station, that can never get beyond the second stage, will, however, not go out of business. It can perform a service locally that the big stations cannot perform, but it will have to adapt itself to the change in the situa- tion and take upon itself the responsi- bility of interfering with distant features of importance. The big stations, on their part, will have to organize themselves so as to pre- vent mutual interference. It is a sad state of affairs when an opera produced in Chicago and a symphony concert in New York clash so badly that no one from Pennsylvania to Indiana can enjoy either. This, however, is a comparatively simple problem and is causing less and less trouble every day. The radio audience is now getting the best that can be broadcasted. There is, however, plenty of room for improvement in transmitters, receivers, the acoustic properties of the opera houses and audi- toriums that are now the broadcasting studios, and in the arrangement of pro- grams on a nation-wide basis. Hence, broadcasting, good as it is now, has by no means reached its full development. Answers to Inquirers Use or Exxcrate Licnt Current ror Tenes—S. L. T. Ricuwoxp, Va. It is easily possible to obtain a sm transformer that will reduce the 110-volt alter electric light current to six volts and use this current. for lighting the filaments of electron tubes, but in practice this is entirely unsatisfactory. ‘There ‘are two reasons for this. In the first place, the hum of the 60-cycle cur- rent will be distinctly audible, unless some very special “filters” are used tc ate it; and secondly, the vol- tage variations, though too slight to be noticeable with lamps and motors, y much too large for as deli cate a device as the electron tube. Hence, it is necessary to use a battery which provides an unvarying flow of direct current. Recertiox ix Paxama—A. A, G., CHaxavisora, Paxasta: While KDKA and seve the United States have been heard in possible only for an expert using a very high grade of pparatus, It is not advisable for one who knows nothing of radio to spend time and money for installing a receiver that wi d not give him satisfactory results as far as radiophone broadcasting stations are concet If, however, you learn the wireless code, you will fi ample in the ether to interest you, and will in time become sufficiently skillful to receive some of the larger radio- phone stations under favora 5 Loxa Distance Crvstat. Recertion— or Beacumont, Mass., states that he hears WJ7 200 miles away on a crystal detector every night Johnson is an experienced amateur and doubtless owns highly efficient apparatus and a well-trained ear. It is possible, too, that ie may be located at a very favorable point, although WJZ does not travel exceptionally well to New England. At all events, his results are quite ber of the radio aud who does well to receive satisfactorily at twenty miles on a crystal. But, what are we to say of J. J For's claim that he has heard KZN, Salt Lake City, in Los Angeles, 785 miles off, on a crystal? If there is no mistake about this ox has established something of a record. Let some more data along this line, If any of our readers can send us well attested instances of reception on crystals at distances of over K., On Crry, uper-Regenera- al other stations in na, this is Book on Suen Pa.: A book entitle “The Armstrong $ tive Circuit,” containing practical instructions for making @ super-regenerati iver, is published by the ‘esey Sty N.Y. C., Radio Directory & Publishing Co., Price $1, ‘Test ror Pnoxes—F. L., La Crosse, Wis: To test your phones, place a piece of moist cloth on paper between a nickel and a quarter, which forms a little battery, and touch each coin with one of the phones’ terminals. If the phones are in good working order, a disti will be heard when the contact is made, An even more sensitive test is to touch each side of the tongue with the terminals, An exceedingly weak current flows when this is done, but good phones will respond to it Buoapcastixo 1x Cautroryta—M. C., Sax Francisco, Cat: It is our understanding that neither the rad audience nor the broadcasting stations are satisfied with the California situation. Due to the large number of stations in that State each can only operate for a short time each week, we are informed, so that comprehensive and elaborate programs are almost out of the question The remedy that seems to be considered the most satisfactory is for the broadcasters to permit one or two large stations to act in the interest of all. 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