The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-20
Wireless Telephone News From Everywhere

The first session of the new class
at Eaton to study wireless principles
and practice sending and receiving OF
code messages, was held Friday eve
ming, Dec. Is, in H. r. Spitler's office,
with a number of Eaton amateurs
attending.
The plan of the class is to meet on
Monday and Friday nights for an hour
of telegraph practice, the members
taking turns in sending each night,
while other members copy. Discus
sion of various wireless telephone and
telegraph principles follow the prac-
tee.
Amateurs who were present for he
first session were: T. F. Ogden. A. r.
Bates, Willard Overholzer, Charles
Emrick, H R. Splitter and Glenn
Tingle. A. r. Bates has accepted the
position of instructor for the present.
Distance Receiving Reception
Kenneth Clark, of Winchester.
listening in on the trans-oceanic, was
able to pick up a number of new
stations, principally in the first and
second districts, which include New
England New York and New Jersey.
Some stations which he heard were at
Salem, Mass, Manchester, Mass,
Schenectady, n. Y. Keyport. N. j.,
three stations on Long Island. Phila-
delphia, Pa, Atlanta, Ga. and Char
iotte, \. c. Charles Guithel, of Win
chester, also heard more than so
along the coast
Wireless telephones to which Win
chester amateurs have been listening.
include those of the universities of
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Ohio State, the
Western Electric at Newark, and one
at Philadelphia
Clinton Beetley. of Greenville. Ohio
has been listening to trans-oceaniC
also, and Damon Wilson of the same
city reports hearing stations at DuX.
bury and Dorchester, Mass. two al
Red Bank. y. j.. Portland, Me, and
Brooklyn as well as some other first
district stations which are not in the
call book.
Hagerstown Listening
Herman Teetor has installed at his
residence in Hagerstown, an Ace re
generatiye set with two step ampli
fer. over which all the amateurs OF
that town have been hearing the out
side world. With an especially fitted
room, TeetOr has a station that would
be the envy of many amateurs, anC
with the nightly gatherings at hi!
instruments, interest in that town il
increasing
Knapp. of the same town. is expect
ing to put in a vacuum tube soon in
stead of the crystal detector which h
has been using, and to install a on,
step amplifier. With this equipment
he expects to be able to get mucl
better results although he has don,
considerable long wave receivin!
lately,
Cambridge Amateurs
The Cambridge City boys are still
awaiting a chance to listen over tn
new set of Rowe and Mcguire. whicl
is expected to be ready for operation
before long. They have finished wiz
ing it and are ready now to put III
their aerial. Riser Williams has beer
listening while they were working
but few other stations in that neigh
borhood are on the job at present
Mack Leapley is rebuilding his set
Winchester Improvements
Leonard Wise is building a thre
step amplifier to connect up with hi
new regenerative and expects to b
able to listen in again. with better re
suits, within two weeks.
Window Screen Antennae
A variation of substitutes for I'll
loop antennae is explained in the Jar
uary number of the Popular Scienc
Monthly, in which experiments wit
window screens and with chicken wir
fencing, are described. With thes
materials, condenser antennae i
constructed. The netting may var
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