The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
DOTS AND DASHES


 When listening to concert fine. , 'N' no static the air does bring, But then that old spark pest starts
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 "oh, death. where is thy sting?' wonder if the peoples choice for Congress. Andrew Gump, will dc any campaigning over radio. A night or two ago one of the stations in the northern part of the country broadcasted a minstrel. It may have sounded all rlghtk to tho ones living closer to the station than Birmingham, but it was indeed humorous to the southern listeners The ones talking were supposed to use negro dialect, but try as they would they would roll the rs." Say, there-r-r-r Samboe, wnere-r-r Is Rastus?" was something like the minstrel sounded Even though they southern darkies they did get off some good jokes.
 MeGehee Porter, who has been the owner of a homemade crystal set for a long time, Is now contemplating the construction of a vacuum tube set using a tickler coll. Ills main trouble seems to be getting the hook up. Many of us could build several sets if this was the only thing to prevent us.
 The spark pest evidently has rare wit. Sunday afternoon he was talk ing to another station and they were both asking the ether his name. Finally the other station sent out. T live in Dallas, Texas. Give me your name and address so I can write to you" The spark pest. how mousse" In other words. "Quoth the spark pest, "Nevermore." with apol- ogies to Poe),
 There were many pranks played on Halloween night but the one that hurt the bugs" most was the one station GRN played. As we can't use profanity on the Radio Page we can't say exactly what they played. but there was more static than there has been this year. Somebody put the hoo doc" on the ether wire.
 Howard Carl Sixteenth street. south. has recently installed a vacum tube set. Before he used a crystal for detection.
 A. c. Payne has crystal receiv- ing set. A. c. lives on Sixteenth street, south.
 Louis Hidenrick is another crystal bug.
 John McKinnon has a home made audion receiver and is enjoying the distant concerts.
 Tom Pinkard. sycamore street, has a vacuum tube set. He uses two variometers and variocoupler and is getting fine results.
 Clarence Nichols. 1109 Sixteenth street, south, states that he has a crystal set which he made and will have a vacuum tube set soon. Clar- ence says that he Is regular reader of Raido Talk.
 James Burnett, Fifteenth street, south. has a home made crystal set.
 Murray Hitchcock now living in Forest Park has home made cry stal set
 Eugene Tooms, Milner Crescent, Is the owner of crystal set.
 Hey, wait a minute." yelled Wal ter Garrard the other day. 'f/ want to tell you about my set The last eight words attracted my attention as any news of this sort is interest ing to me. A few weeks or "Raido Pages ago. we mentioned in Dots and Dashes' that this bug had an odd set. He could not receive with his ground wire connected, but the set worked alright with 1t off. Well, now he tells me that he has pur- chased. Gle says purchased. you can't tell exactly about these Raido Bugs.) a new "B" battery and the set works with the ground on. Walter was license but says he was not quite fast enough on the code.
 Leslie Stolenwerk has now re- ceived that Blue Certificate. which he worked so hard for when the Raido Inspector of this, the fifth. district was here. Many other fel- lows in town envy him and having one of these first class licenses gives one feeling that comes "once in a Life Time.
 Wendell Sharp. who now has a crystal set, states that he is soon going to start building on a vacuum tube set Wendell states that he is going to use spinder webb coils and two variable condensers in this set This type is especially good for short waves, and that is what he wants.
 Ross Pfaff tells us that he has a regenerative set. only single circuit, and has received the following sta tions. KFAF. Denver; WISE, Atlanta. WWJ. Detroit; WIZ. Newark, N J.; WDAF, Kansas City; WHB, Kansas City: WEAY, Houston. Tex. woe. Davenport. la; WHAS. Louisville; i; KSD. St. Louis; wOs. Jefferson City. Mo; KDKA. Pittsburg: WGM, Att lanta; WKN. Memphis. and a bunch of others.
 Ross says that he is using a threc- wire aerial 100 feet long and about thirty feet high. He also says tha. he is starting very soon on re- generative set using variometers. Ross lives at l4ss Eighteenth street, south.
 Frederick Murray. who was one