The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-08

 Fair by radio? I did, and so did many others in town and probably out Of town who listened in.
 That station that you have been hearing. 5XC, Is a set that was put up out at the fair and several who didn't have chance to go were en- tertained by the same entertainers that the ones at the grounds enjoyed.
 You will noto that there is nothing in the page this time about Ray D. Owe. We'll Ray has mot done any thing of interest this week but prob ably you will hear from him next Sunday. He tells me that the only thing he has done this week Is to get himself a pet dog which he has named Eide Owe.
 The following letter was received in the Radio department from local man, and we wish to thank the writer very much for his information, which will no doubt benefit many crystal owners.
 Jack Turner. Radio Editor. The Age
 Herald. Birmingham. Ala.
 Dear Sir: Please understand I am in the same position as friend Ray D. owe and do not want any publicity, therefore, should you wish to use any of this dope, you can scrape up name to be used.
 I have a five-tube set in the course of construction (2RF and 2AF), but as it will be some time before this will be finished, I have made a crystal set to be used in the interim.
 l have worked out an extremely satisfactory hook-up for this set and it is about this I am writing as I know that some of the regular "crys- talites'' will find it interesting.
 So far I have never run across a similar diagram. However. there seems to be nothing new in radio, so don't claim that it is. This is S1a inch composition tube wound with 127 feet of No. "A enam- eled wire. with a single slide. One end of the coil Is attached to the aerial and the other end to the ground. Connection is. made from the slide with detector and tele- phones in series with the ground. .o001 condenser is used.
 The special feature is the connec- tion "A-B." You will note that this connection, is from the aerial to the slide, and the circuit A-B-C-D- E-G shorts the coil entirely. This looks to me to be theoretically all wrong.
 Notwithstanding your last First Aid for Radio Fans" of Sunday to the effect that a loop could not be used with crystal set, will say that you are wrong if you will use the above circuit I am 27 blocks from WSY and WAC and with loop aerial wound around the door in my room these stations come in as we'll as with the outdoor aerial which is about 50 feet high and 75 feet long, Using loop constructed of two yard sticks, making a loop about two feet on the side. these stations come in about 50 per cent as well as with an aerial.
 I am occasionally able to hear WSB and several stations whom I am unable to hear clearly enough to determine their identity-these stations are with the outdoor aerial, of course. Hope to give you more in- formation about these stations later. Yours very truly,
 @ Y. R. AMATEURS.
 Of course, the name which we gave our friend Is not his real one and we have taken the privilege which he granted us to name him as we did Ray D. Owe.
 We will not print the diagram as it is easily explained. The aerial goes to the slide and one end of the coil. The ground goes to the other end of the coil and the phones. The other side of the phones goes to the cup of the crystal detector and the "cat's whisker" goes to the remain ing end of the slide.
 We wish to state that the diagram is not theoretically incorrect but 1t seems that the slide would have no effect on the tuning. If the slide was removed from the coil the set would still work but on a fixed wave length using all of the coil. Per haps tho slide has such little effect on the tuning that it gives a veneer adjustment.
 Tn the First Aid for Radio Fans" we were speaking of the average set and yours seems to be above the av- craze.
 MT. Y. R. Amateurs. we appreciate your letter and we will be very glad to reveal your identity to the readers if you will let us.
 That Is indeed a fine set you are making and We are anxious to hear more about 1t. You will no doubt get wonderful results from 1t.
 We hope to hear from you again.
 We have been getting quite a num- Der of letters from local boys stating what kind of set they had, etc.. and we want to hear from more of you readers. This Dots and Dashes" column which Is in Radio Talk every Sunday Is mostly for you fell lows to tell each other what you are doing with that old set. Maybe you have a new idea that would aid the others in fixing up their set. If so just send it in to the radio editor of The Age-Herald, and we will be glad to put it in this column for you. We'll be looking for your letter in a day or so.
 The raido fans and tho baseball fans are getting direct dope on the world series games now. Many broadcasting stations are sending the results out play by play.
 Listen to this fellowsl The radio season is now in full swingi Sum- mer static has ceased it's interfer- encei
 There are a million other radio fans listening each night besides yourself and there are five hundred and twenty-two broadcasting sta tions sending out spiendid programs. This number of broadcasters may not sound so big but there were only three broadcasting stations exactly a year ago october 2.
 If there is any doubt In your mind about whether to get a ~. T." set, just think that over. More than one day. Conditions getting better every night. You are missing all the fun if you haven't got a vacuum tube set.
 If you can't afford to get a large