The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-26


1.-THE hardest time TO have your bat
terry charged Is wken yeu are buy
ing IT.,
We wish to thank the writer of the
following letter for his interest in
the radio page and the information
he has submitted.
Jack Turner. Radio Editor The Age
Herald. City.
Dear Sir: Since all tho other read
ers OF the page" are writing UP their
sets. I thought that ! would try TO
give YOU some idea of mine and see
how II compares with the rest Of the
hams
First, ! will tell you about my
aerial II is a single wire 1s0 feet
long and 10 feet high. find that
good aerial Is one OF tho necessary
things TO obtain good results
My set Is indeed a sad looking piece
of apparatus. but she ''percs" just
the same snd that Is about all a ham
could wish for. IL Is a single circuit
|rsgenerative receiver with detector
and two stages Of audio frequency
amplifieatien.
use a Magnavox loud speaker and
am abis to get tho following stations
very loudly, Kansas City, Davenport.
Jefferson City. Cincinnati. Science
tady, Fort Worth, Louisville. Pitts
burg, Chicago, Galveston, New Or
leans, Atlanta, Detroit and many
others too numerous to mention.
LOUIS MOORE.
Frank Hollis and Bernie Johnson
are two of the live bugs in town and
are going together In the construc-
ton of five-wstt c. w. transmitting
set. The set will use a cage aerial of
four wires and a oounterpoise of two
! wires. IT guess II will percolate
about an amp" said Frank when l
was asking him about Il. He stated
that ne and his radio partner we're
,practicing on the old code and could
| do pretty good now. They are
going to get license soon. As far
as they are concerned, the quicker
the sooner
Edward Bostick. who obtained such
wonderful results with his crystal set.
has now constructed a set using a
/ ticker coil and is getting fine results
with il. lie states that he received a
station In Denver on the night of
November 20. He states that a
unique thing happened while he was
bearing this station. lie had just
heard OF the mine explosion at Doio-
4 mite ana ne n6&TO tnc announcer at
| Denver. over 1000 miles away, tell
ling about this terrible accident
Edgar Stevens, who lives only a
short distance from Edward Bostick,
lis getting fine results from his crys-
tai set, being able TO hear many of
the out-of-town stations. such as
louisville. Kansas City, Atlanta and
Fort Worth. II Is probable that the
Los ~
is reiaytrg this 10 Edgar's set as the
one that is reiayins IL TO Edwards
set. This makes IL pretty soft for
the crystal set, doesn't IL?
We are indeed glad to hear from
our Montevallo bug, who seems to
be very much interested in this
Radio rage. He has been very kind
in writing to us several times ant
telling about his set which Is a shori
wave vacuum tube set. Last week
he had little information to learr
and this week he tells us about a
strange characteristic OF his set.
guess you will understand better II
you read the letter yourself. Here il
is:
Jack Turner. Radio Editor, Age
Herald, Birmingham, Ala.
Doar Sir. ! have had practically
the same experience as Walter Gar
rsrd, whom read about in your
Radio Page. / can get stations just
as good with my ground wire dis
connected as can with IL connected
have to move tho variable con-
denser about 90 degrees however. to
DO so. The other night heard sew
erai stations with this wire discon'
nected that l had never even heard
before. 1t Is just as loud ono way
as the other. So should worry
whether 1t 10 on or off.
have one question this time that
want to ask. In there station
with the call letters OF wOAI? II SO
where IL II locatedg. Please answer
this in the next Radio Page. Your.
truly. GRADY GARNER.
Montevallo. Ala, November 10. 1922
As many will remember In the las,
Radio Talk we asked all the readers
who could not find out where a sta
ton was located 20 write us and we
would give information. This reader
kas taken advantage already and we
are glad to be Of aid to him.
Yes. there Is certainly a station
with the calf letters OF WOAf. Thi.
station Is located in San Antonio
Texas. and Is rated at a radius OF one
thousand miles.
Artman Snow. who has shor'
wave, homemade ticker set tells us
that he has not listened In In a long
while, but after hearing all the re-
ports about the various bugs he
thinks he will get the battery
charged and get in on some Of this
good receiving. II some Of you fsi-
lows who haven't had tho old SET